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•• AndIwiUwar , atleastin werd » , ( And—should my chance se happen—dee ds , ) With all who war with Thought 1 I _ftHftlfteara b-tfleVu-a , who sing * Ikepeople byand _ny willbethe _twrA-SMW . REVELATIONS OF RUSSIA .
_ItovamE 10 184 fi _. THE NQRTHElN _^ _Ry _- _y
HO . XI . The following is the reputed strength ofthe BUSSIAK _HTUIARY _JORCKS . T * _snm vp the military force of the Russian empire , at it _iaid to stand at present _enibedied . consists of : — ko . or MEN . _isrAsraT . lit , Sod , Jrd , « h , * th , and 6 th corps , consisting each of S divisions , of 4 regiments each , each reg iment composed of 7 battalions , 4 of which are effective , numbering 1000 men . Thai , 28 S battalions of 72 regiments ofthe line
ia the active army ... ... ... 288 , 0 ( 9 Two receive corps , composed of the 5 th and 6 th battalions ol 73 regiments of the line , numbering , on the peace establishment , 500 men Wch . 144 battalions ... ... ... 7 _S _. 080 Depot battalions of 72 regiments ... - ... 36 , 000 Garrison corps and sappers and miners , 60 battalions ... ... ... ... 60 , 009 Infantry of the imperial guards , 12 regiments , at 3 _battalions each , and 4 battalions of sappers , miners , rifles , & veterans , 10 battalions 40 , 000 Infantry of tbe grenadier regiments , 12 regiments , 4 battalions each ... ... 4 S 000
SPECIAL COBPS . Infantry ofthe Caucasus , 12 regiments ... 48 , 000 „ ofOrenbnrg 4 „ ... 16 . 000 „ of Siberia 4 „ ... 16 . 001 „ of Finland 4 „ ... 16 , 000 Regiment of instruction , model corp * , and cadet corps SO 000 Total of infantry on the peace establishment 624 , 000
& EGUL 1 X _CAVAIAT . S 4 regiments of cavalry attached to the six _active corps of the line . 24 regiments of cavalry of reserve . 13 regiments _» f cavalry ofthe guards . 12 regiments of cavalry of tbe grenadier corps . 2 regiments—Caucasian dragoons and model _regitnenti . These 74 regiments , at 9 squadrons each , at 1 ( 9 men per squadron , give us 1 * 40 men per regiment , and a consequent cavalry force of 103 , GSC
_ASTHXEKT AS » KNGISSEE COSPf . Reported to employ ... ... ... 55 , 000 The field artillery comprises—Flying artilUry , 50 batteries , or 400 gunsviz . 6 in the gnard and grenadier corps . 12 in the 6 armies of tbe line . 12 in tbe Teserve cavalry . 10 attached to tbe local battalions . 10 of Son Cessacs and Asiatic governments . Yi & a arffllerv , 165 batteries , oi 1320 gur . _i—tii , SO attached to the line . 37 to tbe corps ef reserve . 48 to tbe frontier armies of the Caucasus , Siberia _, and Finland .
1 S . BEGCL . UI HOME . 110 regiments of Cossacs 1 « regiments of Basldrs , at S 00 men _perV 116 . 800 regiment ... ... — J 8 regiments of Kirgulse , at 1600 men per regiment , auxiliaries , Turcomans , _Kuzzilbashes _. _& c 20 , 000 Irregular cavalry ... ... 138 , 800 THE HIL 1 TABT _COLOSIBI . The military colonies were reported , in 1839 , to consist of 360 . 000 males , divided into seven classes , of -which four are armed , mounted ,
and equipped , as recruits , soldiers , or veterans . Their real force , as elsewhere stated , is uncertain : bnt there is reason to believe that it is not less than 1636 , in which it comprised _twenty regiments of cavalry . About 12 , 000 males furnish a cavalry regiment ; its acMve force composed of men embodied for fifteen years , formi a regular regiment of 1200 men : its mounted reserves and veterans amount to 3000 more . We bave thus 4200 men per regiment ... ... ... 84 , 00 * As it stands on paper , tbe military ibree of the Uussan empire ii therefore somewhat as follows ;—
€ 24 . 000 infantry . 103 . 000 regular cavalry . 135 . 000 irregular ditto . 55 , 000 artillery and engineers . 130 , 000 miscellaneous force , comprising regiments of military colonies , gendarmerie , district companies , horse and foot , custom-house ps-, trols , soldiers children , _& c . Total 1 , 057 , 000 men : supposed to be armed , disciplined , and organised , on the peace establishment . To these , on tbe first signal of war , most be added 500 men to each of the 5 th and Ctfc . or reserve battalions of the 72 regiments of tbe line , or 72 , 009 men : but theie are on ' v designated and liable , and yet undisciplined .
These statements are only _approximate to those officially given by the war-office , w hich itself is in the dark as to the real number of men it has under arms , besides being solicitous to conceal what it does not know with certainty . Tbe opinion of an officer long employed in this department supposed tbe force in reality under arms , to mount , in round numbers , to 450 , 000 infantry . 65 000 regular cavalry . 50 . 000 artillery and engineers . 100 , 000 irregular cavalry . 100 . 0 * 0 military _' _coloniesaadmiscellaneons ——— fOTCe . Total , 785 , 000 including all Teserves , veterans and invalids .
This immense force is at the command , and entirely subject to the will ot a despot , -who not content with preserving" the system of absolutism , which enables Mm to play the part of an almighty master within the boundaries of the Russian empire , also aims at the extension of that system over Europe and Asia . "Was _tfcis force really as formidable as upon paper it appears , it wouldbe high time that the nations prepared for a struggle for their very existence—to say nothing nf freedom , against the
everencroaching pover which threatens them . This idol of brass has , however , only feet of clay . It is by fraud rather than force , that the Russian despotism achieves its advances . Tbe nations fear tbe power of Russia , and Russia , taking advantage of this fear , extends her _domination over the trembling nations . A rigid inquiry into the military resources of Russia proves , that opposed to England or France , Russia , unless supported by one of those powers in her contest with the other , mnst succumb .
Extracts from this work , which have already appeared in this journal , will have shown our readers the vast inferiority of the Russian soldier to -the soldier of Western Europe . He has one grand quality—that of steadiness , to which we should Add , of course , a blind and devoted submission to the commands of his officers ; but , in bravery , and _endurance of hardship , the Russian soldier cannot be at all compared with the British soldier . The Cossacks are an exception . Almost born in the saddle , from boyhood constantly on horseback , undoubtedly brave , caoable of subsisting on tbe smallest
quantity of food , ef unsettled disposition , caring nothing for " country , " and only intent upon war as a means of plunder , they form in their peculiar vocation , that « f extending the Russian conquests in Asia , —the ma £ n strength , of the Russian military power—and are irresistible when opposed to Tar tars , and similar semi-savages ; their only unconquerable opponents ieing the Circassians , and other tribes of the Caucasus . But even these brave barbarians wonld be no siatch for the forces of Western _Europe ; they might ravage a country , but could never _cooqaer an empire such as Franee or England . BU 3 SIAN POLICT .
It has been mere than _oece repeated in taae preceding pages , that the 'Bassian policy is governed not b y the interest of a nation , or evenx portion of a nation , but by that of a family , and therefore it can never be expected that the national interest _shosld be attended to , wbere not identified with it . But even where these interests are identified , it does not always follow that tbey are attended to . There are the pecsonal feelings of the autocrat , the gratification of hit individual ambition , to _IDterfpr . _reifh , 1 mm _ITo u _trmi > t « _ii * a K > : _™ < v _*; .., _t »„ a premature , because the life of the man is limited , and he cannot resist tho lure of present success and aggrandizement , _althongh at the expense of greater and more eettai » advantages , which might onl y accrus to _hisfanilv in another _gem-ratiun .
Thus the t 3 _ctra « rdinary and oppressive outlay , which is _occasioned by tbe maintenance of tbe colossal militarv force of Russia , is not calculated to advance in the best manner either the interests of the country , or of the house of Romanoff , whether we view tlitm intlieiniproremciit oftue empire , or ia its extension , or in both . This really exhausting and weakening show of _strength is Lvpt up t « influence and overawe its _neighbours . Backed h j it , _tie Jta « ii . u j . t . acy _aali-.-: _* orae fBj ::. _e , ij 2 t " _Progress and conquests , which satisfy the ambition v * the _tniperor , and Le may reconcile the unequal sacrifice of Juture to the present , by the reflection that he is ,
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watchful , and ready to profit by the events which tbe chapter of accidents may throw in Mb way . The real strength of Russia , if , "turning her swords into ploughshares , " she would fill her coffers , whenever roused to action , would lie in twenty millions of Muscovite peasants , from wham she could draw any number required of such soldiers as we bave described ; as it is , she wants both officers to command them and funds to set large armies in motion , and if she possessed the funds , a dais to whom she could entrust the proper application of tbem . This class she has yet to form , _because it does not exist within ber dominions . The author of the " Revelations" maintains , that the Russian despotism is no longer so formidable as it was . The Russian soldier is degenerated , and is no
longer what he was when led by Suwarrow against Poland and the West . In support of his views , he traces the history of the Russian military from tbe battle of Pultava to the taking of "Warsaw in the last Polish revolution , and shows , that ever since the close of the last great European war , the military strength of Russia has declined . The number of troops is greater than ever , but their capabilities are less . This be proves by an examination of the last war against Turkey , and the war against Poland . In the first of these wars , the Russians were victors
not through their own bravery or capacity , but because they had to contend with an enemy still more degenerated than themselves . Of forty thousand men who crossed the Balkan with Diebitch , a third were lying sick a few weeks after . Ofthe troops drawn from the interior of Russia , and marched towards tbe Turkish frontier , one hundred and twenty thousand had melted away upon the road ; of those who entered tbe Turkish territory , in Europe and Asia , dnring the two campaigns , one hundred and fifty thousand perished from fatigue and pestilence _^ and _twentufive- thousand by the sword .
In conclusion , we shall quote at length our author ' s comments and reflections on
THE RUSSIAN WAR IS POLAKB . The Polish revolution , in 1830 . next led to the invasion of Poland by an army of 130 , 000 Russians under Diebitch _Zabalk & _nskj . At this time the predilection which Nicholas has always evinced for the Germans was so strong , that three-fourths of tho chiefs of his forces , including Diebitch their commander , were Germans , and the names of _Pahlen , Toll , Geismar , Saclcen , B ' udiger , Rosen , and many more , _attested a partiality highly offensive to the Russians . The Poles , who were never able to muster above 30 , 000 regulars altogether , or more than 50 , 000 men , including every species of auxiliaries , upon one field , fought with characteristic gallantry ; at Gobie and Okouniew they n tired , after a desperate resistance , before an immense numerical superiority . The battle of Wawre lasted tiro days ; after a sanguinary combat , both armies retained their positions , though _theRussianB had 70 , 000 men upon the field against 45 . 000 of their adversaries .
Tbe Russian army was aow increased to 200 , 009 men besides reserve corps , which placed these effectively at tbe disposal of Diebitch . At _Seroczyn , Geismar was defeated by Dwernicki , and at tbe battle of Grochow , victory seemed at first to declare for the Russians ; for a moment , it wag supposed that Diebitch would have taken possession of Praga , the suburb ofthe capital , but after a desperate struggle , be was repulsed and forced to retire . Geismar and Rosen were defeated by Skrzynecki before Warsaw with considerable loss , and agaia at Kostrzyn , and at Inganie . After many such indecisive affairs , we find tbe Poles defeated at Ostrolenka , and obliged to retreat on Warsaw ; but , notwithstanding , Diebitch could effect nothing decisive , till death , either by poison , or from natural causes , removed him from the scene of strife , and _Taskeritch , tbe favourite ofthe Muscovite party , took the command .
The Poles , who had lost the flower « f their army in successive battles , who were disunited among themselves , and without confidence in their leaders , after the battle of Watsaw were foiced to y ield to tbe overwhelming numbers of the Russian army , and the boldness and skill _displayed by its new leader . Unhappy Poland was again erased from the list of independent nations—her children reduced to slavery , except those few whose miserable exile still excites the compassion , as their conduct excited tbe admiration , of tbe _wOrld . But what , let us ask , would these modern Russian armies , which , notwithstanding all these advantages , lad so much difficulty in subduing the Poles , have done , bad their nutnl > ers been reduced to those of _^ _Sawarrow _' s forces , or hatd tbey bad a Kosciusko to contend with 1
From tbe retrospection ofthe military annals of this ambitious power , amidst the accounts of fearful waste of human life , we may thus deduce this consoling fact , that the armies _of-Rossia are no longer what they were , and that if they arc still to be dreaded , they have grown no stronger as tbey bave increased in size , but rather the reverse like a venomous plant In ths close air of a hothouse , where its sudden growth has only weakened ths amount of its poison .
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OAPE OF GOOD HOPE . The Kaffir War . —The Maria Somes , transport vessel , has arrived at Portsmouth , with Cape of Good Ilope journals on the 4 th of August inclusive . ( From the Graham ?* Town Journal of July 18 . ) Summary for the Week . —The information which has reached the colony from the colonial forces across the boundary is meagre , and as far as it goes not very satisfactory . The troops were in motion ; but it wonld appear that from the long delay that has taken place , the Kaffirs have had ample time to vacate the country , and to drive the fine herds of cattle
they have swept from the colony far into the interior . Thousands of oxen and cons and horses , it is said , have passed tbe Kei , and to which point it will give our troops some trouble to follow them . The balance of areount on the week , as far as we have information , is all in favour ofthe Kaffirs . While our troops have been toiling through the Kaffir country , encumbered with 250 waggons , without meeting with an enemy , or a single head of cattle , the Caffirs have made a dash into the colony , and , impoverished as it is , have swept off at least 600 bead , besides a good many horses , the larger p roportion within a circuit of ten miles of Graham ' s Town .
( From the flame of July 25 . ) The aspect ef affairs has not materially changed since the date of our last . No serious disaster has occurred , while , on the other band , nothing has transpired on which we can congratulate the colony . This frontier is still infested by the enemy , but , from all -we can gather , in very small scattered parties , and whick lurking the rugged bushy kloofs , watching for opportunity to spring upon the unguarded herd , and to carry off any stock which can be seized without any great personal risk . In the mean time , precious time is fast wasting . By the delay which
has already taken place , the colonial forces , at the commencement of the campaign , are in a far more crippled state than they ought to have been , under good management , at the close of it . Thousands of horses and draft oxen in the field are utterly unfit for serviee , worn down with bard work and want eftfood . From the information received from the north and north-eaitern boundary , affaire in that direction are not more cheerful than in our immediate front . The Tombookies , under Mapassa , are , it is _« aid , fully prepared to take the field , and will muster , it is supposed , from 1 , 500 to 2 , 000 men .
THE WEST INDIES . The news from the West India islands is not of great moment . The colonists , although they were somewhat , prepared for tho event , received the information ofthe passing of tbe Sugar Duties Bill with great discontent ; and most of ihe papers are loud ia invictives against the Home Government for passing such a measure ; many of the merchants go so far ae to assert that the result will be absolute ruin to them , and to the future prospects ofthe island . At Grenada , on the 6 th of September , a very severe shock of earthquake was felt on shore . The shipping in harbour , however , was not affected .
FRANCE . THE BliKAD KIOTS have continued in Paris and elsewhere . On Thursday _evening the assemblage in the _Quartier San Antoine became again so numerous along the whole of the Rue dn Faubourg and the adjacent streets . Troops ofthe line , horse and foot municipal guards , _sergens de ville , and police officers in plain clothes , marched simultaneously into the Place du 'froneand the Place de la Bastille . On their way they were booted , and in some instances pelted . They charged on the people , some of whom took refuge in the house No , 45 , which was immediately sorrounded by the
armed force , and several of the rioters , all young persons were arrested . By ten o'clock the disturbers were entirely dispersed , and all remained quiet throughout tho night . On Friday evening the riota were renewed . Some lamps were broken , and some stones were thrown by the mob , but the Garde _Municipal dispersed the rioters , after capturing several of tbem . When brought to the euardhouse , the pricouoro wore found to consist of mere boys and women . On Saturday evening an attempt was made to barricade gome of the streets by upsetting omnibuses and carts , but the _gend'armes succeeded in preventing it .
We have unfortunately to record , " says the _Constiuitwnnel , ' new rise in the price of grain . Tin general average price , which was in August 23 f . 95 c . ; _ier hectolitre , was in September 25 f . lc ., showing ant lscrease of If . _Ge . Last month we bad already noticed an augmentation of If fpv . The rise extends to every market of France , with the exception ofth . _ise nf Brittany , where it has not materially varied . It B 3 . s most remarkable on the Upper and J ..-cr _Xair . e , _jvliereit exceeds ? JfM the hectolitre costing _upwards aj' 30 f . Its price in the western departments was only 20 f . 72 c . " There haye- beea mme attempts at riot at St .
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Omcr , in consequence of the injunction against the _National Guards carrying their arms at the inauguration of the statue of the Duke of Orleans . The authorities have been assailed with hootings , hisses _, and outcries , among which were—Death to tyrants ! Bread at five sous ! The Marseillaise was sung , and several wihdowB broken . But the troops were called out , and the rioters were dispersed . All the Spanish refugees , Carlists as well as Progressists , are being removed from the frontiers , is > order to be locked up in gaols and fortresses in the interior of the country . This extraordinary and
unpreccdcntedly severe measure excites the most profound disgust in the minds of all liberal Frenchmen . General Polo , brother-in-law to Cabrera , his aidede-camp Chincilla , and another superior officer ofthe old Carlist army of Arragon , have been arrested within . the last few days at Carpentras . Two oilier Spanish refugees , Abbo Masanasand M . Colei _, have also been arrested at Avignon . Lord Normanby delivered to M . Guizot on Monday a copy of the second protest presented by Mr . Bulwcr to the Spanish Cabinet . The Courrier Francois states , it was reported in Malaga that Abd-el-Kadcrhad dethroned the Emperor of Morocco .
SPAIN . Pkr 8 Kcution of thk Press . —The Eco del Comerrio and _Espectador did not appear on _fthe 29 th of September . The ' . Eeo has been suspended , having bein fined fifty thousand reals on the 23 th , by sentence « f one of the new government tribunals , and although there is a power of appeal , the political chief has refused to allow the journal to go on until the appeal is decided on , and has ordered its suspension urn ii the money ( £ 500 ) and costs are paid . This is , moreoveronly the first of sx prosecutions pending against
_, the Eco for articles against the French marriage ; and what makes the injustice of the proceedings the more flagrant ib , that the article for which it is now fined was never published to the public , the number having been seized before any copies had been distributed , so that the press here is worse off than ever ; it has a previous censorship , and it is liable to prosecution and fine for the very number which the censors will not allow to appear . A fine of £ 500 for a Spanish newspaper is . almost a sentence of annihilation .
To prove still further the sincerity of the Cabinet respecting the " new era of happiness , " & c , several arrests were made on the night of the 28 th ult ., on what charges is not known . Here is another example ofthe liberty of the press in Spain ! A Barcelona ' journal had an article written on the marriage question , which did not please General Breton , the dictator of Barcelona . He sent for the editors , and having the article read from the proof sheets , began to abuse them . The editors endeavoured to excuse themselves . " Hold your tongue ( said be ) ; tear up those proof sheets if you have no desire to be shot without delay . At Madrid they do as they like , but in Catalonia it is I who command . The Duke de _Montpensier shall marry the Inlanta , since he has not married the Queen . Begone , and bear in mind that the acts of Breton respond to his words . "
A Carlist Junta has issued ia proclamation from which we give the following extracts : — " Basques and Navarrese—The revolution , involved in the chaos of its fatal measures , urges na on towards the abyss in which it hopes to bury your liberties _, rights , and priviloges—those precious gifts derived from the virtue and heroism of your ancestors * * The tributary system , the offspring of error and misconduct , is about to plunge you in tha most abject state of poverty . Tour sons and your brothers , torn from the hearths by the Quinta , arc about to swell the ranks of your oppressors . The disloyal and anti-national banner unfurled within your provinces is a perfidious snare to deprive you of the most vigorous of your youth . The extraction of salt , the culture and preparation of tobacco , the free
exercise of your industry and commerce , are about to be abolished by a stroke of the pen . Tour forests , which have hitherto given you such rich profits , are quickly destined to pass into the power of your rapacious governors , not to be applied for the benefit of your country ; in short you will sceyourselves deprived of your deputations , which constitute your power and the wisdom of your legislation . Tou will no longer "have those fathers of the provinces who represent jour rights and defend your interests , AH your prosperity is about to vanish for ever . Tou will know by experience what credit ought to be given to those deceitful promises of peace and liberty . Soon will you experience the results of your generous but imprudent confidence , if you do not _Utaaten to throw off the yoke which is attempted to be imposed upon
you . Basques and Navarres ! at the wards "Lauracbat" let the four provinces rise like a single man Come , fly to enlist under the banner of your lawful Prince , whose sovereignty is the representation of your liberties , your wealth and prosperity ; of the august young Prince , the prisoner , of _Beurges _, whose paternal and beneficial sentiments you know . * * * Charles Louis is not a despot , the antagonist o progress and . of sound liberty , as his enemies have asserted . This youthful Prince an eixle from his most tender years , has learned to govern in the school of misfortune ; in it he has studied tbe wants of his generation and the means of satisfying them in conformity with duty and jus « tice . ¦ * * *
Long live the King ! True liberty for ever Long live our ancient Constitutions ! Long live our Fueros ! ( Signed ) " The Provisional Junta of thr _Basqui Provinces and Navairk . " Camp of Honour and True Liberty , at the foot ofthe Pyrenees , Sept . 14 , 1846 , " A letter from Palma . Majorca , says that the polical chief sent for the editor of the Gcniodelalibetrad , a daily paper of that place , on the 20 th inst ., and warned him from that day forwards he wonld not be allowed to publish any article , or to copy anything from any other paper , against the Montpensier marriage ; and the journal above mentioned ofthe 21 st contains a declaration to that effect , and that consequently , yielding to necessity , it is compelled to abstain from publishing anything on the subject .
1 TALT Rome . —Project of a Constitution . —We find the following in a letter from Leghorn , 24 th ult : — " The general subject of conversation here ia the constitution which is to be granted te the Pope at the beginning of November . It will comprise provincial councils , with the principle of election , and a consultative senate to be assembled at Rome every two years . It is still said that the National Guard will be organised at Rome , where the Civica alread y exist , and will be re-established in the provinces , where it ceased to exist in 1833 . As to the secularisation of the higher government offices , it is believed that this measure will not yet be carried , on account of the opposition which it meets with . It is , however , added , that Cardinal Gizzi Secretary of
State , will , in all cases , nominate as governors of provinces . Cardinals who are favourable to the new system , as are Arnat and Ciachi , who are destined for the Legations _ofNolojrnaand Forli ; andPieschi and Allien , who are said to be inimical to Austria , are destined for the Legations of Ferrara and Ravenna , tbe two countries which como nearest in contact with , the Austrian dominions . According to a letter from Rome iu the Cowrrzer de Marseilles , there may be added to the above nominations that of Savelli , to the Legation of Urbiuo and Pessaro . Monsignor Rossi , legate at Ancona , has been dismissed , and sent to the Convent of the Mission , to await the issue ofthe inquiry which the government lias instituted into bis conduct . Monsignor Grnssiliui has been sent to fill his pince . A great tunny subordinate officers have been dismissed from the
government offices . The correspondent of the Courrier de Marseilles confirms the news of the formation of a National Uuardat Rome , stating the intended number at 4 , 000 ; and also an analoguE organisation in the provinces .
POLAND . The following is given in the German papers : — '' During the last visit ofthe Emperor of Russia to Warsaw , a Polish _deputation , among whom ther * ; were some nobles of Galicia and Poland , waited on ! his Majesty . All agreed in making the same proposals , namely , alluding to a general brotherly union , which should unite all the Sclavonian race in opposition to Germany . The Emperor is said most positively to have rejected , with evident disgust , the _unexpected proposal , and especially to have said , in respeottothebond of brotherly anion , that it was quite new to him ; for that ho had , indeed , heard of the hatred existing between the Russians and the Poles , but never of any reciprocal affection . Affection had , indeed , been manifested for the Poles , in full measure , on the part of the- Government , but that it had been of no avail ; and , therefore , no alternative remained than to let justice and _rigour take the place of favour and indulgence .
UNITED STATES AND ftlEXICO . The packet-ship Torkshire , arrived at Liverpool on Wednesday . The result of Santa Anna ' s return to the government of Mexico upon the relations of the country with the United States , would appear to remain still entirely doubtful . The tone of the American journals would seem to indicate , however , a less confident belief that pacific effects were to follow . Xhe details received from the United States force in Caiiahuila possess considerable interest . The utmost activity prevailed at Camargo in the despatch
of the troops en route to the interior . All the _regulars , with the exception of one regiment had left the depot ; and General Taylor , according to the latesj despatches received at Washington , expected to make a further advance with the volunteers by tho 1 st of September at the latest . General _Wiiliis ' _s brigade had left on the 22 nd of August , with orders to advance towards Monterey as far as the village of China , and to remain there until further advised . The reports made to General Taylor as regards the state of the roads were very unfavourable . Colonel Hays , who with his regiment and successively visited the towns San Fernando and China , jying in the route , returned on the 20 fh of August to
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Camargo , and reported to tho Commander-in-Chief , that the advancing troops , baggage , Ac ., would encounter many difficulties , and the men _axperience great wtigue , from the rugged nature of the ground over which the route lay . Nothing like a military road , or ono affording easy transit for armed bodies , trom Camargo to Monterey , indeed , existed . From San Fernando to China ' a distance of 100 miles , Colonel Hays found the road exceedingly uneven , and occasionally precipitous , ascending and descending hu » e _hi'ls , thickly covered with jungle and chaparral , and _brushwood interlacing , so as to render the pioneers' labour indispensable . During his march , he had visited all the ranchos or farms which studded the country in profusion , but the most profound tranquillity reigned throughout .
The accounts with regard to the Mexican force still remain indefinite and meagre . A repor ; was in circulation at Matampros that a party of American adventurers had taken possession of Monterey without encountering resistance . From other quarters in the Mexican frontier the accounts published in tbe newspapers are of no moment . The advices received-from St . Louis , howover , express fears that General Kearney ' s command would fall short <> f supplies . The Indians were _carryins on a system of depredations upon the traders . It is stated in some of the letters published in tho journals that they had offered their services to the Mexican commandant at Santa Fe . to harass the . _irmy . This statement has not since been confirmed .
We learn from St . Louis that two Mormon spies ha d been shot by the anti-Mormon mob ot Nauvoo . This , it is feared , is the commencement of a sanguinary conflict between these factions . prom Canada we have accounts to the 14 th ult . They are entirely unimportant . We take the following from Young America , of September 12 th : —
CALIFORNIA AND A NATIONAL DEBT . I s it not time that this California farce were ended ? Do the government men really mean to impose upon the people the expense of sending Stevenson ' s mongrel expedition to California ? Will they dare to shoot the man they have sentenced to death by a mock court-martial , and arc they really in ear . nest in drivin from their native State , and their friends , a thousand poor lacklanders who enlisted , merely because , being denied their right in the soil , they were in need '? Every day some of these young men „ thns despoiled of their birthright and entrapped by a few popinjay swindlers , are applying to the law for relief from their unjust imprisonment , and tbe last application ( that of John Cooke ) was on the
ground that the whole organization of Stevenson's pretended regiment is illegal , which all who heavd General Sutherland ' s argument , and the quibbling of the judge ( Edmonds ) must be satisfied is the case . The very point at issue the judge excluded from the argument , contending that he had no right to inquire into the authority of the roan who pretends to be commander of the regiment ; thus , in effect , authorizing any adventurer to entrap and kidnap our citizens with impunity . In answer to _Jhe counsel ' s appeal to the law , to prevent militia men from being taken out ofthe State , " These men , " said the judge , " are not ont of the State . " So Stevenson may be
on his way to California before the law can be operative , accordin g to Judge Edmonds , It certainly does appear that the people's rights would be more secure under a judge elected by themselves , than under one appointed through party influence . This California business seems to be a regular speculation . - If the government persist in such __ _spuandering , outlandish schemes as this California expedition , what can we conclude , but that the powers of Washington are covertly in favour of the policy boldly avowd bv the Courier and Enquirer in speaking of the Mexican War , as follows : —
"Under anv circumstances we look forward to a large NATIONAL DEBT ; and if the whole affair should be brought to a close , and California and Northern M < _-xico be annexed with a well defined boundary to the shores of the Pacific , we shall not regret the amount of the debt . Experience has shown that a nntional debt to us is no injury . All our difficulties have arisen since the payment of the last debt ; and if , as all will admit , stability in our legislation be all important for our prosperity , a national debt is _doUbfltSS lieceBSary . Give US a national debt of a hundred and'fifty millions , and the wants of the Treasure will insure us a stable tariff for revenue , which will give us all the protection that can be desired ; not tbe tariff of 1 S 42 , but
one of .- / discriminating character , based upon specific duties and minimus , with the rate of duties but little if any higher than the new tariff of Mr . Walker . Such a tariff permanently established , would be worth to the country all of a hundred ant ! fifty millions ; and we , therefore , look forward to better times and to greater national prosperity , growing out of this war with Mexico and the debt it will leave upon the country . It is death to all free trade notions and to the present tariff ; and as the money is spent _anions our own citizens , we do not see how the continuation of this war can in any way affect the national prosperity or injure the money market and business generally . Ultimately it will do good in the manner we have mentioned , and we are willing to permit tbe administration to have its own way . "
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The Press In Germany.—A Report Is Circul...
The Press in Germany . —A report is circulated here that three journals , two published in Baden and one in Saxony , will shortly be prohibited by a resolution of the Diet . Rights of Women . —Among the . petitions lately presented to the Grand Council of Berne , is one from the females of Obcrland , Secland , and Brienne , praying that tliey may be admitted to enjoy the same rights as those who are now called their lords and masters . —Galignani .
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« O'Connorism. To The Editok Of The Nort...
« O'CONNORISM . TO THE EDITOK OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Dear Sir , —Permit me to mnke a few remarks in reference to a letter which appeared in your valuable journal of last Saturday , signed R . Otley , and headed , " How to get the Charter . " The subject of tho said letter is worthy of notice , and is good , if practically enrricd out , but could not our "English" friend have expressed bis views without adding , " I am not , nor never was , nor erer wiU be , an O'Conuorite . " Now , in the
name of common sense , what has 0 Connorism to do with Mr . Otley when laying his plans before the public . I hope that _' tlie next time we hear of Mm he will have lost the old Whig fudge about" O'Connorism man worship , " for such stuff stinks in the nostrils of the people . Where is there a man that has given birth to nobler sentiments , social and political , than _ErneBt Jones . Does any one ever hear him contaminate his lips with the rubbish that he ' s not an O'Connorite man worship _, per , and all the rest of the old sickly Whig cant ! Hoping that you will give this . a corner in your next .
I remain , jour s Tespectfully , G . _Cavili ,. An ardent admires- ofthe O'Connor policy 33 , Queen Struct , Sheffield , October . 5 th , 184 G .
Capabilities Of The Land. To The Eoitok ...
CAPABILITIES OF THE LAND . TO THE EOITOK OF THE KORTHEHN STAB . S , i * As I am one of those extremely anxious to receive , and impart information _UpOQ all SUbJGCtS Connected with tho well-being of my working brethren , and as the capabilities of the Land , is a subject of great importance , and one upon which a variety of opinions are afloat in this country , and as I conceive a few facts founded upon practical experiment proving the capabilities ofthe soil , when properly cultivated , are more valuable than a thousand mere assertions , I therefore , without any moro . preface , submit the following for tbe perusal and consideration of the readers of your truly valuable and democratic journal .
On Wednesday evening last , while m the bouse of Mr . Bailie Brown , one ofthe members of the Land Society , and as thorough-going , and zealous a Chartist , as any in the world , I was paid a _lisit by one of the working men of this village of Newmilns , Ayrshire , who informed me that he had what is termed in Scotland " a Fall of Land , " equal in length and _bronrith to our English Sta . tute Rod , and for which he paid Od . per year rent , or at the rate of £ 6 0 s . Od . per acre , and that in May last , he aetitupou Mr , O'Connor ' s system , with 81 common cab . baga plants which he purchased in the Kilmarnock market , aud the result was even beyond the most sanguine expectations , for he found , upon a careful examination , that each cabbage averaged 12 Jlbs weight , or _| in the aggregate _lOlSMbs .
The way in which he arrived at the above _ayeraffo was as follows : —He took a number indiscriminately and weighed tliem , and found they run from ten to sixteen pounds weight , therefore he felt . justified at coming to the conclusion , that he would not at all events , bo over tbe mark in striking the average at _rijlbs . Perhaps it may not be unnecessary here to ascertain how many pounds weight he would have had , provided he was in possession of an acre of land , and set the whole Of it with _cnbbago p lants upon Mr . O'Connor ' s Small Farm System , and that from each Fall , or Rod , were raised _10 12 i ! bs . There are , I believe , _1 C 0 rods in a statute acre of _laad , so that if you multiply luO by _1012 _Jlbs ., the produce of one rod , you will have a total of 102 _, 0001 ba . of cabbages , or eighty-one tons from an acre of land .
It may be said , that it is impossible that anything of the kini could , or can be done . My answer is , the individual is by me while I am writing—he has empowered me to make his name public , and he says lie can prove to the satisfaction of any man open to reason and _figures , that what I have written above is as true as that the sun shines nt ' meridian , and consequently there can bo no just foundation for doubt upon tLe subject . The truth is , the tiuuros being correct , speak for themselves . Tlie individual ' s name is Richard Morton , by trade a nearer , and at present resides iu this village , Now , it
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may not be amiss to observe , that the immortal C ; _ibbt-it has stated that one quarter an acre of land properly cul . tivated will keep a cow , and proves that he would give her from that quantity 901 _bs . of vegetable food per day . Taking Cobbctt ' _s statement to be correct ( and I have no reason to doubt it ); you will perceive that our friend has far outstripped him ; for if you allow four eows lOOIbs . of vegetable food each per day , and then divide those 400 into l « 2 , 0001 _bs „ the produce of an acre of land , you will find that they go 405 times ; so that one acre of land , producing at tbe rate of our friend Morton ' s , will give to four cows 4001 bs . of vegetable food per day , for 405 days , and that too bear in mind from one crop . Now let us see what might bo the probable value of this crop of cabbages .
It is not too much I am suro to estimate tbe cost of keeping a cow at Is . per day , or , in other words , the value of lOOIbs . of cabbages ( the quantity allowed according to the produce of our friend Morton ' s land ) at Is . being less than a half farthing per pound . Now four hundred and five shillings will amount to £ 20 5 s ., and four times that sum , the cost of keeping four cows for four hundred and five days , will make an aggregate of £ 81 ; or , if you like It better , suppose we value the cabbages at £ 1 per ton , it will still be the same , and I am tolerably certain I am below the average market value , whether you take London , Manchester , Liverpool , or , in fact , any largo town in England or Scotland . In London I am confident euch cabbage weighing twelve pounds and a half would sell at 3 d ., therefore 81 could come to £ 1 Os , 3 d ., and 160 times £ 1 0 s . 3 d . amounts exactly to £ 162 . Of course tbe crop would not be so valuable here , and therefore I only estimate it at one-half .
I will now state the cost of labour , seed , manure , and rent , for the rod of land , as given to me by Mr . Morton himself : — s . d . Labour , delving twice and hoeing once 0 C 81 plants at 6 d . the long hundred ... 0 4 ' One-third of a square yard of the best cow manure ... ... ... 1 0 Rent of land ... 0 a
Total ... 2 7 £ . _s . d . ICO rods , or one acre , at 2 s . 7 d . per rod 20 13 i Value of the crop 81 0 0 Deduct 20 13 4 Leaves a net profit upon the acre of 60 6 8 Having shown tho capability of the Land when properly cultivated in one instance , I will proceed to another —Thomas Gilchrist , farmer , residing at Knevoclaw , near Darval , in the county of Ayr , produced a crop of carrots from a _quarter of an acre of land in the year 1844 , which brought him in JE 30 . Very likely some gentlemen , big to bursting with a knowledge ofthe Land , will say "Nonsense , it could not be done . " Ah , Sir , but I'll prevent the possibility of a reasonable doubt , by informing those sage persons that the individual ( T mean Mr . Gilchrist ) and others are , prepared to prove the truth of what I bave stated if called upon to do so .
The quantity of stones weight of carrots produced , are as follows : — . _Therd are 40 rods in a rood of land , and each rod produced 30 stones , and 40 times 30 , are according to Cocker , and he was a celebrated Arithmetician , 1 , 200 , and 1 , 200 stones at Gd . per stone , the selling price at that time , will exactly amount to £ 30 . He paid for labour , seed , manure and rent , the following sums : — £ s d Labour , Is . per rod . , , 2 0 0 Seed— 51 bs . at 4 s . the lb . , 10 0 Manure—13 loads , at Ss . the load . 1 19 0 Rent of Land— . . , 0 15 0 Total cost— . . - . 5 14 0 Amount of produce . . . 30 0 0 Cost of production— , _, , 5 14 6
Net profit— 24 0 6 So much Mr . Editor at present upon the capabilities of the Land , at Borne future period I shall be enabled to give ray brother Chartists a few more facts that will both surprise and please them upon the same subject . In the interim permit me to subscribe myself , Yours sincerely , Cbbistopheb Dotle . P . S . —Mr . Morton ia not like some men who have profited by Mr . O'Connor ' s system , and will not acknowledue the author , on the contrary , he feels proud to give the name of his instructor , and heartily thanks him , not only for the benefit Mr . O'Connor has conferred upon him individually , but upon the whole of soeiety . Newmilnes , Saturday , October 3 , 1846 .
Messrs. Bell And Dixon. T» The Editok Op...
MESSRS . BELL AND DIXON . T » THE EDITOK OP THE NORTHERN STAR . Sib , —In the Star oi Saturday last , I find a letter from . Wm . Dixon , of Manchester , certain portions of which reflect upon my political character . From the tenor of Mr . T > . * fi letter my friends may be led to believe that I am not desirous of meeting him _bi-fore the public . Since the Middleton camp meeting of which Mr . D . speaks , I have repeatedly written to him requesting bim te meet me before tbe public of this town where I have been known from infancy , and prove the assertions he made at the meeting above alluded to , I have also prevailed upon the Chartist council to write to address the same request .
A few weeks _ago there was a public meeting iu this town on tho Ten Hours' Bill , Mr . Dixon attended , at the conclusion I sent a deputation to him requesting him to stay in the town until the following evening and meet me before the public to prove the charges be had made against me , this he refused to do , I afterwards sent the same party accompanied by-one of _^ the {[ council , and they offered him seven shillings and sixpence for his expenses , if he would stay until the following i . vcning , he still refused to d 0 60 , alleging as his reason that be had put the matter into the hands of the South Lancashire council , To this arrangement I have never been asked to be a party . It is upwards of three months since Mr . D . thought proper to denounce me to a public meeting , during the whole of this time I have been willing to meet him .
I bave requested him to meet me in this town because he said at Middleton that he would do so at any time I thought proper , yet up to the present time he ~ has refused . 1 am at any time prepared to meet Mr . D . or any other man , who charges me with having knowingly directly or indirectly received a single farthing of either Whig or Tory money for doing Whig or Tory work ; or that I have ever during the tight years that 1 have been an active member of tho Chartist body , joined with any party that had for its object the merging the Charter into any less measure . William Bell . Mill Lane , Heywood , Oct . 6 th , 1816 .
An Address To The Working Men Op Bir Min...
AN ADDRESS TO THE WORKING MEN OP BIR _MINGHAM BY ONE OF THEIR OWN ORDER
Fellow Workmen , —Arc you politically dead ? or why are you slumbering in such apathy ? Do you know there is such a place as the People ' s Hail , in Lovcday-street , St . Mary ' s Square , which is intended for your moral and intellectual improvement ! Bear in mind that the Hall belongs to no sector party , but is open to all , let their opinions be what vbey may , so long as they are strictt y legal . It is enrolled as a Literary and Scientific Institution ; there is a good library to be at your command ; Instruction and Amusement Classes are nowbeing formed to meet the wishes of all parties .
Now the fact is , that there is but upwards of 400 paid-¦ up shareholders instead of 3000 , as was originally intended . Now , fellow workmen , this valuable pitoe of building is about to be taken out of our hands ; itis worth about £ 2 , 500 , and is mortgaged for £ 809 ; and if the interest is not paid in a very short time , the mortgagee will sell it to pay himself , —and then you will never nave such a place again . The money that has been received has been laid out to briog it into tennantable use , Fofar cs it is . If the present demand now made is met , the Committee feel confident that they shall be able , in future , to carry it on without any further appeals to you , —only by helping to support the different classes that jour taste o » inclination may chose .
Have you forgotten the time when you were hunted about by Blue Jackets and Bludgeons—Red Coats and Sabres ? because you were met quietly and peuceably to petition Parliament to redre » s your manifold _grievances ; —and so long as capital has tho command orcr your labour , such things may , and ere long will occur again . Now if you had had , at that time , a place of your own like the present one , where none dare intrude without your leave , —where every man could say , this is our own Hall , you have no right here ; it would have prevented a great deal of trouble , sorrow , and expense ; because when men are goaded to madness by oppression , they often overstep the bounds of reason .
Now , think the men of Birmingham will not let this noble pieee of Building be sacrificed , without making an effort to save it . In _Manchester and other large towns in England , the people have their Halls ; and shall it be said that Birmingham , whero all the country were used to look too as their guiding star , shall it be said that they are sunk into insignificance , and will not support their own order . The Committee have laboured _excessivel y to bring it to its present state , and they hope their efforts will be crowned with success _. One word to the unpaid Shareholders . It was reported by former Committees , that if your shares were not paid iu a given time , they would bo forfeited ; the _prosent Committee will meet every Tuesday aud Thursday evening , from eight till ten o ' clock , at the Hall , to receive money from all unpaid shares , and grant new sharespayment £ 1 per share , at sixpence per week , or what more you like .
Now , fellow workmen , I have put tho thing in the plainest manner before you ; will you come forward and assi 3 t ? for as sure as night follows day , so sure will protected capital war with unprotected labour ! If the unpaid Shareholders will send in their names and residences , as many of them have removed , they can be waited upon by a person appointed for that purpose . I remain , jour ' s truly , Joun Jackson , _Topa-strect , A Shareholder .
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Bow-Street. Ra?E.—On Monday, Three Young...
BOW-STREET . Ra _? e . —On Monday , three young men , between sixteen and seventeen years of age , named Charles Howard ,. William Lewis , aud William Stewart , were charged by a girl , named Clarissa Keyworth _, aged sixteen , with havin g each committed a capital assault upon her person . From her statement , it appeared that she came up to London on the 30 th of September , and at one in the morning , when walking across High . _street , St . Giles ' s , she was accosted by Howard , who offered a shilling if she would take a walk with him . She consentedand he
, led her to a stable , where the two other prisoners joined thein , and there perpetrated the offence complained of .. Her shrieks were not heard for some time , but at lengththe police entered , and took two of the prisoners into custody , and the other ( Howard ) the next day in Drury . lane , who- immediately said to the policeman , before he was taken , " I suppose you thought I took the girl there . " Policeman 91 stated that he heard Stewart make use of most awful threats to the _prosecutrix , unless she submitted to his wishes . They were all fully committed to take their trial at the next sessions of the .
Central Criminal Court . LAMBETH . Lovers' Qcahiiels . —On Monday , James Griffiths , adetermined looking fellow , was p laced at the bar , on a charge of being found with loaded pistols in his possession , which it was suspected be intended to U 3 e improperly . Ho was apprehended in front ot a beer shop , with a brace of pistols in his possession , One was loaded with powder , while the other had . in addition to powder , two nails in the charge . Miss Jane Meara , a rather pretty-looking young woman , the daughter of the keeporof the beer shop , before which the prisoner had bcea apprehended , said that she was well acquainted witb . the prisoner ; in fact , he had , she said , been for some lime paying his addresses to her , and they were still oiv
Mich good terms that she could not think he would area her . In reply to the questions of the magistrate , tbe witness admitted that on Sunday last she had had a . siight quarrel with the prisoner , but it was not of * uch a _uuture that she had any apprehension , upon her part , _tlmthe intended doing her any mischief . The prisoner said that he could scarcely account for hi » carrying loaded pistols about him , but he had no intention to injure any person with them . He had bought the pistols the day before for 5 s ., and wan induced to make such a purchase from their extreme cheapness . Mr . Norton did not think that the prisoner had given a _satisfectory account for carrying a loaded pistol about him , and he should , therefore , hold him to bail to be of good behaviour for six months ,
CLERKENWELL . A Warning to _Woekiso Men . — A widow named Well « , living at i , Thomas . street , Beltou . _streit , St , George ' s in the East , applied for a summons against the Secretary and Treasurer of tho United True Brothers Benefit Society , under the following circumstances : —* The applicant stated that her husband , who was a waiter , had beeu a member of the society for several years , and punctually paid in the subscription money up to the time of his death , in July last . According to the rules she was entitled to £ 12 then , for which she applied ; but although she made repeated applications , she could not get a _favthiug , and was reduced to the greatest distress . She had applied to Mr . Greenwood , who referred the matter to the Chief Usher , Mr , Duke , Mr . Duke said it
was a very hard case indeed . There could be no dotbt but the money was lawfully due . Hehad by the magistrate ' s order gone to the secretary , endeavouring to get something for the poor woman , but hercfused to give any satisfaction . The magistrates had referred these mat . tors very often to him , and in many cases be found that where poor labouring men had been depositing their savings for years , they were in the end cheated out of them , the greater part of the money being swallowed up by officers . There were four or five benefit _societies held in _thepublic-housts in which this ont was , and the same two persons officiated as secretary and treasurer in each , The magistrate directed that the secretary and the treasurer to the society should be summoned before the court .
MARYLEBONE . On Tuesday , Margaret Smith was charged with having robbed John Brown , a countryman , of a silver watch . 16 appeared that on the previous night prosecutor was fob lowed by the prisoner , when she endeavoured to persuade him to accompany her home ; he refused to yield to her entreaties , and at length she went away laughing . _Sooa afterwards he missed his watch and seals , and being _satisfied that the prisoner had stolen them , he ran after her and coining up with her gave her in charge . The property " as not found upon Ucr , but she promised , if let go , to restore it in the morning . Committed for trial .
_WORSHIP-STREET . A ' married woman , named Ann Sinner , the _keeper o £ an eatinp-house , in Keate-street , Spitalfields was chr _. rged with having stabbed a journeyman _skindresser , named , Daniel Crawley , with a carving knife , whereby his life has been seriously endangered . Sarjeant King of the B division , stated that wlrle on duty in the above neighbourhood , at twelve o ' clock on Saturday nigbt _, he hi ard a great disturbance in tlie prisoner ' s house , occasioned by a violent _alteration between herself and her Ip . ncU lady , and afterwards saw the man Crawley , who had taken no part in th _» quarrel , come staggering out witn , both his hands clasped closely over his side , from whichblood was pouring in great profusion down his clothes , and exclaiming that he had been stabbed io the heart . Witness instantly ran to his assistance , and having applied his handkerchief to tbe wound to stop the hemorrhage , conveyed him into the prisoner ' s shop , and on asking who had inflicted the injury , he pointed at the
prisoner , who was standing behind the counter . Mr . Hart , the parish surgeon , was then sent for , who probed the ' wouud , which be pronounced to be most probably mortal , and directed the man ' s immediate removal to the hospital _. On reaching the station-house , where the charge was read over to her , the prisoner declared that Crawley had been sent to her house by her landlady te ill-use her , and that she considered she had a right to defend h : r _» self . On making inquiries at the hospital on Sunday morning , he was informed that the wounded mail was not likely to survive tho day , but he had slightly rallied ; since then , although ho st > U continued in a very precarious condition . The Serjeant added , that subsequently to his removal to tbe hospital , Crawley positively denied having given the woman the slightest provocation at the time . In hir defence the prisoner said that CrStvloy hadpulled her about in an improper manner , and the wound was aecidently inflicted in her efforts to disengage herself from him . Mr . Broughton ordered the prisoner to be remanded for a week , to await the result of the man ' s
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THAMES . Tub CnuRCRT . \ RD Nuisance . —On Tuesday , several of the parish authorities of St . George ' s in the East , _wa-ted upon Mr , Ballantine , to request his advice under the _following circumstances . There was a graveyard to the rear of the road in Cannon-street , abutting in _Walburystreet , which was a source of great and general complaint to the inhabitants . It existed there for forty years , and was now so overcrowded , that coffins had to be _smashed and bodies _bvoksn up to make room for new occupants . The effluvia from bodies decaying so near the surface
produced a most dangerous miasmatic effect . The magistrate said he saw no remedy but by indicting the proprietors , or the parties who , by turning the bodies out o £ the earth , commit the nuisance . Mr . Staples ( a trustee ) —• ' The 6 ceucs which occur there daily are horrid _. Bones , with the flesh _adhering to them , are dug out of the old graves , They are poked into holes opened near the gra > e and afterwards removed , for I know not What purpose . Some were removed last night , aud the effluvia was terrible , " The parties withdrew with _tfceifcte . ittaB of indicting the proprietors .
_SOUTHWARD The Urs and Downs of Life . —On _Tucsda-, _E'i a Jam ' s , the wire of n merchant , _lafeofBiisli . Jnne , City , was charged with making a very determined attempt upon hf r life , the preceding morning , at a coffee-house in the _Wiiterloo-road , A young woman , named Beale _, servant at the coffee-shop , stated , that on Saturday night the defendant came to her employer ' s house and after takingsomo coffee , eugaged a bed for tbe ni ght . The followine morning she requested that her breakfast mi ght be brought upstairs to her bedroom , and ordered with her coffee a slice of bacon , desiring that a knife and forh might be provided . Her wishes were _complied w ' _. th , en & a considerable time having elapsed , and she nut coming down stairs , the landlord went up , and knocked at the
bedroom door , informing her that it was getting latt ia the day . The defendant answered in a feeble tone of voice , requesting that he would send the servant girl up to her , and the latter , on entering the room , discovered the defendant l ying on the bed , holding her right arm . from which the blood was flowing into a basin , on a chair by the bed fide . The knife which they sent up with tbe bacon was ljiug close by , and from , the marks of blood : upon it , there was no _dsubt it was used by the unfortunate woman to inflict a wound across her arm , but the blado being eitremely blunt and jagged , was to be princi » pally attributed the circumstance of her not havinr
effected her object . As it was , however , a deep incision was inflicted ncroBS the inside of her arm , at the elbow . A medical man was immediately called in , and he pronounced , that although a great deal of injury was done , still that it would not be attended with any danger , and on _being shown the knife , he was of opinion that had it not been blunt , she would , in all probability , have destroyed herself . The evidence showed a melancholy accumulation of misfortunes which had become so great that the poor woman could not bear up against them . She , however , now regretted what she had done in her _escitectstate , and would not attempt the like again . Mr . Seeker said that in tho defendant ' s condition of mind he
could not take her own word , and that it was necessary she should find two surities of £ 10 each to be bait for her . The defendant , not being provided with the required surities , was committed , the _magistrates giring directions that tliocasu might bo mentioned to the governor of the _Knol , in order that due attention should be paid .
_MAULBOROUGH-STREET . A PAW of _lloTtrvLS . —On Tuesday , Daniel Carty and _Dcnniss Burns , two boys , were charged with having stolen a purse containing £ 7 10 s . in gold , aud some sil . vcr , from Catherine Moody . The complainant , a :: _io > _therly-looUiujf old lady , said , on Tuesday last , as she was passing Gr » fton-strcet , she was induced to invest twopence in the purchase of walnuts , on the _promise of having sixteen nuts given to her for her money by ihe
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