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KiousxacK . —Mr . Doyle _delivered a lecture in the C < -oft Ilall , on tbe evening of Monday , October 5 , on the _Charter and the _Lind , The spacious _buildise w . is well filled upon the neoasion by the useful _clashes . Mr . Brown , a highly intelligent democrat was elected to the chair , whoopened the business by _readiaj . ' the placard , and then addressed the persons present in a concise but very effective speech widen was loudly cheered . Mr . Dotlv . spoke for nearly two hours , and made a powerful impression upon his hearers , iu favour or tho paramount questions—co-operation to obtain the land , snd political equality , and £ at down mucu ap plauded . - ,, ... Ths Chairman said , as the y ( the meeting ) ap _yrnvod of the sentiments which had fallen from the Speaker , thev were hound to carry them into praetic < _- _* , hetbere > .= re suggested the propriety of adaptingthe _tieeessarv steps upon which
, Mr Cabxoth moved that thirteen of a eommittee . -with power to add to their number , be chosen ont » f that meeting , in _onler to assist in getting np a . National Petiti on to the House of Commons , _piyviB" that tbey do na _^ s into law the document entitled the ** People ' s Charter . " The motion was seconded and carried without a dissentient . Thirteen persons were then chosen , after which votes of thanks were accorded to the Chairman and Lecturer , and the assembly then separated , perfectly satisfied with the evening ' s proceedings . _T-iersisa branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society held in Kilmiinock _, and thero is every _iea--oi to believe that Mr . Doyle's lecture will tend to augment its numbers . GREAT AUD IMPORTANT MEETING IN GLASGOW . —DUNCOMBE ASD THE
GLORIOUS TWELVE . On Tuesday evening , the 6 th instant , a public _meeting was held in the Chartist church , Regent-Btreet , for the purpose of taking into consideration tbe propriety of ejecting a local Registration and _Elecion Committee , to aid and _assist tho Central Committee now sitting in London to carry out the objects for which they were elected b y the men of London : also to adopt the National Petition . About twenty minutes past eieht o ' clock , Mr . James Lang , an old and staunch friend to the cause of universal right , was elected to fill the office of chairman amidst the hearty _ulauditsof the numerous ass <» rcblv . The venerable President commenced by observing that they were met together for the purpose of considering questions vitally connected with
their in _' _ere-ta and those of common humanity , npon _questions which must sooner or later occupy the minds of even the legislature and the government of the country , for it could not be supposed for one moment that the present mind-debasing , liberty-destroy msr , and starvation system was to be continued . ( No , no and cheers . ) Was it possible for any man in his _snber senses , and who reflected upon the awful amount of Doverty , misery and wretchedness that prevailed throughout the length and breadth of the Unite /! Kingdom , particularl y in unhappy and _longsuffering Ireland , to believe that it was to last for any [ _freat length of time without producing come _quem-es tbe most fatal to the p _** aee of society . ( Loud cheers . ) There mustin his _oninion . be _' a
, canse which has produced the _immense amount of human woe to which be had but briefly alluded , that «» nse was diss legislation , class usurpation and class misrule , ana tney were tnere mat evening to solemnly protest against it , and to record their ( he loped ) unanimous opinions in favour of that sublime and justice-dealing document entitled the " _Peopled Charter , " which , if carried into effect would at once obliterate that hydra-headed monster from the Statute Book—class domination , and thereby enable the people _throushjust . honest and impartial representation to hurl to destruction its corrupt and poisonon-progeny . ( Ucpeated cheers . ) He thanked them far the honour they had conferred upon him , and would now introduce to their notice Mr . Bryen to move the first resolution .
Mr . Brtex on presenting bim <* elf was loudlv cheered . He _sMd , Mr . Chairman and friends , ere i proceed to make any observations upon the resolution which I hold in my hand , I will first read it to you : — E _^ _snlved , thai this meeting _approve of the plan proposed and carried into _iffectby the Chartists of London in forming a CentralElectiou Committee for the purpose of _contesting places uhere there is a _probability of success at the nest _general election . Therefore we agree so form a Committee in Glasgow , to co operate with them in raising rands to carry out the principles of the Association , as agreed to by the democracy of the metropolis of the British empire .
Mr . Bryen then entered into the spirit of the reso lution , and made an effective speech in its favour , and concluded by calling upon every man _present to not only Jnld up his hand i _^ support of it , but also to render his every assistance in order to enable the Gommitte to fulfil tbe duties which might devolve upon them . Mr . Johs Gavas in a concise , but pithy address , which was warmly applauded , _seconded tbe motion . Mr . DoTLi was next called upon by the worthy Chairman to support it , and was received with loud eheara . Be spoke at considerable length , and was repeatedly ai . _plauded _throuj-hout his preverbial and eloquent appeal to his heavens , on behalf of the object which was then before them , and concluded bv giving his cordial and hearty support to the motion . It was then _putfrom the chair , and carried without a di-seniient voice .
Mr . Johs IItslop moved the second resolution , which was as follows : — That having adopted the principle of co-operation in a national capacity , in _orcU-r to _contest certain boroughs _throughout _England and Scotland , so that a staff of good and true men , may be formed in tbe House of Commons , to sunp . _irt T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., in 1113 crusade against the people ' s enemies , anH also to make the "People ' s Charter" the law of the land . We therefore agree to elect a Committee with power to add to their number , to aid ia carrying into practical operation , so desirable au _Object . > The speaker showed the _necessity of the motion being acceded to , and the beneficial results that _Wf- _U'd accrue from its adoption , and sat down highly applauded . Mr . Reid seconded it , and it was unanimously passed .
A committee were immediately appointed , com-? ri sing the following _persons ( viz)—Messrs . Johu Iy-slop , James Bean , Daniel Paul , \ _vm . Dougherty , Duncan Sherrington , Daniel Gibson , James Moir , James Labs . Daniel Mitchell , _George Ross , Thomas Gordan , Henry Mulligan , Archd . M'lnnis , James Anderson , Thomas Aneott , Doctor Green , Samuel Beanet , William Chaplin , James Smith , John Gavan , TV . S . Brown , Thomas Reid , John Brven , James Wilkinson , William Shaw , Jnnics Moore . "William M'Milieu , John _Coh-uhoun . James Baird -James _Ewing , and James Mann . Mr . Wilkixsox moved the third resolution , which ran thus : —
_Tu .. tit is the solemn conviction of this _mssfing , that tbe _Elective Franchise , is the natural inheritance of man , _witi _. our distinction of class , or _pecuniary circumstances , aud _consequently that _n-j man , or corporatiou of men , can be justified for one moment , in _preventing its _exerciS _3 by the people . This meeting likewise considers the exclusion ¦> f six-sevenths of tlie male adalt population , from the rights and immunities of citizenshi p , to be an enormous grievance , aud _therefore thai every legal agency , should be immediately put into operation by the
friends of freedom to effect such au organised _change in the constitution of the House of Parliament , as shall guarantee to every male inhabitant of this empire , of malum age , ami sane mind , a _voico in the composition of iliat body , and it is _further the opinion of this meeting , that the bill entitled the « 'P eople ' s Charter , " i 3 an embodiment of the princi ples of equal ropraeutalion , and tlie details for securing their effiei-jit operation . This meeting therefore agree _; to Hie _ureseutation of a 2 fatioual Petition praying Parliament to tender the document aforesaid to be a statute of this realm .
The speaker delivered a speech replete with sound sense and cogent _arguments in favour of the motion , and concluded much applauded . The : no ~ Ln was . seconded by Mr . Dbacas _Siierbincto . v , in an effective and _iinpressire address , and was put and carried by acclamation . Mr . _SiiERitisGTus aiso read and moved tlie ad pt & n of the _National Petition , which was seconded by Mr . James Maxn , and passed unanimously . A vole of thanks wa 3 then accorded to the excellent Chairman , who briefly returned his acknowledgements , aft-. r which the numerous assembly separated , bi _* h ! y _deb-hted with tlm _proceedings of the evenimr . _ilurraa ; hwih ! for the men of _Glasgow , theV have given a tone lo all Scotland , bv _taking the lead in the great question of human rkiifc . This is , indeed , as it should ho .
Eu > kusue .-- ( _Birta place of the immortal Wallace . 1 _—^ u - . _i-c-iiesajiy evening , the 7 ih instant . Mr . G . Boyle on * oi the D _i rectors ofthe Chartist Co- _« p ,. r . i tive _LiudSoKiety , delivered a highly _instructive lecture to a crowded _raeeiin- in the _People ' s Hall , imor the subject of the Land . ' Mr . G . Wood , anintel % _-nt , a ?>< _lv- > rv active Chartist , occupied the chair , and fuliiLed the _datie- which develop : d upon him , with credit t « _i _himself and the asdieucc « ver whom he pa-si Jed . At the close of the lecture , a £ -wq < _itstioss we re asked , which Mr ! Doyle _answered to _ih-j : _apparoiit sathtaetion of tiio querists . --rid the mcc-tin _* _u «> e--ally . —A _youns man whose name wc :. _*> e -sorry to have _forgouea . made a very excellentaddress _sir-ori the - > _ece- _« 'v oi ' _jju- ¦ , * . ' , . _*¦]• - htg : < eaple pu : * _-ii-a * , i * i « and _rearfii-ir th" JV _.. _/* £ i _.- /» Stir lb -ir own organ , and the _lioi _.-c-l advocate of their _rhjbisaud interests— -lis _i-ciitimei-i _*; met with the entire approval oi thu audience . Votes of thanks
were given lo _tae ei = _sirma « i and _iccusrer . JonssToxE . —Mr . C . Dovle _adJrc-ssetl the inhabitants * of Johnstone , on Thursday , the Sih , currcuf , _intUa Assembl y Room-Subject "The Land , the
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onlv sure source of wealth , and the means to obtain it" Mr . D _' s lecture was listened to with marked attention _, and appeared tofully satisfy every individual present . ... „ _,. At _«« DM * _-ViiB of _LEVHW . -A Public Meeting ffiS the Odd Fellows Ball , on the evening oi Fridav the 9 th instant , for the vurposeef electing a _CommUte eto aid and assist the _Cenlral Registrati < n and Election Committee now sitting in London , and also to adopt the . National Petition , praying the House of Parliament to make the People ' s Charter the La w of the Land .
Shortlv after S o'clock , Mr . James _M'lntyre was unanimously elected to the chair , and briefly opened the business for which they were assembled together , and thanked the meeting for the honour it had conf-rred upon him . Several speakers addressed the assembly in support of resolutions similar to those a ' realy passed in London , and other parts of _England , and we are bappy to say that two Committee ' s were chosen , one for assisting to carry out the Election plan , and the other to forward the National Petition . Mr Dovle was present on the occasion , and rendered effective service to both of the laudable objects for which the meeting was called . Votes of thanks were given to the Chairman and Mr . Doyle for their labours in the good cause , and thus ended this important meeting .
Toixcnnss . —On Saturday evening the 10 th instant , a public _meeting was held in a Commodore's Room , in the above named village , when Mr . C Doyle addressed a soodly number of the hardy sons of labour upon tbe Charter and the Land . Mr . Alexander Cieland occupied the chair , and delivered a very impressive speech in favour of the two great questions , for which he received the hearty applause of his brethren . Mr . Dotle gpoke two hours , and was repeatedly applauded throughout his energetic speech , and when he concluded , a motion was moved , seconded , and carried unanimously to the _followiag effct ( viz . )—That nine of a committee be formed with power to add to their numher _. for the purpose of assisting to carry into practical effect , the election plan agreed to by the late Chartist Convention , held in Leeds .
Votes of thanks were accorded to the chairman and lecturer , and the meeting broke up , after giving three rousing cheers for the Charter . _Gobiuls , Glasgow . — -On the afternoon of Sunday the 11 th instant , Mr . Doyle delivered a lecture in the _Wheatsheaf Ilall , upon the present physical and social condition of the working olasseg . The assembly was numerous , consid ring the unfavourable state of the weather . Mr Doyle ' s speech oeenpied above an hour in the delivering , and in the course of it he showed up the
various monopolies which bore down upon the people , and reduced them to a state of the most deplorable wretchedness , and proved that until they combined _together for the sacred purpose of destroying those monopolies , and the system that brought them into existence , they could not reasonably expect their discontinuance . He called upon them , therefore , to use their be _^ t exertions to bring about such an organic change in this country , as would give them the power to elevate them to the dignity of men , and advance their physical , social , and moral condition amongst the nations of the earth .
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LETTERS OF RICHARD OASTLER . Mr . Oastler has been lately _publishing a series of letters in the Morning Post , which even if they had been unobjectionable in other respects have been far select the following extracts : —
DESTITUTION lit THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND . The lax principles of Free Trade are now triumphant . No matter whether they be good or bad—wise or foolish —the professor * of the Free Trade school hare converted the Government to their views , and succeeded in obtaining the adoption of their scheme . It is professed that the poor are- tc reap the benefit of the destruction of monopoly . Some years must pass ere we can taste tbe fruits o f this much-applauded measure . Meantime , it may be useful to mark what has already resulted from the operation ef Free Trade . The enlightened schemers have been at work some years ; at first , for experiment , they made war on little monopolies . _Sfark the result .
In order that Sterne might explain the true horrors of slavery , he wisely contemplated a single sufferer . So , to pi event confusion in thought , and to enable a just estimate ofthe benefits to be expected ( moreparticularly hy th ? labourers ) , from the destruction of all monoplies , it may not be an entire waste of time to examine into it * results , iu one case , where it bas bad time to produce its matumlfruit _^—where it has succeeded in destroying its inveterate tbe—monopoly . It will then be seen whether want or plenfly has resulted to the poor from the conquest obtained for them by Free Trade . It must never he _forgotten that the benefit of the poor is ever declarer ! to be the grand object—the most powerful stimulus of all _Free-tradtrs — from Mr . Cobden down to Sir Robeit Peel . We hear a great deal just now about "the distress in the Highlands . " Last session of Parliament , while the discussions on Free Trade were pending , petitions were presented from tbe destitute inhabitants of the Highlands , praymg for relief ,
I was surprised that the Protectionists did not ash , Woy are Highlanders in distress ? The answer to that question would , during tbe Free Trade discussion , have i'een useful . 27 ( 6 _Higtfondcrs were no' always in distress . They once _Ha-J a monopoly Under it they lived in tolerable comfort . Some years ago that monopoly was destroyed . by Free Trade — now , the Highlanders are destitute ! But , what matter , that thousands of Highlanders are starring to death ! Our mami / _aeturers can buy " cheap" fcel p . ' Such are the results of Free Trade : such the benefit that the poor obtain from the adoption of Free Trade measures . The poor Highlanders have lost tbeir little monopoly —death is their portion ! But manufacturer gains the difference between home made and foreign made kelp ! One fact is worth a thousand arguments . There you have a _fres trade fact , divested of all ambiguity .
_Throujth your columns , I will , if you please , tell the working men and women and children of Yoikshire and Lancashire an anecdote ; I know that it will be read with attention by them , because it relates to a man whose name th _^ y revere . Tarn not quite sure as to the exact period—I think it was in 1 S 32 . I am certain it was during the discussion in Parliament on the reduction or abolition of the duties on foreign kelp . That night I was sitting with the ever-toh _^ -remembered ilichacl Thomas Sadler , at _Ginger ' s Hotel , Westminster Bridge . Hehaii just ralurni'd from ihe House of Commons . " _Oastlor , " said the philantmvpUt , " I have just been _presentiug petitions from the manufacturers of k * lp in the Highlands . _Thoy com plain that , if the duty is taken off foreign kelp they will
he reduced to beggary . I fear , added he , " it is useless trying to protect these poor mea any longer , from foreign _competition ; there is such a determination to obtain everything at the lowest price ! Their _sufferings will be disregarded . Aud , nlthuUKh nature freely furnishes tbem from the bosom of the ocean ( laying the raw material at their feetl , with tbe means of subsistence , our _modi-rn political economists ( regardless of nature ' s bounty and the happiness of many thousand human beings ) demand everything at the ' cheapest , ' and _tiiere poor creatures must , to satisfy this demand , be sacrificed / ' And then , the reall y wise political economist added— " If we live a few years we shall have petitions to present to Parliament , from these poor Highlanders , for relief in their _destitution , that _destitution being Certain to follow the removal of protection from _ICelp . "
Sadler is dead . I have lived to witness tbe truth of his prophetic words . How strange , that his prediction should be verified during that session , " whtn free trade was triumphant !"
HOAIE . Home was formerly a sweet word , —it _toas mu ' . _ie to the ears of an Englishman ; but we have encouraged the breaking up of the valuable domestic habits of our forefathers . Instead of an attachment to home , our men of weiilth and fashion revel in tie luxuries and scenes of foreign countries ; many are seen to take up their abode altogether in countries ; between whose inhabitants and themselves no original connexion subsists ; thus destroying , by absenteeism , the bonds which were ordained to unite them to their /« _Kete- < ountrymcn ; aud proving that
a love of luxurious indulgence is permitted by thorn to be a stronger impulse than that which arises from the most sacred obligations of social life ; and , instead of nourishing those whose services have been valuable in the ereaiion of their wealth , thoy thus withdraw that wvalth which is indispensable for f he well-being of those who exist on their estates , and for the increase of num . hers , which naturally arises , and which ought to land but for _thtir selfishness , would , ) constitute their strength . I am aware that philosophers assert that _absenteeism is not injurious—let the present state of Irelaud be njy answer and their warning .
_P _3 ESENT EVILS AND THEIR REJIEDT . Th _« _disorders in our social state have been augmented by our neglecting to extend the . constitutional safeguards with tbe increase of our population , skill , and science , We hare not perceived that . our strength consisted in a numerous , moral , healthy , and happy people ; and we bare entirely neglected their protection , leaving them by thousands subjtct to the caprice and cruelty of their emplovers . We have legislated for the _iuuividuai accumulation of wealth , instead ofthe gtneral wealth and happiness of the whole people . Oar increase of wealth has been out- constant feoitst , while a _mnjority of the people , has been neglected , and
vast numbers have bevu stiff red to sink into a state of P _overty , degradation , and vice . They have been used _, according to the Utilitarian principle , as mere ir . stiunums for a disproportionate increase of wealth : the . ' _flels . that th . ir jinployi-rs were responsible to the State for _ihi-irgoo , ' c . n . _Juct nnd _c-otmitiuii , and that tiiey were _4 » t , ui !» L-rs « f a / _ViTU constitutional ciaimm _! : _; -, ii :. vii . _i-i-ht : secured to them in lite _Coiistiiution have- been . mtii-Jy _orsi-icdti-d . Thoy have thus , in their vast increase , _bf' -n separated from our institutions , made _nsiens from ihe _Constitution , : ; nd have , consequently , ' ><;¦ o _^ e _dUcoiikated and disaffected . Hence- the necessity for coercive , unconstitutional , and expensive expedients to preserve peace , It is because our population has
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_bi'en neglected that its increase is considered to _^ e a cane . To remedy this great social evil , we require a distinct _recognition in our commonwealth of that neglected constitutional rule by which _advaneemunt in science and improvements _fn mechanics may be made to promote the general good , and thu * become helpmates to industry , ceasing to be the destroyers of the morals , health , and social and domestic happiness of those who are immediately connected with their operat ' . on . Our rulers bave also failed to perceive that this kingdom was originally a confederation of self-governing parishes , in each of which the rights and privileges of thu poor were as sacred nnd as clearly d' _-fined as those of the rich , aud that tlie union of the whole was strengthened by local institutions , calculated to cement in on _» common brotherhood the different gradea of society , by rendering each dependent on the rest . Wherever those local and peace-preserving principles are removed and government by centralisation is adopted , disorder must
ensue . The perfect symmetry ( and the adaptation to tbe natural character of the people ) of the institutions that were bequeathed to us by our great Alfred , are so complete , that they may not be changed without injury . By neglecting to _preserve their spirit , and to adapt them to our growing population ami wealth , we have made a fearful separation between the rich and the poor ; we now reap the fruit of our wickedness aud folly . We WANT A statesman _CONVINCED OF THESE TBUTH 3 ; one who has nerve to stand out from his fellows , nnd say to the peop le of _England , " Listen to me , and support me , and your old Constitution shall be restored . " When Britons listen to that statesman , when they have " plighted to him their troth , " wc shall hear no more of industrious paupers , of barricaded mansions , of banishment under the name of " emigration , " nor of clearances under that of " notices to quit . "
The common lands ot Britain will not then be taken away from the poor , to be added to the overgrown domains of the rich , without even the semblance of an acknowledgment of the former for their ancient common rights . In that day , the village greens will be restored , and the sons of labour will everywhere find space and time for healthful and amusing recreation . Their habitations will no longer bs noisome and incommodious , no more will the lives of young , hale , and old , male or femnle , be sacrificed , in useless competition , for their daily bread . In those days , we shall have no _phiralists In our Church ; no idle and overpaid , no overworked and underpaid clergy , both strangers ( from opposite cause 9 ) to their charge . Priests will again become shepherds of their flocks , aud will not fail to instruct tlie lambs . We shall . have free chureb-room then for all the poor , to whom , as in tho first Christian age , " the Gospel will be preached . " Oar national churches will not be boxed 03-ill stalls and pews , to separate thediffereut classes ; then all will wership on a level as Christian brethren .
When our Constitution is restored , every class of Britons will be heard by their own representatives ja thoir " Commons' House . " The novel , unconstitutional plan , by which the poor have _recantly been excluded from all participation in the franchise , will give plaee to a restoration of that constitutional principle which secured to the sons of toil the freeman ' s rhjht _. We shall not again be shocked by hearing that the Bishops ofour Church have recommended that the poor should b _« reduced to a harder condition ; nor shall we hear her Prelates raising their voices in support of the gin denounced by God and his Church—the sin of competition ( emulation , covetousness ) . Nor will our soldiers be again dishonoured by being _engaged in war against their brethren , to foree them quietly to feed on rotten carrion .
When the mind of England is _rostored to health , when her governors have regained their senses , the clergy , aristocracy , and magistracy , will cease to sit at boards of ' guurriians , 111 c _aiuriiiU _*« -i- _^ r . f _proud and Imperious commissioners—not daring ( without the consent of tbeir masters ) to give a few pence a week to a poor , deserving , widowed neighbour—nay , aiding those monsters to reduce the poor of England to live on the decayed pickings of stinking bones ! ( Were no crime but this the rc ' sult of centralisation , itis wat rant , for ever , to forswear tbe system . ) " Never again will the family ties , sanctified by God , ratified by the Church , and ' eemented by the Constitution , be severed by the Law ; nor will our readers be stunned by the groans of thousands—murdered by the " orders' ' of "Acts-of-Parliament-made Commissioners ! " The shrieks of unhappy mothers , dooming themselves and their wretched offsprings to death , under the unbearable _pressure of an unmanly and unnatural " Act , " will cease to invoke tbe vengeance of the Highest on this guilty hud !
No Secretary of State will then become the systematic and lying apologist of the most corrupt and contemptible oflieials , nor again use them for tlie purpose of _enabling him to vex and annoy a Member of Parliament by obtaining " false reports . " Nor will the House of Commons any more disgrace itself by sheltering a Secretary of State who has thus dishonoured his office and disgraced himself . The influence of Government will not be employed in election committees by base and sordid appliances to unseat an useful and humane , but , to it , obnoxious Member of the House of Commons . The chilling exhibition of the immoralit y , cruelty , injustice , and idleness of commissioners raised above the law—commissioners on whom tbe fate of millions of lives , and tbe disposal of minions of pounds , < cpciiueuor the vices of those assistant commissioners who knew no law but tbeir tyrant masters' will , cannot then disgrace our father land .
The hcrrors of the New Poor Law and of the faotory system will become as legendary tales . The Constitution will once more protect all from the injustice of tlie oppressor . The honest pauper and the innecent factory child will find a sure resting-place _bsneath its wipg . The anomaly _existing in Ireland , her inhabitants suffering under famine , and she daily exporting- vast quantities of food of the best quality , and importing , in stinted measure , " a coarser sort of food , " ( paid for by England , ) on which to keep her people from perishing , such strange contradiction will no more disgrace our Gorernmcnt . The folly of travelling thousands of miles in search of a doubtful customer , while our native customer is unsupplicd—the wickedness of encouraging ui 1 ivers . 1 l rivalry in the productions of our soil , our skill , and our labour , ( thereby fostering instead of checking tbe sin of competition , ) b y which our labourers and artisans are deprived of their due reward , will never more be esteemed wise , bi neficient , patriotic , and Christian .
In those happy days we shall need no board of commissioners to force a national education upon a free peopleparents will then be able to provide an education for their children . 1 « a word , tbe Constitution will release us from tbe evil of centralisation , and its _subsequent commissioners —it will restore our local self-government , and once more give the rich and the poor au interest in each others' welfare . It will control both home and foreign competition , and thus rrgnlate the supply to the demand * at all times securiug to labour , skill , and capital , a just reward .
These things have been effected under the Constitution To all our social maladies apply that remed y , and Bri . tain will be herself again .
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Lauxch op tub Iron Steam-ship Misery * . —A magnificent new iron steam shin was launched from the building yard of Messrs . Vernon and Co ., at Liverpool , on Saturday . It is intended to be placed upon the Cork and Glasgow line , and it is one of the finest vessels those eminent builders have ever constructed . The Court of Common Pleas will exhibit some marked changes next Term—a new Lord Chief Justice , anew Puisne Judge , with a Court ouen to the new bar ; the exclusive privilege of tcr _^ _cithta-atlaw having been put an end to , after an existence of GOO years , by an Act ef the last session of Parliament .
SriTAi . FiKi . Ds Ragged Scno & is . —On _Tiies-day eveninga meeting , in support of tlu ' _sinstittition , wiishcld at the British School , Bethnal Green . Mr . Gordon read the report , from which it appeared that the school was first established in Grcville Street in the year 1 S 43 , since which _tiroeSGO children have been admitted . The number now on the books is 143 . The average attendance is 100 . The report bavins been received , Mr . Gent , from the Ragged School Union , detailed accounts ofthe operation of such schools in various parts of the kingdom . _Tai-isii of St . . George ' s East . —A vestry poll on behalf of the measure for the adoption of the baths and _washhouses for the uoor in this parish was closed on Tuesday , when the numbers stood- —for tho adoption of baths and washhouses , 273 ; against thenadoption , 503 ; majoritv against , 230 .
Strike of Silk-workers at Uoi _. ciikster , — On Monday morning considerable sensation was excited in Colchester , in consequence of the whole of the hands usually employed at Messrs . Browne and Move ' s * - _filk factory , 500 in number , parading : ITi _^ hstreet and other parts of tlie town in _procession . On inquiry it was found that the girls had "struck" in consequence of their employers refusing to accede to an increase of _waiies of sixpence per week . The demand , they stated , they were-compelled to make , in consequence ofthe high price of provisions ; and the refusal to comply was made upon the ground that the _lepresscd state sf ( lie market Cor " " _tlu-oiMi" aomls would not warrant it . ' 1 ho tumult i * i » aineil unabated in the town till _eveiiiuj ; . About a tli-zen 0 !' the hands remained at their work , hi the course- ui ' Tuesday several more returned , and it Is _oiici-. _tllv believed that tlie most resolute will return to their employment in the course of a day or two . — Morning Advertisw .
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IRELAND . PROGRESS OF THE FAMINE . SKIBb _. ' _-RB _BSf _. - The Correspondent of tho Cork Reporter s \ s ¦ *— , . . . „ Z a _~„» _iir -OnFriday last , in my hurried com . _Mondayevem _^* «« > _fa tow „ and tho coun . _munieotion Ii , ate _^ tc J _~« impendingdanKer . try _surrounding w « n . « appreh ( , ngiof , 8 wer . too thanks «» « " 1 - * iob 4
rious _coasequences , . _ . .. _„„ . .,,,, 1 !„ . nous « ouc" - « _- " » *— _^ T .. rtions ami ing ilanceofthe authorif . es , and to the _*™_ _™* J T _™ _fluance of the _gei . tlenfen of the Belief _» " _<*• _^ was a day of meeting here of thelate General Relief Com . _raittee * but _before tlie hour of meeting ( 12 o ' clock ) ru . _moursof an intended attack upon _Hhe town , from the " in / populatio _nofCaheragh , which had been eir . _cdBtrfMtBn e _. r _^ l . ourintJ . _enorB . _nj . bnt d _^ ra _^ became more rife , and before the hour of 12 o ' clock the principal inhabitants of the town bad met , for the pur . pose of adopting precautionary measures , and , if necus . sary , to swear in spBoUl constables ; when Dr . Uonovan , who had been on professional duty , rode in to say that
a multitudo of men armed with spades were coming m , and then _oIoro upoa the town . And so it was , for , in a few moments , appeared in foil view of the town , « ind . ing by the angle formed on the road , near tbe workhouse , abQdyoffrom 800 _toI , 000 as athletic men as I ever saw , marchinif in line ; they came ten abreast , eaeh with a spane shouldered , on the polished iron of which an unclouded sun shone , offering to the eye a very alarm _, ing and imposing appearance . Mr . Gallwey , a magis . trate , with his usual activity and zeal for the public peace , proceeded to the barraclis at the other end ofthe town , and , having _ordered out the military , the bugle immediately sounded to arms , and in an instant , the town , but fiTO minutes before enjoying its usual quiet and tranquillity , became a scene of alarm and
consternation . The military , who had been scattered through the town , on the call ofthe bu _)? le were to be seen running in all directions to wards their barrack _, the men of business , all confusion and haste , closing Up their will _, dows and shops ( under order of the magistrate ); pa . rents in every quarter anxiously looking for their chil . drcn to place them out of danger , and the men of the town preparing to render every assistance to the military and police . Whilst the military were getting under arms , the Rev . Mr . Fitzpatrick . the valued and MSpected _Brnnan Catholic administrator Of the town , whose Indefati gable exertions during the present crisis are beyond all prase , proceeded outside the town , accompanied by Mr . T . H . Marmion , Dr . Donovan , and se . vtral influential gentlemen , and remonstrated with the
people , by which they were retarded for some minutes ; and in the meantime 60 men of the tf 7 tb , commanded . by Captain Byrne , and some dozen policemen with Sub-in . spcctorPinchin , all under the orders of Mr . Gallwey , took up their position on a rising ground , just at the entrance of the town , and within about fifty yards of the multitude . This was an anxious and critical momentone hasty and false step taken , and many lives would in all probability have been sacrificed . During the Rev . Mr . Fitzpatrick _' _s remonstrance with the people , they stated that they would be satisfied if Mr . Gallwey , Mr . _M'Carthy Downing , and the Rev . Mr . Webb went out to tbem . Shortly after Mr . Donning arrived , _asMr . _SomervilleofDrishane , the chairman of the Relief Committee , was addressing them on their folly and illegal _proceed .
in _^ S , and having got into afield off the road was followed b y the people , by which the immediate danger of contact with the military was unavoided . Mr . Downing addressed tbem at length , and inquired of them what could ha / e led the inhabitants _' of so peaceable a parish as _Caherayh into so crmininal a pro . ceeding , which led to answers that I would to God the Minister of England could have heard . We have co . ne , " said they- " because we are famtshiiitr ; _benamie we have no food of any kind j w < could suffer death from hunger ouiacirco * but nan wn look upon our children and our wives dying of hunger , and we ready and anxious to work for bread , if we can only get as much as will give us one good meal a-day ? But it is not 8 d . a-day will give our families a meal , and Indian
_tnaal Is . lOd . a stone . " The truth and force of this distressing appeal could not be resisted , but Mr . Downing , Mr . _Fitzpatrick , and Mr . Donovan assured them that it > vas to the government thsy should attribute the price of food , and upon whom tho maledictions of the hungry multitude were poured in unmeasured teims . During this conversation , Mr . Gallwey again and again called upon the people to disperse , and at length proceeded to read the Riot Act . But an universal shout was raised , " We might as well be shot as starved ; we have not eaten a morsel for more than twenty-four hours . " Mr , Downing then besought of the people to follow him out as far as the workhouse , and that lie would procure them bread as far as the town could afford it , which , after
much solicitation , tiiey did , and regularly encamped on the rising ground outside the workhouse , where they remained until Mr . Downing returned with 50 s . worth of biscuit , which he an _3 the It _* _-v . Mr . Webb , assisted by tbe Messrs . Levis , distributed ill the workhouse yard , and about four o ' clock the multitude moved on for their dreary homes , yet sullen , discontented , and unhappy , say . ing , " That while . 1 stack of corn _remained in the coun . try , they would not allow their children to starve , " and _denouncing , in the strongest manner , the Government . The military were then withdrawn , nud I cannot closo this recital without stating , with the utmost satisfaction , that a better conducted body of men was never stationed here , nc t one man being seen drunk . Since their arrival they are greatly liked by the people .
Since I concluded , I am informed on authority , that our commissary has , by this day ' s post , received an order to raise the price of Indian _mgal to £ 10 a ton , and biscu its from _* ' 10 to £ lii . OU ! thank you , Lord John Russell ; eternal gratitude to you , Irish Whigs . Your _cJaiuis on Irish constituencies at the ni _* xt general election will be large indeed ; remember , badinage aside , that the cry amongst all _wifl be , " A Tory , a Repealer , a a Chartist—anything but a mongrel Whig ! " May I ask , through your journal , where is O'Connell from us ? or why does he not denounce the base , bloody , and brutal Whigs ! Under the bead of " Aprehendcd Disturbances in Baiuion , " the Reporter has the following : — In consequence of the following notice , which was ex . tensivtrly posted through the Bandun Union oh Sunday , considerable apprehensions existed th-. it a large and ex . cited assemblage of the people would take place in Dundon yesterday : —
" _DISTBESS AND _UUNGEB . " Take notice , that all and every one , both young and old , that are in want of provisions and also of employment to support their families with the _sweat-of their brow , and expect no relief from gentlemen ( our patience is worn out ) , you are _retjuosttd to come ai . d _assemble from every parish in tho district of the Btindon Union on Wednesday , _tlioTlh of October , 18 IG . " S . B —To the poor-house of Bundon . " We have great satisfaction in _stitiag that this mischievous production entirely failed in its puvpose ; there was no gathering of- people at tho workhouse , nor was there ihe slightest indication of any disposition to violate the peace of the town or neighbourhood . It is _rieht ,
lioirever _, to state , that many attributed that to the public works recently presentvd for having been commenced on Monday morning , while others ascribed it to the severe inclemency ot the day , which , from the heavy torrents of rain and storm duiing the forenoon , rend , red it difficult to travel , even in the ordinary vehicles , through the country . Tho magistrates , being apprehensive of the consequences of allowing a multitude of excited people to _evmuinto B _.-mtloii , took the precaution of obtaining a rcinforcenit-nt of military for the protection ofthe town , in addition to the usual number stationed there ; and , accordingly , a detachment of the DDih ltegiment , from Cork garrison , marched iu on Tuesday evening in aid ot the civil power .
County of Mayo . — The Rev . James MTIale a parish prfest in the county of Mayo thus describes the state of his district : — Deaths , 1 regret to say innumerable ,, from starvation , and it * diriful til ' ucis —plunder , robberies , and open attacks on property , are occurring every d ; . y ; the bonds of society are almost dissolved . Parliament has made ample provisions for obviating these unparalleled evils , and yet they arc suffered to continue . The pampered officials appointed to carry into effect tho merciful and just dispositions of the _Legislature , removed as they are from these scenes of heartrending distress , can have no idea of tbem , and don ' t appear to give themselves much
troulsle about them , though well paid for doing so . Were they , however , to see the tears running down the squalid faces of the parents wheu their children wer .. * crying in vain » or , ' oedj were they to heir the piercing erics of the poor children ; were they to witness the scene that occurs when the clergyman is called onto administer the last rites of the church to the poor creatures sinking under tho weight of destitution , then , indeed , might they , if they could all bestow a thought on such things , form some idui of these appalling occurrences . I ask , then , in the name of humanity , is this state of soeiety to continue—nay , can it continue , and who are responsible for these monstrous evils ?
_Cous-ty _ov _CAYAs . —The Rev . M . M'duiud , P . P ., of ' Kell , thus _wriu-. * - to tho Anglo-Celt : — "Tho people are enduring in silence , the privations are mo _.-t unheard of . We cheered litem on with the hope that tlie baronial sessions would tin evi rj thing Cor them . We told them last Sunday that they had but one week more to endure die cries of their poor little ones for food , without any to give them . Yet we hear of nothing being done amidst all expectation the most . _iiiUns-. ! ami -iwful that , eyer existed in any country . Disappoint it , or even proloii" ii , ami the cnnsoqiKiicfK may be terrible . There can he no misrepresentation , m > _exasjgeration in the matter . The countenances of nmuy clearly prove that famine already exists , and is prosecuting its work of destruction .
Mr . _E-nsti ov L . _u-. _oi-nins . —The 2 ' i / ronc Cons . ' t ' _iittion fays : — "On Tuesday _h'S ' . about 6 H > 0 of the poorer class of labourers assembled in ihe town of _lifi'a » h _deuifttaiiivj _; relief < . empiovincnr . The U » m : m Catholic prii _.-st of tho _porish , ' . _nc-iMinpanieil hy six _l'ospt'ciiibk' _'ipi'soiis of tho _ilfctrit _' t , iirncceifctl t » the Rev . James L ' . > wry , ol ( _Jlnghi . Tuy . to inquire \ _vh-. itnii ! aiisol ' r « _iii'ft _.-oui ( l he obtained t' v thu destitute people . Mr . Lowry informed them i \ vA _. a . miethu- w _.- . s to bo hold on Thursday next iu Oiiia _^ h lo lake matter into consideration . The clergyman and those by whom lie was accompanied then returned to
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Beragh _. _andcanirnunicated _foV . - I- ™ ? ' answert ( the people , when they quietly sep _^ r . ' „ . a . _Uoo-o tt or _Monachal . - The _^ _treas here is rapidly _increasing . _,. , _DuBLts , Oct . 12 . —The accounts from tllfi country this day are generally of tho samegluOUiv characterdestitution extending , especially in th , > western province , and the peasantry becoming hou rly more impatient of control . More troops have been ordered to some parts of the counties of Mayo and Galway , where opposition has b _? eii made to ihe transit of provisions . It appears that oats and Indian corn had been sent into Galway from Tuam and other places , to be ground into meal ; but _owinsj to the determined resistance of the populace , the meal could not be sent back when ground , and great scarcity was caused in the places from which it had been forwarded . - « .
There are , however , some gratifying features in this day's intelligence . The public works are in full operation in some localities , and speedily emptcyment will become very general . From statements that » re published , it would appear that persons employed in the public works are able to earn , by task work , trom is-3 d . to Is . 6 d . per day . But this is _higher than the rate ? of earnings amongst the ordinary
InAnother important fact is , that an effective system ofvoluntar relief has commented among the rentry in some parts of Kerry , which has thus afforded an excellent example t o the other parts of tho There ' arc some furthe- gratifying evidences of tho success of the system of reproductive labour authorised by the Lord Lieutenant ' s circular . _Drainage works have been applied for at the baronial sessions in Wexford and other counties . Efforts are now made in various places to promote the cultivation of rye , as a substitute for potatoes .
COUNTY OP GALWAY . —FOOD RIOTS . The Galway Vindicator contains the following : — Galwat , Oct . 10 —Every moment is adding to the intense excitoment of the famishing labouring population of this town and its vicinity . The people are literary perishing for want of anything with which to procure the _necessaries of life . Notwithstanding all the appeals of their venerated clergy , and the exhortation ot the more forbearing and enlig htened of their own class , the prevailing feeling among the labouring poor is that of utter destitution . urging them to deeds of violence , and entire contempt of law and _ordnr . Iu consequence of the disposition thus manifested on the part ofthe unfor . vunate people , the magistrates o { the town , actuated by a feeling of humanity , have been for the last few days
unwilling to bring the military or police force in contact with them in escorting meal or flour out of the town for the interior of the country . They awaited to see whether the excitement—the frantic excitement—existing would cool down , and they therefore directed the carts laden with meal aud flour destined for the interior to be placed under the protection ofthe military at tbe Castle-barrack , until a favourable opportunity might present itself for having it forwarded to its destination , But , in the meantime , some of what was thus circumstanced was becoming _damaged , owiug to exposure to the rain , and a fetV Of the inhabitants , learning the terrible condition in which the peop le of Tuam and other localities iu the country were placed for want of supplies , and for whom some of this ' meal and flour was intended , most pro .
perly determined at onee to procure some or the clergy ot the parishes through which it would have to pass to lend them their- assistance in having it safely proceed to its destination . Mr . John Connor , of Cross-street with some twenty or thirty of his acquaintance , went , on _Thursday last , toinvite the aid of the R . « v . John lloche , R . C . C ., in forming an escort for conveying the carts out of the town and suburban parishes , and the Itev . Mr . Roche at once consented to act with them . They accordingly induced the carman to pioeeed with them , Mr . Roche taking the lead , Mr . Connor and his friends stationed themselves in the rear , and after much remonstrance and no Mtle fatigue , in the midst of the pelting rain , the rev . gentleman and those who formed the escort had about fortv cart loads of ravul and flour conveyed safely
to Clare Galway , about six miles out ofthe town . We are g lad to learn that some of it reached Tuam that night , and that the conduct of tlie reverend gentleman , and of our other fellow citizens who formed _themselves into an escort on the occasion , met with the applause which it most certainly merited . Thus far all was well ; but shortly afterwards a most lamentable occurrence took place at Boherbtg , one ofthe thoroughfares leading out of the town . It appears that the men of this street having proceeded to the _cross-ioad at _Bofiermore to arrest the carts which the Rev . Mr . Roche and the other parties forming the escort induced them to permit to pass in safety , the women determined upon stopping any which , iu the mean time , might come that way , and accordingly when four or five other carts laden with flour and meal were _proceeding through _Baherbeg , the women , frantic with hunger and the cries of their
famishing children , rushed upon the provisions and endeavoured to plunder some of them . In doing so we _n-grct that one of the starving creatures , whom we have been credibly given to understand had nothing but one meal a day and a-half previous , met a violent and untimely death . She laid hold of the head of one of tha horses , exclaiming she would have some of the meal or lose her lire . The driver at the same moment struck the horse with his whip , the result of which was that the unfortunate women fell , when the wheel of the cart passed over her throat , killing her on the spot . Yesterday morning some more carts laden with flour , while passing through the same thoroughfare , were also attacked , and three or four of them _plundered . The magistrates , in cotuequence , have determined to escort them in future on Mondays and Thursdays , with a large military force , and thus prevents trade from being obstructed .
Call for Troops . —The monthly meeting of the Town Commissioners was held on Monday , when the following resolution was unanimously adopted : — " That an application be made to government for a sufficient military force , and a resident magistrate io be stationed in Tuam , for the purpose of securing the sale transit of food , and of affording protection to property , for the want of which Tuam is at present in a deplorable state * , and further , that Tuam be appointed a depnt for provisions , inasmuch as the town has been for the last three days , and still continues , without a supyly of meal or flour , and that , in consequence , cattle have been taken off the sheets , and slaughtered by a starving populace ;—Tuam Herald ,
_DISTRKSS—POPULAR EXCITEMKST . Limerick , Oct . 10 . —A report reaehed town this morning that a large number of cars bringing corn iuto the city were stopped at Boher . near Pal _lasgt-ean , by the country people . Mr . Yokes , R . M _., and Mr . Fitzrmiuricc , county inspector , _immediately proceeded to the place with a party of the S 5 th Regiment , but had not returned at the time we wentfto press . During last night a large number of country people assembled at Shower , on the border of the county Tippeiary _, and dug up the road , in order to prevent the farmers from bringing corn into market .
Dublin . —Th * usual weekly repeal meeting was held on Tuesday . The attendance was niea » ro , and the rent only amounted to £ 17 . Mr . J . O'Connell read the weekly missive from Darrynane , which praised the Lord Lieutenant for his bravery and wisdom on taking upon himself tho responsibility of ordering an extension of Government aid to _reproductive works—stated that a meeting of ' pariiatueuc was now unnecessary , but still urged the assembling of a National Committee of landlords in Dublin , and rebuked Mr . Bernal O .-. borne . for "his snappish attacks on the _Whk's , " over whom the agitator feels disposed to throw his protection at the present moment , and all and sundry of thrir assailants . John O'Connell as usual made the speech of the day , and
after the customary abuse of the Young Ireland party , the following occurred showing that there is something rotten in the state of Conciliation Hall , which even its recent expurgation has not healed . Mr , J . A . 0 'iS ' eil then rose for the purpose of moving the adoption of certain resolutions of which lie had given notice on the last , day of meeting , inreferenc ¦ to the existing distress . Having dwelt on the particular subjects of his motion for some time , the honourable gentleman proceeded to advert to the prospects ofthe repeal cause—to the probability of a speedy general election , aud the absolute
necessity there existed on the part of the assoeiation to have candidates , tried candidates , made ready to represent that constituency where the repeal interest was predominant . It was his ( Mr . O'Neill's ) intention to offer himself at the next election as a candidate for the eity of Dublin as a Repealer , ami he trusted that he , an old and tried friend of the people _, one who had constantly operated in that hall , would not be set aside for a man of yesterday , one who bad secured his seat by the payment of a live pound note , cheers , ) or perhaps bad chalked ' repeal" on bis arm the night previous to the election ( continued cheerhnr . )
Mr . John O'Connell then said that he did not rise to oppose the motion , but he rose to refer to some _obs _l-vatiuns which had talien from Mr . _O'Neil and which in his ( Mr . _O'Oonneli ' s ) opinion referred to the character of his father . Mr . _O'Neil —Oh , O'Connell , not at all ; I pledge my honour , in the most emphatic , in the most ir . « controvertible manner— 1 pledge my honour , as a gentlemen , as a _Cbrisrain man , that 1 never intended this day to do anything but honour to O'Connell . I respect him ; aud if any word fell from me conveying anything but honour to him , it grossly mfsrepresentts me ; 1 never intended anything but respect to O'Connell .
Mr . John O'Connell then proceeded to comment on the _spr-eeli uf Mr . O'Neil , and stated that the illusion to the . five-pound note alluded to no one out Mr . Cecil Lawless . Mr . _Cei-il Lawless was not there to defend himself . He ( Mr . O'Connell ) was snve Mr , Lawless would have , been present to defend himself if he had been aware that his conduct would have been called into account , Mr . Lawless joined the _Association when he , saw that Uidv got rid ' of the physienl force _moi _! . Tho . lion . Gentleman then _wi-nt on tn _-Jiini- tlwi Dundnlk nud Ckmiiiel was ottered to Mr . 0 _Ai'il _, but he refused to stand for either
air . _OxNeil thru spoke atsmno _h-m-th in niwer t . » _A'tr . O Council , and stated that if the _aenthvift * just _expressed hy Mr . _O'Coiiueil loll fnmi any other but one oi the O'Connell familv , he would meet them with scorn and indignation ,
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After some discussion , f , _*?«•• O'Neil rose and said ¦ "John O'Connell T 1 snail never be satisfied until tlus radone in public " ( lleM Mr . O'Neil shook hands with Mr . J . O'Connell ! amidst loud and continued cheering . ) [ Humlme 1 Mr . . Vlolloy brought up a report from the Repeal i Discussion Committee on the Drainage Act , _fttj , : and 10 th Vic . cap . 101 . . ' Mr . O'Dow moved the adoption of the report ; Mr . John Itiely rose to second the motion , and in 1 so _doini ' , said that he had just returned f rom th e west of Ireland , and the scenes he had there seen had taken away his political ardour , and Mr . _Riel y then described the dreadful sufferings of the people , and said that they should be on the look out for food , and sacrifice everything . J" _• _
Mr . Steele . — -Oh . Mr- Chairman . —( Cries of sit down—silence . ) No man shall dare to put me down . Silence , / say . If . r . Steele then called Mr . Riely to order , and stated that such language could not bo permitted at such a state ofthe country . Mr . R ' 3 language might be misunderstood . Mr . Riely rose and said , that he was thankful to Mr . Steele for calling him to order . __ What he meant w . i _3 , that every one _ousht to sacrifice private in * _teresta to proaure food for the people . At such a pe < riod _thi-y ought not to be talking of who will staml for such and such a borough when the people were starving . What would they think in the country when they hear _»' . of what they were doing in the Asso . ciation , instead of procuring food for the people ? [ Mr . Riely , you ' re asensible ! man . ]
A _PALPAHLE niT . A correspondent of the Nation _givea the following pointblank shot at the toadies and frequenters of the vice Regai mansion . Sir , —I have remarked that ifr . John O'Connell M . P _., has , since _thegracious comingof Lord Boshorough been particulary attentive to his duties at the Viceregal Court . May I . therefore , take the liberty of asking him , through the _A'dlioti , whether or not his personal experience of a certain locality corroborates this , his theoretic definition ! I extract from the * ' _Repeal Dictionary" ( a capital book of reference ) as follows : — Castle ( of Dublin ) . —A mornl sink ! The focus of corruption , tyranny , and insult during Tory _rule—thefoetu of corruption and impertinence during Whig rule _. Pardon ine Sir , as I am an ardent student of Irish _topography , especially of the topography of character , which is sometimes , 1 confess , a bog more shifting than that of Allen .
I have the honour , A _* c ., OLIVER BLANK . _Mowldes-terrnce , Oct ,, 1816 , Another Quarrel . —On "Monday , Mr . J . O'Con * nell accompanied by T . Steele and several other Conciliation Ilall gentlemen , preferred a charge at the Henry-street Police-office , against Mr . Shea Lawlor of having written a letter to him , calculated to pre . voke a breach of the peace , and of threatening to send a hostile _message , whereby the . lives of himself and Mr . Lawlor would be placed in _pei-il : — Mr . O'Connell was sworn , and asked by Dr . Kelly , if Mr . Lawior was the gentleman against whom he had Indued the information ? Mr . O'Connell . —Yes , that is the gentleman .
Dr . Kelly . —From the expressions used in the letter alluded to in the information , are you apprehensive of a breach of the peace ? Mr . O'Connell . —I am . Dr . Kelly . —Are you still under that impression ? Mr . O'Counell . —I am . Dr . Kelly . —Mr . Lawlor , you are now free to an . swer the charge made against you , and I am read y to hear anything you may wish to offer in explana . tion or justification , if you have anything to offer ; and if not , it will be for me to take the beat course I can .
Mr . Lawlor . —I shall not offer any observation ; I shall leave the ease entirely with you , You I conceive to be the best judge of the whole case . Were I aware _that'the case would get such extensive notoriety , as it unfortunately has , I should have come here prepared with a professional gentleman , not for the purpose of saying anything to any person , butof ' eaviug the office without saying one word oa the subject . Dr . Kelly . —You don't deny having written this letter to Mr . O ' Connell ? Mr . Lawlor . —I neither deny nor admit anything ; lam quite silent on the whole affair . Dr . Kelly . —Then I have only one coarse to pursue _, and that is , to bind you to keep the peace . I shall reouire you to give me two sureties in the sum of £ 200 each , and yourself in MOO , to keep the peace .
Dr . Kelly , after some further discussion , directed Mr . Lawlor to enter into security to keep the peace towards Mr . O'Connell , and Mr . Peirce MahonyanJ Mr . F . B- Ilealy having entered into the necessary bond , Mr . Lawlor was discharged . Dublin . Oct . 13 . —With one or two districts ex * cepted _, tranquility remains uninterrupted , the few provincial journals published yesterday making little or no mention of further disturbances in their several localities . There were reports in town lait evening of the commission of tivo murders in the north riding of Tipperary . By a letter from Bonoskane , in the . _fttctoiiftliis evening , it appears that there was na > _-t foundation for the report , but that
no loss of life ha * yet ensued , although there is hut little hope for the recovery of one ofthe victims _. Private letters also speak in ereat alarm of the general state of North Tipperary , which is represented to be in a most deplorable condition , owing to the renewal of predial outrages , such as robbery of ( inns and nioney , assaults on the person , & c ., rendering it quite insecure even for persons not obnoxious to '' the people" to quit their homes without taking every due precaution for their personal safety ; and this , too , frequently in tlie open glare of day . Such at least is said to be the ca « e in a portion of the barony of Lower Ormond . The following is the brief notice of tbe attempted murders abeve alluded to : —
" On the evening of Friday , the 9 th instant , between 6 and 7 o ' clock , an armed man entered ihe house of Michael G . _iynor , a respectable farmer , residing near this town , and discharged a gun loaded with slugs at him , 10 of which entered hi- * ehest . He now lies in a hopeless state . On the same evening , another respectable farmer , named Cleary , residing at Kilfuda , in this neighbourhood was fired at , but without effect . This is the second attempton Cleary ' s life within two months . " The Clare Journal gives the subjoined list of outrases in that , county .
" In different places , within the last few days , _tlw people assembled in masses , aud dug out for theii own use potatoes belonging to some of the _IlirjM farmers . On Saturday morning , about 5 o ' clock , sis men stopped a horse and car bringing oats to market , tie _.-ir _Slmlly-hill , and snapped a gun at the horse . The animal started at the Hash , and fell under til ? car , where he remained for a long time , the peopl * being afraid to give the owner assistance . At the boor of 10 o ' clock , a party similarin number stoppel a horse « 'ith a load « i corn , on the road at _Pon-der _*
hole , near Kuan , and hred two shots at the horse , wounding him dreadfully . ' The owner entreated the . _ii not to injure the horse , and he would return home with the oats , but the legislators refused compliance with j tlm request . The police stationed at Ituan immediately went in pursuit , but were not alb to come up with tfie party . The country is at this time in a lamentable condition . In every ' direction outrages are committed with impunity . The police are _altogether incapable of _pieserving the peace . _Ve really dread that a general system of plunder will In _resm-ted to .
Accidkkt On Tiik Ckotdox Atmosfiigric Runway.—All Innnest Was Held Last Monday, On Thebml?
ACCIDKKT ON TIIK CkOTDOX AtMOSFIIGRIC _RUNWAY . —All innnest was held last Monday , on thebml ?
Of Henry Coleman, A Signal-Man, Employed...
of Henry Coleman , a signal-man , employed on lht ' Croydon _fvtuwsplievic Railway . The foreman ofthe engineers on the line , said that the deceased was * signal-man employed on that and the adjoining Railway . At ten o ' clock that morning , witness was in t ' . ie first , or piston , carriage , proceeding bchhuHhe Brighton exprees train , at the rate of between _fai'l }' and fifty miles an hour , and on getting a little past Sydenham , he saw the deceased » ive the " all _rialit '
signal to the Bvishton train . Deceased was _thett standing close by the rails oi the atmospheric line , looking after the train which had just , passed ; am _whenabout one hundred yards from him , witness a * " * Mr Samtida _. who was also in the carriase , shotitod * ° him , but deceased did not turn round until too late , for tho carriage struck him with such loivo as to knock him a distance of nineteen yards . He ¦¦ _" ** struck in the side by the scraper of the carriage , a « on the head by one of the corners . He was ironic diately put into a first-class carriage , and conveyed to the Loudon Terminus , and from thence to _M hospital . Had the deceased been in his proper _Position which was a box six feet from the rails , t | lC accident could not have happened . The Jury _¦*' turned a verdict of " Accidental death . "
Fatal Accidento . v Loxdo . \ Bridge . —On Sainr ? ; evening , about eight o ' clock , a lad was attempt '" - to jump behind an omnibus _proceeding towards' "'; _Brighton Hail way terminus , when he stepped " « ™ side , and was struck on the head by the poll * - ' , Bi'oiupton omnibus , which completely Miiashcii j "'* - side ot his head . He was conveyed to Guy's 1 j - " pital . where be expired on Monday in dread ' - agony . _AccinExro . _v _tiik Eastern- Cou . _vtiks 1 _iaii . M ' . _iv _. __' , I ' ridiiy eveiiiii ' _,- , at half-past eiuht o ' clock , a h ) H
accident occurred on this line . Immediately hetW the _up'triiiii had reached the platform at l ) _i-ii'l > - ,: " ' where the _iicive-s are taken , a young man , a _sn _^ ofthe Company , opened the door of the cat-ring , which , be was _seated , while tho train was at fid _^ _l" _- _" ' . _,, nnil iv . ns in the act oi' hastily ileseiuiin . Ci w _- , ! ' i . { foot slipped , and he fell 011 Ihe rail . The •¦ l ' _' _^ the earviaues _passed over him , literally •¦ "• ¦ _' •| II 1 = . ; body in _t-. _vn . T . e fright fid accident w : « s sole }'; li billable to the _unliirtuhat . cman hinis < . *! _f . 1 ; _?**„' | j ( i that he had been married only five or -Ix wt' 1 _' _- _^' ' _{ _$ iliat be was on his wav un from Tottenham , _«'* a
is stationed , tn see his wife , _^ Tin : I ' oiso . M . vtiS ix Essex . —The enquiry _^' _^ atroci . uis case was further adjourned lor three on Saturday last . ;
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 17, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_17101846/page/6/
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