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10 THE MEMBERS OP THE HEPEAL ASSOCIATION , IBELAXD , "Hereditary bondsmen , "know ye not , TOio would ba free Mmsalf most Efcri&e tlie blow . " Il ^ H 3 US . —So writes the poet , and so repeats the feeder ; of the Repeal movement A better text for a poTSJcaVsermon there cannot T »; it contains all that is necessary to remind you of your position and stimulate yoa to inai-radca ! exertion . That sn tih a quotation should "be on Qis lips oFal 6 » der of a suffering people jb !«>§ io wandered at , bnl that the party using it jftonld even while Tepeattog the -words , have neiiber tie will to conform iimsslf * * o its precept , or admit his followers to take It in its literal and plainest sense , is not a little astonishing .
« Who -would be free , himself must strike the blow , " gays the poet , and so says 0 'ConneH . 2 fow when a teacher of any doctrine lecommenda any given prindpleto &e notice of hi » andiencs it is tantamount to in injunction to adopt it as a measure , The injunction to " be free , " depends upon yourselves , therefore the <] nly difficulty to be iolved Is , how are you to strike the blow , and what that blow should be ? Yon are , 3 presume , EstHSed with the doctrine here * taught for saveral reasons—1 st—Because fte workings of nature In your bosoms promp t yon to he free . 2 nd . —Because it is the language of Inspiration £ Bd the text of your 0 W 5 leader , and finally because it is jiot the doctrine of any " mad or tMck-heidfd Chartist . "
There is so old adasa which says , "Dont do as I do but do as 1 say . " This although true in a particular sense in the case in point , is nat exactly fiie case -with yon . Ton are told . " yon must Strike the blow youraaJvesi" if so , you * teachers ought to Bet you the example . But ahhoagb you are bound to do as he says , Etni it 1 b vhot he does you are constrained to follow ? The better way to txplain this will be to examine what you hare iEdiTMnaily and collectively done towards striking thai essential blow , which the poet and CTConnen hold to be necessary , and which yon , as the " bondsmen" should be anxious to strike . Bj a reference to my former letters , yon will find that an alliance was
formed by your leader and the Whigs , and , conss-¦ qnenUy , it "will not be necessary to remind yon that the blow ccnld never be struck wi th success in that gnsTtCT . l > 0 , 310 ; tile men "Who * o often struck terror and dismay into your hearts , etb not the men to strike the chains off yonr nscks . Therefore , I hold it u an incontrovertible opinion , that every act of a leader of the people ,-which had for its ostensible object the striking of a blow for liberty , and which , through fee inflnenca or designs of that leader , rested on , and sought for assistance from tbe enemies of the people , was , to say the least of it , an act of base hypocrisy and treachery to the causa . Tina will be by jaany called strong language , but it is not mora strong thantrua .
Inihmen h&vs Seen long TicHmiEed , ana every evil ^ hifih . COUld possibly b £ ! &ll a nation , save annihilation itself , has been "rioted apoa their country . Thus per- i SBcuted , driTen to despair , and goaded almost to madness , they intrusted thEmselTes to the guidance of what they supposed , a wise , generous , brave , and invincible general ; they placed implicit faith in all his promises , and , confident in iia integrity , anticipated the mast successful results . Years nave , however , rolled-past , and thonsasdsof
ssnguinary hopes tare been extiEguished by protracted disappoinimtnts . Xnmbera have Eunk into their graves , who lacked forward in tuxious expectation for $ he promisei day of liberty . Millions are still awaiting the day of peace , but as likely to perish with their hopes , as their brtthren -srhe sunk oppressed and disappointed before them . And why ? Because tha general who enjoyed thB eonfideisce , and , if J might add , sported with the ttitkpt ^ and lives of his people , has not pro-red himself worthy the confidence reposed Tn Vim .
It is not the way to "win & batfle , to held communieatioa with the enemy , to expose the plan of aedon , and lay kare the secrets of a council of war , much less is it likely Ticiory would crown the efforts of the most courageous and highly disciplined army , did its general expose its weak points to the enemy , and render him assistance in the Btnfe . 2 ? ow , this is exactly how Ireland has been treated ; she opposed her political strength against that of her enemies ; xhe opposed right against might ; and trusting to the Tmflim-MTig patriotism of a rthmwri leader , anticipated speedy and successful triumphs . But with mere enterprise than judgment were those dispositions taken . The enemy , wily , artful , and ever on the alert , -chanced their position , offered terms of capitulation .
and ultimately succeeded in drawing over not only the fwaflw but alsoiis followers to thair trtiV * and when be had fairly caught them in the snare , punished them for their credulity and weakness . If your leader had exercised his reason , or profited by the experience of his eounizy ' s -wrongs , he would sot have made the shadow of a compromise with any party whatever ; he ¦ would sot have He + mfti to proposals , or betrayed his lofloWEts into the tolls of lite enecjj-. He -was chosen xipon the belief that he would be all that was reguired of him j upon ihaLixndestasiiing did be accept leadership ; aad upon his good faith co his engagements you have a right to hold Mm responsible . Let no man suppose this is intended as a personal attack ; it is merely political , and simply-intended to awaken you to a sense
of yonr proper position , and , if possible , induce you to adopt efficient remedies for the lemoTal of your griev-«»¦*« Tims far it is certain jour individual and cdllecUTe energies hare cat yet been able to strike that " blow" so earnestly recommended . I hare endeavonred fa > explain the most glaring cause of defeat , and I am confident if yon calmly itfleet on what I hare advanced you will admit its truth . Although I did intend to pariacnlarisB the varions acts of weakness , folly , or treachery which retarded your movements , I will , for the sake of harmony spare your feelings for the prese . % , and content myself by stating that your every act since tha first moment of agitation has been directed for the ssppori of the Whigs , and conscqaently opposed to your own spd coantry * a interests . If I-mistake n * U
the adTiee recerred from Mr . O * Connell preTious to the Ma election , mattrially prores ay statement You were advised by that gentleman to set , if yon could , { mark the TF !) " Radicals" as parliamentary candidates , if they could not be found , you were to get" R = f ormerss " and if you could xiot get Reformers yon were to get "Whigs ; any one but a Tory . 2 fow the writer of that adiice well knew there could sot be found in Ireland , Tku ^ tyi candidates qualified to become members , and knew equally as well that the Reformers , so-ealled , Were to a . tt "" 1 Whigs , sad no » ' «*«*»¦ Then -why , yon - WiII&eL , did he nse thB dlitinetion ? Simply to blind you to the jeal object of his wishes , and to coTer his motivas with the semblance of patriotism . His sore recent appeal hi behalfx > t Horpeth farther confirms
the fact , and establishes beyond a doubt his alliance with one section , and that the worst , of your enemies . But you will doubtless say , "we hare an insuperable objection to **»» Tories , and jtti 1 «« -ire get "Whigs to Kpraent us we cannot be repres&nted at all ; true , yon might mder ths present system of property ^ ualification find it d ; 2 kuli to get ovh&rs to take their places : but in good eamesS I assure you , you might b * much better eff without any representa \ JTes at , all ; for those who ought to represent the people forget their duty and lepresent thfiaselTes . Ton hsTe , however , a simple remedy for the eiil , and if yon only apply it , you will soon see its eiEsaey . And here I would remind you of the -words of my text , which says , " If yon would be free , you must strike the blowyonrselTes . " be to
^ Nothing can more plain ; you -are take the matter entirely into your own hands , and act upon your own judgments . The document of the People ' s Charter contains the Temedy ; it is a soTereign balsam for jOl tbe His -which t&tt yoa , aad the only safe . Wre , and speedy method whereby yon can effect your political legdneiaiioDAll you ixxre to do is to adopt its principles and any them Tigoronaly into practice ; by doing so yon "Will at once and for ever strike down class legislation and with it the eTils of misrule , aad tha suffarings of your countrj . If you adopt those principles you will have the Whigs pledging themselves to Tote for the Charter , as they cannot politically exist without yonr
Ton have had many opportunities of learning the principles contained in the Charier , and you may depend on their legality , as O'Connell was one of thB fmmers of that document But many of the Repealers say , " We are Chartists , we agree with your principles , but ire are not O'Connor Chartists , who would overturn the constitution and advocate physical force . " To those I would answer , such remarksare very simple and altogether nnfonnded . It is well known that when Mr . OXJonneD tooi the office of Chief Magistrate oi the city of Dublin , he was challenged through the Star to sub » ats&iiate his -previous assertions that Chartists were Sffihmen as his Xordstip described ; and it is equally true , that reveral months afterwards he was told through fte same source that " Ether there were no sach
dangerous characters in 3 > nblin , or that ha lordship had been guilty of a EPglect of duty , because as CMef Ma-JJEtrate he didTiot bring them to justice . " Now as there were during that period several hundreds of Chartists within hi * jnrisdictipn continually holding meetings and augmenting theiruumbers , it proves that they must have been in possession of better characters and principles than his Ix > rdship admitted ; indeed the feet speaks louflly for itcelf . There is , however , a question still to be solved , and to which I would like to hear an answer . I mean an honest , straight-forward answers . Where Is Bsa difference , in poixi of prittdjpie , fceftrixi an O'Connell Chartist snA an O'Connor Chartist , < B betwixt a Stuige Chartist o * any o £ hei GhartM ?
Xow I am & Chartist : from the force of conviction , it being , as I firmly belierre , and am able toproVe , the < x&y panacea for present and future evils , and the most likely mode of repealing the Union . Ton may designate them by any names you think fit , bnt it is certain * ha * alUc ! a * e 8 of Chartists proclaim the necessity of an Universal , or Complete Extension of the Snffrage ; how far they are sincere remains to be proved . To my siniplB -. mind -there cxsxot be two jdistxnct CLASSES t ) P 03 TB DSTKSS 1 BLB -BODY . A man "Who * sj » he ib a Chsrast should show by his acts that he is ° *> e ixt reality . If a men esi& he was a Catholic , would y « i not exp&ct to see him at your Chapels ? and if he <* id not attend those places , -would you not be justified in disputing his assertion , or els ? pronounce him to lee a
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lnkewarm member of your body ? But what think you of a body of men calling themselves Catholics , and professing to have the interests of religion at heart , to refuse admission to their Chapelof a man who was known to be a good and practical follower of their creed , and to exclude him for the especial reason that he was a ffood Catholic ? Why , if you thought aaraUonal men you would protest against such hypocritical interference and suspect the sincerity of the parties so acting . Now this is preeisfciy the ease "with the ulterior sieasurs Chartists of Ireland . Tiisy profess to Jubseribe to ihe Six Points of the Charter , and yet a man -who is knows to bea professor , and who may have suffered for his adhesion to those principles is denied admission to their meetings because he is—what ? A ksow « ChaxtistJU Yerily this is one pioof of consistency in professors , and well worthy the party who broached it as a resolut ion .
I cenfess I am stronly inclined to suspect the sincerity of any man or set of men who act so inconsistently with their professions ; and not only am I suspicions on account of this particular fact , but from a series of observations all tending to throw a deeper glow over , the patriotio intentions of such underhand tricksters in political jugglery . This is noi the way to Strike the blow"whic& is to -restore you to political equality , for if you are told that union is straipth , and that a great moral power is neces sary , -where can jon fi d better friends than those -who practice what yourselves profess to be essential ? WWd joa , as GatooBcs , ask the assistance of thi "Orangemen of the North" to build or beautify your chapels ? No ; but if you required assistance you would first look at home ; and if you are ChartiBts in reality , why refuss connexion with known Chartists ? Of a certainty neither Whigs or Tories will help you to build up yonr political temple i they -would , like the Orangemen , sooner pull it down and bury you in the
ruins . Irishmen—I call npon you by your country's wrongs to Strike the blew" which will emancipate you from slavery . I call upon you in the name of the watchword of your fathers , " Liberty , - to strike down the citadel of corruption , and by yonr moral energies hurl the monster , Class Legislation , from ita throne . Let the Charter be yonr rallying cry , victory your oiject , aud peaceful but firm agitation your weapon , and with the assistance of Him who strengthens the hands of the weak , you will assuredly conquer . THUTAS .
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HARMONY HALL LETTKS 111 .
TO THE EDITOB OF THE NOBTHEHJJ STaIL Stb , —In my last letter to you I sfflrmed that a remedy for the distress which now pervades all tanks and classes of society is at hand ; and that provided the attention of your readers could be aroused to an examination of the Babject in all its details , that I bad no fear but they would be prepared to join in a course which "Would soon place them in & position to be beard , and listened to attentively , by the Government , respecting ice introduction of such remedy on a national scale . The remedy I w * uld propose is a sound , practical education for every individual in the empire , and permanent beneficial employment for all « rtu > require it ; and siuee my former letter -was written the Governmenthave shewn their willingness to make a considerable step in this direction by introducing a national plan of what they term education .
This progress , > s far as it goes , is in a right direction , and the measure must not in any way be repudiated or contemned for any imperfection of detail it may codtain ; for it is only in proportion as sound information can be diffused through the pnblio mind on any subject that the Government will be enabled to advance ; and on the ether band Bound practical information cannot long be given to the people , without its effects being manifested in every division of society . Whilst , however , I would urge the reception of the present measure as an assisting means for enabling oar rulers and the public generally , to take a more
extensive View of what is required , nothing can be more widely different than the education likely to be afforded by the measure to be brought forward by Sir Jamea Graham , and that which would be introduced by the Founder of the Rational System of Society . Education , properly so called , is a full development of all the powers of the being educated , whether physical , mental , moral , or practical , and it can only be rightly given in connection with other arrangements than any which now exist , such in fact as shall procure , for every individual , all things that are necessary for his permanent well-being and happiness .
This education must be accompanied by permanent beneficial employment for all who require it ; for unless the means of supplying the physical wants of the present generation be provided , it will be folly to talk of training the children of such a population as now generally fillB this country , in any correct or moral habits . The elements required Sot giving a good , sound , practical education , and permanent beneficial employment'to the -whole of this country , exist in great abundance around us ; and the proper combination of these elements in their due proportion , will afford every thing that is required to repay the cost that must be incurred , and every additional burthen that the parties so engaged may have imposed on them .
Land , labour , skill , and capital , are the four great elements fiom which every thing necessary for human happiness must be deriTed ; aud tbe nature of each of these indivldDally -will be enhanced in proportion as it is scientifically combined and united with the ethers . If we look at the state of this country as it regards each of these elements separately , we shall find that they are to be found in great excess , and are comparatively valueless , by the want of combination , to the fullest extent with the others . Take for instance , land ; we have millions of acras unappropriated to any useful purpsse , and of that in
caltrratjon it must be apparent to every reflecting mind , thai the produce may be increased many fold ; for even among tbe best farmers , the individualizdd system in which their affairs are now conducted , prevents their taking advantage of numberless resources to be derived from a supply of skilful labour , welldirected , and sustained whilst it shall be required by an adequate supply of capital . Respecting labour , tbe destitution to which it is now reduced and its comparative nothingness in value , by its separation from land and capital , cries aloud for an alteration ; and this cry must soan be listened to , or a state of anarchy and confusion will arise such as no ptriod of history has
, ever witnessed . The present positien of British society differs from every tbing which has ever preceded it , in the immejue addition that has been made to human labour by machinery . Within the last eentnry , the maahine power of this country has been advanced from about that of fifteen millions of men , to a power exceeding sii hundred millions , whilst the rapidity with which this power is increasing , was most fordb . y shown by the valuable article on that subject , inserted in your paper a few wetks since .
With regard to skill , it 1 b equally evident that an abundance of the most valuable talents capable of assisting in well developing the other resources we possess , is now being wasted in idleness , or mischievously employed in furnishing the means of coercing and restraining those unfortunate individuals who are made the victims of a state of society which all appear so earnestly to deplore , but which few have sufficiently coBtemplated to ascertain the means of remedying . That capital abounds in the greatest suptifluity in evident wherever we look . The amount of gold now in the coffers of tbe Bank of England is about eleven millionB . Consols , notwithstanding a very deficient revenue , are rapidly advancing , through the general stagnation cf trade ; and the opportunity of securing a moderate interest , on a good security , will be eagerly sought after by those who possess it .
The introduction of a rational system of society will secure the combination of these four elements on a scientific basis , and on an extended scale , and will also take care that they are so combined for the benefit of every individual who Bhall be placed within their operation , as all will be provided with everything calculated to ensure their permanent happiness . The extent to which this combiuatien has already been effected in this experiment appears large to many persons , bnt it bears not the slightest comparison' to ¦ woat may immediately be done , without any extraordinary exertion , provided the main body of the working classes can be induced to look to their own interests .
The more we contemplate the subject , the more clearly will the fact appear to ns that the general interest of humanity , is , tae permanent Interest of every individual ; and that , if we once begin society on a true basiB , and take the four great divisions , namely , the production of wealth ; the distribution of wealth when it has been produced ; education , or training of the rising generation ; and governing for the benefit ef all , in their proper order ; we shall no longer have occasion to fesr , but , that the wants and comforts of all may readily be provided for .
" The great object of the Rational system will be to provide for every human being as a member of one great family ; and although some may be inclined to say , let us show the system to answer- on a small scale first , yet when they come to practical measures they will find *>>»* the shortest , the raost speedy , and tbe most direct mode of accomplishing the object will be by always preserving the universality of the principles ; for whtrsyei this has been lost sight of . hitherto , failure lias followed , and like causes will again produce similar results .
The efforts that the Rational Society are making here for the accomplishment of the object they have in view , have progressed in exactly the same proportion as the knowledge of the principles of the society have been acquired by its members ; and this knowledge has been acquired by a daily experience in & new system of Eocitty , which , the more prominently it can be brought before - ft" * public eye , tha more rapidly will it absorb all individual and competitive interests . We are now in actual possession ef about 800 acres ol land , whilst arrangements have been made for seenring , at the earliest possible period , two other neighbouring estates ; and it would be a matter of the greatest economy aud profit , immediately to locate a
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person to each acre of land , and thereby form a powerful nucleus for the further development of the system , and the only reasons why this has not hitherto been done , has been that the provision of such superior circumstances , as should draw forth their higher and better qualities , have not been at the command of the society ; and until these can be procured It will be useleas to associate together a number of individuals , who have no clear conception of whal they are called on to perform . Tbe progress already made ia , however , b guarantee for the future : there is now associated in this establishment a number of individuals further advanced in the science of society upon true first principles than have ever been associated together on any former occasion ; these parties are daily correcting their ideas by practice , and are acquiring an intelligence on the subject they are engaged in , that will make them fit instruments to exhibit to the world the difference between truth and error .
On some future occasion I intend to give the outline of an » rganisation , whereby the necessary impulse may be created that shall move the government to adopt this system on ita fall scale ; butj in the meantime , I wilj proceed in my next letter more immediately to the detail of what has been done here up to this period , that our Chartist friends may see that although they very far outweigh us in numbers ; visionary as they have hitherto considered-the attempt to gain tbe land to be , without first securing political power , yet considering the obstinate prejudices with which they have had to contend , the principles of the rational system so far as they have been tried , have done more than all other efforts together to lay the foundation for the future regeneration of man . 1 am . Sir , Tour obedient servant .
WILLIAM GALPIN Harmony Hall , Hants , March 18 , 1843 .
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TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . Iowa City , Iowa Territory . U . S . January 20 th , 1843 . SIR . —A communication from this remote part of the world , especially from one altogether unknewn to you , may create a little surprise ; but , Sir , although I am Unknown to you , you are politically known to me : for even In ibis remote part , I am a periodical reader of your valuable pap&r in the cause of liberty and philanthropy , I therefore make free to communicate ta you a few thoughts that have suggested themselves to me in view of the cause of freedom and independence , of which yon are the strenuous advocate .
In the first place , I deem it necessary to let you know something of myself , and my feelings upon tbe great cause of which you are the advocate . I am a native of Banffshire in Scotland , and was in business as a merchant tailor in Huntly , Aberdeenshire , for twelve years , during -which time I became a great professional favourite with tbe aristocracy in that neighbourhood , until it became known to them that I was a Chartist and Teetotaller ; and notwithstanding that neither my talents nor circumstances enabled me to do much for either cause , they became alarmed , and many of the most i&fiuential not only "withdrew their own support , but used their influence against me . Among the many I may mention one of whom you , no doubt , know
something—the Duchess of Gordon , who from her character and professions one would think would have been above taking notice of so insignificant an individual as me . But not bo . Tie religion of the rich is not commonly of that kind to subdue that worst of human passions that enslave man , because of his dependence , and you will not be surprised when I say that even ministers of the Gospel were my moBt rancorous enemies . However , 1 thank God that , by prudenee and care , I had accumulated a little out of my small profits to render me independent of their hellish rancour , aud thought proper to lay that out ib providing a home for my family in a country I considered more free from the devastating influence of Toryism and blasting British Whiggery . .
I accordingly sailed for the United States on the 26 th of May , 1841 , and located myself in this territory on the 11 th August of tha same year . I might here say something on the werkiDg of democratic representation here ; but as that is apart from tbe subject , I shall defer , farther than toaay , that sach privileges are not valued by the working class as they deserve . Here , as in Great Britain , money has too much influence , and I deeply deplore the ease by which unprincipled selfish and devilish demagogues mislead the people . Since I came to this part I have followed my former trade of merchant-tailor with good success , and am thankful , although sometimes I feel the want of a proper circulating medium , for prices both for British goods and workmanship are enormous ; so much so , that many are unable to get decent clothes—we being unable to sell for anything but cash , as nothing else will renew our itock . Many , therefore , are literally in rags , while they have plenty of proJuce , which they would with pleasure give in exch&age .
Oh . Sir , when reading your paptr and others from toe country upon the condition of my suffering countrymen and women , 1 have often shed tears to thiuk that with you they are dying fur want , while here is a market for their labour , and abundance of food to exchange ; and glad would this people be to accept of tbe boon . These considerations brought me to the formation of a plan in my mind which I think would greatly effect the welfare of the poorer classes of both countries , and which I take the liberty to lay before you , in hopes that should you see it as I do , you will use your influence in bavisg its practicability tested !
Iu the manufacturing districts , as jou very well know , tha poorer classes of the manufacturers are entirely at tbe mercy , and under the control of the monopolists , in consequence of their inability to export their goods , and many of the workmen are compelled to sell their labour at a miserable price , which is rendered much more miserable by having to purchase the cbifcf commodity of life from monopolists of another kind . I therefore , think the following , if carried out , ¦ would tend to obviate both evila . Let the small manufacturers unite . Kent a store , or depot ; appoint a committee of management , whose duty it would be to take in their deposits , and see them
regulated in price according to the home markets . They could aha communicate with , and appoint agents in , any of the United States , or territories of this country , or appoint from among themselves , and send out ( but I think it wauld be most prudent to get some one resident iu this country , as the expense would be less until they could test the practicability of such an undertaking ) to Bell their goods , and take wheat , Indian corn , oats , &c . &c , in exchange , which could be sent home at a small expense , aud thereby receive tbe fall Tslue tot their labour , and also avoid the gross impositions practised by bankers , to ., which they indirectly pay .
I know that the extreme poverty of some of them will scarce enable them t « be out of the price of a single piece of cloth until they could get a return ; but I think that the more fortunate could advance part ef the price , when the goods are deposited in the general store , so that the very poorest could have the benefit I am aware that considerable capital would be required to carry on an extensive business under the present tariff * of both countries ; bnt , as I have before stated , it could be tried on a Bin all scale , and if any see fit to give the thing a trial , I shall be glad to take the first consignment to this territory , where I am sure goods to any amount could be disposed of at a reasonable price for the very best of wheat , < tc , in exchange , and fully as cheap as in any State of the Union .
I think Illinois , Wisconsin , and Michigan , are also favourably situated ; as advantage might be taken of an Act of the Canada Legislature , whereby United States wheat will be admitted into Canada at a low duty , and after being milled , the flour will be admitted into Britain at tbe same rate as Canadian . I may state that tbe above is no new formed idea , for ever since I came to this country , and Baw the destitution for clothes , and thought of the sufferings of my countrymen and women , I have been trying to form a scheme whereby they might obtain relief , seeing tbe folly of trusting to Governments for immediate relief to the p » or man , even when thu Suffrage is universal ; and I have only made up my mind , upon the above , after consnltiDg many in all tbe places I have Bamed , none of which expressed ; the least doubt , but on the contrary , appeared to think such an undertaking would be of immense benefit to all .
I have more particularly directed my attention to cloth manufacture , but I fully believe that any kind of British manufacture would sell equally well , unless cotton cloths . I see nothing of this country manufacture that will compete with Britain . . All kinds of hardware would sell well , and should any person incline to communicate with me , I shall give them every information -with regard to any branch , and should they incline to tend out a stock of goods to me , I can give them a reference to some ol tbe largest wholesale houses in Forksbire or London , any person in Huntley , tbe whole teetotal society there , and some of the leading Chartists in Aberdeen . I lEave the matter with yon , having no doubt of
your willingness to do all you can for the poor working man , and I am glad you have also the ability . CK > on , my dear Sir , aud prosper in the glorious cause . Truth must prevail , and the day will soon anive when your success shall enable you to crush all that oppose under your feet , where they shall wither before the beaming rays of the sun of righteousness and may tbe God of all grace and consolation bear you up above all your trials , is tbe prayer of yanr strange friend , Geoege Andrews , Merchant Tailor , Iowa City . P . S . —I beg yon w 5 H excuse tbe incorrectness of my letter , as I have come off a long journey of 1300 miles , and having to send it by steamer on the 4 th February .
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Heroes op the American REVoiimoN . —There are in the United States just one hundred soldiers of the Revolution on the pension list over one hnndred years of age . Tbe oldest man on the list is Michael Hale , of Union County , Pensylvania , who is in his 115 th year . —New York Taper . Hakotks , Mahgh 9 . —We hear that several of the Orders of Knighthood , medals , and honorary insignia ( given on the occasion of the marriage of the Crown Prince ) have been sent back to the Government .
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HOUSE OF LORDS—Feidat , Mahch 17 . The only matter of special Importance , in addition to some routine business , was the moving , by the Marquis of Lansdowne , for the production of the correspondence between the British merchants at Canton and SU H . Pottinger , andinso doing be pointed out the importanoe of a Brittah . judicial tribunal twing erected in China . : The Earl of Abehdeen had no objection to the production of the correspondtmce . The possession of Hong Kong removed many of the difficulties whioh existed aa to jurisdiction , but the Government were waiting for additional information from Sir Henry Fottinger in order to guide them .
Monday , March 20 . Lord Denman called the attention of their Lordships to the following extract of a speech , as reported in the Morning Chronicle , purporting to have been delivered by Sit T . Wilde during the late debates on the Privilege question : " Look at some of Lord Denman ' s opinions ; remember that which he expressed , that it mattered Uttle whether or not licentious books might be read by the inmates of a prison , old and young persons , placed there With a view to their reformation and amendment . What in the world , be aBked , had that to do with the case ? If they had got into his own family , he would have seen in a moment what they had to do with domestic government . That any man should be found to « ay that licientious and profligate writings and their use by prisoners bid nothing to do with prison discipline , I owu has astonished me . "
It was imputed : that these opinions had been propounded by him in the judgment he hart delivered in the celebrated case of " Stookdale v . Hansard ; " but he warmly denied that any portion of that judgment would bear such a construction , and proceeded at considerable length to vindicate the course he and his learned colleagues on the bench had taken on the subject . Hu had thought it necessary to meet the charge by the most decided contradiction . Lord linoUGHAM produced a letter from Sir Thomas Wilde , in which he distinctly disclaimed the expressions attributed to him in the report ; but he declined to enter upon the general question WtUCU tht judgment delivered by Iiord Denman involved , except by reiterating hia cordial acquiescence and approval .
Lord Campbell rejoiced in the disavowal by Sir T . Wildo ef tbe charge against Lord Penman which the report had imputed to Uim , but agreed entirely in the opinion tbat the judgment which had occasioned so much controversy rested on a foundation wholly erroneous and contrary to law . It had been condemned by the most eminent lawyers on both sides ; and , for himself , he gloried in having been a Member of the House of Commons during the struggle in support of ita privileges . Lord Abinger thought that the ananimity of opinion among lawyers which Lord Campbell bad
claimed had been in accordance with , rather than in opposition to , Lord Dcnmun ' s judgment , and bad bo far coincided with tbe general feeling of the country . Lord Denman expressed his extreme satisfaction at Sir T . Wilde ' s explanation ; and after some further observations from Lord Brougham , the Duke of Wellington , and Lord Campbell , the aubjoct dropped . In reply to Lord RoBebery , The Duke of Wellington defended the composition of the commission appointed to inquue into the operation of the Poor Law in Scotland . Their Lordships then adjrorned .
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HOUSE OF C 0 MM 0 NS .-Friday , March 17 . In reply to Mr . Sharman Crawford , Sir Robert Peel denied being any party to counting out the House on the previous evening , in order , as alleged , to avoid Mr . Crawford ' s motion for leave to bring in a bill to secure the effectual representation of the people . The motion waa fixed for the 30 th . The first order of the day which was taken , was the resumption of the Committee on the Registration of Voters Bill , which occupied the entire evening . The discussion was of a general and desultory nature ; but , after all tha clauses of the Bill had been gone through , Mr . Cowpbr moved a clause for restricting the duration of the poll , at county contested elections , to one day .
Sir James Graham was convinced that , practically , there was great convenience in the two d : tys allowed . Farmers were net likely to sacrifice tbeir market day , should it happen , also to be the polling day ; and it was , therefore , desirable that there should be a choice of more than one day , in order to enable them to attend an election . A discussion followed , shared in by various county members , urging the advantages aud disadvantages of a two h ' ays" poll , which ended in a division , when the motion was rejected by 143 to 66 . Mr . HaRdy proposed a clause to prevent fictltfens value being put upon premises by arrangements between landlord and tenant as to tbe rent paid . Sir James Graham and tbe Attorney-General objected , and vhe clause was withdrawn .
sir James Graham then proposed a series of clauses , having ; for iheir object to prevent and punish personation of voters , which were added to the bill , and the labours of the committee terminated . The House then resumed , the other orders of the day were disposed of , and the House adjourned .
Monday , March 20 . The House met at four o ' clock . A great number of petitions on various subjects were presented . Mr . T . Duncombe said that it would be recollected that , on a recent motion repecting the conduct of a Noble and Learned Judge , he had referred to certain transactions in Knutsford House of Correction . A few days afterwards the Hon . Member for North Cheshire had given the most unqualified contradiction to bis ( Mr . T . Duncombe ' a I statement . To this statement , after making inquiries of certain parties , he had adhered , notwithstanding the contradiction of the Hon . Member , and the R < ght Hon . Baronet tbe Secretary for the Home Department bad consented to institute an inquiry into the conflicting accounts . In fulfilment of
this promise he had Bent Capt Williams , the inspector ef prisons , to Kuutsford , and he arrived there on the 2 od instant ; and this morning he ( Mr . T . Duncombe ) bad received a letter from the Rev . Mr . Brown , the chaplain of Kautsford House of Correction , asking him to lay bis eta ement . before the House of Commons , justly considering that the investigation instituted by the Right Hod . Baronet , besides being an inquiry by Government , partook also of the nature of a Parliamentary inquiry . - It appeared that the Rev . Mr . Brown bad been summoned before the prison inspector , and bad subsequently found considerable reason to complain of tbe conduot of the magistrates . The statement of the chaplain was contained in the following letter , which , with the leave of tbe House , he ( Mr . T . Duncombe ) would read : —
Knutsford , March 18 , 1843 . " Sir—As you were the member who brought forw < ud in the Housa of Commons the conduct of the gaoler of tbe House of Correction , Knntsford , and obtained from the Secretary of State an inquiry into the state of that prison , I have to beg you will bring forward in the House of Commons the conduct of the magistrates towards me , the chaplain , for having spoken the truth to the inspector of prisons wh _ -n I was on eath . ' " On the arrival of the Inspector at Kuutsford , on Thursday , tbe 2 nd of March , he sent for me to the George Hotel , where be was staying , and asked me
several questions with respect to the Chartist prisoners and the general state of the gaol , which I answered in sincerity and truth , The magistrates met on Friday last , the 17 th instant , and asked me several questions on tbe subject of my private interview with Captain Williams . I at first refused to divulge a private conversation . They then said , ' If you do not tell us what passed during the two hours you were with him , we shall consider it as a refusal to answer the questions ef tbe magistrates , and shall deal with you accordingly . ' They then asked if I did not tell the iuspector in private tbat the gaoler had used these words , 'D—n these Chartists , 1 will give them a bellyful before I have done with them . '
" My reply was , that the inspector had asked me if I had ever heard the gaoler use violent language about them , I then stated to him the above language , which the keeper ox gaoler had made use of to me when he had seen some of the Chartist prisoners who had complained of their food . " Mr . Traffjrd , the chairman of the Quarter Sessions , said , why did not you report these words to tbe magistrates at the time they occurred ? I answered , because you , sir , in April , 1830 , in consequence of some misunderstanding having taken place between me and the gaoler , told me not to interfere in tbe discipline of the gaol , but confine myself solely to my spiritual duties , which I considered a prohibition to report that or any such laoguage , or anything relating to the gaoler . After
that order I made a note in my private diary on the day it was given . The letter addressed to me on the 3 rd of February , 1843 , by tbe gaol committee , desiring me not to put anything on my public journal with respect to the gaol discipline until I had first laid it before the gaol committee , which letter Is in Capt . Williams ' s possession , will show tbat my construction of Mr . Trafford's order was correct . After sitting ; for some time in deliberation the magistrates sent for me , and Mr , Trafford told me that they had come to the determination of recommending to the quarter sessions to be held at Chester , on Monday , the 27 ih inat ., to remove me I asked what charges were against me ? Tbe answer was , none . No unfaithfulness in the discharge of my
duties , no immoral conduot , nothing whatever ; only that I had stated to the Inspector of prisons what I ought to have stated to the magistrates . I again repeated I considered my self under restraint from the order given me by Mr . Trafford to confine myself to my spiritual duties . The maaistratea replied it was absurd to consider such an order a prohibition . Mr . Trafford and Mr Lloyd shortly afterwarda observed to mo , ' We find it impossible for you and the governor to go on together ; we cannot part with him , but with you . ' Mr . Lloyd added , ' If you wete to remain , it would soon be no gaol at alL' Tbis remark had reference to tbe Inspector having had all restraint removed , and liberty given to me to report to the nearest visiting justice any
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improper con ' uct of the gaoler or any other officer ; both Mr . Trafford and Mr . Lloyd added , ' There is no Imputation on your character , and no charge for your neglect of your dutiea . ' I replied , I will write to the Secretary of State . ' With that we have nothing to do . ' i ¦ " When the magistrates met onithe 24 th of February laBt , and took tbe depositions of j some of tha Chartist prisoners , which thoy forwarded to Mr . Tatton E ^ wton , as t&e ground of tiis statement in ; the Housa ' »? " Cjm « mons , they never called me ; if ! they had done so I would have stated to the magistrates the words I stated to Captain Williams . Why they did not call me is best known to themselves . ! " I have been thirty years in the church , and come time officiated as chaplain to a garrison .
. *• By the next post I will forward to you testimonials from the magistrates , from the surgecm , and the gaoler in my favour , when I was candidate for toe Pdntonville Prison chaplaincy . j " Tour obedient servant , j" W . Browne . "Chaplain , KautsfordHoaae ot Correction . " He ( Mr . Dancsrabe ) now called upon the Right Hon . Baronet , the Secretary of State for the Hom 8 Department , to say whether the chaplain of a gaol , who ba 4 been for thirty yeara a member of the established church , against whose cHaractei ] there was not the slightest complaint , who , according to the magistrates ' own account , had faithfully discharged his duty , and
who , in ebedience of that duty , had given information to the Inspector of Prisons sent idown by . the Government , ought to be visited by the displeasure of the magistrates , and , at a court of Quarter Sessions t © he held on the 27 th instant , should jbe removed ? It was clear , however , that by this falling out between the gaoler , magistrates , and chaplain , the public would get at the truth ; and , if he had heard correctly , the magistrates would have reason to regret tbat this inquiry had been instituted , and that the statements he ( Mr . Dancombe ) had originally made would be mainly borne out Tbe Right Hon . Baronet , the Secretary of State , who had charge of the prisons , was bound in duty to preserve this chaplain from the anger of the magistrates . and see tbat he was not displaced .
Mr . Tatton Egerton said that the magistrates were quite as anxious as the Honourable Member that the truth should be known . They bid intimated to their Chaplain their disapproval of his conduct , because , being the officer of the gaol , he had not comrauni ; tid to them what had passed in the gaol , which tbey looked upon as a violation of the confidence that ought to subsist between them and their { officers . It appeared that during the last two or three years the Chaplain had been in the habit of keeping private memoranda of what passed in the gao!— ( opposition cheers ) . He should think tbat the House wotild expect such to be communicated to the magistrates—( hear , bear ); for unless it were made it would be impossible for tbe visiting magistrates to have accurate evidence of what passed in the gaol . : Mr . T . S . Duncombe—The ipatfiatrates prohibited him from making communications .
Mr . Tatton Egebton could not conceive that any officer of the gaol could think that it was his duty to withhold such communications . The moment after Captain Williams had left they made the inquiry ; th « y were only anxious that the truth should be known ; he understood that the inspector ' s report had been received at the Home Office that morning . Sir James Graham thought ; tbe complaint of the Honourable -Member somewhat premature . Immediately after the Honourable Member ' s statement oa a former evening , an inspector of prisons had proceeded to Knutsford . The inspector did institute a searching inquiry , but his report had not yet been seen by him ( Sir James Graham ) . It had been left at thu Homeoffice , but on the request of Captain Williams , it had been forwarded te him for revision . He was not , therefore , in possession of the report , and ke thought
that the complaint of the chaplain was premature , masmuch aB it -was his intention to lay the repsrt upon the table of the House . It was also , he conceived , premature , because tbe power to deprive him of office -was not vested in the justices or in the visiting justices , but in the C ottrt of Quarter Sessions , whioh had not yet met . Tbey were , therefore , only discussing the apprehensions of an officer , which might be more or less well-founded , but stiil they wed only apprehensions ; it rested with tbe majority of magistrates at quarter sessions te say whether the removal should take place or not The Honourable Member had supposed , erroneously , tbat be ( Sir James Graham j had a control over the eleotion or removal of an officer . The power w&b absolutely vested by law in ) the Court uf Qiarter Sessions . Till he had come into the House he did not know of the complaint « f the chaplain .
Mr . T . S . Duncombe said that the meeting of magistrates on Friday was a separate transaction from the complaint on which was to be founded Captain Williams's report . Sir James Graham said , that at the request of Ciptain Williams , the report had been returned to him . : The House then resolved itaelf into Committee of Supply , and a vote waa tafcen fpr £ 18 000 , 000 te meet Eschequer-bills—not without some admonitions from Messrs . Hume , Bowring , and Williams , that the interest on such securities ought no longer to exceed l . j t . per day . |
On the commissariat estimate Mr . Hume was strenuous in counselling an abatement of our colonial expenses . So long as the present large military establishment should be kept up in the colonies , these estimates were perhaps incapable of reduction ; but his own conviction was , that those establishmeiata were excessive and evtravagant , and ought to be reduced in favour of tbe people at home , who were wanting food . He would recommend a Finance Committee-Sir R Peel said , that even if the people were in the most prosperous condition , he should object te an ; needless establishment in the colouiea ; but tbat , on the other hand , a necessary establishment was not t ba reduced because the revenue at home was not in a
flourishing State . A finance CouiKiittee was not so competent to judge of colonial necessities aa the responsible Ministry , which hod tbe aid , information , and advice of tbe colonial governors and authorities . It was not wise to break down the strength of our troops by curtailing tbe necessary relief to regiments which had been for many years on foreign service ; nor could forces be always withdrawn as Boon as ttie country occupied by them appeared to be pacified . ] The last news from China would illustrate that aubjeet Mr . Hume admitted that aj force was requisite in China , and likewise at the Cape ; but what did England want with 10 , 000 men in ' the Canadas , 2 . 000 in Nova Scotia , and 350 ia Newfoundland 1 Every colony ought to be its own protector . Mr . F . Baring argued that it was sound economy to keep the commissariat establishment always in an efficient state .
After a few words from Mr . Goulburn and Lord John Russell , ; Mr , Hume complained of the amount of half-pay , and objected to some other particular items in this estimate . j Mr . Williams thought that those who voted for such estimates as these could have no sympathy with the Buffering people . : Mr . Bern a l vindicated himself , and those who thought with him , from the imputation of wanting sympathy with the people . If gentlemen could see the returns of sickness and casuality on foreign service , they would not think the reliefs too large .
Mr . Hume desired to have the inequality of taxation between the rich and tbe poor redressed , In the present state of things , tke chief j taxation was on tbe consumption of the poor . Tbe landlords , who had been living so expensively , must come down , so must the receivers of official salaries . j The Commissariat votes having been taken , Sir Q . Clerk brought en tbe Civil Contingencies ; bat ¦ Mr . Hume , as these accounts had not been delivered to members till Friday last , desired further time to consider them . He adverted particularly to the expenses incurred in fitting up St . George's Chapel for the Christening of the Prince of Wales . Sir R . Peel justified this expense ; but acceded to the request ( or postponement .
Mr . Williams believed that ! the estimates of this session had been brought on more rapidly than usual . SirR . Peel answered , that the reason of the rapidity with which these estimates bad come on was tbe rapidity with which the prior votea had been granted , which he supposed had been owing to tbe surprise and satisfaction felt by the House at the extensive reductions effected by Government . } Mr . Hume protested that his own forbearance had not arisen from any surprise or satisfaction of that sort , but from the persuasion that as most of the members of Opposition absented themselves upon those estimates , be shoura have had little or no chance of succeeding in a resistance to any vote . j Sir R . Peel hoped the Honourable Member meant to adhere to this good rule of not offering opposition when he found himself in a very small minority .
In the committee on the Coast of Africa Bill , Mr . Hume urged the expediency of having a Colonial budget —and , indeed , an Indian budget also . Lord Stanley was inclined to think that a colonial budget , that 1 b , a series of details relating to about forty different eolonies , would be exhibited to empty benches ; probably , indeed , it would be a itte-a-tete between himself and Mr . Hume . I Mr . W . S . O'Brien was understood to press Mr . Hume ' s suggestion ; as did also Mr . Lwart and Dr . Bowring . \ Lsrd Stanley was sire tbat tbose colonies whioh have assemblies of their ewn would view such an inter ference with great dissatisfaction . Mr . Hume said the country ought certainly to know the financial circumstances of any colony which did not defray its own expencea . j
After the other orders of the day bad been disposed of , Mr . Hume moved for some [ returns respecting Sir Alexander Grant's appointment to the Board of Audit . One of these related to the age of Sir Alexander , whom Mr . Hume was pleased to consider aa too far advanced in life to be fitly placed in such o situation ; bat Sir H . Peel thought Mr . Hume should ] be aware that a man might be about the age of sixty , and yet have a turn for figures . \ The returns , except as to the Bge , were erdered . Mr . Hume moved for an account of the emoluments received by ceitiin officers of the Mint , including the
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gains of business done by them duri >» j the hours in which thoy are not employed f > r the public To this > Ir Gladstone objected , and Mr . Hume , on a diviakn , waa defeated .
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Ykomanby . —A parliamentary return , published yesterday morning , of the number and expenses of tho effective yeomanry of Great Britain , in the year 1842 , states the number of troops to have been 247 , containing 831 officers , and , .. 13 , 358 men , the total expense connected with whose maintenance was £ 101 831 8 s lid . The amount voted by Parliament £ 82 , 458 , thus tehowins the excess ot expenditure beyond the vote of Parliament to have been about £ 19 , 373 . The reason of ' . be excess arise from unforeseen charges < m account of corps called oni m aid or the civil power . Six yeomanry corps , containing s : x troops and 472 men , now serving gratuitously , are to be placed upon the permanent establishment , from the 1 st of next raontli ; and seven additional corps , to consist of 16 troops and 935 men , are expected to be raised fertile y ^ ax 1843 .
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A WARNING TO B 1 CHELORS WANDERING IN SCOTLAND . The fo llowing is from tbe Freeman $ Journal , We recommend it to the ssr . ous perusal of snch of our bachelor friends as may have occasion to visit Scotland : — •¦ Married or not Maebied ?—The Evening Post of Tuesday night contains a carious C 3 rresponf 2 cao 3 . It may afford a Ies 3 on to gentlemen travelling for the first time in Scotland , and we shall , therefore , giva ita purport A gentleman r ^ joicin ? in the name of Sydenbam Snow was travelling in Scotland , in tbe month of December la-t , a id waa enjoying the amasemauts of the g iod city of Glasgow . A gentleman in tha searcfc of pkasiwe . he admirodthe fair-haired daughters of the north , witb fltxeu looks and spartJiog eyes of Woe .
Bat among them a " , she who fixed his meditations was a maid whose after life must mix strangely with his . Jolly in Bams , jolt in spirit , she arrested tbe steps of the wanderer , melting him by the warm inflaences of beauty on ths impulses of oar nature . He lovsd merriment , and he loved Jolly , and with bt » th , In bapprapss , he passed the hours . Mr . Snow , aa hia name would lead as to suppose , ' is frae the North . ' He dates in 'feill , bond , quittance , or obligation , ' from O'nagh , in the county of Tyrone . But Glasgow in Btill' farther north , ' and Miss Jolly , though she smiled bo merrily , appears not to have been at all a degenerate slip of the northern pine . In a moment of—we know not what—Mr . Snow may , perhaps , remembsr—Miss Mary Jolly and Mr . Sydenham Snow mutually acknowledged each
other 'be f ore two witnesses' as hosb 3 nd and wife . Poor Mr . Snow ! be appears not to have fenowa what he did . He forgot th * t the law of marriage in Scotland is somewhas different from that of this country , aad even now ssems quite persuaded that he ia ' free as air . * Not thus Mary Jolly—alas , to him no longer so J She insists" upon th 9 law , and she has , it would appear , take" Btepa to enforce whatever rights this contract gave her . Mr . Snow insist * that'he waa never married . " Mary ' s agents Bay the marriage is a ' valid one , ' and thus their qiiamel runs . The story is not a fiction ,. aud may be useful to gentlemen visiting the Scottish lafees , or coursing on the Scottish heathtir for the first time . When ttiey are attracted by the JoVyty of the hill-side maidens , let ttem not forget tbe freezing gravity which Mr , Snow wears now . "
That the Snow was melted by the fires of love . Is a matter , do&btless , to be regretted . That the maiden was not frigid , must be equally mourned . But the circumstances , although melancholy enough , afford another proof of the simple truth , so lonij established , yet so = frequently forgotten , that honesty is the best policy . Poor Mr . Snow ! His life must hencefonb . be a sad one , for his Jolly-tie , lika the jollity of many othe s , with whom " smiles form the channel of a future tear , " has been the source of bitter sorrow .
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WORCESTERSHIE ASSIZES . AN IRISH BURGLARY AKD AN IRISH DEFENCE . Henry ( John ) , aged 61 , muslin weaver , a merrylooking , " son of the sod . " was placed at ths bar . charged with having , at Tenbury , on the 16 h ot August , feloniously broken and entered tbe dwelling * house of Francis Thomas , with intent to commit a felony . Paddy , for snch he really is , although his godfathers , thought proper to " christen him out of bis name" ( just as the veritable Joseph Miller hath it , to make people believe he was " born out of his native Ci > uutry" ) , was , by some curious freak of fortune , transplanted from tha Emerald Isle to the town of Tenbury ,
and while there , on the 16 th of August last , a Mrs . Downey saw him , about eleven o'clock at eight , sailing along the street , and come to a dead bait . opposite thu door of prosecutor's house , whioh was then locked up , he having gone out of town a few days previously . After briefly reconnoiterine , Henry raiasd the latch , but could not open the door ; he took another survey ef the house and the street , and then , placing his brawny Bh < ulders to the door , away flew ketch , and latch , and luck , and away flew Paddy too , for the ease * ith whieh the fastenings gave way tiitad him forwards , and the last seen « f him at that time was bis head coioe into
the house at a tremendous pace , witn . his heels doing their cost—though that was bad enough—at following after Airs . Downey , who bad watched hla movements from her window , waited about a quarter of an hour for prisoner ' s return ; but , as the door had dosed after him , aud nothing was seen or heard , she called her son , who went to the house , and found Henry standing sentry , stiff as a poker , aud speechless as a mute , in the centre of the kitchen . He cellared him , bore him away to the station house , be was committed for trial , and now " stood at the bar on his deliverance . " Paddy , when Mis . Downey stopped in her evidence , ex > claimed ^—
W * Jl , ' Mrs . Downey , have ye done ? Case if ye have , I'll throuble ye to begin again . Mrs . Downey , is it ? Yu ' " downey" enough , that ' s thrue for ye ; bufc p ' raps yer not " downey" enough for to get me thransportbd , anytww . Now attind ; wasn ' t I so dbrunk as I couldn't see a hole through a lather ( ladder ) ? Witness—I can't say , indeed . Paiirty—Dijthy water on ye , but ye do though . Wdsut I dbrunk enough to mistake a dirty baste for a re » p « ctable woman ?
Wi ness—Likely enongh . Paddy—That ' s thrue for ye . I took you that night for a riaeent b > dy , likely to do a gintleman in distress a good turn . Now , wasn't : I dbi-unk ? Witness—1 really cannot say . Patfdy—Can a man rob a house convayntntly , if he can ' t see at all 7 Witness—I should think not ; but you were not blind ? Paddy—There ye ' re wrong ! I was " blind dhrunk . *' Can a man see in tbe dark ?
Witness—Certainly not P . uldy—Wr . an't I in the dark ? Witness—Yes . Paddy—Thin till me . Mistiness very Downey , if a man can't rob a bouse if be can't see , and a man cant see in the dark , and I was in the dark , how could I inticd to rob this house ? Witness—1 dont know anything about that Paddy . Faith , Miathress very Downey , ye spalpeen , nor nobody else . Now , if yell jist be kind enough to pick up yer trotters , and carry yersolf off , I'll be obieged to ye , ' case I want to spake to them gintlemin o' tbe Jury , Ye'll understand me , Lord Judge , and
Misthers , gintlemin o' tbe Jury , as I'm » respectable man ; that ' s tme , yell find . Well , thin , I had been selling some books—I'm a bookseller , yer honoursthat ia , I'd been thrying to sell same tracts as glctleman bad give me' when they could find any coppers in their trousers . I met with some friends , and in coarse we had a " dhrop of the crater , " and I coald't eee a hole in a lather , so I starts borne all alone by meself , and wid no body wid me . I thought what a blessing a a potheen of the rale stuff was , and then I wanted some frind to tread on the tail of my coat , for love , money , or whiskey ; but I was obleged for to be afther going home widout a bit of a fire , singing
" Saint P-xthrick was a gintleman , And Came o' dacent psyple ; He built a church in Dublin town , And en it put a stayple ; whin all at oust I comes aginst a house , or a house comes sgainst me , which is all the same ye'II say ; and I looked at it says , " Ocb , here ' s luck and Mother Gr fikbs ' s * " Wid tbat I tries the door , and finds it fastened against a gentleman . Wid that , I says , " Misthress Griffiths , ye'il perticlarly obleege me by taking off yer night cap , and opening the door j" faitb , but she didu't come , and I tried to make meself happy while " She lay fast asleep , snug in bed and snoring , While round tbe house I crept , her hard heart impioring . " " Mi 8 thre 83 Griffiths , oslhore , but wont ye let me in Ocb , dinby butter to ye ; aud ye'U beep me hore in starvation , will ye ? " saya I—
" Osh , I find I waste my breath , and may the ague take ye , — Sure I will catch my death—tbe divil himself can't wake je . " And so , yer Honour's glory , I jist let the few potheens of whiskey put me shoulder to tbe door , and in it wint , and so uid I . It closed , yer Honour , and , by St . Patbrick , I was all alone in the dark , without a living soul to spake to bnt tables and chairs . I thought it was all over wid me , and was a , giving up the ghost whan that ngly sinner , Masther Downey , toek me away for to be put in the hole . " That's all I have to say , and , perhaps , ye'U think it enough too , " quoth Paddy , concluding bis address with a profound salam to tbe Jury , with a ditto to bis Lordship .
' The Learned Judge re-called Mrs . Downey , and ascertained that prisoner had token lodgings at a Mrs . Grifflthss , two doors from the house entered ; and , tbereuj-on , directed a verdict of Not Guilty , which waa at once returned , Upon leaving the bar , Paddy again went through his bowing and scraping—saying to bis Lordship , " I wiflh heaven may blow a favour on yer Lordship when ye die . " " i ¦ J ~ i ¦ * i i i i — - I . I . ¦ ^^^^^^^^^— - ¦ | " l-l mi m m ~ — — - —
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 25, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct795/page/7/
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