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_4 _> W . e bei taken , as it was now manifest tb . 6 rjOfcBtloa coald not rest where it was . Ha would t _beretore bB content that the metion should be negatived wi t DOt " S division . At the same time , he gave notice that ae _WonH call ihe attention of the house to the subject at 6 _^ Sev _^ gai : tio _" w _:: then putand carried with-OU Mte _^ ii ° _poWg of some other bu _. _iness , the house was _CJnnted out , ' at two o ' clock . _WEDNESDAY , Arc . 2 o HOUSE OF COilMOXS . -The Speaker took the chair at twelve o clPCk . __^ v . _«_ . i . _i _~ _GaoJvimhrouht
_„ _Drs-Yv EiscTzos .-t * rA R . * _pup the _Rencr ; of the Dublin _ratios C _™" ' whlch 8 tat . , : ... John _Rycoias , Esq ., _a-D _^ Ei ward _Gtogan , Esa bad _* -= n duly elected as members of parliament for the city of Dublin . The committee further stated tbat th- / eo _= _ecrred in the report of the committees of 1835 _sni 1335 . with regard to the irregularities in the assessment of ' the municipal t _« es which tended to _reelrictWoierclse of the fracc '& _Us . Tho cmnmittee had spent seventy-two days in a most _unsatisfactory inquiry , and _tiaey strongly recommended to the _houss to take early measures to prevent ths recurrence of an evil which involved several parties in serious expense . ( Hoar , hear . ) . _Kaples asd SicrtT . —Lord J . _Bdssell , at the instance
Of Sir J . _Walrh _, explained the canse of tbe appearance of the British fleet in the B . _» y of _Kaples , which was in _conseouecce cf the _Neapelitan . _government having threatened British snbj els in Naples , in common with its ewn , with tbe imposition of a _forced loan Oa Sir W Park ' s arrival , _hawev . r , ho found that this project _h- ' _dbeen abandoned , and interference on his part there _, fore became _armeeessary . As between tho King of Naples sad his own _subjects tie admiral had received no instructions that would _Iesd him to take any hosti . e _mjasnref e 3 against either party . _Scppit . — The house then went into Comnuttee Ot Supplv on the _miscellsneous _estimates , which occupied the house , with a slight adjournment , until a quarter . _Dast two o ' clock in the morning . _Onn-e vote of £ 18 , 700 for Polish Refugees being put , Ur C 0 _= soens moved its disallowance , on tbe ground that the- time tad arrived when it should _elmgether
c _« ase . After some discussion , on an assurance from ths Chakcellos of the Exchequer that no _persoa _Bhoald from henceforth participate in the grant who was not from sge or infirmity _preveata from returning te hi § own _country Mr Osborne withdrew his amendment , and the VGfe WS 5 agreed to . A number of votes were agreed to in the course cf thB _evecinc , _aficr which the vote for Civil Contingencies _originated a debate . Mr B . Ofbobne moved that it be reduced by the sum of £ i , _t ± o , the amount awarded by the government to Sir C . _Trsvlyan and other persons for extra services _performed la carrying out ths r ; lief measures for Ire . land . The committee having divided , the amendment was negatived by a majority of 53—the numbers fourteen to _seventy . three . in Irelandia aid of
The grants for Distressed Unions , the rates , until the harvest , and for emigration to the Britiih Sena _American colonies , were agreed ta after debates when , these being thelast estimates to be voted , the _chairm-m left the chair , _BHd the house resumed _nmiast lend cheers —[ What the dsvll did they cheer for ? _Wa 3 it because they had succeeded in plucking thepeocle for another year !] _Csiswrcx Oaths ( _Ibemjp ) Bur . —Sir G , Gsrr moved the third reading of this bill . Mr S . _Ceawfobd proceeded at great length to review the ccsrsc cf legislation which had been pursued _towsrdi Ireland during tbe pa _? t year , and _csmplained that t _' ae _gorernoient , instead of remedial measures , t > Bd _coerccS ths _p-rople and aggravated their distresses . The hon . _gentlemsn received an intimation from tbe Speaker _thaths was travelling away from tbe _obj'Ct before the _honse aad brought his address to a close .
Mr P . _Scsops said no peace could exist in Ireland nstil the relations of landlord and tenant were placed on s more satisfactory footing than at present . Mr _O'Coxn-or said : Sir , there is no man in this house , nor in this country , more opposed to secret associations than I am , because I feel convinced that they are used by the artful and designing for the promotion of their own profligate purposes . And I have now in my pocket sufficient proof to establish the fact , that every Chartist in London , who has been seduced into a violation of the law , has been the dupe cf a government spy and informer . But , sir , although I am willing to make this admission , yet I cannot see by what rule of this house the hon . member for Rochdale was stopped when he was showing the cause of those secret clubs and associations . There is no inquietude in this house , —there
is no impatience when its time is wasted with religious squabbles , sugar squabbles , and foreign diplomacy , but when the case of the suffering Irish is mooted , it is not the time for entertaining the question . But is not tlie opposition ol the noble lord ( John Russell ) to the amendment of the hon . member for Rochdale a direct violation of his former principle , which was to give to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland almost irresponsible power , while now he would place tbat power in the bands of a spurious magistracy . Who were tbe magistrates of Ireland ? They were the nominees of absentees who had abandoned their duties , —middlemen , —men who when the present rebellion was suppressed , would nse their powers to take vengeance upon the people . What remedial measure had been proposed for Ireland _during this long and tedious session ? many vrere promised , and some were proposed , but it was
the custom of ministers to withdraw their own measures if they were met by the dissent of a single member of this _^ side of the house or of tbat side of the house . And with regard to what had been stated by the hon . member for Stroud , that Ireland was like a maniac , and wanted a straight waistcoat , he would tell the hon . member that the Irish were without waistcoats and without food , and although he ( Mr O'Connor ) should not find a seconder in that house lie would be no party to that Coercion Bill any mere than he had to any other Coercion Bill , and that if he stood alone he would move that it be read that day six months . The Speaker put the question , when their appearing no seconder for the hon . _membsr ' s motion , the Speaker declared the ' Ayes' had it . Mr O'Connor declared , amid much laughter , that the ' NO' bad it .
The Bill was read a third time aad passed , A long _discussion took place oa th 9 Diplomatic _Itela tions with the C 6 nrt of Rome Bill . The debate was ad _ionrned till six o ' clock .
FBIDAY , August 25 . HOUSE OF COIIMOXS . — The Chaetist Pmsoseeb . —Mr W / asxey said that he had presented a petition from certaia _persons , complaining of the treatment in the House of Correction of the political prisoner re-• cently convict -d of misdemeanours ; aad lfce _* e petitioners stated that thej hclieved that ihe Home Secretary had given directions these prisoners should be _subjected to coercive treatment . Under these _clrcumstaaces , they said that they cocsid « rod it useless to address the Home _, office on _thj _subj ct ; thay , therefore , had resolved to petition the house . Ha ( Mr Wakley ) believed such a charge to _t-e totally unfounded ( hear , hear ) , and -was -quite _contrary to the character and conduct of the right
honourable _rentlcsan , and was , therefore , most unjust . 17 hatever ths petitioners might have _supposed to the contrary , he was satisfied that the right honourable gentleman was quite incapatle of snob conduct as had been imputed to bim . With a view , however , of satisfying the prisoners , he would ask a question on the subject . Seeing , thee , tLe honourable member for Maidstone { Mr D jdd ) in his place , who was one of tho visiting magistrates ol the prison , he wished to inquire of him whether or not any special instructions had been Bent from the Eoae . _oifice as to the treatment of those prisoners with _andufl severity , and whether they were ordered to be treated not as misdemeanants but as felons . He wiihed e . _lso to ask whether the facts stated ia the
petition as to their treatment were correct . He begged him also , at the same time , to state what was the actual condition and treatment of those prisoners , and whether they had marie complaints of their treatment to the visiting _magif tratc-s . Sir G . Gsei . —Before the hon . gentleman answered the question , he _wi'hed to allude , for one minute , to the _petition presented with regard to himself . Before doing so he begged to thank the hon . gentleman for the expressions" which be h . 2 d used , as to bis ( Sir G . Grey ' s ) conduct , and in which he had done him justice . The petition was signed' Dan Gray , ' who was _deiciibed as chairmen cf a public meeting , but it did not Btate where the
meeting w » s held . It is stated that the petitioners believed that special instructions had been seat from the Home-office to _irtit the Chartist prisoners with uadue Severity . To th : _« . assertion he give the _sost _nnqualifitd contradiction . He had no power to give such instructions ; and if iiehad done bo , tbe magistrates would have _disregarded them . The arrangements of ' . he prison were placed under the charge gf tho visiting _magiitrates by Act of Parliament . With reference to another part of the subject , a memorial had been sent to him by some _^ f the _Caat-- ; st _prisoners , expressing a hopB tbat no _unnecessary hardships would be imposed upon them which he had sent to the visiting magistrates , and he bad no coubt as to their attention to it .
Mr G , Bjdd coald folly corroborate tho _stitesaent of the _rlgh : hon . b » r « aet tbe _Secretary cf State for the Haras _Deparimme , that he had not interfered in any way with tie rpgulations ot the House of Correction . The memorial * sent te tbe Home Office b y two of tha _Chartif t pri ? _oiers wtre referred to the visiting magistrates fcy tbe right hon . _feaxonet _, who had stated to him that fee hoped no unnecessary restrictions would be imposed . Ths _sentesces on tho prlioners implied that they were to te _tubject'd t . _; _certain rules framed for all bouses of correction wh-. n Lord _Normanby was in _effice , and had sot since been departed _froa . The question put by the hon . member for Finibury showed that considerable misrepresentation _beid goae _abroa-i with respect to the ¦ £ tu _Ccsr : _lst prisoners now undergoing sentence of ira . _prisonmeat , As a visiting magistrate , he had seen these
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P « jou % each , _wtek , « . _nd thay _b \ V Mj > T &»» e 4 thitaidvM grateful to the magistrates , and more particularly to tht Governor , Lieuttnaat Tracy , for the lenient manner in which tho regulations had beea carried out . It was said that the prisoners' hair had been eut _cloia Immediately on _thsr _' _enteiia _? the prison . This was not the ease . E . Jones ' s hair was out about a Wiek after his entrance tit bis own _reqaest , and by the advice of tbe Burgeon , owing to the weakness of bis eyes . The others _wera cropped about the same time , except Yernon ' _s _, whose hair was not cat for a fortnight , and ihen not after the Dover crop , bst trimmed in the same manner as any gentleman in the bouse would have his dene . ( A laugh . ) The prisoners all staled they had no complaint to mako with re « p-ct to their fo _. d . The dietary of the house was a . loaf of white bread weighing nearly a pound and a
fca'f with a pint of cocoa , for breakfast , with a similar loafandapint of gruel at _su pp-r . Fanr _daja in _ttw week they had for dinner six OOflceg OffflWrt ind eight _ouaces of potatoes , making on _ihuee days thirty-three ounces of solid food ; oa the other three days a pint and a half of good soup in lieu of meat , _FusbbII and Sharp bom said that if every working man lived nearly as well there would not be discontent in | tho country . They w re _p-rmitted to bare books sent ; them ( subject to the approval of the _chaplain ) , and when hs called that morning Vernon was reading a scientific book , aad Jones working a mathematical problem . ( A laugh . ) In
faot , every _Jndulsence had been given . V _.-rnon stated to the governor that he was accus ' . _omed te take bathe , and ths governor immediately ordered he should have them two or three times a week . Tho _oentsnea on these prisoners made it requisite _that they should be put in _priocB dress , and everything furnished to them was new . The _drass they wore was that of misdemeants , blue , different from that of felons , which was of gray cloth with a number on tbe shoulder . He hoped he had given such explanation respecting their treatment as woald aaUtfs _tKshouse , an < i if . tho hon . _member for Finsbury wished for more information he should be happy to give it . ( Hear , hear . )
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ARREST AND EXAMINATION OF CUFFAY . At half-past three o ' clock , William Cuffay was brought before Mr Ilenry , a - _Bow-street , on Saturday , charged with ' wilfully and feloniously _compassing , imagining , inventing , devising , and intending to levy war against her Majesty , within that part of the United Kingdom called England , in order bj force and constraint to compel her said Majesty to change her measures and counsels , by certain overt acta committed by him . Mr Clarkson attended on the paTt ol the Treasury to prosecute .
Thomas Powell , the informer , deposed that the _prisoner was at a meeting of the delegates held on Tuesday evening last at the Lord Denman beer _ehop , Suffolk-street , Blaekfriarg-road . After a sub-commifcte had arranged what was to fee done , the prisoner interfered by saying , ' Mr Chairman , make _haBte , yon know that I want to be off . All my man are waiting to sea me ; you know that I _taks the weBtern division . ' The prisoner also said , when it waa being discussed as to whether they should _fight or no— ' Sou had better put it shortly all round—yea or no '; and when the question was put to Cuffay he said _« Yes , ' There were about forty present , and two _diasentiente .
By Mr Henry . —The delegates were known to each other . There was no doorkeeper . On Tuesday evening last ihe delegates proposed that tbey should adopt a _pass word , when ' Frostand Mitchel ' waa suggested . Tbis was opposed , and the word ' Justice' was prop-sed and carried . The chairman ( _Mullins ) then a , id chat Ritchie would keep tbe door at the Orange Tree , and upon a member presenting himself Ritchie would ask him what he wanted ; the reply would be ' Justice , ' and he would then be admitted . The prisoner was asked if he wished to say anything , when he replied that after what had been given on oath it would be useless for him to make any reply .
Sergeant Thompson , of the F division , deposed that he went to No . 11 , Ilollon's-strfet , Wardourstrcet , between seven and eight o ' clock on Friday night , and found the prisoner in a three » pair back roflin . lie read a portion of the charge , when Cuffay said , ' That i 3 sufficient ; as I a u a Chartist , I understand all about it . ' He refused to go at first . On Sergeant West attempting to search the room , Cuffay took ont ef a drawer a pistol , and attempted to hand it to his wife , but it dropped on the floor . The pistol was loaded with ball . The fireplace appeared as if a large quantity of paper had been recently burned . He found a blue flag having the' Westminster District' on it . Cuffay said the flag had been used on the occasion of the demonstration of the National Land Company , in August last year , when they went to Herrinesgate , and also at Kennington Common , on the 10 th of April .
. Mr Clarkson then applied for a remand until the 31 st , which was granted ; and , on leaving the bar , Cuffay said , ' Good day , gentlemen . ' He was Bhortly afterwards removed in the van .
( From the Daily News of Monday . ) It having been known to the government that the Chartists and Confederates intended to hold a series of meetings on Sunday , the utmost precautions were taken to prevent a breach of peace it any of the places annonneed for the assemblies to ocme off . Men in plain clothes were planted in the midst of the meetings for the purpose of apprehending those parties who have hitherto escaped , and against whom warrants were granted on Thursday last . Men armed with cutlasses were in reserve , last night , at Towerstreet . Lambeth , Stones-end , Southwark , Bow-street , and Westminster , to assist the others in capturing tho . c e parties in the event of their making au appearance at any of the meetings .
Meeting at the South Lohdok IUll . —At eleven en Sunday morning , a meeting was held at the above hall , for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of establishing school * for the teaching children and adults Chartist principles . The chair having been taken by a young man , whose name waa not announced ( nor were tbe names of any of the speakers , ) a person got up and stated that they were met on a subject of great and vital importance to the working classes , and whieh waa ta consider how the people ought to be _eduoated . He then read an extract from a newspaper referring to the treatment of tbe poor in workhouses , when he observed that some years hence when people would read the accounts of the present state of the country
they would be perfectly astonished . ( Hear , hear . ) Yes , seeing so much knowledge and information in the various arts and _scienees _, how the rulers of a oountry could allow society to be in the position it was . ( Hear . ) They were skilled in mechanical , chemical , and other sciences ; but , with regard to tbat important branoh of education which referred to the happiness of the people , they were in almost as great a state of ignorance as they were two hundred _yeatB ago . ( Hear , hear . ) Some were of opinion that the government was to blame , but for his part he thought the fault rested with the people , who ought to take the subject into their own hands . The question resolved itself into the proposition—what were the means to be UBed in order to carry out these object ? ,
by which the greatest amount of happiness could be produced ? To accomplish this the working _classes must trust to themselves , and he maintained that they had the power to carry out such a plan . ( Cheers . ) How was it to be done ? By union amoBg themselves . The working classes were the sources of the wealth of society , and could , if they were so disposed , make use of it to their own advantage . There were no schools in which the principles of _Chartisi ) were taught He thonght tbat schools should be established for tbat purpose , as he was convinced from the want of knowledge _bsing had by the great majority of the working classes of what these principles were , that Chartism was not understood as it ought to be . That subject ought to be seriously
considered by the working classes . The Chartists at that hall could , with the assistance of the working classes , establish a Echool for the education ef their children . Let them only establish them , and they would soon bave the support of their brethren ia all parts of the kingdom . ( Hear ;) A second speaker said bs cordially coincided with the proposition oi the last one , and he considered the object to be one of vaBt importance . He would _suggest that at their next meeting they should appoint a committee , which should have power to carry out tbe proposition . ( Hear , hear . ) He would give all the assistance he could towards its accomplishment . He was sorry to say tbatmany working men , through not having a right education , did not set that
example which they ought to do . It was not enough tbat children should be taught reading , writing , and _arithmetic , bat they should be instructed in the glorious principles of the Charter , which would tend to the establishment of their political rights . ( Cheers . ) A third party , ou taking a similar view ot the proposition , remarked that it was from the imperfect knowledge of what were the political principles by which tbe working man was in sueh a state of _dogradatien and poverty . It was a well-known fact that tha working classes were the producers ef wealth , and that they were the poorest classes in society . ( Hear . ) The cause of this was owing to the circumstance of their receiving nothing in return from those wh _« were the non-producers .
Other parties having addressed the meeting ! , it was _proposed to take the subject into further consideration next week , which was carried . Ahrebt op a Man akmbd with a Daoobb . —On Sunday 6 venicg a maa , named James Carley , was apprehended in the neigbourhood of Drury-lane with a dagger in his possession . He was taken to Bowstreet police court , and hislodgings in _Savago-court , _ParadiBe-street , Lambeth , were searched , but no other weapons were found therein .
A _Qubbs Siokt . —On Monday a _auBpioious character , having a dagger in his possession , was apprehended near the entrance to the House of Commons . About six o ' clock the police constables who were _stationed at tke members' entrance to the house had their attention drawn to a middle aged man in a mechanic ' s garb , who , from the sitting ot the house , wag observed te be walking up and down , and scrutinising the several members as they passed and entered the house . He was accompanied by a female , who _wfis decently attired . While they wero thos
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¦ walking backwards aad _towards the conduct of the man attracted the attention of Borne of the bystanders , who observed the handle of a dagger or some other weapon concealed in his bosom . The constables watched him more narrowly , but no _Bteps were taken to apprehend him until Mr Ley , one of the clerke of the house , confirmed the _statement before communicated to them that a dagger or some other weapon was secreted on his person ; Upon tbis two of the constables inquired what he wanted , when in a violent manner he said , ' If you touch me I will do for you as I intend to do for him . ' At the same time he pulled out a long dagger . This he flourished over his head , but b 9 fore he coold use it he was _selzad and conveyed to the station-house . When apprehended he refused to give any name or account of himself .
A meeting was held on Monday in Webber-street , ta propose a subscription for the wives and families of the Confederates and Chartists recently arreated . A lad and a very old man addressed thoBe present , and a begging-box was presented , but the meeting rather hastily broke np on it being whispered that tho police were in the street . BOW-STREET . —Monday , August 21 .-Api > rb HB 5 SI 0 N AUD EXAMINATION OF ANOTHER CHARTIST _Delkoatb — W . Dowling , a portrait painter , residing at No . 5 , Nassau-street ) Middlesex Hospital , was charged with joining in treasonable practioes with others in custody against her Majesty and her government .
Thomas Powell , who gave evidence at the other examinations , stated that he knew the prisoner and saw him at the Lord Denman _beeiBhop on Tuesday night last , when Mr Mullins , the chairman , appealed on that occasion to the Beveral persons present if tbey would go out armed on Wednesday night to fight . He also put the question to the prisoner , who replied ' Yes . ' The 8 _» me question was also SBked to , and the eame answer given by the whole party except two . Tbe prisoner was a delegate of the plotting committee to draw up plans , and to whioh he was _»;•• pointed on the 20 th July , at the Black Jack or Last publio house near Lincoln ' s-inn . There were fourteen present , five of whom were appointed to draw up the plans of operation of attack , as witness
supposed , with respect to the position of each . The prisoner was proposed and elected without any objection on his part , and he agreed to serve , lie continued on that committee until tbe night of Monday , 7 th August , when three resigned , and ultimately the entire body , previous te wbich there were several elections , one on the 30 th J uly , when they met at Mr _Can-wright's coffee-house , in _Redorejs-street _, Cripplegate , at which time the committee resigned , and another was elected , consisting o / Payne , Rob 8 _, Mullins , _BiBset instead of Brewster , and tbe prisoner _, lie continued on that committee , and a proposition was made at _the'Dispatch coffce-houae ! Q Bride-lane , Fleet-street , that it should be increased to nine per * sons . On Monday night , 7 th inst ., there waa another elcotion , but on Tuesday night the prisoner said he wonld not serve as a delegate , although witness saw him attend at the Lord Denman beer-shop on the 9 th of August , when the question being asked
it was proposed that * Frost and Mitchel' should be the watchword , it being afterwards changed to ' Justice . ' The prisoner must have heard it . Every delegate was obliged to bring 10 s . to the sub-committee as a means of paying for certain purposes , which was proposed by Mullins , but he could not say if the prisoner brought money . There was a portion of the money Bpont , _Mullica being chief spokesman and treasurer , en the 4 tli inst . at Cartwright ' _a at which time the prisoner waB also present , when it was agreed that Mr Basset should go to Manchester , MuIUbb having stated that he had seen Mr Kydd , who reoeived a circular from that place , desiring to know whether the committee were desirous of sending down a delegate . The name of Lacey was mentioned , and part of the money was handed to Basset , to defray _Licey ' s expenses , but he , however , did go down . The prisoner was to be among the Irieh Confederates on Wednesday night , and they were to meet in different parts of the metropolis .
By the Prisoner . —The reason why he considered he attended as a delegate and not as a private individual was , that he had repeatedly said as much ; asd he also heard him say that he had not sufficient interest in the cause to act as a delegate , but if he was not a Chartist he certainly was an Irish Felon . Every person acting as a delegate produced credential _^ but he could not say if the prisoner did to , although he attended perhaps not as the representative of a club , as it might have ceased to exist . He certainly should have been a delegate to have been admitted a member of the Plotting Club . The prisoner said that by the questions he asked , he wanted to show he was not acting tor any body of men , but on his own responsibility .
Mr Henry . —The difference is not _material ; if you take part in an illegal act , _whether as a delegate or a private individual , you make yourself responsible . Prisoner . —I do not seek to shift the responsibility from my own shoulders , but I am anxious that others should not be implicated whom I do not represent . Sergeant Thompson proved that he apprehended the prisoner in the Lambeth-walk on Sunday night . Mr Henry said he should be remanded until the 31 st , when the other prisoners would be brought up .
( From the Morning Chronicle . ) On Menday night , several meetings of the Chartists & ri & Confederates took placB in the metropolis , and the greatest precautions were taken by the police to prevent a publio disturbance at any of the places of meeting . At the South London Chartist Hall , a meeting tosk place at eight o ' clock ; but the speeches delivered were of a common-place character . At half-paat ten the _proceediegs terminated , and tbe parties separated without coming into collision with the police . A meeting of _CbartistE and inhabitants of Clerkenwell and Islington , which was numerously attended , was held at the Literary Institution , Islington-green , for the purpose of promoting the extension of the principles of the Charter .
Considerable alarm prevailed in the neighbourhood in consequence of the publicity given of the intended meeting . Upwards of a _dczsn policemen , in full uniform , were placed on duly iu the room , and a strong force was in the street * , and also at the station-house , under the direction of Mr Superintendent Johnson , of the N division . This was the first meeting where the police have made their _appearance in full uniform ; the object being that in the event of any treasonable language being used , the Bpeaker should be immediately taken into custody . __
Mr Riohard Moore was in the chair . He observed that it was iu consequence o _^ Louis Philippe ' s not having in time listened to the voice of the people for reform tbat he was not in possession of the French throne . They could not expeot to gain tbe objects of the Chatter by any violent means , and could only succeed in their objects by moral force . ( Uear . ) The members of that society were very _desirouf of obtaining the Charter , but the only course they would recommend for success was , to act consistently with the laws and constitution of the _country . Several other speakers addressed the meeting , but they all seemed to admit that the pregress of Chartism had been retarded by the recent attempts at physical force . The assemblage subsequently separated peaceably .
ARREST AND EXAMINATION OF MR J . SHAW , ON A CHARGE OF SEDITION . Mansi 9 _N-house . — On Wednesday , Mr John Shaw , againBt whom a warrant had been issued several dayB ago by the Lord Mayor , for hiving attended an unlawlul meeting , and used seditious language , was brought before his lordship . A great deal of interest was excited by the examination—the prisoner having been chairman of the meeting in the Milton street Theatre , at which the alleged seditious words were used , and Mr J . J . Bezer having been a few days ago committed to Newgate upon a similar charge . Mr Haywood , from the office of the solicitor to the Treasury , attended for the prosecution , and briefly stated the nature of the charge , which was precieely similar to that en whioh Bezer had been brought up .
Mr White ( the Government short-hand writer ) , stated tbat he had attended a publio meeting at the Milton-street Theatre , on tbe evening ef the 28 th of July . There were at first about one hundred people collected , but the number _increased till it reaohed _abeut one thousand . They were the greater part of the poorer classes . The prisoner was called to the chair . The meeting was called together by a printed bill . WitneBs Lad taken _short _' _-hand notes of two speeches made by the prisoner , and the following was a copy of these notes : — The witness then read the speech delivered by Mr Shaw . The resolution adopted by the meeting was as follows : — ¦
Resolved—That the alarming state of Ireland at the present crisis demands the strictest investigation of all true philanthropists and well-wishers to the British empire , and this meeting cornea to the conclusion , tbat continuous misrule on the part of Great Britain has produced these disastrous results ! My friends , all of you who are of that opinion signify the same by holding up both your hands . ' The Lord Mayer to the prisoner : Do you wish to make any observations with regard to the report of the speeches you have heard read ? The prisoner : I do not at all mean to impugn the _correctness of the report , but I wish , in justice to myself , to ask him a question or two . You bave been present when other speeches have been made by me ? Mr White : I have . The prisoner then asked a question relative to other matters , but
The Lord Mayor decided that it could not be put , and requested that he would confine himself to what had taken plaoe at the meeting at whioh these speeches were made . j The prisoner apologised for any error he might make iu consequence of his want of knowledge of the forms of law , and said—Did I not endeavour to _qneUthe rising spirit of dissatisfaction , when th 9 attempt was made to eject Mr Nash from the meeting ?—Mr White : You did . The prisoner : —Did I not do my beat t » quell an ;
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The prisoner : Havel not done my best at differ ent meetings at which you have seen me toprevenl breaches of the peace and disturbance of any kind ! —Mr White : Yon have . The prisoner : Did I not succeed in making the meeting to whioh you have particularly alluded a peaceable meeting ? Mr White : Yes , you advised the people to _deparl peaceably , and tbey did so ; but you did not prevent Mr Nash from being turned out . S , G . Rowley ( metropolitan policeman ) stated , that he apprehended the prisoner at half . _pasG four o ' clock oh Tuesday , in Little Windmill-street , in pursuance of a warrant _iBsued by the Lord Mayor . The prisoner said , the officer had taken a number of papers from his _possession , which had no referenoe at all to political matters , and he hoped the solicitor for the prosecution would order that they should be restored to him .
Rowley said that he had already been occupied between three and four hours in distinguishing between tbe political and other papers , which he had seized at the prisoner ' s lodgings , and more strict examination _wasstill necessary , they being extremely numerous . Mr Haywood Baid , that the papera which were not political should be , as soon as the separation could be made , delivered to the prisoner . Tbe Lord Mayor : I shall commit you for trial ; and I wish to know whether it is your desire to say anything now , or to reserve your defence for your trial ? The prisoner : As you are determined to commit me , my lord , I ahall reserve what I have to say in ray defence for the day of trial . I _trast that your lordship will require no mere bail than I can easily procure , as it is moat important to my family that I should be at liberty .
The Lord Mayor : You will pass from me to the judges at the Central Criminal Court , and to them you can apply as to tha amount of bail . It ia a question rather out of my province to determine . The prisoner then requested to ba informed what the precise nature of the charge against him was . By the direetion of the Lord Mayor , Mr Goodman , the chief clerk , read the warrant issued against the prisoner , of which he said tbe commitment would be a copy , and whioh stated that each of the charges againBt tbe prisoner amounted to a misdemeanour , His Lordship said the manner of tho indictment would be as fee Crown Bhould direct . The _priaener apprehended , from the language used in the warrant , that his prosecutors might swell the accusation into one of the greatest magnitude . Mr Haywood : The Crown will go against you for the misdemeanour .
The prisoner said these were , it appeared , the evil effects of attending a raeeling considered to be unlawful . Perhaps it would be a lesson to him to act differently in future . The prisoner , whose demeanour all through the examination was most respectful to the bench and the witness , was then committed for trial . His wife and children were in the next room during the investigation .
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CHARTIST TRIALS . CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT , _—FBIDAT . This morning was appointed to commence the trials of the persons who have been recently arrested upon the charge ef sedition . The first case taken was that of George Shell , 32 , desoribed as a shoemaker , who was indicted for having uttered a seditious speech on the 28 th of July , at the ChartiBt Hall , in Webber-street . The Attorney-General , Mr _Welsby , Mr Bodkin , and Mr Clark , conducted the prosecution . The defendant had no counsel .
The Attorney-General , in addressing thejury , said that the defendant was charged in this indiotment upon two counts— -with being present at an unlawful assembly , and making use of seditious language at tbat meeting . The tpeech in question was delivered on the 28 th of July , and it would be unnecessary for him to remind them of the course of events in neighbouring countries a short time before that period ; bat it was perfectly clear that those events had had the effect of occasioning a good deal of excitement in England , and had . induced illdisposed persons to endeavour to create disturbance . A short time before the day in question , proceedings had been instituted in Ireland against a person named Mitchel , under an Act of Parliament that had
recently received the sanction ol the Legislature , and he could not help saying , properly convicted , upon the clearest possible evidence , of fel « ny , and sentenced to transportation . Mr Mitchel , who , in the speech which formed the subject of the present indictment , was styled by the defendant the Patriot of Ireland , was c _evicted of having bnt too fatally excited the people of Ireland to rebellion , asd at the time tbe speech in question was delivered portions of that country were in actual rebellion . On the 27 th July , for soma reason er motiye which it would be quite unnecessary for him to allude to , a _telegraphio despatch for which , ai it subsequently turned out , there was not tbe slightest foundation , arrived in London , stating that Ireland was in rebellion , and
that the troops had refused to act . At this time there was no doubt that a oomplete system of organisation existed among the disaffected in this country , and this fact was established by doeuments found in the _possession of the defendant . The result of the despatch to which be had alluded was , that on the following _evening , the 28 th July , the meeting in question took place at the Chartist Hall , Webber-street . At this meeting the prisoner proposed a resolution , and made a speech ; and when they had heard that Bpeeoh he apprehended there could be no doubt what were the motives of the prisoner and the persons assembled with him , or that their objects were spoliation and devastation , and that they were regardless of the rights of publio order and publio safety . The
resolution proposed by the defendant waa to the following effect : — ' Resolved , that this meeting strongly _proteBtsagainstthe ba ? e and _unconstitutional proceeding of the British legislature in suspending the Habeas Corpus Aet in Ireland , and hereby tenders its best thanks to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., for the resistance he _Gfftfed te that proceeding , and we hereby pledge ourselves to render our assistance to our Irish brethren in the hour of trial . ' The jury would remember that this resolution was proposed on the day after the report that Ireland waa in rebellion , and that the troops had been defeated . The defendant , in speaking to this resolution , made some observations upon the subject of what he termed the rights of labour , and the title of the labouring classes to the wealth ot the country ; and he went on to say that ' brave spirits had sprung up , and although John Mitchel , the patriot ot Ireland , had been
expatriated for teaching his countrymen their duty , yet others were ready and anxious to follow his example . ' This patriot , the jury would recollect , was the man who had talked of invoking the God of battles , and who had recommended that the streets should be strewed with broken glass to prevent the troops from acting , and who instructed the ladiea of Dublin to cast bullets , and to throw vitrol upon her Majesty ' s troops . After some other remarks , the Attorney-General thanked God that in this country jurors were not afraid to do their duty , and he was equally sure that while they would look with a jealous eye upon any attempt to prevent the people from enjoying one of their dearest rights , they would at the same time take care that that right was not abused , and made the vehicle of exciting the lower orders to aots of violence and _plunder .
Mr William Counsel , the _shert-hand writer , was then called to prove the delivery of the speech by the defendant on the 28 th July , at the Chartist Hall , in Webber-street , A per son named _Boysen was elected chairman , and about five hundred persons , were present at the meeting . A _numbsr of Irishmen , forming a deputation from the Mitchel Club , came in during the meeting . By the prisoner : I am quite sure that there was a ory of ' YeB * from the meeting when you rwked them if they would aot as men . Ilenry Mannering , a police constable , deposed that he apprehended the prisoner as he was leaving a Chartist meeting , at the Chartist Hall , in Webberstreet , and he afterwards searched his house and found some papers , which he produced . Tte papers were read ,
Mr C . Cope , the publisher of the Timbs , produced the second edition published on the 27 th of July , containing the statement with regard to the insurrection having broken out in Ireland aad the disaffection of the troops . The Attorney-General said this was the case for the Crown . The defendant then read a Bpeech to the jury , in which he said he should not follow the Attorney-General through the mazes of the law , for he confessed such matterB were beyond his comprehension . He hoped that it would not be thought that be stood at the bar for any act of di * honeBty towards his fellow men , and it was a consolation to him that his honour and integrity aa a man were not impeached , and ho considered that he was only placed at that bar for differing in opinion with the government , and nothing else . His speech had been called eeditioui ,
and various other characters ; but he considered that nothing could be more diabolical than to give it such a name . Be was aroused of exciting the people , but he said that history confirmed the view he bad taken of tbe manner in whioh Ireland had been misgoverned by this oountry , aud he and every one else wou'd be justified in assisting the Irish people by constitutional means teobtain their just rights . After _a'luding toother political topics , the defendant said the working classes were new beginning te understand their rights , and were aware that they were the producers of all wealth , and they were deter _, mined to meet and discuss their grievances , and en . deavour to obtain those rights , and if the & oW < lord at the head of the government thought to ptr them down by engaging extra polioemen , and 9 n > ploying spies , he would find himself _rory much . _fti 8 taken . The vjotking qIamm wero d _«^ _tu \ _M * 0 ot
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tain their rights , nnd they would only do 9 ft when the Charter _beoama the law of tha land . He _tn-m prooeeded to refer to the details of Chartist scheme of government , and said that the provisions of tbe Charter were very much _misunderstood . 1 hey haa no intention to array ona class of sooiety _aga"" * another , but tbeir _desiie was that every man ot full age and untainted by crime should have a voice is the election of the representatives of the _eouatry ; and he said tbat the good conduct and forbearance of the people on tbe 10 th of April showed that they had no objecti of plunder or violenoe . He concluded by stating that ia bis opinion these prosecutions were only instituted for tbe purpose of putting down _publki opinion , and he called upon thejury to protect their rights by returning a verdict of not guilty . The Attorney-General replied ,
Mr Baron Piatt then summed up , and said that one of tbe most important subjects in this country , and , indeed , in ever / other civilised community , was the preservations of the public peace , and the material question which the jury would have to consider was , whether the defendant , by the speech he had delivered , intended to disturb the public peace , and to excite tbe persons by whom he was surrounded to acts of violence , and to create in their minds contempt for the law and the government of the country . Thejury retired , and were absent nearly au hour , when they a gave a verdiet of guilty . Jamea Maxwell _Bayson , S 3 , dentist , was then arraigned upon a similar charge . The defendant conducted his own defence .
The Attorney- General , in opening the case , . said , the defendant appeared to be the secretary to an association called the South London Life and Property Protection _Scciety , and the jury would see in the course ef the cise the dangerous character of that association . The rules upon whioh it was founded Were discovered in the possession ol the prisOfier ( and he would read them to thejury . The first resolution was .- — ' That this society bs known as the South London Life and Property Protection Society , to be governed by a council , secretary , committee , and treasurer . 2 . That every ten members living nearest to each other form a class , with power to elect an officer , to be called a deoimeron , and the ten deoimerions living nearest to each other
to have the power of electing an effijer , ta ba cal ' el a centurion , and ten centurions similarly situated to have the power of electing an officer to be called a millerion . The deoimerions to form a committee , and the centurions to be members of tbe council , and the millerions as presidents , according to the seniority of service . 8 That every member , according to hia own choice , be armed with a musket or price of uniform make and convenient size , to be approved of by the committee , and subscribed for according by the weekly instalments , i . That this society consist of an unlimited number of members above the age of eighteen . 5 . That all persons who are already armed , or desirous of arming themselves , will be allowed to join ua , on complying with tie third resolution . ' The Attorney-General said that the prisoner waa a member of the association having
these objects , and he apprehended there oould be very little doubt of its illegal character . He then proceeded to state that the speech whioh formed the subject of the present indiotment , was delivered by the defendant at the same meeting on the 23 th of July , at the period when , as they were aware , a report was current that Ireland waa in rebellion , and what was more alarming still , that the troops were not faithful to their allegiance _-, aud although his expressions were mere guarded than _ifeise made use of by some of the other speakers , yet there could be co doubt of their tendency and object ; besides which , the prisoner would , in law , be answerable for all that took place if the fact of the meeting being of a seditious character was established to the satisfaction of tbe jury . The meeting wa 3 called , as it was alleged , for the purpose of expressing sympathy with tae people of Ireland .
Mr F . B . Hughes , the government short-hand writer , was called to prove that the defendant deli vered the speech in question , and that the other _circumstsocas referred to by the Attorney-General , took place on the occasion . Mr Counsel was also called to depose to the speech being made by Shell , the farmer defendant , with a view to establish the seditious character of the
meeting in question . By water , a constable of the L Division , _depesed tha ; be apprehended the defendant , and up _^ n searching his lodging he found a sword , a file that had been recently sharpened , and the papers whioh he produced , and which were the same referred to by the Attorney-General in his opening address . There was also a card produced , from which it appeared that the defendant had been admitted a member of the South Lambeth 'Life and Property Protection Society , ' on the 12 th May , The Attorney-General said , this was the ease for tbe Crown .
The defendant then addressed the jury . He described tbe prosecution as an attempt to crush him on account of his political opinions . He had not , he said , had a proper opportunity of preparing his defence . Pens and ink were certainly furnished to him , bnt he was not allowed to have any of the books from which he wished to mako extracts , not even that portion of the ' Penny _CycloptelU ' whicb defined the word ' sedition . ' Baron Piatt asked the defendant who it was that refused to allow him to have books ? The defendant said , he supposed it was the chaplain . Baron Piatt remarked , that a prisoner before trial ought to be allowed to have any book * that he required ,
The defendant then proceeded , and denounced these prosecutions as attempts by the government to destroy their political rights , and he said that if the middle classes , from whence they ( the jury ) were derived , countenanced them , they would find that it was only a stepping-stone to their own degradation . He then defended bis conduct at the meeting in question , and said that as chairman he was of necessity compelled to take an aotive part in the proceedings . With regard to the exf _reesion of sympai hy for the Irish people , he expressed an opinion that tbeir position at that time loudly called for such an expression of feeling ; and he said that the only reason he gave the answer he did to Mr _Rwney was , that if he bad given a different one , he wa 3 perfectly well aware that a disturbance would have ensued , which the police
who he knew were outside , armed , would have made a pretext for attacking them . He proceeded to state that 'the butchers' were evidently bent upon slaughter , and would bave laid hold of the slightest pretence to attack those who were present at the meeting . As regarded the ' society' that had been alluded to , he considered it a perfectly justifiable association . A learned counsel had been consulted upoH the subject , and he had recommended it should bear the title it did , and he considered it perfectly legal , and a similar one had been established at Nottingham with the sanction of the Mayor . The defendant went into a long tirade upon the subject of the Charter , and asserted that it would ba useless te expect the working classes to be contented , until they had obtained their rights .
The Attorney-General brhfly replied . The learned judge then summed up , and the jury , after deliberating about _lnlf-at-hour in a private room , returned a verdict of Guilty ,
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J . Shaw was then placed a t the bar upon a similar charge . The defendant applied to the court to postpone his trial , on the ground that he had only been committed two days , and had not had time to prepare his defenoe . —f he Attorney-General Baid be thought the application was a reasonable one , and he should therefore nit oppose it . J . J . _B'Zjr , _ansther defendant , charged with sedition , madeasmilar application , and his trial was also ordered to stand over .
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Rottenness of the Cum System . — On the night of ihe general swash up of the clubs , the Club was by a unanimous resolution dissolved . ' _, What is to be done with the books ? ' asked one rebel . ' Burn them , ' replied three or four . 'No , no , ' responded the secretary , ' you know that I have all along taken care to let nothing dangerous appear in thera , and if they should be burned , who knows what assertions might heieafter be made ? I undertake to bury them till Doomsday if necessary . ' The worthy secretary was appointed _cks _^ o * in due form . At eleven o ' clock p . m ., the assembly separated . At sixteen minutes after eleven o ' clock two inside cars stopped at the door of the office of the detective police in the Lower Castle yard , and by the faint
glimmer of a light the treasurer of the late ——Club encountered the secretary , with the books under his arm ! Then they mutually discovered the secret that each was , and had been for some time , an informer , the treasurer giving daily reports of the proceedings of the club , with neat outlines of the rebellious speeches of the _secretary , while thia functionary just as regularly reported progress . There was no single act performed at any one of the club meetings which had not been immediatel y reported to Col . Browne . H & holds accurate lists of all the members , knows which has arras , and the description , whether gun , pistol , pike , or sword , and hence the large number of arrests Uiat have been made . —\ fohn Bull .
Serious Fire . — Hanley , near Worcester , Mondat . — -A very serious and destructive fire broke out on Saturday night , on the farm of Mr Hach , at Beauchp . mpVcourt , between Hanley Castle ar . d _Worcester , which caused the destruction of _nvo hay-ricks , besides damage to other ricks i _. a the vi ' cmity . fortunately , the discovery of the fire was i made before ni ght , or the loss must have ' been of a much more disastrous nature . It was ru . moured that the fire waa caused by an inceodiarv , but we are happy to state tbat the rumour is _without foundation
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IRELAND . _^^ COMPLBTB FAILURE OP THE HARVEST—m FAMINE—THE FJI 6 _HTF 0 _I . FUTURE—COav / C _rrnu ** ( Prom our own Correspondent . ) Dubiis , 22 nd _Ai'ntrw With much that is gloomy , threatening and _w pressing , I have scarcely a scintilla of _pleasing telligenoe to communicate this week . The »<» _*' Ireland and tbe misfortunes of her sons have al » formed snob , a fruitful tbeme with every claw c political writers , that we even ourselves besiR 7 n „ ° f dick of the business , and feel little wonder that a ?* t _ . _r n _ l 1 -1 li -i i . - " Mai tho oi _Bnouia
__ people _lingiana ges disgusted with on _selveB and our complainings . But this i 8 a „ T ' sense I The English people must still h ear ¦> . _^ what is still more unfortunate , they must share _;„ the ruinous effects produced by our singularly h 5 luck ! There is nothing more certaia than this i > cost England a pretty _gaod _penay to crush the _htl ghost of an Irish insurrection ; a _* d no sooner f « iwfi ghost 'laid ' -for a time at _Ieast-in tke dm * depths of the Tipperary coa ! _-pitB , than up starts th « hideous inoarnation of aa Irian famine , waving 15 gaunt arm , and shouting in appalling voice acr / v » the channel- 'Food , food for Ireland ! -Saveua Z we perish ! ' At first you English folks can scarcely believe your ears-, You exclaim—What ? is it an other famine you have ? Is it not enough that yorir pikes and your _tieawn shake bushels of gold out of poor John Bull ' s bags , but he _mnsl again put hi * hand in his fob , and make good your losses in rotten potatoes and blighted corn _crooa . '— ' It is wall ,, _»"
bad—we'll not stand it ! ' ' " _™ Well , really , it is bad . But what can you do ? You must _« stand it ' _-and stand it , too , while you are worth a guinea in money or credit ! What can you do with us ? How can you shake us off ? Why , good neighbour . Sindbad the sailor ' s relation with tbe Old Man of the Sea wa 3 a blissful affair , compared withyoqr connexion with U 8 Irish at the present momenti ' But you must even 'grunt and bear * with us , as yoa " do with all your minor misfortunes . You will make every back bear ia own burthen . Will you ? Will you saddle Irish paupers of the 'lower olasses' oa Irish paupers of the' higher classes ?'
In plain language , those who propose to make the landlords of Ireland support the beggars of Ireland ( and now we are all beggars ) , propose a thing which cannot be accomplished . The misfortunes ot the two last years have drained Ireland almost to the last drop of her heart ' s blood , and bow the renewed and aggravated misfortunes of the present year _, put , or will put , Irish landlords completely hors de combat . Tuey can do nothing for ub . Their _properties are engufhed already Their rents aie in arrear these two yem This year they will get scarcely what would pa / their bailiffs and _cabinlevellera
- , and they themselves will be all but beggars ! What , then ? England , listen n _?? ?» dy wili not 8 tarTe tbi 8 ym ' w cU , when Faddy ¦ will not starve , and his landlord cannot feed him , but two things remain , from which John Bull may choose . He must either 'fork ' out the needful , until Gad sends good times' to Ireland or he must do , as too many bad Irieh tenants have dona latterly—he must pat the key under the gate of Dublin Castle , hoiat his sails for hisown _' merrie ' England , and send Ireland _, and the Irish , Irish pikes , _Iriah rebels , Irish famine , and Irish _lantalisation te the devil ! Of two evils they say we should choosa the lesser—no amount of evil can equal tbe task of feeding six millions of _atarviag Irish rebels for the
nest nine months . I have been through various districts of tbe Midland Counties of Ireland within the past week , and am able to speak of the crops and their prospects , from actual observation . I fear much that all is over . 1 never saw a field , or plot , or patch of potatoes whioh was not seriously injured . In most places the' tops ' _or haulm , are as black as if a severe November frost had pr . _strated them . In seme fieldsyou can see nothing but weeds and the red earth , so completely annihilated are all vestiges of a potato crop . In others tha smell emitted from the putrid ' tops' is nauseating , _m many places the '' butts' or tubers are seriously affected . In other places but comparatively slight injury has been done as yet ; and , in some instances , the tubers are excellent , without tbe slightest manifestation of delay . Whether this may happily continue * ie uncertain or not , the potatoas a cropis .
, , gone Tbe corn crops , too , will be far from an average . The oats and barley in most cases are pretty ' fair , ' but in several wide distriots the wheat is miserable . The turnip is a ' failure ; ' and though the hay produce was good , much of ic is rotted on the swath by the lite rains , er swept away by _ttu ? tremendous floods which havo risen in m » _st parts oi tbe island within tbe last six or eight days- Everywhere I went ruin bad Bwept before me- —no object but of despair met my eyes—no sound but the voice of mourning saluted my ears . The provincial journal * are filled with the most alarming accounts from all quarters . The situation of the wretched peasantry and farmers is deDlorable .
Language fails to depict the gloomy reality . Oa thn morning { 22 nd } I bad a letter from a trustworthy and intelligent friend in the Queen's County . The following extract from that letter gives a melancholy and graphic picture of the condition of the people ia that district—hithereto one of the most moral and most prosperous m Ireland . 1 1 have bad news : —no worse I We are ruined this year , of all the years that ever came . The potatoes are gone clean at last ! The tops resemble what you often saw in the country afcer a bitter night ' s frost in November . The potato crop wont ba orth
w digging . And as for the wheat crop , in most places in this neighbourhood , we wont have the seed off the ground t Oats is middling , but is all broke down by the Jate rain and storms , whilst the . hay ia swimming , high but not dry , on all tbe callows and rirer meadows of the country . The little farmers will be no farmers after this year ' ¦ Even the morals and habits of the people are changed . One-tenth of them never go to mass ! The children at the different schools cannot be got to apply to their studies . Ia fact , the _groanings of hunger root out all desire for learning . Such is our condition at present—what will it be this day twelvemonth ?' mi
• ... There is a description fr > m the pen of a credit- ] able witness . No poet , no painter , could depict these horrors in more striking or graphio colours . It needs no comment . The _cammisBion is over for the present . They did but trifling business , but what they did get over , was highly important . They transported John Martin for ten years ! That job waa worth all tbe gold and time , and jawing , and arguing , and ' wear and teas ' of soul and body , involved in the whole ' transaction !' Poor Martin . ' He follow .- in the wake of , or at all events he shares a similar fatejwith , the gallant John Mitchel .
[ Press of matter has reluctantly compelled the postponement of a portion of our correspondent ' s
The Irish State Prisoners. —Mr C. Gavan ...
The Irish State Prisoners . —Mr C . Gavan Duffy is the son of a farmer in the county of Monagban . He is a Roman Catholic and not more than 32 years of age . — -Mr Meagher is son of Mr Thomas Meagher , M . P . for Waterford City-a merchant and Alderman of that place , who has amassed considerable wealth by trading with America . The young gentleman , now about 26 years of age , possesses some property independent of his father , with whom , as well as with his brother
, he has always been at variance so far as politics ate concerned . He also is a Roman Catholic ' According to his own statement , he was induced to embark in the cause of repeal by _O'Connell ' s many warlike appeals to the youth of Ireland—Mr Dohenv is not less than 45 years of age . He is a barrister _, but many years followed the occupation of schoolmaster . He is a Roman Catholic-Mr Dillon is a barrister , and took a gold medal and other _honouaa in Trinity College , Dublin . He is also a very _youor man , son to an _fixtonnivo , „ _% , „ _^ _\ _.. _ . . ' _t _*> man , son to an extensive merchant in
corn _tS county of Mayo . He is also a Roman _Catholic-Mr 0 Gorman , jun ., is sou to an extensive woollen draper in Dublin , and is a Roman Catholic-Mr Martin is a gentleman of independence . He was he first northern Protestant who joined the Con ! federates , and has latterly rendered himsslf conspicuous by being editor of the Felon newspaper ! Mr ODoher ty , of the Tribune , lately _ukd , , medical student He is a native of tJ _* south of Ireland , and a Roman Catholic .
A Dead Wife an _AnvANTAoE . -The _following _advettuement appears in a _Bublia paper . - " _? Edwam Headen , _house-painter , who is in the habit of travelling to all parts of the co _^ try in _%££ . ion of his business , will communicate with his ? _ttK _K _- !? de 11 ' at 48 ' GQldF n _La » e , Dub £ AN _, wt adTa 8 e ' Wa ffife _« dead . ' _* oiL Z _, J ] ° T app u eais th ' at _soma P _^ ple are 53 SSS 5 _S _53 P uu _puuee uiueers in purgni _fc _tjf Chartist
a delinquent , or a detachment en rr jute to bring deserters to headquarters . On _Saturday Mr J . Jacobs , of Coventry , was duped of £ 2 ., 12 s . Gd . by a fellow who said he wa 3 an inspect JT of poliee from Weedon in pursuit of a _prisoner , aud who found himself suddenly without _fut _ida -, and G H . Packe , Esq ., justice of the peace for Lincoln , of j _£ 2 . by three fellows who were dresser _^ ; _j } , e uniform of the artillery , and pretended tbey were carrying forward a prisoner , —one of the _{ _' _¦ " _yty actually having his wrists iu handcuffs to help die d eception .
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_„ . __ .,, ., . ana _farisb , Ior th' . _proprietor _FBAKQUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., M . P ., auU publistfd by William Hewiw , of So . 18 , _Cflarles-stroet , _Brandon-street , Walworth , in the parish of St . _Mury , New _inglou , in the County of Surrey , at the Office , So . U , _Grsat _Windmta-street , HayraarketMa tha City > i'We * _tmin « er . —Saturday _August 26 _fii _. _l 8 W
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