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nntry _; ntry at the above locality , was blown up to some _laeighheight—many of the stones being shattered to frag _mcntfflcpAs . Two young boys , who chanced to be in the _iricinxiciniiy at the moment of the explosion , were sli « htlv imurt hurt by pieces of the fragments , but nothing serious hs apps apprehended .
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S _Jp _^ _ooa liAW _ASD Agricultural Distress . —tl—Ihe Lin edpropnetors ofthe county of Limerick _^ _Xf f P _T miDS P _™ J l ttiries respecting the eeffeceffect of the poor law , in augmentin _g _^ tTess _WinChromcU says :- ' * _^ Lords Clare and _Montengle at _SS _^* " _^ _* 0 Hmed _»¦*&¦* _«* th . central _tcorucomsattee of inquiry upon the effects of poor law _iMdapdagncultural destitution , with closed doors , on _S'S ™ ! Tek' , at the county _gra _*** 1 J u * 7 room . _xnx xne clerk of this union attended with statistical j _retiretams . " * ., A . i : other local journal states , that the object of ths tnese meetings is _«• to collect an accurate detailed ; ace accoun t of thc several burdens , of whatever character ter , now _pressing on the land ; " and that" a general _puipaWic meeting is expected to come ofi ' as soon as tin the statistical facts have been _fullv eliminated "
. Ihe southern and western journals devote much at' attention to the distressed condition of landowners an and farmers , with a view of showing that their difticu cutties are insurmountable . It appears that a Scotch ag agriculturist , Mr . William M'Rae , who had been for so some time settled at Bonavaree , county of Clare , has qt quitted the c iuntry . An address was presented to "hi "him by the local gentry and oilier residents in the di oistuet , expressing deep regret at the loss of so exte tensive an employer of tbe peasrntry , who had imp _: parted agricultural instruction by precept and exa ample ; but whose departure had been caused bv
* ' the continued misfortunes of this ill-fated country . '' J Mr . _M'llie , in his reply , says : — " Dad there been i the least prospect of realising an _honourable compet tence in your country from my exertions , the neces-£ sity for quitting it would not have existed , but cir-< cumstazecs equally weli known to yourselves reni dered the success of this aspiration improbable , and 1 trhile I have _loseek this in a distant clime , the ac-1 £ nowIed <> ment on your part , that I have done my i duty while with yoa , will ever be highly pm-: d by me , and likewise be a poweiful incentive to continue the same line of conduct in a distant land . "
Generally the new boards of guardians are sinking much , lower rates than those required by the liabilities of the unions , on account of the crippled resources of the rate-payers , and Uie absolute inability cf many of them to pay any rate at all , in the pauperised unions oi the west and south . But in some instances heavy rates are still struck . In the electoral division of Kilgobbin _, union of Tralee _, a rate of 7 s . 6 d . in the poud , on the valuation made before the famine , has been declared , but extreme difficulty is experienced in the collection .
_Enccjiceked Es t a t es Commission . — Tbe Mer cantile Advertiser has the following resume of the important proceedings of the commission : — " The business of the commission is now assuming a very formidable aspect , and , so far as the number and territorial extent of tbe estates which creditors hare taken the initiatory steps to b ' ring to the hammer are concerned , the act has already produced fully the effect which its authors and the legislature contemplated . However , after the absolute orders for sales , a far more _important stage has to be passed—tbe actual sales ; and it will then be seen whether a market can be had , and buyers will be ready at such rates of purchase as the commissioners shall deem it expedient to sanction . We hare seen it stated that
bidders will not be wanted , on a scale of purchase commensurate with the present reduced value of produce and the augmented amount of poor rate . There can be no doubt that the perfect security , without expense , of a parliamentary title , will afford a very material inducement to capitalists desirous of making such Investments ; and the obvious interest of encumbrancers to secure the _am-. unt of their own mortgages will also lead to a keen competition amongst this class of bidders at the sales . It is , however , rather premature to enter upon this branch of the subject . One of the largest estates for the sale of which a petition bas been presented , is that of Lord Audlev , in the county of Cork . A few years since the sum of £ 93 , 000 was offered f « r it , but in all
probability not more than £ 60 , 000 can now be obtained ; and " as the encumbrances are about £ 100 , 000 , of coarse some ofthe tail creditors have but a poor prospect of p vy ment . As the estate is an extensive and valuable one , and likely to improve in condition and circumstances , the _pri-r mortgagees , and indeed most ofthe creditorsarequite secure . The great bulk of the property , we understand , is now without tenants , and several of the occupiers who are upon it are unable to pay rents : but iu a short time , on the termination of existing leases , 6 , 009 acres will pa _^ s into the hands of the owners in fee , which can be readily let to solvent and _improving tenants , who -wonld work the land at a moderate rent , varying from 10 s . to 15 s . an acre . The Audley estate will , in aU likelihood , be
one of the first offered for sale under the commission The Porfarliugton es'atesare by far the most extensive vet brought under the notice of the commissioners . They are situate in the counties of Limerick , Tipperary Queen ' s County , Kilkeuuy , and Meath . The rental is _upwards of £ 32 000 per annum ; and the encumbrances on the entire amount to about £ 500 , 000 . The number of tenants on the estate is about 500 . The name of the petitioner in this case is James Delany , and the solicitors to the petition are David and Thomas _fiuaerald , of this city . During the life-time of the late Earl of _Portarlingt-m , loans to the amountof between £ 300 , 000 and £ 100 , 000 had been raised by mortgage , with a view to the payment of existing liabilities , and trustees were appointed . The present Earl of Portariington , who is known as a good landlord , found the estate thus deeply encumbered , but . fortunately for him . he possesses estates _™ _England entirely free from these liabilities .
Thk Max fob Galway , —The Evening Mail . which started the idea , a few weeks since , of Prince Albert purchasing the Connemara property , as a family estate—a project not deemed so chimerical as some might suppose , and certainly one which would be most popular in Ireland—now throws out a hint that the town of Galway may become the nrdpertv ofthe Citv of London , and be converted into the western outport of the great nr . tropolis . Rumours ave , it is stated , afloat of some vast enterprise of this sort , and the establishment of an American packet station at Galway is said to be awaited as the preliminary step . — * f he plan ( says the Mtil , ) if it exist anvwhere , except in the imaginationof the Stock Exchange schemers-is a magnificent plan , and in everyway worthy of suchacity as London . London wants an outport upon the ocean : and Galway , placed as it is at the head of a safe and noble bay , with secure anchorage for vessels « f _anv burden , affording an easy aed rapid
eommumcation as well with America as with , tne western _chores of the whole world , and presenting facilities for internal traffic , which money only is wanted to make perfect-Gal way is of all other _places the best adapted to become the entrepot of London trade and _^ A _^ _BDooGE /' -An address "tothepeople of Ireland" has been _iaued by Mr . J . O Connell , in the name ofthe Repeal Association . After summing « n the usual lists of objects for which they are to _Kte besavs "And we trill struggle on for this _f £ good _^ wav 7 by moral , by peaceful , by _bloodaffeir remains still unsettled . On last iuesday a _SkSS was held attheNenagh Independence ffl forthe purpose of preparing an addressMe , be _™ ntedio the _Catholic clergy attending the
month ' s mind of the Very Rev , I > r . V _Connor , PP VG . The object of the address was to get Se clergymen to interfere with the bishops for the _ZlvHHlhe Rev . Mr . Kenny . _*« 3 » _J ? _replv which tbe clergymen returned jo the adore s _•« Gentiemen-The very disres pectful and nn _warrSble language app lied to RevMr . Kenny , « , nr _narish nriest , in the address readito ns to-day , Sd prSeK in any circumstances from taking S oSderation . And while jon continue in a state of " nSrdination to the authority cf your in the _mannerreqnested .- _^ _cm- 'i' _^ _^' tc _Bmperate _FiGnr . -One oi the most desperate _rio _? _tSSened _^ _- _nthiSp _3 _rt ofthe : country for a £ n . _nprinA _. V _^ curred in a place called the lew iree ,
_ashortdisten Vefrom the village _g _™ - _^ ithinone _mVe _^ _J _^ _^ _SVumSred day evening . The * ° nteQ _* "H * i numbers on about 50 , and there were " _^ _^ _n ts _fou-ht with both sides . Some of the combatante _» J £ Slhooks and other dangerous weapons , g _* gHa m heads and faces of the nnto _^ : _plated in many of whom were cut , J ™ g _^ neariy _^ a frightful manner . _^ The _* at the Shinrone ho n x asthe revTerenopohcene _^ er i rf _^ station to quell the not The origin _^ riot was the stealing on _^^ heldaii orchard from TlX S _^^^ theold castle of _hSVn _^ n _^^^ l _^^ _Tu _SThaite _aaga _^ _wa Chancery . _VlT ¥ T . _ fnvs _ Thc gnardians of _seve-Pooa Law _^^ i _^ iV attenBon to the _reducwl _™ j ° ns » * £ ? n L _nronortion to the decline tne
ti 0 n oi _^^ ~ of Macroom . union nave * _^ T ; _JSTaS uclioa of one-third generally ,
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_Theirs so other revelation than the ever-contiaolng . _— Hichler .
Hill. Cobdex Axd Tiie Austriaxs. Mr. Cob...
hill . COBDEX AXD TIIE AUSTRIAXS . Mr . Cobden has addressed the following letter to Pr . Alexander _Ilach , the Austrian Minister of Ilomo Affairs : — " Sir , —I address you , not as a member of the Austrian Government , but as a man whose _enlightened and liberal sentiments made a lasting impression upon me when I had the pleasure of your acquaintance at _A'ienna . You will find au excuse for this step in the fact of my taking it in the interest of those princi ples of humanity and civilisation which in those days were cherished bv vou as well as by me . Mindful of the views which in 1 S 47 recommended me to your kind notice , I cannot induce myself to believe that these views wilt find in yon a less _enersetic advoeate at nresenfc than vou ______
were in the days to which I allude . " Sir , the public opinion of my country is shocked by the cold-blooded cruelties wliich are " being practised against the fallen chiefs of the Hungarians . This feeling is not confined to one class or to one party ; no 3 there is not a single man in England who by word or letter would defend the conduct of the Austrian Government in Hungary . The sense Of the civilised nations ofthe continent of Europe on this question must already have reached you , nor will the _judpaeut of America fail to make itself known at Vienna . You are too enlightened to be ignorant ofthe fact that the unanimous verdict of our contemporaries is likewise that of posterity . But did it ever strike you that history will not
accuse the brutal soldier , the tool of cruelty , but the Ministers who are responsible for that soldier ' s crimes ? I scorn to appeal to lower motives than those of an honourable ambition ; but I must ask you , did it ever strike you -what dangers surround your present career ? Tou , who are so well read in English history , ought to remember that four years after Jeffreys'' bloody assizes , ' both he and his Royal master were compelled most wretchedly to fly from the avenging hand of ' ustice . Or do you think our time allows the public conscience to be scorned with impunity ? Is is not , on the contrary , the peculiar feature of our time that reaction follows at the heels of any violence , no matter whether it proceeds from tho nations or from the Governments ?
" But I fear I take too great a liberty by offering to speak in the interest of your reputation or safety . I appeal to you in the name of humanity , entreating you to put a stop to this new reign of terror , which , not satisfied with the butchery of its victims , puts all better and nobler feelings of mankind on the rack ; for truly the world is too far advanced in civilisation to * suffer your Albas and _ITaynaus . I adjure you to make a public protest against tho butchery of prisoners , tbe still more disgraceful whipping of women , and the abduction and incarceration of children ; and thus to rid yourself of all responsibility for actions and imprint upon their author thestigma of everlasting infamy . " I am , Sir , your most obedient servant , "IllCHAnn flOBDEX . "
Sympathy With Huxgary. On Friday Week A ...
SYMPATHY WITH _HUXGARY . On Friday week a public meeting of the Welsh residents of Liverpool wa 3 held in the Music-hall , to memorialise Lord Palmerston to interpose the influence of the British government to obtain for the remnant ofthe patriotic Magyars who have not yet been executed by Austria , a restitution of their ancient constitutional liberties , and of their liberty and property confiscated . The meeting was thronged and much enthusiasm manifested . Amongst the gentlemen on the platform were the following : — The Revds . D . James , W . Rees , M . Lewis , T . Aubrey , S . Pierce , J . Hughes , J . Williams , and J . Jones ; and D . Lewis , Owen Elias , J . Evans , Matthew Jones , D . Davies , J . Griffiths , and G . Owen , _Esors ., & c . & c . Mr . Town Councillor Thomas
Lloyd was called upon to preside . The Chairmax opened the proceedings by addressing the audience in Welsh ; and after giving a geographical description of _nunmvry , and the number and character of her population , ic , read a lengthy letter from Arthur James Johnnes , Esq ., in which the writer stated that , although his public engagements prevented his attendance at the meeting , he begged to convey his entire concurrence in the views of those by whom the meeting had been promoted , and his heartfelt hope for their success . The meeting was subsequently addressed by various rev . speakers , both iu English and Welsh . Among other resolutions forcarrryingout theobject of the _meeting , the following was unanimously
agreed to : — " That this meeting , while regretting that a portion ofthe English press , but more especially the Times and Morning Chronicle , prostituted themselves to tho infamous service of defending " the cruel oppressors of Hungary , by misrepresenting the noble Hungarian nation , at the same time tenders its warmest thanks to the conductors of the Daily News and other metropolitan journals , to the local press of Liverpool generally , and particularly to our own Welsh paper , thedmscrau , for their consistent and continued advocacy ofthe cause of Hungarian independence . " The memorial to Lord Palmerston , referred to at thc commencement of the proceedings , was adopted by acclamation , and thanks having been voted to the chairman , thc meeting separated .
Collision Ox A " Sew York Railway. The 3...
_COLLISION OX A SEW YORK RAILWAY . The 3 sew York papers received by the Europa contained detail accounts of an alarming railway collision that happened on the 5 th iust . We extract the notice in the JYeiu Yor k Herald as at once the most concise and the most distinct . "A dreadful accident occurred yesterday forenoon , on the New Haven Railroad , b y the collision of two trains . The up-train , _conveying the Boston mail , and leaving New York at eight o ' clock , had on board in the hindmost car , the members of thc Marion Hose Company , _Xo . 4 , Captain Joseph Buckman , who were going on their annual target excursion to New Rochelle . There were nearly sixty in the car , including invited guests . When the train was between Fordhani and Morrisiania , a drove of about
thirty cows , belonging to Mr . Bathgate , were being driven across the track , by the herdsmen , from watering . The train coining in collision -with them , the _baggage ear was thrown off tho track , and across the track of the down train . At the same moment , the "Xew Haven down train was passing to _2 _Jew York , and the locomotive coming in contact with the baggage car of the up-train , was driven off its track , end being detached from its tram it shot off at an angle , and went rig ht into the corner of the hindmost car , containing the Hose Company . It went through it in a diagonal direction , wounding and bruising the passengers in a dreadful manner , and filling tlie car with the steam . Fortunately tho safety p ipe was broken in the collision , and the
steam escaping , the force was necessarily diminished . The engine was shattered , and buried itself in the sand , by which its progress was arrested . The sand was thrown up into the air , like so much smoke . There were thirteen ofthe cows killed , and some of them were thrown twenty feet by the force ofthe shock ; but it is almost miraculous that no human life was sacrificed—at least , wc have heard of none . There was a little boy sitting quite close to the spot where the locomotive entered it , who was thrown to the other side and was not injured in the least ; and a fireman named James p . Sowerley , of Stanton-street , was thrown out of the window , without being hurt . The other cars were considerably damaged , but none ofthe
_passengers in them received the slightest injury . Some of the cars had the wheels knocked off . The followin" is a list of the wounded of Hose Company 2 _to . 4 : —George Bailey , io , Norfolk-street—both his legs broken , one of them in two places , and the other at the ancle ; William Palmer , 161 , Stanton-street—leg greatly injured ; "William Swinerton , Bvoome-street—leg badly bruised ; William _tVilmott _, 240 , Delancy-street—hurt in the side and feet George nobbs , Clinton-street—both legs and bip injured ; William Daley—injured in the breast and back ; John Morgan , Clinton-street—head and breast injured ; Robert Mackay—hurt in the stomach , by being thrown on a chair ; Thomas Baker , —hand _injured ; George W . Brady—face bruised ; Charles ' Dumonlin , Clinton-street—both legs
ur | urcd . ., , , ' " Here we have a list of ten , besides others whose name we could not learn , more or less injured . " The up-train was delayed for about an hour , and then proceeded on its way . Thc down-train was taken to "Sew York by the Harlem train , and nose Company "So . 4 , after consulting together , resolved to return by it , instead of pursuing their trip , and to apply the monev they intended to expend upon the excursion for medical aid to thc suffering members of their body , as the accident occurred when they wereondury . ... , ., . „ , " The down-train having been placed onthe track by the assistance of Irish labourers , who were workin" in the neig hbourhood , it was attached to the Harlem train , and arrived in the city at twelve o'clock . "
Tub Ito-Hutiox Laws.—The Following Reply...
Tub _Ito-HUTiox Laws . —The following reply has been sent by the Board of Trade to an application from some shipowners at Cork , on a point of importance to the shi pping interest of the United Kingdom : — "Board of Trade , _November 5 , 1849 : —Sn _* , lam directed by the Lords ofthe Committee of Priv y Council for Trade to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 24 th of October , addressed to the president of this board , inquiring _whether American and other foreign-built ships will do admitted to the priviliges of Britis h , registry , after the Act for the Amendment ofthe Navigation Law shall have come into operation ; and I aw to acquaint you , that from the 1 st of January next all shi ps duly owned by British subjects will be adm , tted to registry _without inquiry as to the place 0 f Seir _1 ) uifd .-I have , Ac ., D . Lb Marohaxi . -H . B . Carroll , Esq ., Cork . "
Parliamentary And Financial Reform. Grea...
PARLIAMENTARY AND FINANCIAL REFORM . GREAT MEETIXG IX EDINBURGH . In compliance with a requisition signed by upwards Of five hundred of the most influential of the inhabitants of Edinburgh , a meeting was held in the Music Hall , Edinburgh , on Mondav night , to receive Lord Dudley Stuart , M . P ., Sir Joshua Walmslcy , M . P ., Joseph Hume , Esq ., M . P ., and George Thompson , Esq ., M . P _., who are at present in Scotland as adeputation from the National Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association . The admission was by tickets , and notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather , ( a drizzling rain falling
during the evening , ) the large hall was crowded to overflowing . The meeting , in fact , was equal to any ever held in Edinburgh . Among those on the platform were—The Lord Provost , Bailie Gu'kmd , Dean of Guild Wilson , Councillors Fyffe , Redpath , Drummond _, Gray , Miller Hay , and Anderson ; Rev . Drs . Ritchie , Peddie , and Kidston ; Hev . J . It . Campbell , Rev . Mr . Muir ( Leith ) , Rev . Mr . Crawford , and Rev . Mr . Somerville ; Duncan M'Lareu , Esq ., William T . iit , Esq ., Thomas Ireland , Esq ., J . n . Stott , Esq . , Thomas Russell , Esq ., J . w . Mackie , Esq ., F . g . Mitchell , Esq ., J . Musket , Esq ., Peter Wilson , Esq ., & c ., Ac . On the motion of Councillor Gray , the LonD Provost was called to the chair .
The Lonn Pnovosr , after taking the chair , said that the meeting was aware that when he accepted the honour of presiding on this occasion he qualified that acceptance by stating thathe should he allowed to give his own opinion upon the questions to be discussed . He had , however , since thought that , in the first place , it would be very inexpedient that ho should do so ; and , in the second p lace , that it would not be courteous if he were in any way to attempt to discuss these mattei' 3 with the '
honourable gentlemen who wore to address them , and therefore he would confine himself simply to this statement , that he was in no way identified with the association which these gentlemen represented . ( Disapprobation , and slight cheering . ) He did not mind a little of that work , as it was very wholesome . ( Laughter . ) Baillie Stott read a letter of apology from Mr . Joseph Hume for not attending the meeting , pleading the necessity of attending to his private affairs . After stating that nothing was to be expected from thc Whigs , Mr . Hume concludes as follows : —
It is painful to all those who laboured to place thc Whigs in power to find tliem now against those very reforms which they in other days , when out of power , asserted were necessary to the prosperity of this country , and I expect the people will have to look to Sir Robert Peel and other men for the improvement that is now wanted ill this country . But we sliaU not have reform from any class ot political men , whether Whig or Tory , until the middleclass electors ( who have tlie power , if they would honestly exercise it , of forcing on the timely reforms I have pointed out , ) shall join cordially . 1 can only wish you success and unanimity in your proceedings .
Sir Joshua _Walmslet , M . P ., after passing a warm _eulogium on Mr .. Hume , whose absence he regretted , said it would be his ( Sir J . _IValmsley's ) duty , on the present occasion , to submit , as sim ply and as plainly as he could , the objects and propositions which the Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association endeavoured to carry out ; and he should leave it to his fellow labourer in this good cause to explain and to support them . ( Applause . ) The hon . member then went on to explain that the object ot the deputation was to promote the cause of parliamentary reform , with a view to the attainment of such amendments in their financial , fiical , colonial , and ecclesiastical affairs as should be in accordance with the wishes and feelings of the great
majority of the people , and should enable them xo reduce and equalise the unequal burdens of taxation . Every one who took an interest in the parliamentary debates , and especially in those of last session , could not but have remarked tho extraordinary difference in the numbers of those who voted for and against every measure in which the people had taken an interest . In every measure in wliich the peop le felt a deep interest—such as a large reduction in the expenditure , the question of arbitration , the question of the Irish Church and its anomalies , and the very question now before the meeting , which was brought forward by Mr . Hume—they must all have remarked the paucity of the numbers of those who voted on the side ofthe people , and
have seen that thc representatives who voted with and for the people in all these great questions were the members of large constituencies . ( Hear , hear . ) Indeed , thc effects of the inequality in their representative system were felt and appreciated by every member of the community , in the heavy and unequal burthen of taxation , in the unequal distribution ofthe funds ofthe state , and in their injurious effects upon the commerce , and trade , and manufactures of the country . They would sustain the crown and its government with becoming splendour ; they would gladly reward all who had done anything to advance tteir country ' s welfare : hut they would draw a wide line of distinction between the dignity of the crown and the safety ofthe state ,
and that useless pageanty which was kept up not for the benefit of the people , but for tho benefit and pecuniary advantage of a small branch of the community . They desired to seo such a check placed upon their rulers as would ensure thc strictest economy in every department of the state consistent with the national faith and the national honour . They would apply state funds to properly state purposes . They would ask the government to look upon the national treasury as a sacred trust placed in their hands for the benefit of all . and not for tho the particular advantage of a privileged few . They would endeavour to do away with that feeling which existed between their misrepresentatives and the people , and have them strive to rule by affection
rather than by coercion . Tho association which he had the honour to represent appealed with earnestness to all parties in the community , to put aside for a time their individual objects of agitation , and to unite in that which was not only the most important , but that on which all others should be basedthe will of the great majority of the people . Their present system , he thought it would be agreed by all , was most disastrous . It had involved the country in an enormous national debt , in endless extravagance , in discontent and disaffection at homo and "" abroad , and had rendered their position as a nation one of doubt and disquietude . ( Hear , hear . ) The changes that thc National Reform Association
sought could scarcely be worse than the present state of things . They , however , believed that they would be infinitely better , and they were at least , based on justice and equity . They were based on this principle—that they should rule by the will and for the benefit of the many , rather than for the few ; and if they did not result in good , cheap , and efficient government , they would , at least , remove every just cause of discontent . The association sought to obtain these things by loyal , peaceful , and constitutional means ; and , strong in tho justice of their cause , they called with confidence for the support of the good of every class , creed , and party . ( Great cheering . ) Sir Joshua resumed his seat amid loud and enthusiastic _chcerinir .
Mr . G . Thompson , M . P ., who was most enthusiastically received , said , —My lord Provost : Had I not taken up the cause of parliamentary and financial reform , as I have taken up every other , from the deepest conviction had I not believed that I was competent ( competent , however , only in so far as the cause was good in itself ) to demonstrate that it had claims to the support of this meeting , I would have been led to hesitate by thc announcement , on the part ofthe chief magistrate of one ofthe most enlightened cities in the world , that he was to be considered as in no way identified with such a movement . ( Hear , hear . ) ' I did not think that in regard to a society which has published on the wings ofthe press its principles , its objects , its
measuresthat has challenged the most searching proof that there is ought in its scope or design that is injurious to the stability of the throne , or tlie maintenance of our present form of government—I fay that I did not think it was necessary to have announced to a meeting like this that the chief magistrate of suchacity was in no way to be identified with such a movement . ( Laughter and great cheering . ) lam identified in every way with that association . It seeks to extend the liberties of my fellow-subjects , therefore I am identified with it . It seeks to stem the demoralising torrent that floods this country whenever a general elecion takes place and when , from two to two and a half millions of the wealth of this country arc spent
to debase thc intellect , corrupt the consciences , and buy the votes of the people . ( Cheers . ) I am with it because I do not believe that virtue , intelligence , patriotism , and p iety—loyalty to our Queen and reverence to our God—arc confined in this country , within so narrow a compass as 830 , 000 voters of the whole population of the United luiii' dom . ( Cheers . ) I am with this association because I believe that the hour , is come when true conservatism consists in doing justice , not in denying it : because I believe that the peop le , in the midst of surrounding convulsions—with poverty amongst themselves , and a dull and cold , and insulting denial of any , even the smallest , right at the hands ot the government—have shown ( when thrones were tumbling , and our shores were crowded with exiles _to-dav that were monarchsand ministers yesterday )
by their observance of the law , by their respect tor property , by their concessions to their fellow-subjects , all that can be shown to demonstrate their ' fitness to be at once admitted within the elective franchise . ( Cheers . ) I am with this association because whoever the degenerate sons of noble sires be that may be absent from this platform to-nightand I do not regret their absence—I am here to advocate a cause advocated by their fathers three quarters of a century ago , and bequeathed to them to be accomplished , but which they have treacherously betrayed , and are not here to-night becauso they have not obeyed the voice of their fathers . ( Applause . ) To-morrow and its revelations , however , will , I trust , read these men a lesson * , for the hour is come for the breaking up ofthe domination of cliques , and clubs , nnd part _' es . ( Great ap-
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plause . ) I know that there are mam * . who were asked to-aay , and yesterdav , and the dav before , to be here , but who have replied , "Have any of our rulers believed in him ?—( a laugh)—is tho cause fashionable ? or is the _7 _< onl Provost with it ?" ( llouowed laughter , and much applause . ) They will now learn to-morrow that ho is not with it . ( Hisses . ) I hope the cause will so on notwithstanding . ( Laughter and applause . ) I do not think that I shall fuel it necessary to pack np mv portmanteau , and return across the Tweed , while from thc Lord Provost in the chair , I can appeal to the enthusiastic thousands before me with a full conviction that , ere I sit down , I shall demonstrate that every man here ought to have the franchise . ( Cheers . )
Lot me guard the association—for the association has been put upon its trial to-night—from the misrepresentation of those who lie in wait to deceive . Wc seek no change in the existing form of government . We are for no revolution save by peaceable means . We do not seek to destrov the _' _peerasre of the country . The head and front of our offending is this—that wo wish to havo in the Commons House of larhament a just and constitutional counterpoise , to the influence and power of the other two states of the realm . That is a constitutional object , Wc have not three states of the realm at the present moment . We have but one . Mv honourable friend has said truly that we do not live under a government of Queen , Lords , ami Commons .
We lire under a government that , is an aristocracvpurely an aristocracy , as the democratic element has no influence whatever in this countrv . What is the constitution of the house at this nioment-the people s house—the Commons House of parliament ? Six marquises , seven carls , twenty-one viscounts , tllirty-iOUl * lords , Wenty-five ri ght honourable ? , forty-seven honourablcs _, fifty-six baronets , eight lord-lieutenants , seventy-four deputv-Iieutenants , fifty-three magistrates , sixty-three placemen , 1 QS gentlemen , who are patrons of livings in the church , and so on . That is the people ' s iiouso at this moment . ( A laugh . ) Do you ask anything in that house for the people , it is denied . It consists of 650 men . Ask the ballot , and there are only _eilitv
g that will VOtO for it . Ask for an inquiry into the appropriation and application of the temporalities of the church in Ireland , aud 100 only will vote for it . Ask for-any measure of financial " reform , and only seventy-eight , seventy-nine , and eighty , will vote for it . Ask for the extension of the suffrage , and only eighty-four will vote for it . Ask for the People ' s Charter , and only fifteen will vote for it . Now , my lord , with regard to financial reform , there is no difference of opinion . The universal cry is that taxation has reached its limit , and the universal admission is , that it is injurious to the interests of the people ; that it interferes with industry ; that it paralyses trade and commerce ; that it is unequally imposed ; and that the mode of its
collection is vexatious . Well , doubtless wc are heavily taxed . I think , my Lord Provost , that you will admit this , that taxation is not a luxury , that it is not something that is done to give us pleasure ; and that if any corporation , having tho power , exercises it to take money to the extent of ten millions out of tho pockets of the people , they ought , at least , to be able to show a good account of what they have done with it , and prove themselves faithful and just in regard to it . I will call on this audience , ' to-night , to look at this question through certain high moral aspects . _Kow what do we pay for government in comparison with other nations ? On the other side of the Atlantic they have a government , and they are proud ofit . ' Thev support
their king m respectability , and they call him a president . ( A laugh . ) He reigns for four years , and there everyman is heir-apparent to the throne . ( Laug hter and applause . ) Well , thoy have a government , and they havo a standing army which they deem sufficient to guard that immense frontier of theirs , stretching from the Frozen Ocean to the Pacific , and to the distant portions of Mexico . And what do they pay per head ? Just 0 s . 7 il . Well , if we go from America to Russia , wo find that there they rejoice in a government called an autocracybecause , I suppose , au autocracy is a word superior to a republic- ( a laugh)—and they have to pay 2 d more than in America , for they have to pay 9 s . 9 d . a head . They have a remarkable aovcrnment , to
be sure ; and very conducive to order , whether it be in Warsaw , St . Petersburgh , ' or the banks of the Danube . ( _Laughter . ) Then , in Austria , the people pay lis . 6 . a head ; in _Prussia , 12 s . id . ; while our mercurial neighbours on the other side of the channel pay 21 s . a head , for—I was going to designate this government , but I do not know well what it is , and I will , therefore , refrain from doing so . ( Laughter . ) They have got a government , however , and , for such as it is " they pay 24 s . a head . And , my Lord Provost , we have a government ; and if the worth of a thing is to be estimated according to what it costs the country , why we should have a thing of superlative excellency—of faultless creation , or without a blemish in its
beauty , or a flaw in its construction ; for instead of paying 9 s . 7 d . and 9 s . 9 d . a head , as in America and iu Russia ; lis . Gd ., as in Austria ; 12 s . 4 d ., as in Prussia ; and 24 s ., as in France—wo pay 45 s . a head all round . ( Hear , hoar . ) In addition to this , there is an _minionse amount of taxation for local purposes , which would , perhaps , swell the amount ot the taxes paid by ¦ the people of this country to tho extent of more than £ 100 , 000 , 000 annually . What is this paid for ? For government . For any thing _olso ? No man can say that it is paid for ought but government . What is tho object of government ? To defend the rights and liberties , and to protect the property of all . Under . ' a wise and and just government , laws should be no respecter
of _persons . Justice should be cheap , easy , certain , impartial . Industry , so far from being sneered at or plundered , should be , not in Mr . Disraeli ' s sense ofthe word , by just laws and taxation , protected , so that it might have free scope . No just government should make any reli gious distinctions a matter of disqualification in tilings that are purely secular , temporal , and political . There should bo no more taxes raised under a just government than were absolutely needed . They should be justly imposed—not levied lightest on . the strongest , and heaviest on the weakest . They should not seek from him that has scarcely anything almost as much as that which ho hath ; and that would not seek to give him who has abundance , ten times more out of the taxes than he pays into them . Will any mail for a moment contend that such is flic constitution of the people of this country that thev
cannot be governed for less than 21 s . a head more than French , 32 s . Sd . more than the Prussians , 33 s . Od . more than the Austrians , 35 s . 3 d . more than the ltussians , and 35 s . od . more than the people of the United States ? You in Scotland will surely seek to clear yourselves from the imputation of being such an unruly , turbulent , and immoral sot of people as to require an expense ten times greater than that of the people of the United States to govern you . It strikes me that instead of being a country which should have to appeal to the civilised world for bread to save it from famishing , as wo have lately been , it ought to be u country wliich , as it _possessed all the elements of wealth , should possess a contented , a happy , and a prosperous population . ( Cheers . ) Will any man rise and say that tiie evils of which wc have to complain are chargeable to the Divine Being ? No . What could lie liavo done for us more than He hath done ? We
have a boundless territory . Wc can command , even on our own soil , tlie fruits of all climes and of all seasons . We have bread enough and to spare in the imperial granary . We are exalted in arts , and invincible in arms . Wc have a commerce commensurate with ( he globe , with mineral riches unsurpassed , with mechanical ingenuity unequalled , with a perseverance amongst our mariners and out merchants that leads them to compass the earth , so that wherever a human being can be found thoy will bo ready to change commodities with him . ( Cheers . ) And yet , notwithstanding all this , wo are a discontented and wretched people , having more poverty amongst us than can be found among the same number in any part of the world , How
does that come to pass ? ive think that _misgovern ment has a great deal to do with it . There ave £ GO , 000 , 000 of taxes raised every year for state purposes . From whom , then , are thc taxes derived ? The aristocracy pay nothing . They pay , in fact , infinitely less than nothing when you compute how much thoy takeout of the taxes . _AYho pays tlie £ 37 , 000 , 030 of indirect taxes ? The consuming and _hardworking people of this country . Not your men-in ermine robes . No . That pale-faced weaver pays them—that man that is coining with sooty face from the mine , where he has been labouring hard in the bowels of the earth , pays themyon ingenious mechanic pays them—yon semptress ill the _jrai'l'pf . n _« lv « _thnm vnn nnvtnt _> lnhnillMnir l
p— '" j" _— . >—• j _«« 1 """"' . "' B under Ins burthen pays them—yon engineer that drove the locomotive that brought us to this city pays tliem . Where he spends 20 s . in tea , he pay s los . in taxes ; where he spends 20 s . in coffee ; he pays 8 s . in taxes ; where he spends SOs . in sugar , he pays 6 s . in taxes ; where lie spends 2 Us . in soap , os . goes to pay taxes ; and when he spends 20 s . in tobacco , 16 s . he pays for taxes . Who , then , pays the taxes ? It is the hardworking people . Our taxes come from the poor ; from the men who vise early and who sit up late , and who cat the bread of carefulness , and whose bosom is wrung by a thousand anxieties to provide for those whom he has left at home . These are the men whom wo seek to
have a share in seeing that the government is properly administered ; it is the fathers and the husbands—the men who work hard , and are willing to do so , from Monday morning till Saturday evening , to gain an honest livelihood . ( Applause . ) It is the man who , if he 1 ms 20 s , a week , pays 10 s . ofit in taxes to the Chancellor of the Exchequer , as be can scarcel y do anything for which he is not taxed . If not , would his lordship give it a name ? Was it not something like robbery ? ( Applause . ) Now this association was established for the protection ofthe masses who were thus robbed . If not with the Lord Provost , at least with many of this audience they would find sympathy for thc object they had in view . ( Hear , hear . ) lie would now take
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an illustration or two . Mr . Thompson then referred to the sixty millions sterling which was annually raised hy this country , aim said that , wero this money properl y spent * what immense good could bq effected with it . Every cottage might be flooded with light , every deformed creature housed and comforted , and every wretched and poverty-stricken victim might bo saved from famine . ( Applause . ) Dut how did the money go ? _Twenty-eiirht millions ofit went to pay the interest on the national debt , which was nothing move nor loss than a stupendous movement of their practical atheism . Then , besides this sum of twenty-ei ght millions - io pay the interest of the debt contracted by war , there was _nearly twenty millions _stei-liiifi- more expended for
the purpose of keeping up war-like establishments _, lie then referred to tho small sum wliich was set down for education ( £ 30 , 000 ) denounced the large sums given to the church of England and to tho church of Ireland for the maintenance of their religious ordinances , and after referring to the splendour and wealth in which many of thc prelates of these churches lived , and to the large sums which thoy often bequeathed at their deaths , ho asked if this was a consistent imitation of him who had not where to lay his head , Jlr , Thompson then stated that last session an earnest appeal was made to tho prime minister of this country to grant some measure of reform . Lord John Uussell , however , replied in substance that the system worked
well—( iaughter ) -an .-l Jet well alone . Now to that , he ( Mr . Thompson ) would say that it doubtless worked well for Lord John ; for he had a salary of £ 5 , 000 a year , tho amount which the President of the United States received who governed nineteen millions of tho human race—and a house called Pembroke Lodge , in Richmond Park , all the repairs of which were done at the public expense ; he had besides the patronage of 103 livings in the church , and the appointment of all the bishops . Lord John had two brothers in thc army taking the pay of the people ; one who was a canon in the church ; two on thc quarter deck of tho navy ; one sergeant at-avir . s of tho House of Commons . He had also an uncle in tho navv , a _eotis'in governor of a
distant colony , a father-imlaw Lord Privy Seal , with £ 2 , 000 a year and a brother-in-law one of the secretaries of the Hoard of Control . Verily , Lord John Russell might say that the system worked well . ( Loud applause . ) Thero wore also many others for whom thc system worked well . ( Hear , hoar . ) It worked well fur admirals and no ships ; for generals and no command ; for pensioners and no merit ; for office-holders and no duties ; for grand falconers and no falcons ; and many others . It did not , however , work well for trade and commerce ; for tho rights and claims of British industry ; for tho cause of peace and for tho rights of the poor ; for the rig hts of conscience ; for thc contentment of the colonies ; for the peace of Ireland ; or for the
independence of election . In none of these respects did it work well . ( Loud cheers . ) I am making no allusion to men for tho purpose of bringing them into prominence for their disadvantage or disparagement ; but is it just or right to the peoplo of this country to charge them £ 120 , 000 a year for the continuance of the regal mockery in Dublin ? Can no man be found , whoso sympathy for Ireland would lead him to go there , and do his best to _tvanquilisc that unhappy country for less than £ 120 , 000 a year ? ( Hear , and applause . ) No American ambassador has more than £ 2 , 000 a year ; neither Mr . Bancroft , at the Court of St . James ' s , nor Washington Irving at any other court . Surely we have something else to do with our money than
to pay our ambassadors or attaches for sporting along the streets of Naples with Lola Montes . ( Laughter and applause . ) If £ 2 , 000 will feed , house , and provide a carriage , what need have they of £ S , 000 or £ 10 , 000 , when that is taken from the hard earnings of tho poor weaver or blacksmith ? ( Applause , ) What can that be called ? ( A voice , " Robbery . " ) Now , I say without hesitation , that the application of the money taken from tlie people of this country is a . scandal to our religion ; and the parties that do so arc a government who do not sympathise with meritorious industry . Well , then , the question was , how is this system to be remedied . Thanks to tlie men of Liverpool , and to the men of Edinburgh ) who have taken up the question of financial reform , the evils of the present system have
been to a considerable extent exposed . Mr . Thompson then alluded to the votes on various measures of reform during thc last session , and asked what then is tho remedy ? We say representative reform . We say that all these evils have grown up under our representative system . We say that every argument employed in favour of the Reform Bill in 1831 and 1 S 32 is applicable at the present time . Did Lord John Russell , at that time , denounce nomination seats ? Why , they exist still . It will be found that , in more than the half of the small boroughs , at the last general election , there was no contest . And why ? IJecause there was no men desirous of incurring expense . No . ; but because no man has any earthly chance unless Lord
So-andso , and the Honourable So-and-so nominated rim . Then is there no interference ofthe peers with the freedom of election ? Why look to those two ornaments of tho opposition benches—tho youthful Granny and the venerable Hemes . 'Ihey came into parliament to represent the most noble the Marquis of Exeter . They . sit for the Marquis of Exeter ; and the honest voters of Exeter say , that rather than things should remain in that state , thoy would prefer that tho borough was altogether disfranchised . Is thero no bribery now ? Yes ; I spoke of two millions having been spent at every election in bribery . In some boroughs it requires £ 70 or £ 30 , in others £ 200 or £ 500 , and in thc caso of Liverpool , it roaches to thousands ; for men are utterly
intractable until you have employed the oil of palms . ( Applause and laughter . ) Mr . Thompson then asked what chance havo the popular constituencies ? The borough of the Tower Hamlets , which ho represented , sent two members to the House of Commons , and had a population of ncaaly half a million of souls ; but thero were eighty-three men in the House of Commons , tho population of whose eightythree boroughs did not equal that of the Tower Hamlets , and eighty of these wero in the opposite lobby ofthe house to which he went . He then directed their attention to the return obtained by Sir W . Clay , from which it would be seen that fourteen boroughs , at the top of one of t ' _ie lists , with a constituency in the aggregate of 3 , 449 , returned twenty
members ; whereas nine boroughs at the bottom of the list , who also returned twenty members , had an aggregate constituency of 141 , 493 . Mr . Thompson then showed how the elections in the small boroughs were managed , through the instrumentality of London parliamentary agents , and unknown and untried men got in to represent them , entirely according to the amount they aro willing to spend on the bribery and corruption of the voters . Tiicsc , ho said , were facts which could not bo denied , and although largo constituencies , like that of Edinburgh , mi ght from their numbers be saved from such a stato of things , yet what ho had stated was the condition of half the boroughs in the United Kingdom . ( Hear . ) . It was to put an end to _thing's
like these that they asked for such a measure of parliamentary reform as was lately brought forward by Jfr . Hume ; and nothing less than that would answer . Apart , however , from this measure , as a means to an end , there were sufficient grounds upon which to espouse it . It was right in itself ; and that was enough for him ( Mr . Thompson ) . Why should one man have a vote and not another ? ( Cheers . ) Ho then adverted to the irresponsible character of the House of Commons , as at present constituted . No doubt there wevo a few members returned by large constituencies ; and he would like to ask if tho giving of the franchise to these large constituencies was an error ? Had Manchester cause to be ashamed of her representatives ; or thc metropolitan boroughs , of course with ono
exception ? ( A laugh . ) Their ministers were not , however , responsible at this moment to tlieir constituencies . Was Lord Palmerston responsible to Tiverton ? Sir J . Hobhouso to Harwich ; or Mr . _Hawes to Kinsale ? When Mr . Hawes was responsible to Lambeth , ho was turned out . When Sir J . Ilobhouse was responsible to Nottingham ho was also turned out . He could allude to other turns out , but he would not . ( Laughter , applause , and some hisses . ) They could take the liberty of putting their own construction on this . ( Hisses , applause , and a voice — ' Three cheers for Mr . Macaulay . " ) There was a very interesting ditlcrcnce of opinion oil that subject , and ho would not attempt to decide tho question . But this he meant to say , that thc electors had the right to choose tlie man
that they liked best . This was not the case , however , with three-fourths of the burghs in this country . Then , in reference to the counties , the £ 50 touant-at-will electors could not act in opposition to the behests of their landlords , unless they were willing to make sacrifices which few men were prepared to make for political honesty . He had to tell them , finally , that he and those who co-operated with bim , sought the measure at which they aimed as a measure of honesty . They sought to ' accomplish it by honourable means . By appealing to the understanding , the reasoning , and the virtues of the people of this country , they hoped to obtain for the unfranchised classes that which they had a right to . ( Applause . ) If the middle classes did no unite with their disfranchised * fellow-subjects of tho
working-classes m this movement , it was his doliberate opinion that matters could not go on long as they had been doing . Of this , however , he was sure , that if the middle class would recognise the ri g hts of their unenfranchised fellow-subjects , no ministry would much longer delay granting such a measure of reform as they claimed . It was not universal suffrage that they sought , but the enfranchisement of every man who was rated in Eng land to the poor—who had a local habitation and a name . This would exclude the vagrant , tko lunatic , and the soldier . He granted that this would bring within the franchise a great many vicious persons ; but he doubted if there would be more vice than existed under tho present system . He was convinced that there were many who would go from that meeting into
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obscurity that were as much entitled to tin : rniuehiso as any who _at-. _pi-cseiit held it ; ' and who would besides , exercise it as well and as _tVuhniUy . Ho held that there were manvsuch as _deservin-r of the fnti : e " ii-c as the chief _nmaistrato who presided over their meeting . ( Applause . ) f t , had been . "aid that the working-classes had been- turbulent ; but men were generally disposed to be turbulent when they were sensible of being wronged ; and they met to judge what the conduct of men would be when righted , by what it had been when they were acting under a sense of injury . ( Hear , hear . ) It did not follow , however , that a bad man would elect a bad representative . They know too much ofthe evils of their own class to do so . At all events they knew too much of themselves and their tendencie s *
to put a man exactly like themselves in a situation where he could do ' so much injury . ( Applause . ) lie was disposed to think that society was not just so vicious that thoy could not get abundance of materials to control or leaven , in a matter of this kind , what was bad . Iu his humble judgment there \ va _:-i far too much importance attached to tho giving of tho right to vote to tho unenfranchised claSSOS . It was a trust winch no doubt required to bo exercised wisely ; but a man almost every day in his life discharge *! duties which were calculated to have as great an influence on his fellow-men as this . The working classes were already morally and intellectually enfranchised , and why might they not be politically enfranchised ? Thev had the
franchise of speech ; thoy exercised ( he duties of fathers and husbands , of masters and foremen , and other important duties in life ; and why should they not have a right to vote for those " who rcpi'SClited them in parliament ' " ( Applause . ) They were surely as _^ vell qualified to exercise it as the people of America or of France . It was , therefore , no longer a matter of doubt or experiment . It had been tried and proved beyond all cavil or dispute ( Applause . ) They had an infinitely bettor population here then existed in America where the suffrage was universal ; and what was to hinder the suffrage being extended to them 1 The honourable gentleman then stated that the association stopped a little short of the demands ofthe chartist , and went a little beyond those ofthe moderate reformer ,
and said that having done this they had happily obtained , the co-operation of both . Mr . Thompson concluded by calling upon men to cast aside party , and by urging reformers to unite and to trust to themselves . Those who were ready to go their length , and yet did not declare for it , merely because the word had not yet come from Lord John . Russell and Lord Grey , should at once make up their minds , irrespective of these parties , for they mi ght depend upon it that they would place them in a false position , for when once tho whigs found that they must cither move on , or move out of office , they would adopt the former instead of the latter alternative . Mr . Thompson then read a letter from Lord Dudley Stuart , expressing his regret that severe domestic affliction prevented him from being
able to fiome to _Edinburgh . able to come to Edinburgh . Mr . w . Tait ( the former publisher of Tail ' s Magazine ) , then moved tho following resolution : — "Thatthe inhabitants of Edinburgh here assembled , believing as they do , that good and economical government will only be secured by a large extension of franchise ; a shortening ofthe duration of Parliament ; protection to every man in the exercise of the franchise , and a more equal distribution of political power , through the means of equalised electoral districts , heartily sympathises in the object aimed at by the National Financial and Parliamentary Reform Association , and of the means used to effect those objects ; and this meeting tenders its warmest thanks to the gentlemen of the deputation
for their able exposition of the principles of that association upon the present occasion . " —He said he did not approve out-and-out of the Parliamentary Financial Reform Association . His objection , however , was not that it went too far — Vut that it didnotgo far enough— 'ho being of opinion with Jeremy Bentham , that the suffrage should be universal . ( Applause . ) Mr . I ' yfe , S . S . C ., seconded tho motion , which was carried amidst the most enthusiastic applause . SirJosuvA Walhslf . _v and Mr . _Tuompsos then severally returned thanks ; and , after a vote of thanks to the Lord Provost for his conduct in the chai r , the meeting broke up .
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Wreck ofthe Ship _L'EuKOfr .. —The underwriters at Lloyd ' s received thc following particulars , announcing the deplorable loss of the barque I / Europe , of Havre , with the whole of the crew ( except tho second mate ) and passengers , on the island of Guernsey . L'Europe was a vessel nearly 400 tons burden , and was bound to the above-mentioned port ( Havre , ) from Sague la Grande , Cuba . She sailed on tho 4 th of October , and had a pr . spcrous voyage till thc morning of Thursday last , having safely passed the Lizard on the previous day with a fair wind from N . W . At two o ' clock , when it was blowing a gnlo from tho northward , accompanied by heavy showers of rain and hail , the master , reckoning that he had passed the Caskets , shaped his course for Baiflcur lighthouse , but , in an hour
afterwards , land was seen on the larboard bow , and almost immediately rocks wevo perceived close at hand . An attempt was made to put the vessel about , but she missed stays , and in wearing ship much g round , was lost . Two tacks were made to avoid tho danger wliich seemed imminent , and the best bower-anchor was then let go very closo to some rocks in proximity with the shore . The anchor , however , did not hold , and finally , about half-past five , the vessel was driven broadside on against a dangerous ridge of rocks , a short distance below Hornet d'Albec , to the eastward of Vazon Bay , and shortly afterwards went to pieces . The second mate was the only one of the _crciT who gained the shore ; all the rest perished , and a lady passenger and her two children . The bodies of the latter have been washed
ashore with two of the crew , and were decently buried . Not a particle of her cargo was saved . The loss of the vessel and cargo is estimated at £ 8 , 500 . The Guernsey Comet states that the name of the lady passenger was Mine . Duj . irdin , from Ghent , in "Belgium , and the names of her children Henry , aged _nhoul ; five , and Henrietta , three years . L'Europe was commanded by Captain Meheut , and she had a crew of nine men and a boy . Death from Chloroform . — Another death from chloroform has lately occurred in Paris , and has been reported by M . de Confevron . The patient , a woman thirty-two years of age , who had been some time before etherised without ill-effects , inhaled chloroform previous to the extraction of a tooth . The chloroform was given very carefully anil slowly , When _insensibility had been apparently produced . the operator was about to _commence , when the patient
perceivmif herself not sufficiently affected , repulsed his hand and mode signs for more chloroform . She pressed the handkerch ' ef to her mouth and made four or five deep inspirations . Almost immediately the face became pale and contracted , the pupils of the eye horribly dilated , the teeth clenched , and the head thrown back . Ammonia , galvanism , artificial respiration , aud other means did not mtove her . On post mortem examination no stroctuval disease was discovered ; the cerebral vessels were congested ; in all the larger vessels at the base of thc cranium there were many bubbles of air . The left auricle of the heart contained black fluid , in which also were air bubbles . The large veins contained black fluid blood . M Confevron refers the bubbles of air to the strong iiiiufflations he practised . He considers the death to have resulted from thc directly noxious influence of chloroform upon the r . ervous system . —Medical Gazette .
Narrow Escape of a _Traix at Cn . ini . ER 0 i . —On Sunday last the train left _Namur with four hundred passengers . When within sight of Charleroi , the driver seeing no signal hoisted , blew his whistle repeatedly , but meeting with no response , and apprehending danger , got down and walked to . thc Station , where he found the waykeeper lying on the ground , bleeding profusely from a _dagger wound and contusions about the head . He found also that the rails had been removed by some miscreants , who effected it with hammers _wwifiku in cloth , -with which they felled the waykeeper , who states that he had just sufficient strength , ns tlie engine-driver was on his way , to raise his hand and give the signal for the approaching train to stop , llad it proceeded , the consequence , it is stated , would have been , that it would with the passengers have been precipitated into the eanal . Two men are in custody on suspicion .
A Vessel _deseutrd m her Crew . —Kilkee , . Nov . 17 . —A vessel , timber-laden , was discovered on the morning of the 17 th inst ., off Loophead Lighthouse , deserted by her crew , and drifting before the wind . She was boarded by the men of a p ilot-boat , who succeeded in getting some of her sails into working order . She wind soon after having come to the south-west , the ship ' s head was turned towards Galway . She passed this place about three o ' clock in tow of two pilot-boats , and seemed to be getting on well . The coast-guards stationed here attempted to board her , but failed , so thc poor pilot men were left to enjoy their prize undisturbed . There is no acooimt of tho crew ; it is supposed thoy deserted her during the late stormy weather , aed that they landed on the Kerry shore . With a view to collect their webs for silk , -1 , 000 spiders were once obtained , but they soon killed each other . Manufactures and war never thrive together .
_Abeknetiiv ' sPilf . _rowDEBs-weve specially prepared as an adjunct to thc external application of " Abcmethy's JHie Ointment , " for every variety of the piles . The use of these powerful aperients tendsgreatl y to destroy thc beneficial cftoots oi the outward application and to increase rather than _uwiimsli the disorder . It is too much thc custom with the _amicted to have recourse to strong purgative medicine in cases oftlus complaint , and in almost every such instance the patient is materially injured and thc disease greatly aggravated . Where the bowels uv _« confined , the Atser liethianlowders have thc et'fcct of removing the obstruction , and of allaying any inflammation that exists . They cpoi ami strengthen the bo ' dv , aud vender thoroughly ci & cient the use ofthe Ouitmcnt ,
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