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¦ who are now suffering indescribable oppressions , that 1 stand before yoa aa the ixiend of Ireiaad—( cheere ) . And what , ffUow-dtiaons , Is tbla question of Repeal , vitb which Ireland is DjOW soareca Agitated , and for which the British Government have kept so angty and threatening attitade towards her . And what bas been the conduct & the Irish people to call forth the- very harsh language which Wellington and others hare used in reference to this " Repeal" movement , and which has ltd te the degradation of the clergy and the magistrates of that oppressed land ? If I understand " Repeal" aright , it is an attempt to obtain a peaceable repeal of an odioos aad oppressive act of onion—an act which was passed without the formalities needfal to the occasion which it is represented as intended confessedly to accomplish , and passed by bribery and public and private treachery ; : and yet it was proclaimed in terms of the moat absurd paradox that a union existed between the independent stales of England and Ireland by this Act of Union , by virtu * of which forsooth , all power , executive , legUU&Tg ^ abd jadkial . theretofore exercised by the con&tita £ c ! 3 UaK £ | ritks of Ireland , were to be either annihilatad ^ aHlM for all time thenceforward , in the omnipotea ^ B ^ pr niecient conrts of England , the English ParUam | a £ p | the English Grown . And England , certainly wl » not a particle of right , claims that the Act of "Union , bo called in sheer mockery , is irrepealable , except at her . own will and pleasure . Now , fellow citizens , we as ¦ Americans , are directly interested in this question , so , fax as this point is concerned . ; for it positively
contravenes the position which was taken byj the American States in the Declaration of their Independence—( applause ) . This waB precisely the language used by the British Government to the Colonies here before the Revolutionary war , and that contest was conducted by England on precisely the same principles on which she would now carry on the contest with Ireland , and wkat was the result ? Reason and justice , and the sympathy of the enlightened world , and the voice and act of God , proclaimed and proved their fallacy . — ( Applause ) . In admitting that Ireland lost her sovereignty by the act of treason—admitting that the act of union was just and fair—is to admit that one generation of men has the right to bind itself to chains and oppression , and also succeeding generations ; but not evtn the baibwris Indian 01 the * erf of a Russian despot , who feels an instinct of an immortal hereafter , will admit that one generation of men can sell the liberty of a distant posterity . It is in vain to argne the
question . Ton may produce the seals to your musty record of such moral degradation , to show that the terms bind and apply to all—you may attempt to enforce the contract ; but you will appeal , both to the man and to the law in vain . The soul of man within him , conscious of his birthright of freedom , rises up and repels the insult . But I contend , fellow cit ' zens , and in this position I am sustained by the ablest authorities , that sovereignty is indes ' tructible except by the act of God ; and that it cannot be alienated . Now , has the sovereignty of Ireland been destroyed bj the act of God ? Hmany cause which has producad the ; prostration of other nations led to her prostration ? 'No , for she is stronger than ever , and her resources , though crippled by unjust laws , are greater ; indeed , Ireland appears to be like the camomile plant , for the more she is trodden upon the greener she has grown—( appliuse ) It appears that the sovereignty of Ireland has not been lost Nor has it been alienated .
Here Mr . Tylar gave way : the heat of the room was so oppressive that be could not proceed , and he observed that he feared be must close his remarks . Bnt after a short pause , he continued as follows : — Tattel , a great writer on the laws of nations—and his authority is admitted in all civilised countries—contends that sovereignty cannot be alienated . How , then , does it happen that on this question of contract between the two independent states or kingdoms of England aud Ireland , as they stood before this act of union , that one—Ireland—should now be compelled to occupy a position towards the other of a felon endeavouring to escapa from the arm of the law , or of a slave escaping from the hand of a cruel roaster ? How does it happen , fellow-citizens , that Erin ' s proud banner ,
which once flowed in the bretza and flaunted to the skies , impressed with the broad seal of Irish sovereignty , ia now only to be recognized as an empty pageant in British hands ? How does it happen ? It strikes me that , as both reasonable and right that no less a power than the power of the peeple- ^ a sovereign and supreme power—could rightfully contract and enact that act of union , for the power which made the act must necessarily be superior to the act , as the creator must of necessity be superior to the created . It could not be , as the British Government contend ; for that would be an admission that Ireland was sovereign at the time of the union , and Yattel has it as an express and solemn rule , that sovereignty cannot be alienated : and if sovereign then , and if her
sovereignty was inalienable , why was she not sovereign now?—( cheers ) . According to the general principles of the law of nations—according to the principles on which the Declaration of Independence was based , and the nnion among the free States of this confederacy was cemented , she has the right to demand Repeal of the oppressive act of onion , or the right of a peaceable cecetsion from that union as a sovereign power . If , however , a power which contracted this act of union was less than sovereign , it was clearly void ob inilio , for nothing less tLan Irish sovereignty could have annihilated for an instant , much less for generations , the power of the Irish Ifgisiature ; for sovereignty , and sovereignty alone , can make and unmake legislative power . < Applause ) I will not touch on the justice of
" Repeal , " nor regard it as a question of txpedietcy ; I choose rather to regard it si a question of right and of principle , I will not stop to inquire how much right the lrleh people have to complain , ss a province misruled , of the fVBtem of Catholic proscription , b » r po : r laws , her police system , her absenteeism , and other cause of ctmplaint too tedious to mention , and di-graceful to the British Government ; no , as the advocate of Irish liberty , I will not consent to assume the attitude of the slave , and supplicate for the leniency of a cruel master , tApplause . ) No . in the name of a people who were once sovereign , and who cannot be dispossessed of their sovereignty , except by an a « t of God . I demand as a right the Repeal of tbe Legislative Union . ( Applause ) . In the name of nine millions of people , who , even if they do form an integral portion of the British Government , because of their immense number and their sufferings , they are not only entitled to it , but to redress for their
wrongs ; and m their name I claim legislative emancipation for Ireland . ( Hear , and great applause . ) I demand it in the name of the enlightened age in which we live . I demand it in the name of the spirit of education and improvement which preside over the nineteenth century . I demand it in tbe name of the great political truths of the age , from whose power and light old dogmas shrink . In the name of our republican institutions I demand her freedom . I demand it in the name of the sympathy of mankind . I demand ? t on tbe same ground—the irresistible ground on which Ireland demanded Catholic Emancipation—( cheers ) . The Act which imposed Catholic disabilities , and that Act of Union , were dictated by a spirit comparatively b . irbaric ; and the spirit of enlightened freedom which demanded the repeal of the one now calls for the repeal of the otker , the tqunlly odious and barbaric Act of Union . Tes ! the same reason which granted the Reform Bill for England , now demands legislative emancipation for Ireland .
Mr . TtlER now retired to the window immediately behind him , and then fainted away ; but the meeting , ignorant of this fact , cheered him vociferously . They then called loudly for Mr . Wallace , and other popnlar orators , but tbe heat of the room , which oppressed throughout his whole speech , and finally overcame Mr . Tyler , was as unfavourable for reporting as speaking , and nearly incapacitated us for the discharge of our arduous duty , which we fear we have here done very imperfectly , and therefore we left the meeting , which we understand continued together some time longtr .
We learned subsequently , that Mr . Tyler remained in the care of a physician , in much suffering , up to a late hour of the night .
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, : . i : , , " REPEAL" IN AMERICA . j ( Fnm the . New fork Herald . J j ' An enormous meeting was held on the evening of I August 29 , in Washington Hall , of the United Irish \' Repeal Association , which was , perhaps , better at- ' tended than usual , in consequence ef the announce- ; jnent that Robert Tyler , Esq ., son cf the President of I the United States , would address the Association . By j the time fixed for tbe commencement of the _ proceed-. Ings , tbe large room was filled to its utmost capacity , ! and the stairs , and even the vestibule were crowded by i hundreds , who could approach tk > nearer to the stand j of the speakers . Tie orchestra was filled with btanti- i Jo ] females—a novelty in these exciting assemblages— j snd many ladies ¦ were accommodated with seats- near the platform . Mr . Ttler entered the loom in company with Mr . 1 Alderman Pordy , Mr . Ckarles O'Connor , the celebrated I councillor , and many gentlemen of distinction in this ! dty ; asd ashe took his seat be was welcomed by a loud , j long-continued and joyoas cheer from the generous- . hearted Irishmen there assembled . ' Mr . B . Cojtsor , one of tbe Secretaries , proposed that Hijah F . Pnrdy , U * q ., acting . Mayor of ibis city , prezide over the meeting , which was carried by a respon-i ave ^ cheer . -.
pit . Pitbdy , on taking the chair , was warmly received . He acknowledged the honour the meeting had conferred upon him , and he begged them to believe that he sympathised with them for the oppressed sons of Erin ; and he also said he was happy that an expression would go forth from that meeting which -would apprize the Government of England that thtre ¦ wes one place on earth where a people , dared to act , Bad think , and speak , when occasion required . ( Great cheering . ) Hx . B . COSSOB . then read the minutes of the last meeting , and they were approved , after which
Mr . UcKeok in a lew pertinent remarks introduced to the meeting Robert Tyler , E » q ., as a gentleman who bad been one of the most distinguished champions of Irish Hspeal—tGreat cheering , which was ccntinur d for several minutes , and accompanied with thes waving of lists and the clapping of Twmrt » . It was indeed one of the most enthusiastic bursts of cordial greeting . No description could do it jostice ) . Mr , McKBON continued . Although be ( Mr . Tyler ) bad never before had the pleasure of meeting them face to face , he { Mr . McKeon ) thought that response would -convince him that at least they were no strangers to his labours . -He ( M . McKeon ) was happy in presenting
Mr . Tyler to that meeting , fer he had been witness to many things in his favour . That meeting beheld in lum not only a distinguished champion » f the rights of Ireland , but a gentleman distinguished in the walks of literature ; and he also came to them not as a plain private citizen , but as the son of tbe Chief Magistrate of these United States —( Great cheering ) . He ( Mr . MtKeon ) need not ask for him a warmer reception , for they had already given him many a hearty cheer , but he begged they would allow him ( Mr . McKeon ) on his own account , to propose " Nine cheers for Robert Tyler . " ( The cheers were given with a hearty , good "will with various other demonstrations of kindly feeling . )
Mr . Tti . ee , the son of the President , then came forward , and the cheering was renewed with great enthusiasm . When it had subsided , he said ;—Mb . Pjresidxxt xnd GB 5 TLE 1 LEM , —This is the j first time 1 have had the honour of meeting with my ' , Irish friends of the city of New York , andthe pleasure i of interchanging with them a friendly greeting . ( Here j a bench broke , precipitating many persons to tbe floor ) . > It has sSbrded me more than usual pleasure to accept i jour kind invitation to address you , under the circum- j stances under which 1 now present myself amongst yon . ] 2 appear before you this evening , fellow citizens , to denounce a government which I hate—( great cheering ) < —whose many oppressions I detest , and to advocate ] the cause of a people whem I have reason to " respect \
ud to love , and whose woes and whose wrongs appeal to the sympathies of mankind —( great cheering ) . Fel- ' low citizens , upon this subject I cannot consent t » play t the part of a hypocrite—( bra » o !)—and I candidly con- ] less to you that I abhor the history of the British Go- i vernmeni—^ tremendons ebeerinr ) . Although there may be instances in tbe historical record of that Government . which evince high courage , stern determination , and I most unwavering porpose in the prosecution and stf . j © onipliabjn . ent of its splendid though selfish schemes of conquest and national aggrandisement , yet its mest I partial and delighted advocate cannot point to one ) single instance in which it ever discovered xaagna- simity or liberality to an antagonistic power —[ loud i cheers ) . And bow numeroas are tbe examples of :
its petty , insult and wholesale aggressions and tyrannies i towards othar rat'f "" , I have bnt to refer you , in I order . to establish conclusively and to prove satUfac- \ torily what I here allege , to the conduct of England in ! former times towards France—to the invasion of her ' territories—the imprisonment of her legitimate sove- > reigns , a _ d in a later period , to ber most illiberal , nn- j generous , nnjost conduct towards a great , though lallen , foe , Napoleon Buonaparte— { applause ) . I have but to . refer yon to tbe speeches ot Sheridan and of Burke to ; convince yon of tbe enormities practised towards ber East Indian possessions . I have but to refer you to her war with China , and to tba principles on which she conducted the war of the American revolution—to the ] . grievances set forth in tbe Declaration of American '
Independence , and to the barbarities practiced towards American citzens during that contest I hava but to refer you to the principles on which she made war with ¦ file American States in 1812 ; and if further evidence be necessary , I tare but to allude in your hearing , to the conduct of Eogland towards Ireland—( great cheering ! . 2 ? or seven long centuries Ireland has been jnffering a state of bondage more intolerable than tbe tortured cxistance of the Roman slave . For seven centuries her daughters have been exposed to rapine , and her sons to murder and false imprisonment , and ber entire people to the cold contumely and Insult of a nation wbieh came in to give them protection , but which through long ages has degraded and oppressed them . And this has been --done to a people whose noble "Fpirit , tbns
doubly insulted , and wnoee generous service to tbe British crown , should have shieldtd them ajrainst a contumelious word or look—( Applause ) . Yes , sir , I assert that tbe Bervices of Ireland to England have been of the most exalted character ; and I challenge a successful contradiction ef the fact . The courts of law have been filled up with Irish Judge * and Irish lawyen , whose tilents have always been made available to England—who have reflected on the bar of England a > lustre by their intellect , and added glory to tbe British ^ ermine . The most splendid orators which the ¦ world has ever seen have been Irishmen —( cheers )—atheir Parliamentary and forensic fame have illumined the British Constitution with almost all tbe glor ies that surround it . The best and purest -patriots that have ever
trod British soil bave been Irisferaen ; and in the darkest hour and deepest distress they ' have forgotten their own oppressions , and have rtllied in defence of tbe integrity of the Government—iapplaust )^ The navy of England bas been manned with Irishmen , and they bave poured forth tfeeir treasures and their blood to sustain the English marin ' p- . The armies of England , too , bave been recruited from the peasantry of Ireland and those who in the hour of battle have most eagerly rosbed on to aeath or victory , have been Irishmen —( tremendous applause ) . And Ireland , too , has ever contributed her revenue without a murmur to support tbfi spendthrift extravagance of tbe British Government ; and what bas l ) een the result ? I refer you to- feer history for an account of the rasnstrons details : for
imarmanon , even with ber eye bolder than the eagle ' s—with her heart of gigantic proportions , and ber courage of fiery energy , will shrink , pale and trembling , from the recital—( applause ) . N » , let the historian , with bis heart of steel and bis icy and pnlselers lip , speak to you of innocent people butchered by tbe force of British laws , or who have felt the fatal proscription of the English martial power . Let him tell yon the details—let him tell you bow a daughter has been ravished in tbe sight and within hearing of a mother , whose chastity and life were sacrificed with theirfreedom—for an Irish maiden prefers chastity tolife— ( gre = t applause )—let him tell yen of sonsLinominurasly bung on-the gallows before the tearless eyes of aged parents ^—let tbe historian tell you , teo , bow ber
balls cf justice have been converted into plactj worse than the Siturnalian Orgies , where justice bas been petrified to stone , and has not been able to -witness tbe cmnhal-like rage with which British Judges have dotted the lequisitiouE of British law , and bave spniitled the tnnine on their shoulders with the clotted gore of their victims— ( applause ; . Let tbe historian tell I ^ VJ * v her ^ P * of relicion bave been dese-^ Sl " ° » ^" ^ to force British observances of 3 ™ ^ religion , they bave . prescribed those ab £ m ^; r ' £ *** &eed 0 m rf soascio . ee to the blan-S ?* 2 \ £ ^ tynU ; t 8 ' ^ terrified by their hums ^ t ^ ^ - ToluBtaray retired from toe inhuman and sscnlegiona W work —( great cbeeri « B ) It is ££ !? £ m ^ feU 0 **»? £ Sr SsSrJ" to 2 S or thT - ^ , eDO 118 b Ior the h 6 art <* *** to £ L . £ ? . r 2 * 0 llM ? ** ° *> that war , and n and sacrilege murd
pme . , ^ d « auFnD 5 ust laws mwmm lcb « xs ) . And fellow c-sans , iTj . ^ f , " £ " £ ^ ^ J ^ applM 5 e } - that I « joy alTtS Kessmgs of . a free g ^ vernment-that I am doubly « £ sitrvetolbese outages aud insults . It isbeeanfet *« fading . - « f att ancknt day is * v er jJ ^ iESSS When cor fathers fonght , struggled , bled and ^ nnallv won a victory in that great contest which involved principles that an the fonndafion of these rights for \ rbieb Ireland i » noweontending —( great applause ) It is because the » pkU of ibat day , which now triumphs in my breast , ix ever aiagled with an abiding and eon-« sntE 8 . ted ndirxadieabl * detestation of those wbo are mow tie enemies of Ireland—it ii because I have been
educated among the plain and pore , though sublime sad gigantic institxtiona of our own free land , where tbe very smn which shines down on onr heads , and the great riven which roll their resistless course towards She oceVm , and the broad sad green earth , amongst whose m » je * tic mountains and expansive valleys tbe spirit of freedoia bas space to breathe—it is because we have achifcved these very Institutions , and this happy and gloriona land from & people that would bave made serfs cr subjects of patriots—it i * in this two-fold aspect of batr&d of the oppressor nM sympathy lei the oppresaed
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THE " RENT" WARFARE . Tbe Carlovo Sentinel , a Tory paper , bas , during the last three or four weeks , given occasional acconnts of the carrying awsy of crops distrained for non-payment of rent , by the peasantry , who were described as assembling in considerable numbers for tbe purpose of cutting down and removing tbe grain ont of the reach of tbe landlords or their bdliffs . Tbe last number of tbe same journal contains tbe following account of tbe progress of thiB extraordinary movement : — " On tbe night of the 8 th instant , between the hours of eleven and twelve o ' clock , about fifty men assembled on the lands of Coo : manna , in this connty , and cnt down about two acres ef oats under seizure for rent due to
the landlord , Charles Dav . s , Esq ., of Clara , county Dnblin . Mr . Sharpe , the attcrney for tba landlord , having received intimation of tbe proceedings , collected some people in the vicinity , who came np in sufficient time to prevent tbe property being carried off the bind . The pelice visited the place shortly after , but the crowd bad vanished . We learn that bailiffs were in charge of the property , but they were beaten off , and the entire would have been carried away but for the timely arrival of the Eacketstown constabulary . All the parties concerned in tbe outrage are known , and will be prosecuted .
"On the morning of the 10 th instant , at an early hour , a number of men , principally strangers from the county Kilkenny , with several horses and cars , assembled on the lands of Liscarven , near Ballon , in this county , and cut down several acres of prime wheat , whieh they carried away and stored in Ballon . Consifierable excitement existed ia the neighboirhood daring tee progre »« f tbe work , whieh waa carried en without tae dightert attempt at concealment . Captain Watson , » e landlord , on bearing of tbe occurrence , proceeded witb bU servant ! to tbe spot , and succeeded in seising on the horse , and cars engaged i » carryteg awaythe Stt ££££ Sfi **™ ol fte ~* - ™
"On the night of the 9 th instant , a great number of wnH » m £ ^ v Car 8 > ambled on tbe lands the Rev . Sir Richard Wolseley , and cut down and earned away all the crops , which were under seizure for rent due to tbe landlord . The bailifis were ordered eff the lands on peril of their lives , and the
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party succeeded in taking off tbe property . Informations have been sworn , and warrants Issued against the o Sanders . "On the night of the 11 th Instant , a great number of persons , many of whom wexe armed , assembled at Killalongford , in this county , and cut down and carried away a large quantity of Corn , in order to evade-the payment of rent Atxrct day-break their purposes were effected , and they marched off in different directions . The new system of opposition to the payment of rents is spreading with fearful rapidity . " ibe ' Nenagh Guardian , a Tory journal , states that a similar system has commenced in the northern division of Tipperary , and gives the following instance : —
"On Friday or Saturday night last , a number of men , about 409 , all strangers to the locality , went to the lands of Cranagh , the property of Maurice Meagher , Esq ., of Nenagh , on which a distress bad been placed for arrears of rent . They cut down the entire of the growing crop , and carried it away . At the morning's dawn , there was nothing left for tbe landlord but the valueless stubble . Five of this party were told off , for the purpose of shooting the bailiff—to deter others from acting in a similar capacity . There were five stand of arms accordingly placed , as they supposed , in 8 secure spot for that purpose , which happened to be discovered by the police , and seized . The loss to the party of their fire-arms saved the bailiff for the present
" A similar visit was to have been paid to another tenant within a very short distance from town , whose crops were under seizure for two and a half years' rent ; but a compromise or settlement was effected between landlord and tenant the evening previous to the intended visit *?
Serving Notices under the Courts . — A short * time tince the receiver appointed under tbe courts , over the lands of Leghorn , within three miles ef Nenagb , tbe bead landlord of which is Mr . Bindon Scott , of Cahircon , and the lessee the representative of a Mr . M'Mahon , of the county Clare , having occasion to serve orders of tbe court on the tenantry to pay their rents and arrears to the receiver , the bailiffs sent for that purpose were turned off , the door of each house or cabin being previously shut in their faces . On Tu sday last , that gentleman being obliged to attend iu
person , and having obtained a writ of assistance , was granted a strong police foTce , by the directions of Joseph Tabuteau , E : « . .. R . M ., wbo accompanied the party , which was commanded by H . Blake , Ef q , S I ., and they succeeded in protecting the bailiffs whilst tbe notices were being duly Berved . This property contains upwards of six hundred acres , and was originally let to three or four respectable farmsrs , and there is now but one tenant of ( substance on tbe entire lands , and forty or fifty families of squatters in the occupancy ef the remainder .
Just at the dawn of day , on Taesday morning last . Constable M'Donough of the Bird-hill station , having perceived a number of men , and about fifty horses and cars , pass the wall of the police barrack , aroused his men , and with threa of hin party immediately followed to watch their movements . These Irish Rebeccas proceeded to the residence » f a widow named Toohey , at Cool , In the barony of Owney a : d Arra , and at tho bead of three hundred persons there was a farmer named Gletsoa . Timothy Gleeson was an uncle of the deceased Toobey , and alleges that prior to Toohey ' s death he marie a will in favour of bis uncle , and to tbe exclusion of bis widow . Another pretence for this unlawful act is , that Gieeson says he lent Toohey the sum of £ 10 to purchase the farm from old Hassett , the father of the widow . On Constable M'Donough and his little party coming up , he called upon the others in her Majesty ' s name to disperse ; npon which Gleeson , who was evidently tbe leader , gave the memorable
order cf the hero of Waterloo , Up boys , and at them . ' Immediately the entire party ruBhed into the haggard , and commenced tearing down the stack and ricks of corn , and loading the cars , which they forcibly drove away . In endeavouring to resist the party concerned in this monstrous proceeding , several of tbe friends of the widow were cruelly beaten on tbe beads and bodies with heavy loaded sticks , which they designate by the name of the Molonys , ' or the two year olds . ' A young man named John Walsh iB dangerously wounded , having received a compound fracture on the bead , and of whose recovery there are no hoprs . Tbe father of the widow of James Hassett , an old man , was cruelly beaten ; and another relative , named John Hasset , also . Constable M'Donough and his men are in possession of the names of several of the Rebeccaites , Bome of whom were from Kilcommon , some from Kteper-hill , and the greater portion were strangers from the counties of Clare and Limerick . ' *
Rests in North Tipperart . —The tenants on the lands of Loughorna , near Nenagb , are deeply in arTear . The landlord , Mr . Mahon , almost despairs of getting bis rent ; but this in Tipperary is a matter of no very singular occurrence . Our correspondent in that locality informs us , that James Quin , a surveyor , a man who it seema Is possessed of no small share of daring , offered to rnn the gauntlet amongst the tenants , if he would be allowed six shillingo in the pound for the collection of the rent and tbe arrears . The offer was soon closed with , under tbe impression , perhaps , that half a loaf was better than no bread . On Tuesday last , Quin , accompanied by a man named Meehan , went to Loughorna with the intention of serving the tenants with notices to cempel payment of rent Their reception was rather rough , such as might be expected
on tho occasion . Quin ami Meehan had to trust to their heels for the safety of their beads . The crowd increased tvery moment , and the pursuit became hotter ; Quin w&s overtaken , and , as we bave been informed , compelled to tike back the notices . Meeban , who seemed to be the more oenoxious character of tho two , was still pursued , and at length obliged to take cover in the house of Mr . James Otway , of Ballinware . So intent were the neighbouring peasantry in taking a deadiy satisfaction of Meeban , that they searched . Mr . Otway ' s kitchen and premises for h ' m . Bting btfflsd they returned in no very pleasant mood . In about two hours after Quin and Meehan , escorted by a large body of pulice , horse and foot , again proceeded to the lands , wbere under the protection or a hostile array thiy effected a sort of service . —Leinsler Express .
Opposition to the Payment of Rents . —On the nigbt of the 8 th inst ., between the hours of eleven and twelve o ' clock , about , fifty men assembled on tbe lands of Coolwanna , in this county , and cut down about two acres of oats under ce zuro for rent due to the landlord , Mr . C . Davis , of Clare , county of Dublin . Mr . Sharpe , the attorney for the landlord , having received intimation of tbe proceedings , collected some people in the vicinity , who came up in sufficient time to prevent the property being carried off the land . The police viBited the place shortly after , but the crowd b ; id vanished . informations bave been sworn against sixteen pereons concerned in the rescue , and warrants have been issued for their apprehension . From private letters received on Friday , we learn that biiliffi ) were in charge of the property , but that they were beatea eff , and that the entire weuld have been carried away but for the timely arrival of the Hacketstown constabulary . All the parties concerned in the outrage are known , and will be prosecuted . —Carlow Sentinel .
More Outrages . —On the morning of the 10 th instant , at an early hour , a number of men , principally straDgers from the county of Kilkenny , with several ! horses and cars , assembled on tho lands of Liscarvan , near Ballon , in this county , and cut down several acres of prime wheat , which they carried away and stored in Ballon . Considerable excitement existed in the neighbourhood during the progress of the work , which waa carried on without tbe slightest attempt at concealment Captain WatBon , the landlord , on hearing of the occurrence , proceeded with his servants to the spot , and succeeded in se : z . ng on the horses and cars engaged in carrying away the crop , and also in capturing four of the party , who have been committed for trial .
Tumultuous Meetings—On the night of the 8 th inst ., a great number ef men , with horses and cars , assembled on the lands of WUliamstown , held by a man named Doyle , from the Rev . Sir R . Wolseley , and cut down and carried away all the crops , which were under seizure for rent dne to the landlord . The bailiffs were ordered eff the lands on peril of their lives , and the party succeeded in carrying off the property . Informations have been sworn , and warrants issued against the offenders . On tbe night of tbe 11 th inst . a great number of persons , many ef whom were armed , assembled at Killalongford , in this county , and cut down and carried away a large quantity of com , in order to evade the payment of rent About daybreak their purposes were effected , and they marched off in different
directions , blowing horns , shouting for repeal , and crying out " they weuld pay no more rents 5 " The constabulary are busily engaged in bringing the leaders to justice . Tbe new system of opposition to tbe payment of rents is spreading with fearful rapidity , and emissaries said to be from Dublin , are every where exciting the population to resistance to tbe payment of any rent at all . This appears unquestionably to be tbe preparatory step to the grand movement against the landed proprietary so long threatened ; and if tfeey do not unite one and all to check its progress , no one can tell where it will end . If not put down speedily tbe social edifice will be shaken to its foundation . On the night of the 11 th several hotses and ears were brought to the lands of Bathrush , near Ballen , in
this county , for the purpose ot carrying awAF the prodace of two-and-a-half acres of wheat , which we are informed had been taken by conacre from tbe Messrs . Coghlan , the tenants on tbe lands , who prevented the removal of the crop until the landlord was informed of the circumstance . On the same night , about eleven o ' clock , a large number of persons , amounting to about 300 men and women , with several horses and « &rs , assembled at Cowlaw , in the parish of Clonmose , near HackeUtown , in thta county , and cut down and carried sway five sere * of oati , held by conacre , from tbe tenants on the lands , named Do wlinf . The person who
bad this crop taken from tke Dowllnga Is a fatsoer named Patrick Carty , of Ballygalduff , and tb * reason be aciigns for this unusunl and unlawful proceeding ts « that be was informed that Dowling ' s landlord ( a Mr . Gerge Braddell , of Belfast ) was about to sefzs on the entire crops for rent Tke conduct of those assembles on this occasion was most violent , and created much alarm in the neighbourhood . They bore away the property amidst shouts and huzzas , and threatened violence towaads any person wbo should oppose them . They placed guards around the houses of the Dowlinga and others in the neighbourhood , and threatened the kmates with instant desirnctton if they attempted to
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some out until they had cat and carried it away . They stopped at a public-house at Clonmore , and drank a large quantity of spirita . Progress of the Awti ^ MT WaR— The " pa * sive resistance' ^ to thepay ffjjjit ^*» nts Inculcated by the Repeal legislators baa wHB » it « operations to the county of Meitb , where , d |^^ BM ^ e great excitement prevailing in the neighboa |^^ H | . Trim , ; It has been found necessary to despatB ^ BBpbody of « ilitary to enforce tbe collection of rents . Two troops of tbe 11 th Hussars bave been detached from this garrbon , and ft company ef the Rifle Brigade , on its match from Drogheda to Longford , waa countermanded at Navan , and ordered to proceed to Trim , to aid the civil power , in conjunction with the Hussars . The farmers are generally refusing to pay rents , ' and are removing tbe crops . off the lands , in order to evade selzuiea . —Correspondent of the London Times .
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MR . O'CONNELL AND THE CHAR TISTS . Mr . O'Conneli cannot be quiet , and fed the Chartists abe . He mast try to damage them , at every opportunity , either fitting or unfitting . He has bad his finders trapped just now / or so doing ; and'in a quarter he did not expect ' At the meeting of the Repeal Association holden tt the Cora Exchange , on Monday September 4 , Mr . O'Conneli read a letter from the writer who . subscribes himself " One who Whistled at the Plough , and commented on it , mixing up the Chartists with the allegations of the writer . That commentary brought forth a rpply from the writer , in which he snubs Mr . O'Conneli very severely for bo far going out of his way to do the Chartists wrong . Below are both letters of the Whistler , and Mr . O'Connett's commentary : — \ mr . ! o ' connell ' s speech .
There was , indeed , one cause of apprehension , and he now wished to call the attention of the association to a letter that appeared in the last Weekly Register , from that very clever writer , the correspondent of the Morning Chronicle who wrote under the signature of I "One who has Whistled an the ttough . " He says : — " Sir , —I have just seen , for the first time , in ( the Register of last week , a paragraph stating that my account of the Tara meeting had been suppressed by the Morning Chronicle . Such is not the case . I had reasons for delaying it , which you will understand when you seo it published . I saw something on Tara Hill which at first I was unwilling to believe , and which I did not wish to publish until I had inquired into , through letters to England . I now fiud that the parties whom I saw there , and whose conduct attracted my attention , were really what I Buspeotcd them to be . Two or three of them were Irishmen known in
London ; the Mothers were English . I am not at liberty ] to say much more , at ; least until next week ; but I would warn you , and the Irish people through you , to be cautious beyond all former caution . That some hundreds of men , or may be thousands , did not get drunk , did not fall out and fight , and cause general riot on Tara Hill , to which the military and armed police would have soon been summoned , was not tho fault of the persons alluded to , nor the fault of those who paid thrm to come here ; who have also paid the same men and some others to follow Mr . Cobden from town to town in England , from Norwich to London , from London to Maidstone , from Maidstone to Winchester , and several other places , to get up a riot and upset his anti-Corn Law mcotings . On this subject I refer you to the next two of my letters which will appear in the Morning Chronicle , and alao to the Scotsman of to-morrow ( Siturdaj ) . "
He ( Mr . O'Connell ) entirely believed this gentleman . Ho believed him to be utterly incapable of asserting that for a fact which he did not know to be true—( hear ) . He spoke from his own knowledge . He said that he had traced those people—that ho knew them in England $ o be hired , and the qaes-tion was , by whom ? Nowjthis deserved the most serious consideration . This ] was a subject that could not drop ; and they must kuow from this gentleman who they were , and who hired them —( hear , hear ) . Could it be possibly supposed that they were hired by the British Ministry ? and yet if they were not hired
by the British Minister , must they not be hired by some person in th * confidence of the Minister \ Was it the mere bribery of the police , or what was it ? What could bo more terrific than that Government should bo so constituted , that any of its underliugs should plan murder and massacre , and seek to get np a riot to commit slaughter , and that for that purpose they shodld engage persons from a great distance who w ^ re backoiod and trained disturbers of public meetings —( hear ) . They could now see how tkeenrtse of Reform had been putdown in England by the interjerence of persons pretending to be Chartists : POR THE GREAT PRIN'CIPLE OF CHARTISM WAS
NOT TO ALLOW AN ? PUBLIC MEETING TO TAKE PLACE undisturbed . Some of the persons wiio were accused of that conduct might be innoeent ; bat it was plain that they were mixed up with others who were guilty : a » di here were the servants of some police agent , if they were not authorised by direct ministerial influence , seeking to create a disturbance . They had this gentleman ' s authority for it ; and he ( Mr . 0 . C . ) would make use of it as uudoubted evidence of the fact ( hear ) . He could not briDg himself to believe that this gentleman , whose name and character jwere known , though he used a fantastic and fictitious signature , had stated what was uutrue ; and he therefore must look upon this Mystein : as the most horrible mode of
governing Ireland that ever was thought of —( hear , hear ) . The lives : of innocent persons were to ba sacrificed , where order and regularity prevailed , aye , and so much regularity prevailed that the attempt had totally failed —( hear , hear ) . But they should know who they were . He would tell this writer of tho Morning Chronicle that he could not keep his incognita . Ho had now committed himself ; and heboheved inHho truth of his statements . He did not like to deal in any persecution at all , but if there was any shrinking on the part of this gentleman , there should be a summons issued to him , and he should be urged forward ; but he ( Mr . O'C . ) did not anticipate any unwillingness on his part to give them the information they required—( h"ar > ,
He ( Mr . OTonnelJ ) was sorry any person should be guilty of such a crnre , but he was . delighted at t ' ue discovery which 'had been made . Mo had toiled there from day todav , from week to wwk , from month to month , to infix upon the minds of the Irish people that thev should seek for their rights by no means except ty peaceable and moral meaiiF . —They should work , not by physical force , but by tho moral force of public opiuioa , that electricity that binds six millions of people in one unanimous sentiment . And was all this tp be thrown away by the acts of hired aesasains br ^ u ^ ht over from England—for he would call thf-m assassins ? There was no nation in Errope in which assassination would prevail to such an extent , or whH'e such an act of assassination
would be perpetrated a ^ in Ireland if that plan suoceedfd . It could ; not remain as it was . They should probe it tojthe bottom . He cared not who they were—tho man who was at tht > bofom of such ft plan as that , was a wretch that should be dragged to ; the scafibM—( Loud cheering . ) Feargua O'Connor * whon the Chartists were sbro beset in England , ! proposed the absurdity of what he called " a sacred month , " by which ho meant a month during the continuance of which ali th 6 working classes in England were to throw up their employments and remain idlo . What a notable piece of ingenuity was this —( laughter ) . Who , he should like ro knojv , was to feed the tradesmen and their families during that month ?—( hear . hear ) . At
the end of tho mo ) ith the number of the oppressed would no doubt have sensibly diminished , and t ' ur this very obvious reason , that many of them m the interim would have goue to another world . There , would ba but few survivors at the end of tho month—( hear , hear ) . He ( VIr . O'Council ) proposed no preposterous Utopian measure like that proposed by Feargu 1 ' . He did not want a revolution —unless by such a . name an attempt to procure a return CO the former timos might properly bo designated . He wanted such a revolution as that of 1782 or that of 1829—( htar , hear , and cheers ) . It was a bloocilrss stainless revolution to which he aspired ; apolitical change for the better , brought about without injury to lifo or to property . Who
would say that the Irish people ha < l not sufficient constitutional resources to fall back upon , even if their present ] -l : ai 9 were defeated ? Supposing a very extrePie cj . iej— supposing that tho pJans now proposed for tho achievement of our national regeneration were f ' acttouily thwarted aad defeated , might not the lv \>\[ people acknowledge the wisdom of betaking themselves exclusively to their potato crops , and leaving the harvest of Ireland uncut ? Who would tell him that the Repealers might not unanimously come to the determination of discoH tinuing altogetherithe consumption of all < xciseable commodities ? ( Loud cheers ) . The harvest was already cut , so that when lie alluded to that , he was
speaking a day after the fair—( laughter ) . Tne resolution for the non-eonsuinpuon of cxciseable articles was not now proposed , nor would it until a more urgent emergency . should arise ; bu * . then he was very far fromisiying that it might not be proposed one day or other —( hear ) . He would , not shrink from anything that the laws of God and man would approve for the restoration of his country ' s rights . He trusted that the meeting would pardon him this digres . siop , but the paragraph which had given rise to it was of so important a nature that he was sure the Irish people would acknowledge that he was doinj ; nothing more than his duty in offering these remarks . i
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the features , abilities , and characters ot many of thos& wbo attend London meetings . Second Fact—I have been for these last eighteen months travelling in England , through the midland , eastern , southern , and western counties , in connexion with agricultural affairs . During the same period , an < J particularly this last spring and summer , the Anti-Corn Law League has had meetings in many of the market towns of these counties , at some of which meetings I have attended when within reach of them . I have also been present at several ot the League meetings in London . It bas been common , on sneb occasions , for several persons calling themselves working men to propose resolutions at variance -with tke object of the meeting , and to attempt—sometimes success f ully , but in moat
instances unsuccessfully—to divert the discussion to other topics than the corn laws . On one occasion they took possession of the platform by force in London ; on another occasion they got a mob , and occupied all the lanes and passages leading to & place of meeting , tbe Riding School in Mary-Ie-bone , which the Anti-Corn Law Association of that parish had hired for the meeting , and a riot was created , which ended by the building and furniture being damaged to the amount of £ 50 . Some of the parties concerned in getting up that riot ware afterwards at Norwich , and in various towns , east , south , and west , at which Mr . Cobden held meetings . Any one who has observed the reports of those meetings must have seen that attempts were made to carry resolutions condemnatory of Mr . Cobden ' s speeches ; and that Mr . Cobden in replying
s iid , almost on every occasion , that the movers of such resolutions were unworthy tbe confidence of working men . though they professed to be working men—inasmuch as they were persons who followed him about ; from town to town , from the north to the south—from the east to the west Mr . Cobden has said , also , that they were not Chartists , though they professed Chartism . He Bas said that they must be paid by somebody ; but he has never said who that somebody is ; nor do I b % j who that somebody is , for I do not know . I have good reason to believe , however , that Mr . Cobden never for a moment suspected the government or the Chartists . If he suspected any class of persons , hia suspicions were fixed on parties who as thoroughly hate and distrust Sir Robert Peel , and what they consider his too liberal leaning towards free trade , as any one does wbo thinks him not liberal enough .
Third Fact—I saw on Tara Hill , at several points on the outskirts of tbe meeting , persons attempting to draw off a portion of the vast multitude to listen to speeches , some part of which , so far as I heard them , alluded to Chartism . Also at Tara , in a few of the many tents there spirituous liquors were offered for sale , and by some of the people—by very few so far as I saw—were purchased and drunk . I saw several men , three of whom I knew by eve-sight , offering to treat various groups of countrymen to whisky punch or brandy , also to " something to eat , " if they would driok . The men whom I saw spoken to refused to drink :
and when Ispofte to them afterwards and inquired what the strangers bad been saying to them ; they told me that they had been talking about the hardships endured by working men in Ireland , and offered to stand a treat of something to eat and drink , but that they had gone away and given them nothing because they refused to drink . I saw the same parties again and again similarly engaged with the poorer-looking Irish country labourers . What their precise object was I cannot say . Perhaps they were only on what in England we call a " lark , " when a fellow with plenty of money offers to treat everybody ; but whatever they might be doing , or intending to do , I am certain of my
Fourth Fact—That at least three of them were persons whom I bave seen in London and elsewhere disturbing the League meetings . I shall now state a few matters of opinion . I do not think it is fair in Mr . O'Connell to make such violent charges against the English Chartists , even admitting these men to have been heie for the worst of purposes , and to have UBed for their purpose Chartist doctrines . How would the Irish Repealers like to be burdened with the ownership of Bill Delany and Phil Murphy , the joint conspirators , murderers and informers of Kilkenny ? Yet these villains accomplished their purpose by assuming a character not theix own—a , character of benevolence , of sympathy for a persecuted set of tenants .
I think it is not proper to burden me with threats of being dragged from behind my incognita if 11 o not disclose the names of the persons whom I saw on Tara Hill , that they may be punished . Personally I care nothing about tbo incognita . When I assumed it I wrote one letter on agriculture , intending to write no more , and bo Bigned my self . That letter drew forth others ; and so I have gone on . Mr . O'Conneli most truly describes the law of libel in the speech I now refer to . So stringent is that law that I cannot publish anywhere tbe reports which I draw up relating to Irish landlords and tenants ; yet Mr . O'Conneli holds out a threat to me , the tendency of which is to make me produce a libel . He ia pleased to compliment me for what I have written on Irish affairs ; but he holds over my
bead a threat that will make me more cautions about what I write than even tbe law of libel makes me ; that is , if the dragginj me from behind my incognita were in his power , or , beini ? in his power , any detriment to me . I bave no objection , if a serious inquiry be determined on , to state privately to any party properly authorised to icquire , the names of tbe men known to me ; but having mentioned the matter publicly in a merely general manner for a public purpose , for a warning to those who might by possibility be led into error , I do not see that it is either just or politic to give me the burden of supporting sach charges as Mr . O'Connell draws out of my statement , since those charges are carried far beyond what I have any proof to suppoit ,
One Who has Whistled at the Plough . To this we need nojb add another word , except to direct attention to Mr . O'Connor's letter in thi 3 day ' s Star for an answer to that portion of Mr . O'Connell ' s speech which attributes to " Feargus' * the project of tho " National Holliday . " It will ba seen that he disposes of that charga most effsctua'ly ; and fixes it upon Mr . O'Connell ' s Birmingham friends . Tnat answer waa not intended for Mr , O'Connell ; but it exactly fits him .
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Cowardly and Atrocious Outrage . —On Saturday evening the following daring outrage was committed at Penconville . Becwocn eight and nine o ' clock , as a lady , named Townsend , residing at No . 8 , Claremont-place , Pentonville , was walking along the street , within a few yard ' s of her own residence , she was met by an individual having the appearance of a Lascar , aad on passing him she felt herself suddenly wounded b y some sha r p instrument in her thigh . Mrs . Townsend , as soon as sbe could reco * rer herself , Jpursued the ruffian , but he succeeded iu effecting his eecape before she could obtain the assistance of a policeman . On examination , it wa . 3 found that the instrument had passed through her clothes , and penetrated the flesh to some depth . The perpetrator of the outrage is described as being a man of colour , dressed in a red and black cap , which fits close to his head , and a red tunic with white sleeves , which reaches to his knees .
" Increase and Multiplt . " —There is now in the possession of Mr . Thomas Jones , of Penny-lane , in the township of Flixton , a saw which has farrowed , at twelve different times , 165 pigs . Religious Persecution in Turkey—Constantinople—An Armenian named Avoakim has lately suffered death under the following circumstances . A year and a half a § o , havin ? quarreiled , during a flt of intoxication , with his Mussulaiaa neighbours , he waa condemned to receive the bastinado on the soles of his feet Almost overcome with the effects of wine , and cf fear , he mide a profession of Mohammedism , and wa 3 immediately released . No sooner had he regained tba nse of his reason tbaD , repenting tbe steps he had been induce I to tafee . he fled to Syra and resumed hte
former faitb . After the absence of a year be returned to Constantinople , and concealed himself in a Christian quarter . Unfortunately , he was recognized as he passed through the city , by one Muataia Aga , chief of tbe cuard of the quarter in which he resided before his flight . He waa seized and conveyed to the Seraskier's palace . Having formally declared his adherence to Christianity , he wns thrown into prison . Threats and torture were used to compel him to retract , and these means failing , he was led out to execution . Intimidation being unavailing , he was recodducted to prison , and allowed six days to re-embrace the faith of Ialara . All access to him waa denied , both to bis relatives aa < J the priests . On the seventh day he was bound ,, and dragged to the Bolluk Bazzar . The fish market
is one of the crowded thoroughfares of the city , and is consequently usually chosen as a fitting spot for public decapitation . Although thirty Cawasses accompanied tbe unfortunate min , on arriving at the place of Mljcn * tian they all refused to strike the blow . At lengtn ' one Ali of Tavok Baziar , a Cawass belonging to tne Siras * kertal , seized the scymetnr . The naked weapon was shown to the condemned man , with a last offer of pardon ; but he maintained an obstinate silence . The Cswass having compelled him to kneel , raised the sabre , and struck him on tbe neck , the bone remaining unbroken . Three ineffectual blows succeeded . The sword bsing too blunt , or tbe executioner being too inexpert , to sever the head in the usual manner , he was thrown down , and whilst several men knelt upon tbe body , Ali sawsd the neck asunder , the miserable man filling the air with shrieks . The body was thrown upon the stomach into the centre of the street , the head , and by its side the hat , L being placed between bis thighs .
The Turks who stood around spat upon his corpse , and reviled his Chrttijmnity , The Cawaase 8 retired to » neighbouring tobacconist ' s and en joyed their pipes . On the body wa « then placed the decree by ' whlck he had been condemned , ia these words : —•* On the first of Moharrem laityear the Armenian alipper-maker Yahl » Oglar Avoakim , being in full possession of hU ieiaes j embraced the faith of Islam , and received the name of MohMnmed . He afterwards escaped , and became * renegade . Having been Invited to re-enter the holy religion of Islam , he absolutelyrefused so to do . Persisting in hi « refusal , he was condemned , according to the sacred fetwa , and has suffered death . " The body was exposed daring three d » r » to the IdsuKs o ! » fanatic multitude . On the third day it was dragged to the Bea-shoro , and , having- been fastened to a pole * was cast into one of the currents of the Bosphoras . The Armenian patriarch haviDg presented a petition to the Porte for the corpxe , ifc was torn up and fcranipiea under foot .
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THE ARMY AND NAVY . Warlike Preparations . —As if in anticipation of a general insurrection all the barracks and many of the caatlta and private mansions in the country ate undergoing extensive alterations to fit them for efficient offeneive and defensive operations . Walls are pierced for loop-boles , superfluous gates and other assailable points are closed up , drawbridges are erected , the magazines are crammed with ammunition , and that frightful enemy of beaieged troops—Famine—iB provided against by stores of beef , pork , and rum , which are daily arriving . At the front gate of the Clonmel barracks a bleb platform has been raised for the
accommodation of a patent swivel-gun , and two d < z-m men . From this position the garrison could blazs away against the eld and new gas-houses , and cause no slight annoyance to a French armada iu its passage np the Sulri InCork , Fermoy , Limerick , Templemore , &c , similar formidable steps have been taken ; so that when " Toting Ireland" arises to throw off her chains , the authorities are determined not to belike the foolish virgins who vrete found unprepared . Cart loads of beef , bacon , bread , and powder , and hogsheads of rum and brandy are daily taken from the Government stores at Haulboutine to the barracks in the interior of the country , in many instances without the accompaniment of a single soldier or policeman!—Dublin World .
The Ballyshanjwn Herald , an Orange paper , says : — " We hear that the large infantry barrack it about to be repaired , in order to have a depot stationed bere in future . We hope this may be found true , as there is no place in Ireland where a military force could be more usefully employed in cutting off any communication between Ulster and Connauf fet , if found necessary to do so . " An Officer connected with the engineer department has arrived in Parsonstown , aad the military barracks are at once to be put into a state of defence ;
300 workmen are to be immediately employed , and the works to be completed with all haste . Upwards of 800 tuna of coals have been laid in during the past week , and it is said a lUTge quantity of provisions are to arrive here in a few days . The 52 ad depot , at Nenagh , have ; put their barracks in order : they are now in a state of preparation to resist an insurgent seige . On Thursday a dozen dray loads of provisions were laid up ob storage . No civilian is admitted within tbe precincts of tbe barrack gate . The baker and the butcher must hand in their contracts from without . — Lsinsler Empress . '¦
" Preparations vor . the Repealers ''—One fact is worth a thousand assertions , and as an evidence of the chance Mr . O'Connell has of obtaining R » puaJ , we need only date , that on Friday se ' nnight the barraok-raaster , assistant , and a party of soldiers , were employed in receiving into Mill Mount Barracks several cart loads of provisions , rum , && , for the use of the troops , in case that they may have to tube the field during the ensuing winter . — Diogheda Conservative . Doings in the Army . —The following statement of " strange doings at Billincollig ' appears in the Cork Examiner : —
" A few days since a private in the Artillery stationed at Ballincollig , named O'Brien , was put under arrest without any seeming cause , either alleged or proved , tending to criminate his character as a man , a soldier , or a loyal subject of ber Mnjesty . O'Brien is a Roman Catholic , and for some time a strict teetotaller . He was born in France , being the son of an Irish refuse , and from his infancy up to this moment has been constantly connected with the army . He has served in various parts of tbe world with honour , and there never was the shadow of a stigma on his character . After years of hard service , and at bis time of life , being now pretty fir advanced in years , he has been threatened with dismissal from the service , and to be shot like a dog , if anything could be proved against him .
What is his crime ? As an Irishman , bo felt deeply for bis country , and in the warmth of his heart frequently expressed himself so , never dreaming of the ears of the barrack walls , which exaggerated his sentiments , and put a forced c ^ nstructftn on his words . Bat the real inexpiable crime which ho was guilty of is this—be was detected reading the Nation and Examiner newspapers . He has been shipped off to Woolwich , handcuffed , without a moment ' s notice , or being allowed an Interview with his wife , whether destined for foreign service or to be dismissed , we cannot say ; but poor O'Brien , for loving , the land of his fathers , has been punished bb if he hid committed some
crime against military law , the law of tbe land , or the law of God . We may mention that one crime sought to be fastened on him was , wben reviewing the fortifications newly put np at Builhicollig barracks , being a aian of sound military information , he said , With 100 soldiers he could take the whole fortifications . ' This was Interpreted that he would , if opportunity offered , take the barrels with 100 men , whereas he only expressed an opinion generally of the unniilitary and weak nature of the fortifications themselves . A few uoys Binco hia wife had a contribution made np by a few benevolent individuals for the purpose of enabling her to reach her friends , who reside in another
pro-. " Is this all ? No ; John Burn , belonging to the same station , a police-constable , also a Catholic and a Teetotaller , and a man of unblemished character , was called up oil Wednesday night at nine o ' clock , and upon the instant ' dismissed the service , without warning , without notice , without the shadow of a crime or fault alleged , wben he bad not a shilling saved , no clothes to wear but some lent by his comrades—yet at that hour of night he was driven forth to seek his home as beat be could in tho county of Limerick . He , too , thought
deeply for Ireland , and oomttimes read the Examiner or Nation . As a sample ofthe espionage and irquisitorial meanness and treachery of some of the responsible parties wbo govern these nun , we shall quote one of tbe many questions asked this nion by his sergeant . ' Would you , ' said this functionary , ' if you saw Arctibishop M'Hale heading an army , fire en him , if you were ordered to do so ? " Thus , by artful questioning , and listening to woxds uttered in the simplicity of hon » st men ' s henrta , are tliey entrapped , and crime sought to be fastened on them , and ultimate punishment heaped upon their heads . '
The Cork Constitution has the following version of these " strange doingb" : — " A Bub-constablo of policu has been dismissed from the force , in consequence of his using expressions favourable to the Repeal agitation , and having stated , that in case thtro was a popular outbreak , he would j 'in the Repealers ; besides that , he is believed to have been -endeavouring to crea t e a feeling of disaffection in the minds of the military . The circumstances which led to the dismissal are kept secret by those best acquainted with them ; however , we understand that the policeman , who hud previously supported himself by following the trade of what is commonly called a " hedge schoolmaster" in the county of Limerick , was stationed at B . illincollig ; that a few duys since he
was rin company with an artilleryman in a publichouse in that village , where they were overhe . trd by a bombardier-coi poral discussing tbe strength of the fortifications erecting at BaiiincoIJig barracks , in tbe course of which the aub-conbtable said that he had a plan by which he could capture the barraiks , and take tbe powder mills , with 100 undisciplined Repealers , but that would be unnecessary , as he knew the soldiers would not £ ght agaicut tbe people , for be had ' sounded' many of them . These and other expressions used by both parties , which showed that they were npt to be trusted with arms , were reported to aa officer , who felt it his duty to acquaint tbe Government with the circumstances . An investigation having since taken place , the policeman has been dismissed , and the soldier removed to Woolwich . "
Special Commission . —King ' s county . —it is stated here , in quarters likely to be acquainted with the fact , that a special commission will be issued for thiB county some time in the ensuing month ; there are six persons charged with the awful crime of murder , at pre sent confined in the gaol here , viz : —One for tbe murder of Lord Norbury , one for Mr . Gatcbell , the magistrate , the soldier for Bhooting his adjutant , and three for killing a man named Fuller , with several others charged with very serious Gffences ; such as firing into and
attacking dwelling-houses , posting and writing threatening letters , Rockite notices , tcz . —Lcinster Lxpress . Postponement of thje Execution op Noonam - Hoblohan . —A leuer has been received by the High Sheriff , from the Chief Secretary for Ireland , directing that the execution of Houlohan and Noonan , found guilty at the Ia 3 t assizes for the murder ef Mr . Shine , shall be postponed until the 20 th of November . JFke respite , we understand , is tor the purpose of having the question raised on the trial diBoussed before the judges . —Limerick Reporter .
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The Blind Tbatellbb . —Lieut . Holman , R . N . Knight of Windsor , the celebrated blind traveller , took his departure on the 3 d of September , from M alta for Naples . He will afterwards proceed to the Rosun States , and thence to Trieste . During tho few days of his residence ra this island the greateat hospitality haa been showd him . The veteran traveller had the honour of dining with his exc ellency the governor , and very fKqutot' y with the Ao ' tnirat , Sir E . Owen . 4 ^ **| s ^ M * ? l ^ itudee 0 < " his perilous life , and increalTi ^ M ^ iie * still maiut ' uins the same unabated tbirefciM | B ^ l 1 and his mei / tal and bodily faculties appeaRtp ^ W in activity a id strength in the inverse ^ tl | US ; W * lns ^ fjlinine life ar d honoured grey hairs . —^ iaim ^ mes .
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THE " WHISTLEK ' s ANSWER . To Ifie Editor of the Freeman . \ Tuesday Evening , eight o ' clock . Sib , —I have jtist read , in the Evening Post , the speech of Mr . O Connell , deliveied yesterday at the Corn Exchanr <\ preference to a statement of mine in the Weekly Register , of Saturday . As yonrs will be tbe first papsr published , I send this to you , anxious as I am that not a day should be lost until I givo some explanation of the matter referred to . I expected that it would attract notice , but O'Connell puts a construction on it which I do not concur in , -and which I should not be answerable for . j I do not charge the English Ctinrtists with the crime of conspiracy against the Irish Repealers , or of lending themselves to somebody else who do , or may be suspected of conspiring . Oa the contrary , I know that the leading men of the Chartist * in London utterly repudiate the persons to whom I alluded in the Register . i
Far less do I accuse or suspect tho Government ; or think for a moment , even hypotbetically , that the Government has anything to do with them . I shall tell you all I know of the matter , which is not half as much as Mr . Q'Connell seema to believe I know . And I shall repeat here all that I insinuated , which is not what Mr . O'Connell insinuates . \ First Fact—In my connection with the London press , I have been in thejbabifc of attending public meetings , composed of persons of all opinions in politics—of all conditions in life ; and have , therefore , become familiar with
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 23, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct948/page/6/
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