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I T IS novr a yeM and inore , sirico I commenced thepuWicafidnof thelriffanaB . Itwasadark *™^ , ^^« Md despair when I camo forward , atsdl wiSVtawrelriBb 'Disafifection' a voice-to ralljround S » St ^ re ftig aieDemocrat ? of Irdand-anQ bid the cStfckeart stfll to cherish its patriotic aspirations . The jKtbMtK has now been long enough before the country to enable every true man to fora an opinion of ttetrutUful-» es& feariessness , integrity , and determination of purpose Trail which it has been conducted . "With this view , there ., fbre , I write these tines , that each true Nationalist iw . y ^^ : himsdf this plaitt question— 'Jstiw 'Iiittenat ? zath a Btfer asitismydnQftotttpporl ? ' ' ¦ - . Should the answer be in the affirmative—as , "without ^ iffectation , I believe it will—then 1 hare to ask-llrat that support be manifested in a plain , tangible , and practical
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OK SALE AT GREAT DODFORD . AN EXCELLENT FOUR ACRE FARM , upon which the sum of 65 / . has been already -paid , for which an allowance will be made in the rent charge . There is already planted with wheat , one and a -quarter acres ; ditto , spring vetches , one quarter ef ah acre ; dng , cleaned , and ready for planting , one acre ; ditto , breat , ploughed , one-half of an acre . The rest is ¦ dug and trenched . There is a quantity of manure upon the premises , beddes a quantity of beans and cabbages . JFall 3 W . has been expended in Jabour , ic , upon the farm , . besides the " sum of 65 / , paid to the Company . The present . possessor will dispose of aU for 85 ! . Applications to be made . to the Directors , at their office , 111 , High Holborn . London .
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TO BE DISPOSED OF , AT CHARTERVILLE , A THREE - ACRE ALLOTMENT , in high cultivation : nearly one acre of wheat sown , a quarter of an acre of vetches , the remainder of the land nearly ready for the seed ; it is fenced in front , and a covy-5 ard at the back of the house , a twenty gallon furnace in the back kitchen , and many other improvements in the "house . The price is Thirty Pounds , clear of the Company ' s demands . AlsoaFOUH-ACRE ALLOTMENT , to be disposed of . As the Buyer and Seller may agree , all letters to be directed A . B . " ., CharterviUe Post-office , near Witney , Oxfordshire , with stamp for reply . " .
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PAINS IX TUE BACK , GRAVEL , LUMBAGO , RHEUMATISM , STRICTURES , DEBILITY , Ac . DR . DE ROOS' COMPOUND RENAL PILLS are the oxtt cestais cube for . the above distresang complaints , as also all diseases of the kidnej 3 and urinary organs ^ enerallv , whether resisting from impru" denee or othermse , which , if neglected , so frequently end in : stone in the bladder , and a lhigeriog , agonising death ! t -is aa established fact that most cases of gout and Ilheu . matism occurring in middle age , are combined with dis--e&Kd urine , how necessary is it then , that persons so , afflicted « hould at once attend to these important matters . Ky . Ihesalstary action of these pills , « n acidity of the stomach , -tiwyeoraect bile and indigestion , purify and promote the renal secretions , thereby preventing the formation of caledi , a&d establishing for life a healthy performance of the functions of all these organs . They have never been Known to fail , and -may be obtained through all llcdi' cine Vendors . Price Is . lid ,, 2 s . Si ., and 4 s . Cd . per box ., or willfce sent free , with full instructions for use , on receipt of the price in postage stamps , by Dr . DE ROOS . A considerable saving cfiectbd by purchasing the larger "boxes . ¦ •¦ ¦' .
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BEAUTIFUL HAUL WHISKERS . &c , vertus BALDIfESS , WEAK , asd GBEy HAIR . ONE TRIAL ONLY is solicited of ROSALIE COHPELLE'S celebrated PARISIAN POMADE , for the certain production of Whiskers , Eyeirows . &c , in six or eight weeks , reproducing lost Hair , strengthening and curling weak hair , and checking grey ness at any time of Jife . irom whatever cause arising . It Jias never been known to fail , and will he forwarded iScee ) w ? th fall instructions , &c , on receipt of 24 postage stamps . - - : ' 1 E 3 TI-M 0 N-I 4 I . S , &C ' - . - - . -3 Jr . Bull , BriU , say 6 : — "I am happy to say , after everytiiing else failed . , toots has had tie desired effect , the greyness'is quite checked . " - •' •'; . Dr . Erasmus Wilson : — " It is vistly superior to all the clumsy greasy compounds now sold under various titles s . ni preteace . =, vrhich I have at different times analysed , and found uniformly iajuriousy being either scented , or coLoCEEDuith some his&ydeleterious ingredient There are . iowever , so many inuwsitions afoot , that persons reluctantly place confidesce when it may justly be bestowfli " * .. . ....
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EUPitJiffiS PERMANENTLY AND EPPEGTUAtl » J -QURED , W 1 TB 0 UT A TRUSS !! DR . HENRY GUTHREY'S extraordinary suceesMnthetreatment of a \ l varieties of Single 2 nd Double . It ^ iptures , is without £ . parallel in Ihe history of medicine . ; Ie every case , towever bad er long standing , a ^ n re is guaranteed . The xemedyis qiiiieeasy and perfectly . painless in application , causing no inconvenience or coafinement whatever ; is free from danger , . and applicable to gnale and female of any age . Sent fpost-iaeej tntii full infirnciions , tendering fail « sc impossible , oaseceipt of £ ? . shiUings by yost-oflSce-order , ^ r cash ,, by SJr . lfesat . Ccihbes ' 6 ,. Ampton-street , ^ ray"s-inn-road , Xondoii . . Hundreds of testimonials and trasses have beecjeft behind bj persons cured , as trophies of ^ he success of tide remedy , which Dr . - Gcthssy . will wXL ingJf give to those tfrtioreqaipato wear them * fteratrial ofif Postoffice « : # ers must bp made payaifc at the Grayis-inn-ioad OfBce . ^ ' . . : Letters of inquiry fhosld contain isropostage-stanps for thereily . In every eaqe a cure is guaranteed . 4 £ home for cowadtation every ^« rnoon from one till four . ( The Sabbath * xcep ted . ) " - Addrew , HESJBr . flciHBET , JLP ., 2 I . S . CS ., 6 , AmjiSon-* treet , Gra ** s-inn-roa'd , London . " " ... :
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BUPTUREB EFFECTUALLY AND PER-~ MANENTLS CURED STJXfiOUT A TRUSS !! DR .- DE ROOS * artonishing sacpess in the trtjiUnent of crery rarie ^ of EUPTURE ib ample proof < rf the unfailing eScacy- of his dUcorerj ; vaich muet ere long entirely banish aeomplaint J ™ ierto so prerabMt . All persons £ 0 -afflicted should , Withoot ^ day , write , or pay a vidt to Dr . DB % who inay be consulted dafly from 10 till 1 ; sad 4 till 8 . ^ - { Sunflays excepted . ) . : ¦ , This retBea yU perfeetly free froni danger , pain , or in , convenience , may be nsed without confinement ^ is appSc--It f eii ^^^ ^ ^ any « ge , and . raU beientfree , H » ™ ^^« ' ^ - ' ' rendering lailureimpossi . aess ^ ftaRsssa ^ J ^ bk , Waftw De Kw . j , B ! j-plaw VsSftor ^
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iiirORTAWT TO THBiCHARTlSTS -eSSOUTH LASCAA ^ OTJTH LAST'CASHIE DELEGATE M . iCEETINO will beheld intheCHARTIST ASSOCIATION ROOM , STOOKPORT , back of Waterl « o-lnn , Waterloo-rwid , oo Sunday osorning , . February- 3 « h , preosiyr at ten o ' clock , when the-following , part of a programme of business -wSl be sabmittefl for their . csusiduratjoti .: — .. . .. ¦¦ .. - ¦ .- ¦ . - '¦ ¦ ; ¦ ¦ . . let—To consider ^ fce -validity of < he objections to the general and local miss of the CbartietAssociatiou ^ eferred wfcy the Chartistsof Stockport , in * he Nwtittrti Stars » f Jac 19 th , and : Feb ,- « h , 185 U . -. ; ¦ . -2 nd . —The proprie& of rais ' uig aiocalXecturers jilan . 3 rd . —To . consider the best . means of . concentrating the eeergyof-Chartism Jn . this diviEionof Lancathire , ^ vins an impetuaus to themovement , and . piombtiugthe success of ite object Delegates-from the following places are jarticiilady expected .:-4 | vde , Staleybri ^ ge , 'Ashtbn , : Mottram , ( Hdham , Rochdale , Manchester , Bury , Bolton , OUddleton jEferpool , MaeclesSeld , and other places . . . -. ; . _ aJJ . ^ All . conuiuinications . to . be . * ddressed . tO ' 'VC . Senfol ( J , Jfo . 3 , Coopcr-stroat , Hillgate . " ' .. '¦
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PROOBEBISGS IS ^ ARLIAMESSr . AP U J 3 L I C MEEIIN G , Convened by the [ Pbojosiokaj . CoMMrriEB of ' the NATIONAL CUA 1 WEK ASSOCIATION , mUAe toW at * tic LITBRABY AMI SCIENTiFXC INSTITPTS , JOIIiY SIREET , TOITEKHAM-CODlUUtOAD , on ; XKESDAY EVESING NfiX't JEebubabt 2 Cin , 1830 , for the purpose of Reviewing thePjippEEDiscs jN . P-uaifMENT during iUe past Fejircus O'Connor , Eso . ., M . P ., * . W .-M . Beyoolds , E « q . i 6 . Julian Harney , 'W J . Veraon ,, Ambrose Tomlineon ( re . cently _ liberated £ rwa his dungeon at * Wakafieldjj and others are expected to address the meeting . ¦ Chair t « be taken at eight o ' clock . ' ADMISSION FHBE . - , ,- , .-
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" NOTICE . ' ... ATEWOASTLE-UPON-TYNE BRANCH il OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . The members of this , branoh are hereby informed , that the . ' general quarterly meeting will be held in Mr . Greener ' s long room ; Cock Inn Side , on Sunday , March 3 rd . The chair to be taken at five o ' clock precisely . The members are most respectful ! v requested to attend , as business of great importance will be brought before the meeting .... - ,. James Nisbett , Sec , 10 , Gibson-street , Newcastle .
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FOR SALE , rpWO FOUR-ACRE PAID-UP SHARES X in the National Land Company . As the Advertiser is about to emigrate , these shares are to be had at a considerible abatement . ' ¦¦ -. .. Address , C . H ., at Mr . Ilills , 21 , Deronshire-place , Kennineton ^ val . .
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EMIGRATION TO NORTH AMERICA . rtT TAPSCOTT AND CO ., SHIPPING !» - and EmiyratUn ABe » t 9 , ; : Lirtrpeol , continu * to despatch First Class Shijs— -: , . , - ; To SEW YORK—every FiveDays . To SETT ORLEANS—e « ry Tan Daya . T « BOSTON ani PHILADELPHIA—every Fifte » n Daj » . And oceaiisially to BALTIUORE , CHARLESTONrSAVANNAH , QUEBEC , aid St . JOIDJS ., -: ¦ ,- ..: . - - Drafts for any imiquht , at sight , on New York , payable ia any part » f the United States . ' Tapscott ' s "Emigrant ' s Guide" sent free , on retciptof Fo « r Postage Stamps . ,. . .- ,.. ( 9 * Aboattwe » ty-eig httti « us » Bd persons Biilel for the S » rr WorW . i » Tapscott ' s line « f American Pack « ts , in 1849 .
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THE LARGEST , CHEAPEST AND MOST BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED PERIODICAL ,, Every SATURDAY MORNING is Published , price One ¦ ... - . Penny .:, , . :-.,- •; ,. -. . : REYN OLDS'S MISCELLANY . Edited BY GEORGE V . M . REYNOLDS , ¦ Author of the First and Second Series of "The Mysteries of London , " " The Mysteries ' of the Court of London , " " The Days of Hogarth , " &c ; ; : : The MiscEtL ast . consists of sixteen large quarto pages , beautifully printed , on good' paper , and each number . .. containing at least three , and sometimes more , beautiful wood engravings . Its contents are varied , and therefore calculated to suit all classes of readers , and aU tastes . Amongst tho prominent ieatures the following maybe specified : — ' ' 1 . THE SLAVES OS ? . ENGLAND . —No . 1 . "THE NEEDLEWOMAN . " A Domestic Tale . " UyGEOBOE W . M . Reikolds . [ To be commenced next week . )
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• ; . " . ' . ¦ LANCASTER .- '/ - ¦ J-: - : ; - ; The ooinmissibn for thenortlierii division of Lancashire was opened on Saturday last , ^ before Mr . Baron Rolfe and Mr . Baron Alder son . The business of the assize . was ^ resumed on Monday ; morningy Sesdi . vg A Thheatexi . no JLetteb . — . William "Walker was charged with sending a threatening letter to John ! Willick _ Thompsoh in orderto obtain money .-Mr . M'Oubray appeared for the prosecution , and Mr . Whighain for the prisoner . —The proseciiior it appearedj :. is an . attorney , at . ijancaster , prac-. tising in the Insolvent jGoiirt , ' and the prisoner had been employed by him as his clerk . They , separated on some misunderstanding , ¦ and ! the . prisoner sent him in a bill of £ 11 , for , his services , which the prosecutor refused topay ; upon ' which the prisoner
wrote . to him a lettev _ requiring his . account to be settled by the following Saturday , or ho' would proceed against him in the county court ; arid also stating he , should notstop there , ' but it was his ' intention to indict him for- perjury in an aflSdavit in the Insolvent Court , stating the , particulars which he should prove ; but stating that if he would settle the prisoner's account he should net proceed against him . The prisoner afterwards did . take proceedings in the county courti arid , obtained £ 5 . —For the defence it was contended . that this was not ! a threatening letter to' extort money , but to obtain th » payment of a . debt . —His . lordship in" summing up said , whether the money were owing to the prisoner or not made no difference , arid that if the
letter had in any way hastened the payment of the debt , the indictment would be supported . — The Jury found the prisoner " Guilty , " and he was 80 % tenced to be iinprisonedjnine months , r ! Manslaughter . —Henry'Glover was indicted for the manslaughter of Edward Latham ,- at Preston , on the 24 th of Sep . ' last ^ f ^ tfr ^ James . and -Mr .-Milne prosecuted -Mr . Monk defended the prisoner . —It appeared that the deceased wa 3 gardener to Mrs ; Pedder , of Ashtbtfliodge- near Preston } arid- that on Sunday the 23 rd of September last , he and a man named Alexander Giles had been in company together from noon -to midnight , going about to different public-houses in the neighbourhood of Preston , drinking .. "About twelve o ' clock at night
they went to a public-house-called the : Watering Trough , in Watery-lan < v :: were \ , they stayed some short tinae , and then left , ; in company . with . four other men who were strangers . . After they had proceeded alittlo way downVVatery-lane , Alexander Giles quitted the party , and shortly , after , < the four men left , and then the deceased and the prisoner proceeded on fie road . together . . About a quarter to one o ' clock , a man named Coarles Billington was goiogdownthe kne , and heard as he thought two men quarrelling , and on going nearer , he " saw one of toe men on the ground , and the Other try ing to lift hua up against a wall , and the one asked the other ; "If he had hid enoughV ' . ' On ' going a little nearer , one of the men ran away , and on going up to the man on the ground , who w , as the deceased , the mnn who had run away , returned , arid . he was
the prisoner . The priaooer anS the witness then went away together , leaving the ; unfortunate man in the lane . As they parted , the " prisoner " said , " Tliough muiffiib't mention £ 6 . " ~ The unfortunate man was shortly , afterwards found . $ & & ¦ , and was carried into the . llawstone ArmB pubiic-houBe , when Wood flowed from , the . eara-anS nose . [ f On iexamina-: tion . by the . surgeon , the body ^ asdiscoyeredto hare various bruises upon it ; two of the ribs , were broken , one of which , had Jaeen ; forced intb . j the spleen , which was t ^ elcanse . offleatb .-TEiai , Iiord-* &ip having summed u " p / tbe jury , -returned a vei" - diofcof"lfotgnUty . " r-The Civil Court was qccupied the greater part of the morning in idisppsinjg ^ pf an action brought by . reason of theilev ^ ing prdiiex . ce ^ vedutress . ^ hiohwaa ofnp part . icuJar infrerest ; and at one o ' clock , the jwsizes ; haying / terminated , the teamed judge and the bar-proceeded to Appleby . ? .
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: ^^^^^ t ^^ •^ pobVaiFottoffice Ordetfor 5 s . from ^ ba « k « j ^ tt ,. ^^ Shgham ^ also ThirtyjPosiUige Stamps from a H ; ? V j : y ^ sJ h , > Wcymouth .- ^ I * e line » have wme to haai . ¦ S « soM' 1 « -A 4 bweld . —Many ' ttanks . ,,., _ , - , ; . . , _ H . M . i Manchester . —TUesiJbscnption of . > 0 ne . Ppunfi for ' the-FtntoKi ' alDeniocratS'liasbeen . recdiwd . . . ' , -SrooKP (» t—The three-shillings worth of { Postage -Stampi wererer tlvidbyMr . 'Kider . . ' ' , " /_ _ : To WK . KiDEB .- ^ - Dear - "Sir , —Having hettwl ; to-d » yor tne decbuoatofthojudgeiboing given ajjainstMrAO'Goanor ini the « ctionfor libelagaiust the proprietor of wo Nottingka * Jwrnal , ltake the liberty of mritiog'to _ you to se&tfycu could fi iwnie any advice *? " « : w >« Jl d . |?« he
expwsos ^ incurred ^ trial , ««/«« : « "" . •?» daty « f overy Chartistto forward , arKfofo ili&Utmost in his wKoasiUsbim at this time , for at is . pretty evident . Sfee Mffersthaftbeare detennioodtoWliiiponthead-, 3 themby . 'Lord JJelbourn ^ - " - ' ^ rum him with Sb . " ¦ ¦ It is a shame for the professinffChartiBts to ; s * tfe ? nim to be ruined in-the manner directed by Lord . ifeJbournelYoui&truly , - Wm . N < j * ma « , -202 , WwgatefSCoSSty of Duvhaa >; ,. Feb . 4 S .- [ My . ad > w ^ l-LetsvEBY-Clmrtist , and EKERX- . opponent to , per-j verted justice , do their duty by subscviuHig-. BCcordiiig to their means . If this be done , the whole ; gang of our ! eusmies , ' from " : the profitmongering r yuiy and that shrivelled arrow ( Roebuck , ) dowa to Job . -Bradshaw anil ; his lackey . Josh .. aobson , will fiod that . they are foiledin * heir efforts . to ruin the poor . man ' s friend with . legal ! !! expenses . Jf you ask wliy , , ( 1 . allude to notorious Josh . ) ,. I-will tell you . He was daily in the Coutt of Exchequer , pending the trial , doiug tUb ' dirty ' work * of dirty Job . ' . i-si ) Bpose the fellow would . call it gratitude '' towards Mr . O'Connorfor snatchingbimirum the jaws of . starvation , and . enabling him to boast < of ilie possessiouj
, « £ a second coat—wm . KIDEB . J , v ; : ; . ; J , j « x , lleaton . —iYon will ;_ find the' monies acknowledge * ' : ia another ' place . We think you wili-sae the inutility . of ' . publishing a lettebreflectirigno credit . on the party . ' ¦ ' ¦¦ JIacnamaha ' s 'Acnoui—W « . Andhews , Amioltl , near rNot- ; . tiqgliarai write&as ifollows : — ' If e « eh . professinp Chattist would pax the Uniting , sum ofO'd . ju . all localities . \(* ay on Baster Monday , ) it . would i-eliRvo Mr . O'Coonor from his unjust burthens , and : iTlpd : awaj . 'the disgrace attached to the Chxtetist body / ' - « ' "• . T „ ' , ! ' Those pebsons , suUcrUersto Wie Prize Distribution , who , har * not yet received their b «« ks , niU huve the kinimtss ; : t « iwrite * udaUt « : 8 iiecinc » lly , hoHr-theyjU'il to be sent . ; i
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TO THE DELEGATES FORMING -Till ; : ME' TJBOPOLITAN . CONFERENCE OF THE , NA-; TJ 0 NAL CH ' ARIER ! 'AS SOCIATION .: . ' In < con 8 equence << af certain gi'ave iind-impor tant . occurrences , ; it becomes necessary to summon , ithe Delegates ta an earlymeeting . We , theul ^ ersigne ^ ^ the : Provisional ComnMitee ,. therefore give notice , :, , " Thai iheJ ) eiegatee are-convoked for Wednesday , eyening , i the 27 th of -February , at the Coffeo-r ^ om , John-sti'eet Institution , -to - assemble at eight o ' clock precisely . ; ' , ,, " ? : - '" .,. } . ' " ' " . ' : ' GrB 0 K < SJ 3 ; , 1 V . "M . JREYrfOLDS . . '' . . ; -. ;; ; . ' ; ¦; JOHN AUNOXX . ' ¦ V ' - ' ^ f I I V ¦ ¦ ¦•• ¦ . Edmund . 'Staluwooiv
' . ; Mr . W . P . Roberts wll be at , ' the " Coct , " Side , JN . ewcastlerupon-Tyne , to-iriorro > v ( Sunday ) , 24 thFebruai-y , ' and the next day .-., ¦ : .. r : . -. , - .: - v \ •¦ . ¦ .- . ' . - _ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ , ¦ ¦ •• ' . ;* << ' : ' ¦ ¦¦ ' . - ¦¦ - ' a' " . ' ¦¦• ¦ ¦ ' . ' . . ¦ :
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; - ¦ ¦ ¦ " . ' . ' ' -LAW ¦ 'Mb" JUSTICE . ¦ ¦ -. •; ' Mil . Fe argus O'Connor is- at this timo , iot only , the' "best abused , " but the ; most bitterly persecuted man in the . kingdom . It is the penalty which it appears all men must pay , who sincerely and honestly devote themselfea to the advocacy of the * political ; and social rights of the masses . Sham patriots and ; Refonnersi who support specious , and sKin deep changes , carry the unreflecting multitude with them , and achieve popularity and power . The ruling * classes offer them no serious opposition , because . they know that ; their measures , if carried , would not affect tiiat supremacy which they now : enjoy , ( and are determiued . to maintain . But with an earnest and
uncompromising opponent" of the system by which thdy renslare ¦ " . aiid " , plunder the ^ industrious classes , / they wage war to the Ifnife . ; . To such an , antagonist no quarter .. is . offered . The mode in iwhich they attempt ' - to crush such men varies with the country , ^ and tlie state of public ; opinion '; ,. where it 'is _ at all feasible , force , and—if need be— -deatli tire resorted , to-, but in this country - such > means of destroying
a political opponent would not be tolerated . The method adopted , therefore , is two-fold . ; firstly , , by means of a venal ; ' and prostitute Pi ^ s s-to poison the p ublic mind ,. by -ithe most gross and infamous calumnies on his character and actions ; and ; - ' secondly ,- to take advautago of the prejudicGs thus created , and refuse , that justice !'; and redress . which -the ; law avowedly ' . guarantees to every individual in the state ;¦ ¦ ¦ ¦• - , ¦ ¦ - ¦ - /¦ f- -, :- ' . ¦•< : ¦ :, ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ : . ' : ¦ :- : \
By these combined ' influences , theaaws and institutions so cat'efully- ' constraQted ' . for the purpose . ofdispensiHgeyeh-handed and substantial justice , are rendered > of no ; effect . Nay , they : aggravate the injustice to which the sufferer is subjected . The world'can undersUn'd and syhipathis ' e with the man upon whom wrong has ; been inflicted by a lawless and yindictiye . defipot ; but when that wrong is inflicted under all the solemn sanctions of . a Court ; -of Justice , the iniquity becbmeB infinitely ' deeper . We have no hesitation in sayipig , tliat , ihe proceedings . in tho Court of
Ex-. chequer , before Chief . Baron Pollock , in the case of O'Connor versus Biiadsha . w , have cast an ineffaceable stain and disgrace upon thb judicial tribunals of this country ; and that the Judge ; who could play the part of a bitter and hostile partisan , and exercise all the power of His high position to prevent justice being ; done , ought' forthwith to' be " removed from ; the seat hehas ; . 'dishonoured . It was a piece of refined malice—far-seeing . thrift 4 on the part , of the Defendant to' retain . the services , of" Mr .
ROEBUCKi whose personal animosity : to the Plaintiff , and whose unrivalled . powers of vituperation , werecertain to give ' , far more in return for the fee thaii ; any other . ' member of thejBaxj . hut oven Mi \ : BiiADsuAW , ' could not have calculated upon the keen and vindictive partisan he had selected beiug outdone in ; these very qualities by the - Judge on the Bench . Hp ,, cannot he too grateful for this gratuitous ^ ~ and " . powerful .. aid . ; Everybody would have made allowance for the mere
assertions of an advocate , called upon to do the best he conld ^ for ; his client / , , and ' ; well known to en % rtaTnT " deep 7 rpdj ^ d enmitVtd ' the ' man he was opposing ; ' but . eyecyjuiody . w . ill not be equally clear-sighted as to ,: tlle ; prejudiced and partisanrconduct of the JuDGE , nvho most certainly ought toi have'had , the | cpunsel ' s ifee for his , one-Bided aucl ; . grosslyjunjust summingup of the case . ,-:-w . ; P \ y . , ' ,: ' , "' . ! ' , " . {' ,.: "; : . - ' : ''_ ' / .. All . dispassionate : persons , . however , will discern this bias on the face of : the whole pro-, ceediiig 8 i from the beginning to ' the end of the ' ttiat ' , Many , ; of . Mr ., Roebuck ' s . statements , as wellv ' as ; the ; witnesses ; examined and- the
questions" put to them , would have been rilled to be inadmissible by an impartial and upright ¦ judge .- "' "But the Chief Baron evidently-luxuriatedjin , ' : therrii ; atia ; liallooed ; on ' - both counsel ^ and ' . witnesses , '| u their , congenial tasl : of , defeming and maligning ! the PiAiN ! rm ? . , In tlie conrse of the ? trial ,. also , sentences continually ar 6 pped ; from him showing » that hehadprejtodgeH "the' case before a single ^ witness on beialf ^ bf . tbJe Pj ^ Ni ^;' wa ^ -examined ; and when those witnesses- were ' "giodjacpi , he [ did all in hispower to damageand discredit their
evidence , -until at last he reached the climax by absolutely ,. refusing p recdye ' th ' eunim '' peachable ., testimony of' two witnesses , whose eyidencejwoulil . have . triumphantl y ¦ established , not only , the ; -honesty , but / ithe ' unparalleleii diainterestedness , generosity , ¦ and labours of Mi * . O'CpNNOKi with reference to' the' Land : Company ' . JMjp , WREr , " the eminent ( accountant , who was / employed : hv the ; Select Committee ; of ,. the House of Commons to- ^ examine : the twhole : of the : accounts , books , and vouchers of the ' : Lapd Company , firera its c Ominenceuient , was pro-
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(}« ced as a ipatnessilTAfter'great opposition tp ¦ the ; ^ testioawnyu ^ of » pewan ^ wlio ; c ^ me forward iMterally 4 o f iate facto and Jigwes of ; more , importaboe and pertiueS ^ to'tKeM ^ mry Uiau 'all' the « tTier ; iwithesse 8 'beside ' ej '' jhie ^ w *^ at j length / ipermittea to be examined , Mr , 1 ^ aiM had 'just deposed that ; te r : - ' . had' ^ ' 4 woted eighteen < days---fifteen hmrs < eack day--ikojihe ' eiatnination of the accounts , and 'that rihe resutt \ wasV-i---wheii tlw J . TJ »© Bf'iHiterfeyed , and seeiufied to hear his farther evidence . ' flu the name ¦ of Heaven , ' was < t 5 ier . e ewer a 'mare stamoless and infamous act than tibis : ? O ^ ere u-as a . raau who came into a 'Count of Law for tike ipiujpoao of clearing Me character from : an ^ imputat ion of dishones ^ , and the fraudulent
itakapprapriatiou ofpuMicimoneytohifiprrarate ^ ii . rposes ^ and ; yet ,. whom ., the witness ia , pro-4 uced \ who , of aU the taeoanthe wee-H , wa « most tsompeteet to state the mealfacta , the . 0 irax&E--( the functaonary whose « woaTn jtaid solemn duty at iis . to-see that justioe is fully * ndimpartially done between man amd man— . refuses to'jet ithe Jury ,, who are t » : decide upon the facts , . hear . wlvat these facts really are i ^ Tihe same lindefeosible and monBtrous obBtructicai of the ¦ course of justice was pursued in tbe case of Mr . EiNLAiboiir , the eminent Government acituary , w ho had also examined , the acco . uuts-r ' ¦ thus . pvav . ing the determination of iho Judge to drivetihe Jury to a verdict against the plaintiff , if he . possibly could . ' ' . / ' i
AVe belieye that this . iforcible suppression of the most -essential and most ; important evidence tendered by the plaintiff , j ; c onstitutes an undeniable claim for a new trial , ' which , for the honour of our judicial tribunals , and the feliaracter of juries , is certainly imperatively demanded . - - ' ; ¦ ¦ : oV " - ' !• ¦ , '¦¦ - ¦ ¦'¦¦ ¦ - ' . - - '¦ : i - < v- : > The JuDGE ^ -h aying thus ^ as ; faras He ' could , jsonfined the attention ' . of the Jui-y ^ to [ ati ; inleompleto aud : one-Bided , statement of * jfactEr—¦ aext proceeded ito sum up , in a ' manner which ' ezcited , if riot the indignation , " at least thb tlie astonishriient : ' . of those who' heard ¦ it ^—
hian y . of . them by ' no means , friends of % ? O'Connor . ¦ , la the ^ ^ discharge of that ' grave and important portion of judicial : duty / it 'is weli-knWn that everyj Judge is guided by certain general ' princip les of " equity , and rules : of , practiced ' It is , distinctly understood that it : is to be \ yhatit : professes to be , a simple recapitulatioQ of the fucta proredby the evidence , and a statement of the law affecting th « ^ se " at issue . : The' 'Judge is ; to give ^^ rib opinion ^ ^ himself , iis ; ' tothe meritsofthe case , that is left , by . the Constitution to the Jury ; But Chief Baron Tollcick did-not confine himself within these limits . He made
a reply to Mr . Sergeant Wilkins , which Mr . Uob » WK himself could'hot have equalled fo malignity . and one-sidedneis ... . He , even tra veiled out . of the : evidence altogether to sneer » t the politico-economical character of : the Land Scheme , arid to diiparage the allotment systohi as Vsystem . ' For the" sake' of producing as unfavourable an impressiori p in the . whole case as he possibly could , he first assumed that the whole couHtry was to be cut up into small farms , and then asked , " what is to become of ii ^ ckildren if all : the land is pre-occupied ? " Haying , as ho wished , ' ezcited ! . a titter by this capital question , arid being determined to push his supposed triumph still further , ho asked another— " What is to become of tho
jr « ne £ cWWris » . £ " . ' ' ¦ . ' ¦ ^ : . : ' ; '¦ ' .... Apart from these unseemly and improper impbrtations into a , grave judicial ; , discourse , the gravamen of his summary was the illegality of the plan of the National Land . Company . But who . is : to blame for that illegality ? Not Mr . O'Connor . From the very commencement-he ; has done everything that man could possibly do to , secure the legalisation of the
Plan . The . yanous functionaries entrusted with the administration of the laws affecting such Associations , have , resolutely refused to enrol . or , register the Company ; not-because it was illegal , but simply-because : it was . prb : moted by -the Chartistg .,.. We ¦ Ba , y , this advisedly , because wo could produce copies of the rule * of other Societies , similar in principle and construction to those of tho Land
Company , which were certified by the Baitister appointed to enrol the laws , of Friendly Socities .: It . is well-kuqwn that Mr . Tidd Phatt received a decided intimation from high quarters ^ 'that he . was not " to enrolthe Chartist Land Scheme , and , to prevent the possibility of its being so , the , Attorney-Genera ! ey . en went the length of introducing an alteration of the Acts under which the Barrister was'empowered to act— 'takiug away the discretionary power formerly invested in him , and rendering thb sanction of the Home Sbcre-XAitr and . the Axxorney-G ' enei ; ai- necessary in such . cases ! ¦ ; .
Baffled in this quarter by -the-determination of the Government to refuse the Society the protectiori of th «; ia \ y , ; Mr . O'Connor and the Directors next , ; at ft very , considerable expense ^ complied with the provisions of the Act for the registration of Joint Stock Companies , and experienced in that quartei * similar opposition from the functionaries , " on tlie ground that the scheme ,: involving , as it did , allotment by ballot , . ' brought it within the purview of the Lottery Acts , and ' made it illegal . ' , Mr . O'Connor believed that there was sin essential
difference between the ballot arid a lottery ; but when the . Select Committee ; decided against him and the Company on this point , immediate steps were taken to alter the constitution of the Company ; so as to bring it within the requirements of the law . But , even then , the Registrar refused to legalize it , and an expensive action has had to be instituted for a mandamus , 'to compel him to perform what is a mere ministerial duty . That mandamus has ^ not yet been ' obtained ; for the Govern ^ ment officials procrastinate , ar id haye recourse to 'all . legal means of : evading compliance . ' Had it been obtained , as it ought to have been , the "Chief Baron ' s phillipic against the plaintiff would have had as little foundation in fact as it had in equity . , .
, Mr . O'Connor , we repeat , has done / all that nsan could do to legalize the : Companyrr the Government and'their oincers have as determinedly refused the right thus claimed ; and now the JuDGE'takes advantage of the wrong thus done , to justify the infliction of further wrongs ! ¦ ' ¦ - . : ¦; " ?<'¦ :: ¦; ¦ ' .: ... . - ... - : . ¦ . ; -. ; . ; 1 Tassrrig'fi'onrthe ' Judge tbthe Jury , wefirid the incidents of this Memorable " .. trial all in keeping . , A verdict ,. grossly 'incon sis tent and
contradictory ,, followed" the exclusion of eyid « ince , ' and < the charge we , have commented npon . > They voted'that ! white ^ was black and white at the sametinie'V that'the Editor of the $ Qtiij }( jhqfn Journal told' the truth ; when . he said Mr . O'Connor was dishoriest , and at the same time they declared , that Mh O'Connor ' s tl honesty . was unimpeachable !" Who can explain this enigma ? We shall hazard a conjecture . ' . ; ' ; ;¦¦
Notwithstanding the refusal of conclusiye and undeniable evidence to prove the honour and- integrity of Mr . 0 'Gonnok , ' enough , was adduced to show tho Juty-that the allegation againsf' himwks a ' gross and unfounded calumriy , but th ^ ey Avere misled by the partisan prejudices of tKe . . Judge ,: arid riot exempt from ( the prejudices which have heretofore alienated the middle , classes from the Chartists and their leader . Under these influences they availed themselves of the alternative so Jesuiticall y BUggested to tliem by tlie Ohief , Bahon they
satisfied their conscience by pronouncing the character of the Plaintiff to be unimpeachable , while , ' at the same' timej they ! gratified their prejudices by ^ inflating upon hir ii the coBt » 6 f the action !'• •;! i 6 ;^^ umV ; Mr : ; O'Connor . " with expenses " has / been a policy : long , pursued b y classes opposeiltp-him , but the infamous injustice Of ; whioHhe has been the victim riever was so ^ I pable as inthjf instance . The two « i » tement | jfc : the ; Verdict ^^ ^ flatj y contradict each : . btheiv' 7 : ! W $ ** i -O'CoirifoR'g hpneiity w unimpeachable , ' Jhe' WeniJSrit J w «
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« uiity of ^ a iip ^ ijmd ^ ugat ' to ^ pwofifr ' sd'fbr it . ' ^ t'rf ; - - . if - $ M-k ^ iWf-itr ^ i l ^ -l i ; . en as a whple > hbj ^ ever , wo ( Regard ; the tfanal . arid , the' verdict . ai , orie . ' of : tte ; greateat wtoiies ever ; abnie ^ : by /^ «|> ther ? man could hare coined to ; triumphantljr out of such an ordeal , arid ' extorted such a distinct recognUion of ; hiBhono » y , and integrity from , r . a , tribunal ; •; ' thn »\ ; fearfall yf . ! il rejadiced ' against him . > Twice . has this V ^ erdict . been pronounced in his favour . ;; In the one case , it wasithe resulti- ' of . " patient , protracted , and minute ' investigation of all the facts ;¦ in the second , everi ' the suppressionof ^ dence , the partisanship of the Judge , arid "the class prejudices ; of the Jury , have not
established anythingagainst the faiifame of the Hon . Member for Nottingham . : ' On the , contrary that a Ju ' 17 havealso solemnly recorded their opinion % his fiwoiir . " We observe that the factionjournals ; are'bitterly ' annoyed at this decieibni ' Ambiig ' the rest , the . Morning Chronicle vents it » , spleen , ' both upon the Select Committee' " and the Jury , for not deciding against tho facts . ' The Times—while it expressly . acquits Mr . O'Connor of any personal dishonesty—exults over the trial , as a final and conclusive blow to the Small Farm system of which he is the advocate . That is a part of the subject which we shall advert to upon another occasion . It is one well worthy of detailed consideration . ; V v
In the meantime , let us ask the industrious classes of this country , who believe that political emancipation' must precede their ; social elevation , 'to calmly review the whole of the procejedings . in connexion with the Land Com panyj and Mr . O . ' Cosnor ' s conduct towards it . Prom : the moment : the plan was . proposed , discussion was ^ freely invited upon its merits and practicability ; in every part of the country . It yas ^ deHberatel y ' adopted by delegates ; » ppoiritedl not by Mr . O'Connor , but by persons representing those ,: who , ; after full consideration , catrie to the belief , that , if carried out , it would 'improye their condition ; ' - There has never been either deception , reserve , or mystery in any of its proceedings . '' Its affairs have been openly conducted under the . sanction and surveillance 0 $ successive Conferences of delegates , chosen by the members- themselves . The irioney has been expended with r their knowledge and . approbation , as was required by- the laws of the , 0 , ompany . All that Mr . O'Connor has gained by the whole proceeding , / has been -unceasing toil , trouble , arid anxiety , incessant attacks of the most infamous and calumnious nature , upon his character and motives—arid ; the outlay of a very large sum of money , expendecLin the service of the Company . - ; i ' ; : •• -: ¦! = : ¦¦• . ¦ .-Wemake no appeal to public gratitude , for one who has done arid . suffered so much for the benefit of , his fellow-men . Pure , lofty , and
disinterested patriotism , must . ever in the long run / meet with a due reward . The clouds by which passion arid prejudice may dim such a character ^ are but momentary in their transit , and it ^ shines put all the more brilliantly from the temporary obscuration . There 'i s a joy , which the sordid and selfish have no conception of , in struggling for noble objects in the face of ail ignorant or interested opposition ; and when posterity comes to raise monuments , it does not do so . to the . idols of the passing liour ; ¦ The great men whose memories it consecrates , where the despised , persecuted , and maligned Keforniers of their own days , y ;
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PARLIAMENT ARY REVIEW , Ministers have recommenced their old and expensive system of doling out money to the " distressed Unions " - in Ireland , instead . : of initiating' raeajsures by -vrhich these Unions might fling off the burden of pauperism that . weighs upon them , arid ; become self-supporting . Within the last three years Twelve Millions Stekling have been expended by the present Government , ostensibly for ' . the relief of Irish distress , and the permanent improvement of
that country . The amount is large—the re--suits aye nil . Those districts upon which the famine fell with the mos . t ^ crushing ^ and dea dly severity , are , in alii essential respects , in ! as hopeless a condition as when , that calamity first bcfel them . The only difference is , that emi- ; gratiori , pestilerice , and death ¦ have somewhat thinned the population ; but as to the developement of the resources of the soil-rby the introduction of new capital , on secure and simple-tenures , or- the employment of the peepl ^' who remain in remunerative and beneficial labour—that seems to be a task equally
beyond the power of the ^ Government , and the present landlord constituted Parliament . The pockets of the tax-paying portion o £ the people pay the penalty for their ignorance ,-or selfishness , or both combined ; If they' continue to hold the reins of . Government ,. no end of this expensive and unsatisfactory , mpde . of ^ proceeding , is to beI" looked- for . , The causes of ' the evil being ' allowed , to remain untouched , the results will , of course , continue to aniict the sister country ; and our statesmen , being either unwilling or unable to devise and apply
effectual remedies , the people of this country will have to' pay the piper , " with the mortifying c 6 nscibusne 8 s that their money is wasted . If it did any real good , there would be some consolatibri and . gratification in paying it , however much the hard-working operative , or sorely-pinched shopkeeper , might feel this addition to burdens already ^ iiir too heavy ; yet , if they could see that the millions expended were effecting a perceptible arid gradual improvement in ; the condition of the people , we are convincfid that the assistance would be most
cheerfully given ; ¦ ' But there is no such coinpensa- . tiori or return offered . The "thirty distressGd unions , ' of which wo heard so much in 1849 , are M distressed unions '' still in 1850 . After a sum ' total of ^ 4 , 483 . . Qb () has been advanced On account of pauper relief alone—not reckoning " grants , " " remission ? , " and other benefactions to a much greater amount—it is now proposed'to 7 e ; irf £ 300 , 000 more ^ in the same
way . - " Lend-.- !" —^^ why , does anybody ever exr pect that money thus lent and-thus expended ; will ever be repaid ?¦ It would be far better to be stratight&rwardj and propose 'to make the ¦ whole of it a present to the landlords ^ at orice ; for , after all , it is " to bolster up ' the predominance of the landlords , -and their ,. system in Irelaridf ' and : to stave off a radical reform in , that' country , that the mouqy is wanted , andjwill . be ; sperit . " . * '" ' . ';¦ ¦ * ' ' ' : . ' . '
, Lord . . John is not celebrated for looking very far into futurity in his financial policy .-We hRve usually : hail to condemn it , on the ground of its being a system ; of make-shifts—a handto-mouth mode of' proceeding--but on this occasion . he has . drawn a long '"" bill " on posterity : He proposes to add the new-loan of £ 300 j 000 to the £ 4 , 483 , 000 already lent , and that the re-payriiemVof the whole sum shall be made by instalments , " spreading " over forty years ; Some . 'ten years before the date of the Christian era , is written '"a . d . 2 , 000 , ' ' - ;—if nothing occurs to prevent ?'< th- ^ is debt wilibe paid . But , Between ; 1850 and ; 1890 , what a variety ofcontirigoricies will aiise' ! We need not , however , speculate , upon the nature of many of these ,
sufficient for our purpose are ibe immediate , fticts ' of' the case . Besides this debt due i by th ' e distressed ^ portions of-the provinces' of Corinauglit' and Munster to the ' Imperial Treasury ,. , they owei . £ 270 , 000 . to . their con-i tractors .- ; arid in . ten ^ but of ; the thirty XTnioris , ' executions - 'haveMbeenalroadyi levied ^ iri ; -ithV WorkKouses , ^ nd the very ^ beds- ' .-in- » the infirmary wairds seized a& seourity . ¦ • . 'Besides this , there are the' current expeiises'Of the mass of pauperism r which .. presses upon them , arid for abso . rbing .= which no practical plan is pi ^ posed ' . - The ' pi-ospect , therofore ^ of : ¦ the * debt being liquidatea in 18 |) d" -is ; V rinder ^ these circuiri-, ^ stance ' s , wyerydUbiduB one ; The ^ rohabilitiea w-e not onlythat the sum will aeyerDe retftid , '
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but that . , Wftong , sa »^ thelpresent syalemfl , all (? we 4 ,. to ; . cpn ^ nue ; in ; these pravinceg th « ^ opk ^) ffho ^ Mmpds ^ il ^| auperised by jj ' will becpnie ' annual perisibriefs on the miZ rial t / onaolidated Fund , tOcthe great relief « the landlords , who . ought either to employ Or ¦ upport the people ^ on . what they call « their ' * estates . The ^ SdO ^ OOO 1 tasked for by the-Tremier , so far fr . oni ; bfeJng tte laBt ^ ig tm { u . precursor of-many t similar . proposals ia futurA years ; ' 4 Tho only tway tovstop their recur rence , js to ibegin resolutely , and rationally to cure pauperism , ' instead of first making and then feeding pauperB . ^ f ; v < 8 * ^
The people at large are deepl y interested in . this question . ' Apart , from the reflex action on themselves ,- arising ; from moral and social evil , of a raBt amount of pauperism , the dp cuniary weight of . the burden presses almS exclusively rip - on the ' poorer arid strueelini , classes . ' The-landlords and the wealth ^ classes ; by various pluns , contrive to shuffle the burden off their own shoulders to those of the classes . beneath them . In fact , it is tho doop who support the poor . Instead of each p erson paying according to his ability for the support of those requiring ' relief , it will be found in this country , that . the rates invariably fall lightest upon tho rich parishes , and heaviest up 0 Q those mainl y occupied by the middle and work * ing classes . This is one of the grievances and inequalities which' will never be eftectuallv lemeuieu
until the people are fully and fairh represented in their own House of Parliament
The House of Lords presented an animated spectacle , on Monday , ni ght . A faction fi ^ ht had been announced , and thechampions on either side were well known for their mettle and ability . ; Curiosity ran high : Peeressei thronged the part of the gallery allotted to them—the space , between the throne and the table was crowded . with sons of . Peers -and others , having the , privilege of that part of . tha Below the bar
House . , a large assemblage of members of the other . House and of ladies had assembled , and the galleries set apart for meriibers were " also fujly occupied . The business in their own House , was " . businesa . '' It was therefore left to be . disposed of in a somewhat humdrum-style , by the few hai'd- working members upon whom the burden of all the real work principally and commonl y falls while the dilletanti legislators enjoyed the
contest between Lord Stanley and the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland , ^ with respect to theconduct of the latter in removing Lord Rodea from _ the'magistracy , on account of his parUcipationin the p . roceedmgs . which led to the massacre by tho Orangemen at Dollj ' s Brae . Such was the question ostensibl y at issue but in reality it was-a- bold attempt on the partof the Orange faction to regain their lost supremacy .. ' They-ventured upon fighting a pjtehed battle on the vfloor of the Houge ° of ' Loj-ds- ^ -theyselectedi the ablest Parliamentary orator in the ' eountry as their champion— -he presented himself . armed , as we may say , cap , a pie — he came full y and carefully made up : on the question ^ and—was signally dtfoated . ¦ ¦¦¦; ¦ •' . .
: ' Taken as a display of Parliamentary oratory , perhaps . Lord Stanley himself never exhibited greater- ability . The arrangement of his matter—the gradual development of his case—the ease , fluency , and force with which , for . full three . hours , he kept up . his hold upon the attention of his auditors , were all proofs of the possession of rare and high powers of rhetoric and eloquence . But the speech at the sairie time forcibl y illustrated all the leading defects ' ^ of the orator ' s intellect . Prejudiced , impetuous , and . partisan in its character , the whole of a case can nev < r be grasped by it . .. . Lord Stanley is great - as an advocate—as a statesman
he is nothing : in controversy , a brilliant debater — in council , the very worst adviser , that , could ; be listened to . Lord Clarendon , on the other : hand , with less of the showy , oratorical qualifications of his opponent ,, possesses-manyofthe personal and intellectual advantages which , impress favourably and powerfully-upon , those ; who-listen to him . WhatpaYticularlydlstingaished-bimfroin his noble . antagonist , ; was the greater-simplicity and directness of his style-ra calm and equable temperament-r-possessing at the same time sufficient-warmth toredeem itfrom
ibeingphlegmatic , and a more thorough and coinprehensive mastery of all the factsqf the case . In the cpurse . qf thelhree hoars' speech of Lord S tanley , he constructed a most ingenious and artistic case of , oppression-and injustice npon those meek , and much , injured lambs , the Orangemen . According to ; his version of the story they were the ' " meekest , mildest mannered of mankiud , ' - and Lord , Eoden , a veritable saint upon earth . Theydid not wish to act illegally , or to . getinto « _ ' rowa !? with their neighbours ! not they i It was all ; the Papist "rebels , " ( as Lord Stanley . called , them , ) who % vouldnotlefc them be . " religious '' .. and " loyal" quietly ,
; that . force& them intorthis fight . And then , as ; to the figlit itself * what was it ? Why , there was only an idiot lad killed , a ; couple of women , arid a poor old man , and some other . , with ; a few ^ people wpund « d . / . . . What ' -was that to . miike a . noise . about ? ,. . Besides , to show how people , had misrepresented and maligned the Orangemen , it ; had ' been / said , that the idiot lad ' s skull had been smashed to pieces by a blow . from the buUerid of « % n Orangeman's musket ; when the fact reall y wasr-that the blow . was inflicted by the other end . ' Was"it iiot iutplci-able ; that people should thus be calumniated ? Still worse was the conducts
the Lord-Lieutenant in interfering with these loyal and amiably disposed people , ¦ and in instituting an-inquiry into their conduct after their protecting ; brethreii , , tlie Orarigeymagistrates , had refused to do so . Lord Gbrendon had no right to issue such a commission . The Commissioner himself had - drawn up a , garbled ' and one-sided report , ' and the Irish Loi'd Chancellor had , at' the command of the Lord-Lieutenant , cashiered his
somewhat-indiscreet but blameless friend . Lord Eoden . Such conduct was monstrous , unconstitutional , illegal , and ; arbitrary —in short , when his Lordship sat down , amidst loud cheers from his : friends , ' anybody who had never heard anything of the case before must 'have had the impression , ; that a riiore- tyrannical and despotic government , or a " more cruelly-illused , ; patient race . o £ martyrs than the Qi-angemenj never existed on the face of the earth
• Tho delusion was'riot suftered " to last ¦ long / One by one , the various portions of the specious an ^ imp ' osing edince " came to the ground , until , at last not one particle remained of it to testify , that it had / existed . Lord Clarendon demolished ; it completel y ; and the distinct and emphatic manner in which- he avowed tb ^ itth p great : principle of impartial government in Ireland ; i irrespective of creed or party , > yas infuture . 'to-. be the policy pursued , may be taken as . the final , downfall of that , odious section , of the Irish population ^ have ; for ages ' proyed . orio of the greatest cuiscs of ihat iirihappy couriti ' -yi ¦ ' r .,: -.. / , ' :.. ' . I ' ' [ , ' J :
The . Party Processioris Bill , which , ;; isiiow quietly jpassing : through .. the Comriions , Jand . which willriodoubt become lajy ^ jhortl y ,--will put the final extinguisher ri ^ dri ' - those -fd&lijsh and irritating diBpIays- ^ wIiich , like . the . exhibition of a ,. ' piepe ~ of red , cloth to" an . excitable bull , hav ' e . hadtheijinyaviabie effect of rousing into . a paroxysm of fury th&passions of bigotry , intolerance , ^ rid . religious'hated , -wliich have been ^ nursed ; arid ' ihfl . amed ; Vy ¦ % Bectarian train-WS . f& ^ grading ;| d Jiari .:: and ^ p ' os ^ to tho plainest . pnnciplesof . tHe Great Reformer , jn whose name these madmen , havehated , pei ' - secuted ,-and murder « cl ^ ch other . « ' >
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 23, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1562/page/4/
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