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TUE TARNOW MASSACRES . j -THE INFAMOUS AUSTRIAN DESPOTISM . ( From the Times of July 10 , 1816 . ) The obscurity which has for some time buns ; over the causes ofthe late insurrection in Poland and the _jjrocrous roassacres in Gallicia bas at length been _ojspeiled by more _accurateand _autbeuticMormation _gom that unhappy country . Ths ill-advised attemp ts made by a portion ofthe German _press to palliate the conduct of tue Austrian Government , and ihe credit -flinch vras erroneously attached to those exp lanations in that country , "h ave called forth an indignant denial and an accumulation of irrefragable proois from the _viet ' _TOs of these _dis-asters , Such an apnea ! to the public opinion of Europe cannot be
made in vara . An opportunity fortunately presented itself before the prorogation ofthe French Ghambers to enable Count Moxtalembert to lay before the world these astonishing tacts and _reTolting practices . H e pleaded their cause with more than his wonted eloquence and energy , not only in tbe name of ontraged humanity , bnt as a matter of the deepest moment toall the Powers which signed the treaty of Vienna . __ France and _England were parties not only to the original contract which restored tbe balance of power in Europe , but to every one of the stipulations which provided for the independence and neutrality of Cracow , and for the maintenance of certain rights in all the ancient provinces of Poland . The protecting Powers , as tbey are termed , _havenorights which they do not derive from treaties to which we
are parties ; and If ifc be irae that a peremptory refusal is the only answer which has been returned to the just claim of England and France to take part in theconference held at Berlin with _reference to the late _disturbances in Poland , that refusal is a violation of an established right , and a , precedent which we may hereafter use as we think fit elsewhere . In the heart ef those great monarchies the inflEence of the plenipotentiaries of tlie western _Pdwcts could , however , only be indirect : bnt that whicb is moat direct and most important is tbe publicity we can give to the "vices and the fatal _consequences of tbe policy pursued towards _theseprovinces : and it signifies less -to what clandestine conclaves and secret expedients tbey may resort , since sooner or later we shall expose tlieir . motives and judge their actions in the face of the world .
The narrative of Count Mostalembeet—to the accuracy of whicb he pledged himself , and which was met by no contradiction or expression -of doubt hy those-who are best informed ofthe truth—produced _, as it deserved to do , the deepest impression on the Chamber of Peers . He told them , that the insnrrec tionat Cracow of lhe 20 th February _^ which bad been represented and treated as a formidable rebellion , was , in fact , a mere riot , —which the Austrian parrison eould , and did , put down without difficulty and bloodshed . Three days after this disturbance General Collin _thongbbSt , without anv fresh attack or alarm , to evacuate the city with all his forces and tbe militia , leaving it in the bands of the populace . A ¦ provisional Government was then established , which
satisfactorily protected the lives and-properry of the -inhabitants . Meanwhile , however , the lives anS-property of the inhabitants ofthe adjacent province of Gallicia were -exposed to the most horrible excesses of the _peasantry . In the circles of Tarnow and * -Bochnia nearly -all the landholders and gentry of the Country WOTS -assassinated by their own tenants-or by the banditti , whieh were-Econring the country , unrepressed if not encouraged , by the Government . In the -circle of Tarnow " alone 1 , 418 nobles or landholders were murdered . Their names are accurately known ; and iae hideous details of this butchery have reached us . Eight landowners only in the whole country nave survived . -In many instances these unfortunate gentlemen were most conspicuous for their _Tirtues and their enlightened interest in their dependents . Count _Kotahski had been known for 20 years
as the " father of the peasants ; " they allowed bin : four hours to prepare for death , arid-shot him withe _, barbarity which _is aggravated by this sanguinary deliberation . Seventy-two priests'fell in thisma ==-sacre . Of the family of a gentleman named _"Boocsz . sixteen members were butchered , "including his aged iatherand the ladie 3 and young children . He himself escaped by a miracle , and a memorial -whieh he addressed to the Goart of Vienna , -containing all the ; particulars of _tkes & _atrocities _, found-its way into tlie -French papers , lie demanded the punishment of the assassins of bis race ; he remained in the conn try to mark them dewir ; from Vienna-he was told that it-was a mark of-disloyalty to ti « # -r _mourning on such an occasion , but that he should have redress : no re dress came , and _iie- _* ras himself murdered within the last three weeks hy the same _monsters-tfho had already extirpated Ms kindred ! : |
Up to this very time no measures-whatever have been taken by " the Austrian Goversaient for the punishment of _thase assassins . The prisons are ful J , - notcf those bloodthirsty Pandours , bet of their _sutvivicg victims . That is the only protection afibrded to tha disarmed arid _afdicted nsbilitj—they are arrested as suspected persons . In Tarnow there are 800 _orpJtsns , whose parents have _failea - r-. _SOO of whom are tco young to know who their parents were . Yet , we repeat , the law remains without Jbrce ; these crimes remained _unpunished ; and the ' _-EMPEROB has publicly thanked bis faithful _subjects for the zeal _witiusrbich they have erushed _theeneinies ofthe Go-Ternment _, —bymeanswhichno _Govenuneat , save the _itatiox-al Convention-of . _Fiance , ever-before dared to recognise or employ .
Thejfact that rewards were offered -and paid by the authorities in iie . provinee for the nobles , dead or alive , who might be supposed by thepeasants to have cocspired against tbe Govern meat _is . nsw ascertained to be true in spite ofthe attempted _.-denialof it . A men named _Berjsl , the provincial officer at Tarnow , and Borrdl , provincial officer . _imBnchnia , paid _ifstta florins , thea . five florins , and lastly , one florin eaeh . for the corpses of the nobles brought in by the peasants . The rewards promised -forttie apprehension of suspected persons alive were , _equally paid vflien _. lihej "were brought in dead . But so far is the Austrian Government -fivm _disavowins these "horrors , that not one of _thcanthorsoftheai has beeu removed from office or punished ; and Baron _Kbieg , to whose eie-arable maxims of government in-Gallicia we some time ago _attribut-ed-ibe violent _JH-etilitie _& e . isting between the nobles and . the peasants , has just _received the broad riband ofthe Order of _LnoroLD" !
Snch are the facts whieh -Count _Mostaleubbp . has now made . _pnldic . They are amply corrobomtcd hy all the Information which has reached ns . and it cannot be _doubted tbat if such statements -were false , they mast have heen disproved . But they are oniversaliy believed in Germany , they are proclaimed in France , and they will excite a no ! e * s profound disgust ar . d indignation in this country . Does the Cabinet of Vienna suppose that a Government which relies on such expedients , and produces such-results , can esc & _je thc most _severe retribution at feme , and the sternest censure of _foreign nations * To govern i _^ ountry by fomenting the direct hostility ofthe two great classes . of society , to set the peasant against ilie lord , to _incite labour to
declare war on capital , and to call in the assistance of the worst popular passions , because the aristocracy are supposed to cherish hopes of preserving that Spirit- of independence wlach was once their glory , and is still ihc-ir right , is a perversion of the most simple notions ot justice aad good sense , lt is to promote revolution by authority ; to proclaim what M _ Villemain . called an official jacquerie ; to stain tbe robe of the Cassars with such blood as has not been shed in Europe since the 2 d and 3 d of September , l _* _* _-93 Jat the gales of the Ahbaye . How , ask we , who are united to Austria by so many ties of interest and tradition , who are so disposed to assist , as far as we are able , in the maintenance of her just ,
influence in Europe , and even to bear our part in the _dangei-s which threaten her lrom without—how are we to uphold a Government which docs not indignantly repel such charges as these aud exert every portion of its authority to put an end t > such horrors , to punish the guilty , aud to oifer whatever redress can be offered to the miserable survivors of so many desolate houses ! Justice will have her inexorable coarse ; and if the hands to whom her powers are intrusted in the Austrian empire are too weak to punish the most odious offences , the whole fabric ofthe state will be shaken and dissolved by the disorder which has broken ont with sueh appalling symptoms in some of the provinces .
Atrocities At Madagascar. The Democratic...
ATROCITIES AT MADAGASCAR . The Democratic Pacific ( Paris Fourierist print ) _irabUshes a long extract from a letter , giving a _liorrihie account of the _atrocities committed at Madagascar by the Ilovas upon an English soldier , whom they had captured . After describing a feast by the lluvas chiefs , at the establishment of a French traitmr _, who . with another trafteur ofthe same nation , are ( Stated to have exulted in the victory of tbe Ilovas over the British and Freuch expedition against Madagascar , and giving an account of the disgusting mutilations of thc bodies of the slain , the writer says : — Whilst this debauch was going on ( two days after our defeat ) word was brought that an Englishman had just
come out of lis brushwood , imploring that his life might ba spared . It appears that during the fight an unfortunate Rounded English soldier had crept into the bushed , and remained concealed , a melancholy witness of the mutilations Inflicted upon his comrades . Forforly-eSght hours he bore the pangs ot his wound , and c / hungar aiid thirst , hat being unable to bear np louger he came from his _hiding place , and , _advancing towards the novas , * _Loired his wound , _delivered np his _nlushet , and entreated them to give him a little water . The chief _Uassotuna , without deranging himself from the banquet , * ent to the _governor for orders . _Bazakafidy , the governor , desired that tha man might be put to death .
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_itre were at his table _several Frenchmen , who did not en open their mouths to ask for the life bf this poor _lglishman , - who had _Tiravely fought by the side of our nntrjmen . ' Yon will think , perhaps , that thia unfornate man was killed with a stroke ofthe savage . Thc ovas have a different mode of taking _vengeance on a skrmed enemy . They stripped him naked , and then ra or six officers , with their knives , and in the midst of ie circle which had been formed , began pricking him , i tLe tenderest parts bf his body . The soldier who _wsb ( tended on the ground , rose , as by an effort of heroism ad received thtir thrusts standing . At this time there ere no less than five or six bleeding wounds of thc agaye , which _h-shad received in battle , and the blood trcained from the new wounds inflicted b y his assailants .
Hia taw . was of a vivid paleness , but it wove an air of contempt for his butchers . The Hovas , whilst these hofrors _wtre proceeding , set up shouts uf triumph . Seeing that thc Englishman defied their blows , these monsters laid sold of liim and began to tear out the nails of his hands and feet . He bore even this bravely Ur a lime , but at length sunk to the ground exhausted and closed his eyes . The Uoras then cut off his fingers and different portions of his flesh , after whicli they proceeded to the last and most cruel operation . Having done this they stabbed him to the heart and cut off his head . Finally they put into their mouths portions of the flesh , removed by the horrible operation which preceded the _crowds _otoc _« , and went off iriumphanUy to fix the head on a stake .
\S0ther Terrible Calamity L\ Quebec, Fea...
\ S 0 THER TERRIBLE CALAMITY L \ QUEBEC , FEARFUL LOSS OF LIFE , Ac . ( From the Quebec Mercury , June 13 . ) Last night , at ten o ' clock , a fire broke out in the Theatre Royal , St , Lewis-Street ( formerly the Ruling School ) , at the close of Mr . Harrison ' s exhibition ofhis Chemical Dioramas . From the information we bave been able to glean , a canipiue lamp was overset , from some cause or other , and the stage at once "became enveloped in flames . The house had been densely crowded , but some had fortunately left before the accident . A rush was at once made to the -staircase leading from the
boxes , by those who , in the excitement of the moment , forgot the other passages of-egress . In an incredibly short space of time the whole of the interior ofthe building was enveloped in * one sheet of flame—the newlyerected platform covering the pit , aud " communicating at each end with the stage and boxes , _favourt-dtlie progress of the "lames . The _writer-of this article was one of the _earnest on the spot , and present at the closing moments of tbe hapless beir-gs who _perished'ftoin-fb ' eir over-exertions to escape . The-staircase comnranicating with the boxes was a steep-one , an £ we are of opinion it had fallen from the weight of those -who crowded upoE it . At least seen was our opinion at _= tbe moment .
"One foot was interposed- "between the & aplese crowd and eternity I and on That " space we , -with five or six others stood , the fierce flames olaj'itjg _^ around us , and the df nse smoke _repeUibg all efforts at _Metrication . As € » r back as we could-see there was a ' sea of heads , of writhing bodies and out-stretched arms . Noise tbere * was none—but few moans ' escaped " -the doomed . Atthe extreme end in view there -were faces-oalm and resignedpersons , who , from the funereal veil of smoke which gradually enshrouded ¦ them , appeared calmly to drop into eternal sleep , _By-eur side -was one brother _striving to extricate anotter , but _uhacdonment was unavoidable . One poor creature at Oltr feet © _ifcrsil bis _entire-tvordly wealth for his rescue ; the agonising expression of the faces before ns-can never fee effaced from our-memory .
Th _« flames at _ithc ' _i time . wereaboveaHd around us—but human aid was-of no avail—in-five minutes from the time of which we make--mention , the mass'Of hwnan beings who had but a short interval previous been-in the enjoyment of a frill and active life , _were-eaposedto onr view a mess of catsiued banes . Up tothishouc _, forty-six bodies have "been removed from the rains ! Most of them have been recognised—a _^ _jreater lossef life than in the two dread ccroflagrations - of last summer . -Sad wailing pervades the city , _-Scurcdy a stiett _^ ean be _trarersed in which the closed shutter or the hanging crape do not betoken a- sudden bereavement . Fathers , sisters children of both sexes , indulge ia the deepest lamentation Th » following is the latest-list of the-suffercrs : — Horatio Carwell , dry goods merchant—Horatio , aged _^ _fi , and Ann , aged 4 , his children .- ' _-3 oseph Tardif _, aud Olivia
: _IFicet , his wife . Sarah Darah _, wife " of-Jchn Calvin , I carter . James Oleary , aged 22 , apprentice to his bro-! ther John ; -plasterer , St . Rochs—Mary O _' Leary _, aged Hi , : his sister . J . J . _Sinse , Esq ..,- druggist—Rebecca , aged f 23 , and _Kennith , aged . 13 , his children . Mary O'Brien . I aged 26 , wife of John Lilly , tailor . Jean Bte . Yexina _, ; aged 30 . Haria Louise _Levalea _^ vife of Roland M'Uonald , ! editor-of tiie Canadlsn . Eugenie _U'Donald , wife of lligo-! hertAuga ? , m «<;\ v . urt . EdwacdR . _Hoogs , book-keeper , Mnntreal'Sank—John , _agedS , « nd Edward , - _-aged <* , W 6 _i children . Thomas C . tHarrison _, aged 21 , _thim-Hamilton _, 1 C . AY ., brother to the owner _ofsthe Diorama , Harriet i Glackmeyer , wife of T . F . Molt , aged _45-rS-reilerick , - 5 aged 19 ,. AdolpliiiE , aged : 12 , aad her children . Heleil ; Mnrpby , an orphan , aged 20 . i-Emeline "Worth , aged 9 _;'
' _daughter of Edward _^ Worth , _-Montreal , sister-in-law of 1 Mr . A . Lenfest / , grocer , and of this city . Flavien Sauva-I geau , aged 14 , son of Mr . _Chas . _Sauvageau ,-musician . I Elizabeth Lin'lsay , aged 53 , wife of Mr . T . Atkins , clerk , lof Upper Town Market His-son Richard , aged . 27 . Stewart Scott , Esq ., clerk of the Court of Appeals ; and Jane _. Msdaughter . _Jlrs . John-Gibb , widow , and Jane , dier daughter . _Artbun"Lane rson of Mr . _ElishiuLane , of the firm of-Gibb , Lane _^ nd Co . .. "Marianne Srawn _, aged _^ 25 . schoolmistress , at Wood and * 3 ray * s Core . Joseph ilarcoux , baliff , Colin _E-jss , aged : 26 years , _platitsrer , a _native of Inverness , Scotland , and Agues Blaek _^ ais wife , aged 18 , _daughter of widow Black , of Montreal . Isaac _jDsvlin , watchwaher . Lower Town . John Berry , from . Aberdeen , _late in the enif loy of Mes « rs . W . Price and Co ., _. _amvedfa Quebec , from Chicoutimie , on the 3 tliinst . A letter was found on his person , front his brother ,. "James _32 erry , instructing him to address ham— _"James-Eerry , gardener and riddle-maker , _Norths Broad-ford , Aberdeen . Aaae Taffe . late servant -arith— "Decholm , Esq ., ; _Capa .
John Smith Kara , son of-Mr .. John . Kara , tinsmith , of tiiccity . Mr-John Whealley , stationer , Lower Town . Julia Hoy , daughter of Assistant _CommissaTiat General Eoy . P . S . — " 4 o ' clock "—4 C . bodies have been recovered . All but two have been recognised . Mile . Emilie Foncy , _auntofiliss Poncyof theLower _iTown , is missing ; _thereniains of a body said to he a female are supposed to beher ' s . Tbe second is a ilr . il'Keogh , ofAlulbul ? _, a _scheolmastcr , who was in the . theatre in company . with Miss Foncy . We may here remark , that Mr . Sy ine _» has _inposeessiun the -several effects taken from the bodies , and _fouad near thein . We cannot Jefrain from expressing a passing meed of praise upoc . the unweared labours of tbe Mayor , the military , thepulice magistrates , and the police foice , and the several fire _coajpanies . Nor can we orait a deserved tribute to tin-indefatigable Mr , R , Symes , who since -daj light this morning , h _* £ been present at the scene of the disaster , _superintending the _recovering and removal ofthe dead bodies , < K _* c . The theatre , and stables adjoining , * _ve should aid , were burnt lo _tbe-gseand .
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DREADFUL RAHiWAY _ACCZDEK _7 IN FKA 27 GE . A notice of this _friiihtfal accident appeared -fa our latest edition of Saturday last , the following additional particalaisare froia the French journals ;—A sad calamity touk place on _Wednesday last , op the _Northern Railway . The train , which left Park at seven ia the morning , drawn by two locomotives , had passed the Arras station , when , on arriring opposite the village of Famponx , the second machine aud its tender went off the rails . The leading carriages remained in their places , but 12 or 14 _carriages of the middle of the train went off the way , and five or six were precipitated down tlie bank iutoa piece of marshy ground below . The accident took place at about half-past three o ' clock ic the afternoon . The number killed is said to be about eleven , of wham two
were conductors , two soldiers , a physician , a country ma n , three women , and two boys , of from six to « ight years of age . The number of persons wounded is , according to one account , fire , and to another fifteen . Two trains from Arras and Douai , soon brought to the spot three medical men , the Frocnreur dn _itoi , and ilayor of Arras , and the chiefs of the stations of that town and of Duuai . The cause of the accident is not yet known . The National gives the following * account : — The train consisted of twenty-four carriages , and wa drawn by two locomotive *! . At five minutes past thrt the train was in front ofthe village of _Fampoux and near Iteur , where there is an embankment near a deep lake over a peat bog . At this point the rails were either disjoined , or displaced , or broken . The first locomotive ,
however , got over them , but the second entered the sand without going completely off the rails . The -violence of the shock , from this sudden stoppage , was such that the Chain which united the carriages to each other was snapped like glass , not precisely close to the locomotive , but at the fifth or sixth carriage . The carriages thus detached were thrown into the marsh . Thc first were literally broken to pieces , _otbeiB were upset and _lubmerged , Sine carriages lying on the embankment , where they had stoppedafter the fiwt impulsion had ceased . Nobody can know exactly the number of passengers killed or drowned . The water is very deep at this spot . The company adreits that eleven bodies have been removed . The Liberal of Douai stares that number to be twenty . As to the number of wounded , one account gives fifteen . At Donai and Arras , however , itwas said that fifty persons had been wounded , which is not impossible , as fifteen cirriageg ran off the rails , and we may suppose that most
of the passengers in them received more or less injury . It is impossible to conceive the alarm and anxiety that were felt at the different stations towards Belgium atthe nrn-arrival of the train . The delay was the subject of _gaieral conversation of the crowd who had asembled at ttiestatious . When the report ofthe accident had spread ther j wasa concert of imprecations against the company . It waa said tbat they wre not provided with materiel , that their i > er * _jnael was without experience , and that the whole _serricehad been carried on in a shameful manner . It was added that in many parte of the line it was easy to see that the earth had sunk , and the directors were bitterly reproached for having opened the line withoutbave . ing taken proper precautions for the Safety Ofthe public _. So great indeed was thc indignation that it was found necessary to order the troops at Arrai , Douai , and _Valenciennes to enter the different stations to prevent _aeriou * cisturbance . Carriages had been sent for to Douai , but
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there were none there , and it was found necessary to ' borrow from Valenciennes those belonging to Belgium . "When it was known that lineii , lint , and surgical instruments had also been sent for , the emotion became general . General Oudinot and his wife were in the train , _butquitii at the end , in their private _carriase , and they experienced no injury . It is said tbat one of their men servants was precipitated into the water , and saved himself by swimming . M . Lestiboudois , the deputy for Lille , was in one of the submerged wngpons , but he saved himself by swimming , and had only his wrist put out of joint ,
The Northern Railway Company have published a report , ' in which they say i—Wc have now to deplore thirteen known deaths . The following are the names that we have been able to obtain : —Madame Dcmeldes , _Arunmtiers ; Marie Flamond , of Bouchaiii " Mile . Lcguay , of , Famponx ; Dr , Lecompte , of Isselle ; Bourgeois and _Dcguen , soldiers ; and Tabarv and Picard _, two boys . Wounded—Madame _Ticard , of Montalaire , shoulder broken and contusions on head ; Mme . Braine , wife of a notary of Arras , contusions ; tbe aide-de-camp of General Oudinot ( since dead ); M , _Deguy , chef d _' escadron , setlouslv wounded ; an Englishman and his wife , at the Uotel de Flandrc , at Douai , the husband in the arm , tbe wife contusions ; M . Grapinet . a lace-dealer of Paris ; another Englishman , atthe llotclde Flandrc , at Douai . In an account given by the Independence of Brussels of Thursday , we read : —
Moro than three hours elapsed before assistance arrived . The peasants looked on with astonishment , and the wounded passengers could hardly obtain water to wash their wounds . A sad scene presented itself to the spectators . Young females who had been in their _holiday dresses were taken out bleeding and covered with mud . Some victims had their . heads separated from the bodies ; others with broken limbs wero'lying by the sides of the road . An Aide-de-Camp of General Oudinot was on the edge of the pond , his loins nnd three ribs broken , and praying ; for death . An Englishman , who was travelling with his family , had an arm broken in three places , but notwithstanding his sufferings , he would _not'eonfess to his wife that he was wounded . At
the end of the tram were time private carriages , in whicli were the Princess de _Luine and her four children , the two daughters of the Polish General Skr * synec _* ki _, in the Belgian service and a Russian lady . The three last immediately opened their trunks , and placed all their linen at _the'serrice of the wounded , at the same time giving to tbem their personal aid . 4 A Douai jonrnal states that M . ie _Lafrrenee , who returned lately from his embassy in Gbiiia , was in tbe train , but escaped injury . The Princess Czartoriska is also stated to have been a passenger .
Another Acgi-Dest. The Courrittr'francai...
ANOTHER _ACGI-DEST . The _Courrittr'Francais , of Friday , in a stop press , ¦ elated one in-the-morning , gives an -account of "ano-¦ iher . accident on the Great Northern Railroad-of ¦ Fr ance , and * et the same-spot on Thursday , It -says : — "We stop the _^ _press to communicate to the public the following faCts _. the full authenticity of which we guaran . tee . Yesterday afternoon , at _half-past two , the train from _Brussels , which left at half _^ _iast seven , -arrived without making the usual signals atthe very spot where the catastrophe of _"Wednesaay took _( Siace . The rails over which it bad to pas * were encunJbered , with cranes that had been _usei'to take the remains ofthe waggons out ofthe water . The train'being at full speed broke these cranes , an'd'the pieces struck _thesoldiers and workmen , who were on ' -the bank , with such violence that sixteen of them were more or less wounded . One had his thigh broken . -A'iriend of-ours , who-came from Brussels by this tram ,-saw him _carried away .
As to the second-accident , which occurred to a train coming from Brussels , and which . is given above , _thx-Gazelte dcs Tribwwmx of _Saturday mentions the circumstance with " details , which * leaves no doubt of'the fact . 'It says : — A crans had heen placed by * the side ofthe road for tbe purpose of raising the waggons which had fallen into the water . At _theinoment when the train < from Lille was passing by this - crane , it was struck violently by a step of one of the-carriages , and driven into the midst of the soldiers three _of-whom were severely wounded , one had his kg broken ; several - _^ workmen- received slight contusione .
Asoth3r Fire At St.-Jghn's, Set Brunswic...
ASOTH 3 R FIRE AT ST _.-JGHN'S , SET BRUNSWICK . The Courier of tbe . 27 th says" At aH early hour this morning the block of buildings in the parish of Portland , owned by Messrs . Harris and Allea , aud occupied by them as a foundry , workshops , he . Jbc , -was discovered to he- on fire , - and the flames having _gained much headway before being observed , the whole was destroyed ,-v _.-ith nearly all . their contents , consisting of-a valuable steam-engine , patterns , moulds , lathes , _Jac . The entire loss to the enterprising owners cannot be less , if it _uoes not exceed £ 10 , 080 , while the ! disappointment in gctdngcastings executed—all the city foundries heing in fall employment—will cause the destruction of . this valuable establishment to be felt both in
this and theadjoinhig province . We understand there _, was no insurance on tbe property . We have not as yet heard the origin of tl > e . £ re satisfactorily accounted for . ' When it « as found tobe impossible to save the foun _> dry building _^ ihe attention of thc persons wa 6 directed te tbe preservation of the adjacent dwellings ; . but , notwithstanding their-exertions , the cottage owned and occupied by Mr . Solomon _Hersey _.-feil a prey . to th & flaroes , anda dwelling-house , or two to the northward of ; the . foundry was much injured . Providentially tlie wind at the time was light from the northv / ard , _audihe . burning embers fell mostly into tbe mill-pond , on the bank of-which the erections stood ; bad it been otherwise-, a _largCjportion of the village of Portland would in all probability _ihuve been destroyed . "
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Case-of _Poisonihg ix .. _France . —A trial . was commenced at Strasbnrg on the 26 th ultimo , which has excited the greatest-interest , not only in that town , but throughout Trance . The . charge is one of murder by poison , in which the . declarations of the Strasburg professors do not coiueiau with . those of the Parisian _cheaiists . In _November last an advertisement was published in the newspapers , inviting . those . who couM give any information . E 3 specting _ajcertain -flour-dealer , who , during as attack of fever , had risen from the sick-bed and taken to flight , to r * o so at a given address . The disappearance of _. the man . remained a complete mystery , until a -. lew days after . his body was -found concealed in a watercloset . The body was cut up in pieces , and the heart ar . d entrails , which were also _afterwardsdiscovered , removed .
Au-ineuiry immediately led to the suspicion that the wife _of-thcunforturiate man had committed a murder upon her husband , and takeu out fhe he _.-u-t and bowels , in order to avoid an accusation of poison , in case of an cvsatuai discovery and examination ofthe remains . She was immediately arrested , and the entrails and heart of the murdered man given up to the professors of the University for the purpose of ascertaining whether they contained poison . A well-grounded supposition that this must be the case was the more general , inasmuch ai arsenic was Sound in the house of the accused ; and it was also proved by an apothecary thatthe prisoner had bought such poision in the preceding August , from which period the deceased had commenced to sicken . The chemical professors of Strasburg declared that they had found no traces of arsenic in the remains delivered to
tbem . The authorities engaged in the investigation were , however , not satisfied with this statcm-.-nt , but sent the corpse to Paris for analysis , where Professors _Devergie , Chevalier , and Flat-din discovered in it a strong dose of arsenic . These protessors are now at Strasburg , and at the trial repeated their statement . By tha desire of the Court and Jury the trial was adjourned , for the purpose of making a renewed analysis , of whieh the result has not yet been made public . The accused , who wishes to make it be believed tbat her husband poisoned himself , enjoys a very bad reputation , and in the course ofthe trial another crime has come to light . It appears that fire years ago a step-child or * the accused fell from a garret-window , and was picked up lifeless . All the facts conspire to prove that in this case also n wilful murder was committed by the accused , in order to secure a larger inheritance to her own children .
TnE _Rcssian Despotism in Livonia . — "The number of recruits required for the Russian army , at the time we are describing , waB the Fame as it had been for several years past . Poland first , and Circassia since , have drafted severely upon the at my ; and independent ofall active service , the favourite pastimes of tlie great drill sergeant of the empire require a great amount of human life to keep going . The rate of supply , therefore , since the accession of his present imperial Majesty , has never been below the average standard of five in a thousand , and occasionally abjve it . Taking the population of the empire at sixty millions of souls , which is considerably below their own boasted valuation , and allowing for the numbers being levied alternate years from half the empire , which rule is often encroached upon , this alone allows the Crown a regular provision of 150 , 000 recruits pur annum . To which may be added those condemned to the service for crimes and misdemeanours ; those , such as all soldiers ' children , condemned to it without ; nnd
the odd numbers accruing from foundling hospitals , & c . Such facts as these show not so much the overgrown size ofthe llussian army , as the enormous expenditure of life at which it is maintaiBed . Five men between the nges of _eighteen and thirty , out of a thousand men , women , and children , of all ages , tell severely upon a population . There are certain conditions which except certain individuals , but no condition can abate the number required . No three brothers out of a family can be taken , nor the father of three children , unless there be no one else to supply hi * pla _« e . Also the Crown exempts those it cannot use , sueh as the lame , the Wind , and the sick ; also those tbe proprietor most wants , for which purpose a right of protection is granted him over a certain number of men , according to the size of the estate . But all this caution and generosity 5 s at the _expense ofthe remaining peasant ? , the number of whom , after all thes-- substractions , is reduced-to a small amount , and those necessarily ofthe most able and useful men in the village . — _Lit-c-nian ' lalet .
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O'CONNELL AGAINST TUE "NATION . " _° _CkEM _^ _TinSu _^ " _^' BETWEEN' THE - _ulULAl HUMBUG PAN AND " YOUNG IRELAND . " rp , , Dublin , Mondat , July 13 . I he usual weekly meeting of the members of the _KAi-paUwiotMatinn was held to day at one o'clock , m thy vi ' _- _'ctHatioii-haJ ] _, which was crowded in every _wirt for _s'wrte hours previously , from an anxiety to hoar tlio result , ofthe conference of the committee , who met on Thursday , to consider the course to be adopted _tbroiiirl' Ireland , as to the proposal of repeal candidate * in such counties and boroughs as _vacancies might nccur in before the next general election _. At the _-I'lpoiiitcd time , Mr . O'Connell , M . P ., accompanied _liv Mr . John O'Connell , M . P ., Mr . N . Maher . H . V . Mr . T . Steele , Mr . J . A . O'Neill , Captain _i ' r . _vdrlnk _. and Messrs . Meagher , Baron , Mitchell . O'Coiinan _, die ., ofthe " Young Ireland party , "
entered tlio _meetm _*; and was loudly cheered . Upon the motion of Mr . O'Connell , seconded by Mr . Maber , the obsir wis taken b y the Rig ht Hon . the Lord Mayor . ' The Lord Mayor ( Mr . Keshin ) having taken the chair , said , it was reported that Mr . O'Connell and this assoeia ! ion were suspending the agitation of repeal tor _iiii ; sake of supporting the present _Government Now , be utterly denied the truth of ' that statement . They would never give up their hopes of repeal : hut were they wrong in accepting good measures IVoin the present Government ? They had already got some good law appointments from them , and had exchanged Chief Baron Brady for Sir E , _Siiaden , Mr . Pigott for a "Pennefaiher , and Mr . "Nutchel for . _Bi _* water .. Were not these good measures 1 ( Hear . l Tt was sought to shake their confidence io Mr . O'Connell ,-but while Mr . O'Connell lived no other man should have it . ( Hear . ) -
Mr . Ivw . thon read the minutes of the last meeting and afterwards a letter from Mr . W . S . O ' _-Brien , _st'onery / _un-insr the necessity of opposing repeal candidates to Government placemen at every _opportnnitys _* — ' . . _* " ¦ Kilkee , Kilrush _. _-July 0 . " My _def'r Mr . Ray—As I perceive by the _TCport of the p roceed !* , );* of last Monday that the committee of the association are ' about to consider the course which ought to _beartop'ed with regard -ia the elections for Dungarvon , and for other places in which Ministerial-candidates will shortly present themselves for re-election , I do not feel _Tnvself at liberty to shrink from the responsibility of _ofc -feting my opinion on'this subject .
"I shall not recapitulate the argument which I laid ' hefore the association oh Monday week , with a view to ; prove to the country _4 he importance of _> exhibiting at 'the ' _presentmom- _'iit _; _tn etrnest and uiicomproinisingfidelity to the _principJeof repeal , but assenting that these arguments are incontrovertible , I have no hesitation in saying 'that the nBsoenuion ought to call upon Hue several _consti * tuencies toputforward repes . 1 candidates in opposition to Whip placemen , end ought to support such candidates with all the aid nridinflueneewhich It can commami . " I know very well that repeal candidates will start under great disadvantage when opposed'to such able and excellent _menas-Mr . Sheil ,-Mr . O'FeMall , and Sir "William Somerville ; b'tt it is ot sx > mueh importance to us tb'prove to eue countrymen that ' we are inearnest , and -thai no concession with respect to repealhas been _maile'or will be made to any English -party , that I should prefeithe risk of defeat in _cuc _^ i of these cases to acquiescence intbe reelectionof the Ministerial candidates .
"I shall feel obliged if you will lay my letter before the committee and _before-thea'SODiation on Monday "next . . " Believe me , _very-sincerely yours , " _Wilxiam Smith O ' . Brien . " "T . _-M . 'Kay , Esq ., * c . » Mr . _O'Co . vnell CD _moveU'themarked'thanfsof t _' Ae association to Mr . _O'Brien'for this letter , and tluett proceeded to acknowledge the receipt Of divers small sums of money in aidof the waningfundsof 'me society . Mr _.-O'Consull than rose to address 'the _mcet'mg . Ue siiftl , that _iis'ho had a great dcalto say he had better commence at once . He begged to call t heir patient _attention to what he had to sn , y , ' 'for he never rose to address a public meeting with'mora sincere anxietv or unaffected regret . . lie felt anxious that
the conduct of that association should be such asto deserve _repeal . ( Cheers . ;) He felt 'exceedingly desirous that there should be an end "to every difference of opinion among them , and _thatsthey should co-operate in-restoring tlie nationality of Ireland . ( Cheers . ) He u & d thought deeply before ho adopted _theourse that he was now about to suggest to-the association . ( Hear , hear ;) He wouldtelRuemthathe wanted thero cither to declare firmly for Ais principles or against them —( great olieera)—for the principles df peaceable butcontinuous agitation , —that agitation which alone deserved success , and which , in his con . science , alone ought to obtain it , or the admission amongst them-of an a dherence to the principle-of _nliysical"force . -Would they banish : trom them-all
idea of physical-force . ( " Wo will . " ) He would tell them at once he would not go on for oncmonient with them tinles _*) they all joined against physical force . ( " Hear" and cheers . ) He weuld tell them he ' would never relax his exertions for repeal until he walked into a Parliament at Coltege- 'Green . ( Cheers . ) The committee ofthe association , with' the-exception oi twoof itsmembera / were in favour of baiiishingfor ever from their minds the idea of physical force . The first subject he would wish to speak upon was a letter which was addressed to him in .-a public newspaper by _Loi'd _Miltown . ( Hear , heal ' . ) It had bern several days'befora the _publ-ic , arid he owed the pnblic and his Lordship an apology for not answering it hefore , but the pressureof the repeal business had alone .
pre-• vented him doing so . He would take the first opportunity of answering that letter . Lord Miltown wanted him to postpone the repeal cause for a time , and to give a _trialto -the new Ministry , biit he ( Mr . O'Connell ) would not . postpone the repeal for an _in--stant . ( Cheers . ) The learned gentleman next called ihe attention of the meeting to Mr . Sharman Crawford's letter on the-tenant right of Ulster , and passed s compliment on the honour , virtue , and patriotism evinced by Mr . Crawford in his treatment of the _question-of . tenant right . . ( Cheers . ) _Henext alluded to the'late Dungarvon election , and Mr . 'Shell ' s return as its representative . ( Hear , hear , ) He called attention to a resolution passed by the committee of the association on the : 9 th _iinst ., as _followB : — |
_"BCSSJBVON ELECTION "Resolution , of the General -Committee , of the Loyal National 'Repeal Association , passed on Thursday , atb July instant . " That the liberator is requested to report to the _association on Monday , that if there was sufficient time for preparation , ' the _cemmittee . have no . doubt but that a Repealer could be returned for Dungarvon ; but besides this difficulty , < the election being one for a year at most , and as any defeat would be seriously . detrimental to the repeal cause at-this juncture , the committee , taking all circumstances isto consideration , think it better not to contest the borough , on the present occasion . "
• Sueh was the unanimous opinion of the committee , and he thought that opinion was quite right . ( Cheers . ) One of the matters which brought him over to Ireland was the Dungarvan election . He arrived in Dublin on Monday , and at once proceeded to that association ; whicli he addressed , and moved thatthe question be referred to-thc committee for its consideration , which framed the report he held in his _ha { id and had read to them . Several of the Repealers of Dungarvon considered that it was not worth while to raise excitement sufficient to get in a
Repealer , and with that . view several of the leading Repealers there promised to support Mr . Shiel with their votes . When he asked them the reason why they promised to vote for Mr . Sliiel , they replied tbat they could not carry the election in Dungarvon unless thc tenants voted against the interests of their landlords , and that if they voted in this way at present it would be impossible to secure their votes in the general election which was _coming on in a short time . He moved that the report be-adopted by'the association . ( Cheers . )
Mr . Meagher ( a Young _Irclander ) here rose to address the meeting-, when he was interrupted by Mr . O'Connell . ' Mr . O'Connell . —You see , gentlemen , w _* e shall have cause for dissension enough . - I will not name this fbr the present , and I will not give the young gentleman an opportunity ot * creating dissension . ( _' * Hear , " cheers , and much uproar . ) Mr . O'Connell then went on to allude , once moro , to the Dungarvon election , and concluded by saying he thought it would be better to hear Mr . Meagher , and therefore he moved that the report be received and adopted .
Mr _.-N . Maher _. M . P ., seconded the motion . He said that although the ' report- was unanimously adopted , he had differed with part of it , but did not express himself to that effec _. t at the commencement . ( Hear , hear . ) He regretted ' that a Repealer was not found on the hustingsat Dungarvon ( cheers ) , against all odds , and in the teeth ot ' every risk and influence . ( " Hear , " and cheers . ) The Duke of Devonshire had been alluded to , but he considered ne influence , howcver high , should deter the Repealers of _Dungaryiin from returning a Repealer . ( Cheers and _hissJa . ) It would have convinced the opponents of repeal that they were really in earnest , . md would have rescued that association from tho aspersions of its enemies , '
and have taught them a lesson of the value of their reasoning , and persuaded them that the return of a repeal member at tbe next election would be certain . ( _Cheering , groans , and hisses . ) They wanted repeal , and nothing else . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , he was afraid that the return of Mr' Shiel would cause a stain to mt on thc records of the association . ( Cheers ; and cries of'"No" and " Yen . " ) This was his ( Mr . Maher _' s ) opinion , for he thought that adopting a more decided policy would be better ; for they should not have excepted Dungarvon aftor putting out Dr . Stock and Serjeant Murphy from Cashel and Cork . ( Hear , hear . ) Captain Brodrick . —I denyit . ( Cheers ; and cries of" Hear , hear . " )
The Lord Mayor . . — -Allow Mr . Mah . er .. to . proeeed . ( Tremendous confusion . ) Mr . O'Connell . —Leave liim to me , and I will , answer him : Serjeant Stock was a man' of ability , and one to whom no objection could be made ; and
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Serjeant Murphy was equally _unexceptionable . ( Cheers . ) . ' _* ,.-Mr , _Member . —I want "Repealers and no _apostates . ( Awful uproar , and _erieaef '' Name , name , ") Mr . O'Connell . —I will name . Mr . Meagher . _^ -Shalllname _. my Lord ? ( Cheers , and cries of " Name . " The Lord Mayor—I think not . ( Tremendous eonfusion , and cries df " Name . " ) Mr . Meacher , —I have no objection to name if called on . _Rf r * O'Connell . —I call on this gentleman to name . If ho means to refer to me , 1 repudiate it »¦ _' _«» . the most resolute contempt . ( Cheers , and dreadful noise . ) r \ "JJ r . Meaghciv-i allude to the tumour of the _ap-££ _W _^ _? B _^ g 0 VCT — 8 itu _* Sh _» ' e _? , CpnneU , ~~ 1 " ° U Chatge 8 m _™ "• hls ab 3 ence '
Mr . J . O'Connell . —1 rise to order . After that specimen of fair play I think there is no terms to be kept with these gentlemen . ( Cheers . )* Mr . _O'ConhelL—Three gentlemen have come from the Nation office to attack us . ( Cheers , and cries of "Put them out . " ) Mr . J . O'Cohhell , —After what has occurred I call on those gentlemen to subscribe to the principles of th _« association peace , and no physical force ; and if they do not do so they are not members . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Mitchell . —Mr . O'Connell is not speaking to order . ( Hear , hear . ) ¦ Mr . J . O'Connell . —I am , and call for this declaration ( oheors ) , before any thing further is done . The association is at stake . ( Loud cries of " Put him out . " ) Mr . O'Gonnan . —I think-the question before the chair should bo _dispssed of first . _(** Hear , " and cries of . V No . no . ") , ; . Mr . 'Meagher . —I hear that it is not true that Counsellor Clements has got an appointment , and I beg to apologise . ( Hisses and cheers . )
Mr . Steele ;—Sir , you must apologise to him for your audacious ' attack . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Meagher . —I do apologise . Captain Broderick "—Now go on with your list . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Meagher . —I had no one to name but the ¦¦ ¦ ¦
one— - _- ••• ' 'A Voice—You -spoke in the plural . ( Cheers and cries of "Put him ont . " ) Mr . Meaehcr . —I think no Repealer should take a situationfromtheWhigs . ( Cheers . ) The Lord Mayor . —The O'Connor Don is a Repealer . ( Hear , bear . ) v Mr . Meagher . —But not a member of the association . ' '' ' ¦ ' ¦ ''" Mr . O'Connell . —Is such a man as the O'Connor Don to be called an aiostate by this young gentleman ? - _( Gtieg of " No . no , " and " Put him out , " )
Mr . Meagher . —I am now done . As to physical forcb I _^ araI an advocate for ihe principles of this _association 'until it declare those principles futile . ( _Cheerai ) ' '"¦ ¦ ' '¦¦¦ ' . Mr . 'O'ConneH , having denied the appointment of Mr . Clements _. and stated that he saw no reason why a 'Re-bealer i _' should-not take a situation from thc Whigs ,-for they had abused Lord Ebrington for ex eluding thera-from promotion ( cheers ) , , the learned gentleman'argued for the great principle of peace , and propesedthe adoption of the following report : — REPORT -OF TKBCOMMfrTBE OFTHE LOYAL KATIONAL REPEAL ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND .
The committee deem'it right that the association should , by adopting tins report ; assert once more its entire independence of any newspaper circulating in anj part ef Great Britain or Ireland . The association should disclainvhvthe most empathic manner , any conformity npon the port of the association with , , or auy spuoics of responsiMHJyfor the lucubrations or opinions Bfct forth by any newspaper whatsoever . The ' -association does not only participate in , but neither demands or exercises any control over the sentiments expressed by any of the journals , wh _« ther those sentiments . be the result of folly or of wisdom , of caprice , or of patriotism . The b ' arae in each case , if any be deserved , or the praise , if any ; be merited , belongs ex . _elasivelyto the writers for those papers , and does not attach ,-in any degree , to the association .
The cemmittee . next deem it important thatthe _association-8 houlrt call the attention of the country to the princip le on which tbe association is founded , and to the utility ; of having that principle distinctly understood in every , _part-of the British islands . Itis the principle of seeking the amelioration of political institutions by peoceaWeand legal means alone , disclaiming and abhoring all attempts _to-improve and augment constitutional liberty by means offorce , violence , or bloodshed . There are already up _. _rm record the _following declarations aiid resolutions of the "Repeal Association : — ' 1 . The basis ofthe Repeal Association was laid on the-lSth of April , 1840 . The following were the three first propositions constituting such basis : — "l ' 'Most dutiful and ever inviolate loyalty to our most _Ri-aeious and ever-beloved Sovereign Queen Victoria and her heirs _aiidsuccessors for ever .
" 2 , The total disclaimer of , and the total absence from all physical forre , violence , or breach of the law ; or , in short , any violation of the lawsof man _. or the ordinance , of the eternal God , whose holy name be ever blessed , ' 3 . The only means to be used are those of peaceful legal , and constitutional combination ' ef ali classes , sects , and persuasions bf her Majesty ' s loyal subjects ; and , the power ef publie opinion , concentrate *! upon most salutary , nnd always _legal , means and objects , ' . The rules of the association were adopted at the same meeting , and amongst them were the following rules : — 17 . The sole and exclusive means of obtaining the objects we desire to attain are by argument ; reasoning _, the concentration ofthe Irish people , and by petitions to the Legislature , and finally by legislation _.
. ' 18 . That any person who shall violate the law in any particular ,-in doing or _purportin-j to do the business o the association ' , is hereby declared to be no longer f member , aiid that he shall be expelled so soon as the fact is discovered"' . 'An address was on the 2 lst April , 1810 , voted to the people of Ireland on the subject of tbe repeal rent . That address was . circulated throughout the Irsh nation , and in it are to be found the following paragraphs : — | Th « only modes of action which we would advise or assist ) n , must be , in their nature , legal and constitutional , and in their operation always tranquil , peaceable , and totally devoid of violence or outrage of any kind whatsoever . We , ' resort ' only to moral force—to the power of public opinion—to the conscntmtion of legal and peaceable combination—to the presentation of petitions signed b y millions—and the influence of such petitions to obtain the legislative enactment we desire .
Another address was voted by the Repeal Association , on October 2 , 1840 , and circulated throughout the en tiro island . ""' . ' _, , ' . ' This latter address was adopted and published in reply to a speech made by Lord Ebrington to the late corporation . It contaiiiB the following passages amongst others : — ' . ''• His Excellency , Lord Ebrington , openly and firmly declares his total disbelief of the repeal being carried by legal and constitutional means , at the saine time acknowledging that the advocates of that measure are not seeking it by means of any other description . ' He openly and firmly declares his conviction of evil consequences to Ireland , were the repeal of the Union effected . He openly arid firmly declares his determination to put down , by the strong arm of the law , al ) endeavours to carry the repeal by other than the most parfect legal and constitutional means .
1 And he expresses finally his strong _assurance that a great majority of the Repealers themselves would join with , and support bim in measures of coercion should these be rendered necessary by any breach of the la win the agitation for repeal . ' ' ffo are as firmly and as fully convinced of the good that would result to both countries from the repeal of the union , as Lord Ebrington can be ofthe contrary , and we are of course perfectly convinced of the practicability of its being : carried . We are as firmly determined to use no other than legal nnd constitutional means to effect th . it repeal , as he can be to prevent the adoption of means of a violent aud illegal character . His Excellency msy be most fully confident that he will find us repealers foremost in-supporting and vindicating the cause of ' peace , law , and order , * for this plain reason , fellow-countrymen , if for no
other' That we are convinced that nothing but- the breahing of the law by the _advocates of repeal , can' ever prevent the glorious accomplishment of that glorious measure . An address to the people of England was passed at a meeting of the Loyal National Repeal Association ,-hold on Monday , theWth of November , 1840 . This address , after stating our'objects , went ' on in the following words : — ¦ _'" ' ' We seek' those ends by peaceable ano legal means
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# Another account says ;—" Mr . O'Connell denounced this proceeding on the part of Mr . Meagher in the strongest terms , and reprobated Mr , Meagher 88 one of a miserable _clioue connected with tlie iYcrtj ' _oii newspaper—a clique whose object was physical force , and to create disturbance . He would now tell these gentlemen ,, tbat if they did . not entirely abjure their phys ical force doctrines , tbey ceased ipso facto to belong to this _association . ( Cheers , « nd i-r . es of 'Turn them out . ' ) ..... • ' " _** . * ; ' ¦ * ,. ' * .. *' . ' *¦ "Mr , O'Connell then . proceeded to reply at length to Mr , Meagher , . and _sr . Ul they complained of Lord Ebrington because he excluded . Rrpeiler * . from office , and are they now to complain of the . present Government because . they made no such distinction "" ? . ' . . The learned gentleman advocated the poller of accepting aH that tbe Whigs wonld give at . considerable length , but appeared embarrassed , languid , arid feeble .
" Mr . Mitehel and Mr . O'Goramn { b & msterg _) expressed their regret that a Repealer' was cot Marled for _Duagarvan , Mr . _OIGorman denied that he was an advocate for physical foroe , and so long ac he belonged ti this association he admitted tbat he wns bound against any such proceeding ., '" ' _-i ' Mrl O'Connell next dohomieed aH recourse te physical force ; and the'doctrines put forth especially in the Nation newspaper . "
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I SL _^ — - _^— _¦ ¦ , _[< ! .. _«¦!•¦« HI II _—^»^ 3 _. i » - _~« w * alone—b y meetings constitutionally , legally , and peacefully assembled and .-conducted , by petitions to parliament respectfully though firmly worded—above all , by _labouring to return _propisi ' _vepruseiitatives . The Chartists advocate tho use of the torch and tht dagger , phvMC :, l force instead of moral , and in tbo many a ease left their stormy and seditious meeting only to sell themselves at the hust * B s to the highest bidder . . It mas the refusal of the Irish people to join with ' such a * these that _haschiefl y contributed to procure for that people the hostility of the bull : of your wulioiil papers . On the subject of tho Chartist movement , certain resolutions were unanimously adopted at a meeting of th . 8 Repeal Association , held on Monday , the 13 th September , 1841 . The last resolution passed on that occasion wa _» iu the folio wins terms : — ,
"Lastly . Tlie _Rc'ie-ilers will as little risk the danger as endure the contamination of Chartist violence . Leadilllf . Chartists have proclaimed the torch and dagger at adjuncts to their agi : ation ~ l « Bding Chartists have appeared in open ' . 'attic array against the Queen's troops ; and now that the leaders of that insurrection have been upon the merits convicted of high treason , although deprived Of the benefit of a ' point of law , yet thou fa'b the conviction was upou the merits , these leaders are pried up as martyrs by the Chartists . Their names arc invoked with applause at their public meetings , and thus Chartism becomes united _-vith high treason . 'The peaceful , temperate , moral , and loyal Repealers of Ireland can therefore _h-iye no connection with practical Chartism . ' Another address to the people of Ireland was VOted unanimously by the association , on Monday th ' . ' . 13 th of November , 1843 , it was prepared , proposed , and signed by Mr . O'Connell . it contains the following paralgr _.. _phs : — . .. . . j
'Recollect that the principles upon which we have looked for the repeal oi the union is , ' that it can he obtained only by legal , peaceable , and constitutional means , and by the _tottl _tihscnce of violence , force ' , and tumult . . . ' . Recollect also thnt the principle ef political life , and that in which I have instructed the people of . Ireland is , that all the ameliorations and improvements iii political institutions can be obtained hy persevering in a perfectly peaceable and legal course , and cannot be obtained by forcible means ; or if they _sould . be got by forcible means , such means create more evils than they cure , and , leave the couutry worse than they found it . ' . , ¦ ' ,. The instructions to the repeal wardens were passed by the unanimous vote of the association , on Monday , September 16 , 1844 , They contain the following instructions to the repeal wardens : —
. ' , The _, Loyal National "Repeal Agsioeiation . disclaims all force and violence . _Itproclaims that the cause is to _sue-, ceed by peace and _pcrsuvcrance , and that themnii r hat violates , the law gives strength to the _enemieB of Ireland . ' ., The . association commenced the present year by the following resolution , unanimously adopted on the 6 th of January , 1816 . It is in thc following . words ;— , ... That , humbly suhini » t . ive to . the dispensations of an ever-adorable , Providence ,: but confiding in his merciful protection , we solemnly pledge ourselves , in the name of the brave , moral , virtuous , and religious people of Ireland _, and in the presence of die British nation ,, and of all the people of Europe aud America , that . we will consent to no surrender , no compromise no postponement of our undoubted rights , but that we , wiU unremittingly pergevere in all legal , constitutional , aud above al ) , all penceable means , and no _otliei , until tve attain the restoration of the legislative _independence of Ireland , arid reestablish our nationality , subject in dutiful nnd inviolable allegiance to the Monarch of Great Britain and Ireland , but protected by a . _resident . Irish Parliament . '
. Having thus detailed the reiteration of the principle of action adopted by the association , and being , in . iiself , the very basis of the . association—namely , the _principlt that the amelioration of political institutions ought not to be sought for by any other means than _thone which aro perfectly peaceable , legal , and constitutional . That to proaiotepoliticiil ; _imelioration , _penoefulmcanf alone should be used , to the exclusion of all others save those that are peaceable , legal and constitutional . : It has baen said , very unwisely , tbat this principle pro . hibits . the necessary defence against aggression on the part of a domestic Government or a foreign : enemy . It does no such thin _^ . It leaves tho right of . self-defence perfectly free to the use of any force suificient roiresigt and defeat unjust aggression . . ¦ . _-.-,- ¦
. We emphatically announce our . conviction that all political amelioration—and the first and highest ofall . the repeal ofthe union , ought to he sought for , and can be sought for successfully , only by peaceable , legal and constitutional . means , ' to the utter exclusion of any . other . In short , that the repeal of the union can and . ought to be obtained by the same peaceable means by whicli Catholic Emancipation was aehieved _. and by the same exclusively peaceable systeai of action hy which the Anti Corn-Law League so gloriously . triumphed . over . ever ? resistance , aud obtained this repeal of the corn laws , ; by which means alone we can , we ought , and , with the .-blessing of Almighty Providence , we will obtain the repeal ofthe union . " ., The rent is supposed to amount to about - £ 150 .
The Season And The Crops
THE SEASON AND THE CROPS
After Three Weeks Of Rain, Accompanied B...
After three weeks of rain , accompanied by frequent thunder storms , thc weather has again become settled , and since Thursday last has boen all that could be desired for the ri ptning of the crops . The brisk winds of Saturday , Sunday , and yesterday hare carriedo £ f the suridus moisture , and have raised the grain which had been beaten down in the thunder storms . In all open fields the corn again stands erect , and promises to be good in quality as well as abundant in quantity ; the only places in which it is down are in uooks and comers , and in fields in which the hedges are too high , or the _hed _^ erow trees too thick . '
The late rains have done much more good than harm even to the wheat , for they , have greatly increased " the weight of the grain without injuring its quality ; and they have proved the salvation of the other cropj . , Had it not been , for this well-timed supply of moisture the spring corn would have proved a failure ; the straw of the oats and barley was everywhere , _atunted and dried up ,. and the growth of the plant much . too feeble to have produced any considerable weight of grain ; since the . rain began to fall those kinds of corn have " grown vigorously and now promise to yield a very fair return . On very li g ht dry lands the change , in the spring com during the last three Weeks is wonderful . '
The root crops , which are still more dependent on the summer rains , and . which indeed could , not be cultivated without ti \ _e-ja , bare also _sroWn wonderfully since the commencement of the , rains . The potato crops are closing in the drills , and so tire those ofthe turnip _ci-ivps which were got in time to . be started by the spnngrains ; the latter sown turnips , whicli appeared to ., have perished during the long drought of May and June , are now-growing : vigorousl y : the farmers ore everywhere busy in cleaning and thinning them ,, and this is a much easier operation _thaii it is in seasons tliat are wet irom the beginning . " . Itis in seasons like tin . that we can ' truly boast in tin ' s country of that perpetual spring which ' Virgil with poetic license attributes to the climate oi * Italy , The fields are _agaia as fresh with the young _. ' herbage and _with-second crops of clover as they were at the . beginning of May , and they are now likel y to continue so to the close of the year . Should the present fine weather continue harvest wil commence in this neighbourhood in another fortnight . — Liverpool Times , Tuesday . .
Great Fire In Cnarlestown.. Boston, June...
GREAT FIRE IN _CnARLESTOWN . . Boston , June 27 . —A fire broke out , about one o ' clock this morning , in Quimby ' s lard and oil factory , in Warren- _. street , Charlestown , whicli , with all its contents was entirely destroyed . Thc fire also communicated to a dwelling house owned by Mrs . Pennall , and occupied by Mr . S . Crane and Mr ; , Sylvester , which _was-: likewise totally consumed . The dwelling house of . Mr . KenJall Bailey , next to the oil factory , wasconsidcrabl y damaged . The wind being in thc right direetion to carry the flamrs from the house , it was finally saved , though Mr .-- Bailey ' s _, fine garden in the rear was very much injured by being occupied by the firemen in extinguishing the flames , "
On the opposite side of _IVarren-street _the-riwconuminicated to a large house , nearly new , belonging to the heirs of John Coffin , from which the tenants had lately removed . The upper story , ofthe house was ; ruined before _thefiremeu succeeded in mastering . the fkmes , and the whole was completel y drenched with water . This house is in the care ofthe Hon . Benjamin Thompson , member of Congress , whose wife is one of the heirs ofthe estate . Two , or three nice houses , belonging to Mr . Coburn , deputy sheriff of this city , ' were very considerably ' damaged but were finally saved b y the persevering and energetic exertions of the firemen . The burning ofthe oil factory . and its . ' greasy contents , made a most brilliant illumination , which lasted for _ovsr two liours . It lighted up . the , city of Boston in splendid ityle , and what was the most imposing _gpeotacle : iu the shape of a conflagration , that 1 have seen for a great while .
It rained quite hard during a portion ofthe time that the fire waa raging ,, This was a fortunate _ch-ounutuhee , for the oil factory was surrounded by wooden buildings that would havo caught iustantly had it not been for the drenching rain . The firemen of Boston , Cambridge _. and Chclaea , were promptly on the spot , and their exertions , in . , conjunction with , the Charlestown fire department , Baved the town from wide spread , and _destructive-ca . laraity . Some difficulty , I believe , was experienced in obtaining an adequate supply of water , How . the fire originated is not known * it _, was pretty- well under way when discovered .. The amount of loss and . insurance , I am unable to give , as this letter is written very early in the morning .. .
Glock. — Tho Hundred And Thirty-Second Annii;Er-
_Glock . — Tho hundred and thirty-second annii ; er-
Sary Oi The Birth Ol Tiluolc Waa Ceieora...
sary oi the birth ol tiluolc waa ceieoratea . _oji . _. in « t . at Vienna ; oh which occasion a monument , to his memory was inaugurated ; it consists . of a howB granite slab , with the likeness / of " , ihe _tnaestro . in . broiiM . Other doings in honour of . this _^ grc _^ _. pa original composer are also spoken of . JC wouxd seem j however , tbat the . Viennese rather vfish to . _«« Ujan / _i « ir him , for none of bi 8 operas has' been produced there for some years .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 18, 1846, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_18071846/page/7/
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