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i ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ E ^^^^^^^^ E ^^^ j ^^^ y ^^^^^^^ BPT ^^^^^^ RENEWED AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER IN SCOTLAND . MR . DOYLE ' S MISSION . Kiuiiarxock . —Mr . Dovle delivered a lectnre in the Groit Hall , on the evening of Monday , October 5 , on the Charter and the Land , The spacious buildin : ; was well filled upon the occasion by the useful classes . Mr . Brown , a highly intelligent democrat vas elected to the chair , who opened the business bv reading the placard , and then addressed the persons present in a concise but very effective speech which was loudly cheered . Mr . Dorp spoke for nearly two hours , and made a powerful impression upon his hearers , in favour of the paramount questions—co-operation to obtain the land , nnd political equality , and sat down much ap plauded . The Chairman said , ag they ( the meeting ) ap ^ TOYcd of the sentiments which had fallen from the Speaker , thev were bound to carry them into practice , he therefore suggested the propriety of adopting the necessary stepsupon which
, Mr . Carnoth moved that thirteen of a committee , with power to add to their number , be chosen out « f that meeting , in oider to assist in getting up a National Petition to the House of Commons , praying that they do pass into law the document entitled the " People's Charter . " The motion was seconded and carried without a dissentient . Thirteen persons were then chosen , after which votes of thanks were accorded to the Chairman and Lecturer , and the assembly then separated , perfectly satisfied with the evening ' s proceedings . There 13 a branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society held in Kilmainock , and there is every reason to believe that Mr . Doyle ' s lecture will tend to augment its numbers .
GHEAT AND IMPORTANT MEETING IN GLASGOW . —BUNCOMBE AND THE GLORIOUS TWELVE . On Tuesday evening , the 6 th instant , a public meeting was held in the Chartist church , Regentstreet , for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of electing a local Registration and Election Committee , to aid and assist the Central Committee now sitting in London to carry out the -objects for which they were elected by the men of London ; also to adopt the National Petition .
About twenty minutes past eight o ' clock , Mr . James Lang , an old and staunch friend to the cause of universal right , was elected to fill the office of chairman amidst the hearty nlauditsof the numerous assembly . The venerable President commenced by Observing that they were met together for the purpose of considering questions vitally connected with their interests and those of common humanity , upon questions which must sooner or later occupy the minds of even the legislature and the government of the country , for it could not be supposed for one moment that the present mind-debasing , liberty-destroyinsr , and starvation system was to be continued . { No , no asd cheers . ) Was it possible for any man in his sober senses , and who reflected upon the awful amount of poverty , misery and wretchedness that prevailed throughout the length and breadth of the United Kingdom , particularly in unhappy and longsuffering Ireland , to believe that it was to last for
any fereat length of time without producing ennse quences the most fatal to the peace of society . { Loud cheers . ) There must , in his opinion , be a cause which has produced the immense amount of human woe to which he had but briefly alluded , that cause was class legislation , class usurpation and class misrule , and they were there that evenimr to solemnly protest against it , and to record their ( he hoped ) unanimous opinions in favour of that sublime and justice-dealing document entitled the "People ' s Charter , " which , if carried into effect would at once obliterate that hydra-headed monster from the Statute Book—class domination , and thereby enable -the people through just , honest and impartial representation to hurl to destruction its corrupt and poisonous progeny . ( Repeated cheers . ) He thanked them far the honour they had conferred npon him , and would now introduce to their notice Mr . Bryen to move the first resolution .
Mr . Brtes on presenting himself wa 3 loudly cheered . Hes > id , Mr . Chairman and friends , ere I proceed to make any observations upon the resolution which I hold in my hand , I will first read it to you : — Resolved , that this meeting approve of tne plan proposed and carried into effect by the Chartists of London in forming a Central Election Committee for the purpose of contesting places where there is a probability of success at the next general election . Therefore we agree to form a Committee in Glasgow , to co operate with them in raising funds to carry out the principles of rhe Assoelation , as agreed to by the democracy of the metropolis of the British empire .
Mr . Bryen then entered into the spirit of the resolution , and made an effective speech in its favour , and concluded by calling upon every man present to not only hold up his hand in support of it , but also to render his every assistance in order to enable the Committe to fulfil the duties which might devolve upon them . Mr . Johs Gavax in a concise , but pithy address , which was warmly applauded , seconded the motion . > . Ir- DjriE was next called upon by the worthy Chairman to support it , and was received with loud cheers . He spoke at considerable length , and was repeatedly applauded throughout his praverbial and eloquent appeal to his heavens , on behalf of the object which was then before them , and concluded by giving his cordial and hearty support to the motion . It was then put from the chair , and carried without a di-sentient voice .
ilr . John Htslop moved the second resolntion , which , was as follows : — That having adopted the principle of co-operation in a national capacity , in order to contest certain boroughs throughout England and Scotland , so that a staff of good and true men , may be formed in the House of Commons , to support T . S . Duncomhe , Esq ., in his crusade against tke people ' s enemies , and also to make the "People ' s Charter" the law of the land . We therefore agree to elect a Committee with pon-cr to add to their number , to aid in carrying into practical operation , so desirable an © bjret . The speaker showed the necessity of the motion being acceded to , and the beneficial results that would accrue from its adoption , and sat dowa highly applauded . Air . Reid seconded it , and it was unanimously passed .
A committee were immediately appointed , comprising the following persons ( viz )—Messrs . John JHyslop . James Bean , Daniel Paul , VVm . Dougherty , Duncan Sherrington , Daniel Gibson , James Moir , James Lang , Daniel Mitchell , George Ross , Thomas Gordan , Henry Mulligan , Archd . M'lnnis , James Anderson , Thomas Ancott , Doctor Green , Samuel Sennet , William Chaplin , James Smith , John Gavan , W . S . Brown , Thomas Reid , John Bryen , James Wilkinson , William Shaw , James Moore , William M'Millen , John Colquhoun , James Baird . James Ewing , and James Mann . Mr . Wilkinson moved the third resolution , which ran thus : —
Thatit is the solemn conviction of this meeting , that the Elective Franchise , is the natural inheritance of man , without distinction of class , or pecuniary circumstances , and consequently that n .. man , or corporation of men , can te justified for one moment , in preventing Us exercise by the people . This meeting likewise considers the exclusion of six-sevenths of the male adult population , from the rights and immunities of citizenship , to be aii enormous grievance , and therefore that every legal agency , should be immediatel y put into operation by the
friends of freedom to effect such an organised change in the constitution of the House of Parliament , as shall guarantee to every male inhabitant of this empire , of mature age , and sane mind , a voice in the composition of that body , and it is further the opinion of this meeting , that the bill entitled the " People ' s Charter , " is an embodiment of the principles of erjual representation , and the details for securing their efficient operation ! This meeting therefore agrees to the Presentation of a National Petition praying Parliament to tender the document aforesaid to be a statute of this rtalin .
The speaker delivered a speech replete with sound sense and cogent arguments In favour of the motion , and concluded much applauded . The mo ion was secoiided by Mr . Du . vcan Siiekhi . nctox , in an effective and impressive address , and was put and carried bj acclamation ilr . iviiEHiuxGTox also read and moved the ad -ptwn of the National Petition , which was seconded by Mr . James Mass , and passed unanimously . A vote of thanks was then accorded to the excellent Chairman , who briefly returned Jiis acknowledgemerits , aft < r which tiie numerous assembly separated , highly delighted with the proceedings of the evening . Hurrah ! hurrah ! for the men of Glasgow , thev have g-vsn a tone to all Scotland , by taking the lead in the great question of human " ri-Ut . This is , indeed , as it should be .
Eldeusue . —( Birth p lace of the immortal Wallace ) —On iVcJiiesday evening , the 7 th instant . Mr C Doyle , one of the Directors of the Chariist Co-operative Land Society , delivered a iiulilv instructive lecture to a crowded meeting in the iVopie ' s Hall , upon the subject of the Laud . Mr . d . Wood , an intelligent , and vwv active Chartist , occupied the chair , and fulfilled tlie duties which developed upon him , with credit to himself" and the audience over whom he presided . At the close uf the lecture , akw questions were asked , which Mr . Doyle answered to the apparent satisfaction of Hie querists and the meeting gfiically . —A young inau whose muic we sire sorry Ui iiavv forgotten . ina'Ie a very excellent address uj . on the necessity of the working people purchasing and reading the -Wn'Uuru Sla , % ihi-irown organ , and tiie houc > t advocate of their rights and interests . —His sentiments met with the entire approval of the audience . Votes of thanks
were given to the chairman and lecturer . Johsstose . —Air . C . Dovle addressed the inhabitants of Johnstone , on Thursday , the 8 th , current , iathe Assembly Boom—Subject "The Land , the
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only sure source of wealth , and the means to' obtain it . " Mr . D'slccture was listened to with marked attention , and appeared to fully satisfy every individual present . Alexandria-Vale of LEv s A Publici Meeting was held in the Odd Fellow * Hall , on the evening ^ o Friday , the 9 th instant , for the' P-JPyfJ « £ * £ » Committee to aid and assist the Gen Ira W " ti < n and Election Committee now sitting in London , and also to adopt the . National Petition praying the YIor . seof Parliament to make the People ' s Charter the Law of the Land . . w ,
Sliortly after 8 o ' clock , Mr . James M'Intyre was unanimously elected to the chair , and briefly opened the business for which they were assembled together , and thanked the meeting or the honour it iiad conferred upon him . Several speakers addressed the assembly > n support of resolutions similar to those n ' reaty passed in London , and other parts of England , and we are happy to say that two Committee ' s were chosen , one for assisting to carry out the Election plan , and the other to forward the National Petition . Mr' Doyle was present on the occasion , and rendered effective service to both of the laudable objects for which the meeting was called .
Votes of thanks were given to the Chairman am Mr . Doyle for their labours in the good cause , and thus ended this important meeting . Tollcross . —On Saturday evening the 10 th instant , a public meeting was held in a Commodore's Room , in the above named village , when Mr . C . Doyle addressed a goodly number of the hardy aona of labour upon the Charter and the Land . Mr . Alexander Clbland occupied the chair , and delivered a very impressive speech in favour of the two great questions , for which he received the hearty applause of his brethren . Mr . DoTtB spoke two hours , and was repeatedly applauded throughout his energetic speech , and when he concluded , a motion was moved , seconded , and carried unanimously to the following effct ( viz . )—
That nine of a committee be formed with power to aad to their number . for the purpose of asiistingto carry into practical effect , the election plan agreed to by the late Chartist Convention , held in Leeds . Votes of thanks were accorded to the chairman and lecturer , and the meeting broke up , after giving three rousing cheers for the Charter . Gorbals , Glasgow . —On the afternoon of Sunday the 11 th in 3 tant , Mr . Dovle delivered a locture in the Wbeatsheaf Hall , upon the present physical and social condition of the working classes . The assemblv was numerous , consid ring the unfavourable state of the weather . '
Mr . Dotie ' s speech occupied above an hour in the delivering , and in the course of it he showed up the various monopolies which bore down npon the people , and reduced them to a state of the most deplorable wretchedness , and proved that until they combined together for the sacred purpose of destroying those monopolies , and the system that brought them into existence , they could not reasonably expect their discontinuance . He called upon them , therefore , to use their bo't exertions to bring about such an organic change in this country , as would give them the power to elevate them to the dignity of men , and advance their physical , social , and moral condition amongst the nations of the earth .
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< m * LETTERS OF RICHARD OASTLER . Mr . Oastler has been lately publishing a series of letters in the Morning Post , which even if they had been unobjectionable in other respects have been far too lengthy fo" us to re-publish in the Star . We select the following extracts : —
DESTITUTION IN THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND . The lax principles of Free Trade are now triumphant . No matter whether they he good or bad—wise or foolish —the professors of the Free Trade school have converted the Government to their views , and succeeded in obtaining the adoption of their scheme . It is professed that the poor are to reap the benefit of the destruction of monopoly . Some years must pass ere we can taste the fruits of this much-applauded measure . Meantime , it may he useful to mark what has already resulted from the operation ef Free Trade . The enlightened schemers have been at work some years ; at first , for experiment , they made war on little monopolies . Mark the result .
In order that Sterne might explain tbe true horrors of slavery , he wisely contemplated a single sufferer . So , to pi event confusion in thought , and to enable a just estimate of the benefits to be expected ( more particularly by the labourers ) , from the destruction of all monoplies , it may not be an entire waste of time to examine into itn resnlts , in one case , where it has had time to produce its matured fruit—where it has succeeded in destroying its inveterate foe—monopoly . It will then be seen whether want or plently has resulted to the poor from the conquest obtained for them by Free Trade . It must never be forgotten that the benefit of the poor is ever declared to he the grand object—the most powerful stimulus of all Free-traders — from Mr . Cobden down to Sir Robert Peel . We hear a great deal just now about " the distress in the Highlands . " Last session of Parliament , while the discussions on Free Trade were pending , petitions were presented from the destitute inhabitants of the Highlands , praying for relief .
I ivas snrprised that the Protectionists did not a 3 k , Why are Highlanders in distress ? The answer to that question would , during the Free Trade discussion , have iieen useful . The Highlander * were not ahcays in distress . They once had a monopoly Under it they lived in tolerable comfort . Some years ago that monopoly was destroyed by Free Trade — now , the Highlanders are destitute . ' But , what matter , that thousands of Highlanders are starving to death ! Our manufacturers can but ; " cheap" help ! Such are the results of Free Trade : such the benefit that the poor obtain from the adoption of Free Trade
measures . The poor Highlanders have lost their little monopoly death is tneir portion ! Sat manufacturer gains the difference between home made and foreign made kelp ! One fact is worth a thousand arguments . There you have a free trade fact , divested of all ambiguity . Through your columns , I will , if you please , tell the working men and women and children of Yolkshire and Lancashire an anecdote ; I know that it will be read with attention by them , because it relates to a man whose name they revere . Tarn not quite sure as to the exact period—I think it was in 1832 . I am certain it was during the discussion in Parliament on the reduction or abolition of the duties on foreign kelp . That night I was sitting with the ever-tobe-remembered Michael Thomas Sadler , at Ginger ' s Hotel , Westminster Bridge . He had just returned from the House of Commons . " Oastler , " said the
philanthropist , " I have just been presenting petitions from the manufacturers of kelp in the Highlands . They com plain that , if the duty is taken off foreign kelp , they will be reduced to beggary . I fear , " added he , " it is useless trying to protect these poor men any louger , from foreign competition ; there is such a determination to obtain everything at the lowest price ! Their sufferings will be disregarded . And , although nature freely furnishes them from the bosom of the ocean ( laying the raw material at their feet ) , with the means of subsistence , our modern political economists ( regardless of nature's bounty and the happiness of many thousand human beings ) demand everything at the' cheapest , ' nnd these poor creatures must , to satisfy this demand , be sacrificed . " And tben , the really wise political economist adaed— " If we live a few years we shall have petitions to present to Parliament , from these poor Highlander * , for relief in their destitution , that destitution being certain to follow the removal of protection from Kelp . "
Sadler is dead . I have lived to witness tiie truth of his prophetic words , now strange , that his prediction should he verified during that session , " when free trade was triumphant !"
home . Home was formerly a sweet word , —it mas music to the cars of an Englishman ; but we have encouraged the breaking up of the valuable domestic habits of our forefathers . Instead of an attachment to home , our men of wealth and fashion revel in tke luxuries and scenes uf foreign countries ; many are seen to take up their abode altogether in countries ; between whose inhabitants and themselves no original connexion subsists ; thus destroying , by absenteeism , the bunds which were ordained to uuite them to their / eMoio-countrymen ; and proving that
a love of luxurious indulgence is permitted by them to be a stronger impulse than that which arises from the most snered obligations of social life ; and , instead of nourishing those whose services have been valuable in tin- creation of their wealth , they thus withdraw that wealth which 3 s indispensable for fhc well-being of those who exist on their estates , and for the increase of numbers , which naturally arises , and which ought to Jand but for their selfishness , would , ) constitute their strength . 1 am aware that philosophers assert that abst-nf . eism is not injurious—let the present state or Irel ; ujd be n » y answer and their warning .
PBESENT EVILS AND THEIR REMEDT . Th « disorders in our social state have been augmented by our neglecting to extend the constitutional safeguards with the increase of our population , skill , and science . We have not pen-lived that our strength consisted in a numerous , moral , healthy , and happy people ; ; md we have entirely neglucted their protection , leaving them l > y thousands subject to the caprice and cruelty of their employers . We have legislated for the individual accumulation of wealth , instead of the gmeral wealth and happiness of the whole people . Our increase of wealth lias been our constant boast , while a majority of the people lias lieun nvuluctud , and
vast numbers have bei-n stilt- red to sink inlo a state of poverty , degradation , and vice . They have been used , according to the Utilitarian principle , as mere instruments for a disproportionate increase of wealth ; the f = icts , that their t-mploycrs were responsible to the Statel ' ariht'ir gooil conduct and condition , and that they were members of a free constitutional community , having right' ; secured to them hi the Constitution have been cntirtly overlooked . They have thus , in tl . tir vast increase , been sepuralcd from our institutions , made aliens from the Constitution , and have , consequently , become discontented and disaffected , Ilcnce the necessity for coercive , unconstitutional , and expensive expedients to preserve peace . It is because our population has
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been neglected that its increase jb considered to be a curse . To remedy this great social evil , we require a distinct recognition in eur commonwealth of that neglected constitutional rule by which advancement in science and improvements in mechanics may be made to promote the general g- » od , and thus become helpmates to industry , ceasing to be the destroyers of the morals , health , and social and domestic happiness of those who are immediately connected with their operation , Our rulers have also failed to perceive that this kingdom waE originally a confederation of self-governing parishes , in each of which the rights and privileges of the poor were as sacred and as clearly defined as those of the rich , aud that the union of the whole was strengthened by local institutions , calculated to cement in on * common brotherhood the different grades of society , bj rendering each dependent on the rest . Wherever those local and peace-preserving principles are removed and government by centralisation is adopted , disorder must
ensue . The perfect symmetry ( and the adaptation to the natural character of the people ) of the institutions that were bequeathed to us by our great Alfred , are so complete , - that they may not be changed without injury . B y neglecting to preserve their spirit , and to adapt them to our growing population and wealth , we have made a fearful separation between the rich and the poor ; we now reap the fruit of our wickedness and folly . We want a statesman convinced or thkbk truths ; one who has nerve to stand out from his fellows , nnd say to the people of England , " Listeu to me , and support me , and your old Constitution shall be restored , " When Britons listen to that statesman , when they have " plighted to him their troth , " we shall hear no more of industrious paupers , of barricaded mansions , of banishment under the name of " emigration , " nor of clearances undtr that of " notices to quit . "
The common lands of Britain will not then be taken away from the poor , to be added to the overgrown domains of the rich , without even the semblance of an acknowledgment of the former for their ancient common rights . la that day , the'village greeus will be restored , and the sons ef labour will everywhere find space and time for healthful and amusing recreation . Their habitations will no longer bs noisome and incommodious , no more will the lives of young , hale , and old , male or female , be sacrificed , in useless competition , for their daily bread . In those day * , we shall have no pluralUts in our Church ; no idle and overpaid , no overworked and underpaid clergy , both strangers ( from opposite causes ) to their charge . Priests will again become shepherds of their flocks , and wiVl not fail to instruct the lambs . We shall liave free church-room tben for all the poor , to whom * as in the first Christian age , " the Gospel will be preached . " Our national churches will not be boxed off in stalls and pews , to separate the different classes ; then all will warship on a level as Christiun brethren .
When our Constitution is restored , every class of Britons will be beard by their own representatives in their " Commons' House . " The novel , unconstitutional plan , by which the poor have recently been excluded from all participation in the franchise , will give plaee to a restoration of that constitutional principle which secured to the sons of toil the freeman ' s right . We shall not again be shocked by hearing that the Bishops of our Church have recommended that the poor should be reduced to a harder condition ; nor shall we hear her Prelates raising their voices in support of the sin denounced by God and his Church—the sin of competition ( emulation , covetousness ) . Nor will our soldiers be again dishonoured by being engaged in war against their brethren , to force them quietly to feed on rotten carrion .
When the mind of England is restored to health , when her governors have regained their sense ' s , the clergy , aristocracy , and magistracy , will cease to sit at boards of guardians , the slavish tools of proud and imperious commissioners—not daring ( without the consent of tbeir masters ) to give a few pence a week to a poor , deserving , widowed neighbour—nay , aiding those monsters to reduce the poor of England to live on the decayed pickings of stinking bones ! ( Were no crime but this the result of centralisation , itis watrant , for ever , to forswear tbe system . ) Never again will the family ties , sanctified by God , ratified by the Church , and . ' cemented by the Constitution , be severed by the Law ; nor will our readers be stunned by the groans of thousands—murdered by the " orders " of "Acts-of-Parliament-made Commissioners ! " The shrieks of unhappy mothers , dooming themselves and their wretched offsprings to death , under the unbearable prefsure of an unmanly and unnatural '' Act , " will cease to invoke the vengeance of the Highest on this guilty land !
No Secretary of State will then become the systematic and lying apologist of the most corrupt and contemptible officials , nor again use them for the purpose of enabling him to vex and aunoy a Member of Parliament by obtaining " false reports . " Nor will the House of Commons any more disgrace itself by sheltering a Secretary of State who has thus dishonoured his office nnd disgraced himself . The influence of Government will not bo employed in election committees by base and sordid appliances to unseat an useful and humane , but , to it , obnoxious Member of the House of Commons . The chilling exhibition of the immorality , cruelty , injustice , and idleness of commissioners raised above the law—commissioners on whom the fate of millions of lives , and the disposal of millions of pounds dependedor the vices of those assistant commissioners who knew no law but their tyrant masters' will , cannot then disgrace our father land .
The horrors of the New Poor Law ana of the factory system will become as legendary tales . The Constitution will once more protect all from the injustice of the oppressor . The honest pauper and the innocent factory child will find a sure resting-place beneath its wing . The anomaly existing in Ireland , her inhabitants suffering under famine , and she daily exporting vast quantities of food of the best quality , and importing , iu stinted measure , " a coarser sort of food , " ( paid for by England , ) on which to keep her people from perishing , such strange contradiction will no more disgrace our Government . The folly of travelling thousands of miles in search of a doubtful customer , -while our native customer is unsupplied—the wickedness of encouraging universal rivalry in the productions of our soil , our skill , and our labour , ( thereby fostering instead of checking the sin of competition , ) by which our labourers and artisans are deprived of their due reward , will never more he esteemed wise , buneficient , patriotic , and Christian .
In those happy days we shall need no board of commis . sioners to farce a national education upon a free peopleparents will then he able to provide an education for their children . In a word , tbe Constitution will release us from the evil of centralisation , and its subsequent commissioners —it will restore our local self-government , and once more give the rich and the poor an interest in each others' welfare . It will control both home and foreign competition , and thus rrgnlate the supply to the di-mand ; at all times securing to labour , skill , ar . d capital , a just reward .
These things have been effected under the Constitution To all our social maladies apply that remedy , and Bri tain will be herself again .
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minster-bridge , the daily average traflie over tins bridge , from six o ' clock in the morning till six in the evening , is—foot-passengers , 2 , 400 ; vehicles drawn by two horses , 9 G 0 ; ditto by three , 48 ; ditto by ope , 2 . C 18 ; trucks , 0 G ; and saddle hoi \ scs , 30 ; according to the tolls charged , giving a receipt of £ 44 9 a . Cd . per diem of 12 hours . Reduction op Rests —Lord Rossmore has hist issued a circular , apprising ; his tenantry in the county of Monachal ] , of his Lordship ' s determination to return 15 per cent , on the year's rent now in course of payment .
Launch of the Ikon Steam-ship Mi . nerva . —A magnificent new iron steam shin was launched from tlie building yard of Messrs . Vcrnon nnd Co ., at Liverpool , on Saturday . It is intended to bo placed upon the Cork nnd Glasgow lino , and it is one of the finest vessels those eminent builders have ever constructed . The Court of Common Pleas will exhibit sonic marked changes next Term—a new Lord Clik'f Justice , a new Puisne Judge , with a Court open to the new bar ; the exclusive privilege of sergeants-si tlaw having been put an end to , after an existence of COO years , by an Act ef the last session of Parlianieet .
Srmi . riEi . Ds RacoedSciioci . s . —On Tuesday evening a meeting , in support of this institution , was held at tlie British School , 13 etluial Green . Mr . Gordon read the report , from which it appenved that the school was first established in Grovillu Street , in the year IS-13 , since which time 600 children have been admitted . The number now on the books is 143 . The average attendance is 100 . The report bavins been received , Mr . Gent , from the Kn ^ 'cii School Union , detailed accounts of the operation of such schools in arions parts of the kingdom . Fauisii of St . Gkouoe ' s East . —A vestry pol 1 on behalf of tlie measure for the adoption of the baths and wasiihoiises for the poor in this parish was closed on Tuesday , when the numbers stood—for ( he adoption of baths and washhonscs , 273 ; against their adoption , 50 o ; ninjoritv again-st , 230 ,
Stii ' ikb or Silk-ivoiikbus at Uoi . ciikstkk . —On Monday morning considerable sensation was excited in Colchester , in consequence of tlie wliole of the hands usually employed at Mushis . Browne and Move's silk fsictory , 500 in number , parading liijllislreet ami othev parts of U \ c Unyn in procession . On inquiry it was found that the girls had " struck" in consequence of their employers refusing to accede to an increase of wages ( if sixpence per weffc . The (> enianil , they stated , they wore compelled to wake , in cnnseiineiiecoftJiohigli price of provisions ; iiml the refusal to comply was made upon tho ground tlmttlii ! depressed state ef the market for " thrown" goods would not warrant it . The tumult rei : i ; iinctl ini-: ib : itod in the town till evening . About a tluzcn ol ' the hands rauaiued at tlicir work . In tho eotivsc »!' Tuesday several more returned , ami it , is generally believed that the most resolute will return to their employment in the course of a day or two . —Morning Advertiser .
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IRELAND . PROGRESS OF TIIE FAMINE . SKiDBBRHM . -The Corespondent of the Cork Reporter says : — Monday eveninff . -On Friday last , in my hurrM ^ oommunication , I . taUd to you that this town and tho count ^ surroundins it were in a state of impending danger . I regret now to say , that my apprebenrionB wero too Lu founded , a day of anxiety and alarm having only pa ed , unattended , however , thank God 1 with any sc-Sou Tco . sequences , thanks to tho prompftude and n-Sceofthe authorities , and to the-exertion" and nflue . ee of the gentlemen of the Relief Committee . This was a day Of mating here of thelate General Belief Com-^ ut hefore the hour of meeting ( 12 o ' cloc O
ru-S mours of an intended attack upon the town from the labouring population of Caheragh , winch had been dr . culated at an early hour in themorning , but disregarded , beeame more rife , and before the hour of 12 o ' clock , the principal inh abitants of the town had met , for the purpose of adopting precautionary measures , and , if nccessary to swear iu special constables ; when Dr . Donovan , who had been on professional duty , rode in to say that a multitude of men armed with spades wero coming in , and then close upon the town . And so it was , for , in a few moments , appeared in full view of the town , winding by the angle formed on the roaa , near the workhouse , a body of from 800 to 1 , 000 as athletic men as I ever saw , inarching in line ; they came ten abreast , each with a spade shouldered , on tho polished iron of which
an unclouded sun shone , offering to the eye a very alarming and imposing appearance . Mr . Gallwey , a maglstrate , with his usual activity and zeal for the public peace proceeded to the barracks at the other end , of the town , and , havinp ordered out the military , the bugle immediately sounded to arms , and in an instant , the town , but fi > e minutes before enjoying its usual quiet and trauquillity , became a scene of alarm and consternation . The military , who had been scattered through the town , on the call of the bugle were to be seen running in all directions towards their barrack , the men of business , all confusion and haste , closing up their windows and shops ( under order of the magistrate ); parents in every quarter anxiously looking for their children to place them out of danger , and the men of the
town preparing to render every assistance to the military and police . Whilst the military were getting under arms , the llev . Mr . Fitzpatrick , the valued and respected Roman Catholic administrator of the town , . whose indefatigable exertions during the present crisis are beyond all pra ^ ae , proceeded outside the town , accompanied-by Mr . T . H . Marmion , Dr . Donovan , and several influential gentlemen , and remonstrated with the people , by which they were retarded for some minuteB ; and in the meantime 60 men of the 67 th , commandad ^ by Captain Byrne , and some dozen policemen with Sub-inspector Pinchin , all under the orders of Mr . Gallwey , took up their position on a rising ground , just ntthe entrance of the town , and within abott fifty yards of the multitude . This was an anxious and critical
momentone hasty and false step taken , and many lires would in all probability have been sacrificed . During the Rev . Mr . Fitzpatrick ' & remonstrance with the people , they stated that they would be satisfied if Mr . Gallwey , Mr . M'Carthy Downing , and the Rev . Mr . Webb went out to them . Shortly after Mr . Donning arrived , as Mr . Somer . ville of Drishane , the chairman of the Relief Committee , was addressing thera ou their folly and illegal proceed , ings , and having got into a fluid off the road was followed by the people , by which tbe immediate danger of contact with the military was unavoided . Mr . Downing addressed them at length , and inquired of them what eould hare led the inhabitants ' of so peaceable a parish as ¦ Caheragh into so crmininal a proceeding , which led to answers that I would to
God tho Minister of England could have heard . Wo have come , " said they . " because we are famishing ; because we have no food of any kind ; w « could suffer death from hunger ourselves ; but can we look upon our children and our wives dying of hunger , and we ready and anxious to work for bread , if we can only get as much as will give us one good meal a-dny ! But it is not 8 d . a-day will give our families a meal , and Indian maal Is . lOd . a stone . " The truth and force of this distressing appeal could not be resisted , but Mr . Downing , Mr . Fitzpatrick , and Mr . D . movan assured them that it was to the government they should attribute the price of food , and upon whom thG maledictions of the hungry multitude were poured in unmeasured terms . During this conversation , Mr . Gallwey again and again called upon the people to disperse , and at length proceeded to rend the Riot Act . But an universal shout was raised , " We might as well be shot as starved ; we have not
eaten a morsel for more than twenty-four hours . " Mr . Downing then besought of the people to follow him out as far as the workhouse , and that he would procure them bread as far as the town could afford it , which , after much solicitation , they did , and regularly encamped on the rising ground outside the workhouse , where they remained until Mr , Downing returned with 50 s . worth of biscuit , which he and the lUv . Mr . Webb , assisted by the Messrs . Levis , distributed in the workhouse yard , and about four o ' clock the multitude moved on for their dreary homes , yet sullen , discontented , and unhappy , say . iug , " That while a stack of corn remained in the coun . try , they would not allow their children to starve , " and denouncing , in the strongest manner , the Government . The military were then withdrawn , aud I cannot close this recital without stating , with the utmost satisfaction , that a better conducted body of men was never stationed here , net one m . in being seen drunk , Since their arrival they are greatly liked by the people .
Since I concluded , I am informed on authority , that our commissary ha 9 , by this day ' s post , received an order to raise the price of Indian meal to £ 15 a ton , and biscuits from * 10 to £ 12 . Oh ! thank you , Lord John Russell ; eternal gratitude to you , Irish Whigs . Your claims on Irish constituencies at the next general election will be large indeed ; remember , badinage aside , that the cry amongst all will be , " A . Tory ; a Repealer , a a Chartist—anything but a mongrel Whig I" May I ask , through your journal , where is O'Comiell from us ? or why does he not denounce the base , bloody , and brutal Whigs f Under the head of "Apvehended Disturbances in Bamlon , " the Reporter has the following : — In consequence of the following notice , which was extensively posted through tliu iiandon Union on Sunday , considerable apprehensions existed th-. it a large and excited assemblage of the people would take place in Bundon yesterday ;—
" DISTEESS AND HUNGER . " Take notice , that all and every one , both young and old , that are iu want of provisions and also of employment to support their families with the sweat of their brow , ana expect no relief from gentlemen ( our patience is worn out ) , you are requested to oome and assemble from every parish in tho district of the Bnndoii Union on Wednesday , ' the 7 th of October , 181 G . " N . B . —To the poor-house of Bandon . " We have great satisfaction iu statiug that this mischievous production entirely failed in its purpose ; there was no gathering of people at the workhouse , nor was there the slightest indication of any disposition to violate the peace of the town or neighbourhood . It is right ,
however , to state , that many attributed that to the public works recently presented for having been commenced on Monday morning , while others ascribed it to the severe inclemency of the day , which , from the heavy torrents ot rain and storm during the forenoon , rendi red . it diftlcnlt to travel , even in the ordinary vehicles , through tl > e country . The magistrates , being apprehensive of the consequences of allowing a multitude of excited people to cumc into Bandon , took the precaution of obtaining a reinforcement of military for this protection of the town , in addition to the usual number stationed there ; and , accordingly , a detachment of the 55 th Regiment , from Cork garrison , marched in on Tuesday evening in aid of the civil power .
County of Mayo . — The Rev . James M'Hale a parish priest in the county of Mayo thus describes the state of his district : — Deaths , 1 regret to say innumerable , from starvation , and its direful effects —plunder , robberies , and open attacks on property , are occurring every day ; the bonds of society are silmost dissolved . Parliament has made ample provisions for obviating these unparalleled evils , and yet they are suffered to continue . The pampered uflieials appointed to carry into etfeet the merciful and just dispositions of the Legislature , removed as they are from these scenes of heartrending distress , can have no idc . 'i of them , and don ' t appear to give themselves much
trouble about them , though well paid for doing so , Wore they , however , to see the tears running down the squalid faces of the parents when their children were crving in vain for food ; wore they to hear the piercing cries of the poor children ; were they to witness the setno that occurs when the clergyman is culled onto administer the last rites of the church to the poor creatures sinking under tho weifjl't of destitution , then , in-Jeed , might they , if they ' could nil bestow a thought on such things , form some idea of these appalling- occurrences . I ask , then , in the name of humanity , is this state of soriety to continue—nay , can it continue , and who are responsible fur these monstrous evils 1
County or CAVA . v .-The Rev . M . iM'Q . u . -iid , P . P ., of Kcll , thus writes to the Anglo-Cell . - — "The people are enduring in silence , the privations avc mo .-t unheard of . We cheered them on with the hope that the baronial sessions would do cvtrjthhifj for them . We told them last Sunday that they had but one week more to endure the cries of their poor little ones for food , without any to give them . Yet we hear of nothing being vlonc amidst all expectation thu most intense and awful that , over existed in any country . Disappoint it , or even prolong it , and tho wjnseqiii ¦ net's may be terrible . There can he no misrepresentation , no exaggeration in the matter . The cminU'iinnfcs of many clearly prove that famine ¦ iln-iidy exists , and is prosecuting its work of dostiuction .
Mkktik <" . op LAiiOUKicus . —The Tyrone Constitution says : — "On Tuesday lust about 300 of the poorer class of labourers assembled iu the town of liuia » li itoniiimliiiK relief or employment . The Roman Catholic priest of the parish , accunipanici } hv six respectable persons of tho district , proceeded tn thu Ruv . Jiinios Kowvy , ot Cloghvrny , t . i > iiii | utvc what menus of vvliui ' could In ; obtnincu iVv the destitute , people . Mr . Lowry informed them that a . meeting was to be held on Thursday next in Omagh ( o tttite matter into consideration . The clergyman and those by whom he waa accompanied tiicn returned to
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Beragh , and csmmunicated Mr . Lowry ' s answer to the people , when they quietly separated , County or Monaohan . — The distress here is rapidly increasing . 1 Dublin , Oct . 12 . —The accounts from the country j this day are generally of the same gloomy character—! destitution extending , especially in the western piovince , and the peasantry becoming hourly more impatient of control . More troops have been ordered [ to some parts of the counties of M , iyo and Galj way , where opposition has been made to t lie i transit of provisions . It appears that oats and j Indian corn had been sent into Galway from Tuam and other places , to be ground into menl ; but owing to the determined resistance of the populace , the meal cou ' . d not be sent back when ground , and great scarcity was caused in the places from which it had j been forwarded .
There are , however , some gratifying features in this day's intelligence . Tlie public works are in full operation in some localities , and speedily employment will become very general . From statements that are published , it would appear that persons employed in the public works are able to earn , by task work , irom Is . 3 d . to Is . Gd . per day . But this is higher than the rate < of earnings amongst tlie ordinary
la-Another important fact is , that an effective system ofvoluntar relief has commenced amoug the gentry in some parts of Kerry , which lias thus afforded an excellent example to the other parts of the There ' are some furthe- gratifying evidences of the success of the system of reproductive labour authorised by the Lord Lieutenant ' s circular . Drainage works have been applied for at the baronial sessions in Wexford and other counties . Efforts are now made in various places to promote the cultivation of rye , as a substitute for potatoes .
COUNTY OF OALWAT . —FOOD RIOTS . The Qalviay Vindicator contains the following : — Galway , Oct . 10 . —Every moment is adding to the intense excitement of the famishing labouring population of this town and its vicinity . The people are literary perishing for want of anything with which to procure the necessaries of life . Notwithstanding all tha appeals of their venerated clergy , and the exhortation o : the more forbearing and enlightened of their own class , the prevailing feeling among the labouring poor is that of utter destitution , urging them to deeds of violence , and entire contempt of law and ord « r . In consequence of the disposition thus manifested on the part of the unfortunate people , the magistrates of the town , actuated by a feeling of humanity , have been for the last few days
unwilling to bring the military or police force in contact with them in escorting meal or flour out of the town for the interior of tbe country . They awaited to s « e whether the excitement—the frantic exeltemeut—existing would cool down , and they therefore directed the oarts laden with meal aud flour destined for the interior to be placed under the protection of the military at the Castle-barrack , until a favourable opportunity might present itself for having it forwarded to its destination . But , in the meantime , some of what wa 3 thuB circumstanced was becoming damaged , owing to exposure to the rain , and a few of the inhabitants , learning the terrible conditiou in which the people of Tuam and other localities in the country were placed for want of supplies , and for whom some of thisjneal and flour was intended , most properly determined at once to procure some of the clergy of the . parishes through which it would have to pass to lend
them their assistance in having it safely proceed to its destination . Mr . John Connor , of Cross-street with some twenty or thirty of his acquaintance , went , on Thursday last , to invite tha aid of the Rev . Jnhn Ilochs , R . C . C ., in forming au escort for conveying the carts out < fl the town and suburban parishes , and the Rev . Mr . Roche at once consented to act with them . They accordingly induced the carman to proceed with them , Mr . Roche taking the lead , Hr . Connor » nd his friends stationed themselves in the rear , and after much romonstrance and no little fatigue , in the midst of the pelting rain , the rev . gentleman and those who formed tue escort had about forty cart loads of meal and flour conveyed safely to Clare Galway , about six miles out of the town * We are glad to learn that some of it reached Tuam that night , and that the conduct of the reverend gentleman , and of our other fellow citizens who formed themselves
into an escort on the occasion , met with the applause which it most certainly merited . Thus far all was well ; but shortly afterwards a most lamentable occurrence took place at Boherbeg , one of the thoroughfares leading out of the town . It appears that the men of this street having proceeded to the cross-ioad at Bohermore to arrest the carts which the Rev . Mr . Roche and the other parties forming the escort induced them to permit to pass in safety , the women determined upou stopping any which , in the mean time , might come that way , and accordingly when four or five other carts laden with flour and meal were proceeding through Boherbeg , the women , frantic with hunger and the cries of their famishing children , rushed upon the provisions and endeavoured to plunder some of them . In duing so we regret that
one of the starving creatures , whom we have been credibly given to understand had nothing but one meal a day and a-half previous , met a violent and untimely death . She laid hold of the head of one of the horses , exclaiming she would have some of the meal or lose her lire . The driver at the same moment struck the horse with his whip , the result of which was that the unfortunate women fell , when the wheel of the cart passed over her throat , killing hor on the spot . Yesterday morning some more carts laden with flour , while passiug through the same thoroughfare , were also attacked , and three or four of them plundered . The magistrates , in cotuequenee , have determined to escort them in future on Mondays and Thursdays , with a lavge military force , and thus prevents trade from being obstructed .
Call fob Troops . —The monthly meeting of the Town Commissioners was held on Monday , when the following resolution- was unanimously " adopted : — " That an application be made to government for a sufficient military force , and a . resident magistrate to be stationed in Tuam , for the purpose of securing the sale transit of food , and of affording protection to property , for the want of which Tuam is at present in a deplorable state ; and further , that Tuam beappoivted u depot f"r provisions , inasmuch as the town lias been for the last three days , and still continues , without a supply of meal or flour , and that , in consequence , cattle have been taken off the streets , and slaughtered by a starving populace : —Tuam Herald .
DJSTKKSS— POPULAR BXCITKMEKT . Limerick , Oct . 10 . —A report reached town this morning that a large number of cars bringing corn into the city were stopped at Boher , near Pallasgroan , by the country people . Mr . Yokes , R . M ., and Mr . ' Fitzmaurice , county inspector , immediately proceeded to the place with a party of theSotli Kegfment , but had not returned at the time we went- to press . During last night a large number of country people assembled at Shower , on the border of the county Tippeiary , and dug up the road , in order to prevent the farmers from bringing ; corn into market .
Dublin . —The usual weekly repeal meeting was held on Tuesday . The attendance was meagre , and the rent only amounted to £ 17 . Mr . J . O'UunncU read the weekly missive from Darryiiane , which praised the Lord Lieutenant for his bravery and wisdom on taking upon himself the responsibility of ordering an extension of Government aid to reproductive works—stated that a meeting of parliament was now unnecessary , but stiil urged the assembling of a National Committee of landlords in Dublin , and rebuked Mr . fiernal O . * borne for " his snappishi attacks on the Whigs , " over whom the agitator feels disposed to throw his protection at the present moment , and all and sundry o ( tkeir assailants . John O'Connell as usual made the speech of the day , and after the customary abuse of the Young Ireland party , the following occurred showing that there is something rotten in the state of Conciliation Hall , which even its recent expurgation has not healed .
Mr , J . A . O'Neil then rose for the purposeoj ' mov . ing the adoption of certain resolutions of which he had given notice on the last day of meeting , in referenc' to the existing distress . Ikying dwelt on the particular subjects of his motion for sonic time , tlie honourable gentleman proceeded to advert to the prospects of the repeal cause—to the probability of a speedy general election , and the absolute necessity there existed on the part of the association to have candidates , tried candidates , madereadv to
represent that constituency where the repeal interest was predominant . Jt was his ( Mr . O'Nuill ' .-O intention to otter himself at the next election as a candidiiie for the city of Dublin as a Repealer , and he trusted that he , an old and tried friend of the people , one wh » had constantly operated in that hall , would not be set aside for a man of yesterday , one who had secured his seat by the payment otu rive pound note , cheers , ) or perhaps had " chalked " repeal" on his arm the night previous to the election ( continued cheering . )
Mr . John O'Connell then saw that he did not rise to oppose the motiun , but he rose to refer to some obs' rratinns which bad iallen from Mr . U'Neil and which in his ( Mr . O'Connell ' s ) opinion referred to the character of his father . Mr . CNeil . —Oh , O'Connell , not at all ; I pledge my honour , in the most emphatic , in the most incontrovertible manner—] pledge my honour , as a gentlemen , as a Christainman , that 1 never intended this day to do anything but honour to O'Connell . 1 respect him ; and if any word fell from me conveying anything but honour to him , it grossly misrepresents me ; 1 never intended anything but respect , to O'ConnclL
Mr . John O'Connell then proceeded to comment on the s |)« ceh of Mr . O'Neil , nnd sUted that the nllusimi to the five-pound note alluded to no one but M »\ Cecil Lawless . Mr . Cecil Lawless was not there to ilefiMid himself , lie ( Mr . O'Connell ) was sure Mr , Lawless would have been present , to defend himseU'iflie Iiml been aware that his conduct would havobreimiillutl into account . Mr . Lawless joined tin ; AssoniiUion when he saw that they got rid of the physical force men . The Hoik Ciontlciuan then wunt on to . ihow that l . hmdalk and Clonmel was otler ^ d to Mr . O'Xeil , but lie refused to stand for either .
Mr . O'Neil then spvvkc at some length in nnswei * tt Mr . O'Connell , and stated that if the se . ntiuierfcs just expressed by Mr . O'Connell fell from any other but one of tho O'Connell family , he would meet them with , scorn , audiudignation ,
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After some discussion , Mr . O'Neil rose and said ^ '' John O'Connell , I shall never be satisfied until thisis . done in public . " — ( Her . ! Mr . O'Neilsbook hands with Mr . J . O'Connell amidstloud and continued cheering . ) [ Humbug . ] Mr . Vlolloy brought up a report from the Repeal Discussion Committee on the Drainage Act , 9 th . and 10 th Vic . cap . 101 . Mr . O'Dow moved the adoption of the report Mr . John Riely rose to second the motion , and in so doing , said that he had just returned , from the west of Ireland , atid the scenes he had there seen had taken away his political ardour , and Mr . Riely then described the dreadful sufferings of the people , and said that they should be on the look out for food , and sacrifice everything .
Mr . Steele . —Oh . Mr . Chairman . —( Cries of sit down—silence . ) No man shall dare to put me down . Silence , / say . Mr . Steele then called Mr . Riely to order , and stated that such language could not be permitted at such a state of the country . Mr . R ' s language might be misunderstood . Mr . Riely rose and said , that he was thankful to Mr . Steele for calling him to order . What he meant was , that every one ought to sacrifice private interests to procure food for the people . At such a period they ought not to be talking of who will stand for such and such a borough when the people were starving . What would they think in tbe country when they hear *! of what they were doing in the Association , instead of procuring food for the people ? [ Mr . Riely , you're a sensible ' man . l
A PALPABLE HIT . A correspondent of the Nation gives the following point blank shot at the toadies and frequenters of the vice Regai mansion . Sir , —I nave remarked that Mr . John O'Connell , M . P ., has , since the gracious comingof Lord Besborough , been particulary attentive to his duties at the Viceregal Court . May I , therefore , take the liberty of asking him , through the Nation , whether or not his personal experience of a certain lrfcality corroborates this , his theoretic deBnition ! I extract from the " Repeal Dictionary" ( a capital book ot reference ) as follows : — Castle ( of . Dublin ) . —A moral sink I The focus of corruption , tyranny , and insult during Tor / rule—the focus of corruption and impertinence during Whig rule , Pardon me , Sir , as I am an ardent student of Irish topography , especially of the topography of character , which is sometimes , I confess , a bog more shifting than
that of Allen . I have the honour , &c , OLIVER BLANK . Mowldes-terrace , Oct ., 184 G . Anotheh Quarrel . —On "Monday , Mr . J . O'Connell accompanied by T . Steele and several other Conciliation Hall gentlemen , preferred a charge at the Henry-street Police-office , against Mr . Shea Lawlor of having written a letter to him , calculated to provoke a breach of the peace , and of threatening to send a hostile messasre , whereby the lives ol ' himself and Mr . Lawlor would be placed in perih—Mr . O'Connell was sworn , and asked by Dr . Kelly , if Mr . Lawlor was the gentleman against whom lie had lodged the information ? Mr . O'Connell—Yes , that is the gentleman .
Dr . Kelly . —From the expressions used in the letter alluded to in the information , are you apprehensive of a breach of the peace ? Mr . O'Connell . —I am . Dr . Kelly . —Are you still under that impression ? Mr . O'Connell . —lam . Dr . Kelly . —Mr . Lawlor , you are now free to answer the charge made against you , and I am ready to hear anything you may wish to offer in explanation or justification , if you have anything to offer ; and if not , it will be for me to take the beat course I can .
Mr . Lawlor . —I shall not offer any observation ; I shall leave the case entirely with you . You I conceive to be the best judge of the whole case . Were I aware that ' the case would get such extensive notoriety , as it unfortunately has , I should have come here prepared with a professional gentleman , not for the purpose of saying anything to any person , but of ieaviug the office without saying one word on the subiect . Dr . Kelly , —You don't deny having written this letter to Mr . O'Connell ? Mr . Lawlor . —I neither deny nor admit anything ; lam quite silent on the whole affair . Dr . Kelly . —Then I have only one course to pursue , and that is , to bind you to keep the peace . I shall require you to give me two sureties in the sum of £ 200 each , and yourself in £ 400 , to keep the peace .
Dr . Kelly , after some further discussion , directed Mr . Lawlor to enter into security to keep the peace towards Mr . O'Connell , and Mr . Peirce Mahonyand Mr . F . B- Healy having entered into the necessary bond , Mr . Lawlor was discharged . Dublin , Oct . 13 . —With one or two districts excepted , tranquility remains usinterrupted , the few provincial journals published yesterday making little or no mention of further disturbances in their several localities . There were reports in town last evening of the commission of two murders in the north riding of Tipperary . By a letter from Borroskane , in the Packet of this evening , it appenre that there was pnrt foundation for the report , but that
no loss of life has yet en 3 iied , although there is but little hope for the recovery of one of the victims . Private letters also speak in great alarm of the general state of North Tipperary , which is represented to be in a most deplorable condition , owing to the renewal of predial outrages , such as robbery of arms and money , assaults on the person , &e ., rendering it quite insecure even for persons not obnoxious to '" the people" to quit their homes without taking every due precaution for their personal safety ; and this , too , frequently in the open glare of day . Such , at least is said to be the case in a portion of the barony of Lower Ormond . The following ia the brief notice of the attempted murders abeve alluded to : —
"On the evening of Friday , the 9 th instant , between G and-t o'clock , an armed man entered the house of Micliael G-nynor , a respectable farmer , residing near this town , and discharged a gun loaded with slugs at him , 10 of which entered hi * chest . He now lies in a hopeless state . On the same evening , another respectable farmer , named Cleary , residing atKilfiula , in this neighbourhood was fired at , but without effect . This is the second attempt on Cleary's life within two months . " The Clare Journal gives the subjoined list of outrages in that county .
" In different places , within the last few days , thu people assembled in masses , aud dug out for their own use potatoes belonging to some of the large farmers . On Saturday morning , about 5 o'clock , six men stopped a horse and car bringing oats to market , near Shally-hill , and snapped a gun at the horse , Tho animal started at the flush , and fell under the car , where he remained for a long time , the people being afraid to » ive the owner assistance . At the hour of 10 o ' clock , a party similarin number stopped a horse with a load of corn , on the road at
Powderhole , near liuan , and fired two shots at the horse , wounding him dreadfully . The owner entreated them not to injure the horse , and he would return home with the oots , but the legislator ? , refused compliance with the request . The police stationed at Runn immediately went in pursuit , hut were notable to come up with the party , The country is at this timo in a lamentable condition . In every " direction outrages are committed with impunity . ' The police are altogether incapable of preserving the peace . We really dread that a general system of plunder will be resorted to .
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wat . —An inquest was held last Monday , on the body of Uenvy Coleman , a signal-man , employed on tho Croydon Atmospheric Railway . The foreman of the engineers on the line , said that the deceased was a sigiial-man employed on that and the adjoining Railway . At ten o ' clock that morning , witness wsw in the first , or piston , carriage , proceeding behind the Brighton express train , at the rate of between ferty and fifty miles an hour , and ou getting a little past Sydenham . he saw the deceased cive the " all ri } : ht " signal to the Brisjhton train . Deceased was then standing close by the rails of the atmospheric line ,
looking after the train which had just passed ; and when about one hundred yards from him , witnessand Mr Siimuda . who was also in the carriage , shouted to him , but deceased did not turn round until too late , for the carriage struck him with such force as to knock him a distance of nineteen yards , lie waa struck in the side by the scraper of the carnage , and on the head by one of the corners . lie was " immediately put into 11 tirst-elass carriase , suul conveyed to the London Terminus , and from thence to the hospital . Had the deceased been in his proper position , which was a bos six feet from the rails , the accident could not have happened . The Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "
1 ' atal Accident ox Losdox Bridge . —On Saturday eveniiiL ' , about eight o ' clock , a lad was attempting to jump behind an omnibus proceeding towards the Brighton Railway terminus , when he stepped on one side , and was struck on the head by the poll of a lirompton omnibus , which completely smashed one side ot his head . He was conveyed to Guy ' s ilos-\> it ; il , where he expired ou Monday In dreadful 1 j , OU . V . Accidi : stos tue Eastern Counties Railway . —On Friday cvL'tiini :, ut half-past eiijht o ' clock , a fatal nccidiMit oriKirred on this line , lnimoi . linl . elv bet ' r . ie
tlie up-traui liau reached the plaUovin at lkick-uuu , where the cieiscts are taken , ayounir man , n servant of the Company , opened the door of the carriage in which h « was seated , while the train was at full speed , : iliil wrts in tha net of hastily ilosemlin . u . when his toot slipped , tr . ui he fell on the rail . The wheels of tin ; c . irrinues p .-issi'd over him , literally cutting his body iu two . ThetVi . shtful accident was solely attrihutahlo to tho imlortiimstemaii himself . It appears that he had been married only live or :-ix weeks , » iid that lit was on his way \\\\ twmi Tottenham , wliero \\ q is stationed , to see his wife .
The I ' msosixcs ix Ksskx . —The enquiry lufo this atrocious ease wiis further adjourned for thre . d weeks on Saturday last ., *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 17, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1388/page/6/
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