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To The Unrepresented.
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« These a « times t 0 _^ S " _jiaEsns asd _Stives , —The dark cloud B _^ lon" overshadowed the political world is being ' 1 U by desrces , and therS _" presented ious , _^ _rhtbemist _° the seattcredmembersoftliat faction _li _^^^ _eniberment cost us so much -woe , and anffJ _-Tand sorrow , and tribulation . Whi ggery , like the _?** ' _fforni , is now straggling fer a union of all its **!? - and if united by ties more dear and extensive •"" those f a political character—the ties of a _^ rilatUiS commerce—will be strengthened b y fhe
ia Ifthe Whigs , wno auempteatoacmeve poutiff ' _wer moulding the franchise to their _accom-Jatio _** . _h-we discovered that their adoption of free 5 : princip les will accomplish for them what the _choral Bill failed to secure , does it not follow , as _vjtter of course , that henceforth they will rest _jLjr claim to power npon the adaptation of laws to . princip les of free trade rather than upon exten _^ _rei _^ n _*** - _^
Tlie several admissions of Lord John Russell , as to , . _^ caning and _' ms ow . \ - construction of the Reform rill precludes all hope of progression from liim , Ilia . _Ration , that the object ofthe Reform Bill -j to g ire a preponderance of power to tlie landlords , _together ¦ with his assertion that the bill was to be taken as a fish , measuhe , is not reconcileable with his adhesion to a party whose avowed object is to destroy _fai _vtfu landlord class , for the preservation of whose k _. t the noble lord tells us tlie Beform Bill ivas enacted . I write thus pointedly , to show you that a political party , struggling for power , will select those means f ° i _* accomplishment which promise the _jeast possible amount of change , and the largest practical arueuntof popular frenzy that is compatible _, nth their own safety and thesafety of their order . Lord John Russell and the Whigs would much
prefer accepting office npon the chances era horse jace , if those chances were equally favourable , to accep ting it even npon the conditions imposed by the free trade party . And yet tbe noble lord has not the honesty to confess that he , a * the Whig leader , and lord Morpeth as a faithful follower of the loaves and fishes , have been forced into their present humiliating position by the electoral power said to be acquired t ) _j the League , through the fabrication of free trade voters , especially in that district , to represent which
ODce more is the darling object of Lord Morpeth _, •[ rue he tells ns— " 1 less than ever anticipate _anyprofable renewal of a political connection between us ; " and _ggainhe says— "Jwrite this viitliout concert or _congdlolion with any one else . " _Kow _, if the noble lord bad not made those two unnecessary statements , we jnig . it hare inferred the conclusions to which he seeks to lead ns ; but the very assertion of them proves that Lord Morpeth was just then thinking of "arenewal of that political connection" and that he was acting Jn concert , and even in consultation , witli Lord John
llVSSHl . There are few men who do not recollect the ex-{ ensive promises of the Reformers . 'There are few who do not recollect the treacherous manner in which their every pledge has been broken—their every promise violated . There are also few who do not sow approve the policy of placing professing liberals in opposition to a Tory Government , Jn preference to p lacing them in power with a strong Tory opposition ever ready to co-operate in deeds of _oppression , imd even to contend for afnll share of the responsibility consequent upon failure or public
disapproval . The Whigs kow rest their claim to oihee upon the foolish pretext that tke Tories thwarted flieir measures while in opposition , and carried them when in power / wholly forgetting that they only experimentalised upon tbose measures when tbey were weak , and upon the eve of departure , and that they , as a party , resisted them when they were strong enough to carry them . This fact I give yon as another " instance of the lagging policy of all political parties . And , as they will achieve office upon the slightrst possible pledges , so , after having made the most extensive promises for its acquisition , will tliev fritter them away to the smallest possible
amount of performance . I have now furnished you with an easy and familiar guide b y which you may unerringly estimate your share in any triumph consequent upon this new coalition . Indeed , that portion of the Whig press which gave its earliest support to the p rinciples of free trade , openly and nndisguisedly informs us that the only cltebior object of the coalition is toachieve Its purpose with the slightest possible disturbance of
existing sociai . asd _potmcil , _ARBAXGEMEXTS—in other words , that the leaders of the new-born Liberal party , now afraid to call themselves Whigs , will use you with just that amount of moderation that you will tolerate , and that may be necessary for the accomplishment of their own purpose . The question , then , is , how for you are once more prepared to be used ; first , as whips in the hands of others , and then tobe whipped by them as soon as your moderation shall hare tested your subserviency and their power .
As the great national party , we fimghfc the League and the Wh " ig 3 single-handed and unitedly . We beat them ; the one into silence , the other ont of existence , and we waited patiently for that time , when a general election would develope to the world the improvement that the national mind had undergone 3 incewela 5 tmetthefoeTiponthehnstings . If another struggle is cunningly urged upon us _bafore we are prepared to meet it ( and that is a great object of the coalition ) , we shall not be prepared to develope our progress . The haste with wliich contested elections come _uponus , at a time when we are least prepared
for the straggle , has been the principal cause of the postponement of our principles . Can you , my friends , anticipate a greater national calamity than the restoration of onr old prosecutors and deadliest enemies to power ? Have not our songs , onr jokes , oar mottoes , and our resolutions , one and all , gone to commemorate " the tj _ ll of Wbiggery , " and are we now to turn resurrectionists , and raise the dead from their tombs ? Are we to forget coercion , starvation , and the dungeon ? Are we to forget the sabre , the bullet , and the law ? Are we to forget the promises they made , the hopes they held ont , and the manner in which thev fulfilled and realised them ?
Alreadv has their press and their champion tauntr inglv invited yon and me to the renewed struggle . The CAromcZc sneeringly asfcs wnxnE is CnAniisM ! and Cobden says no _toiatoe max will nowventure into tbe manufacturing districts . To the Chronicle I answer , that Chartismis stronger than ever ; and to Cobden I reply , the Potatoe man is ready to meet you . The Potatoe man will he at Manchester , in the Car penters' Hall , at half-past six , on Sunday evening next in the midst of 5 , 000 of the northern bees , and he invites yon , Cobden , and your party of ne p otatoe men-of starvation men , to meet him there ,
, where vour strength lies . The Potatoe man dares you to call a public meeting out of _doorsupon Sunday or holida y , in any populous district of Lancashire or Yorkshire . The Potatoe man willmeet you at Bolton oa Mondav evening next , at Manchester on Tuesday evening _n _^ t , at Wigan on Thursday evening next _, and in Ashton on Friday evening next . Here , then , arc the centres of industry for you . Here is a repetition of my old challenge to you , and from the result « f those meetings the Morning Chronicle shall have a fuller and more complete response than that yet received bv "locomotivesand extraordinary expresses . '
My friends , there never was a sing le period in this country ' s historymorepromising or more threatening than the present . If vou are true to yourselves , every promise wiil be realised ; if you are false to your order , the threat will fall upon you with horrid severity . You must make no difference between the simple expedient of opening the ports and the repeal of thc Corn Laws . Tou must look upon cither as the _acbkvenient of power by a party who , if uncontrolled , would use you worse than beasts of burthen . You must not be tickled by the fascinating argument of cheaper bread , but you must take into calculation , firstl y , the reduced means to procure it ; and secondly , tbe increased power of tour _justebs to withhold it altogether . Tou must hear in mind that xvhile Cobden and the _Lcame havebeen drawing pictures of
national _prosperitv , cf cheap food , and high wages , th *" . ' « the- same time , there was a tax of seven millions aiuiuaiiy raised off your industry to support surplus paupers , whose number , in the hey-day of prosperity , Sir James Graham estimated at one in ten of ibe population . Bear these things in mind , and then ask _youiseives what tbe amount of surplus labour Would l , if pan ; Cj apprehension , expediency , 01 * necessity tLrew a large rortion of the land of Eng-
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land ont of cultivation , and threw its disinherited slaves into your market ? This is a subject upon which you must be thoroughly instructed , and to that end I will remind yon , leaving expediency and principle out of the question , of what apprehension or . panic may of themselves effect . When Sir Robert Peel , by his tariff , ad mitted live stock and cured provisions into this country at a mere nominal duty , without waiting for the legitimate result of the measure the panic stricken holders of stock glutted the market , and thus created a panic surplus while there was actually a real deficiency of tae commodity in tbe country . Again , we have now witnessed the anomaly of a frightful scarcity of potatoes , simultaneously with great waste and glutted markets , all arising from panic or apprehension , and I use those two figures to
illustrate for you what , without reference to the expediency or the p rinci ple , the inevitable result of a repeal of the Corn Laws must be . The result must be such chaos and confusion , for at lcast two or three years , as would completely paralyse agricultural industry . And during that chaos and confusion you , who will be least protected , _would be the greatest sufferers , and this is the secret of my desiring that you should _jiossess such an amount of power as would render you liable to no more than your share in any calamity that may occur in the outset , as well as your full share in any _prosperity that may result from Hie change . 'You must bear in mind that the worst calamity could only impose the negative evil of living upon their ready money—upon your masters , while npon you it would entail the positive infliction oi livine without money .
I hare now for the one thousandth timepiit you in possession of my views upon this " great fact . I am still ready to persevere in the struggle of right against might , and I am anxious to discover whether you are prepared to do your part in those times that will try men s souls . "Ever your faithful friend , and uncompromising servant , Feargus O'Connor .
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VOL . IX . _MO _ 421 . LONDON , SATURDAY , PECSmBER 6 , 1845 . giY _„ _sJ _^?^^™^ _,
The O'Connell Tribute. To Thb Lovers Of ...
THE O'CONNELL TRIBUTE . TO THB LOVERS OF LIBERTY ALL OYER THE GIOBE . It is impossible to give even an idea of the brutality and tyranny which are put in practice at the doors of the Catholic churches and chapels , on the Sundays upon wliich the O'Connell tribute , as it is called , is collected . There are thousands of Catholics who do not go to mass at all upon tribute Sunday ; first , because they have a conscientious scruple against paying money at the chapel doors for the purposes—the profligate purposes—to wbich the money is applied ; and , secondly , because they do not like to encounter the sneers and scoffs of the ruffians who infest the doors as collectors _, bullies , spies , and informers .
When a man or woman is shamed or coerced into paying a pound , or five pounds , as the case may be , the collectors cry out in a sort of chorus , " God bless you ; you were _alwaj-s a patriot and a good Catholic . " On the other hand , if they do not pay , they are assailed with the most opprobrious epithets- * - '' Enemies to their country , bad Catholics , presuming to go to mass with a rankling hatred of the Liberator of their country in their hearts . " From the period of the collection of the first O'Connell tribute in May , 1829 , ( upon which occasion I subscribed £ 10 to it ) up to the year 1837 , 1 contributed my annual mite , with the full conviction in my mind that Mr . O'Connell was justly and honestly entitled to an ample tribute from his country . But
I did not till then learn , or ever hear of , the purposes to which the money was to he applied ; and felt often offended at being told that I was a dupe ; that I was collecting money for a banker , a brewer , and an **** , which the following placard will more fully explain . This p lacard was enclosed to me b y the " penny post , " together with the subjoined pithy correspondence . Had it not come by post , I might have never seen it . I take this opportunity of thanking Mr . Thomas Arkins , the City sword bearer , and learned clerk of the corn table , for having transmitted the precious document to me . Let every true Chartist and pious Christian pin it near their beds , tbat they may see it the last thing when lying doxvn at night , and the first when rising up in the morning : —
" Show this infamous document to the Liberator . " " To Thomas Arkins , Esq . " " No , I xvon't , yon miscreant . " " To Patrick O'Higgins , Esq . . "
COLLECT THE O'COKNEL TRIBUTE ! At the doors of the Catholic chapels make panders of the pr _iests , and receptacles of their churches for the wages of prostitution !! - _O'ConnelTs _adultcrousprogeny most be supported , they cannot live on rotten potatoes . Holy fathers ! help to pamper the Hansfields , the _M'Keevers , tlie Courtneys , the O'Keefes , the O'Briens , the Armstrongs , and their greedy mothers , while virtuous mothers and honest children starve 1 How this resembles the Apostles ! For the life of me I cannot discover why , or for what reason , Mr . Arkins could send the foregoing placard , and the anonymous note which accompanied it , to me . The placard , however , contains some of the reasons which have influenced me , and thousands of other Roman Catholics , against contributing to this unholy fund . And these reasons appear te have been filchedfrom apamphlet which emanated from the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , and is sold by CleaveNo . 1 , Shoe-lane .
, I have not subscribed to the tribute since 1837 . In the month of August of that year , Mr . O ' Connell presented himself to the citizens of Dublin as the Whig Government candidate . He , a pledged llepealer , sworn , as far as words and vows to heaven could go , to oppose any administration but one that would make the Repeal of the Union a Cabinet measure , coming hefore the Repealers of Dublin as the candidate ofa Government solemnly pledged to a civil war , with all its horrors , in preference to a Repeal of the Union—I refused to vote for __ him unless he would renew the- Repeal pledge , give it to me in writing , and support the Repeal candidates at that general election . Instead of complying with this reasonable and consistent request ,
be put out a placard , signed "Daniel O ConnelL and printed by Richard Grace , of Capel-street , stating , that " any elector who would demand a Repeal pledge from any candidate at the present _general election , was an enemy to his country , and in the pay of the Tories ; that the pledge should be the Queen and the Melbourne administration . " 1 refused to vote for the Whig candidate the last DubUn election ; and from that time to the present I have been the victim ofthe bitterest and most unrelenting persecution . Repeal was abandoned . Repealers became a sort of mongrel politicians under the name of Whig Radicals , and ultimately the worst and lowest sort of Whigs . O'Connell lost , but he got in return - £ 1 , 000 a-year for his son-in-law , Mr . Fitzsimon ,
now in the- pay of the Tories . For his son-in-laxv , Chas . O'Connell , ex-Repeal member for Kerry , £ 900 a-year . For Mr . French , another son-in-law , £ 900 . For his son , Mr . Morgan O'Connell , ex-Repeal member for Mcath , and the best of the lot , £ 800 a-year , paid now by the Tories . For six of his nephexys £ 300 a-year each in the police or detective force , paid also by the Tories , and £ 28 , 000 a-year for himselt from his duped , deluded , starving , half-naked , but confiding countrymen . When I saw all those _things , when I saw how my poor countrymen were sold , ° how could I vote for the salesmaster , the _pledge-breaker , the violator of tbe Repeal vows repeatedlv sent up in mock solemnity to heaven ' s tribunal ? Hoxv could I pay tribute when once I discovered the infamous purposes to which it was
annlied For refusing to go with the tide of madnes 3 and _follv I am the victim of persecution ; calumniated , slandered , vilified , pointed at as a bad Catholic , the test of Catholicism being slavery to O Connell . Well after all , I am a Catholic , a Roman Catholic , and what is more , never had a Protestant relation , even in the remotest degree of kindred , though lny nanie is to be found in the annals of my country even before the Christian era , and a thousand years before the name of O'Connell was known in the land . And _although I would sacrifice my life sooner than give np one iota of that faith which I believe to he true ,
yet it is well known that I do not feel enmity against any man on account of his rel igion . It is due to my _oxxti character to make this - public declaration , as my unscrupulous assailants represent me at one and the same time as a bigot ? . nd no Catholic . But they ston at nothing to _accomplish their object . It _m'S ' * be supposed that a _\ nan living in a country which boasts of free institutions , would be permitted to enter a house dedicated to religious worship without molestation ; b . ut no , tbe case is otherwise . De cannot , as he should do , enter upon that which every Christian _eoraiders a most important religious duty , calmlv and serenely . The dcors are surrounded , a
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clamour is kept up , he must submit or be pointed at , scoffed , and hooted . The faet is , that the O'Connell tribute , and the Repeal delusion ( for delusion it is as far as O'Connell is concerned ) have evoked a more spurious race , of unprincipled rascals than any one could have imagined were contained in all Ireland . On every tribute Sunday , from 1837 to the present one , the 16 th of November , 1815 , 1 braved the storm at tbe chapel door , but did not bear mass with that awful , quiet solemnity wliich I do upon other occasions . On the present occasion something came over my mind for wliich I cannot , account satisfactorily even to myself , I did not go to mass on tribute Sunday , Itwas thc first time I ever absented myself from that saered duty . I did not like to encounter the scoffs ,
sneers , and brutal observations with which I bad been annually assailed for the last eight years . The day was gloomy , wet , and stormy , still something or other impelled me to go out and walk inthe direction of the Dublin and Drogheda railway . The ten o ' clock train being ready to start , I took a seat for Malalnde , got a boat to put me across to the long-range of high sand-banks at the opposite side ofthe estuary , a wild sequestered spot , the banks stretching along the seacoast a distance of between two and three miles . The estuary lies west of tbe banks , and extends about four miles into tbe country , and across which the Drogheda * Railway ; runs at a distance of about a quarter ofa mile from the sand-banks . The islands of Lambay and Ireland ' s Eye stand out in the sea about four miles from these sand-banks , the
one south-east , the other north-east . Upon the top ol one of these banks , facing the open sea , between the two little islands , I kneit down , took off my hat , raised my hands towards heaven , blessed myself "in the name of the Father , and of tho Son , and of the Holy Ghost , " and thence , on the top of thc sand-bank , I went to mass on the tribute Sunday _, the 16 th of November , 1845 . I prayed heartily and fervently . It was impossible to avoid feeling a little dejected and melancholy . The idea of being an outcast in my native land crossed my mind—an outcast , forsaken * by mankind , left , as it were , to die alone and unheeded—to be buried in the sand . Having finished the " prayers at mass , " I then prayed to God to relieve my country from the odious tyrannv bv which she is oppressed : from her
present degraded and prostrate position ; from the openly-avowed and soul-degrading system of espionage to which she is a victim , and to boast of which , hollow-hearted , money-grubbing , professing patriots , are not ashamed , but , on the contrary , lay peculiar claim . Accidentally casting my eyes upon my two faithful dogs , Duck and Glunthu , their anxious looks indicated sympathy . Poor faithlul creatures ! they would not forsake me , nor turn round with base ingratitude . Those feelings whieh are _Y-eU-Unovm to give relief to a mind harassed and surcharged with contending emotions , came to my aid , and were soon succeeded by a calmness—a firmness , which have , I may say , assured mc that my prayers on the sandbank were in a measure , acceptable to the great Author of my being . Patrick _O'Higoiss . Dublin . November 20 th , 1845 .
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FRANCE . _Ansiversaut of the Polish Revolution . —Saturday being the 15 th anniversary ofthe Polish revolution , about 1 , 000 members of that nation assembled at the Church of St . Roch to celebrate the occasion . The Vigie de _Z'Ones * announces that tranquillity has been perfectly restored at Dinan and the neighbourhood _, m . The Journal des Debats , _omonday , in a long article , takes a viexv ofthe Oregon question , from xvhich it may be inferred that the French Government is indisposed to accept the office of arbitrator betxveen the British Government and that of the United States of America , if offered .
ITALY . The _Tvhant Nicholas . —A letter from Palermo , dated the 14 th ult ., says : — " The Emperor Nicholas is still at the Villa Olivazza , living in _absolute privacy , and wishing to be looked on only as General Romanoff . His Majesty has not received the foreign diplomatic corps , and has refused all the honours mi fetes which have been offered him . Prinee Albert , oi Prussia ; and five or six other persons , are alone admitted to his table . The evenings pass quietly over xvithout any very animated amusements . The Emperor yesterday invited the King to a breakfast on board the Kamschatka steamer . The Emperor arrived there first with the Grand Duchess OJga , to receive his roval sruest . The King , accompanied by
the Countess d'Aquila , proceeded there in the royal barge . The Emperor , in a cuirassier ' s uniform , stood waiting for the King at the top of the accommodation ladder . When the King stepped on the deck , the Emperor embraced him . The Kamschatka is to proceed in a few days to Genoa , to bring to Olivazza the Dowager Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schxverin , the sister ol the Emperor , who is to remain there during the whole of tbe stay of the imperial family . The day of the Emperor ' s departure is not yet positively known , but it is supposed that it xvill be the 24 th instant . A fter a stay of four days at Naples , he will proceed to Russia , by Rome , Florence , Milan , Vienna , and Warsaw . The Empress has caused to be distributed , during her stay at Olivazza , 7 , 000 francs a-month to the poor of Palermo . "
SPAIN . Letters from Barcelona of the 23 rd ult ., state that the drawing of the conscription at Figneiras having been attended with some disturbances , the Captain-General had repaired thither from Girona , at the head ofa column of troops . Martial laxv had been suspended at Barcelona during the elections , which xvere considered likely to terminate tothe advantage of the Opposition .
POLAND . Poses ' , ' Nor . IS . —To-day again several persons of consequence have been arrested . Besides this , other arrests have taken place , so that the number of our inhabitants , who are now lodged in our prison , is nearly forty ; we say nothing of thepersons arrested elsewhere , who are daily brought in . lo-day a detachment oFinfantry , consisting of txvo officers and eighty privates , arrived from Gonesen _. toreinforce a garrison , especially to strengthen the several ports . The citadel is now closed against everybody at ten o ' clock at night , . _ _,
The Co % ne Gazette quotes a letter from Posen of the 19 th instant , from which it would appear that the numerous arrests which have taken place originate in a secret attempt to restore Poland to its original nationality , and that the clergy are deeply involved in that attempt . Three Catholic priests had been sent from Kalisch to Warsaw . At Ostrowo the troops had been supp lied with extra cartridges , and the military posts doubled . On the evening of the above date the courier had the greatest difficulty in making his way through the Polish peasants who had assembled in the streets . The citadel bad been closed , and it was said tbat the garrison xvould shortly be changed .
THE RIVER PLATE . Liverpool Tuesday . —Letters from Buenos Ayres to the 21 st of September , per Mar _^ aretha _, arrived at Hamburgh , announce that the blockade of the city had been determined upon by the allied Powers ,
ALGERIA . The Paris papers of Tuesday are filled with despatches received by the Government from the Governor-General of Algeria . Marshall Bugeaud ' _s despatch is dated from ths bivouack on the Riou , betxveen Guelleb-ell-Oued and Kreueg-el-Kctta , the 9 th of November , and gives an account ofhis march in the mountains of the Matmatas , in search of the absconding tribes , and his endeavours to punish the monntaineers , xvho had taken part in the revolt . His nrogress appears to have been much impeded by natural obstacles , and in several skirmishes which took place the Arabs offered a vigorous resistance . The French xvcre , hoxvever , victorious in all these affairs , and they succeeded in taking a fexv prisoners
and a quantity ol cattle . It appears by a report oi Lieutenant-Colonel Repond , dated Orleansville , the 16 , that in a series of affairs with the troops ot Boii-Maza he had 100 killed and wounded . Tbe hostile Arabs fought dcsperatelv , and frequently attacked the French . They lost a _' great number of men , and also the Khalifat , of Bou-M _» za , who xvas found among the slain . There is a report of more importance from Colonel St . Arnaud , dated the 22 nd ult ., from lews , for he states in it that he had received positive information that Abd-el-Kader was atLohha , near liaret , where he had been joined by all the population , lhe colonel bad been compelled to abandon his operations near Tenez _, and return to Orleansville , in order to be prepared for any event that might occur .
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INDIA AND CHINA . London , Saturday Morsikg , Dec . 6 th . —By the usual monthly arrival from Bombay we _havereceived the folloxving intelligence : — Scmmart . — Tbe Governor-General has arrived at Agra , and after making a brief stay he will , it is believed , proceed via Delhi to Meerut , and there meet the commander-in-chief . Sir Henry ' s journey was a very rapid one , and he arrived at its termination four days earlier than was expected . Op inions arc still divided as to the probability of war or peace , but judging Irom the arrangements in progress , it _siums in the- Highest degree likely that hostilities _witt ei «
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long be resorted to . The Governor-General has himself all along preserved tbe strictest secrecy on the * subject , and there appear to have been m " killings out" of official " confidence . Tbe _Pmjaub , meanwhile , seems in a somewhat quieter state . The administration of affairs is conducted by the Ranee or ( Jueen Mother , Rajah GolnubSing . _i not having yet acceded to tho arrangement _proposed for elevating him to the post of Vizier , Rajah Lall S _.-ngh , the commander of the foroes , shares with heT the cares and responsibilities of the state . The D imserah—a sort of Indian carnival , which is sometinaes the season of tragic as well as mirthful _occurrences—appears to have passed over ffithofl » tay distur . baneo . The Lahore Vakeel at FerozfHlfig said to'have been detected in _sivine a
pass _Jgjgktransit _across tho Sutlej of stores and ammumma _^ _surreptitiously obtained from the British maga » _ft There is little news from Scinde . Sickness J _^| tte _^ ly . somew . bat increased at Shikarpoor an ( * . _*^^^ P » lbut in . _ the lower districts the troops _ffWWl ? ' 28 N . L . have returned to i ¦ _*^_^^^^ _l' _^ ' rtt < 'nce * _^ are sorry _** hear lc _^ _PK _^^® f i , the men of this ; fine corps have _disgrajs _^ EB i _^ _gjesjhy _;! . brutajfe _' . _murdonlfe an nnfortu lillfe _!^ _thVsth _^^^ ilhllWeh _^ gi ment _^^ _pPieai * _tohayeOTp _^ Spme tim _^ _riona v . . _3 _| i _?*^^ , s domfoidn _^ _ftreVwSi _& h ai _ m _$ _yyjftpromising condition , and it is _generally " conceived unit a crisis is approaching . From ihe Southern Mahratta country xve hear ofthe execution ofthe noted freebooter , Soobanah Nickum , at Kolapore , on the 13 fch ult . Colonel Wallace has returned to
Belgaum . We have advices from Hong Kong to the 30 th of September ,. _butthey contain nothing of striking importance . Trade both at Canton and Victoria was extremely dull , but less inactivity prevailed to the northward , particularl y at Shanghai . Our local intelligence comprises an account of a large and destructive fire xvhich took place in the native town on Tuesday night last , occasioning considerable loss of lifo and _property . Fifteen persons in all appear to have perished ; a hundred and ninety houses were burnt , and the value ofthe property destroyed is estimated at £ 70 , 000 .
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FOREIGN MISCELLANY . Dr . _Pfvffeb . —A letter from Lucerne says that Dr . Pfyffer has been set a liberty , and the seals have been taken off his papers . Mb . James Richardson , TnE Traveller , —On the 13 th ultimo this enterprising traveller was still at Ghadames , whence it was his intention , in about a month or six xveeks to proceed to Soudan and Barnou , and if possible also to Timbuctoo . His route will be a new one , via . Ghat Aheer , AgUadez , and Damevgon , a road no Christian lias as yet undertaken . He is obliged to act as a doctor , attempting to cure all manner of diseases , the people running alter him in the streets , xvhile the little boys itnd girJs xvere frightened at him and ran axvay . He foresees much danger , but writes in good spirits . —Malta , paper .
The Hudson Bay Company has a settlement about 700 miles north of St . Peter ' s , tho population of which amounts to about 000 persons . In consequence ofthe execution of a Chippewa Indian , at tbis settlement , for the murder ofa white man , the Chippexvas have resolved to commence hostilities against the settlers . Disease on the Coast op _Apbica . —A letter fi _* 6 m Antwerp of thc 20 th has the folloxving : —In the course of last month the Kniphausen Einigheydt arrived in our port , after having lost half her crexv in the voyage from the western coast of Africa . The vessel , " crew , and the portion ofthe cargo supposed to besusceptible of contagion , xvere sent into quarantine , and subjected for a fortnight to numerous fumigations .
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TIIE POLISH REVOLUTION . On the 20 th of November last , at seven p . m ., tbe Polish exiles assembled at the Union Tavern , Johnstreet , Oxford-street , to commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of tlieir last glorious , though unfortunate revolution—a revolution , in the success of which , the whole of Europe took the liveliest interest , and whicli was rendered irresistible , even had the Poles abandoned all idea of national independence , by the intolerable and incredible oppressions of the Emperoi Nicholas , xvhose system of government is the very realisation of everything that is abhorrent to an enlightened and liberal mind . Without " bating a jot , either in heart or hope , " they rallied beneath one of their old revolutionary banners of 1830 , and
still equally alive to their rights and their duty , and not insensible to the incrediole . barbarities they have experienced , during the last fourteen years , at the hands of the gore-dyed Nicholas—they first solemnly proclaimed their imprescriptible right —which they mill never renounce—to national independence—then denounced the atrocious dismemberment of their beloved country by the despoilers of Europe , Russia , Austria , and Prussia ; and then unfolded the unheard of persecutions practised upon their countrymen and countrywomen , by the recent unparalleled barbarities inflicted upon the nuns at _Minslif . m Lithuania , xvith the account of which the xvbnlfi eiviliznd xvnrld remains still liOrroi _*« stricken .
The Tory.—Murder On The High Seas. Exami...
THE TORY . —MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS . EXAMINATION OF CAPTAIN JOHNSTONE . Tuesday afternoon at one o ' clock , alter the disposal ofthe night charges , Captain George Johnstone , the the master of the ship Tory , from Hong Kong , who preferred an unfounded charge of mutiny against seventeen of his crexv , three weeks ago , and who was subsequently taken into custody himself , was again brought before Mr . Broderi p , at the Thames Police Court . He stands charged with the wilful murder of William Rambert , chief mate , William Mars , second mate , and Thomas Reason , able seaman , during the voyage from Hong Kong to London . Long before the arrival of the magistrate , more than 300 persons had collected in the street opposite the court , who xvere all anxious to obtain admission ; but strict orders had been civen to the police not to
permit any one to enter the court , except the reporters for the public press , until the prisoner xvas placed at the bar , at wliich time the court was filled , but was not over-crowded , Toxvards the conclusion of the proceedings , which lasted five hours , thc court xvas crowded to excess , and the heat xvas almost insupportable . The prisoner Johnstone , who has boen in custody a fortnight , and is afflicted xvith erysipelas ofthe leg , on xvhich account his examination xvas postponed last xveek , was brought from the Westminster Bridexvell in the police van . He xvas in a debilitated condition , and unable to xvalk xx * ithout assistance . He was lifted out of the van by txvo police-constables , and carried into the gaoler ' s room . On being brought into the court two hours afterwards , he xvas accommodated
xvith a seat . He appeared to be very ill , and has become much thinner since his apprehension . The firstwitness called was Julian Cordiviallo , an Italian seaman , who was given into custody at Deal , broug ht to London in irons , and charged xvith mutiny , xvhen the captain excepted him from the others , and he xvas immediately liberated . On being sworn , he xvas desired by Mr . Symonds , the chief clerk , xvho conducted the examination , to confine himself to the circumstance attending the death of Reason . After a good deal of _rambling , be stated that he saw Tom Reason sitting on a sofa in the cabin , and the captain xvas asking him about a mutiny . Reason xvas hurt before this , and some physic xvas administered to him . The witness here began muttering to himself , in broken English , about his determination to tell
the truth , and that he xvould not tell a lie for £ 20 , 000 . With some difficulty it xvas elicited from liim tliat the captain had cut Reason xvith a sxvord , and that xvas the cause of giving him niodicine . That _xyas xvhen the ship xvas crossing the line . On thc hist occasion xvhen Reason was xvounded he xvas very prudent and quiet , and the captain asked the boy Jemmy for a bayonet , as the sword xvould not do . The bayonet xvas brought to the captain , xvho immediately hit Reason with it on the chest , but xvitness could not recollect xvhether it x as the larboard or starboard side . The man soon died . He did not live above a quarter of an hour after be received the wound xvith the bayonet . The corpse xvas hauled on deck . The xvitness here began rambling again in a strange manner about his oxvn country , English laws , his poverty , and other " matters , and the magistrate directed him to stand doxvn . William Dunn , the cook , xvas then called and
sworn . He is one of the men originally charged by the prisoner with mutiny , and brought from Deal to London in irons . He said be could not recollect dates , and then deposed as folloxvs : —I was in the cabin xvhen Reason xvas called doxvn , about halt-past txvelve o clock one day , and saxv the captain , xvith a bayonet in his hand , standing over Reason . I heard a . noise , as if the eaptain was sticking the bayonet into Reason ' s head , and he xvas calling out for mercy , to which the captain said he-would show hiin none at all . The boy Glover then came into thc pantr , xvhere I xvas kept , and told ine the captain J , ' d killed Reason . 1 xx _* as sent up for some xvater , ant when 1 came down into the cabin again Reasr jn wal ly ing on the captain ' s sofa . The captain had _h' _jg ilftn ( on Reason ' s left breast , and he told me Iter , son \ va dead . The captain took his band off his b rcast ani I saxv txvo wounds xvhich had been _ir < - Kic ' _^ _-Itli bayonet , from -which the blood xvas o _/ _* _, ' _„„ . j toll tin * can tain hi ' had better get gome r . . , tton to be pu
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on the _wounds . Ihe bod y of Reason was then taken out and lai . _'l at the pantry door , and five men were called totai _> him upon deck . The captain then ordered the bi _^ J * to be laid out on the forecastle . Next morning t . he body xvas sewed up in some canvas , and Spcnce , ( one ot the apprentices ) read the funeral service , and thc b _^ _-ty w _«» committed to the deep . Franklin Tucker , one of the seamen who was brought from Deal in irons , said he knexv no more about the death of Re . _^ on , except that he saxv his corpse brought upon dock . He saw liim go into the cabin alive about three-quarter _^ of an hour previous . He was then in a dreadful stat ' e . and _bleedins nrofuselv
- from several wounda on th'c head . The deceased was in the cabin in the early part of the evening ; witness did not then see any wounds or other injuries on his person . The deceased told him the captain had cut bim . David Johnson , another ofthe unfortunate seamen who were put in irons at Deal , and * falsely charged xvith mutiny , deposed , that an the evening Reason xvent doxvn into the cabin fee came to me , in the forecastle , with a deep cut _across his brow . I heard Julian Cordiviallo , the _Italiaa , come fwward and call Reason by name to wait upan the captain in the cabin . . Reason immediately left me and xvant down . When I saw him again he wa * dead , audi five of the hands xvere carrying thebody adong _tliedesli .
Barry Yelverton , the _apprentice , who has been erroneously described as the grandson of the celebrated Lord Avonmore , in oncmorsing paper * , tile Times , xvas next called . He ia a _v-ary intelligsnt youth ; and on being ordered to state all he _knaxv relating to the deatli of Mars , the second mate , sa 5 d I was in the cabin when the captain seat for Mai's , and I saw him cut at him . I now allude to the last day—the day he died . He was down _se- / eral days before that . I saxv a large piece cut off hia * head by the captain . I cannot tell how many days that was before he died . Mr . Broderip : About how many _?—recolleut yourself .
Witness : I think it xvas the day _before—the-night time . I saw no more of Mars the day following , that on xvhich the piece xvas cut off his head . The last day he was called into the cabin the captain cut at him a good deal with a cutlass , or sword . At that time Mars xvas all over blood . I could scarcely sec his face for blood . Mr . Symonds : Was he at liberty , or in any way confined ? Witness . He had been in irons before that . I cannot exactly say xvhether he had thc handcuffs on when he last came into the cabin , but his hands xvere in such a position before his body tbat I have no
doubt they were confined . Mars could not stand at the time , and one of the boys and Julian tied his hands up to a beam , while the captain cut at him ; I gave Julian a wink to take the man doxvn out of that . Mais was so _W'eak at that time he could not hold his head up . He xvas taken doxvn , and Jay gasping on the cabin-floor for a short time , until the captain ordered him to be taken upon deck . -The captain looked at him and said , " Look at the murderer , don't he look like one ? " I can't say who took him on deck , but I heard the captain say , " Squeeze him , squeeze him , or I xvill squeeze you . " He was taken on deck , and shortly afterwards some
one came down into the cabin and said Mars was dead . The captain told me to go upon deck , and ascertain if he xvas dead . I xvent upon deck , and saxv him lying dead , abreast of the main-hatch , on the larboard side , James Glover , a boy , who said he acted as steward , xvas next sxx'orn . He was examined last time as to the death of Reason . He was noxv directed to confine himself to the deatli of Mars . He said that Mars xvas repeatedly called into the cabin , and cut by the prisoner xvith a sword , and that he died the same day . The deceased xvas cut about the head . When Mars xvas called into the cabin on one occasion he had no handcuffs on . On other occasions xvhen he xvas called into the cabin and cut he bad irons on his hands , and could not have made any resistance if he had been so disposed .
Julian Cordiviallo xvas recalled , and appeared to have cooled doxvn a little . He was directed to , statc xvhat he knew about the death of Mars . He said the captain repeatedly called Mars "Brute , brute , brute , " and cut him with a sword . The last time he saw Mars was at the time the captain was gettiug his dinner . Mr , Broderip ; -Where was he cut ?—Witness ; He xvas cut any way , any way wherever you could name , on de breast , de face , over his head , and all his fingers xvere nearly cut off ( sensation ) . Irespcctcd my officer just as much xvhen he xvas in irons as if he xvas on duty . The captain ordered us not to call liim any more Mr . Mars , but call him Mars . He told me and the boy not to touch him xvith our hands , but to prick him up xvith the bayonet , and make him to
stand up . then he says , " Are you and Harry not able to make him stand up ? " and I said , "No sare . " " Well , then , " says he , " make him fast with a rope somexvhere or other . " There was a clcet run into the deck , and there was a bag of seizin ( old rope ) underneath the table—so he told us to make fast to this cleet . So we make fast to both Mars' hands , xvhich xverc in irons together . We did it by the captain ' s orders , " or else , " said he , " you and the boy , little Harry , shall be punished together , " and we were afraid of him . While he was fastened up to the clcet the captain struck at him with a sxvord , as if he xvas a porpoise . The witness here described the sword as a spad , and Mr . Symonds being at a loss to understand him , Mr . Broderip said : He is thinking in Italian , and endeavouring to explain himself in English . The Italian proceeded , and was told to use tho English xvord for the cutlass . The captain xvhile at dinner kept thro \ x * ing the sxvord at Mars , and sometimes it stuck in one place and sometimes in another ;
and xvhen it fell he told little Harry to pick it up and throw it at him again , for he meant to stick him all over . ( Great sensation . ) Well , then , after he had done so , and aU the blood eame from his body , the captain say , " Take that brute _axvay—takehimaxvay —squeeze him . " The captain ordered him to be taken on deck , and the body was very heavy . The captain said , " What fov don't you arm yourselves ? Go and call all hands to squeeze that brute—that rascal , or else I'll squeeze somebody else . " The captain sent mc up to tell all hands to squeeze him , but not for me to put my arm on him . I took Mars along with the rest to the main hatch , xvith the baronet in my hand , but did not touch him . Thc captain sent for me back into the cabin . He asked me if that function xvas done—if they had squeezed the man , and I say , " I don ' t know , sir . " At the time the boy came upon deck xvith a pistol in his hand . Mr . Humphreys : Whicli boy does he mean ?
Witness : Barry Yelverton , sir ; he came and said he was dead . The cjiptain said a single txvinc is enough for him ; don't use so much twine . He meant the canvas and txvine to sew it up to bury him . Before Mars xvas squeezed up he asked for some water , and I brought him some . That is all I know , sir . William Dunn , the cook , was recalled to stale what he knexv _relating to the death of Mars , and he confirmed all the horrible details as related by the Italian and other xvitnesses , but he gave a more
distinct account as to xvhat occurred when Mars xvas first called into the cabin after the captain came aboard from Fayal , about the 25 th of September . The captain , on his return to the vessel , then off the island , sent for Mars and spoke to him , and immediately struck him with the cutlass , and cut his lace , and he then told him to jump out of the stern xvindows of the cabin . Mars said he could not , and was sent out of the cabin . In a fexv minutes he was again sent for , and again cut , but on tbis occasion xvith more severity . He was then sent ftmvard to the forecastle .
Mr . Broderip : Where was ho cut ? Now , be correct . Witness : Thc first gash was across his whiskers , on the right side of his face—a dreadM cut . The captain came upon deck xvith lus cutlass in his hand after Mars went into the forecastle , and shortly afterwards he went below into * i , lie cabin and xvent to bed . Next morning the captain sent for Mars again . In the afternoon I saw May s in the cabin in handcuffs . The captain sent for him several times tbat evening , and cut him ev _^ ry time hecamedoxvn . The captain sent for liim on the folloxving afternoon , and be asked to be released f arm his handcuffs . The captain ordered the _carpenter to take off the handcuffs , and then took him into , bis oxvn cabin ( an inner one in the principal cabin ) , i heard a great noise in the captain ' s cabin , and then heard Mars breathe short and thick as if he xx _* as f . tvancling . Then all xx _* as quiet . In a
minute I _he . avd a noise again , and heard the captain tell Mavsi to jump ont of the cabin window . Mars said ho- could not , and that he wished to be tried by the lr / n _* s of his country . The captain said he should not , but ' ihould have board-of-ship laxv . Mars xvas th _^ vv brought out of the captain ' s cabin into the ' jther . He was then bleeding , his eyes glared , and I he could scarcely speak . A fexv moans xvas all thai could bc hoard to issue from bim . lie xvas put in irons , and sent on deck and laid on the main hatch . In about three-quarters of an hour he was again brought doxvn , cut with the sword , and again sent on deck xvith the blooi _^ streaming from bim . lie xvas sent for to the cabin several times that evening , and cut up by the captain . His fingers l were cut to pieces , thc joints xvere hanging down , and the bone xvas sticking out of his little finger , In . the middle watch that _niglug I was sent by the
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captain io " tell " tlie _cai-penler to put the best li ' _owe anchor shackle on his head . His neck xvas bared to let the shackle go over it ; and the carpenter put it on him . Mars complained that his beck was too sere to bear it ( the shackle , it ought to be _sfnted , is ofoOlbs . weight , made of iron ) . In the mottling I saw the captain continually heaving a sword at Mars while he xvas at dinner . 1 went down into the cabin , and . Mars was groaning and bleeding . I saw the captain repeatedly heave the sword at the d y ing man . The sxvord frequently rattled against the cabin door , against which Mars was standing . The captain said he would cut hiin up in inches .. The cabin door was
opened , and I saw Mars xvith his head on one side dying . The captain ordered _the-bands toget a rope and haul him on deck and squeeze him , and * if they did not he would have their lives . Mars was taken to the main hatchway , and a strand was put round his body , but whether the men hove upon it I cannot say . He asked for a drink of water and he was * given one and a worm caine up out of his throat . I went down into the cabin again , and shortly afterwards a man came into the cabin and told the captain be was dead . ' The body was sexved up in canvas , and taken to the gangway . I read the prayers over him , and he was buried .
I _* rankiin Tucker xx _* as a again sworn and examined relating to the death of Mars , and he confirmed the last xvitness in all the material points of his evidence _. Tucker was called into the cabin by the captain alter Mars was xvounded , and the captain exclaimed . "Look at the brute , see what he has brought upon himself , don't touch him with your hand ; , get a rope ' s end and haul him upon deck . " 'J'hc captain nho ordered Mara to be squeezed , and said if he was not xvell squeezed the xvitness should be . Tucker also stated , in addition , that the savage order of the captain was obeyed , and that Julian _Con'mallo was .
sent upon deck to see jf it- xvas done effectually . A rope was made taut round the body of the unfortunate creature , and Tueker and James & lael « len hove upon it as hard as they eould . While the mate xvas undergoing this horrible-torture , _fllie witness put his hand on his face and foawd he was deadv He went below and reported the / act to the captain , who asked if the mate had been we ** squeezed . Witness replied that he had , and the captain expressed- his satisfaction , and ordered the _ivsns to be removed from the body , and then buried . Mr , ; _Synrend & _jMdyoaexamineli _ 5-body?—Witness ;
I did . . Mr ; Symonds . _* : Hew many _xx-oumfe _^ Witness : 1 can't say hoxv many xvownds tliere _xvenrupon his h cy _, for it was cut to- pieces- 'There was hardly an hea ofit _xx'ifshout a xvound . David Johnson xvas again called , and said that her xvas- called into the eabin with Reason- and Mars , and hewn * so cut up that lie could _scarcslyerax I'to his berth . Mr .. Broderip r . Yoa ; were cut . Who by '—Witness ; By Captain Johnstone , sir .
Mr . Broderip % Where were you wounded _?—Witness ; About the head and hands , sir . I also received several wounds on the shoulder . Next morning I found Mars in irons , and the captain called for a strand and a heaver , and made a kind of bow-string ofit , and hove it taut round my neck till I xvas nearly choked , and he called a man named French , and told him to put nie in irons , and said I xvas _implie-vfed ; with Mars . Mars was then sitting on an ew tf spirit cask . French , by the directiun of the _ci pta n , took a sxvord , bent at the point , to the grindstone , tu make the point straight and sharp . French brought it doxvn again , and said that xvas thc sxvord v . if' the Straight point . The captain then took the sxx rd and cut Mars oyer the head with it , and the blood _guoiied forth very fiercely indeed . 1 was then _ordered upon . deck to my duty . The witness then gave a descrip _^
tion of the terrible scenes xvhich took p lace in the cabin and upon deck , similar to the evidence of tho otlier xvitnesses , and said thebody of Mars xvas shocking to behold . The head and breast of Mara xvere in sueh a state that it xvas impossible to lay n finger * unon the body xvithout putting it upon a wound . Tlio xvitness then proceeded to describe the intimidation practised by the captain toxvards tlie crexv to compel them to torture poor Mars . Julian Cordiviallo told the men if they did not squeeze Mars and heave upon the strand round his body , the captain would kill all ban lis . French xx-as armed xvith a sxvord and a brace of pistola , and Sinclair the carpenter , anil the apprentices xverc also armed , to overawe the crexv , and compel them to put in execution the savage orders of the captain . When Mars xvas being squeezed helooked very ghastly , and the breath was not quite out of his body , but he died soon afterwards .
Stephen Cone , an able seaman , xvith wounds on Ins person , xx _* ho bad been _griex-ously maimed hy the _prisoner . His evidence was short but expressive . He said I was in the cabin before tlio death of Mars . I saw the captain make one cut at his head with a sxvord , and he took off a piece that size , your honour . ( The xvitness placed one hand on the other , denoting that the prisoner cut a piece oft ' the head of Mars hall * the size of bis band . Mr . Broderip * . Did you see the prisoner do that , Cone ?—I did , sir ; he cut a piece right off his head , and he then stabbed him on different parts ofhis body .
Thomas Gair , a seaman , whose case has excited so > much commisseration , next appeared in thc witness box . This poor fellow , it will be recollected , was mutilated in a shocking manner by the prisoner , and pistols loaded only xvith powder were discharged in his face by the captain ' s orders . His face xvas much disfigured by gunpowder , nnd his forehead and cheeks were covered xvith adhesive plasters . The much injured man xvas asked only a few questions , anil stated that he was cut by the captain , and that besaxv liim wound Mars while he was in irons . Mr . Broderip then asked Inspector Evans if there were any more xvitnesses ?—Inspector kvans said there xverc several more in attendance , besides the xvounded man on board the hospital ship . Mr . Broderip said he had been sitting for nearly eight hour .., nnd that he cou ' . d not go fur- her into the case that night . He should remand the prisoner uniil to-morroxv
The prisoner , who leant his bend upon the edee of the dock during the greater part ofthe examination , and xvho , xvhen he did look up , seemed to betray much indifference to the appalling recitals made by the witnesses _^ was then led axvay from the dock by txvo policemen in attendance . The people in front of the court remained till the police van left , xvhen they set up a tremenuour yell . THIRD EXAMINATION OF CAPTAIN
JOHNSTONE . The investigation relating to the murder on board the ship Tory , from Hong Kong , was returned on Wednesday , at the Thames Police Court . Thc prisoner , George Johnstone , still continues in a very weak state , Thc witnesses examined on former occasions have related tho circumstances attending the horrible murders of William Mars , the second mate , and Thomas Reason , able seaman ; and those cases have been very clearly established prima facie . On Wednesday tho witnesses examined confined themselves chicHy to the circumstances attending tho death of William Rambert , the chief mate , in September last , when the ship _xx _* as near the Island of Ascension .
Stephen Cone , xvho xvas examined on Tuesday , xx _* ng again called . He deposed as follows : I xvas put in irons on the 23 rd of last September , for what reason I know not . It was by Captain Johnstone ' s _anilers . Thomas Lee and Thomas Reason xvcre put _inSa irons at the same time . We were all confined on _tlia main hatches . On the 25 th , in the evening , I _was-gutinto the ship ' s _mizen top . Mr . Symonds : Did you , during that time , observe anything done to Rambert ?—Witness ; _'Ses , sir ; during thc night of the 25 th of September 1 : saxv the captain cut Uambcrt , xvho xvas chief ollieer of the ship , xvith a cutlass on his bead in several places . Rambert was on the quarter-deck at the time . Mr . Broderip ; Was he in irons then _?—Witness ; Yes , sir ; he had a pair of small handcuffs on . I saxv the captain cut him xvhen be xx _* ns in irons , and xvhen he xx-as tree . I should think th _& wis he'bve txvelve o ' clock at night . After _txvel . vo o _^ clock the
captain came to me while I was _laahad . in doubleirons in tlie roizen top . lie xvas qivito sober at thatime , and he stabbed me in several nliia * s about my . body and on my head , sir . "W ith 4 llo loss of bloo _ U and the great pain I suffered , I know , . _Qhiid for some time quite insensible in the ship ' s , roiz & n top . Atter I recovered ( I think it was _ahoua four in the morning , as near as I can judge ) , 1 saw the captain oa the quarter-deck , _xxviibh a cutlass , in his hand , running after llamio . ib _,. and lie _V-impcd overboard—over thc ship ' s _sSarboard _quartvr . At the same time as Uambert jjim _^ cd ovcrbsiird , the . ship was running before th * _xxiiad , with tlic yards _, square . We did not lower- _aaiji boat , or oiler to _ge-t any boat ont to pick the chM officer up . Mr . Broderip . ; "Was _notfliiag thrown axcr to _hicfc _* no hen-coop , or any thiag?—Witness _» Nothing ai > all , _shr . _Tbeship-xvas _luifcetftooa little _^ _istsuffiisenlij to shake tho studding sails ,, and then she kept axvay her course .
Txvo female _passengws on board ihe Tory , _earned . Mary lilewitt and Catherine _Thompson , w ?? e nexu examined , as were also . Thomas Glover , apprentice-Thomas Lee , seaman ; Thomas * Uaiv , _seaman * , nm \ David Johnson , seaman ; all b & loneing _ts-t-ho Tory Their evidence was the same in substance as that oi Cone but ot which revolting _statemc-sts wc have already reported more than enough . Thc prisoner * xvas again remanded until Tuesday next , xvhen the evidence of the wounded man Morris , who has up to this time been lying dangerousl y ill on board the Dreadnought hospital _sliip _. will be taken
Ihe Murder At Nxwisgtos . — On Wednesday...
Ihe Murder at _Nxwisgtos . — On Wednesday oronoon Mr . Carter the coroner , andthe _jSJffi _talof h ? ? 1 , cd t 0 i , u - uhc _*«*<> the _ciwum-• _S , attcn ( la » t « Pon the death of Daniel _Fiti-KSt _^¦ _, _! _ta _, _¦' tho W _^ e " of further Sence of fir _° An m m A , ter h _™ S « 10 _evi" Wim M , i _™? ' * J * " ' . V « _-t « " « d * verdict of coro _, i 1 , p 1 l ° \ S ainst Samuel Q . uenncll . The eu \ c _^ n _X , _Y . " nJ ° ;' er Ins Pector Carter to prosehi nS _mov _ni n _" ltneS ? ? 8 ive evidence R _^ ' , ; _CrilfflJnS Uw wroi » _a * _- . « * _« .. Central
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 6, 1845, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_06121845/page/1/
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