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PILGRIM OF CHARTISM . SOSG in . A spectre -vsho stays in tte ilarket-plnce cross'd me , As tfcccsfcifnl and proud by the Guildhall I prest ; The ir-aviah man held tip his staff to accost me , And p roffered the station a fit place to rest . Ah . iisy conrt-e-ons fawner , right onward ferine ; If o rt * t till the Charter dotk make us all free . Tet tarry , said he , till the mob by us passes ; Acd i 2 r -i > the staticn for safety be led ! For tbr Magi ' s , last night , did Bwear o ' er their glasses The £ - - " - £ where ye meet should ba strew'd with yonr dc -j .-L Ah , nay , eourt-e-ons fawner , right onward for me ; 2 \ o it t till the Chatter doth , niake us all free . S . J , Bristol .
TTiiitf-n at Bath , May , 1 S 39 , upon the lollowing occ asva : —Tc « Chartists held a district demonstration secorcW-5 to announcement . Ths Reform Corporation and i * . 'i ? trate 8 , to their lasting infamy , paraded the police w .-. &si arm 3 in the Market-place , the pensioners in the Grfcen-maiktt , the veemanry in other parts of the U'WD . awaiting the slightest pretext to attack tie peep ;* - , but no&e occurred .
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THE PEOPLES CHARTER . BY 3 > A"VID ¦ WB 1 GHT , ABEBDEErf . Bo * long "will millions bend the knee , And bow before the " pow-rs that be , " "Wlio starve the sons ef industry , And hate the Charter ? E : iwlong will millions sweat and toil , " While tjrants plunder and beguile . The people of tie common soil , And hate the Charter ? How long will Britons starve and die , "VVhiWtyrants prendiy pass them by lc mccktiy , and then belie The People ' s Charter ?
H > - » long win pensioned lorduigs scorn Tr . tr coble , though tte fcnmble , born ? How lorg will injured millions meum For Preedom s Cb . art . tT "Tiii every fiane and honest man a cove the age of twenty-one fchill rccognlzs the noble plsn And claim the Charter . ' O- . ' when will penes and plenty re ; gn Throiyh Britain ' s injured lend again ? W hen , oh ! when thaii we obtain The People ' s Charter ? Ch : when will freedom ' s banner wave TrniEph-int o ' er oppression's grave , . " . si Britain ' s children , free and brave , Brnounca the tyrant and the slave ,
And claim the Charier : "When will the the prison do-rs unfold , As . i heavy chains renounce their hold , 3 nu Chartist victlma , true and bold , The lieht of day again behdd And claim the Charter ? Oh . ' when will we regain the lost , Tne nolle Williams , Jones , and Frost ? Ou > wh&n will they and millions boast Of Freedom ' s Charter ? tf fcen , united heart and hand , Fr-redom ' s sona throughout tbe land Kriolve to conquer , and demand The People ' s Charter !
Then , Britoas , who would now dissemble ? R -use ! and let the brave assemble ! Unite . ' and while the tyrants tremlile We demand the Charter
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SCRAPS FOR RADICALS . BY L . T . CLAYEY . SO . X 1 T . E-. fj'ac Lines on the deaDi of Samuel Ho t -berry , icho died a Martyr to Democracy , June 2 ~ lst , 1 S 12 , agtd 27 , Ptace to thy shade ! immortal youth , Oar Charter ' s martyr , rest ! Thy spirit"s gone , bat , like the son ' s Diurnal in the West , Thy name shall Ion ? illume the lan §; And when the sky—the sea , Are vengeful on this world of ours , Taen will I think on tliee .
Praee to thy shade ! immortal youth , Deeply thy thtme I sing ; Nor lone , in this repulsive world , 3 ? £ hs to thy shrine I bring : The rose-bod weeps ; the lily pines ; Eich flower and every tree Converges from the tyrant's grasp , And bids me think on tbee . P ^ ioe to thy shade I immortal youth ! They've chosen foi thee a grave ; And every tongue that worshipp'd there Kith caU'd the * true and brave ; F ^ r thy pure bouI disdaiu'd the boon Of dastard tyranny , Whcee cold and callous heart ne ' er knew Twas earn'd from heaven by thee .
Peace to thy shade ! immortal youth ! And whilst thy mem ry dear SbaiJ honour'd be , by loftier strains , Will mine be less sincere Because the humble bard that breathes This wofejgned . elegy Presumes to struggle for the cause Long battled ia " by thee ?
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m THE STAR . Taxe— " Tbe brave old Oai , " " Will some one write a song for the Star ? - F . O'CO 55 OB-• Yes , O'Connor , I will , and dedicate it to yon . " E . P . Mead . A . - r . g for the Star I the brave Northern Star . ' "W \ vch stands in Its pride alone I The ; - " s nune in the land doth ? o nobly stand , 2 s -r such bright renown has won ! Tb- millions alf know * tis the tyrant ' s foe Azd tke champion of the free ! Ti . : brave patriots , hurra for the bright yorUtern Siar - £ . = i : he Charter of Liberty . '
m ;> csys or oM when the Barons bold A-.-rEj- 'led on Ranny Mead , M > ^ :. a Charta to claim , in blest Freedom ' s name , Tl ' . f c- ^ ald neither write nor read ; Bv . r .-r millions now , of the loom and plough , I- ' -t iii' re enligliten'd are , Fo' - > -. ^ 2 2 g brand spreads through the land' ~ ..- ur watch-fire Vhe Xcrthern Star I TL . _ .: the the factions unite to dim its light >; -heir dark and misty lies , ¦ It ii ^ all shine o ' er plcnch , loom , and mine , - '" -right Freedom ' s sun arise . Th , - •¦ ; arra for the Star , the brave Xorlh Star , 1 - ± * rtaeds in its pride aTont ! Ai ¦ : shall it be the pride of the free , * - ..-a i ? s foea ^ aie all perish'd and cone .
x e -. iiit-cnts travei ev " ry poor white slave . ' TJ ¦ ., " -. - -o , vE 6 ana all , ili . v - - k in its light , 'tis a beacon bright , ^ ' ¦ ' ¦ - ' ¦ - ^ tSes each faetiooa iqualL Kt b ~ - iia we draw ; peace , order , and law .-. u- ¦ - ur weapons of moral war ; Th :. aTc Fesjgusand Bil ] are onr pilots still , s- .-j . . ' - or compass the Himhr . m stnr
Tb . ' : e ' s to the Star ! may it near acd far ^ " s f ° ' th its lucid rays ! "Zi ¦ " T : Ciarttr is law , ' twill keep tynxts in awe , - " - ^ Line on their evil wayB . Ti : . -raons L ' sht on the dirk midnight ^ ' i :. - . - i rivstcraft has spread aroutd ! Tb- : -t - s 31 ay the S ! ur , the bright Xorihem Siai i — TiCt-OrT itul ho prn-irr .- /'
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KETTEKIHe . —A new court of Ancient Jfi : ; : - was opened in K * tterin ^ . 3 t the honse of ore -:-: ' Thomas Gibson , ibe Swan Ian , when ihe f' ! ° f Oandale , Rotbwell , and iliddletcn £ - "•" -. " : n iheir splendid regalia . After the court W 3- ¦ ..- ? jed . there was a procession throngb . the ttv -:. wiiicb was much admired by tbe people , at the e .- - . ,,: v . tich tbe brethren sat dov < u to an excellent cn _^ . provide 4 by ; he landlord . . - - £ ~ i- £ DS . —Jitvemle Disoedeely , —Oj . Monday ia
f-: i very liule girl , named Elizabeth Cnadwick , r ' - ^ a : e was Elated to be 15 , was charged before tut I- -stivrzxes at the Court House , VFith having been «* - i : nuk in Kirkgate , on Sunday afternoon , and " ^ i- .-g in a very disorderly manner . The officers K& ' - ' .-I tha . t her companions vrere girls of the town ° f -a .- lowest stamp ; teat sbe had no mother , and Ei c- ^ - ^ qatnee cf her conduct her fath er had deterton !^ to have nothing to do with her . She was eon" ^ c -2 of felony at the last borough sessions , and has of of
o _ Hi \ ^ . a snort time out tbe House CorrectJ . Xbe magistrates expressed themselves in ^• --4 lerms at her depravity , and being -wishful , p ' -yi ^ £ jadioa ; mg upon the ca se , to Bee her ^' -- * 2 r . they remanded her until Tuesday , when £ ir v--is again brought up ,. and , her father being tfr --. -: i attendance , aJter seme oonverEation with the Be . ., be agreed to receive the girl back again , and £ ' ~ is consequently discharged after 3 suitable act . " -j-ion .
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Robbeey by a Sebvast , —On Monday last , a young woman , named Charlotte Keane , who has been for some time in the service of Mr . Gilston , woolien draper , was brought before the magistrates at the Court House , on a charge of having stolen ' various " articles of wearing apparel belonging to ¦ Mrs . Gikton . A black lace veil and other property j was produced , and , when called upon , Mr . G . stated ! to ibe bench that , from the girl ' s previous good j character , and at the intercession of friends , who I had undertaken to pay her passage home to I Ireland , he did not wish to press the charge against : her . Mr . Luptou remarked apon the effect which -, such leniency had upon others , and said that rob-! beries by female servants were more numerous than I most people were at all aware off , while , in a great ; : number of cases the prosecutions against them were i abandoned . To secure her being sent away by her j friends , she was kept in custody , until Tuesday , and ! then-giv-. n up to them .
Stealing Shoes—On Monday " last , two young men named Robert Holmes and Joseph Batty , were charged &t tbe Court-House , with having oa Saturday night stolen two shoes , from a stall in Briggate , the property of Mr . James Whiteley . The shoes were produced by a watchman , who apprehended ; the prisoners , while runniug along Call-iane , in consequence of a cry of k > stop thief ; " at which time Holmes dropped them from under hi-3 jacket . A ! person who witnessed thetransactioa deposed that he ¦ svw the two prisoners together ; who tried several | stalls without success . They then turned into Boar' , lace , aud watching an opDortuuity , walked quickly ¦ ' -past Whiteley ' d stall , Holmes seizing the shoes as he I paised . The . prosecutor identified them as his pro-: perty , they being two odd one ? , and the fellows being still in his hands . Taey were committed for trial .
HE . > TiorsT Hot . bzrt . —During the night of Sunday la ~ i , the-huiroott of the Miss Papons , of Seacrou , \ near" Leeds , was broken into , and about thirty head j of pou ' jry were siolen . 5 Lvfobmatiox against a Waggoxer . —On . Tucsi -day last a young man named Charles ±$ rown Fairer , ; of Harrogate , appeared by summons at Leeds Coart I House , toannrer to a complaint preferred against him by Mr . Joseph Henry Oaies , of Mean wood , for I having , on the 3 Och uh . absented himself from his : team , in Chapeltown-lane , so for that he could not
hare the management or guidance of his horses . Sir . Oates said his attention was first attracied by seeing the defendant and another man ( whom he afterwards found to be his brother , ) struggling together on the road , and though this comprised no part of the complaint , he must j ay that he never in Iris life ' saw moTe brutal treatment of one brother at the hands of another . The defendant , on being called upon , denied that he was so far behind his horses as had been etattd . The magistrates convicted him in the penalty of forty shillings and costs .
! A Soldier ' s Frolic—On Tuesday last a private ! in the 65 ' . h Foot appeared at tbe Leeds Court Honse I to prefer a charge of robbery against two men : named Joseph Stead and Joseph Wainwrigbr . The | complainant staled tha : he had come from Borough-\ bridge with a recruit , and on his return , on Monday , i he called at ; the Chained Ball , at Moortown , where ; he found the two prisoners , who wanted to enlist . He laid a shilling on the table , if cither of ihem ! chose to take it . Wainwright took it up and ordered ; a half gallon of ale , which was drunk , and then they ' " asked if he had any more shillings . He laid
i another on the table , which was spent , after which ' he laid his head on the table , as if he were asleep , • whea he distinctly felt a man ' s hand in his pocket , j and on setting up , saw Stead withdraw hi 3 ; he had , aboHt 10 s . 6 d . in his pocket , the whole of which waa ; taken . On investigating the case , it turned out that ; ihe soldier wa 3 exceedingly drank , having been at I the Chained Bull nearly all the day , and there i being no one present who could distinctly bring ; the robbery home , they were remanded till Wednesday , for the attendance of Mr . Johnson . The : other witnesses were told they need not attend on i Wednesday .
Gaud en Robberies . —On Monday last , a youcg man named James Kneether , was charged at the Court . House , with having stolen a quantity of peas , beans , onions . &c , from the garden of Mr . Benjamin isaxion , of Pontefract-lane . The prosecutor Etated that he Trent to his garden , which is over the Leeds and Selby railway tunnel , at six o ' clock that morning , and found the prisoner very busy at work ; he had got a quantity of peas and bcins in a handkerchief , and was just commencing at the oniou bed . He seized him , and kept him until he could get an officer . He had suffered to a great extern by similar depredations . The prisoner , on being called on , said he had been driven to it by want—a statement which his appearance certainly did not bear out .
Mr . Lupton said the offence was getting very oomzqod , snd must be put a stop to . He was committed to Wakefield for six months , with hard labour . The next case called waa against an old man named Wm . Ambler , who was charged with being found at two o ' clock on Sunday morning , in Mr . Dawson ' s garden , at Cavalier Hill , helping himself to the cabbages , potatoes , &c . A watchman was the witness in this case ; he was going his rounds , and bearing a noise in the garden , looked in and found the prisoner at work . Theold man declared be had not eaten anything for four or five days , that hehad a wife and child who were in the same coridition . and that he had been driven to tee crime
by hunger . The magistrates inquired where he belonged to , but this he could not distinctly answer ; he thought toTadcaster ; but they said he did nor . He had been to Mr . Naylor ' a office , and Mr . Nay lor wrote a letter to the Tadcaster overseers , giving him two shillings to take it . It ako came &ui iba * he had received money from Mr . Kaylor to ieich his nncie over from Church Fenton , who could prove his settlement , but that he had spent the money , and had nos been to Mr . Baylor ' s afterwards . The magistrates told him he had acted vctv wrong ; and much . as they might commiserate hi 3 distre- « s , it was clear he had brought part or . it on himself . They should make a difference in his case , and &ead him to Wakefield for three months .
Assatlis os thb Police . —On Monday last , a ferocious fellow , named Francis Kenney , was charged ¦ with having , on Sunday forenoon , commenced a violent assault npon Police Sergeant Wade . It is only a'few months since the prisoner wa 3 taken into enstody by Wade and another ( . nicer , for another offence , for which he was punished , and ? i : ; ce thai time he ha 3 repeatedly " vowed vengeance . " On Sunday forenoon , a prostitute named Ann Pre . t 0 D , residing in Back George-street , and with whom Ke .-mey lives , being drunk , persis t ed in sitting euu-idc of he / house , and it being nearly twelve o ' clock , Wade ordered her in . Whilst he was talking to her , ¦ Keiiiuy came up , and made a stroke atherwiih a s - ick , -nh'ch mifsed her , npon wnich she ran ir , a ; : d
Kenney followed , and sirurk her several rime .- - . On h-. aring her screams , Sergeant Wade fa-c ^ d his way into the house after tntm , when Keun > y who seems to have been driven nearly mad by l : quur , rushed at him , and besides striking him , kicked aud bit him m ihe most savage ma : ner . Several persona who were present assisted the officer , and one . or two were s ; ru ' ek by the prisoner ; Mr . Robert Wrighi , shoemaker , was one of these , and he corroboratta the tfit-er ' s statement in every paincular , as did other witnesses . It was shown also that the female obsirnciea the offictr in the execution of his auty , and attempted to . rescue Kenney wheu he had ^< . him secured . For tbi 3 she was afterwards taken , and appeared in custody . K > nney utiempled to deny u ; -- i-fficer's statement , and went n-to a zuinblin ? account to show that ho v > sn '' ni' -re sihiie-. i
against ihan sinning . " This , however , only innou i : L-- ca .-e worse , for it wa 3 shown that every sbiim « n he made was false . Tnu m 2 Ai-tr 2 ies , after some ctn ^ uliaiion , committed ibe wc-mis for a mou ' . h to Wakefield , as a lewd and aisurct-rly cnaracer . Kenney wss fined £ 5 , or two months' imprisonment , for the " assault on Wade ; twenty ? h i . ' , iiig 5 and costs , or one month , for that on Mr . Wright ; and in addition , at ihe end of these two i < jjm > of imprisonmerjr , to fixd sureties , himself in ^ 20 und two bondsmen in £ 1 U each , to keep ill ? peace towards Wade and ail other persons for twelve months ; in default of this to be imprisoned for that tim ? . —Benjamin Gelder , was" at rhe same time fined 20 s . and costs , or a momh'b imprisonmtiit , for haTin ^ assan ' ted , one of the nightly watch , in Elleiby-lane , at two o ' clock on Sunday morning .
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]>• IZ 2 j Sir James Gra < : aiD , ir . eprcstnt . fcccreisrj of State for the Home Dcpartmt-nt , in i : s r-ook upoi ; "Cora and Currency , " v . rou- thus : — " W . nt . ; ie 7 tr this couutry pr ? senisihe spectaclecr rsii-Iions su / rplicaiii ; g -tor bread , then will the ptopie swn .-y > af . ' aj titles , pensions , and honours . " A t"O 5 EB Fin ii a Child . —A boy asktd one of his father ' s ^ uesis who is next door neighbour was , sn- 'j when i ; t-htardliis name , askidLiiu i ; the gciitiomac vr :-s cot a iccl . " Xo , my litilc irit-nd , " sa : a the gu ^ t , '' he is no fool , but a . very sensible man ; but why clo you a ^ k the question ? " " Why , " a : a theliixlet 03 " , " my mother said , the other day , you were next Cocrto a fool , and I vrautea to know who lived next door to you /'
The £ >> is Massacbe . —Thirty-nine maictments for wiiiul curder have been framed by ihe Crown in tbe police case for the Ennis A&sizes , in which each man of the thirty eight committed , is severally charged as a principal , the rest aiding ami abetv . ag . The Li vxbpool a > 'd Glasgow Steam Ship Admiral- —This favourite vessel arrivtd here on Fridav , aft « r * a remarkably short passage from Green ' ock . It is with pleasure ; ve observe her
resume her place between Liverpool and" Glasgow , for , without disparagement to others , the Admiral is , to our taste , as fine a first-cla ? s eteaiaer as is to be met with in this country . She is of the same class and description aa the Achilles , and , from what we can learn , is of greater length of keel than the famed Boston and Halifax £ team-ship 3 . Although the speed , elegance , and comfort , oi the Admiral are so well known" to travellers , we recommend evtry person wuo can appreciate a See iteam-ihip to go to Titw ihe Admiral . —Liverpool Albion .
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Dublin , June 30 . —The clerks in the Post-office of Dnblin , whose salaries exaeed £ 150 per annum , hava received notice that they are subject to the demands of the income tax , though resident in Ireland . This announcement has caused much surprise and chagrin among these fnn-ni&naries . Lancaster Sands . —On the evening of Monday week two men lost their lives in attempting to cross Lancaster Sands . The unfortunate persons were strangers . They were about thirty years of age , of middle stature , respectably attired , and had the appearance of journeymen engaged in trade . One had on a black coat , and the other a brown one .
Extbaoiidinary Case . —On Saturday , an investigation was entered into before Mr . Wakley and a respectable jury , at the Volunteer Tavern , Upper Baker-street . Portman-square , on view of the body of Mr . E . Farrell , aged b' 0 , a gentleman of independent fortune , who died from the effects of starvation , under the very extraordinary and peculiar circumstances subjoined . From the evidence adduced it appeared that the deceased had resided for some monthsi past at No . 31 , Upper Baker-street , and possessed extensive landed property in the south of Ireland . He was a gentleman of the most eccentric habits , and for the last two months had persisted in diminishing grad ually the quantity ' of his lood until it was wholly insufficient to sustain life . Ho became dreacfullylow and ill in consequence , but refused at the same time to receive any medical advice . Ultimately he refused to take even
the smallest quantity of nourishment , and on Monday locked himself in his room , where he remained , and refused admission to anv ono for upwards of twenty-four hours , when the door was forced open . Dr . Walsh , of George-street . Portman-square , was immediately sent for , and found the deceased lying on the floor , in a state of frightful emaciation and exhaustion . Dr . Quain was subsequently sent for , and in conjunction with Dr . Walsh used every means to restore iim . Under their treatment he rallied , aDd was enabled to give au account of his connexions aud affairs . He subsequently , however , had a relapse , and died on Wednesday , at twelve o ' clock . Upwards of £ 100 in cash was found in the deceased ' s apartment . The coroner having remarked on the very extraordinary nature of tho case , the juTy ultimately returned a verdict , " that the deceased aied from want of food . "
Two Men Scalded to Death . — -A dreadful accident occurred at Dowlais iron \ v 0 rk 3 , on Wednesday last . Two men , named Edward Burke and Frank Smith , were cleaning a culvert under one of the blast engines . The engine tender , in ignorance of any persons being in the culvert , tapped a boiler , the hot water and steam from which descended into it ; the poor fellows , frightened at the noise of tho steam , made a rush towards a ladder , by which they might ascend from the culvert . The ladder was fixed in 3 winch , about fifteen feet deep , by tho side of the engine-house ; it was through this passage that the water and steam from the boiler descended to the culvert . At the foot of the ladder they were
met by a stream of scalding water which continued to pour over them during their ascent . -Burke ' s appearance was pitiable in the extreme , nearly ail the skin having peeled off his body . Smith was not so much scalded , he being the second in getting up the ladder . Mr . Russell , surgeon , was immediately in attendance , and did all that skill could suggest to ease their pain . Burke lingered in the greatest agonv until Friday evening , when death put a prriod to his sufferings . Smith survived him until Sunday morning , when death relieved him of all his pain ; he was a single man , abou * twenty-two years of ago . Had they proceeded a fe-r yards further into tho culvert , instead of running to tho ladder , this sad event would not have happened .
A Wise Choice . —Highlanders have a great dislike to bo hanged unon a Jir tree—at least , they were wont to have . Whether they still retain this unworthy and illiberal prejudice we don ' t know . It happened upon an occasion when Tonal was condemned to be hanged , either for some notorious breach of the law , or for disobliging " ta Chief , " that " she" was allowed to chose " her" irco . Tonal looked about and selected a very diminutive gooseberry bush , whereupon " she mi ^ bt be justified " The finisher oi the law exclaimed with great mdigr : ation , "Tat tree wadna be lang eneugh ' fo ? fifty years to hang her : '' Tonal , however , was ready for the objection—'' she was in nao hurry , Cot bless her—she wad just wait till ta tree grow . "— Scotch paper .
Curious Maxi-script . —Besides the valuable receipt from which Parr ' s Pills are now compounded , there are several MSS . pieces , written in his old qnaint style , on the value of health ; his opinions , though somewhat differently expressed , were , that the varieties of clime and modes of living raade but little difference to our period of existence ; that the 2 aw' 3 of nature are simple and easily understood , but they require perfect obediti / ce . He deservedly denounced the billy mysteries assumed by the medical profession , being fully convinced of the power of his discovery , to thoroughly eradicate disease and to prolong life .
Ibela > d . —Another Conflict With the police . —The Lnnerick Chronicle of Monday reports the following desperate outrage . It will be observed with regret , that this hitherto peacable county has Iatter 3 y been disgraced by the too frequent recurrence of those acts of violence which has given , to Tipperury " so memorable a notoriety : — " Ap Headconstab . ' e Saanderson and five of the police stationed at Cappapore were patrolling on Sunday night ] asi , thpy suddenly came upon and surprised several armed men , with their faces blackened , who a few minutes before had entered the house of a wealthy farmer , named Coffey , living on the estate of Sir John Ribton , and within a quarter of a mile of Castleguard , the residence of the Hon . Waller O'Gradv , in
th s coumy . Head-constable Saunderson , with that z-. al and intrepidity ior which he is distinguished , first rushed into the house , though a loaded ^ un was opposed to his entrance . A desperate conflict continued for several minutes in the dark , tho ruffians having put out the light on tho entrance of tbo police , during which the life of the Head-constable was providentially saved , one of the miscreants , who acted aB sentinel , haviug presented and snapped a gun close to his person , which fortunately missed fire , but . which , had it taken effect , mast have been followed by instant death , as it was heavily loaded with swan shot . Constable Jlourke ai-o received a severe wound on the head , which
rendered him insensible ; and Coffey , the proprietor of the house , a deep and painful injury from a bayonet , which passed through his arm close to the elbow . Four of the fellows were mado prisoners , thv re :-t- havii ; g escaped in the darkness , and were yrrt- ! -rday transmitted to our county i'aol , after a prolonged investigation , by Mestrs . Tracy and F . W . Holiand . Tho prisoners were followed through th :: country , on their way to gaol , by some hundreds , and pr ^ s ^ nted a frightful appearance , which no doubt will have a-saluran effect , as they were pent in as they were taken , hi flayrante dclicto with thtir faced biackened , together with the captured arm ? , cohsis-. iii ^ vf two guns and a braco of cavalry pi-iol > . "
Di t -KSS . — The unpmployod still increase in Glasgow . Upwards of 1 . 000 " wrecks of m * 'n" ' wander about : n want of employment ; besides these , 2 , 000 sre daiiy ied from charity . Iu allusion to the dreadful < : isirrss that prevails in Ireland , the Archbishop of Tuam has addressed the following letter to Sir It . Pel : — " Sir , —It would be criminal to delay any longer to call the attention of the Prime Minister to the ¦ "t ' -trvintc condition of a large portion of her Maje- ' . yV p < oplc . 1 have made myself conversant w-t-h . thf details of misery , and though even a sense of dmy would excuse my absence at this season , I ha . vi " ' -. ' , oinrh ; it a more imperative duty to stay at home , i-vcn 10 encounter all the importunities of d ^ trt-. 's . and to soothe those pangs of suffering
which k is impossible to appease . There is r . o do cep ' i-. Jt .. It is no * on tho awful tale which fhe tongu - may sometimes framo to deceive , that I mst the .:: vidt-nco of this unexampled destitution . No , it is on the tottering steps of groups of creatures xetuTuuig from the fields where they have been plucknia unwholesome vegetables—their jaundiced and 3 iv ;<] locfc bearing tes'imony to ihe scanty and poif . o :. ons nutriment by which they are necessitated to .-ur ^ ain their wretched existence . Amidst this ht- ? . i --s ; ckeiiing misery tha poor arc denied the nrgaiiv- ,-- » -, iun of the poor houses , notwithstanding ill ,, the public funds have been so profusely cx-; > :. ot . ' . 11 their erection . They arc to bo opened , it m .-i : i . x . ; , i ' : er tho pressure of this hard sfa ^ on
r ' r . -ji . have pass-ed over . Have iho enormoas ' salaries u' thf . Poor . " Law . Commissioners , with all the arcurtus'fii perqui .-. itcs oi' iravclliDt , ' , &c ., been also a .- j'vi it- , 1 to fhe same period ? If ho can rciy upon thv vubivhed accounts of the disbursements , itseonis t ! i 2 t >' .-u , a fixty or reventy thousand pounds have tern : «" lr ? a * iy expended on those functionaries-, and iliat oiiuT subordi&aio officer ^ are entitled tu pay , whilsi , iu many instances , r . ot one paitide of charii : ib ; -- ni : ef has reached the poor of wmic . of the inost d 2 ^ t re ; -. ' -ed localities . Express , therefore , no surprise at the deep _ -vea ; cd " anxiety of the Irish peop ' o for an Irish FarJiameiit under an undivided sway of an irsr ^ Tial Crown . In their anomalous condition it woiuil be acre surpriiing if they did not steadily prrsevrro in aseerting their right to thciir only
proicciitJi agaii ; st ever-recurring Bcarcity indespito of exaj discouragement . No honest politician can with 'he country to be doomed to perpetual beggary . Were it . blt-ssed with ten time 3 its present produce , and uli the discoveries of chemistry already applied 10 B ^ : k ahnro to be exhausted on ita cultivation , its only fffvet , would be by increasing our exports to incr - a-e the number of our absentees , who , by coping in luxury with tbe proud patricians of England , are render . < u so needy that no increase of rents or price of - produce can satisfy tiieir rapacious demand ; and tin :.- while the dishonest financier would be deducting from the exports of Ireland proofs of its prosperity . , the looker-on might , alas .. ' at this moment , in mauy parts of this district , have to weep in silent pity ever the slow but certain starvation of the reopk \"
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Donation from New Yobk . —The handsome sum of £ 304 6 s . has been received from New York , through Mr . Hugh Auchincioss , being the amount of a subscription in that city in behalf of the suffering poor of certain towns in Scotland . The money , which was remitted under charge , to the Hon . Sir James Campbell , Lord Provost , and Mr . A . Tiiomson , American Consul in tbia city , has beea paid over to the chief magistrates' of the respective towns ; in accordance with the iristruciiona received from New York . —Glasgow CJtroniele .-
On Monday last , at the Southampton Sessions , during a trial of fourteen men ibr a riot , one of the Jurymen commenced smoking a cigir . The Recorder , Mr . Sergeant Cockburn , was bo indignant that hn stopped the proceedings of the Court , gave the puffing Juryman a severe lecture , declaring ; that his conduct was one of the grossest insults ever offered m an English Court of Justice , and fined him £ 10 . On the assembling of she Court the following mornio ^ :,-the . Juryman made an apology to the Court , and was excused paying tho fine ,
KEPRI 6 . VE of Francis the Convict . —On Saturday afternoon , a messenger was sent down from the Home Office to | h ' d ' r . Majesty ' s gaol of Newgate , with a reprieve for the convict Jwhri Francis , who lay uuder sentence of death for his recent attempt upon the life of the Queen . Through tho clemency of her Majesty , whose benevolent wishes were consulted by the privy council , by whom the fate of the wretched man was . dtcided , his life has been . spared , and hm sentence is now commuted to ¦ trahsponaHon for life to _ tho most penal settlcnieiit of Tasmania , The prisoner received the tidtngs of mercy in a manner which became his situation . He had become very anxious and desponding as the day fixed tor the execution of hird .-elf and Cooper approached .
The following particulars of a most murderous outrage and robbery , committed a few nitih ' . d a ^ O upon _ M r ;¦ and ; , \ lrs . Webb , of Tormaaton , GIoucrsfprfhire , were inserted in the Government Police Gazette of Saturday . It appears that as the persoas alluued to vrere returning home from Chipping 8 o ( ibury , in" a . . li * jht spring cart , they were stopped by five men , armed / with formidable bludgeons , when one of them struck Mr . Webb a violent blow on the head , which -stunned him . On ¦ recb-vt-ri-hj ; lie found himself lying inthemidoJo of the road , and several
of the party holding him and rifling hia poikt . is , from one of which they stole-a -. pui-so , cot . taiuing abaut five pounds in gold and ' . gi ' iver . Thyy also dragged Mrs . Webb from the cart , and robbtii lur of lUs ., and other property . The ;¦ fellows then- « ut into the cart and drove off , and the horse and vehicle were-subsequently'found within half a mile of tho spot where the atrocious outrages were pirpetrated . A reward has been offered for .- 'tho . -appr ' whuiiMon ot the villains , of two of whom a correct desoripuou bus been tiven .
St . Rollox Chimney . —Thia fjreat undertaking was finished on Wednesday , bein ^ that day twelve months from the timb when the first brick was laid , and the British ensign was , in honour of' the event , unfarled from its suhiniit . The greatest anxiety -was manifested : b y a numerous body of « lie citizens to « L > t to the top of the buUdinjr , as , indeed , has been the case for sonie daya past , and ' through tbo kindness of Mr . M'Intire ,. tlie contractor , the wish was vfiy liberally grat ) fied , Mr . M' Iu tyre himself accu m paiiy in tc almost every bucket-load o ] ' visitors .-Some . ' hundreds have been hoisted to the top , and , dangerous- ' us the enterprise may appear , all who have braved it acknowledge that the risk was amply repaip by" themagnificence of the prospect spread . On ; below them . The . chimney ,. as before stared , rises 450 fet't fn . in the ground , and at least 600 feet above the mure densely peopled portions of tho city and the bed of
the river . In relative " height , - independent . - of tho ekvation of its base , it is little inferior to the loltiv ^ t superstructures in the world ; in absolute-h ' ciu-ht it towers into the air incomparably higher . The iircat pyramid Cheops rises 498 feet , but this includes a base of 150 . Strasburgh Cathedral is 47 * ; Sc . Peter ' s , in Homo , fruia ground to pinnacle , 450 , being exactly the altitude of the monstre chimney ; St . Paul ' s , in London , 370 . The base of the chimney underground is 4 ' j feet in diameter ; at ' tlwi ara ^ ud , 40 : at the top , 13 . feet 6 inches . Duriiifi ; all , the rime thia prodiijious mass of brick- work lias been er « ct \! i ( £ , not the slightest accident has occurred , which is Viry much owing to tho extreme ' caution aud anentioii of the excellent engineer and his able co ; idjutor , Mr . M ' . In'iyre , the contractor , who have , thus raided a monumeiit to their professional reputatiou the loltkst in tho world . —Glasgow Chronicle .
Aristocratic Amusem ents . —It was but the other day her Majesty , surrounded by a crowd of hor aristocratic parasites , enjoyed the pleasure of ' . revifiiv'i ' iig a portion of the Household Troops at Wormwoud Scrubs ^ and , in all propability , \ yhilo so occupied , little thought of the abject condition Of the fine fellows macoovriiiK before her—little imagined that among the gorgeous host there was scarcely one who , by the brutal regulations of her service , was not liable to be called out from the ranks , tied like a rabid dog , and whipped' till the colour of hia lacerated back should rival tho hue of his coat ! and yet , such is the fact , and Fiich is the - 'insulting aiid dangerous position in which fhe Sovereign is pjauiid with reference to the Military and Naval service of It is
( he country ^ said that , dicciplvne cannot to preserved without the lash —then let the cat-o-niii . v tails become at once the acknowledged byrobol of the British service—bo borne on us colours , and omMazoned on its appointments . If wo must continue to flog men like vicious brutes , lefc it be done openly and , manfully , in the .-sight of the indignant people , by whom the ranks of the army are filled . If there be no sin-in-the '' act , there should bo ro shame in the performance , and the test of u . s propriety . woulU bo speedily found in the expression of public opinion s ;> elicited . On Friday Bo ' nnisht a private Of the 2 ii . i battalion of Funileer Guards was condemned to this most degrading torture , and in . oae of tho secret
recesses of the . Portman-street Barracks , received 150 lashep , or 1 , 350 lacerations , fov some petty offence to his superiors , who , as the world goos , Hccm to have , in our service , no better way of showing their superiority than by occasionally . cphdenwiufc their fellow-creaturtS to this degradation-. " . AgaVh and again wo have said , if flogging is so absoiutjly necessary for the soldier , why nit not had recourse to for delinquent -tfl ' icers ? or are the latter nos to be considered soldiur >< ? Surely the disnipline of the service should he equalised , as Well aa tho . danger , and if only ono or two of the simpering Maninots that strut ' about-the parks waa exposed to the iniliction by way of exauipltv to their fei . lijw fops , we should soon have the cat driven i ' rom our service .
Shgular Phenomenon . —Wednesday forenoon , u phenomenon ¦ ¦ of most rare -and- extraordinary -character was observed in the -immediate -iifighboiirhtiod of Cupar . About half-past twelve o ' ciock , whil-. t tho-sky ' . was clear , and the air , as it hud been throughout tho morning , perfectly calm , a . girl < : iijployed in tramping clothes in a tub , on Uio piece oi ground above the town , called tlie common , heard-a loud and sharp report'ovei *; -head , suc . cec . aY ' u by : i guvt of wind of most extraordinary vehemence , and o ! only a few moments' duration . On looking found the observed tho whole . of the clothes , phcois , & . C , jying within a line of a ceriaiu breadth , . stretching across the the green , driven almost perpendicularly into tho air . Some heavy wot sheets , blankets , and other articles of a like iia'ure , auer being carried to a great height ,-it'll , some in thp ' -ud- ' joining s ^ rdens , arid fcnioOn tho hi ^ . li-Toad , at t-tveral hundred yards ' -, dijtan . ee-: another portion
of the articles , however , consisting of a quantity oi curtains , and a number -of ' sinalier-artioies , . were carried upwards to an immense height , i ~ o « d to hi almost . loit to the eye , anvi gradually o . i ( -: (}){> i-are < i aitoge . llicr from . sighi 111 a south-ea . stein ( ir . ccH ' -u . and have not yet been heard of . At tho uioBiwjt 0 } the report which proccd « d tho wind , the c ; i \ i ! e in the neighbouring meadow were obscrvci ! ru ! i : jirin about in an ¦ affright 1 d sraie , and for « onc : ' . tiaic un > r wards they continued cowering togeiht'r "in cvidtur . terror . Tho violence - of ' the wind was > u < A that a woman , who at tlis time- ' was-.-hoWiusj a blaiikm , found herself unable , to retain her hold , and rVI'n qnished it in the fear of being carried up--alon-ir w . i ' . h it 1 It is remarkable that , while evtin thu tn-avi ^ st ardclcs were stripped oil' a . belt ,, as it vrutr ., .-nmu-iog across tho " green , and while , U » e loops " -of s / v .-.-nii sheets which weic pinned down were smiH > e . « . - , 1 - -iiht articles lying Jc ' oso on both udes of t ' " - h- t uvre never csoved fruiu their pobiliou . — Fife Hen . Id .
Tfxas akd Engi-aSd . —Th- -s ratvfica-it : ;? i > f I ' m ; long ' pcnding treatcs between Gieat \ h ' v , < m r . tic ' ! ¦ xas vrere exchanged at two o ' clock on T ' . ; rsd ; ' . j , the 25 Uh ins-t ., by the Earl of Abirdeeu ,-i < lt : * :-pv t . ' 'Vf tiary of Great Britain , and the Hon . A ^ t > j " .- ¦¦> S i : : >> , plenipotentiary of the republic of T-x ^ .-. -T ' .-r-itreaties lire three in number \—a -treaty . cf amity nayigaUon ., and commerce , —a treaty un ;' i-i' <> i . mu media lion by Great Britiiin beiWfcu the rcuubnes o ! Mexico ana-Texas ' , — -. arid a tix-aiy graiiiiiig n-c . 'P rocal rifih t of search for tV ^ e . suppresi-iwi et i ! i < - African slave trade . They were . negociaicu iii 1 ! M 0 , and concluded in Noyembsr ' of that year , b . y Visuujmi Palmcrston ; and General . James HauiiliDii . _ T- ! jc powers to ratify tho two first have been ' a ; non > v -crable time in England , but their con ? p ! etion lias b > en very properly delayed untilV'tho latifiea . ii / nH . of .. the could bo Eiiiiiil
treaty granting the right b ' . scarcll . - taneonsly exchanged . By the treaty relavivc to Mexico , Great Britain offers her mediation between Mexico and Texas , on the following condition : — Texas to assume one milliott sterling of the pul <; debt of Mexico , provided that state recognises tin independence of the noiv republic , and agree ; to a satisfactory adjustment of the boundary line ^ between the two countries . Tho ' - ' 'proffered ^ mediation of Great Britain between Mexico and Texas : vviUi-it is to be hoped , bo productivo of immediate peace between those countries , and cf an early exchange oi amicable relations . The prosperity of either is seriously retarded by the hostile position they . hu-ve again assumed towards each other , and the interruption : cf trading facilities between Europi ; raii Mexico can only be prolonged at the cost of Engiish ntertstf . '
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Horrible Casb . —Violatiun of a Chiid bt ; its own Father .- —William Simmond 8 , a labouring man , was on Saturday brought before T . Twining , Esq ., at Twickenham Police Court , chaTged with having violated hia own child , only twelve years of age . Jane Simmonds , a pretty looking and intelligent child , detailed the full particulars of her father ' s incestuous proceedings , in a manner which left no doubt of tho truth of her horrible talei It also appeared that . hie . had acted in a similar manner to her some weeks before , which she had not divulged at the time from
fear of hia threatened beating . — Sergeant AUaway deposed that on ascertain" the truth of the offence having , been committed , he fetched in a surgeon to examine th » chila , and he took the prisoner into cubtody . —Dr . Litchfieid , of Twickenham , felt confident , from the exaaunution he had made , that the capital offence ha < t been completed . He had found considerable inflammation , although , from tho appearances , he was of opinion that it was not ihe first time the child had Deeu so treated . —The prisoner , who denied the charge , was fully committed to Newgate to take his trial .
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India and China— . Overland Mail . —The Fr < m : h telegraph conveys the following now ? brought by the Indian mail , which left Malt * tho 2 Gtb , and reached Marseilles the 29 ; h . On the 16 th , Genera ' Poli' > ck joined Sir II . Sale at Jellalabad , re-estabr lis ' ing on his inarch tho authority of Thorabaz Khan Sullpoora . He was to march oa Cabnl as soon as he was joined by Colonel Boulton . General England had re united troops , forced the passes , and joined General Nofc . fr at Kandahar . Captain M'K-Jiizxhad arrived at Jellalabad , with offers from AkbarKtian to release his prisoners on conciicious . T-iie- answer was not known . Elphinstone died on the 23 rd of ADril . China news ia r , f t . hp . lf ) th . f ) n
the LOth of March the Chinese , 10 , 000 or 12 . strong , tried to retake Ningpo , whilo another force attacked Cliinghae . In both instances they -were repulsed with considerable loss . —• Geneval Pollock s arrival at Jeilalabad ( an event rendeved probable by the iritelligence by the last arrival ) is now placed beyond doubt . The Gallaut General will most likely advance upon Cibul , which is not in a state to offer resistance to his approach . The movement seems to be anticipated by- A'hbar Kiian ; who , it is reported , is desirous to treat for lisu releasebf his prisoners , and has made overtures to tiiis effect through Captain ; -Mackenzie , who had reached Jellalabad with his proposals . General Kngiand ' shaving effected a junction of his forces
wiih . those under General Nott , is well received here , - as . ' on . the successful accomplishment of his aitompt depended the extrication of both Commannders from positions of -immense peril . Their combined force will enable them not merely to maintain their position , but to prosecute offensive operat ons with tifl-c ' t t and thus co-operate in the general objects of the vvar . The war will , dctufc-tiesP , be prosecuied with vigour . The lessous taught by tho reverse of the past winter will not j be lest upon those who are especially bound to regulate tiieir course . by ejeporience . Our troops may storm forts , capture towns , and take possession of .-proyui . c < J 8 , whjle the season favours enterprises of daring valour ; but a northern winter , to tho comparatively
fffeminate natives of the more southern climes , is a tearful test ; to which , if privation of necessary supp lies hnd exposure to the inclemency of the season iu / orc » 'U marches be Biiperadded , their powers of tnJurance may prove unequal . We should be well satisfied to know that the past had induced a deter * mi nation on the part of the British Government * to rtfrain from riekirig the consequences of ; an attempt to retain possession of Afghanistan . The war in China progresses in the way in which an expedition , undertaken against a nation so populous , and yet so feeble ( becauie so ignorant of and unacquainted with any means of encountering and resisting the powers of European warfare ) must
progrens . It is really painful to contemplate the . slaughter which artillery , directed by the science of Britisli engineersi ^ must cause when directed against dense bodies of iuexperienoad and apparently unconscious people , who appear paraljzrd by the effects of our engines'of war , of which " they know nothing until they find themselves placed within their riange , without' the power of resistance , aud without the meaiis of escape . This appears to have been tho case -at- Ningpo , to retake which from the British , a force of 10 , 000 or l ? , 0 DO Chinese was employed , most of whom , ic would seem , were destroyed by our guns , or drowned by the swamping of their warjunrks . '
An Extraordinary Express from Pans , dated Monday , states that a Commercial Treaty is almost rpad . y for stgnature between the French and Belgian Governments . The Belgians reduce the duties on French wine ? , silks , and salt . The French admit Belgian throad and lineiu The Belgians still hold out for pome concessions on iron ; but the Treaty will probably-. bo signed thi 3 week . Thf . Madrid Gazette publishes a circular of the 5 > 1 in 1 v . fer of Marinc to his subordinates , in which he proiifises to place the '' . military nayy of Spain on a respfstable footing ^ which would enable it to afford an tflieacious protection to her transatlantic possesaion ; -. '¦'' -.
The Barcelona Constitutional at the 27 th ult . sf-at' -s ,. that five Carlo-Christino bandits having been c ai > i ; u < -e- ( l by the National Guard of Escaia , three who had been taken with arms in their hands , were immediately shot , and the two others were transferred to theepmpeteni authori ies . Tn ^ Leipi ic Gazette publish es a private letter from the frontiers of Ital y * stating that arreeta had beta made lately at Pisa , m the kingdom of Naples , and in the Poat . foal States . Although numerous bodiVs of troops are quartered throughoHt the Peninfinla , feymptoms of Serious disturbances manifest theiiiselvt's on all points . The Swiss troops at Naples inspire no fear .
Our Accounts from Beyroni are of the 10 th ult . An a (> j > ithens ) on was entertained that a general rising would shortly take place in tho mountain . On tt \ e 8 th Emir Abdalla , with his two sons , sought refuse oa board an English frigate . On the 9 th the S isskitr Mustapha and Izzut Pasha waited in per- ^ ni m Colonel Rose , to demand the surrender of ihi : Emir , Tire Colonel returned a formal rofusal . The- i ' aclia said that they would carry him off by force . The Colonel replied , pointing at the ir igaie , " lie is there ; take him if you can . " Onthe roiuh , twelve Sheiks retired on board the same ir . igat ' , Having been informed that they would be Kriv-t ' fcd in the course of the day . S&veril others wsu ( Id nut avail thomselves of the caution were acuUiy appreheu'dfcd . The Turks had arranged a l > i < ir for seizing by a coup demam the Catholic patriarch o ; Lebanon .
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si'Eclal Commission in Tjpperauy . —Clonmel Jv > f 26—Tilt ; K ( , ncial commission wag opened here t :-, iii-rning , before Chief Justice Ponnefather and O . ii ¦ ¦¦ : Junice I > -h-. rty . The town was very much < v .-.. w . ded tvy tli « t _ y . ntry and peasantry of the county , the cfoAii liaving suuiinoneiA as jurora upwards of 600 geniiiiiiMii . couiprising . all the magistracy-and-land ' ed ' propn .-toi- ! , < , t Tippjrary , and large bo-ieaof the couritrj l- > n .. > plv i . avii . ^ coiue to witness the trials of their friends lui'lr ¦ liif-ve * The ease which escitad most interest -v , m that of William Kent , a comfortable farmer , c ' rargf l with b ; iv : ng conspired , with two other pot ' H ... 1 .-S to inurJfr tfiG Lite Mr . Kali , one of "vvhom , Patriek B . nit >< whp ' this u ? y avraii ? ' ned ' a 8 priDcipai . The Hon .
Fiiiucis vldbt'i'o Pciltse , aiid twenty-two qtber gentleiiirt ) uf iiniiitnco ir « the county , were sworn in a ^ the Qrumt Jury . 2-u Chi < A'Justice chsrged them at < son-. sj . ic-rar . io !^ nc ' . ? 2 , in sn- " able and eloquent address , in the cour .-e of wiicii ho f ;>' itl they had met upon a very solemn , a very ' iriiportant . occa&ioi ; -r-to endeavour to ( . ' u q . illise tti's unliaypy country , by giving protection r . i ^ vi .-. j- vvtll-ii :. ) p !» ii 3 (! , by putting down disorder . and : u u . ; ' -anu tivir . ^ in ^ to condign punishiiient tbo 3 e men u {/< . « -whom tbe dew .-rt of their guilt ought to fall . It was a notorious fact , that a very great portion ' . f thij tine -cautitry—the north district of it—was Tti . ii la- 'novtaWe-atati ; rf disorganisation and ineubordi-= iiiii ' ii loihi ) laws . It wiis shucking to bumanityto be
infiirin «( i " of tiie ouivafts thiit almost dully occurredin 1 hut jiurt of thu cuunay , in which neither life nor pvoiH ti \ ' "l iriv stoure ; : ;••! iuan could consider his life safe \ mx 1 ¦ ¦> . py ^ y . vty L ' . u \> nvji VBliil-s s \ b » asaination porvaiVetl it ¦ : ' .. r .. v Vv . opt'u I ' . i' . y , nii 1 v . hen the i . nurdercr hardly .-iu . j' 1 t-ho- ii : iva ! . t : ;^ t ! cf coucealntent fro m the darkii .. - > -. ! f j'Vht . ¦ Pi ' -t -uy wh-s as instcure as life ; no u . . 1 ; i . i u ' ,. i . ba tiia tu ba u . asUm i .-f his own-pfop ' ei . iy ; . a tuiiu (• • uld unt ctooso liis itniints or his servant ' s except a ' - ¦ - . < pcrjl of bis < . v , n life and the lives of those whom ¦ i--. ' i- ) it tiiiiik - ]> topi f > ¦> untyloy . All tiiat part of the ciii- ' uM-j s «« -. iucd- bv coabiist ! in one UTiiveroal sybttniof «; iri - : ' ii ;{; , for the purpose of beating down all la \ v , and . ii-oi ^ viiiK £ c ;! i' ; ends vwhich ceuld r . ot be defined .
I w ... h a -hfaytrfcndin-g' fact that neither rank , nor ¦ tt'ii uiic cuarat ' tei ; , nwr property , nor sex , i ) --i- ' -iis- *? , ' \ re ? 8 / aiiy prelection ¦ whatever against tiit- ia-ivitss violeifcti that existed . The ties of society w . « rr -r > s ^ vcrc !! , the bb ' . iffits conferred "were forgotten , im ?' . » 'v . ; > tLii' 3 ^ VaS farown aside or hot thought of , . Xx .-p * the la ' witsrf edicts that cahiefroin midnight legisi . t :.- > .-i >' : ot unlawful Associations . His Jkordahipi read 1 .. * : l ^ m ' ar , w ' uch shewed an aggregate ef 125 cases if . * i--, k ce , cunimiLted within the three nibntbs endriiK the 10 th i : f Jiay last . Aa thia violent system covi-i , it a diatvict of three baronies , it was conclasive 1 } : > it < t cuiiid not proceed from , nor did it originate with ,
t-Si * ciiuiiucfc of an individual landlord ; it was too urm-ml for that . This state of thiugs muat be stopped i >> ' -ha ' strong am " of tho law ,, and : the perpetratora si i-. uiii be taught by practical exp « rience that the laws < f G- » a nri ' d man ' weie not to be violated with impunity . w ; - , -aui K .-nt and Patrick Byrnes were placedat-the » 'fl - r '¦ ' he -first chcrgcfl with * conspiritg to murder the ) atr Air . Hali ; ana the second with being , a principal in ti-v -rr . urder of that gentleman . Several other prisviuvi were aira ^ nedj and Uie Court adjourned for . the day vr ^' But enttiing on any trial . At ten o'clock on WcjOresilay mo ; niug , Chief Justices Pennefathet and Di / lKTty tcek tceir seats onUii 9 bench , and tbe jury
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( ten of whom F ^ re magistrates ) having been sworn , the trial ebmmei v *** . ^ prisoners pleading" Ntt Guilty . " T-ho Attor » : ey-Gen ? ral stattd the case : for tiie prosecution , and procee ded , to call the vrithesses , t ' : e principal pne being -., Tim Hoyan , the approver , who swore to the fact of Mr . Kei , t having , incited hini a : ; . l two other labourers to . inaider ? l r - Hall , jind to having seen Byrnes shoot that . gentleman * .. " . After the cxiauri : ; - tion of a' uumber of . witnessee , the Ci ? urt-a « 'ijc-urn " B '( l-tll £ Thursday , when , the case for the Grow ^ having been concluded / . Jir . HoEsatd addressed the Jury on behalf of Byrnesj and Mr . James Dyer for K-.-nt . both gentienien cpntenfojg that this was a conspiracy gdl ' xtg for the purposJB ^ obtaining the large reward oiftted At five o ' clock the Lord Chitf Justice commenced to charge the Jury , atd finisbfeS about eight . . The : Jury found Byrnes Guilty ; Kent Not Guiity . Sentence was not passed . ' ¦ ; "¦ " . ' : - ¦¦'¦ - ' - - " , '¦ ' ' : ' : ' . - . -. .
Murder . —Tirootby "Wood ? , alias Qiulty , waplaced at the bar , charged with bavini ? wilfully and maliciously niurdorcd one Patrick Lagan en the IS ^ h of May last , by sbooting . hirii with a pistol , and iutiicting a wound . on the neck of which he died . A second count charged ' a person unknown with having ii . flicted two wounds with a stone on the deceased , and tLa prisoner-with aiding and assisting , &c Tiia Atlcruey General , in seating the case for the prosecution , said that the short ' narrative of the murder now about to te investizated was , that on the lyth of Way ; kst , alput the hour of s ' x o ' clock in the ' niprnin ^ ,. two assassins dragged the deceased nian from the house of a person , Patrick Cummins - one . - ' o . f them fired a pistol-shot ,
which tbey supposed to have causfca his ' death , but tht > unfortunate man bud-strength enough , -though niortaJly wounded , to run a short Oistiinco afttr he wa ' si flted at . Tho two iissas&ins first thought their victim was actually dead , but , perceiving ho ;« 3 able to move , after they discharged the pistol , they , pursued him along the road for tho instance of 250 :--yards ; they overtook , him ; they made a seooud attack on Lira , - fractured bis skull !> y blows , sufficient of themselves to cause his death , . and lied immediately afttr tbo unfortunate man fell-on a dunghill , where he was fuund , and ¦ wher « he remained forsevera ! hours without tbo comniqn effioes of humanity . These statements were coiroborated by eyidencs , and the priaaaer having beea found guilty , was sentenced to be txscutedon tho 16 tb
instant . Goi-neliusFlyDn and Patrick Da-ydr were next indicted , tho . former for having on thu 29 th of May last , at Garriya ^ pun / in thia county , assaulted Gsorga M'Donneil . hy drawing the trigger of a loaded pUtol , with iriteiit to disable him , and tho latter for aiding and assisting . There was a second count , in which both prisoners were charged with an . assault , with intent ; to . ( Jo him seme grievous bodily harni . The prisoners pleaded " Not . jjuijty ' : " ¦ ¦ The j ivy returned a verdict of Guilty against both prisoners .
J . jhn Pouud was indicted fur - . bti ' vintt oa the night o' £ theluih Autil ; at Goole , in this conntyi dischirged a loaded gun : at Brirtgefe and Piit ick Cornmek , with intent to disable them . There wtro other counts charging him with intent to uo Rriovous bydily harm ; for maliciously ' injuring- the dwelling-house of Patrick Carinacfe , and for . appearing ¦ . ' araied by ' night . The prisoner pleaded " Not guilty . " Mr . Hassard addres « ed the ju ? y oh behali of the prisoner , aiid produced witnesses for . the purpose of proving . an a : ' t 6 i ' . Chief Juatico Dohsrty charged the jury , who brought in a verdict of ; Giulty without leaving thu box . :
Daniel Kelly was given in char . 'je for haviii }; , on-the 30 th of May , at Gjrryjilas /? , in this county , demanded firearms from Kebecca Hodeens , and ' felp . uiously struck her with a stick with intent to disab' . e her ! An attempt was made in this case also to set up an alibi for the prisoner . The jury " fensd-the '' prisoner ' guilty . The Lord Chief Justice , in passing sentence ,: said that the thirst for . ' . firearms among persons of hia class was one of the foundations of the disturbances in the country . What could persons in the class of which the prisoner was a member- ' . want with firearms , except to carry out Unlawful purposes , and ; perpetrate , ^ hpse crimes by which the country was overrun ? His Lordship then senteEced the pri .-oner to two years'imprisonment ., to be kept in solitary conflneinent for the first and las > t months of that term , and be kept to hard libour each alternate month .
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, THE GOLD PANIC ! A " panic" has come again- ^ a golden panic ! The people are rushing in crowds to the bankers and moneychangers to get fid of . their goldfor paper ; tradesmen makoit a favpur-to . receive sovereigns , and postmastfcrs will not take them at all , if they be too light by a feather ' s weight . It may . well be asked , what can all thia " pother " abodt sovereigns mean ? Tha history of it seems to bo thU : — -, ¦ '¦' - . - ' : . .. . : ' - . ¦ . ¦ - . ' . ' ; "¦ ¦ . - . ' . . - A number of sovereigns of the reigDs of Geo . III . and William IV . have become ' -lighter .. from- wear , andtha Government having in its wiadom discovered tbe fact , sent fotth a prgefamation explanatory of the law , and
stating that light sovereigns will Dot be received in payments 1 at ' tho public offices . The . consternation this occasioned was indescribable , Scales for weighing the coin were in instant requisition in every part of London ; tradesmen were afraid to receive the Queen'a : coin , an-j on Saturday night the coEfusioa was increased by the mechanics and others , who had been paid in gold , finding great difficulty to get their sovereigns changed ^ la some places . shopkeepers Would nst tske them at all , whilst in very many instances the humbler classes were ehamefaily robbed by persons telling them that a sovereign was wprth frosn only lifteeD shillings to eighteen shilliDgs , for which amount , being anxious to provide food fortheir families , thtsa poor people conseuted to part with them . ' . ;
The London papers differ as to the extent of the loss which has taken place on the gold coinage , some magnify ing it to a large : amount , eoine regarding it aa trifling ; but whether the loss oa the sovereigns arising from legitimate " wear and Uiar" be much or little , it ought not to have been thrown on iadividuals who honestly received the money in the regular course of business . . . ; ..-. , -. It is the prerogative of the Crown , as the trustee of the nation , to issue coin of proper weight and ijnenesa , and it is stamped in order that the people may ^ be certain thai the piece of gold bearing the impress of Mnjeaty is not only genuine , but that it is of the proper weight and fineness . Gold , like every thing else in circulation , will wear out —^ it will become "light ;" but it is the proper business of the Government to take
care , wh ^ n light nioney cornea into its bands ,. —and it is calculated tha $ all , or very nearly all , the eitcalatiDg medium passes through the Government effides at least once a year , —that it is not re-issmsd , and to direct every ; " light" sovereign to be thrown into the meltingpot , and new ones issued in : their stead . It will . b 8 said that ; this wouid be attended with 16 iE . To be sura it would ; but what . '¦ wou ld- that matter ? It wtuVd not bo to a corisidtrable amount ; and , whuther it b « greater or less , it is a loss which evi-ry country must aiid ought to sustain . But pur very w . se Government nrg . ' ucted to do this ; they re-issuacl "' light" sovereigns as-fast ' as they received them , and , when an outcry was raised against them , " they increased the fuss by sending ou ' s a proclamation , the only good tendency of which is , to cause some thousands of persons to bu siiaunsfully robbed .
Tbe Morning Herald , talks about sovereigns being " sweated , " and we have h ( ard of their being" plugged " also ; but we never yet met with a ptrsoa who had snen one '' plugtred , " nor do we feeiievp any such practice has eviu- existed . If they be " plugged , " it cannot de very difflfiult . todetect them , but we have heardof no euch detection . A Bovereuju , we b . 'lieve , is worth about 19 s . 103 . —that is , in order 10 prevent their teing hieitud down , their intrinsic worth is rather balow the value afc" which . they circulate tscoiD . How , to " plug" a sovereign so as to o ! tain a profia on the operation is no very easy . matter . The spvertigu must be fized in a vice—a very tine driil must be Very carefully used , and when sixpcDuywoith or a - . Dhiliuijg'i .
Worth of gold' duat is drilled out , the hole mutt be '' lugged"' agaia with soiua inferior mem , andtb © ape » ture in the etige be very . carefulty concealed . . In all this there is care , and trouble , and risk ; for a sovereign may he entirely spoiled in the operation , and the p- ugger , instead of getting a profit , may have to-pop the sovereign into the melting pot , and sell it as bullion for less than it would pass for ns" coin . Besides , be may chance to get detected , and then , instead of reaping wealth from pluggery , he would , in all probability , make a trip to the Antipodes . We have little belief , thorefore , in thg stories about plugging , " and not , much mere in the " sweating" business . What is understood , by sweating is ibis : —A number of sovereigns bpir . e
pat into a e ^ ok , the sweaters each take holt ' , of one cind , und shake the tack to se ' d' fro ; and it is supp-ised that the sovereigns coniir . g into coilision , v ? sar eff some grains of eoJ'i . After the sweating operation , ¦« : b ica must affect- ttie 8 \ veaters aa weU as the fcoveroigna , the snek , worth 53 . ' or 63 . —tor it rcu = t be a good stronj ; one —is burnt , and the gold-dust is then scraped nway from the . ;; shcf . We'd cu'bt very much if sufficient gpldi could be obtained in this ? way to p 3 y for the sweating of tho sw . tftttirs nnd tbe sack . If it be done , we believa it is to rt very triHing extent . No ; the lightness of the sovereigns comes from : their wear . arid tenr , and this ia proved by the date of the sovereigns . All , or nearly all , the " lights" are . twenty years c ! d , whilst those of a more recent date are of the proper Weight .
Why ; then , all this "hubbub ' has been raissd , we know not . Ta there a echeuie < m foot fov es > Wl >; UMr . g one bank of issue ? to issue swall isotts again ? To prepare the public tei this ,, was it ; deemed neeessarj ta raise an outcry against gold , and to bring it into u : screriit ? Or d p the Government expect a war , and , in orter to provide gold to carry it on with ' - ' .. vigcuv , " — to use the . flash' term of 1810 , — have they not only induced the Bank to hoard ; acme sevea ; or , eight millions in her celiari ) , but are now determined to drive the sovereigns out of dreuJatibn , thereby to decreasa
the . circulating medium , and render distress more universal , in order that the public may be induced td demand another Bank iisn cf small notes from thin § s are spoken of ; but what object the , Goverpment feel cer tain , that all this which are refused at the private : bankets , ha s ¦ not aud that motive we ^ shall weeks have passed . ^ ovet ^ ;
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 9, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct761/page/3/
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