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-TVFRSAIIY OF THE POLISH REVOLTJi SS ^ HORRIBLE CRIMES OF THE RUSS DESPOTISM . r bt year , by voice or pen , we have never ^^ j to declare onr solemn protest against the ^ ' ^ ns wrons doneto onr Polish brethren by the j troaon j * ^ j eusiavement of their country , dif rt ^ return of tie memorable , though ill-fated s «< j * " ^ ovtmber , renders necessary the renewal of ^ iSk did it speak the sentiments of the p increly , would be of no moment ; but that pi o-^ Scomes ' of importance when it speaks the senti-¦
of aparty . aaa paKesKnown tnesympatuiesand ^ m nf the KYototionary section of English society , \ l % e&on which , as sure as time and as certain as t \ will vet be in the ascendant in this country . *? the name , then , of the democratic masses ef , tBritaJn , whose ideas and hopes we are privi-» 5 to repi * sent we declare anew , on this 30 th of ^ . ™ w 1 S 45 , our unmitigated abhorrence of the * fS ' eknownas "the Partition of Poland /' . our ^ a > indignali ° a toward the oppressors of ihat trv onr heart-felt sympathy with our suffering hretfiK" ^ ea ™ estreS 0 ^ T * ° * " * them by every ^ L = jn ' onr p ower in promoting the restoration of Si ftecdo ™ and Polish happiness . We have new to place on record in our columns a -anative so horrifying In all its details that we r : y refuse to give credence to its statements did iL , experience assure us that no crime is tooin-* mous , no atrocity too hellish , to be perpetrated by \ icholis and his barbarous tools , when in pursuit of Aeif darting object , the perpetuation and extension If the slaverv and misery of their unhappy victims . Bat we must add , that the facts we are about to resent to our readers are too well _ corroborated to leave even a shade of doubt as to their truth . It appears that in 1837 there still existed in the atv ot Minsk a convent of hnable nnns of the order ofk Basilius . Theirtirae , likethatofthe " Sisters of Charity . " was divided between their religious duties , attendance on the sick , and the education of noorchildren . Far and wide thesuficring and needy
iad learned io bless their unassuming benevolence , and people of all rants regarded with veneration a community , distinguished not by ascetic practices , bat 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 io all human sympathies , that a religious sisterhood , analogous to their own had been spared even durhrj the French reign of terror , which so pitilessly swept aisav all social landmarks . Of the fourteen that leniained , 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 , lie following particulars of this atrocious persecu-. fion we give from a work just published , entitled , "Eastern Europeand the Emperor Nicholas " : — .
The Emperor Nicholas , having profited by his influence aafl pririleges in nominating corrupt and ambitious tools to Hie bishopric of the BasUian communion ( that is to sir , the Boman 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 Greet frem the Latin church . Finding that the peat mass ef the clei ^ y , and the whole of their congregation , refused to follow the examples of their chiefs , Nicholas ordered forcible means to he resorted to , and set an foot a persecution , which caused the females of this jdigious association great alarm , and induced them to me the private influtmce of their friends in the Russian apital , tohe allowed to retire from their convent into lie Iwsums of their families . This boon the Emperor- refused , referring them to tnar apostate bishop .
Semiasko , after vainly using all his persuasive powers ¦ sMi this community , to induce them to pass over to the Russian church , showed them alike the threats and promises he was empowered to make in the name of Nicholas , and the awful signature appended to a document -which tommanaedhim to adopt such measures as the interests ofreligion might require , to ohlige allrecusants to reform . Finding their determination uiishakeahle , he left them tiirec months to consider thematttr ; and then , detaching fitmi Mshrtiistoiieof the numerous orders with winch As Emperor had rewsTdid his apostacy , he attempted to j ? h it on the bosom of the f uperior , to whom he held out a if oT 7 . 1 in ; j prospect of honours and rewards . Thess women , it must hu runienihered , in their devout belief , now saw in their former pastor only an impious scceder from the faith of their fathers . Irena ilieceiiae , ( tie superior of the convent ) therefore , spuming this tinvitation , said tauutinslv to the
bishop" Keep it , keep it ; it would ill accord with fliehcmhle cress which niarliS my order , and with ycu it serves to liide a hreast beneath which tliere beats the lirart of an apostate !" These nuns hadheen fortiliea in their resolution h . v ihe exhortation of their confessor , a went , hut probably t « Al-meaning man , named Uidialenitcb .. As the persecution btcisme more rigorous around him , ¦ fcenveen the threats and promises of his bishop , he was influenced to desert to the Russian communiois , and he was afterwards frequently obliged to take his seat as vieaherol the tribunal which attempted to subdue the obstinacy of these women . It is , however , probable that hejieldtd more to terror than seduction , for he strove ajiparcntly to bury his remorse in incessant intoxication ; and la this condition he afterwards fell into a . pool of Ttat ^ r , where he was drowned .
Three days after the insulting refusal of the snpeno ? 10 apostatise , Semiasko came with a detachment of Edifies to turn the sisters ont of the convent . Such was the violence employed—such die terror inspired I ? the SK-ount of universal persecution , that a sick nun of their number fell and expired upon the pavement of the diapd . The remainder were heavily ironed , haud and foot , and inarched to Tltepsk , where they were placed in a Russian convent of " black sisters . " These Hack 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 irons of St . BasUius , from Minsk , met With , fourteen more ef their order , transferred fcx-ni another convent to thi * abode , where for two years tfcej were kept at hard labaur , chained in coupleE , and ex . posed to all the malignity of the depraved associates with whom these women of gentle hirth were thus forcibly mingled . InlSSI , all other efforts having failed to shake their resolution , they were transferred to another Itusdan con-Tent of Hack asters , in the city ofl \> loek . Mere they met with ten more nonconformist nuns of the same order . The whole number of these women , iifn-sevtn , were now brought up twice a week , on Wednesdays and Fridays , hefore a commission of the Russian authorities and clergy , and flogged hefore them , receiving fifty strokes a-piece .
This was continued for months together , till the wounds upon their hacks was an open sore , and that pieces of the scabs , and then of the raw flesh , adhered to the instruments of torture . Three of tbeir number died beneath this infliction . " Tiiey were then fed on salt herrings , and refosed drinJs ( a favourite Kussian mode of torture ) , except « n the condition of apostacy . This punishment , which it appears they found the most difficult to hear , was superseded by a * jst « m of starvation . They were only fed once every whtr dav , and driven to eat nettles and the iodder of the convent cattle .
They were employed to dig out clay , and not tmdersiaudinghow to conduct an exca vanon-the eartli fell in and imried five of their number . AVith incredible barbarity the Kussian authorities not only refused to dig them out , hut prevented the nuns from attempting to extricate their companions . They perished in this self-5 ui grave . The nest labour in which the survivors were employed , was to aid the masons iti constructing a palate for the renegade bishop . Some of ihe Polish gentry , whese spirit no terrors will Snell . coming to look on , —one of their number addressed some words of consolation to these poor women . Within tntntr-fciur hours , not only this imprudent individual , fcat ai those around him had disappeared . ThefalUng of a wall in the midst of the nuns injured "" ffly . anakuled eight of them outright . A ninth and fcufli soon after perished .
^ These ten bodies wire carried off by the people , and Sadden where all the efforts of the Russian authorities ^ s 2 ed to discover them . Abont this period , several monks of St . BasiHus were iirouiut to the same convent . Their treatment is deswibtti ashavingbeen more barbarous than even that of < he nans . Four of these men , Zawecki , Komar , ZUe-* "cz , and Buckzynski by name , all upwards of seventy jears of age , were at last , in the full severity of winter , stripped and placed under a pamp , where as the water Was pouwd over them Jt gradually congealed into ice , and froze them to death : another namedtkeAbbeLaudanski , aged and infirm , whilst staggering beneath s load of firewood , was sirnck upon th'e head with sdcIi violence ty a drunken deacon that his s . ^ uU was fractured , and he died upon the spot .
It happened that one of tht se surviving monks of St . BasBins succeeded In making h 5 ? escape ; and Semiasko , irritated at this incident , resoh'ed to conquer the obstinacy of the nuns , and pnhlishin ? thatthey were about to read their recantation , caused th'em to be forcibly led by the soldiery to the portals of t he Russian . church . The curiosity which this announcem . " ¦* caused , led the trfaole population of Ihe dty of Bolock . assemble ; uot-- tritiistanding the examples which had bt *"> made of those Trfco had expressed iheir syrapathy with tl = e sufferers . The apostate bishop , In his episcopal ? anaents , adranc d towards t : e nuns , and bidding the soldiers leave his ^ issr risers at dberty . spoke to them w wh paternal Ididness , and offering his hand to their suj wor , pre !«¦ ed io letd her in : © the church . Irene i&eceslas then seising one ofthe hatche s used by -he « ^ enters who had been noiing at the reparation ot the church , called out to all her nnns to kneel , and addi "e « mg Semiasko , told him—" After having been their 5 * P-
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herd . to become the execationer of those whom he bad not already done to death , ana to strike off their heads hefore the threshold of that temple , which their footsteps would never voluntarily cross ., : ; . - . ' ' . / . v So galling was the provocation of this rebuke to the Hussian bishop , that unable to contain himself , he struck the superior on the face , and then -flung the axe indignantly from him . It chanced in falling to wound one of the Buns in the foot ; and a moment : after the superior having put her hand to her mouth , which was tilled 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 the nun ? were led back by the soldiery , the crowd followed them singing with one accord Hallelujahs and Te Deums .
Such , notwithstanding the repressive terrors of the Russian authorities , became the feeling ofthe population of the city of Polock , that it was found unsafe to continue the persecution of the nuns within it ? walls , and they were ordered to be removed to the borough of Medsioly , in the province of Minsk . . This public defeat of tho 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 had 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 miugling with the oaths , blasphemies , and ribaldry of the crowd , to whose brutal lust they were abandoned .
When the fnry 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 crashed ey the stamping on the temples of an ironplated heel . The other was trampled into such a mass of mud and gore , that even its human character was scarcely recognisable . Eight others hail one or several bones or limbs broken , or their eyes torn or trodden out . Of the whole numbtr , 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 Oioec whose eyes had been torn ou ^ and whose hi deous 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 . Walenkiowitcb , having ordered a funeral service to he read for these victims , was seized in the middle of the night and sent to Siberia , his property being confiscated . A monastery of Dominican monks , in another part ofthe country , having ventured to pray for them , was immediately dispersed . On reaching iledrioly , the nuns were again immured in a convent of the ' black sisterhood , and divided into four parties . If ere they were put into sacks , and towed after boats in the water , which was allowed to rise 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 Hedzioly carried oft 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 Yitepsk , asd 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 obligsd to extract with her fingers the carious bones , and which afterwards becoming -filled with wormB , from want of dressing , caused her intense agony . , .. At length some relaxation of vi gilance havi ng 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 200 and 300 miles from the Austrian and Prussian frontiers ,
At the commencement of the present year , profiting by the scene of riot and drunkenness to which the saint'sday of the protopppe 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 their flight . The superior , in the 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 3 oor 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 the Czar . , „
It was not until she had reached Posen , in the midst of 3 Polish population , thai she felt in security ; and here she had unobtrusively withdrawn to a convent of the Sisters of Charity , but she was considered too precious , as a living testimony of the horrors daily perpetrated in that Golgotlia which Ihefroutier of Unssia encircles , t 6 he left in her retirement "With her scars , wounds , and personal evidence , shehas been wisely fortvarded to Paris , where a dtrputction recently waited on her , to express their sjmuathy with her cruel treatment . " In Poseii she was joined by the sister Wawrzeeka , and shortly afterwards learned that the other two had , in like manner , escaped the pursuit of the Russian authorities , and been safdy 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 wMchwe give the following
extract : — ......... The authenticity of the revolting details rest , firstly , on accounts transmitted from the Archbishopric of Posen toParis , recordingtliejoIntdepositiou . on oath , ofthe nun Wavrzecka and the superior Irena Mieceslns , and establishing the trustworthiness of these deponents ; secondly , on acconnts 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 seen with her own eyes ) as given by her in Paris , where , till the 10 th of last month , she was residing with the sisterhood of the "Assumption Impasse des VigncE , " Ruedes
Postes , a religious community now removed to a new convent 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 , by tho ineffaceable scars andmarks recording the 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 te face with the Emperor Nicholas , she was induced to make her appearance in Prince Czartoryski ' 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 he too bad if the very excess of the cruelties of tiie 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 Authob or Revelations of Rossia . " Mortimer-street , Cavendish-square . It appears from an article published in the Journal des Dehats , a few days ago , that Irexa Mieceslas is now in Rome , where her appearance has caused a great sensation . The excitement is so great ^ that in many of the convents imprecations have been apnendedto the ordinary prayers , and amongst others
the following : " A furore fflcolai libera nos , Domine . Irena Mieceslas was presented to the Pope , when on hearing an account of her suffering , he affected to doubt that the . Emperor could have had any know ledge 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 Semusko 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 unwomanly , heartless she-aristocrats , who joined with your "lovely and interesting " Queen , that " p aragon 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 vour sex for the foul outrage ye did to both ? Attempt not to shelter yourselves 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 system ¦ which has been long in operation , for the purpose of utterly extinguishing all that is Polish in nationality , religion , mind , andReeling , le knew that the mothers , wives , and daughters of Polish patriots had been su bjected to tortures of precisely a similar character . Ye 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 ofthe ruffianly baikmans and slaves who form the armies of Russia . This ye knew ; -yet . ye . thronged palace , playhouse , and racecourse to get a look at the " dear delightful " destroyer who had caused these horrors to fall upon your sister women . Oh , shame to ye ! Scnrn and retribution light upon ye ! And Victoria , too But she " can do no wrong . " " Well , well , men are growing wiser ; millions of bearded men will net for erer be content to be ruled by the Hangs of monarchy . AVhen the day of " settlement" comes this one ¦ act of Victoma ' b reign—this feasting and fawning upon the ruffian . Nicholas—will assuredly be remembered along with the hideous persecution of the nuns of St . Bisiuvs . ( Tolt ' tmtimttd . ) - ,
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. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . . 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 tho 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 thePM « n % Print , I think it but fair that both sides of the question be stated , ¦ : ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ I am , sir , yours , &c . v London , Nov . 22 , 1 S 45 . . John Abdiix . Extract from Uaicr in the" Hew'Moral WorW 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 tho commonest importance . " The possession of an organ in times past did not make ihe society respectable , and very " common" indeed >* 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 value how . " Certainly , and the lesson is , that asoeiety may subscribe for years to sustains publication , a « d besides purchasing it : weekly , pay the salary ot the editor , subscribe to purchase the printing ' materials ,
and after all , they discover that all ilia time they have been paying a person to mislead them and throw dust in their eyes as to the real position of their affairs . Tlie lesson it one which is not likely to be lost on' the members , 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 . Hetherihgton 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 the stanza quoted by us a few weeks since : — ; .
"Dil , da , dil , will you come and bo 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 , dated November 15 th , under the head of "Subscriptions for the Rationalists ' , Neiv Herald , " as follows : — ¦ • . ¦¦ , ,
SUBSCniPTION FOX THE BATIONALIST ' s " HERALD . " To the Editor . ' Sir , —A friend has just directed my attention to a paragraph in the Few Moral World , 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 , id Northern StarOffice , . John Abdill . 16 , Great Windmill-street , London . November 8 th . 1845 .
[ Our knowledge was derived from the public intimation of the eircumstance 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 setup a new paper but that which he does state conveys this impression unquestionably . In No . 67 of this publication appears a manifesto , dated tlie 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 give 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 hasat length taken upon himself active duties on behalf of those who have reposed their trust in him . " Those who have reposed their trust i n him would have been better pleased if he could have realised a good dividend for them from the assets rather than bring but anew paper , and some will be rather sorry that they have reposed so much confidence in him . Then he says , " Mr . Ardill joins : us , exoffiek , as treasurer . " How much is to be entrusted to him is not stated . Then Mr . Cramp informs us , "Mr . Hetherington has been nominated a director ! " Nothing is SJU * d a ° out 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
subscribed to establish it , and doubtless , like all previous officers of tho society , he is very trustworthy . And las'ly , Mr . Cramp proceeds to say of himself , " I have been appointed general secretary . " The previous cominuuication of Sir . 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 general secretary , without relinquishing the office of secretary to Congress . Who know s but what Mr . Cramp may become Secretary of State as well as general secretary , through the instrumentality of his organ . He then informs the members of the national Society , that " The Central Board have it in contemplation to issue a periodical , " and he calls upon the members of the Rational Society to transmit fum ! s to him , to be paid over to the treasurer , that treasurer being Mr . Ardill .
It must be acknowledged that this is very like a recom . mendation from Mr . Avdill , 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 we 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 their aid and experience in the matter , and we find Mr . Ardill volunteering to hold the stakes , through his secretary , Mr . Cramp . Then on the 12 th of October , appears another manifesto published in tkeform of a handbill , and addressed " To the members and friends of . the Rational Society . " " Signed on ocluxlf of ( ft « Hoard , John Grahf , Sec . " " Tins
manifesto 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 society 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 tho parties to whose care the iutereEts of the society are constitutionally entrusted , have no fuuds 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 wUHng to take all the risk , it is announced in the same document that " should any surplus arise from the ssle , it will be used as the laws and constitution of the society shall prescribe . " So that the Central Board are willing to five up all the profit of the the publication to the society , and bear the loss themselves , having told us they have no funds from which to defray the loss ! and then the truth comes ouc occasionally , in broken sentences , " unless the membtrs feel bound to contribute to a fund for general purposes . " And afterwards it is added , " Any deficiency thai may arise from the paper will le the only 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 articlu bath in the first and second numbers of the national Herald . If Mr . Ardill wishes to repudiate all connection with the undertaking , of course he can do so , andinake known his intention . His letter to us manifests that he is , very pvoperly , 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 matten But something more will be expected than a simple disavowal from those who have been most active in launching 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 >> hen 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 tpecial pleading from the Old Bailey , I wroto the following answer : — Northern Star Office , 1 G , Great Windmill-street , Ilaymurket , London . November 15 th , 1815 . To the Editor of the New Moral World . Sh ' , —I did not expect that iny note to you would have been honoured with a place in the Punning 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 ; hut truth' is not easily'hid ; and we never depart from the honest and straightforward bourse
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 las " " 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 regpect to " my advice" to the Rational Society . I , however , take the answer , such as it is , and will make the best I can of it . I will also avail myself of your implied offer to allow me to make " known my intention" respecting my " repudiation of all connection with the undertaking , " although this is very much like knocking a man down , and 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 New Moral World . It is true , he did not say in distinct language , J . r . Ardill advises the public to subscribe to set up a new paper , but that which lie does state conveys this impression unquesti onably . " Kow , as I do not read the Ato Moral World , I caunot tell what Mr . Cramp may have said respecting me . I know that you said , "I had advUcd tie members of the Ratimial Societ y to subscribe to set up awothet paper . I know also that I did not advise in- the matter ; and I leave your readers to judge who has told the truth m this affair . FurU . eiVyouranEwer is an acknowledgment that the authority upon which you made such ' a siatemunt does not warrant you in bringing my name so conspxeuously before the public , as aufiuHrittcol . xoho had aiwa acpuVMwg of the UeraU of Progress .
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Finding that the statement Was not true of me indlviduaUy , you seek to screen yourself from the conBeguenceg of . having published a falsehood by dexterously shifting ground , and saying , " " The Central Board did the thiBg , an d I , as one of the Board , am clearly amenable . " I have not denied my responsibility ae an M-Ojeio member of the board , for bringing the paper into existence ; but this is not " advising the members , < kc , " yet , if you are desirous ofknowing how . far I did advise , I now tell you , and your readers , that neither hi my in . dividual capacity , nor as treasurer to the national Society , nor yet , as ex-officiomemlerofthe Central Board , have I gken one word o ( advice in this a&air ; and if you had consulted some of your friends , who are cognizant of these matters ,
they , surely , for the sake of old acquaintance , ' would hot have let you ptit your foot into it in so foolish a manner as you have done ; however , if going bo far out of your way to drag my name before the public , in a manner so uncalled-for , has served your purpose , I cannot but be satisfied , ana wish you joy of your new acquaintance ; but you will find mo rather a " queer" customer . With respect to my "appoiiitmeut , prre . appointment , to office on the very occasion when the project was finally resolved on , " I can only say , that I am not aware of any power but that of a congress that can " appoint / 1 "re . app . oiMi" or displace me ; and if such a farce as my " re-appointment" has been enacted , which I very much doubt , I can only laugh at the actei's , 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 , < bc , ; John Abdul . In . the New Moral World of Nov . 22 ud appears the following Jesuitical notice : — .,..
NOTICE TO COKHESPONDENTS . J . AED 1 LI—Northern Star Office . ' — A letter lias 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 individually , nor was it marked " private , " it was , there , fore quite optional with us to publish it or not , as it is with that 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 requite so long' an answer or commentary , but we chose to make it serve a 6 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 bouiv ' to answer , " in Quoting which we distinctly disclaim any intention of classing Mr . Ardill with fools , or ourselves with . the wise , but merely to show that there is no force in this apparent anomaly . Mr . At dill says ho never reads the Neu > Moral V / brld , which is rather difficult to reconcile with his wilting to UBtwo 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 set up a new paper , by attempting to draw an artificial line between what he did as Mr . Ardill , and what ' he did as cx-qfficio member of the Central Board . He says , " I have not denied my responsibility as an ex-offido member of the Board , for bringing the paper into existence , but this is not advising , « fcc . " It appears to us that the responsibility of bringing the paper into existence , and afterwards having his name given out as treasurer to a fund , the secretary of which calls lor subscriptions , to be passed over toMr . ' Ardill , from which the deficiencyon the paper , it is acknowledged , i s 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 Wisbeach , &c , &c ., ) the editor (!) neither did I mark it private . I addressed 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 liis 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 of . the editor the errors of the man , or the errovs of the editor upon the head of the individual . Had Mr . Hill done the same by me , I should not have complained ; had he confined his punning 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 birth , 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 lone : as it was honest " severe criticism ; " but when he descends topersonalitv , as in my case , lean 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 he has to deal with pne 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 Sauguiuary Sacrifice of all those he Supposes Stand between hiru 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 sonic one else should .
Ee 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 , for 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 iibout method of getting out ofthe difficulty bj getting farther into it . I say , truly , "I never read the New Moral World , and do not know what Mr . Cramp may have said respecting me . " I should not have known of the appearance of either the statement or my ietter had they not been bothpointed out to me by a frkmd . 1 certainly looked for this number , and when my friend showed me the notice to . correspondents , I sent to purchase the three last numbers , which are the
hist 1 have had ; and if he intends from this to claim me as a reader of his yrint . he is likely to have a goodly number-of subscribers , foe I am not the only person he lias attacked by his Scurvy Scurrility . The next and Jast paragraph in his notice , is the most cool , impudent , and b ' arefaced falsehood I have ever read . I have not attempted to draw any line at all ; for I have given a plain denial to tho whoie statement by saying-, that " neither in my individual capacity , nor as treasurer to the . Rational Society , nor yet as ex-ogcio member of the Central Board , have I given one word of advice in tlie matter . " Now what more docs he want ? it is plain and understandabla , not mystified by a multi plicity 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 ol 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 this case , the president has complete power , and the Board arc 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-offitio , 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 treasurerand to disburse such monies according
, to the order ofthe president ; if Mr , Hill tan persuade himself that this is " advising the members of the Rational . Society to subscribe to set up another paper , " or anything like it , he 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 ofthe society , that I have ever heard of , except by Mr . James Hill , ' or the editor of the New Moral (?) World , for I find iii looking over the number for Nov . 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 Northern Star ) , for what purpose we have not been able to discover . " 1 can only say that I have uot "discovered " the fund
or yet the " purpose" of it , but I think I " discover " that Sir . Hill has been very desirous of having aside thrust at Mr . Ardill , ( of the Northern Star ) , for what is bestknown to himself , perhaps it is for my coimectionwith a paper ^ hat has several times given him a teazing-, the last time as " William I wish I may get he title dc « ds ; " 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 he 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 his Severe Strictures or his Savage Sarcasm with Suitable Simplicity , or ready to meet his Sly Scheming with superior Subtletv .
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Loxgevitt . —Qn the estate of Lady Ileadly , within a few miles of Tralee , a woman named Julia Hickey died on the 4 th inst , 'having attained the advanced age of 112 years . She retained full possession of her faculties up to the early part of the present year . Tliere are now living of her descendants 84 grandchildren , ICO great grand-children , and four great great grand-children . HypnoPHOBiA . —I saw a young girl who , while standiug at a hall door , had her apron torn by a mad dog that made a snap at it in passing . She got a needle and thread and sewed up the rent , and not having * apair oi scissors by her , she cut off the thread with her teeth , and she got hydrophobia and died of it . —Professor Colic ' s Lectures . New House of Lord « . —It is understood that at the commencement of the session of 1847 the new House of Lwds will be ready for occupation ,
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Death of . a . Cehuiiumd . Swiss— Jacob Stutz , a Swiss writer , well known for hw exeff \ Pi ^™ £ Popular life , written in the Zurich dialect , recently died near Stei-nenburg ( Berne ) . His poeniaare more than a mere happy imitation ot German writers , ana , although somewhat eccentric , he nossesseoV mueh talent . He built with his own hands a hut or smalt planks in the woods , which he christened-Jacobs Cell , and here he ended his days , after a short illness from disease of the chest . A PiGEox with Four Legs . —A living pigeon , with four legs , is exhibiting at Preston . : Mr . Wilkins , the banister , is about to be- made a Queen ' s Sergeant .
A Mammoth Horsb , twenty hands in height , and weighing 2 , 500 pounds , is exhibiting in London . Failure of the Fotatok Cnop ix NoRin Cumbeumnd axd DoitiiAM . —The march of the potatoe disease in these two counties is fearful . It is supposed to be all but universal through the border districts . ' ., < -. ¦ .,. FnKE Pardon . —Samuel Chambers , convicted at Leicester in 1844 , and now in VanDieman ' s Land , under a sentence of transportation , has received a free pardon on the ground that "theconviction was bad . He will have a free passage to this country .
Approach op Winter . —Last week so severe was the frost that Loclih ' ne , at Invcrary , was covered over a large portion of its surface with ice . The ferry steamer , in crossing i ' rom Inverary to St . Catherine ' s passed through a sheet more than half-amilc in extent , which cracked and broke with a great noise as the boat passed through . ~ Liverpool Cellars . — Last week seventy-two informations were laid against owners of property , and . tenants of houses , for letting oif 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 not btt levied if the cellar occupants removed immediately . . " ' ¦ ' : . ; ,
Warlike 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 circles , that the militia will be ballotted for early next year , and called out for training . Fatal Coal-pit Accident . —On Saturday , the 15 th inst ., two miners , named George Hewitt and John Garner , were killed in a new pit adjacent to Duckinfield Hall .
Fatal Explosion of Gunpowder , —On Saturday afternoon , Nov . loth , about half-past four o ' clock , the house of a man named James Bothwell , situate in Blackburn-street , Little Bq lton , was blown up by an explosion of gunpowder , which caused great alarm in the neighbourhood , and occasioned the death ol 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 of Lord Chancellor Ltxdhukst . —The Lord Chancellor has been seriously ill , and is not yet out of danger . ' He was first attacked on Friday the 15 th . During the whole of Sunday , Monday , and Tuesday , ( the 16 th , lTth , and 18 th of this month ) the malady assumed a very alarming character , and a general impression be < ran 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 symptoms 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 Closing of Shops . —A public meeting , convened by the London General . Association of all Trades for the early closing of shops , was held on Tuesday evenina , in the theatre of the Western Institution , Leiccster-squave , in furtherance of tlie 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 steamers under mail contract service with her Majesty ' s Government , and with orders to report
immediately to the Admiralty on their capabilities tor carrying guns of the largest calibre . The the 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 Wcatern , are said to have been quietly but ofliciallij 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 of the regular steamers of war , would be one 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 .
Cathol' . c Cathedral in Australia . —A magnificent ( Catholic ) Cathedral , upon a scale of considerable magnitude , will , ere long , be commenced in Adelaide ; ample funds haying been munificently subscribed elsewhere , by friends of the Catholic Church . A Roman VuLA . —The remains of a RomaH villa , of considerable extent , have been recently discovered near Wheatley , Oxfordshire , and some excavations have been made under the direetion of Dr . Bromet .
FitEXcn Duel . —The . Journal de la Cote d ' Or of the 18 th inst . states that a duel , which created the utmost horror , took place between two privates cf 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 , the wounded man took an opportunity to attack his adversary , who was not on tlie defensive , and passed his sword through his body . The victim had suffi « cient strength to draw out the sword , and then fell dead .
Tiie Tea Teade , Nov . 24 , —The deliveries , of tea in London last week were 402 , 4811 b ., and this year , to the 1 st inst ., they wete 29 , 700 , 0001 b . Tlie stock on the 1 st inst . was 30 , 3 C 0 , 0001 b . The imports this year have been 33 , 418 , 0001 b . ' —anincreaseof upwards of 2 , 000 , 0001 b . The stock on the 16 th inst ., however , was reduced to 29 , 488 , 0001 b . Tho deliveries had increased to 31 , 506 , 0001 b ., and the imports to 33 , 41 S , 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 the malitia for a short period of training . It is eaid that the expediency of forming a better school of recvuits for the avmy will be putfovwavdas the ground tor this measure . —Times .
Dr . NicnoL , of Doetors' -commons , died on Monday last . . Tat ? late Q , ui Tam Actions . —The action commenced b y Charles II . Russell against Mr . H . Hill , 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 tarn 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 diiys 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 , his 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 cup , 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 class .
Batiis axd Wash-houses for the Laboueixo Claesks . —The establishment for the poor at Glasshouse-street , London Docks , has now completed the first sis months of its experiment , and during that period the warm-baths , wash-tubs , and drying apparatus have been used by 29 . 0 S 0 persons . The buildings on the site for the first model establishment at Gouldstone-squarc , Whitechapel , were sold by auction yesterday , and are to be cleared away this week . The foundation stone is to be laid there on the ICih of December . The Irish Colleges . —Lord Primate Beresford has declared his intention of bestowing £ 1 000 on each of the three provincial colleges , towards the foundation of divinity schools for students of the established church . "
Modern- Expedwios . -A gentleman did businesi He arrived at Bo ' Cd the W'lay in the Oakdonia . SfnnVdtt , i Bo ston , Phased a cargo of flour , ffi ^ ffW ? Great Western . Ou Jidhf A . ent t 0 ^ e Pom Exchange , sold the cargl , £ nXfl Urseot . 5 dayllie JQslinaBates , con , iSt ;^ T £ t ^ ^ quick passi ! ge uf ji ? S ? ? "f llas Vitted the baths of St . Jnlicn , fer dSf' / ° LV Orence ' , ^ e intends to remain Sfflhi ^ v lhen ; p ^ oe i '« wa - Marseilles , to to comSiff ernet - the Pyrenees ; where he hopea io complete his recovery . ha ^ nti ? nARllE - ~^ Waltcr Akeroyd , of Preston , someZ J ! ° f i , ' T LaM buttons belonging to some of the rebel . chiefs of Prince Charlie ' s army . ihey bear the Prince ' s portrait , and bis initials ,
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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 £ 210 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 morniiijr , at the Angel Inn , where the magistrates hold their meetings , crowds of men , women , and children assembled , who were watching for the appearance ofthe 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 ah
examination that morning . It appears that about five weel « ago a young man , apparently in extreme ill health , called at the Gwaelod-y-Garth Anns publichouso , Merthyi' 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 ^ ddeil to her followervant , "Dear me , did you ever see anybody so like Mary Williams , the Miss of—as this ' young man ! '" The , fellow-serfant who was thus appealed to , said "lie is the very image of her . The young man , however , proceeded to the residence of Mr . Barman , but upon hearing he was not at home , desired to see Mrs . llarman , 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 of the Gospel , Mrs . lfarman 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 somethin *; irregular in the cheque , or written authority , which lie had with him ; therefore it was necessary he should be accompanied by some respectable person , who knew him , and who was likewise known at the bank , In this dliemma the " young man" said he suddenly recollected that he' had often heard Mr . iMorgan Thomas say that Mr . Harraan was his particular
friend ; and therefore , as the money was required instantly , he ( the " young man" ) had taken the liberty of calling to ask Mr . Harraan 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 thatgeneious 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 voune man whom she
had accompanied to the bank . Mr . Evans , the manager of the bank , entered at this particularjuncture , and having heard the decision of Mr , Richards , entirely concurred in it . Mrs . Harman signed the cheque as required , and the " youngman" ( whose illness at this time became distressing ) received the £ 240 , and placed it safely in his trousers pocket . Hedidnot ' seem to like notes much , and therefore a large portion of the amount was in gold . "And now , " said Mr : Evans , " as I never had the pleasure of seeing you here before , Mrs . Harman , do step in and bring your young friend with you . " The party proceeded to the parlour , and partook of refreshments ; but the " young man " ( poor fellow !) conld 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 often , of which he partook but sparingly . However , to ginand-watcr 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 . Harman ' s hospitable solicitations , and took " one glass of ginami-water more , " Mrs , Harman then placed his £ 240 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 , slie ( 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 carriage , at the same time charging the guard to be attentive to him . 1-lc was booked for Pentrych , near Cardiff ; but upon the arrival ofthe train at Troeddyrhiw , only three miles from Merthyr , he tapped the window of the euri'iage and desired the guard to open ihe door , as he was too ill to proceed . The guard heard him and opened the door and the '' young man" stop ped out and wontaway . "Hang me , " exclaimed the breaksman , " if that Gre follow haven't got a vuieu like a ' ooman . " " I tell 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 , a 3 if he was not going to live five minutes , and now , look he walks—there ' s a pace for you ' . " Some ¦ weeks after the " young man" had so strongly oxcited 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 business , was asked by the clerk if thev had not better
put that £ 2-10 straight ? " " What £ 240 ? " said Mr , Thomas , "Why , " replied the clerk , "the £ 240 we paid to a sickly young . man , who appeared like a preacher , who was accompanied by Mis . Harman . " Of course this produced an explanation . Mr . Thomas most positively declared that lie 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 her liege lord to a dignitary of the order of odd fellowship , was the party who had personified the delicate , interesting , and amiable youngman , and in this suspicion he was confirmed when lie was informed that the party refei red to bad deposited at a bank in Merthyr the sum of £ 120 in the notes ofthe Brecon Old Bank . She was accordingly taken up and iodced 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 op Queen ' s Bexch the Quke . v v . Richahd Jounson . — The defendant in this case , was convicted under the 39 th George III , 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 , an& did not state 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 III ., provided also that no information
should be laid for any offence committed under tbat 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 6 ingle act . The learned counsel contended that in sucii 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 leavised gentleman observed that the prisoner hail no means of ascertaining the person to whom a part of the penalty was to be paid , the effect of which may be to cause his imprisonment for an indefinite period . Lord Denm an said that the recent act of the present Queen did not appear to be applicable to the present case , as the clause in that act which required information to be laid in the name of the
Attorney-General , referred expressly and exclusively to the offences connected with printing aud publishing , in the circumstances prohibited by the act ; smd the considerations arising from the words of the latter act in this respect 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 tatal if the conviction did not follow the very form which was given in 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 difficulty in ascertaining , in fact , who the person was to whom the remainder of the penalty was to be paid , the rule forquashiug the conviction would be discharged . The other Judges concurred with Lord Denman , and the application to quash the conviction was accordingly 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 ihe 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 side ol the railroad , at the tavern . While she was standiug on the platform , the mail-train passed her ; and no doubt thinking that , the line was dear , 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 by it and killed instantaneously ; her feet were severed from her ancles , and her body otherwise much mutilated . Sereral persens witnessed the accident , and endeavoured , by calling out , to make her aware oi the great danger she was in , but to no purpose , the poor woman seemed quite paralysed ,
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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/vm2-ncseproduct1343/page/7/
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