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TMK HEWSPAPEB . In gown sna slippers loosely dress"d . And breakfast brought—a welcome guest , — What is it giTe » the meal a zaBt ? The papa . When new-laid eggs the table grace , - And smoking rolls are in their place , Say—what enlivens erer * face ? The paper . In Tain the vxn la hissing hot , In TOin rich hyson stores tbe pot , If tbe vile newsman has not brought The paper . What i » t can make the man oflaw Ifeeleet the deed or plea to draw , < 7 a . ja . JX jfo . indictment flair ?
The paper . What ist can soothe his client ' s -woe , Andmake Min quire forget John Doe , As -well as Mr . Richard Roe ? The paper . What J »* fc absorbs the Treaty cifc , The half-pay sab , the fool , the -wit ,. The toothless aunt , the forward chit ? The paper . What iat informs the country round What ' s stolen or strayed , what ' s lost or found , — Wh « B born , and "who ' s pnt under ground ? The paper . What tells yon all that * done and said , — The fall 9 f meal , the riBe of bread ,, And how the Yankees " goa-head" ?
The paper . What is it gives the price of stock , Tells of the plans of the new dock , And every ship tbatTonnds ' ¦ the rock" ? - The paper . What spsaks of thieves and pones taken , And murders done , ajid maids forsaken , And aversge price of Wiltshire bacon ? The paper . "Wist ia it tells the fanner ' s loss , Of oxen , cows , and sheep , and horse , A £ d how the tariff does him cross ? The paper .
Abroad , at home , infirm or stont , In bealta , or raTing with the gout , Who possibly can do without v The paper ?
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TO THE PRIEND 3 OF FREEDOM . Te friends of freedonvjwonld you bra-re *¦ Tyrannic rage , and free the slave From mis ' iy , wast and paia ? Enlighten first the rn ^ myi mind With ideas of the noblest kind ; Then break oppression ' s chain "Why do ye starve 2 see natare' 8 aoD In rich abundance round yon smile , The $ ift of earth and heaven ; The TaBeys sing , the hlQs rtjoict ) , Wnfle man , the slave of eVry vice , From ail their sweet * is driven .
Balieve not those whose lawless might Usurps by fraud , yonr native right , In palacas to dwell Their strength is in your lack of sense ; To keep your labour , gold and pence , Their harrier , is your hell ! Now justice calls ; the truth ^ bey ] Yonr Hienial fetters east away , Id reason ' s pnrest light ; And be ye free to breathe tb&air From all the ills of sordid care , In moral manhood bright .
Stoop not in Tain , to slave asd toil For titled fraud that robs the soil , And lives in ^ fUfnppy ; Tour garflPTiB dress—yonrmesdowa mow , And reap the corn , yon sweat to sow , To feed the fatherless . Nor be iy views alinrM astray , When on your rsdient sober way An erring world to save ; ITsr let ignoble passions rise To draw you from the peerless prise , To Turn and the grave .
When right shall reign , and kindness smile O ' er nature ' s rich productive soil , Instead of tyranny ; Sublimely high your Sags nufurl'd Will wave all o ' er this pond ' rons world Tn glorious &amony . - A ™* labour's sons in peace will Iivb , - While heaven and earth , their treasures give Han's social hours to bless ; Ho kings will rule—no lords be known , When men no prond strperiora own , To blight their happiness . J . Booih . SU Cottage , sear Button Mill , Wigan .
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THE PDOB MAN'S COMPANION , A POLITICAL AND STATISTICAL ALMANACK TOR 1844 . Leeds : J . Hobson , Market-street . London : Cleave , Shoe-lane . "Were we , of the race that write , " at all like ordinary mortals , we should occasionally find ourrdves in some queer dilemmas . For instance } an Editor is allowed to praise or ceuBure anj book , the work of another ; and who shall gainsay hi 3 perogative ! But let him torn Author himself , and let him J » judged bj the law to which others are subject , he would l > e oeemed presumptions indeed , were he to praise bis own handiwork . Fortunately , the
mystelionB " we" is often the " outward and visible sign " of some ** best possible pubic iinsiraetor" with more heads than one . This , ( Allah "be praised I ) Ib onr ease . ( True , we have not qaiie so many eyes as Argus ; bui we nave more than one good pair constantly on the look out ; and , this being the case , our readers may take it for granted that we have a head for every pair of eyes , 4 © say nothing of grey-goose ^ nffis" in proportion . Courteous public ! we have a book to review » Threepenny Annual of real H Useful Knowledge "
and sterling common sense ; matters not to be got for threepence eveiy day ; and indeed bnt rarely found in bocks of larger sizs and costlier price . Our readers wiJl have not forgotten the name of the publisher ; and if any pf them think they have heard ' sonjewacre thai the name of Tidiior of ibis paper is very like that of the almanack publisher , -we beg of them not to forget what we have just said about heads ; and t ~> Hippos * that * 2 » e . 2 , " M No . 3 , " or a » y other B 2 so . "ibej please , is that which , under Ihe Editorial ** we /' iiow disccnirseih to them .
We had written ihns far iriren 4 in casting our eyes BpoL a batk number of our ever xacy contemporary , Punch , We observed a review by Punch ' s own Belf of " Pnuch ' s Pocket Book for 1844 . " Avast with all iaaid-n-iiie coyness , after this ! Gentle reader , whether it be We » No . 1 , " We" No . 2 , or" We " Xso . 3 , ' twill jnan * r not . We have Punch for a precfcueu !; and , quoting his words , we say , Briton ' s Poor Mart s Companion for 1 € 44 "" is IIBST-BATB IH KTKHT DEPaKTMESt /' To lLiEk oi adding to the above recommendation - % io try to impTOTe irpon the Delphian words of the great vtmue of wit and wisecm , Punch , would be worsa than moon-struck madness . We might as well try
- To fild refined gold , to paint the lily ; To throw a perfume on the violet . " We will , ibeTefore , let our readers jadge for themselves , so far as a specimen will enable them to do , of Hie work "bef ore us . Let ns premise the principal of the contentB . lnaodmon to the usual infontaiion in an Almapack , than , will beibund , amongst many other highly anporttM nblffl , " A iet&n of the Etimber of all mms commtM to any prison in England or Wale ? , for any offence m a Union Workhouse estabhshed nncer the ^ provisions of the Poor Law Amend-? £ *^ ThB wtnni comprises the jeara 1836
, j ^ s ^^ AJa-fSissas ya-sm » Have been commmtd to prison tor breaches of Itoih' MM rf , l ? V jMlm 7 , W , to ihe £ tof Alapcfi , 1 WA , of the Yeomanu CaTalry » , e Peter-Ml T "" - " itUr = Wile , ftjftt C s ^ taaS
W ^ 'is&ir&S ^ gfflssagasK ^ Sg History of Ate CornLaws . Ihisis i rofc ^ SSSt ^¦^» f SH g $ z £ i ^ p ^ x ^ lAWs " i . > siK > r a matter of yesterday , as many ira ^ pose ; t . ut that Aeyliave been in full opTnrtMfOT S ^ r hmi ^ 1 . jears - ^ nwet ^ evalu ' able a-t ] . ^ on _ Parliamentary Representation Taosi . ur , E ^ catio ^ &c . &c . J TaB htemSS * } Mortality a England is a document of mneh Merest
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The Census of 1841 , and tables compiled iherefrom , is on « of the most important features of the book . We give the following extracts from an article of surpassing importance entitled : —
THB STATISTICS OP CEIME . Ose of the greatest anomalies that . presents itself to the mind of the enquirer , in relation to the Conditionof-Eogland-questJon , is the fact that with the vast increase in out means trfproducing ireatth , and the increase in the aggregate amount of wealth , there Bhould be such an increase in the araonnt of ceihe . "We have increased our means ol producing wealth ; for it is now computed , by persona conversant with the subject , that we have a non-corisuming-producing power , mechanical and chemical , equal to the labour of six hundred million pair cf " hands , " in addition to the manual labour of the countryj while , fifty years ago , the mechanical and chemical piodncing power was computed as equal to
only fifteen million pair of hands : we have increased the aggregate amonat of wealth in the country ; for while the possessions of our legitimate aristocracy have tremendously risen in value , we have also had bronght into existence beneath ear very noses , another abis-TOCJLACY OP WIA 1 TB ASD 1 * KG CHIMKIES , more powerful , and more voeaUhy , than the legitimate aristocracy itself ; bo much so , that it was made matter of boast at public meetings by the Capitalists" themselves , that " they are able to bny-np tbe Aristocracy of Eugland ; " and we bate also had anincrease of crime ; for the Criminal Records ^ for the last forty years shew an increase SEVEN TIMES in amomt ! Of the three facts just enumerated there can be no < Jonbt .
Tbe latter fact is most humiliating to us , as a nation . One of tbe old characteristics of England wae , tbe good Conduct of its population ; and ia no particular was this good conduct more conspicuous , than in obedience to ihe latts . Englishmen have ever been famed for great skill , indomitable perseverance , and untiring industry : but , above all , and before all , have they been famed for a ready and cheerful obedience to authority . It has ever been matter of boast that the appearance of a con-Stable ' s batoon was inmdent to nphold the majesty ol the law : that before it the most turbulent quailed ; the most Btrong fell powerless . Nor was this ready and cheerful obedience to law , witheld from tbe enactments that secured life and property . In so country on earth was property more secure , or life or limb more respected than in . England . It is notorious that tbia was the fact . Whatever , then , can have wrought the change in the character of our population that the Griainal Statistics indicate ?
Such a result certainly oa ? ht not to have accompanied the increase in our means of pioducfa-g wealth . Tfeat increase , ordinary men would say , ibonld rather have tended to repress Crime : and it undoubtedly wonlrl have had such an effect , bad proper means existed to diitribule to all their lair share of the wealth resulting from such increased means . There never was an instance on earth of a hard-working and skilful population , who conM by the exercise of their bodily powers and their ingenuity , procure the necessaries and tome of the comforts of life ; there nefer was an instance of a people so situate , becoming thieves and robbers . Chime , nnder such circumstances , is comparatively unknown . But , on the other band , there never was an instance where hardwork end great skill did vd secure for the labourers plenty to eat , and drink , and wear , that chimb did not abound . And can this be wondered at ? Could any other result be expected ? Potbktt is tbe great parent of Chjhe . It is the
fashion to attribute it to " Ignorance *" : but an " ignorant" people , well-fed and well-dad , will not taieve and st 6 aU They may " sbog-on" through life , not living ; dead to all intellectual sensibility ; unable to appeciate the least of the glorious emanations of mind . They may be all this ; but they will not pilfer and rob . They would have no inducement The only wants they would know of , their animal ones , would be sufficiently provided for : why then should they not Tespect property ? But with an ill-fed people ; with a population starving ; with extreme poverty as tbe lot of thb woekehs , amid stores "* of nnheaped wealth ; with a state of things like thu , what else can be expected than that "taking " should be resorted to ? Will " intellectual acquirements ' ever convince a people bo circumstanced that it is their duty to starve ? Will ail the education" in thB world teach men so situated , that it is their duty to lie down and die , that property may be respected ? It would be arrant f oily to expect it >
Poverty amongst the workers must ever induce ceihe : and the only way to remove the foul stain from off the Becord of our national Morality , is for onr rulers to better the physical condition of the people . They hats tse X £ ans to i > o this . Those means superabound . When thty have acquired tha knowledge how to apply them io that result , then will they decrease crime . But until they do so apply those abundant means , all their other efforts will be vain , as they have hitherto been . They may multiply the police and constabulary forces ; the ; may build & piison in every towo ;
taey may introduce their " silent" and their separate " systems of discipline ; they may increase the rigour of the " rales : " they may do all this ,, and increase tbe number of places of worship , an-i ministers of the gOBpel ; nay , they may even " educate" the people , either in Puseyite or Dissenting schools : they may do whaterer they list , or misdirected ingenuity can devise : but nntrf they mead tba PHYSjjAl-XjsnjlloaLoktba labourers , ~ mey Jtever-trut puTa slop even te ihe increase o / Crjjcb , Let them however once exterminate Poverty ; and Crime will be found to have taken its flight also .
That this woik ol extermination is much needed , the following DAJISI 5 G K . EC 0 RD but too abundantly proves ! It is taken from the CfinrJSax Betp »> s for 1842 . Let It be looked at , even though with ihame ; for ix is a great fact , and ought to be exiensively known , that the proper means to rtnsedy it may be devised . The tabular statement is extracted from the "Criminal Tables for ihe year 1842 ; " preceded by •• Explanations and calculations , by Mr . Redgrave , of tbe Home Office , who compiled aad prepaitd tbe Bald Tables . " " The Criminal Tables compiled from the ReuisterB of Commitments for Trial , kept in the Home Department , again show a considerable increase ; and the numbers in 1842 exceed those of the preceding year by 3549 persons , or 12 8 per cent Tbe progressive increase of Commitments , which , with & slight exception in 2838 rhas cob turned during the list seven yean , and within that period has reached nearly 50 per cent , ( 49-2 ) is shown by the following figures : —
1836 „ 20 , 984 -, increase 1-0 per cent 1837 « .. 23 ei 2 ; „ 12-5 „ 1838 « ... 23 , 094 ; decrease 2-2 „ 1839 24 , 443 ; increase 5-8 „ 1840 27 , 187 ; „ 11-2 „ 1841 ..... . 27 , 760 ; „ 2-1 „ 1342 31 , 309 ; „ 12-8 „ " Within the above seven years , in tbe extensive and popalons Counties of York , . Lancaster , Chester , Stafford , and Salop , tbe Commitments have doubled ; and also in Monmouth , Rutland , and Westmoreland .
" To show how far this great increase has arisen in the Manufacturing , as compared with the Agricultural Counties , the following calculations have been made of the aggregate increase of Commitments , during tbe last three years , in tbe thirteen 'English Counties , having relatively the largest proportional manufacturing and mixed , and agricultural population . In the Counties Classed a « agricultural , the agricultural population , in the Census of 1831 , ranged from 56 to 45 per eent . ; in the Counties classed as manufacturing and mixed , the proportion of that population ranged from 96 to 71 per cent Then follaws a most valuable mass of Statistics ranged under appropriate heads and occupying not less than eight pages of Nonpareil type . We Have not room to enumerate even the head 3 ; the reader nrast refer to the work itself . The article thus conclnries : —
It must be borne in mind that the foregoing Tables and Calculations relate only to England and Wales There are separate Tables for Scotland and Ireland . In Scotland , the number of persons committed for trial or bailed , for the year 1842 , was 4189 . Of that number , 284 were transported ; 2609 imprisoned , for various periods ; 221 fined ; 11 discharged on sureties ; 20 received no sentence ; 31 outlawed ; 8 found insane ; 388 not gnilty ; and 616 discharged without triaL If we add the 4189 ( fenders in Scotland to the 51 , 309 in England , we shall find tbe total > vmbek of Committals fir Crime , in Great Britain , for the year 1842 , to be 35 , 428 . ' . .
To show at a glance what the regular increasi of crime has been during the last forty years , the number of CommittalB for each year , from 1605 to 1843 is here given . It Bbonld be remarked that prier to the year 1805 , no authentic record of committals was k « pt What reason our forefathers had for not " booking " them , -we can scarcely at present divine : it might be that taere were so few , that it was not deemed of importance to note them . Be that as it may , the Record since 1805 is sufficiently degrading to our national character . It plainly indicates that we have social diseases at work , eating into the moral heart of society : and the lesson to be drawn from it is , that we stand much in need of a physician . Where ifl that physician to be fonnd ? Here are the facts : fact 3 in figures . They tell & woeful tale I INCREASE OF CRIME . ^ * sr : - — pss *; j Y — [ "gsFT 1805 4 , 605 ! 1818 13 , 932 1831 19 , 647 6 » 4 346 ! 19 14 . 254 2 20 , 829 7 4 * 446 ' 1820 13 , 710 . 3 26 , 072 8 4 ' , 735 1 13 . 115 4 22 . 451 9 5 350 2 12 , 2 4 1 5 20 , 731 1810 > 5146 3 12 , 2 « 3 6 20 , 984 21 ! 5 337 4 18 . 968 7 23 . 612 IS j 657 6 * 14 . « 7 8 23 , 094 13 7 ^ 164 « 16 . 16 * 9 24 > ** 14 ! 6 390 7 17 , 924 1840 27 , 187 15 ¦ ' 7 , ' «> 8 8 16 . 1 27 , 760 16 9 091 » 18 , « 75 2 81 , 309 17 13 932 1830 18 , 1 0 7 j
We commence in 1805 with 4605 ; we end in 1142 with 31 , 308 ; or jnst upon a seven times ijtceease ! Is Bot it time we wkea— " where to are we gomg-7 An article from the pen of the conipiler on The New Tariff-Free Trade—and the Condition of the People" concludes the ^ ork . The-whole comprises sixty-four pages of closely but -neaily printed matter , and the price Three Pence ! To onr readers
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; or , FORCB OF EXAMPLE , By the Author of H The Women of England . " London : Fiaher and Co . This ia a »• People ' s Edition , " price One Shilling , of a work not the least recommendation of which is its * nthor ' s name—Mrs . Ellis , the great female
moralist of the present day . As an authoress , Mrs . Ellis has , we believe , been the instrument of no Email amount of good ; but hitherto her woks have been shut out from the great bulk of the people whose means are not equal to the purchasing of expensive publications , and we wish that the work before us had , if it could have , —been produced at half its present price . No further recommendation will be needed than what the following extracts will themselves convey : —
THE AUTHOR'S EXPERIENCE . " Without entering generally upon tbe question of btaltb , a question which has been circumstantially examined by judges more able than my Belf , and in relation to which many important and interesting facts are now laia before the public , tending clearly to prove , that , instead of suffering from total abstinence , most persons by whom it has been fairly tried , have experienced not only no injury to their health , hut considerable benefit ; I may perhaps be allowed to add a few words on tbe subject of my own experience , which may possibly derive additional weight from tbe circumstance of my having been , for many years of my life , an obstinate disbeliever in tbe tffieacy of temperance principles to effect any lasting or extensive good ; While of all respectable BocietieB , that for tbe promotion of total abstinence—that which I now esteem it an honour and
a privilege to advocate , would have been most repulsive to my feelings to join . Indeed , such was my contempt for the system altogether , that I often pronounced it to be a mockery of common sense , and at the same time frequently asserted my belief , that nothing could be more likely than tbe restraint of a public pledge to create an immediate inclination io break it . " For two years—years I may say of total ignorance on this point , during which I took no pains to make , myself better informed—I treated the subject with the utmost contempt whenever it was brought under notice . By degrees , however , it began to * wear a different aspect before the world in general , and facts were too
powerful in its favour to be disputed . By degrees it began also to assume with me somewhat more of a personal character . 1 could not see how 1 waa right while indulging in what was go fearfully destructive to others , and to some whom I had known and loved . Yet such was the force of habit ; » nch my willingness vo believe what doctors told roe , that wine was necessary to my health , at that time far from good ; and such , also , was niy dependence upon stimulants , for increasing the strength of which I often felt miserably in want , that three years more elapsed before I had the resolution to free myself practically , entire , and I now trust for ever , from the slavery of this dangerous habit of
"Fonr yearsof total abstinence from everything an intoxicating nature , it has now been my happy lot to experience ; and . if the improvement in my health and spirit * , and the increase of strength during tbaVtime , be any proof in favour of the practice , I am one of tboae who ought especially to thank € rod for the present , and take courage for the future . " Like many other women , and especially those "wao are exempt from the necessity of active exertion , I was , while in the habit of taking wine for my health , subject to almost cowtanfc suffering from a mysterionB kind of sinkingi which rendered me at times wholly unfit either for mental or bodily effort , but whi « h I alwayt found to be removed by a glass of wine . My « puits .
too , partook of the malady , for I wa « equally subject to fita of depression , which also were relieved , in some degree , by the isame remedies . Daring that four years in which I have now entirely abstained from the use , of such remedies , I have been a total stranger te these distressing sensations of sinking and exhaustion j and I say this with thankfulness , because I consider such ailments infinitely more trying than absolute pain . That time of the day at which it is frequently recommended to take a glass of wino and a biscuit , I now spend as pleasantly aa any of the four-and-twehty hours , without either , and when fatigued by wholesome exercise , which ia a totally different thing from the exhaustion above alluded to , I want nothing
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more than rest or food , and have not a symptom rem&imng of what X used to experience when I felt occaatonaHy as if my life was ebbing away . Thus I am tally persuaded , la my own mind , and by my own experience , cqufltming as it does the testimony of many able and important judges , that the very me . dlclne we take In this manne * to give us strength , does in reality produce an increase of faintneas , lassitude , and general debility . " . The "Voice" will be found an able auxiliary to u Te pP eranoe Movement , and should be read by all seekers after truth .
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day't 9 be held ! throughout the nation , to celebrate the trlumj , tt of ProtestaniBm amidst the blackened walls and tht mangled corpses of the ill-fated inhabitants of Droghet " a V j
CO . ARACIBB OF CROMWELL IK IRELAKb . " Crom well left behind him a name in Ireland , which is mention * 3 d with horror down even to the present day . 'The curse of Cromwell light on you ! ' or , may you suffer all thi \ t a tyrant like Cromwell woald inAld—ia one of the m oat ' , blighting imprecations which an Irishman can use . The massacres of Wexford and Drogheda are yet green in the memery of the people of Ireland : and not only Iitpromwell hated as the author of these horrible atrocities , baj , as if jtbaw * were not enough , he is also denonncad as the-author of numberless cruelties and acts of destruction in places that he never no much as visited , f In almost all parts of Ireland traditions are preserved of the ateodjy of tb » Bloody Cromwell , ' and rains are pointed oat hundreds of mi ! e »
distant from the tract of country te which his operations were comflned , as the wonk of trTis » cruel and exterminating destroyer . It would seen * as if uyon his memory were thrown the infamy of all the crimes which the Royalists , Confederates , and Puritac * had committed , even before he dreamed of eoming t& tbe country . The atrocities , also , of the Parliamentarian army , which be left behind biat to complete the subjugation of the country , seem all to have beens « t down to the aceount of the Bloody Cromwell . ' Tbia is partly owing , ' says Dr . Taylor , to the . artiaces of these who wished to persuade the Irish , in a subsequent generation , to take up arms ia defence of the Hous ^ ol-Staart ; and still more to the conduct of his soldiers and their descendant ^ who so long swayed the destinies of Ireland . '" ¦
THE SIEGE OF DERRY— " NO- SCRRBNDEB . " " James and his generals were completely disconcerted by this spirited defence of the citizens . The siege was pressed , and the artillery plied their missiles of destruction against the place with greater perseverance than ever . The citizans , taunting James and his army , sent to tell them they might spare their powder and Bhot in making ; a breach , as the gates were thrown -open to them , and they j might enter if they dared . After eleven days of assault , James withdrew from the siege , irritated and disappointed ; and in a tone of queralous rage , he reproached the Irish soldiers for allowing themselves to be foiled , exclaiming that 'had they been English they could have brought him the walla stone by atone . Marshal Rosen waa left In command of the French and Irish forces ; and James left for Dublin , to open in person the Irish Parliament
« Marshal Rosen conducted the siege with vigour and perseverance ;; but atill without success . The gallant spirit ef the garrison remained unabated . Though suffering ! from famine , from disease , and pestilence , their rallying cry was still , No surrender . ' Long nights of watching , day 3 and weeks of fasting , and months of fatigue and Buffering , and constant danger , had not jbrofeen down the Bpirita of the brave defenders of Darry . Their clergy inspired them with new courage , preached consolation to them by day and night , and kept up their hope and faith bs renewed promises of success . Two months had now passed , and the famine had become dreadful within the walls . The most loathsome objects were devoured as food , —horselesh , dogs , cats , rats , and mice , and even salted and
dried nidea , were ? eagerly sought after and purchased . At length help approached : a fleet of thirty sail was observed within sight , laden with supplies for their relief . The help ihad come from England , where the news of the garrison ' s brave defence bad now reached . The fleet was under the command of Major-General " Kirk , a thorough-paced miscreant , whose cruel butcheries in the south of England , when in the service of King James , had made him both feared and generally detested . It is inexplicable how William should' have selected such a scoundrel for the command in such a delicate and important affair as the relief of the
beleagued Protestant city of the north . But ha did bo ; and Kirk , whose heart was utterly hardened against the sufferings of his fellow-creatures , made no attempt to relieve ] the garrison , but taunted them with messages , and fiually sailed away without granting them the slightest : relief . The Irish army , encouraged by hia delay , made baste to oppose him by throwing a boom across the river , and planting batteries against his ( hi ps . His ironical parting advice to the besiegers , before setting sail ] down Loch Foyle , was ' to be good husbands of their provisions '—an advice from which tbey had a too melancholy presage of the dreadful suffering that followed .
" Fancy the thousands of hungry eyes watching the fleet of ships filled with provisions , almost securely within their reach ; and then , heartsick , famished , and utterly hopeless , imagine the wild shriek ef agony which rose upon ] the air , when they saw the ships destined for their succour , swing from their moorings , set sail , and disappear . What a blight has now fallen upon the withered hearts of the besiegers . Surely they must now surrender , having not a hope of rescue left . Bat no ! The cry is still no surrender !' Gaunt and balf-dying men stalk , like spectres / about
the streets , threatening death to the traitor who should spgak of a surrender . The plague was now within the walls , to add its horrors to the famine and sufferings of the siege . Food , even the most loathsome , was scarcely now to be had ; but the garrison , with desperate , ana : seemingly -nofc with , empty threat , declared that they would 'eat the Irish , and then one another , sooner than yield '• ' General Hamilton , one of the leaders of the besieging Irish , endeavoured to subdue theDerrym 8 n by kindness and entreaty ; but they reproached him with bis treachery , and still reiterated no surrender J * \ * ? *
" The garrison { were now redaced to the very last Stage of famine and despair . The preachers could now 110 longer cheer them . ' Our spirits sunk , and our hopes were expiring , ' « ays Mackenzie ; and the thousands within the walls of Darry looked forward only to capitulation or death . The defenders , but lately so valiant , now wan and haggard , could scarce crawl along the dismal streets . Many fell down as they walked , and died where they lay . The air became laden with the noisome pestilence . But joy came at last . Cheer up , brave men of Derry , for help is at hand . After all your long and weary watchings , —after famine , and Buffering , and wretchodness , —hope is fulfilled , and the defenders see relief approaching at last .
" It waa a bright Bummer day , the 30 th of July , that straining eyes , looking oat across the waste of waters towards the north-jeast , beheld some ships approaching . The news spread , and crowds turned out to gags . Soon the ships wore seen beating up the beautiful waters of tough Foyle , and rapidly neatlng the city . They proved to be the Dirtinonth frigate , with a cenvoy of three vessels laden with provisions . The eyes of " the famishing thousands were at once tivetted upon them * in all the earnestness of suspense and expectation . But there still lay the enemy ' s boom between them and their approaching aid . The Irish meanwhile manned their batteries en either Bide of the Lough , and thundered against . the approaching ships , which briskly
returned the are . j Ono of the victuallers now reached the boom , and striking against it with great force , suapt it asunder ; but the rebound drove the vessel ashore . The Irish shouted with joy , the besieged on the walls groaned in despair . Suddenly the Irish prepared to board her , when , tiring a broadside against them , she righted , ] and floated off . The little fleet now passed the boom together , and sailed slowly and ' safely up to the quays [ of the olty . Tbe delirium of joy which succeeded jean only be imagined . The multitude which crowded round the ships ceuld only gasp their thanks : they had scarcely strength left to speak them . And yet strength was found to . set the bells of the battered cathedral ringing , while tbe cannon thundered at onC 3 death and rejoicing from the walls .
" Ob the day following , Marshal Rosen raised the siege , which bad'lasted one hundred and five days . Altogether , about ] 6 , 000 people bad perished within the walls , during that period , from famine , disease , and tbe shot of the enemy . And tbu ? ended the famous siege of Darry , one of the best contested struggles between half-armed j citizens behind their walls , and a numerous and well-appointed army . Thongh the de * fence -was one of Protestante against Catholics , yet it was a defence of which all Ireland may be justly proud . There is one other noble defence of the same kind which ife yet falls tp us to record—namely , the defence of Limerick , by the Irish Catholics , which also proves , no leas than Deny , the indomitable courage , fortitude , and endurance , of [ which all ranks and classes of Irish ' men are capable . It is sow full time that history Were deprived of its party taint , and that Irishmen of all creeds cherished in common the memory ot such glorious defences as those of Darry and Limerick .
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DESTRUCTION OF THE INQUISITION AT j MADRID . Tha Rev . Mi . Kellogg , Principal of KuoX College , Illinois , United States , and who recently attended the annual meetings of the Londsn Missionary Society at Leeds and Bradford , sent the following account ef the destruction « f the Inquisition at Madrid , first , to the Western Citizen , published at Chicago . illlinois ; and afterwards to a London paper . It is the substance ol a lecture delivered by Colonel Lemanonski , in the cabin of a steam-boat , in which they were fellow passengere . - Colonel Lemanonski was for more than twenty years an officer under Napoleon . He has fought scores of battles , received fourteen wounds , lived on horse-flesh and the bark of ; trees , with snow and ice for his beverage , and once , at least , in hi * life , maddened with thirst , has opened a vein and drank his own blood . After these deeds and sufferings of martial life , he has been for some years a minister of Christ in the United States . But , ad new . —
In the year 1809 , being then at Madrid , my attention was directed to the Inquisition in the neighbourhood of tbat city . Napoleon had previously issued a decree for tht suppression of this institution , wherever his victor ious txoops should extend their arms . I reminded Marshal Soult , then Governor of Madrid , of tMs decree , who directed me to proceed to destroy it I Informed him that my regiment , the 9 th of the Polish Xanoers , was insufficient for such a service , but that if be would give me two additional regiments I would undertake the work . He accordingly gave me the two required regiments , one of which , the H 7 tb , waa under the command of Celqnel de Lite , who is now , like myself a minister ef the ! gospel . He is panto * o ! ono ot the evangelical churches in Marseilles . With these troops
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I proceeded forthwith to the Inquisition , which Wl » situated absut five miles from tne city . Tho Inquisition was Bturrouuded by a wall of great strength , and defended by about 4 « 0 soldiers . When we arrived at the wall I addressed one of the sentinels , and summoned the holy fathers to surrender to the Imperial army , amdl open the gates of the Inquisition . Tire sentinel , who was standing on the wall , - appeared to enter into conversation foe a few moments with some one within , at the close of which he presented his musket and shot one of my men . This was a sfgnai for attack , and I ordered my troops to fire upon those who appeared on the walL
It was soon obviona that it was an uceqaal warfare . The walls of the Inquisition wore covered with the soldiers of the holy oSce ; there was aJss a breastwork npon the wall , behind which they kept continually , only as they partially exposed themselves when they discharged their ntaekets . Our troops were in tbe open praiD , and exposed tea destructive fire . We had no eanooB , nor could we scale the wails , and tbe gates saccessfsSy resisted all attempts at forcing them . I saw that it was necessary to * change the mode of attack , Bmd directed some trees te-be cat down and trimmed , and brought on the ground to- bs used as battering ratBB . Twe- ef them wera tafeen ~ up by detachments of men , as ntraerons as could work to advantage , and brought to bear npon tbe wells with all the power which they could exert , regardless of the fire which
was pouted npon them from tbe walla Presently thewalls began to tumble , and under the well-directed and persevering application of the mm , a breach was made , and the- imperial troops rnsbed into tbe Inquisition , Hera wa met with an incident which nothing but J esuitical effrontery is equal to . The Inguiaitor-Gsneral , followed by the Father Confessor in their priestly robes , all came oat of their rooms as we were making our way into the interior of the Inquisition , and with long faces , and arms crossed ov ? r- their breasts , their finger * resting on their shoulders ; as though they had been deaf to aif the noise of tbe attaofc and defence , and had but jnat learned what was going on , they addressed themselves in the language of rebate to their own soldiers , saying— " Why do you fight- our friends , the French ¥
Their intention , apparently , was to- make us think , that this defense waa wholly tmautlioristd by them , hoping , if they could produce in oar minds a belief , tha * the ; were friendly , they should have a better opportunity in the eonfasion and plunder of the Inquisition to escape . Their artifice waa too shallow , and did not succeed . I caused them to be-placed nude * gacrd , and all of the soldiers of the Inquisition to bo secured as prisoners . We then proceeded to examine * the prison-house of helL We passed through room after room , found altars and crucifixes ) and wax candles in abundance , but could discover no evidences of iniquity being practised there : nothing of those peonliar features which we expected to find in an
luqaisition . Here was beauty and splendour , aod the most perfect order on which my eyes bad ever rested . The architecture—theproportions were perfect- Toe ceiling and floors of wood were scoured and highly polished . The marble floors were arranged with a strict regard toorder . There was everything to please the eye and gratify a cultivated taste ; but where were those horrid instruments of torture of which we had been told , and where those dungeons in which human beings were said to be buried olive ? We searched in vain . The holy fathers assured us that they had been beliedthat we had seen all ; and I was prepared to give npthe search , convinced that this Inquisition was different from others of which I had heard .
But Colonel Da Lile was not ; so ready as myself to give up the search , and said to me , "Colonel you are commander to-day , and , as you say , so it must be ; bub if you will be advised by me , let this marble floor be examined more . Let some water be brought in , and poured upon it , and we will watch , and see , if there is any place through which it passes more freely than others . " I replied , " do as yott please , Colonel , " and ordered water to be brought accordingly . The slabs of marble were large and beautifully polished . When the water had been poured over the floor , much to the dissatisfaction of the Inquiai tors , a careful examination was made ef every seam in the floor , to eee if the wata * passed through . Presently Colonel de Lile exclaimed , tbat he had found it By the side of one of these
marble slabs the water passed throagh fast , as though there was an opening beneath . All hands were now at work for further discovery . The officers with their swords , and the soldiers with their bayonets , seeking to clear ! out the seam and rise up the slab . Others , with the butts of their muskets , striking the slab with all their might to break it , while the priests remonstrated against our desecrating their holy and beautiful house . While thus engaged , a soldier , who was striking with the butt of his musket , struck a spring , and the slab fl « w up Then the faces of tbe Inquisitors grew pale , and , as Belahaem , when the hand writing appeared on the wall , so did these men of Belial shake and quake in every bone * joint , and sinew . We looked beneath the marble slab , now partly up , and we saw a staircase . I
stepped to the table , and took frera the candlestick one of the candles , four feet In length , which was burning , that I might explore what was before us . As I ws « doing this , I was arrested by one of Ihe Inquisitors , who laid bis hand gently on my arm , and with a very demure and holy look , said , " My son , you must not take that with your profane and bloody hand ; it ig holyi ~ "Well ; - weit ^ -I " salfl ;" ' I wmtoomeWmnRXtxa is holy , to see if it will not shed light en iniquity ; I will bear . the responsibility . " I took the candle and proceeded down the . atairc&ae . I now discovered why the water revealed to us this passage . Under the floor was a li ght ceiling , except at the trap door , which could not be rendered close ; hence tbe success of Col .
de Lite ' s experiment . As we reached the foot ot the staira we entered a large square room , which was called the Hall of Judgment In the centre of it was a large block , and a chain fastened to if . On this they had been accustomed to place the accused , chained to bis seat . On one side of the room was one elevated seat , called tbe throne of judgment Tois the Inquisor-Craneral occupied , and on either side were seats less elevated for the holy fathers when engaged in the solemn business of the Inquisition . From this room , we proceeded to the right , and obtained access to small cells , extending the entire length of tbe edifice ; and here , what a sight met our eyes ! How has the religion of Jmus been abased and slandered by its professed friends .
Tbese cells were places of solitary : confinement , where the wretched objects of Inquisitorial bate were confined year after year , till death released them of their sufferings , and there their bodies were suffered to remain until they mre entirely decayed , and the rooms had become fit for alters to occupy . To prevent this practice being offensive to those who occupied the Inquisition , there were flues or tubes extending to the open air , sufficiently capacious to carry off the odour from thosa decaying bodies . In these cells we found the remains of Bome who bad paid the debt of nature ; some ol them bad been dead , apparently , but a short time ;
while of others , nothing appeared but their bones ,, still chained to tfiejtoor of their dungeon . In others we found the living sufferer of every age and ef both sexes , from the young man and maiden to those of threescore and ten years , all as naked as when they tetre born into ( te world . Out soldiers immediately applied themselves to releasing these captives of their chains , stripped themselveB in part of their own clothing to cover these wretched beings , and were exceedingly anxious to bring them up to the light of day . But aware of the danger , I insisted on their wants being supplied , and being brought gradually to the light as they could bear it
When we had explored these cells , and opened the prison doers of those who yet survived , we proceeded to explore another room on the left Here we found the instruments of toitttra , of every kind which the ngenuity of men or devil * could iavent At the sight of them , the fury of our soldiers refused any longer to be restrained . They declared , that every inquisitor , monk , and soldier of the establishment deserved . to be put to the torture . We did not attempt any longer to restrain them . Hhey commenced , at once , the work of torture with tne holy fathers . I remained till I saw
font * different kinds of torture applied , and : tben retired from the awfol scene , which terminated not while one individual remained of the former guilty inmates of this ante-chazaber of hell , on whom they could wreak revenge . As soon as the poor sufferers from the cells of the Inquisition could with , safety be brought out of their prison to the light of day , ( news having been spread fas and near , that numbers bad been rescued from the Inquisition , ) all who had been deprived of friends by the holy office , came to inquire if theirs were among the number .. .
O , what a meeting was there ! About a hundred who bad been buried alive for many years , were now restored to the active world ; and many of them found here a son and there a brother , and some , alas t could recognise no friends . The Bcene was such that n » tongue can describe . When this work of recognition was over , to complete the business in which I bad engaged , I went to Madrid , and obtained & large quantity of gunpowder , which I placed underneath the edifice , and in its YanltB ; and as we applied the Blow match , there was a joyful sight to thousands of admiring eyes . O ! it would have done you * hearts good to . ' Bee it ' s the walls and massive towers of that proud edifice were raised towards the heavens , and- — -the Inquisition of Madrid was no more !!
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instant five men , armed with pistols and bludgeons , entered the house of John Melifl , a former ( about eight o ' clock in the evening ) who-resides at Tristerna , parony of Moygoish , and feloniously carried away the ehante * of his bagpipes , leaving him , m Shakspeaje ; says ,, ¦ " as melancholy as the drone of a Lincolnshire bagpipe . " Sub-Inspector Porter , " thafche may go pipe for justice , * has offered a TewaxcV $ « the apptsU ^ aMw « 5 ttwaa discordant villains .
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THE SPEECH OF MR . GEORGE GAME DAY , ON ' ^ FREE TRADE" AKD THE " FREE TRADERS . Tenth edition ; Price Sixpence . London ; OUiver , 69 , Pall-mall . W © have heard much of the " triumphs" of the Anti-Corn Law League at the various county meetings held withm the last twelvemonth . These triumphs have been trumpeted forth as a sort of wholesale conversions of the farmers ; bat which conversions we know to be all a hum , the meetings beiBg composed generally not of farmers but of country . shopkeepers , and all the hangers-on and dupes of the League which oan be oqlleoted together for miles round by the thirty shilling agents sent
for that purpose a week or two previous . Ofeonrse a few farmers attend the meeting out of curiosity ; and when the counter jumpers and penny-whistlers have had their yell for " Free Trade , " forthwith we have it announced that the comity of ¦ . - has proclaimed fer the movement ! or that Bhire has issued its " pronuncJamento , " Glorious triumphs I " Down with your dust , boys ! Swallow yoar gruel , yon Spooney , aad tip us your five hundreds . We ' re the lads to spend it for you" J At some places the farmers have mustered , and the result has been the thrashing of the mouthers , instead of the"
conversion" of the listeners—Huntingdon to wit . There Bright John ana Roguey O'Moore got such a dressing as -will induce them , we should think , to eschew any further attempts at " pronunoiameutos" in that portion pf " the agricultural districts . " Take our advice dear John and Roguey ; confine your displays to ticket meetings and eighteen penny admission w talks . " Don ' t try the open air . The Day-light is far too Btrong for you whoso "deeds being evil / ' have had to grope through the " darkness" of in-door lk snuggeries" wherever you are known , because , being known , you are justly hated by your wretched serfs and trampled upon slaves .
On the 17 th June last , a ? ' county meeting" Was held at Huntingdon , when , after Messrs . Bright and Moore had had their say , Mr . G . G . Day , a gentleman residing in the neighbourhood , replied' to their mystifications , andof course the' gentleman ' repealers ( John and Roguey ) did not fail to exhibit-their . good breeding by the most unseemly and disgraceful interruptions during the speech of their talented opponent . We hardly wonder at their loss of temper ( if they had any to Iobc ) when we consider the terriEo castigation to which they were subjected . Their
constant interruption is a proof how every stroke of the lash wielded by Mr . Day told upon their wincing carcases . Mr . Day took up the arguments of the Freebooters one after the other , and in the most admirable manner confuted their miserable sophisms , " tearing them to pieoes and hurling them in their teeth . " The result was their complete discomfiture ; their free-trade amendment being rejected by a large majority . No extract that we could find room for would do justice to this excellent speech . The whole must be read for the full appreciation of it& merits .
At the close of the " speech ' is an exposure of the unblushiBg falsehoods of Mr . Roguey Random Robert Moore which would make that persoaage , were he not a Leaguer , ashamed to exhibit himself in the company of any man or men having the least regard for truth . A preoious specimen he is of the honesty of the whole gang . The present edition being the tenth , we should suppose that the original cost of publication has long since been returned . We therefore submit to Mr . Day the propriety of publishing a " People ' s Edition" at the price of a penny . At its present price it is beyond the reach of the mass of those who ought to peruse it . Hoping tbat this suggestion may be he acted npon , we , in the meantime , heartily recommend the present Edition to Chartist lecturer ? , working men ' s reading rooms , and all who oan afford to purchase it .
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THE BAIRNSLA FOAKS' ANNUAL , AN POGMOOR OLMENACK FOR 1844 . Leeds : Alice Mann , Duncan-street . London : Strange , Paternoster-row . This , as its title betokens , is an Almanack in the Barnsley dialect , and will be found amusing to those who admire comicalities of this sort . As a specimen of the author ' s " style" we give the opening of his preface : — TUT B 2 ADERS .
" Well , ah do declare , hah time duz but slip on , ta beeuar . wba , it nobbat looSs liket tuther day sin ah wrate to 50 befoar , It duzant hacktly ; an here we ar , poppin into another year , &z thowtless an ez nnconsam'd oa a donkey goin past a guide-poaat . Well , so i t iz ; an , e wnn aense , its bappan az weel it fc so , for if we wor ta try ta think . a-all at bed past , an wot wor ta earn , irhs ; ire end -want heads as big BB muantaiuB , an memories sz strong az Samson ' s arm . Then , wot objects we and look 1—wha , it ad tack a man three wee k * ta . VBah biz ffcee ; an irun On t > 'Z thirikB ad'be BS paarful . it ad be enif ta knock a stoan-wall da&n a
mile off . Hey , yo may weel laugh ae me sayin « o , bat then , yo naw , am nobbat e jokin like , becos my real , jenuine idea iz , at we owt to be consarn'd iwery day a a wer lives , boath abaght w « t wiv dun , an wot wir goin ta do ; if we doant , we sal spend wer bit a time in a backads an forads way , summat like a spinner in a band walk . But , al say no more up a this head , for if a do , sum on yo al begin a roarin , a sue tbat vany plainly ; an ah suddant like ta witness owt at soart , cos mm on yo iz nean ao varry bansum when yor tmilein . Well , then , enufs bin sed up a tbat Bubject ; an , it next place , ah mean ta tell yo at bav been as near lost sz o tutcber e explorin t ' gravity at gloab . "
A VOICE FROM THE VINTAGE THE For the author ' s adventures while " explorin t ' gravity at gloob " , we must refer our readers to the " Olmenack" itself , the price of which is Sixpence . 1 a TTr \ Tr * v vorwr 01111 ? rrvaiirip . »— 011117
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we can conscientiously recommend The Poor Mans Companion , ^ : feeling assured that they have but to read is to acknowledge , as they will do one and all , that ii is " "¦ rrasx ^ iLMCB m etekt DEPARTMENT . " '
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THE REBEL PROVOST , OR THE TWO CITIZENS . Glasgow , xMiller , Bell-street . t ?» hi r is » a t&le of Glasgow in the olden time , by J . U . La Mont , whose recent work , " The Grave of Genius /* we lately reviewed . It is in the author ' s nstzaJ style , having for its moral that Which the author never omits , the beauty of virtue and the advancement of the cause of universal liberty . We give the annexed pioture of Glasgow as it was : would that some features of the picture had been retained amidst ( he mass of modern improvements ; there would then be less of that misery and filth abounding which so disgraoeB the " Queen of the West" at the present time .
x . OLA&QOVr . AS II WAS . An hundred and thirty years ago , the Western Metropolis possessed not even the semblance of those township qualifications that now elevate her to the hiRhest an * the first rank amongst the structures of the universe . With solitary exceptions , her streets were narrow , croofcefl , and ditty ; the houses , then , though chiefly built of free-stone , presented not the traits of beauty and of elegance in their externals , that bo much adorn and enrich her present appearance . They were built of irregular height , and boasted no feature in architecture , save what the eccentric , or , if you like it , tndepen&mt whim of the lairds thought proper ta evince . The Tol booth , the Hie'Kirk , and the College were the pride of the citizens in the olden time , as the twa latter especially claim the admiration of her sons in our own day .
" The SautrMercat and Hie'iGate were then the principal marts of beauty as Well as trade . In both streets , adjoining the Toiboothj the shops were all within piazzas , which gave the city in that quarter an elegant appearance , by the number and regularity of the lengthy line of pillars . The wares within , especially in the Saut-Mercat r were of costly materiel , chiefly intended for the . ' custom" of the wealthy citizens . However much a modern may doubt or ridicule the belief , It is a fact , and the remains of elegai . ee still observable attest its truth , that to a stranger visiting Glasgow these shops appeared of singularly imposing grandeur . " The Saat-Mereat and Hie' Gate , by right of eminence as direct thoroughfares , and trade emporiums , claimed priority of attention from strangers who might then visit tbe gude toon . The curve-line formed by the junction of the Hie' Gate and Saut-Metcat desctibsd
the entire length of the city , which might extend some three-fourths of a mile , a little way from the Green , or Clyde , en the south , to the upper termination of the Hie' Gate , at the " Castle Loan . " On the north-westward , where the present commerce , trade , and grandeur of Glasgow seat their foens , there was , at tbat time , scarcely a vestige of hamlet or inhabitants . Towards the north-east , from the Galloway to the Hie Kirk , the city was chiefly populated ; and there did the toiling and the lazy , the virtuous and the se ' er-do-weel , tbe ; thrifty and the vicious , accumulate comfort and peace , poverty and crime . From lack of labourers ,
few of the puir folks of those days , willing to labour , went to the labour market without returning with their due reward . Young men , by industry and frugality , and the perseverance of a few short years , seldom made respectability an aim without attaining their object . The worthy had always Bfnuence within their reach , without grasping at a favourable circumstance , or seizing an advantage . There were no signs of poverty apparent , unless where and when Indulgence in sloth , or participation in crime were the agents visible tbat ranked the fallen with the few who were shunned by the well-meaning as wicked and worthless . "
Though printed at Glasgow , we presume the work can be had of the London publishers .
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THE PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF IRELAND . Parts 2 and 3 . London , Strange , Paternoster Row . This work , the fiist part of which we noticed some time back , is continued with uuabated spirit . The following extracts—all we can find room for—will best exhibit its merits : —
CROMWE H At PROGHEDA . "Arrived before the town , Cromwell immediately summoned the governor to surrender , which was refused . Some delay occurred in the arrival of the artillery from Dublin , but no sooner had it come np , than he commenced thundering Bgainst the walls , and speedily effected a breach . He now determined to take the place by storm . Twice did his bravest men mount the breach , and twice were they repelled with great slaughter . CromwaU rallied them to a third effort , and himself led the assault . A terrible struggle ensued , but the impetuosity of the besiegera bore down every opposition , and they were at last successful . Colonel Wall being killed at the head of his regiment , his soldiers threw down their arms ,
on ttae piomise of quarter ; and Cromwell and his men now rushed into tbe town . The garrison , however , was not yet subdued . They had thrown up three intrenchments behind the walls , and defended every inch of ground , fighting bravely and desperately at the corner of every street At last , the town was completely in the hands of the enemy , and all resistance ceased . A dreadful slaughter immediately ensued . Cromwell , with an infernal coolness , issued bis orders for the massacre ot the entire garrison , and they were accordingly indiscriminately put to the sword . A number of the inhabitants—soldiers , officers , priests , women , and children—took shelter in the great church of the town ,
where they imagined they would be safe from ihe fury of Cromwell ' s soldiers . But the sacredness of the place did not save them from destruction : they were butchered like the rest . Tbe brave governor Sir Arthur Aston , Sir Edward Terney , Colonels Warren , Fleming , and Byrne , together with all the officers , were put to the sword , though they had been promised mercy when they laid down their arms . The horrible slaughter continue J for several days ; it is said that for neatly a week the streets of Drogheda ran with blood . Thirty only of the brave defenders of Drogheda survived ; and these , even more luckless than the rest , were shipped off as slaves to the plantations in Barbadoes .
"Lest our statement of the above transaction may appear exaggerated , we shall give Cromwell's own account of it , in a dispatch written on the spot , immediately after the town bad been taken . After describing the desperate resistance of the enemy , admitting that' through the advantages of the place , and the courage God was pleased to give the defenders , our men were forced to retreat quite out of the breach , not without some considerable loss ;'—be adds , that his veterans were induced to make a second attempt , 1 wherein , ' says he , ' God waB pleased to animate them so , that they got ground of the enemy , and , by the goodness of God , forced him to quit his intrenebmonts , and after a -very hot dispute , the enemy haying both horse and foot , and we foot only within tbe walla , the
enemy gave ground , and our men became masters , " Then be adds , having effected a passage for his cavalry into the town , 'the enemy retreated , diverse into the Mill-Mount , a place very strong and of difficult access , being exceeding high , having a good graft , und strongly palisadoed ; tha governor , Sir ArthwAston , and diverse considerable officers being there , our men getting up to them , were ordered by me to put them all tothe sword ; and indeed , being in the heat of action , I forbade them to spare any that were in arms in the town , aad I think that night they put to the sword about two thousand men . Diverse of the officers and soldiers being fled over the bridge iuto the other part of the town , where about one hundred of them possessed St . Peter ' s church steeple , some the west gate , and others a strong round tower next the gate called St Sunday , —these being Buniiuoned to yield to mercy , refused ; whereupon I ordered the steeple of St Peter's church to be fired .. The next day the other two towera were summoned , in .
one of which was about six or seven score , but they ; refused to yield themselves ; and we , knowing that < hunger must compel them , set only good guards to i secure them from running away , till their stomachs < were come down . From one of the said towers , not- ! withstanding , thevr condition , they killed and wounded ; some of out men : when they submitted , their officers j were knocked on the head , and every tenth man of the j soldiers killed , and the rest shipped for the Barbadoes ; tbe soldiers in tbe other tower were all spared , as to j their lives only , and shipped likewise for the Barbadoes . I believe all the friars were knocked on the head promiscuously but two , the one of which was Father Peter Taaf , brother to the Lord Taaf , whom the soldiers took the next day and made an end of ; tbe other was taken in the round tower , under tbe reput e of lieutenant , and when he understood that the officers in that town had no quarter , he confessed be w ^ s a friar , but that did not save him . '
" Sncb was the siege and butchery of Drogheda ^ the successful issue of . which ' Cromwell , in bis dvpatches to the Parliament , ascribes 'to God alone' ! -characterising it as ' a marvellous great mercy . ' It is indeed horrible to find the name of tbe Most Hi ^ a 00 often employed by legalised destroyers , to give a sanction to their works of carnage . The Mahome-dao conqueror puts a whole nation to the sword , and . straightway he falls on his face and cries , ' Allah , u Allah ! God is great " , The Imperial Catholic tramples down the population of the richest and most fertile countries in the world , and then goes in prrxessien to the magnificent cathedral , where , amidsV tbe hallelujahs of a
thousand chomters , he give ' j praise to God , as the worker of all bis cruelty ! AvA the avenging Protestant , mad ' with fury and fanat ' eiem , immolates crowds of defeocelesB beings , and while still reeking with the blood of slaughtered r , omen and children , he turns up his eyes to God , and returns him thanks for the ' marvellous great nu > . rey' ! 'I wish '—thus runs the conclusion of Cromwell ' s despatch to the Parliament' I wish / that a'Ji honest hearts may give tbe glory ol tbia to God & '» one , to wbom the praise ef this mere ] belongB . ' And the Parliament responded ta the call ol Cromwell- , for it forthwith appointed A thanksgiving
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* The fourth kind of tortnre from which this , then , dating man of many fights and many horrore , hurried away with sickened heart , was called ^ e TirgiB ; When used , the prisoner was compelled to embrace it , and it was so constructed with macbinesyliuude , th a * it-returned the . embrace with nnrelaxliig and ««^««» o » fittg : loir its embracing the prisoner caused it to t&rust forward some toon spikes concealed In its breast , which then pierced the breast of to P ^ J ^ and pierced by the Tir « in ' sembrace the yicUm learned , by lingering torments . the bomble rnookerr of the wiiSon ^ Move fai the deadly cruelty of it- false professors .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 16, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct512/page/3/
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