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which their system was to confer fte TTl' ^ ^ ° ? fine ^ mselres to telling ns that we shoold hare been worse off without fte * . e measures . That , however , is , at the Mat , a Hypothetical proposition , and forms but a slender compensation for the positive mischief , now and in future , which these measures must inflict on the great masses of the industrious population . which their system was to conf- * n ™* o . A
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RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY Fob ihe Week Endixo Thorsdat , Apbil 2 G , 1849 . SHARES . £ s . d . £ s . & . leicsster , Jfewton 18 0 J . Walker .. 0 2 0 Sheffield .. 10 0 0 E . Walker .. 0 2 0 Gijglesnick .. 116 W . H . "Walker 0 2 0 Hull .. 112 0 John Vigors .. 0 2 6 Oxford .. 0 7 0 William SpringbaU 0 2 0 Norwich , Hurry 1 16 C W . Mathews .. 0 10 Leicester , Harrow 116 T . Hodges .. 0 10 JolraUrown .. 0 10 ItPattison .. 0 10 K-Jones .. 0 3 6 EstherHowe .. 16 0 Kottingham .. 0 8 0 Manchester .. 14 0 £ 21 2 6 EXPENSE FUND . Kcttingham • 0 14 Oxford .. 0 2 0 £ 0 3 4 TOTALS . Land Fund 21 2 6 Expense ditto ... «• ••• 0 3 4 Bonus ditto 120 8 8 Loan ditto 0 19 7 Tiunsfere 0 8 0 Bides 0 0 i £ 143 2 5 Ebbatesl—In last week ' s Star , Glasgow should be Cd ., sot 6 s . ; the gross sum is , therefore , 5 s . Cd . less than that set forth . W . Dxxok , C . DortE , T . Clark , Cor . Sec . P . M'Gbith , Fin . Sec .
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"LETTERS " TO THE WORKING CLASSES . XLI . " Words are things , and a small drop of ink Falling—like dew—upon a thought , produces That which makes thousands , perhaps millions think . " sraox . ' LUXURY AND ~ LD 3 S DEATH - -r ^ »
AND DESPAIR . Brother Proletarians , Yesterday evening ( Wednesday , April 25 th , ) the Lord Mayor of London gave a grand guzzle in honour of " her Majesty ' s Ministers . " Ihe attendance of notables was very numerous , and included the foreign ambassadors and '' thetfite of the nobility . " The reporter of the Daily News informs the readers of that journal that "the substantial-materials of the banquet were the most recherche in their character , including not only the delicacies of the season , hut many of those which in the ordinary course of nature can onl y be obtained at an advanced period of the summer . " Of course , the "musical arrangements , " &c , &c , were
" complete , " and " grace" was " chaunted , " in the usual brilliant style by the singers . It seems that the " noble lords" and " worthy citizens" cannot say " grace" for themselves , but must need return thanks to God b y proxy J Judging b y the speeches delivered at this feed , a newly-arrived visitor from Japan might imagine the United Kingdom to be a perfect Paradise , in which neither want nor woe , neither oppression nor discontent , could be found . The Lord Mayor pronounced the people prosperous , happy , and loyal . In another speech he asserted that the only effect of recent ehanges on the Continent "had been to unite an classes more closely in the bonds of affection and loyalty to then * most gracious Sovereign . " He added : "Here the people were satisfied and contented with their
ancient institutions . " The Archbishop of Canterbury congratulated Mb heavers on the " harmonious connexion of Church and State ; " and trusted that lords in ermine and lords in lawn would always pull together , for ( would you expect it ?) " the benefit and prosperity of the whole community I !! " The Lord Mayor , in proposing the health of the Premier , again exulted over the blessed condition of " our own happy land . " The farce was kept tip by Lord John Russell , and subsequently Lord Palmerston , who ( I believe without blushing ) acknowled ged the eulogistic comments of the Lord Mayor on his ( the noble lord ' s ) " management of the foreign affairs of this country •"
This day as I came along Piccadilly to the " Star" office , I observed St . James ' s-street crowded with carriages and attendant flunkies , '' peelers , '' and a number of those astonishinglooking ( feather-bed ) warriors , the Life Guards . A glance in the direction of St . James's Palace sufficed to show me that one of those Court-fooleries called a "Koyal Drawing Room , " was the occasion of this fuss , bustle , and display . The occupants of the carriages , ( I had a passing glimpse of a very few ) , were as fine-looking as the labour of other people ' s hands could make them . The apoplectic coachmen looked stuffed almost to bursting . The ignorant , insolent-looking flunkies quite took the shine out of the finest-dressed
mountebanks I ever saw . The " peelers" seemed to be a select let—fat , saucy , and ready for any kind of brutality , if perpetrated in the name of the "law ; " and in the service of " our Sovereign Lady the Queen . " They flourished their truncheons most heroically , and seemed to be anxiousl y on the look out for a stray applewoman or refractory cabman upon whom they mig ht exercise iheir peace-preserving batons . The " guards / ' arrayed in scarlet ( and steel , helm and plume , looked each a
very Mars in the adniiringeyes of gaping nursemaids . So much—no more , I saw of the show ; quite sufficient to fan the decaying flame of my loyalty , and excite my admiration of those enlightened fellow-countrymen of mine who are content to suffer cold , hunger , and misery without repining , cheered by the reflection that the substance produced by then * toil , is expended on royal revelries , and the trappings and gewgaws of aristocratic flunkeydom ' !!
Kot a week passes but you may read in this and other journals of deaths by starvation , even in this metropolis . Several such cases are reported in this number of the Star . But it is in Ireland that the greatest triumphs of our " glorious institutions " are manifested . Irish horrors have become so much a matter of course that they now but rarely exoito particular notice on the part of the Press . I beseech you to read the week ' s reports from Ireland in this week's Star , and then ask yourselves whether the greatest miscreants that ever cursed mankind with their sway , were not angels of mercy compared with our present rulers . I tell you that Nicholas , Radetskt , AVixdischoratz , Welden , and
Fkb-DlSiND of Xaples combined nave not destroyed more lives than " the system" has destroyed in Ireland in the course of the last two or three years . Those who ascribe those deaths to the potato-blight , lie ! Those who talk of the massacres executed by Famine and Pestilence as a " visitation of Divine Providence , " lie and blaspheme too I I have spoken of "the system , " but let me not even unintentionally countenance the language of political humbugs . Doubtless " the system" is the great curse , and no mere change of men , nothing short of a reform of the system—the social system—will avail to put a stop to the horrors of which Ireland is at present the theatre . But I will
not merely denounce " the system , " I denounce those who permit that system to continue , although they have the power to bring it to an end . I repudiate , loathe , scorn , and spit upon the policy so much in vogue with the " respectable , " the " genteel , " the " moderate , " " moral suasion" " reformers , "of drawing a distinction between a bad system and those who profit by or defend it . What is a " system ? " Is it something that can be made to feel public censure or public punishment ? Ho ! the system must be struck at through the men who live by and defend it . If you would pull down tne system , you must pull down the men who defend it : and I include amongst
its defenders sham-reformers , as well as avowed conservators of things as they are . In calling upon you to execrate the system , I call upon you to also execrate the rulers and legislators , by whose championship or sufferance that system endures . 11 Horrible , horrible , most horrible ! " must be the exclamation of all right-minded persons on reading this -weetfs record of Irish suffering . It appears that under the joint operation of emigration , pestilence , and famine , Ireland is undergoing a depopulation most frightful to contemplate . All who can find the means are flying from the country , eager to escape from a land apparently doomed to utter destruction . Those less fortunate are rapidly
perishing from hunger , and diseases produced by hunger . The union workhouses are gorged with the unhappy beings who seek shelter therein , only preparatory to finding the more merciful shelter of the grave . Cholera is despatching thousands , and , with the addition of fever and dysentery " the people are dying like rotten sheep . " In the midst of these horrors the murderous landlords are at thenold work of rooting out suchof the miserable occupiers of the soil as have not yet fled or fallen . Driven by hunger and landlords' persecution to the towns , the unhappy people there find new enemies in arms against them . The civic authorities of Cork have " voted a sum of £ 100 for clearing the streets .
and carting paupers to some distance from the city boundaries . These wretchedbeings—the '' hordes of rural paupers "—are being carted out of Cork , and some four or five miles from the city are pitched upon the highway , to wander elsewhere if they can , or perish of Lunger , cold , and cholera on the roadside . What is most astonishing is , that Ireland was never so "tranquil" as at present , but it is the tranquillity of death . Behold the results of British supremacy , Peel and Russell legislation , landlord and money-lord rule : —a large part of the country depopulated , the soil uncultivated , commerce perishing , Famine and Pestilence marching
uucnecKea over the prostrate bodies of tens of thousands of -victims , and , worse still , the yet living content in their turn to die and make no sign , leaving to their unfeeling masters an unchallenged rule over barren wastes and reeking graves . Brother Proletarians , when you have thought on these horrors , then think on the waste and folly Of the Civic gorge and the Royal raree-show ; and think , too , that these are but the outward and visible signs of the system of political villany and social plunder under which you suffer , and your fellow-creatures in Ireland are condemned to slaughter . Think , further , that all blame does not rest with your rulers , that much—very much-
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blame vests with you . ^ iow power to change the system is undoubted , but y «? u Jack the virtue , the will , the energy , to redeem yourselves , and save your brethren . To many whom I au'l ' - 'ess , this heavy charge does not apply , but it applied to you as a class .
" 'Tis true 'tis pity , and pity 'tis 'tis true !" Press of matter compels brevity , and forces me to postpone comment on several subjects , including a a torei ^ n news of week . Next week I hope to address you , at some length , on foreign questions . ^ will now merely direct your attention to the horrible persecution carried on against the French Democrats by President Buonaparte and his infamous agents . Buonaparte , Barrot , Faucheh , Thiebs , and the rest of the anti-Republican conspirators , are doing their utmost to excite a conflict in the streets , with the view of making the Democrats the victims of a political Sr . Bartholomew massacre . May their atrocious conspiracy recoil upon themselves—and may safety and victory attend the steps of the gallant Bed Republicans . L'AMIDTJPEUPLE . April 26 , 1849 .
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MARLBOBOUGH STREET . —The soi-disa . yt Codniess of Carlisle . —The court was crowded on Monday in consequence of the attendance of persons to give information against the woman who has for some time vast gone about obtaining goods and getting into debt in various quarters , under the assumed title of the Countess of Carlisle . —From the inquiries of the police it appears that the prisoner lias passed under various names in this country and in Ireland , of which latter place she is a native . From letters found in her possession it would seem that her maiden name was Dawson , and that she waa the daughter of Captain Dawson of the 100 th Foot . The prisoner is supposed to have several sons , as a copy of verses was found in her possession , addressed to her youngest son , Irwin Gilldea ,
who had recently been sent out to India . The name , however , she is bQst known by is 'Wetherelt . It was in that name she took the apartments in Mrs Wake ' s house , 32 , St . Martin-street , where she conducted herself with such profligacy that it was found necessary to give her notice to quit , through the medium of Mr . W . Austin , solicitor , of St . Martin-street . In reply to the notice to quit , Mr . Austin , the solicitor , received the following epistle : — " The Countess of Carlisle scarcely considers a strange vulgar production which she has received purporting to come from Mr . W . H . Austin worthy her notice . However she condescends to acquaint that weak-minded individual that she is armed so strongly in virtue , probity , honour , and honesty , that although he and the whole body of ' Chartists' were coming' she would
not for a moment flinch from the bri ght and unvarying path of propriety which she has always heretofore followed . As to fear , such a . word is a stranger to her vocabulary . Lady Carlisle is desirous that this ridiculous correspondence shall end . —31 , St . Martin-street , Leicester-square . " Immediately after sending this letter , the prisoner disappeared from her lod gings with a table-cloth and a sheet , which she disposed of to a woman in Tottenham-courtroad for half-a-crown . In consequence of the publicity which the case has obtained , a lady came forward and informed the police that the prisoner had passed by the name of Madame Carvina , and that she had obtained £ 700 from her by artful misrepresentations . The prisoner had ordered a large number of pairs of stays from a West-end tradesman
named Marriott , which she had ordered to be sent to Thomas ' s Hotel , addressed to the Countess of Carlisle . Two tradesmen in Tottenham-court-road , one a jeweller , the other a fancy article dealer , had received considerable orders from the prisoner , in tho name of the Countess of Carlisle . These parties , however , would not part with any portion of their goods , and the prisoner then gave directions that they should be sent to the Earl of Carlisle ' s residence , who would , as she said , immediately pay for them . Numerous cases of a similar sort were discovered . In the course of their inquiries the police ascertained that the prisoner is the same woman who made her way into the Palace a few years back , when her language and demeanour were so inexplicable that it was presumed she was under some
mental delusion . She was taken to Bow-street , and being pronounced by certain medical gentlemen out of her mind , she was sent to the County Lunatic Asylum , where she remained for about two years . — Police-constable Boyce having obtained some important information from Lord Carlisle , informed the sitting magistrate , Mr . Bingham , that he was prepared with the evidence against the prisoner Wetherelt . —Mr . Bingham intimated that he had received some communications since the prisoner had been in custody which induced him to change his mind about dealing with the case criminally . —The witnesses having been called into court , Mr . Bingham said with regard to the charge preferred against Mrs . Wetherelt , he had recently received several letters which fully satisfied him the prisoner was an
insane person at the present moment . The prisoner had been for a long while in the county asylum , in confinement as a lunatic . He had received a letter from Lord Ashley , the chief commissioner , another from the medical man who had attended her within the last six months , and who said she was decidedly out of her mind . Under these circumstances he did not think it would be right to expose the prisoner to an aggravation of her disorder by ordering her to be examined again in a public court . He should order her to be given up to the authorities of St . Martin , who would take care of her as an insane person . —Police-constable Boyce said he had seen Lord Carlisle , and his lordship had informed him that the prisoner had obtained £ 40 from him by means of forgery when in Ireland , and when he was
secretary for Ireland . . He was quite willing to come forward and prosecute , as he was but one of the public in such a case , because he believed the prisoner was connected with a gang of swindlers . —Mr . Binghnm said the evidence of insanity was too conclusive . It was unlucky the delusion should take the form it did , but he could not deal with the matter otherwise than by handing the prisoner over to the officer of St . Martin ' s parish , who was present . —A lady came forward and said the prisoner had given her a packet of letters and a duplicate of a gold watch as security for 6 s . which she borrowed . —Mr . Bingham said the letters might be given to the parish au tliorities . The duplicate could be kept until the money was repaid . —The dressmaker who had received the goods obtained from Messrs . Shoolbred and Co ., said she had partly made up the dresses ordered by the prisoner , and when the goods were taken away by the parties from whom they had been obtained , the linings of the dresses , which were her own
property , were also taken away . She wished to know what she was to do to recover the property . —Mr . Bingham thought there would be no difficulty in getting back her property if she applied to the parties who had possession of it . —Mrs . Wake applied for the restoration of her sheet and tablecloth , and the buyer of the property claimed the right to retain it . —Mi * . Austin , who appeared for Mrs . Wake , said he would arrange that matter . —The cabman wished to know what lie was to do . He had taken out two summonses against the countess at his own expense ; he had been discharged by his master , and now he was deprived of all chance of getting either liis fare or his expenses . —Mr . Bingnam said the cabman ' s case was a very hard one . He could not assist him out of his difficulty further than by giving him half-a-crown towards his loss . —The proceedings then terminated . —It is a singular circumstance that hardly one of the persons who have been duped had the slightest suspicion of the prisoner ' s insanity .
As Addition to the Peerage . —A cabman brought a person before Mr . Bingham for having refused to pay him his fare . The defendant doscribed himself as Charles Wegg , Earl of Norfolk . — The cabman said he was hired by the defendant on Tuesday morning to drive him to a coachmaker ' s in Oxford-street . The defendant went into the coachmaker ' s rooms and selected a carriage , announcing that he was making the purchase on his own account as the Earl of Norfolk . The coachmakcr , however , not being at all satisfied with his customer , gave a hint to the cabman , who at once drove the defendant to this court . The cabman having obtained another address set off with his noble fare , but on arriving at the house he found it
was tenantless . He then came back to the court and charged the defendant with refusing to pay his fare . —In explanation , the defendant said he was Capt . "Wegg , an artist , and also the Earl of Norfolk , he having married the Earl of Norfolk ' s daughter , which entitled him to bear the rank of earl . As for the trifle he owed the cabman , if the cabman would drive him to the Bank of England he would get a cheque for £ 50 , 000 , which he had in his pocket , immediately cashed and discharge the debt . —Mr . Bingham said it was evident the defendant was not in his right mind , and the constable must go to the parish authorities and request them to receive him until the state of his mind could be ascertained and his relatives discovered . The defendant was received into St . James ' s infirmary for the present .
Sham Crabitable Institutions . —Tub Royal Belgbave Ltiho-is Hospital , Chapex ,-place , May-FjiiB > since the apprehension of Mr . James Locke , who describes himself as surgeon to the Belgrave Lying-in Hospital , and his three sons , on a charge of having collected money under fraudulent pretences from the nobility and gentry for a number of years about 100 noblemen and gentlenen have called at the court to make inquiries and to state tbat they jiad been app lied to for subscriptions year after vear . which , in the majority of instances , they had raid in the belief that the institution was what it was represented to be . Wednesday being the day appointed for the re-exammation of the accused , a number of gentlemen were in attendance to give evidence , and the officers of the Mendicity Society were also present to state what they knew about the institution . James Locke the father , andi hia three sons , were then p laced at the bar . Mr . Wm . Seabrook , steward to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent , said he had the charge of tho
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papers and cqrrespondepoe connected with the charities to which her ttoyai Highness subscribed . At the request of the police hohaJ come forward to state that her Royal Hi ghness had " withdrawn her patronage from the institution since tu « vear 1844 . Her Royal Highness had withdrawn her n ,: < - years before , but her name having been continued /" - tIl « prospectuses , a formal prohibition had been ffi ' v " . " against any further unauthorised use of the name — Mr . Ryder was chairman of the board of guardians in 1843 , when , in consequence of a woman named Lawrence having been confined without receiving any medical attendance from the Royal Bel <» rave Lying-in Hospital , although she had received a ticket from one of the subscribers , an inquest was
held on the body of the infant , which eventually led to an inquiry into the character and management of the so-called lying-in hospital . In the course of the investigation before Mr . Wakley , the coroner , wit « neas conceived it to be his duty to make inquiries as to the genuineness of the hi gh names which were appended to the prospectuses . A public meeting ot the subscribers was called , to which Mr . Locke wasiimted , b"t he did not attend ; a committee of the following n oblemen and gentlemen was also formed : —The Earl of Effingham , W . Ellis , Esq ., M . P ., Col . Vernon , and Sir G . Rich , for the purpose ot giving Mr . Locke an opportunity of proving by books of accounts how the funds were expended , and of negativing those suspicions which had sot
aoroaa . no mtormation having been aftbvded , tUe public meeting and the committee came to resolulutions to the effect that the institution was valueless in character , and tho public were put on their guard against giving any further support to it . Witness having ascertained that though the Duchesa of Kent and the Duchess of Cambridge had withdrawn their names , and other noble personages whose names were used had no knowledge of the circumstance theiv names were tnada \ JSO of to collect subscriptions , thought it his duty to make application to Queen-square police office , and Mr . Burrell , the magistrate , agreed to issue a summons against Mr . Locke under the "V agrant Act for collecting money under fraudulent pretences . This
summons , however , was never issued , as the magistrate believed that the exposure which the affair had received in the morning papers would have all the effect desirable . In the prospectus issued by the alleged manager of the Royal Belgrave Lying-in Institution , there were about fifty names , headed by the name of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent , as patronesses , patrons , and members of the committee . In reply to his inquiries ho received letters from several of the nobility and gentry , stating that they had withdrawn their names from the list of subscribers to the institution in question . The witness went on to 3 ay that every opportunity had been afforded to Mr . Locke to come forward and clear the institution from the suspicions which had
got abroad ; but Mr . Locke had not done so , and the institution was still going on exactly on the same system as that on which it had from the first been conducted . —Mr . Hardwick asked Mr . Ryder if he ever had inspected the interior of the institution . —Mr . Ryder replied that he had never entered the institution , but he was aware that the house which had been hired was made to present all the usual externals of a public institution . —Inspector Lester said it appeared to him that the institution was a cheat from the commencement . He could find neither books nor accounts of monies . paid away ov received . He had only found a val number of letters from subscribers . The solicitor who appeared for the defendants applied for the letters in order to assist his client to make his defence . —Mr .
Hardwick said he could not sanction their being removed out of the custody of the officer . The solicitor might have all reasonable access to them if necessary . —Tho solicitor said when the lettevs wove examined he should be in a condition to show that authority had been given to use the names in the prospectus . —Mi * . Hardwick said he should feel it to be his duty to send the prisoners for trial on the evidence already before him . lie should , however , remand them until Wednesday next , in order to give them an opportunity to make their defence . Bail having been applied for , Mr , Hardwick consented to accept £ 200 for the father , his own security , and two sureties in £ 100 each ; and for each of the sons £ 100 on their own surety , and two others of £ 50 each .
BOW-STREET . — Novel Case of Swindling . — Patrick Hay , a bill-discounter , and John Alves , were placed at the bar before Mr . Jardine , charged with having conspired to obtain money , and securities for money , from the Rev . Cornelius Griffin , vicar of Haselor , near Stratford-on-Avon . upon custody , and it further appeared that he had aont a messenger to his friend Alves ( the other prisoner ) , with a request that he would come and pay the fine , and so relieve from custody , Alves accordingly arrived shortly afterwards , and , the parties being identified by the clergymen , were , to the utter astonishment and dismay of both , ordered into the dock to answer to the above more serious charge—The ltev . Cornelius Griffin , stated that a few weeks
back his attention was attracted by an advertis-e false and fraudulent pretences . Tne prisoners were detained on the above charge under the following extraordinary circumstances : —Hay had been locked up at the pofice station for drunken and disorderly conduct in the streets the previous ni ght , and was awaiting his dismissal by the magistrate , wlien the Rev . Mr . Griffin arrived at the court , and requested the advice of his worship upon the transactions detailed below . The chief usher of the court intimated that the man implicated was then actually in mentin a morning newspaper , offering a " highly honourable and distinguished appointment , a » chaplain , " to any member of the Pstablished church , he wrote a letter enquiring the particulars , and
received the following letter , signed , P . Hay , nnil dated 24 th March , No . 2 , Cannon-vow , Westminster : — "Sir , —In the strictest confidence I reply to your letter of yesterday ' s date . The appointment is that of one of her Majesty ' s chaplains , and tho duties confined to the preaching a certain number of Sundays in the year in one of the chaples royal . Thn income is but small to commence with , some £ 60 per annum , but increases according to seniority , The sum required for the nomination is £ 600 . Should this suit your views , I shall be happy to hear further from you . The appointment h in tho gift of the crown , and I need not add a permanent one , nor expatiate on its advantages . — After some further correspondence , the applicant came to town , and on going to Canon-vow he saw painted on a large board outside the door the words " Ciwn Colonies Office . ' He was shewn into an
inner room , behind what he considered the public office , and on seeing the prisoner he expressed his doubts respecting the propriety of an engagement in such a business , and also stated his ignorance as to the law upon the subject . The prisoner said that Dr . Adams had been consulted , and gave it as his opinion that it was a perfectly legal and proper negotiation . Witness then told him it would be impossible for him to pay so much as £ 600 at once , but he would give £ 100 in part payment , and show him documents wherewith to fulfil the engagement . Upon which he gave him an order upon the Saint Clement Danes Savings Bank for £ 100 , and received a memorandum . They also exchanged written agreements upon the terms stipulated . Witness
proceeded to state that tiie prisoner said the sum \ vas very low , nnd he should go to the " Admiralty " and consult Lord John upon the subject , leaving witness apparently for that purpose ; and after a delay of half an hour , returned , saying that his lordship " was exceedingly displeased that so small a sum should be taken , and the thing should remain for a few days , and that it would be better to make another visit to town . To this he demurred , and it was agreed that if lie stayed in town till Thursday , Lord John might alter his mind . On the next morning witness returned , and having left the order and bank-book with the prisoner , he was told that prisoner had seen Lord John , who had given orders that the appointment should be make out forthwith ,
an agreement being signed that the remainder of the money should be paid within a given time . The prisoner ' then sa d , "By tho by , I have just seen Dr . Wesley , the sub-dean of the Royal Chapel , who told me there were certain fees to bo paid to the different officers of the establishment , amounting to £ 7 or £ 10 , and the appointment will be ga « etted on Easter Tuesday , " which was the day the £ 100 would be paid at the bank . The prisoner then proposed they should buvn the papers , and upon witness saying he had not his with him , the prisoner threw his papers into the fire , desiring he would do the same on his return home . On the 10 th instant , witness received another letter from the prisoner , intimating that he had received notification of the appointment
being ready for gazetting , but previously fees must be paid to its leaving the office amounting to £ 23 10 s . Witness accordingly sent an order on Messrs . Smith and Company , the bankers , for £ 23 10 s ., upon which all further correspondence between them ceased , and the appointment not appearing in the the next Gazette , he wrote to the prisoner on the 15 th expressing his uneasiness , and requesting he would remove it by sending him the appointment , to which he received no answer ; but on the morning of tho 17 th ,, he was surprised to have a strange gentleman ( the other prisoner ) call upon him at Stratford-upon-Avon , and afeer giving bis name , ho commenced b y inquiring if witness had not so e business with
Patrick Hay , and if he had given him any money ; he replied he unfortunately had , at the same tim » inquiring how ho came to the knowledge of such a circumstance ? Upon which the prisoner replied , " We hsve seized your letter from the postman * and have opened it . " Witness asked by what authority he did so , and he replied Hiat he bad employed the detective force , and that the Crown Colanies . Office had been watched since Saturday , it bein » doubtful ifit was a real government office . He also said he feared that Hay had absconded , the boy in the office having said ho know nothing about him ; but the p rincipal object of his coming was on behalf of a clergyman who had fallen into tho same predioament bo ipeans of the very same- advertisement ; that his , friend had put £ 300 iuto the haMs , of Hay ,
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who took him to the Admiralty , where a similar proceeding occurred . The man declined to give witness his address , saying that a letter would find him at Mr . Reed's , 15 , Charing-cross , and he went away . Witness subsequently found that the account respecting the detective force was false , and on the 19 th inst . he received a letter from Alves , promisina that in a week he would have some information for him ; that llay had left town in consequence of a tbjnporary difficulty , and he would attend to any suggestion he had to make in the matter ; and on his Jetting him know that he need not interfere in the ma . ^ or , as he refused the clergyman ' s name , he got another letter from him on the 21 st , stating that the clerg yman , instead of having the business exposed , was content to have his papers restored , and be at tho loss of the money . —Mr . Lewis , the solicitor , who entered the couvfc at the conclusion of the investigation , submitted that no case o f
conspiracy was made out , and that the prosecutor , by liis own illegal acts , not not fix the criminality upon the prisoners . —James Scarfe , »» occasional messenger at the court , proved that the prisoner Hay had been charged with drunkenness and refusing to pay a cab fare , and that he was locked up in default , whereupon he sent witness wi $ h his card to the other prisoner requesting his presence . He , therefore , came to the court in ignoia » cc of the charge about to be preferred against bfen . —Before the night charges wore disposed of , the Rev . Mr . Griffin waited upon the magistrate to solicit his advice upon the subject , and the name of Hay appearing on the police-sheet , the complainant iimmfldiately identified him as the person by whom he hsid also been swindled . The prisoners weitfonlevod to put in bail , themselves in the sum of £ 500 " ami two sureties in £ 250 each , to answer the charge * in a week .
CLERKENWELL . —Charge of SttOOTlSQ 4 « D "Wov . n-ping . — j , Dwyer was charged with shooting and wounding Wm . Hughes , who described himself as an auctioneer—The prosecutor deposed that on Tuesday last , at one o ' clock , he announced a sale by auction at his residence in Sheppcrton-cottages , when he was obstructed by a pavty who had a bill of sale , and witness was obliged to discontinue the sale . He left the place , and proceeded to the City . On his return he found the prisoner in possession of the house , and the door was blocked against him . He climbed over the back garden waif , when the prisoner made hia appearance at the window , and presenting a double-barrelled pistol at witness , Sfforo that lie would Wow out hia trains if he dared to force an entrance . Witness vent to the door and H-as . endeavouring to enter when the prisoner
Uisotiavgea the pistol at mm , add the contents struck him on Ma hand and wounded him severely . Witness had a dagger ( now produced , ) , which he exhibited to the prisoner , and told him that he hadbot ^ ter be cautious , as he ( witness ) was determined to obtain possession . Tho prisoner van out of the liouse , and escaped . He was given into custody on the same night . He had known the prisoner eight years , and had lived in the same house with him . — Miss Mary Hopkins , who held the bill of sale , said she had authorised tho prisoner to keep possession of the property . —The prisoner in defence said he was in legal possession of the house and property . He fired at the prosecutor because he was afraid ho would stab him with the dagger . —Mr . Combe said the prisoner was not justifiodm shooting at the proseeutov , and lie must commit him for trial , but he would him for a week . -
Charge of threatening to commit Murder . — William Hughes was then charged by Mr . James Rufuofc witll having threatened to murder him . — The prosecutor deposed that on Tuesday last he was authorised by Miss Hopkins to guard the liouse and property at No . 73 , Shepperton-cottages . At about half-past nine o ' clock at night he was alarmed by loud knoekings at the door , and on looking out he saw the prisoner , who demanded admittance . This being rufused , ho produced a dagger , and threatened : to murder him . He was still afraid that
the prisoner would do him some injury . —Mr . Combe asked Hughes whether he was a licensed auctioneer ? He replied in the affirmative . —Mr . Combe said he had no doubt it was a plan laid down for the purpose of swindling Miss Hopkins out of her property . Miss Hopkins said she never authorised the rcmoual of tho goods to 73 , Sheppcrton-cottages , nor did she employ Hughes . —The prisoner denied the charge . —Mr . Combe said his conduct had been highly improper , and he orderad him to _ find responsible bail , which , not being forthcoming , he was locked up .
WORSHIP-STREET . —Attempted Murder—T . Webb , an elderly man , formerly employed as superintendent of the shoemaking department of the Refuge for the Destitute , in lloxton , was charged with assaulting and wounding his wife , Sarah Webb , with intent to murder Her . —Catherine Taylor , a married woman , stated that the prisoner aiid -his wife , who was her aunt , lmd lodged for some time in the back room of the house occupied by the witness and her husband , in Kew Church-street , Bethnal-green . Between six and seven o'clock that morning she was aroused from her sleep by a scuffling noise , followed by stifled moans , in the prisoner ' s apartment , and she immediately got up , and hastened to the door , but finding it was fastened inside , she was endeavouring * to force it . when it was
suddenly flung back by her auut , who rushed past her with the exclamation , " For God's sake send for a surgeon—he lias cut my throat ! " She was bleeding copiously at the time from a wound in the neck , and the witness observed a pool of blood at the side of the bed and on other parts of the floor . The prisoner was pacing the room in a hurried and distracted manner . He muttered incoherently , " She is dead , and it ' s all over . " Witness instantly sent for a surgeon , and returned into her own room , where she found the injured woman reclining in a chair , with the blood still gushing from her throat . Witness was attempting to stanch the wound with a cloth when the prisoner presented himself at the door , and repeated the words " She is dead , she is dead ! " He then retreated to his own room and
fastened himself in , and a surgeon soon after arrived . Witness added that the prisoner and his wife had always lived upon affectionate terms until a recent period , when he exhibited symptoms of mental derangement , under the influence of which lie had made an attempt to destroy himself about a month since , and he had not long been discharged from the London Hospital . —Police sergeant Burham said , that when he apprehended the prisoner he ( prisoner ) went to a cupboard , from which lie took a sharp-pointed shoemaker's knife , and endeavoured to stab himself in the chest . The prisoner was then conveyed to the station-house , and on the road there
he repeatedly exclaimed , "I have done it , and I know she is dead . " The witness produced the knife , which was about ten inches in length , and was much incrusted with blood , both upon the blade and handle . A certificate was handed m from Mr . Mceres , the divisional surgeon , stating that in addition to a small punctured wound , the injured woman had received an extensive incised wound in the fore part of the neck , and that she was in such a dangerous state as to preclude her attendance . On being asked if he wished to say anything , the prisoner shook his head , and was ordered to be remanded for a week , to afford time for ascertaining the result of the injuries his wife had sustained .
LAMBETH . — Alleged Embezzlement bt a Railway Clerk . —J . Grange was placed at the bar for final examination on a charge of embezzling various sums of money belonging to the directors of the South Western " Railway Company by whom he was employed as clerk . —Mr . Robert Simpson said I am agent to the London and South-Western-Railway Company , at their station at Weybridge . The prisoner is an apprentice to the company , and bad been employed under me as clerk for about fourteen months . It was his duty to receive the money from passengers travelling from that station , and to issue tickets for the journey . These tickets are a 11 numbered , and are entered by me in a book kept for that purpose , as they are issued from our station . It was the prisoner ' s duty to account to me every
morning tor the money he had received the preceding day , and to enter into a book all the tickets he had issued , which I examined and checked by the money he gave me . Double journey tickets are issued from the station , which ought in the regular course to return to the same station , and on arriving there they should be delivered to me by the prisoner in the usual daily account . On Sunday evening last I was taking the numbers of the bottom tickets in each tube where the tickets are kept , and noticed in the tube appropriated to double journey tickets from Weybridge to Fareham tbe fare as well a 3 the number marked . The fare I noticed was not the proper fare for a journey to Fareham and back , and in consequence drew it out , when I found it to be a double journey ticket to Wareham and back , and
then examined the rest of the tickets in that tube * and found there the two double journey tickets produced , which are tickets from Weybridgo to Fareham and back , and which have been issued and used and returned in the ordinary course . Tacy had no business to be in that tube at all . Tho Wareham ticket had been taken from the tubfr appropriated to those tickets of which only one ticket numbered one had been delivered , and as we only lock at tho bottom ticket , tnat Warehaia ticket which I found in the Fareham tube , and which is numbered 9 , would not be missed in th& ordinary way for sometime . The last ticket fos Farehara and back entered in my book is No . 9 , and that is
the reason for a ticket of thatnumberbsing required to be at the bottom of the Fareham tube . If that number had not been there I should have looked for an account of the money for the ticket , and . which would lead to a discovery . The ticket for tha journey to Fareham . and hack , No . 9 , had never been accounted for . The fare for that journey fa 17 s . 8 cL That ticket is not found as it ought to be had it been , returned to our station . The two double journey tickets from Woybridge to Fareham which have been used aro numbered respectively 10 and U » and as the numbers are what I look to usually , it was not discovered that they bad been issued until I found the Wareham ticket on Sunday last . Upon raking the discovery I spoke to the prisoner about
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tube " * ST / f W ? tak 0 tl 10 tick ^ o «» oftlio ; but 4 ^ . W > . knw nothing nt all about ^¦ bbsbms and lie made me no answer Thn £ ii i B 1 , l » informec . Mr . Stovin , "ff ^ Jft * ' ^ Jf ^ of the crcumataucc , and I heap * the Soner ffit o that gentleman that he had received £ Z £ 0 of the company ' s money for which he had not accounted Ihe prisoner sometimes collected the tickets from the passengers on their arrival at the station , but when hediSnotcollcctthomtliey eameinto hislmrula to label and enter .-Thomas Bent , a constable , gave similar testimony as to the admission made by the prisoner , and added that he also said ho was very sorrv for what he had done . —The prisoner said nothing in hia defence , and lie was committed for trial .
Robbekt . —On Tuesday , E . Woodall , 17 years of age , was placed at the bar before Mr . Eroughton for rc-examination , on the charge of having stolen a handkerchief , the property of Mr . George Poach , a cleric in the employ of the Great Western Railway Comjxiny . It will be remembered that , upon the inquir ? gone into on the 17 th inst ., that it was ' , alleged by the prosecutor , that t ? ie prisoner , w / rom he imagined to be a woman , committed an act of a most gross and indecent nature upon him . Ifc had not the slightest idea until after the prisoner had been locked ap on the charge of stealing his handkerchief that he had been talking to one of his o \ rn sex . The handkerchief was found at a distance of 200 yards from the spot at which tlie prisoner was
given into custody . A solicitor now attended for the prisoner , who- since tlie first examination has been out upon bail . Upon the first inquiry he alleged that ho was a . ballet dancer , engaged at tllO St . James ' s Theatre ? bul that statement turns out to be untrue . Mr . Peach was further questioned by the magistrates , ant > said—My handkerchief was safe just before I saw the prisoner . I was with him , altogether , for tbree-qaarters of an hour or fifty minutes ; neither of the- prisoner ' s friends came near enough to me to have taken my handkerchief . Th ^ prisoner once ov twice put his arm round my waist , and he might then have abstracted the handkeratocf , vrtfteh ysas in my coat pocket . —Serjeant Walker , 5 D . beini ? asked by Mr . Brounhton . as to
the jnecise words used by prosecutor when the charge was given , replied , '' Mv . Peach said , ' I give that girl into custody for stealing my . pocket iuwdkercluef / "—Mr . Brougliton r Is there any one l . eve who kwews anything move abcufc the prisoner ?—Fcneenr , 502 A , said , that while on duty in the II division he-took the prisoner into custody on the 29 th of August , 1846 , for robbing his < master , » licensed victualler in Bermondsey , iii whose service he was as a barman ' . He was tried at fhe Central Criminal Court , and being convicted , was' sentenced to six months' imprisonment . —Mr . Broughton considered that it was-a proper case fov tho consideration of a , jury , and he should commit the prisoner for trial , — The prisoner-was liberated on finding good bail for
his attendance-at the court next Monday , on which day the depositions will be completed , and tho witnesses bound- over to give evidence at the sessions . MANSION HOUSE—Attempted * Robbery at Glys's Bankinghiouse . —Wright and : Hen-ner , who had been charged on Saturday with having entered Glyn ' s banking-house with tlw intention to commit felony , were again put to the bar before Alderman Carden . An at * o ? ney appeared for the prisoners , and said that there was nothing at all in their conduet calculated ^ t& excite suspicion that they had gone into the bafifeirig-houae with a bud intention , and the property they had about them showed that they were above any such intention as that ascribed to them . —Aldormaa Carden said th . it a letter liad
been received from' a gentleman who knew the prisoners to be members of a gang of welL-dressed thieves , and had seen them prowling about Lombard-street and looking in at Barclay ' s bankinghouse before they went into Glyn ' s , where he caused them to be apprehended . That gentleman could not attend , but the evidence of the officers- who had spoken of their character was not to he doubted , and they one and all declared that the prisoners were the notorious-associates of thieves . ^—Ilaydon , the officer , said he- knew the prisoners about two years to be thieves .. He knew that Wright had been in custody at Marlborough-street Police-court twelve months ago , upon a charge of having-robbed a lady of her purse ,, and . that he was sentenced to imprisonment for four months . He also knew
Homer to have been convicted summarily for robbery . —The attorney to the prisoners said he did not care if his clients had been convicted fifty times . Tho officers were too hasty in saying they were in the banking-house for the purpose of committing a robbery . They had gone in for the purpose of getting notes for the sovereigns tiiey had in their pockets , and conducted-themselves with as-much propriety as the other visitors totlio banking-house . One of them had a gold watch about him ,, and it was not very likely that he could have gone in with a felonious intention . ^ -Alderman Carden asked Ilaydon whether ho had anything else to say about the prisoners ?—Ilaydon replied that he had seen them on Friday evening with four otkev well-known thieves , and was asked by them whether he was going to Norwich , and when ho told them that such was his intention they said they would not at that rate go there . He knew , too , tlie business was
telegraphed . —Alderman Carden said that nothing could be clearer than that the immediate apprehension of the prisoners was the means of preventing the mischief no doubt intended by them . Tlie appearance Of the fellows whs such that they might be very reasonably supposed to bo men engaged in some commercial pursuit , and it was particularly incumbent upon tlie active officers who had so complct ly marked them to havetheir-eyes-fixed upon the visitors to the banking houses , which might be said to be beset by the most dangerous thieves throughout the day . The unavoidable absence of the gentleman who had seen the prisoners about Lombard-street was a lucky circumstance for them , and made it necessary that they should ; be discharged ; but they were well marked in the City as well as at JTewington , and would get into-much greater peril if they were seen mixing -with men of business again . —The prisoners smiled " upon leaving the bar .
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Spanning the Globs . —An American merchant , bound for Ceylon , left New York , on tho 4 th inst ., in the Canada mail stennier , and arrived in Liverpool on the morning the 19 th . After transacting some business in Liverpool and London , he arrived at Southampton by the day mail train on tho 20 th , and immediately embarked on board the llipon steamer , which was preparing to start for Alexan - dria with the Indian mail . This gentleman will reach his destination on the loth Juno . Thus ho will have travelled from the United States to China , a distance of nearly . 15 .. 000 miles in seventy-two days . In a little more than two months he will have traversed the Atlantic and Indian Oceans , and the Meditcranean , Red , and China Seas , called at
England , Gibralta . u ,.. atid Malta , in . £ avo \\ c ; Akxtwidria and . Suez , in * Africa ; nnd at Aden , Ceylon , Penang , Singapore ,, and Hong-Kong , in Asia . With the exception of passing through England and Egypt , the whole of his journey will have been performed by water ,, in British ships . The Peninsular and Oriental Company's servants never recollect a passenger for China who had been so recently in America , and it will probably be , for length and rapidity , the most extraordinary voyage ever performed . Attempt to Exiiume a Com-SE . —On Wednesday week the son or Mr . E . Brown , of lleedham , who bad been long afflicted , and was lately deceased , was interred in the churchyard of that village . From some cause unexplained the servants wero ordered to watch the grave * an office which they took by turns .. On the Friday following the interment it was the groom ' s turn to keep watch , and
about two or three hours after midnight he observed two or three- men in the churchyard , busily employed in throwing out the mould from the newly made grave .. They had got to the depth of about two spades whea he presented ; himself , and told them that if they did not immediately desist he would shoot them . One of the men instantly turned round and shot at the groom ,, whom , however , he fortunately missed . The groom , who was armed with a double-barrelled gun ,, immediately levelled it , ai » d : discharged one of the- barrels at the aggressor ,, who it is believed received the charge in his breast . He shrieked out violently . The groom then ran foi- assistance , bufc by the time he returned the parties- had decamped . The blood from the wound was traced to some- coasiderable distance , but no clos has yet been obtained likely to lead to . the identification and detection of the parties implicated in the transaction ..
We&isbn AusmAUtA . —Accoants from SwarnRiycr are to the 15 th of December . Several exploring parties had takea . places , asd one ofthesctpartiea , under Mr . A . Gregory ,. hadispurned from t&e northward on the 12 £ h , November , having discovered a large tract of fsr . tile lan < Ji in the neighbourhood of Cliampded Bay ,, estimated ! to contain 300 , 000 to 400 , 000 acres- of land * superior to thai of the York ( district . Dating the exploration , majjy indicatioss of coal were- observed ^ and plumbago and sevesal garnets © b-tained . Specimens of . ore 3 , resultfng from sons * of the airfmi&Dted mins&g operations ia this colony , had beea sent to Aiirfaide for aualysafirm . % nd > t . ho rmiDirii received ianf t . ho mnst . nvntms *
ing saoj-acter , and such as wili no doubt , oacourasa nuniog operations , on a cor > , miensurate s ^ fale . The r&poift states thai a spechiuin of sulpkwt of lead was found , richer in silver than anv Jead ore yet found in South Australia ^ an d that svpphuret of suno was everyvfh'Me foundin coupiA&on-withsilver . Judging li'osa the specimens , it was deemed probable that they may Wd to a lo * te which , if of a regular kind , would disclose a very rich silver . mine ; but the yeport reowumends a , careful and scientific examination of tho surface specimens , and tea stratification of the roofca where such minerals we found , a * the best means of perfecting aiaoo * veriea .
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EXECUTIVE FUND . Received by S . Ktod . —Norwich , per J . Htnrry , 10 s . ; . Manchester , £ 1 ; Stainland , 16 s . ; EUand , 11 s . ; Sowerby , 103 . ; MacdesBeia , 3 s . Received by "W . Kider . —W . Boser , BrixtonHill , Is . VICTIM FUND . Received atLuro Office . —Greenwich , Mr . Whitcombe ana Friends , 12 s . 6 dL ; Deptfoni , Mr . Floyd ana Friends , 3 s Sowerby , 6 s . 6 dL ; Mr . Thomas lives ey , 2 s . 6 a . FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES Of VICTIMS . Eeceived bv W Rides . — T . Willey , Cheltenham , Is . ; SfS CO& ^ i 3 . JUabj , is . 3 i ; XotdBgnam , per J . Sweet , 5 s . 9 d . ; Mottram , per M . Clayton , £ L M'DOUAU / S CASE-FOB WRIT OF ERROR , ( OS OTHERWISE ) . Received bj W . Rma-Bucldngham , per I ^ &vf ^ - mage , 2 s . 7 d . ; T . Willey , Cheltenham , Is . ; Heywood , per jTitead , 2 s . 2 d . ; Paisley , per A , Buchanan , £ 1 5 s . Sd . ; Mottnun , per 3 t Clayton , 2 s .
. K 1 RKDALE PRISONERSI Eeceived by S . Knn > . —Per John Smith , 6 s . 9 d . I NATIONAL VICTIM AND DEFENCE FUND . I Received to J . Absott . — Coventry , per G . Freeman , 10 s . ; ! EdtaKeV ; T ^ mith , per S- Lyth ^ ls . 6 d . ; aFew I Friends at Qitto , per ffittp , 3 s . 3 d . ; ^ SL ^ tff ^ - : Grassby , Is . ; Crown and Anchor , per H . feUeret , ' 5 s . ; 28 . Golden-WperT . Brown , 3 * 2 < L ; South goto HO , per 3 . DuraC « s . lOi ; Mr . Rider , as per Star , £ 1 8 s . 5 r . Kydd , w per ditto , 5 s . ; land Office , as per ditto , £ lte 6 d .
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Tke whole country was , some time since , excitedtotbe fever heatof indignation , at themanner in which a Dachess—travelling to see her father on his death-bed—was refused a passage on a Scotch Railway on the Sunday , and thus prevented from receiving her parent ' s blessing ere he died . "We sympathised vith the natural sorrow of the woman under such distressing circumstances , but almost rejoiced that such an outrage had been done to the feelings of one so powerful , as the Mistress of the Robes to the Qtjeex ; under the impression that the monstrous nature of the grievance being thus
forced into the presence of Royalty , and brought home to the sister of a Cabinet Minister , it would be speedily put an end to . Vain hope Abuses exist in this happy land precisely because they are abuses ; the more gross , aggravated , injurious , and detested they arethe better they strive . Mr . Locke brought in a Bill , the very smallness of which attested the domination which Caxt exercises in this most canting of countries . He asked simply that a few passenger carriages might be added to the train which carries the mail bags on Sundays , on the immaculate Scotch lines which refuse
to take passengers on that day . Never was a case more conclusively made out which ended with a more moderate request . But Exeter Hall and the Free Kirk had been at work , and Ministers did not dare to bid defiance to Cant . They looked at the back benches and counted the votes . Scotland is eminently "Whi ggish , and eminently pious after the fashion which converts the Christian Sunday into a Jewish Sabbath , and Lord Johx cannot afford to lose any supporters . Mr . Labouchere therefore threw cold water on the question , made a Jesuitical and canting speech , intended to catch
fcth parties , ard ended by voting against the Bill , which was lost by nine . We hope that the subject will be vigorously taken up by some other member , and , meantime , think that the gratitude of the country is due to Mr . Locke for bis admirable exposition of the question in his speech of Wednesday , a speech which was conclusire in every part , and which , notwithstanding their ill-gotten victory , must be felt by the saints and hypocrites as the severest condemnation that ever was passed upon them , while the smallness of their majority amounted to a virtual defeat .
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On Tuesday ni ght , both . Houses-were occupied in singing the praises of the Indian army , -which , in the battle of Goojerat , seems to have succeeded in effectuall y putting down the Sikh
War- —at least , for the present . That it has put an end to war , or that it will prevent the brave and patriotic natives of those wide realms from attempting to wrest from us the power ¦ which we hare nsurped , we do not believe . Ever since the days of Cute and Warren Hasics'gs— -the real founders of our Indian Empire— the cruel , remorseless , and hypocritical policy which they commenced , has been pursued towards the native Indian Governments . First , we have picked quarrels with them . Overthrown the reigning Prince by force of arms , and then set him up againor
, some novel claimant , as our puppet , w hile we esercised all the real functions of Government in the newly-annexed territory . Then , when the natural consequences of such an insulting and hybrid system developed themselvesin discontent , popular risings , or conspiraciessometimes real , sometimes fabricated—we have thrown off the mask , and boldly set up our own rule , on the pretence that it was forthe benefit of the great mass of the people we did so , and that they would be delighted to exchange the tyranny of their native rulers for the firm , constitutional , and mild Government of England .
An empire gained by such means , stands on a precarious footing . All the popular prejudices and passions of the ancient races are against us . At no remote period , the Feringhees were only a few tolerated traders , permitted to reside for purposes of traffic , at one or two ports , On the edge of the mighty empire once ruled orer by the Moguls . Alien in language , religion , and blood , they have gradually , and by means the most nefarious , usurped the Government of those far-stretching territories , and are everywhere hated by their involuntary subjects with an intense hatred . Concentration
of our power is impossible . The curse of conquest is upon us , and every extension of our territory places us still more exposed to attacks upon a wide-spread line of operations . Religious zeal blends with patriotism to inspire the men who attack us . We have learned , by dear-bought and bloody experience , how brave they are by nature , and how well their native courage has been disciplined and directed . Animated by such passions , and with such a stake to fight for , future wars are certain . We have won by the sword , and must keep by means of the same weapon , or be defeated bvit .
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Armt 28 . 1849 . THE NORTHERN STAR , . i mn ... r T ~~~ : " ^~*
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 28, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1520/page/5/
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