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BELGIUM. (fhom "oub oxrs" mxd " commissioner.") JLETIUS I.
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Belgium. (Fhom "Oub Oxrs" Mxd " Commissioner.") Jletius I.
BELGIUM . ( fhom " oub oxrs" mxd " commissioner . " ) _JLETIUS I .
To Tee Working Classes Of Great Britain ...
TO TEE WORKING CLASSES OF GREAT BRITAIN _AJ \ D IRELAND . Mr Deak Fkiexds , —As I have ever entertained { he opinion that a just appropriation and judicious jnanagement of thc land of a country can alone ensure thc happi ness of all , and a t the s am e time destroy that frightful inequality of class which the creation of too much fictitious wealth made from other source * - _^" engendered iuyour own countries ; as sue * - " ' ever teen my opinion , yoa will of course _^ . more comprehensive correspondence * r _" " _^ 7 * 1 a ; _« _- « i r + _i « . -ram me , than themere recital of the system _of agricaltnre ' prac
_tedmBelgiun _^ _^^^ _^ _miaM ! m fbB _goo-1 m the institutions of - dgium _^ _^ smvcQ from which alone good - _^ . ) ring . Dame ] y > fwm m aggregate of _msf € lsramuALs ; from _4 afc soc ; ai state of whieii £ he governmenfc of a _CDnntry must be the actual _^ _^ th ( J T _j 1 . i rep _resentation . When _, _^ . e see feuds in Eng land , and hear of them in l _^' _tnd , the p r e ss of the two countries invari ab l y point to tha restlessness of ths English people , aad to the rdigioa of the Irish , as the grand causes of dissatisfaction ; leaving the " _gheat p act " altogether out of sight—the fact that a government of centralization is but the _Kprcscntatioa of the comannism ofthe wealthy ; elected by capitalists , whether of l a n d or
money , -for the mere purpose of _-administerine the labour-wealth of the country to tfej wants , the whims , and the necessities of the privileged . "When I see an j em p ire , perhaps thc richest in the " k nown world , b oth as to land and climate , wkh a population unsurpassed by any other in skill and industry , depending fer-iis very existence as _ae empire u ? ou thc rule of ihz policeman ' s _? _U' ff ana tke soldier ' s musket ; with ; a ' majority of its people opposed to all existing institutions ; and -when , on the other hand , I find a _country miserably pc jr in soil , with a people not only reconciled * to _itsinstitulions , hut protective -of its laws , and _Tiappy ' tinder their administration , I am naturall y led * to an investigation of thb g reat _aaoninlv .
I have designated England as being rich in soil , and geni al in climate . Xo doubt those of my readers who . > . a * re heard the unfertile soil and ungenial climate of _Kr . _gland urged as a reason for abandoning thc £ " _Af- » . _* th of * eora altogether , and who have heard so - * _tPsdi of-the richness and fertility of the land of S i - _'lginni and of other countries , will have received Jin impression that these assertions are true ; whereas 3 can now speak from experience , having seen as ¦ much , or perhaps more , ofthe different descriptions -oftlie soii of Belgium , within one week , as any other _J-perSon has seen cf It within the same time . Tou will beastonisbed to hear , then , that the land of Delirium
is far inferior to land in England that lets for one pound an acre , as thc land that lets for one pound there , is to land that lets for five ponnds an acre . In fact , 1 have not seeD many acres of land la Belgium that would let at a large-farm rent in England , in the best farming districts , for one pound thc acre : and here it lets for £ 4 , £ 5 , £ 6 , and up to £ 9 the acre Cms verifying my _ofi-reieated assertion , that the worth of Jm 1 inthe retail market is as yet unknown . Having said so much hy way of preface , I shall now describe my tour , which has been one uninterrupted scene of unmixed pleasure and delight ; and if I see Leopold in the park to-tlay , where , I am told ,
lie walks with the Queen almost every day amongst the peasants , and takes ofp ias jiat to tub poorest _siam that salutes mm , niucli as I kate "kings , " I will take off my hat to the head of such Institutions as I _liare seen . Ou this day week ( Sunday ) I arrived at Cst nil from Dover , after a horribly _Loisurous passage of seven hours , being nearly three Louts more than tbe average run : and I , and every goal on Irani , except tlie sailors _, were as sick as sick could lie the whole time . Ou landtag 1 was struck with the military appearance of aii around me , and all ihat I came in contact with ; but I very soon learned from the demeanour of all , fiat they were _soldieis whose duty it was to protect mc and mine , and to administer in every possible way to my convenience . They performed the duty of searching mv
luggage with a perfc-ct nbser . ee of all harshness ; and Laving last thc key of a travelling bag , I asked them to force the iosk epen , upon which a superior officer of customs was called , who , having taken off his hat , and having saluted nie , put the bag outside , and Lauding it to mc , said , in French , "Ko , no , sir ; I will not force it open : I take your word to be corre c t . " This first introduction to the officer of tiie customs contrasted strongly with the conduct of a rafiian at Brighton , who , on my landing from Dieppe same thus r . < jo , sna t ched ray ba g out o f my hand and threatened to keep it , if I eoald uot hnd the key in . slant : ;** . As you don't want to hear anything about jetties , and breakwaters , aad fortifications , in all of wluch Ostend is prodigiously rich , I shall bring you to wlmii will Interest vou move . I was uu at _;¦«• .
o clock on Monday niornmg _. and proceeded about seven to view the several market places where the peasants stand with their _prf-duc : ; and , 0 ! what a . sight ' 3 n the first market tliere were women with _Cgiis , _tutter , and milk , all dressed in a style of the most _fascinating neatness . Each wore long gold earrings and l * . rge brooches in tlieir shawls . Each hnd on , also , a neat cap , flic border beautifuliy quilled and a coloure i handkerchief , tied over it , and under tllC chin , 5 !'> prnre _= _l t > be tire _j-reat pride of all . I wish tha English workers could have seen the straight , majestic-looking peasants that I saw in this market , to whieh some Lad walked a distance of three miles -w ith their produce . 'Here was not a stunted one ,
or an unhealthy one , nor an unhappy-looking one amongst them ; and iwt a ' singlepoliceman to keep them in order . I have not pcen a policeman , thank God , siuce I tame to -Lis paradise of places . In the second market place there were vegetables and potherbs of all soris . Men and women stood mingled together , laughing and talking cheerfully . The shopkeepers and servants of the town came to buy what they wanted , nnd the " most respectable" purc h asers _cfttsmenred with aroost kindly and po ' . ite salutation , which was as courteously returned by the peasant . 1 bought some fruit , and got a paper bag full of greengages , plums , and pears for fourpence . Everyfnhifr scemeil to invite you to taste : all looked so
_dclh'iously clean . Leaving this market , I went to Hie _Csli market , where everything was equally well arranged . Having learned that the peasants who _hroayit the vegetables and herbs to market came "principally fiom a little village called _Oldenberg , about three-miles distant , I went by railway to a station called _l'lasscliendaol , pronounced Plasscandale ; and from thence I walked to Oldenburg , two and a half _miies . I had an introduction to a Mr . _BfUroaclie _, an English gentleman , who is a banker at Ostend , and resides for the most part at the Cafe Swiss—thc Swis * Coffi * e-hou ? e ; and whose servants I was teld
s _*» oke English very well . Unfortunately , however , Mr . B . and his servants had left the village that ffloi-aiagfor _Ostecd ; and I could not find a single guide . There were only two persons in the village wao could speak French : and not one who could speak English . The language is Flemish ; so I -was _o- _'ligcd to pick what I could out of thc schoolmaster , who was one of the two that spoke French . His _occupation not being on thc land , he could not give nie mv . cii Information ; so I walked _through some of the gardens tojudge for myself , from their appearance and the appearance of thc tenantrv . It would be
quite impossible , an absolute impossibility , to describe this _visage and its circle of gardens to you . In the centre of the village is a triangular plot of grass , less than half an acre , su r ro und e d with l ime trees , th a t make a beautiful shade from thc sun . Here thc children of the village play and amuse themselves . Tiie Louses are as neat as neat can be ; and the people are as clean and as well dressed as comfort _andhealth require . The whole village is surrounded with gardens ; and each garden is enclosed with a hedge turned to a very thin paling—not to take up much
room . The hedges are not more than perhaps three meats thick , and are kept neatly tvimnied . The gardens vary from half an acre to an acre : and were are also orchards everr here and tLere . Being _determined to see what I could , I « poked my nose » « Uo some of t h e cotta g es ; and hearing the-piano ery well played in one cottage , I stained for a short "meat tne door , which was _onen , when a verv re-• _aectaoie _youngman came out of the parlour and _inl _* h ! i 1 "' Iac « PfeaK » invitation . Ke was the _s-f _faster ; and _offcrel to play some German airs _twkmeb ! , r arfat ' V 6 ut _^ had not time , he _^ _meinu , ins garden , which was veiy nicely kept .
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_INot a morsel of ground is allowed to go to " waste " in Belgium ; and that is the great secret of the national prosperity , which is increasing rapidly _cvci-a year . When I had concluded my ramble , I returned to the Cafe Swiss , a ndh _jd an excellent dinner of broiled larab , and bread , and butt er , a nd cheese , and a glass of pure French brandy , for which I paid eight-pencesevenpence halfpenny for dinner , and a halfpenny for a small class ol brandy . I went into some publichouses , which were extremely neat . They mainly consist of one very largeroom , where thc peasants and shopkeepers meet _incoairaon , and play a very curious
game , which I can neither _sjell nor well describe . They drink very littte of any thing ; but what they do drinlt is principally * a very thin sour beer : but they like it . I spent « i > out three anda half hours in this village of happy contentment , a nd return e d to th c station to start for Brussels , the capital of Belgium . And bere I must describe tho railway arrangements , which is another great "Institution , " governed likewise by the system of agriculture . An English stranger , -who merely entered a Belg ium " st a ti o n , " would be horrified at its first appearance . Tou sec aU the officers ™ military uniform , -with large _moustackles and swords . The railroads all belong to
Gonmunent , and are national property . Here , as at the Custom-house , I s oo n le a rned thatth e b u s in e s s of every officer , from the lowest to the highest , was to insure tbe comfort and convenience of the passengers . Tou have only to complain of any irregularity , and without the slightest bluster , or even apparent effort , it is instantly corrected , the officer apologising for any inconvenience you may have suffered . He knows that he is the public servant , an d con d uct s himself as such . Kow a word on the travelling . There are third class carriages attached to every train , and placed in the very best situation , between the first and second cla ; s carriages , for shelter . They
are furnished with comfortable seats , either with back , front , or side to the engine . My business being to see tlie country and "tho people , " I took lll _* _placc in a third class carriage for Brussels , a distance of eighty-two miles , and for which I paid 3 s . _lUd ., or very little more than one halfpenny a mile . In the second class , which are all enclosed and provided with comfortable cushions , you go from Ostcnd to Celo £ ue , 212 miles , for 16 s . 7 d . ; considerably less than one penny a mile . I wns at first amazed at the low charge and great attention to the third class passengers : but the riddle was very speedily solved . At every station the occupants of the third class
carriages mainly cleared out , and a fresh batch came in : working men , shopkeepers , and gentlemen and ladies , all conversing familiarly togtthcr ; the men smoking their pipes , and the women returning from market with tlieir baskets . There was just as much attention paid to thc third class passengers as to those of the first . 1 very soon saw , from the immense length of tlio train , and the number of t h ir d cl a ss passen g ers , that the lakd was the principal support of the railways . One reason of this ch ( . « p travelling is the entirely level country tlirough which the roads are made . I havo travelled some 201 ) miles bv railroad , and have only seen one very
short tunnel . The line is quite level with the fields ou either side , with the excepticn of verv trifling excav a t i ons , very rarely met with . The expense oi making the Belgium lines has been about £ 12 , 000 a mile ; while thc English lines have cost somcwhcie about _-EGOjGOO a mile : besides , the Belgian first and second class carriages are not only very much more inexpensive , but much more comfortable , aud their stations much more convenient . _Bsfore a train starts , a , guard iu front sounds a trumpet to announce to one behind that he is ready ; and when tbe hinccr one answers , then thc train starts . All along the line freni _Orfend to Brussels , eighty-two miles .
you can scarcely see a grass field , or a herd of oxen or cows . Eveiy particle is cultivated up to the edge of the road , aud for the most part with green crops . All the cattle and sheep are kept in the houses . It ia remarkably beautiful to see thc adroit manner in which the young women handle all their implements of agriculture ; and still more beautiful to sre the mothers , relieved Irom all eare but that oi _houscKceping , managing the domestic _concerns . The mother takes care of the house , while the father aud sons and daughters that arc able to work * ,
_u-ork in the field ; and the eldest ot the youngsters thai are not able to work , takes care of tlie youngest _children in the fields , where Ihey sit and play with tliem , and amuse them under the eye of tiie father and the elderor . es : but at a very young age they weed , and help , with a rope , todiawnianuieina wheelbarrow . The laud of Belgium is ofa light sandy nature ; so much so that a girl of sixteen oi * seventeen years oi age will dig briskly by the side of a man , witliout _patiing her foot to the spade . They have light implements mado to suit tlieir strength .
Jf the land of Belgium was treated like the land of England , i t w ould not p ro d uce any thing ; and ii ' the l a n d of En gland was cultivated as the land o ' Belgium i 3 , it wonid feed half the world . It would feed _tijuef : nuxmiED millioss of a population . Here I may di gress a little , to state what a man who holds three acres told me last evening . Ilis name is Hendriek . He lives at a village called _Uofstado _, near Alost . the _creat Lop country . He told mc that
an acre and a "little bit" would support a whole family well , and keep a cow into the bargain . Kow , observe , that is—would keep a cow , independent of the family ' s support ; and his land is not worth onefifth part as much as the average land of England . In fact , it is only by the incessant , continuous , digging , weeding , and attention , that thc land in this country cau be made to produce anything , it is of such an inferior quality .
I must speak move at large hereafter of what I learned from Ilendrick and others ; and must i ow close this , my first despatch , with a general _ouiline of what I have learned . I have been over thc ground of _"W-vrcnLOO ; and tliere I learned much about the s ystem of lar g e farms , and the inestimable system of Poor L ? . w in this country , which should pnt our tyrant managers of the law tothcblush . I have been a ll over a s p l e ndid _hos p ital for the sick , and the
aged , and infirm , supported by its own land , air managed by twenty-ono " Sbters of Charily , " in a way t h at would d o an y man s heart good to see . Be . ir in mind that these things arc in a purely Roman Catholic country ; and bear iu niinti that the press of England has invariably ascribed the discontent and poverty of the Irish people to their religion . Here also arc government schools for all classes ; and books found and everything needed for instruction . _Xo secterianteaching whatever . This ,
too , is Catholic . I conclude this , my first address , by telling yon that the potatoe crop has failed in this country . More than the year ' s crop has been lost . I must solve that riddle for you . Not only is this year ' s crop g one ; but it will b e impossi b le to get seed ron xext tear . I have seen the potatoes digged . 1 have spoken to the farmers , and to the gentlemen , in very extensive districts ; and all agree that the crop is gone without redemption . Tho King of Belgium is ab o ut to a s semble Parliament to t a ke thc q uestion into consideration . Thc potatoes arc not as largo as
walnuts , and are quite rotten . One man had tliree pi g s killed f r om e a tin g th e m , at the other side of Alost . He was digging his potatoes * , and had less than four sacks of what in Ireland we call _porcens ; that is , pigs' potatoes ; not worth sixpence for the whole . In an ordinary year he would have had on the sam e ground 100 sacks of good potatoes . The people look upon the failure as a national calamity , and look to Government for relief . Our Parliament only has occasional sittings to " su sp end the Habeas Corpus Act , " or to shoot the Chartists . When shall we have a Laxd Pamjamext ? Ever your faithful friend and servant , Brus s el s , Sunday , Sent . 14 . _Feaugcs O'Conxok
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P . S . _—fhis is Sunday ; and all the people are working , just as on any other day : that _» , " those that like . The shops are all open , and the _theatres ; and yet this is a Roman Catholic country , t _^ o ' _is Ireland .
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SPAIN . ATTEMPT AT RE VOLUTION . Thank < 5 od there is vitality in Spain yet ! An attempt at revolution wa 3 made in Madrid on thc night of the 5 th inst ., and although the ateempt failed through the treachery of certain parties whom the revolutionists counted on , still the mere attempt is something . De sp i t e the Jon g " reign of terror " whicli has decimated the ranks of the patriots , they are yet formidable j and it is evident Jack neither money , arms , or courage to effect their ends . The following account of the attempted revolution we gather from the correspondence of the Times and Chronicle : — Madrid , September 6 . One danger has scarcely passed away wlnn another comes .
Madrid was last night near being made the scene of a revolution , in winch there is no doubt much blood would have been shed . The attempt lasted scarcely an hour , thou g h in tha t s p ace of t i me b loo d flowed . Up to ten o ' clock , or nearly so , last nig ht , the city presented an appearance of tranquillity of thc must perfect kind , at least in the central parts of it . There were few persons in thc _^ streets , not certainly more than on ordinary occasions at the same hot . _rl Nothing was seen or heard whicli indicated that anything extraordinary was about to oecnr . At
the moment of the greatest stillness , a few minutes _nftor ten o ' clock , four volleys of musketry were suddenly heard from the Calle Aleala , and the gate of Recoleto 3 , which is at one extremity of the Prudo . Instantly the few persons who were inthe streets hastened home . The houses and shops were at once shut : and every one believed that a terrible struggle of some kind oi * other was about to take place . In less than a quarter of an hour nothing was to be seen hut large bodies of cavalry aud infantry moving in the direction of thc gate of Aleala and the Pucrta
del Sol . About the same time a group of persons , who , it is believed , had previously assembled somewhere near the gate of Bccoletos , was seen advancing steadily towards the fountain of _Cibele , in the Calle Aleala , and thence proceed towards the barrack of E ! J ' _osito , where tho regiment of Navarre was stationed . At the same time a company of another regiment moved towards the same point , a nd havin g challenged the groups of person just mentioned , were
answered with a full discharge of musketry , which was instantly replied to . A detachment _issued out on the mount from the barrack of El _Posito , and lived another volley—at whom , however , is not quite clear . The result of these discharges of musketry following each other within a few minutes , was—an officer killed , another severely wounded ; a few _soldiers wounded , of whom ifc is said two are dead ; and on the part of the group who came down from the _Recoletos four were killed , and between the wounded and untouched twenty-four were made prisoners .
_\ V line this was going on m the quarter ot the town to whieh I refer , the other parts were not tranquil . Several discharges of musketry and single firing were heard in different parts of the city . A part of the firing issued from the patrols that were moving about , and who discharged their pieces on groups of people who did not at onco disperse at the approach ofthe military . In the meantime a large force of the military moved onthe Pucta del So ! , or proceeded hastily to the different points where danger was dreaded . The Political Chief , the Captain General , and the Governor of Madrid , traversed tlie city , accom p anie d by numerous escorts of the civil guard and the troops of the garrison . A party ofthe insurgents proceeded to the house of General Cordova , the governor , and threatened to enter it by force . They were repulsed by the guard , who fired into tliem .
Several accidents occurred , not at all extraordinary , from the frequent discharges of nuiske . ry that took place in thc dark , and often at random . The doctor of one of the regiments of the garrison was shot as he was passing through the Calle de _Peligros , which leads from the Calle C-iballcro de Gracia inio the Calle Aleala ; and some persons were wounded in iho Plazucla de las Cortes . Shots were fired , it is net said by whom , into the carnages of General _Coiiuiiu , but the horses only were wounded . M . Mauguin , son of the celebrated French deputy , was arrested last night , at ten o ' clock , iu the Calle
Aleala , as he was proceeding to the Caile del _I'lirco tu _joiu a musical party which he is in the habit of frequcuting . He expostulated with the soldiers , ex-. ; i ; _uuii 7 < _r that he was a stranger who lind no concern ivilii the political movements , and the only reply made was to beat him with the butts of _tueirniuskcts . Me asked to see the ofiicer , who answered by striking : im with Jiis sword . He requested to bo _^ taken to General Cordova , who ordered him offto prison . Ho was liberated this morning . It is to be hoped that thc French Ambassador will not allow such an outrape to pass unnoticed .
September 7 . —It is stated that thc Government was aware of every particular connected with tlie movement of Friday night ; and if precautions had been openly taken they would have prevented the conspirators from makin _? the attempt . There appeals to ba littlo doubt that the revolutionists _cuiciilated on the co-operation , not only of a portion ol tlic regiments already spoken of , bat also of some other battalions Ibrmlng tlic garrison . It is also said that the unfortunate young officer who lost his liftwas not una ware ofthe existence of thc plot . Money had been largely distributed among the troops * 10 , 000 dollar ** are spoken of . The Government hat obtained possession of 8 , 000 intended for the same purpose . Threatening letters have been received in '! lie _Ministers hero . " One officer is spoken of as having received 8 , 000 reals ; and as soon as he had the money he went to the Captain-General aud revealed all he knew . The _conspirators intended first to have entered the b : _ir-I'iieks of El Posito . where they counted on the eo .
operation of tiie greater portion of the troops , but were thrown into confusion by their being received with a discharge of musketry irom the windows . After having . <> ained the park of artillery , Bucna Vista , and the barracks , they were to have distributed the arms belonging to the ex-national guard to tlie mob , and then marched to the centre ofthe town and occupied the _Post-oilice and Custom-house , where they expected to be aided by the other battalions they couicted on . The usual treachery wliich is found to " piwail . particularly in Spain , when so many arc combined , destroyed the whole plan . _Madiiid , _Sepiemukk S . —Madrid is still in a state of great excitement , and it appears extremely doubtful ? whether the authorities will be able to maintain tranqtiiliitv for any length of time . Several persons , taken with arms in their hands during the recent di s turbanc es , have been condemned hy court martial , and two of them were to be executed on the following
day . The mother of General Cordova has had the title _i-oni'erivd on ber of Marchioness ofMcndngorria , with remainder to her son , as a reward for the excessive severity ( cailed hy the Government " energy" ) exercised by tho general during the recent disturbances at Madrid . Whether the present military governor of Madrid will ever come into the succession of tlie _tiilo is very _doublful . Tho exasperation ag .-iin . it him is extreme " . He has a guard constantly placed bot . i before and behind his hou ? e , which has two entrances —the front one in thc Calle de Aleala , and tiie other in that of Caliallero de Gracia . Last night , it is
said , an attempt was made to get in at the latter entrance , lie is the first military commander that _!* as made liimself publicly conspicuous andobnoxioiis . i _' eople _compare him to _Quesada , whose end wil . probably be his . The state of things and feelings : it Madrid ' is much the same as when Murat and the French were here . An officer dare not go along down tho Calle de Toledo . Two soldiers are reported to have been assassinated last night inthe Called * - la Luna , and a high degree of exasperation existboth among the populace and the troops . At _Chainiierri , a little out ofthe city , tliere wns a row last ni _. _u ' nt , in which several soldiers and civilians were wounded .
Revolution is certain at no distant day . _li'C correspondent of the Times says : —One convictioi presses en us from the ¦ occurrences of last night _, without reference even to former ones , and that is that the foundation on which Narvaez raised In *; power seems to be gliding away from him . Thc st : i li on which he has leaned is gradually breaking undei him . The army is beginning to waver , notwitlistandiiiT all his precautions of _dismissing oflicers ot liberal opinions , and appointing to thvir places others of opposite tendencies , and of ihe convenio ol _liergara . if such things take place when nearly all tiie available resources oftlie country are employed to Keep tUrm in their allegiance , what would occur should any financial difficult y force liim to leave tlie army in anear for a few months ? Another fact is equally certain—peace , _tranquiiliir , and contentment are far from being as yet established in Spain .
Spain. Attempt At Re Volution. Thank <5o...
Latbr _ftsws . —Madrid , September 10 th . —The _cxcitcm-ent in the metropolis continues at its height , and a . i the accounts concur in expressing their apprehensions of a further explosion . ' It now appears thattho patriots were-led into a trap by tlieir supposed friends amongst the military . Two of the ministers , it is said , ensconced in a place of safety , were quietly watching the march of the patriots to the destruction intended for tliem . It is beyond a doubt that it was the intention of the military to surround the Unfortunate men so as to leave no chance
of escape , for the purpose of slaughtering every one of them . The accidental opening of the gate of Aleala to allow the diligence to enter , prevented them from following up that horrible intention . At the time the accounts ofthe 10 th left Madrid the court-martial on the prisoners , who are to the number of thirty-four , was still _sitting . The correspondent of the Chronicle writes— " If tho execution of any one of these prisoners takes place , it appears beyond a doubt that the cflcct of it willbo to produce a great degree of excitement in Madrid . Poignards will be called into use , and assassinations are already threatened . "
GERMANY . We have already stated that the public meetings of tiie "Protestant Friends" had been prohibited by the police , in consequence of orders from higher authority . '• ¦ We learn from the Bussctdorff- Gazette that in many places , for inst a nce K o ni gsberg and Berlin , notice has been given by the consistories of all the evangelical clergy of the country , and that on the authority of a supreme cabinet order of the 5 th of August , issued on the 10 th by the department of the Interior , the meetings ofthe " Protestant Friends " arc absolutely prohibited , where , from the number of members , tlm difference of rank , or by the place of their assemblies , they have the character of popular assemblies . The formation of closed societies , under whatever name they may appear , is also forbidden . It is stated in some of the German papers that M . Ronge , who arrived at Brcslau on the 8 th , on his way to Briez , where he was to preach , was arrested by thc authorities , but after a short detention he was released , and allowed to continue his journey .
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VICTORIA'S VISIT—THE "ROYALS" AT LOOSER HEADS—ROW BETWIXT VIC AND THE OEIl MAN P . 0 URGE 0 ISE—TIIE CONDEMNATION 01 TIIE PAIIIS CARPENTERS .
( From our oivn Correspondent . J Your little Queen has made a pretty mess of her visit to the Prussians . Sho treated the hing with such contempt , tbat lie was glad to get rid of hei ' , and showed that very plainly after her departure . Thc middle classes too are highly incensed at tho contemptuous way she treated the daughters of the " haute bourgeoise" of Cologne . The daughter of the Mayor of Cologne had to present " her Majesty" with a eup of tea , ami Vie _toolt not tbe cup , because touched by the hand of oue not " noble . " (!) She only took the spoon , and with it sipped the tea ; at the same time turning her head aside , and treating the girl with the most marked contempt . Thc poor girl stood trembling awfully , not knowing whether to ' stand or to go away . Served her right ; these purse-proud _lioii _)' - geoisc , with all their cunning , are with their worship of _kings and _( jucens but spoons after all , and as such deserve to be treated . Your Queen carried her con tempt so far an to rouse what , littlo spirit they possess to show some _, _rssistanee . Sho had subscribed 3 , 500 dollars , ( £ 500 . )
to the budding fund of the Cologne Cathedral , and the insulted Bourgeois of Cologne got up _; i meeting to discuss the propriety of returning her the money ! The meeting was dispersed by tho polico and military . I hear , however , that tbey still contemplate subscribing tbe monev amongst themselves , and sending it to England or Tivlaml _, to relieve your starving poor . I hope tliey will do so . John Bull has been marie ' o bleed pretty freely for bloo'lsucliing Geiman _princss , and it is only fair that the German bourgeoise should return a little of what poor John bas been shamefully drained . The marked contempt with which your Queen treated our precious King and his court , arose , I hear , from the fact of tha limping Queen of Prussia refusing the arm of _Ptince Albert , and preferring that of Archduke Frederick of Austria , as being of higher birth . It is very comical to see these princes at loggerheads amongst themselves , and tin bourgeoise at loggerheads with the princes ; all the time not seeing the movement arising in the lowest depths around them—not seeing their danger until too late .
You never gave in lhe Star the judgment of tho Pari ? Tribunal against the carpenters on strike , accused ot combination—Vincent , the chiof , was sentenced to three years , two others to a year , some more to six months , I believe ( imprisonment ) . However , they are keiping out at least those whose masters won ' t give way . Two-thirds ofthe masters have acceded tothe workmen's demands , airl in consequence of the above sentence , the sawyers ( scieurs-a-long ) and other trades connected with building , havo turned out too . This affair does a tre . mendous deal of good .
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LONDON . INSTITUTION OP A VETERAN PATRIOTS' FUND AND AN EXILES' WIDOWS AND _CHILDREN'S FVKD . A _r-unuc meeting , pursuant to public not ice , was held for the above purpose at the Rail , 1 , Turnagainlane , Farringdon-street , on Monday evening , September 15 th . Mr . T . Coori'R was unanimously called to the _tihair and said , the object of this meeting was te establish two funds—the first was for tlie support ol aged patriots ; tlie second for the support of the lawmade widows and orphans of those who were exiled in freedom ' s cause . Amongst our aged patriots was Jolm Richards , now seventy-three years of age , and
who was well known as a good democrat , and as a martyr to democratic principles , he having suffered twelve months' imprisonment in Stafford gaol Thomas Preston , who had reached thc patriarchal age of seventy-six years , and who was well known as an active Radical even as far back as the days of Arthur Thistlcwooil , and wiio was frequently mentioned in the writings of the late William Cobbett , was another of those veteran patriots . Joseph llayner Smart , of Leicester , who was in his seveutyiburth year , and . was obliged to lean for support on a son who had a large family and was much embarrassed in circumstances , was another . Lastly , he would name his aged brother poet , Allan _De-vowpovt , wiio was well known and highly esteemed iu this metropolis . The person who would have first claim
on the second fund was Mrs . EUis ( he midersiaoii Mrs . Frost and Mrs . Williams had both left the country with a view of joining tlieir husbands ) . From letters ho had received from Mrs . Ellis , lie had every reason to believe that she was in very great distress . The' chairman then read thc letters , of which the following is the substance : —from Mr . John Itichards — in hilirst he states , "That he had no means of Mibsistencc but the bastile , or being compelled to fail back for support on hissuii , who has n sickly wife and large family to maintain , and therefore was unable to support him . Prom Mrs . Ellis—dated from Hurslcm , in which she states her only means of subsistence to be 8 s . per week , the earn ings of her eldest child , and that she is in daily dread ofthe " Poor Law Union . " That she has already applied fov out-doov relief , and been refused . One of her
letters enclosed one from her husband , the unfortunate exile , dated Christmas-day last , in which he states that he has been compelled to herd with tiie " vilest outcasts of soeiety , and blood-stained men , the most degraded of human kind ; " that he has had an interview witli tlic patriot John Frost , that Frost lias now removed to Iloburt Town , and s e t t led , aud that he believes Mr . Frost is now " comfortable ( if any one can be comfortable in a felon land ) . " " lh : ( Ellis ) had applied for his ticket of leave , but had not yet obtained it , nor did he sec any chance of it ui present , although many men of the most abandoned character had obtained theirs , who had been a shorter period in the settlement . Should lie ever be so fortunate as to obtain it , he would wish his wile and fair . ily to come to him , as he should then endeavour to establish himself" as a potter . " Thc chairman having read the abovc letters , called on Air . Julian Harney to move thc first resolution .
Mr . IIauney said : Some ycais ago an attempt oi a similar kind to the present was made , and met with partial success ; hut in consequence of r . ot _bciuy sufficiently attended to , it had subsequently failed . He had , throimll the columns of the Loudon Mercury , ia the year 1 S 87 . advocated the formation of a fund for the support of their aged friends , particularly Thomas Preston and Gale Jones the latter of whom was now dead . 11 is appeal met with some success at iho tiif . G . A Mr . Henry Sniltliorpe had also made similar appeals , butth re had been nothing like systematic and persevering notion . Thev all knew who
Preston was . He was tbeassociate of Arthur ThUtlawood and other patriots , who died as bravely US tilt' } had lived , leaving behind them thegallant _' Preston , who by his every action had shown himself worthy oi his _compatriots , lie hoped tho principles for whicli ihose patriots perished would ultimately triumph . ( Cheers ) The _peoplu would exhibit gross ingratitude if thoy did not support the brave veteran patriots . ( Hear , _Ji e _.-u _* , ) It was thc d uty of all to subscribe according to their means . Those who said wc can ' t do it , never did anything ; but those who said we will try , had always _workid wonder . ** . Let tLem , then , try—earnestly try—and success would
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be certain . lie had much pleasure in moving the following resolution : — That this _meetiii- ; rieivs with the deepest concern the lamentable effects of the system of persecution ami pro * seeution which the factions in power have successfully pursued against the advocates of the Charter and the rights of . iniiii ; some having been hurried thereby to a premature grave , wliilc others still drag on a miserable existence , subject to all the horrors of want , aggravated by age , Sickness , or infirmity . That this meeting . kerns it an imperative duty to aid in the alleviation of the miseries and administer to the comforts of such of the said advocates especially as may be now in tlieir declining years ; and that , for fulfilling this duty , this meeting purposes and determines that a fund shall be formed , to be called tho " Veteran Patriots' Fund , " from which ail known und deserving advocates of democracy , who have attained the _tige of threescore years , and may , from distress or infirmity , require pecuniary aid , shall be eligible to receive help .
Mr . H . W . _IIucnES seconded the motion , and said hehad no doubt if active individuals would onlv take books and canvass the factories and workshops " , a large sum might be collected . Mr . Samuel Waddington also supported the motion . The resolution was then put and unanimously adopted . ' Mr . CiunLi * s BoLWULL said , he hoped the _erond example set by that meeting would _ahame the indolent into activity , and , although late , vet c ause hi s brother democrats throughout the country todo their duty . ( Cheers . ) He moved the second resolution : — That thin meeting painfully and sorrowfully
_sympatlnses with the sincere and devoted men who hare been exiled to a far distant felon land "by the tyrannous rulers oftlie country , and feels it to be a sacred and inviolable duty to aid in ameliorating tho suftering and bereaved condition ofthe tyrant-made widows and children of the said wronged and injured exiles ; and that , for fulfilling tiiis duty , this meeting proposes and determines that a fund shall be formed to bo called " The Exiles Widows ' and Children ' s Fund , " from which such of the wives and children of the said exiled patriots , as may be residing in this country , and are in friendless or suffering circumstances , shall have undeniable claim for relief . ¦¦
Mr . T . M . _WnKittim said , there was a Spanish proverb , "That a thing well begun was more than half done ; " he hoped the proverb might be verified in this case . He very cordially acquiesced in the resolution , and believed the persons mentioned by a previous speaker were well deserving of support , and thought the people were bound by cverv tie of _latitude and humanity to support them . The resolution was unanimously adopted . . Mr . Skelton * said _. _jie _thought the increasing Intelligence of thcpcoplewouldsoon . strikeout . _'i more safe and secure mode of obtaining their ri g hts than had hitherto been employed , and that in future days there would be no necessity to call meetings of tliis d escri ption ; but at present he thought the resolution necessary , and believed it only required enthusiasm among those assembled to carry out to ths fullest extent the great object in view . He w ou ld m o ve the Mowing resolution * . —
That , for supporting the said funds public meetings shall be held and collections made in the metropolis , _nutti'tei'ly—tbat is to say , in the montlis of September , December , March , nnd June , in _eachj'S'ear—the receipts of each quarterly meeting to be equally divided between the two funds ; that , at each of the said _ouoricrly public meetings , seven persons sliall "be chosen , by a show of hands , ns n committee of tlio "Veteran Patriots'Fund , " and alike number , in the same mode , r . s a committee of the " Exiles' Widows and Children ' s i ' _muii" the said committees to be empowered to administer tho monies for the relief of the suS ' evinjc persons duscribedin their trust , after proper inquiry , and to engage to make a distinct and complete statement oftheir receipts and _payments at the next succeeding quarterly public meeting . No person shall hold the treasurerships of the two funds at tlie same time ; and not more tV . _avt . a _wiinovit * . _- shall be members of both "commit tees at the same time . Each quarterly publicm ' eciiug , before breaking un , shall appoint where and when the next , quarterly pubhc meeting shall be held _.
Mr . W . Salmon , jnn _., seconded thc motion , which was carried unanimously . Mr . "Wm . _Rvdkb _, said lie considered the support of their aged friends to boa duty incumbent on all to perform . He was desirous that committees should not only be established in tiie metropolis , butin ever ; town throughout the united kingdom where demoeraey had raised its head , lie did hope this appeal would be responded to by the democrats ef ' lMieiand , Ireland , ami Scotland—he had _thepleasurc of moving the following resolution : — That , for the further support ofthe said two funds , the secretaries of each shall diligently solicit annual , liuH _* .
yearly , quarterly , monthly , or weekly subscriptions ft'OIll private persona , Thu friends of democracy , in all _partt oftlie country , shall also be urged to form their own coinuiittees , if tliey judge fit , or , in any other way they deem most proper and convenient to assist the metropolitan 8 oinniittee 8 of the said two funds iu carrying out _eiiW'tuall . y tlieir important objects . Mr . Overton seconded the resolution . The Chairman said he had no doubt but that many of tho middle and uppt-r classes would subscribe to the two funds , if solicited so to do . The resolution was put and carried unanimously . The following persons were then elected oflicers for the ensuing quarter : —
Y ' _.-. _TEUXN VATUIOTS' FUND . Treasurer . —Mr . Jolm Shaw , 21 , Gloucester-street , Commercial-road East . Secretary . —Air . Thomas Cooper , 131 , _Bluekfriarsroad . __ Committee . —Messrs . J . Simms , Wil s on , Prober *" , II . W . Hughes , and C . Bolweli . exiles' widows and children's fund . Treasurer . —Mr . John Shelton , Cecil-court , _Saini : M .-. rtiii ' s-iano , Secret' *™ . —Mr . Thomas Cooper . Committee . —Messrs . \ f . Warren , Kni g ht , Re y nol d s , Dear , and Garrett . It was then unanimously resolved that the next public meeting should be holden on Sunday afternoon , Deueinber 7 th , in the City Chartist Haii , 1 , Turnagain-lane . The sum of £ 1 Is . Id . was collected in the mooting , whicli , added to the £ 1 Is . lOd . previously received , makes £ 2 23 . lid . The Chairman aii-UOUneed his determination to subscribe one _uuinen annually to each fund . A voto of thanks _wai then given tothe Chairman , and the meeting separated .
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Cut Locality . —Mr . Goopeis sixth lecture on history was , as usual , _tliron . Jy attci :. k'u . Mr . Gull'ay was called to the chair , and _. ' after one of the People ' s Songs hail b ? _ei . sung , introduced thc lecture . Mi * . Cooper gave , i dc . ailed account of William tlic Norman ' s arbitrary enactment of Forest Laws , enumerated many of ' the great robbers who accompanied the " . Bastard , " ami stated the number of manors given to them in various parts of England : the patriot struggles of Swan , flic sen of Sij * g , of liereward , in tire " Isde of Ely , of Edric the Wild , anil
other Saxon " rebels , " were not forgotten . The reigns of _Rufi _* s _, _Ilui _' . ry I ., and Stephen were hastily sketched , in order _to-.-ive _greater space for Thomas _ii-Bocket ' s st ,-, i ! _l' ; le witli Henry II . The portraits of the indomitable churchman was _energclitally depictured , and exoited d :. 'ep interest . Again , tlie lecturer , after dclayin « u little to pt . urtray the stem barons of Runnymcde , hastened to approach tin . * reign of Richard II ., and pave a _Icrit'jtiii'iK'it and very striking relation of the insurrection of Wat Tyler , John liall , Jack Straw , Lister of Norfolk , - and _thuii - peasanfc compeers . Ti ¦ ¦ _¦ * fo-called " _llcfoviiiatiun " under the brutal lien :-. " III . and Edward VI ., with the reigns of Mary ami ' izabeth , were more _lin-tiiy trcatcd than we could ! . ¦ wished ; but the lecture had already extended it *• > hours and a _linlf , and Mr . C . was compelled ti ; _-t ing it to a conclusion .
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CHARTIST CO-OPEr .. \ 1 VE LAKD SOCIETY . Meetings for the purpose _r' " enrolling members aud transacting other busim-sb * -.. netted thercuith art held everyweck on thc I ' ul ' c ' ng days and places _•—SUKLUV K \ _JINO . South London Chartist Ho . . i 15 , _Blackfriars-roi'd , at half-past six o ' clock . —C . ;• xJharlist Hall , 1 , Turnagaiu-lanc , at six o ' clock . — _.- ' _mi'isto * . * at the l _' artlicnium Club Rooms . 72 , S ; ' ' ariin ' _s-lane , at halfpast seven . —Semen Ti . wn ::. * : * . Duddrcgc ' g _, _JJrickli . _yers'Ai'ms , Tonbi - idg _« -stro . ' . _' cw-road , at half-past seven—Tower Hamlets : n ! < _iViiittiiigton and ( . ' at . Church-row , lletluial-gr ( .. _* v , ; . s six o ' clock precisely . —Emmett ' s Brigade : nt . xUe Rock Tavern , Lissongrove , at eight o clock y _ilsely—Munldone : atthc Coach Painters' Ann .- , L'iicus-strcet , at half-pa ? i
seven . _MOM'lV EVENING . Camberwell : atthe . _ViontpelierTavern , Walworth at eight o'clock precisely . TUESDAT EVENI . VO . Tower Hamlets : at the Whittington and Cat Church Row , Uctlmal-grecn , at eight o ' c ! _oi-i - .-Grecnwieh : at the George and Dragon , Blackhcnth hill , at eight o ' clock . WEK . _NKSPAT EVENING . Marylebone : at the Painters' Anus , Circus-street at eight precisely .
Hammersmith . —A meeting will he held at U : e Dun Coiv , Brook Cieen-lanc , on Tuesday cveuii g next , September 23 rd , at eight precisely .
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_DEMocftATic IWkt , Cit y Chartist W \ \ Tom-• gain _Liiue . —On Monday evening , Sept . _-intl , «* Democratic Banquet will bt * held , to commemorate the establishment of the French Republic , on the 22 nd Sept ., 1792 . To facilitate the attendance ot every earnest democrat , the tickets tor the supper will hu furnished at a shilling . Mr . Tims . Cooper , author of the " Pni'natory of Suicides , " wiil take tne -hair . Tho conductors of the Northern Star are invited ; and the members of the Chartist Executive Committee , together with Messrs . W . Rider , Skelton , Ridlev , Ross , Bolweli , and other friends are expected to be present . ' Several distinguished French , Italian , German , and Swiss democrats will be present . Supper on table at eight o ' clock . Tickets may be had of the following persons _: —Mr . Biirtvnni , Brassfounders'Anns , White- ;
whapel ; Mr . Biggs , Deptford ; Mr . Bolweli . Knights- " . bridge ; Mr . Cooper , 131 , Black-friars' Road ; Mr . Drake , Standard of Liberty , Brick-lane , Spitalfclds ; = Mr . Dron , Oakley-street , Lambeth : Mr . Dunn , S 3 , * _N Chiswcll-strect ; Mr . Gover , 19 , Marples-court , Druryhiue ; Mr . Illingworth _, Epping-placc , Mile-End Gate ; s . Mr . Overton , 14 , _Tabertiaele-row , City Road ; Mr . Pearco , Park-street , _Liniehoiisc ; Mr . Pratt , Crown and Alienor , Waterloo Town ; Mr . Randall , Churchiow Bethnal-green ; Mr . Ruitey Ridley , Tottcnhanicourt , _Ncw-road : Mr . Shackleton , City Chartist Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane , Skinner-street ; Mr . Shaw , 21 , Gloucester-street , Commercial-road ; Mr . Simmons , Crown and Anchor , Farringdon-street ; Mr . Skelton , 24 , Cecil-court , St . Martin's-lane East ; Mr . Thompson , 3 , White Lion-court , Great Tower-street ; Mr . Wheeler . 243 * , Tcmplc-bar , Strand ; and of Mr . Willsoti , _Bi'idaewatcr-square , Barbican .
South London Hall , _Weubkr-struist . —The . com--mittec and members of the Land Society for this district arc requested to meet on Sunday evening , at half-past six o ' clock , at the above plate . . Mauyi . euo . nf ,. —A meeting of the Somers Town branch of the Ciiartist Co-operative Laud Society , will be held at Mr . Duddridge's , the Bricklayers ' Arms , Tonbriirge-street , New-road , on Tuesday evening , September 23 rd , at eight o ' clock precisely .-The Aggregate Meeting of the Chartists of London is unavoidably postponed till Monday evening , September 29 th , ' in consequence of the banquet to commemorate the French Republic being held in the Hall , Turnagain-lane , on Monday next , September 22 nd , 1845 . Tower Hamlets . —An adjourned meeting of tho Chartists of the Tower Hamlets will be itt'Jcl at tlie Crown and Anchor , Cheshire-street , Waterloo Town , !> n Sunday , at seven o ' clock in the evening .
City Cbautist Ham ., 1 , Turnagain-lane . —Mr . Cooper ' s seventh lecture , to commence at seven i / _ctock next Sunday evening , Sept 21 st . Subject , Shakspeare . " The lecturer respectfully announces that he will commence precisely at seven , and entreats early attendance . Citt . _CiiAimsT Ham ., 1 , _Turnagain Lane . —The public discussion will be resumed at half-past ten precisely , on Sunday morning next , September 21 st . —In the afternoon , at three , tiie Metropolitan District Council will meet for the _desoatch of business .
_Camuekwell and Wai . woutii . —A meeting will be held at the Montpellcr Tavern , Walworth , on Monday evening next , September 22 nd , at eight o ' clock precisely . The Marylkbose Chartists respectfully inform their friends that they intend taking an extra watertrip _ro Grecnf ' ord Green , on Sunday next , September 21 st , forthe benefit of the boatman . To start from the _Weigli-bridge at the usual time . Tickets , ( id . e a ch , to be had at the usual places .
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TO ALL _CUAtmSTS , _ASP riUEKT . S OF TUB DIS TRESSED IN TIIE CAUSE OF _DJBAlOCHAtJT . _FiiiENUS , —Iii spite of the pernicious insinuations set forth iu his own print , by a . vindictive and envious man , who , while he is a complete weathercock in political and social schemes himself , ;; fi ' cct * i to be a faultless censor of of other men ' s conduct , —a London public meeting baa _i-viticud its confidence in the proposers for establishing funds to re ' . ieve our Buttering " Veteran Patriots" and tha " Widows" and children * , of our beloved "Exiks . "
'tbe , sum of £ A Is . Iu . was coilcetcil at tlie closu of the meeting , lit'ld at 1 , _Tui'iiagaiu-laue _, k 3 t Monday evening ; and every individual attending that meeting joined in the piedgo for unremitting exertion to procure support ' . _owarils ths- two funds , That the two committees _appointed at that _meeting are iu earnest in their purpose , nnd : _cfolvcU to carry out the objects for whieh they have been chosen , and nil ! faithfully and disinterestedly discharge iheir trusts , their honest names will be tho most unequivocal guarantee . l ? or myself , I shall only hurl back the vil « laid pitiful suspicion of tliis restless lover of mischief , by Stilting tliat , as I have , _tn _fii ; oxen expressed opinion , " _actjil with diguitj" on a foi caw occasion , in _refusing liionias subscribed lor iue , —so I . should now esteem it R public disgrace to accept my office as " a job . " 1 _ne-ver was " a paid secretary , " _nur ever will be in a cause purely i > _hU- ; utliropic . I am become a subscriber of _**> pound , annually , to each of thesis funds . Let Lim prove Mis goodwill to the sufferers , by remitting to them a lika
. urn . 1 need only add tbat Mr . Shaw is appointed Treasurer - . 0 tlie " Veteran . Patriots' Fund , " and Air . Skelton Treasurer '" " to" the "' "Exiles' Widows and Children '* . 'uiui ;*'—and I lliiulv ' citlier of _tlicmmay _cimllunge a vote of confidence for honesty and consistency , with J times O'Brien , alias Bronterre . I am , my friends , Yours devotedly in the cause of _Freedom nd is Secretary ia theso two Funds , Thojias CoopiB . 131 , Blachfiiars * Eoad . Isndc * _.
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in a state ot'inscnsiljili ' yv and w : is promptly attended l ; y ; isurgcon , u'lio , fin / ling fc . _iat she had ' taken poison , directed her immediate removal to _Charing-cross I _lospital , where it was __ ascertained that she liad swallowed ftsimill quantity ofthe oil of almonds . A half-ounce phial , nearly full of ihe poison , was found iu her possession , but sbe could r . ot have taken much more than two or three drops , It appeared that her name was Elizabeth . MiUington , _aiieil 18 . She possesses great personal attractions , aiid unrequited ' love is stated to have Irecn . the cause of tho attempt nt self-destruction . . She remains in the above institution in an extremely weak state of bodv .
Suicides . —On Friday morning , a gentleman , ap-¦ K _u-isitly between iifty and sixty _ycaro of ilJJC _, 8 h * p _» . _iofcd to bo a _foreigner , committed suicide in Ileicnl '; - Park by shooting liimself with a pocket pistol . The deceased has net as yet hcon identified . lie had m a braided brown top coat , an olive brown dress ' oat ; a silk white , yellow , and black vest ; a _chocoliuc-t'oloiiml scarf , bhicl _* . trousers and socks , with Wellington boots ; a si'b hat , maker ' s name Dcdcnt , Paris ; linen shirt , initials in pink silk , E . H ., No . 1 . On his person was a gold watch ( Lcpine , maker ) , a jjohi pin , enamel top , four small sloe ! keys , arid a _i _.-i-jto ! , loaded to tlie muzzle , aud which on comparison jirovuil to be tho fellow one to that which had been discharged . The pistols were new , b . it no name on
ihcni _, aud every article which deceased wore also scorned to be new , and of foreign texture . In . his waistcoat pockets there were found a , _pm-saof green , rod , nnd white -. ilk , anda mother-of-pearl eyeglass , with _eijfhfc shillings and four-pence in silver . Tlio _dw- _'c _.-ised was five feet aiid ten inches in height , of very muscular frame , grey eyebrows , and ver y nearly biiid . —On Wednesday _evenii : _}*; _, Jjhn Ililey _, aged ' 34 , a bout-maker , residing at No . 2 , Chapel-street , II . aekney-ii . nd , committed suicide by-hanging himself , _—On . _Tliv . rsday evening tlie a ' _usmjiori of thc _.-uulienco oftlie Adelphi " Theatre was for _a-ingmeut engrossed by a , loud scream from a _rcsjicc . _tablji . attirod female in the pit , who was forth with cameil . put » t thc theatre
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_CLl'RKEXWELT .. Tuesday —I _' . iictai . Conduct . —A drover named Connor ivas _cbnrjicd wilh a most ivrociuus assault unon police constable' . ' 39 ( I . The constable , who bore marks of severe injury on several parts of bis person , dc ] _mst'd that on the v _vvvvotts night , tV . < - ' _nvisuncr was lyinir im the l _' ootwny in Tiiiiiiiiill . strcet . lie was not drunk , hut just recovering from tlie effects nf _i- _'tiixientioii . Witness _dciiired bim to , _'ctuii , or else _i-. e vr uhl be triimpicd on . Ile made no answer , audwitucis laid hold ofthe upper _jmrt ofhis dress to put him on his legs . He had x \ n srmucr done so , tbsiu the _prisoner jumpcil u ;> , and with a blow knocked hint into the kennel . »• here ho trampled upon him until his clothes were saturated with mud , Witness sot upon liis _!;^ s , when tlio prisoner _nRaiu knocked him down , and kicked him in the head mull the blood flowed from bus nose and mouth . Seem /*; thatthe prisoner was bent
¦ limn muri' . cnnf ,- liim , li « tool ; out liis staff anil threatened t < i use it if-the piisouci' did nut accompany him . The ' _¦ ' _¦ ismier defied hun . Another _struck ensued , in which iiir _e-H . stiible uns _'rettiiijc tho better of him , when thc pvi-• , _1-ni-r , in i ' alh ' ii _; : down , seized the calf of the officer ' s _lcpin nis : mouth , and p iereiue ; thc thick cloth ami strong leather _« . ! ' thu hoot , made thc teeth almost meet in the flesh . When _obliged U > re \ i «< iw . sb his _hclil he fastened his teeth iii the coiittablc ' ri wrist and _Kiiiiwcd it like a dog . Police . ere , eiintl « G , said iu all his life he hud never seen nuy mini in so dreadful a condition as the constable ; tho _bioiui was stre .-Miiiiifr from his nose and mouth , and it was impossible to say what sort of dress he wore , as he was from bead to foot iieyrinied with mud . . Mr . . Cymbe sent the prisoner tu the " House of Correct ion , Jo ** ' , a nionlli , without the power of _reieasin'j himself tiy _^ the jiayment of ( hie . -.. *'
MARYM 5 BOKE . ' Tuesdat , —Murderous Octkage uro . v a "Woman nr HEB HusiiA . ND . —William Harburt , a carpenter and ji > ii .. * r . res . dinjj nt Ko . -12 , _Angusta-strcet , Cuiiibcrliinilnuivket . _Hrjii'iit'R . pav ! -, was _cliui'god with hnvinjj assaulted Sarah Harburt , his wife .- Complainant , u very respectably dressed \ _oun-r woman , far advanced in pregnancy , deposed tliat she was married , on Ihe 23 rd of December last , to defendant , who , from tho period of their union , libit iil-trcutetl her in so _hnital a manner upon many oclasiiius , that she con sidered hei * life in danger . On : he previous _nitrbt he heat her most unmercifully upon the bead and hoilv , without the slightest provocation , and ibrew upon her inaiiv of thc shop shutters , with tho intention , no doubt , of IsilliiiK her . lie had fret | uently -lii-entcncil to lie the _detitli of lier , ami about six weeks ago he ran a swonUlic ' .: into her e _:. v , Uiereby _iullwling < o serious a wound as to compel her to seek the am of a _suii'gvoii , under whose care she remained fur some tune . — - Several witnesses deposed to the brutality of the husband . - ? . ' . r . Hawlinson paid Ihat he felt it his duty to pnmsh the prisoner as severely as lv . * could , mid accordingly fined him _i' 5 ; in default of payment to t _* vo months _uni-iisou incut ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 20, 1845, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_20091845/page/1/
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