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prosecution ; out _ the natural generosity and Overflowing hospitality of the man , baited his enemies in their nefarious conspiracy . "Day or night , rough or smooth , " exclaims the farge-hearted patriot , » my countrymen We welcome to me . I had then a large Wvel stored . IWas in th Jfa offerdy , jidl of happbuzs . I brought fl the men to my house . My Jnd lias no register of the time fuCU " remained with # * t j 3
« .. « . „ ., , «;"' T ., t . me > w «*« i did for them . Is rt any wonder that those who come to wateh for causes of offence-or to make them if need be-should become attached to such a man ? Is it any wonder tnat they should have bowed to the same magic influence which had already bound the nearts ofthe resident population to a landlord , jho , b y means of arbitration had nearly destroyed the occupation of the pettyfoffffinp
lawyer- —^ ho curbed the vice of drunkenness--who prevented riots—who , in short , spent bis life and fortune "in doing all the good he could V No ! Besotted and enslaved by ignorance , party spirit , or baneful superstitions , as tiie veriest thrall may be , there-still exist "Within Mm the latent instincts of our common humanity , and they only require bo come in contact with such a man , to feel that " one touch , of nature ' which " makes the whole world kin . "
The virtues of such men are their crimes in the eyes of despotic and tyrannical Governments , They reflect a ligjit on their owe vices and crimes , which make them more palpable and hideous . In proportion as they acquire the unbought esteem and affectioE of those around then * , so do they , become more dangerous in tha < esfena 1 aGao ? those v & o are conscious they have no ^ sach claims , and no such support tes-ely -upon . This is the solution of the othesTvise unaccountableand deadly r p I 5 j f
hostility -whk * . doggea Mr . ROSES O'COXXOtfs footst ^ s thr ough life . Wetalk ofEussian and Austrian despotism—of tne-violation ofthe holiest and most sacred principles of society , which take ^ ilace in countries under the domination of these Imperial hell-hounds , and theirsiaves—but the oppression , the cooll y planned end deliberately execr ated -scheme of min , mt ; he case 0 f 1 toisnoble 4 iearted p-itwoi , excellent landlord , and affectionate parent and relative , under our boasted British Gon-StitutioE . will vie with the worst of them . ¦ - I f r . ' ' , f ^ I-
Failing to -discover any -actual-grounds of accusatioa agaiust him , thsy suborned witnesses and concocted false charges : — Mr . ; 0 'Cos 2 ? or having bravel y faced his enemies , and protected the very officers charged ¦ with tJie duty of conveying aim -as « , prisoner to Dublin—having defeated a conspiracy against -some of his tenants , sent them -to their homes , and the witnesses against them to Botany Bay for perjury , expected to eujcy with his famil y that unmolested happiness to which the innocent have a ri g ht . But -the oppressor was not thus to be balked of : fcis prey , -On sa unsigned ; paper he was charged "with Hi gh Treason , and then seized by the myrmidons of power , and treated thus : — ) f t- fm " 5 " id ' ' & II „ 3 5 S te
I was arrested and flung into prison , "where ia a dungeon nine feet square , filthy beyoEd description , I lay rotting for-seven months , never having felt the influence of the sun , nor breathed on hy the air < during the whole time ; . a ? tue end of which I was con veyed-from this dungeon to the court , to go through . a trial' upon charges cf every species of treason and rebellion . The . poor wretches who were supposed to have been either bribed , or tempted into ihe making of these false charges , -denied them at the trial , and the result was a-triumphant and instant-acquittal . What then ? Peace ^ and repose ! No I the ties of brotherly affection led Mm the moment he was liberated from lis
o ? m dungeon to that of Ins brother , on -the other ride of the Channel . But without being allowed an interview , he was again seized ¦ without ( pretext or show of law , hurried . ba . clc to Ireland , aud thence again to England , having been forced to perform journies of nearly 1 ^ 200 miles—which ia those days were nearly equivalent to as many thousands in ours—and to cross the Irish Sea three times in thirteen days and ni ghts , without taking-oif his clothes , or being allowed to lie dowoi for more than seven hours during the whole
¦ tame ' . Suea treatment would have made aay other but an extraordinary and strong-minded man mad . After thus being dragged from one country to another , without even the form of a legal process , Air . G'CosNonwas imprisoned in Dublin , and firmly . declining to make any statement , or commit any act which could be construed into an admission-of guilt—after ¦ withstanding * pen menaces and promises , and the insidious ind secret proposals of pretended friends , the . ruffians at the head of . affairs , proceeded to commit an outrage which it makes one ' s blood boil to repeat : —
Orders were despatched to the officers conmnrad-ng at Bandon , to send detachments of horse and foot to take -possession of my house , which they did to tlie amount of between two and three hundred men . They ezpelled four ¦ qf . my infant cttOOrai Js = d my servants j the ofiieershroke opehmv cellars , drankallniy wine ; they ordered the men ¦ io hill my sheep and © sen on which the whole party subsisted ; they converted my iron gates into shoes for their horses ; they made firing « f windows , doors , and frames of faeiease and offices : burned all my farming utensils ; destroyed my gardens , the . wall trees , the hot house , green loused sad all the plants ; Sarned all their horses « ut into TOmMTifantations which were all ruined , stole evesy thins Jioreable , and committed every species of devastation for eight Or BUie weeks that they remained there , for viicli I never received one penny as semuneration from that day to this .
Even this destruction of his "household gods , " asd desolation of his hearth and home , feiled to iaiimidate or subdue this unconquerable hero , who was at length without , trial or sentence , marched to Fort George at the point of ths bayonet , and incarcerated for nearly tico years , under circumstances ¦ which cost the use of his limbs , and nearly dep rived him of life—and last , not least ; in order at length to have the pleasure of
Breathing his native ah-, for which he pined , he was compelled to part with his patrimonial eetafc , with all its treasured memories ; to leave—as he pathetically expresses it— " the place of my earliest days , " and to lake up his residence in a distant part of the country , away from the friends of his youth , the tenants who looked up to him . with affectionand the scenes hallowed by recollections of
the past . "What horrible iniquity , what appalling crime , caused this unrelenting cold-blooded and unswerving persecution 1 Let Mr . O'CoxjHHt answer in his own dignified , but simple and emp hatic language . Because , ten years before the French Revolution , I saw the aSte necessity o / a reform in the Commons xn Ireto < t which was acknowledged afterwards hy the factions of fiadaud and Ireland , and because I would no t consent to a legislative union , which I regarded as equally ruinous to both parts of the kingdom . Eternal infamy rest upon the memories ofthe men , who carried that Union by such infamous ressiveand tyrannical means I _
, opp , _ Bat the sufferings and losses of the patriot father will be avenged in the best sense by the patriot son . Sir . Fear gus O'Cootob has wa wed , aud is now waging , a war with the infernal system which tore his father from his ancestral home , and treated him worse than the vaestcrimiual , in which he must ultimately iethe victor . In addition to the indignities and the cruelty endured by bis father , he has the recollection of his own imp risonments , ; his ou-n pecuniary losses , his own ™ ngs , Jo » Tg ? " relaxhis cftortstill lie win £
r L ™ A hP . will not - hhn onyand m * «•**¦» "r ;;; Zj are crowned by success . Happier than Ssire he carries with Iiim apowciiui puu . ic oplni n , and is shielded by a % ^ *»* JLh if not completely free * sufficienty *> to prevent the re-enactment of atrocities , whicn give the lie to all our boaste * «»**^ Iseedom , civilisation and Christianity . Soon may the flag of triump h wave over ^ the down-M of one of the most heartless , tyrannical , mi unscrupulous oligarchies that ever plundered aud oppressed a great people !
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RECEIPTS OF TBE-M . TJ . Oim . LAND COMPANY . For ibjs Tyebk Esdwo Thdbsday . XoviauiER 15 , 1849 . ^ SHARES . Nottingham .. 0 lb 6 Witham .. 2 ^ % Beading .. 013 4 £ 3 3 10 MONIES RECEIVED FOR THE PURCHASE OF BEATHON . \ mpi * 0 rth - 500 " ' HI £ 15 0 0 TOTALS . £ » d Fnnd . ~ 3 3 10 Expense ditto * . q 1 0 Mathon , , „ 15 0 0 Rents from Allottees 39 s q ¦ £ 57 12 10 ! W . Daos , Gv & ertE , ~—~~ . " T . CuM i , Oor . Sec . P . M'C / buh , % . Sec . — — for costs of ksacn-SMARA'S ACTION . Received by W . IU ' jeb . — j . Ssuth , Bury , 6 . ; Aran and RosannaBedweU , Urierly-hill , Is . ; W . Kershaw , Ending , near Bocbdale , Is , ; ft . ilimts , and \ V . S ., BnwKbrd , 2 s . , H . Hamer , Rudcliffe Bridge , Cd . ; J : Oldfield , Haddersftelrt , 12 s . ; four Working Jfea , Manoliester , per J . Kay , is . ; John Ball , MaasfieMUd . ; J . WV , Stalybridge , 6 d . ^ Bradford Land Company , per James Connell , 13 s . 5 d . ; John Wil- cock , t « lor , Grantfcam , 54 ? J . Stewart , Alloa , Is . ; E . T ., Binnfegham , Mr . Wilson , Is . ; Birmingham , Mr . Clouglian , Gd , ; Birmingham , Mr . Tajior , 6 d . ; C . Tristeain , "Warwick , 2 s . 64 . ; R . llindlcy , Asttev , 6 d . ; Soilhampton Chartist Association , per ( i . Coroy , Ss . lOd . ; Sorthampton Chartist Co-operative Association , per G . Corby , -6 s . Id . ; W . Y ., Sheffield , per < J . Cavin , -5 a Received fey S . BooxnAX . — Cripplegate , per T . Brown , 2 s . lOd . ,. FOR THE AGITATION OF TH £ CHARTER . BeceivedbyW . BiDEK . —Bradford land Company , per J . "Connell , 3 s . id .. ; Nottingham , per J . Sweet , 8 d . ; Bristol , : per C . Clarke , 2 s . 70 . ; London , a & w Cigar Makers , ¦ fSi UU , j * ¦ FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . i Rerewedby S . ltoosiui £ . —ifr . s . 3 ) a > Ts , Greeniridi , is , ; : Mr . KiKgnt , Greonwieb , Is . . ' DEBT DUE TO THE PRINTER . Kewwed by W-. IUdeb . —NottkK » ham , per J . Sweet , € < L FOR WIDOWS OF THE LATE MESSRS . WILLIAMS AND SHARP . Deceived by "W . Hideh . —J . -Joaes ; Plymouth , 3 d . ? JST mamock , par Seoi ^ ge Bouarison , Ss . ; B . ffindl ^ Asttey , Cd . MBS- M ' DOUALL . aecelved'oy "W . Ilun 3 t .-X . H 3 ., per R . Hamer , Radoliffe Bridge , Is .- ; Aadershore , Lunsashire , a few Weavers , ' per J , Bambridge , JA . _ WILUAMS AND SHARP'S MONUMENT . Received l ? j-W . Ridek .-E . ( T ., Od . FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . . Recived by IV . Rims . —Rising Sun , CalsBdar-yard , per ^ -J . Scotter . Ss . ; Jolm Sniith , Sennoway , "Js . ^ Kilmarnock , ; per George < Robertson , 12 s . ; Nottingham , psr-J . Sweet , Is . ; ! Tolleresvnear Glasgow , par W . Shylock , -5 s . ¦; Truro , per ' "W . Burriage , 10 s . ; JamesCBarrie , Ashford , 6 d . VICTIM FUND . -ReceivediyS . Boo . vioh . —Philip Elliott , 2 s . 6 A-4 Mr . Wood , 4 d . 4 Balance of . prooeeds of Concert and -. Ball held at Kentish Town , 5 s . ; -A . CL , New Korth-road , ; per T . Brown , Is . ; Cripplegate , ; per T . Brown , 7 d .. ; South London Hall , . per -J . Duval , Cs . -8-i ; Mr . Piercy , Westminster , Cd . ; a-tfi-iend , Westminster , 2 d , ; Mr . Rider , ^ 1 ISs . ^ ' ^*~ . ''
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HACXAMnltA'S AGTIOX . . Huddersficld , 3 fov . l 0 th , lM » . Sib , —I herewith hand you two shillings' worth of postage stamps towards there-trial of the action of Mr . U'donnor v . Macnamara . I think it was the duty ot the Chartists to have paid the debtiong ago , before it came 'to a trial . . « I sent jou half-acrown ' s worth of stamps for the defence of-the victims . I am ashamed to own the Chartists . as a body , for their supineness and apathy in those affairs : as I am confident , if cneli would . pay a trifle , they might raise funds - . for anything , . and gain a glorious moral victory over all their enemies . I cannot think the Chartists are possessed of so much knowledge . as Sir . -O'Connor , gives us credit for , . otherwise we -should do . « o . To Mr . 3 . V . Rider . J . OhDFIEhn .
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XATIORKb PARLIAMENTARY AXD FINASf CIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION . A meeting of the St . Pancras branch of this Association , was held at the lEKmoath Arms , Exmouth-street , iranipstead-rroad , on Monday eveninglast . Lord iBudley Coutts Stuart , and Mr . Sergeant ' were present , and Mr . G . W- M . Reynolds , attended ; as a deputation from the parent society . 3 Ir . Hash having been been . called to the chair , and opened the . proceedings-ofthe-evening , Lord Dunjjar Sioart wasealled upon to address the meeting , His lordship declared" that reform ' ' alike in the representation and -finances of the country was absolutely necessary ,, and called upon - the working classes to join the middle . classes in the struggle to obtain it . .
Mr . Geohg-s \ v . M . Rexxouds , who was received with long and -enthusiastic applause , said that it » was not uecessarjto proclaim such a recommendation as that which had just fallen from tlie Jips of iord Dudley Stuart , inasmuch as the workingclasses had already taken thd matter in hand for themselves , and ! had shown the most praise worthy spirit of conciliationtowards the middle ^ l ass movement . The working classes were too intelligent as men , and too honest as reformers , not to accept reform from whosoevav ' s hands it came - and they neper had , and never would , throw any obstacles in the svay of real , substantial , and -unmistakable improvements . ( Loud « heers ) . Tlie real intelligence of tbe country existed in the maseec ; aud that intelligence , which was always
a century a-head ofthe intelligence of the Government and upper classes , aas now exercised for a good and honest purpose . The middle classes had nothing to fear front the working classes , so long as the former did their duty , and the latter saw reason to put confidence in them . ( Cheers ) . The middle classes must . not , therefore , proceed with apprehensions ou that score j especially when they came forward in the honest , straight-forward , and conciliatory way which characterised Mr . Mann ' s conduct thai evening . Mr . Reynold ' s then proceeded to espatiate at great length upon the principles which formed the programme of the National Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association ; and he observed , that although his own opinions went further— much further— than those set
forth in that progi'flmme , yet he was willing to accept the proposed reforms as an instalment , and likewise to assist heartily and cordially in the struggle to obtain them , . Mr . Reynold ' s drew a graphic acd touching picture of the miseries endured by the greater portion of the working passes ; and asked whether such a position of things could be much longer endsred . It would be wise and prudent , as well as just and right , fc ? the government and the legislature to yield and grant timely reforms ; otherwise the incidents of tlie future wsuld form a fearful subject for the hazard and conjecture of prophecy . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Reynolds then proceeded to draw a comparison between the Lord John Russell of JS 31 and the Lord John Russell of 18 IS-9 ; and he asked whether renegadeism was ever more dispicahle— -ever more flagrant 1 ( Hear , hear . ) Let the middle and working classes take a lesson out of the hook of their enemies . The Whigs and Tories fought like cat and dog for place ,
power , and patronage ; but when once the people raised their voice to demand reform , those two great factions instantly forgot all differences , and banded together to resist the popular will . Let the middle class and the working class , then , unite-in the same manner , but with the stern and uncompromiBing resolution to obtain that reform which was so unjustly—so arrogantly—so insolently denied . . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Reynolds then entered into a variety oi interrestihg illustrations to show the corruption of the House of Commons ; and he sat down , after a speech of an hour aud a half ' s duration , amidst the most enthusiastic cheers . Sergeant SheJe then made a , few observations upon a resolution which was put . into his hands t and which was in accordance with the views and objects of the meeting ; and two or three ; other gentlemen having addressed the audience , the business of the evening terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman .
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THE POTATO CROP . TO THE KDITOK OF THE XOHTnERX STAR . Dear Sin , —As I promised several persons that I would let them know ( through the columns of the Star , ) the result of niy planting - potatoes last autumn , with your permission , I now do so . Some were planted in September nhie inches deep ; some in-October fight inches deep ; and sor .: u in November aud December six inches deep . Those p lanted in the two last months turned out well , and not one of them was diseased , though I have a great portion of them yet by me . Those that were planted in September and October did not do so' well , which I
attribute to their beiag set so deeply . It is but rig ht to observe , that it is dangerous , to plant potatoes in-autumn unless the land be well drained . I have some already planted , and purpose planting the best part of an acre before Christmas . To some it may appear incredible , but for the accuracy ofthe following I will vouch . M y autumn planted potatoes came up early in the spring , but were cut off by the frost , —again they appeared and were cut off , —the third time they came up far stronger than they did at first . . " Yours truly , lowbands School . P . J , O'Bnmx ,
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/ . LETTERS TO THE WOJtKING CLA SSES . LXVII . " Words are tilings , and a small drop of ink Falling—like dew—upon a thought , produces That which , makes thousands , perhaps millions , think . " bibo . v .
"THANKSGIVING DAY . " I CONDEMNATION OF THE DEFENDERS OF THE FRENCH CONSTITUTION . Brother Proletarians , This is " Thanksgiving Day , " appointed b y the . Queex in Council to be " reverently and devoutly observed , " in gratitude for the abatement of the cholera . It forms no part of my plan to discuss in these Letters questions connected with religion ; but I Should hold myself guilty of a neglect of duty did I not on this occasion protest against the cant and hypocrisy of the ruling powers of this duped and misgoverned land * co , ™ * J m co ! sel th pC tn
Whatever tnystery may still be attached to the nature of cholera , and the best mode of battling wife that disorder when it has laid hold of its victims , one important fact has been placed beyond dispute—that while the epidemic has smote down some few of the members < of the well-to-do classes , it , has roped only in lie ranks of the poor . Poverty , hunger , aad filth predisposed their subjects for the sword of the destroyer ; and hence the Pariahs-of " civilisation" were " " mown down ia th hi h ( t ,, m et m ° 1 g ( ° ri
masses . "; Misgoveramcnt—political and social —prepared the way for the triumphant march of tho Pestilence ; and , now that the virulence of that scourge has abated , our rulers 'call Ujson the people to make long prayers , a . ad ^ ing long psalms , instead of themselves exhibiting practical repentance for ^ ftieir past sins of -commission and fiwussian , -by comwiencing % q good worh of p olkrc . il and social reform . Truly , ¦ onr priests acid rulers must" possess iialimited faith in the gullibility-of the British people . n — 0 ] ° ' "> K « ** v -o $ ¦
. The insossnt pretension of our arhltocratical and clerical rulers to dictate to iihe people when and tow they shall offer up prayers and praise , ; is worthy -df notice . Par tsiy part I will not be made lo pray and sing "b y her MAjEsxr ' s , special , command : * " uor will I have my thanksgivings manufectsred without my consent , by the Archbishop < of Canterbur y , er any other High Priest *> f Cant and Fraud . The folks who occupy the " chief seats " of power m this couatry must be terribly ignorant'of history , or they would have a wholesome recollection of the -Sate of Stras ' - a , * V 1 . ] 1 I 1 ,
FORB-and XiAtsq , ( not to speak -of the Prayer Book "" Martyr , Charles ,. ) Tvho were most justly punished-on the scaffold , for attempting to establish a'civi ' i and sacerfistal despotism . I grant that our . " most indole " and " Tight reverend " -rulers have neither the talents , the ambition , nor the daring ^ ofrfhe historical -characters just named ; but , so 'knowing , I -can qnlyi & e more wonder ut the presumption of such persons dictating to the British people , anything in -matters appertaining to reli gions ¦ observances , ] ' ¦ 1
The prayers appointed for this day contain some -choice specimens of Mother Church " piety . " I'find in the "( Mer for Morning Prayer" the following :: —¦ Rejoice iri the lord , O ye righteous j "for " it haeometh well thojust . to'be . tliankful . T The' -justl" Surely the "Right Reverend Fathers in God" will not pretend that they and their aristocratic and inoney-mongering friendsare " thejust ? ' If they will , then I should like to know who are ifche imjust ?
In . the prayer appointed "instead of the Collect for the day / ' it is craftil y insinuated that the cholerawas a "judgment" and . a manifestation of " Divine wrath . ** This seems to me to strongly saveur of '• blasphemy . " Most certainl y the insinuation is based on falsehood . Not "the wrath of £ Iod , " but the injustice of Man , was the pimc moving power in the cholera visitation . In the next prayer there are more . visible departures froni the truth . After asserting ihat " Tht displeasure brought us down to the gates , of the death , " there is added these
werds : — " Thy mercy hast stayed the course Of that pestilence yw * ' which there was no hel p hi man . to Thee alone we ascribe our deliverance in thee onl y do iiie trust , eye , ^ -e" If ther-e was no hel p in man , why were Boards of Health instituted , medieal visitors appointed , choking graveyards . closed , and sanitary regulations ( partially ) enforced ? It is true these efforts of man were only imperfectly made , and at the eleventh hour ; but to the extent they were made , they were productive of immense good . What says the Quarterly Report of theREGiSTRAR-G-EKERAL ? " Chester
having benefited by sanitary measures ,. sustained a lower mortality than in 1818 , although some deaths by cholera did occur . " Nottingham escaped the scourge iu COuBefpjftllCO , as is stated , of "the sanitary measures adopted b y the . municipal authorities and principal inhabitants . " "In Thee qldnedo vie trust , " hardly consorts with tlie QueeVs very sensible abandonment of Pimlico and Windsor , for the Scottish Highlands aud the Isle of Wi ght ! . ' ¦ ; Another prayer commences as follows : —
0 Gracious God , who art kind to the unthankful and the evil , we humU . y acknowledge that we have not manifested a due sense ofthe numberless hlossings , both spiritual and temporal , which we and our fathers have received at Thy hands , and ofthe mighty deliverances which Tny power hath wrought for this Church and Kingdom . Though our neglect of Thy ordinances , and misuse of Thy bounties , ofl'ences have been multifflietl in the land , and in our proepcrity wc have not siiffieiently honoured Thee , & c , Ax . If this were a special prayer for princes ,
priests , aristocrats , and usurers I could understand aud appreciate the fitness of these words of seeming contrition ; but . in the subsequent portion of the prayer there is nothing to warrant this view of the ARCHBISHOP ' S production . I , therefore , infer that it is mount to place the offences and unthankfuhiess of the privileged orders to the account of the people . For my part I must respectfull y decline to take any share of so onerous a responsibility .
In the course of these prayers I find onl y one sentence—or , rather , a portion of a sentence—which . at first si ght seems to claim approbation ; it is the following words in italic : — " Make us duly sensible of Th y mer" . cies to this nation , in' maintaining our do" mestic tranquillity , andin granting a plentiful " retitra to the labours of our husbandmen , that " we may show our thankfulness by . an earnest
" endeavour to conform to Th y will , and to ¦«« advance Th y glory . " I say the words in italic might seem to claim approval , did not the reflection immediately follow , that it is rank hypocrisy for the privileged orders to pray for-grace to grant a plentiful , return to the labours , of . their husdandmon , when every one is aware that there needs no " grace / ' but their own \ n \\ to be honest .
Compare this canting appeal to " Divine Providence" with the fact that , at this very time , the wages oif the agricultural labourers are undergoing a general reduction , to the sum of six and seven shillings weekly . The " Standard" announces that , "inconsequence " of this shocking state of tilings , multitudes " of unhappy meu aw . ilyiug from their fami" lies , in order to avoid accompanying them
"to the workhouse , to witness ^ their death by " famine ; and that the most serious apprehen" . sionsoffire , and other outrages , in the course " Ofthe winter , are entertained by the gentry 1 and yeomanry . '' Let the hypocrites in high places reflect on that . Their sham may be turned into real prayers , ' should Captain Swing begin to " enlighten their darkness . " As it was in the past , so , it seems , it is to be in the future j or , as Toamr MOORE woiiW
say , or sing;—• " As long as millions shall bow down To ask of thousands for their own , And thousands coldly turn away . And , to tlie millions answer ' Nay !'So hitg the merry reign shall be Of Captain" Sicino . tind Ms family . " A letter is : now lying before mo from Pymore , parish of Bradpole , near Bridport
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Dorsetshire , -in which the writer states that ; in- ¦ - . consequence . -iof ^ cwii : Mng -cheaperi ( mark that , ye Free Traders !) the farmers are reducing wages in that part to seven , and six shillings weekly : "So that the " working man is thereby deprived ' of any " additional comfort from the abundant " supplies of God ' s Providence . " The writer of the said letter , seeing that the people ' s petitions to the Legislature are treated with disregard and contempt , suggests that the millions should appoint a day for a general supplication to Heaven to stay
the . flood of poverty , demoralisation , and misery at present overwhelming the poor ; hy removing from this , and every other land , all avaricious oppressors , preparatory to their being consigned ^ their final penal settlement , & c & c . Such a suggestion is certainly worthy of consideration . Will the Queen , in council , appoint such a day , for such a purpose , ; . «« b y special command ? " Will " His Grace" of Canterbury prepare a set of prayers suitable for the occasion ? I doubt a response in the affirmative . But what if the people take thbir own affairs into their own haiids , and appoint the day , and the service
for the day , themselves ? . The entire Proletarian people leaving their homes of misery and workshops of univjquited labour—abandoning the plough , the anvil , and the loom , to protest , in the sight of Heaven and earth , against the injustice , oppression , and hypocrisy of their taskmasters , would be a sight solemn and startling to the " Have-alls ;" their soldiery , police , and " specials" notwithstanding . The '' Friends of Order '' would do well to ponder on the possibility of such a demonstration of the long outraged children of Labour , England has hitherto escaped the hurricane-wrath of popular despair ; hut what of the future ? The' Rural -Commissioner of
the ** Morning Chronicle" reports that Socialism is extending among the half-starved rustics of Devonshire ; and the ' . 'Manufacturing Commissioner" might , if he would , 3 < e-. port that which I can vouch for—the spread of Ued Republicanism in the industrial hives of the North . One special point in -connexion with this day ¦ of thanksgiving must not pass unnoticed ;—• the loss to a great number . of the working classes-of a day ' s wages , to the consequent injury of their families . Geoiige Bases , Grinder , near Sheffield , " writes to the
" Times" that he w a labouring man with a sickly wife and scvoa children , his wages fifteen shillings a week ; and that his employer Stopping work on this day will be -a loss to him >( the workman ) of 2 s . O'd , Geor e Bates ' s case is that of tens of thousands of working men , who , consequently , are much more likely to curee than to pray on this day of thanksgiving . Mark , too , that the-Queen , the AiiciiBisiior of Canterbury , and Lord John Russell do not forfeit a day's wages by thoh * singing -and praying . It appears to metbat Her Ma ? estv , Her majesty ' s Advisers , the Archbishop of C . ^ TEBBUity , and the
Bench of Bishops , when making an order for a . national cessation from work , should have renounced a day ' s pay , and called upon the rich generally * o do the same , ' and appropriated the money thus set apart to > compcnsate the poor for the loss which , ' under present circumstances , will render next Saturday evening anything but a time of thanksgiving . It may be well for the powerful , the privileged , and the wealthy , to offer up their prayers and praise , for they have good reason to be grateful for having escaped the scourge of Cholera . Queen Victohia , Prince Albert , and those titled vermin
" Who basking in tlie sunshine of a court , Patten on its corruption , " have good cause to be g lad that they are permitted to enjoy , for a few years longer , the "pomp , pride , aud circumstance" paid for by the wretched artisan , and provided by the breadless labourer . Ministers of State , Bishops and Archbishops , landed oligarchs , ; and money-gorged usurers , though-doubtless , as good Christians , assured that ; the joys' of Heaven are reserved for them , may , nevertheless—on the principle that a bird in the hand is worth two . in the bush—feel happy that they
have been preserved to f ace , for a little longer , the troubles and trials of "this transitory state of existence . " But what cause have the poor to bo thankful ? Why should a Towei'Hamlets slop-worker be thankful that his female child has escaped the pestilence , when he knows that if her life is spared for a few years , poverty , andtlie force of other infernal circumstances , will certainly doom that child to misery , prostitution , disease , and a premature , wretched death ? Let the Pharisees who have this day been proclaiming their own holiness , mark the following words of two—two only out of thousands—of the victims of our social
system : — . No one knows the temptations of us poor girls iinvant . Gentlefolks can never understand it . If I hadbeen horn a lady , it wouldn't have been very hard to have acted like One . To he poor and to be honest , especially with young girls , is the hardest struggle , of all . There isn't one in a thousand that can get the better of it . I am ready to say again that it was want , and nothing more , that . mado mo transgress . If I had been better paid , I would have done better . Young as I am ; my life is a curse to me . Another , a hard-working sober widow , says : —
My wages will barely find me in food . I know that the low prices that , are paid by tlie slopsellers makes women and girls prostitutes . ¦ I can answer for myself and many beside me ; and had I been better paid , been merely able tO live l ) y ffly labour , I should have still been an honest and virtuous woman . For three . or four years after my hushand ' s deatli I struggled on , and kept true to his memory ; but at last all niy clothes were gone , and I was obliged to transgress . A father who , to save his daughter from being brought to such shame , should stab her to the heart , might he tried , and even hanged
for murder , m virtue ol Parliament-made laws ; but , b y the moral law , he would bo acacquitted—nay , honoured as another Viuginius . Brother Proletarians , let the words of the poor girl above quoted , sink deep into your hearts : — "If I had been born a lady , it " wouldn't have been hard to have acted like " one , " True '• tho vices of tho poor are principally to be charged to the ' account of their position . Had Queen Victoria been exposed to the miseries and temptations of Bethnalgreen , she would , in all human probability , have shared the doom of the miserable
creatures whose words I have transcribed from the "Morning Chronicle . " Our-whole social (?) system is destructive of human happiness ; and , from its roots even to its summit , mustbrother Proletarians say with me , shall—be reformed .... The monster mock-trial of our devoted brothers—the heroic patriots ofthe 13 th of June : —terminated on . Tuesday morning last , There was no defence ^ -the tyrants ; prevented that . The advocates for the defendants , when about to prove that the constitution had been violated by the conduct of the Government
towards Home , and that , therefore , 'insurrection was waiTanted- ^ were stopped by' the judges and not allowed to proceed . Thereupon , the advocates , proclaiming that their ri gtys had been violated , retired from the court . The Jury acquitted eleven of the accused—the rest were condemned . The mockery " . was then gone throug h of asking the condemned if they had anything to say ? The majority disdained any repl y ; and the minority , who attempted to speak , were severally bullied by the President of the Court , and forced by the gendaimes
to cense speaking . The following sentences were then passed : —Suchet , Representative ; Maube , and Fraboulet de Cualandar—Five Years' Imprisonment . Chipron , Andre , D uTELix , Napoleon Lebon , Langlois , Paya , Comjussaire , Sergeant , and . Representative of the People ; - Maigne , Representative ; Pilhes , Representative ; Farcin -Fayolle , Representative ; Daniel Lamaziere ; BaCH ,-Representative ; . Vauthier ; Deville , Representative ; Gaiibon , Representative ; Guixard , Colonel , National Guard ; aud Sciuiitz , to' be transported roR wee , Unhealing
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their sentence , all the prisoners rose , and cried ^ tlFive .. la : JRepiibliqi ( e JDewdcrUtiqtie et Sociale . '" Unfortunate , yet most noble men . In the case ofthe brave and true-hearted Guinard I have to mourn over the sufferings of a personal friend ; but , indeed , for the whole of the martyrs my heart bleeds , Alas ' . that I can only lament , not save them . It may be anticipated that Ledru-Rollin , and the rest of the accused not present , will bo condemned and sentenced in their absence . But France will , ore long , reverse these sentences , and sternly judge the persecutors of her true and noble sons .
On the Democrats of this metropolis I would impress the duty of making some manifestation of sympathy for the condemned Republicans . Let the Fraternal Democrats take the initiative ; and let us on this side of the channel echo the cry of our beloved brothers . — " Vive la RepubliqueDemocratique et Sociale . " L'AMI BV PEUPLE . November , 15 , 1849 .
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THAMES . —A Wire of Many Bus hands . — Samuel Daley appeared to answer a pavi-d : ua rgeof deserting his wife Jane , preferred by Mr . Job Warren , relieving officer of Limehousc . Iur . 1 elbam appeared for the defence . —Evidenc-e of the marriage of the defendant with Jane Havens , , widow , thirty-thvcD years of age , at St . Catherine 3 Crec Church , on the 22 ud of April , 1830 , being given by John Smith , and corroborated by Catherine Mason , who assisted him on the occasion , and who understood that four children were the issue of I that marriace . —Mr . Pelham said it would now be
for him to show that the woman ' s first husband , William Wilkins , was alive when she inu-rmarricd with tho dcfendant . -Dalcy : ^ es , and i can be shown that in the meantime she married her second husband ( Havens , ) before marrying me .-Mr . W . ItaK a clerk out of emp loyment , luwluced an extract from the marriage reg istries of Little l « mley , Middlesex , showing the marriage of Jane liopson , spinster , the woman ' s maiden name , to W . >\ Ukins , bachelor . Wilkins was about fifty years old at the timo . and tho marriage took place twenty years ago . — Samuel Harwell , who was described by Mr . Pc ham as an unwilling witness , said he knew W . Wilkins , in London , twenty-five or twenty-six years since , when he lived with the female present , who went
by his name . About eleven or twelve years since he saw Wilkins in Jamaica , whero he was a pilot , or harbour-master . He was a short dark-com ploxioncd man . —Captain Thomas Booth , master of the Planet , knew a person named Wilkins , as harbour-master at Jamaica . He was short , dn-k , and about seventy years of ago . Witness liiie » - inm fifteen years in that capacity , and saw lum m July last . —Mr . Yardlov : That completes the t-.-. se . liarwell saw tho man Wilkins in 1839 ,. when the marriage with the defendant took place , ami ho was seen by the last witness in July , so th at Daley gets rid of his ; wife . ( Laug hter . )—Mrs . Daley : And I of my husband . ( Renewed laughter . ) But I suppose he'll support his own son . —
Mr Yardlcy ; He ought to do so . —Uetoutuuu , . i am perfectlv willing . —Mr . Yardlcy : Th .-u . ih not locally , you «'« morally bound ; as to tho woman ,. her husband has been so long absent that she is not responsible for any offence in this marriage ,- " Mr . Pelham - . This is a . ncw vcYsionj of tho ComecftJ of Errors . I understand Wilkins has married again in Jamaica . : ( Laiurhter . ) —Mrs . . Wilkins : It is . shameful b vou , Daley , to desert mc after we havo been together for ten years . You are an unmanly fellow . —Daley : It was your shameful conduct compelled me to do so . —Mr . Yardloy : I have done with the case . It is dismissed , —Mrs Wilr . ins , AyhOj by the wav , thoug h the wife of three husbands ,
appears never to have possessed ; much personal attractions , here cooly exclaimed , I suppose then I am at liberty to marry again . ( Roars of laughter . ) —Mr . Yardley : Oh , no . There is now evidence of your first husband being alive , and you will be indicted for bigamy . ( Laughter . )—Mrs . Wilkins : But I have a person here to prove that Wilkinson has been dead eig hteen months . One of the witnesses was false . —Mr . Pelham : You mistake , my good woman . Wc could , if necessary , bring evidence from the Colonial office . The summons was then dismissed , and Mrs . Wilkins left the court , evidently much chagrined at being shut out from the prospect of having another husband .
MARLBOltOUGII-STREET . — The Soi-disant Countess of Carmsle . — The female named Wetherell , who has for sometime passed herself off , as the Countess of Carlisle elect , and who has imposed on various tradesmen by the assertion that she was about to . bo married to tho Earl of Carlisle , who had given unlimited power to her to order a suitable wedding outfit , on Wednesday tame into Court to ask the magistrate to get her some property , which she alleged her former landlady illegally detained from her . —The applicant , it will be recollected , was supposed to be of . unsound mind , from the circumstance of her styling herself , in her literary productions , " the last descendant of tho Bruce , " and her eccentric bchaviour . at Buckingham Palace , and this induced the magistrate , instead of committing her for trial when brought hi custody
to this court , to send hev to St . Mavtiu s parish , there to have a medical opinion as to tho state of her intellects . It is presumed that tlie medical gentlemen have considered thather mental faculties : tre sufficiently sound to warrant her being again set at largo . —Mr . Havdwick , who heard her application on Wednesday , said he could not do anything in tlie matter , as he was not the magistrate who heard the original charge . —Smith " , the principal usher , told the applicant to come next Monday , when Mr . Bingham , the other magistrate , would be on duty . —The applicant said she was tearful she could not come that day , as she had taken her passage to Australia , and was doubtful about the time tho vessel would sail . —The applicant , who appeared to have totally forgotten hor old story of being the Countess of Carlisle , then left the court .
CLERKEA WELL . -Assault .-On Wednesday , Henry Delancy , a man of gentlemanly appearance , was placed as the bar before Mr . Combe , charged with having-. violently assaulted Mrs . Jane Moss , the wife of a respectable tradesman , rosidin / r in North-street , Gray ' s Inn-road , by which her life is in danger . —The prisoner was described in the police-sheet , as a civil engineer , of No . 14 , Upper . North-street , Gray ' s Inn-road . It appeared from theevideneo of Air . Rose , the husband ofthe injured woman , that on Tuesday night last , about nine o ' clock , he was walking with his wifo along Gray ' 3 lnn-j ; oad , when he had occasion to leave her for a short tiuie , and on bis return he found that during lllB temporary absence she had been violentl y assaulted by the prisoner . She had followed him across the road , when he took refuge in the house
No . 14 , Upper North-street , where they remained until he came out , and they gave him into custody . His wife had since been confined to her bed with an injury on her spine . She was six months advanced in a state of pregnancy , and a premature labour was anticipated in consequence of the injury ShS had received . He produced a certificate ' fr . ni tho surgeon who attended , which confirmed this statement . —Mr . Combe asked the prisoner what iio had to say to the charge ?—The prisoner denied the charge of having assaulted the lady , lie was walking with his friend , Mr . Morgan Joseph Morton , who slipped , and pushed him against her , when she fell down . She afterwards followed them , and be entered his brother ' s residence in
, Upper North-street , and on leaving there she gave him into custody . At the station-house he gave the residence of his brother , but he resided at -12 , Cumming-strcct , Pentonvillo . —Mr . Conibo : Pray what arc you ?—Prisoner : I am in the employ of Mr . Austin , engineer , of Xottingliill . —Mr . Combe : Then you admit having been pushed against her by your friend ?—Mr . Morton , who was sitting at the solicitor ' s table near the prisoner , interfered , and said he would give evidence in the case . —Mr . Combe : Pray what are you ?—Mr . Morton : A civil engineer , of 16 , Hanover-street , Islington . —Mr . Combe told him the less ho said upon the subject the better . The prisoner sad that lie ( Mr . Morton ) had pushed him against
MI'S . llOSO ; ll she should happen to die , they might both be indicted for murder or manslaughter . —Mr . Rose : I have seen tho surgeon this morning , lie says that my wife is in great danger . She cannot turn herself in bed . —Prisoner : I never touched the woman . —Mr . Combe inquired whether the gentleman was sober , and what tlie prisoner said when the charge was taken in the station-house . — —Sergeant Dyer , E , said tho- whole of the party wore perfectly sober . The prisoner said he pushed her . Mrs . Rose immediately replied , " Xo , you did not ; you struck mo with your fist in the back . " She said she followed him across the road , when the prisoner entered the house 14 , Upper Northstreet , and sho waited till he came out , and gave him in charge . She said to him , " Why did you strike mc ?' He said , " I did nothing to you . "—
Mr . Morton again said he could give evidence . — Mr . Combe gave him a caution , saying that he would allow him to be sworn conditionally . If the woman happened to die , and a coroner ' s jury should return a verdict of murder or manslaughter , he ( Mr . Morton ) . would be inclndcd in tho charge , and what he said would be used against him . — Mr . Morton was then silent . —Mr . Coombe said that after the evidence he had heard , coupled with tho surgeon ' s certificate , he questioned whether he should be warranted in liberating the prisoner on baii . He eventually ordered him to procure bail , two sureties in £ 50 ench , and himself in £ 100 , to appear at the . Court on a future day , to answer the charge against him , when the fate of the woman should be known . ~ -The prisoner was then locked up for tho production ofthe required sureties .
The Fraternal Democrats. The Committee A...
THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . The committee assembled on Priday evening , Nov . 9 th , at tlie Institution , John-street , Tottenham Court-road . John . Pcttie was called to the chair . A number of new members wore enrolled , and ' subscriptions received . The following propositions were unanimously adopted : — " That . a tract be primed for distribution by , or before , the middle of December next . " " That the following be the subject of tho said tract ; " The doctrine of Fraternity illustrated and defended against the misrepresentations of the enemies of human progression . ' " .. " That tractXo . 1 , consist of four small octnyo pages , ( similar , to tho Democratic Review . ) The essay to be compressed within three pages of brevier type ; the fourth page to be devoted to tlie objects and rules of the association . "
« That the members are hereby invited to forward essays to the secretary by , or before , the 7 th of December ; and that tho committee be empowered to adopt any oneof the essays exclusively , or portions of two or more . " The committee then adjourned .
Labour's Wrongs-Adayof Supplication. To ...
LABOUR'S WRONGS-ADAYOF SUPPLICATION . TO IHB EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Shi , —The hand of the oppressor is turning tlie screw , in this part of England , quite in character with tho nature of the system under whicli we live . In consequence of wheat being somewhat lower in price , tho practice is now going on of reducing wages from seven shillings to six shillings per week , so that the working man is to derive no additional comfort from the abundant supplies of God ' s Providence ; but is to be screwed do-wm to the same starvation point as when corn was higher in price , in consequence of its being deemed more scarce ?
This practice is not confined to tho farmer alone ; but the manufacturer in some instances , is adopting the same tricks . Sow petitioning the rulers upon this , or any other subject , is a mere waste of time : as I have long observed with insulted feelings , that tho prayers and cotttnUiiiitB of the working unenfranchised people ot this country , have been not only treated with disregard , but with contempt by the " powers that be ; " consequently for some time past I have suppressed an inclination to offer a suggestion to the toiling flares of our country , touching the appointment of some day for the especial purpose of supplicating our Heavenly Father to stay the flood of poverty , demoralisation , misery , and death—more calamitous than the cholera
itself , though apparently not so alarming , because more slow in its progress . The simultaneous petition should be , that he will bo pleased , in his infinite -wisdom , to turn the hearts of avaricious oppressors in this and every other land . Perhaps some who have not weighed tin s subject may bo startled at the idea , but I bear to remind them that the existence of such horrid misery is not plonsing to Oo <\; read Jeremiah IX ., 24 v ., " I am the Lord , which exercise loving kindness , judgment , and righteousness in the earth : for in these things I delight , " saith the Lord . Tho complaints uttered against oppression , which cause the people to err from rectitude ; and the threat of . entering into judgment with those who grind the' faces ot * the poor , cat up the produce of the vineyards , and spoil the comforts of their dwellings , ( Isaiah III ., 12 to 10 u ., ) " With the assurance that God will conn " : near
to judgment , and be a swift witness against those that oppress the hireling in his wages , & c . " ^ Mal ., III ., 5 y . ) " Togotherwiththeawfulniiseriesawaiting those- who are charged with keeping back by fraud tho-hire of the labourers , & c , '' ( see James V ., ) To my mind is abundant evidence that God wills not such oppression and ruinous injustice . It is when the " cries of the labourer enter into the ears of the Ijjrd of saoaotft , that we may expect delireranco . Christ , the friend of human kind , has suggested this mode of adoption , by reference to the unjust judge . " ( Luko XVIII ., 1 to 8 » . ) . And shall not God avenge his own people who cry unto liim ? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily . - ; I am , sir , yours respectfully , W . Loveless . Pymore , parish of Bradpole , near Bridport , Dorsetshire , Nov . 11 th , 1819 .
The Day Of Thanksgiving. To The Edjton O...
THE DAY OF THANKSGIVING . TO THE EDJTOn OP THE TIMES . Sir , —I am a labouring man with a sickly wife and seven children , and learn 15 s . per weckwagCS . My master has just been telling mc that next Thursday is to be a day of general thanksgiving , and his place of business is to be closed ; consequently I lose my wages of 2 s . Gd . for that day . He say ' s it is the wish of our Queen that wo should keep this day holy , as recommended by the Privy Council ; so I suppose I must , and let my poor children go without their dinners , which will be both a fast and thanksgiving day for us : but , Sir . I wish the Privv
Council would at tho same time have recommended that masters should not be particular as to stooping the day ' s wages of such men as we . You know winter is coming on , and Christinas will soon be here , when another half-crown goes for Christmasday . I do not wish you to publish this letter , as I am no scholar , and am not fit to appear in your papor : but I know a paragraph in your paper towards aiding the poor man will do more than a great many petitions ; and I am sure there are thousands such as wc who will have to go dirmcrless on that day . I am , Sir , yours , George Bates , Nov . 8 . Grinder , near Sheffield .
Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November Lot...
THANKSGIVING DAY , Thursday , November loth—This day , according to the proclamation issued by her Majesty , was strictly observed as a day of humiliation and prayer , and business was entirely suspended . Every shop was closed , and tlie day appeared similar to our Sabbath . Sermons were preached iu all the parish churches and chapels , after which tho congregations responded cheerfullv by giving aims in
aid ot the various necessitous charities . A very eloquent and impressive sermon was delivered by the Bishop of London in St . Paul ' s , this morning , at eleven o ' clock , in the presence of the Right Hon . the lord Mayor , Mr . Sheriff Nicoll , and a numerous and highly respectable congregation . The River presented an unusually quiet appearance , in COHSOquence . of very little work being done upon it , and very few craft were to be seen . In fact , less work was performed on the Thames this day than on any Sunday . —Globe .
Lawless Pnoceewxcs I.V Noiitnanrroxsnire...
Lawless PnoCEEWxcs i . v NoiiTnAnrroxsniRE . ^ . For some weeks Upper Boddington and its neighbourhood havo been in a lawless state , and serious offences have been rife . Last week a stack of oats , valued at £ 2 o , the property of Mr . John Paine , of Upper Boddington , was destroyed by firo . It is believed to have been tho wilful act of an incendiary . On tho ni ght of Saturday last Mr . John Boneham , of By field , a shopkeeper and carrier , was when between Boddington and tho above village , attacked by two men , who beat him with bludgeons and robbed him of about £ 4 . He is , from the injuries , in a precarious state . Within a few weeks nearly-twenty cases of sheep stealing , besides other robberies , have occurred . Clarke , the police officer and Mr . Paine , the constable of Boddington , were shot at , and since then two gun ' s were fired at the policeman . In neither case was injury done , but in the first one the shot hit Clarke ! The district I
is in a slate of terrorism and disquietude . Tlie authorities nro taking active steps to bring tlie offondci-s ( ojii * tii ; e , and with this rkv ton additional officers two to be forthwith employed . Damage to the Cockles . —The lovers of cockles or cockle sauco will regret to learn , through the medium of tho Carlisle Journal , that the recent heavy rams in the neighbourhood of Ulverston havo proved exceedingl y destructive to the cockles upon the sands in Mbrecambe-bay , and along tho cost . In tlie sand-banks formed in consequence of tho erection of the new weir aboro tlie Ulverston canal , millions of young cockles were growing to maturity ; but through the sands ' having been washed away by the floods , tho fresh water has reached the fish and destroyed them by wholosalo . Teeiotahsm forbids a man to touch anything that caa intoxicate—except a pretty girls lips . You may . taste that article , after signing the pledge , if you 11 only do it discreetly and with modcratiQi ,
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—^——«—^•• KSWOW— The Biutaxxia" Bridge . —On Saturday last , the first of the great tubes of the Britannia-bridge was finally lowered down again by a 3 ft . fail to its permanent bed of plates and rollers , the operation for effecting ajuncuon with the tube on land having occupied about three weeks . The event was cltwrcu by tho assembled workmen ami spectators , and hailed by firing of cannon on the Carnarvonshire side of ihe straits . The hydraulic presses and lifting apparatus are now b' -iug removed froi ,, the Angclsea to the Carnarvonshire slioriy . iii wder to
raise the next tube as soon as it is floated to the piers ; an operation which , weather and tido permitting , will take place on the 3 ( 1 of ilOXt month . The processes connected with this magnificaut work have now been carried on for several months both by day and hight , under the superintendence ofMr . L . Clark , the acting engineer , Mr . L . Clark , tho resident engineer , and Messrs . Forster and Wild ; and from the strenuous exertions made , there appears to be little doubt but that the first line of tubes will be opened for traffic on the 1 st of March , next .
A Haiid Cnusi . —It has been ascertained that the solid crust of tho earth at present cannot be lesa than 800 or 1000 miles thick .
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