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FRANCE . On Wednesday , l » ing tbe anniversary of the death of Annand Carrel , the editor of the National , and who is , ii . appears , much regretted by even his political opponents , a number of his friends repaired to the Cemetery of St . Maude , near Paris , and ever Ms grave expressed their sorrow for Ma loss and their undying respect for his memory . Altfcongb conducted without any attempt at display , the ceremony was , it appears , elosely watched by the police .
Os Satubdat , which was the first of the three ¦ days of the fetes , of July , a fnneral service to the memory of the -rictims of the revolution Tras performed at all the churches , but the opposition papers -complain that , with the exception of Count Rambnieau , the prefect of the Seine , with bis secretary , asd General Jacqueminot , the commander of the U&tional Guard , with the ehief offieers -of his staff , not one of the pnblio functionaries or of the members of the Court attended the ceremony . " The
fersons , " fSTS the Nalisnal , " who hare destroyed y little and ' litfle the principles of the rerolution of Jnlv , . see that it wonld ill become them to throw Sowers on the iom& 3 of those whose demotion to the cause they hare rendered of no effect- But a day will no donbt come when the revolution of July will revive from its ashes . The best homage will then 2 > e rendered to the victims of July , in restoring the principles for which they spilt their blood . Until then a low mas 3 , celebrated in the absence of those ¦ wh o have deserted the principles of that revolution , is that which is most Sttine . "
At three o ' clock on Saturday , the pupils of the Polytechnic School repaired in a body to the cemetery of Mont Pamesse , where repose the remains of yonng Yanneau , who gloriously fell in the attack of the barraek of the lines Babjlone and Plnmet , defended by the Swis 3 guards , on the 29 in of Jnlv , 2 BSO . " Tne speeches ^ says La Reforme , " delivered by a pupil of each division , frankly expressed the noblest and most generous sentiments . The manifestation was worthy of those who made it , and of him who was the object of it . "
The troops of the garrison and ihe Banlieue rf Paris were confined to their barracks . At noon the guards were doubled , and the principal forts placed nuder the command of officers of the staff . In the qnarter of the Municipal Guards the men were ready to take anna or mount their horses . The lonnds of superior officers were incessant ; the Prefecture of Police had received a considerable reinforcement of Municipal Guards and police agents , and the garrison of the Chateau of Neuilly was trebled at nine o ' clock in the morning . The Was is AraiCA . —The Journal des DehaU quotes the following letter , dated Gibraltar , the lOih . instant : —
** In ihe several encounters of the Moors with ihe troop 3 of Marshal Bngeaud , on the banks of the Tafha , the losses of the former wars mnch grsater ihan the French bulletins stated . The first families of Fez are in monrning . Most of those who perished in the attack -of Oachda were natives of Fez and Jleqninei . "Nearly all the wounded died for want of surgical relief—mortification generally get in and progressed rapidly , in consequence of the excessive heat . To be wonnded or killed wa 3 the same thing , for the Moors have no surgeons , physicians , or medicine for the sick . Thes 9 combats have excited to the highest pitch the fanaticism of the populace , and Ihe people breathe nothing but revenge . The
KaJ > yle ? , or rather U 13 tribes , have taken arms en masse A \ Tangier , the people broke into the Government stores and removed therefrom 300 barrels of gunpowder , which they divided among the Mejeclins ( the valiant ) , who have gone to reinforce the tribes © f Oachda . It appears that the first affair took place in consequence of a formal order from the Governor , and that it was not a deviation from his instructions , as hitherto believed . When the news of the attack arrived , there were publio rejoicings at Ftz and Morocco , although the result was disadvantageous to the Moors . That event redoubled their fury , and has complicated the Franco-Moorish question . "
SPAIN . Terror i 3 the order of the day . The province of logrono is pnt under martial law . Catalonia , Almeria , Arragon , and some other provinces , had J > een previously placed under a similar regime . It was reported that Madrid was to be placed in a state of siege . When Lagnna and his nnfortunate companions were executed a few days ago at Caspe , for the pretended murder of General Estella , General Breton declared that their fate was but thfr commencement <> f the expiation to be enforced , and he has kept his word by arresting upwards of forty other persoia , some of irhcm he has announced his intention to pot to death . These terrible proceedings are exciting universal consternation , as scarcely any man considers his life safe .
PORTUGAL . Lisbon , Jclt 24—The persecution of the Oppo ? itioa . pre 35 , which , for some time had began to-relax , has cow been renewed vigoransly . Ihe Revolucao has again been suspended , and the editor of the Palriota has been clapped into prison without either Tadge or jury . A most decided ease of Asiatic cholera took place Bome day 3 ago on board a Prussian vesseLin this port . The patient , however , is in a fair way of recover } . Mr . J . A- Ttz ; r , the British subject , still continues in prison , Yriiaout any form of trial .
ITALY . A private letter from Marseilles , of the 22 ad , say ? , u Executions ave unhappily the order of the day in Italy . The day before yesterday , we received accounts that another of the political prisoners of 1843 , was shot at Bologna ; and yesterday , by ihe Mentor , we have received from Kaples , a supplement of the Journal of ihe iteo Sicilies , containing the sentences pronounced by the military commission at Cosenza against the seventy-six persona implicated in the
insurrection in March last . Among those on whom judgment ha 3 been passed , twenty-one have been condemned to death , ten to thirty yeara' imprisonment in irons , twelve to twenty yeara , six to five years * of solitary confinement ; three hare been condemned merely to pay the expences of process , and twtnty-foBr have been acquitted and set at liberty . 1 hz Gnzdlc of the Tiro Sicilies of the 15 ih Etate 3 that six of those condemned to death , have already bean Bbot , and inatihs King has commuted the punishment of the remainder to confinement in irons for
" The military commission was , by the last accounts , ailing in jndgment on those forming the expedition from Corfu . It wonld appear , h&wever , that there is some doubt as to the chiefs of tie party bang in custody , as a proclamation has been recently circulated in Calabria offerings reward of a thousand dncats for the bead of iticciotii , eight hundred for ih&t of Bandeira , and smaller rewards for the Others engaged in the expedition . " A xetteb TExm Naples , of the 16 ih of July , Etates , that the third son of the King of Naples , the Count ds Castro Giovanni , is dead . Twensy-one of the Calabrian insurgents , who came from Corfu , iave been sentenced to death , and ax have been already executed . The names are not given .
GREECE . Letters from Athens of the 10 : h instant states that such excitement prevails throughout the country , that it will be < iiEcalt for the Government to pre-Tent a civil war . A secret society bad been formed at Navarino , whose object was not only to overthrow the existing Ministry , but to upset the existing order of government . In consequence of this feeling , landed proprietors , and all who had any property to lose , were calling ont for foreign occupation . Disturbances had again occurred at Mains and one of ihe King ' s aides-de-camp had been despatched there on board the Greek steamer Otho .
EGYPT . Sir Henry Hardinge embarked at Suez on the 29 i of June , on board the Hindostan , for Calcntta . Th plague is raging in Alexandria .
TJXITED STATES . The Pbeetdesct . — Resolutions passed at the Democratic National Convention : — Hesolvedj That the American Democracy place iheir trust noi in factitious symbols , not in displays and appeals insulting to ihe judgments and snbverave of the intellect of the people , hnt in a cleai . reliance upon the intelligence , tie patriotism and the discriminating justice of the American masses . Resolved , That we regard this as a distinctive feature of our political creed , which we are proud to maintain before the world as the great moral element in a form of government , springing from and npheld hy the popular will ; and we contrast it with the creed and practice of Federalism , under whatever name or form , which seeks to palry the will of the constituent , and which conceives no imposture too monstron 3 foi the popular credulity .
m Resolved , therefore , That , entertaining thess ¦ views , the Democratic party of this Union through their delegates assembled in a general convention oi ihe States , coming together in a spirit of concord , oj derotion to the doctrines and faith of a free representative government , and appealing to their fellow ciiszsns for the rectitude of tneir intentions , renew and re-assert before the American people , the declaration of principles avowed by thsm , when on a former occasion , in general convention , they presented their candidates for the popular suffrages : —
1 . That the Federal Government is one of limited powers , derived solely from the Constitution , and the grants of power shown therein , ought to be strictly construed by all the departments and agents of the Government , and that it i 3 inexpedient and dangerous to exercise doubtful constitutional powers , 2 . That the Constitution does not confer upon the Federal Government the power to commence anc carry on s general system of internal improvements 3 . That the Constitution does not conier auth . orit ] upon the Federal Government , directly or ind ^ eetl ] io assume the debts ot the several states co * jtracte < for local internal improvements , or ofaer Btat < purposes i nor wonld such assumption ^ 8 just ~ an < expedient .
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4 . That justice and Bound policy forbid the Federal Government to foster one branch of industry to the detriment of another , or to cherish the interests of one portion to the injnry of another portion of our common country —that every citizen and every section of the conntry has a right to demand and insist opon an equality of righto and privileges , and to complete and ample protection of persons and property from domestic violence or : foreign aggression . * . That it is the duty of every branch of the Government to enforce and practise the most rigid economy in conducting our pnblio affairs , and that no more revenue ought to be raised than is required to defray the necessary expenses of the Government .
6 . Th&i Congress has no power to charter a . National Banfe ; thai we beliere such an institution one of deadly hostility to the best interests of the country , dangerous to our republican institutions and the liberties of the people , and calculated to place the business of the country within the controul of a concentrated money power , and above the laws and will of the people . 7 . That Congress has no power , under the Constitulion , to interfere with or controul th * domestic institutions of the several States , and that such
States are the sole and proper judges of everything appertaining to their own affaire , not prohibited by the Constitution ; that all efforts of the AbolitionistB or others , made to induce Congress to interfere with questions of slavery , or to take incipient steps in relation thereto , are calculated to lead to the most alarming and dangerous consequences ; and that all snch efforts have an inevitable tendency to diminish the happiness of the people , and endanger the stability and permanency of the "Union , and ought not to be countenanced by any friend to our political institutions .
8 . That the separation of the monies of the Government from banking institutions , is indispensable for the safety of tha funds of the Government and the rights of the people . 9 . That the liberal principles embodied by Jefferson in the declaration of independence , and sanctioned in the Constitution , which makes ours the land of liberty and the asylum of the oppressed of every nation , have ever been cardinal principles in the Democratic faith ; and every attempt to abridge the present privilege of becoming citizens and the owners of soil among us , ought to be resisted with the same spirit which swept the alien and sedition laws from onr statute book .
Resoived , That the proceeds of the pnblio lands ought to be sacredly applied to the national objects specified in the Constitution ; and that we are opposed to the law lately adopted , and to any : law for the distribution of such proceeds among the States , as alike inexpedient in policy and repugnant to the Constitution . Resolved , That we are decidedly opposed to taking from the President the qualified Veto power by which he is enabled , under restrictions and responsibilities , amply sufficient to guard the pnblio interest , to arrest the passage of a bill , whose merits cannot secure the approval of two-thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives , until the judgment of the people can be obtained thereon , and which has thrice saved the American people from the corrupt and tyrannical domination of the Bank of the United States .
Resolved , That onr title to the whole of the Territory of Oregon is clear and unquestionable ; that no portion of the same ought to bo ceded to England or any other power i and the re-occupation of Oregon and the re ^ annexation of Texas at the earliest practicable period are great American measures , which this Convention recommend to the cordial support of the democracy of the Union . Resolved , That this Convention hereby presents to the people of the United States James K , Polk , of Tennessee , as the candidate of the democratic party , for the office of President ; and George M . Dallas , of Pennsylvania , as the candidate of the democratic party , for the office of Vice-President of the United States .
Resolved , That thi 3 Convention hold in the highest estimation and regard their illustrious fellow citizen , Martin Van Buren , of New York ; that we cherish the most grateful and abiding sense of the ability , integrity , and firmness with which he discharged the duties of the high office of President of the United States , and especially of the inflexible fidelity with whieh he maintained the true doctrines of the constitution and the measures of the democratic party during hi p trying and nobly arduous administration ; that in the memorable struggle of 1840 he fell a martyr to the great principles of which he was the worthy representative , and we revere him as such ; and that hereby we tender to him , in his honourable retirement , the assurance of the deeply seated confidence , affection , and respect of the American democracy .
Resolved , That an address to the people of the United States in support of the principles of the democratic party , and of the candidate presented as their representative by this Convention , be prepared by the committee on resolutions , and be published by them . Resolved , That the proceedings of this Convention be Eigned by iis officers , and be published in the Democratic Republican newspaper ! of the United States .
The 4 th of July being the 68 : h anniversary of the declaration of American Independence , was celebrated with great rejoicing and self-glorification throughout the cities of the Union , In New York , the proceedings of the day were marred by the accidental burning of the Washington Hall , one of the finest hotels in the city , and which was totally consumed , at a loss of forty thousand dollars , of which about two-thirds was insured . A few other casualties ocenrred , but , altogether , the day passed off very joyously .
FOREIGN MISCELLANY . Colonel Stoddaht , and Captain Cosolly .-The following letter has been received from the Rev
J . Wolff : — " I write this letter in the house of Nayeb Samet Khan , the chief of the artillery and the arsenal of hi 3 Majesty the King of Bokhara , a sincere and excellent friend of the British nation , but in the pre » sence also of his Majesty the Ameer ' s mahram , { private chamberlain ) , and I write this letter ofSolally , by order of the King of Bokhara , to whom I eivea translation of the letter , and therefore confine myself only to the most necessary topics , without comment , and without any observation .
" 1 st . On the 29 . h of April the King stated to me , by medium of the above-named Nayeb , and in the presence of Mullah Kasem , the King ' s mahrem ( private chamberlain ) that he had put to death , in the month of Sarratan , 12 * 9 , ( July 1842 ) Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly . The first had been put to death , firstly , on account of his having treated royalty with the greatest disrespect on different occasions ; secondly , that he had turned Mussulman , and then returned to the Christian faith ; thirdly , that he had promised to get letters from England in four months , by whioh he would be acknowledged ambassador from England , and fourteen months had elapsed without receiving any answer , though the King had erected japar khans ( post-houses ) on hi 3 account . And , with regard to Conolly , that he had been put to death for having induced the Khiva and Kokan to wage war against the King of Bokhara& 3 .
, " His Majesty has given me permission to leave Bokhara on the 9 : h of May , i . e . Friday next . Prom Mesched 1 shall write everything more fully , —I am , &c &c , ( Signed ) " Joseph Wolff . " LandshuTjIN Silesia , Jclt 20 . — This morning , at ten o ' clock , a fire broke out in the inner town , consisting of narrow streets , with lofty wooden honses , and though there was no wind , spread with such rapidity , that in three hours , fifty houses , besides the out-buildings , and two large inns , were reduced to ashes . Nearly two hundred families are houseless , and have partly lost not only their property , but the means of gaining their livelihood . —Hamburgh Papers , July 26 .
Monte Video . —On the nights of the 9 ; h and 10 th of May they experienced a terrific hurricane at Monte Video , in which several vessels were driven ashore ; amongst them the Gorgon steamer : the Ardent steamer was driven from her anchors , and ran foul of a French brig of war . A great deal of damage was also sustained on shore .
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THE 2 JABTTB ELLIS . The following affecting letter from her husband has been recently itceived by Mrs . Ellia . Tae original is in the hands of Mr . DnscombB . Peninsular Cascades Station , Tasman , Van Dieman ' s Land , Jan . 29 tb , 1844 . My dear Emma , —I resume my pen to address you . Tis now near twelve monthB since I wrote you from the Cape of Good Hope . I have not yet received an answer . You are aware that the regulations imposed upon my present situation necessarily preclude the possibility of my writing in that confident manner I otherwise Should . I Save recently » een a letter horn Kel&hiU' a wile , of Upper Hanley , containing a statement , thongh somewhat vagne snd indefinite , calculated to alarm me . She says she shall come out with yon . Now I cannot for a
moment suppose , after what I have said on the subject , that you will venture to come here till you are assured that I am placed in a situation to receive yon . 'T wonld be a great addition to my present enfferinga to know that yon were in the colony , and me debarred the pleasure of seeing yon . _ I deem my reply to the recommendation of the barrister on that subject conclusive . 1 have seen nothing since but what has tended to confirm my opinion already expressed to you . I presume it was his advice that induced Mrs . Geach to come out immediately after feet husband . He had two years probation , ana 8 he "was nevet allowed to see him till that time had expired . I could adduce many more instances of the kind . Nothing could give me more pleasure tfrjm again to behold you and those dear ones you have borne me . In fact 'tis the enly gleam of hope that heers my dtspsnding heart , to think that I shall one
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day be 8110760 * to clasp you to my boiom . None can feal the separatum-nore acutely than myself ; but affection will sot allow me to suffer yon to plangA yourself in difficulty and danger without apprising you of it I sometimes thlsSt that had I been deprived of my domestic enjoymentofcy the ordinary course of nature , I might have met th&- * troke with something like philosophical resignation ; bat to know that you are living , and as miserable as mystlf , la traly doubly painful . Oft , in deep abstraction of mind , my fond memory conjures up the bright imagery of those sweet domestic scenes , when the children gambled around us in all the mirth and gaiety of happy innocence ; my mild and gentle Edwin , and his souvette Jane , the little romping Hayden , with her sweet aonga .
" Sweet the momenta , " &c O , I h&va touched a theme that unnerves me t "When I think of the happy borne that I have lost;—contemplate and compare it with the moral desolation tbat now surrounds me , —and think that this must continue for three and a half years , it makes my blood curdle back with horror to my heart , and I am ready to ask myself the impious question , is life worth having on such dreadful terms ? My dear Emma , 'twould be the height of pusilanimity to attempt to describe my situation to yen , who have been acquainted with every pulsation of my heart ,
from early youth to manhood . Suffice it to say , that it is the reverse of what we were led to expect from the promises made previous to leaving England . The recommendation of the parties whom you saw , were useless ; and I find myself in the same situation as those who have committed the blackest crimes that stain the dark calendar of human guilt . Ship loads of prisoners have arrived in the colony since onra , "wbone period of probation is only half the time fixed for me ; and some of these men nave served one term of transportation before . Surely , if there is the slightest semblance of justice or humanity , I shall not be allowed to drag on a loathsome existence for such a length of time .
Bear E ., let me conjure you not to think of leaving England without an order for the remission of the remaining portion of my probation , or gang labour . And I should really think , from what transpired during my interview with Mr . Capper , at the York hulk , tbat were the request made , the desired indulgence would be granted—or by bringing a high recommendation to Sir Eardley Wiltnot , the Lieutenant-Governor . I have repeatedly seen Frost , Williams , and Jones . Frost was at the same place with me six months . They have gone to Hobart Town , and received their indulgence . I must conclude : and though the poet has truly said that
" Yean and seas must roll between us , " yet let me cherish the cheering hope that we shall still be spared to meet again , and our long absence will give a double . Best to tha remaining years of life ; but if , in spite of all my cherished hopes and brightest anticipations , fate should doom us to meet no more—corroding care and pining melancholy may wear away my spirits , the lassitude of fatigue and the gnawings of hunger may destroy say enfeebled coustitution , —yet my last breath should be gratitude and joy that we ever met , and a fervent prayer for your happiness and welfare . It has ever been a source of satisfaction to me , that thongh here , I was enabled to produce in court irrefragible proof of my innocence , even of the paltry , contemptible charge preferred against me .
Remember me affectionately to my family and friends . A father ' s blessing for my darlings , William and Robert . I hope Edwin will be kind and affectionate to his mother , and Jenny grow in loveliness , till I clasp them all in a parent ' s embrace . Your ever loving husband , But poor exile , W . S . Ellis . Mrs . Ellis . —An account and balance sheet ef the sums raised to . establish the law-made widow , Emma Ellis , in business , at No . 7 , Montague-street , Bricklane . At a meeting of Mrs . ElHs's Committee , bolden at the Standard of Liberty , Brick-lane , on Monday evening , the 8 th insl , it was unanimously resolved tkat the balance sheet , with the following explanation
should be transmitted to the Northern Siat for insertion . In the month of Febroary last , the Chartist Councillors resident in the Tower Hamlets , formed a Committee for the purpose of taking a shop , and establishing Mrs . Ellis in business—each member of the committee taking a book , and pledging himself either to raise contributions , or contribute personally , at least 6 s 6 d , estimated at 6 d per week for thirteen weeks . The Committee for the first six weeks amounted to twenty eight in number ; and at that period Mr . Hover was added , making twenty-nine . The intention of the committee was to place in Mrs . Ellis ' s bands ( independent of her business ) the sum of 15 s weekly , for the first thirteen weeks , in the hope that b ? so doing the profits of the shop would in that time
realise a capital of £ 20 , in addition to the £ 23 12 s . she received at the bands of Mr . John Cleave , on her arrival in town , to commence business ; with which capital the committee flattered themselves , Mrs . Eilis would be enabled to realise a comfortable and permanent subsistence for herself and family , and au audit of the first seven weeks accounts showed fully that their expectations were well founded . The committee were therefore perfectly astounded when they heard it asserted | that Mrs , Ellis had stated it to be her intention to return to the country ; but on her attendance at the committee meeting this evening ,
July 8 tb , upon the question being put , Mrs . Ellis said , on the advice of ier father , she had resolved on remaining in town . In conclusion the committee , in jastice to the victim , the much iDjured Ellis , call upon their Chartist bretkren , throughout the Metropolis , to support the law-made widow , and her three fatherless children , by forwarding their orders and extending their patronage to Mrs . Ellis , 7 , New Montague-street , Brick-lane , and beg to submit the following balancetheet fearlessly to the public , trusting to their Chartist brethren for a favourable verdict On behalf of the Committee , Wm . Baxter , Secretary . Wm . Drake , Treasurer .
INCOME . £ s d 1 £ s d Mr . Finnett ... 0 7 5 Mr . Salmon ... 0 6 6 _ Harper ... 0 5 6 - Luke King 0 11 6 _ Cooper ... 0 6 6 _ Bateman ... „ Baxter ... 0 6 6 „ Stallwood 0 6 6 _ Bains ... 0 6 0 „ Hodge ... 0 5 11 „ Jlnken ... 0 15 10 ^ Slater ... 0 6 G „ Fidge ... 0 « 6 „ Ogden ... 0 5 0 „ Brake ... 0 11 3 „ Wheeler , , „ Shaw ... 0 6 6 Gen . Secretary 0 6 6 „ Newton ... 0 6 6 « M'Qrath , P . EO 6 6 „ Brien ... 0 C 6 — Cleave ... 0 6 6
^ Newley ... 0 6 6 ~ Dron ... 0 7 4 „ Buck ... 671 ~ Dear ... 0 6 0 „ Ross , late of ~ Illinjjworth 0 i 9 . the Executive 0 3 1 .. Hover ... 0 3 6 .. Cole ... 0 2 6 9 15 U Donations , including 53 . from the Fox and Hounds , Hare-street , Bethnal Green , and 2 a 6 . 1 from Mr . Bunn , of Hackney , per Mr . Brake ' s Book 1 10 0 ^ Proceeds of Ball and Concert at Mr . Frrzer ' s , MaTquis of Granby , Pump-yard , Rateliffa Cross 1 10 3
Total £ 12 15 8 EXPENDITURE . £ . s . d . Mrs . EIHb received from the 16 th of March to July 12 th , 1844 11 2 8 ^ Postage , paper , and money order , 6 2 2 Mr . Hover paid for labour 14 9 ^ Duty on four advertisements ............ ..... 0 6 0
£ 12 15 8 William Baxter , Secretary . William Drake , Treasurer . Thomas Buck , Sen . ) 4 ... George Cooper , / Aud'tors . N . B . —It waH the intention of the Committee to have paid the expence of bringing Mrs . Ellis and family to town by the profits of a public lecture ; but failing to obtain a lecturer , tbey had no alternative but to pay the expence out of the funds . LONDON . —Register , Register , Regtsteb To the Chartist public in general , —Let not your exertions flag although the 31 st of July is past , but let those who have not sent in their claim to be placed on the rafce-booKs , ao bo without delay , they may vet be in time for the first rate made , and if so will be on the register in July 1845 ; and let our friends bear in mind that each person whose name appears on the rate book , is in the eye of the law , a rate-payer , and consequently gains the power thereby of voting for parochial affairs . I would beg to suggest
to every committee and every locality , the propriety of having a copy of those useful little manuals , the Hand-Books issued by the Executive Committee of the National Charter Association . It will be the duty of the committees to inspect the lists at the church and chapel doors , to see if the persons names sent in appear thereon , and if they do not to take the necessary steps . There are at least thirty cities , boroughs , < 3 tc ., in England alone , in which Chartist members could be returned , was the registration properly attended to . The committees named a week or two since in the Siary still hold their sittings at their respective places to give information ; and every information will also be readily and mosi cheerfully afforded by Edmund Stallwood , General Secretary , at the Executive Office , 243 ^ , Strand , or No . 2 , Little Yale-place . Hammersmith-road . —July 31 st ,
1844 . City Chartist Hall , Sonday , July the 28 th . —Mr . John Clner delivered his fourth and concluding lecture on democracy and practical Christianity . This course of lectures has proved very attractive . Mr . Cluer , in concluding bis last lecture , said—I shall doubtless coon tread a land where principles exist much more congenial to my feelings , than those of England . When on American soil , I trust I ever shall be found struggling on behalf of the sons of toil ; but I never shall forget tkat amid persecution I found my truest friends among the Chartists of the City of London , and I hope never to be found wanting in defence ol their principles and practices when in a foreign land—( loud cheers ) . After the lecture , Messrs . Tucker , Chippendale , and Williams briefly addressed the meeting . A vote of tbanka was unanimously awarded to the lecturer . Previous to the lecture , the artlcJa
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Nortitern A tor , , add elicited great applause . Mr . Cooper Hcceeds M * . tThwr , and will deliver b course of lee tares on the 1 U e , character , and writings of Thomas JctUAQ * - t ??» S ^ % !!?* at tne Mbntpelier Tavern , Walwoith ; Mr . Jtim Rhodes In t&e chair . Mr . J Sewel * moved the following wsolation :- «• That a JXhSS * fJ !^ *« superintend the registration £ 2 ££ ^? " ? 2 ! V " - !!' t at thls hoasw evory Monday evening-, at eight o ' cl . wk . " Mr . Simpson aeeomled the motor * , which was « arried by acclamation . The Chairman announced ttat eveij Jufornation on the subject could be obtained , of My . John Simpson . Km Cottage , Waterfoo-atreeJi . Cambarwell . A yate of thanks was given to the ohjrirmaa , and tie meeting dispersed . .
METBOrOUTAN DELEGATE : C& * WCIX CHABTIKD r ^ ' ir . TiJRNAGAIN-LAXB ' Jul : s 28 .-M * . Arnott in the chain The following sums were received for the Miners --Mi . Tuff from Stntforel locality £ 1 us 63 > Mr . HtaU-wood , from HammerfliHifch losality 4 s 4 d ; Mr . Bnckmaster , from Maryiebone loealUy , collected at the door on the night of Mr .. CConnw ' s lecture 10 s ; Mr . John Stephenson ls ; Mir . Sowfcr , Golden Lion locality £ 1 83 2 d ; part proceeds of an harmonic meeting held ut the Golden Lion . Av few friends , Barnes , Surry , per R . Roebuck 4 s 3 d ; Mrs . Colemon and friends 7 s 6 d ; making a total ot £ 4 6 s ? d . The Secretary read the correspondence between himself and the Victim Committee of Manchester , respecting the victim ' Jenkin Morgan , which subject , in accordance with their request , was recommended for the consideration of the London Chartist Harmonicans . Lecturers were then appointed and the Council adjourned .
Botherhithe . — -Mr . Stallwood delivered a lecture to a numerous audience in tha Temperance Room * , Paradise-street , on Thursday evening last His discourse gave great Satisfaction . BRIGHTON . —At a quarterly meeting of the Ghattjtets of this town , held at the Cap of Liberty , on Monday , the 29 th July , Mr . Jiltro in the chair ; seven persons were nominated to the Cteneral Council of the National Charter Association . It is- earnestly requested tbBt in future all communications , to the Chartists of Brighton , should be addressed to John Page , 14 , Camelford-street .
GLASGOW . —At a meeting of the directors of the Glasgow Charter Association , held on the 24 th of July , in Mr . Molr's premises , it was moved by Mr . James Moir , seconded by Mr . James Lang , . and unanimously agreed to— " That the thanks of this meeting are eminently due , and are hereby most respectfully tendered , to Joseph Scurge , Esq ., for vindicating the right of the people to the suffrage , by going to the poll at the late Birmingham Election . " ZiHKrH . —Another signal defeat of the League . —For some time baok Finnigao , of Stevensonsquare notoriety , and other emissaries ot the League , have been prowling up and down this part of the country . The above-named gentleman delivered a lecture in the Independent Methodist Chapel , when such
was the reception he received at the hands of the > Leighites , as almost to break a heart of stone ! No one went to hear him . The Leigh Leaguers knew that Me . Finatgan must labour a long time before ho made an Impression on the empty . benches ; they therefore determined that if the people would not oome they must try to fetch them . It so happened that a gentleman was preaching in the Market Place on the same evening , so one of them went forthwith to try to persuade his congregation to leave him and go td hear Mr . Finnigan . This would not do . The people thought that they might as well stop and hear one man talk absufc heavenly bread , as another talk about' the bread that gerisheth . Well , Mr . Finnigan came a second time , with no better effect ,
and consequently made a bounce that he would discuss the question with any man in [ Europe ; so ended the the second display . But the League manufacturers took npon themselves to annoy their Chartist workmen with Finn igan ' a challenge , which they accepted , and the discussion came off on Monday night last The chapel is capable of holding upwards of 2000 people , and was filled to overflowing , and hundreds had to go away that could not gain admittance . Mr . Btothwick acted as chairman for Mr . Finnigan , and Mr . Wood for Mr . Leach . Mr . Wood opened the business by reading the placard announcing the meeting , and the arrangements the Committee had made for conducting the diecassion . Tbey recommended that the audience would neither manifest their approbation nor disapprobation
daring the debate . Mr . Brothwick said aft-. r the very able apetch of his colleague it was not necessary for him to say more than that he hoped they would act upon the advice given , and concluded by introducing Mr . Finnigan , who opened the discussion with a speech of half-an-hour duration , wherein be advanced the usual amount of small-talk about the injustice of the Corn Laws , and the monopoly of the landlords preventing the people from having a big loaf , ice . Mr . Leach then followed , and met the statements of bis opponent after a manner which it is needless to describe to the readers of the Northern Star . Each disputant then occupied fifteen minutes each for the next two hours . This was decidedly the beat conducted discussion tbat We ever witnessed In Leigh : all was as silent as it wns possible
to be in a place bo crewded . But when Mr . Leach concluded bis last reply , there were three or four rounds of applause that made the " corn crakes" look rather blue . A person looking like & manufacturer , in the middle of the meeting , moved a resolution to the following effect : — " That all taxes on the food of the people are unjust in principle , and their repeal would be beneficial to the working classes . " This was met by an amendment , moved by a working man in tbemeeting , and seconded by acclamation —* ' That having heard the arguments on both sides of the question , this meeting is of opinion tbat Free Trade would , under present circumstances , be an evil rather than a benefit to the labouring classes of this country . " On the amendment being put , it appeared that every hand in the place was
held np for it However , on the motion being pat , there was three votes out of a meeting of upwards of two thousand persons . On looking round for Mr . FiDigan and bis friends , they had vanished , including his Chairman ; without stopping to finish the business of the meeting . Mr . Leach moved the thanks of the meeting to the remaining Chairman , which was carried unanimonsly . Xbe thanks of the meeting were then given to Mr . Leach for the able manner In which he had defended the poor man ' s rights on the occasion , and also for his past labours in the people ' s cause . This was carried amidst the most enthusiastic applause . Alas , poor League ! what now becomes of their proud boasting that Chartism was dead in Leigh , and that all the sensible men amongst the Leigh weavers and factory operatives were with the Anti-Corn Law Gentlemen ? What three votes out of 2000 ! Bat what wonld have been their condition if the place would have held all the working men that had to go back . This is another
proof for Messrs . Cobden , Bright , and Co . that the people are not with them . And let this be remembered , that Leigh is a manufacturing town , in which the people are as poor as any we know of ; and yet the premiss of the big loaf will not allure them from their fealty to the Charter . We cannot conclude this without doing justice to Mr . Finnigan . We cannot say that he has improved any in his abilities as a . disputant ; but be has undergone a purgation from those embellishments for wh'ch he was particularly notorious in the commencement of his career , such as shooting out ; his tongue at his opponent , putting his thumb to the end of his noise , and a number of other such gentlemanly tricks . We are glad for his own sake tbat on this occasion he dispensed with those unnecessary accompaniments , and conducted himself much more gentle * manly than we expected . The only thing we find fault with at present is , his running away before the business was concluded . —Correspondent .
SCARBOROUGH . —Defeat of the League . — The inhabitants of this town were favoured with the presence of Messrs . Thomson and Plint as a deputation from the League on Friday evening , the 26 tb . The meeting was held in the Town-hall , Alderinau Stockman in the chair . He opened the business in the usual way , declaring himself a- lover of justice and a friend of free discussion , &o . Mr . P * iDt was the first speaker . His speech was a rich specimen of League consistency , shewing thatFr ^ Trade would raise rents , &a , and be defied any man living to contradict him . Mr . Kydd here rose and offered to discuss the question . Mr . Plint said no , and added of all men in England clon't hear Mr . Kidd . He met me at Morley , near Leeds , and carried tke meeting his own way . The Alderman stamped , Pliut foamed , the police were brought in , and all presented an admirable proof of the " free discussion" which would be allowed . Mr . Kydd
seated himself beside the Chairman , and Mr . G- Thomson proceeded to address the meeting . He vaunted of his love of free discussion , dealt in generalities , and in almost every particular contradicted Mr . Plint Mr . Kydd now rose and demanded a hearing , refused to sit down , and after much trouble , the Chairman , as a lover of free discussion said he would hear Mr . Kydd , declaring he weuld Bit till morning . Mr . Kydd had just apoken a quarter ot an hour , when it was found that he was annoying the meeting and putting Thomson in a " fix" ( Plint having flad ) when the business was ended by the Chairman dissolving the meetiDg . Mr . Kydd's remarks produced an excellent effect on the meeting . He addressed a large open-air meeting on the sands on Saturday evening , many of those wh » attended declaring themselves sick of the League . Mr . K . challenged diacuesion , and a resolution was unanimously paseed against " Free Trade . " Cbartiflm is refreshed with the League shower of humboj ; .
ROCHDALE . —On Sunday last Mr . Bell , of Heywood , gave a very instructive lecture , which gave universal satisfaction . Correspondence for the future mast be addressed to Edward . Mitchell , Temperance Hotel , High-street , Rochdale .
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HOUSE OF LORDS-Friday , July 26 . The Party F ^ cessions' Bill , after some discussion , passed throuf j Q Committe . 6 . The Man- juig of nohmanby , in a speech of great length and detail , drew attention to the subject of the health of towns , and moved an address to the Crown , prayteg y ^ the sanatory condition of the people , as exhibit e ( j ^ jjj resa it of j ne fairies of the com->»«* . on whose report has been recently issued , should
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receive the deliberate attention of the Government , with the view of framing some general remedial meaPire , to be introduced at an early period of the next session of Parliament j The Duke of Buccleuch went over the subject , as developed by the evidence , dwelling en the magnitude of the evil , but pointing ont the difficulties in the way * . As an instance of this , he stated that a Bill passed for the improvement of Liverpool was inoperative , because motives ot humanity prevented the exercise ot the power , by which twenty or thirty thousand individuals
might be tamed oui of cellars , without any other place of refuge . The Coaanissioa was diligently considering its report , which ia due time would be produced , thongh he did not think ; that it -would recommend the immediate adaption of sny legislative measure , mature deliberation feeing requisite . He , therefore , opposed the motion . ) After some conversation , The Duke of Wellington denied that the government were in any way responsible for the delay . The motion was then rejested by the carrying of the *? previous question . " I
Monday , . Fitly 29 , The business waamainly of a routine " nature , with the exception of the Metropolitan Buildisgs- Bill , which was opposed by liwds CotTETtUAii and Gampbeli ,, on the ground that it was too important a measure to be passed at thi ^ lat e period of ths session . On a division , the second reading was carried by thirty to eight . l Tue 3 day , July 30 . The Lord Chakcem , or explained tba course be had pursued with respect pe Lord BeaamsDra Bfll for repealing all the obsolete penal Acts against Roman , Catholics which still remain on the statute-book . Be
had consulted all thoso-who were especially competent to advise with him upon the subject , and having struck « at every clause agaiaet the propriaty of whioh any reasonable doubt could be entertained , be BOW confidently recommended t&at their Lordships should pass the Bill , in spite of tie objections which the late period of the session had suggested . H « then went on to describe the enactments which the Bill proposed to repeal , explaining with his wonted skill their enormity and absurdity *} and the hardship to which Roman Catholics would : be exposed If any infonset ,, from motives either of reward or malignity , should proceed upon them ; and concluded by expressing his regret that the Bill did ' not go further .
The Bishop of Londgin complained of the measuse being pressed forward during the present session , without its having received that mature deliberation , especially frem the bishope , which its importance demanded . He moved that the report be received that day three months . j A discussion arose , shared in by the Eatl of Willow , Lords Brougham , JGampbell , and Bbaumont , after which the amendment was negatived without a division , and the report was received . The Metropolitan , Buildings' Bill passed through committee . The other business was routine .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Friday , Joly 26 . The Savings'Bank Bill underwent a disoufsien of some hours in Committee . ! The Bill proposes £ a 5 s as the rate of interest , the as being the allowance for the expenses of management . An attempt was made to raise this to 6 s 8 d , but it was defeated , and the Bill was carried threugh Committee . This Committee and some other business having been disposed of , the House came to the Order of the Day for the third reading of the Poor Law Amendment Bill . Hereupon Colonel Sibthorpe once more expressed bis hostility to the existing system , and especially to the Poor Law Commission . On the question that the Bill should be read a third time , ;
Mr . Cocbrane rejpiced that it bad bees so fully discussed . He congratulated the country both on the change which had taken place in Sir J . Graham ' s opinion respecting the relief of the poor , and on the extensive introduction of out-door relief . There were farther amendments , however , still reqnisite , and he hoped Sir J . Graham would introduce them in another year . The system was not sufficiently identified with the feelings of the poor ; as to whom it had been truly said , that yonr legislation ought to have regard not only to their wants but even to their prejudices . Mr . Hume defended the Commissioners . Mr . Hardt rejoiced j in the ameliorations which had been Introduced in the progress of the Bill . Mr . BoRTHWieii was desirous of some farther mitigations , particularly ef a modification in the appeal clause , respecting orders in bastardy ; . but , considering the Bill to be a | good law , as far as it went , he would not now oppose its passipg .
Mr . Wak . ljsy wished to vest io magistrates a power of directing the quantity and quality of outdoor relief . For want of this power many poor entitled to outdoor relief were driven into the workhouses . The improvements , however , which this Bill had made , were really most important ; and if a division had been proposed , he should have given his strongest support to the measure . The principle of the law of 1834 , the workhouse test , was at an end ; for ] it now tnrned out 'that the out-door relief was , to that ol the workhouse , in the proportion of seven to one . Ha complained of tha inadequacy of the salaries ! usually assigned by Boards of Guardians to the medical attendants of the paupers . Mr . Escott believed that the Poor Law administration would never be satisfactory till the country should either return to the parochial system , or be dividedjinto smaller unions . ¦
Captain Pechell , though there were many things in the bill he disliked , felt that on the whole it effected a great improvement , and would not divide against the third reading . : Mr . Bankes concurred with Mr . Waklet that the medical provision for the poor was by no means adequate to their wants . [ This deficiency was mainly owing to that excessive magnitude of the unions , which was the cause of so many other evils . Sir J . Graham declared himself personally indebted to both sides of the House for the manner in which the opposition to the bill had been conducted . He hoped and believed it would effect a valuable improvement in the law . Some reference had been made to the bastardy appeal clause . It was a subject on which he bad guided himself by the pleasure of the majority of the Houae ; and , if experience should show the necessity of a change respecting that appeal he would ntst oppose it . I The Bill was then read a third time and passed .
The Sauth Wales Turnpike Trusts Bill , tfao Joint Stock Banks Regulation ! Bill , and two other measures , all waiting for the third reading , were passed . The Consolidated Fund Bill was read a second time , ordered to be committed on Monday , with notice given by Sir George Clerk , that it be an instruction to the committee to move the usual appropriation clause . This signal of the close of the session was marked by a Cheer . ¦ The Merchant Seamen Bill , which stood for consideration in committee , was ; opposed , several members expressing a wish that it should be postponed till next session . Mr . Sidney Herbert , however , expressed his determination to carry the measure forward ; but consented to postpsne tht > committee on the bill till Monday at twelve o ' clock . ¦
Various other measures were advanced through different stages with remarkable celerity ; the Protection of Purchasers ( Ireland ) Bill went through committee , and the House rose early . }
Monday , July 22 . The morning sitting of the House of Commons began > t twelve o'clock , and was principally occupied with the committee on the Merchant Seamens Bill . : Some miscellaneous [ matters were afterwards disposed of ; and at about six o'clock , Sir James Graham moved the second reading of a ' Bill having for its object to remove anomalies in the law of charitable { donations and bequests in Ireland . He explained the evils of that law as now existing , and pointed out the way in which he considered that they would be removed by the various provisions of this Bill . i Mr . More O'Ferrall intimated that the Roman Catholics would be dissatisfied with the Bill , and was greatly Bcandalizsd that ; their Bishops were not designated by tbat title . j Lord Eliot vindicated the Bill .
Mr . BelleW complained of the solicitude manifested throughout , the Sill to ] avoid giving the titles of the dignitaries of the Roman Catholic church in Ireland , any of whom , if they conformed to the Protestant faith , would be eligible to elevation on the episcopal bench without fresh consecration . Not a single Roman Catholic was officially connected with the Government ; and every measure of relief bore evidence that the ascendent spirit still prevailed . Lord Arusdel , en the other hand , returned thankB to the Government for the conciliatory spirit evinced in this Bill . He wished , however , that the bishopB had been recognised in their , episcopal character .
Sir B . Peei expressed hia satisfaction at the manly tone taken by Lord Arundal , and his proportionate regret at the carping spirit of other speeches ; and declared the entire sincerity of the Government in their intention to benefit the Roman Catholic population by this measure . He read extracts from a work of Mr . Scully , showing the disadvantages under which Roman Catholic eharitiea labour in the existing state of the law ; and after explaining bow these disadvantages are removed bj the bill now in progress , appealed to thejHoQsa 'whether it must not be disheartening to a Government thus earnestly exerting themselves for improvement , to ba met with these ungracious comments upon their motives . He referred to the draught of a bill relating to this subject * which
was prepared under Lord Wellesley ' a Administration , with the concurrence of the Roman Catholic hierarchy —contrasted the present bill very favourably with that draught—aud exposed the unreasonableness of the commonplace charges -of "insult and injustice . " He Baid it was objected that Roman Catholio spiritualities were not properly cognizable by any lay tribunal . But , first , the matters to be dealt with under this bill were not spiritual at all ; secondly , it did no * follow that the tribunal to be constituted under this bill would be a lay body ; and , thirdly , a lay body waB to have bad this jurisdiction by the very draught Which he had before ! mentioned as having been approved by the Roman Catholic hierarchy themselves . He deprecated an unfair agitation of tbla question during tae approaching tecesa .
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Mr . Siieil intimated bis discontent that the Romas Caholic clergy had not been consulted on this occasion . Tha property which was the subject of the Bill was confessedly Roman Catholic ; and why , then , was tha Board by whom this Bill proposed tbat snch property should be regulated , to be a body containing , a majority of Protestants ? Protestants would never take sufflcfenkly iotoaeconnt the feelings , prejudices , and jealousies of the Roman Catholic population . He recom - mended that a Roman Catholic majority of the Board should be at once appointed , and that soms of them shoold bo prelates of tie Roman Catholic Church . It was not fit that Protestants should regulate the colleges by which Roman Catholic professors and pastors were to be appointed . Lord Stanley supported the Bill . A . division being called for , several of those who bad questioned the measure hurried out of the House without voiiag . The nsmbera
were—For the second reading . „ 71 Agaiastit , „ .. 5 Majority for it . „ ... „ , —66 On the motion that the Bill should be committed " , Mr . M . Ji Connels . renewed the complaint about the non-recegnition of the bishops , which he could ascribe onr ? to a truckling of the Government before the remnant of a contemptible and bigoted party . He considered tie Bill in several of its details , and gave notice tbat be should move amendments in committee . The Bill was- ordered to- be committed on Thursday next ; and thaHouae then disposed of the other order * of the day . Tuesday .. July 30 .
The House of Commons began business between twelve and oo » o ' clock ; and after disposing of some matters which had no interest , they adjourned till five . Mr . Hume tSen moved a resolution for taking into early consideration , in the next session , the situation of ibe coopering trade . His object was to obtain a re « duction of the impart duty oa the wood from which staves are manufactured . Mr . Gladstone opposed the motion ; and Mr Hume was understood to withdraw it , though notwithout animadversion upon the injury done to our manufacturers by charging raw materials with heavy import duties .
Lord Lincolit- asked leave to brine in a bill for forming an embankment on the Middlesex side of the Thames , between Westminster and Blackfriars . He did not mean to press it further this session ; bat he wished to print it , in order that it might be understood before the re-assembling of Parliament by those whose interests it might affect . ' Leave was given to introduce the Bill . Mr . MACKiXNOtt-called the attention of tbe House to a passage in the Report of the Committee on the Health of Towns , which recommends-the discontinuance of interments within their precineta . He condemned the practice as injurious to the health , the comfort , and the feelings of the people . Sir James Graham would now , at and from the close of the session , have art addition of twelve hours to bis daily leisure , and would do great service in bringing in a bill upon this subject
Sir J . Graba-m said , that he should acquire no such accession of leisure as had been supposed . la or oat of the Parliamentary sittings , he devoted hia whole time to his public duties . Considering the sort of feeling which prevailed upon this subject , he regarded it as as matter of so much difficulty tbat he could not undertake to introduce a bill for the regulation of it Mr . Borthwjck then moved for copies of correspondence respecting certain propositions of Don Carlos for the trarquillisation of Spain . Daring no part of bis address were forty members present . Mr . Goulburn refused the papers . Lord Gran a y regretted the refusal . Mr . Bortuwick replied ; and a division took place , in which bis motion was rejected by a majority of 33 against 2 .
Mr . Wise , presented some petitions , of which ho supported the prayer , for the establishment in London and Dublin of gallieries where works of sculpture should be placed and preserved . He moved an address te the Ctown to this effect . Colonel RiWDON seconded the motion . Dr . Botc&ing hoped it would obtain the unanimous concurrence of the House . Sir T . Frehantle observed , that with so thin an attendance , and at bo late a period of the session , a subject like this could not well be determined . This address was moved without notice , and the object of it was one involving a good deal of expense . Mr . Aslionby wished that if Government objected on the ground of thin attendance to the motions ot others , they would abstain from pressing measures off their ewn under the same cvrcumBtances .
' Mi . Hume recommended Mr . Wyse to postpone his motion now , and bring its forward in a more compresensive form next session . Mr . Wyse consented to withdraw hi » -motion . On the next motion , which was for a return , the House was " counted out "
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Suicide at Battebsea . —On Saturday afternoon , an old woman named Lewis , who lived In Morrocoplace , Battersea-bridge-road , terminated her existence by nearly severing her head from her body with , a razor . The deceased was seventy-three years of age , had been a widow for a long period , and for twenty years had received out-door relief . Massacres at the South Sea Islands—By the arrival of the General Hewett mail ship from Sydney , intelligence has been received of further murderous outrages having been committed on English vessels and their crews by the natives of the South Sea Islands . The particulars have been forwarded by the officers of tbe Magnet whaler , Captain Lewis ,
from whioh it appears that on the 14 th of laat January that vessel came to anohor off the northwest end of Liflbre , one of the Sooth Sea Islands , and by a number of natives coming on board to barter with the crew , the latter were informed that a vessel bad lately been captured , and most part of her seamen murdered by the natives of Maryee island . In order to test the truth of this story , tha Magnet got under weigh , and proceeded to the spot , which she gained on the following day . Soon after her arrival , a canoe came alongside with a missionary and three men , who had but ju ? t come from the south west extremity of the island , and upon being questioned as to the alleged outrage , they confirmed what the officer of the Magnet had previously heard ,
their information being that all hands had been killed , and the ship sunk , but tbat the sails , rope , and part of her stores bad been deposited in the hola of a rock , abreast of the spot where the vessel went down . The missionary further informed the crew of the Magnet that another vessel had met with a similar fate ; tbat the whole of her unfortunate crew , with the exception of two seamen who had managed to escape to a more secluded part Of the island , bad been slain ; and that if the Magnet could lay to till till the following morning they would bring the two survivors on board . Captain Lewis consented , and about the middle of the day tbe missionary came again alongside with one of the seamen , tha chief having insisted on detaining the other , in order to insure the return of his companion . The account the seaman gave of the transaction was , that he sailed from London in the month of September last , in the brig Janet of Dumbarton , Captain Gorman , on .
a voyage to tbe South Sea Islands for a cargo of sandlewood and tortoiseshell , but they were wrecked upon the coral reef off Caledonia on the 14 th of December . Some of tho crew perished in the wrecfc and the remainder ( 14 in number ) escaped by a boat , and landed safely on tbe same day in the Isle of Pines . Their stay there was but short , owing to the ferocious disposition of the natives ; and they again set sail , in the hope of gaining some other island , where a more civilised race of people might be found . Unfortunately , however , they touched at Maryee , where they were immediately attacked , their boat destroyed , and twelve of their crew seriously ruaimed . He and another sailor named Richards were saved , and they cventKally sought refuge in another part of the island . He was then questioned as to whether he knew anything concerning the capture of the former vessel , and he replied in the negative , bat added tbat lately a great many things had been distributed amongst the natives , such as Bails , clothing , and
mathematical instruments . He also observed that a short time , previous ho had noticed a proa leave the island manned by natives , and amongst a great quantity of goods on board he perceived a watch and chronometer . NothiBg farther having been learned as to the fate of the missing ships or crews , the Magnet proceeded on to Lippore Island , on a further search , and en coming up to that place the officers ascertained that the name of the former ill-fated sbip » was the Two Sisters , a South Sea whaler commanded by Captain Brend , and that every soul of the crew bad been barbarously murdered , Shortly after her arrival off the coast a large number of the natives of both sexes went on board . The crew were at their respective dutiesbut unfortunately one of them
, happened to take a slight liberty with one of the women , and a dreadful slaughter ensued . The natives then plundered the vessel , and m order to carry out their diabolical revenge , fared her , and she wa-J thereby utterly consumed . The crew of the . Magnet being well armed , and believing that some Dorfioa of the unfortunate whaler ' s cargo was distributed amongst the residents of that nart of the island , detained the brother of the ohief ( Bulla ) until the things belonging to the Two SiBters were delivered up . Amongst the articles brought oa board were a quadrant , greatly injured , a jolly-boat , with the name " Two Sisters" painted thereon , a
chronometer , account books , and the log , which had been kept up to the 10 th of . December laat . The Magnet then set sail lor Sydney . Rosp ^ cting the real fate of the Janet , it i 3 strongly BUBpected that the sailor who gave the above account of her loss , and the other , named Kichards , planned with the natives her capture i loss , and the massacre of the crew . This opinion is strengthened ' . by . the circumstance , that when he came alongside in the missionary ' s boat ba > i « Bta ^ a « il yv have escaped oa board the Magne «^ f >^ ffi ! fedWi . an oiter . * ije fine Bhips doriiHgfc «^ W ^ B \ hMfcttM w » captured and Wmmj ^^^ gS ^^ ' ^^ wff ^ fw ^ - *^ ' 72 tei - ££ ? ¦ ¦/« . ^ . -a
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 3, 1844, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1274/page/7/
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