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      The Patriot Meagher.

      THE PATRIOT MEAGHER .

      I Received Tlie Following Letter Some Ti...

      I received tlie following letter some time ago , from that hold , enthusiastic , energet i c , and sincere young patr iot , Meagher , whoisnow-¦ within the clutches of the law , but to -whose future fate I wo uld app ly the following two _verees of my poem upon Erin : — "When we see the lig ht footstep , that bends o'er the sand , Ofthe exile condemned the -wide world to roam ,

      Then the day star of Freedom shall shine o ' er the land , To light the lone wanderer hack to his home . "When the waters that bound her lone dungeon shall swell 'Neath the crowded white canvass that bends to thc west , Tilled with tlie cheers of her sons come to dwell In the land of their fathers , the home they love best . I

      Such , I trust in God , will one day he the cheering fate of my loved and honoured young Mend . I would have published his letter before , hut knowing the effect that unbending patriotism and firm resolution have upon those in whose hands the fate of the victim is placed , I feared lest an injudicious act of mine mi ght increase their spleen , and augment his -martyrdom ; therefore I have postponed its publication till now , and the greatest pride that I derive from it is , that my humble services in behalf of my persecuted countrymen , are appreciated h y tiie true and unsullied patriot .

      Englishmen ; you can form no estimate of my feelings , from the hour of the incarccra _^ tion of those brave and gallant men , urged on "b y others to redeem their country , and then not only abandoned , but spat- upon and characterised as maniacs , when they became "victims to their confidence in others . I haye leeixufraid to mention the * a * _^ _MmeS"in ' Si " e Bouse or out of the House , except when reviled there , and then I defended them . I have "been fearful lest my defence of them , or a word of sympath y incautiously uttered , should have hut tended to injure them . Many an Irishman , and not a few Englishmen , will shed tears upon the perusal of the young patriot ' s letter , as I have done , hut I have still tho hope —nay , tho confident hope—that his country is not for long to lose one of its brightest

      ornaments . Good God ! is it not shocking—nay , is it not horrifying—to think of a young man not twenty-three years of age , unrivalled for eloquence , matchless for unostentatious modesty , and unequalled for devotion to his country , thus banished from the land of his birth , torn from all that is dear to him , and consigned to the transport to he conveyed to some penal colony , there to sig h over the lamentation s o f Ms b l ee di n g c ountry ? I can say no more ; my feelings , if I went on , would hurry me into the meshes of the Gagging Bill , to the great gratification and delight of your and my oppressors . _Feaiigus O'Connor .

      " Itichmond Prison , " Dublin , April 23 rd , 1849 . "Mt Sear Feabgus _O'Cosxok , —I have been a long time promising myself ihe pleasure of writing you a few lines , to thank you for the very kind Interest you have taken in me , and the generous zeal you have manifested in behalf of the State prisoners of ' 4 S . " To many claims however upon my grateful esteem , you have lately added one more , which to _iny mind possesses a peculiar weight and value . _Joubave " brought out" the very best likeness ihat- has appeared of me . All my friends are delighted with it . The execution of it , too , is very

      beautiful , and has been greatly admired . "We are all quite well here and in right good spirits , for it will always be to us a source of happiness , to feel tbat we are undergoing some slight punishment for our love of the old country . Should aheavier punishment be in store for us , we shall meet it not only with light hut with proud hearts . Next to battling forthe right , the best thing is suffering for it ; and next to a victory a sacrifice conduces most to the progress and the glory of any great cause . "Believe me my dear Peargus O'Connor , " Your sincere and much attached friend , " Thomas Fbascis Meagher . ' *

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      Glasgow.—The Calton Association Helda Me...

      Glasgow . —The Calton Association helda meeting in the Mechanics' Institution , Canning-street , on the 8 th inst ., to consider the question of Financial . Reform , and the Extension of tbe Suflrage . Sir . Daniel Paul in tbe chair . Sir . Henderson Carrick moved , and Mr . John Anderson seconded , the following resolution : — "That , in the opinion of this meeting , the enormous and increasing expenditure ofthe present Ministry is opposed to the true interests ofthe industrious and trading classes of this countr y 5 _znd we hereby pledge ourselves to

      support any well-devised means likely to lead to its effective reduction . " Mr . Duncan Sherrington -moved , and Mr . James Martin seconded : — " That the Sum-age , as denned by tbe Reform Bill , is inadequate to the necessities and intelligence of the community , as has been shown by thc opposition of the majority of the members of the House of Commons to the motion of Mr . Cobden , for a reduction of the national expenditure ; we therefore call upon all intelligent _Reformers to use their influence to ensure the Extension ofthe Sum-age , as embodied In tbe People ' s Charter . "

      O * Co * s 50 Rvn . _ire . —Although no account has lately been" sent from this place , we have not been idle , as the -proceedings atthelastthrcc vestries will testify JIaxms discovered that a few individuals had monopolised nearly all the parochial offices , and made use of their power to lower their own rates and that of their relations , we have compelled them to submit to a re-adjustment of the rates , and to do away wirh such gross inequalities . We also intend to turn the Whitsun holydays to account by adopting the National Petition , and doing something for the " Victims . "We understand tbat a dinner ana tea will Le provided at ihe school for those friends who may come to take part in the good work , and share the rural festivities on that occasion . Somebs Towx . —A public meeting of the

      inhabitants of Somers Town was held in the Lecture-hall , Volstead street , on Sunday evening last , for . the purpose of considering the necessity for , and tlie best means of securing an efficient Parliamentary Reform . The meeting was attended hy a most rcfc-pectable audience , and a good sprinkling ofthe middle classes . Mr . M'Grath was in ihe chair . The chairman , in a soul-stirring and eloquent speech , pointed out the necessity for a Radieaf Iteform in thc House of Commons , before the present absurd and unjust system could be abolished . He then , in his usual _argumentative manner , proved , beyond the power of successful contradiction , that no parliamentary reform short of that based upon the document called the People ' s Charter , would meet the _emergencies of the case , and enable the

      people hy just _legislation to amend their moral , social , and political condition . He then concluded one ofthe most powerful speeches it ever was our good fortune to listen to , by an earnest appeal to thc working men , and all Reformers , to be up and doing in thc good work of human regeneration , and resumed his seat amid repeated rounds of applause . The meeting was next addressed by Mr . W . Dixon , in a brief speech , upon the many social evils of the present system . He was of opinion that nothing short of the enfranchisement ofthe people would enable them so to remodel the institutions as to make . England what it should be and Englishmen what'thcy ought to he . —Mr . Clark upon coming forward was received with one universal burst of

      applause , which having subsided he delivered a speech of near one hour ' s duration , replete with humour , wit , and good sense , which electrified the audience . In fact , the effect of Mr . Clark's speech upon the meeting baffles our powers , of . description . Suffice it to say , it was , such a one , as only Mr . Clark could deliver . He resumed his seat amidst loud " and " long continued cheers . —Several other gentlemen having addressed the meeting , and thanks having heen given to the Chairman , tiie meeting was adjourned to Snnday evening next . The-Democrats of the surrounding- neighbourhood would do well to assist the few spirited men who have taken this neat little hall for Sunday evening meetings . _ _ - ... --

      Mabyleboke . —The Chartists of Hub district are again " up and doing / ' On Sunday , Majr the 13 th , they recommenced running their ' -boat" from the Paddington Canal , near the Great Western Railway Terminus , to Grcenford Green , starting at ten o ' clock , and the party enjoyed a very pleasant and agreeable dav . There are many picturesque '"ews to be admired as yon pass down the canal , and the _pic-nic parties at Greenford Green and it * suburbs are truly delightful and _refreshing , after a pjourn for a time amidst the smoke of the " Great Jletropelis . " Itis a grateful sixpenny ride—doubly , so , when . we know , that the . object of these summer trips is to establish a "Working Men ' s Hall . Ve are Informed , that the men of Marylebone intend giving the proceeds , obtained-from "Whit-Sunday to the National Victim Committee . The Chartists of Marylebone do not _confine their exertions to this

      Glasgow.—The Calton Association Helda Me...

      _SSrtFiV- _^ tion to tlie public me eting recentl y held m _Carlislc-street , itis their intention _^ ft * i erles _<* Sunday evening lectures in their Assembly Room Circus-street , which will be opened by Mr . Stallwood , on Sunday evening , the 3 rd of m _METRorourAx Dew-gate Council . —At tho meeting on Monday , Mr . Ferdinaudo took the chair . Minutes read and confirmed . The following resolutions were adopted . On the motion of Messrs . Clark and Utting : "That the localities whose representatives have not attended since the first .

      meeting be written to , to ask the reasons for thoir non-attendance : and whether they intend to continue in connexion with tho association . "—Moved by Mr . Utting , seconded by Mr . Murray : " That the whole of the localities " in the _Metropolis and suburbs be requested to return a correct account in writing of thc number of members in their locality , and that a levy of one penny each member be forwarded at once to this council , for the purpose of defraying its necessary expenses . "—The Council then ad journed to the 21 st of May , when every member is requested to he at his post .

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      Huodersfi**"In.-^Afc-The Regular Meeting...

      HuoDERSFi ** _"in .- _^ Afc-the regular meeting of members ; held on" Saturday hist , it was resolved : ' That in consequence ofthe small attendance of members at the fortnightly meetings , that the meetings in future shall be only once a month , on the second Saturday , at Ibbeson ' s Temperance House , Buxton-road , from half . past seven to half-past eight o ' clock in the evening , when all members in arrears with their subscriptions or levies , are requested to attend . " Merthtr T-fDvii ,. —At a meeting of members held in their room back of Wellington-street , on Sunday last , the following resolution was unanimously adopted : — " Thatall the unpaid-upmemhersbelonging to this branch are requested without delay to pay their contributions of twopence per share , as prescribed by the last Land Conference ; also , the paid-up ( as well as the iinpaid-up ) members are requested to pay their local levies without delay , otherwise it will be deducted from their shares paid in London .

      To The Editor Of The Northern Star Mr De...

      TO THE EDITOR OF THE _NORTHERN STAR Mr Dear Sir , —According to arrangement , I arrived in Glasgow , on Sunday , the 6 th , and was met by my old friend Duncan Sherrington , and a few others , some of whom I have known for years . The history of Chartism in Glasgow—for the past twelve months—would make a useful chapter in a book devoted to the political agitations of the people , replete with many lessons of interest and profit to the student , whose object was to understand tbat motly chaos , called public opinion , its ebbings and Sowings , hopes and fears ; hut as all the leading features have been manifested in our English towns , I leave the subject for the cogitations of your readers , who may , by a little reflection , remember much and be wiser for their pains . The Committee had published small bills , and

      circulated tickets for a course of three lectures . I began my labour by attending a public meeting , held in the Mechanics * Institution , _Cannon-street , Calton . The speeches ware of the right kind . Thc chairman , Mr . Paul , sounded the key-note , when he said , it was his determination to adhere te whatever -was right . "Well , from this text of " right " all the speakers reasoned , and without any previous concert , all spoke in favour of the ' suffrage , as a right , and argued for the rights of man , from man ' s own nature , and contended tbat the suffrage was a natural right , and , could logically ; , be defined apart from constitutional and civil rights . This mode of reasoning was to me refreshing , as it at once cleared the way of all our modern special attorncyism , so common among parliament men , and

      also some acute thinkers of the extremely philosophical school , with whom I have had often occasion to differ , entertaining towards them , however , every feeling of honourable respect . My lectures were attended with unabating interest for three nig hts successively , my audience consisting of the elite of the social and political reformers , who are now happily beginning to see that social and political reform are not antagonistic , hut part of the same whole . This union is universal so far as my experience goes , and I think it one ofthe best signs of the times . All moral , social , and political reforms spring irom man s sense of his life and destiny , and aB reflect themselves on man ' s thoughts and actions . A more enlarged experience is fast making this view of reforms and reformers

      better understood , and I look upon it as one of those quiet manifestations of progress and improvement , which are destined to effect great changes in the future condition of nations . I have arranged to deliver three discourses in Glasgow in the early part of next week , and I am confident that I shall witness _unmistakeable proofs that my labours havo not been given in vain . I must omit much worthy of notice to enable me to say a few words on Glasgow and its inhabitants , and I beg to premise that all I now write may stand as a type of all our large manufacturing towns , differing less or more in degree , the chief difference in most cases being _geographical . The ground on which some towns are Built being drier than that of others , they differ in their supply of water , & c , all of which

      circumstances belong to locality . The inhabitants of Glasgow , in the year ITIS , were about oO _. OUO souls ; it has of late been estimated as containing six times that number . The trade and shipping of the city have increased immensely , and its wealth in a similar ratio . All the reli gious bodies are represented by their churches , chapels , and missionaries . The old college , a justly venerated seat of learning , still continues to claim its due share of honour and patronage . The press , ( consisting of one daily newspaper , The North British Mail , and a number of weekly newspapers , ) is said to be talented . Any information from me on those subjects would be unimportant . The western part of tbe city is elegantly built , the houses being of stone , of great height , and bearing every appearance

      of wealth and magnificence . The city is bound to every part of these islands hy steam communication ; omnibuses ply regularly to all the outports through the principal streets , and the look of the whole is quite metropolitan . On that picture yeu observe every sign of opulence , activity , and wide-spread comfort . Now look on this . Stand at the corner of the steeple at the Cross , your face to the Clyde , divide thc city hy angular lines , an d inc l u d e the High-street , all the closes and wynds laying to your right , as far as Maxwell-street to the west , situated between the Irongatc , Briggate , and the Salt Market ; also innumerable lanes in the Calton , _containing unitedly , not fewer than 30 , 000 individuals . The following extract , descriptive of the same , is minted from Captain Millar ' s papers on the state

      of crime in Glasgow . The writer being the late superintendent of police : — * ' There is concentrated everything _thatis wretched dissolute , loathsome , and pestilential . Those districts are filled by a population of many thousands " of miserable creatures . The houses in which they live are unfit even for sties , and every apartment is filled with a promiscuous crowd of men , women , and children , all in the most revolting state of filth and squalor . In many houses there is scarcely any ventilation ; dunghills lie in the vicinity of the dwellings , and from the extremely defective sewerage , filth of every kind constantly accumulates . " And how truly the Captain continues : — In these horrid dens thc most abandoned characters of the city are collected , and from thence they

      _nightly issue to disseminate disease , and to pour upon the town every species of crime and abomination _, hi such receptacles , so long as they are permitted to remain , crime of every sort may be expected to abound , and unless the evil is speedily and vigorously checked , it must , Oi necessity , increase The people who dwell in these quarters of the city are sunk to the lowest possible state of personal degradation , in whom no elevated idea can be expected to arise , and who regard themselves , from the hopelessness of their condition , as doomed to a life of wretchedness and crime . " . The above statement is not exaggerated , but there is much omitted . There is but little regard to the common decencies of life . The furniture and mmates of the small rooms " of those grave-yard

      barracks beggar description . In one , inhabited by an intelligent shoemaker , there were four men at work —one woman squatted on the floor , binding ; four vegetating things called children ; a fifth , squalling in the cradle , and a girl washing rags which had once been- clothes—the beds being on the floor , the blackness of the clothing of which was disgustingall in one room . I ventured to eay , " I think you are rather close here , are you not ? " " No , " said the husband and master ; « ' you see it is' quite airy compared with the closes at band of the Briggate , there . " Many of the _inhabitants-of those districts are workmen , not a few of whom are shoemakers and tailors . The chief , shops of the district are devoted to tho sale of whisky and women may he seen . -running between their _hOBWWw > e _whufcf _edtare , _wwying * bottle of

      To The Editor Of The Northern Star Mr De...

      the worst liquor , which has not unaptly been called liquid-fire , under their aprons . Here , too , are the chief dealers in cast-off old clothes , who inhabit the main street in the vicinity , just similar to Dudley-street , in London , or St . Mary ' s Wynd , in Edinburgh . In the Old and New "VVynch adjoining are afew paltry brokers' shops , the owners oi' which are , in reality , " pawnbrokers , but cunningly evade the law by giving ( say ) one shilling on . a printed dress , which the broker will sell back again to the same party , on Saturday , for thirteen-pence—an immense per centage ; the most trifling articles arc taken in pledge , and as low as a penny and threehalfpence are advanced . The reader __ must judgo the evils of such a practice for himself , language cannot _doscribe it—it must be thought of ,

      not written . A stranger visiting Glasgow is _mvitcdtowalk up Buchanan-street or Queen-street ; he is paralysed with admiration—wealth and beauty surrounding him : let him , before he returns home , walk along the Salt Market in an evening , and he will see scenes of daylight destitution and the tigns of impudent prostitution , which cannot escape Ids notice ; and , if he has courage to penetrate beneath the surface , he will sec thc express trains by which men , women , and children are carried onwards , in rapid pace , to the gaol , the penal settlement , and the grave . Here human being ? , in endless masses , are . begotten , . born ,, _ansLd _& _. _t ; fever finds here a feast , andcholera a kindly nurse . This colony of mental , moral , and physical death has grown up with the increase of your wealth , your commerce ,

      and your churches . " Well has Captain Millar said that the evil would increase—it has increased ; it is not of yesterday , the tree has taken deep root—it has been well dug about , manured , and wateredit has borne fruit plentifully , and but few are heard to say , " Why cumbereth it the ground . " A courageous medical man , a pious missionary , or a thinking moralist , now and again visit the soil ; but the rich , the privileged , and the favoured of Fovtutic know it not . Their world of wealth , of sunshine , and glitter , must not bedarkencd by _ such thoughts ; yet we are all one world—one nation—one citybrethren , all of us , but wc must not know each other . I fear I trespass on your space , and must subscribe myself as _eyer , Your obedient servant , Samuel _Kvnn .

      Sheffield Election. To The Editor Of The...

      SHEFFIELD ELECTION . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHER" * STAR . Sir—In order that the country may see that the Chartist Council is not exactly of the same opinion as Mr . Thomas Clark , with regard to the late dec ? tion at Sheffield , you will much oblige by inserting the following resolution , passed by the Council on the receipt of the letter from Mr . Clark . We quote the letter first : — " 144 , High Holborn , London , "April 28 , 1849 . " Dear Cavill—I have seen Mr . Roebuck , and find him to bo a frank ,- candid , and open-dealing man ; he is for a suffrage almost as large as that proposed by the Charter , but is opposed to Annual Parliaments and Payment of Members . We Chartists and Trades Unionists will find in him a merciless opponent and severe criticiser of some of .

      outmost cherished opinions ; hut when in antagonism with us , I feel confident that his opposition will proceed from an honest conviction of the truthfulness of his own views and the erroneousness of ours . Our great bond of union as Chartists , is the suffrage , and whatever Mr . Roebuck's opinions may be upon other subjects , on that of the franchise he approximates so closely to us , that opposition to him would , I think , be both unwise and unseemly . I therefore decline any further . obstruction to his claim upon the constituency of Sheffield . "Bymaking public this paper , you will oblige me , as from it the electors and non-electors will learn why it is that I do not appear longer as the opponent of Mi-. Roebuck . " Faithfully yours , " Thomas Clark . "

      __ The following resolution was passed by the Council on the receipt of the letter : — " That we have received your letter , and ai * e sorry for your conclusion , after the interview you have had with Mr .-Roebuck , and learning from his own lips that he is not for Annual Parliaments or Payment of Members , but merely for an Extension of the Suffrage , and on that account you decline offering any further opposition to Mr . Roebuck . As Chartists , we cannot come to the same conclusion , and therefore decline giving any further publicity to your letter . " Signed on behalf of the Council , Sheffield , May 8 . J . Tayior , Chairman .

      Mr. Clark's Answer. To Ine Sheffield Cou...

      MR . CLARK'S ANSWER . TO _inE SHEFFIELD COUXCIL . _Gentlemiw , —Through the kindness ofthe editor of the Northern Star , in permitting me to see your communication previous to its publication , lam enabled to procure insertion for this reply in tbe same paper that will contain your resolution . You have declined giving publicity to my letter , addressed to Mr . Cavill , because , " as Chartists , " you could not agree that I havo acted rightly , in giving way to Mr . Roebuck , after my having heard From that gentleman ' s " own lips , " that ho was unfavourable to Annual Parliaments , and "Payment of Members , " and that he was " merely ibr an Extension of the Suffrage . " I was perfectly willing , as you well know , previous to my departure from Sheffield , to remain with you

      and arouse the feeling of the borough , not only upon all the points ofthe Charter , but also upon the general questions of labour and social reform . I was prepared to go to the hustings at the nomination of Mr . Roebuck , and there , in the presence of the inhabitants , to enforce and defend our whole and entire faith , but I was unwilling to go to the poll against Mr . Roebuck , unless it could be shown that 1 would , in such case have had some chance of success ! With you , success did not appear to be so much an object as opposition ; whilst I , upon the other hand , regarded a probability , at least , of success , as the only justification under all the circumstances for going to the poll . Besides , it is a matter of notoriety to the whole nation , that Mr . Roebuck was regarded as entertaining political

      sentiments closely resembling my own , and this impression prevailed nowhere so much as it did at Sheffield , especially among the electors to whom , if I went to the poll , I was to look for support , if support at the polling booth was , indeed , a matter of consideratien ; and if the support of the electors was not important , then going to the poll was a farce , in which 1 was not willing to play any part . In order to satisfy me that Mr . Roebuck was in favour of a suffrage almost as extensive as Universal Suffrage , Mr . Ironsides interfered , and brought about a meeting between Mr . Roebuck aud myself _, at which meeting- Mr . Roebuck assured me that the only men above twenty-one years of ago whom he would exclude from tho franchise , were criminals , even after they had suffered otherwise for their

      crimes . This exclusion I did not regard as beiug of much importance , as under a proper government I believe criminality would be reduced to a very insignificant item . In your resolution you lament that I should have given way to Mr . Roebuck , after having heard from his own lips , that he was in favour only , ofa " mere Extension of the Suffrage . " It is not in my power to say from whence you derived this information , nor do I think it of any importance , even though I did know , as it is utterly and entirely false . The exclusion of criminals only , anda " mere Extension ofthe Suffrage , " will bo regarded by most people as meaning something very dissimilar—I , at least , think the distinction quite perceptible . It is certainly true , that after my interview with Mr . Roebuck I wrote to Mr . Cavill

      the letter which stands at the head of this correspondence , with a private request , that after reading it to you , that he would let the conductors of each oftlie * local newspapers have a copy of it ; but had I for one moment imagined that you would have _thoughVyburselves authorised to interfere to prevent its publication , I would have addressed myself directly to the Editors of the- Times and Independent . The letter was not intended . to have' been submitted for your approval or otherwise , but I wished that you mi g ht see it previous to its publication ,, so that it might not afterwards be _saidthat I had not made you acquainted with my intentions , or that I had been disrespectful towards you .

      Had I gone to the poll against Mr . Roebuck , the votes in -my favour would have heen , I fear , but small , as many _eleotors , who under other circumstances would have given me their support—would have urged Mr . Roebuck's assumed liberality as justification for their opposition to me , and I would nave raised up against myself an-enmity against all future occasions . Whereas , by pursuing . the course which ' has provoked your resolution , lhave so far gained ground that , according to the report of the Times and Independent newspapers , at one of the largest meetings ever held iu Sheffield , at which Mr . Roebuck was present , it was agreed , with four dissentients , that , at the text , election I should be . brought forward in conjunction with Mr . Roebuck , sqMto secure forthe Chartist : _« ud . ' < late the _§ up-

      Mr. Clark's Answer. To Ine Sheffield Cou...

      porfc of thoslK _^ -lectors who , whilst they are satisfied with Mr . R _^ l ) uck ,. will notsupport-avless liberal man , and _^ t _^ -giy § - : t _^ _r- _'yQ' _^ Bl _yD . s _^ _'Ofi _^ _'tis't _! accordingly . At _^^ t _^^^ eeiing _/ my . conduct was almost univer _^ l _^ _lpauilea , ' and Iain myself satisfied , all thm _|(|^^^ ered , that I have acted rightly and hoeomin _^^ _pilittiBst who regards the growing and solid _ndralfogcs of his party , in preference to a passing glorif _^^ OnVofhimself . ' Gentlemeri' _^^ Qifilil'not have replied to vour resolution _at-aj _^^ _j _sedt not that I am unwilling that the Chartist _^ of _^ the country at large should , through my _i 6 _^^ JB , * b « loft . to draw from your resolution an mffi _& A «& 'i'J "« _- * . _^{~ . 1 _-t _~ _'^ .. _- . ' _Air _~ .. _j t \ .. ! _i _iuu

      _ Vi i *" sfflr '';' _^ . _-ijo " . _* _- , « a nave only to add , tlpp 4 j . wev . er nattering it may be to my pride to _rbfiebWffif : t have had the honour to represent the _gpffiifc _^ uBe of Chartism on the hustings and at tJio _^ _bTMbo _^ aij that I n ever will barter for a rcpetition _/ ojf 3 ipiti ;* n 6 nour , my own private judgment and iB _$ _ro _$ lj | b independence ; and when the next occa 8 i pn _^ _p _fln election shall occur at ; Sheffield , I nee _^ J & _ajglj remind you , that among my . coneag ' ue § -4 n * _Mo . vinovement for the Charter , you may . _eaf _^ _lPC ' candidates in every way my , superiori ( a * _ra _^> llbme ' one " of them I shall be happy to see _ybtf | iun _^^ i ' r attention ; in preference to _•^ _K _^^ ' Your obedient servant ; - - ¦ _^^^^^^ _mJ ' _^^ _^ _^^

      The Misers Of The North. - . -' 7.0 The ...

      THE MISERS OF THE NORTH . - . _- _' 7 . 0 THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sib , —I forward the ' following proceedings of the delegate meeting of the Miners of Northumberland and Durham , held at the house of Mr . T . Greener , Cock Inn , head of tho Side . The delegates met at eleven o ' clock , appointing Mr . A . Stoves to preside , and a moro fitting person could not be appointed . The roll being called , and the levy handed in to meet the expenditure , the next business was the petition to Parliament for a more efficient system of ventilation . The secretary having written to Feargus O'Connor , Eaq _, M . P ., relative to the presentation of the petition , that gentleman ' s reply was read tothe delegates , which gave every one satisfaction . The following resolution was then

      agreed to : — " That the best thanks of this meeting be accorded to Feargus O'Connor , Esq . M . P ., for the readiness on this , as on all occasions , in devoting his time , his talents , and his money to the forwarding the interests and the welfare of the working classes of this country ; and in the absence of Mr . Duncombe ( whose illness we regret to perceive prevents himattendinghis Parliamentary duties ) , we forward to him ( Mr . O'Connor ) the petition of the Miners of Northumberland and Durham , for presentation to the Commons House of Parliament . " The delegates were next occupied with reading letters and applications from several collieries in the Wear and tne Tecs , desiring a lecturer to ho sent them , with which they cheerfully complied , as far as the limited state of tho funds would admit . The

      meeting then resolved itself into a committee , to- consider whether any good results would arise from the holding of a general mooting ofthe Minors j and , after a pleasant and harmonious consultation , itwas finally agreed to hold a public meeting at Scaffoldhill , near Benton-squarc . Chair to be taken at twelve o'clock . A delegate meeting , after the conclusion of the public meeting , to tako place at Mrs . Boag _' s , Carsden-road _, when all collieries in arrears of contributions must forward the same , that the good cause may not lag for want of support . The delegates then separated , highly pleased with the prospects in the Wear and the Tees . Yours , & c ., M . Jude . Ncwcastle-on-Tyne , May li .

      The Victims. To Tne Editor Op The Northe...

      THE VICTIMS . TO TnE EDITOR OP THE _NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —Will you . allow me ,. through the Star , to throw out the following suggestion as a means to increase the Victim Fund . It is . this—Lot the Victim Committee purchase a share in the National Land Company , and . then dispose of it hy raffle , in the following manner " , let them issue ( say ) 100 green tickets to 100 districts , and at each of these districts to get up _aS-rafSe for the green tickets at threepence a member ; and then the 100 winners of the green tickets to Tame for the prize . By this experiment I find tho result would ho thus : fifty members at threepence eacli would be 12 s . 6 d ., and 100 districts at 32 s . 6 d . would be £ 62 10 s . ; and then deduct £ 12 10 s . for expenses , which would leave a balance of £ 50 , a neat little sum for so good a cause . The same p lan mi ght be adopted on a larger scale without injuring any one , and benefitting several . Yours in fraternity , William Jons Cook . Haggerstone , May 14 th .

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      Marlborough-Street.—Susricious Ciuhacteh...

      _MARLBOROUGH-STREET . —Susricious _Ciuhactehs i . v Hyde Park . — J . Harding and W . Burrows were charged with having been found in the Ranger ' s Paddock , Hyde-park , under suspicious circumstances . Charles Griffiths , a watchman , in the employ of the Royal Humane Society , stated that on Saturday night , about eight o ' clock , he observed the two prisoners lurking about that portion of the park adjoining the residence of Mr . Stephenson , the superintendent of the park-keepers , and Mr . Hanbury , the head park-keeper . He watched them for some time , when ho saw the prisoner Harding get over the fence , followed by the prisoner Burrows .

      _¦>!¦?* . . » . 1 ... . _* .. Witness , suspecting that they intended to steal the wild fowl ; ran to the fence and called out to the prisoners . As they did not answer , he jumped over the fence and searched about the paddock . After looking about for some time , he saw the prisoners attempting to conceal themselves in the hollow trunk of a tree . Witness asked them what they were doing there ? The prisoner Harding said that he was looking after a young parrot , wliich he had seen fly into one of the trees . Witness then gave them into custody of Hanbury , thc head parkkeeper . — Uanbury stated that ) his garden adjoined

      thc ranger ' s paddock . In consequence of a " great number of wjld fowls and their eggs having been stolen from the latter place , ho requested the last witness to keep an eye upon all persons seen near tho spot . ' The prisoners had been seen lurking about for several nights previous to their being given into his custody on Saturday night . AVitness added that the fence was six feet hi gh , surmounted with iron spikes , and the prisoners must , have had considerable difficulty in getting over . The prisoners , who made a most rambling defence , were committed to the House of Correction for one month , with hard labour .

      Charge of Forobrt . —W . Anstead and his wife Mary were further examined upon a charge of forgery , ' under the following curious circumstances . —Mr , C . Vokers , coal-merchant , . Wilton-place : Knew tho ' prisoners , . who were in his debt for coals totbo amount of 48 I 3 s . Having los t si g h t ofthe prisoners for _soiftc time , he was agreeably surprised in November last at a visit from the prisoner , who called , ' as he said , to pay his account and to give a fresh order . - The prisoner ordered two tons of coals , wliich increased the , account to . £ 11 17 s ., and iu payment of the" whole he tendered a cheque for £ 15 10 s . on Messrs , Cox and Greenwood , Charingcross , purporting to be drawn by a person named Stephenson . Witness belicvins * the cheouo to be a

      genuine instrument , gave the change , £ 3 13 s . to tbe prisoner , in a cheque on the London and Westminster Bank . In a short time after this witness caused the cheque to be presented at Messrs . Cox and Greenwood ' s , and then learned that no one of the name of Stephenson kept an account there _, lhe cheque for £ 3 13 s . which witness had given to the prisoner was returned to him by the bankers as ' having been paid as £ 63 13 s ., an alteration _havill " been made in thc cheque by which it was made to represent that amount . The word " sixty" had been inserted m the bod y ofthe cheque , and the figure G had been inserted before the 3 , which expressed the value in fi gures at the bottom of the cheque . —Police-constable Thornton said , he apprehended the prisoners a few days ago in Marshallstreet . Witness on examining the man found some duphcatos _, two of which related to a coat and a

      carpet bag . Witness had obtained evidence to show the connexion of these articles with the _forgery— . Fred . Bower , clerk in the London and Westminster Bank , paid - _^ cheque , drawn by Mr . Vokers . apparently for £ 63 13 s ., in November last . A female received the money , part of which was in £ 10 notes the numbers of which witness ' had recorded Wit ness could not say that the female prisoner was the person to whom he paid the money . —John _Thomis shopman to Mr . . Sampson , tailor , _Princes-street ! Leicester-square , said in November last the prisoner bought a coat atthe . shop , and ordered a second coat to be made and sent to _Westbonrne Villa In payment lor thercad _y-made coat , the prisoner gave nnt + _n WA _6 _^ l 7 KneS x ft **™*** took the bespoke _?™ _L ? 2 _thOfne- e _»« e , but could find no Luur t » _^ J _^ _ft _^ Sampson produced the note , the number of which corresponded with the number ot one oi the £ 10 notes paid to the receiver of the _weque _.-Wiiham Brow ** , _tnmkmakw . _Oxtod-

      Marlborough-Street.—Susricious Ciuhacteh...

      _strectj said in November last a _woman made apurchaso ' ofaeavpet'bag ' atbis _shopj and ofiered a £ 10 note ' , which'he ' declined ' , to change . Tho woman went awayV b ' u'fc _frshdiW ; - . _afterwards returned and tendered ' a £ 6 : hb _^ _.- _^^ tness ;* aye her the change , and the _wimafi . went away Wm fie . carpet bag . — The constable proved that the _? uui > licat 09 found at the prisoner ' s lodgings in Marshall _^ _frect related tothe coat bought at Mr .- _Sampsbn'SVwld the carpet ; bag bought , at Mr . Brewer ' s _shbp _^ Tlie wifo was discharged , as tho evidence' did- n ' _otfgo far enough toimnlicato her . The husband _iwis ' remanded for a few days , as the police arc of opinion that there are other cases of a similar character yet to be discovered . •¦ . _,- - ¦ -

      CLERKENWELL . —Cruelty to a Bullock : — Joseph Fisher , of Woodsidc , Hatfield , a drover , was charged with cruelly using a bullock . It appeared that on Saturday last the prisoner and two other men were employed to drive some oxon from Tottenham station to a farm , at' Ilornsey . In the Green Lanes a fine "three-year-old steer , " over-fatigued from the journey , fell down . The prisoner and the other men resorted to a new means of _toftuto-t _© force the poor brute to get upon its legs again . . ; One pf . them held the tail , out tight to its fUllilohgthr whilstBthetwo others ] holding _u stick of _«? MdJifi _^ _i _^ a « hijind , ; " sawed ' the poor

      _nriimarwr _th-grehtaorce _^ urtdcr tho extended tail . _^ Sergeant Judd , 44 N _, declared that he never saw an animal seem to suffer more under any punishment . It writhed and quivered , and niade a most piteous noise . ¦ This officer interfered as soon as he could get up to the group , and took the prisoner into custody . The beast s tail was broken in three places . The under side was quito stript of the hair and skin , and was covered with blood . —The magistrate , having severely reproved the drover for his cruelty , sentenced him to pay a fine of 40 s ., or be 'imprisoned for fourteen days with hard labour . Alleged Robijert by a Mathematical

      _Instrument-Maker . —Robert Robson was charged with stealing a quantity of brass materials , the property of his employer , Mr . Johnson , barometer maker . It appeared that the prisoner , who has been upwards of seventeen years in the employment of the prosecutor as a mathematical instrument-maker , was the only person in the establishment entrusted with thc cutting and working of the brass for certain parts ofthe wheel barometer , and for some months large quantities of the materials had been abstracted from the workshop . It was found that on Friday week last the prisoner sold 231 bs . of brass-work as waste , at Mr . Batchelor ' s brass-foundry in

      _Albemarle-street . The prisoner was taken into custody , and on the metal being produced Mr . Johnson stated that he had no doubt whatever it . was his property . It was precisely of the kind entrusted to the prisoner last week , and corresponded with the missing quantity . It was cut for the purposes of the wheel barometer machinery , and woiild come into the hands of no other person in his establishment but the prisoner . He had lately lost upwards of £ 30 worth of this material . —A witness from Mr . Bachelor ' s proved that tho prisoner had sold the metal produced , and that hc had recently sold at the same foundry other quantities on difteront occasions . The prisoner was remanded .

      Robbery at St . Pancras Vestry . —William Jackson was placed at thc bar before Mr . Combe , for final examination , charged by the directors of the poor of St . Pancras with having been concerned in a burglary in St . Pancras workhouse , and stealing twenty sovereigns and £ 155 in silver money . —Mr . Prendergast attended for the prosecution , and Mr . Huddlestone for thc prisoner . —The prisoner was brought from the House of Detention in a cab , in a very weakly condition , r . nd was allowed a Beat during the investigation . —William Cockerill , a constable , No . 108 L division , being sworn , identified the prisoner as having gone by the names of William Morgan , William May , and William Coleman , aud being concerned some years ago in the _Cuntom House robbery , with Gowell , Jordan , and Sullivan ,

      and who were convicted for that _ouchcc . The prisoner was indicted , but not tried . — . Several witnesses were examined to prove that on the night of the robbery , the 8 th of February last , thc doors of the strong-room , & c , were locked , and all appeared safe , and that on the following morning tho robbery was ¦ discovered . — Robert Clarke , a cab-driver , proved that between twelve and one o'clock , on the morning of the 9 th of February , the prisoner waa supported into his vehicle with his log broken , when he drove him , according to instructions , to Guy ' s Hospital , Rorough . On his road he was ordered to stop at a house in the neig hbourhood of Blackfriarsroad , where a man looked out ofa window and came down and conversed with tho prisoner for ten minutes . —Sarah Tiffin proved having found four

      skeleton keys , and James Unwin a d _. _ii' 1 * . lantern , near the spot where the prisoner was found injured , which were handed over to the police of the S division . The kej's opened the doors ofthe vestry-room , & c . — Lockerby , ISO S , deposed that subsequent to - the commission of the robbery hc was consulted by tho parishauthorities to make inquiries into the matter , when ho traced the prisoner to be in Guy ' s Hospital , where he visited him in plain clothes , and found him lying in bed . Ho asked him how he got his thigh broken ; hc replied that ho had slipped down on the pavement at the other side of _Westminstevbridge . Witness , after some conversation , told him he should take hiin into custody on suspicion of a robbery at St . Pancras workhouse on the night oi the 8 th of February . Ho replied , "Very well , all 1

      have to do is to prove to tho contrary , I suppose . " Witness left a constable with him . ' —Mary Reading , a pauper girl , was sitting at the gate of the workhouse between twelve and one o clock on tho morning ofthe 9 th of February , when she heard a heavy fall , and somo one exclaim , three times , "God help mc , I am killed !"—Mr . Prendergast said this concluded his case . —Mr . Combe said . be should commit the prisoner for trial , and , with tho usual caution , asked if he would say anything in his defence . —Mr . Huddlestone said , if the bench _**> vas determined to adopt that course , he would reserve his observations and defence for the prisoner's trial . —The prisoner was conveyed to prison in a cabriolet . . MARYLEBONE . — _Gnoss Outrage . — Long before the opening of thc court on Wednesday , somo

      hundreds of persons congregated in its , immediate vicinity , in consequence of its having become known that a man was in custody for having attempted to violate a child only four years of ago . The prisoner , whoso name is Henry Welley , is a blacksmith , and so great was thc indignation excited against him , that Inspector Wiggin , of the D division , found if necessary to bring the prisoner up in a cab . —Several witnesses were , examined , from whose evidence it appeared that on thcpreviouB afternoon Mrs . Jane Roberts , residing at 17 , North Wharf-road Paddington , sent her little girl , Emma Louisa , out to play , and while playing she was taken into a field by tlio prisoner , who was caught in such a situation with her as to leave no doubt whatever with regard to his intention of perpetrating a rape ; the child screamed , and tho prisoner was given into custody . A certificate from a

      surgeon was put in , which stated thc nature and extent of the injury caused _.-rMi-. Broughton asked if the prisoner was known , and the reply made by a constable was that ke had been in custody before for an assault of a criminal . nature upon a child eight years old . —The prisoner denied the allegation made against him , and said that all which had been sworn by the witnesses was false . —Mr , Broughton remarked that a more atrocious caso had never before been brought under his notice , and remanded him till Tuesday next . — He was then locked up in the cell , and at half-past six-, when he took his seat in the police van , upwards of 600 persona had . congregated at the door by which he made his egress . Twenty constables were . present , and but for their interference the prisoner would no doubt have been roughly handled while getting into the vehicle which conveyed him to his destination . . ' '¦

      THAMES . — Savaoe Assault . — G-. Murrell , a smith , was charged with the following atrocious outrage on Charles Bust , potman at the Copenhagen Tavern . It appeared that on Saturday night the prisoner and seme other men were disputing at the bar about a shilling that was due for drink , and the complainant observed that if they wero honest they would pay the money . The prisoner then went into the taproom and put a piece . of wood into the fire , and when it was well lighted he thrust . it into complainant ' s rig ht eye . Tho pain was excruciating , and ho roared with agony , exclaiming that hie eye was cone for ever . —Mr . ' Yardley said a more cruel been before

      or cowardly assault had never brought him . The prisoner- must pay a fine of £ 5 or be imprisoned for two months . —He was locked up in default . „ SOUTHWARK . —Charge or Utteiung Counterfeit ' Coin . —Assault on a Policeman . —C . Harper and Eliza Nicholson were charged with uttering counterfeit coin , and the former was further charged with breaking a policeman ' s arm . Policeman Whitlumh ; 89 M , stated that on Saturd ay night whilst on duty in Star-cOrner , Bermondsov , he noticed the prisoners together , and knowing they were common _utterersr . of counterfeit coin , he watched . them , and observed the female enter two _Su _blic-houses , while her , companion waited at some _istaufo , The policeman finding that the womaa

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      - _>~ _% _s - _* - • _»^ had passed two counterfeit shillings , wont nj _> and took them both to the statioii-ho ' _usL- _, where thi * y as * sumctl to be strangers to eaoh other . ' Subset-iiuutly to tlio charge haying been entered on ' the police sheet , and when . the policeman was in tlie _aut of taking them to the cell , Harper threw himself on the ground , and swore he would not bo locked up , at the same time making violent resistance . The policeman pointed out to him his follv , audtlie prisoner gave him a _despenite kick , whieh fractured the bone of bis , arm and rendered . him powerless . Other policemen coming to his assistance both tho prisoners were then dragged to the ceil and . locked up . —Harper _complained that- he was treated ' in a ' brutal manner before ho offered any resistance , but this assertion was . completely . rcfu . tcd ; and evidence ' . ' had _nns _.-wd fwn _r > nnntni _> f ' r > if . _oViillinrrci wmif : im nrw ?

      having been adduced that , both the , prisoners ; were _> well known as common utterers of counterfei _^ ooin , * . \ s the _irii ' agistrat ' o _^ cohimitfced them on the _fu-ib charge , - adding . that ' . lie _^ should ' also commit' "Harper ' foi- * breakingfhepoliceihan ' sarm while in thc _execii- ' tion of his _^ diityv v : rr '<¦ " ' ' .- ' ' ' r _\ LkMBJ | PJB ? 4 _? CiJAROB AGAINST A So . V POR ROBBING ' pis _^ _xMB _^^ _iiBieersiithe son ef a gentleman of . ' _^^ ty , * _l'o _^^ i _& Gambor . weU , was charged with : jit ] _L-a ; iiMg » . Jm _^^ £ 80 , the _property of _hisJSthQriWmd'disposing of them for £ 17 r the

      an omnibusahd _^ ah _^ evidence it _appeai-edlE-rWffiradri _^ morhinglast the prisonor , _ithottt tRi _^ i _^ l _^ _ftlfioM _' froii _? hi 8 _Mhe _^ called at th _^ _' _^;« g _^ f _^ i _^|^ i ek _^'' livevy stablekeeper in-. _;\ Ya _£ wAr 1 _d _^ and gig ¦ and in _thelfiojilp _^ _fr tK _^^^ for £ 17 : VVood _^ -i _^ _nXchar ' ged wi _^ and _prodsceda receipt : in the hand _wriung-pf :. the -j .... pmp _^ ' _-H _^ r _fsi'h _^ eVer ; r ( m ' ihnM $ nf _™ day iiext _, aiid the "prisoner in _thejgr _^' se _i _& ' * oase _/ _- who _)^! . ' * ' - ' otter _^ _dwhpTthaig ih _^ _dijlShc ' _ej was-feiuM _^ ¦ ' , _* .. ¦

      samedn _^^ v ; . _*; : _t-n _^'! :: r . _;*•'; ' ' iV _^ m _^^ _9 > - " ' _- ' ' _WOliSHlE-SiBE _^ t to _uiTERgirFoROED-Note . _ttA yoiihg jthsm . pl' respect- r Bro _^ l _^ t _Sei _^^^ a _^^ l ? _^' " - ' _BeVcrTe ' yh _' _anl _^ _Vni _^^ be a forgery . —Police-constable Hawkins stated , that he was transacting some official business attho shop of a pawnbroker , named Wood , in the Cityroad , ou the morning of Wednesday last , when th * prisoner entered and requested to bo furnished with change for a country bank note , and then exhibited tho ono now produced . On being called upon to account for his possession of the note , tho prisoner said that lie was in tho service ol * Mr .

      Freeman a cabinet-maker , in the Hackney-road , who had sent him out to get change for it- but it having been ascertained that no such person was known iu that nei g hbourhood , the prisoner waa conveyed to the station-house , when ho admitted that his statement was untrue , and said he had received tho note from a man he had accidentally met at a public house , and who had promised to procure him a , situation . The prisoner was then searched , and upwards of fifty duplicates relating to nrticles of wearing apparel , books , and other property , which had been pledged in different names , and in almost

      all parts of the metropolis , were found in his possession . The constable added that a communication had that morning been received from Messrs . Maehell and Co ., bankers , : tt _Bovoi-ley , in answer to a letter from Messrs . Bush and Mullins , solicitors to the Lon _?! on _bankers' Association , which suited that the note in question was a forgery , and requested that the prisoner might be remanded for the attendance of thc necessary witnesses to substantiate the charge . —The prisoner was accordingly remanded until Friday next . GUILDHALL . —Attempted _Suicide . —On

      Monday a young girl , named Julia Landon , of No . 8 , Felton-terrace , lloxton , was brought up on a charge of _attempting to commit suicide . —Thomas Braasington , a policeman , said that ho was on duty on Blackfriars-bridge on Sunday night , about half-past eleven o clock , when he obs _' erved the prisoner sitting on the steps leading to the river weeping bitterly . He asked her what she did there , _uiul she replied that she had had a quarrel with the person with whom she lived , and was determined to put an end to her existence . Ho tried to dissuade her from

      such an act . but his efforts being ineffectual he was compelled to take her to the station-house . —Alderman Carden remauded tho _prisoner , at the sametime directing the officer to make the necessary inquiries . —On Tuesday she was again brought up , when Mary Ann M'Donald , of No . b , Felton-terrace , Hoxton , stated that the prisoner maintained _horselt ' by needlework , and earned from os . to ( is . per week . Sho had often threatened to uommit suicide . —The officer said , from inquiries ho had made , he had ascertained that tho prisoner had been acqu-iiutod with a private of the 11 th llussars , and had afterwards kept company with a sergeant of tiie 7 th Llussars , but could learn nothing turthcr . The following letter was then handed to the alderman * . — " Compter , May 15 . —Sir : I have examined the g irl Julia Landon , ' charged with attempting selfdestruction , and think her case a really distressing one . I beg your worship to be kind _enough to

      remand her till Saturday next , to see whether she can be got into an asylum , if you should think fit to have her so disposed of . - I am , sir , your obedient servant , James Cohen , chaplain . —Alderman Carden remanded her until Saturday next . —Shortly afterwards AWcrman Carden had a private interview with the prisoner and Mrs . M'Donald , and uu questioning them it turned out that the former was a daughter of Captain M'Donald , who went with his family to Cafiaua during the late war , and settled thero . The prisoner's parents died , leaving her without a friend , and she had since then been in service , but had latterly maintained herself by needlework . On being asked if she had any objection to emigrate , she replied that "he had none . —Aldcrmau Garden directed Air . Hoe , the officer ofthe court , to obtain the necessary information at the Emigiationoflice , and , in the meantime , Airs . M'Donald under * took the care of the prisoner .

      The Way The Money Goes.—The Manchester E...

      The Way the Money Goes . —The Manchester Examiner says : — "At the County Sessions room , liolton , on Thursday last , two Irishmen , named Peter . Gibbons and John _Brenntin , were brought up on a charge of vagrancy , it appeared that on Wednesday week they were begging in WcsthoHghton , Gibbons pretending to bo deaf and dumb ; but having been heard to speak to his companion , information was given to the police , and they were taken into custody . When at the station he still enacted liis part , until the officer very hastily ordered him to take off his coat , when , taken b y BUt-prise , he obeyed the directions , and finding it useless to dissemble any longer , he began to . exercise his tongue pretty freely in abuse of the policeman . Both

      prisoners had large bundles of provisions with them , ar . d upon Brennan was found a letter which exposed the manner in which they had carried ou many of their deceptions . Gibbons was committed for six weeks , and lircnnan for one month , with orders to be kept separate in gaol . The following is the copy of the letter found on Brennan ;— ' April 28 , 18 'iy . — My dear husband , —I received your kind favour of the 2 Urd inst ., which has involved me with transports of joy and gladness , for knowing that you are in such tranquil state of health as this leaves us in at present , thanks be to God for his unlimited mercies to us . My dear Johnny , I am to inform you that I held up until you sent mo the letter , but now I have resigned , but gained but very little , for they seized on my litt _' e furniture , but now I have got

      them _, and they gave mc the ass too , but now she is worthless . I am living with my mother , and , if I had somo money to buy seed potatoes , 1 haye plenty of land , and I got my dung from Mr . _M'Cab ' e _.-If you can send me relief it is fully required , I am now ontcrod for the out-door relief for a fortnight , until I mako out my husband , and to bring , him home to work for it , nnd if not that 1 will be cancelled ; but I got none yet . But now I hope you will form a false letter about you being dead . And the form is to get some comrade to state a letter to me that you are dead , and what money you had was expended for the burying place . Then , at the time

      of inspection , I could produce it to thc relieving officer . Now I am to inform you tbat there is nothing about the illegal act , that tliere is not a word of it since ; and your brother is working on the relief . Now I request of you to be very careful , and mind what you earn for your ehildren . [ am to inform you that Moat village is wasted and gone away * and Sally Joyce and Kick Brennan and his father and mother are living -in Develish . All the inquiring friends are well ; and Win . AI'Hugh is yet in gaol . I hope you will order the false letter to be directed to Mr . Edmond Gibbons , of Knockrurkey . No more at present from your affectionate censart ,. Catherine or Kitty M'Nolly , of Druiimien . ' "

      Cremorne Gardens . —This popular place of amusement is now- open for the s _& _isoi ) , Its ordi _* nary attractions are sufficiently well known to the pleasure-seekers of the metropolis—the music , dancing , and various amusements in thc extensivegrounds , with the river esplanade and the aquatic * exercises there . For the present season new attractions liave been added . Among them are throe very remarkable dwarfs , who dwell ma little cottage of their own , just suited for them , where thoy amuse

      themselves chiefly by smoking cigars all dav . Then there is also a " shanty , " or log hut , a " perfect model of an emigrant ' s hut in the back woods , with a shaggy emigrant to match , who seems to do _hiij utmost to make himself and his visitors believe that : he is a real backwoodsman . . To these are added gymnastic feats / fireworks , a grand vocal and instrumental concert , and a capital ballet . These and other minor attractions are to be seen for one shilling . The entertainments are of a veij superior order _. and the refreshments good and cheap .

      Railwat Calls vou May . —Tho calls already announced for May amount to £ 1 , 000 , 000 . Since Jariuary the total -amount called up has been , including May ,. £ 9 , 000 , 000 , or more than two millions per _laontk ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 19, 1849, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_19051849/page/1/