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      Patriotism And Oppression. "A Tale Of Wr...

      _oossecuos _^ ution ; but the natural generosity and eerfloerflowuig hospitality of the man , balked _Ws _laemietemies in their nefarions conspiracy . « Day 1 ¦ nig night , rough or smooth , " exclaims the rrge-lrge-hearted patriot _^ " my country men were we \ welcome to me . I had then a lame hoc house , well stored , I was in th mm of j _ofpteity , fttU of happiness . J hrougM all all the men to my house . M y mind has has no register of the time _tliev ren remained with me , or _tdtac I did V for' for them . " Is it any _wmder _tiiat ft 05 e _ttIio _oorneome to watch for causes of offence-or to Djafaoato them rf need be ~ Suould become _^ attached" to such a man ? Is it any wonder _lhatbat they should have bowed to the same

      __ ¦ magmagic influence which had already bound the neariearts of the resident population to a landlord , _ssrbxuYno _, b y means of arbitration had nearly Hestdestroyed the occupation ofthe pettyfoggin _olilawjlawyer— who curbed the vice of drunkenness- _^ _SH-hoffho prevented _riots—who , in short , spent _lilus liis life and fortune " in doing all the good he ccoufcould ? " Sol Besotted and enslaved b y iigndgnorance , party spirit , or baneful superstitions _, _jas tas the veriest thrall may be , there still exist _iwithrithin him the latent instincts of our common _Umiinmanity , and they only _require to come in ' COCcontact with such a man , to feel that " one toutouch of nature * which " makes the whole wo world kin "

      The virtues of such men are their crimes in _thi the eyes of despotic and tyrannical troveinm < ments . They reflect a li ght on their own _vi < vices and crimes , which make them more palps pahle and hideous . In proportion as they ac acquire the unbought esteem and affection ol tl those around them , so do they become more d _; dangerous in the estimation of those who are _cc conscious they have no such claims , and no si such support to rel y upon . This is the soluti tion . of the otherwise unaccountable and deadlv

      1 hostility which dogged Mr . Roger _O'Cox-3 _KOR _' s footsteps through life . WetalkofRuss sian and Austrian despotism—of the violation < of die holiest and most _saxared principles ol _e scdety , -which take p lace in countries under t the domination of these Imperial hell-hounds , ; aed theirslaves—but the oppression , the coolly j p lanned and deliberately executed scheme of - ruin , in the case of this noble-hearted patriot , i excellent landlord , and affectionate parent and relative , under our boasted British Constitution , will vie with the worst of them .

      Fading to discover any actual grounds of accusation against him , they suborned witnesses , and concocted false charges : — . Mr . _O'CosifOB having bravel y faced his enemies , and protected the very officers charged with the duty of conveying him as a prisoner to Dublin—having defeated a conspiracy against some of his tenants , sent them to their homes , and the witnesses against them to Botany Bay _for perjury , expected to enjoy with his famil y that unmolested happiness to which the innocent have a right . But the oppressor was not thus to be balked of his prey . On aa unsigned paper he was charged with Hi gh Treason , and then seized by the myrmidons of power , and treated thus : —

      I was arrested _anfirflan ™ into prison , where e » a dungeon mne fiet square , filthy beyond description , I lay rotting for _setxa months , never having felt the influence of the sun , nor breathed _< jn by the air during the whole nine ; at the end of which I was « raveyed from this dungeon to the court , togo _^ hrough -atrial * upon charges of every species of _treasoa and rebellion . The poor wretches who were supposed to have been either bribed , or tempted iuto the making of these false charges , denied them at the trial , and ihe result was a triumphant and instant acquittal . "What then ? "Peace and TCpOSe ? _2 _foJ _* he ties of brotherl y affection led him the moment he was liberated from his

      own dungeon to that of his brother , on the other side ofthe Channel . . But without being ahWed an interview , he was £ gain seized _without pretext or show of law , harried back to Ireland , and thence again -to England , having been iarced to perform _Jeomies . of nearl y 1 , 200 relics—which in those days _were nearl y equivalent to as many _thousands in ours—and _to-eross the Irish Sea three times in thirteen days < and nights , without taking off iis clothes , or "being allowed to -lie down { or more than-seven hours during vthe whole

      _riiuic ! Such treatment would have unade any other but an extraordinary and _sfarocg-minded man mad . After thus being dragged from one country to another , without esen . the form of a legal process , Mr . O _' CosxoEwas imprisoiied in Dublin , -and firml y declining to make . any statement , or . eommit any act which could = be . _eonstrued inte ; an admission of guilt—after withstanding open menaces and prosnises , and the insidious and secret proposak -of preiended friends , tiie ruffians at the ihead of _affairs , proceeded io commit an outrage which it makes one ' s blood boil to repeat : —

      Orders were despatchad to the officers commanding at Bancoa , to send _deteefcments ol horse and foot to take _jossessionof my house , _ivhich _tliey did to the amount of Setweea two and three _inndred men . They _eapeOed four Cf my ? Jij ' ant children and my servants ; the officers broke open my cellars , drank slimy trine ; they ordered the men ic lull my sheep aud _osce . an which tlie whole yar _^ r subsist _^ ; = they converted ray iron gates into shoesibr their _Jiorees- they made firing _efiwindows , doors , and frames of fee louse and offices ; _barned all my iarming utensils ; destroyed my gardens , the _* aU trees , _Aehothoiwe _. _& 'reen lioas _^ _sod all the plants ; Sernea an their horses < ffiUnto 50 Uflg = phmtanons which ware all ruined , stole _eresyiluog HioreaMe , and committed < _wary species of devastation . for eight _^ _aine weeks that the _^ remained there , for which l never _received one penny as _remuneration from tfaa £ . day

      to this-. Eves this _destructiac of his "household gods , " ssd desolation _ofisis hearth and home , _jfiuledtoiifenidateor subdue this unconquerable here , who was at length without , trial _< er sentence , marched to Eort George at the point of ihe bayonet , and incarcerated for nearly- tiro years , under circumstances which cost ihe use of his limbs , and nearly

      deprived him of life—and last not least ; in order at leag th to have & e p leasure of breathing hissative air , for which he pined , he was compelled to part with Ms patrimonial estate , with a 31 its treasured _memories ; to leave—as he pathetically expresses it— the place of my earliest dags , " and to take up his residence in a distant part of die country , away from the fisends of his youlh , the tenants who looked en to him with affection— - and the scenes _halbwed by recollaeiions of

      ihe past . What horrible _inanity , what appalling _ajme , caused this « arelenting _cold-idooded a _» d unswerving _perseesfion ? Let Mr . _OLas-ZOB . answer in his own dignified , but _simple and emp hatic language , _Beeaae , ten years before theft * " * Revolution I _saar _Sfn _^ _nd _and _uS _, ant tecaose I would not consent t _^&^ e Swhlch l r _^ ar _^ ed as _equaUy _rumous to both p « rts of the kingdom . Eternal infamy rest upon the memories ofthe _mimwho earned that Union to such _mfajnous , _oppressive , and tyrannical means . But the sufferings and losses of the _pateo * , _a . * w _« ill h _« avemred in the best sense by the

      _rSot son . lie . Fea kgus _O'Consoe has _Sjeu andisnowwaging _awarwithfte _^ frrS svstem whieh tore his father from his _SStrS home , and treated him worse than SSlestcriminal , inwhich he _mastnlfamate _^ own pecuniary Iossej , to _^ _"JS _^ _Sl him on , and he vaU _«^ H ier than they are crowned by . _^ access . _w _hissirehe carries 7 * _^ * * _^ Press , op inion , and is _™^^ I"Ltly so to _Jhich if not comp letely freeis suacientij

      _fZlm Ssation and Christianity . Soon { «* t £ e _£ _" of _Siamp h wave over the downfifnfonfof tbe most heartless , tyranmcal , _^ _ilSpuIous ohgarchies that ever p _lun-^ d anTopp _^ dagreatpeop lel

      November 17, 1849. The Northern Star. ^ ...

      November 17 , 1849 . THE NORTHERN STAR . _^ 5

      R »T Cswuhbas Been Preparing, At Cairo,....

      r » _T _cswuHbas been preparing , at Cairo , . _jfr . _^ f ! _™ _T entirely novel plan , to be an _aWf _^^ _tS _KSh _will be presente d £ & SndS World in the course of the season .

      Fugeipts Qf The Ut10hal Uno Gompany". Fo...

      _fUGEIPTS Qf THE UT 10 HAL UNO GOMPANY _" . For she Wkk Ending Thursda . t . November 15 , 1849 . SHARES . £ s . d . £ « d Nottingham .. 010 6 Witham 2 0 0 Reading . .. 013 4 £ 3 3 10 MONIES BECEIVED FOR THE PURCHASE OF MATH 0 N . T . L . S ., North- 6 . H ., Leeds .. 10 0 0 ampton .. 5 0 0 £ 15 0 0 TOTALS . hand _^ nd 3 3 10 Lxpense ditto 0 10 _Mathon IS 0 0 Rents from Allottees 39 8 0 i £ L * W . Dixon , C . _Dovle _, T . Clark , Cor . Sec . P . M'Grath , Fin . Sec .

      -OR COSTS OF MACNAMARA ' S ACTION . Received by W . RiDEB . —J . _Smifli , Unry , 6 . ; John and HosannaBedweU , Brierljr-hill , Is . ; W . Kershaw , Ending , near KocMaie , is , ; k . Minns , and \ V . S _., Bradford , 2 s ., IL _Damer , _Waadifl ' e Bridge , cd . ; J . Oldfield , UuddeRfield , 2 s .: four Working Men , _llauchester , per J . Kay , 4 s . ; John Sail , Mansfield , ( id . ; J . VV ., Stalybridge , 6 d . ; Bradford Land Company , per James Connell , 13 s . Sd . ; John Wilcoek , tailor , Grantham , 3 d . ; J . Stewart , Alloa , Is . ; E . T ., Birmingham , Mr . Wilson , Is . ; Birmingham , Mr . Clonghan , 3 d . ; Ijinningbam , Mr . Taylor , Cd . ; C . Tristrain , Warwick , is . 6 d . ; R . ilindley , Astley , fid . ; Northampton Chartist Association , per G . Corby , _Ds . lOd . ; Northampton Char & t Co-operative _Association , per G . Corby , 6 s . Id . ; W . Y ., Sheffield , per G . Cavill , 5 s . Received " by S . Boonham . — Cripplegate , per T . Brown , 2 s . _I 0 d . FOR THE AGITATION OF THE CHARTER .

      Received bv W " . Hides . —Bradford Land Company , per J . Connell , 3 s . 4 d . ; Kottinghaw , per J . Sweet , Sd . ; Bristol , per C . Clarke , 2 s . Id .: iondon , a few Cigar Makers . 3 s . Cd . ;

      FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . _Received by S . _BoosuAjf . —Mr . S . Davis , Greenwich , Is . ; Mr . Knight , Greenwich , Is . DEBT DUE TO THE PRINTER . Received _1 > j- \ V . Uideb _. —Xottingham , per 3 . Sweet , Cd . FOR WIDOWS OF THE LATE MESSRS . WILLIAMS AND SHARP . Received by V 7 . Rideb . —J . Jones , Plymouth , 3 d . ; Kilmarnock , per George Robertson , 8 s . ; R . Ilindley Astley , Cd . MRS- M'DOUALL , Received by "W . Ru > eb .-X . C , per R . Hamer , Radcliffe Bridge , Is . ; Anderehore , Lancashire , a few Weavers , per J . Bambridge , £ . 1 . WILLIAMS AND SHARPS MONUMENT . Received by W . Ridek . —E . T ., Gd .

      FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received by W . Rideb . —Rising Sun , Calendar-yard , per J . Scotter , Ss . ; John Smith , Kennovvay , 2 s . ; Kilmarnock , per George Robertson , 12 s . ; Nottingham , per J . Sweet , Is . ; Tolleress , near Glasgow , per W . _Shylock , 5 s . ; Truro , per W . Burridge , 10 s . ; James Barrie , Ashford , 6 d . VICTIM FUND . ' Received by S . Booshasl—Philip Elliott , 2 s . 6 d . ; Mr . Wood , id . ; Balance of proceeds of Concert and" Ball held at _Keniish Town , as . ; A . C , New North-road , per T . Brown , Is . \ Cripplegate , per T . Brown , "d . ; South London liaU . per J . Duval , Gs . 3 d . ; Mr . Piercy , Westminster , ( id .: a Friend , Westminster , 2 d ,: Mr . Rider , _^ 118 s .

      3ucxamara's Action. Huddcrsfielu, Nov. 1...

      3 UCXAMARA'S _ACTION . Huddcrsfielu , Nov . 10 th , 1849 . _Sni , —I herewith hand you two shillings' worth of postage stamps towards the re-trial of the action of Mr . O'C onnor v . Macnamara . I think it was the dsty ot the Chartists to have paid the debt long ago , before it came to a trial . I sent you half-acroiva * « worth of stamps for the defence of the victims . " I am ashamed to own the Chartists as a body , for their supineness and apathy in those affairs :: as I am confident , if each would pay a trifle , they might raise funds for anything , and gain a glorious moral victory over all their enemies . I cannot think the Chartists are possessed of * o « mch knowledge as Mr . O'Connor g ives US _creiflt for , otherwise we should do so . To 3 Ir . W . Rider . J . Oidhmj ) .

      National Parliamentary And Finan Cial Re...

      NATIONAL PARLIAMENTARY AND FINAN CIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION . A meeting of the St . Pancras branch of this Association , was held at the Exmouth Arms , Exuiouth-strept , Hampstead- _^ oad , on Monday evening last . Lord Dudley Ceutts Stuart , and Mr . Sergeant were-present , and Mr . < £ . W . M . Reynolds , attended as a < dcputation from tbe parent society . Mr . Mass having been = heea called to the chair , and opened tbe proceedings ef thc _evenings Lord Dudley . Sidabc _ensealled upon to address the meeting , His lordship declared that reform alike -in the representation and finances ef the country was absolutely accessary , and ealied upon the working classes _tojoin -the middle classes in the struggle to obtain it .

      Mr .-George "IV . M . _fiEraotns , who _waspeceived with ( long and enthusiastic applause , said that it was net necessary to proclaim such a _recomsnendation _aethat which had just fallen from tbe lips of Lord "Dudley Stuart , inasmuch as the _wockingclasses had already taken * he matter in haad for _themselves , and had shown the most praise \? erthy spirit of . conciliation towards the middle-class movement . The working _classee > were too intelligent as men , and too honest as _reformers , not to nceftpt reform from whosoevcr _' s hands it came ; and they never shad , and neves * would , throw any obstacles in the way -of real , substantia ) , and unmistakable _improvements . ( Loud cheers ) . The real _intelligence of _the-eoantry existed an the

      masses ; £ ud that lntclhgeaoe , which was always a century , a-head of the intelligence ofthe Government and , upper classes , was _oow exercised for a good and _^ honest purpose . The middle classes had nothkg to fear from the-working classes , so long as thesformer did their duty , and the hitter saw reason to put confidence in them . ( Cheers ) . The middle clauses must not , _thev « ibre , proceed with apprehensions on that score ; € 8 _gecially when they came _forwaod in the honest , _stcsight-forward , and conciliatory * ray which characterised Mr . Mann ' s conduct thai evening . Mr . Reynold's then proceeded to _ex-patiate at great length upon the principles which formed the programme of the National Parliamentary _£ nd Financial Reform Association ; and he observed that although his own opinions

      went further—much further—than those set forth in tbat _programme , yet he was willing to accept the proposed reforms as an instalment , and likewise to assist heartily and cordially in the struggle to obtain them . Mr . Reynold ' s drew a graphic and touching pieture of the miseries endured by * h e greater portion of the working elasses ; and asked whether suck a position of things could be much longer endured . It would be wise aed prudent , as well as just and right , for the _government and the legislature to yield and grant timely reforms ; othenvviso the incidents of the futere would form a fearful subject for the hazard and conjecture of prophecy . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Reynolds then proceeded to < _4 raw a comparison between

      tiie _Lsrd John Russell of 1831 and the Lord John Russell of 1 S _48-9 ; and he asked whether renegadeism was ever more di 3 _picable—ever more flagrant ? ( Eear , tear . ) Let the middle and working classes take a _laeeon out of the book of their enemies . ' The Whigs and Tories fought like cat and dog for place , power , aae \ patronage ; but when once the people raised their voice to demand reform , those two great factions instantly forgot all differences , and banded toge _& er to resist the popular will . Let the middle class and the working class , then , unite in the same manner , but with the stern and uncompromising resolution to obtain that reform which

      pas so unjustly—so arrogantly—so insolently denied . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Reynolds then entered into a variety of _interresting illustrations to show the corruption of the House of Commons ; and he sat down , after a speech of an hour and a halFs duration , amidst the most enthusiastic cheers . gergeaat Sbee then made a few observations upon a resolution which was put into his hands , and which was in accordance with the views and objects of the meeting ; and two or three other gentlemen having addressed the audience , the business of the evening terminated with a vote o f thanks to the chairman .

      The Potato Crop. To The Editor Of Tne Ko...

      THE POTATO CROP . TO THE EDITOR OF TnE KORTHERX STAR . Dear Sib , —As I promised several persons that I would let them know ( through thc columns of the Star , ) the result of my planting potatoes last autumn , with your permission , I now do so . Some were p lanted in September nine inches deep ; some in October eig ht inches deep ; and some in November and December six inches deep . Those planted in the two last months tnrned ont well , and not one of them was diseased , though I have a great portion of them vet by me . Those that were planted in _Cftnfember and October did not do so well , which I

      attribute to their being set so deeply . It is but right to observe , that it is dangerous to plant potatoes in astumn unless the land be well drained . I have some already planted , and purpose planting the best part of an acre before Christmas . To some it may appear incredibJe , but for the accuracy ofthe following I will vouch . My autumn planted notatoes came up early in the spring , but were cut off by the frost , —again they appeared and were cut off . —the third time they came up far stronger than they did at first . Yours truly , Lowbands School . _?¦ 3 . 0 _Bbien .

      Lettelts To The Working Classes. Lxvii. ...

      LETTEltS TO THE WORKING CLASSES . LXVII . " Words are things , and a small drop of ink Palling—like dew—upon a thought , produces That which makes thousands , perhaps millions , think . " jiieox . " THANKSGIVING DAY . " _CONDEMXATIOX OF TIIE DEFENDERS OF THE FRE-SCII CONSTITUTION .

      Brother Proletarians , This is "Thanksgiving Day , " appointed by the Queen in Council to be " reverently and devoutl y observed , " in gratitude for the abatement of the cholera . It forms no part of my plan to discuss in these Letters questions connected with reli g ion ; but I should hold myself guilty of a neglect of duty did I not on this occasion protest against the cant and hypocrisy of the ruling powers of this duped and misgoverned land .

      Whatever mystery may still Be attached to the nature of cholera , and the best mode of battling with that disorder when it has laid hold of its victims , one important fact has been placed beyond dispute—that while the epidemic has smote down some few of tbe memhers of the well-to-do classes , it has raged only in the ranks of thc poor . Poverty , hunger , and filth predisposed their subjects for the sword of the destroyer ; and hence the Pariahs of " civilisation" were " mown down in

      masses . " Misgovernment—political and social —prepared the way for the triumphant march ofthe Pestilence ; and , now that the virulence of that scourge has ahated , our rulers call upon the people to make long prayers , and sing long psalms , instead of themselves exhibiting practical repentance for their past sins of commission and omission , hy commencing the good work of political and social reform . Truly , our priests and rulers must possess unlimited faith in the gullibility of the British people .

      The insolent pretension of our aristocratical and clerical Tulers to dictate to the people when and how they shall offer up prayers and praise , is worth y . of notice . For my part I will not be made to pray and sing " by her Majesty ' s special command ; " nor will I have my thanksgivings manufactured without my consent , by the Archbishop of Canterbury , or any other Hi g h Priest of Cant and Fraud . The folks who occupy the " chief seats " of power in this country must he terribl y ignorant of history , or they would have a wholesome recollection of the fate of

      Strafford and Laud , ( not to speak of the Prayer Book " Martyr , " Charles , ) who were most justly punished on the scaffold , for attempting to establish a civil and sacerdotal despotism , I grant that our " most noble" and " right reverend " rulers have neither the talents , the ambition , nor the daring ofthe historical characters just named ; but , so knowing , lean only the more wonder at the presumption of such persons dictating to the British people , anything in matters appertaining to religious observances , The prayers appointed for this day contain some choice specimens of Mother Church " piety . I find in the " Order for Morning Prayer" the following : —

      Rejoice in the Lord . 0 ye righteous ; for it hecometh well tbe just to be thankful . The "just ! " Surely the " Right Reverend Fathers in God" will not pretend that they and their aristocratic and money-mongering friends are " the just ? '' If they will , then I shonld like to know who are the unjust f In the prayer appointed "instead of the Collect for the day , " it is craftil y insinuated thatthe cholera was a "judgment" and a manifestation of " Divine wrath . " This seems to me to strongly savour of " blasphemy . " Most certainl y the insinuation is based on falsehood . Not "thc wrath of Gob , '' but the injustice of Man , was the prime moving power in the cholera visitation . i

      Iu the next prayer there are more visible departures from the truth . After asserting that '" Tor displeasure brought w down to the gates of death , " there is added these words : — " Thy mercy hast stayed the course of that pestilence for which there was no hel p in man ? to Thee alone we ascribe our deliverance ; « t thee only do we trust , c _^ c , _# c " If there was no hel p in man , why were Boards of Health instituted , medical visitors appointed , choking graveyards closed , and sanitary regulations < _partially ) enforced ? It is true these efforts -of man were only imperfectly made , and at the eleventh hour ; hut to the extent they were made , they were productive of immense good . What says the Quarterly Report of theRBfiiSTRAR-GEKEKAt ? " Chester

      having benefited by sanitary measures , sustained a lower mortality than in 1848 , although some deaths hy cholera did occur . " Nottingham escaped the scourge in consequence , as is stated , of the sanitary measures adopted b y the _munkapal authorities and principal inhabitants . " "In Thee alone do we trust , '' hardl y consorts with the Queen ' s very sensible abandonment of Pimlico and Windsor , for the Scottish Highlands and the Me of "Wight ! Another pvayer commences as follows : —

      O _Gracious God , who art kind to the unthankful and the evil , we humbly acknowledge that _we have not manifested a due sense of tbe numberless blessings , both spiritual nnd temporal , which ire and our fathers tiave received a * . Thy hands , and ofthe mighty deliverances which Thy power hath wrought fortius Church and Kingdom . Through our neglect of Thy ordinances , and misuse of Thy bounties , offences have been multi p lied in the laud , and in our prosperity we have not sufficiently honoured Thee , ic ., Ac . If this were a special prayer for princes ,

      priests , aristocrats , and usurers , I eould understand and appreciate the fitness of these words of seeming contrition ; hut in the subsequent portion of the prayer there is nothing to warrant this view ofthe Archbishop ' s production . I , there f ore , infer that it is meant to place the offences and _unthankfulness of the privileged orders to the account of the people . For my part I must respectfull y decline to take any share of so onerous a responsibility .

      In the course of these prayers I find onl y one sentence—or , rather , a portion of a sentence—which at first si ght seems to claim approbation ; it is the following words in italic : — " Make us duly sensible of Thy _merr " cies to this nation , in maintaining our do" mestic tranquillity , and in granting a plentiful " return to the labours of our husbandmen , that " we may show our thankfulness hy an earnest

      " endeavour to conform to Thy will , and to " advance Thy glory . " I say the words in italic might seem to claim approval , did not the reflection immediatel y follow , that it is rank hypocrisy for the privileged orders to pray for grace to -grant a plentiful return to the labours of their husdandraen , when every one is aware that there needs no " grace , " but their own will to he honest .

      Compare this canting appeal , to " Divine Providence" . with the fact that , at this very time , the wages of the agricultural labourers are undergoing a general reduction , to the sum of six and seven shillings weekl y . The " Standard" announces that , "inconsequence " of this shocking state of things , multitudes " of unhappy men arc flying from their _fami"lies . in order to avoid accompanying , them

      « 'to the workhouse , to witness their , death by " famine ; and that the most serious apprehen" siong of fire , and other outrages , in the course " of the winter , are entertained b y the _genti-y " and yeomanry . " Let tlie hypocrite 6 in high p laces reflect on that . Their sham may be turned into real prayers , should Captain Swing begin to " enlig hten their darkness . " As it _^ as in the past , so , it seems , it is to be in the future ; or , as Tomm y Moore would

      say , or sing : — " As long as minions shall bow down To ask of thousands for their own , And thousands coldly turn away And to the millions answer ' Nay !'So long He merry reign thiU be Of _Coploin Swi » i < 7 and his family . " A letter is now lying before me from Pymore , parish of Bradpolc near Bridport ,

      Lettelts To The Working Classes. Lxvii. ...

      Dorsetshire , in which the writer states that in consequence of corn being cheaper , ( mark that , ye Free Traders !) the farmerB are reducing wages in that part to seven , and six shillings weekly : " So that the " working man is thereby deprived of any " additional comfort from the abundant " supplies of God ' s Providence . " The writer of the said letter , seeing that tho people ' s _^ petitions to the Legislature are treated with disregard and contempt , suggests that the miilions should appoint a day for a general supplication to Heaven to stay

      the flood of poverty , demoralisation , and misery at present overwhelming the poor ; by , removing from this , and every other land , all avaricious oppressors , preparatory to their being consigued _, to their final penal settlement , & c , & c . Such a suggestion is certainly worthy of consideration . Will the QiJEEN , in council , appoint such a day , for such a purpose , 'Jby special command ? " Will "His Grace" of Cant-erbury prepare a set of prayers suitable for the occasion ? I doubt a response iu the . affirmative . But what if the people take their own affairs into their own hands , and appoint the day , and the service

      for the day , themselves ? The entire Proletarian people leaving their homes , of misery and workshop s of unrequited labour—abandoning the plough , the anvil , and the loom , to protest , in the sight of Heaven and earth , against the injustice , oppression , and hypocrisy of their taskmasters , would be a sight solemn and startling to the "Have-alls ;" their soldiery , police , and " specials" notwithstanding . The " Friends of Order '' would do well to ponder on the possibility of such a demonstration ofthe long outraged children of Lahour . England has hitherto escaped the hurricane-wrath of popular despair ; but what ofthe future ? The Rural Commissioner of

      the " Morning Chronicle" reports that Socialism is extending among the half-starved rustics of Devonshire ; and the "Manufacturing Commissioner ' mig ht , if he would , report that which I can vouch for—the _Bpvead of Red Republicanism in the industrial hives of the North . One special point in connexion with this day of thanksgiving must not pass unnoticed ;—the loss to a great number of the working classes of a day ' s wages , to the consequent injury of their families . George Bates , Grinder , near Sheffield , " writes to the

      " Times" that he is a labouring man with a sickl y wife and seven children , his wages fifteen shillings a week ; and that his employer stopping ¦ work on this day will be a loss to him ( tbo workman ) of . 2 s . b'd . Geobge Bates s case is that of tens of thousands of working men , who , consequentl y , are much more likel y to curse than to pray on this day of . thanksgiving . Mark , too , that the Queek , the Archbishop of Canterbury , and Lord John Russell do not forfeit a day ' s wages by their singing and praying . It appears to me that Her "Majesty , Her Majesty ' s Advisers , the Archbishop of _Cajjtekbuby , and the

      Bench of Bishops , when making an order for a national cessation from work , should have renounced a day ' s pay , and called upon the rich generall y to do the same , and appropriated the money thus set apart to compensate the poor for the loss which , under present circumstances , will render next Saturday evening anything but a time of thanksgiving . It may bo well for the powerful , the privileged , and the wealthy , to oiler up their p rayers and praise , for they have good reason to be grateful for having escaped the scourge of Cholera . Queen Victoria , Prince Albert , and those titled vermin

      " Who mskiag _m ( lie sunshine of » court , Fatten on its corruption , " have good cause to be glad that they are permitted to enjoy , for a few years longer , the " pomp , pride , and circumstance " paid for by the wretched artisan , and provided b y the breadless labourer . Ministers of State , Bishops and Archbishops , landed oligarch ' s , and money-gorged usurers , though _douhtles ? 9 , as good Christians , assured that the joys of Heaven are reserved for them , may , nevertheless—on the principle that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush—feel happy that they

      have been preserved to face , for a little longer , the troubles and trials of " this transitory state of existence . " But what cause have the poor to bo thankful ? Wh y should a Tower Hamlets slop-worker be thankful that his female child has escaped the pestilence , when he knows that if her life is spared for a few years , poverty , and the force of other infernal circumstances , will certainly doom that child to misery , prostitution , disease , and a premature , wretched death ? Let the Pharisees who have this day been proclaiming their own holiness , mark the following words of two—two only out of thousands—o f the victims of our social

      system : — No one knows the temptations of us poor girls in want . Gentlefolks can , never understand it . If I had been born a lady ; it wouldn't have been very hard to have acted like one . To be poor and to be honest , especially with young girts , is the hardest struggle of all . There isn't otic ill tl thousand that can get tlie better ofit I am ready to say again that it was want , and nothing more , that made me transgress . If I had been better p _» id , I would have done better . Young as I am , my life is a curse to me . _A-aother , a hard-working sober widow , says : —

      My wages will barely find me m food . I know that tlie low prices that are paid by the slopsellers makes women and girls prostitutes . I can answer for myself and many _beeide me ; and had I been better paid , been merely able to live by my labour , I should have still been an honest and virtuous woman . For three or four years after my husband ' s death I struggled on , and kept true to his memory ; but at last all my clothes were gone , and I was obliged to transgress .

      A father who , to save his daughter from being broug ht to such shame , should stab her to the heart , might be tried , aud even hanged for murder , in virtue of Parliament-made laws ; but , by the moral law , he would be acacquitted—nay , honoured as another Virgixius . Brother Proletarians , let the words of the poor girl above quoted , sink deep into your hearts : — " If I had been born a lady , it " wouldn't have heen hard to have acted like

      " one . " True i the vices of the poor are principall y to be charged to tho account of their position . Had Queen Victoria been exposed to the miseries and temptations of Bethnalgreen , she would , in all human probability , have shared the doom of the miserable creatures whose words I have transcribed from the "Morning Chronicle . " Our whole social (?) system is destructive of human happiness ; and , from its roots even to its summit , mustbrother Proletarians say with me , shall—be reformed .

      The monster mock-trial of our devoted brothers—the heroic patriots of the 13 th of June —terminated on Tuesday morning last . There was no defence—the tyrants prevented that . The advocates for the defendants , when about to prove that the constitu tion had been violated hy the conduct of the Government towards Eome , and that , therefore , insurrection was warranted—were stopped by the judges and not allowed to proceed . Thereupon , the advocates , proclaiming that their rights had been violated , retired from the court . The Jury acquitted eleven of the accused—the rest were condemned . The mockery was then " gone through of asking the condemned if they had anything to say ? The majority disdained

      any reply ; and the minority , who attempted to speak , were severally bullied by the Presidcutof the Court , _,-ind forced h y the gendarmes to cease speaking . The following sentences were then passed : —Suchet , Representative ; Maube , and Fraboulet de _Chalandar—Five Years' Imprisonment . CmmoN , _Akdre , Dufelix , Napoleon Lebon , Langlois , Pa a , Commissaire , Sergeant , and "Representative of the People ; Maigne , Representative ; Pilhes , Representative ; Fargin Fayollb , Representative ; Daniel Lamaziere ; Bach , Representative _; Vauthier ; Deville , Representative ; Gamb on , Representative ; Guinard , Colonel , National Guard ; and Schmitz , to be transported for life . On hearing

      Lettelts To The Working Classes. Lxvii. ...

      their sentence , all the prisoners rose , and cried —" Vive la Bepublique J ) emocrdtique et Sociale . ' " Unfortunate , yet most noble men . In the case of the brave and true-hearted Guinard I have to mourn over the sufferings of a personal friend ; but , indeed , for the whole of the martyrs my heart bleeds . Alas ! that I can only lament , not save thorn . It may he antici pated that Ledru-Rollin , and the rest of the accused not present , will be condemned and sentenced in their absence . But France will , ere long , reverse these sentences , and sternly judge the persecutors of hei true and noblo sons .

      Onthe Democrats of this metropolis I would impress the duty of making some manifestation of sympathy for the condemned Republicans ; Let the Fraternal Democrats take the initiative ; and let us on this side of the channel echo thc cry of our beloved brothers . — " Vive la Repullique Democratique et Sociule . " _L'AMIDUPEUPLE . November , 15 , 1849 . P _. S . I am glad to be able to announce that at the meeting of the Committee of tho Fraternal Democrats , last nig ht , it was resolved

      to convene a Public Meeting to manifest sympathy for the French patriots / The meeting will take place on Wednesday evening next , November 21 st , at the Famngdon Hall , King's Arms Yard , Snow Hill , City . A host of democratic leaders are expected to take part in the proceedings . Democrats of Loudon show your faith in the holy creed of fraternity by attending the meeting , and raising your voices in sympathy for your suffering brothers , and in condemnation of their traitorous and tyrannical persecutors . Saturday , November 17 th , 1849 .

      The Fraternal Democrats. The' Committee ...

      THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . The' committee assembled on Friday evening , Nov . Oth , at the' Institution , _John-stroet , Tottenham Court-road . John Fettie was called to tho chair , A number of new members wero enrolled , and subscriptions received . The following propositions were unanimously adopted : — " That a tract bo printed for distribution by , or before , the middle of December next . " " That the following be tho subject of the said tvact : ' The doctrine of Fraternity illustrated and defended against the misrepresentations of the enemies of

      human progression . . " That tract No . 1 , consist of four small octavo pages , ( similar to the Democratic Revieiv . ) Thc essay to be compressed within three pages of brevier type ; the fourth page to he dcrotcd to the objects and rules of the association . " " That tho members are hereby invited to forward essays to tbe secretary hy , or before , the 7 th of December ; and that tho committee be empowered to adopt any one of the essays exclusively , or portions of two 01 ' BAGSe . " The committee then adjourned .

      Labour's Wroncs-Adayofsupplicatioiy. To ...

      LABOUR'S _WRONCS-ADAYOFSUPPLICATIOiY . to the editor of the nobtners star . Sin , —The hand of the oppressor ia turning the screw , in this part of England , quite in character with the nature of thosystem under which we live . In consequence of _vrheatbein _^ somewhat , lower in price , the practice is now going on of reducing wages from seven shillings to six shillings per week , so thatthe working man is to derive no additional comfort from the abundant supplies of God ' s Providence ; but is to be screwed down to the same starvation point as when com was higher in price , in consequence of its heing deemed more scarce ? This practice is not confined to the farmer alone ; but the manufacturer in some instances , is adopting the same tricks .

      Sow petitioning the rulers upon this , or any other subject , is a mere waste of time : as I have long observed with insulted feelings , that the prayers and complaints of tbe working unenfranchised people ol this country , have been not only treated with disregard , but with contempt by the " powers that be ; " consequently for some time past I have suppressed an inclination to offer a suggestion to the toiling slaves of our country , touching the appointment of some day for the especial purpose of supplicating our Heavenly Father to stay the flood of poverty , demoralisation , misery , and death—more calamitous than the cholera itself , though apparently not so alarming , because more slow in its progress , The simultaneous

      petition should he , that tie will he pleased , in his infinite wisdom , to turn the hearts of avaricious oppressors in this and every other land . Perhaps somo who have not weighed this subject may be startled at the idea , but I bee to remind them that tho existence of such horrid misery is not pleasing to God ; read Jeremiah IX ., 2 iv ., " I am the Lord , which exercise loving kindness , judgment , and righteousness in the earth ; for in those things I delight , " saith thc Lord , Thc complaints uttered against oppression , which causo the people to err from rectitude ; and the threat of entering into judgment with those who grind the faces of the poor , eat up the produce of tlie vineyards , and spoil the comforts of tlieir dwellings , ( Isaiah IIL _, 12 to IP .,, 1 ' < With _thn _nCDK . _mn _^ _n + l . r . _( - _Hr . A ... III _„™ , _„ nnn ,. _lldomiiuvb bJIbU _DlUWilibllUU

      V ' _)/ " . UV _. _UUU to iuogment , and b _* a swift witness against those that oppress the hireling in his wages , esc . " 'Mai ., III ., 5 v . ) " Together with theawfulmiseriesawaiting those who are charged with keeping back by fraud the hire of the labourers , Ac , " ( see Jahies V ., ) To my mind is abundant evidence that God wills not such oppression and ruinous injustice . It is when tho " cries of tlie labourer enter into the ears of die Lord of sabaoth , that we may expect deliverance . Christ , thc friend of human _kind , has _sup-gested this mode of adoption , by reference to the unjust judge , " ( _Lulfo XVIII ., 7 to 8 v . ) And shall not God avenge his own people who cry unto him ? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily . I am , sir , yours respectfully , W . Loveless . Pymore , parish of Bradpole , near Bridport , Dorsetshire , Nov . 11 th , 1849 .

      The Day Of Thanksgiving. To The Editor O...

      THE DAY OF THANKSGIVING . TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES . Sir , —I am a labouring man with a sickly wife and seven children , and I earn lm . per week wages . My master has just been telling- me that next Thursday is to be ft day of general thanksgiving , and his place of business is to be closed ; consequently I lose my wages of 2 s . 6 d . for that day . He says it is the wish of our Queen that we should keep this day holy , as recommended by the Privy Council ; so I suppose I mu 6 t , and let my poor children go without their dinners , which will be both a fast and _thanksfi-iviiii T day for us : but , Sir , I wish the Privy

      Council would at the same timo have . recommended that masters should not be particular ' as to Stooping the day ' s wages of such men as we . You Know winter is coming on , and Christmas will soon be here , when another half-crown goes for Ciiristmasday . I do not wish' you to publish this letter , as I am no scholar , and am not fit to appear in your paper ; but I know a paragraph in your paper towards aiding tlie poor man will do more than a great many petitions ; and I am sure there are thousands such as we who will have to go dinnerless on that day . 1 am , Sir , yours , George Bates , Nov . 8 Grinder , near Sheffield .

      Thanksgiving Day. Thcbbdat, November 15t...

      THANKSGIVING DAY . Thcbbdat _, November 15 th . —This day , according to the proclamation issued hy her Majesty , was Strictly observed as a day of humiliation and prayer , and business was entirely suspended . Every shop was closed , and the day appeared similar to our Sabbath . Sermons were preached in all the parish churches and chapels , after which the congregations responded cheerfully by giving alms in aid of the various necessitous charities . A very eloquent and impressive sermon was delivered by the Bishop of London in St . Paul ' s , tin s morning , at eleven o ' clock , in the presence of the Right lion _, the Lord Mayor , Mr . Sheriff Kicoll , and a numerous and highly respectable congregation . The River presented an unusually quiet appearance , in consequence of very little work being done upon it , and very few craft were to be seen . In fact , less work was performed on the Thames this day than on any Sunday . —Globe .

      Damage To Tub Cockles.—The Lovers Of Coc...

      Damage to tub Cockles . —The lovers of cockles or cockle sauce will regret to learn , through the medium of the Carlisle Journal , that the recent heavy rains in tho nei _ghbourhood of _UiverMon have proved exceedingly destructive to tho cockles upon the sands in _Morecambc-bay , and along the cost . In the sand-banks formed in consequence of tho erection o f the new weir above the Ulverston canal , millions of young cockles were growing to maturity ; but through the sands having been washed away by the floods , the fresh water has reaohod the fish and destroyed them by wholesale . _Tbetotjiism _Fonmns a man to touch anything that can intoxicate—except a pretty girls lips . You may taste that article , after signing tho pledge , if you'll only do itdiscreetly and with moderation . A Hard Crust . —It has heen ascertained that thc solid crust of the earth at present cannot be less than 800 or 1000 miles thick .

      Latest Pokeiga" News. C0sdehsat1ov Of Le...

      LATEST _POKEIGA" NEWS . C 0 SDEHSAT _1 OV OF LEDniJ nOIAIH . PARIS , Tjiubsday Evening . —Judgment was gi venr par contumace , to-day at Versailles against tho absent participators in the _insurreetioh of the 13 th of June last . Tho whole ol the prisoners , Jardi _^ OB , Buverdier , _Coaur de Roy , There , Jules _Luchevallier , Cb . Delecluze , Ribeyrolles , Servient , Gongeon _, ' Morel , Madier de Mont ) au jeune , _Teasier-Dumothay , Lcdru Rollin , Victor Considerant , Boichot , Rattier , Beyer , Pflieger , Avril , Martin Bernard , Koenig , Rongcot _Jfenatid , Landolphe , Eofer , Kopp , Anstett , Rolland , _Cnniaurel , Heitzmann , Jannot , Felix Pyat , Kersausie , Villain , Etienne Arago , and Perrier have been sentenced to transportation for life .

      The following appears in the democratic Socialist journals : — . „ „ .. " Conciergene of Versailles , Nov . 14 . " Citizen Editor , —The judgment of the High Court of Versailles belongs to history . It will judge it impartially ; but , that it may be able to " decide , tho facts must bo exactly known . It is said in the judgment , — ' After hearing the advocates of tbe accused . "When the President pronounced those words all the prisoners declared that there had been no defence . It is true that , contrary to our expectation , some advocates of the bar of Versailles consented to take their seats on the benches of the defence ; but , on the ono hand , these advocates , in accepting a responsibility of which they -will alone bear the weight , declared that they only

      appeared to obey the requisition ofthe High Court , and then none of them would speak ; and , on the other hand , tlieir presence on the benches of the defence was formally disavowed by Citizen Deville ,. one of the accused , in the name of all . It is , then , incorrect for the judgment to say , ' After hearing the advocates ofthe accused . ' None of them spoke ; they could not speak , the privilege having been interdicted . V . c havo been condemned without being heard . Guinard , Langlois , Maigne , Daniel Lamaziercs , Monbet , Suchet , Lebon , Vauthier , Becb , Dufelix , Fraboulet dc Chalandar , Commissa iro , Schmitz , Paya , Chipron , Andre

      Pasquet , Gambon , Fargin Fayolle , Deville . SWITZERLAND . —News having been received that in the elections of Geneva the radicals have carried the day , most ofthe Catholics having voted against the conservatives . TURKEY . — Constantinople , Nov . 1 . —The British fleet is at present at anchor at Besica Bay , and will remain there till the arrival of the courier from St . Petcrsburgh with the reply ofthe emperor to the communication of Fuad Effendi , the envoy of the Sultan . Should the rep ly of the Czar be of a hostile nature , the fleet will proceed to Constantinople . The naval force at Besiac Bay consists of thc Caledonia , Queen , Howe , Bcllerophon , Prince Regent , and the Rosamond steamer .

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      Thames.—A "Ffira Of Mahy Husbands.— Samu...

      _THAMES . —A _"ffira of Mahy Husbands . — Samuel Daley appeared to answer a parish charge of deserting his wife Jane , preferred hy Mr . Job-Warren , relieving officer of Limehouse . Mr . Pelham appeared for thc defence . —Evidence of tho marriage of the defendant with Jane Havens , widow , thirty-three years of age , at St . Catherine ' s Crce Church , on the 22 nd of April , 1839 , being given by John Smith , and corroborated by Catherine Mason , who assisted him on the occasion , and who understood that four children were tho issue of that -marriage . —Mr . Pelham said it would now bo for him to show that the woman ' s first husband , William Wilkins , was alive when she intermarried

      with tho defendant . —Daley : Yes , and it can be shown that in the meantime she married her second husband ( Havens , ) before marrying mc—Ml ' . W . Baldwin , a clerk out of employment , produced an extract from the marriage registries of Little Trimley , Middlesex , showing the marriage of Jane Robson , spinster , the woman ' s maiden name , to W . Wilkins , bachelor . Wilkinswasaboutfifty years oldatthe time , and the marriage took place twenty years ago . — Samuel _Bavvi'iW , \ _iao _vias _descvibed by Mr . Pelham as an unwilling witness , said he knew W . Wilkins , in London , twenty-five or twenty-six years since , when he lived with the female present , who went by his name . About eleven or twelve years since he 8 aw Wilkins in Jamaicn , where he was a pilot _.

      or harbour-master . He was a short _dark-com _plexioned man , —Captain Thomas Booth , master of the Planet , knew a person named Wilkins , as harbour-master at Jamaica . He was short , dark , and about seventy years of age . Witness knew him fifteen years in that capacity , and saw him in July last . —Mr . _fardley : That completes the case . Barwell saw thc man Wilkins in 1839 , when the marriage with the defendant took place , and he was seen by the last witness in July , so that Daley gets rid of his' wife . ( Laughter . )—Mrs . Daley : And I of my husband . ( Renewed laughter . ) But I suppose he'll support his own son . — Mr _Yavdley ; He ought to do so . —Defendant : I am perfectly willing . —Mr . Yavdley . Though not legally , you ave morally bound ; . as to tho woman , her husband has been so long absent that she is not responsible for any offence in this marriage . —

      Mr . Pelham : Thi 3 is a new version of the Comedp of Errors . I understand Wilkins has married again in Jamaica . ( Laughter . ) —Mrs . Wilkins : It is shameful in yon , Daley ; to desert mc after wc have been together for ten years . You are an unmanly fellow . —Daley : It was your shameful conduct compelled me to do so . —Mr . Yardley : I have done with the case . It is dismissed . —Mrs Wilkins , who , by the way , though the wife of three husbands , appears never to have possessed much personal attractions , here cooly exclaimed , I suppose then I am at liberty to marry again . ( Roars of laughter . ) —Mr . Yardley ; Oh , no . There is now evidence of your first husband being alive , and you will he indicted for bigamy . ( Laughter . )—Mrs . Wilkins ; But I have a person here to prove that Wilkinson has been dead eighteen months . One of the witnesses was false . —Mr . Pelham : You mistake , my good woman . We could , if necessary , bring eviaence from the Colonial office . The summons was

      then dismissed , and Mrs . Wilkins left the court , evidently much chagrined at being shut out from the prospect of having another husband . clerkenwell . — Assault . —Oa Wednesday , Henry DeJaney , a man of gentlemanly appearance , was placed at the bar before Mr . Combe , charged with having violently assaulted Mrs . Jane Ross , the wife of a respectable tradesman , residing in North-street , Gray ' s Inn-road , by which her life is in danger . —The prisoner was described in the police-sheet , as a civil engineer , of No . 14 , Upper North-street , Gray ' s Inn-road . It appeared from _, theevidence of Mr . Rose , the husband ofthe injured woman , that on Tuesday ni g ht last , about nine o ' clock , he was walking with liis wife along Gray ' s

      Inn-road , when he had occasion to leave her for a short time , and on his return he found that during his temporary absence she had been violently assaulted by the prisoner . She had followed him across the road , when he took refuge in the house No . H , Upper North-street , where they remained until he came out , and tbey gave him into custody , 11 is wife had since been confined to her bed with an injury on her spine . She was six months advanced in a state of pregnancy , and a premature labour was anticipated in consequence of the injury sho had received . He produced a certificate ' fr m the surgeon who attended , which confirmed this statement—Ml' . Combo asked the prisoner what ho had to say to the charge ?—The prisoner denied the

      charge of having assaulted the lady . He was walking with his friend , _Mri Morgan Joseph Morton ,, who slipped , and pushed him against her , whenshe fell down . Sho afterwards followed them , and he entered his brother ' s residence , iu Upper North-street , and on leaving there she gave him into custody . At the station-house he gave the residence of his brother , but he resided at 12 , Cumming-street , Pentonville . —Mr . Combe : Pray what are you?—Prisoner : I am in tho employ of Mr . Austin , engineer , of Nottinghill . —Mr . Combe ; Then you admit having been pushed against her by your friend ?—Mr . Morton , who was sitting at the solicitor ' s table near the prisoner , interfered , and said he would give

      evidence m the caBe . —Mr , Combe : Pray what areyou?—Mr . Morton ; A civil engineer , of 16 , Hanover-street , Islington . —Mr . Combe told him the less he said upon the subject the better . The prisoner sad that he ( Mr . Morton ) had pushed him against Mrs . Rose ; if she should happen to die , they might both be indicted for murder or manslaughter . —Mr . Rose : I have seen the surgeon this morning . He says that my wife is in great danger . She cannot turn herself in bed . —Prisoner : I never touched thewoman . —Mr . Combe inquired whether the gentleman was sober , and what the prisoner said- - when the charge was taken in the Station-house . — —Sergeant Dyer , E , said the whole of the partywere perfectly sober . The prisoner said he pushed her . Mrs . Rose immediately replied , " No , you did not ; you struck me wiih your fist in the back . " ' She said she followed him across the road , when the prisoner entered the house 14 , Upper

      Northstreet , and she waited till he came out , and gave him in charge . She said to him , " Why did you strike me ? " He said , " I did uothing to you . "Mr , MortOJ ) again said he could give evidence ... * Mr . Combe gave him a caution , saying that ' be would allow bim to be sworn eonditionallv . ]) ' the woman happened to die , and a coroner ' s ' urv should return a verdict of murder or _manslaughter he ( Mr . Morton ) would be included in tho _charge " and what he said would be used against him — Mr . Morton was then silent .-Mr . Coombo said that alter the evidence he had heard , coupled with the surgeon s certificate , he questioned whether he should be warranted in liberating thc prisoner on bail . He eventuall y ordered him to procure baiL two sureties m £ S 0 ench , and himself in £ 100 , toappear at the Court on a future day to answer tha charge against him , when the fate of the woman should be known . ~ The prisoner was then locked up for the production of tho required sureties .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 17, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_17111849/page/5/