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m LETTERS OF RICHARD OASTLER . THE COBDEN DINNER . TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNXVG POST . Sir—When Mr . Cobden dined with his hospitable friend ? in Paris , lie assured them that it wag not any arguments of his own . or of his friends of the League , that had carried the Free Trade measure in England . He told them , that it was by instilling the doctrines of Adam Smith and of Monsieur Say into the minds of the legislators and the people of England , that tbe great change had been effected . In this matter Mr . Cobden contradicted Sir Robert Peel . The addition of the name of Say to that of Smith was rather unlucky ; it was , no doubt , intended a 3 a compliment to his hosts .
A mo-e Inappropr iate selection could scarcely hare been made . If there be one nnu who , in a few words , las demolished the theory of the advantageousness of Free Trade , it is th ' s same Monsieur Say , who asserts ( see Prinsep's translation , 1 st vol ., page 248 ) that " The British Government seems to have perceived tliat the roost profitable sales to a nation are those ma < U by one indioidaal to anoUier icV . h ' m the iwioa ; for these latter imply a national production of two values , the value sold , aud tiiat given in exchange . " Uotv stranjre that the author of this sentence slionld have been represented in Paris as one of the two agents in converting tbe inhabitants of this country to a belief in the unchristian doctrines of universal competition , " unrestrained freedom of actiiiii "—Free Trade !
In a former letter I demonstrated from Dr . Adam Smith ' s "Wealth of Nations , " that he maintained the « iin » opinion , fa favour of internal exchange , as I have now shown to bu entertained by Monsieur Say . 1 think Mr . Cobden should have been satisfied with thesucces 3 of his hoax upon his own countrymen , without endeavouring to deceive Frenchmen respect-Ing the principles of a French author . It must be granted , that words more explicitly asserting the superiority of home trade cannot be used , than those which I have quoted from the pens of Dr . Adam Smith , and Monsieur Say . How singu-Jarthat these authors were selected and especially named by Mr . Cobden , as the men who had fully developed the advantageousness of a system directly opposed to that which they had so clearly recommended !
Uere , it k true , the deception has been successful . English legislators have embraced the idea that Adam Smith has demonstrated the superiority of Free Trade . Let us hope that Frenchmen will read their author , and n « t be deluded by the false representations of a foreigner . AVhile I am writing on this subject , it may be as well to . state , that notwithstanding the strong testimony of Dr . Adam Smith in favour of internal exchange , he endeavours to show that the principles of Free Trade are benefic ial . He attempts to prove this assumption—fails in his effort—acknowledges his inability — and ventures to risk the whole question on the mere assertion of a principle that is at yarience ¦ with everv man ' s every day experience , and in direct opposition to that fundamental Christian truth , the fall of man I The assumption on which Dr . Adam Smith 13 forced to found his theory of Free Trade is stated by himself in the following words : —
" Every individual is continually exerting ; himself to fiud out tbe most advantageous employment for whatever capHttl lie can command , Jt U his own adcanlagc , indeed , aadnottltatofsocieli / . Vianieliasinvieia . Uur the studi OF HIS OVX ADVANTAGE , NATUHAILT , OR BATHEK , KECiSSAUlLT , LEADS HIM TO I'BEFEE THAT EMPlOfilENT WHICH IS MOST ADVANTAGE 0 C 5 TO SOCIETI . " This , sir , is the sole foundation on which Dr .
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Ad * m Smith rests his defence of Free Trade On this wildand irrational assumption gregapotUe of the League founds his system . . And *» •« Christian statesmen , bishops , priests and people , who have adopted that principle . ,., ,, This is a subject that cannot be treated hghtlj ^ If the theory thus propounded by Adam Smith be tr « e we have no need of either law or gospel , statesmen er Bishops . On this assumption , man is perfect and his very selfishness is his highest virtue . 'There is none that doeth good ; no , not one ; " so itb the Scripture . Not bo Adam Smith ; if his
sa dogma be truth—there is none that sinneth . Sir , I have quoted the Doctor corrreetly ; he rests the scheme < -f Free Trade on no other ground . Let the Bishop of Oxford , and every other Free-trader who professes to be a Christian , read the groundwork on which that scheme rests , comparing it with the Christian doctrine of man ' s fall , and consequent ignorance and sinfulness . Then let them manfully , if they believe in Dr . Adam Smith , abjure the Christian faith . It is in vain that they attempt to reconcile these discordant principles ; they cannot make agreement between God and Mammon .
Does he exist who cannot discern that , in praotice , the assumption that every man ' s individual action must necessarily lead to that which is most advantageous to society , is erroneous and false ? If I have made a mistake—If I have misrepresented Adam Smith—if there be any other foundation for the scheme of Free Trade—let the Bighopof Oxford , or Sir Robert Peel , or Mr . Cobden , or any other believer in that doctrine point out my error , and , on Christian principles , justify Dr . Adam Smith . How monstrous ! The study of a man ' s own adrantage , in Unemployment of " whatever capital he can command , naturally , or rather necessarily , Heads him to prefer that employment which is most advantageous to society !" Why . Sir , some "employ their capital" at dice , in drunkenness debauchery , seduction !
There are those who " employ whatever capital they can command " in the purchase of instruments of death , to murder their victims in the hopes of plunder ! Others prefer to seek " their own advantage" by the purchase of burglar ' s instruments to break open doors , and boxes , and drawers , and walk off with their contents . Some men do . indeed , compass the same ends more " respectably . " These build mills , fill them with machinery , and thus " find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capita ! they can command , " by demoralising and crippling tens of thousands of their fellow-creatures . Their victims having been " used up . " become the inmates of prisons and workhouses , or find an escape in a premature crave .
_ If Adam Smith ' s assumptien be true—if Free Trade be founded on just principles—all these are , "in studying their own advantage , naturally , or rather , necessarily , preferring that employment of whatever capital they can command which is most advantageous to society !" Believing , as I do , that selfishness is a sin , that covetousness is a crime , and that "the heart of man is deceitful above all things , and desperately wicked , " I protest against the introduction of a systhat is
tem that is founded on the assumption man perfect . I plead for restraint on the strong , protection for the weak , and regulation to all . I remain , Sir , Tour most obedient Servant , RlCHABD OASTLER . P . S . —It would be well if our statesmen and bishops would , dsring the recess , analyue the "Wealth of Nations , " comparing it with the formularies of the Established Church , and with the word of God . London , September 4 . R . 0 .
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m s CHRISTIAN TRIUMPHS IN INDIA . Of course every one must acknowledge the humanising influences of Christianity , the peaceful history of the human race for the last eighteen centuries attest the reign of " peace on earth and good-will to men ! " If amongst our readers there are any heterodox doubters , they have only to read the following letter ( extracted from the Brighton Herald ) from [ a Christian . British soldier , and they will at once have their doubts settled . Of course God is always on the side of Christian armies , as witness the British retreat from Cabul . ' Query , when armies on both sides happen to be " Christian , " as is usually the casp , which side does God take then ? The winning side we suppose . " We slaughtered them by thousands in the river , which was RUNNING RED WITH THE BLOOD OF OUR ENEMY . Jt was aivfid work ; OUR SHELLS AND ROCKETS SET FIRE TO THEM IN HEAPS , AND THEY
LAY HUNDREDS TOGETHER BURNING ALIVE ! " All this bloody murder , this hacking , he wine , rending , tearing , burning of " God ' s own image" in " thousands , " all effected by God ' s help ! " The murderers have each won 76 rupees , a medal of silver , a gold cross , and " immortal fame " (!); and last , not least , the " mild , peaceful , and brotherly" Christian faith triumphs , the Gospel beats the Koran , " and we perform Christian worship in the mosque that has been sacred to Mahommed 200 years . A PRIVATE SOLDIER'S LETTER PROM
LAHORE . During tbe progress of the late war in India , we published a letter which a private in the 80 th regiment sent to his friends in this town . We are glad to say that the brave fellow escaped all the dangers of the campaign , and has again sent news to his friends . He writes as follows : — City of Lahore , Capital ef the Funjaub , June 4 th , 1 S 4 C . Since my last great changes have taken place , and the ¦ victory of Soubraon , on the 10 th of February , has been the final downfall of the proud , and , until this period , never-conquered Sikhs . In a short space of time , four engagements have been fought , and 220 guns have fallen into the hands of our victorious army . It is unparalleled in the annals of history . But it has been attended with severe lots .
On the 10 th of February , hiV Excellency Sir Ilugh Gougb , K . C . B ., attacked the Sikh camp , which was strongly entrenched and defended by 70 , 000 of the flower of the Sikh army , fact , as all Christian armies are , lip God ' s help , victorious , on that great day we were successful . The river was their only hope , and WE SLAUGHTERED THEM BY THOUSANDS in the river , which was RUNUING RED WITH THE BLOOD OF OUR EXEHY . Jt was awful work : OUR SHELLS AND ROCKETS SET FIRE TO THEM IN HEAPS , AND THEY lAY HUXDREDS TOOETJIEJt m ; RS .
ING ALIVE . They also had women in tbeir camp , and many fell , which could not be avoided—but all were saved that were seen . It is their final downfall , and now we are in possession of their city , Lahore . A treaty has been signed , and the young- king placed on the throne of his father , by the Governor-General ! We are the only European regiment Iefc here , and we are guarding tbe city against the rebels , who are still not quite disbanded . One of the chiefs held out , and the other day his , fort was taken by storm at Kangea . There are eight Sepoy regiments with us , and two trains of artillery . TVe are lying in the Royal square of the Ranee , or Queen-Mother . Lall-Sing is here , tbe commander of the Sikhs in the late war . He is a fine man to appearance , but cowardly in his actions : he is the Queen ' s paramour . They requested us to stop here until they can organize their troops for the protection of the country .
Lahore is like all Indian cities , filty and dirty , with some splendid buildings . A fine wall encompasses the city , wich is fortified and seven miles in circumference . When we leave here , which , I hope , will be soon , We are to have for our reward , for hard service , the pick of any tation in India , aud the colonel told us he would not pick a bad one . Meerout , I think , will be the place , as the barracks are splendid . We arc nearly started hire ; for , by the treaty signed , we must not kill beef in the country , as the Sikhs worship the bull , and it would cause an immediate rising if
we did it . We Ret what they call mutton , but it is more like greyhound ' s , and mueh thinner ; if raaka the men sick to look at if . I hare seen cats larger at home . The 50 th regiment are gone to Loondianah , and the other day the barracks blew down in a typhoon , which are dreadful here , and killed forty men , twenty women , seventeen children , and two hundred ivounded . Awful to think of , after escaping the enemy to meet their ueathsin quarters . I got your letter in the typhoon that did the mischief . We are to get a medal of silver and gold cross , for our service , and twelve months' field allowance , which is 7 C rupees , or £ 7 12 . per man .
The place we are lying in is where the Sikh's cannons wtre stowed round the palace ; but they were all captured in the late war . In the Mosque the officers live . Mahometanism is no more here , and we perform Christian worship in the Mosque , that has been sacred to Mahommed 200 years : a toondcrful change in a few months . They have lost all and humbled to the British . I see the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel give our regiment great praise , and Sir Robert says we have gained immortal fame by the night attack on the batteries . |
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was uorn at Madrid , Uct . 10 , 1830 , and , consequently , is nearly 10 years of age . J ) nn Francisco de Asis was born on May 13 , 1 S 22 . and is , consequently 2-1 and nearly four months . The Duke de iMontpensic-r was born atJSeuilly , on July 31 , 1 S 2-J , bein ' r at present a little more than 32 years of age . Donna Maria , Louisa Fernanda , Infanta of Spain , was born Jan . 30 , 1832 , and therefore is aged M years and even months . Messrs . 1 'bsdell . ind Co's of Oxford-street , plan of doing business , their punctuality as tradesmen , tluir good and excellent workmanship , and their moderate charges , has commended them to a large connexion , and is daily extending the list of their very numerous friends . Persons of limited income , will find this emporium of great advantage . In cut , quality , and fashion , Messrs . Ubsdell are not to be surpassed ,
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TIIE COAL KINGS AGAIN . TO IHB CDITOB OF THE NORTHERN 8 TAS . Sir , That the working classes of this country arc fubjected to the most cruel and heartless oppression from the master class of capitalists is an axiom too gene , rally true , too extensively prevalent , to admit of the shade of a doubt in the mind of any well-informed and right disposed person . Among tbe manifold and manifest grievances to which the various trades and professions are subjected , the peculiar burdens of that most industrious class , tbe coal-miners , stand out in bold relief , as the following recent clrsumstance will serve to illustrate . It appears that at a certain colliery in one of the largest in Northumberland , the master has for a long time previous to the last month made it a rule , and took
credit for his humanity in so doing , that in case any workman sent to bank any considerable quantity of stones among the coals , ( that instead of fines aud forfeitures , as was the practice in the trade generally , ) that workmen should be served with a notice to quit ( he colliery . This plan has been acted upon for a long time , and the men at that colliery have become accustomed thereto , and it was never objected to on their part , but from some circumstance or other , the master has thought fit to alter the plan , and without giving any notice whatever of tbe matter , he has pounced upon some of the workmen ' s last fortnight's pay and deducted from their wages sixpence per tub , for as many tubs aB he thought fit , ( the men get fourpence-halfpenny for workinga tub , ) and fined them five shillings per man besides . These
are fines and forfeitures with a vengeance fora workman who toils all day in the dark and dreary mine ; each tub brings him in fourpence-halfpenay , and his master is empowered to make him pay sixpence for the same , aud fine him five shillings besides ! Surely this added to many other of such like acts ofoppresition will arouse the mineri of the North to a sense of their duty , and once more to rally round the flag of their association , and thus put a wholesome check upon the growing rapacity of those coal masters . It is no use attempting any palliation of the system , we must have the organization completed ; the miners must bestir themselves , work out their own salvation , or rest contented with the prospect of eternal slavery . Tours , &c ., Maktin Jdde . Newcastle , September 3 rd , 1846 . ¦¦» ¦ i
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CHARTIST CO . OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . FaizNDS . —It appears to me that Mr . O'Connor ' s exertions and untiring zeal in our cause , demand something more than gratitude , and I would , therefore , propose that each locality take into consideration the propriety of subscribing one shilling from each of the 10 , 000 members belonging to the Society , so as to enable our worthy treasurer to travel through the country in search of land , as I do not think it is at all to our credit that he should expend bis own mrans when attending to our pecuniary affairs . One shilling from etch member would realize a sum of £ 500 . Yours truly , W . C . SMITH . Sub-Secretary to the Halifax branch of the above Association .
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-mmm * m ^ TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVB LAND SOCIETY . Brethren , —Having seen a letter in the Star of Saturday , September 15 , signed G . W . Wheeler , to the Chartists of Great Britain , making an appeal on behalf of the Veterans and Law-made Widows of our exiles , the tame was laid before the Glasgow branch of the Chartist Cooperative Land Society . The opinions expressed by tbe said membere { waB to the effect—that we are perfectly willing to follow out the recommendation of the late Land Conference of Subscribers , to purchase shares for them ; but while we are willing to do so , we are decidedly opposed to the plan recommended of locating them on the Land , without the ballot , for various reasons—first , that it is entirely opposed to the rules of the association , and the understanding on which all have entered , that any person can be located without standing the chance of the ballot .
And also , although we { eel deeply for them , and would be willing at all times to subscribe towards the support of these helpless and persecuted individuals ; still we do think that they have a deoided claim on the Chartists of Great Bri'ain , as well as the members of the Land Society—and cannot see bow the members of the above society ought to forego andjalter the standing rules of their Society , to Co an set of benevolence to individuals whose claims rest on tbe whole country , both for tbeir sympathy and support . It certainly would be a benevolent act to place them beyond the reach of want , but we are engaged in a scheme which will require all the caution that can be used , to keap a strict confidenee amongst the members , and without that we fail . -
It is our decided belief that the society is partly composed of persons who have not taken an active part in Chartism , and many who are not Chartists in principleand we would just ask what would be tbe effect of such a proposition on the minds of the individuals of this class , as that made by G . W . Wheeler ! We would call the attention of the members to the fact , that there are many members amongst us whose condition in life is not the most enviable , and who are looking forward with great anxiety to the land , as a means of reclaiming them from their present miserable condition ; and if they by any means be put back in their chance , it will be the cause of
much grievous disappointment , and a vast amount of dissatisfaction ; a thing , if we intend to progress , we must guard against , and also it is our intention to give all the opposition we canto any infringement of the rules of the Society , and we would have the members to weigh well the effect that a departure from the principle on which we set out would have on the Society , before they come to a decision on the proposition made to them by G . W . Wheeler . Signed on bebaH of the members of the Glssgof ? branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , September 7 th , ISiG . Tuohas Gordon ,
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on Sunday found dead in her house , lying on three chairs , Her husband , a pilot , was sitting near the body , with his head resting on a table , asleep . They had both been seen during the afternoon drunk , and it is supposed she died from suffocation . Sudden Death op a Centenarian during the Storm of Sunday . —On Tuesday , an inquest was held before W . Carter , Esq ., at the King John ' s Head ' s , Bermondsey-square , on the body of Thomas Uarbut , who used to say he was in his hundredth year , Thomas IJarbut , the grandson of the deceased , of No . 3 , Long-wall , Bermondsey , stated that the deceased was formerly a tanner , but of late years an inmate oi Bermondsey workhouse . He always went
to church on a Sunday , and afterwards witness or his brother took him for a walk , previous to going home to dine with them . On last Sunday he met him at his brother ' s and was in excellent health and spirits . When they got home to his lodgings , deceased had some beer and a pipe , and while sitting at the door a very heavy storm of thunder came on , and a gentleman Baid , " Look how that poor man liaa been struck by the thunder , and is turning up his eyes ?" Upon looking at his grandfather , lie found it Was so , and removed him into the back yard , where ho was very Bick . He got better , and laid down ; and when witness returned in half an hour he thought he was asleep , but it was afterwards discovered he was quite dead . The Jury returned a verdict of " Natural death . "
iiiE Alleged Robbery of £ > iketeen Bn . \ ss Guns from Woolwich Arsenal . — A considerable time since , nineteen brass howitzers were missing from the stors of the Royal Arsenal , and although a strict inquiry was made at the time , they were not traced . Suspicion , however , fell on two privates named Freeman and Champion , of the Royal Sappers and Miners , who were apprehended , and taken before Mr . Grove , the sitting magistrate , and undcrwenta rigid examination , but were ultimatel y discharged , nothing being discovered to impeach their character . The Board of Ordnance then offered a reward of £ 100 for the recovery of the property and apprehension of the thieves . It has since been discovered that the guns were not stolen or lost but " that they had been cast into a portion of the Nelson
monument , and that through an error they were omitted to be entered in the official returns . " It is but justice to state that these innocent men have been discharged from the service , after twenty-one years' service , upon a liberal pension , and are now employed in the same establishment . ConN Riots . —A second corn-riot has taken place in the department ot the Deux Sevres . Onthe 2 lth ult ., a band , composed principally of women and children , beset a load of corn brought to the market of Chatillon ; but , as the interference of the mn <* istracy was prompt and firm , they were dispersed beforc any damage was done . A coin-riot , similar to those which have occurred in France , took place on the 22 nd ult ., in the market of Lausanne , in Switzerland . The armed police was required to quell it .
The Esd or a Puulic -Plunderer . —About six years since , under the presidency of Van Buren , two Government oilicials , namely , M . lloyt , collector ol customs at New York , and Mr , William Price , an attorney in the same city , embarked incognito for Europe , leaving behind them an aggregate deficit of from seven to eight millions of francs . They came to Paris , and in a short timo dissigated tho entire sum in pleasure aud wild speculations . After having consumed the entire su : n they returned to the United States , with an impudence by which they made the laws of the country an accomplice of their crime , for having lost so large a sum . by their villainy , it was » ot judged advantageous to commence : i suit b y which a still further loss would have been incurred in the useless attempt at the recovery of tho treasure . We know not what has become of Mr . lloyt , but Mr . l ' ricc has put an end to his existence by committing suicide . On the 11 th of August , he blew out his brains at New York . —La IV «« e .
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SUPPOSED MURDER AT CHESTERFIELD . A mo « t awful circumstance has ttlf week been broug ht , { girt , which ha 8 excited in Chesterfield «* «• ™ g ' bourUd fcriing . of the greHte . t horror and « Iarm . The filing discovery ol a mangled human bodj- . mongit ^ mc night . oil In a vault in the heart of the town , ha « omied this univereal excitement . From the expeed wd dangerous place in which the body was found , it was at first surmised ih . tsome unfortunate wretch had wmidered by mistake into the horrid place , and falling in , had been , rhortly suffocated ; but when the levered head WBB discovered , and a large fracture showed itsel f across the Anil , a more terrifcU suspicion jmtered the mind , and that murder had been committed became the universal apprehension . Subsequent discoveries leave little room for doubting that a foul and horrid murder was committid on the 7 th of December last , and that the mangled remains were those of the victim . But ire will proceed to give a narrative account of tbiB , ^ ^ ""'
dreadful affair . On Friday last some men were employed in emptying tbe contentB of a large hole or p it upon the premise * J ointly occupied by Mr . Banting , corn-dealer , and Mr . Towndrow . grocer , at the bottom of the market placet and which wa » used as a place for the reception of night soil . During their labour they perceived a substance which they conjectured to be the decayed carca 6 « of a sheep , and it was carted to a field of Mr . Bunting ' * , in the parish of Hasland , along with the manure , and no further notice was taken of it at the time . Subsequently , howevr one of the men who had assisted msntioned to
a fellow labourer , named Green , that he had doubts resparting the putrid ma « , in consequence of which Green examined it on Tuesday last , and found it to be the trunk and entrails of a man . Mr . Bunting , accompanied brDr . Walker , afterwards examined it , and were of o similar opinion . This led to further search , and the benes of the legs and arms were also found separate from the body ; the garters were round the legs , as worn bj the roan when living , and this circumstance led to the booy being identified . A good black coat , black silk handkerchief , and a silk picket handkerchief , marked " G . C . " were also discovered among the heaps of manure which had been carted to the field , as well at a pair of
trousers with braces affixed to them . TheBe discoveries led to renewed search in the pit on thepremlseBofMr . Bunting , at the bcttomofthe Market place , when a human head was soon found , having on it very little flesh , but the whole of tbe teeth , and a portion of tbe lef t eye , and showing a fracture about four inches Ion * , extendin g from the top of the forehead nearly to the crown of the head . A silk hat was also found with a large incision in it . The whole of the remains were consigned to the care of the authorities of the township of Hasland , and the body was soon identified to be that of George CollU . the son of Mrs . Mawkes , of Brampton , by a former husband , and of whom nothing had been heard of since last December . He was about 24 years of age , about 5 feet 6 inches in height , and good looking , and had been in the domestic service of the lat »
Mrs . Lucas , of Hasland House , but since the death of his mistress had for a limfc been carrying on business as a butcher In conjunetiou with a person named John FlatU . There were several circumstances which made the sudden disappearance of Collis little regarded . He had for some time been acquainted with a female named Beresford , residing in Beetwell street , Chesterfield , who had become pregnant by him , and it wat thought this might have led him to leave tbe town , more particularly as h « had arranged with a young man to accompany him to Manchester on tbe Monday after he was last seen ; be had also told his mother previously he should not write . But It appeared that he entertained some fears as to the safety of his person , by stating on an evening sometime previously to the female alluded to , that he was afraid of being murdered as he went home that night , on which her brother accompanied him home .
A cwoner ' s inquest 6 at on the remains on Thursday last , which was adjourned to Thursday next , when the evideuce of ElUn BeMBford proved the identity rfthe body , she also produced the fellow to one of tbe garters which deceased had given her . On the following day , JohnJPlHtts , a butcher , of Chesterfield , was taken into custody on suspicion of being the murderer , and against whom there it the strongest suspicion . The mother of Plntts , who is a -widow residing at Du « ant Green , hat also teen apprehended , as well as Henry Knight , his brother-in-law , the possession of Collis ' s watch having been traced to them .
When Collis and Platts carried on business as butchers thev rented a shop in the shambles , not far from a dwelling . ftouse , from an inmate of which we have received tbe following sickening detail . Onr informant states that be was going past the butcher ' s shop in question , about half-past seven on the night when the unfortunate man was last seen , and that wben he got near tbe cross j-utters of the shambles , he heard three or four tremendous blows struck in the butcher ' s shop occupied by the prisoner , and which were immediately followed by loud groaning , which gradually became fainter , and then a snorting as if some one was suffocating . He is certain that the sound of tbe blows did not proceed from any
solid substance . He returned for his wife , who also heard the groans . They requested the parties ineidft the ghop to open tbe door , which Platts , from within , refused , saying that he had had a glass of brandy at Mr . Franks ' s which had wade him sick . There was no light in the shop at the tim « , and informant thought he had a female with him , with whom he was intimate ; this suspicion he named to Natts , but when the church service was over , Platts took the female to their door to convince them they were mistaken , saying she bad been to church ; at the same time he requested permission to wash his hand which was bloody , and which be attributed to having cut his finger . He appeared to have been down on one knee . — Derby Courier .
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MURDER BY A POACHER . Ths neighbourhood of Newton Abbott , ( a town , sixteen miles trom Exeter , on the Plymouth road ) , was on Saturday nigbt the scene of one of tbose fatal conflicts , which have too often resulted from armed men being detected in an illegal act . Fcstus Harris , the gamekeeper , and James Norman , the gardener of Sir W . P , Carew ( the High Sheriff . ) of Haccombe House , were on tbe wateh , and ascertaining that poachers were in the grounds , they called to their assistance six other persona , amongst whom were Mr . Robert Rendell of Netherton , and William Setter of Coomhinteignhead . Those parties met in a field , called Blendfield , betweou 11 and 12 at night , and surrounded tbe place where the poachers were . Messrs . Rendell and Setter went to the gate of Kiln Field , and whilst there
heard the rest call out '' pate" —a signal previously arranged . They perceived some one running towards them , with a gun in his band , and on approaching within a few paces , discovered it was one Henry Warren , They ran into the field , and Warren raised his gun as if to fire . Mr . Rendell called out " You'd better not fire , ' but immediately Warren fired at Setter , and without taking the gun from his shoulder discharged the other barrel at Mr . Rendell . The shot passed by the Bide of Mr . Kendell ' s head ; but the aim at Mr . Setter was more deadly ; he received the whole contents in hie body , causing a wouud two inches in length , from which the bowels protruded , and from the effects of which the unfortunate man lingered until it quarter past two o ' clock , on Sunday afternoon , vrhen he expired at tbe house of Mr . Elias Rendell , BucUland , where he had been taken immediately after the occurrence .
On a post-mortem examination , a number of small size shot were found , lacerating most frightfully the liver and injuring tho bono . The surgeon also found a piece of deceased ' s watch-chain , which had been carried into the wound . The prisoner was , after a souffle , secured by Mr . Kendell , and the next day , taken before H . Cartwright , Esq ., who committed to take his trial at the next assizes for wilful murder , and also for shooting at Mr . Rendell . The prisoner ' s companion , who was out with him , has boen also committed to goal on tbe charge of poaching . There wa 9 some fear of a rescue by the " navvies , " but Mr . Flamank , the magistrate ' s clerk , very wisely kept the men at Newton until Monday morning , when they were sent off to Exeter , and there safely lodged in the County Gaol .
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DEATH FROM ALLEGED STARVATION . An inquest was held at tho Thurlow Arms , Brighton , on Monday , on the body of James Allen , a labourer , who died on tlic previous Thursday . He had lately under , gone an imprisonment of eight months' duration with hard labour , and occasional solitary confinement , in the House of Correction , and the inquest was held in consequence of his relatives alleging that he died in consequence of bad treatment in tbe prison . The firs t witness examined was Robert Allan , liis father , a labourer , at 33 , Jolin-strcet , Briehton . He stated that his son was ' 11 years of age , and up to the time of his going to prison had never had a day ' s illness in his life . He saw him in prison at the end of six months , when he appeared very ill , and said he was very weak . He came out of the prison six weeks ago last Saturday very ill . Ife was attended by Jfr . Verrall , but he diod on Thursday evening .
Martha Eliza Simpson , wife of a blacksmith , Bister of the deceased , corroborated the evidence of the last witness . The deceased had told her that while in solitary confinement his bed was taken from him from four o ' clock in the morning till six at night ; tiiat when he could not sit on the side of the bod any longer he was obliged to lay on the cold stones of the floor of tho cell ; that he thought he should have died ; that he asked the doctor for something fov tho weakness in his inside , and that he gave him a box of pills , which did him no good ; and that when be went to this ehupel he was so hungry that he could not liBten to what the chaplain said .
Mr . William Verrall , surgeon , deposed that after he Ciime out of prison the deceased complained to him of the bowel complaint and a bad cough . Insufficient diet , in the case of a man with diseased lungs , would be likely to c : tt > s 6 lliftl'rhcoa . A mah witVi diseased lungs was not a lit subject for either hard Inborn- or solitary confinement . Paucity of food would tend to aggravate the disease . Disease of the lungs and diarrhnoa rcquiro a generous . iii ( l nourishing diet . Witness had that morning , in conjunction with Air . John Lawrence , jun ., made a post mortem examination , tho result of tvhicli was merely » conlirmation of the opinion which he had previously formed .
The Jury returned a verdict , " That the rigour of the sentence being fully carried into effect , and the iiuulliuiency of food , destroyed the constitution of deceasedj in consequence of which he died , "
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EMBEZZLEMENT BY A CONFIDENTIAL CLERK . At the Liverpool Police Office , on Monday , a respectably-attired young man , named Victor Lecour , was charged before Mr . Rushton with having received a great amount of money from various partiet on account of his employer , an extensive merchant in Liverpool , arid not duly accounting for the same . It appeared that of £ 195 10 s . lOd . paid to the prisoner by Mr . Warren , between May and August last , at four different periods , only £ 114 7 s . 8 d . had been accounted for . The discovery was only made on Thursday . At Lecour ' s lodgings a quantity of letters were found , which had been addressed to his employer , but which had been intercepted by the prisoner , and kept entirely from his employer ' s knowledge . They revealed the the fact that the prisoner had been from
time to time making application to various correspondents of Mr . Dorrington for large amounts of money , in some instances , due to Mr . Dorrington ; but , in two of the caseB , application waa made for £ 30 , where in one only £ 8 was owing , and in the other , ifilO , The presiding magistrate said that the case was a very shocking one . The secret correspondence in which Lecourevidently had been engaged ' with Mr . Dorrington ' s customers , was not only intended to have the effect of robbing that gentleman , but calculated to destroy his credit . The prisoner was remanded until Tuesday , when a gentleman from the firm of Sykes , Schwabe , and Co ., proved the payment of £ 93 , and some few shillings to the prisoner , a few weeks ago , which had never been accounted for to the prosecutor . The receipt of this sum , as well as those proved on Saturday , had been merely acknowledged
at the foot of the respective accounts , and Mr . Rushton observed that such receipts constituted in themselves no legal evidence ; lut as the parties could swear to having paid the amounts to the prisoner , he should commit . him for trialjto the sessions . Mr . Dorrington said { . hat he could prove the prisoner having received a variety of other Bums without ever having accounted for them , but the receipts had all been given in the same way . If the prisoner was remanded for two or three days , he thought he could bring still more conclusive evidence against him , Mr . Rushton thought there had been sufficient proved to constitute one indictment against the prisoner , and if anything more important should be discovered , another indictment or indictments could be framed hereafter . The prisoner was apprehended by a police constable in a splendid house , kept by himself , in Everton . He deelined to urge an } thing in his defence .
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hh ^ I ^^ mm ^^ mmmmKh FAILURE OF THE POTATO CROP . —APPREHENSION OF AN OUTBREAK IN IRELAND . Cork Cobstt , Sept . 3 . —Having been for some time in this county I can confirm from personal observation the accounts which you have already received , as to th » failure of the potato cr' * p . F or miles and miles on every side of the county of Cork , you see fields through which the plough will be driven , the chance of obtaining a few potatoes here and there not being considered by the owners worth the expence of digging . You are , perhaps , aware of all this already . My chief object in writing to you is to warn the Government that unless they are provided with ample stores of provisions , and either give food or work to the people , there will be an outbreak within a month . I know . that the consequences of a rising are openly canvassed . The answer of the labourers to the observation that the public peace must be preserved ,
even at the hazard of calling out , is " we'll rather be shot than starve . I know parts of the county in which tho labourers have openly avowed that they would proceed in a large body to the workhouse , and if refused admission there , would immediately proceed to billet them , selves on any man in their neighbourhood who had cattle or corn , which they were determined to seize on for their support . Before tbe getting in of the harvest , the labourers were driven to pawn every article of furniture in their possession , to ward oft' starvation . The cern is now nearly all cut , and the poor being no longer in the receipt of wages , have no resource to fall back upon . During all this time the landlords and the government seem to be looking at each other , and each unwilling to take the initiative step in relieving the people . The
greater part of the landlords are disposed to act fairly ; but while there is a hope of getting the labourers em . ployed by government , and thus relieving the farmers from the burden of thGir support , they are unwilling to make that abatement in the rent which the tenants everywhere insist upon . The labourers , however , are now within a few days of that starvation point when they will no longer be reasoned with , but enforce their right to exist on the soil on which tliey were born . They reason not according to the dicta ot the political economists , but still after a fashion , not wholly irrational— "there are a million of people in this county , of which the landlords do not number a thousand , is it right that 999 , 000 should starve in order that the remaining 1 , 000 should live in comparative nflluonco \"
The £ 50 , 000 grant is universally considered as miserably disproportioned to the wants of a crisis which is approaching . 'T would not be a farthing too much for this county alone . The only way in which the people can be brought through this dreadful calamity is , by the laudloi'ds forgiving the greater part , nnd in some instances the whole of the rent , while the labourers are at once sef . to work by a government advance , either on public works or what I think would be much better , on agricultural improvements . —Unless the government and the landlords show themselves willing to act in the most liberal spirit , depeud upon it the people cannot be kept within the bounds of law and order . —Morning Chronielt .
Dublin , Sei * . 7 . —In some few districts tho resident landlords are endeavouring to grapple with the awful difficulties that beset them ; but , almost without exception , they appenr utterly to despair of accomplishing anything effectual with their own unaided resources . In almost every case they turn to the government , imploring succour , and the government declares— "We cannot help you unless you help yourselves . " But it is only in a ( aw counties that the landed proprietors appear at all alive to the formidable embarrassments of their position . To save millions of people from starva . tion , and the country from convulsion , employment must be provided , as the best means of obtaining food , and the laud must bo taxed to the requisite amount . There is no alternative . Tbo destitution is terrible , and daily the prospects are becoming still more alarming . At such a time it is lamentable to think that some landlords are
distraining for their rents , and thus aggravating the difficulties with which benevolent and well-disposed landlords have to struggle . A Conservative paper , tbe Ballinasloe Star , says : — " The fact can no longer be concealed—thousands , and tens of thousands of the people are starving . There is no middle term to describe their condition : starvation is the only npplicnble word . Want and hunger are stalking through our unhappy land , and deseolatioa is every where around us . And things sre nut yet at the worst . Vast numbers are now employed at the harvest at homo , in England and elsewhere : when this OllipIOYinent is , us it will soon be ut an end , what ia to become of them ? At this moment while we write , nnd while the wretched people are prostrate in their ' dopth of misery , more than one landlord is distraining for his rent ! Distraining at such a time as this ! Is " this a ume for man to crush his fellow-worm ? Sluuii o . slianie upoiiye !"
Tut 1 ' ortTOE Rot in Fuance . —The llcfomic states that tlie jiotatoe disease continued to make considerable progress , aud had now extended to this north of I ' aris . A letter , dated l ' rovins ( Seine and Marne ) , says , " Potatoes arelikenise attacked in this country . At present all are not tainted , ' but tho desease is making progress . When they are extracted from the ground , if the diseased are not separated from the sound , all become unfit for use . " A second letter , from Valenciennes states that " the malady amongst potatoes has declared itself here about 15 days since . The progress it is making is terrific . Almost the entire crop is attacked . "
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- " ' i ¦ - ' - — . . " ——¦ — ¦ 1 ^ DEATH OF LORD METCALFE . " This Nobleman expired on the 5 th instant , after a lengthened and moit painful illness , . at Uislsbangerhouse , Basingstoke , where be had been staying for some months previous . A cancer , with which the Noble Lord was first attacked in Canada , was the prelude to a tedi . qus and painful illness , which hat at length terminated fatally , after committing the most frightful ravag es . The melancholy event had been long expected , even by the deceased himself . The deceased , Charles Theophilus Metcalfe , Baron , of Fern-hill , Berkshire , in the Peerage of the United Kingdom , and a Baronet , P . C ., C . C . I 3 ., wat born Jan . 30 , 1785 , and consequently died in bis 62 nd year . Ha waj the son of Thomas Theopbilus Metcalfc , Esq ., of Fwn . hill . The raising of the deceased to the ^^ — - ^ _— — - ^ _« w& « m ww M f 4 m mm _* y *
Peerage is a somewhat recen event , having taken place in 1845 . Lord Metcalfe ' s career was a remarkable as well an a brilliant one , though almost entirely confined to a service in the East Indies , and the colonies ( Jamaica and Canada ; . Our Oriental dominions were , how . ever , the scene of his early dayB . Thither he proceeded at a very tender age , and did net permanently return home until he had completed a service of thirty-eight years , a period doring which he passed through various gradations , acquitting himself with great credit and discrimination in each , and finally retiring with the approbation of all parties . He was for a considerable period a member of the Supreme Council of Bombay , at well as Governor of Agra , and British Resident at Hyderabad . Lord Metcalfe was the schoolfellow of Lord
Auckland , and during that nobleman'i stay in India as Governor-General , he was his constant companion , and ready to afford him that advico on the affairs of the mighty empire of the East , which his experience , as a long resident , rendered so valuable . In Jamaica , his administration was , if possible , still more successful . He was cbosen Governor at a most critical period ; one , indeed , when the island was in a state of severe commotion , when the element * of discord prevailed around him , but his moderation and perseverance in a temperate courte succeeded , and he left the island in a state of profound tranquillity : peace , contentment , and obedience , particularly among the natives , being everywhere visible . His departure from Jamaica was witnessed by all with the deepest regret , and addresses reached him from all parts . In January , 1843 , the Prime Minister of the period , Sir Rober t Vea \ , fixed upon Lord Metcalfe as the
person best calculated to carry out bis views in that , for a lengthened period , discontented British possession . Canada . His arrival in British America witnessed the commencement of a line of policy which conciliated the discontented , though , at the game time , it met with the determined opposition of many . Lord Metcalfe returned home owing to the progress of ths dreadful malady to which we have already alluded , and the last few months of Mb existence might well be termed a melancholy struggle between life and death . In politics , strictly speaking , Lord Metcalfe was a Conservative ; but , notwithstanding , he was chosen , such was the estimation ia which his abilities were held , as tbe officer of the one great party as well as of the other . He is succeeded in the title and estates ( never having been married ) by his eldest surviving brother , Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe ( born in 1795 ) , who was formerly judge in the Delhi territory of India . —Morning Adxerliter ,
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Monster Telescope . —In the course of the lecture on Lord RoBse's Monster Telescope , delivered " a few days ago at Whitby by the Rev ; Dr . Scoresby , of Bradford , the rev . gentleman described the appearance of the heavens . He remarked that the nebuke already observed were between on 4 and two hundred , which was a great deal , considering how ' pften observation was prevented by cloudy nights ; and that the telescope , although erected about eighteen months , had not yet been in complete operation more than three or four months , already several of the nebula hitherto not fully examined were discovered to be a collection of suns ; and with regard to the moon , the Doctor stated its appearance to be magnificent . It appeared like a globe of molten silver , and every object of the extent of hundred yards was quite visible . Edifices , therefore , of the size of York Minster .
or even of the rums of Whitbey Abbey , might be easily perceived if they had existed . But there was no appearance of . any thiug of that nature , neither was there any indication of the existence of water nor of an atmosphere . There was a vast number of extinct volcanoes , several miles in breadth : through . one of them there was a line in continuance of one , about 1 J 0 miles in length , which ran in a straight direction like a railway . The general appearance , however , was like one vast ruin of nature ; and many of the pieces of rock , driven out of the volcanoes , appeared to be laid at various distances . The Doctor said he expected it would soon be competent to daguerrotype the image of the moon upon the speculum , which could not be done at present , as the moon was not stationary , but the Earl contemplated a piece of mechanism to move the telescope to a certain distance , with a motion corresponding to the movement of the moon .
Discovert of a Portion of tub Old Palace of Bbideweu .. —A few days since , as the workmen were excavating on the site of Cogers' Hall , Bride-lane , they came to a vault or dungeon belonging to the Old Palace of Bridewell , which , in the reigns of William I ., John , and Henry III ., was used for holding their courts . Stow , in his " Survey , " makes mention of this place , as extending from the Thames nearly to Fleet-street . The portion laid open , and now nearly destroyed , consisted of a series of six grains , of elegant construction , supporting the roof of the apartment , thirty . four feet long and seventeen
feet broad , on the west side of which was discovered a window , completely blocked up with rubbish ; but , by the judicious suggestions of the British Archaeological Association , the work of removal proceeded with care , and , by their well-organised plans , draw-i ings were made oit the mire interesting portions or the building . The window proved to be of very early work , and retained portions © f the iron bars . In the rubbish was found a leaden bull of Pope Nicholas V ., a small jutton or abbey piece , besides vast quantities of pottery , glass , and tiles , all of early construction , with , human , bones , as well as tlioae o £ animals .
Driffield . —The " Girsy Kisg" in Trouble . — Last Saturday , Peter Boswell , alias the " gipsy king , " was taken by Mr . Samuel Haigh , the police officer , of Cranswick , before the sitting magistrates , at Doncaster , charged with stealing a mare belonging to Mr . Darley , brewer , of Thome , near Doncaster , on the night of the 20 th or the merning of the 21 st of May , 1 S 45 . The mare was seen in Boswell's possession at Norton , about six o ' clock in the evening- of the last named day ; was traced to Ause , ia Westmorland , and finally restored to her owner about three weeks after . On the 14 th of August last , information of the case was forwarded to Mr . Haigh , who apprehended the itinerant king at Driffield fair last week , and conveyed him to Doncaster , where he awaifr examination thi sday , ( Monday ) . — Yorkshire Gazette .
Swjmmisg Feat . —On Monday afternoon , at & quarter past four , the announcement that Leeson , of Somers Town , would leap from Hungerford Bridge , and swim to Waterloo Bridge , in five minutes and twenty-five seconds , attracted a large concourse of persons . Several policemen were in attendance to prevent Leeson from making the dangerous experiment , but his Mends having put the policemen on the wrong scent as to the plai'o from which he was to leap , he succeeded in evading them , and gallantly leaped from about the middle of the bridge into the
river . He fell somewhat awkwardly on his side , and it was the opinion of the spectators that he must have hurt himself , but he showed no symptoms of haying received any injury . Jtle instantly emerged from under the water , and bore away in excellent style towards Waterloo Bridge , which he reached in four minutes and forty-five seconds , thus winning his bet of £ 15 to £ 10 amidst the cheers and congratulations of his friends . It ought to be mentioned that it waa full tide at the time Leeson performed the feat .
Fortunate Escape of two Drunken Dutchmen . —On Monday morning , about two o ' clock , two men were found lying on the pavement in the Wescniinstcr-road , in a state of insensibility . Two officers of polieo endeavoured to rally them , " but a strong suspicion , of hocussing being entertaiued the men were conveyed to Tower-street station-house . About seven o ' clock , however , they recovered their senses , when they stated that they had been drinking " above proof , " which caused their temporary- infirmary . A considerable sum Of money was found on their persons which contrary to their expectations , was handed over to them on their discharge .
Suspected Murder of an Infant . — On Monday , Mr . Wakley M . P ., held an inquest at the Vestry Hall , Church-passage , Chancery-lane , on tho body o ! a newly-born female child , discovered under the lollowing mysterious circumstances : —It appeared from the evidence of several witnesses , that on tho morning of the 4 th inst ., a small rush basket , tied and directed to a gentleman at No . 95 , IIolluway-ro . id \ lllas , was left by a stranger at the receiving-house ot the Parcel ' s Delivery Company , in Charles-street , Westminster . The parcel was in due time taken
to its destination , and upon application being made it was ascertained that no one of the name lived there . It was then returned by the carrier and deposited at the company ' s ofiiee in Roll ' s-buikling ' s Fetter-lano , where , on being opened , it waa found to contain the body of the deceased , wrapped up in . a piece of linen rag . Mr . Lovctt . the parochial surgeon , said he could not state positively whether the deceased had been born alive or not , owing to its t ! ecompositiou . After a protracted deliberation , the Jury returned an open verdict of " Found dead . "
A Smr aground over tiif . Thames Tussel . — On Sunday morning last , the tide ran out so low in the Thames , that the Venezuela , steam-ship bound to Havre , soon after leaving the St . Catherine Dock Steam Packet Wharf , being deeply laden with passengers aud goods , grounded right over tlio runnel , where she remained for two hours , when tho tide flowed , and she got under weigh ;« ain . Some alarm was felt for the safety of the tunnel , but pot a brick was started , although the Venezuela , which is a very lar ^ e ship , laid right over the tunnel , and no damage whatever was done to the works .
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FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE NOTTINGHAM AND UNCOI / rf RAILWAY . On Monday last a fatal accident occurred on the Nottingham and Lincoln Railway , at Gonalstone , a distance of eight or nine miles from this town . At twelve o ' clock the train left the station at Nottingham for Lincoln , and proceeded as usual till reaching the portion of the line near tbe village of Gonalstone , when a spring underneath the forepart of the engine snipped , and caused the engine to OBcillate , and jump up and down in a fearful manner . The engine driver in a moment of time shut off the steam , and at the next instant he was precepltated head foremost off the engine upon the ground . The ito . ker , a young man of the name of Henry Glover , unable to keep his feet , fell , and was caught by the tender , - i
which had flown up , and was returning : to its place , between the tender and the engine , upon the upper part of both bis thighs . Here he was transfixed , and could not extricate himself , the engine and tender at the same time being whirled « ff the rails , and aa It were actually doubled up ; but owing to the chain attaching them to the engine suddenly breaking , and there being two or three trucks and a large luggage van between the engine and the passenger carriages , the mischief did not extend to the passenger * , and the train camo to a * tand without any other individual sustaining damage . Thealarm waB almostunprecedented ; the shrieks and cries of the pas-Beugers rent the air , and were heard many hundred yards distant ; directly afterwards numbers were seen running in all directions across the fields for safety , and they could not be induced to go near the train again . The poor unfortunate stolter could not be removed from his
awful situation by human strength , and horses wera obtained at Gonalstone to aepnrate the engine and tender to set him at liberty ; he remained in this deplorable condition for more than a quarter of an hour—some of the passengers think half an hour must hav e elapsed from the first moment of the accident to the time when he was removed . Many of the passengers returned to Nottingham on foot , and would not agata venture in the train . The stoker was " eonv 6 yed to the General Hospital , with hie thigh bones protruding , and with the flesh smashed to atoms . On leaving his engine driver the dying man shook hands and bade him farewell . On arriving at the Infirmary , at half-past two o ' clock , it was found that the injury was so close to his boayi that amputation wae impossible ; and he only survived a few hours . He was 26 years of age , and has left a wife but no children .
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TBE KEFEAL ASSOCIATION . Dubmjt , Sept . 7 . Mr . O'Cosseix mai ' e his eatrw at Conciliation Hall to-6 ay at one o ' clock precisely , and having experienced Uie enrtomary cheering , requested Mr . Charles O'Connell , of the cotrat ? Clare , to take the president ' s seat . Mr . N . Maher . M . P ., having seconded the motion , Mr . Chablbs O'CossreiL ascended to the chaw , and laving returned thanks for the hi g h , honour paid him , announced th . it" Clare" was steadfast in the cause of Old Ireland . ( Hear , hear . ) They would have nothing to do with the advocates of physical force , and were determined to abide t-ntirely by the advice and direction of their anjiust liberator . ( Hear , hear . )
Mb . Steele adverted to the fact that he ( the '' head pacificator" ) was" also a Clare man , and took occasion to pay some compliments to their worthy chairman , as * Staunch patriot and a powerful assistant to a sanctified and patriotic clergy in all their exertions for the political good of their country . ( Hrar , hear . ) Mr . Ray having read the usual minutes , Mr . O'Cosnem requested Captain Beodekick to read an address from the corporation of Waterfurd to himself , approving of his exclusively peace pilicy . He then read another address io the same effect from Dr . Foran . the Roman Catholic Bishop at Waterford , and his clergy . He observed that " he did not hear of any addresses being presented to the Tonng Ireland or war party . " ( Cheers . ) These documents were ordered to be inserted in the minates , witU special thanks to Dr . Foran and his clergy . _ ...
Mr . Clements , the barrister , who has been for * ome time absent from the meetings , and was reported to have obtained a colonial perferment , appeared to second one of the propositions . There wasanGthfr " adhesion" to the Old Ireland party from Dr . H'Nally , Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher , and bis clergy . Mr . O'Coxseh , said , that evidence of approbation from such quarters -was invaluable , and matle him quite careless about the loss of the gentlemen of Young Ireland . Adverting to a passage in the address by Br . M'Nally , he said that the subject of education was one in which he and tbe young Irelnnders differed essentially , for he never could sanction the doctrine of ' mixed education . " Mr . Clements read certain resolutions of " confidence " In theLiberator ; and bis 6 on , the member for Kilkenny , from the Town Council and inhabitants of C . illan .
Ur O'Cd . vnell exulted in these evidences of approbation of bis peaceable , virtuous , and moral force system of obtaining repeal and regenerating the country . Alderman Gabdineb handed in £ 13 , collected in St . Paul ' s ward , and designated by the contributors " moral force m- ney . ( Hear , bear . ) Mr . O'CossEtt rose to make bis speech for the day . He adverted in the first place to the potato failure , and deprecated all violence on tbe part of the people . He enjoined upon them the most peaceable submission , and then proceeded to detail how relief might be obtained Tiniler the -ecent Act . He said that the Act would snffice for any emergency , and tben Kent on to show tow the Act was to be carried out . There was to be an application to the Lord Lieutenant in the first instance , tben a proclamation from bis Excellency—a
proclamation , by the way , for tbe first time , not against but for the people . ( Hear , hear . j The extent of work or payment for it mas unlimited . Ho ( Mr . O'Connell ) thought it would t < ke thirteen millions of money to feed the Irish people this year . The money was to be repaid , but not this year—to be repaid , but not by the very poor classes . Tive-eish'ta of it should be repaid by the landlords . < Hear , hear . ) Tins law would teach the absentees a lesson . There was no doubt the landlords would grumble a good deal , but he bad a remedy for them , let them come to Conciliation Hal ) , and look for repeal of the union . ( Hear , hear . ) Thus good will arise ont of present evil , and a jewel would be found in the head of this hideous toad . We now rejoiced more than ever in bis peaceful policy . They xrere not pretended—they were real Rtpealers . He never in his life was more
convinced than now of the necessity for repeal . He admitted , indeed , that the present Government was doing all the good they conld for Ireland ; bat he knew they would be unable to accomplish all that was necessary . In the meanwhile , he and bis association would give the devernment all the support in tbeir power . He waa about to visit his mountain home , and during his absence , would receive no communication on matters of 3 rasines 5 except throngh Mr . Kay . He wished to have his holidays ' uninterrupted . ( Hear , hear . ) Meanwhile , lie wou'd not be alto-Tether 'idle . During his six weeks ' absence , he would write weekly letters to them . ( Hear , iear . ) He next repeated his various requirements tor the effectuating of "justice to Ireland" —the enlargement of the electoral franchises—and of the Municipal Act . He adverted to the Xation newspaper , which he pronouaced to be worse than any of the Tory papers . Thfcv uttered lies and calumnies concerning him ; but be
iroaMnot answer them ; he wa 3 used to abuse , and always throve npon it . ( Hear , hear . ) If the Young Irelanders persisted in coming here , they should be turned ont as often as they presumed to come . ( Hear , hear . ) They ( the Old Irelanders ) were not to be imposed upnn . The physical force principle should be put down . Tbe moral force principle would gain new triumphs every day . It was winning its-way in France , in Prussia , and would be ultimately triumphant in Ireland . ( Hear , hear , bear . ) He must now take his leave of them for eix weeks . He would in the interim entrust tbe association to the management of bis con , the Hon . Member for Kilkenny —( Hear , hear . )—( who -was to-day attending upon the Lord Lieutenant in his yacht in the bay ) . He -nonia Teturn to them as lie left , a thorough Kepealer . ( Hear , hear . ) He was taunted with his support of the present 'Government but be cared not . He ivonld support them , and do his duty to the people of Ireland . ( Cheer . O
Mr . RaV then read a letter from Mr . Michael Joseph Barry , who requested hi 6 name might be struck off tlie roll , but dedint d entering into the merits of the late question of phydcat and moral force . Mr . O'Cokkell said the letter was a most proper one —it was tlie letter of a gentleman whom he was sorry to lose , but hlsra ~ ne -was already off . Mr . Rvr was iriceeding to read alerter from Mr . D . lane , expressing a similar wish , when Mr * O'CosN'Eti said—Oh ! he ' s off too . Mr . O'Cos . vell having announced the rent for the \ re * k tobe £ l 42 15 s ., Counsellor Fitzpatrick was called to tbe chair , when a vote of thanks was passed to Mr . Charles O'Connell , and the meeting adjourned for a week .
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The Spanish [Royal Makriages —Queen Isabella
The Spanish [ Royal Makriages —Queen Isabella
A Misbrablk End.—Mrs. Harriet Pounder W«S
A Misbrablk End . —Mrs . Harriet Pounder w « s
The Moon As Been Through Lord Rosse'b
The Moon as been through Lord Rosse '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 12, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1383/page/6/
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