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No vember 6 , 1847 . fi THE NORTHHftN STAR . ¦ • ¦ - ¦ - ¦ - _.-- - — . - _^ = _^ 6 ] _JA _- _UHlMliKiN _» _—!^^ ¦ _^
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_Drurrtcito-i . — _Effiuvia iboh Cesspools . — A _number of experiments were tried on Tuesday morning , at Hackney , in the presence of several eminent chemists and other persons interesUd in discoveries of thisnstaie _, by way nf testing the powers ot a disinfecting fluid , recently imented by a Mr Ellerman , for the purpose of destroying the noxious vapours and _gasses arising from drains and cesspools . The following _gas * . s are evolved fiom animal and _vegetable matter in a stats of putrefaction and decomposition *—Sulphuretted hydrogen , carburetted hydrogen , ' and phosphoretted _hydrogen . The effect of Mr Ellermau's di _» _l- » f < cting
fluid ic to destroy the ammonia , and to unite with these gasses in a solid form , in which state they remain iu the aia _» _s of _decaying matter instead of being emitted into the _atmosphere . Among the _experiments tried _, was a _smill _quantity of theflaid poured into a tub full of night soil , the disagreeable odour of which was extremely powerful . Within a few minutes all tha characteristic smell of this matter _had eatirely vanished , _leavise * _, it is true , another in its place—that of the agent by which the change bad bean effected , bnt which Ur Elkrmm _itated to Toe entitely innoxious _, and which waa merely temporary . t
_MQUEST . The _SisiTAar _Qcestioi * . —On Monday forenoon _before If r _Poyne , at the Crown / . Lambeth-road , respecting the death of R . Batler , aged forty-eight , a shoemaker which _was accelerated from inhaling impure air , and from wan-tag the common necessaries of life . The coroner and jury preceded to 1 , Minor . place , Kingstreet , _Lambetb-road , to tiew the body . Ther * om in which it lay presented the appearance of the most extreme penury , an old table being tbe sole _farnitnr * _, It appeared from the evidence of peliceman Humphreys , ofthe li division , the occupier of the bouse , and of his wife , that the deceased had been their lodger abont twelve months . He was thonght to be in Very distressed _rir-amstane-s , aad frequently receieved food from his landlady ; bat be wonld never lllow any ene _< o go Int * his room . Last _Sandsy afternoon he had not bees
seen far some days ; his room was forced open , when he was found lying on a mattres , with some rage nnder h ' m , in a sta'e of nudity . Ur _Hooptr , _sur _, _« in , promptly saw _deceased when be was ie the last stage of existence . He breathed with difficulty , and was insensible . Brandy was administered which revived him for a time . He then sank , snd died tbe earn * afternoon . Subsequently , Upon searching the room £ 17 . lis . in _trel < J , . £ 8 . Ss . Sd . ia silver , and 6 s . 3 d . in copper , were discovered . Mr Hooper said that nothing conld exceed the frightful state of the room in which deceased lived , and which was filled with the most _naa-eoasenlariam . The hydrogen gas he emitted had _completely changed the colour ofthe copper on the table . There was a large backet of ratten apples in tits room , in which were thoasands of flies , and there was a quantity of bones on the cill ofthe window , which had been macerated by the wet . Ur Hooper sail he had no doubt but that deceased ' s death was
accelerated frata want of proper sustenance , and from inhaling the noxious atmotph . re he was living in . There was also nnder his window a dust heap of the most offensive character . He wished to draw the attention ol the coroner to that nuisance , in the hopes of it obtaining publicity , as it existed in a poor and densely populous neighbourhood , in coasenaence of whieh fever prevailed to an alarming extent . A _jarsr observed , while sifting ia his room afterwards , at eleven o ' clock at night , he was compelled to burn paper to avoid the smell . The coroner suggested that a bill of indictment should Tbe preferred against the owner of tbe property . Verdict— ' That the _deceased died from breathing impure air , asd not taking tbe common necessaries oi life . *
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_iSngianTj . _XAKCASHIEB . Wigas . —Thb Cottos Mills . —Oat of the twenty mills in Wigan enly one is running fall time , according to Act of Parliament . Some are running wb at is called three days , others fonr day * , and some forty-two hours for fonr days' wages , at ten hoars per day , whilst others are stopped altogether until same thing like conf dence iB restored . On Sand-y last several of the factory girls were ont with their baskets in the coantry soliciting charity , and openly declaring that they had no othsr means of obtaining a subsistence .
_BIJCXS . _SisocLsn CiprnsB—A few days since a singular adventure befel the Sep . 0 . Roger * , of Sherrington . As the reverend geuifeman was walking to his residence , from the neighbouring town of _Mevtport Pagnel , his attention was attracted to a large and strange bird _, ¦ which , after malting several unavailing attempts to sustain itself in the air , finally alighted in a field close to tbe road . Mr Rogers made towards the spot , and finding thatthe bird . frem . weariness or a wound , was nnable to fly off , he by a skilful manoeuvre succeeded , _notwithstanding a desperate resistance which it made with a most formidable hill , and a pair of wings vigorous
enough to bestow an awkward buffet , in capturing it . j The bird taken tinder * htse singular circumstances is ol the _sixe ofa swan , perfectly white , except at the tip o » the wingB , whieh are ef a slate _colosr , with beak and eyes of alightgreen It measures from beak to tail about two feet ; Us wings are _tfc feet from tip to tip . Its name and species have completely baffled the ornithological skill of its captor , aad of the learned ia the neighbonrhoo 4 . Though evidently a _Bta . ftwl . _perbsps of a tropical family , it thrives under the keeping of Mr Rogers , manifestly improving in strength , spirt , and evincing a decided preference for stale soles , oh which if feeds voraciously .
soiiir . Suicide is tot Stoket . Cochtt _Lctutic Asvleh . — On _Tattdmy a tone _loqolry was gone into before W _, Carter , Esq .. the Coroner for East Snrre / , and a rery _respectable Jury , at the County lunatic Asylum , near Wandsworth , relative to _thecirenmstances attending the death of George Randall Woods , aged 27 . late a _piw ' ent in tbat institution . Edward Boose sta'ed be wss one ofthe attendants on the male patients ; deceased was nndtr his and _George Durham ' s care . Ou Saturday morniag at nine o ' clock he reo _. ived charge of the deceased Irom Durham , wbo went off duty till one a . m . A few minutes after nine o ' clock witness had occaiionto leave Xo . 3 . ward , in tha _day-rocm of which deceased was , with upwards of forty other _pstirats , to co to an
other put of ths bnilding , and _de-ired a patient , named Glover to watch the deceased , who was considered a suicidal patient , and endeavoured , when afforded the sHghtestopportonity , to destroy himself . When he last saw the deceased in good health he was la the _airiagysxd , with the man Glover aad tone othar patients . _Wvness returned im a few minnt-s . and _-nls- " _n deceased , inquired after him , and was induced to visit the bath-room attached to No . 3 ward . He then found deceased lying on his side with a razor grasped tightly < n his right hand ; he turned him on hit hack and discovered a wide and deep gash in hit throat , from which the blood had just commenced flowing ; deceued was alive , but expired in a few minntes . Witness had understood that JDurbam , the other attendant , had pnt the _razors in a cupboard in theday . rom used by the patients , on tbe Saturday previous . That _cupbo-rd is rued
to te _=-p the earring-knife and fork , and tbe attendants ' knives and forks , crockery , and other articles that eould be resorted to by patients desirous of destroying themselves , and was invariably kept locked . After some farther evidenca the room was cleared of strangers , and tbe Jury after remaiaing in consultation nearly an hour , returned as their verdict— ' That the deceased destroyed himself by cutting his threat with a razor , being of onseund mind ; and we , the Jury , regret that the razors _, as well as other instruments calculated to canse death _, should hate beea placed ia the _cupboard of the room appropriated to the lunatic patients , and suggest to the committee the consideration of tbis sahject . ' The foreman _ako wished it to be understood that the Jury did not consider the attendance sufficient . Mr Kemble assured the Coroner and Jury that their suggestions _wouM meet with the utmost attention from ths visiting justices _.
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_Glejc IVlt _Obstsvctzoss . —A public meeting of the M & _aVltants of Perth has been held in the Citj . ball , the Lord Provost in tbe chair , to take _inte consideration the recent attempt of the Duke of Atboll to stop the road through © lea Tilt , and to adopt measures for the protection of the rights of the pnblic . The meeting was very numerously and respectably attended . There could not he fewer in thc hall than from 1 , 500 to 2 . 000 Individuals . Oa the large platform , which was crowded , there were tne LorJ Pnvost and _3 i » _ct-trato-, nearly all the mem .
b 3 K if council , the deacons of the various incorporations _, the members ofthe police and water commissions , hesi-es a large number of private gentlemsn unconnected with any of the public bodies . _Resolutions were passed expressive of the right of the public to a passage thwa < h Glen Tilt ; ealiing upon the _meetiag to afford e-ery _possibl « pecuniary aid to the Edinburgh Society and that a subscription shonld he immediately set en wt for raising the necessary funds , to carry out wbleh a committee was appointee * . The sneakers strongly ad vprf cd to tbe necessity tf assisting . the association Jn E Unbur _^ h fer preserving the public right of roadway in Scotland . .
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IHISH _LiSBtORDlSlf IX " VEST CARBERRY . Daring the debates of last session various refereneest were m .-dc te tbe conduct of the West Carberry landlords . Many of the statements were _contradicted on authority , bat a letter , addressed to a citiz ; n _ofDabiin , by a lady lately resident in tbat quarter , paints the proprietors ia even still mere repnlsive colours : — Had I the power ( she says ) of writing what I bave seen , or you the patience t » read it , I could tell yon of greater cruelties , hardship * , and even undisguised swindling , by these Carb . rry _landlords , than was ever published of that class . Bad as tbey are in tbe neighbouring _couities , we surpass them here .
Last week I went to M Core , with F . Hear it we came on a village , the houses all blackened aud thrown down . We called to a man who was _gatherisg
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sticks amongst tke ruins , and asked him had there beea Ob . no , Sir : ths agent was down , and he palled down the _hontes , and burned the thatch foe fear we might shelter _eurselves . There were forty houses in the townland . H , the driver , bas all tha place now . How many were turned out !' « I could not tell you , Sir ; there is a great crowd ol them . ' « Where are they !' They are all under the ditches there , sleeping these two ni-hts . Soma of them have got into the town to beg . ' ' Has any of them died" ' ' Not yet , Sir , until the rain comes on , when many of them will . ' 4 Who is the landlord !' AMrP . R . '
In the same part of the county is the property of a barrister in your city , Tbe people on his estates died in hundreds last winter of positive hunger . Any of his tenants wha could planted a Uttle corn , and the poor people were keeping it fer winter store . He came down in vacation , sent out his drivers , forced them to thrash ont , and sead theproduce to a store ofhis own selection —the money to be set against arrears—thus keeping the power of ejection still over them , though he has Such is the manner in which tbe duties of property _, are discharged in West Carberry . Is it any wonder that ite rights are _ftWHieutly violated F If ORE CORE _LASDLOBMSS * _-
The Cork Examiner gvm au account of _auether wholesale extermination in the county of Cork .. Ihe letter , which iB dated October _^ , narrates how and wby _fifty-fiv-etfieads ef families , comprising 269 human beings , were driven from their holdings in the barony ofDuhollow , county Cork . No canse can be alleged ( the writer says ) for thw sweeping act of extermination , save a desire of reraoTing the poor at any rate , and feeding upon that and sheep and oxen , which God and Natureintended for the support of ite indigenous inhabitants _^
The sympathetic reader will naturally inquire , what has since become of those poor souls ? It is _difficult to answer his question . Some have already _fallea victims to this strange polio '' , and left this life with an anathema on their lips against the canse oftheir suffering : others have sought for an asylum in your city , others , in fine , do still adhere , with a desperate tenacity , to the place oftheir birth . They have constructed huts oa the Bide 3 of tho roads and ditches . In view of their former dwelling places , whicii serve now only as a memento of landlord devastatien in the year 1847 .
_PBOSPECIS OF VAHMfB . Most ef the accounts from the provinces concur in as . serting that the produce of last harvest is rapidly disappearing . In short , it is alleged that , notwithstanding the _sbmndant return there is scarcely three _months ' provision in the country , and it is feared that the untoward result ef last year's speculations will deter the mercantile community from embarking very extensively in the impart trade .
STATE OF THE C 30 XCT OOBE . The Skibbereen workhouse , built for 809 , is shutholding 1 , 3 * 0 paupers within its walls , and incapable of holding any more . Ths beggary of that vast and deplorable district must look elsewhere , It will increase fontfeld in a few months ; and where shall it look ? _HOH-PAIMERT OF _XEHTfi . Is the King ' s and Queen ' s counties—heretofore re . markable for the orderly conduct of the peasantry , and for the punctuality with which rents had been paidthere is now ia various districts a growing disposition to repudiate the payment of rents , poor rates , and other obligations . 8 _TATB OF THE _CODNIST .
Armed meeting : * , riots , stealing of cattle , and _vielant assaults soon unpopular individuals proclaim the wretched state of the conntry . While the Guardians of the Kanturk Union were sitting on Friday week , a ' policeman entered the board . _roo-n tossy that about 2 , 000 from tke lower parishes of Xilbolane and _Sbandum had arrived at the gate , and were forcing an _sntrance _, and that the military , who were in attendance also , refased to act . Mr Freeman then took , charge of the oivil and military force , though stones were , literally speaking , falling in showers . Cn some of the ringleaders being arrested an attempt was made to rescue them by the crowd , who had to be kept back at the point of the bayonet . Subsequently the crowd dispersed .
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THAMES . — The Police aoaiw . —J , _Birnett was charged with assault . The prosecutor did not appear . _—Police-ccnstable 169 H , stated that the prisoner was given iato custody on Saturday evening at the Shore * ditch | terminus of the Eastern Connties Railway , by a man who said he had been assaulted by him oa board the Kent tteemer _, and had two of his teeth knocked out . The prisoner had beea in custody since Saturday . — _Btrnett said the person who gave him into custody was the aggressor . The prisoner was crossing from the Kent to tha Essex shore , to meet the train , when two men , one of whom was intoxicated , poshed against his wife , who was seated on the after part of the desk , and rery much annoyed her . She was again insulted , and he struck tbe man , and after travelling upwards oi six miles on the railway he-was given into custody , —Mr _ITardley
said the prisoner was given into the custody of a policeman some miles from the spot where the alleged assault wat committed . The policeman saw nothing of the assault and heard nothing , except what the party eharging thought proper to relate , and upon that he took upon himself the responsibility of charging him at the station house , and bringing him before a magistrate . It was very likely the prisoner had told the truth , ead if so , the per-on accusing him was as much te blame as the party accused . According t » his f the magistrate ' s ) notions of the duty of the palice , the _ootutable bad very much exceeded it in taking the prisoner into custody ; and if his aecount was true , he wonld hare very good reasons for bringing an action for tbe illegal arrest and imprisonment . He shonld discharge the prisoner . —Barnett said ha would not let the matter rest hers . He would seek
redress in another place . luzosi _. Cokdcct of _zis Folic * . —Mary Field , a prostitute , was charged with having wilfully broken a wineglass , the property of Mr Charles Brookman _, _landlord of the Bricklayer ' s Arms , Cable-street , St Georgein-the-Bast , and also with having grossly insulted his wife . To the great surprise of the magistrate , when the case was gone into . It turned out that . notwithstanding his cautionary remarks to the police force ( respecting their locking individuals np on frivolous charges with _, out themselves seeing or knowing anything of the matter , ) ia a case that occurred at this cenxt only on Tnesday last , this prisoner had been wrongfully takeu into custody , as from the evidence of the landlord it was shewn that the wine gla . _B was accidentally and not wil . fully broken ; and although it was proved sht had
applied various offensive epithets to Mrs Brookman , tbis was in the honse and not in tbe streets , and therefore , as the la w at present exists , although the landlord would have been legally Justified in turning her out of his house , he was not justified in giving , er the policeman wat ranted in taking , her into custody . —Mr Yardley observed : This is another illustration af the impropriety of policemen taking trivial charges ' where they do not themselves se * tbe offence committed . It is now Clearly demonstrated that the breaking the glass was accidental , aad parties cannot be proceeded against criminally fer an accident ; and though I bave no doubt , from tbe prisoner ' s character , sbe has been making use of foul and
abusive language , yet as she had not been guilty of any breach ef the law , she had been converted from an offending into aa injured party . She ought not to have been _locked up ; the charge against her cannot be sustained ¦ and therefore I discharge ber . The magistrate then addressed the constable H 51 , who took the charge , and who had admitted that he did not witness the breaking of the glass . —H 51 declared that the landlerd bad charged tbe prisoner with wilfully breaking the glass , aad therefore he was bound to take her into custody ; and she was also very disorderly in the streets abont half an hear previous . —Mr Yardley : Sha might have keen taken np then and charged as a _disorderly prostltate , bnt this whole proceeding is illegal .
_Cixuxhwiit ,. _—BauTAUix sf thb Police . —A pretty looking girl , _aboat fifteen jear- of age , who . stated that her father and mother were dead , ' and that she gained her livelihood hy selling fruit , was charged by a _oonstflble ofthe O division with obstructing the foot-pavement and leaving her basket mnattended . It appeared that the p _« or thing came out _wltbsut eating anything in tbe morning , and as soon ss she made a few penes ran to an adjacent cook-shop , leaving her basket beside the flagws _> y , when the poliseman cams np and seized upon herself snd it . —Mr Combe discharged the prisoner with a cantion .
B 0 _W-8 TREET . —FBAUDS IH THE Coat TRADE . — _Hatbasiel _Csomses , a coal merchant , carrying oa business at Ko . 29 , Craven-street , Strand , appeared upon a summons , with his carter , John Brown , for the delivery of coals without the proper weighing machine or weights being attached to his cart . Mr Clarkson appeared for the defendant . —Jane Miteheli , residing witb her father , at 26 . _Arundel-street , Strand , stated that on the llth of October she ordered two tons of coals , at £ 2 83 ., to be Celiverad from the northern Coal Company , 21 , Cravenstreet , Strand , to be sent to her honse oa the ISth ; and when ths carter , Brown , was _daUvering them , about eight o'clock in the morning , ehe observed they were very small , and having requested that he would weigh tbem , he refused , saying the machine was out of order , and he had no weights ; witness Immediately called the _street-keeper , but the defendant Brown continued to
shoot the coals until the contents of the cart were deposited , witb the exception of six sacks . The carter then said hs wonld take them to Let ' s wharf , in Fimlico , from whence he had bronght them , aad witness , with another person , having followed him , they remained three hours , having been told by the clerk that he knew nothing abont them . Witness and ber friend never saw Mr _Coombes ,. bnt a clerk ordered the coals to be again shot into a barge , witheut having them weighed . —Jobn Fhilipps , streebkeeper for St Clement ' s Banes parish , proved tbat although he told the defendant Browa to desist shooting the coals , he refused . WitnesB requested he would weigh the sacks , but he replied that the machine was ont of order , and taking him to the ether side ofthe cart said , 'Tou see tbat I have no weights , and my machine Is ont of order . ' Witness subsequently saw Mr Coombes . aud he expressed a wish that the busutss
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should be settled without _cetnidg before the court , offering to give him twa sovereigns ; and offer an apology to the lady , with a present of the coals , if she would not come forward to prefer the complaint , but witness refused , aud then Mr Coombes invited him to take wine , doubling the amount of the bribe if he could settle the matter . — -Mr Clarkson said he weuld not trouble ths eoart to call another witness , there being no means of rescuing the defendant or his carter from the oonBe _. quencesof the summons , it being distinctly prored that the eart had heen sent out witheut tbe machine or
weights . — -Mr Jardine was quite sure that the impositions practised upen the public were incalculable , and as It was impossible to break down the evidence adduced , he saw no reason for coming to any other conclusion than tbat Mr Coombes was privy to the proceeding , He shoald therefore erder him to pay the full penalty of 161 . Tbe other defendant was then ordered to pay 51 , witb costs , llr Jardine _' aiked Browa if he could pay the fine . — Brown replied that he supposed some person would pay it . —Hr Jardine upon tbis ordered his master to pay the _additional 51 . with costs , which was immediately complied witb , and tbe parties left the court .
GUILDHALL . — Cactioh to Omsibus _CowDoeroas . — Sir James South appeared before Mr _AU-rman Meon as a complainant against the conductor of the Bayswater omnibus wearing the badge 1 , 526 , tor refusing to show him his badge , and using insulting language to him . Sir James stated thathe was engaged in a series of examinations as to ths accuracy of certain clocks , In which he bad to test them to fractions of seconds , and on the 29 th nit . he left Bayswater at a quarter before five with the view of being at the Gen-rat Poit Office at a quarter before sir . The defendant hailed him at the Black Lion , at Bayswater ; bat he refased to get iu as the omnibus was lettering . Having walked half a mile , the omnibus came up and he got in . In Holborn complainant asked at what time tbe omnibus would reach the Bank . The conductor muttered but gave bim no information . Oa reaching Newgate street he tsld the conductor he Bhould alight at the Post-office , and receiving no answer he determined to do 60 before he got
there . He had to make three applications to the mau to 6 top before he would do so . He set complainant down in the middle ofthe road . Complainant refused to pay him nnlest be came te the footway , and he said he should summons him .. He demanded that complainant should bring the money to him on his perch , but a mob begiBningto ' collect , "he condescended to fetch it , andcom . plainant took that opportunity of examining the number of the metal ticket . He _expeotid from the words used by the defendant tbat he bad an idea of assaulting him . —The defendant said Sir James ' s statement was en . tirely false , and that he was known on the road for riding in 'busses on purpose to summons tbem . It was enough that he wore the badge . He was net bound to hold it np to anybody to look at or stand still _opposlts a light . Sir James was very rough , and pulled kirn along to tbe light by the string of his number , —Mr Ald . rman Moon adjudged ths defendant to pay 10 s . or ba Imprisoned fourteen < 3 aj * . —Th p defendant paid the fine .
Charge of Raps . —At _Worsbip . street on Wednesday G . Batley , a performer at the Britannia Saloon , Hoxtoa , wasplacedat the bar for final examination , charged with violating the person of a young woman , named Elisabeth Clarke , about slxtem years of age , tbe daughter ofa widow at Hackney ; and Henry Pitt , another actor in the same establishment , was charged with aiding and assisting the first prisoner in the commission of theof & nce . The particulars of the first examination were published about a fortnight _siaee , and the complainant , npon being resworn and repeating her former evidence , which she did without any important variations , added , that previous te the outrage , Pitt and a girl named Plaster , an acquaintance of his , who had induced her to enter the honse , ran out of tbe room together during its perpetration , bolting the door after
tbeaa on the outside to prevent her escape , and tbat to enable him to accomplish his purpose , Batley not only flung her to the ground , and struck her head against the hoards with such violence tbat she was rendered insensible , and remained so for a great length of time , but forcibly held one of bis hands over her mouth , to prevent her screams being _heatd by the neighbours . In partial confirmation ofthis , police-constable Ball of tbe K division , was called and stated , that upon afterwards examining the house , while the prisoners were in the Station-house , he found a strong bolt on Ihe edge of the door , as the young woman had described , aud that it was Impossible for auy person inside to escape when that was fastened . Mr Arnold fully committed both _priseners for trial , Batley as the principal in the out . rage , and Fitt as an accessory before the fact .
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THE POLES AND THEIR _PERSECUTORS . THB FTJP 1 LS OF SZELA . ( From tbe Democratic Pacifique . ) The Poms or Skia . —The persecutions of the Austrian Cabinet against unhappy Poland , sre not yet exhausted . The blood of tha martyrs , who hava fallen under the axe of _Szela , has not sufficed to slake the sanguinary thirst of the tyrant . Itis not sa < nci «& tfor Metternich to have robbed the vanquished of their country ; to league with the Tsar , as an accomplice in the werk of extermination , fer the purpose of destroying , by all possible means , the feeling of nationality in Poland —he still longs f » r victims .
Tbe National informs us that the news It has received chills the heart with horror . Nobles ,. denounced for having deplored in their own family circle the calamities of their country , baT » been seized at dead of night , and abducted to distant fortresses , without any one knowing their fate . Young girls have been dragged naked from their beds , outraged by drunken soldiers , and gone mad with shame aad fear . Men have been immured , on suspicion , in damp dungeons for six or seven months , till thej have confessed imaginary crimes _. Landowners have been attacked on the highways , _bcatea , mutilated , left for dead , and then claimed by the Austrian police to undergo fresh tortures . While these horrible tragedies are enacting , Louis Mieroslawski awaits sentence of death at Berlin , aad the Procurator-General , de Wtutzel , supplies daily fresh victims to the Prussian police .
Let the murderers have a eare . The measure of their iniquity is well nigh full . The people , who are crushed under the fearful despotism of Austria , are everywhere in a state of excitement , tbat the terrors of tbe scaffold cannot calm . If tbey are to be driven to desperation bytorture , they may think themselves justified iu using terrible reprisals iu the hour of success .
REVELATIONS FROM THE CITADEL OF WARSAW , Human nature is shuoderiBg with horror la hearing with what cruelty the Russian government treats the Polish imprisoned patriots . Grzegorzeweki who . amongst others , signed the Cracow manifesto , impri , _soned inth ° citadel of Warsaw , became very seon insane The eld senator , Wleloglowski , could not endure the torture , and died fonr weeks after his imprisonment in that gaol . The bride of the _unfortuuate Dobryie was let ont from the gaol of the Citadel , but suffering had already reduced her tosuoh weakness , tbat sbe soon died . _Morsztyn has broken his skull by beating It against the walls of bis prison , not beiog able to support the horrible sufferings he und « r treat at each _exatnlnatien . Anthony Paprocki , beaten to daath , cried out to his last moment : ' I am dying for the most sacred cause of Poland . '
DEFESCB OF LOUIS MIEROSLAWSKI , THE LEA . DER OF THF POLISH INSURGENTS IN POSEN . The following isa translation of someof tbe most remarkable passages in this speech , which is said to have produced so sensible an effect upon the judges of the accused , that the President decided upon adjourning the conrt until the next day . Sentence of deeth was thenpassodon MiMaelawiki __ ' Oh , gentlemen , if it is conspiracy to denounce as well publicly as privately , violence , spoliation , calumny , the pitiless persecution of the weak by tbe strong—it it ls worthy of death or captivity to defend one's life and to labour for _freedom—thtn It is not we alone , it ia all Poland , tbat is guilty of conspiracy . Bring , therefore , all Poland to this bar ; bring hither all our saints aad
all oar heroes , bring all who groan , all who eurse the day of their birth , in that vast land of slavery , wbich is called Poland ; enlarge the bounds of this hall to tbe four corners of the world , for everywhere the bones of tha Poles who bave died for the redemption oftheir country call aloud for vengeance . Your quest has plunged its next for a moment into the immense fnei . haustiWe , and unfathomable stream of onr agitation to draw from it at hazard 260 grains of sand . But can yoa believe , gentleman , thatyen have thus secured one secret radical cause of evil which troubles the waves , and keeps them tinged with blood . Be aot sarprlsed , gentlemen , if we repeat , incessantly , if we repeat until our voices are silenced for ever , that we are punished not on account of our resistance , but on account of tbe _flsgraBt , tbe irreparable injury wbich our country sustained almost a century ago . We repeat it , because you
are desirous of forgetting it ; because you willingl y avert your eyes , in order not to perceive tbat each convulsion tbat agitates Poland Is bnt tbe necessary and involuntary reaction attending the crimes committed against her by the powers who affect astonishment at her struggles . The most timid , the most inoffensive being if youspekto trample it nnder feet , will tutu upon you , will use its last remaining strength to make you re ' . lease it , by wounding that which crushes it ; and do you _bslievethatau entire nation , that a giant burled alive in too narrow a tomb , will not seek to shake off the _Insufferable weight which crushes his breast t Do tbe Titans sleep tranquilly under the mountains with which the jealousy of Jupiter has overwhelmed their degpair ? Is it a crime in those wretched _outoests , if the deathrattle of their eternal agony , piercing the crater * of their sepulchre , sometimes troubles the banquet of the autocrat of the heavens . '
Thb Poiish _Ladiis of Posbn have eolleoted all their jewels which they have sold for tbe benefit of the Polish 6 tate prisoners and their impoverished families
THE POLISH TRIALS Day after day the trial ofthe Poles implicated inth e late insurrection has been going on regularly aad in perfect order . Many have heen set at liberty , some entirely , others on _panle : int after the trial and dt . fence of _Mieroslaswski aad the three principal leaders no feature of interest presented itself to attract public atteuton . Iu the sitting of the 19 th ult ., however , the investhjation into the attempt against Posen on the night between the 3 rd _audeth March camoforward . ,
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. - * _" _¦ ' 11111 ' _——•*—¦ - Tbe follon " ng are the chief points whieh will bt brou ght to bear against the accused *— _¦*• _- . In an assembly of the _lasurgents held at _Crscow on the 18 th January , 18 ' 6 , at which Mieroslawski presided , the 2 l 8 t February was fixed upon fer a general rising in differentparts of the duchy . The arrest of Mieroslawski en the 12 th February , as well as ofa number of nobles , his ascomplices , at Posen , put a slop to , the execution of their projects as regarded the duchy of Posen . But as the Insurrection at Cracow for a moment seemed triumphant , the conspirators who were still at liberty resolved to make themselves masters of the town aud citadel of Posen , to deliver the prisoners , and to carry out their first plan against the duchy . This plot was - _^ _Z _* _:
under the guidance of _Nlegolewski , Chamskl , and _Loais Paternowski' Their plans were as follows : —Niegolew-Bki had sounded tbe peasantry in the vicinity of _Pobku , especially those of Polish descent , and relied on t » _eir _" _as--istsBce . In lne - ° **' n lhey counted a number of adherents , _ameugst whom were many of the pupils of the public seminary , who were led by a baker of the name of Heymann , and the director of some mills , Egsman , Tbe head forest ranger of Count Dzialzneki bad promised to join them with a considerable body of peasantry from Bnin . Their plans were well arranged _. The movement was to commence s > s the clock struck eleven on tbe night ofthe 3 rd March , 1816 , Each party had it * leader , and its place of meeting . Most of the conspirators were already armed , and the remainder
were provided with arms on the spot . They hoped to have no difficulty ih storming the citadel , as tbey relied upon the sympathies of a portion of the garrison and same Polish officers . The citadel is situated north of the city , but at no great distance , A single sentinel was the only guard _ususlly on duty here , and the gates as _usually closed at ten at night . After nine the sentinel challenged all who entered the for . tress but the reply ' officer' and the military dress was enough to obtain admittance , By tbis means It was hoped that five or six of the conspirators could obtain an entrance into the fortress . At the given signtl ( a racket ) , the guard was to be overpowered . Measures had also been taken to occupy all the egresses from the eity , so that no orders could be transmitted to the
military outside . It was originally planned te shoot the commander , _Lteutenaat-Qeneral Sttinaeker , whilst on parade at noon , and it is even said that the two conspirators selected for tbe purpose had already levelled their muskets , but did not fire , owing to the signal agreed upon not . having been given , it having been thought more prudent to await the evening . Meantime , rumours of Insurrection _reached the ears oi the authorities on the morning ef the Srd , and theso rumours _inoreased almost to a certainty of an outbreak at eight that evening . Preeautionsry measures were immediately takea . At half-past ten a battalion of Infantry was drawn up inthe principal square , with two pieces of artillery _, and a squadron of _huzzars . The guards at the prison
were doubled , and detachments of troops wers ordered to occupy tbe bridges , The muskets of tbe troops were loaded , The conspirators soon got wind of these preparations their suspicions first being aroused by the palice commissary , Sreschmer galloping through tbe streets ; they consequently resolved on changing . their plans , but tbis ultimately preved an obstaele to _suceess , as it was impossible to give information of this change to those without , who on finding no one at the appointed place , dispersed . At half-past ten tbere were only 489 conspirators assembled in the churchyard ( ono of the appolnted ' meetlng places . ) Seeing all chance of success was up , tbey dispersed , after concealing tbeir arms . These were the facts alleged against the accused .
Sittimo of 21 st October . _—Hippolit von _Trapczynski acknowledged the truth of some ofthe facts alleged res . pectingthe premeditated attack on the city of Posen ; bat said that the attack was only with the intent of releasing the prisoners . Different witnesses were brought forward to prove that the citadel and city were to be taken by storm , but tbey all to a man contradicted their former statements to tbat effect , The accusation of high treason was then read by the royal commissary , and the defenoe was grounded on the prisoner ' s statement that the enly object he had in view was the liberation of the prisoners . Six otber prisoners were then examined under the same accusation ; viz ., Joseph _Pepinskl , Theodor Czlapczynski _, John Eustace Michel von Wodpol , Caslmlr Kubaoki , _Casimir Ploteck , and John Kirchdorfer . They all denied having had knowledge of a revolution . Czlapczynski and Ploteck denied having beeu present ; the four others declared that their only object was the liberation of the prisoners .
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PRESS-GANG . Father Mathew and Mb O'CotweB , —Deab Sib , — I took the liberty to write to the Rev-rend Theobald Mathew , apostle of temperance , of Cork , to give me an aecount ef the character ef our best friend , F . O'Connor , M . P ,, well knowing an answer from him would be correct . Here is a copy of tbat gentleman ' s answer , which Is very short , but if yoa would insert it in the next Stab , it would not be amiss , and much oblige , Tours , respectfully , Wm . _Suyesteb , secretary . Hanley and Skelton Branch , National Land Company , Cork , 28 th Ootober , 1847 . 'Mr Deab _Fbiehd , —I am in receipt ef your faveur of the 25 th inst ., and regret that I am unable ta give you any correct information on the subject .
'Mr O'Connor , having resided about fifty miles from this city , I had uot an opportunity of knowing him intimately , but I have heard nothing of his obarecter but what is honourable . ' I am dear Sir , Tout's devotedly , Theobald Mathdw _. ' Shrewsbury :. —At a meeting , held at the Robin Hood , on Friday night , October 29 th , of the members of the Land Company , the following resolution was carried unanimously : — 'That we place the most implicit confidence In Mr O'Connor , the founder of the Land Company ; also , tbat wo hold iu contempt . that portion of tbe press and their hired tools , wbo hare attempted te damage his character and destroy the Company . "
Wioak , — Atthe weekly Land meeting , It was resolved : — ' That the best thanks of this meeting be given to Feargus O'Conaor , Esq ., M . P ., for his manly reply to tbe charges brought against him by the ' Whistler , ' Hob ' sen and Co . ; and we call upon the friends of liberty in Wigan to come forward with _peounlary _aselstanee , to aid in bringing those couspirator- to justice . ' Norwich . — At a general meeting of the Chartists of tbis district , held October 80 th , the following resolutions were agreed to : —' That this meeting places tbe
most hearty _confidence m the integrity and ability of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ,, M . P . , notwithstanding the calumnious attacks of tbe notorious Dispxtih , the _Man-Chester J & cjHn ' ner , and WoftiMofiam Jferctirjieje . ; and tbat five shillings be taken frem our funds towards assisting Mr O'Connor , in defending himself from the attacks made upon him and the National Land Company . That this meeting pledges Itself not to countenance any newspaper that has attempted to injure Mr O'Connor and the Land Plan , and we will also use our endeavours to preventourfriends dealing with any one that takes such
papers , Bethnal Greek , —At the usual weekly meeting ofthe Whittington branch , the following resolution was unanimously adopted : —Moved by J . _Darllson _, seconded by T . _Darlison : — ' That a vote of tbanks be given to the men of Manchester , forthe protection they afforded to Mr O'Connor at tbe meeting held at the Hall of Science . ' _Mabilibohb . —Oa Sunday , October Sist , Mr Democombe brought under notice the conduct of the different papers in attacking Mr O'Connor , whea Mr Pattenden moved , nnd Mr _Tablework _aaeeuded—« That a rote of _thaiks be given to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ,, for his explicit and straightforward answers to tbe calumnies of his enemies . ' A subscription was entered into to assist the prosecution of the proprietors of theJfan-Chester _Emminer ,
Hihdut . _—AtameetiDgoftheDodhurstBrowbranch , held at tbe house ef Mr Joseph Bowden , the following resolutions were carried unanimously : " — « That we _regard with feelings of disgust tbe attacks made by a portion of the public press upon our friead and chatn . pion , F . 0 'Gonnor , Esq ., and particularly the attacks upon his private character ; and tbat we place tbe most unbounded confidence in Mr O'Connor and the otber directors . That we highly approve of the resolution that Mr F . O'Connor has come to , viz . , to prosecute tbe proprietors of tha _^ _fan-Tiesfflr . Eta-miner ; and resolve to open a subscription list f » r the purpose of collecting monsy towards defraying the expenses of the same . ' _Thirteen membirs _subsnribed the sum of 7 s , 8 d . at onco .
Cablislb . —At a special meeting of this iranoh held on Sunday _afternooa , Oct , 81 st , the _attemptsof the Press-Gang to injure the character of Mr O'Connor were _dhcussed , and the following resolution unanimously passed : — ' That we are convinced that the attacko now being made by a portion of the press upon the character of Mr O'Connor , Is not , as has been hypocriticall y set forth , through a _dcBire to serve the w * rking classes , but walook upon them as so many stabs ( through that gentleman ) at the Land Company . And considering it would be
ungrateful on our parts to allow him to def . nd himself at his own expense , against cbargeB wbich were It _ntt for his fidelity to us aod our cause , would not be made at all ; we , therefore , resolve to make- arrangements for raising our share of tbe expense necessary to sustain the action brought against the proprietor of the _ATaneAesttr _ifeaminer . ' Every one who spoke declared bis utmost confidence in Mr O'Connor , and his deter _mination to stand firmly by him . To carry out the foregoing resolution a subscription was opened , and £ 1 sent as our first instalment , '
_MraiATow . —On Monday evening the members of a Democratic Reading and _Debatiag Society held a meet Ing at the _Double-Plough Inn , _Church-street where thev had an excellent supper provided for the purpose of com _memoratlug the return ot Mr O'Connor to Parliament After the table wascloared , MrG . MalIabone waUnan _- _mously oalled to the chair ; a number of excellent _« Z and sentiments very appropriate to tbe _evening ! . ! been given _andresponded to , a resolu tion " _^ J £ 3 * _mouslyoarried condemning the vile P » i ., m _„ i ? _pressagalnstMr O'Connor ! A votl _TZtl * _? , _° beeu given to the chairman the * _ _- _%££££ _& society meet at the above house every l _? Z * * 1
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_HuDUEBsriew .- At a meetingof the _meters ofthh _braaoh ou _SaturdayEvening . last , I t _^ _-jfflr k _-S Mr John _fjiedh'iiirfeoadla 15 y Mr Thomas _DrWr , hnd carrie d _unanlmeusl ,:- 'Seeing that F . O _^ ounor Esq . M . P . is constantly add continually assailed Iq * host or unprincipled scribblers , using every _»^ . ™ ™ power to destroy the people's confidence . ta bim we the members of the L . nd Company in this dtotrio _* ,, do _p _l-dgeourselves to give him our support bysillberal -no wri » tt « B , _"ttcotdtog to each _tnau ' s abilities , _•» " _•»« _uoiioiu
mm lu - u hajivu _... —r — and learn them by so doing in future to speak or write the truth . ' Mr Joseph Oldfield was requested to act aa treasurer to the above fond , and upwards often shillings was unanimously subscribed . The lists will remain open till tbe end of the year , wheu we hope to send Mr _6 'Conner a t least £ 5 . as his new-year ' s gift , from his faithful friends in Huddersfield . The Deed will be in Huddersfield this evening , November 6 th , when all mem . bers of the 1 st , 2 nd , and 3 rd Sections , are requested to attend to sign , at _Ibbertsoa's Temperance-hotel , Bus . ton-road , between the hours ~ of four and ten in the
evening . Tilhcooltbt . —A special meeting of tbe members ot the above braneh was held on Saturday last , when the following resolution was carried without a dissentient : — ' Tbat the best tbanks of this meeting are hereby given to Feargus O'Connor , Esq . M . P _., for his spirited rep ' y to the Dispatch , and other papers ; and tbis meeting places implict confidence in Mr O ' Connor's integrity , and trust that that gentleman will prosecute the proprietors of the _ManeTiwter . Examiner , and that' this " locality pledges itself * to subscribe its fair proportion towards paying the law expenses . DoKiVFiELD . —At the weekly meeting , last Sunday , the members ef tbis branch voted one pound towards defraying the expenses or prosecuting the Mknehesler _Enmitier . On Sunday , November 1 4 th , a resolution will be brought forward In favour of further contributing threepence each to assist our noble leader , ' Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., to bring this reptile to justice . - * . t . 1 . i . _ . _ . _ . _ . u of this branch
Hun . —At a meeting of the m embers of the National Land Company , on Wednesday evening , October 27 th , the following resolution was passed : ' That having heard Hr O'Connor ' s reply to thc vile attack made npon him and the Land Plan by different newspapers , we do hereby express our thanks to , and confidence in , that gentleman , and pledge ourselves to render bim all the assistance possible In the Intended prosecution of the _Afanehester Examiner . ' It was also resolved : —* That two pounds be granted out of the loeal expense fund for the above purpose . " Lthk . — At a meeting of the Lynn branch , it was resolved : — ' That a vote of _thankt be given to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ,, for his manly con duet in confronting his assailants and fighting labour ' s battle , and that we use all cur _loflaence to support him in the struggle , in spite of the press-gang . ' ' That a levy of sixpence'be paid by each member to support Mr O ' Con . nor in prosecuting the if « nc * « "f « r £ « amtn'r , '
Bdinboboh . —a general meeting of tbe Chartists and members of the Land Company was held in the Painters ' Hull , High-street , on Thursday evening last , in reference to tbe _slanderers and malignant attacks made oa Mr O'Connor and other officers of tbe Land Company , by the Press-gang ofthe League , Mr Walker in the chair . Tbe meeting was ably addressed by Mr Alex , _Graat , Mr John Cockburn , Dr Hunter , and Mr Camming . The _following _re-o ' ution was adopted : — ' Tbat this meeting , after having heard the accusation made against Mr O'Connor , and his reply thereto , is of opinion tbat there exists * o ground whatever to rest the foul and slanderoustha gei upon , and we beg to renew an expression of onr confidence In Mr O'Connor , and our determination to rally round and support him , so long aB be continues the same straightforward and honourable conduct he has hitherto pursued . '
Passion . —The monthly meeting of the Preston branch took place on Monday evening last , at Hr Bool ' s Temperance Coffee House , _Lane-street _, Mr James Addison in the chair . Mr John Blackhnrst was appointed scrutineer . The following resolution was agreed to : — ' That a voluntary subscription be entered into for the purpose of assisting Mr O'Connor to prosecute the _Maxchesteb Examinee , or any other papers that may attack ths private character of that gentleman . ' A oommittee of twelve waB tben appointed to wait npon the members of the Land Company nnd all other friends ofthe cause . Smethwick A vote of confidence In Mr F . O'Connor was unanimously passed atthe usual weekly meeting _. It was the opinion of all present , that a present of the mansion , with the odd eleven acres of land attached , be made to Mr O'Connor , as a just remuneration for past services to the cause of the working men .
_Buenley , —Sib , — A public meeting was held in the Temperance Hall , on the 27 th nit ., to hear an address from Mr T . Clark , ef London . Mr John Place was called on to preside , Mr Clark , who was received with cheers , ably exposed the sophistries aad subterfuges of those who are endeavouring te throw dust in the eyes of the people . He proved by sound argument and indisputable facts that the Land Plan was safe in principle , practical in Its character , and beneficial in its tendencies . Mr Clark's address occupied about an hour and a half , aud was rapturously applauded . The following resolutions were carried by acclamation : —Moved by Thomas Tattersali , seconded by Mr Webster :-. 'That having heatd the objections urged against the Land Scheme and its philanthropic founder , by the Examinee , Wieku Dispatch , Noitinoham M £ _scusr , and _Lltod ' , _Trasb , we are of opinion that they are not made witb any view of benefitting the people , but to stab tbe
_reputation of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., break up the Land Scheme , and prevent deposits in the Land and Labour Bank . ' Moved by Mr Webster , seconded by Wm . Butterworth : — ' That the best thanks of this meeting be given to Feargus O'Connor , Esq _, M . P ., for the honest , straightforward , and _censlstent manner in which he has always advocated the . rights and interests ef the people all over the world ; and we pledge ourselves to to give him pecuniary aid in bringing an action against the proprietors of tbe _Mai-cbisteB BXAKlNEB _, ' Moved by Thomas Tattersali , seconded bv Mr Butterworth : — ' That the thanks of the meeting be given to the electors and non-electors of Nottingham for returning a true and unflinching patriot ( in the peraon of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., ) as their representative . ' Moved by Thomas Tattersali , seconded by Mr Webster : — ' That a report of the evening's proceedings be sent to the _Nobtheen Star and Manchester Examinee for insertion .
Do'efol News fob tbe _WnisrtEB . '—An epistle from the Light Hearts , Contented Souls , and Merry Heels , le * _ca'ei on the _ChirtistEstate at _Lewbands t—Deab Sib , —I am sure yoa and all good democrats will be delighted to learn that on Monday evening we had a most happy party in our splengtd school-house ; we had a ball aud concert , —Rtnham , Sam , and Mr Goodtvard , acted as musicians . Singing took place between tbe dances , —myself , Mrs Pettltt , and Mr and Mrs Tanner , acting as vocalists . The party was very numerous , consisting of the allottees and many of the
neighbours , who appeared delighted with their evening ' s entertainment , the only regret experienced was that dis . tance preven _t ed yoa aud other London friends joining In our entertainmeat . Whilst we are enjoying the advantages of social reform , obtained throu _* h onr National Land Company , end frith tbe aid of our political and social chief , Feargus O'Coanor , we do not forget the Charter . You will oblige me very mueh if you will ob . t » lu and forward the song , 'Spread the Charter , ' and , others of a similar stamp . All oar friends here desire their respects to yourself and family .
I am truly yours , in the cause of the Land and Charter , To Mr E . Stallwood . Sophia Rbhhak . N . B . —I forgot to state we have a similar . party in the school house every Monday evening . _Newcasth-tjpon . _Ttme . —On Sunday evening l-8 t , there was a goodly gathering of the Land members of this branch . Mr P . Murray inthe ohair . _Theohalrman briefly called the attention of the audience to the late unmanly attacks upon the oharac ter and abilities of Mr _O'Conuorby the newspaper press . Mr James Watson moved : — ' That this meeting agree to make a levy of 6 d per member , to be paid _Immediatel y ; fourpence tobe appropriated to the defence ef Mr O'Connor ' s _charaeter against bis traducers , and twopence to be applied to provide the necessary expenses ot having a lecturer in this district , ' The resolution being duly seconded , was carried unanimousl y . The sum of 13 s . 6 d . was collected in the meeting .
_MaO'CoHSOB _AKBTBE _AllOTTEES OP O'CoKNOBVIITR -Mr O'Connor having , through th . m , QnJm of the Konram _STAa _. _announcsd his Intention of visiting this _ocatlon an Friday , the 29 th ult ., to distribute premiums to those allottees wbose farms were best cultivated a meeting of the occupant , wns called , . wben a resolution was carried without a dissentient , requesting Mr O'Connor to present them with a corn mill for the benefit of tbo whole estate . Instead of distributing the pr _. _mlums and Messrs Wheeler , Williams , and Smith , were ap- ' pointed a committee , to draw up an address for presentation to Mr O'Connor . In consequence of this resolution no demonstration or public gathering was attempted ' but most of the houses wore decorated _nith banners or flags ; and the lovely weather , having drawn several
friends from London , and also the adjacent villages the place wore an air of gaiety , which demonstrated tbat this was no ordinary day Mr O'Connor , having kindl y sent l » l bushels of seed wheat , grown on the estate at Min _stor Lovel , for the use of the occupants , the morning was _spsnt _iniBeasnrini : and dividing the same . Shortly _nfttr ton 0 clock , Mr O'Connor arrived , accompanied by Mr J W _. _oneofthetrustees andMr _Rnneji _, of Glasgow _» vho visited flie house ef each occupant , _enUttwaWnn _r _!??» _° ! I _J 0 , J ' _" _?? , m , Bed _*» Wy complied with ts questand £ 15 '
„ , placed In _^ d of our _= for the purpose therein Specified . Mr O'Connor sberS _oantTT _^ «« tato . _«^ _- _««^* Tb ! Pants , who wished that his numerous other avocations jou allow of his often visiting _them _^ _WesS Messed . Among toe visitors , we observed several neighbouring farmers and Messrs _Rigby , Lleyd Jones and itZZ Ttl ! " ° , keCflUSa ° TO 6 - ™ . A public meeting ofthe occupants was held the same evening , when _amongstothw business transacted , Mr Wheeler moved , and Mr Pocook . _econded , a vote of thanks to Mr _O Connor f ., r his kindness in presenting them with the £ 15 , end ) also for the seed wheat . 'The address to Mr
_omnor will be found In another column J IlAWicK—The members of this branch ' havo adopted wolutoM ef confidence in Mr O'Connor , and blading iem * elves . to support that gentleman in bringing his ca . _imniators tojnstice ,
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE _NATIONAL Lab-, COMPANY , _*"* T 0 IflB MEMBERS OF THE _^ 1 _^ 7
• s-s--s-s- . _^ _Fbibsds , — A report of my last tour has been post , poned from many causes , from an _expectatioa that tot , local secretaries would have , as they ought _^ sent a brief aecount to the Star of each meeting , because I was con . stontly either travel'tog or speaking , and fcecause IBag required at London , and the ever memorable _demonstr a . tion at Manchester . I must now be brief , as the repo of the latter , as well as of the Nottingham _meeting will occupy much of the usual space In the Star . I attended a very crowded meeting at _Welrerhampton at the time specified . I was _crois-questlened by a working man , whose motives I at onoe challenged , and I was right fer he turned out to be a mere tool and n . _kuebstlck . ' He , however , declared himself satisfied with mv answer , when the chairman , Daddy Riohards , ver , shrewdly asked bim , wbat right he had to concern him . self about the profit or loss of a society of which he was not a member , and in which he could not , consequeatl y ,
have any stake . At _Dadley we had a very good meetiug } and as far as I could judge from tbe feeling expressed , the audience were perfectly satisfied . ¦ The secretary at Bilston hae already reported their meeting . . Stourbridge I could not reach In time , and had not the means of hiring a conveyance . I understood that no conveyance could get thero before ten 0 clock at night . ... _ , The route was altogether badly arranged , and amends must be amply mado at some future time . I proceeded on to _Bromsgrave , but as the railway authorities thought we might cool ourselves for an hour on the rail , about a mile from Birmingham , it was late whea I reached the meeting place . Nevertheless , we had a very fair gathering , and a spirited little assembly .
I then moved oa to Gloucester on Saturday , a bad night for a meeting anywhere . Here I encountered Mr Samuel Bowley , tbe Quaker , who cross-examined me at great length , more , I think , for the sake of gaining information to conduct his own plan than anything else . He did not know , although a man of business , that Exchequer Bills brought more tban two snd a half or three per cent . He thought tbere ought to be more respectability connected with the management , and his great objection was , tbat the plan would become unwieldy if made national , aud he did not like to see tbe mass of working men under tbe control of Mr O'Connor .
I asked him ifthe extension and concentration of railway companies had not facilitated instead of embarrassed their operations f—if the Bank of England was an unwieldy machine!—If the Post-office , whieh was still more national , and much like our seclety in its minute ramifications , was not characterised by the most extreme regularity and punctuality its business , both of which experience and sagacity would still Improve ? Tbe funniest part of the business was , that Mr Bowley announced his intention ef calling a publio meeting to found a local Land Company ia _Gloucester , Jealousy _gentlenen—only jealousy ! Ko meeting called at Bristol en Sunday .
I sailed for Cardiff , where the largest room in the place was crammed to suffocation ; no questions of any moment _. At Merthyr , I had a most splendid meeting in one of the largest rooms of the place . It was attended by all classes , and the utmost unanimity and satisfaction prevailed , I also lectured at _Dowlais _, the chair occupied by an influential person , connected , I understood , with the _werks . Many converts were made . I also lectured a seeond time at Merthyr , and likewise at Newbridge . I proceeded to Cardiff again , to catch the mail for _Newport . It was quite full . Tbe day being fine , I walked on expecting the second mail to overtake me . But I bad no sooner got on tbe hills
than tt began pelting down with hearty good will . I did not know whether to turn back or go on . Had I known that no refreshment could be procured on the road I would have done so , at length the seeond mail came up . No room . On I trudged until I was utterly exhausted , fir eleven miles on such a day is no joke . On reaching Newport , I sought tbe nearest inn , and sent for Mr Williams , the sail maker , I requested him to postpone the meeting , as I felt so utterly fatigued , I sbould positively decline addressing the meeting . He did so at once , although with great reluctance , observing that the disappointment would be great , Mr Ingram , from _* Abergavenny , Mr Williams and myself then arranged for the Thursday following ; I , in the ireantime
to proceed to Abergavenny and Monmouth , On the Thursday , I lectured in Newport , to a large audience , Mr Williams in the chair . I explained the reason why I declined lecturing on the Monday , The explanation proved perfectly satisfactory , and a unanimous vote of thanks was passed to me , Mr Bojer _. who was dead drunk in the streets sometime ago , to whom the police administered the eold bath ofa cell , and the magistrate a sedative fine of £ 3 in tbe morning , made a _coclrand bull story about the Newport meeting , but he was teo cowardly to print my mamb . Truth , facts , and names , are too powerful for such things . He will find out tbat be has staggered into a nest of hornets before I have done with him _.
At Abergavenny , I had an immense meeting . The High Constable in the chair . Mr Sanders , the celebrated horticulturist , corroborated all my statements , and was backed np by two practical agriculturists , Mr _Sanders moved a vote of thanks to me , which was seconded by the foreman of John Frost ' s jury . I experienced here the effects of my journey from Cardiff in a most severe attack of rheumatism , which took twelve hours sweating to subdue , I got eut ot bed , however , to wait for the Monmouth coach . Full , and no other convey _, anee being at my disposal , the driver was requested to see Mr Cloud , andiaform him that I ceuld not possibly get on . 1 went to bed , and had another sweating . In future , if the regular conveyance Is full or unsuitable as to time , I need not be expected at Buy meeting unless a conveyance tr th ' e means of providing one is placed at my disposal .
The Bridgewater friends have , very properly , reported their own meetings , and It would be much more satisfactory to all parties , if every locality would go and do likewise , I was recalled to London on Mr O'Connor ' s trial cases with Mr Chare . From thence I proceeded to Manches * ter , and with that magnifioont gathering terminated my tour . My next will be through Derby , Nottingham , aud Lincoln . _Not-having seen the _« Whistler's' reply to me I cannot answer it , but I shall do it next week .
Wherever I havebeen , the sceptics are non-members of the society , and the members , on tbe other hand , mott enthusiastic , persoverlug , and determined . Tbe magnitude of the undertaking , the unparalleled success it has met with , and the future results shadowed forth In tbe present allotments , havo raised a perfect storm 0 jealousy , hate , and fear amongst the evil-minded of thef middle and master class . They will find plenty of _twrtbty tools to servo their dirty purposes , and government Itself may liberally apply the secret service money _. We have commanded attention at last , and the Press * gang are doing no good service by exciting inquiry . Wbo are tbe people ? What are their objects ? Where are their rulers 1 Tou will find growing questions . I shall do my best to meet the present _organsied opposition , and I feel perfectl y confident Our union and wellknown energy will enable us to surmount every difficulty . ' Stand firm and steady , ' be tbe word , ' for the enemy is upon you . ' Ever yours faithfully , T ; M . M'Douall .
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—* m __* m— - THE LONDON CONFEDERATES The Oomuk _Cosfedeb _. _t-b Club . —a Iar _, _* e meeting of this Club was held » n Sunday evening , the 30 th ult , , at the Charter Coffeehouse , _Strutton-ground , Westmin- - _ster , Mr W . Lomasney In tha chair . Mr R . _Huesey y having bronght up the resort of the committee said d the meetings of the Confederation would , in future , be e held at the Blue Anchor Tavern . _Tork-street _, Broadway , 1 , Westminster ; but that the meetings of the oommittee se and the club would be held as heretofore . The _fallowing ig address to tbe Irish residents in tbe City of Westmin- lister was then adopted , aud 1 , 000 copies orlered to be be printed for circulation : — ' BEPEAl Of THBONIOK . * And God gave to msn tbe land for his Inheritance ' Irishmen
' , brothers , —To livo upon the land ofour ur birth is one of our first natural rights , and to possess , is , gov . rn , and rule that land , are our _seclal and political al rights . Rememb _.-r , countrymen , that self-government mt is _self . _strength , sel " . producing wealth and happiness 'SS to all . Can thero be peace , divided as we are ? to remain SO SO can there be hope in the future ? _Oerteinly mot Yoq oq had for gold , place , and patronage , sold us _intopoJiti . id . r inf ag h _' _-, and m , that b 0 ndage we now a _« - Conn . an . tymen ! while we know and feel the effects of their _, elr guilt and sinfulness , let our mission be to do good , _, od , and to act honestly in all things politico ! . Ia this LhiB spirit . let us unite , and let our united first duty be to re- repeal the Union , wbich has made us , not only aliens , _ms , But slaves and beggars in our native land . ' By order ofthe Committee , * William Lohi , swby , Chairman , Thomas RiobdanReading Secretary' v '
. „ , , _, . . A Confederate meeting was held on Sunday evening , i .. g „ the 80 th ult ., m the large room of the Oreen Mau , Ber- Berwick-street , _Oxford-street . Mr Johu Ringrose in the the * chair , who read several extracts from the pamphlet of » t off Arthur 0 Connor Esq . to Lord Castlereagh , when in n im ivilmainhara gaol , wbich was listened to with breathless tilessa attention . The venerable chairman commcuted _atgraat _jraatl length upon the atrocities committed by the _hlood-loodthiraty government of that period upon the esteemed emed ' relative of the present Mr F . O'Connor . Several per-1 pew sons were enrolled , and the meeting adjourned . Chelsea . —A meeting of the Chelsea Confederates wass wan held on Sunday evening last , ut the Cheshire Cheese , _teese , ' , _Qrosveaor-row , Pimlieo . Mr _M'Donnell in the chair .: halr ; Tho meeting was addressed by Messrs Dunne , Gunning , ininff , ' O'Mahoney , 4 c ., and several persons were enrolled .
The Davis _Conpedebatb _Ciub . —A large meeting _oflng oJ this body was held on Monday evening last , at their theiti rooms , _Dean-street , Soho , whea E . Keuealy , Esq ., au .., au * thorof _'Brallsghan , ' delivered a lecture— 'A _Vmdica-adica-i _. _tioa of the Irish Parliament . ' The lecture was _dividedivided ' Into two parts ; the second part tobe be delivered oned on Monday , Nov , lgtb . The lecture was received with great ) great applause ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 6, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_06111847/page/6/
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