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Hktim la ** AStf ' tfl 2 ^ 1 D-UEtTE 5 ASt _ THB ¦ -- MTrt fp ecch-ihI nffcpun b- ^ s-iepeil !—Jjfe **» s o ' & « soB the TSsisEa 10 * mns »!—thb ^ CATHOLIC FMESTHOOD—BTiTE OF BCBtlyi-THB ia-. ^¦"" S -4 ' i » M . c < nuitkn ( S « i » _ . DslYEBEA « . -i ; f . * «^ or thi peJIastbt , &- ^ . QaThmday . the 25 * 4 Kiafc , « ttf election of ma-. S-tteiwrWBeenb for ifcS ; iiQ £ place in the different ; ,, wiMtieci ^ Mme ^ ilhe moct valaable and respectable au ^ rmen andifStra councill ors resigned tu « r 3 &cei-fSsm ^ rivate motives-the os ! y one vwingfrata pressure from without' cause ? , was C . G . Ds * . if the Na-ioh . The old members , however ,
havejfeen sucoeded br honest and respectable men—^ eriRlrV or Conservative portion merely maintain-~ 4 nj ;" ffiar former ground , without any addition to " ^ Jieir numbers . In the Custom House ward , & Mr v'Farrellj , one of the 'Young Ireland * party , offered *¦* himself as candidate for town councillor , but waa ousted by Mr Keating , one of tbe ' old stock' of * Irelanders . ' Mr Dnfiy is succeeded in the College ¦ ward by a Mr Michael Dowlinj . a very respectable v uns man , snd , like Mr Keatintr , a staunch O'Connellitc . TheDnblin Corporation his no member of tfcelrtfi Confederation within ito ranks . They are either G'Cotme'lites « r Conservative * , but admit no Caiifedemte to civic honours . Dablin , November 29 tb .
The / reign of terror in tbe southern counties chronicles fewersHd Jess revo'ting atrocities ir the by-gine week , than ; in any tther week within the Ia « three months . llouse-breakinf , firiug « 'f shots , assault-, ' waylays , and other outrages have been verr numerous , indeed ; but , I am happy to say , that up to ibis , I have n « fc heard of any actual murder lavine been perpetrated . Amongst the most ampins ef Captain Rock's late freaks in Tipperary , is his bavins posted hifimanifestoes , bearinsthe skull and
cmrs-bones , oh . trfe Lord-Lieutenant ' s Coercive , dr Admonitory proclamation . This is no joke ; it has oecnrred in the town of Nenagh , where these pro-< sksastions were extensively circulated . The indus * Irinns ' Rock , ' in one night completely marred bis excellency ' ^ intentions of giving admonition to the Tipperary boys to be aisy , ' for in the morning the Captain ' s counter-mandates were posted war the face c . f every Vice-regal proclamation in North Tipnerary . The merry Captain's bill-sticker mHst have had lusy work OH that cold November midnight j
THE qCEES S EFSEC 3-' I am quite pleased with the resemblance between my ^ twonUgers , Csvsr and Pompey . ( said a Virginian slave-owner ) , they are 60 very like each ether —' specially Pompey ! '—and so may we very appropriately wraress ourselves , with refereaoe to tfce late Soval Speech '—it is so very like all its royal predecessors , in flatness stupidity , and heRrtlessness . He- eracious Majesty , or rather thess cold-Wooded emoiricF , ef whom sh ? is the puppet , informs her said Majesty ' s ' faithful Lord 3 and Commons , ' that 'in some counties of Ireland atrocious crimes have been committed , and a spirit of insubordination has manifested itself , leading tosfcgoanUed resistance to legal risrhts . ' No * -, th&VZa&mpf spirit of
insubordination * does exist , is as tft&isthat two and two make four , and that that sajati ' spirit' will increase and acquire strength , is a 3 trie as that God rales the onirer-e . But the Royal SpiectFaoes not go on and impeach the councillors andSdfkers of her Majesty , ¦ c rith being the cause of this-Mhgibordination , ' with having evoked that blood-staTmi ' spirit' from ths erare-p : ts _ of Sknfl and Sfctb ^ grecu , and sent it flitting on its career of venee £ Hc ^ oter the depopulated , pestilential vallies and villages of Clare and L * merick , and Cork and Tipperary ; Not a word in the Royal Speech about this . The Whig imbeciles —the'base , bloody , and brutal Whis-s * are not reminded of having looked calmly on , whilst a million ©{ the ' were Irish * were let die of hunger , and not
• with pestilence and misery . Not a breath about tteBB trifies . Oh ! no , the framers of the reyal yarn could not wound the nervous delicacy of ' the ladies on the bark benches / by any allusion to the misconduct « f ministers , involving , r . sit would , a harrowing history of the ' woes of Ireland , ' in this and the bygone fea-on . But the Royal—alias the Qiieen ' s-alias the Marqais of Lansdowne ' a 'Speech , ' blubbered Jeremiads over the 'insubordination' of starving Irishm-n . and then ofiercd consolation to the tremb !; n £ 'dariints'on the back bcneSes , * by assurin " them , and the empire afclarse , ftafc although no additional measures were contemplated to rescue the survivors of last year ^ famine from sharing the fate of th . - ir countrymen who are cons-still there should be
no lack of coercion , and that wh enever and where-« ver the famine-howl should be raised too lustily , or tie expatriated peasant dare to' look crooked' at his € xter . T > ina : ors , the cry for bread should be hushed in xhe boom ofthecanEOQ , and the retaliating propensities of Captain Rock and Terry Alt be put down by lots of British bayonets ! Posr chance , faiia , fir empty bel ! ies—c > ld steel and war-steamers on the Shannon ! But little do they knew of Ireland who propnreto keep her easy bysuch appliances . "Tfenot « a ? d times vrid them , tbe thimsOY the world . ' es-« l . -. itns the recklees peasant of North Tipperary . The peace-msker . Dan O'Connell , is gone , and the pea ^ -breaker , gnawing hungsr , is conic , and tseoayis upon ns whenw ? csnno longer afford to be frightened at the flash of the trooper ' s Wade , or the crack of the peeler ' s carbine . If they build new barracks , ' et them , and if more
red coate come to Muns e- , thr-y R « e welcome , [ but { we dttstset- jnft'c ^ , and we Kill not be coerce ' d until fcoi is found for oar famishing wires and ho ^ Jin " chi'ires . ' This is the way in which Paddy treats the ides , of new coercive measures , and Lvsure tho ? e who contemplate such po'iey , that they will j-snaliv fail . Ths day when Ireland coald be rukd br " bayi lets is tone br for ever . Tfle peasantry will not submit any wore to the olJ-cstabfeh- d orJer of things . Braisrd and prostiate as they are , they are still mighiy , r . cd they wili awake and smite their tyrant ? , * n 1 tncuah they would probably fail in any attempt at revolution , they will harrass England , and sh ^ d the blood ef the foe / and continue the great difficnity' of every monarch and every ministry of Great Bnu . \ n until foil jastice is asccrded them , and ample atonement made for the woes aad indignities they tare / nicred through eeajspies of misrule and cppressioa and degradation . *? .
In p lain truta . tbe ftaeln ' a speesfc excl ! e 3 very Iitt . cin : ere 3 t in Ireland , and no surprite . We were prepare ! to tear the cry - * oM War to the knife ' nowled forth a ?« ittst our unfortunate eonntrymen Md we knew well tuat wa had litUe mercy to expect for tae hnodredi of thousands of those helpless vrretehes who , this moment , pine with hunger and all it ? concomitant terrors . We kaew Coercion nomi lie Kcommtnded as the panacea forallour evils snlfeU no particular alarm at the Royal prescription ! Ilowc-ver , the opening of tho new parliament . *? as not without peculiarly interestin ? « o ? ies for Ire-Jand , = nd the' Repeal motion * of Mr Feargus O'Conror hss fallen like a ttiander-clap en the cc-untry . Many and varions are the speculations on that
snbje-t . hut except with jealous-minded . cclf-intere ? tcd individuals , the 'bravos' which saluted that heroic gentiehnn at the « onclnsim of his noble speech in the House nf Common ' , have reverberated from sea to «? , sna faund a hearty ecLo in vats honest Irish is a ?* . B it these who inoio Mr O'Connor , and have n-r . moiivc in cloaking their conviction * , express no surpritc w his late magnanimoas conduct . Tie ? spe k ; l . wing ' -y of his by-goneseivices , and thou " . fsnds already predict that he will be the lion of the present P .-jrliament . Iu fact , it is confidently belieren thai when 'Feargus is himself again / he will tecfi .: e a powerful rival to the O'CoaneU dvnastv Ami they are ri » ht . If Mr O'Connor be ambitious « f the glories of h > 3 fatherf—if he only put forth that
, 'salt . fj fhisyouth . yetin him ; there is not a shadow of doabt , but he wdlbecome thi most powerful IR 1 SHjnan of ihe day ,. and ultimately succeed the late Dasiel O'Cunndl in leaderriiip of the Irish people a bs is na' jam' of mine . I hear the subset discussed every hour , and though there arc many who lo * * . cm Mr O'Ctmnor as a < iangeroD 8 man , th > re are tea asaicst « n-- , of all classes &ud creed ? , wbo speak of lii : n in the raofif eulogistic and affectionate terms . I was but a mere boy when the nnhapj . y' split' occui-r al bttweea the Liberator and . Mr O'C'inno- - , nor co I kn : iw mueh of the personal or politica' history of tbe latter gentleman , bat I know this , that the name < f Fe » r . ? a * O'Connor , though epurned by same , is « i ! i dear to she tr . enn . ry of millions of Irishmen .
Tbe << tseeadat , t of Irelnnd ' a menarchy , the 'flesh ard Word' of those wl . o . in more stormy times than the present , struggled , and fought , and bled for the reseneratfoa of their native Jaod , he is looked to wifra r ? rerer , c « find esteem , tor , Jet others think trhat they will , are his own patriotic exertions in Erin ' s cause forgotten or unappreciated . A new gpbere isj ; ow ocen for his energy and heroism . I « et him t-nU snatch the rndder—unfurl the binner of Gre ' . n , ? -nd fling himself icanfuily bsfore the enemies of his cantry and raw , snd 1 feel ascertain , ai I do of to marrow's , sunrise , that before tnany yearsp ^ y , jfriispa , befereraany msnths , shall p % 53 away , Fcsrrus O'C-jnn-r will ba our 'Irish Guicftain , '—
thit' hri ^ ht particolar star / under whose i&flaence tlii- i . - 'Ki' oppressed country will emerge from dark-Ees * , and dsverr , aad desolation . As I said before , cart sin persons here affect to regard Mr O'Connor ' Rvp :-al raotiop / not only as premature and illstlviasd , bat treacherous , and the commencement of fi'rih ^ r agircisi on s againsi the cause of his native c ! mnt < y . The London correspondeatj of certain Dab ' . ' n Repeal papera affect much alarm on this Iiea « i « : ?• ¦ « , ut na-tocbUth ! as we say . ovar here . Let Mr O'Coanur push forward , and he wili soon be able to prose to the world that , not ealy is he hor . a traitor to his country , but that he 13 her bist friend , and vaozi powerMchampion .
I am taueh pleased with the clever letter of ' Z . T . 0 / your ' c :-unty Tipperary * Corespondent ia last week ' s Star . With many of hla view I C 3 ii ; e ; d 3 « ao # t heartily , and particnlariy when he tar-, tbtt if Ireland was under the political tate » 23 <; f Sir O'Connor , or a man like him , she w&u ' . d s : < , n Reover frotn her present degraded condition , la his estimate of' Toung Irelandism . ' I iso asrec , bat I leg to assure' Z . T . 0 / that tts
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great majority of those youpg mea who «« urp the leadership of tu 5 t uouy , are not fit to be the teachers of a nation , snd will never enjoy the confidence ot the Ir i j £ : peop le . As I said before , in a former letter , taey are not well spoken of by any body ; they are noted on aa arrogant , haughty , igBorant , and pre ^ snm ? tnoa 3 persons , who- * although advocating good , and wholesome principles have cot skill , nor pr . ' dence , nor weight of character necessary to the , ac complishmcntof the Herculean labour which , they have undertaken , Smith O'Brien is indeed deservedly dear to millions in this country , an ^ 'Yonnc Meagher ? is blessed with talents which \ hope will yet bs creditable to the land of his birr ji ; as for the rest of the' phalanx / thelessis said Abontthem the
better . But if , indeed , there were ' ^ competent peron to guide us , and direct the operations of this new political organisation , there is n doubt but the principles on which it is founded Vonld soon become popular , and take deep root i « j every class of Irish society . One word mopa to Z . T . 0 . ' He speaks of ' a pampered priesthood breaching patience to a hnngrr population . ' O ' i coarse he alludes tothe Roman Catholic priesthocd . flow , Iknow quite as much of Ireland and her ' situation as ' Z . T . 0 ,. whoever he is , and though I am well aware of the unceasing efforts of the Banian Catholic clergy to restrain their wretched people from acts of violence and bloodshed , and though 1 know ' they never cease to' preaoh pa . tlesce' and resignation under the behests of
Providence to a . hungry popnlation , still I do not knew that ther , e men can be fairly described as a ' pampered priesthood / This is certainly an error , or worse , on tfee part of your ' county Tipperary ' friend , for I know by personal experience , how in the csnrse of the last horrible year that several Romm Catholic priests underwent poverty and privations scarcely credible , trying ont of their scanty means , to alleviate the miseries of the hungry popu--tion of their parishes . Let * Z . T . 0 . ' be more guarded in his intnre communications , and not forget that abuse of the Irish priests mast not constitute any Incredient in ' tho charmed pot' of Irish agitation . The priests , with few exceptions , deserve
well of their country , and it is not wise nor fair to describe such a large , and respectable , and philanthropic body of men , as a * pampered priesthood / merely becausesome few of that bod y may have acted negligently or unfeelingly towards those from whom they derive their meanB of subsistence . I am no more an advocate for clerical delinauents than fop any ether class of rascals , but I know fr ^ m long and intimate knowledge of Irish matters , that the Catholic priests do not'deserve opprobiom . In the hour of tribulation they are found true to their sacred trust , and if some have failed—as human nature still will have its failings—that is no reason why the great body of the Catholic hierarchy should be tradiiced . and maligned , and misrepresented .
Dublin is very dull at present . A deep gloom stems to pervade all classes in the city , and it is said that several tremendous failures will shortly take place in quarters least suspected . I regret to Bay that in thelsst week , two very eminent . mercantile houses have been obliged to suspend payments , —one of them for nearly fifty years extensively engaged in the West India trade , the other also largely conearned in the general -way . The liabilities of both are very large , but I hear that the Dublin Banks will be the greatest sufferers in the unfortunate affair . Many other 'breakdowns' are confidently anticipated . I alluded in my last , toareportthat MrM'Carthy was to solicit the' most sweet voices' of the ' Kilfanny boys / for the representation of-their city in Parliament , vki John O'Connell , who retains his seat for Limerick . It appears now that Mr Sullivan , a native of Kilkenny , is to seek the suffrages of hia
townsmen , and that Mr M'Carthy does not comeforward . It is reported , too , that Mr MoDaban the Irish Solicitor-General , will start for Kilkenny , not on Repeal or Liberal , but on Treasury principles . It 13 eaid , that he will spare no expense ; that the streets of the 'fair-citie * will be paved , Hot with ' marble' but with ' tovereigas , ' and that Mr Moaahan brags that the 'boys of Kilkenny ' are not so virtuous or so cold , as to withstand the temptation of' rale gonld / 1 think better , however , of the brave men ofKilkanny , and lam confident that if the solicitor tries his luck in our inland capital , he will , ia vulgar parlance , ' come offbutseeond best . ' ' Young Ireland' is to muster again at the Rotunda on Wednesday night next . I ' will ba there to see / siRd . of course , will report progress in my next communication . A large meeting is expected , but I think a large meeting will not be realised .
It is generally circulated in town , that a special commission is to be sent down to try prisoners for murders and agrarian outrages in the North Riding of Tipperary , and the counties of Limerick , Clare , and R ^ c-immen . Report has it that Messrs Blackburn . ( Chief Ju 3 tice of * the Queen ' s Bench , ) and Green , Attorney-General , under the late government , are to be the Judges deputed on this' gaol clear ance ' mission . Anew barrack is to be immediately erected in Nenagh . the shire-town 01 North TippeKfry , ^ hi ch in future is to . be head quarters for a regiment ofinfantry . Everything smell ? ot
Coercion , and the rack-renters and ' clearance / gentry are in extecies at the approaching military foray against unfortunate Ireland . In the mean time every peasant , not already armed , U Btrainins every nerve to procure a gun , or a carbine , or case of pistols . They laugh at the threats of coercion , and seem determined not to be bullied by additional police-stations , or military patrol . They will probably be deprived of some of those fire-arms which they now possess , but they will retain enough to do the work of vengeance on those whom they look on as tyrants snd oppressors .
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BTATE OF THE COESTRT . Wot MrBailet was Shot . —( From the Times ) About a fwtnight since there appeared in the Times an account of some strange proceedings which took place at the meeting oi Nenagh Board of Poor Law Guardians . The peasantry , on that occasion , surrounded the hause , demanding food or work , but resolutely refisingto accept either on the terms of becoming inmates of the workhouse , alttongn it was esphned to them by Mr Uniacke Bayly ( the chairman , ) that there was still ample accomodation for such as chose to avail themselves of its shelter RetBoastrancea proved ineffectual , and the mobsel parated without committing any act of aggression It eppesrs , howaver , that the conduct of Mr Bavly met with the marked displeasure of the people and that fawn that hoar he was a doomed man . The following statement appears in the EyfiitKo Mail —
It is now a -certaiued almost to a certainty , that Mr Bayley kss atUeked on account of the Poor Laws A great mob assembled reund the Kenagh ¦ worfchotue they demanded outdoorrelief . MrBsyl y , as chairman of the union , went down snd told them that the home was not hear full ; that there was plenty of provision , in ufor ihem , but go in they must . This they refused demanding outdoor relief at once . Mr 3 a ly exp lained tfee lew to tatm—tne result was his being shot Meanwhile , the Nenagh board continues to be ba . rassedwuhthe constant complaints of the people many of whom appear to be in a state of the utmost destitution . At the last meeting about 400 or 500 persons , composed of men , women , and children , again congregated this day outside the doors of the workhouse . They were quiet and ord erly , and their appearance was truly deplorable to behold . They were clothed in rags , which were drenched with the rain . There was a small body ef police present to preserve the peace . APPAUISfl MBBD 2 B OF A ClBEGISTAH . The correspondent of the MoamxG Chrosicm writes as follows : — lamd-epiygritvedto state that the 8 ymptomu of tranquillity for a few day * past have . as I feared , proved totally deceptive . The accounts from Roscommon and other distorted districts , received this morning , are very alarming . A most atrocious murder was committed on Sunday on the public roaa near Elphin , wunty of Roscomreon—the vietim being the Rev . John tlojd , vicar of Aoghrim , who was shot dead on his rctura from the parish church half an hour after be had offi . ci&te 4 in the performance of aivine worship . A letter bow before me , dated Elphin , November 28 , contains the following particulars of this horrible tragedy
:-i-The Rev . J . Lloyd , vicar of Auhgrim , after preacbine his sermon this dey in the parub . church , returned to his residence in Smith ' s Town , near Elphin , accompanied by his gerrant , on horseback . When about halt ft Hllle from his house , a man , armed withtt gun , came up , and aaamsiag the rer . gentleman , said , Say your prayers foryouare going to be ghot / Mr lleyd exclaimed ; Whathava I done that I should be murdered ! ' The miscreant relied , Yon pnt out a tenant two yeaw ago on yeur estate iaLeitrim ; and I tell you , say your prayers , for your time is came . ' Ths ruffian then levelled hU gun , deliberately took alm . and fired . Tw » balls entered the chest of the unfortunate gentleman who fell a lifeless corpse upon the road . The servant rode on to give the alarm . Ihe murderer escaped . '
MlIROEIt OF L 0 BD LUCAT 3 B 4 ILCPP . John 0 'Donnell , one of the Earl of Luean ' s bailiff * , was shot in the neighbourhood of Castlebar on Saturday . W Association- —The repeal association met on Monday but the proceedings were entirely deg . titute of interest . Anaddresstothe people of Ireland , on the horrible crimes which are being committedin s ome parts of the country / was adopted OTn ^ ilW cireolaied- / le ^ r from Mr J . 0 Connell , M . P . was read . The rent for the week W £ LS £ ot
FWGHTF 0 I , WISEBT OF THE M 0 MB . Draws . Nov . 30 . —Distress in the most sppalline form is tanning to manifest itself in some of the southern districts , particularly in Cork and Clare Ihe Clabb JooBNAii , smong other instances , givesthe following : — - ¦ * Last week some three or four hundred persons men , women , and children , from the parish of Killard . entered an extensive turnip field belonging to MrJaraes Shannon . efCraganook , and toreaway and eat on the spot tbe greater part of the turnips grown thereon , to stay ior the moment the cravings of hunger- ' ¦ ' • ¦ ¦ ¦ There are 709 paupers Jn the Scariff workhouse and hundreds daily-nay , hourly , seekiag admission !
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•• - ^ - ^ . v ^ - ^ s ^ ggr ^ ¦'" ' —; THF . ROBBP ' dY BY a ; SH 6 pW 0 MAN .. 4 , srs ^? g ^ c ^ i sawssfttia tSS&m ^ lu Rl » learticles , * lle ( jf : d to be of the value and Ph 1 P Deverwx Hickman . merchant , who surrendS was indioted fov fel . niously noemng the property so stolen , knowing it . to have been Stolon . ¦ ¦ , - .. / » rJ / ni-f _ 1 j h * - with Clarkson and
_ . The Attorney-General , Mr Mr Bodkin conduoted the prosecution : Sergeant Wilkins and Mr Huddl ^ stone appeared for the prisoner Simons , and Sir Frederick TheBiger and Mr Ballantine defended the gentleman who was charged as the guilty reoaiver . Mr Hickman was a gentleman of respectability , and junior partner in the firm of Price , Gilford , and Hicktnan , colonial merchants . Mr James Marshall deposed : I am partner with Mr Stinton in carrying on the business of linendrapers in Vere-street . The female prisoner was in our service in October last , and had been for two years and a half engaged in the cloak department as saleswoman . It was part of her duty to cut out silk and satin ' cloaks . and she had aooegs to the whole of
theproperty in the establishment . We took stock in February last , when we discovered a large deficiency , but had no suspicion of the prisoner . On the 19 th of October , in consequence of Borne information I received , I sent for the female prisoner , and told her I wished to tee a dozen pairs pf stockings which she had taken a few days before from the hosiery department . She told me she had none , and I directed Mr Brown to be sent for , and told him that the prisoner denied having had any stockings , and he replied that he was positive she had had them , and the prisoner then said she had brought them back . He denied that this was tbe case , and the prisoner said she laid them on the counter . I then - told her six pairs of silk stockings wore also missincr . and she
raid Bhe kad taken them to get marked . I then told her that I suspected she had been robbing us to a large amount , and was a very bad girl . I then went to the house of a person named Roake , where I found pome property , and when I returned , I gave tha prisoner in charge , and her boxes were searched by a constab ' e , and several articles were found in them , which I claimed as my property . Before she was . given into custody , she admitted she had given a portion of the stockings to a woman who was taking charge of her child , and the remainder were in her boxes . I also found in the prisoner ' s box a paper bearingthenameof Mr Hickman . When the pri-Boaer told me about the stockings , she begged me to look over what she had done for the sake of her
child ; bat I said I would aot do so . I went to the chambers of the other prisoner after I had been before the magistrate at the police-court , and I subsequently went to Welbeck-8 treet , < wh « re Simons ' s sister resided . I saw the housekeeper at Mr Hickman s , and inquired if he was at home , but it appeared that he was absent . On the 20 th of October I went a second time to Mr Hickman ' s , accompanied by Allison , the constable , and a servant from the house in Welbeck-street . He was not at home , and I lefts message for him , and also my name and address . The message I left was , that Anne Simons had been robbing us to a large amount . Upon the second examination of the female prisoner , an attorney named Wathen , whom I have ascertained is
Mr Hickman ' s attorney , attended on her behalf . There was another examination before the magistrate on the 21 st of October , and Mr Hiekmanwas introduced £ 0 me by Mr Wathen , and they told me there was a large quantity of goods at Mr Hickman ' s which bo doubt belonged to us , and they had forced the drawers that morning and found them , and wished to give them up . ( Upon this we called , a cab and proceeded to Mr Hickman ' s chambers , 18 , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields . Mr Hickmsn , the constable , and myself went together , and as we were gains ; along , Mr Hickman . told me that he met with Anne Simons in Holies-street , two years before , and that he wrote to her afterwards , and and made an appointment with , herand since then
, they had been intimate , and he said he had paid off a mortgage for her father which cost him £ 280 , and altogether he had paid £ 590 for her father . I told him I was surprised to hear she had & father alive , as she had alwayB given me to understand he was dead . Mr Hickman said her father was alive , and he believed she was well connected . I asked him if he was aware that she had a child , and he said he was not , and his firm belief was that he had her to himself . When we got to Lincoln ' s Inn-fields . Mr llickman t * ok us in himself , and I saw two large bundlea ou the floor , aad he pointed to a chest of drawers , or wardrobe , and said , The thing 3 had been taken out of those drawers . ' I learned from Mr llickman that he was aware the prisoner Simons
was in our service , and he told me that * hehad slept at his chambers on the previous Saturday night , and ho added that he allowed her three and sixpence for her carriage hire when she came to vislfc him . I then asked Mr Hickman it he was not very much surprised to see such an immense quantity of goods in the possession of a person in Simons ' s position ; and he replied , that she always told him she paid for them , and that she had a salary of £ 70 a year , and that the perquisites made it £ 120 . The actual salary was £ 39 a year , and her perquisites were not more than £ 2 or £ 3 during the whole time she was in onr service ; and when I told Mr Hickman so , he seemed very m « ch surprised . I then recognised a waistcoat whiek Mr Hickman was wearing , and which was afterwards taken from him . He told me
that Anne Simons had given it to him , and that he had another , which she had also given to him . I told Mr Hickman I had no doubt the waistcoat stuff was stolen from us ; and he replied , that Anne Simons told him that it was a remnant she had bought from Marshall and Stinton ' s , and that it was of very little value . Mr Hickman then told me he had eleven other waistcoats made up , the stuff for which he had received from the prisoner ; and he pointed out an easy chair , a bron « dog ornament , a cigar case a gold chain , and some other things , all of which ha said bad been given to him by the prisoner Simons as presents . Among them were eighteen cambric handkerchiefs , a gentleman ' s boa , a number of chair and table covers , a velvet
euahion——Sir Frederlek Thesiger here interposed , and objected to any articles being mentioned that were not included in the indictment . The Court said that the evidence was admissible , as being part ef the transaction , and besides it did not appear to bo prejudicial to the prisoner Hickman . It showed that he was anxious to speak the truth of the matter . .. . Examination continued : Besides the articles I have mentioned , Mr llickman pointed out to me a bed furniture , some linen wristbands , a quantity of china , andaeold chain , whiohhs said the nrisoner
aimons gaye him as a present , and heBaid he was very glad to be the means of restoring any property . I then bolted over the goods in the bundles , and 1 recognised them all as my own property . . They consisted of silks , shawls , velvet , and other valuable articles ; and Mr Hickman told me that the prisoner Swoons had given him the velvet For waistcoats . 1 saw two boxes standing by the Bide of the bed , one being locked and the other unlocked . Mr Hickman told me he had not the slightest idea what was in the boxes . According to my belief the property I now found was worth at least £ 260 .
The property , which , as may be imagined , conshted of an immense quantity of articles , was here produced , and identified by the prosecutor . Mr Justice Coltman suggested that those articles should be specially selected which the prisoner Hickman acknowledged to have received from the prisoner as presents ; and this was accordingly done . Examination continued : On the 21 st October , Mr llickman told me that he had particularly requested Mr Wathen , hissolicitor , to see me on the day before on tbe subject of the property . Mrs Burdon , examined by the Attorney-General : I was the laundress of the prisoner Hickman . There were two sets of keys of the chambers , one kept by me , and the other by Mr Hickman . The prisoner Simons used to come and sleep there . I never s&w her bring in any bundles .
By Sir F . Thesiger : Anne Simons first began to visit Mr Hickman two years ago , and since then she was continually coming , and she used to be frequently there in his absence . She had the key of the wineeellar . Her sister used to be frequently there . Mr Hiekman appeared to bevery much attached to her , and to place great confidence in her . One chest of drawers was kept exclusively for the prisoner Simons , and I have found these drawers locked when upon some occasions I tried to open them . I had free access to Mr Hiokman ' s drawers and wardrobe . They were never locked . Upon the 19 th of October , the day Anne Simons was taken into custody , I observed that the locks of her drawers had been forced open I remember Mr Hickman forcing open a box that was by the side of his bed , and on his digcoverimr that It was filled withsilk and lace h « iwJStSuS !
much annoyed , and told me not to disturb anythin / but to keep everything exactly a * it was , until it should be returned to Mr Marshall . Iremeinber Anne Simons bringing a box to the chambers on Sunday , the 3 rd ' or « h of October . Mr Hickman was ab 3 entat the time . I saw the same box afterwards under the bed . Mr Hickman was always regular m his payments , » nd never , appeared to be in wantof money . He gave me directions after Anne Simons was in custody to permit any pergon who required to do so to , search his chambers as strietl ? as theyjleased . Not a single thing waa disturbed II removed from the chambers until the time Mr Mar shall came with the officer to search them . While Mr Marshall and the officer were making tho g 88 » h Ioteml . Mr Hickman fetch aworkbox Kg ti ^ t W •» J ti « o Policeman opene d it with a key taken fromthe female prisoner , and the b « was ^ Mary Wright , a servant at tho nrisoner Hickman ' s chambers , proved that Sing ! T wpeateily
brought parqels there ; ' and in answer to Sir . P ., Thesiger , she Eaid that upon some occasion ' s when she was told that Mr Hickman had friends with him , she ordered her to take the parcels up by the back stairs ,.- bo that Mr Hickman might not know of it . She also confirmed the testimony of the last witness with regard to Mr Hickman giving instructions that there should be free access to his chambers , and that every . facility should be given for a search . ' ; . Alleaon , the polico'cmatsLble , proved that while the search was being made at Mr Hickman ' s , that gentleman said that he understood Miss Simons had a salary : of £ 200 a year , and he also said that lie knew in whose service she was . By Sergeant Wilkins : He took the letters oat of the box himself . Mr Stkton was present .
By Mr Bsdkin : Was quite sure Mr Stinton did not take any of the letters away , William White Brown , a person in the employ of the prosecutors , deposed that he made out the list of the property found at Mr Hickman ' s , and he valued it at £ 232 .. , . . .., This evidenca oloeed the case for the prosecution . Several of the learned counsel having addressed the bench , Mr Justice ColtraaH then summed up . and the jury almost immediately returned a verdict of guilty against the prisoner Simons , and acquitted Mr Hickman . There waa an attempt at applause in the court , when the verdict was delivered , but it was speedily repressed . On the prisoners being called up for judgment ,
The Recorder , addressing Anne Simons , said , that the learned judge who had tried her on the previous day had fixed the sentence to be pronounced against her , which was , that she be transported for fourteen years . He considered that that inquiry had disposed of all the material circumstances of the case , and as nothing additional against her had been elicited in tbe present inquiry , and as he observed thai she had not instructed her counsel to persevere in making that charge against one of her prosecutors which , after the verdict delivered by the jury , must be taken as a most false and uujust imputation , and she had thereby evinced compunction for having done so , he did net feel himself called upon to inflict
any additional punishment upon the present conviction . With regard t 9 . the other prisener , it might perhaps bs in charity to suppose that he had net been actuated by a motive of gain , but merely to shelter hia daughter and shield her from prosecution , and on this ground , coupled with the recommendations to mercy , he should not pass upon him a sentence of transportation , but one of imprisonment and that sentenee was , that he be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for eighteen calendar months , Mr Bodkin applied to the court to order the restoration of the stolen property , and The Recorder accordingly gave directions that the whole of the property should be given up to the prosecutors .
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TRIAL OF THIBERT'S BAND OF THIEVES During the last few months our readers will remember to have seen in onr columns accounts of the capture of a numerous band of thieves , who , under the protection of a'man named Claude Thibert , particularly distinguished themselves by highway robberies ; and they will also remember to have read references to the facts disclosed by the investigations which were entered into . After several months ' preparation , it was determined to bring the band to trial at the first November session of the Court of AsBfees of the Seine . The capture of the gang and tho preliminary inquiries into its misdeeds , . having excited public attention to an extraordinary " degree , the trial was looked forward to with intense interest ; this interest was even increased by the pretended
revelations of certain newspapers , to tbe effect that , besides the commission of innumerable robberies , the accused would be proved to have been guilty of many a dark deed ii Wood , relieved , however , by acts of touching generosity and chivalrous bearing . In fact the band was represented to be a * set ot melo-draraatic heroes , cut-throats , but noble hearted ; thieves butpossessedofevery high quality ; outcasts from society , but bearing themselves as redressers of wrongs ; whilst around them a glorious halo of devotedness in friendship , and fidelity in love , was made to shine ; and at the same time , it was pretty broadly hinted , that more than' one lady of high degree had abandoned family , friends , station , fortune , and even henour itself , to join her fate to theirs .
Unfortunately , however , fer romantic readers , not awordofallthisis true . The gang are n » t murderers , but consist of as aorry a set of knaves as ever figured in the dock of an assize court : their robberies have been very common-place affairs—instead of devoted friendship and faithful love they have Usplayed the basest treachery to each other ! and their lady followers and accomplices are neither fair nor highborn , but the lowest of the low . Indeed , had it not been for the number of the gang , and the extent of its depredations , the trial would scarcely have attracted a passing notice . Claude Thibert , as we have said , was the chief of tho band , and it bore his name . Not fewer than fifty-eight of his accomplices , eleven of whom were women , were brought to trial
with him , but hw band was really much larger , a considerable number—and among them an English * man named Stone—having thus far contrived to avoid being taken . The trialof the accused was commenced on Friday , the 4 th ult ., and continued every day , with the exception of Sunday , the 7 th , and Sunday , the 14 th , until six o ' cloak of the 16 th Great changes had to be made in the count to find places for the prisoners .. The dock was filled with six rows of seats , and on them the aosused were placed , each one between two gendarmes . The appearance thus presented waa .-very remarkable . A strong force of gendarmes was considered necessary to prevent the accused from , making , as they are stated to have intended , an attempt to osoape on
their way to and from the court , and also to prevent the majority of them from taking—as they had threatened—vengeance on those of their accomplices who had made revelations . The indictment was of immense length , containing as much matter as six volumes of romances ; the reading of it occupied the greater part of two days' sitting . This document , which waa as uninteresting as it was Ion ? , stated that tho number ot robberies committed by the different accused was 119 , and extended from 1838 te the arreBfc of their leader in 1846 . Most of the robberics were of the same character . During the night the accused were accustomed to rob the waggons and carts , which the drivers left in the public roads before the inns in whioh they had taken uo their
quarters . Generally they made a choice from the contents ef the vehicle ? , carefully covering up what they did not tako ; but sometimes they made away with the waggqna altogether . They also stole horses and carts , sometimes helping themselves to a horse to put to a cart , sometimes stealing a cart to put to a horss . Twenty carte and upwards of thirty horses were thuBstolen . They ,. moreover , 'at times broke into houses to commit robberies . They contrived foralong time to eaoape detection , by making off with great rapidity to distant parts of the country immediately after perpetrating a theft ; and as they had numerous depots and receivers in all directions , they had no difficulty in getting rid of their booty . The band rarely caiac very near the capital , and
the thefts they did Iperpetrato in its vicinity were at very distant intervals . The appearance of Thibert , who is about forty-six years of age , presents nothing remarkable , but his features have an expression of intelligence and determination . lie exercised great authority over hia band , and was spoken of by them in very respectful terras . When . for example , any ot his accomplices had ocoasion to allude to him in the course of the proceedings , they always called him Monsieur Thibert . Ho ostensibly carried en the business of a pedlar and hawker , and Was duly licensed . He went from one part of the country to the other , accompanied by several men whom he called his domestics ; and when an opportunity of committing a theft presented itself he availed himself of it , and immediately disappeared with hia
booty . His activity was extraordinary—he would commit a robbery in one spot , and the next day commit another at twenty leagues distance . In the course of his business as a hawker he contrived to dispose of a good deal of his booty ; the rest he gold to receivers ; and when sales were difficult he lodged it in a depot which he had hired at Villenueve Saint Georges . He had more than once fallen into the hands of justice , and been severely punished . When he was last arrested , which was on 20 th . January 1846 , he at first seemed a « if struck by a thunderbolt , and when he came to himself he cried that he was lost . After a while , however , he demanded to see the chief of the secret police , and to him he made a confession of having been concerned in fortv . ei . rht
robberies-. He , at the same time , denounced all 1 m accomplices , both thieves and receivers . The influence which Thibert exercised over his band did not arise lrom any express arrangemont between him and them , but was obtained entirely by the energy of hischaracter . In the course of the trial he repeated the fullest confessions as regarded his own guilt and stated with great precision the cases in which thedifferent prisoners were concerned . When asked what was his profession , he replied , A thief , Mr Presi-5 & * w , f ! T Ihaveawaybeenathief ! ' and he added , * -When I was quite young I remember havine committed robberies-Yf th Jews , who oomJieT ™
™ 7 » ~ 3 ect 9 torn churches , and thon made Horffn ^?^™ ' ^ ?•* ' ' ? then , little c 3 o-He , dance on them ! ' flis mother , it app ears wm a ftipsy woman , and dted in a hospital Then ' he was very yo « Bg , leaving him without any lesource S ! SSnT ^^ lrt ^' ifc is beUeved ' died on the scaffold ; but this Thibert denies . The accused nexfczn importance to Thibert was a « mf « ' named Dickers , aged only CZj-S , JffB J ? K '" fe , ^ robberies , and who ! when he heard of Thibert ' s arrest , broke- into the 8 tw « of stolen coods , and madeaway with the greatest ofit ; Dufour , concerned in . fifty ., wren robbe £ - Prudhomme , concerned in fifty-afx Choheanr 1 £ Sr M ? t' ^ r'i vSSSS fa twentj-five ; MiDU-Lepreuil . formerly . N ^ kilfd piok
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pecket at Paris , concerned , in only two robberies ; Rocho , an ex-convict , concerned in a great tnany robberies . Half of the band consisted of receivers of Stolen goods , -and-among them was a man named Hermann , a German j , professedly a atreet-conjuror , who attracted notice , not so much on . account of the enormity of his . offences as from being a well-known character in Paris . Witheut going into the facts ' of the particular robberies invvhtch the different prb Eoners participated , which would be a wearisome and useless task , it would Buffice to say that most of Thibert ' s revelations were proved to be true , end that the prisoners in some eases admitted their guilt , others strenuously denied it A very old woman , named Roeh , alias Richard , who was accused of
having knowingly purchased some stolen cloth , w » b particularly decided in her denials . ' Oh I . the liar ! oh ! the liar ! ' she exclaimed to every accusation of Thibert , ' What could I want with cloth V she added . 'It was for your lover , ' said Thibert . 'My tover ! oh ! the wretch ! I had no lover , I sw « ar to God !' cried the old lady . 'He was only my man of business 1 The old woman kept a public-house , and when she was asked if the society which frequented it was not what is called UenmeUe , — ' Net at all ! ' said she , indignantly . 'No !' said the President , 'it was not , indeed , for they were all thieves ! ' The man named Roche , having deniedlhatho had ' committed robberies with Thibert , because , he said , he despised him too much , the President exclaimed . 'Whak !
you a convict , condemned to twenty years' hard labour in the bagne , you despise him—why so V ' Yes , ' replied the prisoner ^ 'Ihave the right to deBpise him ! I am a conviotj it is true , 'but thai doe 3 not prevent me from having sentiments of honour ! ' Th * woman Pierrot , aconged by Thibert , of having purchased his stolen goods , loudly denied it , and denounced him as a liar . ' But , . remember , Madame , ' said Thibert , 'the great business we transacted together , and the profits you got out of' me ! ' ' Profits , profits ! ' shrieked the woman , in a fury ; and , tearing off her petticoat , she shouted , 'Look there , gentlemen—I gave him thirty-fivo centimes a-metre for this rubbish—judge from that of the profits he enabled me to realise ! ' the interrogatories of the
Jjttw prisoners presented nothing remarkable , neither did the evidence given against them ; but it may be stated that it transpired that one of the persons robbed by the gang died from grief , and that several ? others were completely ruined . It also appeared that several of the prisoners suddenly fell on Dufour , whilst in prison , and nearly killed him , for having made revelations . After hearing speeches from a great number of advocates for the prisoners , the President severall y asked the acouscd if they had any thing to add in their defence . Thibert merelv answered that all that he had eaid was the broth , and he demanded the indulgence of the Court . ' Dickers said : ' A word ; I beg of you . . Permit me to remind you that in spite of great dangers withiwhich we
were threatened in becoming informers , we have come here and told you the truth . The revelations we have made place an impassable barrier between us and crime . We have been severely treated by the advocates of the other prisoners—we have been called cowards , infamous ; but we can bear these reproaches , for , God gives strength to those who desire to lead a new We , and enables them to bear every thing ! No , we are not infamous ! What interestcould cause us to make revelations , when the dungeon awaiU ue ! It was te break with crime for ever that we acted as we have aqrie ! ' All that was said with greatapparent humility . The aroused , earned Roche , said that it mattered little to him whatsentenee was passed on him , for the condemnations already heaped on him
vYomu nosoe sausnett until ha should be seventy years of age ; but he made ah earnest' appeal ba behalf of the woman , named Deschamps , with whom he had lived , because , he said , he had led her into crime . Hermann cried , ' 1 am the father of ten children , nine of whom are dependent on rao for their bread I nave a father Rged eighfcy-seven years , aad a mother aged eighty-six years , who also depend on me ; they all call on me for food—let ., me earn " it for them , ihe others either protestedtheir innocehca . or mnde insignificant observations . The president summed up the oase with great minuteness , and the jury , after some hours ' deliberation , returned ; with their verdict . The undermentioned baring been found guilty , had the following sentences passed on them : —Thibert , ten years' reolusion ; Dufour and Dickers
, ten and eight years' reclusion ; Prudhomme , ten yeara' hard labour at the hulks ; Chobeaux and Roche , twenty years' hard labour at the hulks ; Lepreuil and Hermann five and two years" imprisonment ; Barthelemy , ten , Levefre , seven , the woman lnerese Deschamps , six , and tho woman Pierrot , five years ' hard labour at the hulks ; . MasspnVillettee , Roseau , and Levy , each ten years' reclusion ; Lejeaneand Pruvot , eight years '; Plumerland and Saunter , seven years '; Laronilly , Espigue , the woman Espague . Broquet , Pierrot , Kauffmann , and a girlnamettVoillet , to five years' reolusion ; Gossefc . Laizilliere , Langrade , Bombard , Broquefc . and Guenn , to five yeara' imprisonment ; a woman named Masson , Bowdefe , Banet , and widow Rocb , to three
yeara . ; rorraic , a girl named Clement , and Hugo to two years' of thesame penalty . Nineteen prisoners were acquitted , viz . :-Feret , Renard , Rueff , Commun , Bonneville ^ a girl named Lccomte , the woman Lecomte , Lefransois , the woman Lefrangols Merot , trillet . the woman Gillet , Savatier , Goud « n , the wo . man Goudon , Legtos , Brunswick , Bonnet , and Jacques . _ The condemned Huraann was much affected and cried- ' Oh ! my wile ! Oh ! my children ! ' Thi woman Pierptt fainted and wa 3 carried away ssnseless . The girl Voillet wept bitterly , but attempted tocoueole Dickers , with whom she had lived . The prisoners who were acquitted , 'manifested great joy . and thanked tha jury by expressive gestures . —Galiq . nani of Friday . < \ —
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Factories—The following statement of the mills working and stopped , &c ., may be relied on as correot . In the power-loom weaving department onty four mills are working full time , thirty-six are work , ingtrom four to ei ght hduw per day , and not less than sixteen are entirely . closed . ' 2 , 200 power-loom weavers , and 200 dressers and tenters , are at present on the unemployed list . ' In the cotton-spinning department two mills are stopped , four are on full time , while all tho others—a very large number in Glasgow and neighbourhood , andjemploying numerous hands —ate working short time . — Qiasgm Aram .
Todmorden . —State op Trade . —The streets are thronged with individuals out of employment . Their emaciated appearance is really pitiable . The works on tbe branch line of Railway to Burnley nre stopped , and hundreds are thrown out of work . The faotories , with the exception ot one small firm that makes fancy goods , are either stopped . lor running short time . The largo firm of Fielden , Brothers , aro only runniag seven hours per day . The workers are beginning to talk pretty loudly about ' cheap bread and plenty to de . ' They say , i' the Exammbr would ub 3 its columns to show where the ' plenty to do and high wages' are to come from , it might stand a chance of living , but not else . .
The Relievixg Officer of Stassfield —This official is in the habit of bhok gaarding the poor vrhen they wait upon him for a trifle of relief Lately , a poor woman waited upon him , and , after using tho most insulting language , he ordered her abaut ^ her business , telling her she must go 1 the reheving-officerot Todmorden . She did so , and he gave her a letter , signed by one of tho guardian " ? Si ^ g ° , - ain to * relieving-office w h S k A v ! Ve Mm thafc le «<* - ' ^ e l l' fc £ > W «* ? orae . » n « would net bo back aeaibefore nightShe
n . wen tag hTat Sht a " Ms { ««» 9 ' «« b » H and , after waiting a ft time " itt " ^ <™ shillings , tolling her ft rif sat * &B ^ arstft walking off from horn ! Twhen the » £ atmb ? $ lit ^ USa liffHilsi maawaatodby her lanillnr / l * £ ¦ 1 p r wo " ««« . « m I . * .. . UUl 0 ra 10 CO and mentmn hii
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: IRISH D EMOCRA . T 10 CONFEDERATION , The attempt of Her % ajeaty ! s . Ministers toooerca Ireland , has infuae < i . iresh rigour and life into thi g body , which mui ' tered on Sunday at Cartwright ' s , ia more than Ordinary numbers , to discuss , - if possible , thedp ^ gas of Lord John'andGo . Mr Tilcker took t . iO chair . The greatest spirit of generous rivalry was exhibited , and the most unanimous good feeling that oould be desired was manifested throughout the whole of the evening . Highly respectable deputatiosa were received during the evening , from tho City and Finsburrlocality , tbe boot and shoe makers , bakers ' society , &C-, requesting information as to thecowea the Democrats intended to pursue . -Deputations were also sent during the sitting of the meeting to some
of those bodies who returned with reports which were extrcmely ' satisfactory . Votes of thanks were unanimously passed to the Deputations . Mr Frawley , exrepeal warden , . passed a high eulogium upon the generous offers ot the Chartists of England . Mr Geo . Kennedy , ex-repeal warden , volunteered , in the handsomest manner , to take the petition sheets , and pro * cure signatures . Mr M'Carthy , in the course of an able address , passed a high compliment to the men of Barnsley , for their noble efforts in behalf of their country . A petition ( 0 parliament was resolved upon , against the intended ArmsBill ' of ministers ; and . & deputation eonsisting of four Irishmen , was appointed to accompany an equal number of Englishmen from tho City * nd Finsbury locality , to wait upon Mr O'Connor with the-petition for presentation to Par * liament . We wero glad to learn , notwithstanding the few hours that could . be employed in sienine the
petition , that upwards of one thousand signatures were obtained . Great credit is due to the Old Irelanders meeting at Mr Bergan ' s , Clare-markcti who . radst willingly signed the Petition , and also re * quested sheets to be left for Repeal . Mr Clancy suggested the propriety , of electing twelve persons , consisting of an equal number of Englishmen and Iriahmen , to wait on the leadin g [ Catholic clergyof London , requostiac : theiraid , and liberty to procure signatures at the different metropolitan chapels . Some discussion ensued on this subjeot , and it whs finally resolved that a general meeting should be holden on Wednes * dav evening , to consider and carry out some systematic plan to rally the metropolis . AH begin to see noif the necessity of an organisation which we called for . three months ago !! Had , we such an organisation , ' instead of one thousand signatures in twenty-four hours , wo would be enabled to procure twenty thott « sand within the same time !!!
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THE LONDON CONFEDERALISTS . The Chartists of England have gained a great and noble victory through their leader , the hon . member for Nottingham , and well have they Bhown ( not only to their own countrymen , but to Irishmen ) that they could not < io better in exercising the power given to them by that victory , than to petition against Irish coeroion , as was recorded of them on Monday last at the House ef Commons . Now that the barrier that . so long existed between Mr O'Connor and his cointrymen has' been removed , there is no power in existence that can separate the link ef nationality that now binds them together , nurrahthen for freedom , for tyranny begins to tremble ! Thb Cobban Conpbdbr&ib Cwro . —Alarge meeting
of this club was held on Sunday last , in their rooms ,. Blue Anchor Tavern , York-street , Westminster . Mr Morrison was called to the cham . Messh Reynolds , Husserj and Scott , spoke at great length against the Ministerial Act of Coercion for Ireland , and' hailed with delight the offer of assistance from England . Mr Gla ; s said he was in favour of coercion , for he believed it would force the Irish people into the ranks of the aeitatkn . -lie ( Mr G . ) thought that Mr FeargUB O'Connor had stolen a . march , upoa some of the Irish members , and was too premature . with his motion on repeal . He had some doubts upon the matter , which , for certain reasons he would not divulge . ( Cries of ' Oh , eh , )—Mr T . R . Reading regretted being compelled t ? address the meeting , but after what had
been stated by the last speaker , he could not refrain doing so . He waa opposed to coercion of any kind * Let the ministers coerce Ireland , and all societies in that country , with the exception of charitable ones , would be put down by martial law . He ( Mr R . ) ohallenged any f ^ rson to bring a charge against Mr O'Connor of having done any one thing detrimental tc his country . He had been driven away from the affections of his countrymen by jealousy and malice , but he had been amply rewarded by the people of England placing unlimited confidence in him . He hailed with delight the return of that gentleman to the House of Commons , for he would be the standard by which the sincerity and patriotism of the Irish members would be tested , and the day was not far
distant when he would be found in his right position —at the head of the Irish people . ( Cheera . ) The meeting then broke up . Another mooting was instantly formed , independent of the Confederation ,. Mr MSweeney in the chair , bo that several persons who were present , and aot repealers , might take part in petitioning the legislature against the ministerial bill of coercion for Ireland ; A petition was then , adopted , as that of the working classes of Westminster . The following resolution waa then moved by Mr Reading , and seconded by Mr Moorisaey , and carried amidst vociferous cheering : — 'That the thanks of this meeting are due , and hereby given , to F « argua O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., for his conduct in the present parliament , in coming forward to the rescue
of hia unfortunate country , when threatened by minis * terial coercion . ' The meeting then separated . A large meeting of the Confederates of Chelsea waa held on Sunday evening , Nov . 2 a at the Cheshire Cheese , Pimlico . Mr Kenealy attended and addressed tho meeting against coercion . ( Our reporter will attend this club on Sunday evening ( to-morrow ) . Thb Davis Coxfebkbatk Cluh . —A numerous meeting of the members of the club was held on Monday evening last , tho 29 th ult ., at the Assembly Rooms , Daan-atreet , Soho , Mr M . M'Manus in th 8 chair . Mr T . Daly commented at great length on the great benefits to result from an union of the oppressed in England and Ireland , no passed a high eulogium on the exertion * of Mr O'Connor for his
eative land , which was received by the meeting with the most enthusiastiocheering . ( Mr Dal y , as always , defended the character of Mr O'Connor , when it was vilely aspersed for party purposea—and at a time when bo doing , was to incur the bun of expulsion from the Repeal Association . ) -Mr E . Kenealy , LL . B ., then proceeded to deliver hig third and last lecture ! on the following subject :- 'A vindication of the Irish Parliament . ' The lecture was a splendid discourae . A vote of thanks was passed to Mr Kenealy . L JtlT T ™ ? ^ adopted a S » in 8 t ministerial coercion for Ireland , for presentation to parliament . The otinthen
f*—™—rae K adjourned . Repbal . Mebtixg , Sunday , Nov . 28 —A verv numerous meeting of the Conciliation Hall RepeS cMTw m ° ^ ? °£ % Wolf ' Bull ' s Head , Clare-market , Mr Denis D « rai n in the chair . The fcSE ? lf ? i ! Ce J ^\ readin e the Queen ' s Speech , SI ? - lhe d , h . upoa ifc < in the Ho <« c cf Ummons , daring which time a profound sileacecon-M '» v ^ V- ° - ? 0 f Mr Jolm O'Connell waa heard , whtoh elicited , mm * applause . Upon the report being read of the speech of Mr Feargus 0 'Conhdr , & S » ° T l 0 ml and «» tinuoSs .. Mr DwS addressed the audience at considerable length .-Mr 0 Connell , repeal warden , followed , imt . nJL „ ? £
lateness of the hour , did not enter into detaOs lie SS 1 ^ ° T > thank 810 thQ chft « . S beinl seconded by Mr Ryan , repeal warderi was oarApfl unanimously . Tho . meeting « SS ^ 5 S nTxt l ? iT " nft Wl ! ° " . peti ; i 011 f 0 (< « P ^ l will be prepared for presentation on the Tuesday follow .
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h , £ t " nday burning , alwut " » e o ' clock , an - outwf T !« " r . th ^ Mrewoi ' B shop belonging to Mr ranner , Rdjominsr the foot entrance on the SSS ? ?• ^ emplfebar . The firemen soon sue 'SlfrH . fiaraesbut not untu the immg , tho lmtles over the windows , together with the flooringsi andjpistingaonthearat Hoor , were burned , rhobujlding ^ belongs to the corporation of London and ia insured . ¦ Abaut two o ' clock , flames were discovered issuing from the extensive premises belong , ng to Messrs M . ller , Ravanhill , a 8 d Co ., Bhipbuildcn and engineers , Orchard-whaif , Blackball , i » & T T exti " 8 ui 8 n 5 before the workshop in which the fire commenced was levelled with the ground , and an adjoining one severely injured
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 4, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1447/page/6/
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