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1 EYI rOS DIBECTOBS . Brighton .. . OH Sarlaston .. u 0 0 6 Carlisle .. .. 013 Lower Worley .. 014 Staleybridge « 0 1 7 Bury 0 0 7 Stockport .. .. 075 Newcartliwra-Tyne 0 1 3 The new rules are now out All parties needing cards and rules are requested to immediately apply for the same . An error of a verbal nature occurred in the balance-sheet , in Mr . O'Connor ' s name being substituted for that of Mr . Robert * , as treasurer . "When the sheet was sent to press it did not contain the name of the treasurer or secretary , only those of tbe auditor * . The printer . supplied the omission , placing F . O'Connor instead of W . P . Roberts , and the error was not detected until too late to be altered . The same of one of the auditori should b « have b # en Jamei Knight , instead of William . ¦ 0 T . M . Wheeikb , Sec .
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THE LATE DUNCOMBE SOIREE AT THE CROWN AND ANCHOR TAVERN . At the meeting of tbe General Committee , held on Monday evening , February 9 th . at the Parthenium , 73 , St . Martin ' s-kne , Mr . Cufiay in the chair , the annexed balance-sheet waa presented and receired . A vote of thanks wa 3 unanimously gfren to Messrs . BanattandStallwood the Secretary and Assistant-Secretary , lor their efficient services ; alsototheoffice bearers on the night of the soiree , for'the very ablo manner in which they conducted the proceedings . It was unanimously resolved , " That the surplus remaining in hand be presented to the Secretaries . " Baiasce Sheet of the "Dnncombe Soiree , " held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern , January 26 th , 1316 .
SXPEKDHEBE . £ s . d . To Teas , and use of room for public meeting afterwards 35 5 0 Printing and other expenses 8 9 6
43 14 6 EiCOHE . By cash for tickets 36 10 0 By cash admission to public meetin g ... 1 11 6 44 1 ft Balance ... 0 7 0 One ticket , 2 s ., only remaining due .
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" The people fight and suffer : —think ye . Sirs , If neither country had been cursed with chief , The peasants would hare quarrelled !" John BaU , of Southed Wai Tyler
10 THE EDITOR OF THE X 0 ETHER . V STIR . De » b Sb , —You will perceive that a Star sometimes reaches into the north of Yorkshire ; I observed in the Star of February 7 th , that there is a society sprung into existence called the "National Anti-Militia Society . " I 1 * eg leave to ask if any person , as distant as I am , would be eligible to become a member of the said society ; and should I be allowed to join , wonld there be any objection against sending a post ordur for five shillings at once , ** I consider it would save both trouble and expense ? It is true , sir , I can ill afford to do so , but would strain a point to do it , if allowed . Perhaps the committee raav require to know my objections against serving in the militia : if so , I can only simpl y state , thatlhavo no voice in making such laws a 3 the militia laws , or in
choosing the men who do make them ; and , therefore , I don't see how I can , with any justice , be called upon to obey them . Secondly , I don ' t like fighting , it is a trade I never practised , and I don't feel inclined now , at fortytwo years of age , to learn the art . Thirdly , I have nothing to protect , save a wife and four chi ldren , three of whom are above ten years of age ; nevertheless , I think they require so such of my attention and care , that I ought to have no time to spare to learn the art and mystery of becoming a human butcher . Last , I cannot perceive any right I have to take , or to attempt to take any man ' s life , by any means that a government may
think proper to put into my power , under the pretence of serving the Queen and country ; and I should object to Lira another person to do the wcrk I object to do myself . In self-defence I should believe myself justified in taking any man ' s life , or in defence of my wife and children , though it might be against the law of the land : the consequences I might , perhaps , have to consider after-• wards . Will you please to inform me if I should be accepted , also the secretary ' s address , and the most eonveniant place for a post-order to be drawn at , which will -grestly oblige Your obedient , humble servant , Hovingham , Feb . 2 t , 1846 . Robeet Johsstowi .
P . S . —I onght to have stated that I have nothing to -support my family on , save what I earn by journeyman shoemakiRg , and which amounts to tei shillings or twelve shillings per week . B . J . [ We thank our friend for nig manly letter , and , in reply , beg to congratulate him upon having DISQUALIFIED himself for the trade of man-butcher by getting four children . He need not send five shillings frora his poor store , he is exempt in consequence of having four children ; two would do , bat we hope he will love them all the better for the service they have saved him from . We honour his love of justice in not wishing to hiraa SU 15-STITUTE MUHDEREBJ
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THE L ATE M . Q . V . RTALL , whose death we wnounced in last week ' s Star , ma boned at St . John ' s-wood on Sunday afternoon February 22 nd , followed hy hu frieBdu , and committed to a grave without priestly interferencu Over his ashes , Messrs . Paterson , Ruffy Ridley , and Hornblower , bore public testimony to nig private and social virtues , moral purity , honest daring , intellectual ability , and literary excellence . Thui dosed the career of a true champion of popular right , who di « d a ? he Bad lived , an undaunted foe to religious despotism , and a most earnett advocate oi sun ' s noblest PCOogatiw .
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MONDAY . Hobbbui SuTOHiBB , _ The first announcement that meets the eye on thu , the first day of the weekis the account of a horrible slaughter that has taken placein India ; and , as we do not belong to that class who rejoice in triumphs over the British soldlerT nor yet in their triumphs over the native Indians fighting for the re-possesaion of that property nreviously stolen from them , we have only ^) relret the grejrt factof torrents of blood having been B without reference to the GLORY OF OUR ARMS ortheestoblishment of our power in India . ftS r ^ !? & Ooffice J rahavebeenkilled . «« lone hundred and fifty wounded ; while the returns are very imperfect , and that , upon an average , every regiment fi gnting under the British fla * haS lost one rSu ™ a ^ dfif ty , ? nk an . fi » e ~» that ? when She « Sw ? n ^ plete ' ^ littledottbt * to * ft ™ 8 , 000 to 10 , 000 men wil hav « fc » n < w «™ oi nr
, made pensioners upon the industry of the British people for life ; whereas , if those 8 , 000 had been applied to the cultivation of two acres of land each , tney would have produced a surplus , after good living , of £ 400 , 000 per annum , to exchange for the manufactures of the country . It is a truth , that what the eye does not see the heart does not feel for ; and that there is more horror at seeing one man dashedfromascaffold , orotherwiBesuddenly destroyed , than of hearing of a whole distant empire being swallowed up . If such a havoc of British life had taken place on British ground , the country would be in mourning , whatever the loss of the enemy might hare been ; while , to onr horror , the-eara ' of tho relatives and friends of those who fell in the late conflict were shocked by the firing of _ cannon in honour of OUR triumph ! We have given an account of the slaughter at such length as to render further comment unnecessary .
Thk Great JIeasdbk ajto ihi PBOKcnomsra . — Whenever a country is taken by surprise , the boldness of the measure that creates it tor a short time has a paralysing effect , but reaction is sure to follow ; and hence we find that the majority calculated upon excitement is dwindling down as thought progresses , while the rejection of the measure by the Lords is no longer spoken of as a mad freak of that mad assembly , but as an almost natural result . Before we go to press , it is not at all unlikely that the Karl of Lincoln , the son of his Grace of Newcastlewho , it appears , has NOT A RIGHT to do what he likes with nis own child—may be added to the list of rejected free traders . Tlte Duke of Newcastle ( no
doubt emboldened by the defence offered by Sir Robert Peel , on the motion of Mr . Collett , for those peers who interfere at elections ) has addressed a very significantletter to the electorsof South Nottinghamshire , calling upon them to reject . his son , and to send him back to the place from whence he came . Will the people be now prepared to believe that the " ELECTRIC SHOCK " is now at hand-andwiU they be prepared to meet it ? Again we tell them , that Stanley , the Lords , and thefarmera that whistle at the plough , will riak . a revolution ( if the working . classes are prepared to bear the blows ) , rather than surrender that portion of their property with the loas of which the measure threatens them . .
TaiDE . —From every manufacturing town we have notice of declining trade , fall in prices , and a general despondency , owing to want of confidence and tightness m the money market . It is expected , however , that Sir Robert Peel ' s commercial measures WHEN CARRIED , will alter the state of affaire . They may when carried , but those who are likely to suffer in the interim jnust never lose si ght of our oft-expressed dread ef the time of settlement ; a period in which w # have asserted that the poor alone will be th » sufferers , while the rich can fold their arms and wait the change , living in idleness upon the produce of their staves , while their slaves are bearing the blows in their battles , or supporting a miserable existence for another hour of misery in the Poor LawBastile . Now is the time for a TEN HO URS' BILL ! Now is the time that the Protectionists will support it . Sow is the time that the people should demand it with a loud and irresistible voice .
Coax Trade . —This branch of trade is bearing its full share of the doubt and uncertainty created by Sir Robert Peel ' s measure . The farmers , though unwilling to sell , cannot get . prices up , even though a scanty supply . The patriotism of the millers does not induce them to purchase more than a mere handto-mouth supply , and therefore , even with the threat of famine staring us in the face , we have asimultaneousdecline in the price ofall kinds of grain . Moset axd Share Mabkkt . —Notwithstanding the coalition between the Government and the Bank of England , both these departments are very flat , and , in fact , together with all other channels of traffic , appear to partake of the general uncertainty prouueed by the government measures .
XBBZv&N 9 . Sib Robibt PsEL ' sMBAsiraK . —Wetakethefollowing from the Tipperary Vindicator , as thebest proof of the indomitable courage and resolution of the labourers and cottier tenants of Tipperary : — Si * BOBBBT PEEL « MrilUKS—TlPPMABT IN A Burr !—Sunday night , the county for many miles was a sheet of flame . The fires were so singularly numerous and brilliant , that nothing of the Wnd to surpass them has been remembered for a very long period . They ap . peared to have originated in a northerly direction , and to have been caught up with surprising velocity on all sides , ( O that for many minutes their appearance was extremely grand , and attracted universal attention . The Duharrow
Hills , Keeper and LatUragh Mountaius , the Devil ' s Bit , and on to the Shannon at both sides to Galway and Clare the fires were everywhere lighted up , and all nearly at the same nument . There were various conjectures as the cause of them , but we believe wo may state , with some degree ef truth , that they originated in a rumour bavin ; ( one among the people that Sir Robert Peel ' s measures had been sanctioned by a large majority in the House of Commons , and that there was a positive certainty of their becoming law . There is no doubt that among the great bulk of the agricultural populationthat it , among the labourers and the cottier tenantryas fir as they comprehend the nature of his measures , Sir Robert Peel ' s plans are extremely popular . —• jTipperarf Vindicator .
The labourers and cottier tenants are perfectly aware that they will be the first and greatest sufferers from the proposed change ; and yet , from a wise belief that benefit must result from any change from a condition that cannot be worse , induces them with heroic virtue to brave all chances in favour of alteration , whatever it may be . It is seldom that the Irish people have had occasion to hail the measures of a Saxon Prime Minister , and the Tipperary boys have been induced to the approval from a conviction that it is the wedge to split the Protestant Church , to destroy the monopoly of the landed aristocracy , and to compel them ( if they wish to live ) to bring their estates into the retail market , where an Irish Catholic will bo held to be of equal value with the English Protestant or Scotch dissenter .
TUESDAY . Fbost , Williams , atoJoiibs . —The most important news of this day is the fact that petitions are arriving from all parts of the kingdom , praying for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones . One has just come to hand from the brave fellows of Manchester , signed by nearly 40 , 000 , carriage paid , and which we instantly despatched to Mr . Buncombe . Thii will be the best answer to the lying fabrications of Mr . Macaulay , which we shall distinguish with more extensive reprobation than a mere comment in oar summary . We shall use it here , however , to ask one simple question ; it is—what chance of justice , or even respect , the working classes can expect from this babbling , hired lawyer—this wordy , glib philosopher—this devil , that looks more like a shaved baboon than a human creature ? Of all men living , we don't believe that this miserable speech-maker has a friend on earth out of the friendless rump of the Whig cabinet :
AXOTHKB GHOSr IOR THB TlMBS . —The Timet of this mornii-g has an article from " a correspondent " on the present state or afiaibs ; and in which we find the two following significant passages : — The consequences of this hesitation may be serious In conjunction with the new elections , it may considerably impair the Minister ' s strength . His expected majority may dwindle from ninety or one hundred to eighty , or seventy , or even sixty . In that case the question , " What will the Lords do ! " assumes more than ever importance . Will they throw out tbe bill altogether , or petition the Queen to dissolve Parliament ! Then the country will again be subjected to the process of an agitation such as it has not witnessed since the day * of the Reform Bill .
Again , " we may lament over this significant chapter in the history of human nature , but we can hardly wonder if the Lords turn it to account . " Well , if the TSmu had profited by our early intelligence , the question would have been beyond wonder by this time . The Debate . —Mr . £ . Buller confined himself wholly to statistics and figures , for the purpose of mystifying the brains of the muddle-pated Protectionists . Captain Bateson , an Irish Protectionist , said : — Four millions of waste lands in Ireland would have been brought into cultivation under the fostering influence of protection ; but the heath would still continue to flourish on one part , and the bog to encroach upon the remaining part of them , under the system now proposed . For such a loss , what pecuniary grant could be a compensation t
We would ask the gallant captain , in passing , if tho high prices produced by protection , had not insured the cultivation of those four million acres for such a long period , what right we had to anticipate that itt continuance wonld have led to such a result I It is only now that the Protectionists are endeavouring to tickle us with what THEY WOULD HAVE DONE , while we iimply ask them WHAT THEY HAVE DONE ? Mr . Locfchart eipresie * the deep regret which he felt at being compelled to vote against Sir R . Peel on this measure ; but he had no choice , as he was convinced that it would sweep away all the tmaUfamen of the country ,
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and would throw out of cultivation , all the inferior laud in the country . J : : No , Mr . Lockhart , the effect of the measure will not be to sweep away tbe small farmers , but it will be to break the farmers who have leases at such a rent as they cannot pay with reduced priceB , and who have landlords who will vainly hope to keep up tne price ofthe raw material with diminished price for the produce . . We ask Mr . L ., also , how it comes to pass , that neither he nor his class ever thought of the small farmers until their own interests were at stake ? , , . Sir George Clerk , a government hack , made & long speech about prices , potatoes , Germany Poland , Russia , and America , but literall y threw no new light upon the subject . ^^^ ^^ oicMvMoa ^>> iaiwi otl , iui m to < ^^ - ! : :
Mr . Liddell approved the proposed change in the law of settlement as a great boon to the agricultural interest , and an act of justice to the labouring artisan . Mr . Hutfcsaid : — They had supported the Corn Law of 1841 , and the last tariff . Step after step they had supported all Sir R Peel ' s measures , relaxing protection and approaching to free trade ; but now , when they came to the best tariff of all , they stopped short of a sudden , and began to prate of their virtues and their sufferings . Does not Mr . Hutt see that there was a pleasine mystery m the sliding scale of Sir R . Peel , suiting the weak intellects of the a gricultural class , but that there is acertoin undenWablethrustin thepresent measure which defies solution in their muddled pates » It possesses just the quality that they don't wuh for —the quality " of certainty .
Capt . Fitzharris " condemned the present pro-S 2 ? S 2 n * f th f sovernment , and regretted that we S ! ff tojoseour place among the nations of 3 > l . " rder to become a great shop for the benefit of the whole world . " Weil done , gallant captain ! -who are : about to lose their place among the nations of Europe ? The landed aristocracy , for"S -a {^ JH ' T * "to 8 addled the > orking classes with a debt of eight hundred millions , an overgrown standing army and navy , a civil list of prostitute pensioners , and all the appliances of tyranny , to preserve the country to their kindly use , so that at all times they might enjoy it nrhilethe people were starving .
The Lords . —Coercion for Ireland The Earl of St . Germans moved the second reading of the Irish Coercion Bill , and having painted the Irish as devils and Ireland as a black hell , he threw a bit of sympathy for the poor into his measure , by assuring their Lordships that it was MORE ESPECIALLY IN .
TENDED FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE POOR IN IRELAND . Oh , lack aday , and when did their lordships ever cast a thought upon the condition ^ of the poor of Ireland ? His lordship said , that as the crimes committed were concocted at night , the bill , amongst other provisions , should contain one to prevent the inhabitants from being OUT
OF THEIR HOUSES BETWEEN SUNSET AND SUNRISE IJAnd then , with true philanthropy , the ] noble eari continues—The house must not suppose that this was the only measure contemplated for THE RELIEF OF IRELAND!—Matchless effrontery ! So , then , to maka it a crime for the Irish peasant to be out of his miserable hut from sunset to sunrise IS A RELIEF ! The people work from sunrise to sunset , and are coerced to remain in their houses till their iyrant task-masters require them for another day ' s toil ; and yet , instead of rising one after the other , with manly indignation , to threaten the Prime Minister with defeat , the Irish traffickers will first aid him in his commercial policy , and then TARM " VENGEANCE » ' ^ ** " *** ^ wi *
The Cameleon , Harry Brougham , hoped there would be no delay in passing this measure , and advocated a clause to the effect , that trials should not take place in a part of the couutry where the accused would have any chance of escape . The Earl of Clancarty objected to a clause in the bill which gave the Lord Lieutenant a power adverse to the interests of theresident jobbers , and contended that the power to be lodged in the Executive should be vested in the hands of the local magistracy . This , indeed , would be out of the frying-pan into the fire . It is the tyranny of those fellows , and their jobbing , that haa given rise to every disturbance , and , would to . God ! that some noble lord would unraose an
amendment upon the principles laid down by Mr . Swanston—namely , that whenever a disturbance takes place , the nearest parson , the nearest landlord , the nearest magistrate , the nearest middleman , and the nearest lawyer , should be hung upon the nearest tree . Every noble lord in succession , even the reforming son of Earl Grey , gave the measure their cordial support , and the bill was read a second time . After which the bloated buffoons adjeurned to gormandise and get drunk ; while the demand of the native Irish for food , for the poorest food , is met by coercion , and every man , by law , is made a prisoner in his own hut from sunset to sunrise . Oh ! for an Emmett , or a Fitzgerald ; but , enough . Ireland has her patriots , and they will add another laurel to their wreath , by actually making a merchandise of Irish coercion . —— "Alas ! poor country , Almost afraid to know itself . "
IRELAND . From all parts of the country there is sad intelli . gence of famine and increasing pestilence . We give the accounts as we find them in the several provincial papers , and we fear they are not overcharged . The Cork Comtitution says—The Lords Commissioners . of her Majesty ' s Treasury have been pleased to extend the Warehousing Act to the port of Youghal ; and his Grace the Duke of Devonshire has already contracted for the building of warehouses for that purpose , which will be a great advantage to tho traders of the town , togethsr with giving present employment to a number of tradesmen and labourers in a locality where much distress prevails . Another Cork paper ( the Reporter ) adds : —
We have reason tobdieve that it is the desire of government that those important buildings about to be erected in the city should be commenced as early as possible , and that , with that view , the arrangements for the purchase of sites ar * now in active progress . The new District Lunatic Asylum will , it is understood , be built on the lands of Shanakiel , and as the Board of Works have a power of causing a valuation to be made , we ex . pect to find all the preliminaries for that work soon arranged . The site far the college will most liktly be San « Souci , and when both buildings are in progress of- erection they , will afford extensivo employment to our deserving local artisans and labourers .
The Jttporler also announces , that yesterday ( Thursday ) " the ship Emerald , Captain Thomas , arrived at Cove , from Naples , with a cargo of potatoes , consigned to Messrs . D . and W . D . Seymour . Through the kindness of Mr . W . D . Seymour , Italian Consul at Cove , we hare been favoured with a large sample , which to all appearance are as fine and sound as any we hare ever seen . The captain of the vessel states that there is an immense crop in the kingdom of Naples , and through the ItMlian states , and that no sign of disease has been found in It . We think it may be useful to our agricultural friends to examine the samples which have been left at our office , as they appear to us most valuable for the purpose of seed . They are of the description called in that country Potato Rosse '"
Spread of Fever in the Sooth . — Dr . Pitzgerald , the medical attendant of the Crooin Dispensary , in the county of Limerick , has written an alarming statement to a local paper , respecting the rapid progress of fever among the lower orders , superinduced in a great measure by the badness and insufficiency of food : — " I am sorry to inform the public , " he writes , "that fever in a most aggravated form is raging here . There is scarcely a famil y in some of the localities hvre that is not suffering under the malady . I am sorry to add , that I consider it is produced , in a great degree , by the badness and insufficiencj of food . "
But why despond ?—there is an easy answer to all this : — • Ho wld your tongues , ho wld your tongues , you noisy devils ; arrali , what do you want , and arn't you going to get Coercion from the Saxons ? and arn ' t they kind to you , when they tell you that if you are hungry your neighboura mustn't see it , for you must stay at home after sunset , and if you want a brusna ( a bundle of sticks ) to SOFTEN the praties—after sunset you must eat them raw , or do without them , and work again to-morrow , you sowls , with light hearts ? And isn't that relief fer you , yoa devils I and what do you want more ? But ye ' a are alwayi complaining , so ye ' s are ; and , by all the crosses in & check apron , and but if their honours , the Saxons , would sarve you right , but they'd pass a short bill to
let the say flow into every parish where this noisy discontint was hard—and so thev would . What tha devil do ye ' s want , ye dissatisfied beggars ! Ramnation to yoursowls;!—is it sound praties , tor working twelve hours a day only , ye ' s ' ud be asking for , while the Queen and the quality , here , is forced to give a pinny a pound for them , and they hasn't the trouble of working at all ? Now , I tell ye ' s what it is ; take tne Liberator ' s advice , and starve and be tranquil , or , by the holy Queen Mab-God forgive me for swearing—but ye ' a never will see the Repale till ye ' i are all dead and buried , and yer children after ye . " The " MunoERBn" Seert .-Wo give the following excellent letter from the Rev . Mr . Savage , thl clergyman whe attended the murdered man in his last moments : —
The Rev Mr . Savage , the clergyman in att . ndanco on thelate unhappy criminal , has addressed the subjoined letter , m reference to the recent communication of Sir Francis Hopkins , to the editor of the Fmiwin ' i Journot : — "Dear Su- .-l haveMen h » JOur pap ^ ofye ^' rSy » letter from Sir Fniuis Ho ,, kinS , > hich I consider deserves some notice trom the Catholic chaplaiu to the Mullingar jaol , as m that letter the young baroadt takeB a bigoted fling at Catholic morality .
« All Ireland , at present , mourns over the sad and appalling fate of Bryan Seery , who solemnl y declared bufor . his God that he had neither act , hand , part , nor knowledge in the crime for which he was to be hanged . His innocency la believed and proclaimed by the people and by the press ; subscriptions pour in from England , and from every part of Ireland . for the support of his afflicted widow and his fivelittlo orphans , The muu whq actually
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attempted the . assassination of Sir Francis Hopkins , tormented by his own conscience , and in a fruitless desperation , openly declares that Bryan Seery is innocent , and that he himself is the man who fired at Sir Francis Hopkins 1 There is no secret in this affair , the man is known to the magistrates in the neighbourhood and to the police . Under such circumitanees it might be expectod tha ( . ^ prosecutor would pause , reflect , and say , " many mistakes have occurred in the identification of assailants ; I was attacked in the darknesB of night : the rattling of n . 1 * ^ f ^ ^ assmationof Sir Francis Hopkins , tor-
slugs was ringing in my ears ; I was excited ; and , perhaps , I was miitakei in swearing against Seery !» Such would be tho thoughts of a diffident and humane Christian ; but Sir Francis , in his own conceit , is infallible . He ia vwced at the sympathy for Seery as an innocent mananda . raartyr ; and , not satisfied with ' the result of his swearing at the commiasion , he rushes into print , and attempt * to fasten the infamou 9 stain of perjury on the memory ofthe man who was sent h y his testimony to a premature grave . Bryun Seery , on the scaffold , solemnly called God to witness the truth of his declaration of his
ianocence . Sir Francis , in his letter to the Freeman , says that , " notwithstanding the reported dying declaration of innoeance by Seery on the scaffold , I again affirm that he was the prison who fired at me . " 11 It was better for the prosecutor to allow the ashes ef Seery to sleep quiet in the grave than in such a spirit of bUUrness to come out with his angry assertion that Seery was not only a murderer during life , but a perjurer in his dyin ? breath . The public will easily decide whether they will believe the lastsolemn declaration of a pious Catholic on tha seaffold , or the angry affirmation of tho prosecutor at th « S » ekvill » . streetClub .
"Sir Francis is annoyed at the comments that have beeu made by the press on the contradiction between tho teitimony of Mr . French , the stipendiary magistrate , and his own . H « tells ui that he lug letters from a police , man and an attorney ' s clerk to prove th&t he himself n « right , and then , in triumph , h » concludes by saying the " public can bow fairly judge between Mr . French ' s testimony and my own . " : How a drowning man catches at reeds ! I wish the baronet may attempt an explanation In his next letter of the contradiction betweon Sir Franch Hopkins on the first trial and Sir Francis Hopkins on th « second . Will the police or the attorney's clerk stund to him on this point ? Report states that Hr . French is to be sent out of the country for his swearing on the trial of Bryan Seery , and why itw » sthat the prosecutor volunteers an explanation on the contradictionjwith Mr . French , more than on his contradiction with the other nitnu » se » , I am not able to tell ; but this I can say with truth , that
if the Tories send Mr . French out ofthe country , he will take with him the blessings of the poor , and the good wishes of eviryman who loves justice and . the impartial administration of the law ; while , if Sir Francis Hopkins sells Rochfort and goes to the continent , as it is reported , his loss will not be felt either as a guardian or a landlord , and his few poor workmen can then hear mass on tha holidays of the Catholic church . —I have the honour to be , dear Sir , - your humble servant , ...... "J . Savaqs . " Chapel-house , Mullingar . " « There , young baronet , how does your young Sirahip like that ? The sooner you leave the scene of your former glory the better the Irish people will love you . The O'Connell Tribute . —In the midst of famine , pestilence , coercion , awl national degradation , wu find tho following disgusting passage in the Liberal papers : —
TnK O'Cokhbll Tbibute . —The subjoined ample contributions t » this great claim upon th « country spoak for themselves . The tribute of 1845 is to bo completed in all the patriotic parishes still outstanding , in the course of the next month , and early arrangements for tha purpose will materially facilitate and secure the success of tho collection then . We shall not trust ourselves with a single comment upon this wholesale patriotic plunder of the poor by THEIR LIBERATOR . We wish Sir J . Graham would answer his jabber about famine by reading the above , and ask him if it is true .
WEDNESDAY . The slaughter and the debate take up so much of the public attention , and require so much of our space , that we are compelled to be brief in our summary , and must devote the entire space allowed , to a review of an article , in the Times of this morning , in justification of the murder of Bryan Seery . Tbe limes , according to its bigh Protestant vocation , labours hard on behalf of its Protestant client , Sir Francis Hopkins . But it i 3 one of those strained fanatical effusions which carries with it its own conviction . The advocate , in attempting to prove too much , weakens the principal points upon which he makes his client ' s case to rest . We shall quote a few of . the passages from the Times . Number one : —
"Both the assassins fled , but not before Sir Francis had seen the countenance ofthe first fully and looked at / his profile—the countenance ofthe man was indelibly imprinted on his mind . A hat was afterwards found on the scene ofthe outrage , which two policemen swore to having seen on the prisoner ' s head some months before . " Again , the Times says : — "With regard to the evidence of identity , we would ask these plain questions : — Will any one . deny the possibility , the probability , the almost certainty of one man s remembering the features of another so close to him , though but for a moment , and even in a gleam of uncertain light , when the two were struggling face to face , in a contest for life or death ?" Now , such is the case against Seery , suggested bv
the limes , and such' is the evidence , the probable , tlie possible , the almost certainty by which the advocate sustains the charge ; as to the general reasoning , we shall say a word presently . We have before thrown over the evidence of Sir Francis Hopkins upon the question of identity altogether , or rather Mr . French has done it for us , and we can only oiler a derisive laugh at the testimony given by the two policemen against Seery ' s hat . As to the probability , the possibility , the almost certainty of tho witnesses' knowledge of the prisoner , they are not altogether sufficient to establish guilt . The q uestion
is not , " Are you almost certain as to thejidentity V but tho question is , " Could you by possibility bo mistaken ? " And if the fact is not thus clearly sworn to , the identity , is not proved ; but when an Irish Catholic is murdered , then circumstances , whi 4 h in other cases would go to cast doubt upon testimony , are here relied upon as the strongest possible proof . Foriastance , having seen Seery ' s features BUT FOR A MOMENT , and in a gleam of UNCERTAIN LIGHT , and during a struggle for life or death , why , merciful Providence ' . was there ever defence stronger than this would have been upon the trial of a Protestant for murdering a Catholic ?
Seeing the features but for a moment in a gleam of uncertain light , and in a life and death struggle , the very time of all others when a man would pay all attention to the mode of defending himself , and little to the appearance of his assailant ! If a technical doubt existed as to the murder of Seery , the 2 Ym « has relieved our mind of that doubt , and has established the fact beyond tlieipossibility of doubt . The Times admits great uncertainty in all things , whilo the law presumes certainty as indispensable . We did not wait for the hanging of this poor Catholic to proclaim the fact that if ho was executed upon the finding of the second jury ho would have been murdered .
In 1840 , the Dispatch charged the moral editor of the Times with having administered the sacrament to a jackass : we presume that it is the same orthodox scribe who now so zealously comments upon the stiff conscience of a dying Catholic . The writer says , in speaking of tho inducements to persevere in innocence , it is but the sentence of man he has to undergo , and that sentence may be revoked by man . To this unreal shadow of a hope he clings with desperato fondness . It deserts him only with his latest breath , and for it he perils his immortal soul , by adding to a lite of crime a death without repentance , and crowned with a wicked lio . How magniloquent ! — how charitable ! —how Stato Church Christian-like ! But where was Seery ' s life of crime ? His was proved to be a life of honesty ; and , however the Times muv
sneer at the sympathy of the Rev . Mr . Savage , and presumptuously mock the conscious innocence of the murdered man , we tell the Times that wo do not believe that there is an instance upon record of an Irish Catholic dying without making a full confession to his priest ; nor jdo we believe that a singla Roman Catholic priest in Ireland would assert the innocence of a man whom he knows to be guilty . That Seery was murdered , no man of common sense can entertain a doubt ; and we tell his murderers that the day will yet arrive when they will stand in tho awful proaenceof that great God into whoso councils neither the dictum of a cabinet , the quibble of a judge , the prejudice of a jury , or the perjury ofa witness will dare to enter . # Where murder will be auoh , but not by construction of human law or professional ingenuity .
THURSDAY . South Notiixomamshirk Elkction . —Mr . Hild-Jard , the son ofa country parson , has beaten Lord , incoln , the son of the Duke of Newcastle , for the representation of this division of the county , by a majority of C 91 . Wo have but little interest in tho triumph of the Church , while we fear that our very worst ' predictions with respect to the turn that county elections will henceforth take , will bo realised . We cer tainly would prefer even the rule of tho
pulpit to the rule of the never-ceasing steam-engine . We prefer York , with its churches , to Manchester , with its chimneys ; but there is no necessity for the alternative . Tho ehurches may stand , provided those who worship in them maintain them by voluntary contribution ; the long chimneys may stand , provided their smoke is e qually divided amongst all classes . We may now talk of clerical and commercial abuses , because we have tho power , if we but evince the will , to get rid of both . We must take care , however , that our hatred of steam monopoly does not lead us to encouragement of church
tyranny . No Vote ! no Musket !!—The letter of Sharraan Crawford , which will be found elsewhere , will be read with delight ; its tenor is in strict accordance with our views : — "Let every man have a castle of his own , land of his own , and a musket of his own , and he will fly to the cry of ' My cottage is in danger ! ' with more alacrity than the hired mercenary will fly to the cry of 'The Church and State are in danger !' " The letter of the member for Rochdale coatras . t 8 strangely with the beastly eyistlq of thfj
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Whig nominee of Edinburgh . When the ballot lor tho militia' comes , as in all other cases the sufferers , when . too late ,. will sing out , — "Oh ! why didn't I pay more attention to the advice given in tho Northem Star !" ' Now , wetell once more the unprotected , that the government is only waiting the insue of the presentdebate , to bring in a swingeing Militia Bill ; and then , ' while we have done our duty , the people will regret that they have not done theirs . Sir Robert Pkel anh the "Times . "—The altered tone of the Times upon the question of free trade , and upon tno character of the Prime Minister , is no longer a secret , as it now appears that the Minister and the scribe wero in consultation at the period that the Times was so busily en » aged making prophesies , which , however , have not been fulfilled . Whiz nominee of Edinburgh . When the ballot lor
Frost , ; Williams , and Jones We rejoice to state that petitions pour in from all quarters on behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and that Mr . O'Connell and others have promised their cordial support to the measure , fhe Executive are daily waiting upon members of Parliament , and , notwithstanding the beastly letter of the orbw criminal Macaulay wo hav « every reason to antici pate a favourable result . London and Chartism . —It will be cheerin" to our country friends to learn that even in the ° hottest agitation of 1839 the principles of the- People ' s Charter were never so favourably received , or so anxiously looked for in London , as they are at tha Drescnt moment .
The Ten Hours' Bill . —It will be seen that Mr . Fielden has postponed his motion for a mouth upon the Ten Hours' Bill . He has done this partly upon our suggestion , from the conviction that the Protectionists are not yet in a fit state of mind to vote , and from a well-founded belief that justice would not bi ! done to the subject pending the great debate . He has . acted wisely , and now the question is , will the country act bravely and energetically » Will the country back us in our humble exertions , and send Mr . Fielden two millions of signatures to support his motion ? Will the Short Time party send twenty -one or thirty delegates to sit in London for the week previously to the motion of Mr . Fielden ? Will they bring their petitions with them , and will they take the trouble—for it requires no more—to escort those petitions with 200 , 000 men to the House of Commons ?
II they don't do that , they DON'T WANT the Ten Hours ' Bill ; if they do that , THEY WILL get the Ten Hours' Bill . The cost of twenty-one delegates at 6 s . a-day each for ten days would be £ G 3 . We'll Rive a pound , making ourselves the sixty-third part of the nation ; the expense of a room will be £ 10 ; the expense of coming and going will average 30 s . a man , that ' s £ 31 10 s ., making in all £ 104 10 s . That ' s just the price of the Ten Hours' Bill . The moment we hear upon this subject from the central committee , we will take all the trouble of making the necessary arrangements for their reception , and will engage the Crown and Anchor , White Conduit House , and other noted places of meeting , for them to lecture in , and we will lecture for them ; and we will farther tell them , that however their pride may urge them to do without us , they cannot . We £ J ™ c 5 i ! n T £ t T and with that we close-KING RICHARD IS IN LONDON . . IR&XiAN D . The Potatoe , Pestilence , and Famine . — Still we continue to receive the most disastrous and heartrending accounts from Ireland . It is really treason of the darkest dye to occupy night after ni $ ht in a wrangle about party interests and class privileges , while a plundered , abused , and trampled-upon people are allowed to pine for want of the commonest necessaries of life . We declare that the House of Commons has rebelled against the people of Ireland by giving them coercion when they ask for food .
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MR . MACAULEY AND HIS CONSTITUENTS . HIE FRANCHISE . —THE MILITIA . —THE CHAR . TIST EXILES . The Edinburgh Chronicle publishes the followin " letters from the Ri ght Hon . Mr . Macauley—the first being a reply to Mr . David Greig , on the subject of the militia ; and the second an answer to a letter from the secretary of tke committee for the liberation of Frost , Williams , and Jones : — Albany , London , Jan . 30 , 1810 , " Sir , —You quite misunderstand my sentiments about the elective franchise . I never in my life aaid that you who ha »« no votes were not interested in tho public weal . Gtid forbl d ! My reasons for objecting to universal suf ^ frago are very different . I believe thuttho non-electors are as deeply interested as I am in the security of property and tht maintenance of order ; but I believe that a very larse nortion of them do not niniprstnnil tlioiV mm ; n
terest , and might easily be induced by the pressure of immediate distress , to act in opposition to their own in . teient . That this is 90 I have proof under their own hands . I refer to tho petition which Mr . Duncomba presented to the Houso of Commons iu 1842 . In that ' document som » hundrtds of thousands of Chartists asked for the franchise , and told us how they meant to uie it . They avowed that their objects were national bankruptcy , confiscation . of thu soil , of canals , of railroads , of machinery—in short , the destruction of all property . I was firmly convinced , and am firmly coimncad , that such measures would produce indescribable misery to the groat majority ot the petitioners themselves . I refused them the franchise , not from disregard of thoir interesis , but from the suiue feeling which would lead me to rrfuse a raaor to a man who told me that he wanted it in order to cut his throat ; and I assure you that I have never inquired of any inhabitant of Edinburgh who complained to me of a griovanco whether be was un elector ur not .
And now to the mainsubjeet of your letter . I shall givo my best consideration to the measures which may be proposed respectiug the militia ; but I must frankly tell you that my conduct will be guided » y principle which differ widely from youw . I hold defensive war to be lawful and necessary . I conceive that tho State lws a right to call on every citizen to bow a part in protecting his native soil against assailants . That the exertion and burden ought to be reduced ai much as possible , and divided as fairly as possible , is quite true . But I suspeet that all the inconveniences which even a vexatious enrolment can produce would be small , indeed , when compared with the miiery which would be caused by the appearance of a hostile armament in the Forth .
I cannot at all understand your seruple about joining a protection society . You pay taies , I presume , directly or indirectly . You must be aware that a large part of thsse taxe » go to sapport the regular army and navy . Now , if y » u may lawfully contribute to the support of a kind of force which has been and may bo employed in offensive war , surely you may , without any twinge of conscience , contribute to the support of a force which is , by Hi nature , strictly defensive , and which is not likely ever to sh « d a drop of blood , unless danger of the most fearful kind should come near to our own hearths . I persuade
myself tUat your aversion to the use of arms does not go to such a height that you would hold yourself morally bound to see Edinburgh sacked by invaders without striking a blow for your home and family . Now , the militia is meant to be peculiarly a security against invaders . It is not an instrument of aggression . You must therefore admit it to be , as compared with tho regular army , an inaocent institution . If , then , you refuse to pay anything towards the militia , while you are paying the soldiers and sailors who have just been fighting at Buenos Ayr « s , I inuat say that you strain at a gnat and swallow a camel .
If you have any special hardship to complain of , it shall rective my best attention . I have the honour to be , sir , Your faithful and obedient servant , T . B . Hacaumt . Albany , London , Feb . 16 , 1848 . Sib , —I cannot agree with you in thinking that the law hm , as respects Frost undhis accomplices , been thoroughly satisfied . Consider what they did , and what they have tuffeved . They raised a rebellion , which you admit to have beon unjustifiable—led thousands of ignorant men into guilt and danger—fired on the Queen ' s troops , wounded a magistrate in the discharge of his
dutycaused tho deaths of several unhappy creatures—and would , if th « ir attempt lmd not been stopped in the outset , have caused such a destruction of life ntidj > ropvrty as has not been known in England for ages . This is their offence . What has been their punishment « Transportation for about five years—a lighter punishment than has been inflicted on many poor ladB for picking pockets . You disclaim very properly all projects of insurrection . But rely on it that there will bo insurrections enough if turbulent and designing men are apprised that the penalty of raising ; n civil war ia himcsforth to bi > less than iho penalty or robbing a lien roost . Thinking , this , 1 cannot hold out any hope that I shall vote for any address in favour of theso great criminals . I have tho honour to be , Sir , you faithful servant , T . B . JIacaclei .
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Cehtrai , Association of London Trades . — This body met at the Bell , Old bailey , on Tuesday evening . Mr . Samuol Ching , tin plate worker , in tho chair . This meeting was commenced for the special purpose of taking steps in support of tho much oppressed operative boot and slioomukur . i of Belfast . Mr . Wilson , of the city division , attended and gave a . detailed statement ofthe present condition of Ms shopmates in Belfast , which excited the warmest sympathy . Ou the motion of Mr . T . Barratt , iwrk-cutter , seconded by Mr . Williams , carver and gilder , it was resolved : — "That a committee be appointed for tho purpose of appealing to the metropolitan trades , and the working classes generally throughout the empire , and to take such other steps as shall best promote the cause of tho operative shoemakers of Belfast . " The com . mitteo were then appointed , and commenced operations .
National Uhitkd Association oi TiuDEs . —The Ccntral Committee met at the Trades ' -office , 30 , Hyde-street , Bloomabury ; Mr . J . Bush , Vice-president , in the chftir , A number of lctterg were read ; among others , one from tho Miucrs of Holytown , announcing an accession of three hundred members , anQ an intimation that their number would be increased to two thousand before the next Conference ; from Mr . Sabden , on behalf of the Calico-printers ; from Mr . Batten , on behalf of the Coachpainters of Greenwich , anneuncing their adhesion , and their determination to take up fifty shares in the Association for the Employment of Labonr ; from Mr . Lancaster , on feehalf of the Potters of Burslem , Staffordshire ; and from Mr . Major , of Bath , stating that the Cabinetmakers , Carvers , « fcc , wero about to hold : x meeting to consider the . propriety of joining the Association ,
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tilcEAT JiAlTLES JN LNL > iA . VICTORIES 0 FTHE BRITISH . , IMMENSE SLAUGHTER ! f be extraordinary express'from Marseilles , in anticipation of tho Bombay mail of the 17 th of January , brings Home of the important details of the't brce actions which took place on the 13 th , the 21 st , and 22 ud of December . The conflicts took place at Moodkee and Ferozashukur , about twenty ¦ milea from Feruz .-pore . The Sikhs havin « passed the Sutlej in great numbers on the 12 th , 13 th , and Uth of December , proceeded to attack the post of Ferozepore , which was held by Sir John Littler with about 7 , u () D men Aftersome feints , the Sikh army finding the Governor-General and the Commander-m-Chief were hastening to support the Ferozepore division at thu rate ol thirty miles per d ; iy , moved off to intercept them . tiuu , 'v » ., * r L . u IX ! . , „ ,
In the evening of the 18 th the Governor-General , with the British army , after a Ioml ; miirck , had reached Moodkee and encamped ; when the Sikh , army , 30 , 000 strong , came . hurrying forward mid attacked . A short but severe conflict ensued ; the Sikhs retired , leaving their guns ia the hands ofthe British . Amongst the killed was General Sir John M'Caskil . Sir Robert Sale was wounded , and died subsequently . The 19 tu and 20 th were spent by both armies ia burying their dead and procuring reinforcements . Sir John Littler , at the head of 5 , 000 men , joined the British on the 21 st , aboutsixteen miles from the camp . Thu British army then formed itself into tour divisions—the right , under the command or " Sir Hugh Gouj : ] i , the centre commanded by
Major-Genoral W . 11 Gilbert , the left by Sir J . Littler , and the rear by Sir Harry Smith . The Sikhs were commanded by it-j . Singn , and had formed entrenchments in a junsjle country , which rendered the nmx-h of Infantry exceedingly diificult . The Sikhs have lon » been remarkable lor their artillery ; thev were pr £ Tided with heavy guns , which did great execution . Sir J . Litter failed in his attack on their position . General Gilbert was successful . Thu first position ol the enemy was taken : the darkness of the ni-ht prevented the continuance ef tho conflict . The British troops bivouacked on the ground . The Sikhs tound out where the Coinmander-in-Chief and the Governor-General had taken their .-ration , and they opened a heavy lire on it . The British truups rose
up and drove them off . On the morning uf the 22 nd the fight was renewed , and General Gilbert stormed several parts of- the enemy s position , although every effort had been made during the night to . strengthen it . Thirty large guns were taken . The British soldiers afterwards began to collect their wounded , and to bury the dead ; when large bodies of cavalry and of the camel corps , with swivels , attacked them . The British Artillery and Cavalry had retired towards Ferozepore , but tho infantry drove the enemy back three several times at the point ot the bayonet . The contest of the 22 nd appears to have been carried on by General Gilbert and te tg ? . Governor-General , who headed the centre , lhebikh .-, from their acquaintance with the country , pleased gieat ailvantiiue , of which thev nrofiti'rt tn
the utmost . ; They worked minus before their entrenchments , and in their front position , which they blew up on the approach of the British , and destroyed hundreds . The action of the 21 st and 22 nd is called the battle ot lerozeshah , and is looked upon as one of the severest ever fought in India . The British troops have earned the highest praise for their bulldo * valour ; but their ignorance of the countrv , or of the mode of hgluing adopted b y the enemy , has been alluded to as having produced an unnecessary loss of sume ot the bravest men ofthe army . On the 25 th the Governor-Generai issued a proclamation announcing tlie victories achieved by the Lntish lorces , and inciting all British subjects to ' return thanks to Almi ghty God for his signal assistance to the British anus . " °
lhe valour of the British troops caused dismay amongst the majwity of tueturbulent Khalsa soltlierv . Some of them afempted to iortify their positions between lerozepore and ilureeka Ghat , thu principal passage of the river on the road to Lahore ; bufc they soon abandoned them . Tej Singh , their commander , had an interview with the Governor General , who refused to enter into any terms until the British were under the walls of Lahore . IVj Singh retired with some of the Sikhs to an island , where he was threatened by the British and by his own countrymen . At length the whole of the ' Sikhs retired from the British territory . The conduct of some of the protected Sikh chiefs having been found culpable , they have been severely punished . The Rajah of Putteala was han « ed on a tree for treachery . The Rajah of Ladwa , on the 4 th of January , approached Loudiana , where he -buroud the European barracks ; but it was expected that he would be driven bai-k .
ibe Sikh troops having been disappointed of their plunder , and driven out of the British territory doubts are entertained of their uniting to fi ght another battle . A party under Runjoor Singh has approached Loodiana , as if desirous of plundering tiiere , but nothing was known of the results of their movements , llie Queen-Mother has , it is said , encourasjid tha troops to fight in order to get rid of their turbulent rule . . , It was reported at Bombay , at the departure of the mail , that the Governor-General had resolved to maintain his position within the British territorv , and not to make any attack on the Sikhs until the expedition against Moultan , which was preparing in acinde , under the orders of Sir Charles Napier , had begun operations . Tranquillity prevails in the other parts of India .
FURTHER PARTICULARS , lhe grand army of the Sikhs , consisting of S 0 . 00 O men , and about 140 guns , has been put hors de combat with immense slaughter , and beaten across the Sutlej , leaving behind them all their guns , camp equipage , stores , &c . They acknowledge the loss of 0 , 000 men killed , and from 20 , 000 to 30 , 000 wounded . Would that I could add that our loss was but small , ihe official returns have not yet been received , but the accounts above given show the frightful amount ot 57 officers killed and 50 wounded ; and the loss ia rank and file is estimated at 4 , 000 . The whole of the operations leading to the decisive defeat of the enemy are as yet but imperfectl y known . The fcl-Iswing detail , however , may be considered pretty
correct : —It was formerly stated that the Governor-General , accompanied by the Commander-in-Chief with a numerous body of staff , was pushing un for i erozepore . On the 18 th of December they arrived at a village called M . odkee , about twenty-two miles from Ferozepore , and were encamped ; when , about four o ' clock p . m ., the alarm was given that a largebody of the enemy was marching to attack them ; and scarcely had our troops got under arms when the Sikh forces , consisting of 20 , 000 horse , 7 , 000 foot , and about 3 , 000 artillery , were upon them , and commenced a heavy fire from about twentv-five guns . Here occurred the immense loss which the Governor-General ' s staff suffered , and on ibis occasion fell the survivor of a hundred battles-Sir R . Sale . Here
also fell Sir John M'Caskill , Captains Munroand Berries , of the Governor-General ' s Staff— Major Grant , Deputy Adjutant-General , Captain Hiller , Aide-de-Camp , and many other officers being wounded . The enemy was , however , routed , with . great slaughter , and with the loss of seventeen of his iwcnty . five guns . During the 19 th and 20 th , th& forces halted at Moodkee ; and on the 21 st advanced about ten miles to the attack of the entrenched camp ofthe Sikhs , at a place called Ferozepore . Previous , to this attack the Commander-in-Chief ' s force was reinforced by General Littler , with 5 , 000 men . from Ferozepore , and it would seem had been joint d by a portion of the Locdiana force . The entire force at Ferozepore , Umballah , and Loodiana-, amounted to
eight troops of Horse Artillery , five companies of Foot Artillery , one regiment of Dragoons , two of Native Cavalry , Governor-General ' s Body Guard , two regiments of Irregular Cavalry , soven regiments of European and sixteen regiments of Native Infantry , or say , in round numbers , that tlu-y consisted of forty-eisht Horse Artillery guns ; Foot Aitillery , unknown ; Cavalry , 3 , 500 ; European lufantrv ,, *> , 000 ; Native Infantry , 12 , 000 ; total , 21 , 500 of alt arms . But a portion of the above must have been , left at Loodiiina , at Ferozepore , and even at Umbullah ; and it is not impwAaWo t& suppose that lhe actual force engaged with the Sikta on the 21 st . and 22 nd did not exceed 19 , 000 men . in aiKUtion tothese may be added the 1 st European andSStli Foot ,
perhaps . 1 , 500 strong , which wouldiuareaso our forc& to near 21 , 000 men . The force of the enemy is variously stated at from 60 , 000 to 80 , 0 W » . men , and from 100 to 104 guns ; but the Governor-General's , announcement to the Vice-PresMent in Council states the number of troops at BO ^ OO , and of guns in the entrenchment camp at seventy pisces , many of them of large calibre , and much longer than is . usual in our armaments . As at Mahmajpoie , the »« nei al loss in our army was caused by the orawhelining superiority ot the enemy ' s giuis to ouvs , and tha difliculty of our gaaut felloe getting at them with the bayonet ; tor the Sikhs , had taken tip a very strong position , and ortifieA it in a masterly manner . Between two and three , o ' clock , p . m ., ihe attack began our mtantry adv .-j . cing by brigades in lino ^ Jte ^ L ^ ' ^ . ^ . artillery . ccasodfirins centre column
our force * their way into the cneim ' s position , carrying everything before them inmost gallant style by the bayonet , although hundreds of them were mowed d own by every discharge of the il ^ A ™ ' vl ich were splendidly served . The British iorce was formed into four divisions , the right haying the Commander-in-Chief at its head ; tho 'e » .. general Littler ; the centre , General Gilbert ; and the reserve , General Smith . The Sikh army was commanded b y Rajah Lall Singh and Sirdar Tej Singh , vrj ' io appear to have made a most noble stand against \ is . The attack by our left division seems to lave " fciled ; but from the immense number of officers Killed and wounded ia her Majesty ' s 62 d Foot , and 1 *"\ Native Infantry , which formed a part of "e ' neral Littler s force , they must have met with insurmountable obstacles . The centre , under General ' Gilbert , was more successful , galJantlyJpenetrating I into the centre of the enemy ' s position , and dwvi"S
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 28, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1356/page/5/
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