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" _~ ~ . 3 _Tvnll v _« u » atleastin , TOrae ' " , _Should my chance «» happen—deeds , ) ( - _SauwhO war with _Thousht _!" - * 1 hew a little bird , who sings 1 , 1 _Se byand by will be the stronger . _"—Bybos
w tversarY op the polish revolu-A HORRIBLE CRIMES _OFTHERUSgg DESFOTISM . _^ Tsar bj 7 _' _** y T 0 _^ . or Pen » _* _^ _arc never -Hed to declare our solemn protest against the _^ _-ious wrons doneto our Polish brethren by the r _^ _ianberrnent and enslavement of their country , Tthe _veturn of the memorable , though ill-fated * j _^ f _November , renders necessary the renewal of _^ _Hrotest , did it speak the sentiments of the JLr merely , wouldbe of no moment ; _butthatpro-St becomes of importance when it speaks the sentierfsofaparty , and makes known thesympathiesand _^ _e _, of the revolutionary section of En glish society , _Sf cection which , as sure as time and as certain as
wh , will yet be in the ascendant m this country . jn the name , tken , _ of the democratic masses of Great Britain , -whose ideas and hopes we are privilpFeu to represent , we declare anew , on this 30 th of _vgtcmber , 1845 , our unmitigated abhorrence of the _^ _eat crime known as "the Partition of Poland , " our Intense indignation toward the oppressors of that country , _our heart-felt sympathy with our suffering bret hren , and our earnest resolve to aid them by every jncans inourpowerin promoting the restoration of Polish freedom and Polish happiness . We have now to place on record in our columns a narrative so horrifying in all its details that we should refuse to give credence to its statements did not experience assure us that no crime is too
infamous , no atrocity too hellish , to be perpetrated by _JiicnoLAS and his barbarous tools , when in pursuit of their darling object , the perpetuation and extension of the slavery and misery of their unhappy victims . But we must add , that the facts we are about to present to our readers are too weU corroborated to leave even a shade of doubt as to their truth . It appears that in 1837 there still existed in tho city of Minsk a convent of humble nuns of the order of St . _Basilius . Their time , like thatof the " Sisters of Charity . " was divided between their religious duties , attendance oa the sick , and the education of poor children . Par and wide the suffering and needy had learned to bless their unassuming benevolence , and people of all ranks regarded -with veneration a
community , distinguished not by ascetic practices , but through its active and unwearying philanthropy Between 1837 and 1845 forty-four * nuns perished at the hands of the Russian despotism , out of fifty-eight devoted to duties -whose fulfilment appeals so directly to all human sympathies , that a religious sisterhood , analogous to their own had been spared even during the French reign of terror , which so pitilessly swept away all social landmarks . Of the fourteen that remained , eight had either had their eyes torn out or their limbs broken , and of the other six only _^ four had strength to attempt , or fortune to effect their escape . The following particulars of this atrocious persecution we give from a work just published , entitled , _« ' Eastern Europeand ihe Emperor Nicholas " : —
The Emperor Nicholas , having profited by his influence and privileges in nominating corrupt and ambitious tools to the bishopric of the Basiliaa communion ( that is to sav , the Roman Catholics with Greek forms ) , amongst these Semiasko , the bishop of the diocese in which the convent of these poor nuns was situated , had apostatised to the Greek from the Latin church . Finding that the great mass of the clergy , and tbe whole of their congregation , refused to follow the examples of their chiefs , _h'icbolas ordered forcible means to be resorted to , and set on foot a persecution , which caused the females of this relig ious association great alarm , and induced them to use the private influence of their friends in the Russian capital , to be allowed to retire from then : convent into the bosoms of their families . Shis boon the Emperor refused , referring them to their apostate bishop .
Semiasko , after vainly using all his persuasive powers with this community , to induce them to pass over to the Russian church , showed them aliKc tbe threats and promises he mas empowered to make in the name of _Nicholas , and the awfnl signature appended to a document which commanded him to adopt such measures as the interests ofrelfcion _uiijlit _require , to oblige all recusants to reform . _TinAing their determination utishakeable , he left them three months to consider the matter ; and then , detaching from his breast one of the numerous orders with -which the Emperor had rewarded his apostacy , he attempted tt piti itou the bosom of the superior , to whom lie held out a dazzling prospect of honouvs and rewards . These women , it must be remembered , in their devout belief , now saw in their former pastor only an impious seceder from the faith of their fathers . irena lliecc-slas , ( the superior of the convent , } therefore , spurnhig this temptation , said tauntingly to the
bishop" Keep it , keep it ; it would ill accord with the humble cross which marks my order , and with you it serves to hide a breast beneath which there beats the heart of an apostate !" These nans had been fortified in tlieir resolution by the oliortation of their confessor , a wca & , bat probably _Tvtli-nieauing man , named _Hichalewitch . . As the persecution became more rigorous around him , betweea the threats aud promises of his bishop , he was _iaSacnced to desert to ihe Russian communion , and he was afterwards frequently obliged to take his seat as member of the tribunal which attempted to subdue the obstinacy of these women . It is , however , probable that he yielded more to terror than seduction , for he strove apparently to bury his remorse in incessant intoxication ; and in this condition he afterwards fell into a pool of -Kater . where he was _drownetl *
Three days after the insulting refusal of the superior to apostatise , Semiasko came with a detachment of soldiers to turn the sisters out of the convent . Such was the violence employed—snch the terror inspired by the account of universal persecution , that a sick nun of their number fell and expired -upon the pavement of the chapel . The remainder were _heavibyironed _, hand and foot and marched to Vitepsk , where they _wt-replacedin a Russiau convent of " Wads sisters . ** These black sisterhoods , which may , in some measure he compared to our penitentiaries , are places of refuge for the widows of private soldiers , and receptacles for the most disorderly prostitutes .
Here the thirty-three nuns of St . Basilius , from Minsk , met with fourteen more of their order , transferred from smother convent to this abode , where for two years they -were kept at hard labour , chained in couples , and ex . posed to all the malignity oftbe depraved associates with whom these women of gentle birth were thus _forcibly mingled . In 1 _S 39 , all other efforts having failed to shake their resolution , they were transferred to another Russian content of black sisters , in the city ofPolock . Here they met with ten more nonconformist nuns of the same order . The whole number _ofthjse women , fifty-seven , were now brought np twice a week , on Wednesdays and Fridays , before a commission of the Russian authorities and clirgy , and flogged before them , receiving fifty strokes a-piece .
Has was continued for months together , till the wounds upon thtir backs was an open sore , and tbat pieces of the scabs , and then of tbe raw flesh , adhered to the instruments of tor Jure . Three of their number died beneath this infliction . They were then fed on salt herrings , and refused drink _| a favourite Russian mode of torture ) , except on the condition of apostacy . This punishment , which it appears they found the most difncult to bear , was superseded by a svstem of starvation . They were only fed once every Other day , and driven to eat nettles and the fodder of the convent cattle .
They were employed to dig out clay , and not under-Standhv'how to conduct an excavation , the earth fell iu and buried five Of their number . With Incredible barbarity the Russian authorities not only refused to dig them out , bat prevented the nuns from attempting to extricate thtir companions . They perished in this self-dug grave . Tbe next labour in which the survivors were employed , was to aid the masons iu constructing a palace for the renegade bishop . Some of the Polish gentry , whose spirit no terrors will qcell _. coming to look on , —one of their number addressed some words of consolation to these poor women . Within twenty-four hours , not only this imprudent individual , but ah those around him had disappeared . The falling of a wall in the midst of the nuns injured many , aud killed eight of them outright . A ninth and _teatli soon after perished . These ten bodies wire carried off by the people , and hidden irha-e all the efforts of the Russian authorities
failed to discover them . About this period ., several monks of St . Basilius were _brought to the tame convent . Their treatment is described as having been more barbarous than even that of the nuns . Four of these men , Zawecki , Koraar , Zilewiez , and Buckzynski by name , all upwards of _seventy _jearsof age , wereatlas _^ in tbe full severity of winter , stripped and placed under a pump , -where as the water was poured over them it gradually congealed into ice , and froze them to death ; another named the Abbe Laudanski , aged and infirm , whilst staggering beneath r . load of fire-Wood , was struck upon the bead with such violence by a drunken deacon that his skull was fractured , and he _< EEd upon the _stiot .
. It happened that one of these surviving monks of St . _Bas- _'Iiu 5 succeeded in making his escape ; and Semiasko , _irritaJe-J at this incident , ' -resolved to conquer the obstinacy of _' _the nuns , and publishing that they were about * o read _% -ir recantation , caused them to be forcibly led ¦ V _^ e solaf ery to the portals of the Russian church . The curioEhv which this announcement caused , led the whole _popalatu _Tn of the city of Polock to assemble ; notwiths taudin _^ the " exampleswhich bad been made of those whohadtxprKsci _^ n _« sympathy with the sufferers . The apostate li thop , in bis episcopal garments , ad-Tanc d towards t ! e nuns , nnd _biddinz the soldiers leave bis-iKirswi . < : at -li _berty , spoke to them with paternal _fedness , ana offering _**¦ aand t 0 _tne Jr _^ P " _"* pre " r _* _rca to u _* _U _litrin "« tne cburch . Irene Mieceslas then seisins one of the _, latches used by he * _-arpenters who had been woik _' ng a _M the reparation of the church , called oat to _allher _nu : / s io inet } » flufl addreising Semiasko , told him "Ai _^ having been their shep-
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herd , to-become the executioner of these whom he had not already done to death , and to strike off their heads before the threshold of that temple , which their footsteps would never voluntarily cross . So galling was the provocation of this rebuke to the Russian bishop , that unable to contain himself , he struck the superior on the face , and then flung the axe indignantly from him . It chaneed in falling to wound one of , theauns in the foot ; and a moment after the superior having put her hand to her mouth , which was filled with blood , drew out one of her shattered teeth , and ' holding it up to him said , "Take it , it will earn you some fresh order from the Emperor . " - Such was the effect of this scene , that nothing could restrain the enthusiasm of the people ; and as tbe nuns i were led back by the soldiery , the crowd followed them singing with one accord Halleluiahs and Te Deums .
Sueh , notwithstanding the repressive terrors of the Russian authorities , became the feeling of the population of the city ofPolock , that it was found unsafe to continue the persecution of the nuns within its walls , and they were ordered to be removed to the borough of Mcdzloly , In the province of Minsk . This public defeat of the Russian bishop and authorities was , however , revenged on these poor women by an act of such diabolical malignity as only the most undeniable evidence can render credible . When the Russian soldiers , and the newly-made deacons bad been rendered drunk with brandy , all these helpless nuns were turned out amongst them as incurably obstinate , to treat as they thought fit . Then commenced a scene worthy of pandemonium—theshrieks and prayers of the victims mingling with the oaths , blasphemies , and ribaldry of the crowd , to whose brutal lust they were abandoned .
When the fury of these demons in human form had been exhausted , it was discovered that two of these unfortunate females were quite dead . The skull of one had been crushed by the stamping on the temples of an ironplated heel . The other was trampled into such a mass ol mud and gore , that even its human character was scarcely recognisable . Eight others had one or several bones or limbs broken , or their ayes torn or trodden out . Of the whole number , the superior , a woman of iron frame as well as indomitable resolution , fared the best ; but she was not allowed to attend or console her mutilated sisters except on the condition of apostacy . They were afterwards marched out of Polock by night on foot , and chained two by two , —even those whose eyes hadbeen torn out , and whose hideous wounds were festering . Those whose legs were broken , or who were lamed , were sent forward in carts under the care of Cossacks .
A gentleman of Polock , M . Walenkiowitch , having ordered a funeral service to be _readforthrsevictims _. was seized in the middle of the night and sent to Siberia , his property being confiscated . A monastery of Dominican monks , in another part of the country , having ventured to pray for them , was immediately dispersed . On reaching Jtedzioly , the nuns were again immured in a convent of the black sisterhood , and divided into four parties . Here they were put into sacks , and towed after boats in the water , which was allowed to rh > e to their mouth and nose . Three more of their number perished in this manner , either of cold , or fear , or drowned by incessant immersion . The inhabitants of Medzioly carried off their bodies in the night , as the earthly coil of holy martyrs which' men would some day venerate and hold precious .
After two more years ' captivity of the fifty-eight nuns ( thirty-four from Minsk , fourteen from Vitepsk , and ten from Polock ) only fourteen survived , and of these eight were either lame or blind . The superior , Irena _Miesceslas , who had fared the best , had an open wound , from which she was obliged to extract with her fingers the carious bones , and which afterwards becoming filled with worms , from want of dressing , caused her intense agony . At length some relaxation of vigilance having opened a prospect of escape , this courageous woman persuaded three of her companions to attempt it with her . In this enterprise these four women all succeeded , enfeebled by disease as they were , and without money or passports , at distance of between 300 and S 00 miles from the Austrian and Prussian frontiers .
At the commencement of the present _yesr , profiting by tbe scene of riot and drunkenness to which the _saint ' _sday of the protopope of the convent had given occasion , they effected their escape . leaping down a high wall into the snow they alighted in safety , and immediately feH on their knees in thanksgiving . They then separated , to facilitate then-flight . The superior , in tho midst of all the severity of the season , was driven to hide for days together in the woods , without other food than berries , or anything to quench her thirst but the snow . Once , driven to extremity , she knocked at the door of a wealthy looking house , and being received with veneration by its owner , was provided with money , provisions , and a correct map of her route . She crossed the frontier disguised as a shepherd ; but even then was not in security , as the cowardly government of Prussia gives up even its own subjects to tbe Czar .
It was not until she had reached Posen , in the midst of a Polish population , that she felt in security ; and here she had unobtrusivel y withdrawn to a convent of the Sisters ol Charity , but she was considered too precious , as a livhig testimony of the horrors daily perpetrated in that Golgotha which the frontier of Rnssia encircles , to be left in her retirement With her scars , wounds , and personal evidence , she has been wisely forwarded tol _' aris _, where a deputation recently waited on her , to express their sympathy -with her cruel treatment . In Posen she was joined by the sister Wawrzecka , and shortly afterwards learned that the other two bad , in like manner , escaped the pursuit of the Russian authorities , aud been safely forwarded by the zeal of the inhabitants to the Austrian frontier .
The above shocking narrative -was copied into the Times , the editor of that paper prefacing it with the observation— " We hope and believe these descriptions to be greviously overcharged . " This observation called forth a letter from the author of the work , from which the narrative had been copied , from which we give the following extract : — The authenticity of the revolting details rest , firstly , on accounts transmitted from the Archbishopric of Posen to Paris , recordlngthejoiutdeposition . on oath , ofthe nun Wavrzecka and the superior Irena Mieceslas , and establishing the trustworthiness of these deponents ; secondly , on accounts received in Paris direct from Poland confirmatory both of the general features of the case , and of the estimation in which the character of the superior is held in her native city thirdly , on the personal evidence of-this woman ( relating only what regarded herself , and what she had seeu with her own
eyes ) as given by her in Paris , where , tUl the 10 th of last month , she was residing with the sisterhood of the "Assumption Impasse des Vignes . " Ruedes _Postes , a religious community now removed to a newconvent at Chaillot _, where any inquiries can be made into her story . The facts given by this witness ( who for thirty years has secured the veneration of all with whom she came in contact ) , to the person from whom I hold them , is the foundation of my statement . Irena Mieceslas was , however , daily called upon to repeat her evidence in Paris , substantiating the personal portions of her narrative , b y tbe ineffaceable scars andmarks recording tbe violence of which she had been the victim . On the 9 th of October , the eve of her departure for Rome , where she might have perhaps met face to face with the Emperor Nicholas , she was induced to make her appearance in Prince Czartorysld ' s drawing-room , and to satisfy the curiosity of a numerous company by a repetition of the atrocities which have been copied into your columns .
It would be too bad if the very excess of Ihe cruelties of the Russian Government and its agents should , by outstripping the belief of the civilised world , screen the oppressors from its odium without further inquiry , and avert the sympathy due to its victims . I am , sir , very respectfully , your obedient servant , "The Acthoe or Revelations of Russia . " Mortimer-street , Cavendish-square . It appears from an article published in the Journal des Bebats , a few days ago , that Irexa Mieceslas is now in Rime , where her appearance has caused a great sensation . The excitement is so great , that in many ofthe convents imprecations have been apnendedto the ordinary prayers , and amongst others
the following : "A furore Nicolai libera nos , Bomine . arena Mieceslas was presented to the Pope , when on hearing an account of her suffering , he affected to doubt that the Emperor could hare had any knowledge of the atrocities practised towards her and her companions ; but the abbess replied that she had addressed a memorial to Nicholas , describing her sufferings , and that some time afterwards the apostate Bishop Semiasko showed her the memorial , and with it a letter , which he had received in the Emperor ' s handwriting , to the following effect : — "Holy and Venerable Archbishop , —Tour conduct has been holy and venerable . I approve what you have done , and what you may do . "
And now , ye unwomanly , heartless she-aristocrats , who joined " with tour "lovely and interesting " Queen , that " paragon of a wife and mother , " that ' roval incarnation of all the domestic virtues , " in feasting and worshipping the brutal royal ruffian , Nicholas , how will ye answer to your country and your sex for the foul outrage ye did to both ? Attempt not to shelter _youi-sclves behind the paltry excuse that the visit of the northern miscreant took place previous to the above horrid facts becoming known . These abominations are but part and parcel of a svstem which has been long in operation , for the purpose of utterlv extinguishing all that is Polish m nationality , religion , mind , and feeling . le knew that the mothers , wives , and . daughters of lolisb _natriots had been subjected to tortures of . precisely a
similar ' character /' Te knew that those noble women had been banished to Siberia , others flogged to death with the accursed knout , and others , still more wretched , subjected to the brutal lust of the ruffianly barbarians and slaves who foiin iheaimios of RllSSia . This ye knew ; yet ye thronged palace , playhouse , and racecourse to get a look at th _« " dear delightful " destroyer who had caused these horrors to fall upon your sister women . Oh , shame to ye ! Scorn and retribution light upon ye J And _Vjcioeia , too I But she " can do no wrong . " Well , well , men are growing wiser ; millions of bearded men will not for ever he content to be ruled by the tilings of monarchy . When the day of " settlement" comes , this one act of _Victokia's reign—this feasting and fawning upon the ruffian _Kicholas—will assuredly be remembered along with the hideous persecution of the nuns of St . Basilics . ( _Tolncontimtd . )
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To Tbe Bditos Of The Kobtbekn Stas. Sir,...
TO TBE BDITOS OF THE KOBTBEKN STAS . Sir , —I shall feel very much obliged if you can make room for the inclosed letters in your next publication . I should not have asked for the insertion of more than the rejected or the mangled letter and my answer , but without the previous correspondence the letter itself would be incomplete ; and as all your readers are net readers of the lucubrations of the Cuttle Fish who does the dirty work in the _Punnfjj _^ Prmt , I think it but fair that both sides of the question be stated I am , sir , yours , dsc . London , Nov . 22 , 1845 . _Johs _Ardill . Extract from Leader in the "New Moral World " of Nov , 8 th , headed the "New Organ , " referring to a publication entitled the " Herald of Progress , " pub lished by the officers of the Rational Society : —
Mr . Holyoake says , " the organ is necessary to ordinary respectability and the commonest importance . " The possession of an organ in times past did not make the society respectable , and very " common" _indted i » the importance to be thus derived . He says " All these lessons , which during the last eight years have been instilled into us respecting the value of ' our own paper , ' are surely of vslue now . " Certainly , and the lesson is , that asoclety may subscribe for years to sustain a publication , and besides purchasing it weekly , pay the salary of the editor , subscribe to purchase the printing materials ,
and after all , they discover that all the time they have been paying a person to mislead them and throw dust in then- eyes as to the real position of their affairs . The lesson is one which is not likely to be lost on the manbers , which it would be altogether if they were to adopt a similar course again , and subscribe to set up another paper , which is the advice given to them by Mr . Hetherington the publisher , Mr . Ardill ( of the Northern Star ) , the treasurer (!) and their brethren at the Board , on behalf of whom Mr . John Cramp signs as secretary , inviting subscriptions . It is only a variation of tbe stanza quoted by us a few weeks since : —
"Sil , dil , dil , will you come and be killed !" On the above assertion being pointed out to me , I immediately wrote a note to the editor , which appeared in the next number of the New Moral World , datcd __ _November 16 th , under the head of " Subscriptions for the Rationalists' New Herald , " as follows : —
SUBSCaiPTION FOE THE _EATIONALISl ' S "NEW HERALO . " To the Editor . Sir , —A friend has just directed my attention to a paragraph in the New Moral HorW , in the article headed " The New Organ , " in which you say I have advised the members of the Rational Society to " subscribe to set up another paper . " I shall feel obliged if you will inform me , as early as convenient , upon whose or what authority you make such a statement . I am , sir , yours , & c . Northern Star Omce , John Aediu . 1 G , Great Windmill-street , London . November 8 th , 1845 ..
[ Our knowledge was derived from the public intimation of the circumstance given by Mr . John Cramp , through the pages of the New Moral World . It is true , he did not say in distinct language , Mr . Ardill advises the public to subscribe to set up a new paper , but that which he does state . conveys this impression unquestionably . In No . G 7 of this publication appears a manifesto , dated tbe 29 th of September , from Mr . John Cramp to the members of the Rational Society , wherein he informs us that he had " stood for a long time watching the first glimpse of the sun , " which at length had appeared , and our readers will , smile at this sun being neither more nor less than the new paper . And , in order to a ire birth to this ricketty bantling , it is not announced who are the parent birds , ( whether hens , ducks , or geese ,
is not mentioned , ) who sat , and brooded upon the golden egg until it was hatched . First he says , " Our President has at length taken upon himself active duties on behali of those who have reposed their trust in him . " Those who have reposed their trust in him would have been better pleased if he could have realised a good dividend for them from the assets rather than bring out anew paper , and some will be rather sorry that they have reposed so much confidence in him . Then he says , " Mr . Ardill joinp us , ex officio , as treasurer . " How much is to be entrusted to him is not stated . Then Mr . Cramp informs ue , "Mr . Hetherington has been nominated a director ! " Nothing is said about reposing trust in Mr . Hetherington , but as he is the publisher for the Rational Society , of course he is to be trusted for the proceeds of the publication after the members have
snbsciibed to establish it , and doubtless , like all previous officers of the society , he is very trustworthy . And lastly , Mr . Cramp proceeds to say of himself , "I have been appointed general secretary . " The previous communication of Mr . Cramp had been signed by him as socretary of the Congress , but he seems on this occasion to have become a pluralist , to have been promoted into genera ! secretary , without relinquishing the office of secretary to Congress . Who knous but what Mr . Cramp may become Secretary of State . as well a 6 general secretary , through the instrumentality of his organ . He then informs the members of the Rational Society , that" The Central Board have it in contemplation to issue a periodical , " and he calls upon the members of tbe Rational Society to transmit funds to him . to he paid over to the treasurer , that treasurer being Mr . Ardill .
It must be acknowledged that this is very like a recommendation from Mr . Ardill , for the members to subscribe to set up a new paper . We find the commencement of the paper to be the act and deed of the Central Board , and wc find Mr . Hetherington and Mr . Ardill , one a publisher , and the other connected with the press , added to the council on this occasion , as though for the express purpose of giving tlieir aid and experience in the matter , aud wc find Mr . Ardill volunteering to hold the stakes , through bis secretary , Mr . Cramp . Then on the 12 th of _Octobi-r , appears another manifesto published in the form of a handbill , and addressed " To the members and friends of the Rational Society . " " Signed m beltalf of the Board , John Ceamp , Sec . " This
manitesto is a very unique production , certainly very creditable to the Board on whose behalf it is signed , and we regret that we have not now space at liberty to publish it in full . After announcing their conviction that it is essential to the well-being of the Bociety to have a paper , and informing the members and friends what it is to be called , the secretary publishes the confession . " It may be , perhaps , proper to remark , that the parties to whose core the interests ol' the society are constitutionally entrusted , have no funds at their command" (!) very frank and very honest . Then he says , " The paper will be commenced at their own risk , and any loss consequent upon it , will be borne by them individually . " If none of them have any funds , they certainly are not risking much in the undertaking .
But though they are willing to take all the risk , it is announced in the same document that " should any surplus arise from the sale , it will be used as the laws and constitution of the society shal ! prescribe . " So that the Central Board are willing to give up all the profit of the the publication to the society , and bear the loss themselves , having told us they have no funds from _tWiich to defray the loss ! and then tbe truth comes out occasionally , in broken sentences , " unless the members feel bound to contribute to a fund for general purposes . " And afterwards it is added , " Any deficiency that may arise from the paper _icitt _betlieoyily thing charged to the general fund . " lastly comes the climax , " we earnestly entreat the society to rally round the organ . " .
On reference to the publication itself we find this announcement to be viewed of such importance that a large portion of it is re-published over the leading article both in the first and second numbers of the Rational Herald . If Mr . Ardill wishes to repudiate all connection with the undertaking , of course he can do so , aud make known his intention . His letter to us manifests that he is , very properly , rather ashamed to be connected with it ; and , if we mistake not , there will be found many others anxious to disclaim any part or lot in the matter . But something more will be expected than a simple disavowal from those who have been most active in ianuching the project . We find the names of Mr . Buxton , Mr . Ardill , Mr . Hetherington , and Mr . Cramp , appointed or re-appointed to office on the very occasion when the project was finally resolved on , therefore every one of them is clearly amenable for the consequences , though we are no strangers to the fact that others , whose names are less prominent , have been equally instrumental in producing this abortion . !
To this importation of special pleading from the Old Bailey , I _wroto the following answer : — Northern Star Office , 1 C , Great 'Windmill-street , _llajmarket , London . November 15 th , 1815 , To the Editor of the New Moral World . Sir , —I did not expect that my note to you would have been honoured with a place in ihe Funning Print ; neither did I expect that so short a letter , asking so simple a question , would have needed so long an answer as you have given to it ; but truth is not easily hid ; and we never depart from the honest and straightforward course
without having to pursue a very intricate path , in our endeavours to make the worse appear the better reason . My note of half a dozen lines has required more than a column from you as an answer—a proof to me that you have not any authority for the assertion in your previous number , with respect to " my advice" to the Rational Society . I , however , take the answer , 6 uch as it is , and will make the best I can of it . I will also avail myself of your implied offer to allow mc to make " known my intention " respecting my " repudiation of all connection with the undertaking , " although this is very much like knocking a man down , aud then saying you were mistaken with the person .
First , then , you say , "Our knowledge was derived from the public intimation of the circumstance given by Mr . John Cramp , through the pages of the A ' tio Moral World . It is hue , he did not say In distinct language , ¥ r . Ardill advises the public to subscribe to set up a new paper , but that which he does state conveys this impression unquestionabl y . " Now , as I do not read the New Moral World , I cannot tell what Mr . damp may have said respecting me . I know that you said , "Iliad advised the members of the Rational Society to subscribe to set up anothet paper . " I know also thutldh not advise in the matter ; and I leave jour readers to judge who has told the truth in this affair . Further , your answer is an acknowledgment that the authority upon which you made such a statement does net warrant you in bringing my name so _conspicuonsl y before the public ,, as an individual _vhg b « d _advittd titti / alMting of the _Eenty ofProgms . _.
To Tbe Bditos Of The Kobtbekn Stas. Sir,...
Finding that the statement was not true of me individually , you geek t _„ gcreen yourself from the consequences of having published a falsehood by dexterously shifting ground , and saying , "The Central Board did the thing , and I as one of the Board , am clearly amenable . " I have not denied my responsibility as an _ex-offieio member of the board , for bringing the paper into existence ; but this is not" advising the members , Jke ., " yet , if you are desirous of knowing how far I did advise , I now tell you , and your readers , that neither inmy individual capacit y , nor as treasurer to the Rational Society , nor yet , as ex _^ fficio member of the CentralBoard , have I given one word ot advice in this affair ; and if you had consulted some of your friends , who are cognizant of these matters ,
they , surely , for the sake of old acquaintance , would not have let you put your foot into it iu so foolish a manner as you have done ; however , if going so far out of your way-to drag my name _befoi-e the public , in a manner so uncalled-for , has servedyour purpose , 1 cannotbut be satisfied , and wish yeu joy of your new acquaintance ; but you will find me rather a " queer" customer . With respect to my " appointment , or re-appointment , to office on the very occasion when _theproji-ct was finally resolved on , " I can only say , that I am not aware of any power but that of n congress that can "appoint , " " re-appolnt , " or displace me ; and if such a farce as my " reappointment" has been enacted , which I very much doubt , I can only laugh at the actors , and pity their simplicity .
The remainder of your long answer chiefly concerns Mr . Cramp , in whose hands I leave his portion to deal with as he pleases . —I am , sir , yours , Ac , John Abdul . In the New Moral World of Nov . 22 nd appears _« he following Jesuitical notice : —
NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS . J . Ardill , —Northern Star Office . — A letter has been received from Mr . Ardill , expressing some surprise that his former letter had been published . It was addressed to the Editor of the New Moral World , and not to us individuall y , nor was it marked " private , " it was , therefore quite optional with us to publish it or not , as itis with tbat which we have this week received from him similarly addressed , and which , doubtless , he will publish in some channel or other . We beg to decline it . He professes to think it strange that so short a letter , as that published'last week , should have required so long ' an
answer . It did not require so long an answer or commentary , but we chose to make it serve as a text or a peg on which to append a few remarks ; besides does he not know the proverb that , " a fool may say as much in five minutes as it will occupy a wise man an hour to answer , " in quoting which we distinctly disclaim any intention of classing Mr . Ardill with fools , or ourselves with the wise , but merely to _eliow that there is no force in this apparent anomaly . Mr . Ardill says he never reads the New Moral World , which is rather difficult to reconcile with his writing to us two successive weeks , to callus to account for what is contained in that publication .
The pith of Mr . Ardill _' s second letter , divested of the splenetic expressions against ourselves , is a denial of individually advising the members of the Rational Society to subscribe to Get up a new paper , by attempting to draw an artificial line between what he did as Mr . Ardill , and what he did as _ex-officio member of the Central Board . He says , " I have not denied my responsibility as an _eK-officio member of the Board , for bringing the paper into existence , but this is not advising , & _. C . " It appears to us that the responsibility of bringing the papur into existence , and afterwards having his name given out as treasurer to a fund , the secretary of which calls for subscriptions , to be passed over to Mr . Ardill , from which the deficiency on the paper , it is acknowledged , is to be charged , does not essentially differ from recommending the members ofthe Rational Society to subscribe .
Now , I must acknowledge that I was not only " surprised , " but rathervexed to find myself figuring away among such dirty water as is known to be belched forth in the print which I have quoted . It is true I did not use Mr . Hill as he did me , and address my note to James Hill ( of YYisbcach , & c ,, & c ., ) the editor (!) neither did I mark it private . laddressed it simply to the editor , for it was in the capacity of editor he had abused me by making false 'statements . 1 did so because I was not desirous of attacking a man , by an exposition of his private character , in order to prove that his statements of me to the public , in his capacity of editor , were false : proving a man capable of making mis-statements , or of falsifying facts , does not prove the falsehood of any but the particular statements ; and I was desirous _' of
directing my reply to the statement itself , and not of seeking to heap upon the head ofthe editor the errors of the man , or the errors of the editor upon the head ol the individual . Had Mr . Ilill done the same by me , I should not have complained ; had he confined his punnine : sarcasm ( to give it no harsher term ) , or what he calls his " severe criticism , " to the party which had called the paper into existence , the Dirth of which seems to have given him so much pain , I should probably have never heard of it , or , if I had , should not have noticed it , so long as it was honest " severe criticism ; " but when he descends to personality , as in my case , I can only think there is " Something Sinister" intended ; and , if such be the case , or if there be " Something Secret" at the bottom of all this , the "Sad Scoundrel" will find that ho has
to deal with one who , though he may not be " Something Superior , " is not a Simple Simon , who will quietly bear the Spiteful Spleen of a Silly Scribbler , who appears desirous of making a Sanguinary Sacrifice of allthoso he Supposes Stand between him and his objects . He declines my letter , and prophecies I shall publish it in some other channel . It did not require much foresight to _prophecy this , for the letter he received was a manifold copy , and was intended to show him that if he did not publish it some one else should . . He says my note did not require so long an answer : then why did he give it ? The truth is more likely to be that it did require so long an answer , lor it would not be convenient to say the statement was made without authority : and if it was a falsehood ,
it was his , for which he was sorry . He chose the round about method of getting out of the difficulty by getting farther into it . I say , truly , " I nev e r re ad the New Moral World , and do not kEOW whao Air . Cramp may have said respecting me . " I should not have known of the appearance of either the statement or my letter , had they not been both pointed out to me by a friend . 1 certainly looked for this number , and when my friend showed me the notice to correspondents , I sent to _puivbasa the three last numbers , which are the first I have had ; and if he intends from this to claim me as a reader of his print , hc is likely to have a goodly number of subscribers , for I ant not the only person he has attacked by his Scurvy Scurrility . The next and last paragraph in his notice , is the
most eool , impudent , and barefaced falsehood I have ever read . 1 have not attempted to draw any line at all ; for I have given a plain denial to the whole statement by saying , that " neither in my individual capacity , nor as treasurer to the Rational Society , noryetas ex-officio member of the Central Board , have I given one word of advice ia the matter . " A _ow what more does he want ? it is plain and under _, standable , not mystified by a multiplicity of words , like his answer to my note , its only fault in his eyes 1 suppose to be its extreme plainness . With respect to my responsibility as a member of the Board , he knows that it is unfair to impute the acts of a body to any individual composing that body , where the majority rule the minority , for the individual accused may have been one of the minority ; how
much worse is it when , as in tins case , the president has complete power , and the Board are merely appointed to carry out what lie may devise and determine upon ; and in my particular case , it . is worse even than this , for my connection with the Board is ex-ojjido , I hold my appointment under the congress , by virtue of my appointment I am entitled to a seat at the Board to receive the monies paid to me as treasurer , and to disburse such monies according to the order of the president ; if Mr . Hill can persuade himself that this is " advising the members ol the Rational Society to subscribe to set up another paper , " or anything like it , ho is easy to persuade , but I think he will find a difficulty in persuading others to think the same way . My name has not been given out as treasurer to any fund but that of the society , that I have ever heard of , except by Mr . James Hill , or the editor of tho New Moral (?) World , for I find hi looking over the number for _jtfov . 8 th , that I figure again in that number as the treasurer to a
fund , the monies for which fund are to be " paid into the hands of Mr . Ardill , ( of the _NortJiern Star ) , for what purpose we have not been able to discover . " I can only say that I have not "discovered " the fund or yet the " purpose" of it , but I think I" discover " that Mr . Hill has been very desirous of having aside thrust at Mr . Ardill , ( of the Northern Star ) , for what is best known to himself , perhaps it is for my connection with a paper that has several times given him a teazing , the last time as " William I wish I may get the title deeds ; " if it is so , he ought to know , that from my position with that paper , 1 cannot have anything to do with what appears in it , any more than with what appears in the New Moral World . Or it may be that ho thinks me an opponent , and has a mind to give me a Sly Slash ; if such be the case I trust he will always find me willing to bear either life Severe Strictures or his Savage Sarcasm with Suitable Simplicity , or ready to meet his Sly Scheming with Superior Subtlety .
Loxgeviit.—On The Estate Of Lady Headly,...
Loxgeviit . —On the estate of Lady Headly , within a lew miles of Tralee , a woman named Julia Hickcy died on the 4 th inst , having attained the advanced age of 112 years . She retained full possession of her faculties up to the _eavty part of the present year , _ihere are now living of her descendants 84 grandchildren , ICO great grand-children , and four great great grand-children . Hydrophobia . - ! saw a young girl who , while standiug at a hall door , had her apron torn bv a mad _dogjhat made a snap at it in passing . She cot a needle and thread and sewed up the rent , and not baying apair oi _scissorsby her , she cut off the thread with her teeth , and she got hydrophobia and died of it . —Professor Colics Lectures . New House of Lorbb . —It is understood that at the commencement of the session of 1847 the hew House of _Lwds will be ready for occupation .
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EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF FORGERY . During the past week the inhabitants of Cardiff have been thrown into a state of some considerable excitement by the discovery that the sum of £ 240 had been raised from the Brecon Old Bank by means of a forged cheque and that the person charged with having committed the offence ( a female ) had been taken into custody . - On Wednesday morning , at the _Angol Inn , where the magistrates hold their meet . ing 8 , crowds of men , women , and children assembled , who were watching for the appearance of the supposed offender , as it was understood she was to be taken for examination before the magistrates . However , in this the crowd was disappointed , as the party charged with the offence was declared by a medical gentleman to be too ill to undergo an examination that morning . It appears that about five
_weeki ago a young man , apparently in extreme ill health , called at the Gwaelod-y-Gsrth Arms publichouse , Merthyr Tydvil , kept by Mr . Richard Williams , to inquire where Mr . Harman , a highly-respectable inhabitant , resided . The servant who answered the " young man" gave the required information , but immediately added to her fellow-servant , "Dear me , did you ; ever sec anybody so like Mary Williams , the Miss of as this 'young man ! '" The fellow-servant who was thus appealed to , said "he is the Very image of her . The young man , however , proceeded to the residence of Mr . Harman , but upon hearing he was not at home , desired to see Mrs . Harman , who shortly afterwards made her appearance and as the " young man " seemed very unwell , was tolerably well dressed , and in
appearance something like a minister ot the Gospel , Mrs . Harman asked him in . He entered the house , sat down , and then stated that having come to Merthyr for change of air , he had been desired by Mr . Morgan Thomas , of Ynisgoy , to procure from the Brecon Old Bank the sum of £ 240 . He had been to the bank , he ' said _, but the clerk had refused to let him have the money , as there was something irregular in the cheque , or written authority , which he had with him ; therefore it was necessary he should be accompanied by some respectable person , who knew him , and who _wafe likewise known at the bank , In this dliemma the " young man" said he suddenly recollected that he had often heard Mr . Morgan Thomas say that Mr . Harman was his particular frien d ; an d therefore , as the money was required
instantly , lie ( the " young man" ) had taken the liberty of calling to ask Mr . Harman if he would accompany him to the bank . It is said that upon hearing the " young man ' s" story , Mrs . Harman was quite indignant that the money had not been instantly paid by the clerk at the bank , and ( actuated by that generous feeling which impels women to render assistance to any person in distress ) instantly determined to accompany , the " young man" herself . She did so . Upon arriving at the bank she was told by Mr . Richards ( the clerk ) that the authority produced by the interesting young fellow from Mr . Thomas was not quite regular ; and that if Mrs . Harman would _, on her husband ' s behalf , sign the cheque , the amount should be forthwith paid to the young man whom she had accompanied to tho bank .
Mr . Evans , the manager of the bank , entered at this particular juncture , and having heard the decision of Mr , Richards , entirely concurred in it . Mrs . Harman signed the cheque as required , and the "young man" ( whose illness at this time became distressing ) received the £ 240 , and placed it safely in his trousers pocket . He did not seem to like notes much , and therefore alaree portion of the amount was in gold . "And now , " said Mr , Evans , " asl never had the pleasure of seeing you here before , Mrs . Harman , do step in and bring youryoung friend with you . " Theparty proceeded to the parlour , and partook of refreshments ; but the " young man " ( poor fellow !) could only take half a glass of wine , and expressed a desire to return home . Accordingly , Mrs . Harman left with him in a few minutes , but ,
as he appeared so delicate , very kindly took him home and made him a nice comfortable cup of tea , of which he partook but sparingly . However , to ginand-water after tea he paid more attention , declaring that " it did him good , " He then declared it was time to go to the railway station , but , as he was " so delicate" he yielded to Mrs . Barman ' s hospitable solicitations , and took " one glass of ginand-water more . " Mrs . Harman thon placed his _£ 210 in a silk handkerchief safely , accompanied him to the station-house , and when ( the " young man" ) expressed a wish to go into a second-class carriage , _siie ( Mrs . Harman ) declared emphatically he should do nothing ofthe kind , it would be enough to give him his death , & c ,, and insisted upon his going into a first-class carnage , at the same time
charging tho guard to be attentive to him . He was booked for Pentryeh , near Cardiff ; but upon the arrival ofthe train at Troeddyrhiw , only three miles from Merthyr , he tapped the window of the carriage and deBired the guard to open the door , as he was too ill to proceed . The guard heard him and opened the door and the' young man" stepped out and wentaway . " Hang me , " exclaimed the breaksman , " if that ere fellow haven't got a voice like a ' ooman . " "Itell you what is is , " said the guard , "there's something very queer about him . Three miles back he came in scarcely able to move , assisted by women , as if he was not going to live five minutes , and now , look he walks—there ' s apace foryou I" Some weeks after the " young man" had so strongly excited the sympathies of certain kind-hearted folks at Merthyr , Mr . Morgan Thomas went to Merthyr from Ynisgoy , proceeded to the bank , and having transacted his b us i ness , was asked by the clerk if they had not better put that £ 240 straight ? " " What £ 240 ? " said Mr .
Thomas , "Why , " replied the clerk , "the £ 240 we paid to a sickly young man , who appeared like a preacher , wiio was accompanied by Mrs . Harman , " Of course this produced an explanation . Mr . Thomas most positively declared that he had not authorised any preacher to draw money for him , and instantly proceeded to Mrs . Harman ' s residence . A variety of circumstances induced Mr . Thomas to suspect that one Mary Williams , a married woman , but who had transferred her affections from hor liege lord to a dignitary of the order of odd fellowship , was the party who had personified the delicate , interesting , and amiable young man , and in this suspicion he was confirmed when he was informed that the party refei red to had deposited at a bank in Merthyr the sum of £ 120 in the notes of the Brecon Old Bank . She was accordingly taken up and _lodncd in the station-house , where she now remains . She is , we are informed , the owner of several houses , and has , at one time , moved in a respectable sphere .
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Important Case in the Court of _Queex ' s Bkxcii tub Q , uekn v . Richard Johnson . — Tho defendant in this case was convicted under the 39 fch George HI ., c . 70 , s . 15 , for having received at the door of a house not licensed for the delivery of lectures a sum of 2 d . for admitting an individual to hear a lecture delivered by a certain Emma Martin , upon the subject of " The Follies and Cruelties of the Christian Missions . " The conviction was upon an information laid by a common informer , and did not slate upon the face of it the name of the party to whom a portion of the penalty was to be paid . Mr . Parry now applied to the Court for a rule to quash the conviction , upon the ground that the 2 nd Victoria , c 12 , which amended the statute of the 39 th George HI ., provided also that no information
should be laid lor any offence committed under that act ( the act of Victoria ) , and also provided that the statutes of George III . and that of Victoria should be constructed altogether as if they consisted of only a single act .. The learned counsel contended that in such circumstances the effect of the provision that the acts should be construed together was that no information under the 39 th George III . could belaid , except in the name of . the Attorney-General , in conformity with the provisions of the act of the present Queen . In reference to the second objection , the learned gentleman observed that the prisoner had no means of ascertaining the person to whom a part of the penalty was to bo paid , the effect of which may be to cause his imprisonment for an indefinite period . Lord Denman said that the recent act of the present Queen did not appear to be applicable to the present ca 6 e , as the clause iu that act which required information to be laid in the name of the
Attorney-General , referred exmessly and exclusively to the offences connected with printing aud publishing , in the circumstances prohibited by the act ; and the considerations arising from the words of the latter act in this respeit were strengthened by the circumstance that separate offences punishable upon information were created by that act . The objection which was rested upon the fact that the conviction did not distribute the penalty might have been fatal if the conviction aid not follow the very form which was given m the statute ; but as the conviction was in the very words of the act , and as it was very probable that the defendant would not experience any real difScultv in ascertaining , in fact , who the person was to whom the remainder of the penalty was to be paid , the rule for quashiug the conviction would be discharged . The other Judges concurred with Lord Denman , and the application to quash the conviction was accordin « ly refused .
Fatal Accident on the Great Western Railroad . — Oxford , Monday . —This morning a . fatal accident occurred on the Great Western Railroad , at the Abingdon-road station , under the following circumstances : —A young woman , named Fanny Gosling , residing in this city , started by the mail train at half-past ten o ' clock , to pay a visit to her mother at Clifton , which is a short distance from Abingdonroad station . On arriving at i he latter place , instead of proceeding at once to Clifton , she attempted to cross the line for the purpose , it is supposed , of seeing some of her old acquaintances , who lived at the
other sideof the railroad , at the tavern . While she was standing on the platform , the mail-train passed her ; and no doubt thinking that the line was clear , she stepped on it ; but the moment she had put her foot on the second line of the rail , the fast down train , which she could not have seen previously , came in contact with her ; she was knocked down b y it and killed instantaneously ; her feet were severed from her ancles , and her body otherwise much mutilated . Several persens witnessed the accident , and endeavoured , by calling out , to make her aware of the great danger she was in , but to no purpose , the poor woman seemed quite paralysed _.
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Dbath or a Celhbrated Swiss .-Jacob _StuJJ , » Swiss writer , well known for _hisi excellent * _" _*» _" _*& Popular Life , written in tiie Zurich dialect , recently - died near Sternenburg ( Berne ) . His poems are more than a mere happy imitation of German writers , ana , although somewhat eccentric , he possessed much talent . He built with hitj own hands a hut of small planks in the woods , which he christened Jacobs Cell , and here he ended his days , after a short illness from disease of the ehest . , A _PiGEoif with Four Legs . —A living pigeon , w ith four legs , is exhibiting at Preston .
Mr . Wilkins , the barrister , is about to be made * Queen ' s Sergeant . A Mammoth _Hons « , twenty hands in height , and weighing-2 , 500 pounds , is exhibiting in London . Failurb or the Potatoe CBor in Nobth _CirMnERland and Durham . —The march of the _potatee disease in these two counties is fearful . It is supposed to he all but universal through the herder districts . Free Pardon-. —Samuel Chambers , convicted at
Leicester in 1844 , and now in Van Dieman ' s Land , under a sentence of transportation , has received a frae pardon on the ground that "the conviction was bad . " He will have a free passage to this country . Approach of Winter . —Last week so severe waa the frost that Lochfine , at Inverary , was covered over a large portion of its surface with ice . The ferry steamer , in crossing from Inverary to St . Catherine ' s passed through a sheet more than half-amile in extent , which cracked and broke with a great noise as the boat passed through .
_LrvERPooii Cellars . — Last week seventy-two informations were laid against owners of property , and tenants of houses , for letting off cellars as places of abode , contrary to the provisions of the Health Improvement Act . The parties were , in most cases , fined 5 s . each and costs , which the magistrates intimated would hot be levied if the cellar occupants re moved immediately . Wablike Rumours . —Dublin , Nov . 24 . —It is reported in town this afternoon that Government mean to increase the army by 20 , 000 men , 10 , 000 to be formed into second or reserve battalions , thus effecting a great saving in the number of officers required for the additional force . It is also confidently stated , in military eircles , that the militia will be ballotted for early next year , and called out for training .
Fatal Coal-pit Acoidekt . —On Saturday , ihe loth . inst ., two miners , named George Hewitt and John Garner , were killed in a new pit adjacent to Duckinfield Hall . Fatal Explosion op Gunpowder . —On Saturday afternoon , Nov . 15 th , about half-past four o ' clock , the house of a man named James _Rethwell , situate in Blackburn-street , Little Bolton , was blown up by an explosion of gunpowder , which caused great alarm in the neighbourhood , and occasioned the death of a boy , aged seven years . Hurricanes in the Channel . — Jersey has been visited by a dreadful hurricane . The winter storms have commenced in the Channel .
Dangerous Illness op Lord Chancellor _Ltndhurst . —The Lord Chancellor has been seriously ill , and is not yet out of danger . He was . first attacked on Fridav the loth . During the whole of Sunday , Monday , and Tuesday , ( the 16 th , 17 th , and ISth of this month ) the maladj ; assumed a very _alarming character , and a general Impression began to spread that there was no chance of his Lordship ' s recovery . It appears that his illness arose principally from obstruction of the bowels , an ailment by which he has on former occasions been assailed . On Wednesday _svmptoms of improvement were manifested . On Thursday and Friday he was much better ; on Saturday last he was able to get out of bed ; and since then has been gradually advancing towards convalescence . Lord _Lyndhurst is 73 years of age .
Early Clobing op Snors . —A . public meeting , convened by the London General Association of all Trades for the early closing of shops , was held on Tuesday evening , in the theatre of the Western Institution , Leicester-square , in furtherance of the objects ofthe association , when General Sir De Lacy Evans took the chair . Mr . Lee , Dr . Epps , and other gentlemen addressed the meeting ; and resolutions in accordance with the principles of the association were unanimously adopted . Warlike Preparations . —We can state as a fact that a naval officer high in command has been privately engaged in taking measurements of the large 8 toameis under mail contract service with her Majesty ' s Government , and with orders to report imme *
_diately to the Admiralty on their capabilities for carrying guns of the largest calibre . The tne large steamers , - forming the fleet of the West India Royal Mail Company ; also the vessels of the Peninsular and Oriental Company , together with the Great Britain and Great Western , are said to have been quietly _butoj ? tct ' a % inspected . A naval officer , well acquainted with the coast of'America , has been summoned to London , to give information to the Admiralty . Such a combined force as these numerous and powerful ships would form , independent o £ the regular steamers of war , would be ono of the strongest ever seen on the ocean . The West India Company ' s ships alone are twelve in number , and of about 1 , 200 tons burden each . — Liverpool Times .
Catholic Cathedral in Australia . —A magnificent ( Catholic ) Cathedral , upon a scale of considerable magnitude , will , ere long , be commenced in Adelaide ; ample funds having been munificently subscribed elsewhere , by friends of the Catholic Church . A Roman Villa . —The remains of a Roman villa , of considerable extent , have been recently discovered near Wheatley , Oxfordshire , and some excavation * have been made under the direction of Dr . Bromet .
French Duel . —The Journal de la Cote d'Or of the ISth inst . states that a duel , which created the utmost horror , took place between two privates of artillery in garrison at Gray . After one of the combatants had been slightly wounded , and the seconds had interfered to put an end to the combat , ihe wounded man took an opportunity to attack his adversary , who was not on the defensive , and passed his sword through his body . The victim had sufficient strength to draw out the sword , and then fell dead .
The Tea Trade , Nov . 24 . —The deliveries of tea in London last week were 492 , 4811 b ., and this year , to the 1 st inst ., they wete 2 O , 70 G , 000 lb . The stock on the 1 st inst . was 30 , 300 , 0001 b . The importB this year have been 32 , 41 S _, 0001 b . —an increase of upwards of 2 , 000 , 0001 b . The stock on the 16 th inst ., however , was re d uce d to 20 , 488 , 0001 b . The deliveries had increased to 31 , 506 , 0001 b ., and the imports to 33 , 418 , 0001 b . Calling out of the Militia , —A report has been for some days current of an intention on the part of her Majesty's Government , not to rely so fully as it has hitherto done upon the Chelsea pensioners in case of any occasion for their services , but to call out tho _malitia for a short period of training . It is eaid that the expediency of forming a better school of recruits for the army will be put forward as the ground for this measure . —Times .
Dr . NicnoL , of Doctors ' -commons , died on Monday last . Tar late Qui Tam Actions . —The action commenced by Charles li . Russell against Mr . H . Ilill , to recover £ 40 , 000 and £ 20 , 000 won on the turf , has been stopped on the payment of costs incurred , which were taxed at £ 10 4 s . 10 . The above named qui tam informer has since been captured and lodged in Whitecross-street gaol , for the costs of an action brought by him against Lord G . Bentinck , and tried at Guildford Assizes . A Relic . —A rather interesting relic was
discovered a few days ago upon the shore of St . Brelade ' s Bay , Jersey . While Mr . Robertson , a gentleman who resides in that locality , was rambling upon the beach , _hia eye was attracted by a small dark and rusty-looking object lying amongst the shingle . Lifting it up he found it to be a drinking eup , similar in shape and general appearance to those which are to be seen in the paintings of the old Flemish masters . The date of its manufacture cannot be assigned to a period less remote than 400 years . It has two handles , and is about double the size of a common claret glass .
_Batos and Wash-houses for the Labouring Classes . —The establishment for the poor at _Glasshouse-strcet , London Docks , has now completed the first six months of its experiment , and during that period the warm-baths ' , wash-tubs , and drying apparatus have been used by 29 , 080 persons . The buildings on the site for the first model establishment at Gouldstone-square , Whitechapel , were sold by auction yesterday , and arc to be cleared away this week Tho foundation stone is to be laid there on the lGtli of December . The Irish Couegeb . —Lord Primate Beresford has declared his intention of bestowing £ 1 , 000 on each ot the three provincial colleges , towards the foundation of divinity schools for students of the established church .
¥ u _n _E ? _»» I"ok . —A gentleman did business ° » _t _" _^ orn Exchange , Brunswick-street , on the 19 th ot October , and sailed the same day in the Caledonia _, lie arrived at Boston , purchased a cargo of flour , snipped it , and returned in the Great Western . On * riday _] le went to the Corn Exchange , sold the cargo and m the course of the day the Joshua Bates , contaming the flour , arrived , after the quick passage of fifteen days from Boston . Ibrahim Pasha has quitted the baths of St . Jullen , near Pisa , for Florence , where he intends to remain ten days , and then proceed , by way of Marseilles , to the baths of Vernet , in the Pyrenees , where he hopes to complete his recovery .
Royal Ciiarlib . —Mr . Walter Akeroyd , of _Pwston , has in his possession four hand buttons belonging to some ot the rebel chiets of Prince Charlie ' s army They bear the Prino _nporkait . and his initials
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 29, 1845, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_29111845/page/7/
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