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( FBOM " OCB OW-V" 1 ASB " COMMISSIO . VEIt . " ) 1 ETIEII I . TO THE WORKING CLASSES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . 3 Ir Dsak Friends , —As I have ever entertained tlie opinion that a just appropriation and judicious management of the land of a country can alone ensure tlie happiness of all , and at the same time destroy that frightful inequality of class which the creation of too niueh fictitious wealth made from other sources , lias engendered in your own countries ; as such has ever been my opinion , you will of course expect a more comprehensive correspondence from me , than tlic mcrc recital of the system of agriculture prac tise , ! In Belgium . You will expect me to deduce the
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< , ft . j in the institutions of Bel gium from that source from whieh alone good can spring ; namely , from an ^ unr- ' jnte of mrir ixdividcals ; from that social stale of wMch tbe government of a country must he ilie actual as well as the virtual representation . IVliea we sec feuds in England , and hear of them in . Ireland , tlie press of the two countries invariabl y p oint to ilii restlessness of the English people , and to tlie rd ' cjkn of the Irish , as the grand causes of dissatisfaction ; leaving the " ckeat fact" altogether out of sight—the fact that a government of centralization is uut the representation of the communism of the wealthy ; elected by capitalists , whether of land or money , for the mere purpose of administering the
labaur-vrealth of the country to the wants , the whims , ami the necessities of the privileged . When I see an empire , perhaps the richest in tlie known world , both as to land ftiiu climate , with a population unsurpassed by any other in skill and industry , depending for its very existence as an empire u ? on the rule of tin f-olicawm ' s . "toff and the 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 poor in soil , with a people not only reconciled to its institutions , but protective of its laws , and fcapny under their administration , I am naturally led to an investigation of this great anonialv .
1 have designated England as toeing rich in soil , and genial in climate . No doubt those of ruyreaders vriio have heard flic unfertile soil and ungomal climate Of England urged as a reason for abandoning the growth of com altogether , and who have heard so much of the richness and fertility of the land of Belgium and of other countries , will have received an impression that these assertions are true ; whereas I can now speak from experience , having seen as ranch , or perhaps more , of the different descriptions of the soil of Belgium , within oue week , as any other poison has seen of it within the same time . You will ljeastonislietJ to liear , then , that the land of Bctouni
is far inferior to land in England that lets for one pound an acre , as the land that lets for one pound there , is to land that lets for live pounds an acre . In fact , I have not seen many acres of land iu Belgium iliat would let at a large-farm rent in England , in tlie hest fanning dUti'iete , for one pound the acre : and litre it lets for £ 4 , £ ¦ % £ 6 , and up to £ 9 ihe acre thus verifying iny oft-repeated assertion , that the worth of land in the retail market is as yet unknown . Having said so much by way of preface , 1 shall now describe my tour , which has been one uninlerrtnited scene of unmixed pleasure and delight ; and if 1 see Leopold in the park to-day , where , 1 am told , lit milts vAlh the Queen almost even day amonast the
l-c-jsmls , sxv TAKES OFF niS IIAT TO THE POOREST sus that sjiixtes him , mucli as I Imte " kings / ' 1 will take off . iny hat to the head of such Institutions as I have seen . On this day week ( Sunday ) 1 arrived at Ostend from Dover , after a horribly boisterous passage of seven hours , being nearly three liouvs lttovc than tkc average run : and 1 , and every soul on board , except the sailors , were as sick as sick could he the whole time . On landing I was struck with the military appearance of all around me , and all that I came in contact with ; bat I very soon learned from the demeanour of all , that they were soldiers whose duty it was to protect me and mine ,
and to administer m every possible way to my convenience . They performed tlie duty of searching my luggage with a perfect absence of allliarshness ; aud having lost the key of a travelling bag , I asked them to force ftc lock open , upon which a superior officer of customs was called , who , hating taken off his hat , ? jui iiarfng saluted me , put the bag outside , ami lianuiPg it to me , said , in French , "Xo , no , sir ; I will not force it open : I teke your word to be cor-Tcci ^ ' Tills first introduction to the officer of the customs contrasted strongly with tfee -conduct of a Tuffiail at Brighton , who , en my landing from Dieppe some vcars ago , snatched mv hag out of ray hand and
threatened to keep it , if I could not find the key instantly . As you don't ^ ant to hear anything about 3 tities , and breakwaters , and fortifications , in all of which Ostend is prodigiously rich , I shall bring you to what will interest you more . I -was up at six o ' clock on Monday moruing . and proceedadahoutseven io view thcseveral marketplaces where the peasants stand with their produce ; and , OZ what a « ght ! In the first market there were women with eggs , butter , and milk , all dressed in a style of the most fascinating nearness . Each wore long gold earrings and large brooches in their shawls . Each had on , also , a neat cap , the border beautifully quilled ; and
a coloured handkerchief , tied over it , and under the chin , appeared to be the great pride of alL I wish Hie English workers could have seen the straight , anajestic-looldng peasants that I-saw in this market , io wbieii some had walked a -distance of three miles ¦ with their produce . There was not a stunted one , aor an unhealthy one , nor an unhappy-looking one amongst thea ; and not a single policeman to l-eep iltcm in order . I have not seen a policeman , thank God , since I came to this paradise of places . In the secone market place there were vegetables and potlerbs of all sorts , lien and women stood mingled together , laughing and talking cheerfully . The shop . Icepers and servants of the town came to buy what they wanted , and the " most respectable" purchasers
commeaced with amo 3 t kindly and polite 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 fourpenee . Everything seemed io invite you to taste : all looked so delicieusly clean . Leaving this market , I went to the fish market , where everything was equally well arranged . Having learned that the peasants who brought the vegetables and herbs to market came principally from a little village called Oldenberg , about three miles distant ; I'iventby railway to a station called Plasschendael . pronounced Plasseandale ; and fr » ai thence I walked to Oldenben * , two and a half Wiles . I had an introduction to a Mr . Bellroache , an English gentleman , who is a banker at Ostend , and
wades for ike most part at the Cafe Swiss—th « Swiss Coflee-house ; and whese servants I was told * poke English very welL Unfortunately , however , Sir . B . and his servants had left tlie village that morning for Ostend ; and I « ra > d not find a single . guide . There were only two persons in the village " who could speak French : and not one who eould * I » eak English . Tie language is Flemish ; so I was obliged to piet what I could out of the schoolmaster , ¦ Wio was one of the iwo that speke French . His occupation not being < m the land , be could not give sie much information -, so I walked through seme of tue gardens toju . lge fonnyselfjfroni&eir appearance
anjltlie appearanec of the tenantry . It would be q « "te impossible , anabsolnte impossibi % , to describe this vil % e and its eircle of gardens to you . In the teuire of the village is a triangular plotofgrass , less " « w half an acre , surrounded with lime trees , that ttakea beautiful shade from the sun . Here &e cb . ilren of the village play and amuse themselves . The onses are as neat as neat can be ; and the people e as clean and as well dressed as comfort andhealth eq mre . The wltole village is surrounded with w , andeach garden is enclosed with a hedge warned in „ _ . __ ii- ,. .... . 6 thin S—flOt to take
room ! m VIy ^" n P maeli in du * tii ^ £ es are not more than P erha P s turoe SardL - and IUB kepfc Deatly trimmed - TLe tw ^ T from ialf an a < * * ° an acre * re are also orchards every here and there . Being ^ fanned to see what I could , I " poked my nose " Terr T , ° f the cottaSes 5 and hearing the piano - TOU played in one cottage , I stopped fora short ««' file door , which was open , when ayery re-Vited 0 WiS maU came onfc of the P arionr Md in ' tf ^ ' - J accepted his invitation . He was the fcrm - ; and offered toplaysome German airs Hi' ?? 5 lriafiww ; bnt as I had not time , he ^ enuo his garden , which was very nicely kept .
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Not a morsel of ground is allowed to go to " waste " in Belgium ; and that is the great secret of the national prosperity , wlrch is increasing rapidly cverA " iear . When I had concluded my ramble , I returned to the Cafo Swiss , and had an excellent dinner of broiled lamb , and bread , and butter , and cheese , and a glass of pure French brandy , for which I paid eightpencescveupencc halfpenny for dinner , and a halfpenny for a small glass of brand }' . I went into some publichouses , which were extremely neat . They mainly consist of one veiy large room , where the peasants anil shopkeepers meet in common , and play a very curious
game , which . I can neither s-jcII nor well describe . They drink very little of anything ; but what they do drink is principally a very thin sour beer : but they like it . I spent about three and a half hours in this village of happy contentment , and returned to the station to start for Brussels , the capital of Belgium . And here I must describe the railway arrangements , which is another great "Institution , " governed likewise by the system of agriculture . An English stranger , who merely entered a Belgium " station , " would be horrified at its first appearance . You sec all the officers in militaiy uniform , with large moustachios and swords . The railroads all belong to
Government , and ake jtatioxai , rnornimr . - Here , as at the Custom-house , I soon learned that the business of every officer , from the lowest to the highest , was to insure the comfort and convenience of the passengers . You have only to complain of any irregularity , and withoi- ; the slightest bluster , or even apparent effort , it is instantly corrected , tlie ofliccr apologising for any inconvenience you may have suffered . He knows that he is the jynhlic servant , and conducts himself as such . Now a word on the travelling . There arc third class carriages attached to every train , snd placed in the very best situation , between the first and second cl ; i ? s carriages , for shelter . They
arc furnished with comfortable seats , either with back , front , or side to the engine . My busiuess being to see tlie country and "the people , " I took uiy place in a third class carriage for Brussels , a distance of eighty-two miles , and for which I paid 3 s . Hid ., or very little more than one halfpenny a mile . In the second class , which arc . nil enclosed and provided with comfortable cushions , you go from . Ostend to Cologne , 212 miles , for ICs . 7 d . ; considerably Jess than one penny a mile . I was at first amazed at thtlow 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 clmiml out , and a fresh batch came in : working men , shopkeepers , and gentlemen and ladies , all conversing familiarly together ; the men smoking their pipes , and tlie women returning ti-oni market with their baskets . There WilS just as much attention paid to the third class passengers as to those of the first . I very scon saw , from the immense length of the train , and the number of third class passengers , that the iaxd was the principal support of the railways . One reason of this cheap travelling is the entirely level country through which the roads are made . I have travelled some 200 miles by railroad , and have only seen one very
short tunnel . The line is quite level with the fields on either side , with the exception of very trifling xcavations , very rarely wet with . The expense of making tfee Belgium liaes has been about £ 12 , 000 a mile ; while the English lines have cost somewhere about £ 60 , 000 a mile : besides , the Belgian first and second class carriages are not only very mud ) more inexpensive , but much more comfortable , and their stations much more convenient . Before a train starts , a guard in front sounds a trumpet to announce to one behind that he is ready ; and when the hinder one answers , then the train starts . All along fbe line from Ostend to Brussels , eighty-two miles ,
you can scarcely see a grass field , or a herd of oxen = ov cows . Every particle is cultivated up to the edge of the road , awl for the most part with green crops . All the cattle und sheep are kept in the houses . It is remarkably beautiful to see the adroit manner in which the young women handle all their implements of agriculture ; and still more beautiful to see the mothers , relieved from all care but that of housekeeping , managing tlie domestic concerns . The mother takes cave of the house , while the father and sons and daughters that are able to work ,
nori in tte Held ; and the eldest of the youngsters that are not able to work , takes care of the youngest children in the fields , where they sit and play with them , and amuse them under the eye of the father and the elder ones : but at a very young age they weed , and help , with a rope , to draw manure in a wheelbarrow . The land of Belgium is of a light sandy nature ; so much so that a girl of sixteen or seventeen years of age will dig briskly by the side of a man , without putting her loot to tbe spade . They have light implements made to suit their strength .
If the land of Belgium was treated like the land of England , it would not produce anything ; and if the land of England was cultivated as the land o ' Belgium is , it would feed half the world . If ; would feed three nia'DBEB millioxs of a population . Here I may digress a little , to state what a man who holds three acres toJd me last evening . His name is Hendrick . He lives at a village called nofstade , near Alos't , the great hop country . He told me that
an acre and a " little bit" would support a whole family well , and keep a cow into the bargain . Now , observe , that is—would Jcecp 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 the land in this country can be made to produce anything , it is of such an inferior quality .
I must speak more at large hereafter of what I learned from Ilendriek and others ; and must now close this , my first despatch , with a general outline of what I have learned . I have been over the ground of Waterloo ; and there I learned much about the system of large farms , and the inestimable system of Poor Law in this country , which should put our tyrant managers of the law to the blush . I have been all over a splendid hospital for the sick , and the aged , and infirm , supported by its own land , and
managed by twenty-one " Sisters of Charity , " in a way that would do any man ' s heart good to see . Bear in mind that these things are in a purely Eoman Catholic country ; and bear in mind that the press of England has invariably ascribed the disconient and poverty of the Irish people to their religion . Here also are government schools for all classes ; and books found and everything needed for instruction . No secterianteaehing whatever . This , too , is Catholic .
I condude this , my first address , by telling you that the potatoe crop has failed in this country . More than the year ' s crop has been lost . I must solie that riddle for you . Not only is this year ' s crop gone ; but it will be impossible to get seed fou > eit tear . I have seen the potatoes digged . I have spoken to the farmers , and to the gentlemen , in very extensive districts ; and all agree that the crop is gone without redemption . The King of Belgium is about to assemble Parliament to take the question into consideration . The potatoes are not as large as
walnuts , and are quite rotten . One man had three pigs killed from eating them , at the other side of Alost . He was digging his potatoes ; and had less than four sacks of what in Ireland we call poreecs ; that is , pigs' potatoes ; not worth sixpence for the whole . In an ordinary year he would have had on the same ground 100 sacks of good potatoes . The people look upon the failure as a national calamity , and look io Government for relief . Our Parliament only has occasional sittings to " suspend the Habeas Corpus Act , " or to shoot the Chartists . When shall we have a Land Pahiximem ? Ever your faithful friend and servant , Brussels . Sunday , Sept . li . Fbargus O'Co . nnob .
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1 . S . —This is Sunday ; ami all the people are working , just as on any other clay : that is , those that like . The shops are all open , and the theatres ; and yet this is a llonian Catholic country . So is Iivland .
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SPAIN . ATTEMPT AT REVOLUTION . Thank God there is vitality in Sp-iin yet ! Au attempt at revolution was made in Madrid on the night " of the 5 th inst ., and although the attempt failed through tiie treachery of certain parties whom the revolutionists counted on , still tlie mere attempt is something . Despite the Jong "reign of terror " which has decimated the ranks of the patriots , they are yet formidable ; and it is evident iack neither money , amis , or courage to effect their ends . Tlie following account of the attempted revolution we gather from the correspondence of the Times and Chronicle : — Madrid , September C . One danger has scarcely passed away when ail-Other comes .
Madrid was last ni ght near being made the scene of a revolution , in wh ' . eh there is no doubt much blood would have been shed . The attempt lasted scarcely an hour , though in that space of time blood ilf . wed . Up to ton o ' clock , or nearly so , last night , the city presented an appearance of tranquillity ii the most perfect kind , at least in the central parts cl it . There were few persons in the streets , not certainly more than on ordinary occasions at the same hour . Nothing was seen or heard which indicated ( hat anything extraordinary was about to occur . At
the moment of the greatest stillness , a few minutes after ten o ' clock , four volleys of musketry were suddenly heard from the Calle Alcala , and the gate oi Reeoletos , which is at one extremity of the Prado . Instantly the few persons who were in the streets hastened horae . The houses and shops were at once nhiit : ami every one believed that a terrible struggle a \ ' some kind or other was about to take place . In less than a quarter of an hour nothing was to be seen but large bodies of cavalry and infantry moving hi the direction of the gate of Alcala 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 llecolctos , was seen advancing steadily towards the fountain of Oibele , in the Calle Alcala , ami thence proceed towards the barrack of El Jf ' osito , where the regiment of Kavarre was stationed . At the same time a company of another regiment moved towards the same point , and having challenged the groups ofperso u 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 fired another volley—at whom , however , is not (| liitC clear . The result of these discharges of musketry following each other within a few minutes , was—an olliccv killed , another severely wounded ; n . few soldiers wounded , of whom it is said two are dead ; and on
the part of the group who came down from the llecolctos four were killed , and between the wounded and untouched twenty-four were made prisoners . While this was going on in the quarter of the town to which 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 once disperse at the approach of the military . In the meantime a large force of the military moved on the Pueta del Sol , or proceeded hastily to the different points where danger was dreaded . The Political Chief , the Captain General , and the Governor of Madrid , traversed the city , acoGinpanictl by numerous escorts of the civil guard and the troops of the garrison .
A party of the insurgents proceeded to die house of General Cordova , the governor , and threatened to enter it by force . They were repulsed by the guard , who fired into them . Several accidents-occurred , notat all extraordinary , from tlie frequent discharges of niu&keiry that took place is the dark , and often at random . The doctor of one of tho regiments of the garrison was shot as he was passing through the Calle de Peligros , which leads from the Calle Caballcro de Gracia into the Calle Alcala ; and some persons were wounded in tho Plazuela de las Cortes . Shots were fired , it is not said by whom , into the carriages of General Concha , but the horses only were wounded .
M . Mauguin , son of the celebrated Lrench deputy , was arrested last night , at ten o'clock , in the Calle Alcala , as he was proceeding to the Calle del Turco to join a musical party which he is in the habit of frequenting , lie expostulated with the soldiers , explaining that he was a stranger who had no concern with the political movements , and the only reply made was to beat him with tho butts of their muskets . He asked to sec the officer , who answered by striking him with his sword . lie reqnested to be taken to General Cordova , who ordered him off to prison . He was liberated this morning . It is to be hoped that the French Ambassador will not allow such an outrage to pass unnoticed . September 7- —It is stated that the Government was aware of every particular connected with the movement of Friday night ; and if precautions had
been openly taken they would have prevented the conspirators from making the attempt . There appears to be little doubt that the revolutionists calculated on the co-operation , not only of a portion of the regiments already spoken of , but also of some other battalions forming the garrison . It is also said that the unfortunate young officer who lost his liftwas not unaware of the existence of the plot . Money had been largely distributed among the troops ' : 10 , 000 dollars are sptiken of . The Government has obtained possession of 8 , 000 intended for the same purpose . _ Threatening letters have been received by the Ministers here . One officer is spoken of as having received 8 , 000 reals ; and as soon as he had the money lie went to the Captain-General and revealed all he knew . The
conspirators intended first to have entered the -barracks of El Posito , where they counted on the cooperation of the greater portion of the troops , but were thrown into confusion by their being received with a discharge of musketry from tho windows . After having gained the park of artillery , Buena Vista , and the barracks , they were to have distributed the arms belonging to the ex-national guard to the mob , and then marched to the centre of the town and occupied the Post-office and Custom-house , where they expected to be aided by the other battalions they counted on . The usual treachery which is found to prevail , particularly in Spain , when so many are combined , destroyed the whole plan . Madrid , September 8 . —Madrid is still in a state of great excitement , and it appears extremely doubtful whether tlie authorities will be ahlo to maintain
tranquillity for any length ot time . Several persons , taken with arms in their hands during the recent disturbances , have been condemned by court martial , and two of them were to be executed on the following day . Tlie mother of General Cordova has had the title conferred on her of Marchioness of Mendagorria , with remainder to her son , as a reward for the excessive severity ( called by the Government " energy ") exercised by the general during the recent disturbances at Madrid . Whether the present military governor of Madrid will ever come into the succession of the title is very doubtful . The exasperation against him is extreme . lie has a guard constantly placed both before and behind his house , which has two entrances
—the front one in the Calle de Alcala , and the other in that of Caballero de Gracia . Last night , it is said , an attempt was made to get in at the latter entrance . lie is the first military commander tliat has made himself publicly conspicuous and obnoxious , People compare him to Qussada , whose end will probably be his . The state of things and feelings at Madrid is much the same as when Murat and the French were here . An officer dare not go along down the Calle de Toledo . Two soldiers are reported to liave been assassinated last night in the Calle de la Luna , and a high degree of exasperation exists both among the populace and the troops . At Chamberri , a little out of the city , there was a row last night , in which several soldiers and civilians were wounded .
Revolution is certain at no distant day . The correspondent ef the Times says : —One conviction presses on us from the occurrences of last night , without reference even to former ones , and that is , that the foundation on which Narvaez raised his power seems to be gliding away from him . The stall on which he has leaned is gradually breaking under him * The army is beginning to waver , notwithstanding' all his precautions of dismissing officers of liberal opinions , and appointing to their places others of opposite tendencies , and of the convenio oi Bergara . If such things take place when nearly all the available resources of the country are employed to keep them in their allegiance , what would occur should any financial difficulty force him to leave the army in arrear for a few months ?
Another fact is equally certain—peace , tranquillity and contentment ara far from being asj yet esta blished in Spain .
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Later NiJwsi ~ Madrip , September 10 th . —The excitement iu tCc metropolis continues at its height , and all the'accounts concur in expressing their apprehensions of a further explosion . It now appeal's that the patriots were led into a trap by their 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 them . It is beyond n doubt that it was the intention of the military to surround the unfortunate men so as to leave no chance
of escape , lor the purpose of slaughtering every one of them . Tho accidental opening of the gate of Alcala to allow the diligence to . cuter , prevented them from following up that horriblu intention . At the time tinaccounts of the JOth Jd ' t Math-id the court-martial on the prisoners , who are to the number of thirty-four , was stilUittiiig . The correspondent of the Chronicle writes— " If the execution of any one of these prisoners takes place , it appears beyond a doubt that the effect of jfc will be to produce a great decree of excitement in Madrid . Poiguards will be called into use , and assassinations arc alrcadv threatened . "
GERMANY . We have already stated that tho public meetings of the ' _ ' Protestant'Friends" had been prohibited by rhc policcv'in consequence of orders from higher authority . We loam from the Ihissddorlf Gazette that in many places , for instance Konigsbcrj ; 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 onier of tlicSthof August , issued on the lOfch by the department of the Interior ; the meetings of the " Protestant Friends "
arc absolutely prohibited , where , lrom the number of members , the difference of rank , or by the place ol their '' assemblies , they have tlie character of populaassemblies , Tlie formation of closed soeiot ' iGs , und < whatever name they niiiy appear , is also forbiddV ^ ! t is statetl in some of the German papers that jj Rouge , who arrived at Braslau on this Sth , m his way to Briez , where he was to preach , w : iS , rested by the authorities , but after a short detr . V j 01 lie was released , and allowed to continue his jo . uyney
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LONDON . INSTITUTION OF A VKTKIiAX TATK 1 Q ^ ff puflj ) AND AX EXILES' WIDOWS AM ) CI 1 IJDUKN ' . S FUND . A public MEismo , pursuant to pub' jjo notice , was held for the above purpose at the Hall ,. ^ Tuni a-jnii :-lanc , Fa > riugdon-strcct , on Monday evening , " September 15 th . Mr . T . CoorEB was uiiiinimou ^ y ca ] i < i to the chair and said , tho object of th i s meeting was to establish two funds—the first wn ^ f , j | ) C SU pporu o ! aged patriots ; tho second for tli d support of the ) : iwmaiio widows and orphans of thf y scwho were exiled ill freedom ' s cause . Awougst o ov agcii patriots was John Richards , now seventy- ' direo years of ageand
, who was wull known as a f j 0 od democrat , and as a martyr to democratic prinr ll ) ie 3 ) ilc having suffered twelve months' imprison' Jient in Stafford gaol Thomas Preston , wlio ha A reached the patriarchal age of seventy-six years , and who was wcl known ( IS an active Radical even as ;' "r back as till ) days of Arthur Thistlewood , an . d who wjis frequently mentioned in the writings of the late William Cobbctt , was another of those veteran patriots . Joseph Rnyner Smart , of Leicester , who was in his seventy-Ibiu-th year , and was obliged to lean for support on a sou who had a lavge family and was much embarrassed in circumstances , was another . Lastly , he would name his aged brother poet , Allan Dcvonnort , who was well known and highly esteemed in this
metropolis , ihe person who would have first claim on the second fund was Mrs . Ellis { lie understood Mrs . Frost and Mrs . . Williams had both left the country with a view of joining their husbands ) . From letters he had received from Mrs . Ellis , lie had every reason to believe that she was in very great distress . Tlie chairman then read the letters , oi which the following is the substance : — from Mr . John Richards — in Ms first he states , "That he had no means of subsistence but the bastile , or being compelled to fall back for support on his son , who has a , sickly wife and large family to maintain , and therefore was unable to support him . From Mrs . Ellis—dated from Burslcm , in which she states her only means of subsistence to be 3 s . per week , the earnings of her eldest child , aud thnt she is in daily dread of the " Poor Law Union . " That she has already applied
for out-door 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 the " vilest outcasts of society , and blood-stained men , the most degraded of human kind ; " that he lias had an interview with the patriot John Frost , that Frost has now removed to llobart Town , and settled , and that he believes Mr . Frost is no ; v " comfortable ( if any one cam be comfortable in a felon land ) . " " He ( Ellis ) had applied for his ticket of leave , but had not yet obtained it , nor did Jie see any chance of it . it present , although maRv men of tho most abandoned character had obtained theirs , who had heen a shorter period in the settlement . Should he ever be so fortunate as to obtain it , he would wish his wife and family to come to him , as he should then endeavour to establish himself as a potter . "
The chairman having read the above letters , called on Mv . Julian llarncy to move the first resolution . Mr . IIarxey said : Some years ago an attempt of a similar kind to the present was made , and met with partial success ; but in consequence of not bein » sufficiently attended to , it had subsequently failed , lie had , through the columns of the LondonMercury , in the year 1 & 37 . 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 . His appeal met with some success at the time . A Mr . Henry Sculthorpe hail also made similar appeals , but there had been nothing like systematic and persevering action . They all knew who
l ' reston was . lie was the associate of Arthur Thistlewood and other patriots , who died as bravely as they had lived , leaving behind them the gallant Preston , who by his every action had shown himself worthy of his compatriots ! He hoped the principles for which those patriots perished would ultimately triumph . ( Cheers . ) The people would exhibit gross ingratitude if they did not support the brave veteran patriots . ( Iloar , hear . ) It was the duty of all to subscribe according to their means . Those who said we can't do it , never did anything ; but those who said we will try , had always worked wonders . Let them , then , try—earnestly try—and success would be certain . He had much , pleasure in moving the following resolution : —
That this meeting views with the deepest concern the lamentable effects of the system of persecution and prosecution which the factions in power have successfully pursued against the advocates of the Charter and the rights of man ; some having been hurried thereby to a nrcmatuie grave , while otliwa still < lvt \ g on a miserable existence , subject to all the horrors of want , aggravated by age , sickness , or infirmity . That this meeting deems it an imperative duty to aid in the alleviation of the miseries and administer to the comforts of such of the said advocates sspecially as may be now in their declining years ; and that , for fulfilling this duty , this meeting purposes and determines that a fund shall be formed , to be called the " Ttteran Patriots' Fund , " from which all known and deserving advocates of democracy , who have attained the age of threescore years , and may , from distress or infirmity , require pecuniary aid , shall he eligible to receive help .
Mr . II . W . HuGUEs seconded the motion , and said he had no doubt if active individuals would only take books and canvass the factories and workshops , a large sum might be collected . Mr . Samuel WadiVmgton also supported the motion . The resolution was then put and unanimousl y adopted . Mr . Charles Bolweli , said , he hoped the good example set by that meeting would shame the indolent into activity , and , although late , yet cause his brother democrats throughout the country to do their duty . ( Cheers . ) He moved the second resolution *—
That thu meeting painfully and sorrowfully sympathise * Tfith the sincere and devoted men who have been exiled to a far distant felon land by the tyrannous rulers of the country , and feels it to be a sacred and inviolable duty to aid in ameliorating the suffering and bereaved condition of the tyrant-made widows and children of the said wronged and injured exiles ; and that , for fulfilling this duty , this meeting proposes and determines that a fund shall be formed to be 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 , aud are in frisndless or suffering circumstances , shall have undeniable claim for relief
Mr- J' . M , ' , Wheelkr Baid , there was a Spanish fXlon ' e ' rHaUu >? "ell begun was more than £ ; ^ hoped th e proverb might be verified i , fL Li i V ^ y eorfwU y acquiesced in the resolution , and heheved . the persons mentioned by a previous speaker were well deserving of support , and draught the people were bound by every tie of gratitude and humanity to support them . The resolution was unanimously adopted . * SSr " ^ thou S ht th ° increasing intelligeneeoffchepeople wouldsoonstrikeoutamoresafe and secure mode of obtaining their rights than had
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hitherto been employed , am , that in future dav » there would be no necessity i 0 call mcuttucs of this acscT . pt . on ; but at present h 0 tIlOUi ? lit the resolution neccawy , and believed it r , n ! v l . eqilim , ent ! lusiasm among those assemble , to wrrv Ol / t to fc ! lc ri | licsD os . SttSSuSnt . - *• He would move ilu . , ' l 1 ! ' ' 'f , f W » 'S d&eaul fiiiuU v « Uic meeting shall be neld nnd coll . . , ^ uiaile in \ motroIloIi ° . . luartePly—thut w to s- , in tho nl 0 Ilths o ( ^ J ^ UttMinbcr , March , an . ' . -j nn iu OMh i . . _ tlic ' , ! illlll of each quarterly ir 1 ( VP ; , to b ( J t , ^ - ^ {^ twecn tho tu-o luiuls . Wlat ; lt eacU of lho \ .. ql , rtc ,., nublie incetinss , • ,, : persons simll be cliuwn , In- a siou ; otl . un . Is , m „ wmmitt ( , 0 of tlm ,. y ^ Uitnots lum ., mA . llikc , Ium !; er , iu tho same mode , ; is a committee iy { nhc .. RsUtis - widows iiml childron's uim uiu
X llHll * LllQ S it « 4 'Stdiv ^ ttia + t-. titr * * # - » l * rt « ..... * . w .... . _ . 7 A .- -. 1 x . > iU , a -c ommittees to he einiuwercd to administer then ionics for the relief of thu sulterinij persoiif ! described 111 : j ^ irtrujt , aftor proper inquiry , flml to nijjnge tomntcucidt avVnctaml complete statement ot ' lhuir veetiptt and uaymo- ntssft tlie next suceeeflinjf quarterly publiiMncutmg . iso jiioi-son shall hold the trciisurerships of tlie two hinds at t jle S ! ime tiuia . all ( j uot m 0 V ( j th . , x minoi . ; ,. . siinii bo . -ncintosofbotu . committees at the same time . ™ ' . ' i Ksitciiy public meeting , before , banking up , shall a ! 'l " ; r . ilwlicre and when the next quavtevly puUiu mectin «* n&Hbcheld . ^ it- , ty . Sauiox , jtin ., seconded the motion , which wa i ' -aawicd unanimoiislv .
Mr . Wjr . RvnivR , saul lie considered the sunnori j : ttrhcir aged friends to be a Cmty iueucuueut oti all ' . 0 iiiorfiirm . IIo was cicsivous that committees should re- ' itonly be established in tho metropolis , but in every . town throughout _ the united kingdom where ilemo-I < eracy had raised its head , lie did hope this appeal ¦ •| would be responded to by the democrats of Eimliim ! , r Ireland , and Scotland—lie had Clio pleasure of moviim i the following resolution : — That , for the further support of the si'id two funds , the i secretaries of each shall diligently solicit animal , Imlf . - yearly , quarterly , monthly , or weekly subscriptions from 1 private persons . The friends oi' lUniocrac . v , in nil parts . nf tlio country , shall iilso lie urged to t ' nrni tUoiv o « . vuuom-. mittoes , if they judge lit , or , in any othtr way they deem most proper aud convenient to assist thu metropolitan committees of tho said two funds in carrying out effectually their important objects . Mr . Overtox seconded the resolution .
The Chairman said ho had uodoulit but that manv of the middle and upper classes would subscribe to the two funds , if solicited so to do . The resolution w ; is put and carried unanimously . The following persons were then dueled ollicers ' foi the ensuing quavlor : — VKTJSRAS IWTHrOTS' TOT ) . Treasurer . —Mr . John Shaw , 2-J-, Gloucester-srtreet , ( . ' onimereiiil-road E » st .. Secretary . —Mr . Thomas Cooper , ISi , Blaekfriarsroad . Coi . ir . iittvi ! . —Messrs . . T . Simms , "Wilson , Probcrfc , II . W " , Iliujhes , and 0 , Uohvuil . EX 1 LKS WIDOWS AXD CIIILDllEN ' s KU . VD . Treasurer . —Mr . John Shclton , Cecil-court , Saint MiU'tiii ' s-inne . Secretary . —Mr . Thomas Cooper . Committee . —Messrs . W . Warren , Knight , Reynolds , Dear , and Garrett .
It was then unanimously resolved that the next public meeting should bo holden on Sunday afternoon , December 7 th , in the City Chartist ilall , 1 , Turnagiiiu-lanc . The sum of £ 1 Is . Id . was collected in the meeting , which , added to the £ 1 is . iOd . previously received , makes £ 2 2 s . lid . Tlio Chairman announced his determination to subscribe one guinea annually to each fund . A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman , aiuHhe meeting separated . City Locality . —Mr . Coopers sixth iectiirc on history was , as usual , throii' . 'Jy attended . Mr . Ctifl ' ay was called to the chair , and , after one of tho l ' eoj / lu ' g Songs had bcon sung , introduced the lecture . Mr . Cooper gave a detailed account of William the IS ' orman ' s arbitrary enactment of Forest Laws , enumerated many of the great robbeis who accompanied the "Bastard , " and stated the number of iiimior , ' given to them in various parts of England : the
patriot struggles ot Swan , the son of Sigg , of llcreward , in the Isle of Ely , of Edric the Wild , and other Saxon , " rebels , " were not forgotten . The reigns of Rufus , Henry I ., and Stephen were hastily sketched , in order to give greater space for Thomas a-Bccket ' s struggle with Henry II . The portraits of the indomitable churchman was energetically depictured , and excited deep interest . Again , the lecturer , after delaying a little to pouvtray the stern barons of Rnnnymede , hastened to apjumck the reign of Richard II , and gave a lengthened and very striking relation of the insurrection of Wat Tyler , John Ball , Jack Straw , Lister of Norfolk , and their peasant compeers . The so-called " Reformation " under the brutal Henry VIII . and Edward VI ., with the reigns of Mary and Elizabeth , wore more hastily treated than we eould have wished ; but the lecture had already extended to two hours and a half , and Mr . C . was compelled to bring it to u conclusion .
PRESTON . The La . xd .-A . general meeting of the members of the Vrcston branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society was held on Monday evening last , at Mr . Howarth ' s Temperance Hotel , Luue-street , to take into consideration the rules of the above society and the question of their amendments ; Mr . Richard Nutter in tho chair . After Mr . O'Connor ' s letter had been read from the Star the following resolutions were agreed to unanimously : — " That this meeting , alter hearing the proposition made by Fcargus O'Connor , Esq ., fully agree with that gentleman as to the necessity of holding a General Conference to revise tho rules of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , and consider that it will tend to promote the harmony ami stability of the society . "" That this meeting adjourn , to Monday evening ^ September 22 nd . " Several shares were taken . —[ Accidentally omitted last week . —Ed . N . S . ]
MANCHESTER . William Dixon's Fund . —The committee appointed for receiving subscriptions for the above , hog leave to ncknotvledge the receipt of the following sums : —Bolton , 10 s . Hd . ; Uochdale , 12 s . Oid ., per Mr . ' 1 ' . Clark . The committee sincerely hope that the friends of Democracy , and deserving merit in Labour ' s cause , will respond to their call , and send their mite to aid in placing Jlr . Dixon above the reach of want . The committee sincerely hope that this , tlich recommendation , will be taken up simultaneously and with spirit . If delay takes place , it will not answev the desired purpose , Time will 1 ) C wasted , and the incoming funds rendered useless , through their inadequacy to gain the object in view . —For the committee , Tuumas Wuittakeu , treasurer , 08 , Devonshire-street , Chorlton-on-Medlock , Manchester .
GLASGOW . The Land . —The Land question continues to make steady progress in this locality . The members , ami others friendly to the object , meet every Monday evening , in . the New Chapel , Nelson-street ; and at each meeting numbers are added to the list of members . _ There arc now ninety-one upon the roll ; and tho income for tlie fortnight is about £ S . — that is , the Land fund . At the meeting , on Monday evening last , a Ion < j desultory conversation took place as to the rules ; but ultimately it was resolved that any regular discussion upon the subject should be postponed till after Mr . O'Connor returned from Belgium . Tlie chairman having : called the attention of the meeting to the propriety of making the necessary arrangements regarding Mr . M'Grath ' sintended
visit , after considerable discussion it was agreed that he ( Mr . M | G . ) should 1 < ature in the various districts in the vicinity . Gcc ; results may be anticipated from Mr . M'Grath ' s 1 . >¦! in Scotland , particularly in Glasgow , where the a ' . soot appears to he the paramount question of tL > . ; . !}• . 1 say this without any fear of being taxed v ; h exaggeration . True , the number that have jo ;; > 1 us is small , considering the vast mass that comp < -- ; he inhabitants of this city and suburbs ; yet the i - ^ ber that have joined is considerable , consider ! -.. ! ' hat not a single lecturehas been delivered upon tii . - 'inject , nor has a single placard appeared annour . c . r that such meetings are
being held ; nor lias the -al press , with one exception , taken the slight- ¦ ¦ ' > tice of the existence of the society . There is , h >• • ¦ -.-or , one exception to be made . The Examiner , t .. .--jh opposed to the society , not upon principle , i .. >¦ . upon what they consider its impracticability , i : i =- ' . wice reported our proceedings , for which the mi : ¦ M-s feel indebted to the conductors , publicity boi ;; : : -ill that is necessary . I am satisfied that no opposii i « u , come from what quarter it may , can for a moni ' . 'ut retard the onward progress of the society ; and I fully anticipate that by the time Mr . M'Grath leaves this locality this branch will at least have doubled its present numbers .
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Deatii of Thomas Davis , Esq . —This gentleman , who has been one of the principal writers for the Nation newspaper since its establishment , died on Tuesday morning , at his residence in Lower Baggotstreet , Dublin , after three days' illness of typhus fever , Mr . Davis had been called to the Irish bar in 1838 but he had devoted his [ attention chiefly to literan pursuits . Some of the political articles and poetical p ieces produced as evidence by the Crown during the State trials , were from the pen of Mr . Davi « In politics he was ardent and thoroughly sincere , and in private life he was remarkable for a most kind a ^ d benevolent disposition , —Morning Chronicle .
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A HARD CASE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE SOUTHERN STAR . Sin , -Uinler 3 tandiiib' you to be the advocate of tho workhm cla » e « , I nin induced to lay before you a en uimstaiico that took place here yesterday week . Ajioorjounb , woman , oi thu name of Hughes , was passing t . irotu ; i . v lit-ld belonging to Richard Spooner , Ksq .. whcnslie pullia four carrots , which carrot * were intended as touil lor ilie Si , uii ' ' s horsos . Now , the Squire , I presume , being nAvniuiliat liis tenants liitl not Inre suisipuiwisly o | ery . ! uy , hail sm-iveil at thv tvliirhisiull lhilt it «« s not *•/
tiie bailiff was there . He ji . iimc-cil tijioit thu !» or tl ' iimbling liii'l ; and . in sjAtu <> f lier lours and entreaties , Iraggfd her to the station-house , " hero s-he was locked ^^ up all tliat night , and thu next day was taken befoie . lohu % w T ^ Wiliimns , k ' . sq ., aud tinuil ills , mul expenses , ' which K ^ ^ A nmuuutcd to 15 s . Sil ., ur to he imprisoned lor fouiteen ^^/ ^^ >! i \ . ve . 'V > . ihe ]> ourj ; jrl tin-re was no alternative . Slio ^ NJ \ was eomjiclied to go to prison . When 1 compare the V ^ amount of sutVcring , both mentally and bodily , which JS this poor girl is suiil'ring , with tlie" fault ( I will not fay r ^ crime ) which she committed , I can hardly express the dis- j \ gust I feel towards the heartless beings that euulu so \ ^ niinisJi Jrt . S / iu is a young girl iu a very delicate state of health , getting her livins liy mailing gloves ; and tliat . work , iji .-o most ol' the work done by women , is very ^^ badly v . aid ; so that a woman in stroiia health can hardly ^
get ; i iinn ; , ' , much mure oius in the delicate , stuto tins I a poor girl is in . She was not only destitute of tlie comforts f M ^ uf lii ' c , but , at the time she lnillud the osirrots , she wanted p T I lie actual necessaries of life . At the limu she took tho \ \ carrots she had not a particle of food to eat : ami being an orphan , she liad no friends to give her . any assistance , ltutwhnt mattered tlmt ? Shu liad broken thu laws of man—not thu laws of God . Xi > : l'ov natures luul commanded her to eat : and iu oVieiUouee to that command , she " robbed" a Squiru—M . 1 ' ., of four horse-carrots : for which monstrous crime she is now shut up in a gaol . Hitherto she has boriii ! the best of characters ; but now
the " plague spot" is ouhci- ! Slio lias been m }> riscm ; nml everybody knows what uliliet that has uu tlm character , of d yoimi ; ( euiivle . llnd shu robbed a poor man , iu all probability he would have been touched by her situation , and melt , il by her tears . The poor man would have said , " Poor child : 1 Know what it is to be hungry mysi- ' . f : : \ n > l I t : mnul hurt thce . " 'Clii : " si ' . ny . k- man " WOllld lmvu thought ft !' his is-. yiiypra . yei-: " t'orjrli' > ino i ' . s i iinjii' lo bo forgiven : '' ami lit ; might have imagined that law and justice were the stitue tiling ; and in the ignorance of bis heart lie might liave thought it was not justice to jmnisli this poor girl ibr being hungry , and for seeking to satisfy her hunger . I am but a woman , yet methiiil .- * in : i cast- like this , 7 eould lay aside the distaff m \ A wielil thv : i * n , did I fiosscss the ability as 1 have tho ivill . Say nut tliat woman lias no right to interfere . Whatever aivects Ihe liberty or the happiness of man must involve woman ' s : ilso . Witness the case of this
poor girl . Would tliat her- ? was : i solitary ouc : but uniiajijiily then-are thousands iilaecu in a similar position as regards ability to earn a living . J > i : l 1 give way to my feelings oil that subject 1 shouM ir . tvr . de too nr . ith on your space . I therefore bi g leave te subscribe myself , . Most respectfully , Jlti . KN I ' tnxiiss . Suiltlt-SU'etit , Wovcesier , September IU , l . S-15 ,
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... i «« m —• _ TO ALL CHARTISTS , .- \>!> flUHX ^ S OF THE 1 ) 13-TllESSiJl ) IN" TUB CA 1-SK 01 " UKMOC 1 JACY . i ' uiExvs , —In spite of the iiovuioious insinuations set I ' orih in his own print , by a vindictive anil envious man , who , while lie is a complete irentlicrcoclc in political and social schemes himself , iiH ' ects to be a fauUkss consul of of other men ' s conduct , — : i London public meeting lias evinced , its confidence iu the proposers ; Ibr cistaulislmig funds to relieve our suliuring " Veteran Patriots" and the "Willows" and children of our beloved "Exiles . " The sum of XI Is . Id . was collected at the close of tlie meeting , held at 1 , Turnngain-laue , last Monday evening ; and every individual attending that meeting joined in the pledge for unremitting exer ' . ion to procure support
towards the two funds . Tliat the two committees appoint , ed at that meeting are in earnest in their purpose , and resolved , to etivvy out tlie objects for which they fl ^ . - been chosen , and will faithfully and disinterestedly ¦¦ largo their trusts , their honest names will be tho moswBcquivocnl guarantee . For myself , I sliaJl only hurl bSc the vile and pitiful suspicion of this restless lover oK | pTOiief , by stating that , as 1 liave , in his own expressed Opution , " acted with dignity" on a former occasion , in refusing inoiiies subscribed lor me , —so I should now esteem it a public disgrace to accept my ollicb as " : i job . " I nfiver was " a paid secretary , " nor ever will be in a cause purely philanthropic . I am become a subscriber of a imund , annually , to each o £ rticse funds . Let him prove his goodwill to the sull ' erers , by remitting to them a like
sum . I need only add tliat Mr . Shaw is appointed Treasurer to the " Veteran Patriots' Fund , " and Mr . SlceUoil 'treasurer to the "Exiles' Widows nnd Children ' s fund ; " —and I think cither of them may challenge a vote of cor . lidence for honesty and consistency , with James O'Brien , alias Bronterre . I am , my Mewls , Yours devotedly in the cause of Freedom , and as Secretary iu these two Funds , TuoMAS Coow-n . 131 , Blackft'iars' Road , London .
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DOiYCASTElt RACES . The " Great St . Logei . " after a series of iluctuationF , mystifications , and scmtchings almost without parallel , has at length been brought to an issue , but under circumstances that sadly lessened its attractions to those whose interest in it lacked the impulse of speculation . The promise of the morning was wretchedly mifavouralile ; the rain fell steadily , and the prospects of the . " grand day " were of the gloomiest description . This , beyond doubtj had an etVeet upon the attendance ; still thiiso already on the spot , and vast numbers who came by the night train from London , York , Liverpool , Manchester . Mirmingliam , and other distant places , and the thousands Ht Shetiu-ld , whom no weather can daunt , were not to be disappointed , and the streets , lung before midday , were almost blocked up . Oferpuipages of a higher class the display was far from " imposing , " unless we take the word with the signi . fication attached by those who may bo . ancient enough to remember the golden days of the turf . There were several unprctcmlinir carriages and pair , and a few " fours ; " but of " display" in its true meaning , the less suid tlie better .
IJusiness commenced between ten and eleven o ' clock this morning , and iu the midst of an almost impenetrable crowd was kept up with " more cry than wool" ibr a couple of hours . The most important item in the proceedings was a declaration by -Mr . Gully tliat Old England , would not start . This was a thunderbolt to those who but ti'ii minutes before had invested at 15 and Ifito 1 . It was also stated that I ' . ed liobiu would not run , but iio official announcement was made . liy one o ' clock the room was closed , and the scene shifted to the race-course . The Municipal and Selling Stakes got over , the bell rang for saddling for the only event tluu possessed any interest —the St . Leger ; and shortly after three o'clock , the horses having taken their preliminary canters , were paraded to the post and started by Lord George IJentiuck . The following was the result : — The Gkeat St . Legek Stakes , of 50 sovs . each , h . ft ., for
3-yr old colts , 8 st . 71 b . ; lillies , Sst . i- 'lb . Tlie owner of the second horse to receive MO sovs . out of the stakes , and tho third to save his stake . The winner to pay 1 U 0 sovs . towards expenses . St . Lager course . ( lol subscribers . ) Mr . Watt ' s Tho Baron . ( P . IUiUev ) 1 Major Yarburgh's -Miss Sarah .. .. ( Holmes ) 2 Sir . Mostyn ' s 1 ' nntnsa ( Marlowj 3 The ColloH'illJ !; also started , but were not placed : — Major Yarburgh ' s lied Kobin ( Temploman ) . Sir 11 . J ? ulkeley's Ohertsey ( Oartwriglit ) . Lord Chesterfield ' s T « ig ( Simpson ) . Mr . Gully ' s Weatherbit ( Xut ) . Mr . Ferguson ' s Clear-the-Way ( llobinson ) . Mr . Lane Fox ' s June ( Joy ) . Mr . St . Paul ' s Mentor ( Lye ) . Mr . A . Johnstone's Aunandale ( Marson ) . Mr . Ramsay ' s Mid-Lothian . ( U . Bell ) . Mr . Painter's The Pasha ( Whiteliousv ) . Mr , Ilesseltine ' s Fitzallan ( liuufuy ) . Lord Miltown ' s l ) UC-ilU . Duvras ( G . Edwards ) . Won by a length . Annandale a good fourth . A very fast race .
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MANSION HOUSE . Saturday . —Chakge of Purchasing Stoles Goods . — -Benjamin Cohen , a respectably dressed man , oi the Jewish persuasion , was brought before the Lord Mayor , charged with buying a portion of a new coat which had been stolen , the property of James Quinn , Sarah Carter , who was attired in an old black bombasine dress , which hung in tatters on her person , deposed that she and another woman , who was now keeping out of tlie way , had suffered imprisonment for stealing the portion of the garment now in question ; her accomplice had sold it to the prisoner for 2 s . 9 d . The prisoner first offered 2 s . Cd . for it , but
subsequently gave 2 s . Oil . When defendant purchased it he said he hoped that they would not get him into any trouble about it , as he had a large family . It was in Rosemary-lane where the part of the coat was sold . The cloth was now , and tho coat , with the exception of the sleeves , was complete . Jame 3 Philpot said he was a near neighbour of Mr . Cohen ' s , and wished his Lordship to be acquainted with a conversation that took place beneath liis window , and which had been overheard by his wife and daughter . Georgiana Pliilpot was called , and
deposed that she was standing at the window of their residence , in the company of her mother , when she heard Sarah Carter and two other women conversing . together . She distinctly heard them say one to tho other , " We do not like Cohen ( the defendant ); we will transport him ; he robs poor people . " She iden- * - >_ - , < C *>» , tified the witness , Sarah Carter , and another i ' emaiv : Si . d * ff \ m in court , aa two of the three women she tMhd oYeVi' ^ i ^ . )> .. ; ^ heard so conversing . Cohen said the thrjj ^^ 6 m $£ i ^ .. ^" - ^ . ^^ had been to his house , and kicked up a 1 W 7 in # on ^ " % lM *; L , s 5 » that occasion they distinctly charged a mffiQ 6 ptlj ^ ' f' /^ fei ! $ 4 name of Isaac Myers with having bought > thffcbafe ^ V-X ? ilZt ?* 31 He ( Cohen ) was entirely innocent of the cliaVge ¥ ~? i V&t | SJf * # S case was remanded until Monday . £ 500 aa ^ i | fZ&W ^ pI offered foe Cohen , aad refused . & ji / 3 TOQ \ £$ * \ ££ &' .
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