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Hit . T . S . DUXCOMBE A- VD THE JTALIAX BSILBS . At a public meeting * _£ _fS _^ £ j 2 _£ _Thataethanisotw- generous and _^ _Srm _^ t _^^ commemoration of the _brothers Bandiera , and their fellow _^ ff _. _rers at _Cosenw _, _jTSSatod to ic same honourable gentleman , as a _Sttoonial of the respect and gratitude of tins meeting , and _respcctfall y submitted to his acceptance by an appropriate address . .- > ,. , " That adepntation , composed of the chairman , and tiro other gentlemen , to be chosen by this meeting , wait upon thc honourable gentlemen at lus earliest convenience , charged with the testimonial and address above said . "
_it _^ _juii _lj-L . _jiaiioiu , IL AUuara , aud I-. O . _Beggi , waited upon 3 lr . Thomas Duncombe , at the Albany , when the medal * v _* as presented and the following address _delivered ;—"Sr , —We bave thc "honour to appear hefore you , charged with a mission from a large number of our countrymen residing in England . " We are requested by them to tender tlieir feelings of profound respect and sincere gratitude to you for the upright and generous manner in which you vindicated the honour of "English hospitality , by loudly denouncing the dark transactions - of the Government who disgracefully violated it " Conscious of having performed a sacred duty to yonr own country , jou are , no doubt , equally aware that you have also advocated the cause of an illustrious though unfortunate nation , whilst tlic Government jou opposed "basely prostituted the power with which a free people invested * them , to make it subservient to thc sanguinary riews of foreign despotism .
" Sir , —We would request you to accept a medal which has been struck in honour of nine Italians , lately shot at Coscnza for the cause ofthe liberty , unity , and independence of tlieir country . "Itis mill pain , sir , that in our desire to do you honour , we have nothing to offer but what is intended as a commemoration of a national disaster ; but yon , who have bnt recently experienced how , even in a land of freedom , injustice may prevail to an alarming extent ; how espionage , forgery , and calumny may be practised by men entrusted with the highest authority , and ( even whilst in their heart disavowing such nefarious measures ) sanctioned by a large majority of other men chosen to exercise a salutary restraint upon the former—you will he easily disposed to appreciate a sacred cause rather from its jus tice than from its success—yon will feel that there is a depth of adversity borderii _^ on sublimity , and we are assured yon will share our reverence for the blood of our
• Bartyrs . " In the name , then , of our slain brethren , in the name t many thousands of our living countrymen who might forfeit life or liberty by merely raiting with us in tliis demonstration , receive , sir , thc thanks of all good Italians ; and God speed the day wlien the whole emancipated country may "be allowed the free expression of its debt of gratitude to you . " Wc would likewise request you to thank , in our name , such of the members ofParliamentassecondedandsnpported you during the numerous debates on the subject . " To which -Mr . TJuncombemadetbefollowin _*? answer :-
—"Gentlemen , —I can assure you that you have only made a fair estimate of my feelings when you say that I can appreciate a sacred cause , rather from its justice than from its success . I do so appreciate it , and sincerely trust that the day may not be far distant when your illustrious country , _unaivcd by thc perfidy of a British cabinet , undismayed by domestic tyranny , and _untranimcl ed by foreign despotism , will avenge the national insults she has endured , and claim satisfaction for her murdered martyrs , by proclaiming her national independence and heroppressors ' treason . " Gentlemen , —I accept the proffered testimony of your
approval of my humble services with a sorrowful pride . Sorrows for the loss that you and Italy have sustained , and pride ( hat through my exertions the stain of the martyr ' s blood has been wiped from the English character , and stamped upon the real perpetrators ofthe foul deed ; and trifling though the gift may appear in your eyes , I shall proudly preserve it as a valued testimony of good men ' s approval , and shall beaueath it a relic commemorative of what England was in the days of her rulers' perfidy , and as a warning to rising generations of the imbecility of hoping to arrest thc progress of freedom by thc terrors ofthe scaffold .
" Gentlemen , —Iu compliance with yonr wish , it will be my duly to conveyyonr thanks to those independent members of Parliament who dared to exercise a constitutional privilege in " spite of _SBnisterial influence or State necesdry . And iu once more thanking you for the honour yon have this day done me , I believe I am only expressing the sentiments of the great body of my countrymen , when I say that they sincerely wish your noble cause may speedily be brought to a successful and triumphant issue . "
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* The medal , an exquisite master-piece of engraving , hy Benjamin "W you , Esq ., is now _esliibited at Messrs . Wiley and l _* utnaia's , 6 , AVaterloo-place . It is tastefully laid in a mourning frame , and bears an Italian inscription , of whicli the following- is a literal translation : — ** To Thomas Slmgshy l ) unconibe , Esq . M . P . ; because lie -honoured -. villi generous words in Parliament tiie memory of their brethren slain for the sake of Italian faith , at _Cosenza , in 1844 ; because he manfully upheld the rights of the Italian eales , basely , and with fell intent ; violated in their private _cor-responuenee by the English Government ; because lie burled back the slander aimed at one of their conntrvmen iu palBation of that enormous breach of hospitality—many Italians , in public meeting assembled voted this slight but dearest pledge of their gratitude and applause . "
Endowment Of Maynooth. On Tuesday Night ...
ENDOWMENT OF MAYNOOTH . On Tuesday night a numerous meeting ofthe elec tois and inhabitants of Finsbury took place at White Conduit-house , to protest against the Maynooth Bill In addition to the other speakers of the night , Mr . T . Duncombe , M . P ., took his seat upon the platform . Mr . R . Besxet having been called to the chair , stated briefly the principle which guided him in his opposition to the grant . Those who thought with him did not participate in thc "No Popery " cry , nor did tbey object to tbe endowment of May-Booth fbr any reason that was not equally applicable to the appropriation of the pnblic money to the support of the Protestant , Presbyterian , or any other feitn , or of that class o f Dissenters who received a
grant from the State under the name of Regium daman . ( Cheers ) . Thc chairman called on Dr . Eras to move the first resolution , which was a general condemnation of all State endowments of whatever creed . After supporting this principle at some length , the speaker denied that the opponents ofthe grant to Maynooth were acting in an unfriendly spirit towards Ireland . It was his belief that they could not render Ireland a greater service than in ¦ resisting the measure of Sir It . Peel . ( Hear , hear . ) The Government had discovered that Ireland ' s greatest grievance was the Protestant Establishment in that country , and Mr . Macaulay—a man whose opinion on such a subject was worth having—had
called it a "bad thing , " and a " veiy bad thing . " ( Hear , hear . ) Such being the case , it would occur to an unsophisticated man , thatthe best course to pursue would be to remove that great grievance ; but this was not in keeping with thc policy of Sir It . Peel , who pre f erred conciliating and quieting the Irish people by the paltry "instalment" which Englaud had been surprised to find so acceptable to O'ConneU . If this was justice to Ireland , it was also injustice to England ; and , therefore , every honest man would , consistently with the utmost regard for the _tnierights and _inK-rcsts of the Irish , refuse to give it bis sanction . Thc resolution was seconded by Mr . Biilinghani , a Wesleyan : and when put by the tfliairman was carried unanimously .
Dr . Price moved the second resolution in an elo quent speech , declaring that if the State determined on endowing anything , he would rather see error in the enjoyment of its bounty than that truth should be shackled by tbe unholy conncvion . Thc resolution declared the sympathy of the meeting with the Irish in their struggles against the Irish Church , and affirmed that , in their opposition to the grant , they were not actuated by any hostility to the Catholic faith . The doctor , in referring to the " No Popery " cry , pronounced it to be the resuscitation of onc of thc most dang _< _-rous principles that ever operated on the destinies of the nation , and under which ages of injustice had been perpetrated . ( Cheers . ) Mr . H . Vixcext , in an emphatic speech , which elicited the approbation ofthe meeting , seconded the resolution , which was put and carried unanimously . Mr . J . H . Parbv , barrister , proposed the next resolution _, which was as follows : —
That this meeting declares its solemn opinion tliat he Anglican Protestant Establishment in Ireland is a national nuisance , and is , beyond every other religious endowment in the world , opposed to every principle of justice , while it is , and always has been , the principal cause of discontent in Ireland . Aud this meeting pledges itself to support the Irish people in every constitutional effort to abolish it , Mr . Parry ably addressed himself to the subject of the resolution , which was seconded by an elector , and carried by acclamation . A petition in favour ef Mr . S . Crawford ' s motion was then put to , and confirmed by , the meeting , with a request that it should be presented by their representative . Mr . Duncombe .
Mr . _]" ' _"> tombewas received , on rising , with loud cheerii _** .. He had attended the meeting because , in Parliamentary language , there was "uo house" at St . Stephen ' s that night ; and looking at the manner in w- ] , ick thc people of England were represented at this moment , he apprehended that it would not give them much concern if they heard that itwas not going to meet again . ( Hear , hear . ) He would certainly present their petition , hut he could tell them that it would not have the slightest effect upon Sir K-Peel , who did not conceal his determination to regard the " ferment" against bis bill , as he called it , as a _stunulus rather than an obstacle to Mm in push-SB jM _^ Sb Parliament . ( Cries of "Shame" ) _» _e ** ortiallv approved of the speeches made that _-hriS _!^? _** _^ _-avceato find that the course he _Sf _*&„ u «? 8 tricUy m " *« _"toi *» with their Baevances that Ireland had so long endured ? It
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mi « ht have the momentary effect of making the Catholic population of that country forget for a while the wrongs she had suffered at _ the hands of thc present Government party , and it might even secure Sir R . Peel and Sir J . Graham a reception in Ireland when accompanying her Majesty to that country ; but in six months time they would be hated again as much as ever , for Ireland would learn how much shehadto be thankful for . { Hear , hear . ) They had been taunted with hostility to Ireland in opposing the Maynooth bill , but nothing was more unjust . Hod they ever been hostile to Ireland ? ( Cheers . ) Did tbey not demand justice f or O ' Connell when he sought anew trial ? ( Hear , hear . ) Did they not shew their disgust at thc packing of his jury , and , above all , of the exclusion o f the Roman Catholics ? ( Loud cheers . ) Why . then , were they to be toldthat
thev were unfriendly to Ireland and hostile to the Roman Catholic faith ? But who had been the enemies of Ireland—who did sanction thc packing of the jury ? Why , those very men whom O'Connell was now fawning upon and flattering , although in that very place he had affected to despise their assumed conciliatory tone towards Ireland . ( Cheers . ) He thought better of the Irish than to suppose that they would ever suffer their real wrongs to be buried in the repairs of Maynooth College , for whicli this beggarly grant had been proposed . ( Hear , hear . ) The hon . member , after shortly expressing himself in favour of the abolition of all State endowments , sat down amidst loud applause . The Chairman read a letter received from Mr . Wakley , M . P ., who had been prevented attending by twoinquests which he had engaged to attend thc
same evening . The meeting then resolved to memorialise the Queen for the dissolution of Parliament , in the event of their petition proving ineffectual , after which it dispersed , soon after ten o ' clock .
The Northern Star. Saturday, May 3, 1815.
THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , MAY 3 , 1815 .
Where Are We Going To ? To What Are We C...
WHERE ARE WE GOING TO ? TO WHAT ARE WE COHI . VO ? " WHAT'S IN THE WIND THAT BLOWS
THIS WAY ?" The greatest D &/ oi * mer of the day is Sir Robert Peel . To that man seems to have been given a sracua snssio . v to break up the murderous system of Pbotestaxt _AscESnAifCT , _han-mongering , ragmoney , high taxation , and defiance of the people ' s will . It Lis been his fate to deal out to tbat system the most violent blows that it has received : blows that have sent it reeling and staggering like a drunken man , and from which , thank God ! it can never recover . And yet he has done all this as the System ' s friend ! He was the founder , the
builderup , of the great Conservative party—a party that was to have maintained , inviolate , " our glorious _coxsxmmos in Church and State ; " a party that was to have resisted the insidious efforts of the innovator—he who designed to alter the "ENVY of surrounding nations , " and "take the shine" out of the " _ADiiiKAiiox ofthe world ; " aparty , composed of the adherents , the followers , and the zealous admirers ofthe "Pilot that weathered the storm "—the members and _spouters of the Pin-clubs—the drink ers of thc insulting toast , " The land we live in : those who do not like it , damn ' em let ' em leave it ;"
a party , numbering in its ranks tbe men who stood np , uncovered , and received _Castlereagii—cutthroat _Casilebkaoh—with shout upon shout of delirious joy , as he entered "the House , " onhis return from Paris , laden with the spoils of the French capital when the hated Bourbo . _vs bad been thrust back on the French people by the swords of Europe , subsidised by English money ; a party who helped that said Castlereagh to pass the infamous SIX ACTS—to suspend the Habeas Corpus Actto send the miscreants , Oliver , Castles , and Edwards among the people to promote
insurrections and riots , that the dungeons might be filled , and the scaffold groan with its victims ; a party , who aided the " first gentleman in Europe" to persecute his wife , Caholixe , tothe death , and even into the grave ; aparty , who yelled with savage delight , when _Cajwoxg , brutal Casxiso _, made the cruel sufferings of a "Reformer" matter of jest , and spoke ofthe old man of seventy , _witlt his bowels forced out of his body by prison usage , as "the revered and bcptbhed Oodex ; " a party , who cheered and cheered again , when that same brutal and insolent Cakhxg declared his insolent intention to "
oppose ParUamentary Reform to the last hour of his existence ; " a party , who had the managing of loans—the fingering of taxes , during , the " high and palmy days" of Bank Restriction and a nation ' s madness , and whose superciliousness and haughty insolence knew no bounds ; a party , who hailed the _Ibos Dcke ' s declaration , that " Reform was not needed , for the existing constitution of things was the perfection of human wisdom , " with every manifestation of extravagant joy—but who were soon forced by "the spirit of the age "—( let loose in Paris in July , 1830 , when the onc branch of the
House of Bodbboiy was kicked off the throne , spite of the "swords of Europe "— -we were not thex able to subsidise . ')—to ask " what shall we do with the Duke" ? and he was not only obliged to get bulletproof window shutters , but glad to acquiesce in that very Reform he ladso imperiously attempted to sneer down : it was with materials smelt as these that Peel built up bis " great Conservative party , with which to resist the _nESTRccirvE tendency of the time ! And yet , lack-a-day , he has been the GREAT DESTRUCTIVE of all ! By his Peel ' s Bill , he put a partial stop to thc flights ofthe "bag-rooks "—that
necessary portion of our " glorious" "ENVY of surrounding nations "—and in doing this he nearly destroyed the nation itself ! He transferred the property of one into the hands of another ; he doubled the amount of taxation on the shoulders of the people ; he took from the landlord , thc merchant , the manufacturer , and the producer , and gave to the Jew and thc loan-monger ; he drove hundreds into insolvency , and caused consternation and dismay on every hand ; he reduced us to " within forty-eight hours of barter , " so that with tftc whole of the " ad-• amATio **; ofthe world , " it was just " touch axd
go ! " By his Emancipation Act of 1829 , he destroyed the Protestant Church—that integral and " glorious" portion of our heaven-devised system Since that " act of suicide , " _one-foux-tli of the tithes in Ireland have been "appropriated" to the Irish landlords , as a bribe for them to collect thc rest ; and a goodly number of thc Bishops have been " put under . " Tlic 2 > cnal laivs have been repealed ; and the " wrtt utile bov" of the Ministry , —letter-opening and seal-foiging _Jemmt , —hasout-spokenlyproclaimed _thatPnoTEsiAxr Ascexdaxct is over ! Mother Church but waits the day of final dissolution . The hand of
the destroyer is on her ! Her constitution is undermined—is gone ! Wc shall shortly have to lay her in the earth—and " the devil go with her . " By his Tariff , Peel has destroyed the " agricultural interest . " Where arc the " bold" and the " unyielding " county members now ? where the " firm phalanx of farmer ' s friends ? " Where arc the farmers themselves ? Turning their glasses upside down , when Peel ' s health is proposed at tlieir county clubs ! and endeavouring to procure the repeal of the Malt-tax , eves at the risk , of _violatisg " satioxal
faith ! And by his last measure , the Maynooth Endowment Bill , Peel has destroyed his own _^ mrty ! The great _Consexvative combination to resist "inovation" and " spoliation" is torn to fragmentsscattered to the winds \ Ah , Peel has been the DESTRUCTIVE , after all ! He talked long , and smoothly , about conserving our Institutions : but his has been the reign of ciiaxge ! Not only has he broken up his own party , but he hassplit-up , divided , and rendered of little avail thc parties opposed to him . HehasdetachcdFoxMAULEfrom _Russell—D'Israeu from Lord John * Manners—Ferbaxd from
Milnes—Crawford from Hume—and , 0 ! wonderful and more wonderful still , Cobdfn from Bright ! Yes , Peel has been the skilful operator that has managed to cut in twain the ligature that "bound thc " no-political" Siamese-tuins together , and enabled them for once to go into different lobbies . Talk of Destructive after that ; where is tlic man that dare advance a claim to the title ? Let him hide his diminished head . Peel is the man . '—the man for the day—the MAX FOR THE TIMES—THE GREAT DESTRUCTIVE ! Hcis _^ _uHm _^ _-ioiiw as fastas hc can ? The system , under his hands , is breaking up on every side .
Where Are We Going To ? To What Are We C...
There will very soon be very little of the "ENVY of _surrounoing nations" left . The hand of the spoliator appears in every direction . Institution after institution is subjected to his scrutiny and operation : limb after limb is lopped off : and soon there will be little left to bespeak thc form , and extent , and power , of the " _oreat has been . ' " Does the reader doubt this ? Is lie sceptical ? Does he confine his attention to the present time alone , without contrasting that present with what has gone before ? and can he not see thc great difference that exists—or appreciate the changes thus brought about ? If so , he cannot sec to where we are tending . H _°
cannot see that society is all on tho heave—all moving onward—all progressing towards "first p rinciples" in political , social , and economical policy . If his view is thus narrow and contracted , he cannot see that prejudice is giving way—that insolent pretension is in disfavour—and that exclusiveness is , — imperceptibly almost we admit , but _stiu , ~ _loosing its hold . The man of expansive philosophy—he who can grasp the question as it appeared yesterday , and the day before , as well as to-day , sees all this : and he also sees a bright vista opening up for the future , promising light , and life , and love , and happiness to all that breathe .
Peel it a DESTRUCTIVE . That has been his mission . With a mind formed only to take advantage of the passing hour to palliate or stave-off the evils by which , as Minister , he is surrounded ; with cunning plausibility enough to work the gam p arty so as to make the respective adherents ot either side support his expedients to make THE THING last his time ; with no quality or faculty that constitutes tube greatsbss—that causes you at once to bow to power of mind , to feel subject to intellectual grandeur—that infuses a conviction around that gesius is ruling ; with no power of construction , Peel could not be anything else but a DESTRUCTIVE ! To him His given only to pulldown : others will have to follow , and build up , when he has sufficiently cleared the way .
That he is proceeding rapidly in his vocation , we adduce the following testimony . It is from the Times—and is itself one of the " signs of the times . " Let the reader note it well , and then let him answer our questions " where are we going to ? " or " to what are we coming ? " If he is not able to spell C-H-A-R-T-E-R out of it , we shall take liim to be a dull scholar ! Speaking of the debates on the " Maynooth Endowment Bill , " and on the fact that the " Representatives Of the PeopW openly despise the petitions of those who elected them , tho Times
says-Member after member gets up and claims credit for the sincerity and weight of his opinion , on the ground that it does the greatest violence to that of his constituents . It is the wise boost of our representatives that the men who sent tliem to Parliament abe fools . They omit to explain why the living deputy is entitled to more respect than the written petition , and Roto the ranMude _, though incompetent to pronounce , on a single Parliamentarp question , were , nevertheless , competent to select a Parliament man . Forced , as we are , to supply tliis omlSsioB , we cMinot help feeling that tliese gentlemen furnish in their own persons the strongest evidence to Vie incapacity of fhe ten-pounders , or the fifty-pounders , who have returned
them . It is hard to say which has done itself the most credit , the reformed constituency , or the reformed House of Commons . It is hard to say whether there is less pub . lie spirit out of doors , or less independence in St . Stephen ' s . Beware , faithless representatives : ' _ooseauiows supporters ! The Catholic Emancipation Act led to one befobm _, " What if _theMavkooth Act shouldsesultin another 1 The members who make these displays occupy a singular position in thc national mind . They stand between two intelligent parties—the Premier and the people . The Premier knows what he is about—nobody more so . He knows the true character of his measure as well as if it were his own child ; and doubtless rejoices with a
paternal instinct in the prospect of its legitimate consequences . On the other side , the people know what they are about . They see the true import of the measure ; they know what is coming . One and all , they proclaim their honest and deep objection to propagate the creed of figment _t'lewxtional expense , and their sober certainty tliat a whole establishment will come in at that opening . Were it possibledid the forms of the constitution allow the constituency to operate directly on the Legislature , the result would be infallible . Sir It . Peel might as well stand in the river At Gravesend and drive _onck thc flowing tide , But midway in the political channel stands a fortunate barrier—the representatives of the people . To every use therein an abuse ; to _^ very representation a misrepresentation . These gentlemen werc made for one purpose
and may be used for another . Obvious circumstances give the Premier the haft end of these useful instruments . In personal conflicts a weapon may _alwajs be considered the property of the stronger party . Sir Robert just now is stbojiger than the people , and has possession of their weapon , viz ., their representatives ; WHO NO LONGER REPRESENT THE PEOPLE , but him . Tho people having lost the hold , feel thc lash . There is a peculiar appropriateness in the _figure . The representatives , ptofessing , as they do , to know and feel nothing about the measure—neither entering into the intentions of the Premier , nor the prejudices of the people , passing the bill with wilful blindness and deafness , are in the same relation to the two intelligent parties between whom they stand as the aforesaid whip . They declare themselves a mere senseless , lifeles * _tuedpori , instrument , or tool .
Yes ! " Catholic Emancipation " did " lead to one reform : " and "thc Maynooth Act" wiU RESULT in another "—and a far more sweeping one Parties , as at present placed , cannot stand ! Political morality is at such a low ebb in " the House " of PARTY , that onc side answers to the description , "faithless representatives "—and a good portion of the other to that of " obsequioussupporters . " Gmiliat system stand ? Its own iniquity will weigh it down to the earth ' . " The people" do "know what they are about " - —and the " result will lie infallible . "
" Sir Robert " may "just noiv be stronger than thc people , BECAUSE the representatives represent- not the p > eop le , but HIM : " but the people will have representatives of their own : and then no man will be " stronger" than the people ! To that end , the Times has in somewise contributed : and his pointing out the mode of counteracting Sir Robert _Peei ' s strength , shews the way in which the wind has set . May it soon blow ns to the Charter—as the beginning of that state of things which shall secure to the producer his full share of the fruits of his industry . '
"Physical Force" Repealers. Yes, It Is T...
"PHYSICAL FORCE" REPEALERS . Yes , it is true ! the RErB . « , BRS are talking of "Physical Force ! " At the last meeting of the Association in the Conciliation Hall there was some furious mouthing—ostensibly in answer to some unwarrantable and empty bluster of Mr . Babisgtox Macacmy ' s , in his speech on Mr . Ward ' s motion on the Maynooth grant . _Theinouthing of the one was made the peg whereon to hang the mouthing of the
other . And thus both parties , —the Whig supporter of the Tory-conciliatory policy on the one hand , and the " moral force" " never-shed-one-drop-of-human blood" spoutcr in Conciliation Hall on the other , have been talking o f fighting : the one to preserve the TLvion at all hazards , and the other to intimate to the boastful Scot that the Irish are determined on Repeal ; and that the chances are , if it comes to a fight , that the English and thc Scotch will , in such case , come off only second best !
On Monday last Mr . Smith O Bbiex thus held forth : — He took for his text thc recent strong remarks of Mr . _Xtacaulay in reference to the question of repeal . That gentleman , exclaimed "Mr . O'Brien , declared in the strongest manner , that the people of England were firmly determined to maintain the union under the very worst dangers that could threaten them . He ( Mr . O'Urien ) could declare with no less firmness the determination of the people of Ireland to have a Parliament in Dublin . [ Here the meeting rose aud shouted lustily for several minutes . ] The language of 3 fr . Macaulay almost tempted hini to use the language of defiance ! ( Iteneived
cheers . ) He frankly confessed that it tempted him to tell the English people if they put the issue—not upon the rights of both countries , but upon their strength , the union could not be sustained hy the wlidk pirrsicAi power of England . ( Cheers . ) But he would not be tempted by that rash insulting boast to swerve from the policy whicli tliey had marked out for themselves—namely , connection with England by the golden links of the Crown—but thoroughly independent of the British Parliament ( hear ) . He told Mr . Macaulay he would act wisely to restrain his bluster ; and he told him that no sentiments ever
uttered in that hall were more idle than that empty bluster of his . He told liim , if the contingencies which he mentioned in his speech were to happen , it ironW then be too Me—IT WOC 1 D BE PERFECTLY IDLE to NEOOCIATE ( cheers ) . If 50 , 000 Frenchmen were drawn up on their shore , readyto be conveyed across the Channel in steam-vessels—lie told Mi * . Macaulay Vie question of repeal would be easily settled ( cheers ) . If tlte American fleet were ready to carry regiments of Irish emigrants to the defence of their native land—if the Irish soldiers in the British army , _fomiw . i as they did fully one-third ofthe entire of that force , were to refuse to shed-thc blood of _theirfeUmc-coxmlrymen —if one
MIIiLIOir Of NATIVES OF IRELAND RESIDENT IN ESG 1 AND AND Scotland resolved to co-overate with the people or IbiJland—if sucli a consummation as Mr . Macaulay contemplated were to take _place—Wie British empire icould be broken up , and thenceforward the history of Ireland would be mitten as a separate and independent nation . ( Protracted loud cheers . ) There ! let . the reader take wind—and then let him remember that it is a speech delivered in
Conciliation Hall , by onc of the " moral force" anti" physical force" leaders , that he has been reading . It is not from a Chartist manufactory . It is direct , "bran spanking new , " from thc Royal-Royal-Loyal " _TnnuK-CHEERS-FOR-PuEL-ASD-GBAiiAM" Association itself ! Let him remember this fact ; and then let him tax his memory as to the former doings of this same Royal Loyal set ! and give proper vent to the feelings thus created .
In reference to this part of the subject , we have received a letter , penned by one from whom our readers will be delighted to hear . For some time the Dublin Cuaktists have been "laying on their oars . " Though silent however , they have not been unconcerned spectators , nor unobservant of passing events . They have been " biding their time ; " and now the tinieis come , when they are again constrained to speak out . Here is their first manifesto , written by our old favourite and fii * m friend , Patrick O'Higoiss . To the recmxncnclations and advisings in it , wc urge special attention . If the English people adopt the course therein pointed out , the
measure of justice to all , for which they have so earnestly and so pcrscveringly struggled , will soon be obtained . But if they adopt thc other course ; if they allow the expedient ofthe moment to occupy general public attention ; if a crotchet is allowed to be launched on the wave of public opinion , all thc "head-way" that they have hitherto gained will be lost—all that they have hitherto done will be undone;—and they will , after running a course which is sure to end in bitter disappointment , have to begin _agaixi _, —not where they may leave off now , but where they had to begin at first ' . It therefore behoves them to be alive to the impending dangerand determined to " withstand all temptation !"
In this spirit we commend to the attention of thc working people of England thc following address from one whom they have had cause of honour , because he has ever proved himself a friend—and a wise friend too : — Chartists or Great _Britain . — Miracles will never cease ! Just read Mi * . Wm . Smith _O'Bkien ' s empty bombastic threat , in reply to Mr . _Macaulav _' s speech on the Maynooth bribe . This descendant of the great Ba-iAK Boromme , and of the renegade Thomond , says , in his last speech , that he will "fight " for Repeal ! The repudiator of " physical force ; " the
denouncer of Chartism , will "lead" the Irish dupes to " slaughter" ! Those who refused the moral , the peaceful , the honest , the hearty , the sincere co-operation of 3 , 500 , 000 Chartists , for the attainment of tlieir just _RiQnTs—rights common to the people of both countries , arc iwio aiout to solicit the aid of th " Torch and Dagger Chartists" ! You were ignominiously _kickedoutofthe Repeal ranks . Your money was returned . A Catholic priest at Manchester boasted , in a letter to the Repeal Association , that "he had had an unfortunate wight expelled from the Repeal ranks , because he had * had
the temerity to accept of Chartist subscriptions to the Repeal fund . " You sent missionaries of peace here in 1839 , offering your co-operation to effect a peaceful , legal , and constitutional repeal of the legislative union between Great Britain and Ireland . They were beaten and ill-used by the Irish Repealers , the staff of O'Connell . Their blood was shed in Henry-street , in Dublin , by the " peaceful" followers of the " Liberator "—for which those followers received his thanks , and the thanks of the Irish Executive ' . Those who led the attack upon the Chartist missionary have since got snug births under the
Whig Government , —thc sworn enemies of _Royeal _, — with thc exception of " dear Ray , " whose sofi has got a place in the Custom-House . The " ' _L-mj _* - rator , " who has a vow registered in heaven , " never to shed , or sanction the shedding , of one drop of human Wood , in the pursuit of any object , no matter how desirable , " threatened , at a dinner in the county of Tipperary , " to bring over an army of 500 , 000 Irishmeu" to help thc Whigs—the enemies of Repeal—to cut your thrdats , unless you would cease agitating for Repeal ! Let tliere be no mistake about this : because the Charter includes Domes *
tic Legislation ; and all Chartists are Repealers . But your throats were to be cut by Irish Repealers , because you would not be , like themselves , poor , betrayed , deluded Whig dupes . The same " Liuerator "—who , " blessed be God , " " never shed one drop of human blood , " thanked God , —publicly , ostentatiously , and blasphemously , —for having , by special interposition , enabled " Serjeant Daly and a handful of Irish Catholic recruits to shoot down and shed the blood of English Protestants at Newport in Wales . "
Well , after all , and bad as you are , you are now about to be courted by the Repeal neophyte , Mr . W . S . O'Brien , to join the Repealers , to help them to FIGHT the myrmidons about to be led on by the renowned Macaulay ! There is so much fun , real fun , in this Whig sham-battle tbat I can scarcely be serious . The fact and truth is , the Repeal-Whig-Irish-patriots are " as mad as the divil" because their party have not the merit of bihbisc the Irish Catholic clergy into silence , through the medium of the endowment of Maynooth , and those other little endowments which those far-seeing gentry anticipate , and whicli are sure to follow .
Tliese political traders know thsAyou are in earnest ; that you are now , and ever havebeon , ready and willing to help your poor Irish brethren to obtain their just rights ; and they have the vanity to think that by eloquent harangues , and empty , but flowery , bom _ bast , they can make you believe that they are promoting your interests , while it is their own they are seeking . Having succeeded , beyond their most sanguine expectations , in duping , cheating , and plunder _, ing my poor countrymen out of theh _> pence and their senses , they now purpose trying a similar experiment _uijon vou !
Now , then , after all the injuries you have received at the hands X these soi ditant patriots ; after all the brave , honest _fellow whom they have helped to keep in prison , until some of them—Clayton , Holberry , and others—died there ; what think you of tliat scheme ? I know that your love of right is so firmly fixed within your souls , that you are , to a roan , ready to forgive all thc wrongs inflicted on you , on the condition that Mr . W . S . O'Brien , the
"JKocrator , and all the rest of them will unhesitatingly and at once make the six points of the People ' s Charter the basis op Repeal . Let them evince contrition by a manly and honest adoption of thc Charter , " name and all , " and wc ivill join them for a Repeal ! Do you agree to this ? If so , let your response reverberate from one end of the empire to thc other . Let mc be answered by 3 , 500 , 000 of my brethren . The Quarter and
Repeal—asd no delusion ! You axx sure to be appealed to ; but budge not an inch , unless the People ' s Charter , " name and all , " be adopted by my countrymen . When the Irish Universal Suffrage Association suspended , for a time , their meetings , they were strongly impressed with the opinion , thc certainty , that the O'Connellites would come to this : that the Repealers would find themselves weak and powerless , while opposed to their true friends , the Chartists . It is now obvious that we judged rightly . Patrick O'Hiooiss . Dublin , April 20 th , 1845 .
The Poor Man's Share Of « Prosperity." A...
THE POOR MAN'S SHARE OF « PROSPERITY . " At last he is to have it : At last it is within his reach ! It is hung up for him to look > t-to bless his eye-sight with—to enjoy w _anticipation ' . At last all know _whatit is—now much it amounts to tho Poor Man ' s Share of " Prosperity . " It has been a long time in coming . It has taken much consideration-much thought-much deliberation-much weighing of other interests , before the
The Poor Man's Share Of « Prosperity." A...
exact " share" could be dealt out . The partitioner of it , Lord John Russelt _., announced at the end of last session , that he was confident that the workman did not enjoy anything like the amount of comfort he ought to enjoy , considering that he produced ** much for others ; and he announced that he would try to devise a scheme which should secure to him " more . " From that time to thc present ho has been engaged in his undertaking ; until , at last , tlio feast is fully prepared-dished—ail-but served up—and soon the poor may "fall to it" " with what appetite _theymay . " ,, , .,. „¦ .. . . . rm ... lit * ™ ,. ™ .
What the nature of the feast thus prepared is , the following will in somewise show . It is sure to " whet the stomach . " Great will be the anticipation from this description . It is Lord John's own . At thc time we write this , he had intended to hare been engaged in giving a somewhat fuller description : but men ' s contrivances don't always hit . Lord Joinis forced to " put off'his description of the full feast to the 26 th of this month—whenhe will submit the following to the " stewards" of thc aristocrats'dinner-table , as his regulations for THE POOR MAN ' S FEAST .
" 1 . That thc present state of political tranquillity , and the recent revival of trade , afford to this house a favourable opportunitv to consider of such measures as may tend permanently to improve the condition ofthe labouring classes . . " 2 . That those laws which impose duties usually called protective , tend to impair the efficiency of labour , to _vesU'ictthc free interchange of commodities , and to impose on thc people vmv . ccessavy taxation . " 9 . That the present Corn Law tends to check improvements in agriculture , produces uncertainty in all farming speculations , and holds out to the owners and occupiers of land prospects of special advantage which it fails to secure .
" 4 . That this house will take the said laws into consideration , with a view to _sach cautious aud deliberate arrangements as may be most beneficial to all classes of her Majesty ' s subjects . " 5 . That the freedom of industry would be promoted by a careful revision ofthe law of parochial settlement whieh uow prevails in England and Wales . "C . That a systematic plan of colonization would partially relieve those districts of the country where tiie deficiency of employment lias been most injurious to the labourers in husbandry . " 7 . That the improvements made of late years in the education ofthe people , as well as its more general diffusionhave been seen with satisfaction by this house .
, " 8 . That tliis house will be ready to give its support to measures , founded on liberal and comprehensive _print-ililes , which may be conducive to the further extension of religious and moral instruction . " 0 . That a humble address be presented to hei Majesty , to lay the foregoing resolutions before hei Majesty . "
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Co _& _eafcers ; & _Cotatgponaw _&
Sib Jas, Gbaham, Ahd "Absolution" Fbom C...
Sib Jas , Gbaham , ahd "Absolution" fbom Conciliation Hall . —Thc Belfast Vindicator , in commenting- on the late debate on thc " Maynooth grant , " says : — " W « arc not so content with Mr . Sheil ' s voluntary promise , that Sir James Graham would receive a cordial reception in Ireland . Wc hare a profound esteem for Mr . Sheil , He is one of tho ornaments of our country—u man of superior genius and very great acquirements , who lias distinguished himself in every walk of literature , and is among the first in die first of all arts—the divine art of oratory . He is indeed an honour and an ornament ; but he stepped beyond his province when he undertook , on the part of the Irish people , ti >
promise a warm or cordial reception to Sir James Graham . We sincerely hope that Sir James will never put his defiling foot on any shore , to which he will nut be followed by his Poor Law fame and letter-opening notoriety . It would not be wise , or at aU correct , to call Sir James Graham thc murderer ofthe Bandieras , and other chivalrous Italians , who , revisiting _thcii ' native land , were met bya hangman , Sbirro , set upon them by the English Secretary . But the accident of their legal _cicecittion ought to pursue the soul of the letter-opener from shore to shove , like a ghost ; it ought to prepare for him a reception , not ' cordial , ' as Mr . Sheil promises , but warm beyond conception . And should thc death of the Bandieras be forgotten by our chivalrous people—should the ruin of these young and
gallant spirits , which recal our own Lord Edward to our memory , be unheeded by this land—perhaps Mary Furley—the persecuted Mary Fuiiey—the victim of a beastly law , and a more Secretary , will be recent enough to stimulate our ' cordiality . ' No indeed , Mr . Sheil ; the people arc not going to halloo in tho train of a man for telling one more falsehoodthe falsehood of the recreant schoolboy , that lie was sorry for what he did . Come here yourself , il you please , thc follower ofthe Queen , and we shall welcome splendid genius and private integrity ; but throw no mantles , be they worked with all the brilliant colourings of your perfect art , over him whom wc scorn , because we are patriots—whom we hate , because wc are men . " Thomas Pain , Staixevbbidge . —There was somcappli
cation ofthe sort he names to tlic treasurer of the fiuiil _, which was refused on the ground that no treasurer is at liberty to lend the fond entrusted to hini . W . C _, _Mabibill . —Certainly , a landlord has not a right _tostopupa " right of way" to a tenement which he has let with such right of way . If he does , no doubt an action against him might be maintained . J . M ., _Deptfobd , is right . The people xmtst take their affairs into their own hands , and do tlieir own work . Then the desertion of leaders can do them no harm . Indeed , the day for mischief from that class has gone , S . _Kido , _SEtKiUK . —Let the matter rest a little as it is , It at present stands in strong contrast with the flaming bounces about fair play , and whining complaints of burking , D . Potts , BiitMiHGHAM , —Wc really canuot spare room for their address on this occasion .
k Boilder , Camden Town . — "Wc never promise insertion to papers before we have seen them . If he chooses to forward thc communication he speaks of , it shall have our best attention ; and if likely to serve the public , shall find a place . G . Cavill , Sheffield . —Let him forward a complaint to the Post-Master General , setting forth the facts of the case . A . A . J . Alva . —We will endeavour to comply with his request , if other engagements will permit . _Ciuhles "Wilms , Kensington . —His letter shall be handed over to the Executive Committee , to see what tliey tliink of Ms proposal . T . B ., Manchesteb . —We know notliing of the merits of cither work . Though we advertise , it does uot follow that we read thc works .
Alexander Campbell . —We have received the following _disclaiMC _* " from our old and valued friend Alex . Campbell , which we publish to disabuse the minds of those who may not know thc writer as well as we do We beg to assure our friend that we never for one moment conceived him to be the writer , although the atrocity in question bore his name . Mr . Campbell says —A friend liaving pointed out to me a letter in " tlic National Reformer , " of the 2 Gth ult ., edited by J . B . O'Brien , containing what appears to mc a gross attack upon the character of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., bearing the signature of " Alexander Campbell , " and dated " Dundee , April 15 th , 1815 , " I am desirous that no one should suppose we to be the writer of that letter , as tho person who directed my attention to it believed it to be . You arc well aware I am not given to personal abuse against any man . I am , sir , yours truly , Ale . v Campbell .
Mr . R . Wild , Mottbam . —Wcdo not know thc address , but the place of residence is Macclesfield .
Monies Received By Mb. O'Connor. For Tii...
MONIES RECEIVED BY MB . O'CONNOR . for tiie _kxecutive . £ s . d . From the Chartists of Yeovil .. .. .. .. 0 10 ( i From a Democrat , Chepstow 0 0 8 EUNCOMBE TESTIMONIAL . From tho Dyers of Wigton 0 6 0 RECEIPTS PER GENERAL SECRETARY . SUBSCRIPTIONS . £ s . d . Lewisham ( omitted in previous list ) o 5 0 Newport , Isle of Wight 0 4 0 CARDS . lewisham ( omitted in previous list ) 0 5 Q VICTIM FUND . Newport , Isle of Wight „ _q 2 10
Erbatum.—The 8s. 6d. In Last Week's Star...
Erbatum . —The 8 s . 6 d . in last week ' s Star from Bristol , should have heen 8 s . 9 d . from thc late Bcar-lnne locality , Bristol . The balance sheet of the receipts ami expenditure ofthe late Convention will appear in next week ' s Star . Thc new cards and hand-hook , price 3 d ,, arc now ready for issue . It is imperative that each member furnish himself with them . Thc members of the London localities will be expected to take out their cards at their several meeting-places on Sunday evening . The members of the Executive Committee will attend the various public meetings in the localities , to be got up for the purpose of forming u Central Metropolitan Registration and Election Committee , of wliich T , S , Duncombe Esq ., M . P ,, has kindly consented to act as President . ' THOMAS MARTIN WHEELER , Secretary ,
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Fatal Accident.—On Tuesday Last, An Inqu...
Fatal Accident . —On Tuesday last , an inquest was held at tbe Anchor Inn , _Hunslet , near Leeds , on the body of John "West , of Hunslet Can * , labourer aged forty-three years . On Friday afternoon last ' the deceased , whilst riding on thc front oi * a cart between Hunslet and Rothwell , was thrown off by the sudden starting of the horse , when one of the wheels passed over his body , and he received such injuries as to cause his death on Sunday afternoon . Verdict" Accidental death . "
The Late Fatal Accuym Os I,**- A R V Isr...
The Late Fatal Accuym os _i _, _** - a _v ISranch of tuk Sheffield and _Maschkstjo i ! _* way _.-Asiiton , THURSDAY .-Ycsterday _, the adio _, „ : inquest on the bodies ofthe fifteen men killed Uv $ tailing of nine arches on tho Ashton Branch Raii „ 8 washeld at the Commercial Inn , in this town U ¦• W . S . Rutter , Esq ., coroner for thc _Lucad-jLjS * sion , and Chas . Hudson , Esq ., coroner for tw f !! shire division , and the joint juries ofthe two corn ., Thc inquiry excited considerable interest anZ the railway people of this district . Mr . _ChitT _" _- deputy chairman of thc Sheffield line , and . 4 ,- ' other gentlemen connected with thc _conim werc present . Thc object of the inquiry •' really into the cause of the accident . _jj _* _/}*• F . Mackworth , the resident engineer to the n [ iany ( the branch ) , was examined at great kmh to thc performance of the work . In his opinio , _h contract had been earned out . The original com was put in and read . It set forth the nature _ei' ! i Tuk I . ATE FATAL _ACCIDK'ST « S- t ,. i .
_nvitiii'mk to he llSPfl hv tlio rnnt . rnnr . nvi > , _* ,. n . _ .. - ' 10 materials to be used by the contractors in the ill tion of the arches , & e . _~ Mr . Samuel Hohnv « necr and builder , of Liverpool : Was frequently l ' ployed as surveyor . Had been in the business tli ! _+ two years , twenty-four of whieh he had' C raaster . Was one of the contractors who erected tl * viaduct at Stockport and Saltcn Ford , near Ih ] ,, Chapel , on the Manchester and Birmingham _H-iiUy _, Had been requested by the two coroners ( u _ox-uni ' the works at Ashton Viaduct , in conjunction wit ' li \ i _Bellhouse and Mr . Lee , of Manchester , y , i , and surveyors . They had unanimously 5 i « recil fo report , which he would read to tho jury . ! flle . J stated tliat they had examined the ruins , mulT i taken a description from thc plans and _spccifica' _* , whicli were set forth in thc report . Qft cxiim _} _., _' _,, the plan they found the interior filled un witl , ,. „ i A
stones mixed with scabhngs and brickbats ne"ii « m „ i v thrown in , without being regularl y bedded , _iii'l _^ ,, _'* tar of a very inferior quality , all of which l _Wrc c ! ; dence of the slovenly execution of the works 'JV report , which was lengthy , concluded with tiie foi lowing declaration . — " We cannot close tWs _^ _viixM examination witliout expressing our opinion that great blame has been incurred , and that this acii dent has taken place through the inferiority both of the material and the workmanship . Wc refer parti . cukrly to the construction of the piers . Tliese were totally insufficient for sustaining the weight which had been placed vertically upon them . The pressure tould only act on thc exterior casing , for the interior did not in the slightest degreecontributc to their strciMi _,
and would not have borne their own weight if '| ie exterior casing had been removed from tliem . The want of binders also , to connect the two sides of tha piers together , has been a most fatal error , and painfill as it is to us , we are compelled to state that in our opinion this accident would not have occurred had the works been executed in a proper _iiwmier " —Mr . John Davis , chemist , of Manchester . * jjad re ceivcd from tho last witness several ]* ael _* a"es of mortar , which he had analysed and made a report of them in a letter to Mr . Lee , from whicli it appeared that there was TO per cent , of sand , SJ of lime , and 211 of iron , < _t-c . Several other witnesses were examined , . after whieh thc coroners each recapitulated the evidence , commenting in strong _tciina the nature of thc workand
on > s , explaining the law of deodand which could not in that case be levied ' after which the jury retired , and in about fortv mi nutcs returned with a verdict of Accidental Death accompanied by thc unanimous expression of their opinion , that they considered the sole cause of the accident to arise from the insufficiency of the worki aud thc inferiority of the material iiscd , together with negligence of the men and the contractors , also that of the company ' s servants , and a request that thc coroners would forward thc evidence taken ( _i . fore them to the Lords of the Privy Council or thc Hoard o f Trade , with the view to the Governme nt sending down some competent engineer to inspect the whole ofthe works prior to the _^ ine being opened to the public .
Suicide of the Camain of a Danish Smr .-On Wednesday the Captain of the Danish brig lietsy _, whose name is at present unknown , committed suicide by cutting his throat while in a warm hath , at the bath establishment in Towcr-strccr . On Thursday evening an inquest was held on thc bodv hv Mr . Payne , city coroner , at the White Horse , Roodlane , Tower-street . —George Iteid , one of thevaitm at the above house , said that on Wednesday , about uoou , the deceased applied for a bath . ' Witness showed hun into onc of the bath-rooms , and there left liim . In consequence of the deceased not making his appearance after a reasonable time had elapsed , wit . _inss went and knocked at the door ; but , rewiring no answer , the door was ultimately broken open , and the deceased was found in the bath partially dressed , with his head under water . Upon lifting him . up , a dreadful wound was discovered in the throat . A razor , covered with blood , with which thc deceased had
i committed the rash act , was found in the bath . It lioro the mark of "Bengal" upon it . Michael iYicIson , mate of thc Betty , said that he had known the deceased for about eighteen months . The vessel arrived at the _Limeliouse tier on Monday last . He was a man of very large fortune and he intended to retire on his return home , after the present voyage . He had neither children nor nife , ahd all his friends are well off , and reside at Copenhagen . He was a perfectly sober man . His lather was a clergyman , and hia brother , witness believed , committed suicide by shooting liimself . Thc last time witness saw deceased alive was on _Wedneaday forenoon , when he complained of being unwell . Of late witness had seen a great change in liis spirits , Mr . Wm . May , ship-broker , and several other witnesses , gave such evidence as to prove that the mind of deceased bad become impaired , and the jury , _uftcr consulting , returned a _ycrdict of Temporary Insanity .
Singular Discovert of a Gentleman _Dyiso i > * ms Streets . —Shortly after eleven o ' clock on Monday night , as two gentlemen , who gave their names and addresses as 0 . B . C . Harrison , Esq ., 23 , Wohurnplace , and Charles lioumier , Esq ., Shanlock Hall , Bovingdon , Herts , and No . 8 , Regent-square , ivere proceeding _along'Wclstead-street , New-road , tlieir attention was attracted to the body of a man Iving parfly on the kerb and partly iu the gutter , who ' was groaning heavily , and appeared to bcdn iig . They instantly gave an alarm to the police , and police-constable Francis , 146 S , having procured a stretcher from the Somers Town station , aided by the two gentlemen above-named , andayoungman named Barber , conveyed thc apparently dying man to the St . Pancras workhouse . On tlieir arrival there was no medical man residing on the establishment , and Mr . Cooper , the parish surgeon , who resides in Canulcn-strcct .
had tobe sent tor . He arrived in about ten minutes , and although signs oflife were exhibited on his admission , long before thc arrival of the surgeon he had expired . The body of the deceased was attired in such a dress as a gentleman would wear , but as no money or any article of value was found upon his peraon , it is not known whether he may not have been drugged and robbed by some one . He is a man apparently about 45 years of age , 5 f eet 11 inches high , his head nearly bald , having brown hair , with rather a long visage , and whiskers inclining to red . His dress _consists of a nearly new suit of black , body-coat , waistcoat and trousers , a black silk handkerchief , and Bluelier boots . He had on the little finger of his left hand a galvanic ring , and a paper was found in liis pocket bearing on it , "Ear ! of Pembroke , Cariton-garcleus , from Sera-Jigs . " Thc cause of death has not yet been ascertained , nor has the body been _indemnified .
My stekious Affair . —During tlio whole oi' Wednesday afternoon the inhabitants of Clarc-markct were thrown into considerable excitement bv the discovery of the following extraordinary case : —It appeal's that there has been residing for several veais past , in thc house of Mr . Macey , the survevor and builder , 6 , Dcnzill-strcet , Lincoln _' s-inn , a _pei-son ofthe name of Thomas Parr , by trade a copper-pJate printer . About three years since , liis two daughters , the one Mary , aged thirty-six , and the youngest Ann , thirty , left thc union workhouse , where they had been an paupers , and came to reside with their parent ina small room adjoining his own apartment on thc third floor . They never permitted the father or any ofthe lodgers to enter their room , and weeks have been known to elapse witliout their being seen by any of the lodgers .
tor some days past the neighbours had complained of a most dreadful stench apparently proceeding from the room of those females . Upon interrogating tie youngest she denied all knowledge of the cause , at thc same time positively refusing to permit any person to enter her apartment . About three o'cloek on Wednesday afternoon , Mr . Baker , the . summoning officer , and a policeman , proceeded to the room , and upon bursting open the door , were nearly driven back by the disgusting nature of the effluvia that issued therefrom . Upon the bed they discovered thc youngest sister , Ann , asleep , and by her side the body ' of Mary dressed _. in a dreadful state of putrefaction , liaving been dead between four and live weeks . No possible cause can be assigned for the conduct of the surviving sister , farther than the rumour that she has been subject to fits of insanity . Thc body awaits the coroner ' s
inquiry . Accident at _Oxfoii _*) . —On Friday afternoon a sail accident bci ' el Mr . Thompson , a gentleman commoner of Oriel College , Oxford , who with another gentleman was out tin * a ride on horseback , and had been to Bicester . On his return , and when on the Aliddlcton-road , about a mile from thc latter town , his horse f ell over a sheep that was lying in thc road . The rider was thrown off with great f orce , and was greatly injured . His companion returned to Bicester and obtained a postchaisc , in whieh the injured gentleman was conveyed back to thc King ' s Anns Inn . He is now ( Monday evening ) lying at the inn in a precarious state , suffering from concussion of the brain . But faint hopes are entertained of his recovery .
. _SlIOCKKVC _Ac'CIDEXt AT SEA SoliTHAMHOS . —Oh Saturday morning , at eight , the Queen saw a sloop capsize in Portland Race , and twice ran ba to render aid , but met with none of the crew . She appeared to be about sixty tons burden , and there was a pilot-boat not more thanaquarterofamilcfronj her . She had two water-casks painted green , and large bilge keelsons .
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