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THE NORTHERN _ _Jt-tiR ' _.. _ JuNE 10 _* 1848 , , _—________ ____ _ - __ - __ -gB _^___ __ B '' i "i 1 _. "' 11 _! ¦ - _ll __ _' _" _. _^ _> ' - ¦¦ .. .. , 7 r ' _£ rft fl |
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CHARTIST AM ) REPEAL MEETINGS . BETHNAL GREEN . A meeting of Chartists and Repealers was held on Sunday last , at ten o ' clock , on an open space ot _pound facing the Birdcage Tavern . Having _. elec ed a chairman , Mr Page commenced addre _^ ing tne meeting when Inspector Tarieton ofthe M division _51 S tZ if & t with about forty consUhta _j SS _K _^ K _^»* _JSAhSZ IS ap _/ n _^ _nnarmed people . There were cries of down with the _polics and some stones were thrown The _neople , however , were beaten offthe ground , and _retreated to the bv-streets , where several misiiles Ur-- thrown at tha police . A brick waa thrown at _Injector _Tailetoa , which caught him between the shoulders and knocked him down . At the same moment Sergeant Moore was served in a similar man . rer . The police then went ta work with their _truncheonsutinffthem _indiscriminately over the heads
, of the people . In so doing many were severely _injured . The police having managed to clear one street , those who had escaped _without meeting wita personal injury retreated into _Tnrk-streei and _Castle-nreet , where thev shouted ' Djwn with the police . Here brick-bats and ginger beer bottles were thrown from the _windows _^ upon the pol ice , and police constable N 1 G 9 was severely cut in the mouth by a bri ' -kbat , and was obliged to be taken away tothe 6 tati 0 _ - _ 0 U 8 e . Thoug h the people received a very rouea handling , crowds continued to assemble in Virginia-row , and other places , when a party of _mo-ated constables came up with swords drawn , and «_ cceded in getting the streets tolerably clear . TfaoV ha _ _barelY dope SO and gone off to another part Of the neighbourhood , when _baing informed another attack was made on the officers , they set to work again , and many heads were broken before the mob woald disperse .
This scene of fighting lasted from ten o ' clock until one , when the neighbourhood assumed its usual state of quiet , and the police were taken off to a place close by in case any further rioting should take place . Three cr four were taken into custody .
LONDON FIELDS , IIAC __\ EY . From information forwarded to the Commissioners of Police that a monster _meeting was to take place in these fields on Sun day morning , the most ample proTision w _ 3 made to prevent it . At si _ o ' e ' ock . A Jr . a powerful body of police , belonging to tbe N , G , and H division ? , with Mr _Superintendent Johnson and _Inspectors Thatcher and Cownden , took possession of the ground . A considerable number of people congregated daring the day , bat no meeting was allowed to take place . No serious conflict occurred .
VICTORIA PARK , A public meetins was held in this locality on Sundav morning at eight o ' clock , when after having appointed a chairman , a number of mounted policemen with drawn swords galloped on the ground and cleared ifc in an instant . A most desperate _effray _alsD took place in Virginia Gardens .
BISHOP BONNER'S FIELDS . Two meetings took place in these fields during the afternoon—one at two o ' clock , and another at ive . The first was principally to sympathise with Mr Mitchel , and a resolution passed to the effect , ' That the government had shown itself to be tyrannical and cruel in banishing Mr Mitchel , who hsd been guilty of no offence . ' The second meeting _cDmmenced immediately afc the close of the first . After several speeches had bren made by Mr Ernest Jones , and other leaders , the meeting separated . A general fciiing however wa 3 predominant that the church was filled with policemen , ( no uncommon eccarrence , ) when the windows were speedily broken , a new macadamised roai in front of tho church furnishing a _nlentifnl supply of projectiles . The police were now called into action , and having emerged from their
various places of concealment they marched off in sections into the midst of the people . Many ran off in various directions , but several _hund _^ _s refused to 20 , and were loud in their complaints . The police having been commanded to clear the ground , a severe conflict _t-oak place . The truncheons were used with full force , and in the space of a few minutes several dozen men and boys were knocked flat upon tkegroand , and were trodden on by others in their _au—iety to escape , whilst many had their heads broker ) , arms fractured , and were otherwise seriously injured . Notwithstanding the violence of the police , many refused to leave the ground . An officer of the K division was stabbed through the fleshy part of the hand . The constable was immediately removed to the London Hospital . Several persons were taken into custody .
Throughout Sunday the Hon . Artillery Company was on duty at the guard-house of the company in the City-road , under the command of their respective officer ? . They were in constant readiness in case their services should be required . In Smithfield arrangements were made by the City authorities to prevent any meeting takin ; place , and during the afternoon and evening the police were on duty in the market . A strong force was aho at the Smithfield station-house .
MEETING AT FARRINGDON HALL . ( Abridged from the Morning Chronicle ) On Monday evening a meeting was held at the Farringdon Hall , Snow-hill , for tha purpose ' of calling upon the government forthwith to release Mr John Mitchel , and to afford him a fair trial . ' Mr _Shoetsb moved the following resolution : — ' That it is the opinion of this meeting that John Mitchel h 33 not had a fair trial ; thafc to petition Parliament is enly aiding to fill the waste-paper office , and tbat , therefore , this meeting doe 3 what Englishmen ought to do when injustice is perpetrated , namely , demand the release of John Mitchel , and that he ba put upon Ms trial again before an unpacked jury . ' Mr Hesse seconded the resolution , which was adopted .
Mr Thohas _Peesios moved ihe following resolution : —* That this meeting , recollecting the glorions eirrts of our forefathers to maintain in its purity the institution of trial by jury , would feel that they were unworthy of the sires they boast of if thev yielded silently and _Eumoved to the gro 53 _attro-jation of that precious institution in the _person of John Mitchel . ' Mr _ALSsir-DEB Campbell seconded the resolution , which was carried _ na _ _itnously . The _Chairmah stated that an address to Mre Mitchel had been agreed upon , and was to be taken over by Mr Walter Cooper , as they could not trust it to the post-offioe . For thafc purpose a collection would be made . The meeting then separated ;
GOVERNMENT PREPARATIONS FOR THE CONTEMPLATED CHARTIST DEMONSTRATION ON MONDAY NEXT .
( From the Daily News of Wednesday . ) Yesterday afternoon a lengthened interview took place at tke Home-office between Sir G . Grey , the Attorney and Solicitor General , and Cel . Rowan and Mr Mayne , the two _w _;_ us _ . oner 3 oi police . The importance of the interview may be gathered from the fact that the Secretary of State , with the law officers efthe crown and police commissioners , were upwards of two hours in deliberation . During the afternoon it w _ s reported in the neighbourhood of the House of Commons and _Downiarj-streat that the meeting had a two-fold object * , the first , it is stated , was for the purpose of arranging measures to put a stop to the proposed demonstration on Monday next , when the metropolis is threatened to be kept in a
state of- excitement by numerous meetings to be holden on that day . The _second object , it was said , _ was to consider the necessity of applying to Parliament for additional powers to enable the _ex ecutive to put a stop to the present _uncDnstitutional agitation . Before the interview took place Sir G . Grey was in communication with several of the judges , and , after it wa 3 over , the right hon . baronet had an interview with the commander-inchief , afc the Hors 9 Guards ; immediately after whien a messenger was dispatched to Woolwich Subsequently , the Secretary of State proceeded to
thc official residence of Lord John Russell , in Dawning-sireet , where several members of the cabinet remained in consultation for a considerable time . T _ is acco _' nnfe for the non-appearance of any of the cabinet ministers in the Honse of Commons up to six o ' clock , with the exception of Mr _Lahauchere , the President of the Board of Trade . In the course of the day orders were sent round by the right hon . baronet to the police magistrates of the metropolis to asae a notice calling upon those gentlemen , tradesmen , and others , who had been sworn in as special constables , but whose period of service had expired , or would expire today , to attend to bs re-sworn .
The news oi tne apprehension of Ernest Jones and other 3 on Wednesday , new like wild-fire throng- the metropolis . Several memorials have _bsen got up numerously Signed by the shopocrats , praying that the Queen wl' 1 be graciously pleased to cause the laws to ba put in full force against the Chartist _leaders and abettors cf their meetings , and that her Majesty will command tha Executive to use the most stringent measures for the _immeiiat-e suppression of such unlawful meetings and processions . Several persons were waiting at Farringdon-hall on Wednesday night although nd meeting was announced to tike piace . Two government reporters , with 2 . number of police me _ in phln clothes were in attendance .
_Ab-iutSOOor 1 , 003 Chartiits met on Wednesday _nisht at the South _London Chartist Hal ' , _Webbersirtei , _Bbtekfri-rs , for the _purpose of hearing a lecture from 3 Ir Vernon , on the Laud Question . At the conclusion of the lecture several speeches were delivered , which were loudly applauded by the meeting . Three cheere were given for Mitchel , which were followed by three for Ernest Jones and his speedy liberation . The meeting then _sep-ratt J . A powerful body of the L division of police , _nncer _Sacarintendent Butfc , and Inspectors Arnold , Evans , _Carter , and Rogers were in the _cei _^ hbourhocd res <' y to quell any riot , if snch had been _ attempted . On Wednesday night a _nomereos meeting of Chartists and Confederates teok place _ t the Chartist Assembly Rooms , Dean-street , Soho . In conse-
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quence of the events of Taesday , and the arrest ol Messrs Jones and Williams . & c , the moat lively onriosiiy was excited . The business was confined to the proceedings of the Irish Confederates . Mr Looney read some articles from tha Irish newspapers , and after several addresses the meeting separated . A body of the C division ef police was stationed in _Dean-atreefc .
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_CnARiiiT Meeting at Mbwcastle . —A Chartist meeting to sympathise with John Mitchel , and express its opinion on the Reform movement , was held on Sunday last upon the Town Moor , at Newcastleupon-Tyne . The attendance was large , but all seemed peaceably disposed , though words of daring were uttered by some of the speakers . A resolution _expressing sympathy with Mitchel waa passed , and a memorial to the Queen , preying for his liberation , was adopted . Tee _Disturbances at Bbadford . —On Saturday morning a party of fifteen or sixteen men were apprehended whilst illegally _training with a numbar of pikes in their _possession , and were lodged in
prison . Clubs for th 3 Purchase of Arm 3 . —We understand , from good authority , that numbers of workmen in this town are enrolled in club 3 for the purchase of fire-arms , with wbat intent may be easily surmised . Of the whole of the workmen engaged in a lsrge public establishment , it is said that there are cot s ? x who are Lot members of these combinations ; and some of them make use of very significant expressions with regard to certain persons high in place , which , were it not that' threatened men live long , ' might lead ua to fear for their safety . Ifc was reported on Taesday that the _club 3 had been provided wiih a specimen ot a firelock aad bayonet frora Birmingham , which might bs had ( wholesale ) for 12 s 6 d . —Leicester Chronicle .
Glasgow . —A meeting of Chartists aHd Repealeri was held in _Glasgow on Friday night , for the purpose of sympathising with Mr Mitchel . The resolution passed " wa 3 : — ' That the inhabitants of Glasgow , ia public meeting assembled , believing John Mitchel to b 9 a pure , honest , and disinterested patriot , and for _exDressing his hone 3 fc conviction openly , the base , treacherous , and cewardly "Whig government have succeeded in transporting him , and confiscating his fortune ; in order , therefore , to give expression of our sympathy for him , they pledge themselves to contribute to the national fand about to be raised for the support of his wife and family , until he ia restored to them ; and also to memorialise her Maje 3 tv in his behalf . '
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THE _LOXDON _REP-ALEHS . The fraternisation of the Rcpaalers with the Chartists progresses rapidly . Oa Sunday eveaing last a crewded meeting of Confederates and Chartists of _theBormond . _sey district was held at the Ball ' s Head , BuU ' _s Headcourt , _Toslej-street . Mr Cornelius _Dingavia in the chair . —ifr _Laagley ( Chartist ) , in an able and energetic speech , detailed the Plan of Or £ anis _ tlon . _ - * _ r _Kompley _msved , and Mr Tierney seconded the following reselu . tion : ' That the thanks of tbis meeting bs given to t ' sat unflinching and _answering patriot , Feargus O'Connor , E _; q ., M . P ., for his manly and geaeroui sjmpat ' r . y in _devoting she profits of the _Nobtuebh Stab , on Saturday , Jaae lltb , to the htroic Mary Mitohel and her & V 3 fatherless _childrc-n , during the absence of Ireland ' I
_cifted patriot , John Mitchel ; ' which was carried amldit _Ijfd imatiOH . — Moved by Hr _Cullen , and seconded by H * . i _: ley : — ' That a committee of twelve working men , "i'h power to add to their number , be appointed to term a junction between the Repealers and Onanists ia this district , in order to carry out a vigorous agitation for a Repeal of the Union and the People ' s Charter . ' The resolution was carried with loud acclamation . Resolutions _pledging the _mating to support the family of the martyred Mitchel were also carried . —Mr _It'Sweeney then announced that he had received a sovereign from an old friend towards tho Mitchel Fund , The meeting then _adjourned till S _ _ndoy _evening nest , _oheering for Mitchel , O'Connor , Repeal , and the Charter .
' The Johk Miichei . Club . '—The first meeting of this Club , consisting of Repealers and Chartists , was held on Monday evening , at the South London ChirtUt Hall , _Blaekfriars-road , which wss crowded to _Juffooation . —Mr John _M'Gildy was called tothe chair , _—lSesirs Looney , Barry , Sheridan , and Martin , addressed the meeting ; Resolutions pledging the meeting to continued agitation for Repeal were adopted . The meeting then separated , cheering for Mitchel , the Charter , and Repeal , The Whig Reign oj ? _Tesbo- ih W £ _srjtrnsrB _ . 0-Uondr . j evening a large meeting of the Confederates aad Chartists of Westminster , was held in the rooms ef the Wallace Brigade , Charter Coffee House , Strutton Ground , Westminster , to sympathise . with the martyred J . JGtchel . Long b ; _-fore the laour of meeting a posse of the
police of the B _division _tookpoBsessisn of tho Burrsunding _neighbourhood blocking up every avenue leading to the place of meeting , alarming the peaceable inhabitants by their warlike appearance . A more unwar . rantable and _—oju & tl—able attempt on tho part of the government to prevent the right of publio masting could not have been enactad bj the autocrat of Russia . Staves were drawn , bnt the people by their good con . dect at onco showed these myrmidons how futile It was on their partB , to create a hreach of the peace . Mr John Young was called to thc chair , when several spirited appeais were made , _urging upon the meeting the necessity of naion between Irishmen and Englishmen , which was well-received bythe meeting , ' ; and an arrangement Is scout to be _eatered into for an a __ _lalgsmatioof the Chartists and Confederates of this district . Ths
following resolutions were passed unanimously . Moved by Mr Hash and seconded by Mr Crump : — ' That we , the Confederates and Chartists of the City of _Wsstminster _, in public meeting _assembled , do solemnly a _ d _ _dvisedlyenttr our protest against the persecution of that unflinching patriot , John Mitchel , _belieTing as we do that the government resorted to tho moat unjustifiable means by packing a jury and otherwise curtailing the liberty ef the subject , thereby preventing Joha Mitchel having a fair and Impartial trial ' . Moved by Mr M'Sweeney and seconded by Mr T . Nash : — ' That this meeting viewing with deep regret the position of that noble spirited lad y , Mrs Mitchel , do enter into a subscription towards the maintenance of that patriotic lady
ana her fstherleBS children , and that a cemmittee be formed for carrying out the above object . ' Moved by Mr _Dymond , and seconded hy Mr Reading , and spoken to by Mr Workman ;— ' That it is tbe opinion of thi * meeting that it is essential for all men entertaining democratic opinions to unite , for the purpose of endeavouring to frustrate the government in their tyrannical course and their _nnjast policy towards the _workla ; classes . ' The meeting then separated , giving three cheers for the Charter , Repeal , and the brave men of Bradford ; and the mercenary police departed to their homes in peace , appearing mortified that they had not occasion to use their bludgeons on the heads of au inoffensive people .
Tbe Robebt Ehkett Club . —A large open-air meet _, ing of this club was held on Sunday afternoon , In Bishop _Bonners' Fields , when about 15 , 000 persons wero present , as was also Mr Doogeod , the _gorernmentreporter . Dr Kelly in the chair . Among those who addressed the meeting were _MeBsrs C . M ' Carthy , Cartin , & o ., when the feUowing reselaticn was carried : — . ' That this _inejting is of opinion that the conduct ofthe government in packing a jury to convict the patriot Mitchel It brutal , aad even _bloedy , and if England was similarly situated , the crime of John Mitchel would ba looked up _» n as a virtue '
On Monday a large mee-ling of the club was held la the _Tempsrancs Hall , Cable-street , Wapping . Mr Cur . tia in the chair . A vote of thanks was given to Mr O'Connor for hiB letters to Mra Mitchel . Ths ate ting then adjourned . On Tuesday evening the hall was again crowded to suffjeation . Mr _, Fearns In the chair . Messrs Reading Gutteridge , Hop ; , and others , addressed the meeting . The meeting then adjourned . Meetings for the ensuing week : — Sunday : —Temperance Hill , Cock Lane , _Snow-hlll ; Druid Arms , _Greeiwich ; BuU ' s Head , Bull ' s . Headcourt , _Tooley-street ; Green Man , _Berwiek-street . Monday and Wednesday - _—Divis Club , 'Assembly . roosiB _, _Dean-street . Monday , Taesday , and Thursday : —Robert Emmett Cub , Temperance Hall , Cable . street , Wapping .
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\ alu _ op Liberty . —Without liberty , even health and strength , and all the advanti ? e 3 bestowed on U 3 by nature and providence may , at the will of a tyrant , be employed to our own ruin , aud that of our fellowcreatures . FismoK . — ' Fashion is a poor vocation . Its _CEe & d , thatidleDe 33 is a privilege , and work a disgrace , is among the deadliest errors . Without depth of thou _. ht , or tha earnestness of _feeling , or strength , of purpose—living an unreal life—sacrificing substance to show—substituting tha fictitious for the natural—mistaking a crowd for a society , finding its chief pleasure in ridicule , and _eshausting its ingenuityin expedients for killing time . Fashion is the last influence under which a human being who respects himself , or wbo comprehends the ends of life would desire to ba placed . '—Channing .
M man can do anything against his will , ' said a physician . ' Faith , ' said Pat , I had a brother who went to Botany Bay againt his will . ' By the Mutiny Act just passed , licensed _viethe-T £ o iiave mirines b ; ilofc 9 d « P ° _f _^ _. _L _^ _0 _plI _e _, t e u x _* smP _«^ ° f Hayli , who has been for some months a prisoner for debt in _Belgium has been set at liberty , and famished with funds To pay his passage to England . Oa Saturday week , a boy , named Gilmour _. who had baen let down a c iff near Arr , by his corn " pa- w _ s * , uike a hawk s nest , was dashed to the _bosiom by the breakipg of the r & pe and killed
, _Roubebs . —Some time since , a couatry _gentleaan at a cofee-house , i _03 king over a newspaper said Lo anuther that sat near him— ' I have been endeavouring for sometime to see what the ministry are doing , but not being accustomed to the London prints , I know not where to find these articles . ' To this the other archly repliad— ' You must look among the robberies , sir . ' A day , an hour , ef virtuou 3 liberty , is worth a whole eternity of be _ d 8 ge . '—Addison ,
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_BET-RTUBB OF MB MIICHE- FOE BERMUDA . Dublih , Jam 2 . —At four o ' clock , yesterday , Mitohel was removed from Spike Island , in the Scourge steamer , for Bermuda . The following is from the Cork Repobibr received this evening . John Mitchel Btsnds no more on Irish soil , He was removed , at four o ' elook this morning , to the Scourge steamer , which arrived in the harbour yoBterday _, and sailed for Bermuda this morniDg . If twelve months pass o ver ere he stands auain , - _ft & B man , OU his native shore , Ireland deserve * all the obloquy and disgrace that can be inflicted on her . Bermuda is one of the strongest fortresses in tho Queen ' s dominions—another St Helena ; but this makes no difference .
Even in the summary way In which this noble man has been dealt with he has hi 3 triumph . Government dered not wait to transmit him with the freight of scoundrels , to whose level _tkeir baseness thought to sink him _. But what will be thought of the duplicity of the authorities , who sent Mr M'Carthy the following order to see John Mitchel , on presenting which that gentleman was told . that he was on his way to his placo of exile : — Dublin Castlo , May 30 th , 1848 . Sib —I am _directed to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter oftho 29 th ult ., and to acquaint yo _ that it is not usual to permit accesB to prisoners under sentence of transportation in a convict depot , except under peculiar circumstances ; but his _etcellenoy haa been pleaded to sanction your having aB "interview with Mr Joan Mitchel , in the presence of the governor of the depot , as yon propose . I am . Sir , your obedient humble servant , T . N . Uemhotos . F . P . M'Carthy , Esq .., <_ c , Cork . Bermuda is a mere rock in the Atlantic , hut enjoys a splendid climate .
THE ' IRISH FELON . All the necessary preparations are being made for the speedy issue of tbe successor ofthe United _Jbish MAN : MR . _MIICHEL s LA 3 I _F 0 BUC DOCUMBNT . The following letter wa 3 addressed on the day of his conviction , by Mr Mitohel to the St Patrick's Club , of which he was president : — To the Secretary ofthe Se Patrick ' s Confsderate Club . Newgate , Friday , 1 o ' clock . My -ear Sir , —In taking farewell of the St Patrick ' s Club , which I do with deep gratitude , for their _unwarer . ing kindness to me , I wish to make some remarks to them on the position of the cause . Thero ia no reason to be dispirited , provided the Confederates will from this
day forth insist on an aggressive course ef action being eatered oa and steadfastly _persevered in ; I mean that a resolute stand should be taken for tight and justice against' law , ' for the common privileges of manhood against police constables and soldiers . I tell you it ( rill never do to recognise for one instant their ruffi 3 n Acts of Parliament for laws , nor to suffer continual insults and buffctings at tbe bauds of mea in blue coats armed with _truncheoas . The spirit of no nation conld live through such an . ordeal , if it he much longer continued . Tou may organise _. and recruit and arm , and what you call prepare , till harvest , or till an European war , or till the sky falls ; but the cause will be going hack instead of farward . Now , to insure safe aHd rapid progress , the Confederation absolutely needs a more efficient executive
head . I needhave no delicacy en thlspoint , because I have expressed to the principal members of the Council in person , my decided opinion that the Council has not been doing its duty , aud that constituted as it is , real service of the sort now wanted is not to be expected from It . The Council la at present , and always haa been , a clique or close borough , and the _practiss of adding at pleasure to ita own numbers , has a tendency to make it become continually more and more of a clique and less and less independent and eff _. _- Ctive . Do not understand me as intending to undervalue either the character or the abilities of most of the * leaders , ' as they are oalled now In the Council . For several of them , and especially for my dear friend , Mr Meagher , I have the hig hest eBteem and regard . But ,
I say , that csnstituted as the Council is , arranged as all iti proceedings are , in a select circle of gentlemen , no bold forward movement is to be expected . I mean , in short , that the Confederates , the Clubs , the people in some form , should actually elect the members of the Council—say f » r sir monthB , and not by any means suffer it to add to Its own numbers , Of course , tbis would violate the ' Convention Act , ' which I consider an additional argument la favour of the thing I suggest , It is plain that no unpacked jury will ever convict for sedition in Ireland , and I hold it to be absolutely essentl ?] to the C 2 use _, that we should continually put the government to the disgraceful and diabolical resource of packing . This is needful , in order to rouse indignation , to excite all honest and manly feeling In this country in
our favour , to show , what British government in this country rests npon—vis ,, fraud , force , corruption , perjury , and blasphemy ; but , above all , it is needful , in order to keep alive and increase the spirit of the people . Believe me , it is not arms , it Is not food , it is not _organi-61 ti 0 D | opportunity , or ' union , ' or foreign Bympatby Ireland wants—it is spirit—a proud , defianJ intolerance of slavery and scorn of pretended - legal penalties , ' as well a 3 other personal consequences . When tbis soul bas come iato Ireland , - cr opportunity is come , till then never ! -ever !! I know that in writing tila to you I subject myself to the imputation ( which I hear some Confederates dare to cast on men who hold such _sentiments ) that I am ' , an agent of the British government , hired to excite what is called a ' premature insurrection . '
Let me entreat the Club to look with dislike upon any of Its members who Is ready to make such _churges lightly against others . Tbis wretched cowardly spirit of mutual suspicion is really the most fatal element I see ia our movement at present ; and the man amongst US Who Charges another wiih so hateful a crime , or hints it , or says such , or such conduct , opinions , or advice , look like such an iniquity , ought , indeed , to be prerared to substantiate the charge at his peril . Our proceedings hitherto have been public and above board , and I had hopes that our excellent principlo of no conceal _, ment would have got rid entirely of the mischief of in . formers and detectives , and their odious trade . But I
find that the mutual distrust created by continual hints of their existence may , as disastrously affect our action as the very things themselves . I do not know that I have more to say to you except to exhort your earnestly to go on . The villaniee of these crlminul persecutions must show every oae of you that It is now only the more necessary to provide arms and ammunition , so as to have the power and spirit—the opportunity wiU come from Heaven , to abolish the frighful system which , under the names of law and government , lays waste and beggars , and degrades onr noble country , I remain , dear Sir , your friend , John Mitchel .
THE NOBLE HEROISM OF THB LAST SCSNE , The Doblis Evening Herald , a Conservative paper , pays the following tribute to the noble heroism displayed by Mitchel in the last scene : — It Ib very easy for the Times and Ponch—the bull y and the buffoon of English journalism—to call this man & ' monkey' and a coward ; ' bnt those who saw and heard him speak his last words to an Irish audience from the dock In Green . street _, acknowledged in tbe unbroken defiance the genuine abandonment of self and tbe stoipai devotion with which he met his
fate—something that was unmistakably noble and heroic—something that In another cause would have beea splendidand which even doomed , and justly doomed , as he stood there—a felon going within a few brief hours into banishment—clothed him witb a certain grandeur , opposed to which the Viceroy , in his timidity , his duplicity , and his triumph , looked znarvellourl y Httle Indeed ; bat meaner still does this great Whig functionary appear in those small traits of detailed , and as it would seem , gratuitous severity , wbich would almoBt Indicate the spleen and _vindictiveneas of a personal animosity .
Amongst the subscribers to the Mitchel fund are Dr Blake , Bishop of Dromore and Lord Clonourry . His lordship has contributed £ 100 .
proscbipiion , Dr Gray , proprietor ofthe Freeman ' s Journal , and Mr Joseph Henry Dunne , an active member of the Repeal Association , wero refused admission to the bar this day . The cause of rejection is reported to be the appearance of seditious articles in tbe Freeman and the delivery ofa seditious speech by Mr Dunne on a certain day , ior which effences they were held inadmissible .
repeal association , Dunujt _, June 5 . —There wa 3 a crowded audience in Conciliation-hall . Dr M'Keos presided . Mr J . O'Cossell said - . Uo would conclude his motion with ono or two remarks , and also by putting a notice on the books , provided tho terms of arrangement on which Repealers were divided met the approbation of the committee of the Association , specially summoned to meet to-morrow , and to continue sitting every day in the week—providing these term 3 would be agreed to , it would be his duty on that day week , as he said , to move that the Association do stand indefinitely adjourned . The consequence of such a step will be taken solely as tho erounda on which a new body is to arise . ( Cheers . ) In tho
Irish _Confederation at present existing , similar _atoDa would be adopted at their meeting to-morrow . The terms of arrangement will be \ submitted not to any particular members of the Council of the Confederation , but to tea entire body of that Council . If they agree it will have the effect of causing an indefinite adjournment of the Confederation ; thus the two _bodies will cease to exist , so that a new body , representing all sections of Irishmen who have been so long divided will spring up . He had not come lightly to the conviction that a new association must be formed , but they all had to agree with the will of the country .
The people generally were inliaenced by one deep sentiment—union almost at any price—union immediately among all Repealers . ( Loud cheers ) One thing was quite competent to show tiiut thoy could not go on in that Association—he alluded to the decline in the rent . The country was refusing them support . They could not complain , nor remonstrate against it , for they made it known in tha most unmistakable manner . Tho weekly rent was inadequate to sustain the Association . The rent was only £ 12 la 3 t week , and on this day it fell short eveu of that sum . Ifc was impossible , therefore , to continue without , union . Tiie country had spoken out , and would , not give thorn
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support sufficient to maintain the old association . It would' bs a matter of necessity , even if that great voice of publio opinion had not _epokon cut—it would bave been , be repeated , hiB duty to pioposa an indefinite adjournment of the Association , as the couatry did not give them tho necessary support . He might have doubts and fears , and he confessed be had some , but he would bow to the decision of the country , and do his utmost to work out fully tho experiment efthe new association . ( Loud applause . ) It was ju » t _suggested to him that it was an unquestionable fact that the peop le oflreland did not support the Confederation either , bo strong waa the desire for union ; and the only cry was now for the formation of the new _
body . ( Cheera . ) Lest it might be supposed tbat the new body was to have anything illegal in ifc , or be calculated to inveigle them into any violation of the law , it would be well for the country to know thatthe new body was to be formed by the union of all Irishmen—( c heers)—the concentration of publio opinion . That was the principle of the new body , which waa perfectly legal . Mr O'Connell then proceeded to state that the committee of the Association and thc Council ofthe Confederation would deliberate on the steps to be taken in the formation of the new body , and if they should not agreed , instead of moving an indefinite adjournment , on next Monday he would move that the Association adjourn for another week , in order to give them an opportunity of fully considering the matter .
The other _| prooeedings © f the Association were of no importance .
MILITARY AFFRAY . On Saturday evening the neighbourhood of _Usher ' _s-quay was disturbed by a confliofc which took plaoe between some soldiers of the 31 st and 55 th regimental From all that could be _lewned it seemed that they were _drinking in a public-house on the quay , and one of the 31 st having said that Mitchel "hould come back , or something to tbat effect , a 55 th man expressed his contempt for what had been said , and the result was a row , in which the 55 th were getting the worst of it when the picquet came round , and the combatants then decamped . There were forty or fifty soldiers engaged in the scuffle , but the weapons employed were of a no more serious cbaracter than tbeir cross-belts and fists . Last
evening , at from eight to ten o ' clock , or thereabouts _, there was a renewal of the scene in Barrack-street and in its neighbourhood , in whioh some of the 49 th and another regiment were said to have been mixed np . The soldiers fought in different places , and made tlieir escape whenever the picquet appeared , to recommence hostilities at some other corner of the street . The cauge of the _divsion all _throuah re lated to' Repeal' or ' Mitchel , ' the 31 _* t beiflg Tippe rary boys , while the 55 th are an English regiment . Tho conflict was renewed on Sunday evening , when some Boldiers of the 55 th received _yery severe bruises from their opponents ; ona man ' s head was badly cut , and his chaco was broken in pieces . lie was taken to an apothecary ' s shop adjacent , and had his wounds dressed , He said it was the determination
cf his regiment to' fight it out , ' and that the conflict would be resumed . On Monday a sale of Mr Mitchel ' s effects took place at his late residence on Ontario-terrace . Among the articles of vertu exhibited , were a pike of _anormouB dimensions , fashioaed after his own model , without crook or axe , a perfect ' quean of weapons , ' and two cavalry sabres . The rooms were crowded to suffocation by persons of all ranks , and every article offered for sale was eagerly bought up at greatly enhanced prices . Dubiin , June C—Tbe meeting of the Confederation took place this evening , and was most numerously attended . The excitement fully equalled in intensity any of the former gatherings in tbe Music Ilall . The apeaking wan of the most * open and advised' character ,
The police , informed ofthe club processions , at an early hour blocked up all the approaches to the place bf meeting . When the _cluba arrived , admittance was refused , unless they broke up their _& emi-military _organisation and passed in single files . A parley took place , and after some time they were suffered to proced in detached parties . Mr Meagher _wua arrested , and taken to _Sackvillestreet police-station , where he was charged with having assaulted a polico constable in the discharge of his duty . _ Mr Meagher was immediately after the charge liberated on his own recof * nnanc 6 S . An immense crowd of _porsonB collected about the station , and when Mr Meagher re-entered tho street he was most enthusiastically cheered on hia way to the _Musia hall .
Mr John Byrne was also arrested on a charge of attempting to rescue Mr Meagher and assaulting the police ; both charges will be heard this morning at Henry-street police-office . At the meeting _upwardslof 400 new members were admitted , among them Dr _Antisal and Rev . T . O'Malley , Very long speeches were delivered by Messrs Meagher and Duffy . The utmost harmony prevailed .
_fFrm Mr own _CorvespmdeHlJ Dublin , 5 th June , 1918 . ' Brothers ! a star from our circle is goue !—The brightest , the purest of all onr fair ring ; Say—Bball we weep for oar _iost , banished one , Or speed it with blessings , wherever it wing ? Tes—Benedicite ! Peace en its way , Though far from tbo cradle that nursed its young sphere , Our lustre le dimm'd by the less of ita ray , But doud not Its going hy one dewy tear ! No—Benedloite ! Peace to ths star .
John Mitchel ia on the ware again ! Hia sojourn in Spike Island was bnt brief ; and ho is now whilst I write , on his _passsge to Bermuda . On _Frldsy morning , the 8 rd _lastant , he sailed away In the Scourge war steamer . Msy God be with hltn ! May Heaven vouchsafe him a _contfnuanes of that patience and fortitude , which sustained him in bis past _sufferings . Poor Mitchel ! So bravo ! so faithful ! so generous ! so co-SdIng ! and , alas I so deceived ! and so unfortunate ! But he was not unfortunato , after all ! To & noble spirit , lilt * bis , It is no misfortune to suffer for
countrj and for liberty . Tbe greatest men , of ancient or modern times , suffered In a similar cause ; and if Mitchel fell , his is not the ' felon ' s' doom—he fell glorleuily , and bis namo will stand proudly _amonjst the best and bravest , not only of Ireland , bat of the bread _universv . The _conielousneiu of this fact must sustain the gallant martyr in his ezile ; it must consols his beautiful and beroaved wife in her desolation ; it must be a source of pride to the ' young men' who looked to him as a guide , and , as a prophet ; and above all , it cannot but cement old dissensions , and bind together every _sectlou ef Irishmen into one vast Indissoluble ' ENEMY ' to British corruption and British misrule . The people of Dublin are as tranquil as possible . There is no hustle , no row , ' not so much as a poiloeman pommelled , nor a lamp fractured , and yet the Castle ia still in a state of siege . Lord Clarendon still
' Sees pikes in clouds , and _snwllsthem in the wind . ' The aHtt-um ' oii manifestoes of the Irish Confederation , in green , and blue , and pink , and orange glare •_ overy P 09 t , nnd pillar- , and door-way ia Dublin ; and tho 15 , 000 ' red eoats _' and the 1 , 500 _« blue coats , ' at present located on tho Liffey , are no more competent to frighten the people into their old ' fair and easy' ways , than the terrors of the convict hulk were to subdue tbe proud soul and heroic courage of Joha Mitchel . Oh , no ! There will be no rest for the Whigs I Clarendon has a snug berth of it here in Dublin , but , after all , he enjoys no sinecure ! The tortures of Tantalus were but chimeras of the poetio brain—not so those of our unlucky Lord-Lieutenant ! Every day brings bow ' botheration ' to poor _Villiers ! He Is in a fresh dilemma every time he enters tho Counoil Chnmber . As the lazzaroni of the Irish capital would say—' More of that to his excellency every time he sees a paving-stone !'
__"_ cj thought that Smith O'Brien wa _» withdrawing from the camp , _beoauae he absented himself during the trial of Mr Mitchel . The Nobtuexb Star seems to have its suspicions that way too , but I am happy to say that sueh Is not tho case . Whatever may have beBn Mr O'Brien ' s motives f _* r retiring from Dublin during those memorable days , it certainly wbb not cowardice which iuducod thero . Smith O'Brien Is not a coward ! All the world knows that ! And if ha be a renegade , I know not where to seek for faith , or honour , or devotion , amongst Irishmen . No , no I 8 mith O'Brien has not the fira the glow , tho daring , tho enthusiasm , the heroism , of poor Mitchel , but surely , his honour , his fidelity , his love of country , is not one iota less . Since he enlisted in the cause of his _fatherlaa-, his actions Wire alike honourable to _hlmsulf and to his country , andhe
suffered many pains , and penalties , and privations , ior ' the _fuHh that is in him . ' Bat 1 / any doubt arose in the people ' s minds as to Smith O'Brien ' s fidelity , the manifesto which he isBued to ths people of Ireland last wc _sk , is more than sufficient to dissolve tho delusion . Thia manifesto comes iu tho shape of an address from tho Council of the Irish Confederation to lhe peoplo of Ireland . It ia tho most extraordinary dooument yet issued in thoso extraordinary days , It is all so good in its way , that I cannot select or make eitmetB from it , but it will open the eyes of tbo Whi gs , and all those who Imag ined that the martyrdom of _Mitohc- ' would pv . clfy the Irish po _^ plo , or that tha - _Seonrge ' transport boro away , to Bermuda , that ' new soul whicii has come Into Ireland . ' This address , bearing the signature of Wm . Smith O'Brien , oroves that '
_thedoncendant of Brian Boru * has not degenerated . The old hero oi Clontarf could uot address hij _Dalcassfans more ' openl j'nnd stoutly than does his Illustrious eciou , the present generation of Irishmen—tho existing enemies of the ' STRANGER . ' It is nothiug short of a declaration of war against tho __ Whigs , though thsy say , from the pccnliar manner in wliich it iB worded , thcAttorney-General can make nothiug of It—it _isnoither more nor less than a CALL to the Irish people to ' stand to gether , ' and to abandon every hope of amolioru ' tien by _peacenblu means . This la tho sum total— ' the u „ i and front" of the _address in question . To this nd _^ , « . Wm . Smith O'Brien appends his signature on VenaZ , tho Council of the Irish _Confederation Who th suspect this brave Munster man to bo . c ta _« Z \ ard or a _rua-a-rffly _, in the hour of _danJarl * ww ° _" may havo prompted him to withdraw _W I m ? _v'S ' _*«! , it certainly was not _J _^ ZZS _^™'
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During Friday and Saturday the police _wsre very ' busy' arresting the hawkers » nd flj lng stationers , for gelling and _diotrlbutioy printed copies of tne « e addresses . _Sever-l of those poor fellows were _dragged befor » tbe magistrates , < md committed to ' durance vile , ' according to the whim or convenience of ' their worships ! ' More of the fraternity of _nowa-venders wero arrested for selling a revolutionary publloaMon!—Tna Imsh N _ tioh-i . Gd _» i > , a very clevor weekly periodical , published by M'Cormlck , of _Obrlstchurch-pUce . These poor devils were punished too , and had their little ' stock-in-trade ' withheld from them by the police . Oa to-morrow evening ( Tuesday ) thero will be an ax . ' traordinary' meeting of the Irish Confederation in the _Musio Hall . It is supposed that the plans and poiioy of the council , for the future , will be proclaimed to the public . It is certain the leaders of that great organisa . tion are not appalled at the fa to of poor Mitohel . ___ _, __ _ _ _,, . , _„ .. „ „ . _ __„ ,, „ ,, _ . „ ,,
The National Tribute for the wife and family 6 f John Mitchel goes on swimmingly . Even hundreds of those heretofore diametrically opposed to his policy now recognise bis claim to Irish sympathy , and contribute to this good work _according to their means . Every towB , every parish in Ireland will come forward , and though the country was never so depressed nor the people so miserable , still a splendid offering will be _roalised . Wo are proud to find Mr Feargus O'Conner « mengst the ranks of those rrho offer aid and consolation to ths heroic Mrs Mitchel . But we are not surprised to find that gentleman in snch a position . He never forgot the claims of his native country , and besides , having tasted of the ' bitter draught' of British persecution himself , he can the mora readily sympathise with his fellow _suffdrerB . The ex . ample of Mr O'Connor should urge _otherg on the English _sideof tbe Channel in the same path .
It was an error of mine when I said , last week , that the _heasehold property of Mr Mitchel was seised on by the government . The _offidGrfl of the _Castlfi Visited tllO office of the United _Ibisquih and seized on the effects found there , but they ' came & day too late ! ' Mr Mitchel , a day or tiro before his conviction , had effected a sale or transfer of his property in the United Ibis-man to Mr John Martin , of _Loghorna , and tha far-famed Rov . Mr Konyon , of Templedorry , so that the jackalls of the Castle had no _power to oarry away a penny worth of the said property . They visited the residence of Mr Mitchel , Ontario-terrace , Rathmine > , bat were baulked tbere also . Mr Wm . Mitchel , the' felon ' s' brother , was found _inpos « session of the goods and property there , so the bailiffs had to walk away empty-banded . They searched for treasonable papers and documents , bat found nothing in that way .
The meeting oftho Protestant Repeal Association on last Tuesday , is a source of muoh congratulation to those who Iovo Ireland—of pain , and chagrin , and affright to those who hate her . It was a cheering sight—1580 brave _Protectant citizens of Dublin coming together , and rowing that they would ba bo _longsr the tools , and dupes , and slaves of England ! Another Bubj _3 ct for congratulation , is in the likelihood of an amicable adjustment being immediately effected between Old aad Touag Ireland . I understand that on last Saturday tbere was a conference held be . t— een tbe leaders of the two parties , and that the most agreeable consequences will be tho result , and I venture * to say , that in a few days we will have both parties working unitedly and effectively together , I cannot state anything more explicitly as yet , but all our dissensions are over . Glorious news this for poor Clarendon and his employers ! >
A new weekly journal . The Irish _Tbisonx , will ap . pear here on next Saturday . I am told Mr John R « _ynolds has the chief concern In thU affair . It is said that the _TaiscxE will ba a talonted aid well . conducted journal . The United _Ibisehah is no moro , bat a new journal will arise from its ruins , advocating the same policy , and conducted oa the same principles as Us predecessor . It is , they say , to be called the _Ieish _Fiiom , and to be under the literary guidance of Mr J . D _, Reill y , the subeditor of ths United _Ibishkan , and the Rev . Mr Kenyon , who is now residing in Dublin . Success to every' Ibish Fslon' at home and abroad !
Trades' Movements. The Mechanics . To Tu...
TRADES' MOVEMENTS . THE MECHANICS . TO TUB EDITOB OF THS _NOETUEBH STAS . Deab Sib , —In the columns of your valuable paper of the 13 th ult ., I find a letter from Hr Alexander Fletcher , boiler-maker , of Lambeth , sotting forth the case ef the proseouted shoemakers , and throwing no small portion of abuse npon the mechanics ; and as one that has bsen closely connected with all the transactions referred to in my frlead Fletcher ' s letter , I consider I am in duty bound to bothim right , in _justioo tothe mechanics , the delegate meeting , and their corresponding secretary ; and also as such reports , if allowed to go abroad _unsontradieted , will bave a tendency to do much harm , and create much ill-feeling between us and tbe mechanics generally . The money subscribed by the beiler-makers , towards the Newton conspiracy , was £ 116 is . 6 _* _-i . We nerer were solicited to subscribe this sum , und as we voluntarily _* ave it them , I censldor no ono has a right to tell tbem of It again through the colu _ ms of the press .
My friend Fletcher quote * the treatment of the boiler _, makers' deputation by the delegates and the corresponding _secretary of the mechanics . Being ene of the deputation I will state the facts : —It was agreed by our meet _, ing that a deputation should wait upon tbe delegates ol the mechanics tben sitting in Manchester , to obtain certain information relative to the Natioaal Association of United Trades , & c . We proceeded to the Brewers ' Arms , Rochdale-road , and tent for Mr Selsby , to whom we explainer ] our mission ; he requested us to wait a short time while be made our business known in the
room , and returned us anBwers to our questions to the best of his knowledge ; he said that our questions had not been answered by them , but the gonoral feeling was In the manner he had answered onr questions . Hi Selsby expressed his sorrow that we could not be admitted into tha room to enter more full y into the matter , but thsy had _« uch a press of business on hand that they were very desirous of going on with it as speedy as possible ; and any one acquainted with the state they were in at that time with the Newton conspiracy , and the Belfast and Rochdale strikes , must judge that they had not much time to threw away .
I must flatly , contradict the assertion of my friend Fletcher , tbat Mr _Solsby stated , * they could not think of lowering themselves to _redelve Us . ' He treated u < i with _conrtesy __ -listened to our questions—returned to us and answered them—andthe result of our interview with ifr Selsby had no effect whatever upon our meeting with a view of preventing us te join the National Association of United Trades ; we had & chance of giving a full hearing to the deputation , as we appointed a day on pnrpose to bear tbem ; but our interview with Mr Selsby was momentary and without previous notioe , and I am satisfied that no Insult was offered to as , and our questions were answered in a plain and
straightforward manner . If my _friesd Fletcher wishes to make on appeal to the trades oa behalf of the persecuted shoemakers I hope ho will oonfine , himself to tbat subject alone , without dragging the £ 130 , the delegate meeting at Manchester , and our interview with Hr Selsby , into the question , and it will have a better tendency to operate friendly upon tbe minds of the trades generally . I am sure lhat whatever tho boiler , makers give , it is with a froe and open heart , without a desire of making a public boast of their liberality . I remain yoar bumble servant and censtant reader , Johh Robsbts , Corresponding * Secretary to the Friendly Boiler . makers Society , No . 10 , Leaf-street , _Hulm , _Manchester .
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TO TUB EDITOR OF TUB NOBI & _IBlt STAB , Sib , —Permit ma to do an act cf justice to Mr Selsby , of Miuchoater . I think Mr Newton has quito mliunderstood tho faots stated by Mr Fletcher . I do not think Mr F . states that any want of courtesy was shown to Messrs Parker , Peel , and Jacobs , the deputation from tho National Association , who waited on the Mechanics Delegate Committee In Manchester , nor that the alleged _< _ffiinsive remark was made to them . At all events , to prevent any sucb impressions obtaining credence , I beg te assure the trades , as ono of that deputation , that to us Mr Selsby's reoeption was perfectly courteous and friendly , ond that Mr Newton ' s statement is quite correct , and that the deputation were full y satisfied with the result of their Interview with Mr Selsby . I must ,
at the same time , _exproas surprise that Mr Newton and his friends sbould never have hoard before of the cruel cise of tho Inverness shoemakers , seeing that the Northern Star , of April 29 , oontains a letter , headed ' Trades Unions illegal , Hume s Acts repealed , ' and signed C . N . And previous to that , on April 8 th , a lengthenod report of the case appeared under tho National Trades Report , and terminating with a direct nppeal to to the trades for their assistance . I think it probable that a short twelve months since the columns oftho Star had peculiar attraction for Mr Newton and friends . I mean , sir , when its generous and patriotlo proprietor , and its talentod editors , were appropriating its columns and wielding their pens in behalf of the working men of Nowton . What better medium then I woald ask
, oould have been selected to bring the _leverness case before the working men of England , than the only English journal that cares - brass farthing for the working men , or their grievances ! That Mr Newton und his friends are notreaderB of the Star , I am compelled to infer , and sincoroly regret , inasmuch as the poor Inverness shoemakers , havo theroby been dtprivod of tho sympath y and active support of a class of their _tollow-workmen so likely , had they baen aware of their position , to assist them . However , sir , I hope it is not jet too Into , notv that tho case is fairly _before thera . I only _rt'pent , that no case within my recollection ever _presentod u stronger claim upon tha sympathies of all _chvisesof working mon , than lhat ofthe shoemakers of _InvernoBB : I am sir , your _obadient _servant ,
v . _W _ . _Pi-i-t , _iNatioual Association ef Unltod Trades , 11 , Tottenham-court _Uo-id , London , 31 st May , 1818 .
Crying Ih The Wilderness. —A Celebrated ...
Crying ih the Wilderness . —A celebrated itinerant preacher ofthe present day held forth , a short time Bince , at Dansville , Penn . On giving notice of hia intention to preach , he requested the ladies not to bring their children when thoy came to hear him . lie thought it was _enqugh to hear , one cry ina aloud in tho wilderness at
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Toe Colosseum, Regent's Park, This Is Ce...
TOE COLOSSEUM , REGENT'S PARK , This is certaiBly the grandest of the London exhi . bitions . The great panoramic picture of Paris now occupies the interior of tho dome in which the pic . ture of London waa formerly exhibited at this _insti . tution . Tho picture ia painted by Mr _Dans-in , under the direction of Mr William Bradw « ll , and covera 40 , 000 square feet . The socne is magnificent , and equally _delightB and surprises the beholder . Tha united talent and labour of these two gentlemen hava produced one of tbe mest extraordinary pictures ever exhibited , when the immense size ofthe production , its extraordinary accuraoy of representation of ge . neral outline and of minute detail , and its admirable
pictorial illusion and _expansivenesa of distance , pictorial perspective , and depth of atmosphere are considered . The _pieture represents the city by moonlight , the sky beine clear , and a few stars dispersed hera and thero . The Btreeta are illuminated by the lamps , and the lights in the markets and shop win . _dows , and on tho river and bridges , add to the _effoct , and produce sufficient brightness to enable the view to be carried out to the full extent of the suburbs , and afford tho spectator ( who ia supposed to look down from a balloon over the gardens of the Tuile . rieB , } a scope of vision whioh _takeB in almost every object of importance . The Seine and ita numerous bridges can bs Accurately traced , and thus the localities of numerous important buildings and points
are easily fixed _upsn , and the spectator who has visited the French capital recognises the _varu-us objects of curiosity with which he has been familiar . The Champs Elysees , the Barriere de l'Etoile , and the Aro de Tri 0 » phe _, and the Bois de B > . uio _^ ne ara seen , and the gardens of the Tuileries , the palace itself , the Plaoo da la Concorde , the obelisk of Luxor , and the fountains , are conspicuouj objects . Tha management of the water ofthe fountains , which appears in motion , is _admirable , and as a mere effect , the reflection of the moon ' s rayB upon the water is certainly the most wonderful . So closo is it to nature , that it hardly looks the possible result of artifice . As a painting , this panorama deserves to be highly _praised ; it bas been _oarefully executed , and the idea of reality is in many parts ao strong that tha
effect beoomes deceptive . This is particularly felt when looking down upon the forward objects . The sense of height is then so great , that we do not appreciate the actual distanoe , but almost grow dizzy under the effeot . The perspective is well m in aged , _andsome—indeed , the majority—ofthe edifices ap . pear built up , and hardly seem to be depioted on a level surface . Thi 3 is particularly the case with the Chamber of Deputies , having looked down on which for some moments we lost ourselves in the illusion . Th 9 colour is natural , and not exaggerated ; in many parts it ia pewerful , and in no place weak . The effect of _moonlight is happily realised , and the clever manner in which the numerous lamps are imitated renders it more striking . We strongly reoomraend all our friends to visit ' Paris by Night' during the _Whitsun holidays .
Roya.L Polytechnic Institution. Drs Ryan...
ROYA . L POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . Drs Ryan and Bachhoffner still continue to _delight their hearers with their excellent lectures on chemi &« try and electricity , _ nd by the lucid and simple manner with which they treat their subjects combine amuse * ment with instruction . In the now theatre , tha wonders of the _ory-bydro _^ en microscope ia exhibited , and a series of dissolving views , taken from Roberts ' s illustrations of ' Seenes in the Holy Land . ' This delightful exhibition is greatly heightened bythe orchestra of the establishment , conducted by Dr Wallis , who has arranged several aporopriate aim
with great taste and judgment , _thusrendering a pleasing finish to the whole . Some experiments hava been exhibited with Master ' s freezing apparatus , which proved highly satisfactory ; and it _' appears to ub a most ineenious and generally applicable _invention for freezing and cooling liquors and fruits of all kinds almost instantaneously , and in thebotUst climate . The directors of this most excellent _eata _> _bliahment deserve the utmost praise for the liberality they have shown in _endeavouring by every mean 9 in their power to render their institution worthy of tha extraordinary patronage it h _ a obtained .
Cremorne Gardens. These Delightful Garde...
CREMORNE GARDENS . These delightful gardens opened for the season oa the 29 th ult . We visited them on Monday night , and observed that many improvements had been made since last year . The effect is truly enchanting , and reminds us of the Elysium of the ancients , and the fairy tales of childhood . The various parterres are embellished with olassio statues , and at dusk ara illuminated with thousands of variegated lamps , as aho in tbe beautiful pagoda , wherein sits an efficient band , which during the evening played several enlivening sirs in admirable style , and frem whence several excellent song 3 , comic and sentimental , wera sung . « _Telemachus , ' a splendid ballet of action , ia placed on the stage in a manner that reflects tha
greatest praise on the management ; the seenery and _proper-tiea are of the moat costly and gorgeous description , particularly the mountain stream and waterfall , The dancing of' Eucharis' and' Calypso / was excellent * ; the rapid evolutions of the latter , were truly astonishing , and elicited bursts of applause . After the ballet the visitors _danesd _waltze 3 , quadrilles , and the polka , round the pagoda , a splendid brass band playing at intervals during the dances until a quarter past eleven , when the evening ' s entertainments concluded by a brilliant display of fireworks . We wish the spirited proprietor the success be merits , and haye no doubt but that as tbe season advances , he will be amply rewarded for the cheap tre it those gardens afford to the public .
A Mbetina Of The Cobdenites Was Held At ...
A MBETiNa of the Cobdenites was held at Holmfirth , on Wednesday , the 31 st ult , when after a deal of abuse by the ' speakers of Mr O ' Connor , and a resolution of the usual stamp had been submit ! el to the meeting , Mr James Hiret , a working man , rose and moved the following amendment : — ' That it is tha opinion of this meeting the evils under which tha working _olasses of this country are now suffering can never be permanently removed until the People Charter become the law of the land . ' Mr Jamea Lockwood seconded , and Mr Henry Marsden supported tha amendment . On the amendment being put , nearly the whole meeting held up their hands amidst loud cheers for the Charter , and on the original motion being put in favour of Hume ' s motion , only about twenty hands were held up , out ofa meeting of at least 1 , 000 . A vote of thanks was given to the chairman , and the meeting separated . The meeting was called by a requisition signed by fifty-three of the shopkeepers , & c , of ilolmfirth .
A Horrible Traoedt has been enaoted at Edgecombe , Maine . A msn named Pinkham , and his wife , who laboured under the _Millerite delusion , first murdered thoir four children and then killed themselves . Alleged C _» e op Pohonino , and _Suicidb oj the _Accos _ n at Bristol . —On Tuesday Thomas W . Hill , a builder , whose wife and two children had died under circumstances which were considered of a nature to create suspicion -gainst him , committed suicide ou Sunday night by taking a quantity of the essential oil of bitter almonds . He left a declaration
of his innocence . A coroner ' s inquest was held , and a _yerdict of temporary lunacy returned . A coroner ' s jury had been summoned to investigate the causes c-f the death of the mother and children , and had been adjourned till Friday next for the exhumation of the bodies , and a chemical examination of the contents of the _Btomachs . The grounds of suspicionagainst Hill were the facts of his wife and children , hating died within a _tery short time after he h ___ effected an insurance upon the life ofthe former , so large in amount that it wm believed he would net have been able to pay the premium upon it .
Another Victim to _Cipitalism . —To all those who voted that M . Stevenson should be tbe delegate to the National Convention and Assembly . —Friends — . Matthew Stevenson , whom you elected as your _delegate for Bolton , has been turned out of employment by hw employer . He is _commencing ( in order to gain a subsistence ) to _bn a news-agent for Bolton and the neighb _nrhiod . Wi 1 you support hira or not ? He will supply parti es at their own houses with the Northern Star , and all democratic and other periodicals . Parties can give their order either to Mr Stevenson , Mr Pickvance , or Mr Yates .
Obstruction op a CnAPEL bt Fire . —On Friday evening , a fire broke out shortly after nine o ' clock in the school-room , attached to Park Chapel , situate in _Grove-atreet , C 'mden-town . The chapel , which belongs to the Independents , was built in the year 1844 , and was ministered by the Rev . Mr Harrison . The first alarm was given by a gentleman passing , who observed a quantity ol smoke issuing from ona of thc basement windows . In a few minutes the whole of the interior of the chapel was one body of flame , the immense quantity of woodwork forming the pews , dM , burning with great rapidity . About half-past nmo o ' clock , and long before the arrival of any of the engines , the roof fell in with a tremendous crash , and great _foars were felt by the
inhabitants of the houses facing the side of the chapel in Gloucoster . street , that tbe firo would catch their dwellings . At tho residence of Mr Williams , surgeon , at the corner of Grove-street , the heat was so in . _tenso that water had to be continuously thrown over the roof to prevent it from catehing . Although the reflection was seen for miles round , it was nearly thr « e quarters of an hour before tho first engine ( except tbe parish engine ) arrived , and then there was such a _soarcity of water that it was some time before tbey got to work . At that time the whole of the interior of the chapel was destroyed . By halfpast ten tho fire was eutirely subdued . The oause of the calamity is attributed to an escape of gas . The building was fully insured .
A poor poet having written some doggrel verses to a young lady in whioh he repeats the phrases , I saw thee once , ' she returned him for answer , that he would take _oave ko never _w her again . '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 10, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_10061848/page/6/
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