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HOLLOWAY'S _OINTMENT . Extraordinary Cure of a . Ger . _tlem _. n eighty . years of age , « f a rery Bad leg . Extract ofa Letter , dated Saxiaundham , ISth January , 1 S 47 . To _Profe-sor Holloway . Sir , —I beg to ii _. form you that I suff-re-t with a bad leg for some vears , and had been under thu _ia-ids of arespectaMe-Surge-on Mere for some _moii-i- * -, wMwutgew * n » anv relief , so that at last I -i-iiti .-ie « * ... tlie _Surscon tuat I fihonld like ... trv your _pilli and ointment , and lie said "Do so , for I do nots-e _atijt- __ ane « . of you _r-jettoii-jbetter _, _-mttiont-ovus - m _* . the _ m .-, t . » get a P ro ] . er _atscl . a _^ By _fctkin-r vour i . ills and using your _oiouiioat , I _gotimmidiate relief and iu a * _- _* H _* rt time- . -i .- omjik-tccur-. for _.- __ - ?• I thank GodJ- and to vou . Sir . I return joy sincere _£ ___ tu ) _£% * % _hnown abouthere , aud is called 1 EO
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Amputation of Two Legs prevented . Extract ofa Letter dated _Roieommon , February _lStft , 1847 , from fhe highly respecUMe Proprietor nf the Roscom nn . Journal .
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A Care of a Desperate Scorbutic Eruption ef long Sta _ di . il :.. Extract of a Letter , dated _iro ! _c-. rf < aia » toii , tlie _MtkofFcb . l-. _T _. c . ii _/ iraiftlo . V Mr Simpson , Stationer . To 1 ' rof-ssor Holloway . Sis , _—Havins keen wonderfully re-stored from a state of great suffering , iiiness . and debility , by the use . of your pUls and ointment , I think it right for the sake of _others to mike my case known to you . Fe _. r the last tw __ y . ars I was afflicted with violent Scorbutic Eruption , w ' . ieh completely covered my chest , and either parts of mylioily . causing such violent pain , that I can in truth . a . v , that for months I was notable to get sleep f » r more t <_ ui a Tejy short tiaie _together . I applied here to all the ; principal medical men , as also to those in _ lirju _ ii * _r _ i _. -iiii , ' ¦ nith _. iu . getting the least relief , at last I was ruc-inmen _. ed by Mr Thomas Simpson , Stationer , Maii-tplare , to try your pills an . l ointment , which I did , audi ambappyto _^ ay , th _. tlmayconaderrayseltas-h _. roog ' _ily cured ; I can now sleep ail tlie i . i _. lit _through , aud die pains in my back and limbs _I . are entirely left me . ( Signed ) _Ricuasd HavelI ..
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Careof a Dreadful and Dangerous Case of Frysincln _* 7 u the following reaarlaUe case die Lady had been balk deaf and blind from the virulence of Vie complaint—Feb l . tfc , 1 S 17 . Mrs Gibbons , of Tivoli-place . Cheltenham , was for two year , so drea . lfuliy afflicted with Erysipelas tlut she beea __ e ( how , evtrr extraordinary it may appear ) Loth blind and deaf , from tlie severity ofthe disease , and during the whole of the time she was attended by several of the most eminent medical men iu Cheltenham , without receiving any benefit _wh-itevc-r , and , as a last resource , she tried Holloway ' s pill , and ointment , which in two months perfectly cured ihe dreadful complaint , and likewise restored her t _*> health .
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_lMPORTAiYT TO FAMILIES . TnE . _POPDLAlt REMEDY . A mild , safe , aud most effectual cure of Indigestion , Bilious , liver , aud . Stomach Complaints , Sick Head-ache , _Co-tivencss , ic , 4 c . Tlieir c- _ _ipoFition is trulv excclleat ; th _. y are _comj _. undedentirel y ofvegetable products freed from all irritating aud deleterious matters , wliich render their operation mild and agreeable ; they do not require the least confinement or alteration of diet ; and may lw taken by the invalid with perfect safety ; as an occasional dose ia all nervous and debilitated cases , recoveries from protracted diseases , Ac , they will be found . uglily valuable , imparting vigour and tone to the system when emaciated by disease . Their value as a general tonic and restorative of tlie impaired stomach and biliary system , is daily manifested to the proprietors by their increasing rapid sale , and the suy . cnras _testimonials forwarded by those who have proved their cScacy .
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The following , with many others , has been recently received : — Communicated hy Mr 6 . .-m _;„ g , Chapel-bar , - Cottingham . Xovemher 27 th , 1816 . Sirs , —The many thousand boxes I sell „ i tile course Of a year fully testify the . _upe-riority of Van ' s Lite Pills over every otber patent medidue . Old _aiidyounsr , rich and poor , all acknowledge -lie great _bem-fit they derive from taking them . _il . _-Hiy ladi . s aud gentlemen of high standing in society , and numerous respectable families have -adopted Parr's Lifel"iilsas a famil y medicine ; and thousands have giveu me full proof verbaily , of the cures which Parr ' s Life Pills have effected . I remain , gentlemen , yours , obediently , Geoege Hatters .
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Communicated by Mr Gahis , Yeovil . Yeovil , July l . th , _IStC . i Sirs , _—Having , dur ing the List two years , witnc . sse . Hhe remarkable effects of Parr ' s Life Pills , I feel much jilca-. ureia stating the __ _"L _. u ~ ig cases for the encouragement Of others . I am , truly yours , Medicine Warehouse , Yeovil . J . Gamis . E . A . —An elderly g _. _ntle-uian came for a second box of Parr ' s Pil s . and with pleasing _sstoni-hmeut said , " These arc the best pit's I have ever had , and I intend always tokeep them by uie ; they are the best remedy for tlie Piles I have ever tried . " P . G . —Another person , aged 76 . affirmed , that , after trying almost every medicine for Indigestion and Bilious Complaiut , Parr ' s Life l'ills stand unequalled , nnd emphatically said it was the host aperient medicine extant . W . E . —A young maa , -who had for a long time been rendered ' -capable * from _foilott . _ngiiis usual _eiKp _' oyoienr , heing painfully afflicted wit _' a a most obstinate complaint in bis stomach , is now able to follow his usual employ ment , by pe-r . -evcii . ig in the use of Parr's Piils .
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BEWARE OF IMITATIONS . Hone are genuine unless the words '• Parr ' s Life Pills , " are in White Letters on a Ked Ground , on the Government Stamp pasted round each box ; also _tlie / ac simile of the signature of the proprietors , " T . Roberts and Co ., Crane court , Fleet street , London , " ou the Dir- ctions . Sold in be * es at ls »_ ii-. 2 s . 9 d ., and family packets at lis . each , by all respectable medidue vendors throughout the world .
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IMPORTANT TO MANY . KEES ' COMPOUND ESSENCE OF CUBE BS . —The _. most speedy aud effectual remedy ever discovered for the cure of discharges , gleets , strictures , weakness , whites , pains in the loins and kidneys , heat , irritation , and gravel , frequently removing every sympt- m of disease in four days , sometimes sooner . It contains in a concentrated state all tlie efficacious parts of the Cubeb combined wiih die salt of _sarsaparilla and other choice _alteratives , which make it invaluahl _. for eradicating all _impunities irom the blood , pic . en ! i ~ g sccoudar _. _sv _* ip . ' _* B . s alliug off of the hair , biot . iies _, -X ., and giving _' _streiigtii nd energy to the whole system . It does not contain _mer .
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A Bad Leo or seveb-L Yeabs' standi * ,, coeed bv fiotxosr-i ' . Oi * i--EST asd PiLLs . —Mr 'i urpin Prouse , - _^ sebmond Cottage , Widcome _, Bath , has made declaration * _£ .: « _-. _iaUowi-g effect : — " That he had been suffering for * ° - _«»_ _g _ fyB years with an ulcerated leg , covered with _JPJSLil . * - < niw _ . and that he had been a patient at the S _' _- _^ V " _*< at Bath , for three or four years , aad S _^ _-l-V- _^ _.- * .-. _-aedthe sulphur bath , every othe-. But be bad also _^ _-jj t 0 _ p _^ _pose out t „ at hc _daj for ax _aonthB _^ ,, other _ . ___ . _ nadfajiea , _* ; ow _^ _e-flycMeda _^ _oktment and Pills . " Mr _tSSSiS _^ _U J * *• ** *«* - ? aordin-ry W-
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CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . _^ < _ A Faisiiko Judok akd < a R-e . h _ . tic Co . ks __ .- _ . A Ves-iut-ox Scksb . _—OnthelearnedbarontakiBy his seat on th . * beneh on' Saturday tso ' rning , ' Mr Clarkson complained ofthe manner- in which the court was ventilated , _andaaidHhat he had ' got asci vereaff _* -ctwnoftlie , kne . 8 ,, b . v _, M .-8 on ; of the cold air which was _^ limped in upon" therd- He hoped his lordship would rcpr _.. * _ nt ? tlie matter in the proper quarter that the evil might . ie remedied . —Mr Baron Aidersnn- ; -I wish I had the power of doing so , but'j . have none . . Ton had bettcr . apply to the Lord Mayor ; , who has power to interfere . Something should _cer-i tainly be-done witbout delay . In consequence of the _. tate of the court I _was-uearly fainting yesterday , and unless i had ordered these three , windows to be opened I . ertai 11 lv . hould . hs 7 e fainted—Mr
_Clarkson : Welmve been remonstrating against it for the la-t five _yeirrs , I ut witfurot etfect . I hope Mr Alderman Thompson will be goo __> enongh to represent the matter intheproper quarter . —Mr Alderman Ti-omps . n promised to do so . —Mr-Baron Alderson : Wc had better fcsve the windows opened now , that we may not ... inthe same situation . —Ordered the windows io be opened , and : ___ carpenter immediately after made bis appearance oiuthe outside of the windows for the purpose of raising them , but in the attempt lie broke some of the glass with a tremendous __ ra «_ , and a shower of . broken pieces fell upon the heads of the startled jury .
A Diamond * R-S & _-rJohn Sirspson , 17 , and _Acaii Simpson , 23 , were indicted , the -former for stealing ,, and the other a " or feloniously .-receiving a diamond ' ring , value £ _ ., the properly of Mrs Caroline Wethe- ; _rell , of Bryansten-square . The-facts were report . - : in the Star oflast week under-the head of Maryle * : bone police . The jury acquitted the female , and convicted the -male prisoner , who was sentenced to three months * hard labour . Fouge __ . —E . 'Garbet , attorney , was indicted for feloniously forging and uttering A'bill of exchange for £ 50 , with _i-te-stito defraud William Booth . Mr Martin said heh _.-ifl-been _commUtedhy the Lord Chief Justice , at the _*__ ingston Spring Assizes , where he appeared as a witness for the defendant in an action
that was brought npon the bill of _exchange in question , by n _scntleman named Blagden , _aqoinst Mr Booth , the alleged acceptor . The learned counsel then proceeded to detail the fact , of the case , and said , that in addition to the positive statement nf Mr Booth , that he never accepted tho bill , or g . iYe _« ny authority to the pri-oner to do-e > , he should show by the prisoner ' s own admission-that ha had ao such authority , and that he had forged-the acceptance . * He then proceeded to read the examination of the prisoner ; but when he arrived at thnt portion where tiie alleged admission was made , Mr Chambers interposed , and submitted thi ; portion of the prisoner ' s examination could not be received in evidence . When questioned on the forgery , he objected to answer the _Questions ,
and called on the court _to _# r _<* t .-t hint from eriminrttin . himself . Lord DtntawJ insisted upon _ansnswer being given , and his subsequent statement was made nnder'the terror of a committal to prison . SJnder these circumstances he _submitted that the _evidence so obtained could not be used against him . fieron Alderson differed from the Lord Chief Justice , and considered the prisoner had a right to object to _ans-ver ill ' s questions that might criminate him . He should not be so indecorous , as a single judge , to overrule tbe decision ofthe Lord Chief Justice , but he wished t « guard himself against agreeing with it , and it it should be necessary he would certainly reserve the point as to the admissibility of the evidence so obtained . The following evidence was then adduced : —
Mr Grapel , thc associate to Lord Denman at the assi _ "s at Kingston , produced thc biU io question , wbich had been impounded by order of the court . It was a bill of exchange dated the 21 st February , 1846 . at three months , for £ 50 , drawn by the prisoner upon , and purporting to bear fhe acceptance of , William Booth , of Friar ' s Lee , Oaken-gate , Salop , and was made payable at Messrs Master man ' s . Mr William Booth said . I am a farmer at Friar ' s Lee , Shropshire , I have known tiie prisoner for fifteen years , and wh . n first he was clerk to an attorney named Pickett , a . Wellington , Shropshire , but he subsequently set up in business for hinuelf . The prisoner after this went to London . In June 18 . 61 received a communication from London , about a dishonoured bill for £ 100 ,
purporting to bear my acceptance , and afterwards I had a second letter stating that it was a mistake . In Nov . 18 __ 61 received a letter from a gentleman named Phillips , informing me that a bill drawn by Garbet , and accepted by me , would fall due on the 25 th , and that if it were not paid , the quality of the paper that Garbet was negotiating was of such a character , that no lenity would be shown , and that immediate legal proceedings would be taken ; and after that day had expired , I received a letter from an attorney named Taylor , requiring payment . Upon the receipt of these letters I consulted with Mr Ilorton , and by his advice I proceeded to London and saw the prisoner _, who . when I showed him the letter , said this thing is settled . I told bim it was not , and he said it should be the next day , and he then gave me a letter from Mr Taylor , stating that the bill was paid . The
prisoner at the same time said he did not wish me to sec either of the parties , as it would do him injury if it was known that I was in London . When he produced it he appeared very much affected , and said his liberty was in my bands , and hoped I would forgive him ; and I told bim I would do so if I never heard any more about such things . I was . after this , served , with a writ upon another bill drawn by Garhet , which writ I sent to him , nnd an execution a __ inst me was also sent down , and Mr Ilorton paid the sheriffs officer for me , and Humphrey , one of the prisoner's clerks , carae down about tbe matter , and was present when thc money was paid . My son wrote to thc prisoner about these bills , and the prisoner sent answer back , stating that I had never signed any bill for him , or authorized him to do so , or become- _¦ "Ur _.-tv for hira in anv manner . On the 19 th
of March . 1847 , a letter was received from the prisoner _, in which he said I was no doubt alarmed at the number of writs I had received , thathe had appeared for r . e in other actions without my knowledge , and 1 was liable upon one of those actions at that time to have execution issued against me , and that he had resolved to come to a stand , and wished me to come to London , and he said he would place me in the hands of a respectable attorney , who would get redress for me . I immediately came to London and saw the prisoner , who told me he could not go on any longer , and recommended me to apply to an attorney named Croft , but by the advice of a friend who
accompanied me . 1 engaged a gentleman named Cooper to defend the action at Kingston , and to act generally on my behalf . I swear positively that the acceptance tothe bill for £ 50 now produced is not my handwriting , and that i never gave authority to any person to accept it for me . The jury did not deliberate more than a minute , and thon returned a verdict of guilty . The learned judge said he should respite the judgment in order tbat the point of law as to the admissibility ofthe prisoner ' s statement might be submitted to the consideration of the judges , and he should give the learned counsel an opportunity of arguing ic before their lordships .
Ah Unkati * -U- Mother . —Mary Cutten was indieted for feloniously inflicting divers wounds en the head of Catherine Cutten , her daughter , with intent to MU and murder her , or do grievous bodily harm . The prosecutrix , a very _intelligent child , stated herself to be ten years of age . The prisoner is her own mother . On the 2 nd of May she was at play with herb-other and sister . Her mother came and beat her , but she knew not what for ; she then got a knife , and cut her ahout the head ; the blood ran out a good pace , and she became faint . The surgeon who examined and dressed the prosecutrix stated that there were three wounds'on the head and neck ; they were incised by a sharp'instrument . The
prisoner , with great callousness , cross-examined her child , and then out in a written paper , in which she boldly denied the charge . The jury hesitated not to find her Guilty . The Under-Sheriff informed the court that the prisoner has long been the terror of her neighbourhood . Mr Jonas , the clerk of the papers , said she had been beforo tried fur a dreadful case nf violence . 'Ihe court sentenced her to be transported beyond the sea . for seven years . The poor little girl , on hi-ring tbe doom ofher mother , excited the compassion of the court by her piteous yells , and the prisoner , for tho first time , manifested comnucction , and pi . aded on account ofher "darlints . "
Assault _witu Imext . — - George Carter , who had been admitted to bail , was iud cted fur assaulting a yeung girl named Charlotte Williams , with intent , ___ c . The prosecutrix , a very modest-locking respcctab _' . eyoung person , staled to the -court that she spent the evening ofthe- ISth of April at the house nt a respectable friend , living in the Vale ef Highbury . She If ft for home in a cab about two o ' clock on tlie _morning of the 19 th . She alighted at the end of _i-Jew Corar _ raercia .--treet , Whitechapel ; while walking in the diiectiou leading home the prisoner suddenly came up , and sans ceretnonie knocked her
down on the pavement , and proceeded to behave in so indecent a manner that we cannot detail it . His intent was only frustrated by a policeman , whom her cries had attracted , coming up and taking hira off to the station . The prisoner aggravated his case by setting up a sham defence , which insinuated that the prosecutrix was a common street-walker , aud had robbed him of a red silk-handkerchief . There appeared every reason to believe that this was a most foul aepersion on her character . Verdict—Guilty , and the prisoner was sentenced to hard labour for three calendar months .
Attempted Raps . —George Ball , aged 50 , pleaded " Guilty " to a charge like tbe last , committed on a child under ten years ef age . The prisoner implored the mercy of the court on account of his family . The judge said they were lobe pitied , because his offence was so heinous . The _ . nt . nce was , that he be kept to iiard labour for twelve calendar mouths . He had the previous repute of a highly-respectable gentleman .
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We learn from the Medical Times that within two months 211 operations upon etherised patients have been performed in the Paris hospitals .
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_ELECTIONS MUV-SMJBiNTS . _% ; _ . > Dissolution of Pa-M-sment _;*—It is currently _, rhmoured in _politjca , _!; circles , that the- Parliament ; would be dissolved asearly . _as the 19 th 6 r __ t , b of next ; month , if public business - -would admit _f . _ifinot _. ' -h- ' dissolution would _certainiyniot be later . _than the first ; week in July . # ¦" "¦¦' _. '• ¦ ' _-.. "'*"¦ "' _- ' !" ' * : ' ' ¦ _* : ' = _A- LKSBunr . —Lord Nugent will be proposed for the * representation in thc ensuing Parliament . Mr Ser-j geant Byles will _canvass-the borough for _* voi , es ; uponl Conservative interest . *''¦ l . " § ~ : \ is j Bath . —Lord Ashley -will -haee _. the elect . rs of Bath on the 25 th inst ., to enter into a statement of . bis principles . ' * ' ¦ ¦ - ¦ -- ¦¦¦ * _B-ackbuhs . — Sir William Fielden will not offer himself as a can-id ** _-, for the _representation of this borough at the ensuing general election . BumroKT . —Mr T . A . Mitchell , one _of-. the present representatives , hi * . _f-mmea ; cd his canvass .
_o Cabdiff . —The Bight Hon . John Nicoll , -who possesses the Marquis iii Bute ' s interest , and who has set for the borough stooe 1 SS 2 , will again be returned ¦ without opposition . ' _'C-RMA-. _iiR _. _vCiiusty . —It has been stated that Sir "J Mansell and Mr Hughes , of Tragi ., inter * - to offer _^ hemseWes f or this civunty -at tho next election , in opposition to the present m-m _. ers . This has been contradicted , and it is added * that the _-lonlik _* . G . li . Trevor , and MrD . S . - Davies , tlie present . members , wiUnot only be again returned , but without opposition . ? _Cabmarthk- _' , Borough . —Mi * David Morris , the . present member , has been-complained of ' . by-some of his constituents for his vote upon the education and some other questions , but he _is-nevertheless'likely to toe returned without _opi-osition .
_iCAMB-iDGB . —A requisition is about to be presented to Lord ; George Manners by the'Goiiservative electors of'Cambridge , soliciting his lordship to allow hkn . e \ t to be put in nomination as one _ofifShe representatives of the county ahd the Isle of Ely . ¦ Ca « di _ vU * ' Buttons . —One of the Messrs-Gower is to be the new candidate for the ' . _eardiganboioughs , upon the Conservative interest . - _flEsmns . —The only name- -yet mentioned as likely to go-to the poll are D . Davenport , _ . sg ., oi Capis-horn , and J . Cheetham , Esq ., ofStalejbridge , both • liberals . * - ' DK . _-o- _ * o _* v-. _* -It is said that Sir CL . _tOrrey will _offa _. _himself again to the electors . _D-B-TN < Cou _* " 3 __ . —Lord Brahazoh is -talked , of a _. _; the * liberal member for this county .
Durham _4 __* « CR 2 _} . —Colonel Brckw ! t „ a "JiuerrfJ , " has started for this division . He _is . in fewur . of-the separation of Ghnseb and State , and against state education , as we'll : _as favourable to an extension of tho suffrage . Dublin C « t . —A . rumour has got abvc-id that ifc is the intention of government to start Sir William Somerville as a candidate for the city of Dublin at the ensuing general election . The bare report , however , hasbreasuraed great activity amongst the supporters of Messrs . Grepftrj' and Grogan . " Galway Elec-Iin . — -Captain Buike was elected to rep > esent thc county without opposition . G-. OUCF . 8 TE-SHIRK ( W _ _- __'_ b „ Divisio _* n ) : —Mr Hale and Mr Grantley B' _-rkeley are confidently expected to remain in the field ; « hikit Mr _Grenville Berkeley will , there is equal rcasen to believe , also appear on tbe hustings and put in his claim to the suffrages ol the electors .
Gusgow . — A requisition to John _M'Gregor , Esq ., ofthe Board of Trade , is in the course of signature . ILon Wtcoxib _.. —A requisition has been sent to Mr Martin Tucker Smith , a cousin of Lord Carrington ' -, requesting him to come l ' 6 r . aid . _H-Rts ( Counit)—A requisition , r _. q _. _estir . g Mr Brand to become a candidate in the Liberal interest , having been presented to that gentleman , he has consented to come forward . It is understood that Mr Abel Smith and tho Hon . Granville Dudley Ryder will retire from parliament , f-. nd Sir Henry Meux is to come forward on thc Conservative interest .
¦ Ilim .. —It is now gen . rally understood that Sir John Hanmer will not offer himself ns a candidate for the representation of Hull at the approaching general election . IIkrtford . — Mr Brand has consented to the requisition calling upon h ' m to stand as candidate on the " liberal" interest . Irswicn—Mr llennie has again offered himself a candidate for tke representation of Ipswich in the Liberal 'interest ; and as Messrs Wason and Vincent have before addressed the electors , there will probablybe a division in the -Liberal party . Lakcaster . —Mr Greene , Mr _Grcpson , and M . Sa'ishtiry aro the candid-tea . Mr Salisbury is a Conservative ; the other two arc " Liberals . " Leicester County . —Sir . II . Halford has reconsidered his intention of retiring from the representation of the county , and will be a candidate at the next election .
• Monmouth Boko _. giis . —MrBlewett , the present member f _. r these boroughs , who has ; represented them for the last ten years , has issued an address to his constituents , soliciting their suffrages at ' the ensuing election . The Monmouth Boroughs consist of the three towns of Monmouth , Newport , aiid . Usk . M .-R _?„_ Bos _ . —Thc resignation of Sir Charks . Napier , iu con _. cquence of his appointment to the command of the fleet iii the Tngus , has already induced the coming forward of two candidates , Mr David Salomons and Mr William Shee , " both Liberal .. " Several _otherc-indida tesa ve spoken ' of .
Monmouth ( County ) . —There will be a most severe contest ; the three candidates being all of them upon the Conservative interest—viz ., Lord Granville Somerset and Mr Octavius Morgan , the present members , and Captain Somerset , who has been put forward by the Duke of Beaufort as the Protectionist candidate , in opposition to his Grace ' s brother , Lord Granville Somerset , whose ; offence has been his lordship ' s support of the commercial policy of Sir R . Peel . Nobthbmbermhd ( _NoRin ) . —Sir G . Greyhas published an address to tho electors , setting forth thai ills official duties prevent him undertaking a personal canvass ; that hois unwilling to abandon his present constituent * :, hut that if the canvass now
being carried on by bi 3 friends is successful , be may be induced to stand for this division of the county . NoimonAii . —Sir John Cam ilobhouse will again be a candidate , but his election is doubtful ; He has offended the dissenters by his support of the editcational grant , lie was never a favourite with any other part }' , and now he is distrusted and disliked by all . Mr Gisborne has expressed his intention of again contesting the representation . By opposing the Factory Bill , the Framework-knitters' Bill , and every other measure calculated to benefio the workmen , Mr Gisborne has made himself as deservedly odious a 3 his colleague , and we question much if either of them will again represent Nottingham in Parliament . We hear that the Whigs arc
endeavouring to _negotiate an arrangement with the electors to secure the return of Sir George Larpeatand Lord Lincoln , hut scarcely think they will be able to mature such an arrangement . In the meantime , the working classes ( the Chartists , principally , ) are quite asaetive and lesssecret in their ana : gerac-ts , being determined to have some member to opposo Mr Gisborne . They intend to present a _requisition to Mr W . Simpson , of Brad more Iluuse , Hammersmith , inviting him to _ become a candidate for the representation of Nottingham at the ensuing general election , ** being confident , that if he is successful , he will prove himself , upon all great questions , a devoted advocate of the interests of the working classes in Parliament . "
Walsall . —Robert Scott , Esq ., the present member for this borough , having intimated his intention of retiring , two candidates have come forward to contest the borough . They arc both in the Liberal interest , and are thc Hon . E . It .. Lyttleton , son of Lord Hatherton , and Mr C . Forster , of the Oxford Circuit . _Wa-efi-ld . —Sir Edward North Buxton , Bart ., visited Wakefield on Saturday last , as a candidate for the suffrages of the electors at the ensuing election . Sir Edward declared himself . to be a freetrader , in favourof an extension ofthe suffrage , but not of universal suffrage ; . and he thought the necessity had been made out for the interference ol * government in _educational matters .
Wesimeath County . —Messrs Tuite and Chapman , the present members , are likely to be returned without opposition .
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Loss of the Troop Ship the Sir Robert Peel . _—Thi-ve-sel , with troops from New , Zealand , was totally lost at Avoca Bay , tilty miles north of Sydney Head , on the 11 th of January . This ship arrived at Hobart Town , with troops on thc 21 st of Fee . ( in 92 days from London ) , lauded part of . the soldiers ther , and proceeded wiih a pan of the . 5 th to Auckland , which she reached on ihe 2 ud ot January . She _sailed from Auckland on the 9 th , having on board three officers , one _scrjeant , one corporal , and 02 rank and file of the 99 th , SS th and 22 nd regiments ,
with one woman and a child . The voyage was attended by exceedingly stormy weather and thick fogs . When the _master . th . ugkt himself fifty miles from land , in the latitude of Sydney , breakers were perceived on the night of the 17 th both on the larboard and starboard bows , and it being impossible to wear the ship , there was nothing for it but to run her ashore . The crew and _tassengere found themselves high and dry on a sandy beach . Not a single life was lost , but the vessel ' s back was broken , and sbe soon went to pieces .
Ex-bks-v . bFi . - _ i * " _Houa-dbbit-h . —A very alarming fire , not extinguished until a deal of property was destroyed , broke out upon the premises belonging to Mr U . Davis , sack and bag manufacturer , carrying on business at 35 , St Mary-axe , and 100 , Hound-ditch . In the space of a few minutes the lofty three-story building , occupied as Mr Davis ' s manufactory , was found to be wrapped in flames . The firemen succeeded in getting the mastery over the destructive elements by two o ' clock , but not before Mr Davis ' s premises were aearJy gutted , the upper part of Mr Wolfs manufactory burnt out , and the lower part extensively damaged by fire and water . Mr Davi- was not insured for a single penny . A Boston bouse is said to have dispatched to Asia , in a single year , 101 vessels laden with cargoes of ice .
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CHRISTIANS AKD TURKS .-FALESTIN ® I' ai __ J _! f * ' !' _- '' ¦ _^¦ ' ¦ _'V- ' _tfi' -sS % _^ jBR . SAL- _ ., ; April a * . . The misBibnarv _. _iSetfrv Martyn , when ; he stood mi the _^ Franciscan ch-rc „ at Sari Salvador _^ urned wfth disgust from thc theatrical pomp of rites then new -t 6 him _, to an old . - egress that was crossing 'herself and bowing with prodigious devotion ; and such was his admirationot ' _-sinecriiy even in superstition , that he said to himself .: /' Perhaps I shall meet . that -old woman inheaven" _"* ' Iri the Church ofthe Holy
Sepulchre thei sentiment convoyed by these -wows . occurs to the miad witlip-culiar force—so intense is 'the devotion _ f tho -. pilgrims and so indecent ' _-the mummery of the priests . It is impossible to bohold -unmoved the * - , poor ' . reatures , weary and travelworn , assemble , here :-from all the corners of theenrth —¦ Copt , Abyssiaian , '' Gh ' -dcan , Marpnitel troop i ng about to the _holyplaces _, and kissing with fe _ _- ' * -ur the innumerable-toncs'hore hallowed by traditionand not to be struck-by -the contrast between this genuine effusion' <* f feeling ; and the apalhcticch _ r _ i-__ _iiii . _* _. m of their spiritual .. ieeroni .
. From _contemp-atirgtherfi'ont of the church , which lies something of the ; . venerable aspect of our . eld cathedrals , yeu pass intdwhat seems a theatre rather tj . au a temple : _n-thing-so _' emu _, rich , or ancient , 'bat a ciodern building , etuok-on all hands with hard and tawdry gewgaws , tiiat luirt _equally the eye and soul . Tus Greek priests , tall , ibandsome men , with fin . beards , and long locks _iHo-ting on the _shouldei __ , aii thei ' square caps and gilded gowns , press throuah the'densc and motley crowd ,. chanting and swinging their censers . Further . on , -you meet the Latin Hionfcs in their Franciscan ili . s-tb . ts , issuing , 'candle in hand , from their simple . chapel , singing _litanicn . Another turn brings you upon groups of Turkish ' soldiery ,-lounging-and smoking beside their piled
bayonets . Upstairs the Armenians are at their piou _. ¦ v orl _*' . The arched windo . ws . of ithe dome galleries arc _tlu-onged with sheeted woman . Below , oh the pavemeat round the _sepulehre _,-atand or are squatted men of _ e . ll colours and countries . Here a group of _I'dusk'faces with white turbans wreath _ , " hiildi ' eatured _Abyssinians , folding -tlieir blue mantles across thoir chins ; there , _hl & ek 'Egyptians , in sugarloaf caps ef white felt , and cloaks of grey serge , lean in niches . A pair of swarthy priests , in dazzling copes , _isstie from a little scanty . ok at the back of the sepuletee , which is the Coptic etepel , and suddenly dash the thick fragrant _clonds , which mount from their censors , over these dark believers , who start from tfeeir ruminating attitude-, and begin
crossing _themaelves with great fervour .. All this will give a faint idea of the place and what . _ocs on there . Tli ; 8 yeiir the Greek , Armenian , and Latin Eastcrs . fell together , se that there wa _ at ) extraordinary ( Crash-andconcurrence of ceremonies . On the night irf Good Friday the usual squabble' took place be-¦ _t-ween . thc Greek and Latin fathers . The Greeks have a very finccsurpet , with which they '' . over the rock ofthe crucifixion . The Latins spread a plain linen cloth upon the plate ; but they insist upon the Greets removing their fine carpet aud leaving the stone bare , before they put on their cloth ; plant their cro-8 , and begin their functions . ; This the Greeks uniformly refuse to do , arid persist in interposing their carpet to preserve the stone from the
contamination of the Latin cloth . The consequence is that a scandalous scuffle anniiallv takes place upm tne traditional locality of the crucifixion . This yonr already the _exasperated monks on cither hand were preparing for conflict , and levelling their crosses and candlesticks at one another ' s head- -, when , like the Prince in " Romeo and Juliet , " that walks in Ir _. m the door at tlte back of the stage with a score of halberds gleaming behind him , ' and parts , with majestic action , the contending _Capulets aid Montagues , the Pasha , with a crowd of bayonets ' at his back , appears upon the scene . The angry fathers pause ; a sudden hush ensues , while the grave accent of authority makes itself heard . " To whom , "
says the stately Turk , " docs this place belong ?" ihe fathers knowing the expected reply , answer , " To the ¦ . Padishah .- * Pasha : Ye sav well : this place belongs to the Padishah , and I ani the Padishah ' s representative here . Being so . I will have neither your carpet nor your cloth . " Then turning to his sttendants . with tlie same authority of tone and gesture with wh ' uh a Roman Prretor might have exclaimed , "Ilictoret ista tolle , " he . said " Kawass , remove tho . * e things , " adding to tlw reverend fathers , "Now , do your functions'in pcace uponthe bare stone . '" The astonished monks fall back silenced , while the kawass whips off the cloths ; and the stately Pasha departs from among them , leaving some of his bayonets behind to . keep the
peace ; On the morning after Palm Sunday , the pilgrims set but for Jericho and the Jordan . They wero accompanied by an escort of four _, hundred _s . ildiers , to protect them from the Arabs . Shortly after _i-unl'ise , the road leading from the gate of St Stephtn _, opposite the Mount of Olives , and winding down into the _s-teep and narrow valley of Jehoshaphat , past the Virgin ' s tomb and the garden of Gethseniane , was crowded with women and children in their most festive attire , seated on either side the way to witness the pausing of the pilgrims as they poured out of the city , and down the hill to the numberof about five thousand . Leaving the tomb of Absalom and the village of _Siloa to the right , they passed up between
the Mount of Olives and the Hill of Offences towards Bethany . Near ihe old altar and groves of Moloch , and over against the Temple of Solomon ,- the Bey , who commanded the troops , sat a little apart from tbo' road , among his attendants and fine horses , that were scattered in groups about the rocky groundwith here and there a t'ill tufted spear , or . a standard stuekupibeside them , while tliemorningsun blazed on their oriental dresses and glittering arms , they formed a brilliant foreground as you turned back to iook upon the city wliich lifted its shining towers and domes over Mount Sion , across the deep ravine . Presently the shoulder of the hill shuts out the splendid visioiymd you to winding on amongvalleysevergrowing wilder _. more dismal and sterile . until the . last traces
of cultivation and _habitation-dis'ppear , and you are placed in presence ofthe awful desert with g igantic sandhill , climbing on every side , that dazzle the sense and dismay the soul . At last , after six hours ' toilsome inarch , you descry frora the brink of these desolate heights an immense plain stretching right and left , and walled on the east by a . lofty range of mountains . This is the valley of the Jordan , whose stream , hid by tho high sandy' banks , only becomes visible as it enters in a gleaming vein , the Dead Seaavast blue expanse stretching away under a fading perspective of serial promontories , to the south , till it mingles with the hot white mist oi thc sky . Lines of pale green tents upon the border of the tangled prickly thickets , that spot tho desert plain , mark the
sDot chosen for the bivouac . A tower rising out of this forest distinguishes the Bite of Jericho . Then comes the bustle , of the camp , with its indescribable variety of yroups and equipages . Tho _•* oor black native Arabs of the place mingle with the pilgrims , to sell their cheese , oil , and dates . Conspicuous with golden bull rises on one hand the tent of the Greek Patriarch ; on the other that ofthe Bey . The _others lie packed off according to iheirsever . il nations , thick as sheep infolds . While these nre preparing to fall to nt their suppers , ami are _fetching their water from the fountain of Elijah , a ring of sentinels form round the camp . Alt night you hear the word passing round among these guards . At two o ' clock after midnight the whole camn is again in motion . By the
light ofa beautiful moon they set off for the Jordan , three hours - ' distant . . After two hours tke moon went down over the desert of _Efigaddi and the mountains towards _Jeruaali m , leaving us to flounder about among shrubs and sandbanks-, iu the dark . Here and there flaring torches wetc carried , whose red lisht streamed along the waves of the dark crowd . Day was beginning to break when we reached the Jordan , a swift impetuous discoloured stream shooting between tall banks overgrown with copses of poplar and tamarisk . The pilgrims found their way down tothe sacred waters by different avenues to woody coves , where they all began undressing , men , women aud children all together . The first 1 saw in thc stream were two Abyssinians ducking and crossing
themselves with all their might , with the monkeylike actions as tho blacks . One poor creature plunging into the centre oftlie torrent was drowned . They say that every year the Jordan swallows cne victim . And the Christians , with a fatalism worthy of the Turks , deem this sacrifice inevitable . Accordingly no one stirred n limb to save this poor fellow , whom the rushing waters swept away down towards the Dead Sea . One wretch was seized in the act of stealing a cotton gown , worth about twopence , of an Armenian lady gone to take a dip . llis turban and cloak were instantly torn off , and he was led away up fo the officer in command ; who ordered him to bo bastinadoed . A score of blows with a courbash were applied to his back publicly , in sight of all .
Every pilgrim carried away with him some token from the hallowed banks . One filled his handkerchief with sand ; another his pockets with pebbles : another cut a stick from a poplar ; a fourth contented himself with inserting a sprig in tbe folds of his turban . After tbey had paid _otservauce due to the holy river , they set out for _theircamp at Jericho , where they remained till midnight , and then by a beautiful moonlight set out for Jerusalem . —Daily News .
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Dket-. uct . vb Finn ai Bktiikai . Green . —A __ fire broke out on the premis's belonging to Mr Miller , cabinet and musical instrument maker , ut No . 5 , Fuller-street . Several engines promptly attended , and , under the superintendence of the chief officer of the district , the h ' renicu set to work , and , by dint of great perseverance , they succeeded , by about half _, past twelve o ' clock , in getting the firo entirely extinguished . By that period the whole of Mr Miller ' s stock in trade and Ids men ' s working tools were destroyed . That part of the premiseswhere the fire began _wasburutout . ' The contents of the adjoining house , occupied by Mr _Lingwi oil , fancy trimming manufacturer , are also severely damaged by removal , as is the stock of a silk weaver over Mr Miller ' s premises . The cause of the fire is unknown . The whole of the property destroyed is uninsured .
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POLAND'S _ . __^ E _| f-tV _ T 10 N . T _$ j ¦ ____* _' _?''' . ' The Democratic _^ Commit _ted for _Roland ' s Rpgcneratioriv assembled on Friday" evening , May 14 th , at the Chartist _Assembly-roe-is ; 83 , _Dean-street , -. no . Ernest Jphe __; 'Esq .,-President of the Committee , took the chair . ' if ; . % _* ' -, The minutes of the p . e \ ioii 9 meeting were confirmed _, a . _Poli-shmember ofthe _committeoreportcd that the eemmitteeV last " Address" < on the recent discussion-in thc Ilouse of Commons on the confiscation of Craeow , ) hhd been translated into the Polish language , and published on thc Continent .
1 he Secretary reported that tho pamphlet recently _published'by -hecornrnittee ( containingthe " Annual Report" and _"Address **) had been forwarded by post to the whole of the London daily journals , of which only one , the Morxmg Advertiser , had noticed the pamphlet . Copies had been forwarded to several members of parliament , ;„ nd gentlemen of public influence and literary standing ; also fo members of the committee , or known friends of Poland residing in Edi _ burgb , __) ublin l ondG ! flS ! 'ow , and the following cities _. towns and . villages . —Aberdeen , Belfast , Elgin , Brconin , SForfar , Dundee , Perth ; Cupar-Angus , Kettle , Ceres . Crieff , Leven , Buck haven , Kirfc . ldy , l _ iriross . _ -e .-h . Alva . Tillicoultry , Tillibudy , Coal- * _, naughton , Linlithgow , _-Cainpsie , Hamilton , Vale of Leven , Greenock , Paisley , Barrhead , _Klder-slie _, _Kilbarchen , Johnstone , Ayr , j-ewmilns _, Sanqhuar ,
Dumfries , -HiMvi-k , Carlisle . Dalston , VVigton , Cockermouth , __ end . il , Lancaster , Preston , Liverpool , Bolton ,., Warrington , _Wij-an , Rochdale , Heywood , Staley bridge , Ashton , Clithcro , Blaekburne _, Accring . to ' ni Burnley * , Bacup , Mnndiester . Stockport , Macclesfield , Mottram , Sunderland , _Darlington , Stockton-on- _'J . os , * York , Hull , Selby , Leeds , Oldham , Todmorden , Halifax , Huddersfield , Uoimlirth _. BradfVi ; d , I __ cighlef , _Hebden-bi'idge , Barnsley , Rotherham , ¦ Dci-y _. Nottinghani , Mansfield , Loughborough , Northampton , Coventry , Stratiord-on-Avon , Oxford , _Ban-* bury , Worcester , Kcdditch , Cheltenham , llanley , Wolverhampton , " Woottch _* untler _* Ed _ c , Bradford ¦{ Wilts ); Merthyr Tydvil , Newport , ' & e . die . & c . The secretary added that he-had yet to write letters to Newcastle ,. Sheffield , Birmiii . liain , Leicester , Bsth , Bristol , Brighton , Norwich , Exeterand several minor places .
_i The Secretary read a communication from Archer Gurney , Esq .,- after which ' the following _' correspondcneewas read : — _FEOSIJOflPB I _. 1 NNEV , BILRTON . Sin * AHD _liuoTHE _., —Inclosed you will find __? . in postage stumps : tliis will settle Hie nccount between us for the „ di _* r ' . 8 . e-on . elmlf of Poland . My _l _. indi _i-gnrds to those noblei of _Nnturo , the Poles . Tell thiin that 1 am ready . to act and suffer for the restoration of Po . _' and _, that is , for th . _wliol . of the brave Poles not for aristocracy and serfdom , but for the whole people and _democrncy . When the Poles are rea . y to contend for these things , then am Iready and willing to _jro wiih them , and , as far as one . nan can do _,-I will do a man * , part . 1 ou may if you think well enrol my iionie _ainonpst the friends of Poland , The address you sent was _r-ad on Sunday night last , was well received , and on Sunday evening next will be di . _cusst-d _. _und I will let iou know the result . With every sentiment of rct-pect , I am , yours 1 ' raternnlly .
Joseph LiNKn . Joseph Linney was then unanimously elected a member of thocommittce .
: _FB'JM THOMAS _UAUMEESLEV , BILSTON . At thu usual weekly meeting ofthe Chartists of Bilston it was proposed by Thomas lliinmiersley , seconded by Joseph Linney , and carried unanimously : _•— " That 5 __ . be sent to the Committee for Poland ' s _Regeneration , and that inforrnatiun be _obtained ac to-the terms of membership ,, with the view , if possible , of inducing perrons to become members , " Yoors in the good cause . _TlIOJUS _llAMilE . SLEr . _- P . S . _—Enclosed jou will find the order for 5 s . Theriext letter read wnsf ' r _.-m Henry Vave , Bath , member of the . committee , dated April 19 th , enclosing
six stamps , and volunteering to send the like amount quarterly . The writer approved of the projected agitation suggested by thc committee , bnt considered that the agitation was not likely to be made selfsupporting in Bath . He _suL'cebttdthntcvety memfeet ' -of the committee should contiibnte a certain sum quarterly , to be paid in advance ; that ' agents should be appointed in every town to collect the local members' contributions , sell or distribute the committee ' s publications , & e ., < tc , and recommend _, ing W . M . Youngj of Bath , for election as _luemt . r of the committee . W . M . Young was unanimously elected .
From a very lengthy letter from John _M'Crae , Dundee , dated May 10 th , next lead * we give ihe following extract : — My heart _Iibb long bled for Poland , and often , many years ago , when no eye but that of G _. d beheld , I have weptfor the sorrows ahd ' suftVriiigs ofher children . Never till lift '* , close shall 1 ciasc to plead for her nationality , and the freedom of hc-r _sotis . Shame on our Queen , shame on our aristoernry , shame on ourcountry _that could given warm welcome and kind reception to that fiend in human . lispe , tl . e Autocrat of Russia , tbe destroyer of Poland , the exterminator of Polish liberty , the murderer of Poilih _iiui . s , botes ami mothers J But , blessed be Heaven , the _wi-leo-iic of Nicholas was not the act
ofthe democrats oflh itaiii _, they would have lather treated him to a taste of lii . owh ' k _. but , _orsctn him otherwise recompensed according to his _cU-sirts , hut never if they had been in power , would the tyrant have beui permitted to pollute the land of our father ' s wiih his horrible pre . _sence . Be so good as to enter mo a member of your Committee . ' ¦ The following good democrats also desire to be ranked amongst the IrUnda of Poland . [ H . re follows thc names givm below . ] These frit litis and myself will contribute some small asMSianco ere long , but trade being very bad , and the working classes , for the most part , in a very destitute state , we cannot _.. roni ' se much , and , under present _circum-itanccs , we do not think the projected agimtion pr _.-tic _. bl- in this part of _ilie country , although , Otll-riv _' se , ft has our htarty npproba ' ion .
The following persons wer * then _unnnirnously elected _Kiembersof the committee : —John M'Crae , ( Convener , ) James Graham , JohnM'Intosh , I _. obcrt Stiven , John Downie ,. James Drummond , Thomas Wliittan , George Youiur , Duncan Palmer , and Anthony ChappeJJ , all of Dundee . . FROM THE MtMBEItS OF TnE COMMITTEE EEsl-lNG AT GflEENWICH _, _DEPTFOKI * _, itc . : — Dear' _jSir _, — The members of ths Committee for thu Regeneration of Puland , residing-in " the borough of Greenwich , met at Mr _Paris's , Cold Bath , on Tuesday evening , April 27 th , Mr Paris presided . Mr Morgan brought forward a pamphlet _issued by thc metropolitan
committee , which was read to the meeting , and commented ou by Messrs Morgan , Robertson , Paris , Sweetlove , and Brewerton , when it was resolved— " That having read and _discussed the queries issued l < y the Democratic Committee fur Poland ' s _Rigrinraii . n _, we do highly approve oftlie praiseworthy exertion , of the said committee ; but regret that , owing to local circumstances we are prevented rendering any immediate assistance , which otherwise wo would gladly volunteer . " Yours fraternally , Samuel BuewE-TON . From a letter " received from J . Smith , Glasgow , ( member of thc committee , ) enclosing twenty-four postage stamps , we give the foliowini ; extract : —
1 am sorry to see that the committee have been compelled to discontinue the monthly publication of their excellent pamphlets . * * * 1 approve of the agitation proposed by Mr Beesley , and believe it to be the best c : > -rs _. that could be adopted . I feci confident that such a mode of procedure would attract large meetings here , and throughout Scotland ; and were the pamphlets publUhe _. at one halfpenny they would sell largely at the taid meetings . I havo faith , thnt if the ngitaticn was once comn _encei ) _, thc _coi _. mittewould not _lat'k the necessary fimd 6 . Hoping that , the hiinds of the committee may be strengthened , and that they may be enabled to carry out their uhject to a successful issue , 1 remain their aud your sincere friend , J . Smith . From Itobert Wild , ( member of the committee , ) Mottr . _'t-i : —
You will please to receive my warmest thanks for the committee ' s noble exertions in behalf of oppressed Poland . In London , by & judicious application uf your slender means , you will tf _.. et some good ; butanatteu . pt to agitato the provinces at present would , in my opinion , be fruitless . Aprill . 'U . Yours respectfully , Robert Wild . From Conrad _Springall , Norwich , enclosing a post-order for ten shillings : — - Dear Sir , —The following resolutions were passed at our meeting on Sunday , April 18 th , in aid of thc Committee for Poland ' s Regeneration : — ' ¦ That this meeting is of opinion thut the sending out of missionaries would be the best means that could bo adopted to enlighten thc
public mind , and create a public opinion . sufficientl y strong to cause the goveriimeut to carry out the wishes oftho British people regarding Poland . " "That tcu shillings bo taken from our funds and sent to the committee , und that a further sum of ten shillings bu sent in the next three months , to aid tho committee in carrying out a national agitation in behalf of Poland . " "That wc are of opinion , tha ! ifthe committee scud out mis . _slonaries they may attract l _. _t'ge meetings , but the meetings would not be self-supporting . " "Thnt we respectfully call upon the Chartist body to furnish the committee with pecuniary aid , to enable the committee to perform the mission for which it was constituted by the public , the advancement of the cause of Poland ' s Regeneration . " Norwich , April 19 t _ ,
Mr Springall , who in a note accompanying thc above resolutions declares that thc motto of the Norwich Democrats is" All Men are Brethren , " and their belief that" Whore one nation is oppressed , all are oppressed . " was unanimously elected a member of thc committer . Mr _llooaham , late of Nottingham , member of . he committee , handed in the following letter from Wm Linwood _, Esq ., of the Nottingham Review : — Sir , —I beg to acknowledge ihe receip t of your very fluttering communication , and request you will convey my thanks to tbe committee for tlieir friendly notice of my labours . Witb respect to ihe report and address it shall be duly noticed nest we . k , as I em _ovtr-engaged this week with other matters . I shall ever be happy to aid in vindicating thc outraged rights of down-trodden Poland , and securing for her u true and euduriug nation ality . In givut _haatc , yours veiy faithfully , _JJupsficld _, Notts . May 12 th . " iYit . Linwoos , [
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•; The Secretary added that the _reccint-T _. r _^^ mittee ' s » Rvport and Address" had IS * _** { edged by Mr _Mazzini , Mr Grandison of _ Ll » S Mr OrraeAer of- M _.-inehesitr , and the Am ' - _¦"»<•» . Revelationsof Russia . - '' e Aat _^ ni _£ , The . followiug members were also _bW , Joseph Scott _ofL _. _r _,, _,. _( _who _. _Se __^ _tweIv _; _,, _^^ stamps , ) Edwin Seholey of _Teterboi .. Kh % _^ - _% Rouse , and Henry Lester , of Reading , £ d { iOT _«* ley ot Manchester ,: and James Smith of Acerin .,. Bur A vote ot thanks tnu pMMd to the who Wiabove coi respondents . * - ¦ _° i tlhy . : The "Monthly Report of Occurrences in p ni J & c . " was then br . ii .-ht up . ai . d agreed t » _,, „ , . _i committee adjourn .- ! . '' _* - *_ _-.
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# A number of letters have come to hand shj " _aboi-e meeting , whieh nil ] hersported at _tlieeoni- ] _' ' ' * next meeting , and puulishc _. in the report thereof " ' _**
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REPORT OF OCCURRENCES IN POLAND , AND Faoto CONNECTED WITH TUE CAUSE _}_? LAND ' - REGENERATION . iU
April—Mat . Intelligence from Warsaw represents tho continued . arrcst of persons suspected by the Russian de ' spotism . It is stated that twelve citizens werelateL brought to tbe citadel of Warsaw , charged with hav ing read a proh'bited work . A letter from _Ratibnr , 29 th ult ., states thatthe son of the President of Cracow , the _yoitog llaller made his escape the preceding day from the prison oF that town . It will be remembered that he took _oart inthe Polish insurrection , and was arrested in a Prussian diligence with s . veral thousand tlialeia iu his possession , which were delivered up to the Government . He had been allowed to take exercise in the environs of the town , attended by one of the keepers , and it was during one of these excursions that he got away .
_i-spiqtiage has increased to a frightful extent in Cracow , under the _AtiHriaii system . Fo _. merly the pay of spies at Cracow amountrd . to 9 , 00 . Hoi-ins annually ; now , it i . a . much as dO _. 000 flu-ins . We learn from _KccHUs-erg * ( Prussia ) , that all the _Russian students of that University , about 150 in number , have been ordered to return to their country immediately . It is said that the Emperor Nicholas intends to forbid all his subjects to receive tlieir education in foreign universities . Notwithstanding the imtnen ? e sums invested by the Russian Government in French and English " 8 tocl-, "a .. ordins > to the Siecle , the financial condition of the country is far trom being satisfactory _. The districts of P .-kon , Smolensk , and _Tschernigon , are a prey to famine ; thc government has taken nosteps to _allevia-e the _' suffcrings ofthe people , and the fifty millions invested in French stuck have given rise to much censure . This vain display does not impose upon anv one .
__ Amongst the rumours of the month is the follow _, ing : —Poland is to _hiive avicerov , in the person of the Grand Duke Michael . The follcwing extract , from a letter in the Steele , contains some int . r < s ing particulars of the ambitious and damnable intrigues _of-Ruisia for the complete de . truction of the liberties of . Wallachia and Moldavia : — -The ' thrones of Moldavia and Wallachia were sraml _tancously occupied by Stourza and Ghika , The former has sacrificed tho _iu _. _tiiuiiuus o ! his cow . try to curry favour from the _proucting power , and still remain . Prince of . Moldavia ; the latter , not so deserving , has fallen , and been replaced by Kibesco , a Kussian candidate It is notour intention to point out here the many illegal acts of which the new prince has been guilty ; all thc acts ofhis iidiiiini . « _traii ' oiiar- so many Mows aimed at the rights of the punctuality . When Russia occu _«
pied the _principalities with h . r troops , . he imposed upon them the organic law under whicli tlicy are governed at the present moment , as a means by which to interfere in tbeir internal afi ' . irs , and to swallow up in this novel charter the much greater privileges whieh the Moldavians and Walluchians hud obtained by their stipulations with the Porte ; and , in case this had tailed , Ilussia counted upou the weakness . - of the divan to obtain any firman she : might stand in uc-ed of to complete her work _, of _destruction ' . It was , thanks to this expedient , that in 1838 she claimed the _riglit of SHi . _ctie-ning the legislation - fthe principalities ; one year afterwards she caused Colonel CampLnand , the hold champion of his country ' s liberties , to be cast into prison . In 18-2 she dethroned Ghika , and in 1814 she authorised Bibesco to dissolve the chamber until further orders , owing to its having re . fused the concession of certain mines to a Kussian
company . The convocation of the chamber at the close of last year ir to be attributed to the fact , that , for this once , Ihi .-i . ia had lost her bearings ,. not finding at Con . _stantinople a sultan whom , a few years previously , she treated as a child , nor ministers open to briberj or to b & intimidated by . tlirea's . The Sultan has grown up to manhood , and the statesmen of Turkey are beginning their politi-il education . Nevertheless , it was not a bad year for Russia . She obtained from Bibeseo the flagrant violation oftlie ehctoral law , and the suppression of the publication of thc debates in the chamber , and a law is now in preparation to prohibit the jouth of Moldavia and Wallachia fr < m studying at any other than _IlHSsian -ritei-ities . Bullet them beware—if Russia is let have her way she will not stop there . The assembling of thc Prussian Diet is , despite of all drawbacks , a " great fact" proclaiming the irrevocable severance ol Prussia from the absolutist alliance with _Aus-tritt and _Pviis _. i . i .
The most interesting " report" of the past month has been tbat of the intended visit of the Autocrat to Paris . Louis Philippe has long been working tpeti ' ect a close alliance with the Tsar , and would hail the visit of the Autocrat with delight ; but not sothe French people . They have not forgotten or forgiven the Gossick invasion of the French soil , and they hold in thorough detestation the arch-murderer of Poland . "We have much pleasure in quoting the following remarks from the National , which we believe faithfully represent the feelings of our French brethren .
The Presse in its correspondence from St . Petersburg , say?—that the Emperor of'Rus . ia contemplates coming to Paris this summer . That that journal should look on such a journey by tli * Emperor Nicholas , under existing circunutances , as living an event of the highest importance , one can well un _ ei __ tand , since it ia friendly to a Russian alliance . But , lleav _. _n be praised ! its opinion is not that of France . We have not bartered our sympathies for Poland , or been strangled with the rentes ot the Bank of France . Now , ns hitherto , all hearts shudder at the Warsaw murders . The pui _' - huso of oblivion of so many crimes committed during the last sixteen years over a conquered nationality , for 50 , 000 , 0001 ' ., was _turely not a high price . We do not accept tliis bargain . The presence ol' Nicholas nt Paris would be on insult to our feelingp , to our ideas , mid if the Tsar were to dare
to come and face us amongst the unfortunates who have been doomed to exile by his despotism , the cheers of a few scattered flatterers would not cover the loud voice of public malediction . This would uot be the first time of a Russian Emperor being at Paris . Tbe last was called _Alexander , At the period he visited us Franco was invaded by foreigners . The people remember well the Cossacks bivouacking in the Champs El . sees , and the presence of Nicholas , by reviving the recollection of that fatal period , would revive the hatred and hoiror with wliich the invaders of France will ever inspire us . If tho journal , in which we find the article , wished to feel the pulse of public opinion , Mid sift out tho feeling in respect to Nichol-s , it may tell its correspondent tbat France repels all contact wiih the _annihilator of Poland , and Paris would uotimiute the silence of London .
We should add . in _ju-jtice to Englishmen , that London was not altogether " silent" on the occasion ofthe tyrant ' s visit to this country . If tho sycophantic roar of base-hearted aristocrats welcomed the despot , the curses of the democracy were mingled therewith . The strong bodyguard of police which constantly watched over the safety of the barbarous oppressor , was significant of the popular opinion towards him . . , , ,, . We are now threatened with a _visiUf the _eWcs _. son of the Emperor . Be it understood , that if the people of thiscuntiy were masters ofthe government of this country , no tyrant or tyrant s spawn would be allowed to pollute the soil of England . The fifteenth anniver _.-ary of the " Literary Association of the Friends of Poland" was held on tho _13-h of May , in Sussex Chambers , Duke-street , Lord-Dudley Stuart in the chair . Tho sccretarj ' s " Report" stated , —
That thc total _rtce-ipts of the year wero £ 1 , 467 , the ex penditure J . 0 G _3 , leaving a balance in the hi . nds of tbe banker of thc Association of £ 501 . The report bore testimony to the excellent conduct of the refugees . Several ofthe refugees filled offices of high tru _? t under the Government and in public aud private institutions with honour nnd credit , and several had distinguished themselves by their literary works in this country , amongst whom was Count Valerian KrasinsUi , author of the " _UiBtory of Protestantism in Poland , " who was also about to publish a work on thc " History of the Slavonian Nations . " The remainder of thc report was chiefly occupied with a lengthened review of the transactions ot the three Powers , with respect to . the incorporation of Poland with Russia , which bad received geue ral reprobation in Englaud and in France . . _,-
Thea _„ tYc .. _atv meeting ot this cornniitte * _-. nem ou the 2 nd of-April , was reported in the _xXorthw Star of April 10 _. h ; and , subsequently , a P » _lf _" , was - punted containing the committees " ' f Report , " together with an Address to the people _« Great Britain and Ireland , on the recent discussions on Polish affairs in the House of Commons * i _«» pamphlet has been widely distributed througi » Unitcdl-inBdoro _. and the commiUoe l . ok lovwa * o « » confidence to a considerable increase of public . y _u _/ irt , consequent upon its circulation . Thc tran tion of the committee ' s " Address" into the - _«¦» " _£ langu age is encouraging , as showing that the e _n > _tnfthee ' _'mn-itl c * * rej * arded with iuterest Dy tue Polish pa ? riots . May all the hopes they may induigo in be more _^ ' _"• n ro . tli- _ d by the fraternal and _phii _* _- _0-thropic _devoi'ien of the British people ! Ernest Jokbs , President . , G . Juy 4 . i _ AB-Z-, Secretary .. 1 London May M . _b- ; 184 T »
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 22, 1847, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_22051847/page/2/
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