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Gmjck. — The hundred and thirty-second »»»««*•
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1 We , are compelled by press of matter to postpone * j , e continuation of the " . Revelations of Russia" till ^ jnert number , ] _ .
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THE TARNOW . MASSACRES . jgj ; INFAMOUS AUSTRIAN DESPOTISM . ( From tie limes of July 10 , 1816 . ) The o bscurity which has for some time hung over Ae causes of the late insurrection in Poland and the jloaous massacres in Gallicia has at length feeen j ; pelled by more acenrateand authentic information from that ' nshappy country . The ill-advised atjgjnptsm adehy a portion of the German press to palliate the conduct of the Austrian Government , and the credit which was erroneously attached to those exp lanations in that country , have called forth an indignant denial and an accumulation of irrefragable -foofs from the victims < X these disasters . Such an anneal to the public opinion of Europe cannot be
made in vain- An opportunity fortunately presented jtself before the prorogation of the French Chambers to enable Count Mostalbmbert to la ; before the mrld these astonishing facts and revolting practices , fle pleaded their cause with more than his wonted eloquence and energy , not only in the name of outraged humanity , but as a matter of the deepest moment to all the Powers which signed the treaty of Vienna . France and England were parties not only to the original contract which restored the balance o f power in Knrope , but to every one of the stipulations which provided for the independence and neutrality of Cracow , and for the maintenance of certain rights in all the ancient provinces of Poland . The protecting Powers , as they are termed , havenorights which they do not derive from treaties to which we
are parties ; and if it be true that a peremptory refusal 15 the only answer which has been returned to the just claim ofEngland and France to take part in theconference held at Berlin with reference to the ] ate disturbances in Poiand , that refusal is a violation of an established right , and a precedent which we may hereafter use as we think fit elsewhere . In the heart of those great monarchies the influence of the plenipotentiaries of the western Pawers could , however , only be indirect ; but that which , is most direct and most important Is the publicity we can give to the vices and the fatal consequences of the policy pursned towards these provinces : and it signifies less to what clandestine conclaves and secret expedients they may resort , since sooner or later we shall expose their motives and judge their actions in the face of the world .
The narrative of Count Moxtalembert—to the accuracy of which he pledged himself , and which was metbv no contradiction " or expression of donbtby those who are best informed of the truth—produced , as it deserved to do , the deepest impression on the Chamber of Peers . He told them , that the insurrection at Cracow of the 20 th February , which had been represented and treated as a . formidable rebellion , was , in feet , amere riot , —which the Austrian garrisoncould ; and did , pnt down without difficulty and bloodshed . Three days after this disturbance General Coixra thought fit , without any fresh attack or alarm , to evacuate the city with all his forces and the militia , leaving it in the hands of the populace . A provisional Government was then established , which
satisfactorily protected the lives and property of the inhabitants . Meanwhile , however , the lives and property of the inhabitants of the adjacent province of Gallicia were exposed to the most horrible excesses of the peasantry . In the circles of Tarnow and Bochnia nearly all the landholders and gentry of the countiy were assassinated by their own tenants or by the banditti , which were scouring the country , unrepressed if not encouraged , " by the Government . In the circle of Tarnow alone 1 , 473 nobles or landholders were murdered . Their names are accurately known ; and the hideous details of this butchery have reached us . Eight landowners only in the whole country have survived . In many instances these ucfortunate gentlemen were most conspicuous for their virtues and their enlightened interest in their dependents . Count Kotabski had been known for 20 vcars
3 s the " father of the peasants ; they allowed him four hours to prepare for death , and shot him with a barbarity which is aggravated by this sanguinary deliberation . Seventy-two priests fell in thi 3 massacre . Of the family of a gentleman named Bogcsz . sixteen members were butchered , including his aged fatherand the ladies and young children . He himself escaped by a miracle , and a memorial which he addressed to the Court of Vienna , containing all the particulars of these atrocities , found its way into the French papers . He demanded the punishment of the assassins of hi * race ; he remained in the country to mark them down ; from Vienna he was told that it was a mark ef disloyalty to wear mourning on such an occasion , but that he should have redress : no redress came , and he was himself murdered within the last three weeks by the s ; me monsters xhohadalready extirpated his kindred '
Up to this very time no measures whatever have been taken by the Austrian Government for the punishment of thess assassins . The prisons are full , not of those bloodthirsty Pandours , but of their surviving victims . That is the only protection afforded to the disarmed and afflicted nobility—they are arrested as suspected persons . In Tarnow there are 800 orphans , whose parents have fallen ; 300 of whom are too young to know who their parents were . Yet , we repeat , the law remains without force ; these crimes remained unpunished ; and the Emperor ha ^ publicly thanked his faithful subjects for the zeal with which they have crushed the enemies of the Government , —by means which no Government , save the National Convention of Frauce , ever before dared to recognise or employ . The fact that rewards were offered and paid by ihe authorities in the province for the nobles , dead
or alive , who might be supposed by the peasants to have conspired against the Government is now ascertained to be true in spite of the attempted denial of it . A man named Bermdl , the provincial officerat Tarnow , and Borxdl , provincial officer in Bochnia , paid first ten florins , then five florins , and lastly , one florin each , for the corpses of the nobles brought in by the peasants . The rewards promised for the apprehension of suspected persons alive were equally paid when they were brought in dead . But so far is the Austrian Government from disavowing these horrors , that not one of theauthorsofthem has been removed from office or punished ; and Baron Krieg , to whose execrable maxims of government in Gallicia we some time ago attributed the violent hostilities exfeting between the noble 3 and the peasants , has just received the broad riband of the Order of Leopold !
Such are the facts which Count Mosialsubebt has now made public They are amply corroborated by all the information which has reached us . and it cannot be doubted that if such statements were false , they must have been disproved . But they are universally believed in Germany , they are proclaimed in France , and they will excite a no less profound disgust and indignation in this country . Does the Cabinet of Vienna suppose that a Government which relies on such expedients , and produces such results , can escape the most severe retribution at home , and the sternest censure of foreign nations ? To govern a country by fomenting the direct hostility of the two great classes of society , to set tue peasant against the lord , to incite labour to
declare war on capital , and to call in the assistance of the worst popular passions , because the aristocracy are supposed to eherkh hopesof preserving that spirit of independence which was once their glory , and is still their right , is a perversion of the most simple notions ot justice and good sense . It is to promote revolution by authority ; to proclaim what M Yillemain called an official jacquerie ; to stain the robe of the Casars with such blood as has not been shed in Europe since the 2 J and 3 d of September I 793 , fat the gates of the Abbaye . How , ask we , who are united to Austria by so many ties of interest and tradition , who are so disposed to assist , as far as we are able , in the maintenance of her just
iufluence in Europe , and even to bear our part in the dangers which threaten her from without—how are we to uphold a Government wLich does not indignantly repel such charges as these and exert every portion of its authority to put an end tu such horrors , to punish the guilty , and to offer whatever redress can be offered to the miserable survivors of so many desolate houses 3 Justice will have her inexorable course ; and if the hands to whom her powers are intrusted in the Austrian empire are too weak to punish the most odious offences , the whole fabric of the state will be shaken and dissolved by the disorder which has broken out with such appalling symptoms in some of the provinces .
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ATROCITIES AT MADAGASCAR . The Democratic Pacific ( Paris Fonrierist print ) Publishes a long extract from a letter , giving a horrible account of the atrocities committed at Madagascar by the Hovas upon an English soldier , whom they had captured . After describing a feast by the fluvas chiefs , at the establishment of a French traiteur , who , with another traiteur of the same nation , are stated to have exulted in the vietory of the Ilovas over the British and French expedition against Mada gascar , and giving an account of the disgusting mutilations of the bodies of the slain , the writer says : "Whilst this debauch was going on ( two days after our defeat ) word was bronght that an Englishman had jusl
come out of the brushwood , imploring that his life might be spared . It appears that during the fi ght an unfortunate wounded English soldier had crept into the bashes , ¦ ud remained concealed , a melancholy witness of the fflatilatiens inflicted upon his comrades . For forty-eight hoars he bore the pangs of his wound , and of hnngar and thirst , but being unable to bear np longer he came from his hiding- place , and , advancing towards the Hovas , shoved hit wound , delivered np his musket , and en-Seated them to give him a little water . The chi-f laKonma , without deranging himself from the banquet , ** nt to the governor for orders . Eazakafidy , the governor , desired that the man might be put to death .
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There rrere at his table several Frenchmen , who did not sven open their mouths to ask for the life of this poor Englishman ; who had bravely fought by the side of our countrymen . You will think , perhaps , that this unfortunate man was killed with a stroke of the savage . The Hot&s have a different mode of taking vengeance on a disarmed enemy . They stripped him naked , and then fiv « or six officers , with their knives , and in the midst of the circle which had been formed , began pricking him , in tLe tenderest parts of his body . The soldier who was extended on the ground , iose , asby an effort of heroism aad received their thrusts standing .. At this time there were no less than five or six bleeding wounds of the Sagaye , which he hart received . in battle , and the Wood streamed from the new wounds inflicted by his assailants . TufiTA Ytroita of . toW *> fiAVPffli VrPllfilllS'lOYl - trfin MA nstfr
His face was of a vivid paleness , but it wore an air of contempt for his butchers . The Hovas , whilst these horrors were proceeding , setup shouts of triumph . Seeing that the Englishman defied their blows , these monsters laid hold of him and began to tear out the nails of his hands and feet . He bore even this bravely for a time , but at length sunk to the ground exhausted and closed his eyes . The Hovas then cut eff his fingers and different porttens of his flesh , after which they proceeded to the last and most cruel operation . Having done this they stabbed him to the heart and cut off his head . Finally they pat into their mouths portions Of the fleSD ., removed by the horrible operation which preceded the coup de grace , and went off triumphantly to fix the head on a stake .
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ANOTHER TERRIBLE CALAMITY IN QUEBEC , FEARFUL L OSS OF LIFE , &o . ( Fromthe Quebec 3 Tcrcnty ' , Zane 13 . ) Last night , at ten o ' clock , a fire broke out in the Theatre Koyal , St . Lewis-street ( formerly the Kidiug School ) , at the close of Mr . Harrison ' s exhibition of his Chemical Dioramas . From the information we have been able to glean , a campine lamp was overset , from some cause or other , and the stage at once became en-Teloped in flames . The house had been densely crowded , but some had fortunately left before the accident . A rush was at once made to the staircase leading from the boxes , bj those wh . » , in the excitement of the moment ,
forgot the other passages of egress . In an incredibly short space of time the whole of the interior of the building was enveloped in one sheet of flame—the newlyerected platform covering the pit , and communicating at each end with the stage and boxes , favoured the progress of the flames . The writerof this article was one of the earliest on the spot , and present at the closing moments of the hapless beings who perished from their over-exertions to escape . The staircase communicating with the boxes was a steep one , and we are of opinion it had fallen from the weight of those who crowded upon it . At least such was our opinion at the moment .
One foot was interposed between the hapless crowd and eternity ! and on that space we , with five or six others stood , the fierce flames playi ng around us , and the dtnse smoke repelling all efforts at extrication . As f « r back as we could see there was a sea of heads , of writhing bodies and out-stretched arms . Noise there was none—but few moans escaped the doomed . At the extreme end in view there were faces calm and resigned ; persons , who , from the funereal veil of smoke which gradually enshrouded them , appeared calmly to drop into eternal sleep , By our side was one brother striving to extricate anotter , but abandonment was unavoidable . One poor creature at our feet offered his entire wordly wealth for his rescue ; the agonising expression of the fares before ns can never be effaced from our memory .
The flames at Ithe ' time were above aad around us—but iiuman aid was of no avail—in five minutes from the time of which we make mention , the mass of human beings who had but a short interval previous been in the enjoyment of a full and active life , were exposed to our view a mass of calcined bones . Up to this hour , forly-six bodies have been removed from the ruins ! Most of them have been recognised—a greater loss of life than in the two dread conflagrations of hist summer . Sad wailing pervades the city . Scarcely a street can be traversed in which the closed shutter or the banging crape do not betoken a sudden bereavement . Fathers , sisters children of both sexes indulge in the deepest lamentation The following is the latest list of the sufferers : — Horatio Carwell , dry goods merchant—Horatio , aged 6 ,
and Ann , aged 4 , his children . Joseph Tardif , and Onria Fieet , his wife . Sarah Sarah , wife of John Calvin , carter . James O'Leary , aged 22 , apprentice to his brothor John , plasterer , St . Rochs—Mary O'Leary , aged 16 , his sistsr . J . J . Sims , Esq ., druggist—Rebecca , aged 23 , aud Kennith , aged 18 , his children . Mary O'Brien , aged 26 , wife of John Lilly , tailor . Jean Bte . Texina , aged 30 . Maria Louise Levalfie , wife of Roland M'Donald , editor of the Canadian . Eugenie M'Donald , wife of Rigobert Angar , merchant . Edward R . Hoogs , book-keeper , Montreal Bank—John , aged 8 , and Edward , aged 6 , his children . Thomas C . Harrison , aged 21 , from Hamilton , C . W ., brother to the owner of the Diorama . Harriet Glackmeyer , wife of T . F . Molt , aged 45—Frederick , aged 19 , Adolphns , aged 12 , and her children . Helen
Murphy , an orphan , aged 20 . Emeline Worth , aged 9 , daughter of Edward Worth , Montreal , sister-in-law of Ifr . A . Lenfesty , grocer , aud of this city . Flavien Sauvageau , aged 14 , son of ifr . Chas . Sauvageau , musician . Elizabeth tin-isay , aged 53 , wife of Mr . T . Atkins , clerk , of Upper Town Market . His son Richard , aged 27 . Stewart Scott , Esq ., clerk of the Court of Appeals ; and Jane , his daughter . Mrs . John Gibb , widow , and Jane , her daughter . Arthur Lane , son of Ur . Elislia Laue , of the firm of Gibb , Lane , and Co . Marianne Brown , aged 25 . schoolmistress , at Wood and Gray ' s Cove . Joseph Marcoox , baliff , Colin Ross , aged 26 years , plasterer , a native of Inverness , Scotland , and Agnes Black , his wife , ared IS , daueLter of widow Slack , of Montreal . Isaac Devlin , watchwaker . Lower Town . John Berry , from
Aberdeen , late in the employ of Messrs . W . Price and Co ., arrived iu Quebec , from Chicoutimie , on the 8 th inst . A letter was found on his person , from his brother , James Berry , instructing him to address him— "James Berry , gardener aud riddle-maker , North Broad-ford , Aberdeen . Anne Taffe , late servant with —Denholm , Esq ., Cape . John Smith Kara , son of Mr , John Kara , tinsmith , of this city . Mr . John Wheatley , stationer , Lower Town . Julia Roy , daughter of Assistant Commissariat General Roy . P . S . — " -4 o'clock . "—46 bodies have been recovered . All but two have been recognised . Mile . Einilie Poncy , » untofMiss Foncy of the Lower Town , is missing the remains of a body said to be a femile are supposed to
beher'e . The second is a Mr . li'Keogh , ofMalbaie , a schoolmaster , who was iu the theatre in company with Miss Poncy . We may here remark , that Mr . Symes has in possession the several effects taken from the bodies , and found near them . We cannot refrain from expressing a passing meed of praise upon the unweared labours of the Mayor , the military , thepolice magistrates , and the police force , and the several fire companies . Nor can we omit a deserved tribute tothij ndefatigable Mr . R . SjmeB , who since daylight this morning , has been present at the scene of the disaster , superintending the recovering and removal of the dead bodies , < fcc . The theatre , and stables adjoining-, we should add , were burnt to the ground .
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DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN FRANCE .
A notice of this frigttfal accident appeared in our latest edition of Saturday last , the following additional particulars are from the French journals : — A sad calamity took place on Wednesday last , on the Northern Railway . The train , which left Paris at seven in the morning , drawn by two locomotives , had passed the Arras stat ion , when , on arriving opposite the village of Fampoux , the second machine and its tender went off the rails . The leading carriages remained in their placei , but 12 or 14 carriages of the middle of the train went off the way , and five or six were precipitated down the bank
into a piece « f marshy ground below . The accident took place at about half-past three o ' clock in the afternoon . The number killed is said to be about eleven , of whom two were conductors , two soldiers , a physician , a countryman , three women , and two boys , of from six to eight years of age . The number of persons wounded is , according to one account , five , and to another fifteen . Two trains from Arras and Douai , soon brought to the spot three medical men , the Frocureur du Roi , and Mayor of Arras , aud the chiefs of the stations of that town and of Douai , The cause of the accident is not yet known .
The National gives the following account : — The train consisted of twenty-four carriages , and wa « drawn by two locomotives . At five minutes past thre e the train was in front of the village of Fampoux and near Reux , where there is an embankment near a deep lake over a peatbog . At this poiut the rails were either disjoined , or displaced , or broken . The first locomotive , however , got over them , but the second entered the Band without going completely off the rails . The violence of the shock , from this sudden stoppage , was such that the chain which united the carriages to each other wag snapped like glass , not precisely close to the locomotive , but at the fifth or sixth carriage . The carriages thus detached were thrown into the marsh . The first were literally broken to pieces , others were upset and submerged .
Nine carriages lying on the embankment , where they had stopped after the first impulsion had ceased . Nobody can know exactly thenumberof passengerskilledor drowned . The water is very deep at this spot . The company admits that eleven bodies have been removed . The Liberal of Douai states that number to be twenty . As to the number of wounded , one account gives fifteen . At Douai aud Arras , however , it was said that fifty persons had been wounded , which is not impossible , as fifteen carriages ran off the rails , and we may suppose that most ofthepaBserigeninthem reoeived more or less injury . It is impossible to conceive the alarm and anxiety that were felt at the different stations towards Belgium at the non-arrival of the train . The delay was the subject of
g « teral conversation of the crowd who had asembled at thestationg . When the report of the accident had spread trera was a concert of imprecations against the company . It was said that they were not provided with materiel , that their personnel was without experience , and that the whole service had been carried on in a shameful manner . It was added that In many parts of the line it was easy to see thatthe earth had sunk , and the directors were bitterfy reproached for having opened the line without haveing taken proper precautions for the safety of the public . So great indeed was the indignation that it was found necessary to order the troops at Arras , Douai , and Valenciennes to enter the different stations to prevent serious disturbance . Carriages had been sent for to Douai , but
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there were none there , and It was found necessary to borrow from Valenciennes those belonging : to . Belgium ! When it was known that linen , lint , and surgical instruments had also been sent for , the emotion became general . General Oudmot and his wife were in the train , but quite at the end , in their private carriage , and they experienced no injury . It is said that one of their men servants was precipitated into the water , and saved himself by swimming , M . Lestiboudois , the deputy for Lille , was in one of the submerg ed " WiiBgons , but he saved himself by swimming , and hnd only his wrist pat out of Joint . At ..... .. » . — Jill . *• _ i ' . '' - '
The Northern Rii ! way Company have published n report , in which they say : —We have now to deplore thirteen known deaths . The following arethenames that we have been able to obtain : —Madame Dcmeldes , Armentiers ; Marie Flamond , of Bouchnin ; Mile . Leguay , of Famponx ; Dr , Lccompte , of Isielle ; Bourgeois and Deguen , soldiers ; and Tabavy and Picard , two boys . Wounded—MadameTicard , of Montalaire , shoulder broken and contusions on head ; Mme . Braine , wife of a notary of Arras , contusions ; the aide-de-canip of General Oudinot ( sinee dead ); M . Deguy , chef d ' escadron , seriously wounded ; an Englishman and his wife , at the Hotel de Flandre , at Douai , ths husband in the arm , the wife contusions ; M . Grapinet . a lace-dealer of Paris ; another Englishman , at the llotelde Flandrc , at Douai . In an account given by the Independence of Brussels of Thursday , we read : —
Mora than three hours elapsed before assistance arrived- The peasants looked on with nstonishmeiit , and the wounded passengers could hardly obtain water to wash their wounds . A sad scene presented itself t <> tlie spectators . Young females who had been in their holiday dresses were taken out bleeding and covered with mud . Some victims had their heads separated from the bodies ; others with broken limbs were lying by the sides of the road . An Aide-de-Camp of General Owlinot was on the edge of the poiid , his loins and thr .. > e ribs broken , and praying for death . An Englishman , who was travelling with his family , hail sin arm broken in three places , but notwithstanding his sufferings , ho would not confess to his wife that he wns wounded . At
the end of the tram were ntne private carriages , iu which were the Princess de Ligne and her four children , the two daughters of the Polish General Skrzynecki , in the Belgian service and a Russian lady . The three last immediately opened their trunks , and ' placed all ttieir linen at the service of the wounded , at the same time giving to them their personal aid . A Douai journal states that M . de Lagrenfie , who returned lately . ' . from his embassy in China , was in the train , but escaped injury . The Princess Czartoriska is also stated to have been a passenger .
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ANOTHER ACCIDENT . The Courrier Francais , of Friday , in a stop press , dated one in the morning , gives an account of another accident on the Great Northern Railroad of France , and at the same spot on Thursday . It says : — . We stop the press to communicate to the public tin ; following facts , the full authenticity of which we Kiiaran . tee . Yesterday afternoon , at half-past two , the train from Bruesells , which left at half-past seven , arrived without making the usual signals at the very spot « vlier « the catastrophe of Wednesday took place . The rails over which it had to pass were encumbered with cranes that
had been used to take the remains of the waggons out of the water . The train being at full speed broke these cranes , and the pieces struck the soldiers aud workmen , who were on the bank , with such violence that sixteen of them were more or less wounded . One had his thigh broken . A friend of ours , who came from Brussels by this train , saw him carried away . As to the second accident , which occurred to a train cemingfrom Brussels , and which is givon above , the Gazette des Tribwuxux of Saturday mentions the circumstance with details , which leaves no doubt of the fact . It says : —
A crane had been placed by the side of the road for the purpose of raising the waggons which had fallen into the water . At the moment when the train from Lille was passing by this crane , it was struck violently by a step of one of the carriages , and driven into the midst of the soldiers three of whom were severely wounded , one had his leg broken ; several workmen received slight contusions .
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ANOTHER FIRE AT ST . JOHN'S , NBW BRUNSWICK . The Courier of the 27 th says"At an early hour this morning the block of buildings in the parish of Portland , owaed by Messrs , Harris and Allea , and occupied by them as a foundry , workshops , ic . &c , was discovered to be on fire , and the flames having gained much headway before being observed , the whole was destroyed , with nearly all their contents , consisting of a valuable steam-engine , patterns , moulds , lathes , < tc . The entire loss to the enterprising owners cannot be less , if it does not exceed £ 10 , 000 , while the disappointment in gcttingcastings executed—all the city foundries being in full employment—will cause the destruction of tbis valuable establishment to be felt both in
this and the adjoining province . We understand there was no insurance on the property . Wo have not as yet beard the origin of the fire satisfactorily accounted for . ' ¦ When it was found to be impossible to save the foundry building , the attention of the persons was directed to the preserration of the adjacent dwellings ; but , notwithstanding their exertions , the cottage owned and occupied by Mr . Solomon Hersey , fell a prey to the flames , and a dwelling-house or two to the northward of the foundry was much injured . Providentially the wind at the time was light from tlia northward , and the burning embers fell mostly into the mill-pond , on the bank of which the erections stood ; had it been otherwise , a large portion of the village of Portland would in all probability have been destroyed . "
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O CONNELL AGAINST THE " NATION . " D r ^ VA ^ m ^^ f " ^ BETWEEN THE GREAr HUMBUG DAN AND "YOUNG IRELAND . " „ ,, ' ' "Dublin , Monday , July 13 ., . The usual weekly meeting of the members of the Repeal Association was held to day at one o ' clock , in the ConciJiation-hall , which . was crowded in every niU't for some houra previously , from- an anxiety to hear the result of the conference of- the committee , who met on Thursday , to consider , the course to be «* - » - »™ . _ ' ' . ; "TT ; .. . ;' . ""*
adopted through Ireland , as to the proposal of repeal candidates in such counties and boroughs as vacair vies might occur in before the next general election . At the appointed time , Mr . O'Connell , M . P ., , accompanied by'Mr . John O'Connell , M . P ., Mr . N . Maher , M . P ., Mr . T . Steele , Mr . J . A . O'Neill , Captain Brodrick . and Messrs . Meagher , Baron , Mitchell , O'Gonaan , < fcc , of the "Young Ireland party , " entered the meeting and was loudly cheered ; Upon the motion of Mr . O'Connell , seconded 'by Mr . Vlaher , the chair was taken by the Right Hon . 'the Lord Mayor . ; ¦ :. - ¦¦ .. ¦ : ¦¦•¦ .
The Lobd Mayor ( Mr ; Kcshin ) having taken the chair , said , it was reported that Mr . O'Connell and this association were suspending the agitation of repeal for the sake of supporting the present Government . Now , he utterly denied the truth of that statemnnt . They would never give up their hopes of repeal ; but were they wrong in accepting good measures from the present Government ? They had already got some good law appointments from them , and had exchanged Chief Baron Brady for Sir E , Simden , Mr . Pigott for a Pennefather , and Mr . Nutehfil for Brewater . ¦ 'Were not these good measures ? ( Hoar . ) It was sought to shake their confidence in Mr . O'Connell , but while Mr . O'Conne ) l lived no other man should have it . ( Hear . ) •
Mr . Ray then read the minutes of the last meeting and afterward * a letter from Mr . W . S . O'Brien , strongly urging the necessity of opposing repeal candiflares to Government placemen at every opportunity i— ' ¦ :: "¦ , - - ¦ . ¦ ... "Kilkee , KiIru 8 h , July 9 . "My dcRr Mr . Bay—As I perceive by the report of the jirot'cediRgB of last Momliiy that the committee ef the associatiou are about to consider the course which ought to be adopted with regard to the elections for Dungarvon , and for other places in which Ministerial candidates will shortly present themselves for re-election , I do not feel raj « elf at liberty to shrink from the responsibility of offering my opinion on this subject ; -
* ' I ehf . ll not recapitulate the argument which I laid before the association on Monday week , with a view to prove te the country the importance of exhibiting at : the !> resontmom ™ t an earnest and uncompromising fidelity to the principleof repeal , hut assuming that these arguments are incontrovertible , I have no hesitation in saying that the association ought to call upon the several constituencies to put forward repeal candidates in opposition to Whig'placemen , and ought to support such candidates with all the aid and influence which it can command . " I know very well thatrepcalcandidaies will start under great disadvantage when oppossd to such able and excel lent men as Mr . Slieil , Mr . O'Ferrall . and Sir William Somerville ; but it is of so mueh importance to us to prove to our countrymen that we are in earnest , and that no concession with reopect to repeal has been made or will be made to any English party , that I should prefer the risk of defeat in each of these cases to acquiescence in the reelection of the Ministerial candidates . > . . '
" I shall feel obliged if you will lay my letter before the committee and before the association on Monday next . Believe me , very sincerely yours , " William Smith O'Bbien , " " T . M . Ray , Esq ., &c . " Mr . O'Cosneli . (!) moved the marked thanks of the association to Mr . O'Brien for this letter , and then proceeded to acknowledge the receipt of divers small sums of money in aid of the waning funds of the society . : Mr . O'Cosnell than rose to address the meeting . He said , that as he had a great deal to say he had better commence at once . He begged to call their patient attention to what he had to say , for he never rose to address a public meeting with more sincere anxiety oi > unaffected regret . He felt anxious that
the conduct of that association should be such as to deserve repeal . ( Cheers . ) He felt exceedingly desirous that there should be an end to every difference of opinion among them , and that they should co-operate in restoring the nationality of Ireland . ( Cheers . ) He had thought deeply before he adopted the course that he was now about to suggest to the association . ( Hear , hear . ) He would tell them that he wanted them either to declare firmly for his principles or against them —( great cheers)—for the principles of peaceable but continuous agitation , —that agitation wtiich alone deserved success , and which , in his conscience , alone ought to obtain it , or the admission amongst them o ? an adherence to the principle of physical force . Would they banish irom them all
idea of physical force . ( " We will . " ) lie would tell them at once he would not go on for one moment with them unless they all joined against physical force . ( 'Ulear" and cheers . ) He would tell them he would never relax his exertions for repeal until he walked into a Parliament at College Green . ( Cheers . ) The committee of the association , ivifch che exception of two of its members , were in favour of banishing for ever from their minds the idea of physical force . The first subject he would wish to speak upon was a latter which was addressed to him in a public newspaper by Lord Miltown . ( Hear , hear . ) It had been several days before the public , and he owed the public and dis Lordship an apology for riot answering it before , but the pressure of the repeat business had alone
prevented him doing so . He would take the first opportunity of answering that letter . Lord Miltown wanted him to postpone the repeal cause for a time , and to give a trial to the ntew Ministry , but he ( Mr . O'Connell ) would not postpone the repeal for an instant . ( Cheers . ) The learned gentleman next called the . attention of the meeting to Mr . Sharman Crawford ' s letter on the tenant right of Ulster , and passed a compliment on the honour , virtue , and patriotism evinced by Mr . Crawford in his treatment of the question of tenant right . ( Cheers . ) He next alluded to the late Dungarvon election , and Mr . Sheil's return as its representative . ( Hear , hear . ) He called attention to a resolution passed by the committee of the association on the 9 th inst ., as follows : —
" bdncabvom election "Resolution of the General Committee of the Loyal National Repeal Association , passed on Thursday , 9 th July instant . " That the Liberator is requested to report to the association on Monday , that if there was sufficient titna for preparation , the cemraittee have no doubt but that a Repealer could be returned for Dungarvon ; but besides this difficulty , the election being one for a year at most , and as any defeat would be serioudy detrimental to the repeal cause at tbis juncture , tho committee , taking all circumstances into consideration , think it better not to contest the borough on the present occasion . "
Such was t he unanimous opinion of the committee , and he thought that opinion was quite right . ( Cheers . ) One of the matters which brought him over to Iceland was the Dungarven election . lie arrived in Dublin on Monday , and at once proceeded to that association , which he addressed , and moved that the question be referred to the committee for its consideration , which framed the report he held in his hand and had read to them . Several of the Repealers of Dungarvon considered that it was not worth while to raise excitement sufficient to get in a
Repealer , and with that view several of the leading Repealers there promised to support Mr . Shiel with their votes . When he asked them the reason why they promised to vote for Mr . Sbiel , they replied that they could not carry the election in Dungarvon unless the tenants voted against the interests of their landlords , and that if they voted in this way at present it would be impossible to secure their votes in the general election which was cuniing on in a short time . lie moved that the report be adopted by the association . ( Cheers . )
Mr . Meagher ( a Young Irelander ) here rose to address the meeting , when he was interrupted by Mr . O'Connell . Mr . O'Counell . —You see , gentlemen , we shall have cause foi dissension enough . I will not name this for the present , and I will not give the young gentleman an opportunity of creating dissension . ( "Hear , " cheers , and much uproar . ) Mr . O'OonneJI then went on to allude , once more , to the Dungarvon election , and concluded by saying he thought it would be better to hear Mr . Meagher , and therefore he moved that the report be received and adopted . Air . N . Maher , M . P ., seconded the motion . He said that although the report was unanimously adopted , he had differed with part of it , but did not
express himself to that effect at the commencement . ( Hear , hear . ) He regretted that a Repealer was not found on the hustings at Dungarvou ( cheers ) , against all odds , and in tho teeth of every risk and influence . ( " Hear , " and cheers . ) The Duke of Devonshire had been alluded to , but he considered no influence , however high , should deter the Repealers of Dungarvan from returning a Repealer . ( Cheers and hisses . ) It would have convinced the opponents of repeal that they were really in earnest , and would haA-e rescued that association from the aspersions of its enemies , and have taucrht them a lesson . of the value of their
reasoning , and persuaded them that the return ot a repeal member at the next election would be certain . Cheering , groans , and hisses . ) They wanted repeal , and nothing else . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , he wan afraid that the return of Mr . Shiel would cause a stain to rest on the records of the association . ( Cheers ; and cries of "No" and "Yes . " ) This was his ( Mr . Maher ' s ) opinion , for he thought that adopting a more decided policy would be better ; for they should not have excepted Dungarvon after putting out Dr . Stock and Serjeant Murphy from Cashel and Cork . ( Hoar , hear . ) Captain Brodrick . —I deny it . ( Cheers ; and cries of " tlear , hear . " ) .
The Lord Mayor . —Allow Mi . Maliei to proceed . ( Tremendous confusion . ) Mr . O'Connell —Leave him to me , and I will answer him : Serjeant Stock was a man of ability , and one to whom no objection could be made ; and
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Serjeant Murphy was equally unexceptionable . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Meagher . —I want Repealers and no apostates . ( Awful uproar , and crieBof " Name , name . " ) Mr . O'Connell . —I will name . Mr . Meagher . —Shall I name , my Lord ? ( Cheers , and cries of " Name . " '• . The Lord Mayor—I think not . ( Tremendous confusion , and cries of " Name . " ) Mr . Meacher . —I have no objection to name if called on . : - Rf r - O'Corinell . -I call on this gentleman to " vJ Vw I"eans t 0 reler to mo > 1 repudiate' « mthjhe most resolute contempt . ( Cheers , and dreadful noise . ) • : .. \ v »« CiO , Mr . Meagher .-I allude to the rumour of the appointment of Mr . Clements to a government situation by the Wl » g 8 . ( Cheers . ) Mr . O'Connell . —You charge a man in his abseuce Shame ' . ' .. ' ...
Mr . J . O'Connell . —1 rise to order . After that , apecimenof fair play I think there is no terms to bo kept with these gentlemen . ( Cheers . )* Mr . O'Connell —Threegentlemen have come from the Nation office to attack us . ( Cheers , and cries of " Put them out . " ) Mr . J . O'Odnnell . —After what ha . 3 occurred I call on those gentlemen to subscribe to the principles of the association— -peace , and no physical force ; and if they do not do so they are not members . ( Cheers : ) Mr . Mitchell . —Mr . O'Connell is not speaking to order . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . J . O'Connell . —I am , and call for this declaration ( ohecrs ) , before any thing further is done . The association is at stake . ( Loud cries of " Put him out . " ) .. Mr . O'Gorman . —I think the question before the chair should be disposed of first . ' ( " Hear , " and cries of "No . no . " )
Mr . Meagher . —I hear that it is not true that Connsellor Clements has got an appointment , and I beg to apologise . ( Hisses and cheers . ) < Mr . Steele . —Sir , youmusfc . apologise to Mm for your audacious attack . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Meagher . —I do apologise . Captain Broderick . —Now go on with your list . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Meagher . —I had jao one to name but the one—A Voice . —You spoke in the plural . ( Cheers and cries of " Put him oat . " ) Mr . Meacher . —I think no Repealer should take a situation from the Whigs . ( Cheers . ) The Lord Mayor . —The O'Connor Don is a Repealer . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Meagher . —But not a member of the association . .
Mr . O'Cpnhell . —Is such " a man as the O'Connor Don to be called an apostate by this young gentleman ? ( Cries of " No ; no , " and " Put him out . " ) Mr . Meagher . —I am now done . As to physical force lam an advocate for the principles of this association until it declare those principles futile . ( Cheers . ) - Mr . ' O'Connell , having denied the appointment of Mr . Clements , arid stated that he saw no reason why a Repealer should not take a situation from the Whigs , for they had abused Lord Ebririfiton for excluding them from promotion ( cheers ) , the learned gentleman argued for the great principle of peace , and proposed the adoption of tho following report : — REPORT OF' THE COMMITTEE OF THE LOYAL NATIONAL REPEAL ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND .
The . committee deem it right , that the association should , by adopting this report , assert once more its entire independence of any newspaper circulating in any part ef Great Britain or Ireland . The association 3 I 1011 M disclaim in the most empathic manner , any conformity upon the part of the association with , or any species of responsibility for the lucubrations or opinions set forth by any newspaper whatsoever . The association does not only participate in , but neither demands or exercises any control over the sentiments expressed by any of tho journals , whether those sentiments be the result of folly or of wisdom , of caprice , or of patriotism . The b ' ame in each ' case , if any be dsserved , or the praise , if any be merited , belongs exclMively to the writers for those papers , and does not attach , in any degree , to the association .
Tke committee next deem it important that the association should call the attention of the country to the principle on w hich the association is founded , ami to the utility of having that principle distinctly understood in every part of the British islands . It is the principle of seeking the amelioration of political institutions by peaceable and legal means alone , disclaiming and abhoring all attempts to improve and augment constitutional liberty by means of force , violence , or bloodshed . There are already upon record the following declarations and resolutions of the Repeal Association : — ' 1 . The basis of the Repeal Association was laid ou the 15 th of April , 1840 . The following were the threo first propositions constituting such basis : — " 1 . Most dutiful- and ever inviolate loyalty to our most graeloua and ever-beloved Sovereign Queen Victoria and her heirs and successors for ever .
" 2 . The total disclaimer ' of , and the total absence from all physical forre , violence , or breach of the law ; or , in short , any violation of the laws of man , or the ordinance of the eternal God , whose holy name bo ever blessed . ' 3 . The only means to be used are those of peaceful legal , and constitutional combination ef all classes , sects , and persuasions of her Majesty ' s loyal subjects ; and , the power of public opinion , concentrated upon most salutary , and always legal , tneans and objects . ' The rules of the association were adopted at the same meeting , and amongst them were the following rules : — ' 17 . The sole and exclusiv * meaus of obtaining the objects we desire to attain ar « by argument , reasoning , the concentration of the Irish people , and by petitions to the Legislature , and finally by legislation .
' 18 . That any person who shall violate the Ian- in any particular , in doing or purporting to do the business o _ the association , is hereby declared to be no longer * number , and that he ' shall be expelled so soon as the fact is discovered , ' ' An address was on the 21 st April , 1810 , voted to the people of Ireland on the subject of the repeal rent . That address was circulated throughout tho Irsh nation , and in it are to bo found the following paragraphs : — {| The only modes of action which we would advise or assist in , must be , in their nature , legal and constitutional , and in their operation always tranquil , peaceable , and totally devoid of violence or outrage of any kind whatsoever . 1 We resort only to moral force—to the power of public opinion—to the consentration of legal aud peaceable combination—to the presentation of petitions signed by millions—and the influence of such petitions to obtain the legislative enactment we desire .
Another addrcsa was voted by the Eepeal Association , on October !! , 1840 , and circulated throughout the entire island . This latter address was adopted and published in reply to a speech made by Lord Ebrington to the late corporation . It contains the following passages amongst others . — His Excellency , Lord Ebrington , openly and firmly declares his total disbelief of the repeal being carried by legal and constitutional meaus , at the Barae time acknowledging that the advocates of that measure are not seeking it by means of any other description . 1 He openly and firmly deulares his conviction of evil consequences to Ireland , were the repeal of the Union effected . He openly and firmly declares his determination to put down , by the strong arm of the law , all endeavours to carry the repeal by other than the moBt perfect legal and constitutional means .
' And he expresses finally his strong assurance that a groat majority of the Repealers themselves would ' join with , and support him in measures of coercion should tlioso bo rendered necessary by any breach of thelavr In tho agitation for repeal . ' ' We are as firmly and as fully couvinced of the good that would result te both countries from the repeal of the union , as Lord Ebrington can be of the coutvary , and we are of course perfectly convinced of the practicability of its being carried . We are as firmly determinod to use no other than legal and constitutional means to effect that repeul , as lie can be to prevent the adoption of means of a violent aud illegal character . ' His Excellency may be most fully confident that he will find us repealers foremost in supporting and vindicating the cause of ' peace , law , aud order , ' for this plain reason , fellew-countrymen , if for no
other—• That we are convinced that nothing but the breaking of the law by the advocates of repeal , can ever prevent the glorious accomplishment of that glorious measure . An address to the people of England was passed at a meeting of the Loyal National Repeal Association , held on Monday , the l ( 5 th of November , 1840 . This address , after stating our objects , went on in the following words : — We seek those ends by peaceable and legal moans
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*' - " na—by ' - meetlngi constitutionally , legally , and peace-. ully assembled and . conducted , by petitions to parliamsnt respectfull y though firmly worded—above all , by latu " « Iu murn pro ? el representatives . rhe Chartists advocate the use of the torch arid th « - ( kg « ep , physical force instead of moral , and in too many a caSBloft their stormy and seditious meeting only to sell themselves at the hustings to the highest bidder . It » va $ tneretusal of the Irish people ^ to join with such as tlioso that ha « chitfly contributed to procure for that peop le the hostility of the bulk of jour radicnl papers . . On the subject of the Chartist movement , certain resolutions were unanimously adopted at a meeting of the Repeal Association , held on Monday , the 13 th September , 1841 . ¦ The last resolution passed on that occasion wai in the following terms : — ¦ "Lastly . The Repealers will as little risk the danger as endure the contamination of Chartist violence . Lead-^—eg——BO—W *¦**>>¦<* ' *** tfTB ^^ y
ing Chartists have proclaimed the torch and dagger as adjuncts to their agitation—leading Chartists have ap . peiired in open cattle array against the Queen ' s troops ; and now that the leaders of that insurrection have been upon the merit *! convicted of high treason , although deprived of the benefit of a point of law , yet though the conviction was upon the merits , these leaders are cried upas martyrs by the Chartists . . Their names are invokert with applause at their public meetings , and thus Chartism becomes united with high treason . " ' The peaceful , temperate , moral , and loyal Repralori of Ireland can therefore have no connection with prac « Heal Chartism . ' - . ' Another aSdress to the people of Ireland was voted unanimousl y by the association , on Monday the 13 th of November , 1843 , It was prepared , proposed , and signed by . Mr . O'Connell . It contains the following para . griphB : — -. ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ : . ;• ' .
¦ R ecollect that the principles upon which we have looked for the repeal of the union is , that it can beol ) . tained only by legal , peaceable , and constitutional means , and by the total absence of violence , force / and tumult , ¦ .. : ¦• ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ •¦ ' Recollect also that the principle of political life , arid that in wliich I have instructed the people of Ireland is , that all tho ameliorations and improvements in political institutions can be obtained by persevering in a perfectly peaceable and legal course , and cannot be obtained by forcible means ; or if they could begot by forcible ' means , such means create more evils than they cure , and leave the couutry worse than they found it . ' ; ' The instructions to the repeal wardens were pasted by the unanimous vote of the association , on Monday , September 16 , 1844 . They contain the following instructions to the repeal wardens : —
' The Loyal National Repeal Association disclaims all force and violence . It proclaims that the cause is to succeed by peace and perseverance , arid that the man that violates the law gives strength te the enemies of Ireland . ' The association commenced the present year by tho following resolution , unanimously adopted on the Gth of January , 1846 . It is in the ' foHowirigAvords : — ' That , humbly submissive to the dispensations of an ever-adorable Providence , but confiding in his merciful protection , ' we aolemnlv pledge ourselves , in the name of the brave , moral , virtuous , and religious people of Ireland , and in the presence of the British nation , and of all the people of Europe and'America , that we will consent to no surrender , no compromise no postponement of our undoubted rights , but that we will unremittingly per * severe in alt legal , constitutional , and above all , all peaceable means , and no other , until we attain the restoration of the legislative independence of Ireland , and re-establish our nationality , subject in dutiful sind inviolable allegiance to the Monarch of Great Britain and Ireland , but protected by a resident Irish Parliament . ' •;
Having thus detailed the reiteration of the principle of action adopted by the association , and being , in itself , the very basis of the ' association—namely , the jiincipla that the amelioration of political institutions ought not to be sought for by any other means than those which are perfectly peaceable , legal , and constitutional . That to promote political amelioration , peaceful meani alone should be used , to the exclusion of all others sava those that are peaceable , legal and constitutional . It has been said , very unwisely , that this principle prohibits the necessary defence against aggression on the part of a domestic Government or a foreign enemy . It does no such thing . It leaves the right of self-defence perfectly free to the use of any force sufficient to resist and defeat unjust aggression .
We emphatitiftlly announce our conviction that all political amelioration—and the first and highest of all , the repeal of the union , ought to be sought for , and ran ba sought for successfully , only by peaceable , legal and constitutional means , to the utter exclusion of any other . ' In short , that the repeal of the union can and ought to ba obtained by the same peaceable means by which Catholic Emancipation wat achieved , and by the same exclusively peaceable system of action by which the Anti Corn-Law League so gloriously triumphed over every resistance , and obtained this repeal of the corn laws , by which means a ( one we can , we ought , and , with the blessing of Almighty Providence , we will obtain the repeal of the union . " The rent is supposed to amount to about £ 130 .
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After three weeks of rain , accompanied by frequent thunder storms , the weather has again become settled , and since Thursday last has been all that could be desired for the ripening of the crops . The brisk winds of Saturday , Sunday , and yesterday have carried off the surplus moisture , and have raised the grain wliich had been beaten down in the thunder storms . In all open fields the corn again stands erect , and promises to bs good in quality as well as abundant in quantity ; the only places in whifih it i * down are in nooks and corners , and in fields iu which the hedges are too high , or the hedgerow trees tno think .
The late rains have done much roore good than hsnu even to tho wheat , for they have greatly increased the weight of the grain without injuring its quality ; and they have proved the salvation of the other crops . Had it not been for this well-timed supply of moisture the spring corn would hare proved a failure ; the straw of the ontc and barley was everywhere stunted and dried up , and the growth of the plant much too feeble to have produce ! any considerable weight of grain ; since the vain began to fall those kinds of corn have grown vigoronriyand now promise to yield a very fair return . On very light dry lands the change in the spring corn during the last three Weeks is wonderful .
The root crops , which are still more dependent en the summer rains , and which indeed could not be cultivated without them , have also grown wonderfully since the commencement of the rains . . The potato crops are closing in the drills , and so are those of the turnip crops which were got in time to be started by the spring rains . ; the latter sown turnips , which appeared to have perished during the long drought of May and Juae , are now growing vigorously : the farmers are everywhere busy in cleaning and thinning them , and this is a much ea * ier operation than it is in seasons tiat are wet from the beginning . It is in seasons like this that we can . truly boast in thii country of that perpetual spring , which Virgil with pocliclicease attributes to the climate of Italy . The fields are tigaia as fresh with the young herbage and with second crops of clover as they were at the beginning of May , aud they are now likely to continue so to the close of ths year .
Should the present fine weather continue harvest wil commence in this neighbourhood in another fortnight . — Liverpool Times , Tuesday .
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GREAT FIRE IN CHARLESTOWii . Boston , June 27 . —A fire broke out , about one o ' clock this morning , in Quimby ' s lard and oil factory , ia Warren- * trect , Charlestown , which , with all its contents was entirely destroyed . The fire nlso communicated to a dwelling liouBe owned by Mrs . Fennall , and occupied by Mr . S . Crane and Mr . Sylvester , which wa . s likewise totally consumed . The dwelling house of Mr . Kendall Bailey , next to the oil factory , was considerably damaged , Tiie nind beiug iu tho right direetion to carry tbe flames f vom the house , it was finally saved , though Mr . Bailey ' s fine garden in the rear was very much injured by being occupied by the firemen in extinguishing the flames .
On the opposite side of Warren-street the fire commur nicated to a large house , nearly new , belonging to the heirs of John Coffin , from which the tenauts had lately removed . The upper story of the house was ruined before the firemen succeeded in mastering the flames , and the whole was completely drenched with water . This house is in the care of the Hon . Benjamin Thomplon , member of Congress , whose wife is one of the heirs of the estate . Two or three nice houses , belonging to Mr . Coburn , deputy sheriff of this city , were very considerably damaged but were finally saved by tbe persevering and energetic exertions of the firemen . The burning of the oil factory and its greasy contents , made a most brilliant illumination , which lasted for ovsr two hours , It lighted up tbe city of Boston in splendid style , and what was the most imposing spectacle , in the shape of a conflagration , that 1 have seen for a great while . - '
It rained quite hard during a portion of the time that the fire was rnging . This was a fortunate circumstance , for the oil factory was surrounded by wooden buildings that would have caught instantly had it not been for the drenching rain . The firemen of Boston , Cambridge , and Chelsea , were promptly oh the spot , and their exertions , in conjunction with the Charlestown fire department , saved the town from wide spread and destructive calamity . Some difficulty , I believe , was experienced in obtaining an adequate supply of water . How the fire originated is not known . It was pretty well under way when diicovered . The amount of loss and insu > ranee , I am unable to give , as this letter is written very early in the morning .
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Case of Poisonin g in France . —A trial wat commenced at Strasburg on the 26 th ultimo , which has excited the greatest interest , not only in tbattown , but throughout France . The charge is one of murder by poison , in which the declarations of the Strasburg professorB do not coincide with those of the Parisian chemists . In November hist an advertisement was published in the newspapers , inviting those who could give any information respecting a certain flour-dealer , who , during an attack of fever , had risen from the sick-bed and taken to flight , to do so at a given address . The disappearance of the man remained a complete mystery , until a few days after his body -was found concealed in a watercloset . The body was cut up in pieces , and the heart and entrails , which were also afterwards discovered , removed .
An inquiry immediately led to the suspicion that the wife of the unfortunate man had committed a murder upon her husband , and taken out the heart and bowels , in order to avoid an accusation of poison , in case of an evmtual discovery and examination of the remains . She was immediately arrested , and the entrails and heart of the murdered man given up to the professors of the University for the purpose of ascertaining whether they contained poison . A well-grounded supposition that this must be the case was the more general , inasmuch ai arsenic was found in the house of the accused ; and it was also proved by an apothecary that the prisoner had bought such poision in the preceding August , from which period the deceased had commenced to sicken . The chemical professors of Strasburg declared that they had found no traces of arsenic in the remains delivered to
them . The authorities engaged in the investigation ivere , however , not satisfied with this statement , but sent the corpse to Paris for analysis , where Professors Derergie , Chevalier , and Flandln discovered in it a strong dose' of arsenic . These professors are now at Strasburg , and at the trial repeated their statement . By th » desire of the Court and Jury the trial was adjourued . for the purpose of making a renewed analysis , of which the result has not yet been made public . The accused , who wishes to make it be believed that her husband poisoned himself , enjoys a very bad reputation , and in the course of the trial another crime has come to light . It appears that five years ago a step-child of the accused fell from a garret-window , and was picked up lifeless . All the facts conspire to prove that iu this case also : i wilful murder was committed by the accused , in order to secure a larger inheritance to her own children .
The Russian Despotism in Livonia . — " The number of recruits required for the Russian army , at the time we are describing , was the fame as it had been for several years past . Poland first , and Circassia since , have drafted severely upon the army ; and independent of all active service , the favourite pastimes of the great drill sergeant 0 / the empire require a great amount of human life to keep going . The rate of supply , therefore , since the accession of his present imperial Majesty , has never been below the average standard of five in a thousand , and occasionally above it . Taking the population of tbe empire at sixty millions of souls , which ib considerably below tbeir own boasted valuation , and allowing . for the numbers being levied alternate years from half the empire , which rule is often encroached upon , this alone allows the Crown a regular provision of 150 , 000 recruits per annum . To which may be added those condemned to the service for crimes and misdemeanours ; those , such as all soldiers' children , condemned to it without : and
the odd numbers accruing from foundling hospital * , < fcc . Such facts as these show not so much the overgrown size of the Russian army , as the enormous expenditure of life at which it is maintained . Five men between the ngea of eighteen and thirty , out of a thousand men , women , and children , of all ages , tell severely upon a population . There are certain conditions which except certain individuals , but no condition can abate the number required . No three brothers gut of a family can be taken , nor the father of three children , unless there be no one else to supply hU place . Also the Crown exempts those it cannot use , such as the lame , the Wind , and the sick ; also those the proprietor most wants , for wliich purpose a rig ht of protection is granted him over a certain number of men , according to the size of the estate . But all this caution and generosity ig at tho expeHga of the remaining peasants , the number of whom , after all thesj substractions , is reduced to a small amount , and those mcessarily of the moBt able and useful men in the village . Livonian Tales .
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• Another account says : — " Mr . O'Connell denounced this proceeding on the part of Mr . Meagher in the strongest terms , and reprobated Mr , Meagher as one of a miserable clique connected with the Nation newspaper—a clique whose object was physical force , aud to create disturbance . Ho would now tell these gentlemen , that if they did not entirely abjure their physical force doctrines , they ceased ipso facto to belong to this association . ( Cheers , and cries of ' Turn them out . ' ) "Mr . O'Connell then proceeded to reply at length to Mr . Meagher , and said they complained of Lord Ebrington because he excluded Rrpcalers from office , and are they now to complain of the present Government because they made no such distinction ? The learned gentleman advocated the policy of accepting all that the Whigs wonld giv « at considerable length , but appeared embarrassed , languid , and feeble .
"Mr . Mitehel and Mr . O'Gorman ( barristers ) expressed their regret that a Repealer was not started for Duagurvan , Mr . O'Gorman denied that he was an advocate , for physical force , and so long as he belonged to this asBouiation he admitted that he was bound against any such proceeding . " Mr . 0 'Connull next denounced all recourse to physical force , and the doctrines put forth especially in tbs Nation newspaper . "
The Season And The Crops.
THE SEASON AND THE CROPS .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 18, 1846, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1375/page/7/
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