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" Ana I will war , at least in werds , ( Ana —« nould my chance se happen—deed * , ) Withall who war with Thoug ht !" I ihmklhearaladebird , who singi She people bv and by will bethe stronger- -Bxm » . REVEL ATIONS OF RUSSIA . so . xi . The following is the reputed strength of the BDS 8 US JOUTABT FORCES . T « «« « P th « military force of the Ruisiw empire , m it said to stand at present embodied , consists of : — NO , OF KKC .
IKFANTXT . 3 it , 2 nd , 3 rd , * th , Sth , and 6 th corps , consisting each of 3 divisions , of 4 regiments each , each regiment composed of 7 battalions . 4 of which are effective , numbering 10 Q 8 men . Tbn » , 2 S 8 battalions of 72 regiments of the line ! ¦ the active army — — ••• 288 , 009 Two reserve corps , composed of the Sth and 6 th battalions of 72 regiments of the line , numiKiiing . on the peace establishment , 500 men each . 1 * 4 battalions ... ... ... 72 , 000 pepo tl > attalionsof 72 regiineBts ... ... 36 , 000 fiarnson corps and sappers and miners , 60 battolions ... 60 , 909 Infa ntry of the imperial guards , 12 regiments , at S battalians each , and 4 battalion ? of
sappers , miners , rifles . & veterans , 40 battalions 40 , 000 Infantry of the grenadier regiments , 12 regiments . 4 battalions each ... ... 48 , 000
SPECIAL CORPS . Infantrv of the Caucasus , 12 regiments ... 48 , 000 " of Orenburg 4 „ ... 16 , 000 ' of Siberia 4 „ ... 16 . 00 J | , of Finland 4 „ ... 16 , 000 Sediment of instruction , model corps , and cadet corps 80 . 000 Total of infantry on the peace establishment 624 , 000
BEGU&AS CAYAMT . H regiment * of cavalry attached to the sir active corps of the line . 24 regiments of cavalry of reierve . 15 regiments » f cavalry of the guard * . 32 regiments of cavalry of the grenadier corps . 2 regiments—Caucasian dragoons and model regiments * These 74 regiments , at 9 squadrons each , at 164 men per squadron , give usl 440 men per regiment , ana a consequent cavalry force of 103 , 630
ABTJIXEVT AKS EKGINEEB COEPf . Reported to employ ... ... — 55 , 000 The field artillery comprises—Flying artillery , 50 batteries , or * ° 0 gunsviz . 6 in the guard and grenadier corps . 12 in the 6 armies of the line . 12 in the reserve cavalry . 10 attached to the local battalions . 10 of Don Cessacs and Asiatic government ! . lieia artillery , 165 batteries , or 1320 guns—vi » . SD attached to the line . 27 to the corps ef reserve . 4 S to the frontier armies of the Caucasus , 8 ib « - ria , and Finland . IKEEGCLAE HORCE .
140 regiments or Cossacs ... ... I « regiments of Baskiri , at 800 men perV 116 , 800 regiment ... ... ... J S regiments of Kirguise , at 1600 men per regiment , auxiliaries , Turcomans , Kuxziloas h ^ ic 20 , 000 Irregular cavalry ... ... 136 , 800 THE MIUT 1 BT COtONIM . Tho military colonies were reported , in 1839 , to consist of 360 . 000 males , divided into seven classes , of which four are armed , mounted , and equipped , as Tecruits , soldiers , or
veterans . Their real force , as elsewhere stated , is uncertain ; but there is reason to believe that it is not less than 1836 , in which it comyrised fenrjr regiments of cavalry . About 12 , 000 males furnish a cavalry regiment ; its active force composed of men embodied for . fifteen years , forms a regular regiment of 1200 men ; its mounted reserves and veterans amount to S 000 more . We hare thus 4200 men per regiment ... ... — 84 , 000 As it stands on paper , the military force of the Bussian empire i « therefore somewhat as follows : —
624 . 000 infantry . 103 , 000 regular cavalry . 355 , 000 irregular ditto . 55 , 000 artillery and engineers . 130 , 000 miscellaneous force , comprising regiments of military colonies , gendarmerie , district companies , horse and foot , custom-house pa-——— . trols , soldiers * childrea , < fcc . Total 1 , 057 , 000 men : supposed to be armed , disciplined , and organised , on the peace establishment . To these , on the first signal of war , must be added 500 men to each of Jbe Sth and 6 th , or reserve battalions of the 72 regiments of the line , or 72 , 900 men ; but these are on y designated and liable , and yet undisciplined .
These statements are only approximate to those officially given by the war-office , which itself is in the dark as to the real number of men it has under arms , hesides being solicitous to conceal what it does not know with certainty . The opinion of an officer long employed in this department supposed the force in reality under arms , to mount , in round numbers , to 450 , 000 infantry . $ 5 , 000 regular cavalry . 50 000 artillery and engineers . 100 , 000 irregular cavalry . 100 , 010 military ' colonies and miscellaneous force . Total , 785 , 000 including all reserves , veterans and invalids .
This immense force Is at the command , and entirely subject to the will ot a despot , who not content with preserving the system of absolutism , which enables Mm to play the part of an almighty master within the boundaries of the Russian empire , also aims at the extension of that system over Europe and Asia . Was this force really as formidable as upon paper it appears , it would be high time that the nations prepared fora struggle for tLeir very existence—to say nothing of freedom , against the everencroaching power which threatens them . This idol of brass has , however , only feet of clay . It is by fraud rather ihaa force , that the Russian despotism achieves its advances . The nations fear the power of Russia , and Russia , taking advantage of this fear , extends her domination over the trembling
nations . A rigid inquiry Into the military resources of Russia proves , that opposed to England or France , -Russia , unless supported by one of those powers in her contest with the other , must succumb . Extracts from this work , which have already appeared in this journal , will have shown our readera tLe vast inferiority of the Russian soldier to the soldier of Western Europe . He has one grand quality—that of steadiness , to which we should add , of course , a blind and devoted submission to the commands of his officers ; but , in bravery , and endurance of hardship , the Russian soldier cannot be at all compared with the British soldier . The Cossacks are an exception . Almost born in the saddle , from
boyhood constantly on horseback , undoubtedly brave , capable of subsisting on the smallest quantity of food , of unsettled disposition , caring nothing for " country , " and only intent upon war as a means of plunder , they form in their peculiar vocation , that of extending the Russian conquests in Asia—the ma > n strength of the Russian military power—and are irresistible when opposed to Tartars , and similar semi-savages ; their only unconquerable opponents being the Circassians , and other tribes of the Caucasus . But even these brave barbarians would be no match for the forces of Western Euro ; e ; they might ravage a country , but could never conquer an empire such as France or England .
BUSSIA 3 J rOUCY . It has been more than once repeated in the preceding pages , that the Russian policy is governed not by the interest of a nation , or even a portion of a nation , bat bj that of s family , and tht-refoie it can never be expected that the national interest should be attended to , where not identified with it . But even where these interests are identified , it does not always follow that they are attended to . There are the personal feelings of the autocrat , the gratification of hit individual ambition , to interfere with them . He is tempted to be impatient and premature , because the life of the man is limited , and he cannot resist the lure of present success and aggrandizement , although at the expense of greater and more certain advantages , which might only accrue to his family in aiiother gent ration .
Thus the extraordinary and oppressive outlay which is occasioned by the maintenance of the colossal military force of Russia , is not calculated to advance in the best manner either the interests of the country , or of the house of Bomanoff , whether we view them in the improvement of the empire , or in its extension , or in both . Tins really exhausting and weakening show of strength is fccpf up t « influence and overawe its neighbours . Backed iiy it , the liu = sian policy malcfi sokic iinnie . iitiUimpress and conquests , which satisfy the ambitien of the emptior , a / vi he may reconcile the unequal sacrifice of ae future u'i the present Ay the reflection that he is
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watchful , and rtady to profit by the events which tee chapter of accidents may throw in his way . The real strength of Russia , if , " turning her swords into ploughshares , " she would fill her coffers , whenever roused to action , would lie in twenty millions of Muscovite peasants , frem whom she could draw any number required of such soldiers as we have described ; as it is , the wants both officers to command them and funds to set large armies in motion , and if she possessed the funds , a class to whom she could entrust the proper application of them . This class she has yet to form , because it does not exist within her dominions .
The author of the " Revelations" maintains , that the Russian despotism is no longer so formidable as it was . The Russian soldier is degenerated , and is no longer what he was when led by Suwarrow against Poland and the West . In support of his views , he traces the history of the Russian military from the battle of Pultava to the taking of Warsaw in the last Polish revolution , and shows , that ever since tbe close of tbe last great European war , the military strength of Russia has declined . The number of troops is greater than ever , but their capabilities are less . This he proves by an examination of the last war against Turkey , and the war against Poland . In the first of these wars , the Russians were victors
not through their own bravery or capacity , but because they had to contend with an enemy still more degenerated than themselves . Of forty thousand men who crossed the Balkan with Diebitch , a third were lying sick a few weeks after . Of the troops drawn from the interior of Russia , and marched towards the Turkish frontier , one hundred and twenty thousand had melted away upon the road ; of those who entered the Turkish territory , in Europe and Asia , during the two campaigns , one hundred and fifty thousand perished from fatigue and pestilence ^ and twenty five thousand by the sword . In conclusion , we shall quote at length our author's comments and reflections on
IHE RUSSIAN WAR IN POLAKD . The Polish revolution , in 1830 , next led to the invasion of Poland by an army of 130 , 000 Russians under Diebitch ZabalkansKy . At thiB time the predilection which Nicholas has always evinced for the Germans was so strong , that three-fourths of tho chiefs of Mb forces , including Diebitch their commander , were Germans , and the names of Pahlen , Toll , Geismar , Sackcn , Budhjer , Rosen , and many more , attested a partiality highly offensive to the Russians . The roles , who were never able to muster above 30 , 000 regulars altogether , or more than 50 . 000 men , including every species of atixiiiaries , upon one field , fought with characteristic gallantry ; at Gobie and Okouniew they retired , after a desperate resistance , befere an immense numerical superiority . The battle of Wawre lasted two days ; after a sanguinary combat , both armies retained their positions , though the Russians bad 70 , 000 men upon the field against 15 , 000 of their adversaries .
The Russian army was now increased to 200 , 001 men , besides reserve corps , which placed these effectively at the disposal of Diebitcfa . At Seroczyn , Geismar wag defeated by Dwernicki , and at the battle of Grochow , victory seemed at first to declare for the Russians ; fora moment , it was supposed that Diebitch would have taken possession of Praga , the suburb of the capital , but after a desperate struggle , he was rev ised and forced to wtire . Geismar and Rosen were defeated by Skrzynecki before Warsaw with considerable loss , and again at Kostrzyn , and at Inganie . After many such indecisive affairs , we find the Poles defeated at Ostrolenka , and obliged to retreat on Warsaw ; but , notwithstanding . Diebitch could effect nothing decisive , till death , either bj poison , or from natural causes , removed him from the scene of strife , and PasfceTitch , the favourite of the Muscovite party , took the command .
The Poles , who had lost the flower of their army in successive battles , who were disunited among themselves , and -without confidence in their leaders , after the battle of Warsaw , were forced to yield * to the overwhelming nnmbers of the Russian army , and the boldness and skill displayed by its new leader . Unhappy Poland was again erased from the list of independent nations—her children reduced to slavery , except those few whose miserable exile still excites the compassion , as their conduct excited the admiration , of the world . Bnt what , let us ask , would these modern Russian armies , which , notwithstanding all these advantages , had so much difficulty in subduing the Poles , hare done , kad their numbers been reduced to those of Suwarrow's forces , or had they had a Kosciuiko to contend with !
From the retrospection of the military annals of this ambitious power , amidst the accounts of fearful waste of human life , we may thus deduce this consoling fact , that the armies of Russia arc no longer what they were , and that if they are still to be dreaded , they have grown no stronger as they have increased in size , but rather the reverse , like a venomous plant in tbt close air of a hothonse , where iti sudden growth has onlj weakened tbt amount of its poison .
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CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . The Kaffir War . —The Maria Somes , transport vessel , has arrived at Portsmouth , with Uape of Good Hope journals on the 4 th of August inclusive . ( From the Graham ' s Town Journal of July 18 . ) ' Summary por the Week . —The information which has reached the colony from the colonial forces across the boundary is meagre , and as far as it goes not very satisfactory . The troops were in motion ; but it would appear that from the long delay that has taken place , the Kaffirs have had ample time to vacate the country , and to drive the fine herds of cattle
they have swept from the colony far into the interior . Thousands of oxen and cows and horses , it is said , have passed the Kei , and to which point it will give our troops some trouble to follow , them . The balance of account on the week , as far as we have information , is all in favour of the Kaffirs . While our troops have been toiling through the Kaffir country , encumbered with 250 waggons , without meeting with an enemy , or a single head of cattle , the Caffirs have made a dash into the colony , and , impoverished as it is , have swept off at least 600 head , besides a good many horses , the larger proportion within a circuit of ten miles of Graham ' s Town .
( From the same of July 25 . ) The aspect ef affairs has not materially changed since the date of our last . No serious disaster has occurred , while , on the other hand , nothing has transpired on which we can congratulate the colony . This frontier is still infested by the enemy , but , from all we can gather , in very small scattered parties , and which lurking the rugged bushy kloofs , watching for opportunity to spring upon the unguarded herd , and to carry off any stock which can be seized without any great personal risk . In the mean time , precious time is fast wasting . By the delay which
has already taken place , the colonial forces , at the commencement of the campaign , are in a far more crippled state than they ought to h : ive been , under good management , at the close of it . Thousands of horses and draft oxen in the field are utterly unfit for service , worn down with hard work and want of food . From the information received from the north and north-eartern boundary , affairs in that direction are not more cheerful than in our immediate front . The Tombookies , under Mapassa , are , it is said , fully prepared to take the field , and will muster , it is supposed , from 1 , 560 to 2 , 000 men .
TIIE WEST INDIES . The news from the West India islands is not of great moment . The colonists , although they were somewhat prepared for the event , received the information of the passing of tbe Sugar Duties Bill with gn at discontent ; and most of the papers are loud in invictives against the Home Government for passim ; such a measure ; many of the merchants go so far as to assert that the result will be absolute ruin to them , and to tbe future prospects of the island . At Grenada , on the 6 th of September , a very severe shock of earthquake was felt on shore . The shippiugin harbour , however , was not affected .
FRANCE . IHB BREAD RIOTS have continued in Paris and elsewhere . On Thursday evening , the assemblage in the Quartier San Antoine became again so numerous along the whole ot the Rue du Faubourg and the adjacent streets . Troops of the line , horse and foot municipal guards , sergens de ville , and police officers in plain clothes , marched simultaneously into the Place du Troneand the Place de la Bastille . On their way they were hooted , and in some instances pelted . They charged on the people , some of whom took refuge in the house No 45 which , was immediately sorrounded by the
, , armed force , and several of the rioters , all young persons were arrested . By ten o ' clock the disturbers were entirely dispersed , and all remained quiet throughout the night . On Friday evening the riots were renewed . Some lamps were broken , and some stones were thrown by the mob , but the Garde Municipale dispersed the rioters , after capturing several of tliem . When brought to the guardhouse , the prisoners were found to consist of mere boys and women . On Saturday evening an attempt ^ was made to barricade sume of the streets by upsetting omnibuses and carts , hut the gend ' armes succeeded in preventim : it .
" We have unfortunately to record , " says the Constitutionnel , ' anew rise in the price of grain . Tin general average price , which was in August 23 f . 'J 5 c per hectolitre , was in September 251 ' . lc , sJionin / j an increase of If . 63 . Last month we had already noticed an augmentation of If . 22 c . The rise extends to every market of France , with the exception of those of Brittany , where it has not materially raricd . It was most remarkable on tho Upper and L-iwcr Illunc . where it exceeds 2 Jf ., the hectolitre costing upwards of 30 f . Its price in the western departments was only 20 f . 72 c . " There iive been seme attempts at riot at St .
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Omer , in consequence of tho injunction against the National Guards carrying their arms at the inauguration of the statue of the Duke of Orleans . The authorities have been assailed with hootings , hisses , and outcries , among which were—Death to tyrants Bread at five sous ! The Marseillaise was sang , and several windows broken . But the troops were called out , and the rioters were dispersed . All the Spanisli refugees , Carhsts as well as Progressists , are being removed from the frontiers , m order te be locked up in gaols and fortresses in the interior of the country . This extraordinary and
unprecedentedfy severe measure excites the most profound disgust in the minds of all liberal Frenchmen . General Polo , brother-in-law to Cabrera , his aidede-camp Chincilla , and another superior officer of the old Carlist army of Arragon , have been arrested within the last few days at Carpentras . Two other Spanish refugees . Abbe Masanas and M . Colei , have also been arrested at Avignon . Lord Normanby delivered to M . Guizot on Monday a copy of the second protest presented by Mr . Bulwer to the Spanish Cabinet . The Courtier Francis states , It was reported in Malaga that Abd-el-Kader had dethroned tbe Emperor of Morocco .
SPAIN . Persecution ot the Press . —The Eco del Comcrcio and Eeptctador did not appear on tthe 29 th of September . The Eco has been suspended , having been fined fifty thousand reals on the 28 th , by sentence of one of the new government tribunals , and although there is a power of appeal , the political chief has refused to allow the journal to go on until the appeal is decided on , and has ordered its suspension until the money ( £ 500 ) and costs are paid . This is , moreover , only the fiwt of sx prosecutions pending against
the Eco for articles against the French marriage ; and what makes the injustice of the proceedings the more flagrant is , that the article for which it is now fined was never published to the public , the number having been seized before any copies bad been distributed , so that the press here is worse off than ever ; it has a previous censorship , and it is liable to prosecution and fine for the very number which the censors will not allow to appear . A fine of £ 500 for a Spanish newspaper is almost a sentence of annihilation .
To prove still farther the sincerity of the Cabinet respecting the " new era of happiness , " &c , several arrests were made on the night of the 28 th ult ., on what charges is not known . Here is another examp le of the liberty of the press in Spain ! A Barcelona journal had an article written on the marriage question , which did not please General Breton , the dictator of Barcelona . He sent for the editors , and having the article read from the proof sheets , began to abuse them . The editors endeavoured to excuse themselves . " Hold your tongue ( said be ); tear up those proof sheets if you have no desire to be shot without delay . At Madrid they do aa they like , but in CataloHia it is I who command . The Duke de Montpensier shall marry the Infanta , since he has not married the Queen . Begone , and bear in mind that the acts of Breton respond to his words . "
A Carlist Junta has issued . a proclamation from which we give the following extracts : — "Basques and Navarrese—The revolution , involved in the chaos of its fatal measures , urges us on towards the abyss in which it hopes to bury your liberties , rights , and p rivileges—those precious gifts derived from the virtue and heroism of your ancestors * * The tributary system , the offspring of error and misconduct , is about to plunge you in the most abjeet state of poverty . Your sons and your brothers , torn from the hearths by the Quinta , are about to swell the ranks of your oppressors . The disloyal and anti-national banner unfurled within your provinces is & perfidious snare to deprive you of the most vigorous of vour youth . The extraction of salt , the culture and preparation of tobacco , the free
exercise of your industry and commerce , are about to be abolished by a stroke of the pen . Your forests , which have hitherto given you such rich profits , are quickly destined to pass into the power of your rapacious governors , not to be applied for the benefit of your country ; i n short you will seeyourselves deprived of your deputations , which constitute yonr power and the wisdom of your legislation . You will no longer have those fathers ot the provinces who represent your rights and defend your interests . All your prosperity is about to vanish for ever . You will know by experience what credit ought to be given to those deceitful promises of peace and liberty . Soon will you experience the reBults of your generous but imprudent confidence , if you do not -hasten to throw off the yoke which is attempted to be imposed upon
vou . Basques and Navarres ! at the wards " Lauracbnt" let the four provinces rise like a single man Come , fly to enlist under the banner of your lawful Prince , whose sovereignty is the representation of your liberties , your wealth and prosperity ; of the august young Prince , the prisoner of Bourges , whose paternal and beneficial sentiments you know , * * * Charles Louis is not a despot , the antagonist o f progress and of sound liberty , as his enemies have asserted . This youthfui Prince an eixle from his most tender years , has learned to " ovi-rn in the school of misfortune ; in it he has studied the wants of his generation and the means of satisfying them in conformity with duty and justice . * * *
Lohk live the King ! True liberty for ever ! Long live our ancient Constitutions ! Long live our Fueros ! ( Signed ) " The Protiswsai Junta op the Basqui Provinces and Navaire . " Camp of Honour and True Liberty , at the foot of the Pyrenees , Sept . 14 , 1846 , " A letter from Palma , Majorca , says that the polical chief sent for the editor of the demo delalibetrad , a daily paper of that place , on the 20 th in 9 t ., and warned him from that day forwards he would not be allowed to publish any article , or to copy anything from any other paper , against the Montpensier marriage ; and the journal above mentioned of the 21 st contains a declaration to that effect , and that consequently , yielding to necessity , it is compelled to abstain from publishing anything on the subject .
ITALY Rome . —Project of a Constitution . —We find the following in a letter from Leghorn , 24 th ult : — " The general subject of conversation here is the constitution which is to be granted to the Pope at the beginning of November . _ It will comprise provincial courcUs , with the principle of election , and a consultative senate to be assembled at Rome every two years . It is still said that the National Guard will be organised at Rome , where the Civica already exist , and will be re-established in the provinces , where it ceased to exist in 1833 . As to the
seeukirisatien of the higher government offices , it 13 believed that this measure will not yet be carried , on account of the opposition which it meets with . It is , however , added , that Cardinal Gizzi Secretary of State , will , in all cases , nominate as governors of provinces . Cardinals who are favourable to the new system , as arc Arnat and Ciachi , who are destined for the Legations of Nologna and Forli ; andFiescbi and Altieri , who are said to be inimical to Austria , are destined for the Legations of Ferrara and
Ravenna , the two countries which come nearest in contact with , the Austrian dominions . According to a . letter from Rome in the Courtier de Marseille * , there may be added to the above nominations that of Savelli , to the Legation of Urbino and Pessaro . Monsignor Rossi , legate at Ancnna , has been dismissed , and sent to the Convent of the Mission , to await the issue of the inquiry , which the government lias instituted into his conduct . Monsignor Grassilini has been sent to fill his piace . ^ A great many Bulir . iilinn . tft officer * have been dismissed from the
government offices . The correspondent of the Courrier de Marseilles confirms the news of the formation of a National ( iuard at Rome , stating the intended number at 4 , 000 ; and also an analogus organisation in the provinces .
POLAND . The following is given in the German papers : — "During the last visit of the Emperor of Russia to Warsaw , a Polish deputation , among whom there were some nobles of Galicia and Poland , waited on his Majesty . All agreed in making the same proposals , namely , alluding to a general brotherly union , which should unite all the Sclavonian race in opposition to Germany . The Emperor is said most positively to have rejeeted , with evident disgust , the unexpected proposal , and especially to have said , in respect to the bond of brotherly union , that it waB quite new to him ; for that he had , indeed , heard of the hatred existing between the Russians and the Poles , but never of any reciprocal affection . Affection had , indeed , been manifested for the Poles , in full measure , on the part of the Government , but that it had been of no avail ; and , therefore , no alternative remained than to let justice and rigour take the place of favour and indulgence .
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO . The packet-ship Yorkshire , arrived at Liverpool on Wednesday . The result of Santa Anna s return to the government ot Mexico upon the relations of the country with the United States , would appear to remain still entirely doubtful . The tone of the American journals would seem to indicate , however , a less confident belief that pacific effects were to follow . The details received from tho United States force in Cahahuila possess considerable interest . The utmost activity prevailed at Camargo in the despatch
of the troops en route , to the interior . All the regulars , with the exception of one regiment had left the depot ; and General Taylor , according to the latest despatches received at Washington , expected to make a further advance with the volunteers by the 1 st of September at the latest . General Waliis's brigado had left on the 32 ml of August , with orders to advance towards Monterey as far as the village of China , and to remain there until further advised . The reports made to General Taylor as rcnardsthe state of the roads were very unfavourable . Colonel Hays , who with bis regiment and successively visited the towns San Fernando and China , J yjn " in the route , returned on the 2 Cth of August to
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Camargo , and rep orted to the Commander-in-Chiuf , that the advancing troops , baggage , ifec , would encounter many difficulties , and the men . experience great fatigue , tram the rugged nature of the ground over which the route lay . Nothing like a military road , er one affording easy transit tor armed bodies , from Camargotf Monterey , indeed , existed . From San Fernando to China ' a distance of 100 miles , Colonel Hays tound the road exceedingly uneven , and occasionally precipitous , ascending and descending hu ^ e hi lls , thickly covered with jungle and chaparral , and brushwood interlacing , so as to render the pioneers' labour indi spensable . During his march , he had visited all the ranchos or farms which studi ed the country in profusion , but the most profound tranquillity reigned throughout .
The accounts with regard to the Mexican force still remain indefinite and meagre . A repor , was in circulation at Matamoros that a party of American ariventnrers had taken possession of Monterey without encountering resistance . From other quarters in the Mexican frontier the accounts published in the newspapers are of no moment . The advices received from St . Louis , however express fears that General Kearney ' s command would fall short of supplies . The Indians were carrying on a system of depredations upon the traders . It is stated in some of the letters published in tbe journals that they had offered their services to the Mexican commandant at Santa Fe , to harass the army . This statement has not since been confirmed .
We learn from St . Louis that two Mormon spies ]) a ( l been shot by the anti-Mormon mob ot Nanvoo . Thi s , it is feared , is the commencement of a sangui " '? conflict between these factions . prom Canada we have accounts to the 14 th ult . They are entirely unimportant . We take the following from Young America , of Sep tember 12 th : —
CALIFORNIA AND A NATIONAL DEBT . Is it n ot time that this California farce were ended ? Do the government men really mean to impose upon the people the expense of sending Stevenson's mongrel expedition to California ? Will they dare to shoot the man they have sentenced to death by a mock court-martial , and are they really in earnest in drivin from their native State , and their Wends , a thousand poor lacklanders who enlisted , merely because , beinp denied their right in the soil , they were in need ? Every day some of these young men , thus despoiled of their birthright and entrapped by a few popinjay swindlers , are applying to the law for relief from their unjust imprisonment , and the last application ( that of John Cooke ) was on the ground that the whole organization of Stevenson ' s pretended regiment is illegal , which all who heard
General Sutherland ' s argument , and the quibbling of the ju ' lge ( Edmonds ) must be satisfied is the case . The very point at issue the judge excluded from the argument , contending that he bad no right to inquire into the authority of the man who pretends to be commander of the regiment ; thus , in effect , authorizing any adventurer to entrap and kidnap our citizens with impunity . In answer to the counsel ' s appeal to the law , to prevent militia men from being talcen out of the State , " These men , " said the judge , " are not out of the State . " So Stevenson may b on his way to California before the law can be operative , according to Judge Edmonds . It certainly does appear that the people ' s rights would be more secure under a judge elected by themselves , than linger one appointed through party influence . This California business seems to be a regular
speculation . , , . If the government persist in such spuandering , outlandish schemes as this California expedition , what can we conclude , but that the pnwers of Washington are covertly in favour of the policy boldly avpwd by the Courier and Enquirer in speaking of the Mexican War , as follows : — "Under any circumstances we look forward to a large NATIONAL DEBT ; and if the whole affair should be brought to a close , and California and Northern M < xico be annexed with a well defined boundary to the fhores of the Pacific , we shall not regret the amount of the debt . Experience has shown that a national debt to us is no injury . All our difficulties have arisen since the payment of the last debt ; and if , as all will admit , stability in our legislation be all important for our prosperity , a national debt is doubtless necessary . Give us a national debt of a hundred and fifty millions , and
the wants of the Treasure will insure us a stable tariff for revenue , which will give us all tbe protection that can be desired ; not the tariff of 1842 , but one of a'discriminating character , based upon specific duties and minimus , with the rate of duties but little if any higher than the new tariff of Mr . Walker . Such a tariff permanently established , would be worth to tbe country all of a hundred and fifty millions ; and we , therefore , look forward to better timesand to greater national prosperity , growing out of this war with Mexico and the debt it will leave upon the country . It is death to all free trade notions and to the present tariff ; and &s the money is spent among our own citizens , we do not see how the continuation of this war can in any way affect the national prosperity or injure the money market and business generally . Ultimately it will do good in the manner we have mentioned , and we are willing to permit the administration to have its own way . "
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may not be amiss to observe , that the immorUl C > l » b , U has stated that one quarter an acre of JaHd properly cultivated will keep a cow , and proves that he would give her from that quantity 901 bs . of vegetable food per day . Taking Cobbett'a statement to be correct ( and I have no reason to doubt it ) , you will perceive that our friend has far outstripped him ; for if you allow , four sows lOOlbs . of vegetable food each per day , and then divide those 400 into 162 , 0001 bs ,, the produce of an acre of land , you will find that they go 405 times ; so that one acre of land , producing at the rate of our friend Morton ' s , will give to four cows 4001 bn . of vegetable food per day , for 405 days , and that too bear in mind from one crop . Now let us see what might be the probable value of thi » crop of cabbages .
It is not too much I am sure to estimate the cost of keeping a cow at Is . per day , or , in other words , the value of lOOlbs . of cabbages ( the quantity allowed ac cording to the produce of our friend Morton ' s land ) at Is . being less than a half farthing per pound . Now four hundred and five shillings will amount to £ 20 5 s ., and four times that gum , the cost of keeping four cows for four hundred and five days , will make an aggregate of £ 81 ; or , if you like it better , suppose we value the cabbages at £ 1 per ton , it will still be the same , and I am tolerably certain 1 am below the average market value , whether you take London , Manchester , Liverpool , or , in fict , any large town in England or Scotland . In London I am confident each cabbage weighing twelre pounds and a half would sell at 3 d ., therefore 81 could come to £ 1 0 s . 3 d ., and 160 times £ 1 Ob . 3 d . amounts exactly to £ 162 . Of course the crop would not be so valuable here , and therefore I only estimate it at one-half .
I will now state the cost of labour , seed , manure , and rent , for the rod of land , as given to me by Mr . Morton himself : — s . d . Labour , delving twico and hoeing once 0 6 81 plants at ( id . the long hundred ... 0 1 One-third of a square yard of the best cow manure 1 0 Rent of land ... 0 9 Total ... 2 7 £ . e . d . 160 rods , or one acre , at 2 s . 7 d . per rod 20 13 i Value of the crop 81 8 0 Deduct 20 13 4
Leaves a net profit upon the acre of 60 6 8 Having shown the capability of the Land when properly cultivated in one instance , I will proceed to another —Thomas Gilchrist , farmer , residing at Knevoclaw , near Darval , in the county of Ayr , produced a crop of carrots from a quarter of an acre of land in the year 1814 , which brought him in £ 30 . Very likely some gentlemen , nig to bursting with a knowledge of the Land , will sny " Nonsense , it could not be done . " Ah , Sir , but I'll prevent the possibility of a reasonable doubt , by informing those gnge persons that the individual ( I mean Mr . Gilchrist ) and others are , prepared to prove the truth of what I have stated if called upon to do 80 . The quantity of stones weight of carrots produced , are as follows : —
There are 40 rods in a rood of land , and each rod produced 30 stones , and 40 times 30 , are according to Cocker , and he was a celebrated Arithmetician , 1 , 200 , and 1 , 200 stones at Cd . per stone , the selling price at that time , will exactly amount to £ 30 . He paid for labour , seed , manure , and rent , the following sums : — £ s d Labour , Is . per rod . , 1 2 0 0 Seed—Sl ' -s . at 4 s . thelb . . 10 0 Manure—13 loads , at 3 s . the load , 1 19 0 Rent of Land— . . . 0 15 0 Total cost ~ . . - . 5 14 0 Amount of produce . . . 30 0 0 Cost of production— . . . 5 14 G Net profit— 24 0 6
So much Mr . Editor at present upon the capabilities of the Land , at some future period I shall be enabled to gWe my brother Chartists a few more facts that will both surprise and please them upon the same subject . In tbe interim permit me to subscribe myself , Yours siscerely , Christopher Dotle . P . S . —Mr . Morton is not like some men who have profited by Mr . O'Connor ' s system , and will not acknowledge the author , on the contrary , he feels proud to givo the name of his instructor , and heartily thanks him , not enly for the benefit Mr , O'Connor has conferred upon him individually , but upon the whole of society . Newmilnes , Saturday , October 3 , 1846 ,
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MESSRS . BELL AND DISON .
T « THE EDITOR OF THE NOBTHEBN STAB . Sm , —In the Star of Saturday last , I find a letter from Wm . Dixon , of Manchester , certain portions of which reflect upon my political character . From the tenor of Mr . D . ' s letter my friends may be led to believe that I am not desirous of meeting him before the public . Since the Middleton camp meeting of which Mr . D . speaks , I have repeatedly written to him requesting him to meet me before the public of this town where I have been known from infancy , and prove the assertions he made at the meeting above alluded to , I have also prevailed upon the Chartist council to write to address the same request .
A few weeks apo there was a public meeting in this town on the Ten Hours' Bill , Mr . Dixon attended , at the conclusion I sent a deputation to him requesting him to stay in the town until the following evening and mee me before the public to prove the charges he had made against ine , this he refused to do , I afterwards sent ths same party accompanied by ' one of " the ^ council , and they offered him seven shillings and sixpence for his expenses , if he would stay until the following evening , he still refused to do so , alleging as his reason that he had put the matter into the hands of the South Lancashire council . To this arrangement I have never been asked to be a party . It is upwards of three months since Mr . D . thought proper to denounce me to a public meeting , during the whole of this time I have been willing to meet him .
I have requested him to meet me m this town because he said at Middleton that he would do so at any time I thought proper , yet up to Jthe present time he has refused . 1 am at any time prepared to meet Mr . D . or any other man , who charges me with having knowingly directly or indireetly received a single farthing of either Whig or Tory money fbr doing Whig or Tory work : or that I have tver during the eight years that 1 have been an active member of the Chartist body , joined with any party that had for its object the merging the Charter into any less measure , William Bell , Mill Lane , lloywood , Oct . 6 th , 1846 .
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AN ADDRESS TO TIIE WORKING MEN OF BIR MINGnAM , BY ONE OF THEIR OWN ORDER
Fellow Workmen , —Are you politically dead ? or why are you slumbering in such apathy ! Do you know there is such a place as the People ' s Hall , in Loveday-street , St . Mary ' s Square , which is intended for your moral and intellectual improvement % Bear in mind that the Hall belongs to no sector party , but is open to nil , let their opinions be what they may , so long as they are strictly lcg : il . It is enrolled as a Literary and Scientific Institution ; there is a good library to be at your command ; Instruction and Amusement Clusses are nowbeing formed to meet the wishes of all parties . Now the fact is , that there is but upwards of 400
paidup shareholders instead of 3000 , as was originally intended . Now , fellow workmen , this valuable piece of building is about to be taken out of our hands ; it is worth about £ 2 , 500 , and is mortgaged for £ 800 ; and if the interest is not paid in a very short time , the mortgagee irilJ sell it to pay liimsolf , —and then you will never have such a place again . The money that has been recei 7 ed has been laid out to bring it into tcnnantable use , so far as it is . If the present demand now made is met , the Committee feel confident that they shall be able , in future , to carry it on without any further appeals to you , —only by helping to support the different classes that your taste or inclination may cliose .
Have you forgotten the time when you were hunted about by Blue Jackets and Bludgeons—Rid Coals and Sabres ? because you were met quietly and peaceably to petition Parliament to redress your manifold grievances ; —and so long as capital has tho command over your labour , such things may , and ere long will occur ag » in . Now if you had had , at that time , a place of jour own like the present one , where none dare iittrude without your leave , —where every man could soy . this is our own Hall , you have no right here ; it would have prevented a great deal of trouble sorrow , and expense ; because when men are goaded to madness by oppression , they often overstep the bounds of reason .
Now , think the men of Birmingham will not let this noble piece of Building be sacrificed , without making an effort to save it . In Manchester and other large towns in England , the people have their nails ; and shall it be said that Birmingham , where all the country were used to look too as their guiding star , shall it be said that they are sunk into insignificance , and wiil not support their own order . The Committee have laboured excessivoly to bring it to its present state , and they hope their efforts will be crowned with success . One word to the unpaid Shareholders . It was reported by former Committees , that if your shares were not paid in a given time , they would he forfeited ; the prss « nt Committee will meet every Tuesday and Thursday evening , from eight till ten o ' clock , at the Hall , to receive money from all unpaid shares , and grant new sharespayment £ 1 pur sluire , at sixpence per wcek . or what more you like . 1 1 1 I I 1 1 1 1 ;
Now , fellow workmen , I have put the thing in the plainest manner before you ; will you come forward and assist ? for as sure as night follows day , so sure will protected capital war ivith unprotected labour ! If the unpaid Shareholders will send in their names and residences , us many of them have removed , they can bo waited upon b y a person appointed for that purpose . I remain , your ' s truly , John Jackson , Pope-street , A Shareholder . ] t I 1 I
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BOW-STREET . Rape . —On Monday , three young men , between six . teen and seventeen years of ago , named Charted Howard , William Lewis , and William Stewart , were charged by a girl , named Clarissa Keyworth , aged sixteen , with having each committed a capital assault upon her person . From her statement , it appeared that she came up to London on the 30 th of September , and at one in the morning , when walking across High-street , St . Giles's , she was accosted by Howard , who offered a shilling if she would take a walk with him . She consented , and he
led her to a stablo , where the two other prisoners joined them , and there perpetrated the offence complained of . Her shrieks were not heard for some time , but at length the police entered , and toek two of the prisoners into custody , and the other ( Howard ) the next day in Drury . lane , who immediately said to the policeman , before he was taken , " I suppose you thought I took the girl there . " Policeman 91 stated that he heard Stewart make use of most awful threats to the prosecutrix , unless she submitted to his wishes . They were all fully committed to take their trial at the next sessions of the
Central Criminal Court . LAMBETH . Lovehs' Qdaeheis . —On Monday , Jnraes Griffiths , •» determined looking fellow , was placed at the bar , on a charge of being found with loaded p istols in his possession , which it was suspected he intended to use improperly . He was apprehended in front of a beer shop , with a brace of pistols in his possession . One watlouded with powder , while the other had , in addition to powder , two nails in the charge . Miss Jane Mears , a rather pretty-looking young woman , the daughter of the keeper of the beer shop , before which the prisoner bad been apprehended , said that she was well acquainted with tbe prisoner ; in fact , he had , she said , been for some time paying his addresses to her , and they were still on
suuliRood terms that she could not think he would arm her . In reply , to the questions of the magistrate , the wittuss admitted that on Sunday last she had had a sliui . t ijuarrel with the prisoner , but it was not of such a iiuiui ' c that she had any apprehension , upon her part , that he intended doing her anj mischief . The prisoner saiil that he could scarcely account for hii carrying loaded pistols about him , but he had no intention to injure any person with them . Ho had beught the pistols the day before for 5 s ., and was induced to make such a purchase from their extreme cheapness . Mr . Norton dirl not think that the prisoner bad given a satisfactory account for carrying a Joaded pistol about him , and he should , therefore , hold him to bail to be of good behaviour for six months .
CLERKEKWBLL , A Warning to Working Men . — A widow named ; Well * , living at i , Thomas . street , Beltou-strect , St . George ' s in the East , applied for a summons against the Secretary and Treasurer of the United True Brothers Benefit Society , under the following circumstances : — The applicant stated that her husband , who was a waiter ; had been a member of the society for several years , ? nd punctually paid in the subscription mrney up to the time of his death , in July last . According to the rules she was entitled to £ 12 then , for which she applied ; but although she made repeated applications , she could not get a farthiug , and was reduced to the greatest distress . She had applied to Mr . Greenwood , who referred the matter to the Chief Usher , Mr . Duke . Mr . Duke said it
was a very hard case indeed . There could be no dotbt but the money * vas lawfully due . lie had by the magistrate ' s order gone to tbe secretary , endeavouring to get something for the poor wom&n , but he refused to give any satisfaction . The magistrates had nferred these matters very often to him , and in many cases he found that where poor labouring men had been depositing their savings for years , they were in the end cheated out of them , the greater part of the money being swallowed up by officers . There were four or five benefit societies held in the public-houses in which this one was , and the same two persons officiated as secretary and treasurer in each , The magistrate directed that the secretary and the treasurer to the society should be summoned before the court .
MARYLEBONE . On Tuesday , Margaret Smith was charged with having robbed John Brown , a countryman , of a silver watch . It appeared that on the previous night prosecutor was followed by the prisoner , when she endeavoured to persuade him to accompany her home ; he refused to yield to her entreaties , and at length she went away laughing . Soon afterwards he missed his watch and senls , and being satisfied that the prisoner had stolen them , he ran after her , and coming up with her gaxe her in charge . The property « as not found upon her , but she promised , if let go , to restore it in the morning . Committed for trial .
WORSHIP . STREET . A married woman , named Ann Sinner , the keeper of an eating-house , in Keute-street . Spitalfieids wa » charged with having stabbed a journeyman skindresser , named Daniel Crawley , with a carving knife , whereby his life has been seriously endangered . Sarjeant King of the H division , stated that wli le on duty in the above neighbourhood ) at twelve o ' clock on Saturday night , he h- ard a great disturbance in the prisoner ' s house , occasioned by a violent altercation between herself and her landlady , and afterwards saw the man Crawley , who had taken no part in tho quarrel , come staggering out with , both his hands clasped closely over his side , from which . Wood was pouring in great profusion down his clothes , and exclaiming that he had been stabbed to the heart , Witness instantly ran to his assistance , and having ap . plied his handkerchief to the wound to stop the heinor . rbage , conveyed him into the prisoner's shop , and on asking who had inflicted the injury , he pointed at the pri .
soner , who was stand ) m ,- behind the counter , Mr . Hart , the parish surgeon , was then sent for , who probed the wound , which he pronounced to be most probably mortal , and directed the man's immediate removal to the hospital . On reaohing the station-house , where the charge was read over to her , the prisoner declared that Crawley had been sen * , to her house by her landlady to ill-use her , and that she considered she had a right to defend herself . On making inquiries at the hospital on Sunday morning , he was informed that the wouHded man was not likely to survive the day , but be had slightly rallied since then , although he still continued in a very precarious condition . The Serjeant added , that subsequently to his removal to tUe hospital , Crawley positively denied having jiiven the woman the slightest provocation at the time . In ht ; r defence the prisoner said that Crawley had pulled her about in tin improper manner , and the wound was accidently inflicted in her efforts to disengage herself from him . Mr . Broughton ordered the prisoner to be remanded for a week , to await the result of the ma . i ' i injuries .
THAMES . The CHURcniABD Nuisance . —On Tuesday , several of the parish authorities of St . George ' s in the East , waited upon Mr . Kallantine , to requeit his advice under the to !* lowing circumstances . There was a graveyard to tl . r rear of the road in Cannon-street , abutting in Wa-bury » street , which was 11 source of great and general complaint to the inhabitants . It ex ' sted there fbr forty years , and was now so overcrowded , that coffins had to be smashed and bodies broken up to make room for new occupants . The effiuvia from bodies decaying so near the surface
produced a most dangerous miasmatic effect . The magistrate said he saw no remedy but by indicting the proprietors , or the parties who , by turning the bodies OUt of the earth , commit the nuisance . Mr . Staples ( a trustee ) — ' The scenes which occur there daily are horrid . Bones , with the flesh adhering to them , ure dug out of the old graves . They are poked into holes opened near the grave , and afterwards removed , for I know not what purpose . Some were removed last night , and theeffluviawas terrible . " The parties withdrew with the intention of indicting the proprietors .
SOUTHWARK . Toe Ups and Downs of Life . —On Tuesday , Eli-a ¦ Jarvis . the wife of a merchant , late of Bush-Jane , City , nas charged with making a very determined attempt upon her life , the preceding morning , : tt a cotttte-Iiouse in tbe Waterloo-roiid . A young woman , named Beale , serva&t at the coffee-shop , stated , that ou Saturday night the defendant came to her employer ' s house , and after taking some coffee , engaged a bed for the night . The following morning she requested that her breakfast might be brought upstairs to her bedroom , and ordered with her ¦ coffee a slice of bacon , desiring that a knife and fork might be provided . Her wishes were complied w : th , and . a considerable time having elapsed , and she not coming , down stairs , the landlord went up , and knocked at the
bedroom door , iuformiug her that it was netting late in . the day . The definrinnt answered in . a feeble tone of voice , requesting that he would send the servant girl up to her , and the latter , on entering the room , discovered the defendant lying on the bed , holding her right . arrr > , from which the blood was flowing into a basin , on a chair by the bed Me , The knife which they sent up with the bacon was lying close by , and from the marks of blood upon it , there Was no dsubt it was used by the unfortunate woman to inflict a wound across her arm , but the blade being extremely blunt and jagged , « vas to be principally attributed the circumstance of her not having effected her object . As it was , however , a deep iucisiun was inflicted across the inside of her arm , at the elbow . A medical man was immediately called in , and he
pronounced , that although a great deal of injury was done , still that it would not be attended with any danger , and on being » hown the knife , he was of opinion that had it not been blunt , she would , in all probability , have destroyed herself . The evidence showed a melancholy accumulation of misfortunes which had become so great that the poor woman could not bear up against them . She , however , now regretted what she had doue in her excited state , and wouW not attempt the like again . Mr . Seeker said that in the defendant's condition of mind h . 0 ould not take her own word , and that it was necessary she should find two surities of £ 10 each to be bail for her . The defendant , not being provided with the required snrities , was committed , the magistrates giving directions that the case might be mentioned to the governor of tho gaol , in order Unit due attention should be paid .
MAULHOROUGII-STHEET . A 1 ' AiK of itorEFtts .-Oii Tuesday , Daniel Cnrtvaud Dcnniss Burns , two boys , were ° liar S A ^ %£ 3 ?? £ stolen a purse containing £ 7 10 s . in ^^ JiMJ ^ m ^ ver , from Catherine Moody . The ^ ftpjl |*«^ « - ^ 4 , therly-looking old ia'iy , said , on jrbafida ^ last . 'as . she ^ was passing Orufton-street , she wasj . ndueed to ; nve . t , twopenen in the purchase of waumtS , on -tbe promise Of . ! having sixteen uuts given to her former money by tho-i " : % \) ' ¦¦¦¦ ' I- - ¦ ¦¦ : ^ - ¦ ¦ ¦• : •¦ -- .: ' : . w - , y it . ¦ ~ ¦ ¦ -V >¦ ¦ ' . v " . - ., - : " , •¦* . . •¦ ¦ - ..- ; :. ¦ . ¦ , \
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The Press in Germany . —A report is circulated here that three journals , two published in Baden and one in Saxony , will shortly be prohibited by a resolution of the Diet . Rights of Women . —Among the petitions lately presented to the Grand Council of Berne , is one from the females of Oberland , Seeland , and Brienne , praying that they may be admitted to on ^ oy the same rights as those who are now called their lords and masters . —Galignani ,
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v CAPABILITIES OP THE LAND .
TO TUE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . S 1 R )—As I am one of those extremely anxious to receive , andimpartinformation upon all subjects connected with the well-being uf my working brethren , and as the capabilities of the Land , is a subject of great importance , and one upon which a variety of opinions are afloat in this country , and as Iconcaive a few facts founded upon practical experiment proving the capabilities of the soil , when properly cultivated , are more valuable than a thousand mere assertions , I therefore , without any more preface , submi t the following for the perusal atid consideration of the readers of your truly valuable and democratic journal . On Wednesday evening last , while in the house of Mr . Bailie Brown , one of the members of the Land Society , and as thorough-going , and zealous a Chartist , as any in the world , I was paid ausitbyoneof the working men of this village of Newmilns , Ayrshire , who informed me that he had what istcrmodin Scotland " a Fall of Land , " equal in length and breadth to our English Sta . tute Rod , and for which he paid 9 d . per year rent , or at the rate of £ C 0 s . Od . per acre , und that in May last , he pet it upon Mr . O'Connor ' s system , with 81 common cabbage plants which he purchased in the Ivilinaruock market , and the result was even beyond the most gangutue expectations , for he found , upon a careful examination , that each cahbage averuged 12 ilbs weight , or jui the aggregate 1012 Jlbs .
The way in which he arrived at the above averag * was as follows : —He took a number indiscriminately and weighed them , and found they run from ten to sixteen pounds weight , therefore ho felt justified at coming to the conclusion , that 1 \ O would not at all CYetttS bl ! over the mark in striking the average at I 2 Jlbs . Perhaps it may no t be unnecessary here to ascertain how many pounds weight he would have had , provided he wa * in possession of an acre of land , and set the whole Of it With cabbage p lnnta upon Mr . O'Connor-. Small Farm System , nnd that from uaeli Full , or Hod , were raisodlOl'iJlbs . There are , I believe . KiO rods in a statute acre of land , so that if you multiply ICO by lOl ^ lbs ., the produce of one rod , you will have a total of l « - ' , 0001 bs . of cabbages , or eighty-one tons ft oin an acre of land . ^ It may be said , that it is impossib le that anything of the kind could , or can be done . My answer ia , the individual is by me while I am wri ting—ho has empowered ine to make his name public , and he says he can prove to the satisfaction of any man open to reason Ulld figures , tlmt what I have written above is as true as that the sun shines at meridian , and consequently there can be no just foundation fur doubt upon the subject . The truth is , tho figures being correct , spuak for themselves . The individual ' s name is Richard Morton , by trade a weaver , and at present resides hi this village . Now , it
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" O ' CONNORISM . TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN 8 TiR . Dear Sir , —Permit me to make a few remarks in reference to a letter which appeared in your valuable journal of last Saturday , signed II . Otley , and headed , " How to get the Charter . " The subject of the said letter is worthy of notice , and is good , if practically carried out , but could not our "English" friend have expressed his views without adding , " I am not , nor never was , nor over will be , an O'Connorite . " Now , in the name of common sense , what has O'Connorism to do with Mr . Otley when laying his plans before the public . I hope thatjthe next time we hear of him he will have lost the old Whig fudge about" O'Counorism man worship , " for such stuff stinks in the nostrils of the people . Where is there a man that has given birth to nobler sentiments , social and political , than Ernest Jones . Does any one ever hear him contaminate his lips with the rubbish that he ' s not an O'Connoriie man worship , per , and all the rest of the old sickly Whig cant ? Hoping that you will g ive this a corner in your next . I remain , your ' s respectfully , G . Cavili .. An ardent admirer of the O'Connor policy , 33 , Queen Street , Sheffield , October 5 th , 1840 . rfha
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