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IRELAND . Nnthinc can bs cleaned from the provincial paper * which would lc id to the inference that the ennrmou * outlay of half a million sterling per month of the public money has tended materially to check the pre Tailing destitution . North , ueuth . east , and west , the reports tell the same gloomy story . Tillaga , in two provinces at least , wholl y neglected public works absorbing all the available labour of the country ; and still n beneficial results , nor any diminution in the complaints of wide-spread distress . The r ; ader is already familiar with the scenesof wretchedness described as existing in the counties of Cork aud Maya ; it would appear from the Ulster papers that the condition of the pesple in the county of Donegal is scarcely a whit better , and that '' death by starvation" is no more a novelty in that district than it is in Skibbereen . or Tyrawly . or Castlebsr .
Ddbilv . Dec . 20 . —It is the sober belief of many competent judges that the famine this year , in Ireland , will prove more destructive to human life than the cholera , and that probably a million of persons will b » swept away by it . The Kilkenny papers of this day present an awful list of sheep and cattle lifting in various parts of that county . One attempt , however , on a very large scale , failed . On Tuesday night about twenty armt d men visited the lands of Mr . Ilutchinscn , at Jerpoint , and drew off a whole flock of sheep and seven or eieht head of cattle .
State of Ro ? comm « . —Coroners' inquests have been held on the bodies of three men in the course of last week , and from the evidence adduced it was fully proved that the wretched creatures had died from absolute hunger . In consequence of the continuanco of outrage and robbery , the magistrates of the county hare made an application for an addi . tioaal police force to be stationed in the barony of Boyle . No man can count on the p ( ssession ol his sheet * or cattle for a single night . Extract of a Letter fm > m Skibebken . — " Dec . 20 . —Distress * disease , and death are running rampant here . Every d ; y is adding to our miseries , and tbeivis not a sinele gleam of hope before us . Our supplies are rapidl y exhausting . — our demands are in an equal degree increasine ' —and there is not
the chance . I tear , that our coffers will be in any degreereplenished . Oh ! I am sure that if the English people generally knew of our sufferings , they would hold forth the helping ban 1 of charity , and not allow a people whose destinies are identified with their own to perish miserably of famine . A , , . Day . —A clergyman in a neighbouring parish , belonging to the archdiocese of Tuam , announced on Sunday , from the altar of his chapel that the following Wednesday , Friday , and Saturday , would be the last days of strict obligation upon one tteal . One of his congregation with ereat truth , exclaimed ,, ' Father Charles , you need not take the trouble to tell as that—sure every day now is a fast day with u ? , and we ' re fortnnate and happy the day we can get even one meal fur our families . "— Gdway Mercury .
Cocxir of Leitrim . —A great numlwr of people are dying here ; some days it is not unusual to see from this neighbourhood , and including the poorhouse , 12 fnnerals . The number on last Monday was fifteeu . — Eallinadoe Star . Armixo of the Peasastkt . —The correspondent of the Timss ^ says-the " po ,. u ! ar armanent "—whether for offensive or defensive purposes , is a question for future solution—continues to form a prominent feature in Irish journalism . The latest notice of this perplexing ' movement" will be fouDd in the following strange statement copied from the Carhw Sentinel
" Alarming as the circumstances may appear with respect U the fire importation of arms by the railway , the speculation in 40 or 50 stand of arms , as a branch of trade , dwindles into insignificance when compared with the campaign opened b y another speculator tins week , who proposed to sell by public auction , at the As-semhiy Rooms , no less than 500 double and single barrelled guns , 1 , 000 pair of pistols , and 500 , 000 percussion caps . Ac , ami at a time when robberies by wholesale prevail throughout the country , not exceptins the fatsheep even of his Excellence tee Lord L cutenant . The trade in guns and pistols appears to have been remunerative ; for the speculator had a supplementary stock for sale , in the way of fl : i-ks , " sliot baps , ' 'belts , ' ' * ash rods , ' ' nipple wrenches , ' turn screws . ' &c ; in short , every article in the line issential to a complete equiumentof the peoples—say 2 , 000 or 3 , 000 men .
"Since the foregoing was written we have visited the room of an auctioneer in Dublin-street and we can assure the Government that so crowded was the meetn-r , so anxious were the peasantry to secure arm * , that the competition for guns , pistols , powder and percussion caps , wss so creat that the auctioneer hid some difficulty in providing a supply for the demand—guns and pistols being purchased the moment they were put up to auction . In fact , the country peo ) le . who crowded the town , marched off ail urnvd ; and the novelty of the sale was such , and so urgent the demand , that during the d * ys of sale the room was crowde 1 by thNelass , thefcddlng bcin * mom ntary and the supply incessant . "
REPEAL ASSOCIATION ' . Tne " romp" "fthis i « . dy metas usual to-dav a : Conciliation Hall . The Hon . Cecil Lawless ' was called to the chair . The proceedings were mare than ordinarily silly . Mr . Steele " moved s vote of thanks to tha Belfast repealers , in his usuil « yl « , add-essing the Chairman descriptively r . s " S m of the iliustriou * Cl . mciirry In the course of his subiime oration , he did not forget to pay his respect to the Yonr . c Irelanden-denoniicing their presumption in darin < - to dispute either law or facts a > laid do « a bv his august leader , the great inventor of moral-force ' revoiutions and the father « . f u < 8 countrv '
\ i e -x ? K ?* comsnentea on the obstinacv ot Jlr . Sm t . O Bn-u .:, rrf ,, si ,, gto a-tee to a conference t . > . < ecide the" leja ! question . " which formed tha sole matter of dispute between the seeeders and l ' vf ' - I'ZZ ? < howerer , to be wonder d at that Mr . Smith O'Brien should prove s ,, pertin * - emus , when it u recollected with what obstinacv he oppospd the entreaties of the Irish on the question ot a tenuinceon Parliamentary committees In sr-ite ot every entreaty h . i ^ istod , and the consequence was tha . he cot locked up in jail . He did not go there in vindication of any public principle , but so . elv to indulge a wium ot tancv . and fur his pains he was laughed at by the whole ilouae ., f Commons , l he present ra the hat occasion ou which he 6 houd
. a . iT « rtto the " secession" or the seeders it ap peared as if Mr . Smith O'Brien was walking in the sfa-pa ot Mr . F . argus O'Connor , who had rmne i tuereiormp . rty by his inculcation of the prmeir . es of physical force . But he would assure iMr . O Hnen fiat he should notcustroy the lineal Absociation by any such means . The Association now stuul on a fair and intelligible basis , which he trusted the machinations of the evil di-pused would never be aUe to snake . In conclusion , he announced that it was the intentiou o ! the Association , beiore tiie end ot tht : week , to issue au address t-i the people to give upall force and violence , and to abstain 1 rora plundering i / roperty , and interfering with the Iian 5 ; uii <( it ) nof provisions from phec to place .
• Mr . Jon . v O'Conskll replied to some passages in Mr . _ O'linen ' s letters , and took his p . irt in the pending controversy between the Young and Old parlies . ue maintained the correctness of his lather ' s statement- ' touching the fin ^ nckl relations of tue countries , and the right ot Ireland to the loan of th : rt _ t millions . The proceedings and debates were as fiat as possible , and the ball was very thinly attended . The rent fur tliu week was £ -57 . 7 s . 01 .
YOUNG llttLAN'D . Mr . Smith O'Brien has addressed a long letter to I » r tiiley , in which he gives a history ot his eonn ction with the Repeal movement , and his la : e te ^^ ratidii fr < 'm Coneiiimiou Hal ! . The letter is dated lritn Dromoland , December 23 . Thefoliowiug are ex rac ' . s : — " Ass . iiled as I have b ° en by the partisans of Mr . O'Conueli and by himself , 1 have abstained perhap . for too iting a time from defending myself . Toe cast which you have endeavoured to make out against me in tiie three long letters which you tiavc laid
before the pubii * , justifies , if it does not demand , a general exposition of mj views with respect to the past and present policy of the Repeal movement . " Allow me to begin by ^ saying that I did not join the Repeal Association for tiie purp ise u : acquiring a command ot money—of power—of patronage , or of popularity—nor even for thopu nuscot ' i-xtiactiug through its instrumenUlity atlvanu ^ os of a tern iiorary and subordinate kind for Irelaml . 1 made up my mind honestly to struggle through evil report and through good report fur the attainment of a domestic Parliament , until success should crown the efforts of the Irish Ration .
Until the year 1843 I continued to clin ^ ' to tht hope th . it useful legislation and good government could be obtained for Ireland through the medium of an Imperial Legislature . That Lope , much dimmed daring several previouyears , was finally extinguished by the proceedings of the Parliamentary session of 1813 . It is probable , however , that 1 might have remained foi a long time " an unassociated Repealer , " if the I'l . intarf proclamation and the State prosecution had not occumd . Many reasons made me reluctant to form a clo-e connection with Mr . O'Connell . Soon after my first introduction into public life , I had been induced to enter , perhaps unwisely , into collision with him on account of his having assailed my
family in a manner which seemed to me to be unjustifiab ' c . Hi had subsequently endeavoured , upon more than one occasion , to shake the coufideuce reposed in me by my constituents , if not to deprive me of the representation of the . county of Limerick . When , however , 1 found that the liberties of my country were at stake , and that the most renowned of its public men was about to become the victim oi an unjust prosecution , I cast aside these and many other personal considerations , which might other-Trie luve restrained me from uniting with him . In October , 1813 , 1 waited upon him at his private residence for the first time in my life , and a few days afterwards sent my subscription and adhesion to the Repeal Association . Larug the years 1814 and
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1815 , 1 co-operated with him on terms of frank and confidential intercourse . Differences of opinion occasionally arose between- us ; but I must do him t K-j isticetosay that I always found him disposed io make , rather than to exact , concessions . No interruption of this harmony of action occurred until the resignation of Sir Robert Peel in December 1845 . I then regretted to find a tone adopted at the Repeal Association with reference to the Whigs , which appeared to me to be inconsistent with the high position and perfect independence which ought to be assumed by the Irish nation . I felt it to be my duty to indicate , both by letters to the Association , and hy my speech at the Repeal dinner at Limerick , in January , 184 G that 1 could be no party to an alliance with the Whigs . The game of 1834 , and ' 35 . was not to be delayed again . We hsd vowed to obtain , not Justice or Repeal' but simply Repeal .
, Arriving , in hi * history , at the great fracas in Lonciliation Hall , when the Y-ung Ireland party wa'ked out , he proceeds : — " Soon after this occurrence I intimated to Mr . O'Connell , by a private messace , conveyed through his son , my readiness to assist in bringing about an accommodation in case he felt disposed to change his conduct with respect to the Young Ireland party . He preferred to proccd in the career of which we have since witnessed the full develo pment . He induced the committee to s « p i he circulation of the Nation . Having failed to ruin the property of Mr . Charles Gavin Duffy ( whom I believe to be not only one ot the abkst men in the kingdom , but also one of the most virtuous . ) , he next arraigned him as guilty of high treason by a formal indictment , which was sustained by neither legal nor
constitutional areument , but was marked by all the perverted ingenuity of a crafty Attorney-General . He has since endeavoured b y most ungenerous means - C j ,. npon Mr < Dllffy « and l » is friends , the charge ef { "fidelity , or of indifferentism in regard of religious belief . Alhhe proceedings of ihe association have rl \ t a sira # llap character since the secession . Mr . John Martin , a Presbyterian gentleman of most inoffensive demeanour , and of unexceptionable character , was excluded from the association because he asked for a publication of the accounts , and because he expressed his disapproval of the recent proceedings—a large body of the mostactive and earnest supporters of the Repeal cause have been expelled , w mtavoteofl * e ass ° ciation , by the supersedes of Mr . Ray—a remonstrance , respectfully worded .
conveying to the association the sentiments of a T ?> ?? sitieraWe Proportion of the Repeal ward ns of Dublin , was fling into the gutter . The worst despotism that ever existed could not have outraged the rights of free discussion in a more wanton or contumacious manner . In the mean time , fulsirae « " ?• '" discriminate praise was lavished upon the Whig administration' and Conciliation Hall beeime a mart , m which there was open bidding for arp iintmente under Government . For a long tirre the i oung Ireland party remained quiescent . Fi rb -aranca was carried to the verge of pusillanimity . For myself I can truly say that 1 have suppressed , with considerable effort , the indignation excited in my mi id by many of the proceedings which have taken ;> lace at Conciliation Hall during the last five months
, in the hope that a better spirit might again prevail thtre . Finding , however , that the remonst rances made by different bodies in different parts of the kingdom were unavailing . I thought it criminal any longer tolnegiect our duty to our country , merely bec&use we were prevented from endeavouring to perform it in conjunction with the Repeal Association . Hence my suggestion for the formation of what has been called " The Phalanx , " in derision , but to which we have given the m . re appropriate name of " The Irish Party . " The report of the association , adopted in reply to the Cork resolutions , compelled the Seceders to place before the country a solemn vindication of themselves . The meeting at the Rotunda took place—a meeting which it appears that I designated as a " victory" in
speaking to you . You seem to forget that I recalled the word as soon as it had escaped my lips ; but in truth it was a triumph—the triumph of honest and honourable men over calumny and misrepresentation . No sooner had this meeting taken r-lace than Mr . O Connell changed his tactics . After refusin » , during four months , to lend himself to the various efforts which were made , with a view to reconciliation , he suddenly proposes an arbitration or conference . This conference was accepted by the Young Ireland party . The result of the preliminary inrervieir , a 3 reported by the deputation , speaks for itselt . I need therefore say nothing respecting the design with which the proposal was made . By me plan oi a conference was rejected ; but another mode *> f effecting an accommodation was proposed . If I
hal been disposed to consult merely my own personal inclination , I should have refused altogether to bring myself into contact with men who have misrepresented me in a very ungenerous manner , and assailed me with very ungentlemanlike aspersion . But I do not feel myself at liberty to allow personal inclination to interfere with the perform ances ei my duty to my country ; an I I would have returned to the association if I c mid have per-* u : tdcd myaelf that the line of conduct hereafter to be adopt ©! by thit body would really conduce to the atutinment of repeal , " Oa the question of physical force . Mr . O'Brien says—I declined to enter into any discussion upon tha
question of " The Forces , " because 1 felt convinced ( I should be glad to believe erroneously , ) that t . ns bugbear had been used as a mere pretext for a quarrel with the Nation part y—a pretext of which nothing was heard during the " trying times , when our personal saf . ty was endangered by every ill-advised t-xpresMon used by any member of the " association . As rejards myself , I had distinctly placed upon record my views witk respect to the ri » ht of resistance under certain contingencies , whilst at the same time I have repeatedly denounced the fatuity and wickedne-s of res'Tting to physical force , except upon such oc ( a < ionsa 8 would afford a full justification for its exercise in accordance with the views ot the _ soundest moralists and of the lest writers on the British
constitutun . If Sir Chnan O'Loghlen , Mr . O'Hea , . Mr . O'Hagan , and a dozen other lawyers , were to pronounce my opinions illegal , such , their judgment , wuuld not induce mo to forego couvictions derived t ' rom the instincts of nature , and fortified by a study >> f the history of mankind . I also refused to enter into the discussion of this point , because I deny altogether the right of Mr . O'Connel ! to put any test to the members of the Repeal association with regard to speculative opinions of any kind . We acknowledge ourselves bound by the original rules of the association , but no man could safely join that body if he were liable at any moment to bs excluded by the imposition of a new test . lie then states the conditions in which he was willing to rejoin the association . Tne first essential requisite is the renunciation of alliances with any English party opposed to Repeal . The draft resolution which referred to this point was as follows : —
•• T hat it shall hereafter be an invariable principle of the Repeal policy to keep the Irish nation wholly independent of * English parties opposi d to Repeal ; to support good measures and to oppose bad measures , from whatever party they may emanate ; and that with a view to give effect to this policy upon the most honourable terms . Repealers be entreated to abstain from solicitation ot situations uRder government , either for themselves or tor their friends . " " That , in order to indemnify the proprietors of the " freeman ' s Journal" ( or the expense of reporting the proceedings of the association , copies of the puohcation of that journal issued upon the day immediately following the meeting at Conciliation Hall tie purchased weekly . " 1 further proposed that we should require that the accounts should he published on the following terras : —
' lhat an abstract of the past expenditure of the Repeal Association be published with an account of its assets and liabilities to the 1 st January , 1847 , and that in future tUe abstract of receipt and expenditure which is submitted weekl y to the committee , be published every week . That Mr . OConnell still continue sole treasurer and trustee for the association , but that no payments be made by him except with the recorded sanction of the committee . That the funds of the association be lodged in one of the metropolitan baaks or in government securities , and that a . statement of the balance in the hands of the treasurer be laid before the committee weeklv "
in order to render this suggestion intelligiMe it is right that I should explain the mode in which tho accounts weie arranged whilst I acted with the association . An ace . unt of the weekly receipts and expenditure was , at my instance , submitted to the committee every Thursday . The surplus of receipt over die week ' s expenditure was paid to Mr . O'Connell as treasurer , who accounted for these balances to the auditors appointed oy the committee , uver a large lass of expenses he possessed entire contioul . Now although 1 acquiesce in this mode of transacting the : iusinrss of the association sooner than imply any * ant of confidence in Mr . O'Connell , I do not think ¦ h at it is a satisfactory mode of dealing with the tunds ol a public body . Neither is it safe for any man ot proporty to join an association , the funds of which may le applied according to the judgment of a single individual , without any cntrol ou the part of the committee .
With reference to the staff , I proposed the following terms : — " That no ollicerreeeiving a regular salary from the as-ociation be entitled to vote in committee . " That Mr . Ray prepare a report upon the internal arrangements necessary to give effect to the objects contemplated by the Repeal Association in order that the public mny be satisfied that na unnecessary expense is incurred in the maintenance of an uselns staff , and that hereafter the utmost publicity be given to all proceedings as the mosi secure basis for the attainment oi public coufid . nee . "
1 ' cissibly an ambiguity in I he phraseology of my draft memorandum , hastily drawn up for private u / e may have led you into the error of supposing that I acquiesce in tiie propriety of maintaining the stall paid by the association , when 1 participated in its management . To mention a single inst nice—it is well known that I strongly objected in committee to lie appointment of Dr . i \ agle to an office wbicb . icemed to me to be unnecessary .
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Such are the private memoranda which I read to you . I have since added two more upon the suggestion of others : — _ " That no person be hereafter expelled the association , except upon a vote of the association , after a week ' s notice . " That inasmuch as tho Repeal Association is a confederation to which persons belonging to every religious persuasion are invited for the purpose of working out the legislative emancipation of their common country , bj means of moral , intellectual , and political influences , it is desirable to avoid as much as possible the expression of opinions and the discussion of topics of a sectarian character ; but that such understanding is not intended to prevent remonstrance against substantial grievances which may affect the religious interests of any particular body of Irishmen . " The conclusion is in these terms : — " Having now completed a narrative of rav
connection with the Repeal movement , and a general review of its policy , I have only to say with reference to the imputation that my conduct has been dictated by a desire of 'leadershi p . ' that I would cheerfully have continued to follow Mr . O'Connell , if he had continued to lead in a path which would eventually conduct us to the attainment of a domestic Legislature ; but I am under no obligation to follow him when he deviates from that path . The aim of my political life is to assist in securing my country ' s welfare through the means of national institutions . I will place myself under th leaderhup of any man who will guide me to this result , whether he be Mr . John O'Connell or Mr . Charles Gavan Duffy ; but I will not follow any chief who can truckle to English party , or encourage his followers to barter their patriotism for place . I have the honour to be , Your ' s te : y faithfully , < " William S . O'Brien . "
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MONDAY . MAN 'ION-HOUSE . —Charge op Mauciouslt Shootiko . —Patrick Powsr , a man who has been several years in the employment of Messrs . Eyre and Moses , of Crown Court , Pnitpot-lane , merchants , was charged with having unlawfully and mnltciouely shot at William Nowlan . — The prosecutor , a porter in the tervice of Messrs . Tei d and Bishop , stated that the prisoner ' s employers occupied the upper part of the premises owned by that firm . Between eight and nine o ' clock on the morning of Wednesday last , he had a dispute with the prisoner about a water p pe which cirried off the water from the upper premises to a blind well in a cellar belonging to Messrs . Eyrennd Moses . The prisoner d—d his eyes about the water pipe , and afterwards rushed out of the cellar , and
retired about three yards , deliberately fired at him with a pistol , saving , "thfit ' s the way to strike terror Into you . " He heard something pass bis ear , and he fell down supposing that he was shot , in which supposition however , ha was migtsken , as he sustained no injury . The witness further stated that he believed the prisoner tobe a very desperate character . In his cross-examination , the witness could not exact !] say why he called the prisoner a desperate character . The wadding of the pistol was found , but no bullet . The prisoner made a very roundabout statement , which plainly indicated that he had been harshly treated by some of the men em . ployed on the adjoining premises , of whom the prosecutor was one ; that they had d—d him for a spiteful wretcb , a ? ked him why he did not go back to hU own country , arid otherwise insulted him : and that the conduct of the
prosecutor was particularly aggravating . " I hud , " said the prisoner , "to go up and down , and each time to pass Nowlan , as he * stood at the door , threatening me , and I had : i pistol with powdtr and paper only in my side packet , and I sn . ipped it at his breast only to frighten him , and to briig the case before the Lord Mayor or some other magistrate . 1 had that pistol , I assure your Lordship , to protect myself against a combination which has existed against me more than two years . " The Lord Mayor said , the prisoner had been guilty of a very gross offence , at all events ; for , supposing there was no ball in the pistol , the wadding might have struck the eye of the prosecutor , and done him irreparable mischief . Although the statements which had been made in : * arour of the prisoner would , in all probability , influence a Jury , he had no alternative but to submit the case to that tribunal . The prisoner was then committed .
Dustmen on Boxing Nioht —William Pond , a regular dustman , and his wife Margaret , were charged with having assaulted ; in old woman and two littleboys . Several of the fraternity wereprefent . The defendants had been drinking in the neighbourhood of Petticoatlane at the close of their labours on Boxing-day , and the beverage told more severely upon the dustman ' s wife than upon himself . An old woman was hobbling by as they came out of a public house , and the dustman , who was ripe for fan , set his wife upon her , and cried out " Pitch into the ould ' un , Peg , you devil . " The order was no sooner issued than obeyed . Peg floored the poor creature , and two little fellows , who saw the incHent , tried to prevent any further violence . The antagonist , however , soon showed her superiority by pitching the
boys over the old woman ; and the dustman , whose powers were not called into action until the police appeared and collared his wife , then began to show that he was deserving of his partner . He tried to rescue her , but the ' for ?* -. " were not to be denied , and they securely lodged both in the station house . The Lord Mayor . — Which was the more intoxicated ! The policeman , in whose coBtody they were introduced to his Lordship , aid the man was sober in comparison with the woman , Pond—Why , you see , my lord , she was v « ry lushy—a little overtuck her . It ' s all she had , all this blessed Christmas , and I wanted to carry her home , hut the gentleman there wouldn ' t stand it , so 1 thought I wouldn ' t leaveherin such a pickle . The Lord Mayor—Youare fined 20 s ., or U days , and she is fined 10 s ., or U days , A rough voice in the crowd—I soy , my Lordship , what will
you let the pair on ' em at liberty for ! The Lord Mayor —They shall be difcharged upon paying 30 s . The voice—take ten , we'll raiBe ten bob here , if you'll let the pair on ' cm go . ( Laughter . ) The Lord Mayor—No ; they must pay 30 s . or go to prison , and that won't be comfortable . If the old woman and the second boy had appeared , the punishment would be much heavier . A deep and general groan issued from the dustmen behind the bar , and their wives , and one of the latter ciied out , " Oh , a ' nt it fcanduious to lock 'em up for a fortnight for only . pitching into an old warmint , not worth the dirt she was tumbled in . " In a very short time the fraternity contrived to pay the 30 s ,, the pmence of the defendants being indispensably necessary in going the rounds for Christmas-boxes , in consequence of tbe apprehended competition of the flying dustmen .
WORSHIP . STREET , —Appbehension of a Tickpocket by a Female —A young fellow of smart ap . pearance , who gave his name Henry Squince , was charged with having picked tfe pocket of Elizabeth Hauson , a dress-maker , residing in Barbican . The complainant was passing through Hntburv-tquare , on Sunday sftern . 'on , when she was beset by the prisoner and two others , and she felt a tug at her pocket , immediately nftcr which she heard one of them say , in a low toue , . " Have you got it V On feeling her pocket , she missed her purse , and following the prisoner who had been nearest to her pocket , she seiifd him by the collar , and accused
him of the robbery . He pretended that he knew nothing about her purse , nnd struggled to get away , but she assured him thnt she would tear him to pieces before she would let him escape , and held fast hold of him , nntil he was taken charge of by the police . ITay wood , one of the warrant officers of the Court , said he came up at the time when tbe prisoner was struggling with the prosecutrix , and assuring her that he was an innocent person . Seeing the ' prisoner ' s hand firmly closed , he was about to examine it , when he saw him drop the puree , which was picked up and now produced . The prisoner was remanded .
BOW STREET . —Music and Discord . —Signor Phillip Cioffi appeared to answer a complaint preferred against him , by hit wife for neglecting to maintain her and his daughter , whereby thoy become chargebale to the Strand Union authoritiei . Mr . Boiwood , tbe relieving officer , having handed to the court a printed order , signed by Mr . Cooper , an overseer of Saint Paul ' s , CovcntGnrden , said , that in obedience to it , he waited on the complainant , who was lodging at 5 , Tavistock-atrect , her husband lodging at No , 40 , in tho same street , and from her ^ presentation it ' appeared she had corns from America with her daughter , to fill situations in Covent Garden Theatre , where her husband was to be engng ° d in the orchestra , he havint ! resigned the place he had filled at Her Mn . jesty ' s Theatre . Having ascertained that tho defendant
was living witk another woman , he waited on him to hear what reasons ha could advance for allowing his wife to become chargeable . He refused to give any until the case was brought before the court . The complainant said , that having eloped with the defendant from her father ' s house in New York , she was married to him on the 4 th October , 182 C . as appeared by the certificate produced . The ceremony was performed by the Rev . Heury Chase , in private , as she feared her father would prevent her marrying , she being a member of the Church of England . The only form observed « vas , that they mutually promised to become partners ( or life , and there was a few prayers read ; but there wns no ring , as on Minilar occasions . The defendant , sho believed was a Catholic ; but he adhered to no religion in particular , and they had lived together for several years , except when he was obliged to absent himself on theatrical business ; and having arrived in England on the 27 th January , she in consequence of ill health , aud through the mediation
of Mr . rtlton , who lodged in the same house , obtained parish relief from the Strand Union . The defendant denied that his wife was compelled to seek for parish relief , as she had sufficient money in her possession arising from the 6 ale of his property in America , in addi . tion to which hchad 6 enthcr £ 20 about six months back . Mr . Hall put several questions to the complainant , and from her answers it appeared that she hud disposed of tn'olots of ground by his directions , which , however , wire of very little value , and ulso a 6 lave , for whom she got , i 05 dollars , from which 35 were deducted , and she had paid 75 dollars for medical assistance , together with 12 dollars for medicine ; and on her arrival in England on Saturday week , she had 100 dollars , part of which she expended in the purchase of clothing , for herself and her daughter , and the reason why she had applied to tho parish was , that she anticipated hor husband , at whose repeated solicitations she had come to this country , would . uot support her . Mr . Hall said the case was not ripe f
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magisterial interference . and he would suggest that » would arrange her differences lu a quiet aud satisfacto ry manner with her husband . ¦ The Complainant said that he would prefer returning to America , where tbe could support herself by teaching music , to accepting of any engagement in London , as her husband hnd deceived her in many ways for Tears . Mr . Hall said he could express no other opinion upon the matter , and tbe parties left tbe court .
TUESDAY . GUILDHALL . —Christmas Fheaks . — Jeakin Hawks , a hairdresser carrying on business in Bowling . greenlaue , Clerkcnwell , but attired as a female , and Matilda Uoddington ,. a powerful young woman , looking less feminine tliun her companion , were brought before the magistrate . Hawk ' s voice and mode of training his haii were so truly feminine that the sitting magistrate was for a time completely deceived as to his proper sex , and was almost incredulous when the fact was men . tioncd . John Gorara , City policeman , No . 95 . stated that about nine o ' clock that morning he saw the prison , ers crossing Smlthfield , and Boddington was carrying a bundle . Hethought they looked sunpieiously about , and he asked what they had in the bundle . She at first
• aid it contained her own clothes , and then that it was her brother's clothes , and that he lived at Greenwich . Suspecting they had stolen the clothes , and left somebody in a very distressing situatien , he took them to the station , where the female searcher discovered one of the supposed ladies to be a gentleman . The male clothes in the . bundle were then claimed by him . Hawk's was dirncted to take off his black bonnet and veil to show that by the cultivation of his locks this personification of a female was not a new idea , and one of the policeman felt tolerably certain that hu had seen the prisoner walk several times in female attire threugh St . Martin ' s-le-grttnd . Matilda Boddington explained that it was nothing more than a holiday frolic . Thty had been at a private fancy ball at the Star Coffee-house in' Slockweli-street , Greenwich , from whence the ; could not obtain a conveyance at so early an hour in the morning , and they came to town on foot . The clothes belonged to her compjn ' on . There was at
all events no ground for detaining her , as she appeared in the dress appropriate to her sex . They accosted nobody , they offended nobody , Hawks made a similar statement , and a card for a ball tv > be held at tho same place in a few days ytae found on him , and seemed to corroborate their statement . Sir Chapman Marshall said he w 6 uld test their story by ' seeing whether the coat and trowsers would fit him , and he allowed him to retire to a cell and redress himself . The barber nervously thanked his worship for allowing him to get out of a dress which might endanger his life should a crowd acsemble . The clothes appeared to fit . Sir Chapman Marcholl , findiug that the female evaded giving her proper address , as she was uot known jh Wingrove-place , Islington , at the house she named , thought the police should ! have a little time f or inquiry , and tliatha was entitled to call upon the prisoner * to tend for their friends to show they were persons of good character , and that they hud no evil design in nhat they had done . He therefore remanded them till Wednesday ,
MANSION-HOUSE—Mary Green was brought before the Lord Mayor . John Spittle , ( policeman 071 ) stated that , as he was on duty , in plain clothes , opposite to the theatre in Norton-folgate , at a quarter past five on Monday evening , he noticed the prisoner aear several ladtes , and knowing her to be a thief , he watched htr . She endeavoured to pick the pockets , of several feaiales at the doors . At last she ' attempted to rob a lady who was ascending the staircase to the boxes ; after which she suddenly retreated , and made her way to Bishopgate . street . Another policeman ( White 667 ) then followed her by direction of witness , who returned to the theatre , and learned that the lady to whom he had alluded had been robbed of her purse . In the meantime White dodged the prisoner to 5 , Skinner-street , Bishopgate , ap .
prehended her as she was going in ; at the hall door , and upon searching the spot , found behind a shutter a purse containing 14 shillings and two penny pieces , which proved to be the property that had been stolen from the lady at the theatre . Miss S . Wells stated that she had gone to the City of London Theatre , with Bome friends , and after being spoken to by the policeman , found that she bad been robbed of her purse , containing silver under the value of £ 1 . ( The purse found under the shutter was here produced , and identified by the witness . ) The Lord Mayor having ordered that the prisoner should be committed for trial , Spittle said that he had another charge to prefer against the prisoner , in conjunction with a man called James Green , with whom she had beeu living for some time .
Jumes Green , a tall , well dressed , resolute looking young man was then put to the bar , next to the female . The officer said he charged the two prisoners with having in their possession a quantity of house-breaking im . plements , consisting of crow bars , filet , picklock keys , ifcc , —he had after the woman ' s apprehension watched at the door of the house , and at an early hour next morning apprehended James Green unlocking the door to go in . In the back room of the second floor witness found the articles already described , aud nine silk handkerchiefs , fif een duplicates , most of them relatiug to silk
haukerchiefs , and a new silk umbrella . Elizabeth Nicholl stated that she owned the housu No . 0 , Skinnerstrcct , and let out several rooms of it to lodgers ; that she knew both the prisoners well , they haviug lodged in the house as man and wife above twelve months ; that they appeared to be very quiet people , and upon taking the room they gave a reference , to which , however , witness did not take the trouble to apply , and as witness went to bed early herself , did not know what hours they kept . Spittle said he believed he should be able to produce the owners of some of the property found on the man . The case was accordingly remanded .
The commitment of the woman for stealing the purse ef Miss Wells was then made out , and buth prisoners were ordered to be brought up apin on Friday . WOOLWICH . —Bitino off a Man ' s Nose . —William Staple , the son of a farmer , at Wilmington , wps charged with assaulting and biting off the nose of Mr . Samuel Smith , a person employed in the Royal Arsenal . It appeared from the evidence of the complainant , whoBe face wns covered with 6 truppiug , that on Saturday , week he was stariding at his own gate , talking to a friend , when tbe prisoner , who was in the company of a common prosfnute , came up , and without the slightest provocation , knocked him down , got upon his person , and bit off
nearly the entire ef his nose , which witness believes he swallowed . A friend interfered to prevent further vio . lence , and he threatened to serve him-, out Lancashire fashion , whm ku was taken into custody by the police . Thi prisoner pleaded that he was drunk at the time , and had no distinct recollection of the circumstance . Mr . Traill said that he had made up his mind to send the case for trial , as more revolting , brutal , and savage conduct he had never met with since he had presided as a police magistrate ; and any summary punishment he could indict , either by fine or imprisoment , would not meet the ends of justice . Ho should therefore send the case to a jury . The depositions were then formally read over , and the prisoner committed for trial .
SOUTHWARK . —A Sham Attoknet George Paulo Fitt was brought before Mr . Seeker for final examination , charged with having obtained money under false pretences . The prisoner , well known on the south side of the water as the '' Kent-street , lawyer , " has been for some years past in the hubit of frequenting the police courts , and contriving to pick up business by representing himself as a professional man , and under that pretext , obtaining money from them by whom be was employed . For some length of time , however , his business has fallen off at this court , in consequence of an order issued by the magistrates , cautioning the public against employing such persons . Since then it appears the prisoner has hit upon another expedient , and instead of making his appearance at any of the police courts , lie has been
accustomed to call at tbe goals , and on ascertaining that prisoners convicted and about to be sent out of the country , were inmates , managed to have interviews with their friends , to whom be undertijolt to procure a remission of their sentences . By this stratagem the acensed has sueteeded in obtaining various sums of money of poor persona who could ill afford it . There were two cases of the above description preferred against the prisoner yesterday , of which the following were the brief facts : —The complainants , the wives of two men under sentence of transportation , engaged the prisoner , who introduced himself as a " professional man , " nnd be undertook upon their payment to him of a certain eum of money to obtain the release of their husbands from piison . The women , glad to embrace such an offer , readily gave him various sums of money at different times , he pretending
that it was required for the purpose of paying the neces-I try expenses attendant upon the important proceedings which be had URdertaUen . In order to raise sufficient cash in both cases it appeared the poor women were compelled to have recourse to the pawn-shop ; hut after the lapse of some time , finding that their hopes were not realised , and that their husbands had uo chance of having their sentences remitted , and that in point of fact no exertions on the part of the prisoner had b « en used for such a purpose , they had come to tho resolution of making their eases known to a respectable prefessioHul man under whose instance they had adopted the present proceeding against the accused . The prisoner , who merely said that he was not at present in posscssiou of nil the documents he required for his . defence , was then committed to the Central Criminal Court . [ From our Second Edition of Last Wed ;) THURSDAY . WORSHIP STREET . Bigamy . —Samuel Load , late a guard upon the Bsstern Onion Railway , was finally examined , and committed , ou a very aggravated else of bigamy . The prisoner , a native of Derby , became acquainted with a young woman named Hannah Fletcher , a servant in Lord Scardale's family , at K « dleston Hall ,. ia that neighbourhood , and in December last , when he had obtained the situation of guard on the Ipswich Railway , he married her , and brought her to London . In the course of his journeys to Ipswich , however , he formed an acquaintance with a young woman named Alderton , a dressmaker there , aud very respectably connected , and having in October induced her to elop « with him , married her in London . In tho intirval lie had been squandering money which his first wifo had saved while in Lord Sear » dale ' s service , and e « en took away her watch and work box , both of which he presented to his second wifo . The work box , however , contained , unknown to him , some letters which led to the discovery of his rascality , and upon his apprehension the two n-iren appeared against him .
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THAMES . —Ginhal Fiotis'i Exhditiom . —• Adderley Wilcocki Sleigh , who mi bailed on Wednesday , sur rendered before Mr . Yardlcy , to answer a cburge of violating the provisions of tbe Foreign Enlistment and Equipment Act , and engaging and enrolling British subjects for a warlike expedition intended to be sent to the Equador . The witnesses were bound over to prosecute . The defendant tendered bail , and his sureties were accepted . At this moment a sheriffs officer who had been in waiting all day for tbe purpose of arresting Sleigh on a civil process for a debt of large amount , advanced towards him and laid hold of his arm . Roche , the jailor of the Court , said the defendant was in custody till the
usual ft oof 2 s . Gd ., payable on entering into a recognizance , was paid . An altercation ensued , and at last Roche complained that a sheriff ' s officer was interfering with his duty and had arrested the defendant . Mr Yardley , the sitting magistrate , decided that the defendant could not be arrested in that office . The sheriff * s officer , therefore , was forced to let go his hold of the defendant , who retired into tbe gaoler ' s room and paid his fee . He then went out at the back door and disappeared immediately . The sheriff ' s officer and his employer waited in the $ » ss * ge of the Court until tney were informed the defendant had made his escape , and they departed much ehagrined .
MARYLEBONE . —A Te&maoant . — Mrs , Bott , wife of Mr . Jatnea Bott , of the Archerj Grounds , Bayswater , was charged with having threatened the life of her husband . Complainant stated that he had been married about ten years to defendant , who was his second wife , and that in consequence of the violence of her conduct , his life was continually in danger . She was constantly abusing and vilifying his daughters by the former marriage , and on that morning ( yesterday ) , sh « rushed at him with a wooden mallott , with which she threatened to- dash out his brains . She once in her passion threw a candlestick at a large looking-glass , which was dashed to pieces . Defendant was ultimately ordered to find two securities in £ 60 each , for her keeping the peace for the next three months .
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TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE CH-ARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND COMPANY IN THE Lfc-ICESTER DISTRICT . Bbp . tuhen , I am now to direct your attention to tbe article respecting the establishment of schools . To obtain and preserve unbounded power , and to accumulate and preserve unbounded wealth , has been the h ' rtt wish to possess , and the most unscrupulous means used to keep , of every tyrant and every priest , who « e deeds are recorded by the pen of the Historian , whether Pagan , Popish , or , what is called Reformed . After Paganism had received its death blow in Europe by the political ascendaney given to Christianity by the Emperor Constantino , the Bishops of Rome begun at once to develope their views and intentions , and net content with corrupting and
perverting the simple and yet magnificent principles laid down and promulgated by the divine founder and which were made to be understood by the most unlearned , they were shut up altogether from the perusal of the people , and every access to the Temple of Knowledge barred as securely by the fire and ihe halter , as the access to Paradise was shut up by the Angel and the fliiming sword . It not unfrequently happened during the centuries of darkness which followed , that the kinuship and priesthood quarrelled about the spoils obtained by them from the ignorance of their dupes ; and kingdoms were depopulated , and oceans of human blood spilt on eifher aide ; but experience at length taught them the impolicy of tearing each other to pieces while there was
enough for both . A bond of amity was executed on both sides , offensive and defensive , and " Ilevod and Pilate on that day were made friends . " After what is called " the Reformation" in England toek place , when the Old Lady of Babylon was superseded by that merciful and benignant sovereign Henry 8 th , of wife loving memory , things were only changed in name ; the new priesthood , clothed in the robes , and gorged with the spoils of their predecessors , showed equal ability both in shearing the flock and perpetuating the ignorance of the masses , . as the most expert of the fallibles ever had done , and for some time the Smithfield bonfires blazed as brightly , the halters embraced the necks of the victims as lovingly , and the chains of the captives clanked as musically , as
ever was seen or heard at an Auto dafe , even at Goa . Since that time to the present , the appearance of thingB have materially altered ; the panoramic presentation is changed , but the principles of the principal actors in the drama of " All in the wrong " are preserved in all the energy of the days which are gone , and arc as effectually used for their original purposes , though under different phases ; and the magniloquent appellations of Archbishop , Bishop , Dean , Chapter , Canon , and the rest of the fry of the State Church , are listened to with as h mble reverence by fir too many simpletons , as ever the names of Pope , Cirdinal , and Legate were by our simpleton ancestors . In how many parishes has the parson , in the possession of an overgrown
benence , two-thirds of which are robbed from the poor , and from Church repairs , obtained an absolute controul over the whole of the secular concerns of the parish , from whose imperative dictum there is no appeal , and over whose caprice there is no controul . In how many boroughs and counties aretlie 8 e " reverend" pig consumers made magistrates , to act in two opposite characters to preach on Sunday the divine injunction to forgive injuries , to bless them that curse you , and love them that hate you ; and on Monday , imposing a fine , or committing to prison a peasant who has killed a . wild animal , created for the use of all , which he happened to meet
with , perhaps on the highway . But , more to our purpose , how many ot our public schools can be found where these clerical tlugs have not been appointed the trustees or governors , or surreptitiously crept into the controul of ; where ( if a bull may be permitted ) ignorance is taught , and the principles of the divine right of kings , the duty of passive obedience and non-resistance , and the most unconditional reverence to their spiritual pastors and masters , are the only matter they seem to care about Under such directors as these , and with such instruction is the present state of society to be a matter of wonder .
Let our seminaries be put in contrast to these abominations . We have decided upon due consideration , that the house and school for the master and mistress and the pupils shall be erected upon land which belongs to the compan } , and not upon ground taken in small strips from the allottees , and shall be the property of the company for ever : that the land shall be cpltivated for the support of the master and mistress , aud the cultivation shall be performed by the boys at stated periods of the day ; when they shall be called from their books to the labours of the fields , and thence again to their studies , upon the plan which is pursued at Willingden and other schools with the best possible result ; thus giving by the transition the charm of novelty , and transforming labour into recreation : that their sports shall be principally gymnastio , giving strength and pliability to the limbs and the rosy hue of health to the countenance ; that the rudiments taught shall
be those fitted to tbe station in society ; that their moral conduct be strictly attended to ; the social duties regularly inculcated ; that all sectarian principles of religion shall be avoided , leaving that wholly to the parents ; that the master and mistress be chosen by the directors , as possessing more of the requisite knowledge , and upon the representation ot two thirds of the occupants of misconduct , to be dismissed front their situation . Mure might be said , but this is the outline . Parents , do not these principles constitute the groundwork of a useful , a good , and a virtuous education ; to make the future man tit to exercise the social duties , and to be an ornament to society . . Kxpect one more letter fiom Your faithful servant . T . R . Smaut . 30 , Sanvey Gate , Leicester , Dec . 2 ? ih 1840 .
BRADFORD . On Sunday the members of the Chartist Co-operation Land Company , held a discussion on the proposed Bank of Deposit , when they agreed to hold a public meeting in their room . Biitterworth-buildings , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) at 2 o ' clock in the afternoon , to make arrangements for commencing to ' deposit weekly subscriptions for the redemption of their Allotments ; and a ' so to elect auditors and a scrutineer , in accordance with the instructions ot the directors , the auditors' report will be laid before the meeting . TIIE LATE CHARTIST LAND
CONFERENCE . v ^ a eting of the Westminster district of the iNational to-operative Lan . i Company , at the Aasemb j-rooms , S 3 , Dean-street , Suho , on Sunduv evening , December the 27 th , Mr . rarkes in the chair a d * nutation attended from Somers Town , to consult on the propriety of holding an aggregate meeting of the members residing in tue Metropolitan disttiots ; after some discussion it was resolved , " Th » t an aggregate meeting of tho members ol the National Co-operative Land Company resident within the Metropolitan district , be hereby convened , to beholden in the Assembly-rooms , Deanstreet , Soho . on Monday evening next , January the 4 th , for the purpose of heaving u report from Messrs . Ross , Cullay , and Shaw , tho delegates to the late Conference , and to transact such business as may arise therefrom . "
MARYLEBONE . ilr . Thomas Clark lectured to a most attentive audience at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , on Sunday evening , December 27 ih , on tho " Hopes of the Democracy of Britain . " lie reviewed the proceedings of the past year , both of the National Charter Association and of the Lund Company , and him the nrocaediiigs ot the past drew a lively picture for the future , predicted tho speedy coming of " the <; oo ( l time , " when universal brotherhood would prevail , and freed im and hauuiuess bo ours . These
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^ - ^^^ sg ^ g , spirations were received with great cordiality , and at the conclusion , on the motion of Messrs . Aldona and Uodwin , a vote of thanks was unanimous ^ awarded to the lecturer , for hlaable address ; and thi meeting , after Mr . Clark hid answered some one * , tions ( the answers being deemed satisfactory ) relative to the arrangement for the division of labour among the directors of the Land Company , separated evi ' dently pleased with their evening ' s instruction .
NOTTINGHAM . The highly-talented and noble-minded patriot , Dr M ' Douall , delivered an animated and soul-stirrine Address in the Town-hall , the use of which wUg kindly granted by the Mayor . The worthy Doctor explained in a clear and lucid manner the princi ple of co-operation—the benefits to be derived to the working classes from the possession of the Land , and exhorted his hearers to become members of t h * Chartist Land Company . The Doctor also lectured at Carrington , to a verv respectable and crowded meeting , and received a unanimous vote of thankB , at the close of each address . u Mr . James Sweet also gave a report of his mission to the Land Conference , and was listened to » i , the greatest interest and attention : at the close on the motion of Mr . Norman , seconded by Mr \ Vin field , an unanimous vote of thanks was given to thit gentleman , tor his services . *
GLASGOW . At a meeting of the Chartist Co-operative Land Company . Mr . Thomas Law in Ithe " hair thi Star wa , read and the editor ' s remafks ifle ' etir rent by this district for insertion . The ohaS then called upon the committee appointed aT meeting to examine the proceedings of Conferenc e to give in their report ; they did so . ' iJr " ^ A ° t , ryan moved tbat 8 eeing Mr M'Grath had been elected Corresponding s ecretary and the great necessity there is for a person toS * ivitiJ l A ' % ' ? ScotIand - our *« Wte » iS ; overlooked in Conference , we now suggest to the di rectors tbat they elect another in his stead , so tlS Corn " ° "e ^ t 0 farther the mgtm of S 2 nd Mr . James Smith moved that , although we have full confidence m the directors as director ? still from the position they have nlaced U ,-m « . i « :
in , by allowing the Conference to delegates so much power to them in appointing them to the office of trustees and directors , we view with alarm the handle it will give to the members of the Com pany , and also , it is our opinion that they ought to " > edistinct parties , so that the one may be a check upon the other , and prevent the possibility of ant one charging them with dishonesty , and we think that more satisfaction would have been given if thev had ken elected from the districts as formerly . 7 3 rJ . Mr . David Gibson moved that wcareofopi . nion . that the principle adopted by the Manchester Lonterenceofa reserved list , was preferable to the plan now adopted of allowing to sell their allotments after they have been successful in the ballot , as wa consider that it is not their Dropertv . but that nf tw
Umpany 8 , until they have paid up all it has cost and consequently made it a freehold , as it is to all intents and purchases , the Company ' s , and not the successful persons , until such is the case , and is opposed to the principle on which the Company was formed , and on which many have b come members . 4 th . Mr . James Ewing moved that after having heard the letter from the Star read , together with the remarks of the editor , that the reply prepared by the committee be sent to the Star for insertion . From the report in the Star , we see that thecditor has ventured to comment on the report sent bv this district , inserted in the notices to correspondents ; but it is our opinion , that in com iieatiog he has not answered the objections raised by us . In the first place , we stated that we did not object so much to the amount ns to the despotic character of
it , viz . that li a member be 3 d . in debt , he shall be excluded from any participation in the ballot . This we entirely disagree with , from the fact that a person may be 3 d . in debt , either from neglect or otlier circumstances over which he has no control , and to exclude him , after he is a clear member otherwise , would be cruel in the extreme . As to tho election of schoolmaster and mistress , we are still in the same opinion that the allottees are better judges than the directors of who should educate their Own children . This is a subject , from the feelings formerly exhibited in Scotland on questions of education , that will not give satisfaction ; the people have always taken a lively interest in raitters connected with education . It may do very well lor Messrs . Clark and M'Grath to have the appointment of schoolmasters for the people of England , but wo can assure them it will not do here .
With regard to the usual share charge , the editor thinks it is not a wonderful tax , as a part of it is to he applied for the transmission of poor members to their locations , and that his northern friends will have their full share of it . Now , sir , from the rules , the directors are bound to purchase land in the different districts , according to the greatest amount ot paid-up shares , and we anticipate that all the land will not be bought in England , consequently his southern friends will require as much in their transmission to Scotland as we will in going to England , and we believe , from the feelings generally entertained here by the members , that , even had they to wait a little longer , they would prefer being l . cated in Scotland , rather than be transmitted to England . Signed on behalf of the meeting , Thomas Law , Chairman .
[ Upon the first proposition of the above we shall merely observe , that Scotland was vigilantly and efficiently represented in Conference , To the second proposition we reply , that the law docs not admit of the same parties being Trustees and Directors ; and that , therefore , Messrs . O'Connor and M'Grath are not armed witha double power , which our Scotch friends fear may be dishonestly used , as they can hold but the single office of Directors , as Mr . O'Connor observed in the
Conference . To the third we answer , that , the conveyance onco made to an allottee , there is no legal means to prevent his selling his allotment , while the vendor cannotdischarge the purchaser from anyone of the conditions under which he held himself , or of any one of his liabilities to the Company ; while we consider the opportunity afforded to an industrious man , with money to purchase , from an idle man , without industry—one of the greates- protections to the Company ' s property ; and we further hold , that it would be the height of tyranny to tie a man for life to any occupation . A new-comer stepping into the shoes of the out-going allottee , steps , at the same time , into every one of bis engagements with the Company . This proposition involves the collateral question of a reserved list , the rule upon which stands precisely
as our Scotch friends contend for , but they h&ve overlooked it , or mistaken its operation . To the fourth ' oroposition weJanBwer , the late Conference relieved ^ areholders of iivesixths of the disabilities imposed by the Manchester Conference , as , previous to the alteration in the rule , the non-pijmentof a halfpenny disqualified the shareholder from being placed in the ballot : while we cannot cuesa tho strained presumption upon which any man should be admitted who owed even a farthing , as there would be no end to cavil aud dispute . To the fifth proposition we reply , " that we arc still of the same opinion ; " and fu ' rthe-, that , presuming a location of fifty well-educated Scotchmen upon one estate , we would hold them to be less capable of making a proper selection of schoolmaster and schoolmistress than any number ot less educated directors . !
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ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . During the week Mr . Bullock Webiter » avc li » second lecture on Practical Draining in the Thuaite ot the Royal Polytechnic Institution , on which occasion he confined himself exclusively to the method of draining in clay soils for surface water only . -not where the sub soil itself was filled « ith water , but where the injury arose from the water resting on an impervious bed of clay . He urged thut very deep draining on that kind of soil had been tried and failed years nj-o , and ho mentioned the names of several persons who had proved this , amongst whom we observed was Lord Purtman . lie also said that in the stcous- lands in the WeaW of Kent tnev vsctc
returning to the old system of thirty-inch drains . There were , however , hu stated , circumstances under which draining may have answered , viz ., where there had been a great deal of water under the subsoil which could not get away , lie thought that drains at a depth of four or rive feet in clays couli certainly do no harm if tilled with a porous material * but he conceived that it would add much to the expense , without adequate advantage and he warned his hearers not to form conclusions too hastily . In the course of the last vear , he said , he had travelled
about 10 , 000 miles in search of the data upon which he had based his reasoning , he had examin ed draining which had been dsno in varrous parts ot the country within the last thirty or forty rears , and he found in all instances ho was fully borne out in his own opinion on tho subject . Uc then toucheil upon the subject of the different tiles with much sound philosophy , anil coiwliuled by * expressing hi 9 bciief that tho cylindrical tile , divided horizontally , wtre preferable to the Bat roll , and tiU a * giving a more effective current , nnd consequently a greater capability for clearing the drain .
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street , uaviiinrtet , m the City of Westminster a : t "" Office , in the same Street nnd Parish , tor the l ' r <»* uvietur , l'KAKGUS O'CONNOR , Esq .. ami |> ul . li-lini by Wlliam Hewitt , or" No . 18 , Chark' > - < nvet , Urm don-sirtvt , Wnhvurth . in the I ' arish of JSt . Mary , N ' hijtMn , in the County of Surrey , at the Otliit' , N'i . ! l ! Gre . it '< Vii , ihniU . stivi't , lliiymurkct . i" tl >> ' < - 'i \ y ll ' Wi' ^ tiLinnvr . Sati : r (! u , v . Janujry : > , 18 * .
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