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trv en route to the . Transatlantic Con-° ? nt . The combined rinflpence . of fte two £ 5 absolutist Powers has been exercised to Outm ost .-to prevent the liberation of the t rasa whosa genius and patriotism first I ? ** ! jack the Austriana from the plains ffngary ; and ^ o . J * * » farmed tries of Russia , and the treachery of his own « -als would have succeeded in making gff j ^ odom independent and free . The San has , however , apparently , a , higher « senoe for his promises than Christian narchs have for their solemn oaths . He " rifled himself , nnder compnlsion , to retain ^^^^^^ ^^ _ , ^^_ . _* . — A I •! U
fteSung arian HJaro until matters had somewhat settled down in the country , for whose freedom be had so nohly and bravely strag-W He has done so , and thinks the time Ls bow come "when ha should cease to be the \ n \ er , either of Bnssia or Austria . Failing ? a intimidate the Turkish ruler into complice -vritb their demands , the Austrian ^ overnment have , it is said , organised a band of mffians for the express purpose ofmurder-Ijir KossOTH immediately on leaving the rface of his detention . It is confidently
av erted that a number ol assassins , having a gjfe conduct from Vienna , were lurking about g , e walls of the fortress for that purpose ; gad by such bloody and infamous means to prevent then * masters from having any further tr ouble from a man whose release they have xs > t been able to prevent . "We leave our leaders to make their own comments oh such atr ocious conduct , and , in conjunction with other recent acts of the same Governments , to gay -what kind of treatment should he meted out to them when the day of retaliation comes . KossutH will no donbt be received with
enthusiasm on his arrival in this country . But it is bo place for him to remain in at present . Our Foreign Office has , under Lord Fat . hersjox stooped to the inconceivable baseness ^ d degradation of adding an Austrian spy department to oar Police force . Copying tie examp le of Sir James Graham , who lent the post-office to a Foreign tyrant , and enabled jjini to entrap and murder the noble Brothers BiXDiERi—the Foreign Minister of England allows Austria to prostitute , our Police force to let detestable and blood-thirsty purposes . It 25 p robable that this startling fact would have
remai ned a secret , but for the very singular circumstances attendant upon the death of the ffoman calling herself the Baronesa Yon Beck , whose really interesting Book on Hungarian aflairs we reviewed -some time ago . Ifhether she was a Baroness , and npon intimate terms with Kosstjth , or one ' Raicdla , sn Austrian woman of low birth , ' the hired spy , for a superior Bpy as is alleged by those tfio say she was an impostor , is a matter at pr esent involved in considerable obscurity . Bat one thing is certain , that for the first time ia English polity we have a woman _ spy emp loyed , at a liberal weekly salary , and Bet to TOtch . the movements of those obnoxious to the Austrian despot , with the complicity and
sanction of the Home and Foreign Offices , and the heads of the Police . What explanation the Government may be able to give of this damaging revelation next session , we knownot ; bat , in the meantime , it indicates that England is no home for Kossuih just now . In the United States , if his steps are dogged bv spies and assassins it will , at all events , not be with the sanction of the Government ; and , in these days of railways and steam skips , a few days will place him in Hungary , whenever the necessity for his presence may arise . The probability is that that time is not £ ir distant , and it is , therefore , all the more necessary that a life so precious should he placed in safety .
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TRAITORS IN HIGH PLACES . Better be any shade of politics than a republican , nnder President Buonaparte . The Legitimists may openly plot for the restoration of the BouueoNB , and make pilgrimages to consult as to the best meads of handing over France once more to absolutism and dynastic tyranny , based on the right divine of kings to govern wrong . But for them the law has neither terrors nor punishment . They plot , intriuge , and conspire against the established order of things , without even
disapproval or cenBure . The Orleanists , on the other hand , may as openly busy themselves -with intrigues , the object of which is to place the Count de Paris on a throne , and to subject the people of France " once more to a form of government so thoroughly detested that not even Louis Philiipe ' s knowledge of the world and very considerable ability , conjoined with a liberal expenditure on public works and palaces—always a capital mode of popularity hunting in France , could not render it endurable . The lapse of eighteen years failed to enable the House of Orleans to strike root . At the very first revolutionary blast it was Bwepfc from . Us place as easily aa abed of thistle down . Yet even for the promotion of
the dynastic pretensions of this family , adventurers , and intriguers , and conspirators , are allowed to band themselves together and act undisguised treason to the Republic without let or hindrance . The clique at Claremont are permitted , through their agents , to set on foot every description of electioneering and seditious movement against the established Constitution , unchecked and unpunished . The Republican President , who has sworn to maintarn that Constitution inviolable—the Ministers , who have taken the same oath—the law officers , whose special duty it is to prosecute treasonable and seditious offenders , resolutely close their eyes upon all these overt attempts to overthrow the Republic , of which they are the Executive . In like manner the SocieteDix
Decembre , the object of which is to make ' my uncle ' s nephew' an Emperor , pursue their course unvisited by prosecution , fine or imprisonment , although both their purpose and then * conduct are clearly illegal and treasonable . Very different , indeed , is the treatment of those who seek to uphold the Republic . They are proscribed , hunted from place to place , dragged from their beds at night by the Police , without warrant or distinct cause being shown for then ? arrest and imprisoned in filthy and unhealthy dungeons , without' being told the
charges against them . They are retained for long periods at the pleasure of the Government , until the abominable and infamous mouchards in its pay , can contrive to cook up a case for the ready appetite of a Court Martial ; and , at length , iu defiance of all the rights guaranteed to citizens by the Constitution , they are condemned to transportation for life , to imprisonment for lengthened periods , accompanied by the deprivation of all civil rights—hi other words , they are formally outlawed , and forcibly driven to herd with the vilest criminals , because' they are loyal to the Republic I
This week has seen quite a battue of Republicans by the Parisian police . At one sweep upwards of two hundred and fifty persons were carried off to prison , there to remain till the infamous mockery of Justice at Lyons , is played over again , in . their case . The only cr ime alleged against these persons is , that they were engaged in measures , the object of which was to maintain the Republic against the conspiracies of Monarchists * Bourbons , Orleanists , and Buonapartists . . For that offence they are prosecuted by a Republican Government !
Thia ia a strange and a fearful skate of things . It is of a piece with the perjury , selfishness , meanness , and utter want of principle which , in almost every other direction , characterises the rulers of Europe at the present moment . With perhaps the single exception of Sardinia , there is scarcely a Prince on the Continent who has not openly and deliberately violated his solemn oaths , or is prepared to do so . Never before in history was such an example of wholesale perjury set to the people , by their rulers , Every principle that ought to be held most sacred has been
ruthlessly and wantonly trampled under foot . They have set at defiance every law , both human and Divine , in their atrocious onslaught on the liberties of their subjects . In the middle of the 19 th Century of the Christian era , Emperors , Kings , Grand Dukes , Electors , the Pope , and his Cardinals , have one and all fallen back upon brute force , as the sole -weapon for maintaining their sway over prostrate nationalities . The cannon and the powder magazine are the foundation of their thrones—the sword and the bayonet their only ramparts . They regard their subjects as
their enemies , and in the name of ' Peace , Law , and Order , ' they are making Europe a moral desert . Talk of the Reign of Terror in the first French Revolution ! why it was a bagatelle , in comparison to the atrocities that are now weekly perpetrated in every petty principality on the Continent , by forsworn and shameless rulera , who are , by their con , duct , but too surely provoking terrible and bloody reprisals , from those whom their oppreEsion is rapidly goading to madness , resistance , and revenge . Among these state criminalsone of the greatest is the
Pre-, sident of the French Republic . Let him beware of the result of his machinations against the people , whose generosity have placed him in Iris present elevated position . To whom much is given , much is expected . In proportion to the power and the opportunity ef doing rightly is the responsibility of the individual . If , instead of using these powers honestly and truthfully , he has pervented and abused them . If he has lied , intrigued , and manoeuvred to gain for himself the prolongation of powers denied by the Constitution he swore to maintain and uphold . If , instead of
apply ing the executive powers entrusted to him to their legitimate purposes—namely , the maintenance of Republican institutions in all their integrity , he has basely and falsely turned them against the honest and sincere defenders of those institutions , let him depend uponifc , that a day of retribution will arrive ; and instead of gaining the paltry object for which those political crimes have been committed , he will meet with the merited punishment due to fa ithless and purjured traitors to the divine right of the people , and their own solemnly recorded oaths to uphold that right . _ ^ .
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MR . T . S . DUNCOMBE AND THE TR A DES .
We have been requested to publish the following correspondence : — S 3 , St . JamesVstreet , August 30 th , 1851 . Dear Sib , —I duly received your able account of the proceedings at Stafford , together with various newspapers containing comments thereon . I shall be further obliged to you to send me the full report of both trials as soon as printed , for n the views of the committee are correct , 1 thmK it is impossible that the matter can or ought to rest where it is ;
. .... As innocent men , you acted quite right in rejecting with scorn the contemptible compromise proposed at the eleventh hour , by your quailing prosecutors ; but I see no reason , because an appeal is Dendins why the contemplated mdietniunt for ( eriury should not proceed , unless certain eni-Sewaretobe permitted , not only to conspire with impunity to defraud their . workmen of that " fair day ' s wage" proved to be given by tne . r more honest and liberal-minded townsmen , but riw-to best
perjure themselves to any extent that may suu iheir sinister objeots . ^ pal 1 am sanguine as to the suceess of an a PP < £ i , from perusing the vile attempts and foul mM Wpre-8 entation 3 of a portion of the press ,, written ^ evidently with a view of deterring Trades Societies , and the working classes generally , from Priding those " sinews of war » whereby the Stafford verdicts mil moat probably be set aside , mien parties well knowing , that if those verdicts are permitted to pass undisturbed and unquestioned , no ' , r ' nn threats , no intimidation having been used , tne
praiseworthy intention of the legislature in repealing the combination Act , will be defeated beyond their most sanguine hopes and expectations . . I cannot conclu de without expressing my admiration of the very eloquent and unflinching wanner in which Mr . Parry and the other gent lemen , counsel for tue defence , maintained the rignts w
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Kottt " oksse 8 - P ° nanoooa « onso important to the cause of labour . I remain , dear sir , yours faithfully , Tn Mr Wm n i « Th omas S . DunCOMDB . ^^^ jSS ^ S ^ S ^ National * . _ * J I * _
sSm S ^ sso t clation of United Trades , ¦ DkAB SlB ° % ^ "'^• "a-court-road , London . th ? SLiS 5 "i « t * 5 hehonour ¦ *«» ^ knowledge fit Sd'amfiZZ ^^ com munication of the 30 lh S tSKSSSSa W , " !? Comnii « ee , on behalf BritSeSiv * ° « ^ bour interests of Great KW ° t oSfr you their erateful thank 9 interests of ThfJf , ° ?» devotedness to the interests ot the working classes . *\ $ , S •^¦ gwat satisfaction to find that offered thfmbv tif USal ° f the terms of compromise aSroval ^ n f t ? Pr osec « t <* s has mot with your voT that ' th vim " 1 tfuc ' < l fisher to a / 8 ure you , tnat tney will avail t hameAivea * r » ra ^™ « .
Sffi . 'Ttt ° fleg , alIy vlndieating ' fch ^ Tro •? thS ' rder » ° P P ul ! l * y . elected directors tor «» H rflff' «• » mi 86 IOn Ifc JS t 0 defend t | lC HZl if £ ° lnduatrial combination" within England ™ COgni 36 d V the statute Jaw of i . iitff ??^ J forwardao W ° the verlatim report Of the trial as soon as published . I have the honour to remain , dear sir , . ( On behalf the Committee ) , Your obliged and faithful servant , m . a « ' . William Pbel , Secretary . T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P .
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W 0 L / 5 | l A I l S TIN-PLATE WORKERS TENHAJ ? PUBLIC MEETING AT CHEi
The following resolutions were unanimously agreed to by a public meeting of working men , recently held at the Working Men's Institution , Cheltenham : — lst . —That this meeting look upon tho late trial at Stafford , of the London Trades Delegates and Tin-plate Workers of Wolverhampton , as an act of oppression , and an encroachment upon the labouring classes generally . That we render every just available means in our power to defend them , as the best means of checking the evil intentions of designing men , 2 nd . —This meeting views the conduct of Perry , the Tin-plate Manufacturer , of Wolrerhampton , while holding correspondence and conference with the Trades' Delegates , as treacherous and unprincipled , and deserving the censure of every honest man .
3 rd , —That tue services of the committee already formed to raise subscriptions for the above object , be accepted , with power to add to their numbers , — viz ., Messrs . Birbeok , Chapman , Appcrley , Iliscox , Miller , Joiner , and E . Saarland , Secretary . i . ~ That thethanks of this meeting is due—and are hereby given—to the conductors of the National Association of United Trades , for their manly conduot during this long-ponding trial ; and wo hereby recommend our fellow-townsmen to forthwith join the above associntion . 5 th . —That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Cheltenham Free Press , for sending a reporter ; and to the ' Northern Star , Reynolds ' s Newspaper , Wolverhampton Herald , and Glasgow Sentinel , for theiv advocacy of the cause .
The meeting terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman , for his noble conduct as an employer in advocatiug the rights of labour .
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The Wolverhampton Cosspibact Case . —Mr . Dickinson sends us an address , from which we select the following : —It is possible , though not probable , that we may be beaten in the Queen ' s Bench , and if we are , every workman and trade's unionist will have to put their shoulders to the wheel , and get the obnoxious law erased from the statute booic . We shall then bo compelled to make a dash at the Suffrage . Self-protection will force us to be politician ; our numbers and united actions will force any parliament or ministry to do us
justice , and thus good mW come out of evil . I expect to visit our brethren in Derby , Nottingham , Stafford , Leicester , and other places , within a few days ; and it will be well , if all who have this cause at heart'in those places , would prepare the trades as quickly as possible ; and if friends require our aid in other parts of the country to assist in the necessary work of raising funds , let them write immediately to Mr . Greenslade , Bell Inn , Old Bailey , and their communications will be attended to .
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Balloon Descent ax a Lunatic Abtltim . —The veteran Green , having made his 4 S 5 th ascent from Vauxhall Gardens in the Nassau Balloon on Monday evening , accompanied by a party of gentlemen , effee ted a safe descent on the lawn in front of the Surrey County Lunatic Asylum . Many of the patients , who were enjoying their evening amusements , immediately assisted him in securing the balloon , and rendering him the required assistance . It being the intention of the compauy , which consisted of a party of distinguished military officers , again to embark at dawn of day on an aerial voyage , the descent was accomplished with scarcely any loss of gas . Balloon ascents being now of so frequent occurrence they scarcely deserve any notice in a public journal , but it is with pleasure that we record this , being a practical illustration of the great improvement which has been
effected by Dr . OonoIIy , and others following his hutuaue Views , in the treatment of the insane in this country . Here » large . quantity of afflicted persons immediately rendered the required assistance , and , although the extensive grounds soon became visited by neighbours from all directions , with whom they mixed , they cheerfully returned to the wards of ihe building , without any mischievous excitement from the event . Mr . Green and bis friendB having been received and made welcome by Dr . Diamond , they again ascended early in the morning , Mr . Green observing , it had never been his lot to alight in a more suitable or cheerful spot ; his companions , some of whom had travelled much in foreign countries , expressing in very strong language the "imffiense bwmamtv " now nete displayed in the treatment of lunatics compared to similar establishments they had visited . .
The Government Dun . on Railways . —A Bill is to be brought into Parliament early next session , which has for its object ihe abolition or modification of the present very oppressive passenger tax levied on railways . Many companies which at present paid no dividend , and indeed should they ever be so successful are not likely for many years to come , are obliged to pay large sums annually for passenger duty to the government , which the sharelolders naturally consider a great hardship , and as it can hardly be urged by any person in the House that a number of gentlemen are to invest their capital solely for the purpose of increasing tho revenue of the country , there is very little doabt but that the Bill will pass .
Canadian Land and Railway Association . —At the last meeting of this Association , held at their offices , 18 , Aldermanbury , City , a communication , received by the last American mail , waa read by Mr . Alexander Campbell , Secretary , stating that tho Canadian Legislature had , before its rising , voted 30 , 000 dollars as the proportion of the province towards completing the survey of the Great Trunk Lino of Railway from Halifax , in Novo Scotia , through New Brunswick to Quebeo in Canada , and that there is every probability of the works being soon commenced , which will enable the Association to find employment and freehold land for thousands of their shareholders . Bloo . mbrism . —On Wednesday , two ladies , attired
in short black silk petticoats , reaching below the knee , loose grey silk trowsers fastened at the ankle , brown cashmere boots , vnth a short jaekek for the upper garment , over which was worn a scarf , the head-dress being the bonnot usually worn by females , appeared in Piccadilly , Saint James's-square , and vicinity , their unusunl costume attracting considerable curiosity . They had a number of small handbills , addressed to " mothers , wives , and daughters , " inviting them to the ranks of Dress Reform , and to join the Association of Bloomers , founded near Fitzroy-squave ( Literary Institution , John-street . ) These were left ' at miliners' , dressmakers' , &c . The leader of the movement is said to be a Mrs . Doxter .
The . Widow op the Emrick SnEPnERD . —Everyone musk be gratified with the mark of respect shown to the talents of our countryman , Professor Wjlson , the celebrated Christopher North of Blackwood ' s Magazine , by the recent bestowal of a pension On him by her Majesty . It is not , however , generally known , that the widow of the Ettriok Shepherd has but very slender means of support since the death of her husband , and that theso means have been still further reduced , by the expenses consequent upon the education of her
family , so that her mcome of late years , irrespective of sources on which she could not rely * and of which in part she has been deprived , has been quite inadequate for her comfortabfe support . We believo that this requires only to be known in the right quarter to be remedied , and we trust that Scotland , which has been so often taunted with having allowed her great national poet , Burns , to starve , will not bo reproached also with having neglected the family of him who has always been considered Burns' most eminent successor . — £ & » burgh Advertiser .
Hotel Toutkbs . —In . consequence of tha hindrance to business , and the great incoRvenioace and annoyance occasioned to passeBgors landing at London-bridge Steam . packet Wharf , arising fsomthe immense number of pretended hotel toutera who wait tbo arrival of the boati , orders were issued that none should oe allowed to enter unless they bring an authority from the hotel they represent , and only one will bo allowed from eaoh establish . ment . a great many foreigners , have been dragged to disreputable plagQg ty \^ BBfcUW » , au 4 fcSS&ty imposed upon , - • -
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M ^ ai . EXPERIMENTS WITH FIRE ^ RMsT Woolwich , September 10 . —Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Downman , Major-General Fox , Colonel Dundas , Lieutenant-Colonel Chalmer , Assistant Director-General of Artillery ; Lieutenant-Colonel Burn , Captain Wingfield and Captain Anderson , Royal Artillery * Brigade-Major Walpole , Royal Engineers ; Captain Fox , of the Grenadier Guards ; Captain March , and ^~™ —— 1 ^^ ^ — ^
several other ofi&cers ; Mr . Lawrence , jun . son of the American Minister ; Mr . S . Colt , of revolver celebrity ; Mr . Adams , who submitted another kind of revolver ; and Mr . Sears , inventor of the needle gun ; Mr , LOTell , the armourer in charge of the stores at the Tower , and several scientific gentlemen attended at the butt in the Royal Arsenal , at half-past ten o ' clock to-day , to witness experiments with Mr . CoH ' a and Mr . Adam ' s revolvers , and Mr . Sear ' s needle guns and carbine .
The experiments commenced , at eleven o clock , with Mr . Colt ' s revolving pistols at fifty yards range , and the practice was very good , in several instances the whole of the six balls striking the target , which was about six feet square . Mr . Adams then tried his revolving pistol , which differs from Mr . Colt ' s in having no ramrod , the balls , which were all of a conical shape , being merely placed in the revolving receptacles with the thumb , and the percussion caps placed in their proper posihon for firing by a spring feeder with the least trouble imaginable . When Mr . Colt ' s six charges are fired the cock of the pistol iB drawn back by the thumb on each firingbut
, the action is different in Mr . Adams ' s invention ; tho works which discharge the percussion caps do not have any outside projection , and are yet capable of causing the firing to be very rapid in succession , and the reports very sharp , as if the balls were projected with great velocity . Mr . Colt used both sphe . rical and conical shot , but all those used by Air . Adams were conical , and wadded with an elastic material glued to the ball . Almost Immediately after the firing of the revolving pistols was completed , at one o ' clock p . m ., the 20 th company of the Iloval Sappers and Minors arrived at the place of embarkation , and Major-General Pox , Mr . Colt , and the other gentlemen present , went to the spot ,
and Mr . Colt , in a very handsome manner , with the consent of the Major-General , presented Lieut . Ray , in charge of the company of Royal Sappers and Miners , with one of his revolving pistols . On the return of the officers and gentlemen from witnessing the embarkation of the Sappers and Miners , the rifle stand waa removed from fifty to 200 yards range , and the experiments commenced with Mr , Sears ' s neddle-gun . The ball , one and a half ounces in weight , used in Mr . Sears ' s gun is of a conical shape , and the charge , two and a quarter drams of powder , with a small quantity of igniting composition , is made up in a similar manner to a ball cartridge , and is placed in its firing position with the greatest ease , the loading being
at the breech of the gun , and consequently no ram * rod is required ^ When the charge is placed in the chamber a sliding oover ia pushed forwards which so effectually prevents the smallest portion of the powder escaping that a greater range is obtained with a comparatively smaller charge than can be obtained by any other means yet tried , and the combustion of the projective materials is so complete that apparently hundreds of rounds may bo fired \ fiihout materially soiling tho interior of the barrel , or rendering it necessary to cleanse it . The perfect nature of the combustion was repeatedly tested , by placing clean white paper over the part where the charge was inserted , and it was invariably exhibited as clean and free from stain as it was when applied . The next gun experimented with was one of the present servioe gun barrels , fitted with Mr . Sears's invention , in
which the charge and ball are inserted in one cartridge under the gun , and the firing took place at 400 yards range , to show its capabilities when , fitted with Mr . Sears ' s invention , The firing with both guns , and with a carbine , carrying a ball of one ounce in weight , with a charge of 1 } drams of powder ( about half the usual service charge ) , was remarkably good . The firing was not confined to Mr . Sears j Colonel Dundas , Brigade Major Walpole , Mr . Lovell , Mr . W . II . Gordon , a sergeant and three ganners of the Royal Artillery repeatedly firing from each of the pieces , and with excellent efi ' ec * . There were 139 ¦ rounds fired from the two muskets and eight ; from the carbine , several tiroes in rap "< i succession , the pieces being capable of firing twenty roundg in two minutes , and yet there was no appearance of any of the parts heating or getting the least out of order during the whole time of trial . ' ¦ '
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M 0 H 1 ES RE&E . IVED Fob ihs Week Endixo . Thursday , Sxptbmbeb liaui . 1851 . NATIONAL CHARTER FUND . Received bji JohnABNOUi . - ^ Bermon dsey , per il . Baker 5 s—Coventry , per A Yates . 9 s—Newcastle-upou-Tyne , per G . Grant 4 a Td—Crook , per J . Ceilings 3 s 6 d—Greenwich , per J . Morgan 3 s fid—Staly bridge . per A . HUl 2 s 6 d—Nottingham District , per Jt Skcrrett , Mr . Whitley 2 b 6 d—Buiwell , wrMr . Evely os—Sew KadfoTd . pw Mr . Lovie os—Suttoa-in-Asbfield , per Mr . Kendall , 10 s—Beeston , 3 b . — Total £ 1 5 s Cd . —fieduot expenses for calling delegate meeting 2 s . Balance in hand £ 1 3 a Cd . —Stockport , per T . Glows 10 s , —Tot al ii 31 . 7 d . TRACT FUND . Received by John Aunom . —Matthew John , Merthjr Tj-duim&i . REFUGEES AT TURNMILL STREETi Received by Johh Aa « OII 4-. Lwgh . h ( KWg \\) pei U , JJewfold ia 3 d . i
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ADELPHI THEATRE . VL * Mo ?^» y evening a new melodrama , etftHled the Queens Secret ; or the Iron Mask , founded on aa an opera by Ambroise Thomas , called Le Secret de la hewe , performed at the Opera Comique , in ™ ' " Produced here with complete suciii ^ f ' J ° Pl ^ ed the principal S . w 5 f fen \ . ° ? . ? - The story is founded on a well known historical incident of the reign of Lou . 8 XIV ., and has often afforded subject matter W he novelist , as well as to the playwright ! nfiSS tells ? f a man ot noble birth , who was condemned to impnsonmentin theBastile for political offences and was compelled to wear an iron mask during his incarceration . This extraordinary event led to numerous surmises and theories respecting the name and position of the prisoner , and many persons believed that he was the rightful heir to the throne of France , and that he had received the dreadful sentence in
question to preyent the discovery of his birthright . The belief in thia romantic improbability has given rise to the present production , in which a most ingenious plot ( quite impossible to unravel ) , Las been interwoven out of the historical materials . Roland ( MadameCeleste ) , who , in the end , is doomed to wear the iron mask , has been deserted by his parents , and a reckless adventurer , called the Chevalier de Kosarges ( Webster ) , ia employed by the Cardinal Mazarin ( not in the piece ) to watch over his career . Koland is travelling through a distant part of the country of his birth , when he meets and falls in love with a peasant girl—Aline ( Miss Kathleen Fitzwilliam)—and he is on the point of beinj ; married to her when the nuptials are prevented through the
instrumentality of the Countess de Chevreuse ( Miss Woolgat ) , wb . o is aware that a . mystery hangs about the birth of the young lover , and is accordingly deeply interested in hU welfare . In ord er to favour the Co untess ' s design the Chevalier ( but unknown to her ) sets fire to Roland ' s mansion , and in the confusion which ensues the marriage is suspended- Various incidents follow in rapid succession , and amongst other things it is discovered that the Chevalier had formerly seduced an innocent girl , who had since died , leaving an only child . The name and history of this child forms another episode in the piece , and serves very conveniently to increase the mystery which envelopes the character of the Chevalier . The progress of the plot also discloses the fact that Roland is the Queen ' s son , and the brother of Louis XIV ., and immediately after this discovery he is consigned to a prison under the Cirenmstances before mentioned .
The fates , however , interpose , through the agency of the aforesaid Countess , whose influence over the destiny of the Chevalier is so powerful that the causes an interview to take place between him and Aline , which leads to the discovery that the girl is his own child . In this juncture , he is entreated to favour tha escape of the imprisoned youth , and so completely ia he overcome by compunctions of conscience , that he resolves to atone for his conduct by wearing the iron mask in Roland ' s stead , and leaving the youth to fly from the prison accoropanied ' by his be . trothed , who , having partaken of his sorrows , is now determined to share his joys in a distant land . The drama was extremely interesting throughout , and , when shorn of a great deal of unnecessary dialogue , will prove a valuable addition to the "stock pieces" of this theatre . The acting was all that could be desired , and the play wa 9 announced for repetition amidst the loudest applause .
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FACTS AND INCIDENTS OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION .
The receipts at the doors on Saturday last amounted to £ 1 , 198 l&j ., and £ 1 10 s . was realised by the sale of season tickets , which still continues According to the police returns , 12 , 672 persons visited the building during the day . The attendance at the Crystal Palace once more appears to he on the increase , and on Monday the receipts at the doors rose to £ 2 , 767 17 ^ . 7 . th e number of visitors , according to the police returns , was 56 . S 52 . For this increase several reasons may be assigned , among which , may . be mentioned the gradual diminution of harvest labour , and the
approaching close of the Exhibition . Another feature now becomes prominent . The working classes appear upon the scene in great force , and seem . determined to- witness the speotasle while it is in their power to do SO . Wo do not remember to have seen so > many artisans and mechanics present in tho interior as there were on , Monday . On Saturday night ,, before the departure of ihe excursion train to London , one pawnbroker ia Leeds had received , on deposit no less than a bushel and ; a half of watches v and this sudden and extraordinary accession of business he attributes entirely to the desire which those who are- little able to afford the treat have-to visit the Crystal Palace .
On Tuesday the receipts at the- doors of thebuilding rose to . £ 2 , 735 Is ., the number of visitors ,, according to the- police returns , being 58 , 015 . Tha © ukeof Norfolk-gave a holyday to . sixty more of his farm labourers , who , previoua-to . starting , were regaled with a- substantial breakfast at Arunds ) . Thence they were conveyed by . express train to tho London-btidger terminus , aud they made their appearance in , the Exhibition , in full agricultural costume , and-. with . green rosettea-ia their hats ,. surmounted by ears of corn , as . the signs of a completed harvest * . The receipts at the doorsoaiWe ^ nesday amounted to £ 2 , 39555 . 0 d « and , strange to say , the sale of
season tickets , produced ££ )< According to the police repori ,. S > , 10 G persons , visited the building . Among these' -were lOChmeehsTues and labourers from Wilton ,, s * nt by Mr .. Sidaey Herbert arom his estate ,, the clergyman of the place , and ot ' acvs . Of that number .-120 wero from , tie carpet manufactory of Messrs . B 3 ackmoro > . Brothers , They were chiefly giris ,, and : snany of them , had been employed ia making , the great "Windsor carpet exhibited by Pr ince Albert , Thair : expenses were defrayed by the Mesaya . Blackmore , and by Mes 3 rs . Watson * Bell ,, aod Co ., oS Bond-street . Tha children : i £ "Wiltonspark , and . the National , Fr . ee , and Unk-a ¦ Workhouse Schools-were also included in this
benevolent pleasure teUDv i Tho receipts at tba doors on Thursday amounted ito . £ 2 , G 37 10 s .. Sdi , the number of visitor aciCOCiing to tbe > police reports , being 54 , S 27 ..
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Diaboi . icav Outraob . —A conspiracy of an atXO « cious nature , in connexion w ; 4 h tho killing of Cattle , has just been brought to . light . At thft Limerick petty sessions of Murroe , on Wednesday , Thomas Ryan , James Carey , Jesemiah Carey , Michael Carey , Thomas Carey , ftgobael Ryan , Daniel Ryan Malachy Ryan , James Casey , and Patrick Casey were charged with kitting and houghing cattle on the lands of Furkeela , in this county , the property of farmer named Murphy It Onwnt
a . aDDearprl rhp , family had been ejeotedVtheTagRISS offi curry , and that tha ^ fcittod and houghed had been put upon the lands to graze . Two witne'sea proved that the parties had Wed iKJSSJu f / ' ° P ut t ° death ail beasts sent upon the farm , SSS W " ?• r , been sorted to to a ™' HJ . f ? "ah deep , by driving red hot irons through their intestines . The prisoners were fully committed to the oounty gaol for trial at tho nexd assizes .
Murder or Mr . "White . —On Wednesday tho magisterial investigation at AbbeyleiX j Ireland , was resumed . Alter the exa »* g * jpg 5 gf 5 &P al witnesses , Patrick Maher andTfltaKprMgore mniaudecL until next Wednesday . W eJ ^ TOQ *!* suspected of being the chief actoiKiP MWwv tioa of the late Mr . White , { W \ W ^^ l v ^ p i
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It is said in Galignani that M . Petm mil U readv in about a fortnight to make his first expoimont with his " navigable balloon vessel . " m 3 £ 2 ffl £ » «* W -subscription to aton . tor marKlace mthoae tf ft * IW&m wtatatfl * ia tta Crystal Palace *
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES . T . S . Duncovbb , Esq ., M . P ., President . Established 1845 . " FItt TOSII 1 IA . " "If it were possible for the working classes , by com ' Dining among themselves , to raise , or keep up the general rate of wages , it need hardly be said that this would be a thing not to be punished , but to be welcomed and rejoiced at . " filUA&T MlIiL , ~ - . A _ ^^^ ^ B ^» ^ ^ m - a _ ... ^
As the' Conspiracy' cases approach their solemn and final solution , their deep importance in a public view becomes daily more apparent . The Daily Press—ever ready to take sides with the poor man ' s oppressor , when that oppressor appears in the person of an over-reaching , wages-reducing tyrant—has , it appears , learned with evident surprise and vexation , that it ia not our intention to sit down submissively nnder the Stafford verdicts , or Judge Erie ' s version of the law , as applicable to the working men and their employers .
The 'Times' and ' Daily News , ' have each within these few days honoured us and our cause with lengthy and gratuitous advertisements in the most prominent page of their journals , for which favour we duly return them our grateful acknowledgments . The Times' is surprised to learn —and is eviden'ly astonished—at our dissatisfaction with Justice Erie ' s law and Stafford verdicts ; and in its peculiarly vigorous and unscrupulous manner , bespeaks for us a severe and vindictive sentence . The' Daily News / in its more specious and Jesuitical style , sympathises with us ; inasmuch as , being already comfortably housed within her Majesty ' s gaol at Stafford , we shall have undergone
three months of our imprisonment frora a sentence which may possibly after all be reversed . This remarkable specimen of editorial accuracy , is , however , far exceeded in another portion of the same article , wben the learned scribe who perpetrates them , dreams that he has received and published a letter signed < William Peel , ' wherein he haa an . nounced having given his solicitor instructions to enter an action against Mr . Perry fer a libel . Whether , from a more than ordinary dose of gin or opium , or some other powerful narcotic , the editorial brain was in a happy state of obfuscation , we know not ; . but we do know , that we are not , nor have been yet . within the walls of Stafford Gaol ,
and that we have not written any such letter as ia imputed to us , - and bis editorship would be most amusedly puzzled to produce the copy of the journal in which he says it was inserted . Nevertheless , the object of the article is sufficiently manifest , which is to deter the working classes from contributing towards the legal expenses required for the further prosecution of our defence , and to arouse the manufacturing interest to rally round their champion—the litigious and immaculate Edward Perry . The 'Daily News ' demurs to the estimate reported to have been given by Mr . Roberts of the coBtoi the past and future proceedings , and charges us with a desire—by parading the heavv costs of these
proceedings—of deterring the employing class from imitating Mr . E . Perry ' s lawless proceedings . We should indeed rejoice to find such to be the case ; but we have not—nor ever had—the slightest doubt that pence enough would be found in England to defend . English workmen from bo waaton and unjustifiable an attack upon their industrial rights . We think we can venture to promise the ' Daily News , ' the ' Times , ' and their amiable protegees , the Perry a , that if needs be , we shall even intrude our plebeian wrongs into the princely and aristocratic atmosphere of the House of Lords ; for , to borrow the Daily News' important statement : — ' The principle at stake is far too great to be submitted
to , no matter what the cost of resistance may be . ' ' So the sooner the highest decision on the question can be obtained , the better . ' We say ' Amen ' to that , and reiterate our thanks to the ' Times ' and ' Daily News , ' for their handsome fand gratuitous advertisements , whereby we have no doubt the Defence Fund will be materially strengthened , and a uue knowledge of the principle and objects of the National Association of United Trades , widely diffused . We are truly thankful for these small favours , and shall ever hold them in our grateful remembrance . We rejoice to learn that the cause is being taken up with becoming spirit in Glasgow ,
and other parts of Scotland . Manchester and Liverpool are also thoroughly aroused , and are doing their duty nobly . Messrs . Green and Humphries have left town , the one for the west , the other for the north ; and we have no doubt the n&xt few months will bear golden testimony to their energetic exertions , and our quailing prosecutors discover that they have by these prosecutions done about as wise a thing as they would had they ihrust their heads into a quickset hedge , or their unfortunate hands into a hornet ' s nest . We wish them much joy of their temporary triumph , which we fancy they will find short-lived and most
unsatisfactory . Tho verbatim report of the trials is now in the course of publication , in weekly threepenny numbers . We advise our members to possess themselves of a record of , perhaps , tho most interesting and important trials which have ever taken place between the rival interests—Labour and Capital . We regl'et that frdm the very heavy expenses attending its publication , its price is somewhat higher than periodicals which are usually patronised by the working classes ; but we are sure its verj great important -ffiii obtain for it an extended circulation . No . II . is published this day , and may be obtained through any bookseller or newsman .
We return our thanks to the Metropolitan Trades who are , for the most part , sending in additional contributions . "We have this week received an additional £ 30 from the Amalgawald Engineers , making , we . believe , nearly £ 100 from that important body ; indeed , in all quarters our prospects are cheering and satisfactory . Our excellent President , Mr . Duncombe , whose health , we are happy to say , is rapidly improving under the genial influence of the present delightful weather , has sent us a letter , which will he read with feelings of pleasure by our friends and members . We are proud to find that our proceedings have tnat patriotic gentleman's sympathy and approval ; and we shall not fail , to our utmost , in acting upon his excellent advice , and seek redress for the deep yrroags done to U 3 by Mr . Ferry in a court of justice .
We are happy to state that applications have been received for rules and information from nearly 400 Boiler Makers of Glasgow , preparatory to joining the Association ; and additional adhesions from the Silk Dressers , whom ^ he ^ Leeds Employers , oppressions have aroused into active resistance . Thus does tyranny ever defeat itBelf , and promote the cause it blindly and ignorantly endeavours to crush ; as if the Silk Dressers were to surrender their constitutional rights at the imperial bidding
of a bloated profitmonger . ( Credat Jud % us . ) We hope next week to be able to report of the satisfactory progress of our friends and colleagues , Messrs . Green and Humphries , and of the wide and rapid extension of an Association , for the destruction of which a powerful confederacy is forming , but which , we venture to predict , will reap nought but disappointment and disgrace from their conspiracy . WiiiiAM P £ Et , Secretary . 259 . Tottenham-court-road .
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^ Sepiembeb : 13 ; 1851 . THE NORTHEftNy STAR . \ ^
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KAFPIR WAE . Just before Parliament rose for the recess , Lord Grey stated fliatlie was in daily expectation of a mail , which he confidently anticipated would bring intelligence of the termination of hostilities with the Kaffirs . Bat mail came , but . it did not bring news of ihe close of the -war . Another has arrived , and , instead of its termination , we learn that affairs are going from bad to -worse , that the ¦ ffhole country is in the virtnal possession of an enemy , with whom we are unable to cope effectually ; and that the tactics of the Governor Sir Habby S 31 ITH , so far from being
ssecessful , have spread desolation , ' murder , aad dismay throug h , the -whole of the terr itory subject to the incursions of these warlike savages . It -will be remembered that hi previous defensive and stationary policy was explained by the necessity for waiting until he received reinforcements to enable him to drive the Kaffirs 60 m tfaia fortresses of the imatolas . The troops he waited for have arrived , the Kaffirs have been driven from the fortresses , but only to over-spread the more open country—to burn , destroy , and carry off property wholesale ; and to do bo with . impunity . Behind , before , and on each side of our troops the Kaffirs start up . They nelt before the attack of trained and
disciplined troops ; but the moment they are scattered in one Bpofc they re-assemble in another , asd conscious of their inferiority in open com-\ nt , they lie in ambush , and pick off our troops in detail , without risk to themselves . Such intelligence as this is equivalent to a defeat , and inust be met by a change of policy on the part of the Home Government . We ought either to send put a very large and properly equipped force , sufficient to put an end to the war at once , or withdraw both troops and colonists from the disputed territory ,
aarrow our boundaries , and thus be able , should the Kaffirs persevere in hostilities , to present a Btrong , compact , and well-defended frontier to their attacks . For many reasons , "fre think , the last is the most advisable course . T \ e can gain no glory , even in the vulgar acceptation of that term , by shooting down a tost of almo 3 t naked savages . The country about -which the quarrel has arisen is one vast xnass of sand and rocks , the fee-simple of which is not worth the price of a single year ' s estimate for the keep of the troops ; and its possession would at all times render ub liable to
similar aggressive or capricious outbreaks on the part of ourbaruarous neighbours . Extension in such a colony means weakness , disaster , aad loss of life and treasure , without any corresponding return whatever . Instead of persevering in such a ruinous course as this , it will be far better for Sir H . Smiih to concentrate bis forces on the frontier of the old settled lands , and betake himself to the task of giving satisfaction to the colonists of whom he is the
Cominal Governor . On the other hand , if Earl 6 BEY will not do ifc , some other Colonial Minister must be found who will give the Cape Colonists the power of managing their own affairs , accompanied by the corresponding duty of defending their own lives and properties at their own expense . "When they are once placedin that position , ' Kaffir Wars * will be 'few and farbetween , * . and when they do occur , TriH be settled in one quarter of the time , and at one tenth of the expense entailed upon the Mother" Country , by such inglorious and futile parrels . "WTien every class is crying out against the enormous load of taxation under
^ 'bich it labours , when remissions of taxes on inoivledge , on soap , on tea , on incomes , and aliost of other things necessary and desirable are refused , because the annual expenditure ^ Ul not permit such reductions , it is surely ' too bad' for every taxpayer in England to te obliged to carry one or two Kaffirs on his tack . Every penny squandered in this insane Warfare is absolutely wasted . No possible good can result from it in any shape whatever to the nation , or to the Colony itself . The onl y class who appear to gain anything by its continuance are the officers employed , who W e a chauw of distinguishing themselves in ^ eir . profession , and obtaining thereby quicker
_ . m Vf ^ i _ A promotion . But that is too small an object to be obtained at such a costly rate . Ifc resembles the Chinese method of roasting pigs , so quaintly descr ibed by Charles Lamb . Having discovered a pig roasted in the ashes of a house that had heen burned down , whenever they desired afterwards to taste that delicacy , they set fire to a house , until some one more sagacious than the rest suggested , that the kindling of a fire , and suspending the pig before it , would suit quite as well , and be much less costl y and dangerous . So we say to our military officers ; You must not burn down either your own houses , or the houses of Other people , to cook your pigs , but be contented with less expensive methods .
In the meantime , we may make up our minds to have a fearfull y large account sent in next Session , by way of showing how dear Lord Grey is to his country .
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Tdk Fatai Accident on the Midiand Railway —On Thursday an inquiry into the oiroumstancos connected with the deatn of John Taylor , the stoker , who was killod on the above railway on Wednesday , took place at the Nottingham General Hospital , before Mr . M . Browne , tho coroner for the borough ' of Nottingham . It appeared from the evidence of 'WUliattv Keavsley , enguve driver , that on Wedaesday morning' he was engaged to take a passenger train from Nottingham at seven o ' clock , but that the train did not start until three minutea after that hour ; that the morning was very foggy ; and that after they had proceeded about half a mile he saw the break of a goods train standing on the rail ,
not more than twenty yards off . He ran to the other side of the engine to reverse ifc , and saw a man holding up a white cap for a signal a few yards above the break . He then jumped off the engine , and called out to Taylor , the stoker , to do the same . They ran into the luggage train with coiu siderablo violence . Afterwards saw Taylor carried to the hospital . The luggage train was to have started from Nottingham at half-past six O ' clock . Witness did not see it start ; but , if it left at halfpast six , o ' clock , it ought to have been miles out of the road , unless something unforeseen had happened . Had no intimation given bita before reaching the place that tlioro was a train in the way , and was not going at more than fifteen miles an hour .
According to the regulations , if a train was obliged to stop upon a line , it was the duty of the guard , or other competent person , to go back 300 or 400 yard 3 to 'give notice by aignal . There were fogsignals to put on tbe rails when necessary , but none were used on this occasion . Ho believed the luggage-train was waiting for one of the guards , who had just got up to it when the accident occurred . When the passenger train passed Wilford-gate , about 500 yards off , they were told that the luggage train had passed fifteen minutes before , Thomas Carter , the guard in charge of the passenger train gave evidence very similar to the above . He perceived the driver put his steam off and reverse the engine , and immediately he turned his
break , and held it down till he felt a collision , Witness wasa good deal hurt , and saw Taylor lying apparently in a dying state . Mr . J . White , resident surgeon of the hospital , proved that Taylor was brought there , and died in the course of an hour . From a post mortem examination , he found hia breast bone fractured , and a large quantity of effused blood in that region , whieh would be quite sufficient to cause death within the hour . An in . quiry was going on when the express left Nottingham , but it was understood an adjournment would take place . It appears that Taylor was killed , not by jumping from the engine aa at first supposod ,, but by being crushed between the engine and the tender .
The Fatal Accident on ths JJuckinguamshibe Railway . —Tho inquiry into the cause of this fatal accident commenced on Monday , and is cot . yet concluded . At tho close of the proceedings , on Thursday night , the Coroner announced that the jury had unanimously determined to postpons- the further proceedings of this important inquiry , until Monday next , when they -shauld require aoma evidence as to the printing of the handbills , and proof from the head-quarters of the Company at Euston-squaro as to tho authority under wMeh they hail been issued . The inquiry was than , formally adjourned .
Opbniso or the Lisa aiura Westesrs to Warminstkr . -- The portioa of the Wilts , Somsvset , and Weymoath branch of the Great We 3 tem Railway ,. between Weatbury axid 'Warininatex -waa opeiwd for geteral traffic on Tuesday . The occasion van one of groat rejoicing * and was obsessed as a gprnral holiday .
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OLYMPIC THEATRE . A story , which has its place nmong Parisian le « gend 9 , and which may be indifferently called the " Murderous Barber" or the " Barbarous Murder , " has been diluted down from cut throat horror to broad farce , and has been produced at the Olympic under the title of I have Eaten my Friend . In the proper story a Parisian barber cut the throats of hia customers , and they were conveyed , by means of a subterranean communication to a pieman next door , who converted them into meat for pasties . In tha farce these facts are so modified that a gentleman is only made to siepppse the horrors , on the strength of a button found in a pie , and his terrors give a good opportunity for Mr . Compton to display his admirable humour .
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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE . The attendances last week at this theatre have , ifc seems , been immense , and the termination of the season—announced to have taken place on Saturday last—was again deferred for another week . The " playhouse" price entertainments have hitherto consisted of a variety of operatic and choreographic fragments , such as would be the most likely to suit the taste of the general multitude . The crush on Saturday night last was of that perilous kind which , few of the wealthier classes were willing to encounter , and numbers left the theatre from the inability to obtain seats .
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COLOSSEUM . The powerful attraction of tho Crystal Palace has not diminished the number of visitors who have , during tho summer , actually crowded this confessedly the most beautiful and interesting exhibition in the metropolis . The matchless Panorama of London , painted by Parris , has been restored to its place amongst the most popular features of the exhibition . Danson ' s magnificent picture of Paris by night , is an object of general interest to all fore gners who visit London , by whom it is pro ' nounced a most faithful } representation of tha French metropolis . Wo cannot enumerate . ill tha various attractions of this faivy spot , but no visitor here should omit seeing the Grand Moving Z ' ftDO * rama Of ( he Earthquake at Lisbon , exhibiting at tlie Cyclorama in Albany-street , adjoining the Colosseum .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 13, 1851, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1643/page/5/
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