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Walt . On thefoUowing night a large party pro-* ° * 3 ed ^ the premises , and having sezied oa the Snaf hy force , they led Inm toanoui-uOuBe , looked 5-n Tjm and placed a guard Ott the house to preveat ^^ pe ; in the meantime the corn , hay , furnirJL an d other property were filled on cars and ^ JJried airay . Tbe bailiff escaped through awin-Y ^ r during the progress of the proceedings , and jjlade his way to Tallow , bit the occurrence nav in * taken place in anotheifcounty the constabulary ooild not interfere . The bailiff has identified the defendant and seven others as the leaders in tne committal of the outrage . '' " . _« .. iw in the tar
The subjoined statement also appears - low paper \ - « On the night of tne 29 th jjt » braa&sart 5 Esgft = a * hood which is raj w gich ejectments had beeD SffiSftS . g Mr . Smith held also a farm on toown hands , under the care of a steward who resides on the premises . In this district , which has teen much disturbed duringthe past year , a formidable combination manifested itself against the iavment of rent , and to such an extent was the principle of this illegal confederacy carried out , Sat no labourers for any amount of reward could lie proenred to cut down and save Mr . Smith ' s crops , which are novr over ripe . One of the tenants , named William Barker , under these
circumstances volunteered to assist his landlord ; accordingly he sent his son-in-law and two daughters , to assist in cutting down the crops ; and for thus oaring to commit a laudable act , Barker was visited the same night by some miscreants who cut off the ears of two valuable horses , his property . It is necessary to observe that such is the lawless taste of this locality , that Mr . Smith is obliged to keep two bailiff ' s ' armed to the . teeth' to protect his farm properly from destruction . On the following day , Sfr . Valentine Goold , sub-inspector , visited the scene of outrage and arrested a woman named Anne Gahan , who is committed under suspicions circumstances for farther examination before the magistrates at the Tullow petty sessions . A horse belonging to a man named Hogan , of Ballinvauey , a tenant of Mr . Smith , was shot a short time since , in consequence of assisting his landlord to crop his land . " o __ .
The Harvest ahd the Potato Chop . —Mr . Hugh Morgan Tuite , of Sonna , formerly member for TVestmeath , and an extensive resident proprietor in that county , where his exertions have greatly prosjoted good husbandry , has addressed the following communication to the DulUn Evening Post , containing a more favourable report of the potato crop fhan has yet appeared from any other source : — " Sonna , Mullingar , Sept . 6 . " Sir , —The intense interest -with which the fate of the potato crop is watched , aad the ansiety which you have uniformly felt to get the truth on a point of such vital importance to Ireland , combined with- a conviction existing on my mind that there are persons who wish that crop to be a failure , or at any rate considerably deficient , hare induced me to give you the result of my observations in various parts
of Westmeath and Longford . That a blight has taken place is evident ; but I am now certain that the disease is of a mild and greatly mitigated character as compared with the past years of onr suffering . I have seen some acres dug , and closely watched the state of the potatoes belonging to a large number of my- labourers and neighbours brought in daily by them for their families , and I can safely assert that more than three-fourths of the crop is safe , except , perhaps , in some localities sear towns , where the superabundance of manure led to an over free use of it . I am also confident that if only one-half of the immense crop planted succeeds , of which I have no doubt , there will be abundance and plenty in the land , quite enough , I trust , to mar the designs of such beings who wish for the destruction of " the gifts of the Almighty to forward selfish and sinister views of their own . To
such individuals I wish no worse fate than that they should bi-weekly undergo the distress and fright of ¦ being choked by a potato to within an inch of their existence , till God , in his bountiful mercy and goodness blesses Ireland with such another favourable season and abundant crops of oats and potatoes . — I have the honour to be , sir , yow faithful servant , " Hugh M . Terra . " The reports of the progress of the harvest from other quarters are generally very favourable . The Tesjst-eight Movement . —The council of the Tenant League in Dublin hare issued a circular containing instructions which they recommend for the conducting of county meetings , and which are to the effect that a council meeting should beheld "to determine the divisions of the county into districts for organisation ; to consider the feasibility of electing tenant-right members of parliament : "
and to determine on the mode of collecting the proportion of the fund of £ 10 , 000 . " The Nation eaya ; — " The county meetings to declare for the tenant league are fixed to begin after a single week . They -will take place in the following order , subject to the concurrence of the local committees . Wexford will begin with a council meeting on Tuesday , the 17 eh , and a public meeting on Wednesday , the 18 th ; Kilkenny will follow with a council meeting on Saturday , the 21 st , and a public meeting on the 23 rd ; Meath comes next day with a council meeting on the 24 th , to be followed by a public meeting on "Wednesday , the 25 th . Three counties in a week !" Excujibered Estates Commission . —For the week ending on the 5 th instant , there were fourteen additional petitions for the sale of estates filed in the Encumbered Court , making the total number of petitions , 1 , 19 ?; and , before the 1 st of November , they will probably amount to 1 , 300 .
Cieanse awis Chops . —The Trake Chronicle contains the following : — " 2 Jo less than sixty summonses were issued at the suit of the Earl of Kenmare , against a party of labourers who cut , and housed in the ham on the lands , the corn crops of Francis Mayberry , Esq ., of Lackabane . The labourers are summoned under an act of William III ., for Sabbath-breaking . The penalty is os . fine , or two hours' imprisonment in the stocks . It is a curious coincidence that under the act the penalty is directed to be recovered by the churchwarden , and in this case the churchwarden is Mr . Francis
Mahony , the occupier of the land for the parish of Aghadoe , in which it is situated , and his brother , Mr . Richard Mayberry , is churchwarden for the adjoining one of Killarney . " Charge op Mchdsr . —Two men , named O'Drea , from the parish of Moycullen , have been taken into custody upon the charge of having murdered a man named Bartley Kearns , at Bushy Park , on the night of Wednesday , the 4 th inst . —Galtvay Vindicator . The Queen's Colleges . —Two of the Roman Catholic Prelates appointed Visitors to the colleges , Archbishop M'Hale and Archbishop Slattery , have declined to act . Stew B . O 1 L& 3 Cathouc University . —The Thurle 3
correspondent of the Cork Examiner states that " on the day after the division a unanimous decree ¦ was passed for taking immediate steps to found a Catholic university . Every ecclesiastic in Ireland will be called upon to pay an annual tax of two per cent , on his income for its support , and a committee has been already named for carrying the project into effect . The Primate and Dr . Cantwell for Ulster , Archbishop M'Hale and Dr . Derry for Connaught , Archbishop Murray and Dr . Haly for Leuwter , Archbishop Slattery and Dr . Foran for Minister , are to associate with themselves as many priests , and a similar number of laymen are to be associated with both , to form a provisional eommittee for carrying the project into effect . Dr . Cantwel ) , it is said , commences by a subscription of £ 11 , 000 . " e
Lobd Duxgaxxok ASD his Tesantrt—Lord Dungannon in a letter , addressed to the Bdfatt Chronicle , states that " a tenant of mine , named John Gilmore ; holds fifty-four Irish acresunder me in the townland of Dehorned , situate in the parish of Bramgooland and county of Down ; and for that land , the lease for which has just fallen in , he' teen paying lls . 9 d . the Irish acre ; of these he has been under-letting ten acres to a person named Patrick M'Cormack , for the amount of forty-six shillings and fourpence per acre . When the fact
was made known to me , I could scarcely give credit to it , and could only finally he persuaded of its truth by the man producing and laying before me his stamped receipt for the above sum . John Gilmore , who was receiving this almost unheard-of amount for land in that locality , or , indeed , in most others , holds a separate piece * of land , containing four acres and one rood , which fell out of lease about three years since . The old rent of the piece was two pounds eighteen shillings and fourpence ; on a new valuation it was raised to five pounds . Against this John Gilmore exclaimed as harsh and
oppressive ; he being , I am happy and proud to bo able to add , one of the very few throughout my somewhat extensive and very scattered property who is disposed to complain himself , and excite a spirit or discontent amongst others * * * I trust rmny may henceforth be induced to pause ere they condemn , on the bare assertions of persons whose object seems to be to excite the worst of all feelings between parties whose interests are essentially one , or give too ready a credit to what , on further investigation , may be found to apply to other parties than those who have been of late too cften held up to unmerited obloquy , j hate the D ° usGA 5 ^ f ? ** ' sk ' y 0 Ul" very obedi ent servant ,
OcTHiGEs . —The neighbourhood of Kelly ' s Grove and Clontuskert has lattery become very trouble some ; several disputes have arisen there , and outrages of a very bad character have taken place Within the last few nights two houses have been set on fire , and another house thro wn down . We understand that Mr . Wallack , the receiver over Kelly ' s Grove property , has made several distresses on those lands , and placed keepers on the seizures made . We know many case 3 in which the undue severity of agents and tax collectors has driven the people to desperation ,
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MR . FEARGUS O'CONNOR , M . P ., IN NOTTINGHAM . ( From the Nottingham Review . ) Last Sunday evening , Feargus O' Connor , Esq ., M . P ., arrived in this town , having attended a large , camp meeting at Mountsorrel , Leicestershire ,. the same day ;' and oa Monday , in conformitywith his usual practice at the close of each parliamentary session , the honourable member presented himself before sucli of the " electors and non-electors" of
Nottingham as chose to meet him , resigned into their hands his representative functions , and afterwards went through the formality of re-election . A temporary platform was erected for the occasion in the Market-place ,. upon which , about half-past one o ' clock in the afternoon , Mr . O'Connor took up his position , amidst the congratulatory shontings of several hundreds of his friends , cMefly . non-electorSi and am ongst whom we noticed a considerable number of
females . : Mr . Satjnders , of Bradford , having been elected to preside over the meeting , said , they were assembled together fov the purpoge of meeting their esteemed , honourable , and honest representative , Mr . O'Connor , who came before them in pursuance of his expressed intention at the time of his election , to resign into the hands of his constituents the tru st they had reposed in him ; but should he be re-elected , he was as willing as ever to serve them to the utmost of his ability . ( Cheers . ) He ( the chairman ) was well aware that the factions of this town were hot very well suited with Mr . O'Connor . But why was this ? To him the reasons were very plain . Mr .
O'Connor did not butter his words sufficiently for them ; neither did he court their smiles . He was not disliked only for what he had left undone , but for actions he had performed . When Mr . O'Connor came amongst the working classes of this country , he found that nearly the entire press was opposed to the interests of labour , and in order to remove the mist from the eyes of the working population , he established a . newspaper , wherein he had given the people to understand their rights , and the manner in which they might be obtained , ( Cheers . ) Those were some of the reasons why the factions were dissatisfied with Mr . ; O'Connor . They were asked the other day , on a dirty bit of paper circulated by Mi * . Bradshaw , " What important measure Mr . O'Connor had introduced into the
House of Commons V He had brought forward one , at least , and one of more importance to them than any measure introduced by any other out of the 656 members comprising the house . But what was the conduct of that house—the collective wisdom of the nationupon the occasion ? The government and its hirelings absented themselves , and a sprig of the aristocracy rose to . his feet and counted out the house ; and in that way every measure tending to ameliorate the condition of the working classes was treated . ( Shame . ) Without farther observations he would make way for their worthy
representative-Mr . O'CONKOR , who , on rising , was greeted with cheers , said—Mr . Chairman , electors , and non-electors of Nottingham , of the People ' s Charter , ¦ wh ich , I have now advocated for fifteen years , there are only two points that I am enabled to carry out—and those are annual parliaments and universal suffrage . ( Cheers . ) And notwithstanding all the antagonism with which I have had to contend from the Nottingham papers , a tyrannical government , and opposing factions in the House of Commons , I stand here before you now , in no little room or cockloft only capable of holding a few men , but under the canopy of
the broad blue sky , defying any person in the world to charge me with one single act repulsive to your interests . ( Loud cheers . ) During the thirty years of my political life , I have withstood more antagonism than any man who ever went before me , and , I trust , than any man who will come after me . Now , you know how Nottingham has been represented before this time—you know that every man who has represented you , excepting myself , has received-some government office . Lord Denman was made Chief Justice ; and John Cam Hobhouse , who , when he was member for Westminster , said , if it was in his power , he wonld tnrn the Thames into the House of Com .
mon 8 , to sweep it out—who was then a republican—is now a minister of the crown . Do you suppose the hope of being Chief Justice , Lord Chancellor , Governor-General of India , Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , or Prime Minister of England , would induce me to g ive one single vote opposed to your interests ? No . As I told you , 1 am now in the thirtieth year of my agitation ; I have never travelled a mile or taken a meal at your expense ; and I have spent over a hundred thousand pounds of my own money in attempting to elevate your position . Do I blame the tyrants in the House of Commons , or the government soldiers ? No ; I blame yourselves . You are the parties that I blame ;
United , you stand , Divided , you fall . The man who receives 20 s . a week looks with scorn and contempt on the man who earns 10 s . a week ; and he with 10 s . a week looks with-contempt on the pauper in the union workhouse . If I had the power I wished , and my principles were fully carried out , the men who earns 10 s . or £ 1 now , would obtain-£ 3 a week ; and the capitalists should not trade in your blood , sinews , and sweat . Another man can come here to cater for popularity amongst the middle classes ; but do you think I would hold my seat in Parliament at the price of giving up any portion of your principles ? ( Cheers , and cries of " No . " ) Well , my friends , why do not you work
as I have worked ? The third -session of the present parliament has terminated , and I come again for the third time to tender you my resignation . I do not represent you alone in the House of Commons , but my own feelings and principles also . ( Cheers . ) If your principles did not coincide with my own , I would not profess to be the representative of one and not of the other . ( Cheers . ) I have been much abused here . Where is death ' s head on a broomstick now ? ( Laughter and cheering . ) Where is Bradshaw , who has maligned me so much ? against whom I brought an action for libel ; onlv the jury gave a verdiot against me , and yet declared my personal honesty was unimpeached . Would
they have given such -a verdict against any other man in the kingdom ? I say they would not . Had a maa preferred an action against me upon the same ground that I brought this against Bradshaw , they would havo given him large damages and made me pay ; because , as I have often told you , there is one law for the rich and another forthe poor . (( Cheers , anderiesof" Shame" . ) There is more danger to the peasant who shoots the squire's hare , than to the squire who shoots the peasant ' s head . ( " Thafs true ; " and cheering . ) 2 fow , -1 am « ome amongst you again to prepare jour minds for obtaining your rights . I was at Mountsorrel yesterday , and I never saw a sot of more spirited , '
determined fellows than assembled there—some from a great distance . They all declared they were about to rouse up the principles of'Chartism once more . ( Loud cheers . ) It is not only upon English princip les and feelings that . you have to rely ; but upon foreign principles and feelings also . Government has nov for many years been basing ita power upon an alliance with France . The Special Constable of France h . \ s made" his tour ; the Times and other newspapers re oort his reception to have been enthusiastic and hig hly favourable ; whilst all the French journals not in his favour report truly that he was execrated and fiVed at ; that the cry of " Vive la Republique ! " follow ed him wherever he went . Can you conceive a gr e ater anomaly than that of an individual appointed as president of a republic being annoyed and teriVtiod at the cry ,
"Live the KepubJic ? " ( Cheers . ) Does not that show that he is trying tojuggloy u ? ( Cheers . ) Just as the Reformers in 1831 and 183 i" juggled you . Thank God , there is more knowledge . in England than in France , and I hope tho power of the mind will overthrow tho power of tho cannotf and tlie musket . ( Loud cheers . ) In ' 31 and ' 32 not a working man would get up on the public pla . tform to speak a word for himself . Why ? Because , the middle classes , the then , reformers , spouted your principles tor you ; told you . what you receive from reform ; and you did not think it necessary to advocate your own cause . But now you have every member in the House of Commons on the platform for you ; yet you might take at random 650 of the labouring classes who should be more eloquent , and fifty times more honest and able than they . As the chairman has told you , when I brought forward my measure , the house was counted out , only twenty , nine members in number : whereas on any question
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relative to ecclesiastical commissioners , woods and forests , or anything opposed to your interests , the house would be crammed to suffooation . And see how the people ' s enemies are rewarded . John Campbell — his father was Attorney-Generalprosecuted me at York , and is now Chief Justice . Frederick , Pollock , to whom I am indebted for eight days' prosecution at Lancaster , is now Chief Justice of the Exchequer ; and Sir John Jervis , now Chief Justice of tho Common Pleas , is the man who attempted to prosecute me at Liverpool . ( Shame . ) _ Well , but my friends , I look forward to better times , . When trade is good your order is disunited . The men who earn'ten shillings a week say , "We are well off . " . Then you ought to be
united . When trade gets bad it is " Now lead us on to death and glory , " I seek to pass you through three stages—the creation of mind , the organisation of mind , and the direotion of mind . I have . created it in the face of all antagonism ; I have organised it , and-with God ' s blessing , when France and England fall out , I will direct that mind in such a course as to render every man capable of living with comfort , and luxuriously , by the sweat of his brow . ( Vehement cheering . ) When I go , into the House of Commons , and look upon the red faces of those fellows who are , eating . all day and drinking all night , and when 1 come into the . manufacturing districts again , and see the pale faces of those , they live upon , is it not enough to make my blood run
cold ? My friends , I dp not advocate your principles to secure . your support- My family have advocated them now for naif a century and two years . My unole is in the fifty-second year , of his banishment , and the ninetieth year of his ago , and is as staunch a supporter of tho people as ever . ( Hear . ) My father was seven years in a dungeon , and by the hardships he suffered at the hands of his persecutors , was prematurel y thrown into the cold grave . Do I look to the shedding of blood for an alteration in our condition ? I never committed a cruel or bloody act in my life ; . except hero once when I was attacked by the Blue lambs . Then I was necessitated to shed , some little blood , because my own was shed —( cheers and laughter )—and although
several years have passed away since that time , I am still as young and able to drive the Blue lambs as ever . ( Laughter . ) Is there another man than myself in the House of Commons who at the close of each session tenders in his resignation to his constituents ? Not one . This Mr . Bradshaw has issued a kind of play-bill , telling his friends how they should receive me here to-day . Why is he not hero himself ? A leader ' of a party should always be present when ho is wanted . I never desert the people when they require a leader . Look at the manner ia which the House of Commons is constituted now . , There are the Whigs on one side ; tho Tories and Protectionists on the other ; the Free Traders sitting behind , and the Irish members alongside of them . Now
the Free Traders and Irish members will vote with the government , because they say " we 'Want to keep the Tories out . " But I say , as I stated before in tne house—and Sir Robert Peel was horrified at the assertion—that I do not care whether the Pope , the Pretender , or the Devil is on the throne , provided the power behind the throne is greater than the throne . ( Laughter . ) I do not want to see people in that house passing laws to try how they can best suck your , blood and marrow out of you . ( Cheers . ) I do more of the people ' s work than any man . I give all my time and attention to your cause . ( Cheers . ) Do I care for tho reviling of a few lickspittles , or what ' Death ' s head on a broomstick may say " to me ? Not I . Tho press never
praised one single act of mine , and if it did I would look in the mirror to Pee if my head was not turned upside down . I havo endeavoured to locate you all upon the land ; I have placed £ 7 , 000 or £ 8 , 000 in that enterprize ; and however it may be put down by government and the prosecution of the moat fortunate rascals on the land , I am determined to go on still , till I place every man in the labour market , on his own property , under the shadow of his own vine and fig tree , none daring to make him afraid . ( I < oud cheering . ) F « r the maintenance of your cause I have been put on trial several times in England ; and also in Ireland , for opposing the parsons there and endeavouring to put down tithes . After contrasting the taxation of this country with
that in America , Mr . O'Connor proceeded j These things , should open your eyes , and you should not be satisfied when you receive eight , nine , or ten shillings a week ; you should associate yourselves in clubs , and discuss the Labour Question . Ask , f What could I earn when fairly represented , and if the Charter was the law of the land to-movrow *" You would then become energetic Chartists . The House of Commons will remain as it is so long as you remain as you are . Be but united and firm and a change will speedily take place . ( Cheers . ) At a meeting at tho Crown and Anchor , in London , some time back , when the Duke of Blchmond and a number of large landlords were present , it was said by one individual that the farmers were
ready to mount their agricultural horses asd ride out towards Westminister to flabbergast the Queen . I asked Sir G . Grey in the House of Commons , if I had made such an avowal in respect of the Chartists , what course would have been pursued towards them ? and Sir George replied , "I will give the honourable member no answer . " " No / ' said I , "butif we had another Chartist meeting on Kennington Common , you would give us an answer . " ( Cfieerihg . ) There is , I repeat it , one law for the rich and another for the poor . The principle for which I have always contended since machinery came upon us with a hop , step , and a jump , ia that you may be enabled to lire in honest and manly independence . In King Alfred ' s time the
twenty-foar hours of the day were divided into three equal portions—eight hours for recreation , eight hours for work , and eight for sleep . Then there was neither bolt nor lock on any man ' s door , because there was no thief . Now there would . be no thieves if the poor man was not compelled to pilfer in order to obtain food for his starving wife or family . I seek to destroy the present evil system altogether . I seek to make the House of Commons a true , veritable , honest , upright representationof the working olasses of this counfiry . ( Cheers . ) I hope you will never be diverted from your own cause , however languid or torpid you may bo . I trust in every event you will steadfastly adhere to this point— " The Charter and no surrender . "
( Tremendous cheering , ) Mark you , in the good old times the constitution of the Oharter , * with the excap-> tion of vote by ballot , wag possessed by every one ? you had annual ^ Parliaments , universal suffrage , equal electoral districts , no property qualification , and the payment of members . - "Now the country is become move ^ nYightened , and the people better capable of exercising that franchise than in ignorant barbarous days , and were they but unanimous in their pursuit of liberty , they would speedily enjoy a better state of things . But why were equal electoral districts destroyed ? Because the tyrant : kings of those ttays saw that theipeople ' s strength ! was too great tfor them , and they enfranchised d few rotten boroughs to destroy . the power of the ; people . I have lived a long timenn the atmosphere '
of agitation , aad I intend to live-two or three hundred years if necessary — ( laughter)—until the Charter becomes the law of the land—( cheers)—until there are no women or children starving . 3 don't care about you men , you-can shift yor yourselves . The women are tho best Chartists , and 3 have told them down in Lancashire that I will have none but women at my meetings . ( Laughter . ) I shall not make further remarks , except to again express my thanks for the reception you have given me , and to assure you that if re-elected , I will return to the house at the opening of the session > as your representative , unbougbt , unbribed , unsc ducable , and -determined to , plead your cause no matter what the terror of the law may be , and notwithstanding what animosity may exist towards me msome portion of the workiog-clasa . ( Loud and continued cheering . )
. Some written questions from a person in the crowd , were then handed up to Mr . O'Cnnor , calling for an explanation of some part of his conduct . Mr . O'Connor .-said it was generally understood that a man should have notice of the matters upon which ho waBtto be tried ; but , nevertheless , ho . would endeavour to say a word-or to to the interrogations contained on the paper ho held in hie hand . It read as follows : — " A number of friende , and that number not a few , would be glad to know jour reasons forecasting at your post in the House ; of Commons at a time when the real friends of the . human race were battling on the continent for iibirty ? " Also , " why you stated that ' youhad ? apoken and written more against republicanism ;
than any man living V and your reacons for writing against tho Republic of America , seeing that America is tho asylum > of our persecuted and expatriated brethren , the Irish ?"—( Here the speaker explained , that so long as he obtained the Charter , he car-ed not whether the Pope , the Pretender , or the Dovil was on the throne . He was ne-yer an advocate cf republicanism . When they had tho Charter , then Jet the majority of the people declare a republic if they liked . The Charter was the first tn'ng- ( Cheers . ) The paper also inquired Mr : O Connors reasons "for voting that the policy of Lord Palmerston was good ; knowingthat Lord
, Paltnorston had sent an armed fleet to put down liberty in Portugal , and bad attempted in all his proceedings , to erect a middle-class barrier against the Proletarians in every country in Europe ? " Mr , 0 ' Connor said , had that motion in the houso been a vote of confidence in the government , ho should have opposed it . Ho voted for Lord Palmerston , because his lordship did not allow several powers abroad to destroy English settlers , and because he ( Mr . O'Connor ) thought he had battled against more opposition than any foreign minister that ever went before , or would erer como after him .
Mr . J . Sweet inquired where were Bradshaw and Company , the Hawlcridges , Hannays , « &c , who had blackballed Mr . O'Connor in his absence ? Why had not they the manliness to stand up there to make their charges , and give the individual whose character they affected , an opportunity of answerinR for
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himself ? ( Cheers . ) He called things by their right names , and did not hesitate to say , that the man who would blackball another behind his back , was no hotter than an assassin stabbing in the dark . ( Cheees . ) A resolution had been given him to move , whioh was as follows- : " That we , the electors and non-electors of Nottingham , beg most respectfully to tender our sincere thanks to our distinguished representative , Feargus O Connor , Esq for his unwearied and talented seryices , as member of Parliament for this town . " -Mr . O'Connor would
be returned again if they pleased , notwithstanding the abuse and slanders put upon him by thei hirelings of a corrupt press , and the ingratitude of some of the working-class . The resolution proceeded " and we begto assure him , that our confidence m him remains unshaken , and we therefore most earnestly request him to resume those duties he has so ably performed , with honour to himself , and satisfaction to his constituents . " It afforded him great pleasure to propose the resolution . Mr \ Roberts briefly seconded the resolution , which was oarried with only four dissentients .
Mr . O Connor , in . returning thanks , stated that he had been requested to stand for Cork , his native county , but that ; he had declared he would never give ud Nottingham , till Nottingham gave him up ; and reiterated his promises to support the cause of thepeople . He asked all present to take off their hats , and give three " rousing" cheers for tho Charter , and no surrender ; " which having been enthusiastically performed , he called for three "jolly " groans for the Whigs . This appeal . was followed by " groanings that cannot be uttered , " at least in print . Tho meeting broke up at about half-past two , after a vote of thanks had been voted to the chairman , on the motion of Mr . Roberts .
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MARSHAL HAYNAU-HIS RECEPTION AND FLIGHT . ( From the Daily- Neivs . ) The warm reception given to Marshal Haynau by the brewers of Southwark , as narrated in our publication of Saturday last , has been considered exaggerated by some of our contemporaries . But on inquiry every statement has been fully corroborated . Indeed , as " further particulars" are brought to light , the affair takes a more serious aspect , and there seems to have been more dignity and determination in the proceedings than was at first supposed . Nor is it probable that those who " assisted V in the demonstration will be subjected to any annoyance , as Messrs . Bnrolay have not suspended any of their men . The principal of the firm it seems is out of town , and his determination is not precisely known ; but the other members of the firm have declined interfering ; it seems certain that they intend to let the matter drop . At any rate the name of the Marshal has been formally erased from the visitors' book , whioh seems significant .
The marshal , it seems , was accompanied by his nephew and an interpreter , and they presented themselves about half-past twelve o'clock on Wednesday at the brewery . The interpreter having handed 'n a letter of introduction from Baron Rothschild to the chief clerk , the party were at once shown into the chief office , where it is customary for visitors to write their names in the visitors book . The marshal having written " Haynau " in rather a bold style , he wa 3 consigned to one of the servants to conduct him over the brewery . The moment he quitted a commotion was visible in the office , and ere manj minutes had elapsed several of the clerks and collectors were seen to leave the brewery hastily , and in a short space of time the
carters , draymen , and others from the opposite premises of the establishment , with a host of labourers from the neighbouring Borough Market , congregated outside the gates ofthe brewery . Some of them were armed with long carters ' whips , and others had long cane brooms . The general had been shown over most of the departments , and had arrived at the stables , when the series of assaults commenced . He was about entering the lower stalls when a heavy truss of straw was thrown out from the loft above ; it fell upon his head , and knocked him to the ground with much force . Having regained his legs , missiles of the most offensive character were thrown into his face , and as it was evident that a furious storm was brewing
against their party , their hasty retreat was suggested . With as much expedition as possible , the marshal , with his nephew and interpreter , bolted across the yard , and on reaching the street they were met with the most fearful yells and execrations from the mob who had oollocied outside the entrance gates . Indeed it is scarcely possible , we are assured , to convey an accurate idea of the horrible noise that burst forth from the populace when the affrighted general appeared . He was allowed to reach about the middle of tho street , when some ol theoarters , who were in waiting with their heavy whips , cried out , '' Oh , this is the fellow that flogged the women , ig it ! " and instantly commenced lashing him with all their might . The
marshal then quickened his speed , but the mob , which had considerably increased by the arrival of a number of coal-heavers from Banksido , crowded near him , and all that could get to him were kicking and shoving him , and crying , " He ' s a murderer j give it him . Down with the Austrian butcher . Shove him into the river . " With some difficulty he contrived to reach the corner of Bankside , when he was knocked down , and an attempt was mado by the more excited of the populace to drag him away , it is thought , for the purpose of throwing him into the Thames . His nephew and interpreter , however , managed to keep hold of him , and again got him upon his legs . He then made another effort to get away between his attendants . The mob ,
however , followea him up , and lashed , pelted , and hooted him in the most furious style . He was flogged with the whips , struck over the back with the brooms , beaten with the coal-heavers' " fantail" hats , while an unremitting Bhower of filth was levelled at him . Several gentleman who witnessed the attack made an attempt to protect the marshal , wiio appeared to be fast sinking from exhaustion and ill usage , while his interpreter implored the mob not to kill him . Two young men in the service of Mr . Winter , the ironmonger , in Bankside , met the men , and endeavoured to restrain them . * ' He is a murderer , " was the reply . "We won't have him here , the Austrian butcher ; we'll teach him to flog women . " Another rush was
made at him ; his nat was thrown high into the air , anrid loud derisive shouts , and his clothes nearly tornoff his back . His moustache and beard were polled in the moat violent manner , and one man , who had in his hand a large Wadded knife , caught 'holdof the-marshal ' s beard , and made a strong effort to out it off . By this timo the party had reachedthe George public-house , in Bankside , near Southwark Bridge , kept by Mr , Senfield , and in the confusion the general succeeded an getting from the mob , and running into the George .. The nephew : and interpreter remained at the door as long as it was practicable ; they , however , were soon compelled to seek shelter inside , themob beating them and rushing up stairs . Mr . Benficld at the time ir / lfi fltt&Y ) i \ l }) fr / ih £ h /> hn >* on / 1 hio * o \ fa nrno nn nlni + in ¦• »»¦«¦»• 7 ifiruo
— - ' ., ---q » v nuu vv »* -f uuu jlu >> jiu uu CttVUS with her child . In an instant the lower part of the house was filled by the mob , Whose conduct now became-furious , while hundreds collected in front Loud were the cries— "Out -with the butcher !" "Drag the murderor out !" - "Down with'the wretch : !'' Several rooms were entered , but the marshal-could not be found , and it was supposed he had been concealed . Tho mob then became impatient , and would listen to nothing else than his production . Several men scaled tho front of tho house and got into the front room windows . The nephew and interpreter were found on the landing , but the > object of their fury was nowhere to be seen . In a few moments a loud yell proceeded from the back part of the premises . Some coalheavers had
discovered the marshal crouched in a dust bin attached to the house . By the . hair of his head they dragged him out , shouting , "We have got the Austrian women floggerT ' , This announcement was received with almost frantic cheers by the mob outside the house , and the marshal was about being drugged along tho passage into tho streets , when his cries attracted the sympathy of some strangers , who , with . the aid of his nephew and interpreter , succeededrin getting him from . the grasp of his assailants , and in locking him up in one of the bedrooms , while others stood sentry at the door , and prevented jt being forced . Mr . Benfield , the landlord , endeavoured to appease tho mob . They replied , however , that if the wretch was not given up .
tlioy would pull tho house down . Most fortunately . Mr . Benflcld . at the first rush into his house , arid fearing that it would really be demolished , sent for a policeman , who arrived just at the moment the threats were being made , and it being dangerous for him to act alone , he ran to the police-station for further « id . A strong body of tho fo ^ cesoon arrived , and their appearance at once quelled the fury of the populace . The inspector , on entering the houso , found the general seated on tho edge of a bed in a pltiablo condition . He was much exhausted , and in his own language complained sevorely of the pain ho endured from the injuries inflicted upon him . Having partaken of some slight refreshment , the inspector assured him , through tho interpreter , that
he might consider himself perfectly safe under his caro , as he had a body of officers down below to protect him . It was some time , however , ere he could be induced to bclievo that ho was free from further violence . His torn garments having been temporarily repaired b y tho interpreter , and Mr . Benfield having lent him a hat , he ventured to make for the Thames police galley that was lying at the foot of tho stairs fronting the George . Gettin g saMy into the boat , if was rowed to Waterloo Bridge . A cab was then procured , and the exhausted marshal was conveyod to Morley ' s Hotel Charing Cross . It should be mentioned , however ' that whon ho toot his doparturo from Bankside lie was greeted with yells , and his hat was thrown into the river after him . During the remainder of that day the . general was i
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confined to his bed at his hotel . On Friday he was still suffering from the injuries be had sustained . He was visited by several of the Austrian nobles and others resident in London ; and in order to avoid the recurrence of a similar display of feeling , arrangements were made for his quitting England , and in the course of Friday night , we are informed , he took his leave . . The Geor ge , where Haynau took refuge , has been over sineo an attraction to the curious . It has been daily visited by crowds of exiled Hungarians , the dusthole and bedroom being objects of much attraction to the curious . Cheers are repeatedly given by the visitors for the draymen and coal-heavers . Mr . Benfield , to whom Haynau was largely indebted for his safety , called at Morley ' s and sent in his card , but the marshal refused to receive him .
The excitement caused by the occurrence has found a political vent . The following verses , entitled " The Southwark Brewers and the Austrian Butcher , " were very generally sung about the streets Of Southwark on Saturday night : — Jolly boys who brew porter tor Barclay and Perkins , The prime London stout of our cans and our firkins , Here ' s a health , English hearts , what'er may betide , For the dose you gave Haynau along the Bankside . Derry down , down , downf Derry down . The deeds pf this butcher wo all have heard tell , How died Bathyani , how Leiningen fell : Gallant Aulich he hanged like a felon and a slave , Tho' he prayed like a soldier to go to his grave . Derry down , down , down , Derry down .
And 'twas in cold blood , when the battle was won—Was won by the Russians—for Austria had run ; When Gorgey had o ' er to the enemy passed ; But brave English Guyon he fought to the last . Derry down , down down , Derry down . Oh , the cord for the neck , and the lash for the back , When Haynau commanded , they never were slack ; And women he scourged , till the red blood ran down , This chief of the armies of Austria ' s crown . Derry down , down , down , Derry down . Ye lasses of Southwark , a health unto you , Who aided to give Marshal Haynau his due ; The wretch who flogged women deserves well to meet Rough welcome like yours in each fair London street . Derry down , down , down , Derry down .
Turn him out , turn him out , from our side of the Thames , Let him go to great Tories and high-titled dames : * He may walk the west end , and parade in his pride . But he'll not come again near the " George" in Bankside . Derry down , down , down , Derry down . ( From the Standard , ) The Times has to-day a long article , denouncing the scandalous atrocity of flinging straw and brewers' grains , besides foul words , at General Haynau , and leading him along the streets by his preposterous moustache , as bears are conducted by a cord fastened to a ring through their noses . We sympathise with the indignation of the Times at the
proceeding , and bo wo hope , will every man whom the general left unshot or unhanged in Hungary , and every noble lady recovered from the scars of the cat-o ' -niae tails exercised upon her person by his orders . The Times will have it that tho affair was too shocking not to be the result of a conspiracy , which doubtless adds to the malignity of the disorder by making it premeditated . Our contemporary , too , says , that they who were concerned in the mobbing of Haynau never hoard of'bis . name . If this be so , the press is a very inefficient public instructor , for during several month ' s the general ' s active proceedings in Hungary formed the most interesting intelligence of all the London newspapers ; and even they who were unable to read must have seen in every small stationer ' s window his
picture , representing him in the humane and g allant act of flogging women . The Times exhibits its anger through a whole column . Now we do not remember that the Times was so indignant when a mob of reformers pulled the DuHe of Wellington , Irom his horse and nearly murdered him ; but we do remember that much about the time of that outrage our contemporary recommended the ueo of brick-bats and bludgeons against the enemies of reform . It is well that the Times has come to a milder mood , and we hope that the mood may ba permanent . We have , however , our misgivingg when we reflect that General Haynau was introduced to Barclay ' s as " the friend of Baron ( Mr . ) Rothschild ; " and that if Satan himself could claim the patronage of a rich Jew the Times would resent an affront offered to Satan .
( From the Hampshire Independent . ) Our readers are , probably , already aware that Marshal Haynau , whose doings in Italy and Hungary have obtained for him so infamous a notoriety , has been some short time in England , whither he bent his steps after his late ignominious dismissal from office by the Austrian government . The newspapers inform us that he first looked in to . gaze at the orators of the Peace Congress on his way , and then came on to London . This , of course , was with the hero of Brescia and Pesth a matter of choice . England , thank God , is not a country of passports and spies , and her shores have been a refuge for every political fugitive , from Louis Philippe down to Louia Blanc , from Prince Metternich to Ledru Rollin . Haynau , too , might have lived in peace and obscurity in our immense metropolis , if he had
been content to rest satisfied with that privacy which must for evermore be his only chance of escaping from the scorn and execration of every man , with a spark of humanity or honour in his bosom . But , instead of adopting this prudent course , the Austrian hangman and woman-fiogger must go starring it forsooth through the large manufacturing and commercial establishments of London ; and , ia doing so , he has already had an opportunity of knowing , by the most unpleasant demonstration , what the people of England think of his horrid butcheries throughout his Italian and Hungarian : campaigns , we have given , in another column , an account of the attack made on him on Wednesday last ; and although we are no friends of mob law .
¦ we are quite certain that , the workmen of Messrs . Barclay and Perkins , when they pelted with mud this second Alva , very fairly represented the feelings entertained towards him by every intelligent working man in England . Marshal Haynau will soon learn to his cost , if he should persist in obtruding ; hig hateful and detested presence into our industrial establishments , that the Times , in treating of bis barbarous , proceedings , is not a true exponent of English opinion ; and ho will learn , further , that the working men of this country , though they may tolerate his residence among us , will be no parties to "lionising" a detestable and inhuman miscreant , who , in addition to all his other crimes , bad Italian ladies of high birth and fortune flogged in the public square , for no other cause than their de « votion to their country ' s honour and independence . Such a man , if we can properly call one , must be
taught to understand that in this country , at least , privacy ia his only safeguard against that scorn and contumely which in the estimation of freemen will ever attach to his hated name . We are glad he escaped uninjured beyond being pelted with dirt , but we really think Meaars . Barclay and Perkins' workmen deserve great credit for having compelled him , to take to his heels and seek refuge under a bed . We have already , at various times , paid far too much respect to continental tyrants who have visited our shores , and it is to be hoped that the little hunt got up on Wednesday by some of the London draymen may in future have a salutary effect on persons who are vain enough to seek for public applause by the magnitude of their crimes . At the present moment the following extracts from the Austrian general's proclamations in Hungary , may not be uninteresting : —
Take care not to incur my vengeance by revolutionary movements . Not being able in such case toiind out the guilty party , I shall be compelled to punish the whole district . If on the territory occupied by my army , or on tha rear , any attempt shall be committed against my soldiers or if any of the convoys should be stopped , or a courier or a transport of provisions prevented , an immediate punishment shall be inflicted on the guilty commune , it 3 uall become the prey to flames , and shall he leveUed to the ground to serve as a frightful example to other communes . Any individual who shalleither b word or action oi
, y by wearing any revolutionary signs or emWems . shall dare to support the cause of the rebels-any iHtUvidual who shall insult one of my soldiers , or those of our brave allies , either by words or blows—any individual who shall enter into crimmal relations with the enemies of the crown , or who sliall seek to kindle tho flame of rebellion by reports spread tor a sinister purpose , or who sliall be rash enough to conceal arms or not deliver them up within the delay fixed by my proclamation , shall he put to death within the shortest possible delay on the spot where the crime shall be committed , without distinction of condition or sex .
. TDE CRUELTIES TO MAYNAU . The other day we heard of the General at Frankfort , listening to Mr . Cobden with a face as long as a saint ' s , and apparently taking great interest in tho Peace movement The arch'hypocrito was aU lowed to keep his seat . If any of the membera of the Congress felt the meeting disgraced bv his presence , not one had tho courage to point ' him out as ILiynau , who put human blood-hounds in the track of Kossuth and his brave companions : who caused his aged mother and his three nelpless children to bo seized and dragged to Vienna » lm seized the wife of GenerarGuyon and hs ' infant children , because tho General had taken part n he wLX £ 1 S c ° MfymeJ » ^ d embraced ; who oidered the Countess of Karol y to be shot tw wism £ w * rW ' " 111 regiment ; and who directed Madanie de Maderspacb , who then residedat ltusltly , be taken from h
. er husband and children , dragged into a square formed by the troops , and in the presence of the population , who had been accustomed to honour her on account of her benevolent disposition , to be stripped and flogged with rods ! Madame do Maderspach ' s husband shot himself . A general cry of horror was raised at the infliotion of this torture ; tho people attempted to massaoro the Captain who directed the flagellat "" / , , ut ^ wa 3 protected bytho'troops . Inordertofill ^ iMrigJfi . of this lady ' s bitterness , her son \ flg ) PS | eSsSj 5 y \ m sent to Italy as a common soldwr ^^^ m ^ ) » ¦ - ' " ' Pj ] i ^^|^ O | S 3 § f- y ^ % # ^^^ h If ^ ' ^ &iir S / ## 8 'f ^ I " ^ I V- -4 yoi ; # V X-f ) ** ' . £
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The Scotsman says that in Scotland the potato croi > , as a whole , is sound , but the tubers are unusually small . Phtsicai VESSD 5 JfoBAL—TViether the Physical wants should fee remedied through the Moral , or the Moral through the Physical , has been a question whioh has occupied the attention of philosophers and philanthropists for centuries . Without attempting to decide the question , there can be no doubt that when the Physical condition is impaired it demands the first attention . For instance ; a person whilst suffering from an acute attack of Gout would be unable to appreciate the suolimest lessens of philosophy , even though enunciated bj the divine Plato . How much more welcome to the sufferer would be a box of Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills , so efficacious in eradicating this distressing malady .
Thebiseducs . —The history of medicine is by no means flattering to science . It is questionable whether more is known of diseases , their cause , and their CUFe , at this moment , than in the time of Galen ; it is certain thatdiseases are quite as numerous , and in the aggregate as fetal . Every age has produced some new sjstem of artificial therapeutics which the next age has banished ; each has boasted in its torn of cures , and they , in their turn , have been condemned as failures . Medicines themselves are the subjects unsettled ; in fact , that it has no established princi ples , that it is little more than conjectural ? ' At this moment , ' says Mr . Pinny , ' the opinions on the suhject of treatment are almost as numerous as the practitioners themselves . Witness the mass of contradiction on the treatment of even one disease , namely , consumption . Stroll attributes its frequency to the introduction of barfr . Morton considers bark an effectual curs . Reid ascribes the frequency of the dis . ease to the use of mercury . BrUlonet asserts thatit is
curable by mercury only . Ruse says that consumption is an inflammatory disease—should he treated by bleeding , purging , cooling medicines , and starvation . Salradori sajs it is a disease of debility , and should be treated by ionics , s&md&tlijg remedies , and a generous diet Galen recommended -rinegar as the bestpreventalive of consumption . Dessault and others assert that consumption is often brought on by taking vinegar to prevent obesity . Beddoes recommended foxglove as a specific . Dr . Parr found foxglove more injurious in his practice than beneficial . Such are the contradictory statements of medical men V And jet there Kin be hut one true theory < rf disease . Of tfaefelKbiliry and inefficiency of medicine , none have been more conscious than medical men themselves , many of whom have been honest enough to avow their conviction , and now recommend MESSRS . J ) U BARRT'S REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD , a farina , which careful analysis has shown tn be derived from the root of an African plant , somewhat
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CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER AGAINST CAPT . BUSHE , OF THE 59 ih REGIMENT . An inquest wu Wd it M » Uow , on the 6 th inst ., on the body of a respectable child , named John Denneby . between « x and seven years of age , alleged to have come fay its death in consequence of a blow from a whip said to have been inflicted by Henry Kendal Bushe , captain ef the 59 th Regiment . —Julia Hallisy , the first witness , deposed that she resided with the parents of John Dennehy , and acted as their servant . Oa Wednesday , the 21 st of August , she left home in the evening between six and seven o'clock in company with the deceased .
Mary Hallisy went with them , and they proceeded to walk through barrack-lane . The deceased had a small whip in his hand , and was playing with it . Heard a dog screech . When the captain heard the dog screech he turned back with a large whip in his hand , and opened it ; he then stamped on the ground and said , " You young ruffian , why did you strike my do £ , " striking the deceased at the same time violentlj across the head . It was a large thong whip . The child ran away quickly , and in the confusion knocked himself against a wall .- The deceased then ran home . Does not think the child was struck with the handle of the whip .. Witness went to the mother of the deceased and told her
" Captain Bashe had killed her child . " The child was in perfect health when they went out to walk . The child B « id to its mother that he was not hurt , but on asking htm the second time he stated that his head was sore , and that the knots of the whip west through it . The child was ill several times during that night . —Julia Denneby , the mother of the deceased child , corroborated the statement of this witness . —Dr . P . Berry deposed that he first attended the deceased child about a fortnight ago , when it appeared to be in a general fever . Examined the person of the child , and found no marks of violence whatever . The child put his hand to his head , but on witness examining it he found no
marks upon it . The deceased got convulsions about the second or third day , but on the fifth he became convalescent from the fever . The child then appeared so well that it was dressed and sat in his mother ' s lap ; but on the same evening the convulsions returned , and continued at intervals up to the time of his death . Was present when Dr . Braddel made a postmortem examination of the child . There appeared to be some watery fluid in the ventricles of the brain , and the membranes covering it were of a bad colour . There were also minute tubercles formed near the base of the brain . The substance of the brain was remarkably soft . —Coroner : Can yon say what is the cause of the child ' s death ?
Witness : Yes ; the child died from water on the brain , which appeared to follow an attack of fever . —The witness continued to depose that the chest of the child was also examined , and one of the lungs were found diseased . There were other manifestations of disease , which must have existed prior to the child ' s last illness . —Coroner : Would the blow of a whip cause the injuries you describe ? Witness : Certainly not ; However , let me qualify it by saying that ibe blow of a whip , if severe enough , wonld predispose the child to . fever , or , if given on the head , to water on the brain . —To a juror : The disease in the lungs had nothing to do with the child ' s death . —Cross-examined by Mr . Jones :
Examined the child two days after the alleged injury , and fonnd no marks whatever on his body . It is quite possible that giving the child fruit or treating it improperly wonld produce convulsions . - If there was a welt on the cheek ef the child on Wednesday , it certainly must have left gome traces on Friday , when witness saw tbe deceased . —Dr . Braddle deposed to having m&it&post mortem examination of the deceased . The vessels of the brain and its membranes were very much distended , and filled with blood . Thinks this state of the brain arose from inflammation , and that the waterv fluid
discovered in the brain itself arose from the same cause . Had heard that the child was injured in tbe head , and therefore made a very minute examination , but could discover no traces of any injury on that organ . A small lump might have existed on the head a fortnight ago . —The Coroner addressed the jury , who retired , and , after some deliberation , returned with a verdict of " Manslaughter against Captain Bushe . " The crowd that thronged the outer part of the court seemed overjoyed at the result of the inquest , and some of them left the place crying " Bravo . " .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 14, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1591/page/7/
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