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" ¦""'¦ OUR CHEE E . BZ SBHXST J 0 HE 8 . Mj countrymen ! why languish Like outcast * of the earth . And drown in tears of anguish The glory of your birth ! Te were a free-born people , And heroes were jour race : The dead , they are our freemen , The li « ing—¦ onr disgrace ! You bend beneath your fetters , Ton fear jour foes to spnrn : March ! when you meet your betters , * Ti 8 time enongii to torn j Undamn the tide of freedom > Tour hearts its godlike source , Paith , honor , right , and glorj , . The currents of its coarse . And were it death awaits ye : On ! Beath is liberty ! Then quails the power , that hates ye , When freemen dare to die . He shall not be a Briton "Who dares to be a slave ! Au alien to our country ! And a mockery to the brave ! Dawn with the cup untasted ! - Its draught 1 b not for thee . Its generous strength were wasted On all . bnt on the free J Tarn from the altar , bon&nnaa Uor touch a British bride ! "What ! Wouldst thou bear her blushiBg Por thee at thine own side f Back from the church door , craven ! The great dead sleep beneath , And liberty is graven On every sculptured wreath . Por whom shall lips of beauty , And history ' s glories be t For whom the pledge of friendship f Por the free ! the free ! the free I Hampstead , July , 1 M 6 . .
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^ SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE . KO . XXV . THE LAND A 2 JD THE CHARTER . ( Air—Death of Wolfe . ) la a pitchy dark cave , in the regions of night Poor freedom lay chain'd to the floor , She sxgh'd at her fate , and she shook with affright , And wept as she felt the barr'd door . To the tyrants who kept her foil oft had been borne Her petitions to open the cell , Bat her prayers were rejected with laughter and scorn And they doom'd her there ever to dwell . She thought on the days whea our fathers were young , "When she rov * d through the meadow and grove , The delight of each eye and the theme of each tongue , All her charms were the objects of love ; As bljthe as the finch when he sings o ' er his nest , More worshipp , d the more she was seen , She roved thro' the palace , a much welcem'd guest , And dane'd on the villagers green . Kow her friends seem all dead , or struct dumb by her fete , ,
Her virtue * , her beauties forgot : They left her a victim to malice and hate , To languish and die in her lot . A few Tofries were found , tho' their numbers were mall , Detennin'd that doom to withstand , ResoVd to release her , or share in her fall , And joia'din an adamant hand . They rais'd her fair standard , they call'd en her name , They blazon'd her beauty and worth , And call'd on each lover to fan the young flame Till it shone on the nations of earth :
As the spell of enchanter , the magic fraught word , Bous'd millions to fill the vast plain , Detenniu'd to struggle , nor pat up the sword , Till freedom the goddess shall reign . Then raise the loud snout serfs , of mis * ry and toil , Till echo in thunder reply , TiQ freedom unfetter ed revisit the isle , Tour doom is to labour and die ; BestorM to your rights and erected to men , By justice wbicl ever endures . Renew jour strong efforts again and again Till the Laud and the Chabteb are yours . Leicester . . T . R . Shabt
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IHE AUTHOR OF THE CESTK 1 L BAILTTAT STSXEU . By William Howni . Fr m the Peop le ' s Journal . About twenty years ago Mr . Thomas Gray , then , like myself , ' reiiiasia Nottingham , used to be noted for what was considered a whimsical crotchetnamely , that a general system of iron railways might Mid ougit to be laid down , on which trains of carriages dram by locomotive steam-engines should run , and thua apersede the use of coaches , and also in a great meanre , canal-boats and stage-waggons for goods . Ths scheme , it was said , had for years completely taien possession of and absorbed Mr . Grars whole nind ; that it wasone great and
incessant subject oj bis thoughts and conversation ; that begin where ton would , on whatever subject—the weather , the iews . the political movement or event of the day—iJwould not be many minutes before , with Thomas Gray , you would be enveloped with steam , and Iisening to an harangue on the practicability and inmense advantages to the nation , and to every man n it , of '' A General Iron Railway . " Of eonise , Tiomas Gray was looked on as little better than amadman , a crotehetty fellow , a dreamer and bnilder cf Spanish castles—one of the race of discoverers if the elixir of life , the philosophers stone , and tteperpetu . il motion . With one consent he \ ras votel an intolerable bore . But to Thomas
Grayitmztterednot what they voted him , what they thought or said of him ; a General Iron Bail-Way for tie kingdom was his only and enthusiastic theme . Anon , Thomas Gray and myself came in contact , ind true enough he soon broke ont tenthousand strong on this railway topic . Visions ^ of railways running all over the kingdom , conveying thousands of people ' and hundreds of thousands of tons at a good round trot ; coaches and co . ; chmen annihilated ; canals grown over with duck-weed , or turnediatocaw-pastures ; enonnons fortunes made 1 / good speculations ; and people corning to dine with you from the Land ' s End , and going on to tea at John O'Groat ' s . were thrown out and talked of as sober realities that were to ba .
It is wonderfal what an imperceptible change comes over our ideas as things gradually grow out of nothing into reality . At that time there was no such tiling a 3 a railway running its locomotive engine and train in existence except one carrying coals from Middleton Colliery to Leeds , some two or three miles , which it performed at the rate of three miles and a-half an hour . Tbis was so fat from being looked upon as a promise of something greater , that it was a subject of ridicule even amongst engineers . To Thomas Gray , however , it presented the idea of such possibility of extension , that his ardent mind outran public opinion , and the opinion of scientific men , and saw in it the nucleus of one grand system extending all over this tingdom—nay ,
all over the continent , and revolutionising the world . He was , therefore , to every body that camenearhim , a wild visionary enthusiast . Far myself , ! could not avoid smiling at the extravagance of Ms ideas , as they then appeared . But these very ideas are now In all their essential parts made matter of every-day realitv , and wehave forg -tten the incredulity of the times " Where is the . man who , if he were told that he once ridiculed the notion of a General Iron Kailway ; that he ridiculed tbs man who did nothing but proroseit , talk about it , write about it , petition Parliament for an examination into its practability —memorialise ministers , merchants , the Post-office authorities , the Board of Trade and Agriculture , the Lord Mayor and Corporation of London—who
EeHt communications to almost every newspaper , magazine , and jciurnal in the kingdom , besides to numerous private individuals , pressing upon their attention the magnificent result of so magnificent a scheme : where is the man , I say , who thus charged , would not redden at the charge , and feel himself insulted egregiously ? Yet to tens of thousands of sagacious men still living , the charge would nevertheless be a trae one—nay , h » w few there are of us who could plead exception from it ? Such is the "wonderful legerdemain of habit by which we change with the change of circumstances , and quite forget the reality of the past . Let us enter again into our former selves ; let us imagine ourselves living without a single railway in the country ; let us recall the very doubts of the success of the grand experiment of the line between Liverpool aad Manchester to the last moment ; let us recollect how the very idea of boring through the heart of mountains , and
carrring such ponderous weights over bogs , was scouted ! and finally , recall our astonishment as we saw , for ILe first time In out- lives , a train eonie thundering and careering on its iron road . It is only by such an effort of memory that we now become cognisant of the Tast change which has been introduced , and which we have simultaneously undergone . Thomas Gray saw all this before it existed : planned it , and recommended it by every means in his power . Repulsed by the great and learned , he was not put down ; ridiculed , he was not abashed ! neglected , he was not daunted ; opposed , he still persevered . lie omitted no scheme , he spared no exerti . n to convince the British nation that a new social revolution was at hand \ that a new po * ei- was about to spring into existence ; that a mine of wealth inconceivable , and a field of mechanic glory unrivalled , w . s lying at its Tery feet , and soliciting its acceptance . Ug had at this very time wriltea a book < teulw < r Jus views and his great plan ; whicit was in its Mtu
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edition , and about to enter its sixth . Mr . Gray presented me with a copy of this work interleaved , and interlined for its sixth edition ; " ft Is now lying before me . It is entitled "Observations on A General -faoii Railwat ob Land Steam Conveyance ; to supersede the necessity of Horses in all public vehicles : showing ita vast superiority over the present pitifui methods of conveyance by turnpike roads , canals , and coasting traders . Containing every species of Mormation relative to Railroads and Locomotive Engines . By Thomas Gbat , the Projector . Fifth ± dition , ( corrected for the Sixth . ) with Maps and Plates illustrative of the Plan . London : Published by Baldwin , Cradock and Joy , PateraoBter Row . To be had of all Booksellers . 1825 . "
Thomas Gray left Nottingham for Exeter , and I soon after left for London . Often when witnessing the rapid speed of raUways at homo and abroad , have I said— "Well , this realises all the speculative plans of Gray ; ° and have added— " No doubt he is well remunerated for laying before the nation this great scheme , and for so unweariedly urging on its adoption . No doubt he is now actively and lucratively employed in the superintendence of some importast line . " What , then , was my astonishment the other day to lay my hand on a little pamphlet in the shop of Mr . Effineham Wilson , with this title ,
— "The Railwat System and its Author , TAomas Gray , of JExeter . A Letter to Sir Robert Peel , Bart ., etc . By Thomas Wilson , Esq ., Chev . De L' Ordre De Lion Neerlandais . London : Effingoam Wilson . Royal Exchange , 1846 ; " with this mottoi am surprised at ihe cue which appears to be taken by all authors on railways not to mention the name o Thomas Gray , thoHghsoine make rather free with his work . At all events ' , none can dispute his originality and undeviatimj perseverance in forwarding and bring , ing to public notice his favourite scheme . We may yet see the day when , like Watt , his name will be handed about as one treat pillar of oar commercial structure . —
Jfeefianfcs' ITagatine , 3 fag 39 , 1830 . "What , then . " I exclaimed , " cap it be possible that Thomas Gray has been utterly neglected ? That while tens of thousands have been enriching themselves by railway speculation , and millions have been enjoying railway advantages , Gray , the projector of all these advantages ]; Gray , the railway enthusiast ; Gray , the man who , before all others , and from year to year , thought , wrote , laboured for the creation of this very sjBtem—who implored ' the influential to adopt it—who enlightened the knowing and the selfish on the extent of its wonderful capabilities—who roused the spirit of speculation—who broke up the leihary of the public mind—and opened at once the floodgates of science , wealth , and social
luxury ;—that Gray , tie actual enricher and elevator the English name and power , has himself been passei by unnoticed ? " I opened the pamphlet , and read that Thomas Gray was at this moment actually malting a pwr living at Exeter by selling glass on commission ; that he has never received the slightest benefit from the expansion and establishment of the wonderful system whose glories he was the first to foresee , and the first to explain and advocate ; that he had actually solicited an employment on the Liverpool and Manchester line , which he himself had recommended the commencement of as a trial of the system , and—tod been refused ! "Tell it not in Gath . publish it not in the streets of Askelon 1 " Of
all the disgraceful neglects of genius , of the inventors and creators of this great country , tbis is perhaps the greatest , The success and the whole results of this system have been so wonderful , the opposition to it was so long and so full of ridicule ; the part which this man acted was so marked , so conspicuous , and must have been so well known by the sale of si * or seven editions of his work , that there is no excuse for this treatment ; and especially since £ 20 , 000 have been subscribed to testify public approbation of one man having been a fortunate specul ator in the system , the position of the public is made so monstrous , that not a moment should be lost in endeavouring to wipe away this foul disgrace from our national name .
Mr . Thomas Wilson has done real service to the country in publishing this letter to Sir Robert Peel on behalf of Mr . Gray . We have had too many instances of this public fatality in neglecting its benefactors , and In forgetting those who do it hollOuT , till it be too late . The country should lca '/ W that it ewes this great debt of justice to a most meritorious man , that it may discharge it in time . * • • From this letter we learn that Mr . Wilson became acquainted with Thomas Gray in Brnssells a few months before the Battle of Waterloo . At that time
a project for making a canal to supply Holland with coal from all the mineral districts of Belgium being entertained by the late King of the Netherlands , and being discussed by these gentlemen in the company of the late John Coekeril £ . proprietor . ind founder of the great establishment at Searing , Gray took his stand at once for a railway . Mr . Wilson quitted Brussels for three years . On his return he found Gray had removed to Etterbeck , near thafc city , and was shut up in his room deep in the study of the subject of the railway system .
Mr . Wson advised him to go to England , and try Manchester and Liverpool , as rich and enlightened towns . He did so , and was " mocked as a visionary when he first produced his ^ glorious scheme , perfect in almost all its parts as it was and stands yet , or was pitied as the dupe of an ardent imagination . " Nay , the Edinburgh . Review , the great organ of the coal and calculating Scotch , in reviewing his book , treated the whole scheme as a grand farce , and declared that " the author was a madman , and ought to be put in Bedlam . " But can Mr . Gray really be the founder of the Railway system ? did he really create it ? people ask in astonisment and profound ignorance of his name . Thomas Gray did found the system . Thomas Gray
did create it . Not that he was employed by an enlightened government to cany out the admirable plan he had constructed : happy would is have been for the country had we then had such a government . Kot that lie was employed either by railway companies to dp the like . On the contrary , he applied to be so employed and was refused . But Thomas Gray had already created "The General Iron Railway System , " He laid it all down in his book , with all its peculiarities and advantages . He had struck out bis great lines , and there they stand at pp . xxii and xxiii of his volume— " A Map of Railway for Ireland , and one for Great Britain ; " and most admirable maps they are . They comprehend that simple system of great trunk lines , with their branches , which . it was the duly of this country by one enr . etinent to have made legal , and then left to be constructed by private companies . Had this been done , nfiv millions of money , besides enormous trouble
to Parliament and people all the country orer , would have been saved . Oae great direct line runs from London to Edinbnrgh , taking in its way , and without a bend , Leicester , Nottingham . Leeds , Carlisle . Another runs to Falmouth , including Plymouth . A third to Birmingham , which there divides , one line running on to Holyhead , the other to Liverpool . A great cruwj line strikes , with little divergence from Holyhead , through Liverpool . Manchester , and Leeds , to Scarborough . A line passes from Edinburgh to Glasgow , and one from Glasgow cuts diagonally into "the great London line . One to Portsmouth , one to Dover , one to Harwich , with a divergent line from the Harwich to Norwich , and short lines to Hull and Newcastle , from the main London and Edinburgh line , leave little for future wants to dictate . The great projected lines for Ireland are equally admirable . Imagine these plates , engraved in March , 1822 , seven years before the Manchester and Liverpool line was in existence !
At page 2 i he gives us a plan of " A General Iren Railway ;* ' and here we have slides and turntables , for the turning of carriages , and moving them from one . line to another . Thus he had supplied his system with rails , carriages , turn tables , almost everything which actual experience has now made common . His wheels are clogged and his rails notched . He seemed to doubt the adhesive principle , or would give his engines power to ascend steep inclined planes . At this moment there is an engine exhibited at the Polytechnic institution , with a cogged wheel , as an improvement for ascending inclined planes . It was used by Blenkensop in the very first locomotives which ran —those on the Midland Colliery Railway—and may be seen here sketched in Mr . Gray ' s volume . This , and some peculiarities in his turn-tables , are curious . These very turn-tables were secured b 5 patent ideas
by some of the men who live on other people's ; and there was actually a law suil between two parties for the priority of the invention—Mr . Gray having invented them and published his plate of them long before . In fact , as Mr . Wilson very justly observes — " Mr . Grey was no close , mercenary schemes who possessing a secret of vast magnitude and importance , sought to exact conditions and drive a liard bwain beforehaud . He published his secret and discovery at once , as his railway work , and respectable publishers , Mesas . Baldwin , Cradock , and Jov , are there to testify . He opened his mind , and freely gave the fruits of years of incessant laborious meditation to his country at once , without chafferins or restriction . He threw himself fearlessly and confidingly on his country , to rise or fall by its verdict , as his promises and project should be realised , or otherwise . "
The railroad system is now become ihe great system of the world ' s intercourse , enormous property is created ; wonderful and delightful facilities ot travel are conferred on us ; nations are kurt together ; civilisation is advanced ; international peace made unquestionably sure and permanent ; and shall the man who first organised , promulgated , and promoted this glorious sy . s < em remain embarrassed and unrewarded ? The thing is impossible . The public has most justly rewarded Rowland Ili'l for the introduction oi the admirable reform in the postage , a reform immensely aided by the railway system ; the public are about to reward Cobdcn for his exertions for the abolition of the Corn Laws ; the Telegraph Society has given pro / es ^ or Wfleatstone £ 30 , 000 for his discoveries regarding the electric telegraph .
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The claims of Thomas Gray cannot be longed overlooked . In the M . S . additions to the . volume in my possession , inserted at P- ' " . .- when his representations had already operated strongly on the public , and various speculations for railway lines were in agitation , he had written—To the companies now forming I take this opportunity of offering myself ss a candidate for the office of secretary . Surely no individual can have a greater clam upon the puttie than the projector of the plan , but Ruch is the effect of influence and patronage , that I am apprehensive those situations may be filled bj individuals who certainly hare not an equal claim with myself . Perhaps , however , some gentleman more liberal than the rest may feel disposed to assist me , and therefore I am bold to make known mv aoBlication in this general way .
This most reasonable request stands , however , again cancelled by his modesty . The pen was put through it , and no single gentleman was liberal enough te aid him . When he applied he was rebuffed . There is no other such case in the whole world . But this will be amended . Many of the journals best acquainted with the subject and Thos . Gray ' s merits have zealously asserted his claims Amongst these ^ are conspicuous , the "Mechanics ' Magazine , " the ¦ "Railway record , " the " British and Foreign Railway review , " the Railway Times , " the "Morning Herald , " and the most influential newspapers of Newcastle , Manchester . Leeds ,
Bristol , Nottingham , and other large towns . 1 am also glad te hear that many men of high standing have no sooner become aware of the services of Mr . Gray than they have expressed their earnest desire to see justice done to him , amongst whom one of the earliest was Sir Augustus J . Foster . I hear , too , that subscriptions to a considerable amount have already been eSered , and that it is proposed to organise a cammittee as early as possible for this purpose of national gratitude . Leeds , as the native place of Thomas Grey , would , do itself honour in taking the lead in these measures , every way so gratifying to our sense of individual merit and of national reputation and duty . . .
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IRELAND . . DUBEIN , AVOUST 3 . There has been a report current lor the last few days to the effect that Mr . O'Brien and the other-seceders from the old establishment on Burgh-quay , are about to set up business on their own account ; and , with a view of putting an end to the lucrative monopoly so long enjoyed by the head of the ancient firm , are in treaty for the little Theatre in Abbeystreet , which is to be opened under the management of MeBsrs . O'Brien , Meagher , and Co . The new house will have for its motto , " Repeal without rent . Freedom without money . "
PHYSICAL VERSUS MOBALTOHCE . This morning the board-room - of College-street police office was crammed to excess by the friends and admirers of Old and Young Ireland , who were anxious to hear a charge of assault , preferred by Gaptain Broderick against Mr . Meagher . Captain Brederick sworn . —On Saturday last Major Talbot called upon him . He said he called about a report of something lie ( witness ) had said at Conciliation-hall , on Tuesday , and which appeared in Saunders' News-Letter . He at once acknowledged the substance of the words were correct . Upon the 13 th of July he said he would not take notice of any thing Mr . Meagher would say to him . When Major Talbot called upon him en Saturday last , he referred him to his observations of the 13 th of July , with a view to show the course heshould take . The witness then alluded to the uproarious scene in ihe Repeal Association on the 13 th , when Mr . Meaeher cast a
gross aspersion upon Mr . Clements . On that occasion he did say the conduct of Mr . Meagher was " infamous . " Some one else did speak harshly to Mr . Meagher , but he ( witness ) declared that . he claimed the honour of first insulting Mr . Meagher . According to the laws of honour , he ( witness ) considered himself released from any liability to Mr . Meagher ; that , in short , he should give him no explanation or satisfaction . lie had come to this conclufion after consulting with his friend . On Saturday evening last he ( witness ) was ' walking down Westmoreland-street , in company with a friend , and as he turned Lundy Foot ' s he saw Mr . Meagher and Mr , Smith , Suddenly Mr . Meagher rushed towards him , and raised a stick , threatening to strike him , when he seized it , and friends closing on them no blow was struck . He then gave him in charge to the police . Mr . Txndall suggested thai ihe parties should amicably settle their differences elsewhere .
Mr . Curran mentioned that Mr . Meagher was bound over yesterday in the sum of £ 500 , to keep the peace to Captain Broderick and all Her Majesty's subjects . Mr . Tyndall said there was a summons issued against Captain Broderick , on a charge of intending a breach of the peace , and that all the objects of the parties might be attained by also calling upon him to give bail in equal amount . This suggestion was adopted and the parties left ; he office .
CONCILIATION HALL . There was a most numerous attendance at Conciliation Hall today , in expectation of the " Liberator " after his late victory over the scditionists of Young Ireland . He is so great a favourite with the "ladies" that they seem to take delight in doing him honour on every public occasion ! TJieir attendance was particularly showy , and their aspect encouraging . On entering the hall , at a quarter before ene , the learned Gentleman was received witn deafcuiHg and prolonged cheers . When at length permitted to speak , be moved the younger Daniel , the new M P . for Dundalk , to the chair . The Hon . M . P . having assumed tho chair proceeded to pass some compliments on his Duniklk constituents for their remarkable discernment and good conduct , and ended by handing in a few pounds collected among his constituents .
Mr . 6 'CosNEix handed in £ . 1 L from the clergy oi the diocese of St . Asaph . A Letter from Bishop O'Higgins accompanied the remittance , earnestly approving of ihe conduct of Mr . John O'Connell at the last meeting , expressing horror , indignation , and disgust at the conduct and doctrines of the Young Ireland party , and closing with a lengthy denouncement of the Nation newspaper , as a disciple of Voltaire and Diderot , and an enemy of religion and truth . We give some extracts which will show the spirit of the whole . " We have no physical force men in this diocese . Neither have we , thank God , any schoolboy philosophers , false and sanguinary repealers , or Voltairian neW 8 paper 8 i All our exertions lor the restoration of reland ' s independence arc based upon the sacred
and immutable principles of true Christian morality , and we pity the folly and abhor the wickedness of iiny man who would rest his patriotism upon other grounds . Excessive vanity and Quixotic conceit may blind some men so far , as to make believe that they are almost your equals in the service of your country , and urge them , perhaps , under this pitiable delusion , to set themselves up as your rivals in leading the Irish nationality ; but they ought to know , that the clergy and faithful people of Ireland will have no other leader than their revered Liberator , and I feel thoroughly convinced if it were the will of Providence to warn you to-morrow of your neat- dissolution , the Irish nation would unanimously adopt as their political guide , that man alone whom you would bequeath to them as worthy of their conidence . "
" I cannot close this hasty letter without saying a word or two about the Nation newspaper . It is in my mind the most dangerous publication that has ever appeared in Ireland . On the score of religion I must Bay , that the Nation appears to roe , to my clergy , and to our flocks , to tend directly to the overthrow of Catholic iaith and morals . Every-one must admit that it is edited with a considerable portion of talent , and its rounded sentences and energetic style are well calculated to make fatal impressions on youthful and unreasoning minds , but it eels the embarrassment that was felt by Voltaire ,
Diderot , Delambert , &c , namely , it can advance no argument against our hol y religion . Hence , like Voltaire also , it deals in ridicule , inuendos , and fashionable sneers , li is true it hashud the bad manliness to give its feeble support to the 'infidel colleges ' in direct opposition to the decision of the overwhelming majority of the Irish bishops aiid universal priesthood . It also speaks out when it blames you for 1 lugging in religion' into Irish politics , still its danger does not consist in openly dogmatising against the truth , but in disseminating its latitudinarianism by ridicule and inuendoes among the unwary Catholic youths of Ireland .
Mr . O'CoNSELL afterwards read a letter from Bishop Cantwell , enclosing £ 00 ., and stating that the clergy of his diocese had lately refrained from subscribing to the association entirely in consequence of the doctrines and conduct of the Young Ireland party . Dr . Cantwell proceeds to deplore Mr . Smith O'Biien's secession , to laud the course taken by Mr , John O'Connell at the last meeting , and to promise the ' venerated Liberator" the support of all that is good and great in Ireland , towards his moral ami peaceful aims . The letter thus alludes to " Young Ireland !" " The opinions which they proclaim , and the doetrine which they teach , I believe to 6 c dangerous . Should they venture to select any newspaper as the organ of feuch sentiments , the clergy and I will deem it an imperative duty to use our best endeavorrs to prevent the circulation of articles inciting to a course which , we believe , would prove fatal to the temporal and eternal welfare of the flocks committed to our pastoral guidance . "
The Bishops and clergy of the dioceses of Ardagli and Meath have thus " pronounced" against "Young Ireland , " and in favour of " moral force . " The Bishops and clergy of the other dioceses will follow these examples , and it is more than probable that , by this day week , nine-tenths of the Irish Repealers will hav e formally , and in express terms , repudiated the doctrine of physical iorce , -
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H ^' -Pfc t ? tlum f 086 to address Me meeting . ?! u w ? i . ? , arcely P h ? 8 ical force to lay Mm * ? ^ tht 0 / lle > pi <« , ^^« ne <» to submit . He regretted the . dissensions whidh had sprung up in the association ; but the fault was not his , < but of those men who opposed the doctrine of moral iorce . He regretted the secession of Mr . Smith O'Brien , who had joined the association at a perilous time . He ill * i gentleman was lost to the cause of repeal ani ? . iT wouI ( l not turn * * from the dangerous path of the Young Ireia nder 8 . ( Hear , hear . ) If he came back , and piacea - himself under the banner of moral forBe and peaceful agitation , he would be « 0 rdia ! ly welcomed . But in Stating t ) , )) e . ( Mr . O ' Connell ) gave up not one panicle of his principle —that principle upon which the association was
founded . He stood on the basis of the association , and l&ughed to scorn the vnunjr men who talked so much of pocket courage . The dissensions were begun by an eloquent young man of the Young Ireland party , who talked of treason to repeal on account of tho accession of the Whigs to power . Some others of the same party followed in a similar strain ; but thev . did not say who was to act treacherously to " sell repeal to the Whigs . " Who did they mean ? Oh , nobody . They meant him ( Mr . O'Connell ) , and it was the first timo in his life he was called " nobody . " ( Lanphter . ) The learned gentleman then went on to defend the committee of the association relative to its decision as to the Dungarvan election . If Young Ireland was honest or sincere they would be glad that
the government had opened the door of . office to Repealera , He had reason to know that Lord Bessborough was of opinion that for a man to be a Repealer was no reason that he should not be appointed toofficp . Young Ireland proclaimed physical force and : revolutionary violence . JWhat was that but telling the Protestants of Ireland , the possessors of property , that it would be dangerous to join repeal . He therefore accused the Young Ireland party of treachery to repeal . He did not , however , include in that charge Mr . Smith O'Biien , who was the . soul of honour and integrity ; but he was as liable to be mistaken ! as other men . He meant to move that it be referred to the committee to say whether there wax such'a connexion between the association and the
Nation as to render it necessary to cut off all connexion , or to cease to send that paper through tho country ; In the state trials they were held responsible for the articles in the Nation by a shameless jliry fnd a one-sided judge , ; and it was necessary that the association should not be endangered by its articles . v ^ The . learned gentleman then went on to show the dangerous tendency of some articles in the Nation , which he pronounced to be highly seditious . If the Attorney-General had the article he read before him-they would not have been tried for a conspiracy , but for high treason , and would have been found guilty and executed . ' The Nation talked of assistance through Ledru Rollin , and many a surer source ; but he was not aware of such , and he called
upon Mr . Duffy to declare what those sources were . Now he ( Mr . O'Connell ) would ask , were they safe to bare any connexion , however remote , with sunb a paper as Duffy ' s ! ( A voice— " We'll burn it . ") No , for they would have to purchase it first ; it would be better not to have anything to do with it . ( Hear . ) This was a momentous crisis . The eyes of England were on the Repealers , the eyes of tho clergy and laity of both countries . It may be said , that perhaps peaceful efforts alone would not procure the repeal . Well , even so . Were that even the fact ( which it is noi ) , it would nor alter hie ( Vfr . O'ConncU ' s ) system . He did not consider the greatest possible political good , even the repeal itself , should be purchased by the shedding of one drop of blood , They had been called Quakers , and
their conduct Quakerish , lie ( Mr . O ConneJl ) was proud of the name—it was a name of peace . lie ( Mr . O'Connell ) would refer with delight to the shire which he had always taken in the peaceful agitation which emancipated so many thousand of the slave population . ( Cheers . ) Was that all ? Did not peaceful asitation emancipate the Dissenter ^ . ( Hear , hear . ) Then was there no other emancipation ? ( Great cheering . ) Yes , although the press—the people—popular opinion in England were against him . The Freeman , then in other hands , opposed him ; the Mail , and the Evening Star . Yet , by patient and enduring exertion ; by the force , at last , of public opinion , emancipation was carried . ( Cheering . ) But even lately , was he not fresh from the discussion
of the com laws ; where are the triumphs of your physical force men , where are their triumphs ? Oh , they talk of the French revolution . There was success there to the principle of physical force ; but what success was it ? The blood of the king was shed ,. the blood of the clergy flowed like water , and the triumph , as it was called , was stained with the blootl of innocence . He ( Mr . O' Connell ) stood there in the presence of his God ; he stood before the clergy of his church , before the representatives of ihe wealth , the influence , the virtue , and the morality of the metropolis ; and he would with confidence refer to . ill that had been done for the repeal , and also to the position—the pvoud position—held now by the Irish Repealers . ( Cheers . ) He would call
on them now to support that ministry which had professed so much good for Ireland . Yd , would he give un the Repeil a # itatun ? Oh , Heaven forbid ( Great cheering . ) Yet he would give the ministry every support , as Iobs as they did good for Ireland . Yet it was a sorrowful fact that , from the present constitution of the British Parliament , it waa not in a position to do any great and permanent good for Ireland . Yet the appointments made by the government certainly gave evidence of a disposition to repair , in some measure , the many evils inflicted on Ireland . If Lord J . Russell would act fairly towards the people , they would support him . Then there was the restoration of the Repeal magistrates . When he ( Mr . O'Cennell ) before addressed them he was
not a J . P . —he was one then . ( Cheers . ) He would not be contented with promises ; he should have the good done , or his support / would be withdrawn ; and was it not eruel for those misguided young men thus to interfere at a time when so much good was contemplated towards Ireland ? He ( Mr . O'Connell ) bad no enmity to those men : let them repent and join the ranks of their peaceful fellow-countrymen ; and let all disputes be for ever buried . He ( Mr . O'Connell ) would be obliged to move the resolution with regard to the Nation ne ^ YSpaper to which he had referred ; but he turned from that to the delightful prospect of the brilliant hopes which dawned upon the Irish people . The hon . and learned gentleman sat down amid the most enthusiastic applause . The rent will exceed £ 400 .
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THE BENTINCK DEMONSTRATION . A public dinner was given to Lord George Bentinok at King ' s Lynn , by his constituents and a large body of the agriculturalists of the county of Norfolk , on Tuesdav last , to testify their approbation of the ability and zeal displayed by his Lordship in advoeatinc their int' -rests in opposition to the Free Trade measures of the late Government . The entertainment took place in a long , low-roofed and extremely narrow building , recently erected as a Market-house . The building more resembled a corridor or passage than a dinner-hall , and was not at all adapted for the occasion , except from its capacity of seating a
large number of persona . Three tables placed longitudinally on the same level stretched from near the middle to both extremities ; the chairman and chief guests being accomodatetl at two raised tables in the centre . The interior was tastefully decorated with a profusion of devices in flowers , evergreens , and mottoes , Nearly 800 sat down to a very good dinner . A larco number of Protection iafc M . P . ' s were present , The Eavl of Oxford , High-Sheriff of the town officiated as chairman ; and speeches were delivered by the Chairman . Lord G . Bentinck , Mr . Serjeant Bylcs , the Duke of Richmond , the Marquis of Gran , by , Mr . D'Israeli , and other leaders of the Country Party .
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CHEAP BREA . D ! UIGU WAGES !! AND PLENTY TO DO !!! The public would imagine that the master manufacturers in Lancashire and Yorkshire must bo the best judges of their own a / Fairs , and that the success of the agitation they had kept up in the country during the last seven years , : ifc the cost of infinite personal exertion , and not a little money , would be of sufficient ¦ importance to Jentl to the developenient of some decided and immediate benefit , so far , at all events , as their own hitevcsts are concerned . Ttc opening of the ports for the admission of foreign corn at a nominilrate of duty , and the instant inundation of our markets with two million quarters of
continental wheat , have been attended , as was predicted by Lowl Ashburton an / I other experienced men , with immense injury to the holders ot English grain , and without a corresponding advantage to consumers . Hut , that the epoch should he market ) by » n extraordinary degree of stagnation among the manufacturers themselves , will , to such as have allowud their minds io be influenced by the delusive promises Of the Free-trade party , appear incredible . Yet that such is the fact is fully attested by every respectable publication , the business of which is to report upon the subieet of the ' provincial markets ; and although
we arc " now close upon the termination ot the harvest ( which , this season , bids fair to be one of unparall ' -d abundance , ) a period of the year to which the mnnnfueluvuvs bnvo commonly looked forward w ' llh the hop © oi' increased activity , 90 slowly do their orders come in that they are actually , as is everywhere admited , contemplating the adoption of the injurious expedient of putting their work people on " short time , " and of course diminished waaes . A poor exemplification this of the benefits which have been guaranteed to the public as those that were at once to flow from a repeal of the Corn Laws , which have now bocomi ! virtually extinct .
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find by i )\ o Nieuews ifottcnhmscJui Couraut , the leading paper in Rotterdam , that the above disease has made its appearance in various parts of the Netherlands .
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The Irish Church . — We have received the moat positive assurances from the'lips of one whom we knowto be indaily communication with , and to enjoy the confidence of men in the highest departments of the State , that , in spite of the assurances ot Lord John Russell , the terms of an arrangement are actually settled , and have received the approval uf Mr . Daniel O'Connell on the one feide , and Ot Sir K . Peel on the other , by which the establishment of the Romish priests in Ireland , mainly out of the reyenuea of the Establishment , but partly by a new charge upon the land ; is fully determined on . But the whole matter is meant to be kept a profound secret until the ensuing general election or" 1847 shall
have given the Government a House of Commons prepared io support such » plan , —The Glwrchtma MonttutjRevieiu . Tub Association for' Promoting Cleanliness amongst the Poor have exhausted their funds . In addition to their free baths and wash-house at Glasshouse-yard near the London Docks , they are at the expense of cleansing and white-washing the dwellings of the poor in that neighbourhood . Many thousand rooms , staircases , passages , and entrances have been cleansed and white-washed by . them since the spring , and the applications for this publication are steadily increasing . Upwards of 99 , 000 persons were benetitted by the baths and wash-house alone in the first year of the association , ending last May .
The French provincial Jpapers are filled with details of incendiary fires in almost every part of the country , notwithstanding the stvict watch of the farmers and their men . In many piacea the origin of these fires cannot ba traced , nor the guilty parties detected , The most extraordinary circumstance is that the buildings are invariably set on fire in broad daylight . Extreme Heat . —The 10 th , 11 th and 12 th of July were intensely hot , the thermometer ranging as high as 08 or 100 degrees in the States of Maryland , Pennsylvania and New York . Thirty-seven persons died in the city of New York and the suburbs , from exposure in the sun or over exertion . Out door employments had to be suspended from 11 o ' clock in the mornlni ; to four in the'afternoon . Chops . —All over the world the crops promise abundance . In this country , our crops will be nearly double the usual amount , and it is said that wheat in the extreme west will be sold at thirty cents per bushel , and otherkinds of grain in the same propor-¦
tion . '•¦ . •„ - .. •' . ' ¦ - - -. , < Lord Georog Bentinck has determined to quit the turf , and has sold the whole of his stud . It is to be presumed , if this be the fact , that his Lordship's aspirations no longer pointing to Tatteraall's have turned in the direction of Downing-street . Dbath of the CouNr de St . Leu . —A letter from Leghorn , 25 th ult ,, announces the death of the Ex-King of Holland , father of Prince Louis : — " Count de St . Leu , Prince Louis Bonaparte , died here this day of a fit . of of apoplexy , with which he was attacked yesterday . From the moment of the attack he
remained in a complete state of lethargy , and expired this morning without a struggle . Be was in the 68 th year of his age . The prince had been paralytic for several years , and lived a very retired life . He had no one with him at the moment of his death but a young man whom he had brought up , and who nerer quitted him . An express was immediately sent off to Florence with the newB for his brother , the Prince d& Montlbvd , the Ex-King of Westphalia , aged C 2 , who is the last survivor of all Napoleon ' s brothers , The deceased Prince has left but a very small fortune ,
¦ At the Present Timb the condition of the black population in the West Indies is highly encouraging . Many of them have purchased land , and possess the franchise ; and we have heard it stated , on good authority , that the negroes have it in contemplation 30 raise a fund with which to remunerate the services of such members as they can return to the colonial legislature . At a Meetinc bf the London District PosttETTKR Carriers , held Friday evening , it wasunanimously resolved the Postmaster-General , praying for the allowance of a scale of wages proportioned to their responsible daily duties , and rising according to years ot service , as recomnvnded by the 18 th Report of the Commissioners of Revecue Inquiry .
Mr . Wilderspih . —With extreme gratification do we announce from a private source of information , of the most authentic character , that her Majesty has granted to Mr . Wilderspiu , an annuity of £ 100 . —People ' s Journal . A deputation from the factory operatives of Lancashire and Yorkshire had an interview with Lord John Russell , on Monday , at his official residence in Downing-street . The oyster season commenced on Tuesday morning at six o ' clock , at Billingsgate and Hungerford markets , with the promise of a more abundant supply , and of a superior quality to that of several years past . . _ . ¦
The late Thunder Storm , —On Saturday after ; noon , during the violent thunder storm , a lad named Muakett , a lighterman ' s apprentice , was employed onabavgein the Commercial Dock , Rolherhithe , He was walking along the gunwhale with a quantity of steel bars on his shoulder when the electric fluid first struck the warehouse opposite and then the lad , who was forced into the hold of the barge , while the steel bats fell Into tbe dock . Immediate assistance was rendered , but the lad was quite dead . The warehouse sustained considerable damage by the lightning , , . , The late John Langan , of pugilistic celebrity , who carried on the business of brewer and victualler , at Liverpool , has left behind him , for the benefit of his children , a large share of the good things of this life . Besides his real and leasehold estates in the county of Lancaster , the acting executors have also administered in London to £ 4 , 000 of his personal property .
The Elizabeth Fry Refuge . —The subscription towards this asylum for affording temporary food and shelter to destitute females on their discharge from the metropolitan gaols now amounts to near £ 5 , 600 . Amongst the subscriptions within the last few days , are their Majesties the King and Queen of Denmark £ 50 ., and an anonymous donation of £ 200 from an individual , signing A . U . C . Mutiny ok Board a Spanish Man c * War . —The marines belonging to a Spanish sloop-ot ' war , thinking she carried 15 , 000 piasters in silver , mutinied while the vessel was on her way from St . Juan ,
Porto Rico , to St . Thomas . They . succeeded in making themselves masters of the crew by killing the sentry , and fastening down the hatches . Their next attempt was on the second in command , whom they wounded with a sabre fouv times in the head . The captain succeeded in rallying against them with himself , his servants , and one or two officers ; they shot three of the marines and retook possession of the vessel , made sail for Sc . Juan , where , on her arrival four of the rebels were shot , and the remainder being wounded were sent to the hospital . —Hampshire Telegraph .
A person at Marseilles having a claim upon another , went to his house to demand payment . The debtor himself was not at home , but his wife and two sons—the eldest not more than twenty years old —received him with gross insults , and on his remonstrating with them , proceeded to assault him , and at length threw him headlong over . the door sill . He was taken up in a senseless state und carried to the hospital , where he died on . Thursday . The mother has been arrested , but the two sons have made their
escape . A few days ago , says a letter from Vienna of the 24 th ult .. a young man , having a very melancholy air , who was standing at the door of one of the churches at Tokay , drew a pistol from his pocket as a newly-married couple were leaving the church , ana fired at them . As there was a heavy charge of slugs in the pistol , he wounded them both mortally . Immediately afterwards he drew forth a second pistol , and putting the ban-el into his mouth drew the trigger and destroyed himself . It is not stated whether the man had any hostility against tho persons whom he murdered , or whether he was insane . Sisoular Cause of Dbath . —On 30 th ult ., Mr . Clm-les Havt Cole , of Exter , died from a singular
disorder , which had embittered several previous years of his life . It appears that about eight years a"O , as he was travelling in a vehicle with a Mend , he arrived at a turnpike g » te » and took a sixpence from his pocket to pay the toll . While drawing ns outer coat close , lie placed tbe sixpence between his lips . At tins instant his friend said something that was irresistibly laughable ; and giving way to it , without thought as to his situation , the com slipped into the orifice of the throat . After having tried in vain to bring it up , and finding at the same time lit tie inconvenience to arise from the circumstance , he did not trouble himself about it . At length , however , « c became worse ; and after having solicited the first «„ .. „ - „>«< . in Exeter to perform an operation , lie
became a patient in Guy ' s Hospital , m London . Ilia suifcriivs here continued to be acute at intervals ; but finding the same difficulty among the surgeons ot the hospital respecting tlie opGi-atiou which ho desired , he returned . Ills medical adviser recommended nun to abstain from all excitement ; to be careful us to Ins dress , never omitting flannel next his skin , and especially to avoid exposing himself to damp . There was still frequent cough , and symptoms that showed the ravages disease waB making within . A few weeks since , however , during a very high state of temperature , ho ncgleeleA the precaution as to tho flannel part of his dress ; and a circumstance of a popula "
and exciting nature occurring , he was led to expose himself on an' unfavourable evening , and sot wet . This , however , was not at first heeded , and it is feared he again exposed himself to damp . The consequences were fatal . After death a surgical examination of tho body took place , when the coin was found lodged in the right bronchia , the lung being 111 a . complete state of gangrene . Tho coin was much smoothed , the projecting parts of tho figures and letters being greatly obliterated , and the piecebore the appearance of a ferGhiiw which bad long lain in some dirty place . It is understood that the remains of the h » i £ , with the coin , will bo preserved . Ihe other parts of ihe body were healthy .
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' Repbesbntation of ' " MANoriKBTEB . " —A " " meeting of the committee of the Manchester Reform Association was held on Friday , for the purpose of considering the propriety , of inviting / Mr . " Cobrtenitooffer himself as a candidate , to supply the vacancy which will be created on the dissolution of the present parliament by the retirement of Mr . Mark Phillips from the representation of Manchester . -It was unanimously resolved that Mr . Cobden should - be invited to offer himself as a candidate at the next general election . A < jood Use of Game . —During the season the gamekeeper at Duif House-has shot upwards of 2 , 900 rabbits , which , by order of the Right Hon . the Earl of Fife , were distrib uted among the poor and working classes in Banff and its neighbourhood , AccoucnMKHT ofthb Quken of PORTUGAL . —A letter from Lisbon , 23 d ultimo , states that the Queen of Portugal was on that day delivered of a son . Ibrahim Pacha arrived in the Tagus on tho same day .
and was present at the Te Deum performed in the Cathedral on that occasion . The reports , it appears , circulated of the illness of the Einp of Denmark , are utterly unfounded , and that his Majesty enjoys perfectly , good health . FoRmom Cattib . —The late Siorm . —Ihe General Steam Navigation Company ' s ship , Attweod , from . Rotterdam , with 439 sheep , 70 lambs , and 115 cows and oxen on board , hiving experienced rery rough weather , lost ten of the oxen and cows , which were landed dead , and one sheepi which was thrown overboard . ; Mr . Chandler , the grower of the Camellia Japonica , in the Wandsworth Road , died on Sunday morning from the effects of grief at the great loss of Hvoperty he suatained by the stovm , on tae preceding day ; and on Monday , his son , a fine young man , iu partnershi p with his father , was found to be raving mad . It is supposed that the mind of the unfortunate gentleman was affected by the sudden death of his father , and the circumstances attendant thereon .
Disease amokg Cattle . —Throughout the entire of North Wales a distemper is raging amongst the cattle , particularly among the milch kine , in some places to a frightful extent , and for which , hitherto , no cure has been found . —Carnarvon Herald . AukoraBorbams . ^—Wednesday evening last the inhabitants of Devonport were surprised on witnessing a rather unusual appearance in the firmament- — the appearance of the aurora borealis , or , in common parlance , the northern lights were distinctly visible . The point at which this extraordinary phenomenon was most easily to be seen was on Newpassage-hill ,
where there were hundreds , or people assembled to witness it . It appeared very vividly ai intervals of about thirty seconds , and was encompassed'with an atmosphere of apparently" fine' matter ; It was a piece of amusement to hear the supptsHions of the multitude assembled . The major part declared it was nothing more nor less than lightning , but had they taken the trouble to consider for a moment , they would have found that lightning is always aocotnpanied with thunder , and the lurid glare of j bho aurora borealis . was really unlike a flash of lightning . Various were the speculations indulged in ; some of the weaker portion looked upon it as a forerunner of some dreadful calamity . —Devonpdrb Telegraph .
Potatob DiBBABB in Hampshire Ann Wiltshire . — At Whitchurch the potatoes on every allotment belonging to the poor ( where extensive plots are planted ( vith principally the Jake kiuds of potatoes ) are rapidly decaying—more than half are already so much diseased as not to be fit for food—smelling most offensively ; some that had been boiled , though but slightly touched before cooking , were yet so nauseous , that nothing liut extreme hunger could ever make a person eat the same for food . The disease is not only on the wet and low land , but also on the high , dry , and chalky soil around here—many of the tops shr > veiled and decayed when the potatoes have not grown to half their usual size , as in other seasons . From other parts of Hampshire similar confirmatory reports have been received . At Stratton , the seat of Sir Thomas Baring , even the skill and experience of tbe above-named gentleman ' s gardeners had failed
to stem the progress of this afflicting visitation . Both early and late potatoes are there also fast decaying , first turning brown in one end , then becoming soft , and in 24 hours after being dug up , it was found that the disease had penetrated through the entire bulb . . The disease has also made great progress on the estates of Lord Ashburton , GraD ^ e Park , and of the Earl of Guildford , Alresford , near Winchester , Lord Falmerston ' s , and other noblemen and gentlemen in that vicinity . In the winter approaching io is feared the greatest distress must prevail in this part of Wilts , as so many depend for their subsistence on the potato crop . Last year they ( the poor ) escaped to a considerable degree , having sound potatoes wjion others crops were all consumed or destroyed . This year the scourge has already struck their fields , and woefully may be observed , from the withered leaves and black stalks in all directions , acre alter acre contaminated by the poison .
The General Holiday at Manchester , in commemoration of the passing of the act for the Repeal Ot the Corn-laws , took place on Monday . Business was entirely suspended ; not only the retail concerns , but the factories and warehouses remained closed during the whole of the day . Flags and banners bearing appropriate devices and mottoes \ vere _ to be seen suspended from almost every house and building , whilst the crowd of persons that thronged the public streets rendered it very difficult to force a passage at even a moderate pace . The procession of the
Corporations of Manchester and . Salford , the late Antl-Corn-law League , and other bodies , was formed at eleven o'cIock , and dispersed , after having moved through many of the principal streets , shortly after two o ' clock the weather during a great part of the time being very unfavourable . In the evening the illumination ofthe various public buildings , and many of the great factories and warehouses , was on a veryextensive scale . The proceedings of the day were closed by a public dinner , at which the Mayor , Mr . Kaye , presided .
The Worlo ' s Temperance Cohtention . —Tho Convention for the extension of Temperance commenced its sittings on Tuesday at the City of London Literary and Scientific Institution , Aldersgat e-street , at 10 o'clock . It was convened bv the National Temperance Society , and has for its objects—to ascertain the state of the temperance cause in all parts of the globe ; to receive suggestions for the most effectual method of extending the temperance relormation ; and to effect the formation of a temperance union throughout the world . About 200 delegates from varioHS total abstinence societies in Great Britain and elsewhere attended , and , with a number , of visitors , entirely filled the little theatre of the institution . On the proposition of Dr . Beecher , of America , seconded by Mv . E . Smith , of Sheffield , Mr . S . Bowly , of Gloucester , was called to the chair .
Ibish Phovisions . —The supplies of provisions from Ireland continue to be ofthe same extensive and important character as have been before particularly adverted to , but we ran only allude in a succinct manner to the latest . and most prominent which havo taken place . . The arrivals at the port of Liverpool from the Irish ports durins the past week , comprised large quantities of wheat , flour , oats , oatmeal , barley , malt , whiskey , hams , lard , linens and cottons , seed , pork , bacon , g eneral provisions , and other articles . In the same period of time 873 large baskets of sal , mon , 8 , 855 packages of butter , 3 , 181 hampers of Dacon , COO baskets and boxes of eggs , 1 , 101 boxes ot lard , 120 packages and 20 tons weight of oatmeal , 102 packages of pork , bave been imported into the port of London from the same quarter , besides very numerous packages of hams , malt , porter , paper , soap , and other articles , the productions ot the
sister country . The Late B- R . Hatdon . —At a general meeting of the committee for promoting the subscription to make a permanent provision for the widew ana daughter of the above unfortunate artist at ttie Thatched House Tavern , St . James ' s-street , the Secretary read the minutes of the previous meetings , from which it appeared that since the first meeting held at the chambers of Mr . Sergeant Talfourd . on the 30 lh of June , about £ 1 , 400 had been subscribed . The fund now amounted to nearly £ l , ? 00 from which only a small reduction would have to be made . Steps bad been taken to forward the subscription in the
various provincial towns , and letters had been received from Liverpool stating that a subscription was in progress in that town , under the avspices of an eminent member of the Stock Exchange , who had succeeded in collecting a considerable suitttor the family of thelate Mr . Thomas Hood , the poet . Tan N ' assav Balloos . —On Monday night , in the " Royal Nassau" Balloon , Mr . C Green made his 340 ih ariel voyage . The machine also carried up m fhe car and in the hoop Mr . Ellis , Mr . E . LoudeIs , the artist , Mr . Van Buren , and several other gentlemen . It then proceeded into Essex , and about haltpast cicllt descended in a field at Walthamstov .
Tiik Oyster Season- Tuesday was the opening of the oyster season . The supply appeaml plentiful , though the demand was not supplied without some danger to the retailer . Baths and Washhodses in the Noiitii Western Districts ,- The baths and wash-houses recently erected for the use of the labouring classes in tho North Western Districts of the metropolis , were on Monday opened to the public , and tbe following is a return of the number of persons who availed themselves of the advantages ; -CoM baths , 274 , of wluct number 261 were males and 13 females ; warm batns , HO , of which J 30 were males and 10 females . In the course Of the day several females availed themselves of the advantages which the establishment affords in the washing an d ironing departments . On Tuesdav tho baths were open as early as nve ¦ . •« . !«„! . - o ,,, ' i i » ofn ,. o oicrhh f . liev were used by upwaias
or 100 i ^ mT . The whole ' of th . st m appnr atu-s . and other machinery oonnected w , th the bathj Mtt drying and washing department worked ^ sbSsL well , and those who availed tnem Ete 5 jjn 3 $ 5 E&- *< vantages of the institution . PP . «* SfMS" \ . & ami astonished at the facilities ® ggSSj £ j 3 ^ M « receipts on Monday , tor the pang- Kgffigj ^ &B balk used , amounted to * e- i ^ kf ^ 'teBfB ^ sgS HlS station of the plunging 1 » to ^ g ^ S ! vS which prevented their opening < Sgt fW ^ ST /^ i ^ S Sh the other parts of the mMM ^ £ & , j&f-gf SJiwiis : > ^ mm ^ h -v VJfNJO /
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 8, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1378/page/3/
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