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_CBUCIFIXION OF ! THE _LABOURER . _RROIDEK Eboleiarians , . - It is a mournful feet that the Labourer cific- * , between two thieves—the Landlord fc 3 loney-menger . , v l by _wrns ' _^ _& _Ke _uWic _^ e «» es _tirade in the character of « The Poor _^^ Friend ! ' The one is , forsooth , a \ Protection of Bntishlndasbry
x 3 in the ' ;' _hther a ' Reformer ' and'Friend to Pro-. ° > The tenant-farmers rally round the ¦ _^ im _* _- " ! and the shopocracy follow the stan-Koftle profit-monger . The Protectionists have this week been una a grand display of their strength . A \ Xan _& or more farmers assembled on Tues-, _Xtthe Crown snd Anchor , and there and 2 * **¦* presidency _" ? . of _^ Y iid . vowed they would do or _die—re-!^™ _tSion , ' -iLceably if they could ,
ft forcibly if they must ' Ss so far from being an exaggeration of _fte _intiments expressed by theloyal farmers , _Ms _short of convey ing to the reader an _adetHaea of the uproarious ' physical torce ' ? _Smmend edby the speakers and applauded _jScbo by their _adminnghearers . AMr . ChoX _decLed ittobe ' the general _^ eter-• Zn ofthe tenant-farmers to send their = _rJ u _^ oyedlabonrer _Stoft _
eworkhonsP avdheasked , ' Whatwonld _bethecon-Sc eV Ob _^ ehis _answer _^ _Hoknew what the consequenc es would then be , and _-heshouia be sorry for them . A great deal 4 had been said about the importance , of the ' veomanrv of England . Hitherto the posi-« £ _i we have held ( said Mr . * Chowler ) has 'been one of peace and quiet ; we were not _•• _a-ntating _men , but if labourers will congre-4 -rate—they know the cause , and they do not 'blame us- _^ but is it likely that we shallmount ' onr _horse-5 and go forward ( loud cheers ) to * _rfnn oar labourers from what we all know to iw r _. . . . n _, nt _> -re li Cheers If
'be onr inst rig hts ? ( . ) they are 'industri ous and steady they have the right to _'have the means of living comfortably , and * are we to mount our horses to stop them ? '( Cries of' No , no , ' and ' IvorJt . ' ) Mr . Cob' den says if you attempt to re-introduce _pro-< tection what he would do , and what will 'bec ome of the landlords . Bnt I say that if 'the landlords sticktons we will stick to them . '( Here the assembly rose and cheered vocife' _nm sly , which was renewed when Earl Stan-• hope struck the speaker upon the shoulder in ' approbation of his sentiments , and the
gen'tlemen npon the platform rose in response to 4 appeal . After a pause the meeting again rose , and tiie cheering was renewed . ) But , ' _•• entiemen , we will go a little further . We 4 lave got nine-tenths of the horses ofthe hing-4 and we have got men to ride them . "We ' wfll support the Crown as well . ( Here the ' assembly again rose and cheered . ) Her Ma'jesty need not fearthatif she turns her back ' upon the townspeople she will then be _unprotected . We will protect her Majesty , if she ¦ -Mil protect us . ' ( Great cheering . ) Mr . Chowler added : — 'His opinion was that
' without some alteration in the law this coun-* try would be so shaken—after the harvest- , ' and not before it—that it would be impossi'bleto preserve the public peace . ( Tremen' dons cheering . ' ) A Mr . Ball challenged Cobden to carry out his threats ; affirming that the farmers had nothing to fear from 'discord , ' onthe contrary , they were prepared ' to 'risk aD , to brave all , and fo dare all . ( The assembly again rose and cheered , and waved ' their hats . ) They would be prepared , in the 'hour of their country ' s peril , to take those 'terrible steps which it was most frightful to
'imagine , bnt which necessity was driving 'them to the contemplation of . ' ( Great cheer'ing . ) Professor Aytoun , of Edinburgh , encouraged these belligerent outbursts , by assuring his Southern hearers that ' Those who 'hkd met in arms in days long gone by were ' now associated in their determination to have 'the imquitons measure that was overiding 'them repealed , and when the ; red cross ' of St George and the white cross of St . 'Andrew were blended indissolubly together , 'he would fear no Cobden , —( loud cheers)—he ' ¦ would fear no demagogue in the world .
' ( Vehement cheering , which was led by Earl Stanhope with great energy . ) A Mr . Allnut warned the fundholders that it ' was impos' able thatthe working bees , when plundered ' of their honey , shonld any longer support 'the drones . ( Great cheering . ) If the 'fannere were robbed , he warned the fund'holders that their time would come , . and tbat 'the term ' national faith' would not be 'ibnnd in the vocabulary of the farmer . ' * ( Cheers . ) This speaker repudiated the House cf Commons in terms of the utmost scorn . 'He used to think that something was to be
' expected from the justice ofthe present House ' of Commons , but he had done with signing ' petitions to that House . ( Cheers , and a cry of' So have we . ' ) He should no more think 'of sending a petition to the House of Com'mons than to the 'Man in the Moon . ' ' ( Laughter . ) Mr . Sidney Herbert once told ' them tbat they must not come to the _Legis'latnre ' winning for protection . ' . Now , he ' ( Mr . Ball ) did not mean fo whine . There ' ¦ was no cause for ** whining for protection , ' * forthe-farmers would raise their heads erect ,
' and demand it ( Great cheering and waving * of hats . ) Another -delegate from Scotland , a Mr Watson , of Keillor , assured the English farmers that they might rely upon the cooperation of tiie Scottish tenants , who ""• "ere ready to say ' Come on , Macduff . ' ( A burst of cheers drowned the close of tbe quotation . ) A Mr . Caldecott , of Prating Lodge , near Colchester , recommended the agriculturists to hand themselves together m a league for withholding the taxes until they obtained their demands . Lastly , a Mr .
_Higgms , of Hereford , conclnded his speech by adrisng tbe Ministers to 'take warning from ' flat the most extraordinary meeting ever * hddinEngland . ( Cheers . ) I call on the Go-Temment ( said the speaker , suiting his action with outstretched arms to the concluding words ofthe sentence , ) and I tell them to _re-^ dress our wrongs , and unless they do so we ore prepared to exercise the strength tee still
_( retain ia our arms . ( Loud cheers . ) If they _^ won't be led b y argument and by rational _^ means—ifthey won'tlistentothevoice of reason , and to facts and figures which show the _^ impossibility of farmers continuing nnder this System—if they won ' t alter their system by _**& force—then we mil fig ht for it . ( _Tre-^ ttendous applause , the whole meeting _standttg np and cheering vigorously . ' )
The first reflection that will occur to the _vnaifct reader , on _perosing the above , is that ° f admiration for the justice and impartiality _*?& _which the laws of this country are _ad-J" _5 _* ied !! Neither the Tenth of April , nor _^ subsequent Chartist triads were preceded " 3 _"ajthing like the ' seditious , scandalous , A disloyal language , ' spouted by these J ? - ** " * - * . A few members of the Char-J _* jt Convention , coming fresh from scenes _w misery , which theT had shared , _W * e warmly of the sufferings of their r _^ and bdkpd nf _Aafandinn _ihcmtialve * TlV
"J *? i f opposed hy violence . On this , the * g * journals rai _* fed a howl against the ' _anar--p" _^* _- —the Government intr oduced , and the _^¦ tfuament sanctioned , a gagging law , and _^ London shopocracy turned out in battle rp » to aid tiie Government ia stifling the / _oajeof fte wcridnginen . This series of gross _Wwowtions naturally exasperated tiie people , _*** those who were _leoked np to as the ex-• i _^^ U of thar wrongs . These leaden spoke
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what ihe law called ' . sedition / and for which they were persecuted with the utmost malignity both by the Government , the judges , and the jurors . Contrast the language of Ernest Jones , condemned to a cruel imprisonment for calling onthe people to ' organise , ' and jgiying expression to a poetical anticipation of ' the green . flag floating over Downing-street , '— - contrast this so called ' sedition' with the revolutionary outburst of Chowler !' . Contrast Bezer ' s facetious offer , in his character of fishmonger , to sell Lord John Russell a ' pike , '
with , the _wa-r-whoop of Higgins ! Contrast poor Shaw ' s offence of taking tiie chair at the Mnton rstreet theatre _^ with the Duke of Richmond ' s loyalty in presiding over the furious conclave at the Crown and Anchor ! Will the Government prosecute Chowler and Higgins , Aytoun and Watson , the Duke of Richmond , Earl Stanhope , the Earl of _Eglintoun , Lord John Manners , and the rest ofthe noble , right honourable , honourable , reverend , and respectable abettors of this seditious assembly ? Not so . And why not , brother Proletarians 1 Because there is one law for the rich and
another for the poor . Because , if the Government was inclined to prosecute Richmond and . his confederates , juries would acquit them . How is it that your friends are invariably condemned ? Because ' Laws grinds the poor , and rich men rule the lairs . " Because the judges are selected from a class interested in crushing your friends . Because you have no representation in the jury-box , and jurors are token from the ranks of yonr masters and oppressors . The Times sneers at the warlike farmers , and turns into ridicule all their threats of
appealing to arms in pursuit of their object The Times is right in warning the farmers that if they drive the agricultural labourers into a state of insurrection , they will , themselves , be the first victims of the new ' Jacquerie . ' The labourers are supposed to be very ignorant , and undoubtedly they are so ; but the most i gnorant of men comprehend when they suffer , and when let loose are the the most terrible of enemies . The farmers have treated the labourers a thousand-fold
worse than theytreattheir dogs or then * swine ; and the Times truly says , that machine-breaking and rick-burning would be tiie first results of a peasant outbreak . Even more serious results might be looked for . The squirearchy , the parsons , and farmers , generally are intensely hated by their serfs , and the overflowing hatred of the rural masses would hardly be quenched by machine-breaking and rick-burning . It may , therefore , be safely calculated , that the landlords and farmers , will pause before they open the floodgates of rural insurrection . But the Protectionists are nevertheless in
earnest . They mean to seize upon power , and they wiU do so ; and in the struggle . that must follow it is not impossible that landlords and mill-lords may find themselves committed to more than a war of words . May it be so . The sooner the miserable Whigs are ousted , the sooner Disraeli heads a Protectionist Ministry , the sooner will tiie working classes succeed in achieving their own emancipation , provided they are wise enough to repudiate the two thieves between whom they are atpresent crucified , and struggle only for themselves .
Protectionist sympathy for the people is all bosh . The Duke of _Richmond , Earl of Egiintoun—and others of the same stamp—desire to protect their usurpation of the soil , and their oligarchical privileges . The fanners desire to protect their own breeches pockets ; but neither class care one jot for the welfare of the labourer—agricultural or manufacturing . . On the other hand , the millocrats , and
the profitmongers generally , are equally enemies to the wealth-producers . Their cant abont reform is a ll fudge . They desire to reform only so far as will enable them to take the place of the old aristocracy , in ruling and plundering the people . The conduct of their chiefs , when questions affecting the social interests of the working classes are brought before Parliament , proclaims them the remorseless enemies of the Proletarians . Is
proof demanded ? Witness Hume ' s speech on Friday night last , onthe Ten Hours Question . On Tuesday night last , Lord R . Grosvenor —for the third time—appealed to the House of Commons to throw the shield of legislative protection over that cruelly-enslaved body of men—the Journeymen Bakers—than whom there exists no harder-worked , worse-paid , or miserably-used class of workers , in this country . Of course , his appeal was rejected ; and
the most bitter opponent the Journeymen Bakers encountered , was the Radical champion of bourgeoise supremacy—John Bright . In this , Bright only imitated his chief , Cobden ; who , in the Session of 1849 , opposed LordR . Grosvenor ' s motion , for leave to bring in a Bill to prohibit night work in bakehouses , on the ground that such prohibition would be a legalisation of Communism . On Tuesday night , Mr . Bright denounced the member for Middlesex as the
advocate of Socialism ; and quoted from the Bakers Gazette , to show that the writers thereof , in demanding that Parliament should regulate the . hours ar id wages of labour , so as to prevent the latter from falling below a certain minimum , were , in fact , preaching the principles of Communism . He described the Bakers' Gazette as a newspaper , significantly adding , that as 'happily the Stamp Office ' authorities had not yet pnt their impress upon 'it , it co-aid be sold for three halrpence . * I believe tbat the Bakers * Gazette is not now published ; otherwise , there is no doubt the Stamp Office authorities wonld at once strangle it , by acting on John Bright ' s liberal hint . The member for Manchester sneered at the
journeymen bakers , obsertmg that , ' they were not women or children , but grown-up men , ' and not ordinary men either , but Scotchmen ; ' and it was generally thought that if any de' scription of persons were better able than * any other to take care of themselves , Scotch' men formed that class . The condition of ' these journeymen bakers was represented as ' most horrible—the dens in which they worked
' were said to be dreadful . Then , if they ' came to England voluntarily to work in such ' places how very horrible must be the places ' which they quitted V He added , * they were * a body of stalwart men , who needed no pro' tection . ' John Bright pretends that men voluntarily engage to work eighteen hours out ofthe twenty-fonr ( not uafrequentiy for a still longer period ) for a miserable remuneration , and under circumstances which ensure
immediate injury to health , and the certainty , in nine cases out of ten , of an early death . And they do this voluntarily ! , Yes , as voluntarily as the Sheffield grinder sits down to . his daily toil , foreseeing that he will be asthmatic at twenty-five , infirm and worn out at thirty , and in his grave before reaching the age of forty . As voluntaril y as the miner encounters choke-damp , and the fire-blast . In short , as voluntarily as the Cuba slave works for his lord . The distinction between the negro and the journeyman baker is this , the black slave
must work for the profit of his master , or suffer the whip ; the white slave must toil for some master , or feel the scourge of starvation . There is , however , this difference in favour of the negro , that his master is also his protector . 2 s o such relation exists between the English toiler and his employer . And when that toiler appeals to Parliament for protection , John Bright , the ' Liberal , ' the 'friend to reform and progress , ' takes the lead in refusing that protection ; at the same time adding insult to injury ! ' „ . ¦
m _„ _^ _ _ . _ . _ , The Tories in power would be the signal for Cobden , Bright , and their party , _oatrivaHing the revolutionary roarings of the Pro . tectionists . While landlords and fanners attempted to rally their wretched serfs , the millocracy would try to excite the Proletwians of
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« .. ' _, - . - - _* _, .-. - _:.--.-. _t-.-f !; - ' ' _"' - ' ' he towns to engage in deadly conflict "for the profit of—their masters !"" That ; would be Labour ' s auspicious moment " to achieve its own emancipation The . capitalists , without . the working men , would be beaten _^ and the ' . latte _* would be fools indeed , and merit eternal slavery , ifthey didnot compel the capitalists to terms as a condition for battling on their side against the * | indlords . We have seen the Crosby Hall conclave refuse to go beyond the ' Little Charter ; ' but let the ; Tories climb the heights of power , and the working men , if only true te themselves , will be able to force Hume , Cobden , Bright , and Co ., to swallow the Charter—• name and all . '
The new electoral law was laid before tlie French Assembly yesterday ( Wednesday ) . A crisis is at hand . The people seem to be terribly in earnest . A journal called the Repuhlique having recommended patience under any circumstances , was torn to pieces and committed tothe flames by thepeople and , in consequence , the editor has recanted , stating that he had expressed only his own personal opinion , and not that of tbe party of which the Repuhlique is the organ . The correspondent of the Times is gloating over the prospect of seeing the democrats slaughtered , and the establishment of a dictatorship supported by military law . On these and other matters I will comment in my next letter—if permitted to wnte in the Star , a matter of doubt at this moment to L'AMI DUPEUPLE . May 9 th , 1850 .
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GUILDHALL . — Charok of Embezzlement . — Joseph Hall , a clerk in the employ of Messrs . Martin and Pritchard , solicitors , was charged with embezzling money , the property of his employers . — William Taylor Tritchard stated he was in partnership with Mr . Martin , and that the prisoner had been in the habit of receiving money on various occasions for him , for the purpose of paying fees and other charges in the Court ef Bankruptcy . lie ( prosecutor ) produced a book purporting to be a sort of ledger account between himself and the prisoner , kept by , and in the handwriting of the latter . He tben proved by the book that prisoner had received a cheque for £ 9 os ., and also one for £ 2 4 s . both of wliich amounts were entered in the book as expanded in court fees , and one guinea for a
subpoena served on Mr . Glass . The " fees were entered under about twenty headings , but he had ascertained that only two of them had been paid . — Bichard Atwood Glass deposed , that on the 31 _sf of January last , he was sewed with a subpoena by the prisoner , who handed him a shilling . Oii his remarking , that a shilling was a very shabby fee for Messrs . Martin and Pritchard , who generally gave a guinea with a subpoena , prisoner replied , that he ( witness ) might settle that with Mr . Pritchard . — John Powel stated tbat he was a clerk in the Registry Office of the Bankruptcy Court , and that he had examined the items Mr . Pritchard had supplied him witb , with tbe books at the office , and could only find two ofthe items , and which were entered as having been paid on the 11 th of March last . The prisoner was remanded .
_Attempieb Suicide . —Sarah _Hussey , a young woman about twenty-seven years of age , but who declined giving her addres 3 , was charged witli attempting to throw herself off _Bfackfriars-bridge , with a felonious intent to commit suicide . —Charles Cossins , of 5 , King ' s-head Court , Shoe-lane , stated that about three o'clock on Monday afternoon , he saw tbe prisoner on the outside parapet of _Blackfriars-bridge throw an umbrella into the road , and prepare to leap into the river ; he seized hold . of her band and obtained the assistance of Police-constable 346 . During the time he was calling for assistance , she repeately said , " Oh ! for God ' s sake let me go ;" and''It won't do—I won ' t have it . " —When asked by Sir George Carroll what she had to say in excuse , she replied that she was in great distress , having been out of a situation for a considerable period , without a friend to assist her . —Sir George Carroll remanded her till Saturday , to give the officer time to ascertain who and what her friends were .
_MARYLEBONE _.-Cuhious CASE .-On Tuesday the court was much crowded by persons of both sraes , who were anxious to hear the further proceedings against Charles Jopling _, an embosser , living at No . 5 , "Windsor court , Strand , and who was brought before Mr . Broughton ; on the 30 th ult . on the charge of havinsj administered chloroform to a pretty-Iookiug girl , named Mary Anne Elton , his presumed object being that of violating her person . The evidence previously given went to show tbat the prisoner had been courting the complainant for many months , with the sanction of her aunt , with whom she resided in Camden Town , and that on the night of the 29 th ult . they went toa concert at a house in Munsterstreet , Regent's Park . On the way home he (
prisoner ) took her down a yard , and , after acting indecently towards her there , he poured something from a bottle upon his handkerchief , wlr ' ch he held over her month . She instantly thrust it from her , calling out for assistance . Police-constable , 243 S , took the prisoner into custody . Itwas further shown that the constable saw the prisoner throw something against a wall , which sounded like glass , and that when searched at the station prisoner had in his possession a handkerchief which was wet , and had a most powerful and unpleasant smell . The remains of a bottle were subsequently picked up by the officer , close to the spot where he made the capture , and he took the j said handkerchief and portion of the phial to Dr . Bermingham , who at once said that there had been a
quantity of chloroform in both . The prisoner was remanded till to-day , when Mr . Robinson , solicitor , _Hatton-garden _, attended for the prisoner ; and Mr . Rivolta , Hart-street , Bloomsbury , on the part of some of the relatives of the complainant . The complainant , however , upon being placed in the witness box refused to proceed with her evidence , alleging as a reason that she bad been married to the prisoner that _morning , and she stated her belief that she should be happy with bim , and that he would treat her well . The solicitor on behalf of the newly-made bride ' s relatives contended that undue influence had been resorted to , to induce her to contract the marriage , and the magistrate remanded the prisoner until Tuesday , but consented to take bail .
BOW-STREET . — Thk Charob of Attempt **]) Murder Br a Pdoiiist . — On Monday Daniel Donovan , who stands charged with attempting to murder his wife , Ann Donovan , by ill-using her , and afterwards by throwing her out of a window at No . 19 , _Short's-gardens , _Drury-lane , was brought up for further examination . —The prisoner , who conducted himself in a very imperious manner throughout tho examination , and who appeared to feel no remorse for bis brutal conduct , desired all the witnesses to leave the court on both sides , which was immediately complied with . —Two _clildren of the prisoner , a boy and a girl , 8 and 10
years of age respectively , were examined , and their evidence went to show that the prisoner had not only thrown their mother out of the window after using ber with great violence , bnt that he had threatened to beat them if they told the truth . — Tbe prisoner said now that his wife had come to her senses she would acknowledge that she bad jumped from the window . —Mr . Hall said he was aware of that , which he did not believe . He did not intend so ask the prisoner for any answer to the charge at present , as he was informed that there was not the slightest hope of tbe recovery of his wife . As it required some days before the result would be known he should remand him until Monday next .
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_ Thb Nailobs of Wisiaton . —The nailor is kept in constant motion , alternately blowing the bellows , wielding his hammer , or giving the finishing stroke to his nails . . The latter operation , in making large nails , requires the assistance of " a striker , " but we noticed an ingenious contrivance to supersede thi _s called a ** wooden man , " by which one nailor does the work of two . A hammer is suspended over the anvil , and a spring which the nailor moves with his foot , makes it strike the heated metal and operate like a weaver's shuttle . Yet here great agility is requisite to shape the nail before the metal contracts . The iron rod is first heated , well hammered and cut to the desired length , and then driven through a groove or shape which gives to it a head and form . To do the latter part while the metal is sufficiently pliable fully tasks the energies of the workman .
Pattens being now less worn than formerly , accounts , we suppose , for the decline of" ring making " at "Winlaton , there being but twenty hands employed in this department . Small chains and hinges still engage a gcod many hands , and in one shop large qunn ' titles of kitchen fire-irons , pail handles , and navviespikes or hacks , were forged . The occupant , a strong , healthy , and intelligent old man , related with regret the falling off in the " tea heaters " which formerly were so much in fashion , before tbe modern urns became so common . Most of the other articles were for the Scottish market ; but , even that source , he informed us , was beginning to fail . The Scotch , having abundance of iron at home , are applying it to whatever is requisite for their own uses ; and , in losing them , Winlaton wiil sustain considerable injury to its manufactures .
House of Commons . —The estimated amount required to finish the official houses for the speaker and officers ofthe House of Commons , is £ 30 , 100 ; the expense already incurred for them having been £ 74000 . Sinee the years 1835-6 , there has'been paid in rent for the temporary official residence of the Speaker , and in allowance for rent to the other officers ofthe _Houae of Commons , a sum of £ 37 , 1-89 Hi , { fa ,
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FROM THOMASIFRANCIS MEAGHER , ¦ ¦ , _*¦ ¦ ¦ -.., " . ¦• THE , EXILE . ' - : /¦ ¦ : ' ;¦ ., ; , : „ ' ' We have the pleasure of presenting , to his troops of friends _; i ; loiig _; detailed , and most interesting letter from Meagher . '' Frank , cordial , hopeful , ; uncomplaining-it is a type of his generous character . And though it needs no turther interest to be welcome everywhere m , i reI _^ ' its cheerful and graphic sketches of aU he has seen give it a singular charm .
Van _Piemen ' s Land , 1 st Dec . 1849 . After a very wearisome and somewhat stormy passage ac ros s tho , Indian Ocean , we sighted the extreme southern point of this iBland about one o clock on Saturday , Oct . 28 tb . The day was extremel y beautiful , and . this was aU the more delightful to us , not alone that we had been sickened , for many days previous , with wet and boisterous weather , and required a soft and sunny change to cheer us up , but that we were thereby afforded an opportunity of enjoying , to the best advantage , the charming , noblo scenery which lines the shores ofthe bay , at the mouth of the river Derwent . I ski p over our six weeks' sailinfrom
g the Cape for a very good reason-indeed , for the 1 ° ThA _Sl ° nS ~ tbat I _havenothing-to say about nnd JnSri _^} ' _f _}^ _Y , threw , considorable life _pls « nnn-,, r and then » int 0 our _movements-£ _«^ _" _£ 2 " -f les . -s < " * -etimes blowing within a figure _KliH . _T H _^*« a « y giving rise to ° _unlS IS _° f _f _? _^ tement ; and , what with shortening sail taking in two reefs , and finally stripping _SS _^^?^ ' unta ,:-at last " weSd [ _Kin „ Ti U 5 , bare P ° > as tho sailors say _^ _fl _r _, _l ° the V W- P _«« _-tain memorable occasions , was rather ftartfingly diversified . But , putting , aside these incidents — incidents which , after an , count for littlo or nothing in a _boiu maii _s reckoning-pur sailing across so manv mita
If _^ _^ _-r " _? no ono event or feature worthy of tho slightest notice . Not a sail was seen tho whole way across , though in mentioning this strange fact , I must not omit to state , that with some degree of kindliness , that in the worst of weathers the albatross , swaying to ond fro upon his great snow-white wings , favoured us with his companionship , now mounting , high above the mastheads-then gliding swiftly and majestically into tho deep valleys that divided the hi gh waters over which our little ship mounted with . such buoyant strength and gracefulness , at another moment fronting the spray and foam which broke from the crest of some huge wave , and having battled through it floating off along our wakoand disappearing for a
, time . But for a time only ; . in " a few minutes -you might have seen him emerge from tlie black thick mist , and expanding from a small white speck into his own great proportions bear . down upon us agaiii in all his strength , and pride ,, and stately beauty . There , too , we had flights on flights of Cape pidgeon 3 , shearwaters , and Mother Carey's chickens ; all wheeling round us ,, and performing the most intricate and _inexplicable'bvolutidns with the swiftest and sharpest precision you . can imagine . Mc amused himself almost every day fishing for these birds , with a pretty long line , a float , and a hook , well supplied with , a tempting bit of pork . On the whole he was very successful ; having caught by the time we sighted Tan Diemen ' 3
Land four specimens of the albatross , one of them measuring eleven feet and ' a half across , froni the tip of one wing to tho corresponding point of . . the other , besides some half dozens of Cape , pigeons , three or four shearwaters , and two ' or' three Mother Carey ' s chickens , the latter the most difficult of all . I must not admit , however , to mention what occurred at the Cape on our arrival there . About 8 o ' clock in the evening , on the 11 th of September ; we cast anchor in Simon ' s Bay , a fine , deep , spacious basin , lying somewhere near twenty miles from Cape Town , the capital ofthe colony , and the seat of government . In less . than fire minutes after , we were . boarded by a lieutenant , who came direct from the commodore in command
of the station , bearing instructions of a very startling nature . These instructions forbade any one on board the " Swift" to land ; forbade , in the next place , any communication between the " Swift" and tlie shore ; and , finally , they conveyed the desire of the commodore that we should make sail , and be out ofthe harbour by 12 o ' clock the next day . This was delightful intelligence , surely ! considering that we had nothing but salt provisions on boardthat twenty feet , and upwards , _of-our bulwarks bad been knocked in ; and that the little brig , in this , as in several other instances stood in need of repair . The captain , however , could see the commodore on board his ship , the "Castor ; " and , as far as she was able , the latter would supply the
' Stvift' with fresh provisions . Of course , you have heard , some time since the reason of all this . That evening we saw very little ofthe country around us ; indeed , saw nothing but a few lights , which , scattered here and there , up and down along the shore , shone pleasantly enough ; but , as far as we were concerned , to no purpose at all . Next morning before six , I was on deck , staring most inquisitively atthe thirty or forty houses which constituted the , little town of Simmond _' s Bay . It is situated at the base of the long high table-lands , which spring up almost abruptly , on three sides ofthe Bay . Bleak , sterile heights they are ; ' variegated in their entire extent with alternate patches of sand and brown crass , aiid having
nothing in the least inviting about their look or stature . At this early hour even , the water-tankthe hulk of an old Brazilian slaver , by-the-bye—was moored alongside , and out ofit a party of marines from the " Castor " were pumping a supply of fresh water into the poor thirsty little ' Swift . " Then , further on in the morning , ' we had boats putting off from this benevolent old " Castor , " loaded with joints of Cape beef , and eggs , and potatoes ,- and a head or two of sheep , and rolls of butter , and pints of milk , and loaves of bread . By-and-bye , odd spars and timbers , and spare canvass , along with some pounds of tobacco , and the requisite quantities of rum and Hollands , were stowed away on board ; and by twelve o'clock we . were standing out
to sea with a stout breeze behind us , and a wild black sea sweeping down upon our bows . In a few Hours we found ourselves companionless once more among the waters . And so we continued , until as have said , we sighted the extreme southern point of Tan Diemen ' s Land on Saturday , Oct . 28 . I forgot to mention , that' mid-way between the Cape and our destination , lay two small rocky islands—St . Paul's and Amsterdam—the former an . extinct volcano ; both uninhabited , and affording shelter only _, for a few wild goats arid pigs . They fie directly opposite to each other , about sixty miles apart . A deep channel , navigable with the greatest safety , flows between them ; and for this , channel , ships running from the Gape to New South Wales , or Van
Dieman ' _s Land , usuall */ make . It is the shortest run , and enables the sailing masters to certify their chronometers . The breeze , however , which took us out from Simon's Bay , bore us a considerable way to the south , and compelled us ; to leave the more southerly of these islands some forty miles to thc north .- Hence , we lost sight of the only land we could have seen during the latter h _^ lf bf our four months ' voyage . Yet , for all this dullness , for all this wearisome waste of sea and sky , a delightful compensation was afforded us by the scenery , through which , from Storm Bay , wo glided up to Hobart- Town . Bold cliffs , springing up full eighty feet , above the clelir blue water , and bearing on their summits , the forests ofthe gum-tree—a tree , tall and beautiful as
the Cedar of Libamis , and , like the-palm tree of the desert , throwing out the richest foliage from the capital of its bare but stately shaft ; a wide cleft next , from which , as from some delicious valley of our green isle , a farm-house , with its garden iri front and stout hay-ricks behind , peeped out so quietly ; by-and-bye a ' signal tower , with the red flag waving above the tallest tree ; then again , a fishing-boat , sparkling all over with the silver light that flashed , from the spangled waters ; and , after a little , Mount Wellington in all its glory This is a noble mountain which . rises to the height of 4 , 000 feet , immediately behind the town . Noble at all events , it seeihed to us upon that evening , as it towered aloft bo calmly and solemnly in
the still blue sky , from which , owing to the thin streak of snow along its summit , it stood out in distinct and bold relief . Well , all this , and more than this—more than I could here note down with so rough a pen as I am using ; all this mado up with its gay freshness , its high-toned beauty , its serene and smiling glory , for the 8 tunid , sluggish sameness of the days we spent upon the ocean . Tet , all this while , twilight was effacing the bright colouring of the scene , and blending rook and tree , the signal tower , the sky , and mountain , into one deep mass of purple shadow . Night had set in when our anchor dropped . Captain Aldham , shortly after , went ashore , and having returned in an hour or so , informed us we were not to be removed for a
day or two . Next day we amused ourselves lobking through the glasses , prying into gardens , streets , stores , and buildings of every description ; scanning , too , the features of soldiers , sailors , and civilians , and following , to the utmost point of observation , the horses , carriages , and cabs which turned out of one street , and then dashed up another , and flying past some open spaces , disappeared at length , within a labyrinth of red bricks , or the foilage of the Park . Hobart Town , you must know , boasts of such a resource , and a first-rate one it is too . This day wo bad the Swift , I may say , all to ourselves ; the officers , and towards evening , most ofthemenjbelng away through the town enjoying themselves in every direction , as well they might , poor fellows ! after the hard quarter ' s work they went through . During iko ivy , moral _bo » U
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decked out in the gayest colourintr _* Xa . »« - _^ : " ° along with brisk and Sn # ' _Stt'TSM rouno us in the most-livel y _^ _l- _'S-J _^ K rieared the gangway , or * spee - aing ' by Js _* cro 83 our-stern , . we * _saw many an _inqufring p gla 2 thrown up towards- the _^ quarter deW ,- where ? the prisoners were supposed to be . Sometimes a hat was raised , * a parasol thrown baok ,- and a kerchief waved ; at other times , despite tho order of the marine on guard "to keep off , " a little craft / more zealous and intrepid than tho Test , pulled in closer to' the gangway , and a friendly voice bidding defiance tothe bayonet which g leamed above , and the ball cartridgeit betokened , inquired "how the gentlemen were , and when would they come ashore . "
In all these incidents , slight and fleeting as they were , we saw at once the evidence ofa kindly feeling towards us ; and somehow we felt as though a few warm whispers of the old Irish heart at home were floating through the air . Nor were wo wrong in this , for , later still , wo heard in its full broad tone , the true expression of that old , but faithful and enduring heart . About seven o ' clock , O'B . and I were _walking up and down the quarter-deck together , when a boat rowed by a fine young lad , and having two women in it , stole quietly alongside . The sentry , however , was wide awake ; and wm tiot long in bidding them "be off . " "Ah ) then , why would you be telJin' us to be off , sentry , my darlin' , when you have got tho best of the
counthry aboard ?" " The accent and the sentiment were riot to be mistaken ; so O'B . and I moved forward to have a nearer view of the visitors . The : moment they saw us , the eldest ofthe women —for one of them was rather old , and the other was both young and handsome—clapping her hands , with ¦ the pocket-handkerchief between , them , exclaimed , ' * ' Oh 1 yo ' re welcome , yo ' ro welcome Mr . O'Brien , you ' re welcome to us . ' though it's a quare home you ' re coming to . " Here the sentry conceived it his duty to be a degree or two more peremptory , and pitching his voice to a level with the conception , ordered the boat , to " be off , " and _•* not _; to bo a minute about it ;; to do it sharp , in double quick time , theylind better . " Upon which
our poor countrywoman renewed her welcome , and adding , _!* shure it was _a-hard case not to got a sight of the gentlemen nt all , " wished us good night . Next morning , along with a number of other women who had . coine for the officers' linen , she" was found on board .. She had a long talk with about Limerick and Clare ; and the gentry on . both sides the Shannon from Tarbert to Doonas ; for she knew thom all well , . that she did , and why not , when she was born , bred , and - reared in Newmarket-on-Peargus , where she had seen many a bright Mayday , and many , a harvest-home , and cheerful Holyeve . ; To continue tho story , her husband had been in the " troubles " some years ago , a Whitehoy _, or something , of that . sort ' and after ho got his
, liberty she came out to him , and brought " that slip of a boy wo saw in tho boat , and his sister beside him , " along with her , all tho way from the Cove of Cork out here ; for she heard : it was a beautiful climate , and money in plenty , and mutton for nothing . So they took a farm , but the bad times came—there are bad times here as well as at home , says she—and they had to come into town ; and her husband was working for Mr . Somebody over . the way , and sho ; did a little in the mangling line ; but that wouldn ' t have brought her on deck if Misther O ' Brien wasn ' t there for his counthry , and her starving poor—God help the crathurs ! So much fora morning visit ; now for one in the evening . Between three and four . o ' clock in
the afternoon , two gentlemen sent a message to thc captain , upon which the sentry was directed to allow to board the assistant-comptroller of convicts and his clerk . These two gentlemen stepped up the gang-way , with a bundle of long papers , embellished with red tape , under their arms , and forthwith entered into a confidential conversation with the captain ; whereupon , the captain and tho assistant-comptroller descended to the cabin , leaving the clerk to look disconsolately at the wheel and the compass-box . Two or three minutes elapsed—two or three minutes of anxious surmise and intense excitement , as the fashionable novelist would express it—and then , np pops the head of , pur worthy marine—the marine who had been specially
assigned us during the voyage—and in rather tremulous accents he informed us , " The captain wished to seo us in our saloon . " Down we went , and , shutting the door , were , one by one , formall y introduced , as an indispensable part ofthe lugubrious ceremony of transportation , to the assistant-comptroller of convicts , Mr . Wm . E . Nairn . After which , we cordially asked the captain to take a chair , and solemnly invited the assistant-comptroller to do tho same ; both of which requests being complied with , Mr . Nairn informed us that he had received directions from his Excellency tbe Governor to communicate-to . us , that he had received from the Secretary of State for the Home Department instructions to grant us " tickets of leave , " provided that " , in t he first place , tho captain under whose charge we were , reported favourably of our conduct during the voyage ; and , in the second place , that , previous to our receiving the tickets of
leave , we pledged ourselves , as men of honour , not to make use of the limited freedom so conferred , to escape from the island . The captain having reported favourably , it now only remained for him ( Mr . Nairn ) to receive the pledge required as an indispensable condition to the tickets of leave . Having taken a few minutes to consider the proposition , and conceiving tho condition upon which we were to receive it to ho fair and honourable , I determined upon accepting the ticket of leave . Mr . Nairn afterwards informed us , that each of us was to be assigned separate districts of the colonyno two being allowed to reside together , or within the same district even ; that Campbell-town had been assigned to me , Hobart-town to O'Donohoe , and New Norfolk to M'Manus ; and that we were to remain on board until Wednesday . Mr . O'Brien having declined to accept tho ticket of leave , Maria Island was assigned to , him .
The next day , several gentlemen came on hoard to visit us ; amongst them , the Tery Rev . Dr . HaU and the Rev . Mr . Dunn , both of them Catholic clergymen—the former Ticar-Goneral of the diocese ; the latter , a missionary at Richmond . Their manner towards us was most warm and affectionate ; and their offers of kind services unbounded . "With such visitors as these , you can easily imagine the pleasure with which the day passed over . Besides , from day-break we had been on tho look-out for O'Doherty and Martin , who were hourly expected from Sydney . Every sail that hove in sight down the river was to us an object of very anxious interest , arid the glass of the officer on the watch was seldom idle during the day .
The following morning , at half-past three , the guard-boat came alongside ; for once in my life , I was up to time , and ready to start . Having shaken hands with O'Brien , M'Manus , and O'Donohoe , I went on deck . There I found the captain , the surgeon , and two or three of tho officers , waiting to wish me good-bye . This I looked upon as particularly kind of them . But , it was " part nnd parcel , " to uso a very poor and awkward phraseof the amiable , generous , gallant kindness we had experienced from them during tho entire voyage . I must , indeed , have grown very cold and hardened ; not to have felt this kindness sensitively ; and , I know , it would hereafter he to me a source of deep reproach , were I to refuse to it a frank and
grateful acknowledgment . The officers , as I mentioned to you in my last letter from the Cape , were fine , generous , gallant young fellows . With the best manners of the educated gentlemen , they combined the honest heart and genial spirit of the sailor . Our intercourse with them was very sli g ht indeed , owing , of course , to the restrictions imposed by the Home Office . But , for all that , not' a day passed over without our receiving some new and gratifying proof , that we were in the company of gentlemen , from whom , despite of the duty they were performing , and the prejudices with which they must first have met us , we had won sincere esteem , and , I might say with perfect truth the warmest and most anxious friendship . As for
Captain Aldham , I am inclined to believe there could riot have been a better man selected out of tbe whole navy list . It is not for me to speak of the skill , judgment , and discipline with which he conducted a voyage , so long , so arduous , and wearying . Of such matters—of the qualifications of a sailor—it is not for me to speak , knowing little ol them . But of the amiable qualities of his heart , his gentle , yet dignified demeanour , his willingness to concede any little privilege we asked for , whereever his instructions conferred tho power , or left it in his discretion to grant such ; his promptitudo in attending to whatever representations were made , and the generous alacrity with which ho had any inconvenience removed , or want supplied ; of all this I can speak , for I have been made deeply sensible of it , and , with the help of a good heart , I trust , have learned to appreciate it to its full extent . It
is in such instances as this that the English flag commands respect , and becomes worthy of all honour . For my part , I shall never cease to entertain a grateful recollection—never fail te speak with warmth , I might almost add , with affectionate regard—of the gallant little . " Swift , " and all her officers and crew . From what 1 have just written , vou will easilj conceive the feelings with which I left the " Swift" on _. that Wednesday morning , the 4 th of November . It is not too muoh to say , I left it with as deep a regret as if I had been an old mess-mate of the gun-room for many years . Ono ciroumstance , however , lightened my heart a bit as 1 took my seat in the boat that was to bring me ashore . Two ofthe officers had permission to go up the counti y for a few days , and they agreed to accompany me this morning , so that I folt somewhat less dismal than I would otherwise have felt , at the prospect of their oompanionship along tno
road . , Five or six minutes brought me to the wharf ; and five or mx minutes more brought rae to the _coabb which wm the point of . starting when 1 aSd ! _TheTmoramg h > d not yet dawned , and , Snoe , aUI _»* . _rf H _«»» rt _Twn _« »« J » _- _** *¦«*
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sitthrough it , was an oil lamp or two , the sentry box _' aiK * a soldier at the gate of the Goven * mei . t House , the _coach-offloe , and an editor of a paper , who , like a right zealous servant of the public , was at his post to-ascertain the interesting particular * of my departure . I found my fellow travellers from the "Swift'' already seated behind the coachman , and a vacant corner for myself along side of them . Away __ then we dashed ! sweeping " down * the most precipitous declivities , and tearing up the most perpendicular of hills—now in graceful gallop alonga smooth mile or two—and then again going- to extremities , and flying at full speed-flying ' past lazy , ponderous waggons , which , oven at that early hour , nn , _* l ° * _u x- Wfly t 0 town-flying through turnpikes , the gates of which had just been opened by tho propne orsm half-dress-flvin _? bv _farm-house _/
_HnTrtJS-T ° T _^ i Jet invisible , and the dogs themselves asleep-flying over white primbuilt bridges under which the water seemed rather drowsy , and far from being wide awake-flying along a road , which , whether it sunk or rose crossed a marsh , or climbed a wooded hill , was sound or dry compact as a pier of granite ; and as broad as some old avenue at home . As tho morning advanced tho features of the country , gradually disclosed , becamo moro and more distinct ; and , after a little , wo found ourselves travelling through a continuous scene of wood and hill , which required , in many * parts at all events , only a little water to render it enchanting . Water is the soul ,-the vitality of a ll scenery . Without it , the most beautiful pictures in naturo are languid and inanimate . Favoured withit , oven tho less finished works of the Divine
Hand—those which seem to us to want a more radiant sky or a greener soil , flowers of a richer bloom _, or trees ' ofa statelier growth—even tliose unfinished works , , as we presume to call them , blessed with this bright purifying gift , possess a charm beyond ill price , nnd will attract both mind and heart far "nore powerfully than the former—rich in azure skies and verdant fields—rich in flowers and foliage as they may be . This scantiness of water spoils the _r-eauty of this Island ; renders it a tame and sleepin- ; beauty : like a handsome set of features under the influence of ether , with their colour subdued , and thoir expression stupified . Nor can the scenic beauty of Tan Diemen ' s Land afford to be thus so sadly spoiled , in as much as tho foliage and grass being of a rather dull brown hue , require considerable relief .
• From what I havo said about our " dashing off " and ''flying along , " you will naturally conclude that the coaches hero are turned out in a superior style ; and so they are . The coach itself is not very elegant to be sure ; neither is it very comfortable ; but the horses arc first rate , and do their business nobly . Rough business . it is , too , for somo miles of the road ; or , to speak moro accurately , where there is no road at all . Between Oatlands and Ross ,-. just halfway from Hobart Town to Launceston , these being the two extreme : points of the main road , a large plain occurs . It is called " The Salt Pans Plain , " includes several thousand acres of grass land , and is chiefly used , as a sheep walk . Over thia tjio coach had to drive ; and such
jolting ! such buniping ! "and zig-zag evolutions as hero take place , it would be difficult to describe . The government , however , are engaged at present in constructing an excellent road through tho plain . At three o ' clock in the afternoon wo * pulled up at Mrs . Kean ' s hotel , Campbell Town , and here I parted with my friends cf the " Swift , " who went on to Launceston . After dinner , I strolled out-to ascertain the features , the eyesores , and beauties of the town . It . consists of one large street , in the first place ;¦ but this street has only one side to it—that is , only one row of houses ; the other side , for the most part , being done up with several yards of wooden paling , a post-office ,
three cottages , and the Established Church . Upon the other side , I observed an apothecary ' s shop , three large hotels , a saddler ' s , five or six private houses , a forge , a butcher ' s stall , a sort of Civet Cat , where walking sticks are sold , and watches set to rights ; and , though last not least , an " eating house , " slim in size , and of an humble aspect . At the right angles with this street , two other streets run off both being still more destitute , in point of edifices and population , than the former—the carriage-ways , and the footpaths too , being thickly carpetted with grass , hemlock , and dandelion . Having seen so , much , I returned to the hotel , went to bed , and slept soundly until next
morning . After breakfast , I took a seat upon the coach for Ross , a little village seven miles from Campbell Town , but within the district . Here I met , an Irish gentleman , who has since proved himself to be , in my regard , a sincere and warm friend . This visit satisfied me that Ross would be a preferable place to Campbell Town ; it seemed to me much quieter , much more secluded , and I decided upon returning in a day or two , nnd there taking up my quarters , my friend having promised to look for a cottage , or part of ono , for me . Accordingly , in a day or two , I returned , and here I have remained . At present I am stopping at the hotel ; but , towards the erid ofthe weeK , expect to move to a pretty
little cottage , a quarter of a mile from this , which I ha ? e engaged at a very moderate rent . Judgin _* from the kind of rooms you would get in Ireland for such a rent , ' it may be concluded that 1 bara got into quarters in which no one , but a poet , like Goldsmith , could be happy , or a painter , like Barry could exist . Ah ! well had it been for the poor , noble spirits , that , one after the other have toiled and trudged through the rugged ways of life , each day weaving , to gain their daily bread , the brightest tissues to clothe and beautify the social world—that world which , in its giddy round and ceaseless chaw of pleasure and of wealth , seldom uplifts an eye ia thankfulness to the light which genius sheds , from solitary heights , ' and in tbe bleakest seasons , down
upon it , until the eclipse conies , and the light shines no more ; well had it been for such poor , noble spirits , if , for so small a sum , they could havo purchased , as I have done , so good a workshop for their drudgery , so sweet a shelter for their repese ; their toil would have heen less irksome and less wasting ; the weakness that , result from poverty would nave been subdued ; and , . purified from manyerrors and asperities , their lives might now be spoken of with less pity , with deeper gratitude , and prouder homage . This , to be sure , is a strange wandering from my matter-of-fact narrative ; but I could not help ifc , so went through with it . From what I have said , you will justly infer * that my life in Ross is very lonesome , in fact , were it hot for the occasional companionship of my friend , it would be as lonesome as that of the most secluded
hermit . This , how . ever , does not in the least dispirit me . On the contrary , I am rejoiced at it , for in such a place , and for one in my position , * greater amount of personal independence ; and , I am inclined to imagine , a greater amount of respectability , results from this seclusion , than could possibly be obtained by the enjoyment of larger privileges , or the range of a wider society . I am in excellent health , and right good spirits . I spend four or five hours every morning , andtwo or three hourm every evening , with my books ; during the interval take a gallop through the " bush , " in quest of a kangaroo ; or stroll on foot along the banks of tin Macnuarie , on the _< jiri vive for snakes—which rep * tiles , by-the-by , are very numerous and _veryvcaemous in this colony .
The Tigtims. Mt Dear Mr. Arnott,—Having,...
THE TIGTIMS . Mt dear Mr . Arnott , —Having , after _twenf-jr months' solitary confinement in Chester Castle , _experienced as . i criminal the clemency which characterises and humanity which pervades the doingso her Majesty ' s government , I beg most respectfully and gratefully to acknowledge and make public , through you , my obligations to the patriotic and disinterested rulers of the land we live in . I had it in my intention to send you some few facts , illustrative of tbe treatment to which those " who daro to interfere with politics" have been subjected ia the North *; but I come home broken iu health and strength—bankrupt in all but principle ,, determination , and hope—and cannot , at present , endure the fatigue of writing . a long letter . Next week , perhaps , I may furnish you with _' a story which , coupliefi with the treatment of Dr . M'Douall , will , or should be , sufficient to make the very stones rise and mutiny . One- political prisoner alone remains
at Chester—viz ., Charles Sellars—convicted of drilling and _training , and sentenced to two years ' imprisonment . He is penniless ; : his family wero in the poor-house , or receiving pay from thence . There is also , in Knutsford House of Correction , one prisoner—Shore—convicted of riot . They have both seven months to remain . I ask nothing for myself from your committee ; but suffer me , on behalf of these , to say—if you , ca "r - Al Jt u much needed ; and the knowledge I have of the men enables me _conscicntifasly to recommend ftem to your board . A few shillings would be , to them , a fortune ; and I ask it for them not wi hout hope _thnt thev will receive a small substantial assurance that we remember ; , and feel for them-because they are-our brothers , and their cause is ours . Believe me , I pray you , right heai tdy ydur friend , Mr . John Arnott . Gkorok Joseph Mantijk . 6 , Bond-street , St . John ' s-squaro , \ folverhampton .
TO Mn . OEOROK * 03 _KPH _MANTLK . Mr » sar Mantle ,- —I beg to assuro you , that the Tictim Committee would feel most happy in complying with your truly benevolent and _sympathetit appeal , had they funds wherewith to do so ; but , a they havo not the funds , I trust that those vA have heartB to feel for suffering humanity will a once arouse themselves , and _^ hei _^ by * _3 _^ u » a tha Btigmathat they allow ihose _^ ' _^ Oi _% ve _^ tl _^ l . ed in their cause to linger on in miA'iMmwMm I am truly Mid ftatern _** Aly _^ _$ _^\ . _^; % / _„ § Secretary to t _$ > _tTcl _^ i _^ ti _^ p _^ U _, South » ta _Ptwattc « LB _^ jb i > _^ ' _^ 5 > i
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 11, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_11051850/page/5/
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