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eet , beomercial-waa East , mTtha todv of _ S _ fiw £ f toTOW fte WJ . ^ t the steBcl Sfs ttMefrom was s » great , that it was with m tetonung to fta inqaett room , BCTeral of the T u W ** their Mtontsknunfc the oorpes snould be allowed to remain so long in a umall room , w which tk « test of tho family had to lire , eat , onnfe , and sleep ; the reason , however , will be ac-© ranted for bj the following tegtimony . The aoher stated that Bhe was the wife of Peter Harrington , labourer , who worked at the docks , and resided with their four children , ( all ill at present ) in the * ooa in which her son lay ; that about twelve ¦ month * ago , he was afflicted with fever , Bubsenently measles and hooping cough , and had been
attended by Mr Watts , a skilful pariah surgeon of St . George ' s East ; but afew * eaks sinec , having removed across the read to their present dwelling , that gentlemandirected her to apply to the parish ««^ of Stepney , out thinking the child was inprovmgBhe did not take the trouble until Saturday 23 £ 5 fe ^ * PPe 5 ! * dMgereus state , she fertnwita hastened ta the workhouse for medical Srt fatft "V" ? - ¦* . ]*¦* Wntleman ' s house , stsssasrsti J » I worn , . t o wat . aij ,, 5 JSSrSSS , f _
i « S _ Ei- ~ r * T" "*** SSS s ^ F ^ * rate , wunant which the registrar could not anwnre the intermeatof the body , an enquiry before tte coroner . Mr Baker , was ih ' ereforcK 2 y into the circumstances of the death . The « n 2 r # «** & * he regreted to find the rSnSS of feiS 6 wh » state but only reviving £ raatioa of the death yesterday , he coulJ not hold tteinquestsooner . MrsCreagh ^ he landlady , deposed to tea kind and parental attention bestowed
en the child by the mother . The foreman ( J . Shaw ) « ud . itwas evident that much blame was attribuftU'Pj ^ JvftV ** ? " * Probabili ty was if this poor child had received that prompt attendanoe , and medical aid timel y administered , whieh he poar are clearly entitled to . there might havo Ken no occasion for their present assembling—ferciuy dwelt on the evils of the poor law system , the treatment of these requiring relief—the inadequate number of parish surgeoas—their incompetent ienumeration for services . < fco . Several juror * expressed similar opinions , and a ' so wished these sentiments to be embodied ia the verdict , which was Natural Death .
The Lm Fatal h&tastm of Fim-wohks . — eforeMr Win . Payne , at the Dover Castle . Old Cent-read , ob the body of Mrs Isabella Bartrope , Aoie death was oceasioned by an exploaioa of firerorksonthe 5 thiust . It appeared -that on Fridav TCHiHg , Mr fluff , foreman of the goods depot ot the ncklayera * Arms termiaia of the South feastern tailway , was letting off some fireworks in the yard of ax Bartrope ' s house . A quantity of the combustibles rere placed in a washhouse near the spot , and on a ocket being discharged which accidentally took a
toDjantal instead of a perpendicular course , the dereased being frightened took refcgeia the washhoug- . Seme sparks from the rocket , however , were threwa aaa the door was opened , and falling on the box contaming the fireworks , occasioned the melancholy Mtastrophe . Daring the inquiry it was elicited that lae bos in question had been brought up by oneof the railway traiHa , and had remained sometime at the Station , notwithstanding the regulatieBS of the company prohibiting the conveyance or reception of snch dangerous articlea . The jury ultimately returned a radict- ' That the deceased . Isabella Bartrope , was accidentally burned to death by an explosion of fireworks ; ' and added , ' That they considered it was hron | h the loose maanerin which the businessatthe
Bricklayers" Anns station is done , and they also eondered that great blame is attached to the directors of the Southpastern Railway CempaHy in not giving sufficient and proper instructions to their servants . ' Cjuaa of MAnLuiaHrini . -Before Mr W . Carter f the Ship , Waterside . Wandsworlh , on the body of ames Powell , aged 29 , who was drowned whilst ighting with a man named Wright , en loud a barge lying uithenmeffthe Silk MilljBattersea . The examination of the different witnesses occupied a con-Hderable space of toe , but the facts ef the case are briefly these ; -Tl , e deceased and Wrieat formed a mrtion ofthe gang employed on board the barce Parace . On Sunday morning some of them went into he Waterman ' s Arms , where they had some beer
, but not Buffitaent to intoxicate them . They were aken from thence , at two o'deck in the afternoon , IryBsvies , the captain , who wanted them to go to work am On the way to the barge deeeased and Wright bad some words abanfc which could do the most wore , and soon alter they had got on board they commenced fighting . The barge is aa open one , and the men fought on the gangway board on which they worked to raise the sand . They had several rounds sad one mr two falls into the barge , which was nearly SW 8 ?* ' S . 5 * » UB Wistea n P ° n ^ PP « g & T C ii The < _ ? ? t ^ n jumped into thl fcoat , and challenged Wright to renew tha fig _ r- They accordingly did a >; they closed , and in the struggle fell into the nver , and sunk together . WriohtSu
and was rescued b y the captain , bat the deceased , whose arm only appeared above the water for a moment and then disappeared , was not found until twenty minutes or half sh hour expired , when his body was dragged op by Abraham Bafcer , a water-¦ - . i ~ f ^ fcjsfscopcnrred instating that they considered tie felling info the river an accident ThecoronerhaviBgreadtheevidenceover . thejuryre . turaedaverdictofmanElaBghteragainstWright , upon which he was committed to HoRemonger-lane Gaol . SSSSSSSSiB"" " Sm * SmsoBDB « H .--Before MrHiggs , atthe BuU ' s Head , Clapham , relative to the death of Mr Jonathaa Orme , aged 76 a retired tradesmanpossessed
, , of considerable property . On Saturday afternoon , at f oar e cbek , the remains of the deceased arrived at St Paufo Chapel for interment . Aaron Orme , a son of thedeceased , obtained an interview with the r ^ i- ™ i ? li * he n « te , and having stated that iebelieTeaiiwfether * 8 death to D 9 the result Of po lenoe and improper means , the curate ordered the tt £ « iSmSI ^ ^ ™ DDt 51 a coder ' s inquest could beholden . Aaron Orme depesed that S : t ¥ ? 1840 , ' . that ° * & ^ of ^ un ^ l ^ , t ^ eeeased married his servant girt , Racheli Ragebrook . aged 23 . An estran ement Ioh-• sequenti y arose between the deceased and his cMl . dren . and fora twelvemonth none ofthe family had Eeenhun . The last who saw the deceased waa his
bob Aaron , who went to him for some assistance , as lie was in distrcEB , when he found his parent nnder the entire subjection of his wife , who told him to tatosJusebildren and himself into the workhouse , and Hot coma troubling Ihesa . On Thursday last the witness Aaron and hia brother received each a letter from deceased ' s wife . The letters Iwere addressed from 6 , St George ' s-place , Brixton-road , which was one of deceased ' s houses , and stated that their parent was dead , and that it they wished to see mm before he was buried they were to come immediately . # In one of the letters deceased was said to have expired on Snnuay , and in the other on ths Monday . The deceased ' s son Aaron went to St Georga ' s-plaee on Thursday eveninz . and rennwrfPri
to see his father . The widow told him he must come again on Saturday , when he would be buried , She then told him the deoeased , who had been very imbecile for the last twelve months , had left her all his property . Another extraordinary fact was , that although the widow had led the witness to suppose ha father's body was then is the house , he was in feet then lying dead at her mother ' s house , near GnelmsfoFd , from whence he was only brought to town on Saturday , by tha Eastern CUuntiea Railway . When he saw his father on Saturday , which he did not do without great difficulty , he was astounded at his attenuated appearance , which caused the communication to the clergyman . Dr M'Donengh proved he had made aa external examination of
the body . It was much attenuated , and deceased had evidently been neglected ; and there were ulcers on the wrists , aa if he had been bonnd with cords . The inquiry was adjourned , in order that a pottmor . tan examination might be made , Caotioh ro PAREKis . -An inquest washeld before Mr W . Carter , at the Hampton Gourt Tavern , Francuwtreet , Ncwington , respecting the death of Harriet Jane Cloak , aged seven weeks , who died from the effects of paupn—Mr R . Prior , surgeon , f Marlboroujh-place , Walworth , said that he was called on Wednesday week last to sea the deceased whom be found ia a dying state , and from its appearance ho felt satisfied that it was suffering from the effects of a narcotic . He accused the parents of having given the ehild something of a deleterious Hatare , which the father denied ; but subsequentl y he admitted that he . had given the deceased some medicine , which they had procured from Mr
Bellamy , a chemist , residing at Newington Causeway . Witness examined the battle , and found that it contained a concoction of opium , commonly called syrup of poppies , which was used to a great extent by persons totally ignorant of its poisonous properties . Witness had no hesitation in Baying the child had been killed by the mixture which had been administered by the parents inadvertently . —The father stated that on Sunday , the Slst nit ., he and his wife took the deceased to hit Bellamy ' s sh » p , as it Jaboared under costiveness . They had been giving the child castor oil , when Mr Bellamy suggested a ohange , and gave them a powder , and on the following morning he Bent them a bottle of medicine , which was that Mr Prior had taken charge of . The deoeased was quite healthy previous to taking the mediciae , and they were totally ignorant of its being dangerous . —The Coroner animadverted . la strong terms on the culpable nature of the case , and tte investigation was eventually adjourned .
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AUBJOKa STATS CP THI COOKTBT—THRASHBK OREGB FLOORED—tHS o ' cOSKEIi HOSOMHSI—DBCUHB 0 ? IBS ' UOBALPOKCB' HUMBUG . ( Fnmmr own Corretpinienl . ) Dublin . That air of lonelineBS and desolation which marked our city during the la > t six months is , at length , beginning to wear away , and again Dublin exhibits spine of the characteristics of a great town . Most oi the opulent families who annually migrate to the green fields and sunny vales of the south and west are new returning , and in their wake rush hundreds of respeotable families who dread to remain in solitary districts of Ireland during tha winter . In
my last letter I alluded to the horrors then being enacted through several ef the southern and midland ceunties , and with regret I must say test , since , matters have got from bad to worse . More blood has been spilt in Monster ; honor has been added to h 9 rrer , victims have fallen at the shrine of revenge , and raote than one , also , have dropped into the gra ? e from . starvation . A gloomy , a terrific prospect is before us . The people are actually famishing , and they now rush to the perpetration of crime , as if courting death in aBy shape , rather than endure another winter ' s 'famine . ' No wonder , then , that persons who still have property left shoald feel aaxions fer their safety , and seek refuge in the capital . The Pretestant archbishop of Dublin , Dr
Whate ' ey . and the renowned Rev , Thrashem Gregg , have at length come to open rupture . ' Long threateniai , ' as they say . ' comes at last , ' and the rod which his Grace bad so long in pickle for poor Gregg has at length been put to its purpose . The lovers of fan-and in this gaggish town ef Dublin who does not love a ' shindy ?'—have had a rich treat in the proceedings of our Consistorial Court last week where his lordship ef Dublin proceeded agakst the clerical Don Quixote , of Irish Orangeism . The case was briefly as follows : —It seems Mr Gregg , being chaplain ( by whose appointment I cannot tell ) to the private chapel of St Mary ' s , in the parish of St Nicholas Within , has long asserted his right to officiate in a general way in
that parish , and acting on this alleged claim , was in the habit ef preaching and reading prayers te a considerable congregation of low Orangemen in the sehool-hoBse of the parish ef St Nicholas Within , as a oresaid . The Archbishop , whether influenced by private pique to poor Thrashem . or wishing to maintain the existing form ef church discipline , frequently deioanced the intruder , and notified to him that as he had no l oense to preach or teach in the arch diocese , he was acting illegally by persisting to do bo , aHd sowing the seeds ef much future troubles to himself , which one day or another would fall upon his devoted and ' reverend head . ' Nothing daunted , Mr Gregg still maintained his ground , and day after day continued ito instruct his docile ! followers in
the ' wty they should go , ' managing at the same time to fill them with a haly fear of Antichrist , who was Gregory XVI ., and who w Pius IX , and to enkindle in their bosons a glowing hatred to all their Roman ! Catholic fellow-christians , and Daniel O'Connellandk « 'tail , ' ia particular . However , the bishop , nathbg grateful for the pious zeal of the reverend mad-cap , determined that 'the steam ' thmld go down , and forthwith appealed to the laws for that jastite which entreaty and remonstrance had failed to procure . The cafe was heard before Mr Radcliffe , when Serjeant Stock and Mr Bat .
tersby appeared for the Archbhlwp , and Dr Butt , Dr Gayer , and Dr Ball for the defence . After a pa . tient investigation ef the' pros' and cons , ' at both 8 ides , poor Gregg was 'beat . ' and heard judgment pronounced ta the effect that he was doing the thing he had no right to do , and that consequently nesheuld be admonished by Dr Whately to sin no more / or , in other words , ' to abstain from performing divine service or preaching in the school-feonse of St Nicholas , or anywhere eke ia the atca-dioccse oi Dublin , until duly authorised to do so , and that he should pay all costs and expenses attending the heariBg of said case . ' 1
Sic transit gloria raundi . ' We are to have subscriptions raised en Sunday , the Uth instant , io all the chapela of Ireland , to defray the expenses of a national monument to the departed ' Liberator . ' This resolution appears to give a good deal of offence to people in the country districts , andeven many of O'ConneU ' swann admirers in town , though nst publicly inveighing against the plan , entirely condemn the policy of introducing it at the present crisis . That O'Csnnell deserves the affectionate remembrance of Irish Catholics , few will deny , and that it would be a natioaal stigma te
refnae turn some testimonial of that affection , I cordially admit . Yet , now , when the churchyards ofthe land are still red with the graves of famished paupers , and when another year of pestilence and hunger is rapidly approaching , ot already set in , when Irishmen must again be fed by the charities of their fellowman , or fall 'like the beasts that perish ;' when , I say , such things are coming to pas ? , men cannot help feeling that it is neither wibo nor generous to saddle the country with an unnecessary burthen , er try to wring that shilling from pooir Paddy , which is so much needed ia the earning struggle for life or death .
Talking of O'Connell—his memory is certainly dear to the middle and lower classes of Irish Catho lies . Notwithstanding that sp many have started up , and _ boldly and energetically condemned his latter political delinquencies , still , in private conversation , he is generally spoken of in terms of respectful affection . Still the dynasty which O'Conaell p lanned and built up cannet stand much longer . It u crnmbling every day , and some other line of policy —» me other mode , of ' political warfare' muBt quickly be adopted . Tie ' moral force' humbug is getting odious ia the eyes of every class of Irishmen .
and Paddy can no longer gulp the twaddle whieh would fain persuade him that the salvation of his country , or her rescue from the gripe of the oppressor , would be too dearly purchased at the price of one drop of human blood ! ' This cant will go down n » longer . The humblest peasant laughs at its hypocritical absurdity , and in his own waggish way , tells you that' when the euld man could not coax the youngster wife 'blarney , ' or force Mm with a ' wisp ef grass * from the apple-tree , he tried the virtue of a few thumping limestones , -and seon had the culprit on Ms marrow bones , suing for mercy and pardon . ' Themoralisthere—more of this in future letters .
CHILDHOODS ECBSES—COMISO EVBNT 3 CAST THKB ( SHADOWS BBFOK—DECJJHB OF IHE CATHOLIC KUKBTHOOD ' 8 1 NH . UBKCE— PROGRESS OJ THE POTATO BOT—XHB DO-XOIHIKO ABI 8 T ? CBATS—THE YOTOa IBKtASD HUMBUGS—THE ' COUOIUATIOll ' UAMTBAF—HOBS BL 0 OS ! T , ... » nWin , 8 thNov ., 18 « . I nave only on this morning returned to town from a four or five days ' visit to my native place , in one of the finest and meat fertile of the Midland Counties . But how describe the mournful changes which occurred there , since I last went that waynow about twelve or thirteen months ago ? I could scarcely believe the evidence ( f my sense ? , and had it not been for the well-remembered features of the
landscape , tho green old hills , the red bogs , the crumbling castle , and rushing mountain river , I might have imagined myself in sime climate ' far off and alone , ' where providence seemed repentant for the glories which his creative powers had , 'in the beginning , ' scattered over the land , and was bow commencing to undo what his omnipotence had then effected . It was a chill November evening when I sat down in the village where I was born . and where I had passed my youth aad theearlierdiys of my manhood . But what a change was there ! Those whom I left after me , the playmates of my infancy , and the friends of my boyhood—where were they ? Alas ! some wandering far and wide asunder , over the wilds of America . And—oh ! tell it not ! Thousands
rotting in their lone and already-forgotten graves . It was , indeed , a melancholy evening with me , that first eveaing on my own old hearthstone . The song and shout and merry laugh , which used to come bo oheetily on tho twilight breeze , saluted not my ear and Hhe few pale miserable wretche ? , who came to ' welcome me home , ' spoke piteoualy of the famine and the ' sickness , ' and all the other horrors of the by-gone year . The old man wept for his ' poor woman and his three ' strapping buyB , ' carried away by dysentery . That little fellow , now alone in the world , wailed for his father and mother , and brothers and sisters , swept down by typhus . Another said : ' What matter if people died of natural sicknmV She lamented only that her friends died of Tale starvation . ' Whilst all united in giving a most revolting detail ofthe horrors of 1847 ; at the same time vowing before God that they will endure their
wrongs no longer , and that , if those who have the power to save them , neglect to do so , the annals of 1848 wll be memorable in the history of Great Britain ! ' Thinned aswehave been b y the famine and pestilence , ' they cry— ' Thinned as we are in numbers , and exhausted as . are those who still survive , still there are men enough left to strike a heavy stroke , and though we may be crashed into the earth , 'tis a manly thing to die fighting for justice , rather than linger anotheryear , insulted , derided , half famished paupers . ' This strain of conversation is quite common now amongst the peasantry of every district of ireland , and though there is no organisation , no absolute resource * for an effective insurrection , still I am certain that if something really useful and permanent bonotdonefor the people , the country will soon become one vast scene of outrage , bloodshed , and devastation .
Throoghoutthe district of country which I visited , the condition ofthe small farmers and laboming classes is pitiable . Stripped of every , thing which they Hitherto possessed , cow , sheep , ass . pig—yea , the coverings off their beds , and the little furniture from their cabins , all sold or ' pawned' during the last summer . They are now as completely destitute and a hundredfold more helpless , than the ' shirer ing tenantry' of the polar regions . Last harvest was a prolific and bonntiful one . the fields waved with luxuriant crops , which a splendid season ripened into maturity ; but it brought little amelioration in the oaadition ef the poor Irish peasantry . In thousands ofinst aws , ttieir gardens and potato patches win
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left fallow , the wretched proprietors not having the meana ot planting them , or being too heartless in spirit , and ton enfeebled in body , to bestow on them the necessary labour in their tultivation . ' But even where the peasaat was enabled to sow and cultivate his garde » , he had , to use his own expressive phraseology , ' he had the produce eaten' before the gleaning d * y arrived , and the huekster , " snd flour-factor , and meal » moneer , ' swept away what tho landlord failed in clutching to himself . Thus , their condition is deplorable , wkilst that ofthe small farmer—the man holding from ten te thirty acres—is full as destitute , and much more embarrassed . He must pay poor rates , county cesses , and other tributes , in addition to his rant ; whilst many of those whom I' visited
had not a four-footed beast in their possession , ner a stack of tern , mor even & comfortable coat on their back . A listless , sullen apathy has settled down amongst these unfortunate beings . They have lost all relish for their former amutements and pastimes . The pipers' and fiddlers ' vocations have become sinecures . Wakes and fairs are deserted , and more than one Roman Catholio Priest , whom I wa 3 conversing with , assured me that amongst the most remarkable changes effected by past and present calamities , was the strange faotthat the peasantry were beceming quite negligent of their relipieus duties , seeming to lose much of their usual confidence in Providence , and more or less disposed to shake off a goodly portion of that allegiance
which they have ever paid to the Roman Catholio clergy . The Roman Catholio chapels are nearly deserted , most of the people not having apparel in which they could appear in public ; and even many who have not that apology to offer , seem to take example from their more wretched compeers , and remain at home , impressed evidently with the notion that their sufferings will atone for all omissions and delinquencies before Htaven . Happy I am te say , however , that the same reverend gentleman assured me , that more had been effected in the lapse of the bygona , in the way of smothering down the old feuds and religious acerbities between Catholio and Protestant , than could be hoped for , perhaps , in half a century . The priest and the parson have met
together to hold couneil about their dying parishioners ; the Orange magistrate and the mob orator sat at the same ' committee , ' to devise , as best they could , how to still the cries of their famishing neighbours . The Protestant artisaa and . the Catheliolabsurer , with their wives and children , appearediogetier at the' Relief Depet . ' to receive their daily . ' rations . ' They chatted about their common privations . Tbey spoke ot their native country , her wrongs , her woes , and the injustice and indignities under which she bled . They felt something was to blame . They investigated the matter in their own shrewd way , and in a thousand instances , became convinced that their own unnatural feuds , their wild animosities to ^ each other , their religious bickerings , and all the evils springing from prejudice and bigotry , were mainly blameable for the poverty and degradation of their island home . Thus' out of evil cometb good , ' and the famine of 1847 has , aa Leaid before , performed
more in the way of recenciling the Irish population to each other , than all the preaching and teaching ef political philosophers eould effect in a thousand years . . . . ; I regret to add , that in ray prerambnlations , I found fte Uttlestock of-otatoes still remaining in the bands Jof the farmers , likely te be diminished by the ' rot . ' Several told me that they ( the potatoes ) wire going quick , and that they did not suppose one of them would remain fit fer use by Christinas . However , this circumstance , even admitting its truth , can scarcely have much influence on the resources ef the country . The fact is , there are very little potatoes ia Ireland at tke present moment , and those who are fortunate enough to possess any considerable quantities of them , will ( in tho event of their maintaining their useful qualities ) hold them over for famine prices ; thus completely deprivingthe poor man ofthe benefits which he might derive frem having them in the hands of his neighbours . ¦ . < i
There has been much bravura about the ' council meetings' in oar good city in the last week . Of course the Irish papers will furnish you with the particulars anext these same conclaves , therefore all I will say about them is , that they are more likely to render the neblesand gentry , who attended them , more despicable than otherwise in the eyes of the country . They absolutely did nothing . ' They will do' nothing ;' aad to wind np the climax , if we are to judge by their proceee dings during tte bygone week , they are incapable of effecting anything creditable to themselves as publio men , or beneficial to their ceuntry . Every bodyhere islaughing at them . They feel those 'National councils' but national humbugs , and until the leaders of this movement assume a more definite
attitude , and a firmer and more manly tone , they Will never hava the confidence ofthe great bulk of the Irish people . More of this next week . On this day ( Monday ) , the 'Young Irelandett' of Ulster are to muster in Belfast , and on next Wednesday , we are to be favoured with more of their 1 yara , 'in the 'Round room ' of the Dublin Rotundo . Whether these people feed their fancies with the hope of wresting euld Ireland from the Saxon or not , they are vary earnest in one respect , namely—in the dissemination of their principles all over tho land . They are entirely eclipsing the glories of the old bazaar on Burgh Quay , and yet , I don ' t know how it is , theleadera ofthe Confederation are universally bated ; and ia my Intercourse with the different classes of society is Dublin ; I scarcely ever heard
anvbody speak but in terms of unmeasured contempt ot tha' warriors' of Music Hall , and undisguised disapprobation of the line of conduct which they pursue in their public movements . When they talk of' thunder and dagger ? , ' people say they are the veriest cowards in existence , and if they try to establish their claim to the character of good Catholics and 'faithful men , ' they are spurned , not only by the Jackeenarchy of Dublin , but by the Roman Catholic Hierarchy of the entire kingdom . Thus , tbey are unfortunate whithersoever they look for ceuntenance ; and though , for the' gag' of the thing , many hundreds of hot-blooded , young scapegraces , are flocking to their standard ; still is is as plain as noon-day , that they are net the men destined to achieve substantial good for their country , or make
her—First flower of the earth and first jtem of the sea . The doors of Conciliation Hall still are to be found open every Monday at noon , andwhatever God sendR in the way of * brass , ' in still grabbed up a 3 greedily as ever . But , indeed , like the ' Banquet hall ' of Moore , ' its lights are dead ; ' and before many moons shall wax and wane again , it will be as totally « deserted' as the most rabid ' swords-man' of the ' Young Ireland ' clique could desire . O'Connell is no longer there to fan the flame of its ' long . fadino glorieV andthe Burgh Quay' Hall' will soon be converted into more useful purposes than a gigantio mantrap .
The organisation for the purpose of preparing a monument to the memory of O'Connel ) , goes on swimmingly . It appears the certainty of another year ' s devastation , by famine and sickness of the Irish people , does not fright those friends of the departed leader from their pnrpose . Well , if they will have it so , let them generously open their own purees , and pay a ! l expenses attending their project ; but for the sake of mercy and of decency , let them not impose another ' tribute' on the unfortunate , famishine . despairing peasantry of Ireland . In life , 0 Conneli ' s wants and wishes-were ministered to by aconfidinfr , generous people—but new , that he is gone where worldly pemp can afford him no good let the starving peasant keep his ' shilling' to procure a ' meal ' s meat' for his family .
More bleed has flowed in Ireland . You will see in tke papers an account ef the foul murder of Major Denis Mahon , of the county Rosommon , who was shot dead on Monday , November 1 st , on his return from attending a meeting of Poor Law guardians in the village of Strokestown , in that county . He was a wealthy man , highly respectable , but , as report says , a 'bad landlord , ' and amused himself latterly witn freighting a couple of vessels with' paupers' off his ' superabundantly-populated' estates , and shipping them to Canada , where , of course , tho survivors ( if any smb . there be ) will not mourn his doom .
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nOEKIDLE EXTfiEMINATION OF TESfAKTRf . We copy from tho Dublin Freeman ' s Journal the following circumstantial statement of a transaction which recently took place in the county of Leitnm j— ¦ On the 29 th ultlm * . the Sheriff , with a detachment of military from Mohill , and fifty police from the SHrroundlfig stations , proceeded to the townland of Ii » cgs amer In the parish of Aughayess , in this country , ths pro ^ perty of Major Ormsby Gore , Porklngton . Wales for the purpose of di > po « B 8 giiDg the tenants on that f orrafifty-fire human beings were left houseless on that night .
Th » places they used to oall their houses wereburnt to the ground . The number of dwelling homes burnt was tm , together with the office houses attached to each . Now , had thos * poor people been exterminated for noni P » yment of rent , there might b « some palliation for the eraeitj , but . nchwas not the case ; for , of three half year , rent due the Ut of September , 1847 , they offered to pay oneyearWt ( the custom ia this country being that one half ywrtnnt shoul d remain unpaid ) , \ hi 7 h Mr Lawder refused to accept , M , ingj . He wo ; id tflk n * recwptfrom imytenantholding uaSer twenty acres of If , ? , ° ne of thom cam 0 "P *•««* atondard , they were all cleared away . »» uoaro ,
I send you the names of the heads of families dispossessed , with the number of family : — P 1 . Jobs Gbant , four in family , held eight acres ef land , a very solvent tenant . ^ Johk Qoinh and wife tff 0 in fflm ., h . agrf , 87 , was dragged from his sick bed , and laid on a wad of straw , to see the house in which these 87 years were spent burnea , * land 0 HAS C ° " > 8 iX ln familjl held 8 is acros of h £ ? J ?™" ' * lght in family ; n sol ? ent tc"ant , holding thirteen acres , of which he lately purchased serea acres for the sum of £ 20 . 6 . Eeiem CtJMiH , eight lu family , held four acres ei land ; solvent .
r nll . » ' Donohua btin * la 8 cotland e «» tag * 8 « nt Wb wife and five children , Just recovering from
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fever , related to leave tha house , but thsnro being ap * plied , she was farced » o depart . , . T . Thomas Qbihh , four in family , held seven acres and a half of land . 8 . JfcHH Qoinn , four In family , held seven eeres of land ; hit family recovering from fever eould loarovly crawl out before the home was burnt ; , 9 . Ladbbkck Qoixn , four in family , held six atr « i of land . 18 . Widow Qcikn , eight la family , held seven acres of land .
It was a mo 9 theart-rending scene to witness , on the day after ( be burning , the smoking tmbers of the con * sumed village , the fragments of broken furniture sca t . tered around , as it was rescned from the flames , and the sorrowful looks of that group of old and young as they gathered around ma to tell the sad itory of their misfortunes . They « ald , ' Ufa all lived in poaeeinthie villoge ; we are never at law with each other . Our forefathers lived here for g « nerationg past . T / ou would say , if you saw it before this ruin came , that 'it was a nice little village ; ' ' and so I am sure it wng' Another said , 'Doyou think does the law sanction auch cruelty !'
BTATBO » THBceU « TBT . The accounts from Limerick and Clare are again reest disheartening , Another shocking murder has been committed in Clare . The Mmerick Examiner caya : — 'Michael Walsh , ' steward to CharlesG . O'Connell , Esq ., Ballinahincli , while proceeding from his house to Ennis , on Saturday morning last , was shot dead by some assassins concealed in the plantation of Fortannej and while Walsh lay dead , a party of vagabonds came up and robbed him of £ 1710 a . ' There are further accounts of outrages ; in Roscommon , and of threatening notices served en some proprietors in the district where the late Major MaUoh ' was murdered . . There are ten er twelve persons in custody , but merely on suspicion , charged with being concerned in the murder of that unfortunate gentleman .
XTUCK . OK THE 1 RUXB W 0 RKU 0 BS 1 , ¦ ; Tho Iraki Chronicle contains the following : — ' While the guardians were holding a special meeting at the workhouse , on the 4 th inst , to arrange for the commencement ofout-deor relief to the infirm classes , W . Danny , Esq ., in the chair , a policeman came into the room and announced that a large mob , with a black flasr , were forciRg the workmen from their work in the street ? , and coming up to the workhouse . There were several magistrates at the board , and all agreed that trie military Bhould be called ou * . Mr GeorgeD . Stokes , J . P ., immediately volunteered to go for them , and for fear of being cutoff by tho mob , ran across the fields to the barracks . The mob soon after made their appearance , led on by a man from
Strandrstreot , who immediately farced open the workhouse gate . The magistrates and some of the other guardians went down t » reason with them , but in vain , they would not disperse . Some three or four pf them threatened mischief , and were very violent in their language , but did not proceed further . The police soon after came up under their officer ; but even then the mob would not disperse , though every persuasion was used . In a short time the military , with Mr George Stokes , were seen coming across the fields , but the mob still persisted in remaining—asking for work—that ' they were willing to work , but would not starve . All they wanted was work , but
thifc they would have or . ' Mr Stokes , when the military were drawn up , immediately ordered the flag to be seized ; and , having in vain fer Bome-time argued with the mob and cautioned some ofthe moBt prominent , whom he knew by name , to go away , he seized two ofthe principals . This did not suffice , and at a further interval he was obliged to seizs two more . The rneb soon after dispersed , ' and the prisoners were marohed off to the gaol , under the escort ofthe police and military , and tho guardians returned to their business , which they did not complete until dark . A pound of meal ration was fixed on by the board , for out-door relief . '
Frightful accounts of the destitution of the pea santry were read at the meeting of the Repeal Asso ciation on Monday .
A COERCION BILL POB IRmHD . The Dublin Mail and ( London ) Times announce a Cneroion Bill , to ' put down the conspiraey against life and property , which has existed for the last six months . ' An ' Arms Act' and the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act are loudly demanded by the above-named journals . No doubt both are contemplated by the government .
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FBABSTJ 9 O'CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P ., AND THIS NATIONAL LAND COMPANY , tbbsds THE PRESS . GANG . LETTER FROM MR CULL 1 NGHAW . TO THE EDITOR OF TUB HOBTHEEH STAB . Sw , —Having nod in various papen the aiaboHcal and infamous attacks en Fenrgus O'Connor , Es q ., M . P ., oharging him with lavishing in an extravagant and reckless manner the funds of the Land Company , I have thought it my duty to contradict so base and vlllanous an attempt to injure his character . Perhaps no man has had so good an opportunity as myself of witnessing the conduct and judging the motives of Mr O'Connor , bavin ? been engaged by him and his brother dtrectois from the commencement of the Company ' s operations at Hcrrlngigate to the present moment . Why , sir , the very reverse of these charges is the fact . I bore tbonirbt
and told Mr O'Connor that he . was too hard in his bargains with the various parties he purchased a tides from , and also with the men whom be sngageduperform the labour ; and I have teld him he was diivlng the barga ' ns too close , and acting contrary to the dos lines advocated in our glorious Stab . Ilis reply to me was , ' that If it was his own work he was agreeing for , or bis own money he was paying away , he should be more liberal ;' , and hejhasmany times drawn my attention to the fact that the money was the hard earnings of working wen hundred * of whom were ia a much woVm situation than those be was employing , and that every additional five pounds expended on the house would entail fire shillings per annum more rout for tver . Sir , I doubt that there is an employer in the kingdom who studied
more te save his property , and to lay out his cash to the best advantage than Mr O'Connor does the pence ofthe working men . I could not tell you how many hundred hours I have been with him after the men have left the work , going from home to house , traversing the estates , even by moonlight , for the purpose of making improvements , and reducing any expense where practicable . Do these conceited , ignerant asses , suppose for one moment that Mr O'Connor has a single set of bar ness , a cart , or even a wheelbarrow , made without an estimate from thxes or four different tradesmen in each branch ! After agreeing with the best and the most
reasonable , he has always required an article of each kind made for inspection and apptoval . No lets than tour tradesmen at Gloucester mada ranges and sent tbem as patterns , and btfore Mr O'Connor gave an order . Facts are stubborn things . What I have hero stated is the truth , and nothing tint the truth , and ean be attested by the tradesmen , if necessary ; and every working man that we hare had in our employ will bear me out as for as they have teen , and been able to judge of the correctness of these assertions . I would s'ate a great deal more but I urn aware that every iaih of your paper la so valuable , I am fearful I Lave intruded at too great length already .
I remain , Sir , yours truly , HENBT CULIINOHAM , Foreman and Overseer oi the Works , November 3 rd , 1847 ,
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but I d » not consider that they are sincere , if they were , thsy would be more just 1 m giving their caution , and would g ive it wberait rtarnecesiary , o » ly . If they will take a sttoH threugh some of the prinotpat thoroughfares of Manchester , I hate no doubt bat ' that they will find cauw to caution toe pablle against real impositions i » th » shape , for instance , of bazaars or lott « ciea . But look upon U that it is not the interest of the working cl 8 « e » tbat tha Examiner has in view , but the ruin of Mr O'Connor . But I have reason to believe , froia iht dsmoHStration ef October 26 th , that this vile attempt has failed in that particular , and Ihepa aud trust that the feellig that was displayed on the night of the above date . will be universal through the country . So far hare the statements of the Examiner been from having their intended effect up 8 n me that I intond to take up a four aora share . John HoWABTH . Manchester , Nov . 2 nd , 1847 .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sib ^ Having been looking over the Mandiesler Examinc ' r of Saturday the 20 th ult ., I find in an article signed by 'One who has "Whistled at tbePloDgV theftl . lowing sentence . ' We have been the cause of many societies not banking tb > ir money in the Laud and La . hour Bank , and have also b « en instrumental in caus dr the mechanics to withdraw their mouey Vroro that Bank . Now , as the Whistler' presumes te be actuated in his desire to benefit the public by asserting the truth , 1 hereby reques t that he will notics the following , so that in his . zeal to be the benefactor of the publie , he may not lead them into an error , by publishing a faluhood The Mechanics of Manchester hara not withdrawn tbeir money from the National Land and Labour Bank , nci .
ther do they intend to withdraw It , or any portiou thereof ( unless compelled by the present state of trade to do so for the support of our oembsrs out of emplojment ) For the WhistlerV further consolation , I beg to inform him , and throu gh him the public , that instead of withdrawing , the No . 5 Manchester Branch deposited £ 20 . in the hands of , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., on the Tuesday he was in Manchester , and that several others are about to follow In their steps . Now , sir , the Manchester Society , above all others , have reason to endeavour to stop the supplies of their oppressors , inasmuch as they bars , and that very recently , bad a specimen of the folly of placing their money in the banks , where their employers may get two ethers to be bond for them , for say five or ten thousand pound *—perhaps of the very money deposited 6 y the operatives , which enabled them to dictate
terms to their workmen . The Newton conspiracy case has cost our society near £ 3 , 000 ., besides being tha cause of the death of Alfred Cheesborough , ( own cousin tome , ) and a good member of the Mechanic * Society . No , ho , Mr' Whistler , ' so far as oar branch is concerned , we will not allow , if we can help it , our tradeB society to bebroken up , and thus lay ourselvet completely at the merey of our employers . Trades' socUties , Mr Wnistltr , ' I hope will continue to form a barrier against the oppressor , until justice shall be done to all , indeed it is to be deplored that the capitalists ferce their hands to resist , reduction after redaction taking place , witness the amount of money lost in the following strike : — Cotton spinners of Manchester in 1810 £ 22 i , 0 M Again ia 1826 , ... 200 , 090 Since that time 176 . 000
Spinners of Preston ... ... ... 74 , 3 J 3 T « wn of Preston ... ... . ..... 107 . 096 Glasgow cotton spinners ... ... 47 . 600 City of Glasgow ... ... ... 208 , 009 Loss to County of Lanarkshire ... ... 500 , 008 Strike in tie Potteries ... ... 50 , 001 Leeds Mechanics strike , twelve months ... 187 , 000 Wool Coombers of Bradford , ten months ... 400 , 000 Colliers strike 50 , 000 Total £ 1216 . 009 And whilst the capitalists can make use ot ' the law to protect himself , and crush the producers , the producer can never make use ot the law to protect himself . WitneB » the Glasgow eotton spinners , and Dorchester labourers . Now , Mr « Whistler , ' do you really think that if we lsn a our money to the Land and Labour Bank , an A thereby ease the labour market , and get each ot our membtrg a good house and four acres of land , that the master class will turn us out , without a dread that we shall betake ourselves to tha cultivation of tte soil * I am sir , One of tbe Trustees of the Manchester F <> arth Branch . ' 5 , Church street , Geoeqb Samdel Offobd , Rochdale-road , Manchester , ^
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__ — w THE LAND COMPANY AND THE 'MANCHESTER EXAMINER . ' 10 THE EDITOX Ot THg K 0 BTHJ 5 BN BTAB , Sib , —I rwentty troubled you with a communication , a copy of which I had seut to the Manchester Examiner , but which that worthy declined inserting , until I gave a reason for the faith within me . I then sent the following ; and in the answer * to correspondents , he says my faith rests entirely in my confidenca in Mr O ' Connor , and that he should have inserted it , had it hot contained so much ' personal abuse' ( a fit fellew to find fault with that ) , li you deem the letter worthy of a place in your columns , its insertion will oblige . I would just observe to the ' 1 Whistler , ' that * o far from his letters shaking my confidence , I have this week taken up two other shares , and paid them up . Yours respectfully , E . B . 85 , BonsalUstreet , Hulmo , Nov . 3 , 1817 .
TO TBB EMTOtt OF TBE EXAMINER . Sitt , —In your notice to correspondents on Saturday last , in answer to my communication , you say I murt give you some rea » ons for the faith that is in me , or yon shall think I am one ef O'Connor ' s « dupes' or paid subalterns , of which you say he has many iu the country . I am neither tho one nor the otbr . The faith that is in me , I one to long observation and study , strengthened by frequent proofs from parties who have wrote up : n the capabilities ofthe Land from praotieal experience , Tbe i raotichbility tnd carrying out of the Lani Plan depends much upon confidence in its founder , and which the WhiatUr' tries in vain to destroy .
My faith Is further strengthened by dally witnessing the hundreds ofthe capital ! . ts turned into thousands , by various investments ; and because I cannot sea why the capital ef the working classes cannet also be turned to profi!—and what better and sefsr investmintis tbere than in land , where thelabourer creates a free labour fivld for himself and family .
Your attempt at eompartng our receipts and the receipts ofthe Repeal Association , is weak , inasmuch as the r < peal rent is spent in feeding a sat of greed ; agitators , whose visionary promises they never intended to realisi for the people , any more thaB the AntLCorn Law League did' Cheap Bread-High Wages , and Plenty to Do , ' whilst ours is converted into profit immediately in purchasing for the subscflb-rs a « stake in the hedge . ' That there is no question at issue betweea Feargus O'Connor and the public , I again assert ; the question with ths'Whistler'he will soon settle i «" Ths ' WhistlerV trash about security is not worth notice . It is an insult to the common sense understanding of the community , to hoist suchrufeblih upon them . *
Teur correspondents vary ranch in the length of tlmo itwllltaketoloeate a section—viz ., from sixty to five or six hundred years . Ah ! sir , if there had been a similar company established-even sisty years ago-we should have a different state of things to that we bare now . Your employers would not have had the power to boast the possession of their miiiiens , whilst the pro . ducew were starving . What mi ght have been prevented may yet be corrected j but as they have an interel in a surplus population , they dread the system that would throwthepfi 6 pleftnthfclr « Biur « c , cn Iheiro , ™ uai aud thus create a class ef fr « e labourers . '
. In tonelnslon , sir , I beg to say I have been a close observer of Mr O'Co » n «' s career for more than S W "" ? »«« nothing during that time to cause ™ L «? f than that he iB wutleman in el £ ? * £ UBfsuaded ' and m ** ° te" ™ « p "
IS i \ ° " , mi tb athath hls q « a » el just , And ho but naked , though locked in steel , Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted •' aLTT ^ Tv T the th <>« he was iB their « t » n « f ft ??? , Tr 8 d 6 A 8 it " tion ' ond the J fe « >» U eipjsure of their fallacious doctrines , in their non- « a . u , u ° ™ cir oxtrava G * Promises of'Cheap Bread—High Wages , and Plenty to Do . ' Oh i but what a shame that Feargus should live out of thei uartoarned pence of the working classes . You are right , their p « nM U hard-earned , but you don ' t lire out or it , I suppose J A reason-because not one of them 2 ZfT ? ° ' ^ there none of »» «» the £ 89 , 000 to be given to Cobden , or la tho te » timi » , i . iT Bright andGeo . WUson , forge ' tting flS - £ ? Br ad M&rt Littl 910 Do >; and wha < * St
SKta tS ^ sffi ^ r ^^ Sft ? your next number « Uk to facts ana ' * in ' ' Nothing extenuate , or ou ght set down in malioe ' I am sir , » . BonsalHtreet , Hulme > Oct ^ T ? * dtaf -
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lies ; wrote by wholesale 'txproisly for the hm ,. * the mechaBlci . ' nefi !»! In bis letter upon the Land Bank , which ann on Saturday , October 80 th , hesajs , ' W * have c ^ the machine makers to withdraw their money fro ^*** ( the Land Bank ) , and we shall continue to perform * , lt very necessary branoh of publio service . ' ^ Thoso members who entertained doubts of the * , rlty of the Land Bank , or of Mr O'Connor * ! honh must feel truly grattful for tho valuable aeniesiQf ^* kin' -hearted friend nnd benefactar of yours for bJsaved your £ 620 from being lost . "" J That assertioH , though a > trua as any oth er he k , written for jour instruction , is false . The No . 4 br , * * . has only drawc [ £ 30 , required to pay donatu ^ £ 59 J Is in the bank still . I may also add that til Manchester No . 5 branch hat depositad f no , tta 3 £ 760 , which is in the bank yet ) so much f or ta »? city of tha'Whistler . '
Bat , why did not this ' whistling' Mend of youm . prise you of ihe danger to which your funds wer 1 ' posed that were deposited in the Royal Bank of Ljt . ' pool ? Surely , the £ 840 in that bank belonging to ^ Liverpool branch , rtquired the care of your guardia n Perhaps , the ' Whistler'thonght the £ 810 se « ure in th » Royal Bank , and so it is ; it is » o secure that the LiVCN pool branch cannot get it , although they might want tj to pay the men out of work . What will you say when I tell yon that one of the ' Whistler ' * ' pupils , the A ^ delegate to tho executive council , held on Saturday , Octo . ber 30 th , seriously propo .-ed putting about £ 8 J 0 more ia the Royal Bank of Liverpool ? Each individual branch , from the commencement ot our society to the present time , has exercised the right o depositing its funds in what bank toever it thought bast ; what right have you to make exceptions of tt a 4 and S Manchester branches ?
If you wish to prevent the dbmemmrment of onr sa . oiety , you must allow to those branches the same ri ghts you allowed to others ; and , indeed , I am very much mistaken with the material of which those two branches are composed , if you will be allowed to coeroe them . A MiscimT-ia Mkcbakk , P . S . —A short time ago , H . Selsby , on his own aatbo . rity , advised the Warrington branch to withdraw their funds out of tbe sarings ' -bank , and deposit them in th « same bank in Liverpool . The Crewe branch , thinking
Sir Benjamin Hey wood ' s bank unsafe at the present time , have , on their own authority , withdrawn theirfundsfroni that bank , and deposited them in the Manchester Savings Bank . Now , as Mr Seltby thinks savinga ' -banks unsafe , will he appeal to tbe society against tbe Crewe branch for having removed their funds to it ? Or , it the latter branoh a privileged ona t The truth is , the Manchester Nos . 4 and 6 branches claim equal rights and privileges with other branches of our society , and should they b « suspended , you may hereafter regret allowing prejadice to warp yeur better judgment .
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THE 'MANCHESTER EX&UIHER OANO , TO THE EDWOa OS KBE NoMBEBN BTAB , Sir , —Having for several weeks back read the Manchester Examiner , wherein I find that tbe writers of that paper have held out matters to tbe public of a very serious nature , —some touching on the private character of Mr O'Connor and others as it were to cast a cloud aver the Land Scheme ; and feeling persuaded that when Mr O'Connor saw these charges , be would male some observations respecting them , induced me to also read the Northern Star , and I there fiud that instead of Mr O'Connor acting as most culprits do when suspicion lights upon them , namely , resorting to subterfuge whereby to eonceal bis guilt ; that instead of doins this I I
_ t _ . lilt A * ft »« A m _ " ha is willing , of which he has given proof , of meeting those charges , either under the broad can « py of heave * —in any court of equity—or Hny other investigation that his accusers may think proper to appoint . Having read the charges of the Examiner , and tbe an » vrers of ths Star , and after giving the matter a fair and deliberate onsideratioa , I huve come to a conclusion that the charges are groundless ; and I ooald wish , sir , through tbe modlum of your paper to Bubmit to the public Jn general , my reasons for coming to that conclusion . Now , In the first place , it has been said by the writers of the Examiner that the Land Plan was unsafs in consequonce of not being enrolled , and that the Compaq were liable to penalties of great amount ; this matter I conceive was sufficientl y dispostd of en Tuesday night
, Oct » ber 26 th , by Mr O'Connor . But what moBt » -t .. nishes me in this charge is thin , —that provider VI ) O'Conn « r ' s statements be false , whieh Mr Ilobson B » ys they are how it is that if the Compa » y be amenable to the law for any act or deed they have done , that the law has not taken advantage of the Company before now J Weighing matters over in this way , sir , iBduces me to rely on the statement of Mr O'Connor that a law topuoLhtbe membtrs of this noble project la not in existence . The next thing that has been said is . that there is a deficiency in Mr O'Connor ' s acconntj this is a charge whieh I believe Mr O'Connor met with the conscience of an innocint man . The itoiclMler Emminer states that the Hall of Sdenc « will hold three thousand
individuals , and if I must take tl e r own re ^ 'SlLTli ^ T . di , tlll ! yMythatM ' ' o c «™* stated to that large body' that if they laboured under any impression that the accounts were wrong , h « 12 at liberty to appoint auditors to examine ££ , Sums and ia order tfcat there might be no expenJi ' JS 53 ' to the members , be ( Mr O'Connor ) mSiZfyXS siissss ttg wHlusduM . oa , fuard ftgain 5 t imposlttou i
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vi if 5 B 5 JeC i ? m Under ^ slderatlon the ser-Zrde « DS ± n raaed T hist 1 " ' « ° P ™™ a to aid ExamAb , . ' , ' , m neeW y ' ln tbelUnoniiTM to « n ' ¦ Wer " COlumn 8 of wnattMs birellngpleased to c , ai argument , conning 0 , the , nMt abuse of M , u Connor ; the most wicked and slanderous attache upon Uut geatleman ' i private « fcar Boter , * « u ,, i
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. » — Minstbr Lovel . —At a meeting of the working men employed on the Minster Lovel estate , which was addressed by Messrs Doyle , Cullingham , Coutt ? and Moody , the following resolution was unanimously adopted : — That we , the working men employed by the National Land Company , at their works now in operation on the estate at Minster Lwel , seeing that tbe judgment and honeBty of our principal director and superintendent , Fcargus O'Connor , has been basely and unjustly attacked by a portion of the press of this country , we have feltlt to be our duty to come forward and centradict the falsa accusations of these vile slanderers , and , for the satU « faction of our brother shareholders , to inform them that
so far frem their funds being squandered , we arc com ' ptlled to state , injustice to ourselves and brother trades . men that it is only by perseverance and great industry , that we are enabled to realise a fair daj ' s wages for a fair day ' s work . As to the ability of Mr O'Connor , ha has proved to us , as practical tradesmen , by the extent of ' hia practical and general knowledge , his untiring zeal , continued perseverance , and devoted attention , to be the only man in this country competent to carry o » the Ctrepanj ' sbusiBtss . And we challenge tbe country to point out any other company that can equal the rapid progress we have mads , the economy exercised , and tbe facilities we now possess , for enabling us to proceed with our operations , ia that regular bnd systematic ord « q which eaa only b « arrived at rj the united energy , skill , and practical knowledge of experienced and intelligent
men . Cardiff . —At a meeting ; of this branch ofthe Land Company , resolutions , denunciatory ofthe ' Whistler , ' the editor of the Dispatch , and other lying liblers , were unanimously adopted , with the following addition : — And we hereby resolve , thit the thanks of this branch be Riven to Feargus O'Conaor , Esq ., M . P ., for the able refutation ofthe various charges brought against bimj bviA temder to him our oest -withes for his long life and ' triumph over « 11 his enemies . Os-itD-msTLB . —At our meeting the following resolution was agreed to : — That tbe best thanks of this meeting ore hereby given to Fearpus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., for his spirited reply to the Dispatch and other papers ; and this meeticg places implicit confidence in Mr O'Connor ' s integrity , sod will support hint ! a his prosecution of the Mawheiler Ex .
amintr . SMUBBRrDOH . —A quarterly meetintr of members was held on . Wednesday , November 3 rd . The following officers were appointed ' . —Edmund Dalby , secretary ; George Hill , scrutineer , John Pegi and Wra . Morris , auditors ; Peter Chance , treasurer ; Alfred Thomson , John Brown , Edward Weaver , John Peg ? Ferdinand Rolansoti , and William Morris , committee . The following resolution was adopted : — That this meeting has She fullest confidence in F . O'Connor , M . P ., as the Land Company ' s bailiff and treasurer ; ana that we pledge ourselves to support hia in his struggle with tho ' press-gang , ' and that a collection be commenced ( or that purpose , to be continued for ttir . 'e months .
Sooth SniELDs .-Tho Chartiats and members of the Land Company have passed resolutions and aa address , expressive of their unbounded confidence ia Mr O'Connor , and their determination to support him against all his enemies . Meetings are held every Sunday evening at ihe Scarborough Arms , for mutual instruction and discussion . Alva-At a meeting of this branch of the Land Company , a vote of thanks was passed to Mr O'Connor , all present pledging themselves to support that gentleman , m sp ! te ofthe calumnies directed against mm . Ihe members of this branch suggest that aa £ ?« ' mW man 8 b 5 a PP ° » ted at Man . chwter . at Nettingham , and at London , the three to value the house and land wished for by Mr O'Connor , on the estate in 0-foHhhiM , and Mr O'Connor to have the Property at their valuation . The editor of me Stirling Observerh&s been having a fling at the K comes thL ay . B 6 t U " rtflh « * *
Hanlet . —A meeting of land members and friends ! n ° L pf- ° r W £ dn « day eteniDg , November 3 rd , in the Christian Brethren Vmeeting room , when tha fo lowing resolutions were adopted :-. That we think it unjust to allow Mr O'Connor to be at any expense in bringing to justice the base malfgners of his character , and that we pledge ourselves to usa our best endeavours to render him as much pecuniary ZZZ ^ Jt mKis dBfrayin 8 *» «»• £ .. * * M P forbuS ° f " " ^ Fear 8 O'Connor M . P for h 3 past services , and th at we place undoubted 2 X 5 ' as we bava always fott " dbis * - " » a ^^^ fiSF * «* ^ S ^^ SSffll ^^^ . J *? Tm }* 'S 0 { ihU branch ten « Jer their warm and cordial fhankt to Jeavgus O'Connor , Esq ., for his abe exposition and his spirited repl y to the Waklj , ttu paxh and tfther papers . This meeting places the most implicit conf . d , nce in Mr O'Connor ' , integrity , and trusts feat that gentleman will goon as usual in tbe advocacy ofthechims ofthe woiking claBtes , and this meeting pledges itself to subscribe its proportion of the 6 E ? amZT iIiim 0 a th ° pr 08 ICtttlonof iheltatafer Tunbndge Wells branch ofthe National Land Company , in expressing our unbounded confidence in the conduct and integrity of Mr O'Connor , eulogise him on his manly and straightforward reply to the iS mous press-gang , and we ssnecrely hope that all such SstdeaSte w ^ T rcceive fn » m the publie theit just deserts . —W . H . Iawsbb . secretary
MVBRP 00 L ..-. IW 0 lectures were delivered inilhis SSli *» K-i ^ SS ^ r # ** S £ ccture M ? 'n grCat ? tt < nti ? n- Aft « ^ second SinlviT Jonea in a speech of great S ? ln Ah the 8 entl ? ffitn ofthe press came in oJ , !"" , ™ , !! " wlthfeeli nR 9 of pity and contempt the conduct ofthe Manrhester Rramhcr , and others « f tbe venal presB gang in th . ir onslaught on Feargus O'Connor _ , q N . P . and the National Land and
, Company , oeg to inform those gentlemen , tfeat tbeir calumnies will Have no other ( ffect than to cenwnt us dust r h tbe bonds Ot brotherhood aad co-operation , beins imprissed witb tne conviction that the social emancipation of th « mas BesmuatbelthemnU oftheLand Movement . We further consider the conduct of » he Liverpool & « ' ««' be n-ghl y censurable in giving publicity to the caln- » i < ° ' the Mancheiter Examiner , and refusing to inftrt on a " * wer . when one was sent . And further , we wish to t ( iidtf our most sincere thanks to those papers that Lave so nobly and manfull y defended our principles , and ne resolve to frequent no publio or coffee house that 6 upp « rt those papers that have been so lavish in their abuse ,
and so sparing of the truth when ' dealing with our view' - Lastl y , we declare our unbounded confidence in Fo . irguS O Connor Esq . M . P ., and the dircotors ofthe Land Company , and assure those gentlemen that nothing but a ereliction of duty on his pavt , will ever leatt to ^ ' feiture of that conadence . . The resolution wa 9 seconded by Mr Edmund Jonea in a very eloquent speech , end carried unanimou ^ On Sunday evening a lecture was delivered by > l ^ i ± lLi ?^^^^ Mi ^
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 13, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1444/page/6/
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