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- - " ~ ~ TT rill war . leastin-TTOrfs , " TlhorM my d" * 1102 so happen—deeds , ) | i Sii * o * - " ^ « htpf - 11 hear a liiUe bird , who sings * I tl 3 in ^ j tjand by will bs the stronger . "—Btbox .
TIIK POPE AND THE AUTOCRAT . j . QlAXD' 5 APPEAL TO EOKOi'E . " Though Poland mourns , She shall not die ; Her watch-fire burns And help is nigh . , j erll , al ; d eagle speeds from shore to shore . Till nations rise to bid her weep no more . " The important article from our French contem-¦ r L'AtiJier , which appeared in our last number * - n * xbow > keen rea < ^ w ^ k twilling interest by ^ vof oar readers , and , we doubt not , lias been " ^ Snded to by all . The terrible , but too true , ^ -J of the martyrdom of the priest Sciegkssy h the patriot Leviioux , cannot fail to excite = ? " Lout Britain the bitterest indignation towards
Jr . ( Ipressors of Poland , and the liveliest sympathy t the unhappy rirtims of tliose remorseless op' reSOR . liig » lt'y " oes our French contemporary -v of Nicholas , " lie martyrizes the Catholies bc-^' nje they rcluse to abjure their faith , aud to re' jUi » e llim ** tlieir s P ivltual cllief ^ c Puts to ( leath &e Poles iK-cause they refuse to acknowledge him as ? ljeir lviu ^ i an < * so * MS career , ^ an . executioner , rerer iennipates . " With the Catholic religion we t lTe no communion nor sympathy ; rightly or woagly . in all sincerity , we hold it to be one of t !> e 30 at ° peni : cious systems of priestly delusion and priesd * domination ever invented to keep the minds and bodies of men in ignorance aud thrall . But so telievm , we , nevertheless , respictthesiucerity of the to the
^ reatniassoftliosewho belong Catholic Church , and hold as sacred therightof that church ' s members to celebrate their forms < -f worship , and act , in all T&pects , with the fullest liberty , which a due regard for the liberty of others will admit of . Opponents ot all churches and priests ourselves , we , nevertheless , claim for all churches and priests full freedom of conscience . Toleration is a word vre despise , implying , as it does , a cowardice that fears to 03 honest , and a tyranny that would , if it dared , exhibit its oppressive character to the full . Liberty , entire aud perfect liberty , we clalmforall men ; both in matters civil and religious . We demand that liberty for ourselves , and we demand it not less for others . Not the nii&t zealous Roman Catholic , therefore , can more
sincerely denounce the liorrible persecution of the Basilian nuns than we do . Sot tiie most zealous believer in P ^ xku ' s successor could more readUy brave all , in defence ol his Catholic sisters and brethren of Poland , than we would do , was it in our power to show how truly we burn to aid in avenging their wrongs and sufferings . But we cannot say that we concur witk our French contemporary in desiring to see a renewal of the crusades directed against Russia , liegarding war as one of the Tery greatest of evils , we certainly rcard a religious , or what is called a " lioly .-wsr , " as bs
riw most frightful , and the moat to deprecated . " VVc , as well as the writers in VAtelier , " will do all in our power to assist at crushing the tyrant of Poland under the chastisement of his crimes , " but we wish to see this effected by other means than the stirring up of nations to a war of fanaticism , for , was such a ° var once begun , aud the now oppressed Polish CailiolicsTictorious , the experience of the past warns ns that fhey would retaliate with fearful Tcngeance on the members of the Greek church , and the deyo-. tees of each church would be satisfied with nothing short of the extermination of each , other , of course , all "ibrthe glory of God . "
What onr French contemporary says respecting the Pope aud his alliance with Nicholas is specially deserving tie consideration of fiueh cf our readers as may belong to the church of which the Pope is the head The Italian Pope , as head of the Komish clwreb , declares his to be the only true church of Christ ; the Russian Pope , or Emperor , as Lead of the Greek church , declares his to be the only true church ; and each anathamatizes the church of the other us schismatical , heritical , and damnable . The Italian Pope is not in a condition to propagate the teaets of his church by lire and sword as many of his p-edecsssora Lave done , because his temporal power is weak : but the Russian Fope , placed at the head of the most powerful , political , and civil despotism in the favourite
the world , has ample power to employ means of priesiJv propagation , aud these means lie d \ jes not scruple ' to nse , as the accounts we ^ have laid before our readers of tie liorrible persecution of the Catlwlic Poles abundantly testify . As the heads of rival churches , these two worthies of course hateeach other with all that sincerity of hatred which the champions of rival systems of priestcraft have in all a » es exhibited : yet despite this mutual hatred , see Lew these two scourges of the human race coalesce so that they may prop up that tyranny , -which , thou-li differing in forms and names , is really butane same system of fraud and wrong . * i"' -e Catliolic Poles in their tribulation and sufferings naturally turn to the Pope as their spiritual protector for counsel , aid , and sympathy . lllG tOTtured Abbess , Miecztslawska , throw 3 herself at the t ^ etof "Jus Holiness , " recounts her snilenngs , the sufferings of her sisters , and those ot the Polish
people .-enerally . The Pope , we are tow , nearKeneu to all tliose details " with tears in liis eyes" ( travellers tell us that even crocodiles shed tears before tearing tkeir victims ); but behold , accompanying this news , tve find that the autocrat was expected to be in Rome by die beginning of December , and that preparations -were making to givchim a " grand reception . Ilius theiiolv Catholic Papeisaboutto "frateriiise with tue " schismatical" Russian Pope . . Why ? Because I ) Oth tremble for their tottering power , and both , desnite their mutual hatreds , hate and fear liberty much more than they do each other . The wholesale executions and military barbarities committed on the friends of liberty in Italy by the Pope , are scarcely lessmonstrous than those committed by Nicholas on the people of Poland . The great difference between the two , is , that ihe Pope , as temporal sovereign , js a pettv contemptible tyrant , whose rule iscoulwed to a smafl space , aud wh « ss victims arc consequently feiv in DroDortion . Nicholas , on the other hand ,
lards it over lauds of almost illimitable extent ; lie rales whole nations with his iron rod ; and , eonseoucntlv , instead of scores and hundreds , as in Italy , the victims of Kicholas mu > t be numbered by thousands even millions . Here is the only distinction between the Ro-aish and the Russian Pope , the tyrant of fcortheni Italy , aud the tyrant of Karth-Efetein J&irope . We earnestly entreat the friends of liberty ,-nrhobelon" to the Catholic Church , whether they be English , 1-W » Polish , Italian , Spanish , or of any other nation ,
toponderonthewordsof our 1 reach contemporary , I ; Atelier , they deserve to be repeated : —'' Can a more monstrous aliiauce be imagmed ? What , the Pope the ally of thehead of the Russian schismatics ? "What ! is the successor of St . Peter almost the bosom frien d of the execntioner of the Cataolias ? VeriJr a strange spectacle ! If the nations lose their faith in Rome , it is because Home has abanaoiied itself to theenemies of the faith ! The cause of this unwsrthv abondonment by the Catholic clergy and iLeir head , is , that the h (» a is himself also the tyrant ,.+ - nnr ^ on of the Catholic family . All the
tyrannies all the oppressions , are bound amongst them in solido : the decrep it old man , who reigns in the Vatican , wants the strong am of the lMersburgh aesnot for Ills own maintenance . Mere solicitous about his temporal power than of his Christian function * , he turned kins- * s kins , as an unht ami bad iin" ne oppresses tliose whom he colls his subjects ; lie compresses their insurrections against Lis tyranny < Hyby ! iis liangmen and gendarmes ; being accustomedto see Luman Wood shed around him , how can he feel when a tvrant is about to shed it afar off ? Therefore good understandings between the Pope and the Czar are officially and regularly carried on , audit is not impossible , that the day may arrive , Sntiiclluroan Foatiffwill be surrounded 1 » - Rus-S s oldiers for the express purple f annihilating , is Italy , every Christian idea of liberty . without
The " 9 th of November passed by this year aav otlTer demonstration than the meeting of demo-SiePoK a notice of which appeared in the Star ofsaturday last , ^ ^^^ J ^ SSt of Poles , whose proceedings would be of no interest ioourrVaders . Except these meetings the 20 th of November was permitted to pass unnoticed , to the eXin-disgrace of those "ari stocmtical" and " re-S » 'ivrnpathfeeiV '^ hohave hitherto monopolised the patronage ofthe Polish cause That , liow-« ver this vear ' sanuivc-ri-ary of therev . iiution may not Lard in her defence , we give the following extracts from an address which was adopted at the ™ niversirv meeting hoiaen at the Grown ami Anchor , on the 20 th of iVovember . l&U- The address not liaviS appeared in any English journal w , l 1 be new to tL ° maVs of the British people aud , for the truths eniuiekted , ara certainly as valuable now as twelve
mouths ago : — Ti-is very evening , when London , Paris , Brussels , and imnvaTnwnaisavaiage of western civilized Europe are rln-in- « ith shouts for Polandand gladdening the hearts of zhe ' exu ^ there , ioivardtbe east , on the still inundated shores of the Vistula , under the heavy yoke of a tyrannical oppression , on a soil profiled by the foot of an insolent invader , and in homes atpnvd « f t »« W consolation ofthe wetclKd ; the Sifrty of family intercourse aid coufid . :. tiai outponn njrs-our OH aiui infirm parents ; our o ' -i-han vl . Udren grown ap without having eiyoy ^ d the e-scrins ml races ana waicinul 0 Jrc «;«» of tl . ou > esika feihtw-.-HT wives , ristera , and those of our brethren Bis-m inSnuJtv or afeence has prevented from tasmg an Mdvepsn in Ae revival of their fatherland , shedinanj a saint tear anil compress in their bosoms maaj-as . su over the glorious event which we comronnorate y . ul ) iicly Ku-a « ce . : ail : o-mh it failed to free Poland , it prociauned i'ru ::. iity . ! ma wuld have aitaine-1 its ol-jwi , out . or tkt want—not of jwiur ( tvci-j Oattle w . s a tKaojpnJno ; « tau-iuusiu tseiuom had a peop le shoirn more
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energy and more 6 elf-devotedne » 5 ) . ~* Dut of experience , and the consequent knowled ge of met 1 and ot parties . That experience , that necessary con . ^ itio " ot success , eight moiiths of struggle , of glorious Tie . " ries » ani 1 after each of them of sad disappointments , *» fc " ei to give it to the people of Toland . Old servants vf ih . - ^ pots of Ivussia ( whom disappointed ambition had ftrov' " illt 0 *' ie ranks of the iusurgciits ) were driven from i&sir usurped stations and fled , toseek amidst bayonets a shelter against popular indignation . And there alas ! they fon » d nVans , if not to restore their power , at least to crush that of ' . « ue patriots . Uy them twenty-two thousand men of tire di \ °
were prevented from coming to the rescue of beleagosred and storaied Warsaw—uy them they were , after its *» rraitier , induced to resist the imperative orders of the coinajanJei-in-chief , who required them to join the main body of the army , which then would yet hnve been able to save i ' oland—by them they were conducted out of the Po ; ish territory and obliged to surrender their arms to one of the co-partitioning powers : to Austria—aud Poland fell again—fell into the hands of a revengeful tyrant , whose sway had be . en preferred by a few of her degenerate sons to a popular government—she fellwiser indeed thun a few months before , but more oppressed , more unfortunate than ever !
Wiser than she had been ! Englishmen ! this is the point we wish to impress upon your minds—because wisdom is power—aud because the power of a nation to reconquer aad io defend her independence is a necessary condition of her nationality . Aud this great and fundamental truth was precisciy one of those common sense truisms in the minds of the many , which still remain mysteries to the sophisticated wisdom of our statesmen . They looked for help from cabinets leagued together against the rights of the people and of nations—they reposed their confidence in those very courts who had dismembered Poland , and therefore were interested in retaining her in her-former subjugation—they shrunk
from any infringement of the libt-rtieide treaty of Vienna , which had continued all the former partitions of Poland , and xiven over to Itussia even the last of her still existing fractions under the name of the Duchy of "Warsaw . They paralysed the energies of the people , because tiiey believed in its power inasmuch only as it went to harm their interests , and thought it insufficient to save the country —they , in short , bad no faith in their country ' s cause , and therefore ruined it . But along with their country , vanished their influence and their power , and were survived by a people , taught henceforth by them how to appreciate their leaders , taught to rely upon themselves , made fitter for the achievement of a new struggle for independence—in a word wiser , and therefore better .
Tes , better—because popular wisdom is not only power , but justice . Justice to the enslaved millions may , among the privileged , be considered as a sacrifice to duty , as an act of seli-devotedness and of virtue ; among the oppressed it is the consequence of a clearer insight into their own welfare , of a more exalted feeling of human dignity revolting at the infliction of wrongs . "Who was it who dared several years ago to say that liberty to Poland would be slavery to the many , and to represent the tyrant of fifty millions of slaves as their emancipator from tlie bondage of the Poiish nobility ? When a quarter of a century ago the lauded proprietors of Lithuania petitiomd the persecutor of the'Lithuanian youth , the pseudoliberal Alexander , for permission to emancipate their bondsmen , they were refused . "What lias become of the freedom of those Lithuanian , Ukrainian , Yolhyniau , and 1 ' odclian peasants , whom the insurgents of those
countries , their own masters liberated in 1 S 31 ! They are serfs again under the domination of the Czar ; and the good will of their patriotic masters has been of no avail to them . But why talk of this good will ? The people of Poland will require no boon from their masters—no granting of what it will be in their own power to obtain . A large majority of our feJ ' ow emigrants have already proclaimed and pledged themselves to—not only the liberty of tliu serfs ( thisinueed would have been but a paltry concession of that which could not be refused)—but also to assure to the cultivators the full and unconditional property of that soil , for the usufruct of which they had hitiiert- !' performed statute labour : and what the intention of a large majority of the emigrants is , cannot but ha the necessary result of the will ofthe people at large , when once restored to that sovereignty , which the full independence of a Poland reconquered by the efforts of her own inhabitants will secure them .
Airindependent Poland will be a democratic , a progressive Poland ; and , as in former ages , she has been the constant champion of the liberty and civilisation of Europe against the slavery and darkness of Mahommedan and Muscovite despotism , so will she in future be the means of disseminating to the remotest confines of Eastern Slavonia , the social , political , intellectual progress elaborated in the west ofthe civilised world . The above address is important , as being calculated to set right those who may have doubted the veritable patriotism ofthe Polish emigrants , and who mistrusted their aims as to the future . That address tells truly the cause ofthe failure of the Poiish PiCTulution . The base selfishnesa of the privileged classes , who would rather see Russian tyranny triumph than consent to give up their infamous
usurpations , mid make the revolution a struggle by the people lor the people , was the cause of Poland ' s second downfall . In denouncing these selfish aristocrats , many of whom are to be found in the ranks of the emigration , aud are even now plotting to restore the old system of Polish aristocracy , merely changing the roasters , but not the tyrarfny , the name , but not the feet—in densuncing . these partisans of Prince Czartobtski , and adulators of Lord DudletStujirt , the Democratic Poles do well ; for , most certainly , the " men of the progress" in this and every other laud will never give sympathy nor aid to the partisans of royalty , aristocracy , and caste-distinctions . The inost important portion of the address is that , whore the emigrants dtclarethemselyes pledsied . Jiot only to destroy serfdom , and establish
the civil and political rights of the entire Polish people ; but also , - " to assure to tlte cultivators tl , e full a » d unconditional properly of the soil . " These words are what , in this country , we call " plain English , " there is no mistaking them , they announce the veritable deliverance of the Polish people from all slavery ; they guarantee the onlv liberty worthy of the name—the liberty to live , unplunderedby tyrants or masters of any description . The lovers of justice are sick of mere words and phrases ; they desire a liberty real and tangible . "Many will seek to persuade you , " says the Able De La ' Mexxais , " that you are really free , when they shall have written on a sheet of paper the word ' liberty , ' and shall have posted it up in the streets . But liberty is not a placard to be read at the corner of streets . " No ; liberty is "the safeguard of onr social rights , and the first of these rights" —the right to titjoy the fruits of onr labour , leaving to those who leasant of
will not labour tlie p privilege starving . " Poland for the Poles" is a phrase we can understand when explained as above by the democratic emigrants ; how different is the phrase " Ireland for the Irish ! " The words are similar , but their import how different . " Poland for tlie Pole 3 , " we understand to mean equal rights , and equal enjoyments for « ZZthe Poles ; but "Ireland for the Irish , " means a change of masters nothing more ; condemning the miserable masses to a continuance of political slavery and social debasement , sweetened by tlie wholesale pride and selfishness of " nationality . " Give them only an irUh Parliament , an Irish ilag , aud instead of Victoria and Peel , the PorE and ivisgDAsfor their rulers , and these loud-mouthed patriots ( themselves , instead ofthe " Saxons , " enjoyina the privilege of plundering the working millions ) win be fuUy satisfied . Will the Irish people themselves be so easily satisfied ? If so— " Uod save the greens ! " . . . „
The next revolution in Poland must and will be social , as well aspolitical and national . Why should the Poiish people fight for a country , all the blessings of which have hitherto been monopolised by a selfish privileged few ? Why should they fight for a land , which for centuries repaid their toil with slavery and misery ? Why should they fight for their Polish Iord 3 , * who have constantly paid their sacrifices with contempt and humiliation I No , it will be for the cowmen rights and common happiness of all , that the Poli > h millions will combat when next they rise against Russia . When that day comes , and come it will , when a really national war shall be kindled , when each for his own hearth and homestead , for the rights of himselF and the happiness of his family , shall go forth to the conflict , no power on earth can prevent the triumph of Poland . From the Oder and the Carpathian mountains to the Borysthencs and the Dwina , —from the Mtic to the Black Sea , her flag will proclaim a triunphant , free , and happy people . .
, , „ We have said that day will come . It will ; Poland is neither dead nor slee > ing , but anxiously waiting the hour of vengeance and freedom . Even in Prussian Poland , or to speak more properly , for we do not recognise the usurpation of Prussia , that portion ef Poland seized by the Prussian despotitfu , even there , where the people are not outraged by the horrible persecutions waged against their compatriots under the liussian usurpation , they cherish the hope of freedom , and , it is said , hinre been detected " conspiring" to cast off the domination ot their Prussian oppressors Some accounts of the discovery of this alleged conspiracy , and the great number of arrests which followed , have already ap . pe-. redin this journal , we add the following important extract from a letter from Posen , received within the last few davs by an eminent Polish democrat : —
Poees , Etc . 2 . —I must break my silence to toll you something about the new misfoi tunes of our beloved m ., ther ( Poland ) , whose sobhiugs reach /> ur ears from each of hercocfiues . . On the 8 th of November , between eight and nine o ' clock in tlie evening , we heard suddenly a noise of horSe . steps , ciiesof " soldiers , " andoftheworthy " pohee » In the course of not more than Half an hour , about fifty men of the » wh * umt classwere arrested , not only m the town iuelf , but in its envinms ; and also at O . erwoJe , if vou still recollect this place . You undoubtedly know the boulvStHer Stefanslii , whom they also imprisoned , because thev found with him ( as it is rumoured J an exact p . an oi the " citadel of Posen . A mass of noblemen were also arrestvd , and all the prisons are overflowing with victims , although they emptied for them the crimiual ja « . of which the inmates ( thieves ) were transported to Rawirz ( a small town in the Duchy of Posen ) , besides which they have converted a private huuse , in the neig hhourhood of tlis police , into a state prison , and residence of the criminal officers . The police director , Mr , Dunfcer , las alreadj
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made his appearance amongst us , after having first paid one of his greedy visits to the district of Krotoszyh / The soldiersT forming tlie garrison" are to be sent ' into the Rhenish Prussian provinces , and their place will be filled by others , becaua they discovered lotn c connivance between them and ffiearnsled ' pertain . Lately auo indh ' uimls from H or « ato wen sentlo Siberia . Our Gu : Me of to-day state 3 , that in the territory of Cracow , and in Galicia ( Austrian Poland ) , arrests are taking place daily , Three hundred more victims sent to Siberia ! '
Is there not some chosen ourse , Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven , . lied with uncommon ivrnth , to blast the innn \ 7 ho owes his greatness to a uation ' s ruin % " Arno : ;^ 5 '' other crimes of the miscreant Nicholas , the forcible" abduction of thousands of Polish little children oufe'M not to be forgotten . This atrocity took place in 1302 , ami was repeated in 1833 . A considerable _ bt /« Jy of Russian gendarmes , cossacks , aud foot soldiers , Jell unexpectedly upon the lious ' .-s of pool-families at Warsaw , and seiaed all the lifile buys
they found thereiu , ssia even those tfesy found in tht streets . The affliction of the wretched mothevsat the moment when their chifriiren were seized , thrown into carriages provided for the purpose , aud ismicdiatcJj conveyed to Russia , no words can dcocriisc . Some of the unhappy mothers died broken-hesjted , one plunged a liuiie into the heart ei' her child , and then into her own . About two-thirds of the poes ? little creatures perished on tho road * , aud the susyivors have since sunk , or yet continue to suffer unde ? the . miseries of Russian slavery . Alas I that we should ' have to say it , that
" Heaven looked on and would not take their part . "' But , surely if heaven strikes not , at least man ' s ver geance will yet be terribly manifested , * Ye infamous privileged sycophants , ye vile , heartless she-aristocrats , who hailed as a god this Moloch of the North , when our land was dishonoured by hia tread , did ye know of the above single atrocity , only paralleled by the " murder of tlie innocents ?" 15 ase and heartless as ye are , we can hardly believe it of ye . Oh ! it was well done , Queen Victoria , " wife" and " mother" as you are , it was well done that you should welcome to your table this emulator of the Jewish Hekod ! And you , Sir Jamss
Giu-, your name "Exalted o ' er your less abhorr'd compeers , And festering in the infamy of years . " will be remembered by generations to come , as the name of a minister of state , who descended to do the dirty work of a spy , to serve the ends of this monstrous incarnation of imperial crime and despotism . We must , for the present , conclude our commentary on Poland ' s wrongs . The space we have devoted to this subject for three successive weeks , will , probably next week , be devoted to the consideration or announcement of the state or progress of uur brethren in some other land ; but , in taking leave , for the present , of this subject , we beg to assure the Polish exiles that these columns are open to tiiem whenever they shall have cause , or see fit , to make known to the English people , the wrongs , or vindicate the rights of their country .
. „ „ Following this anicle , will be'found a notice of a meeting , holden , not on the Polish anniversary , but in consequence of no anniversary meeting having been held . The resolutions only are given , the speeches , owing to peculiar circumstances , we cannot give ; but the resolutions , adopted unanimously , express unmistakeably the views of the meeting . That meeting was ^ composed of natives of every European state , with the exception of one or two , yet the most pei feet harmony and cnthiBiasui prevailed . To see so many men assembled , born and trained under such widely varying circumstances , each and all originally strongly imbued with the selfish and blasting vices of national prejudice and religious intolerance , and yet ,
to see those men meeting in brotherhood , was < i cheering and ennobling spectacle . From London to CoDstanstinople , from Paris to Berlin , from Stockholm to Home , from the confines of frozen Russia to the southern shore of sunny Spain , brethren had gathered together io declare then' sympathy Ibv a suffering but noble people . They were comparatively few . Yes , but they were the voices of many , they spoke for whole nations , to whom speech is denied , but whose heai'ta yearn for the future . When tyrants conspire , patriots should combine . When despots take counsel together their victims should unite . Tlie absolutists are coalescing and marshalling their forces , and so should we ;—we shall best do so by promoting the The Fraternity of Nations .
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»» THE POLISH REVOLUTION . IMPORTANT FRATEHNAL MEETING . A democratic fraternal meeting was holden on Sunday evening , December 7 th , iij the large room oi the lied Lion , Great Windmill-street , for the purpose of protesting against the continued oppresslen oi Poland , and expressing sympathy for the suffering Poiish people . The meeting was composed of British , Polish , French , German , Spanish , Italian , Swiss , Swedish , Norwegian , Danish , Hungarian , Transylvanian , and Turkish democrats . The room was crowded to excess . At nine o ' clock Mr . Henry Ross was cailed to tlie chair , and in a brief but truly patriotic address , explained the object of the meeting . Mr . G . Julian llarney then proposed the adoption of the following resolutions : —
1 st . That the 20 th of November , the anniversary ofthe memorable struggle for l ' olish liberty , having passed by without those demonstrations of public sympathy usual in tliis country , this meeting , composed of natives of nearly all the states of Europe , fed themselves called upon to supply the omission , by declaring their views on tlie question of Poland ' s freedom , their sense of the present sufferings of the l ' oli . 'li people , aud their hopes as regards the future . 2 nd . That fourteen years ' of unmitigated oppression whieh Poland has undergone since lier last revolution , added to the preceding sixty years of dismemberment
and slavery , instead of diminishing , enhance her claims to national independence . The revolution of the 29 th of November , 1830 , was an act reclamatory ofthe rights , and demonstrative of the wishes , of the people at large ; it was an effort made to expel from Europe the inroads ol Asiatic despotism , and , therefore , not only imposed on all the European nations the duty of assisting Poland in a Cause which was equally tlicirs , but still continues to impose upon them the obligation of co-operating in all her future Btrugglts . Hence , also , none of tlie sairilegious treaties concluded with lur oppressors , from 1772 to tlie present time , can affect her imprescriptible rights to national independence and freedom .
3 rd . That this meeting recognises the Democratic Polish Emigrants as the only true and veritable representatives of l ' oland , and the cause of Polish liberty , they having manifested to the worM the purity of their motives , and the comprehensive character of their patriotism , by . acknowledging the just claims of the working classes , not only to the enjoyment of equal civil and political rights . but also ta the full and unconditional property of the soil which they huve hitherto cultivated for the benefit of others . That the democratic l ' oles have alone proved their faithful adherence to their patriotic mission ; and this meeting regards as betrayers of that holy mission those who have accepted , or may in future accept , any Russian amnesty . And this meeting will regard any attempt to barter the Polislfnational sovereignty , in recognition of a would-be royal dynasty , as an act of treason not only to Poland , but to the cause of mankind .
4 th . That the accounts which have horrified Europe of the persecution of the Polish moults and nuns of St . Basilius , the horrible tortures and cruel murders to which they were subjected to compel them to change thtir religion , combined with the martyrdom of the priest Seiegcnny and tlie patriot Lcvitoux , added to the long list of similar enormities , perpetrated by the command of Nicholas , proves the unappeasable cruelty and unamelioratfd savugeism of thu Russian usurpation . That although tins meeting is composed of men who hold diversified views on religious questions , each andall solemnly recognise the sacred right of every human being to hold to such faith , or abide by such opinions as each may believe to be true ; tilismeeting , therefore , deuouncesin the strongest conceivable term s the abonriuable tyranny exercised against the people of Poland to induce and compel them
by corruption , force , and tortures , to abjure their religion . 5 th . That the Polish revolution of 18 « 0 was ruined by the intrigues and insidious opposition of the native aristocracy , owing to their reliance on fortign assistance , by the conspiracy of cabinets , and by the delusion which the principle of national selfishness , ( under the name of non-intervention )• succeeded in disseminating among " the western nations of Europe . Poland will ensure her restoiation by the exertions of her sons , by eventually realising for herself the final triumph of equality , liberty , and the sovereignty of her people ; and proclaiming the groat principle of the fraternity of nations . Such is the Poland this meeting will hail with brotherly feeling ? , while they now express their unqualified detestation of
her oppressors ; the treaties concluded with them ; the treachery and falsehood of aristocracy and diplomacy ; and above all , the selfish and immoral syttem of national non-intervention . And this meeting trust tliat tlitir hrethren of the Slavonian race ( of which the people of Poland are an integrant portion ) groaning beneath the yoke of the t-. vo spoliating governments , Hussia and Austria , will strongly sympathise with , and endeavour to emulate the example of such a Poland . They trust , also , that such a Poland will ever find an enlightened sympathy amongst the natives of the third spoliating country , Prussia , who will thus repudia ; e and condemn the infamy of being participators in the despoliation of ancient Poland : a despoliation perpetrated by their immoral
rulers . Cth . That this meeting regards with distrust and anxious suspicion the Tisit of the tyrant Nicholas to the despots of Italy , including ( it is believed ) the Pope Of Koine , who , both in his tunpural and sp iritual capacity , has scourged and betrayed the friends of liberty and progression in Italy and Poland—both Catholic countries . That regarding the visit of the Russian tyrant to Italy , as intended to strengthen the combination ofthe enemies of liberty , this meeting appeals to their brethren of all the European states to repudiate national prejudices ,
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iSft'W "" WtteuB " fclllttp , " - and to promote to tht """" I ? * ! . P 9 iver tho fraternity , of nations , that so uiey may prjssnt a combined and fraternal phalanx " to achieve , their own freedom , combat : for the oppressed , and establish throughout Europe the reign of equality anil happiness . % Mr . Harkey spoke at ereafc hii ^ ih on the merits of the resolutions , after-which they were seconded by Mr . moinas Ireland , and supported in eloquent and lienrt-stirnng speeches by Dr . Berriei- Fontaine , Captain btoJzman , Colonel Oborski , the citizecs Schapper , ftlicuelor . Pruszynski , and Mr . C . Keen . The speeches were delivered in English , French , German , and lolisli , and excited an indescribable enthusiasm . 1 lie monitions were adopted unanimously , and a vote ot thanks to the chairman , morod by citizen JjCJiapiJOl ' . SL'OnildQ'l hv n . qntam Kt / ilumon nlncorl tha
proceedings . The meeting throughout was most admirable and inspiring , and exhibited * that true fraternal spirit which each and all present so ardently desire to see universally triumphant ,
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I THE MURDER OF AN AGED FEMALE IM i WESTMINSTER . ^ Monday being the day appointed for the examination t r ^ ' Br ow ' nrigg , a girl twenty-four years of a « e " ' 10 sfc"I ( k charged with the wilful murder of Elizabeth Mondcll , an aged IVraaSa wit ' i whom she resided , tilt" aPProaches to the Queen-square policecourt were at an CiU'ty U 0 lu % crowded with persons of all classes , anxio MIS t 0 bear the proceedings . i At half-past thi'ce ° clock the- accused , who had been priva ' tely broiu " ' * into court , was lifted into the dock , apparently . '" an insensible state , but whether feigned or otlitn wise j ' S is difficult to say . She had , on her first examina tion , the appearance ol a pretty , fresh-coloured country ; iirJ , » ut was yesterday much alteredand had evidently *»?« ««« ering
, great mental anguish . Ann Gaze , the vaushter ^ the deceased , was first put , and in answer C ° inquiries from Mr . Edwards , the chief clerk , witness . " Si 1 Itl » as soon as I discovered my mother ly-ingupon th ^ box in her room , I ran for a doctor , and I should think' tllfflt it was not twenty minutes after I first saw hs / ln that position before he came . The cord which h d been found round my mother ' s neck was cut oil" by . " * baker ' s boy before the nicdical man came . The woman Cheshire , who resided in the next room to the deceased , and who , proved on the last examination that she heard the deceased ci'y " munler" twice , and also heard her say , " What are you doing to me ? what are you doing to me ?" was then put into the witness box in order to finish her evidence , which had only been taken in part m the previous occasion-in order to justify the vcmacri oi ' tlie accused .
Mr . BonJ : When you went to tliG door of deceaaed ' s room to inquire what was the matter , did you find it locked ' {—• Witness : Yes . I tried the haniBe and couid not op _ en it . Exitnined by Mr . Edwards : After I had been to the room door , " awl inquired what was the matter , J returned to my own room and went to bed again . In aboat a quarter of an hour after I heard the prisoneranlock the door of deceased ' s room , and come out and g » to the cupboard in the passage ; ami then . she knotted at my dsoi , and came to my bed side with some-wood in her hand ; She said that the old lady was ver 3 -poorly , ami had begged of her to go to her daughters , and fetcb her . I said she had tetter do so as soon ' as she could . She stopped for a minute or two , and tlien she said she thought she would . I begged of her again to run and' letch the old lady ' s daughter , and' Shen she left my room . Mr . Edwards-:- Did you then'go into the deceased's room to see hoirshe was ?— 'Witness ;• No , I did not . Prisoner never asked me .
Witness continued : Prisoner , after leaving my room , went into deceased's , and shortly afterwards came in to me again with her bonnet oil , and sniil that if "I heard any noise in the room ( deceased ' s ) would I go in . Mr . Bond : Did youhsarany noise-after prisoner went out?—Not tlie J « ast . Tlie room was as quiet as it is now . Hearing no noise I did not go in . Edward Gaze said I ara the husband ot Ann Gaze . On Monday night , afterthe inquest hadsat , I was in the deceased ' s room wl / cn they were about to lay her out . ( Witness here described appearances- in tlie bed such as are consequent upon dissolution . ) The female on seeing this refused to lay her out until 1 fetched a doctor . Mr . Bond : Was the prisoner present ? Witness : She was and shuddered , and ever since the inquest has been afraid of being left alone ..
Witness continued : On Wednesday 1 went to deceased ' s room accompanied by the prisoner , who actually kissed the corpse ; and putting li « rself in an attitude of prayer , said , " God knows all . " After ibis , whilst in the room , prisoner said sh ; had a , £ 5-iv >\ q , mid offered to lend me a sovereign . I then asked her to let me get it chanscd as I knew the landlord but she said - she'd go herself . She then went to a public-house close by , and immediately returned , faying the gentleman had played a trick on her , having given her a Bank of Elegance note instead of a 1 'ank oi' England . I told hevshe hud bQttci-go bnekini . mediately . She asked me to go with her , and 1
asked to Jook at the note . She hesitated , and at length gave it to me . The moment I saw it , I knew by the grease it was one I had frequently aeun in my mother-in-law ' s hands . After this I suspected Iicr of the murder , and I insisted upon accompanying her to see where sho had obtained the note . As she went along slic said she wanted to go and see " Jem , " ( a comrades of his ) with whom she is acquainted , which I opposed , and persuaded her to eonie along with me . On getting through the lloise Guards , she fell back on my arm , and said she was so ill she could not go further that day . -1 told her 1 must get the assistance of a policeman , if she could not go further .
Mr . Bond : Did you say anything to induce her to suppose that you suspected her of the murder f—Witness : I had my suspicions , but 1 did not tell her . Witness continued : " Good God , " she said , |* do not get a policeman , and 1 will try and ^ o a little further . " I assisted her across the road , ami after she got on the pavement she feil back in my arms . Mr . Bond : 15 c particularly careful to say , as well as you can remember , tho pivei 3 uwordssheil 3 i ; il . — Witness : She said , " I can't keep it any longer ; 1 murdered the poor old woman , and deprived your wife of a good mother . " Sho then caught hoid of me , asked me to pray fov her guilty soul , and to forgive her . I then gave her in charge . The note produced is tho same which the prisoner showed me , having had it . in my hands frequently during the deeiused's life .
Mi : John Charles Atkinson , of 16 , Rodney-terrace , surgeon : I had known the deceased for two years , having attended her late husband , and I have had occasion to remark that s ! i « senenilly was in the possession ol" good health , ami equally level , and at all times in good spirits—a circumstance which I remarked from her spirits being neither depressed or excited during the changes which occurred in ltur husband ' s illness . I was called upon at about twenty minutes past eight on Monday morning , and my assistant went , and on his return at a little before nine , in consequence of the communication he made to me , I wont myself . On my entering the room 1 found the body of tlie deceased on a box about two fcet six , the whole of the spine and head bein ? deposited there . I examined tbe plac-u to ascertain whether her death had beeh occu&ioued Jby hanging or strangulation .
Mr . Bond : Was the cord . at that time round her neck ' —Witness : No ; it was on the floor by her side . Air . Atkinson continue : ! : Observing some pegs over her head 1 examined them to ascertain whether they would bear her wcisjht . 1 found that they had no power , and wore such bugs as a bonnet nielli be liunsr on . I then examined hor neck , and i was satisfied that she had ditd from strangulation . There were two identatious in front of the neck , and only one at tho back . There was aiso a vacuum at the back ofthe neck . Mr . Atkinson hero illustrated the view he took oi the matter with a piece of cord , by showins that the power used to tighten the rope must have been from behind in a right line . Mr . Bond -. —Could such appearances as you hare described have been produced by a person stranglinj ; themselves ?
Mr . Atkinson : It is doubtful , certainly not probable . To have made such appearances as the m-ck presented , a person must , in my opinion , have fastened the rope from behind to a peg or some other thing which would bear them in aright line with tlie neck , and keep up the pressure on the front . Mr . Atkinson continued : On examining the room I found no place on which she couitl have been suspended . Had she hung herself , instead of tho marks of the rope being horiz-. ntal , which they were , and from the left to the right , they would have been
slanting . 1 examined the deceased ' s hands , to ascertain whether they were juarked with the pressure which the form of strangulation required , and which it would have produced * on them , and 1 found they were uot . There were some slight marks above her mouth , which in my impression were , or might have been , made in the agony of death by strangiiliitiun ,. from a desire on the part of the person to opes htr mouth and breathe . Witness added that the curd marks were on the lower or tou » her part of the neck , and made some observations to show that her ; te » i-li had not been occasioned by hanging .
Mr . F . Partridge , an inspector of tlie A sUvision , said : On the 3 rd inst ., at about half-past oae in theafternoon , the prisoner was brought to the station iti Gardcucr ' s-liiije , in a fainting condition . lontered the charge against her on the police-sheet , " -that of causing tlie death of Mrs . Mundi-lt ; " and haviug read it over to her , cautioned her that she was noi bound to" say anything . On hearing the charge , sho observed , "All 1 can say is , that it i& all right . I am an unfortunate creature . You instf do wi > li piewhat yon like . " And she then conrae ' necd ' waring her liair . I hud her thoroughly searched ; butnotbhsg was found . On the day after fche had . appeared ftt this couvt I went with the soldier , tiage . tc . l ; ,
Vnendcnce-plnce , where , on searching a- b , > x routed tut to me as belonging to t ' ac priseuer , 1 S ^ und some rope , exactly corresponding witli that Wisnd ths dece . ised ' s neck ; as also two duplicates w" tritting artic ' ies pledged on the 2-Uh auil 2 > th of Koveiabor last , the one fora shawl , for Is . Gil . . . and tlie otheva gow » for 3 s . [ This evidence was pvodut-ed to show that prisoner , who had represented herself to be in possession of some money , which sha had saved in service , and which sho pretended to » o to 'B edford-street for — was in distress ; a fact which leaves the inference that the murder vas committed to get possession sf tlie sluuu noces , which were supposed to be genuine . ]
On the case for the prosecution being completed as above , Mr . Bond said : Does the prisoner wish to say anything ? Prisoner , iu a calmer voice : " I have not done the murder . " The witnesses were then bound over to prosecute , and the prisoner was committed to tlie Central Criminal Coiirfc&r trial .
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" m « fi ^ MOx . -THislinineilt Bntisli Vocalist Is now on a pSssional tour in the United States ; and film ili tono of tile public journals . o « h » h « t appearance , his visit must turn out a ' ii . ost Bucceasfof
ene . The Coast DwBSCits .-Captain Addison s invention for heating shot red hot , which was recently tested in the marshes at Woolwich , having been approved by the board of officers appointee ! to ascertain and report on its adv antages , the inventor , lias been requested to state the amount he would require to supply 200 furnaces similar to the one approved of , but placed on higher and stronger wheels , to online them to bu moved with greater facility , and without beim ; liable to break down when employed on actual service . This invention will prove a great acquisition to the coast defences , as its power of rc-n <) eniig 32-pounders and other shot red hot in a limited time lias been fully and satisfactorily tested , and die object is attained at a much less expense than by any other mode hitherto adopted .
Djckexs ' s fokthcomixo Christmas Wohk , " The Cricket on tlie Hearth , " is being dramatised for tiio Adclphi . Will of the late Dr . Wade , which wa » in his own handwriting;— " S «\ tiir « toy , August 1-3 , JS-L 2 . —1 , Arthur Savage Wado , D . D ., vicar of Sr . JSiei .-ulas , \ Varv ick , give and bequeath to Miss Wary Anae Crater , third daughter of the late Mr . Tims . Crater , of East ltereham , Norfolk , &H my property and i effuctg , a vi ] monies in hand ami due to me , and « H lujy shares' in Cornish mines , money in annuity oftices m " banks , iwd also church stipends and fees , and all ' other effects' of what kind soever , of which she is my soie cxecutri . V ' " His personal estate for the payment
of- probate du . ' y was valued at £ . 1 , 000 . Witchcraft . —A- Wick newspaper gives the f'cMow- » ing- 3 < eeent instaBSG'of _ gi'os » ignorance and credulity i jJot far from ? Eouisburgh there lives a girl who > untii ' a few days ags ; -was sus * M ! Cted of being ; twitch . In ortevto cure hep of the witchcraft ,, a . neighbour actuaEyptit her into jv creed hnlf Jilled with wood and shiringe , and hrjnqhev nlwea lire , setting the shavings ™ a blaze . Irortimateiy for the child anci himself , sha-was not 5 iy . t » red ; -nnc ! vit is saief , that ther gift of so ? 2 ery has been Jafttm away from her . At alt events , the intelligent ffriglrbours aver thn * she ; iy not half s&'witch-lilio in' her appearance since she was singed . " '
The Mn . iSiA\—In anticnation ot She calling mit' - Of the militia ; t&e " mlll ' rrW clubs" i ' br providing -, substitutes have commenced''making arrangementsr-Jor their reorganization . Death op Towskkxd , Tnr = PEr . EsTrsax .- ^ The- ' " veteran , " so vrvil l »» iown in sporting « Yefes , s £ ¦ - ' p-ircd lately in Vh- G'iffe workhessn . Lewes' and wasburied in Southover ehurehyard . lie was iifty-foar ' yu&vs of age . Tesnisend was co-siilcred oite of the ' iirat pedestrians o $ liis day , and i&M I ) is' possessing ' great powers of esfdurance was nlile to perform extraordinary feats ;; particularly aiatchcs -sgainal ; * i ' ltuH .
"Kmitification or J * i » aj : Y . —Thiii ^ T are now pro * - ceedSug in earnest tftivarils ejisnrius the coinjdetosecKi-ity of Jersey against the dangers of foreign in--vasion . Giotliing was waived a hnnl ^ kt ago from-LimiJba for the use cPotir island militia , icgcihcr ' with- twenty-four brass-ninc-poumk-rs . ^ The- whofe ' island militia force is divided into five iViiil ' rcnt veuinienta Altogether it may be considered to l ; u n ' -miit ' 4 , 900 3 troinr , and in any : case i / f ejKur ^ wioy ¦ 1 , 000 ' - more could 6 e brought to-She field . Anotoskk " Intki ! Ksti : ; 5 ^ ' Nujsasce you- P * ob-Jo-HIV KflLIi , —Wo liavu grfenb-satisfucuon in being enabled Jo announce that an event , calculated to strengthen the ailectionate attachment of the people to the throne , and at the ssmie lime increase-th& happineufrof her Miijcsty ' rt jtomotic circle , may Le expected ta take p ' . uv . e early in April next . —1 ' ost :
UmsQEA-a . Taxation is Jamaica . —The planter paystwo shiliiii s aiuUixpenee lot' amuiu : the npijro-i * charged eigit shillings for an ass . This is as bad ovworse than- it is in the mother country , where thepoor arc pauperised by the burdens of taxation . 'f iKitTT-osra : l'ouxns of Shropshire ii'on have beenmade into-wire upwards of one hundred •¦ ml eleven ' - miles in lcng&h ; and so fine was-the-fabric that apart of it was humorously converted ,- in lieu of the usual horse hair , into a barrister'j'wig . Wakuke lOamiKS . —The ' editors , of- 'the Not ? ona £ - and 1 ' rcsse ( French jtsipevs ) being at ¦ variance , a list of six editors of . i \ w iX ' . aioiml , itli ready and willing toii"ht , was the other day prcscatsd to tl-. a cdirors oi the i ' mso , but lie politely refusal 5 o make any selcction .
Watches ,, remarkable for their extreme thinrefs , ilVC now niiVHul ' sictured : > t ( Jersev « . Ihi-y iironotthicker than a lino : uid the sixteenth of a line ( litti& more than tho twelfth of an inch ) - This chnnj / e does not , however , Militate aauinst the inil . play of the movement , lor that remains the s ; ui : l > , this thnul&SS beiti ^ obtained- !> v placing the ham ?* -at the side , instcidi of over the works . This arrangement makestlie watches rather large in circunitVrvsice . A 1 ' lv . asasi Placb . — Eighty-nine ( . uir ^ os havo been committed i 2 i tho county Liint-i-ii . -k within tho last six mouths , as wportutl to Uoveri'iiuiti-t . President Folk completed his fiftiethiysar ok the 2 nd November
Hake Discoveries ' . — The Alkmucizs-ZtiUvna announces tlir « e new discoveries , which , si :.-. ul-: l ttu-y receive confirmation , will be hailed with juut-ii triumph , by the literary mid musical world . Of tho i ! j > t , » hitherto ' unknown epic poem ofthe tr « it-Ariosto . called " Rinsilde 1 'Ariiito , " we hnve i . vim-e ! : <¦¦ •*••< . ! a rumour ; the second is the eoneiudiiig e . -mto of "Don jliiin , " by Lord Byron , ; i ! legeti to lmw Ueen-iuimd i ; i Geneva ; ' and tho third , < i posthumous- »| M ; ra fey-Weber , which is s ; iid to have lain ^ -crt . ' -tse in Londuu since his death .
A Cuke i-ok Profanity . — A sehooiJMistoi 1 , flS a . punishment to o . ie of liis pupils lor ti ^ inj , ' profane language , ordered him to take a pair of o-i ^ s-iind watch ii bole in the earth until he t-.-r . ight n mouse . The buy took the tma $ , and dcihinviy waited fov hw victim . " Directly after , Ju ; s ; iw a mouse peeping out of the bole . ( J .-uitiously phieinix si leg of li'u tm . i ^ s on either pide , he grabbed Dim WhUiurWiiios by the nose , and triumphantly t-xt'Iainitil , " Ly ! I've got him . " The Stocks . —De Vac lived i : . the nee of Justice Midascs and i ' arson Truiitbws . s «! : ; i ab .-:. « t U : u jt' : if 1700 , he assails them bi . u : thus : —'"!!' . !; \\ i \ mn \ preaches a tluuuierhit , ' sennon . ij ; : tii : st (! -M !; : lv ! .-niii .-s :-i , and the justice sets my poor neiiihi . 'iiiir in r !; o stocks ; and I am like to he niuch tlie Lvtterfor rit-hi-r . wheu 1 know that this wane pnison and this r . nwa jii » tiec were both drunk toec-ther bui ilia nijrkt k'i ' oi'e . '*
Fiisr . is Uakbicax . —On Sunday cvciihsti , sliorfc ' . jT buibre twelve o ' clock , an silaviniuu ' " fire fen . fce nit iu Gralmin ' s-buildin » s , Barbienn , whieli has resulted iti the total dcbtructii'ii o ! ' Slirewil . ury Acinirniy ,. th » property of Mr . Allen , and the print ins-of'Sce of 3 X-h * . Ford , The damage done to . Mr . l- ' oru ' s property , we understand will be """ covered by an inMir » u < n $ in the Imperial oih ' cc , but Mr . Alien is uninsured . Vuv origin ofthe lire is not kruiwn . Iscesdiauism . —Tuesday's Govsnimeat / . 'olice Gazette contains t ! ie cflvi' of a rewnul of J-50-foi tha t'iscovery and apprehension of tlse pc-rsan or person * who on the ni ^ ht of the 1 st instant -laalicious-iy set tire to an out-building , cont .-iininir ahowt » ix loads of unt ! ires = lii- ' l wheat , the . roflertv of . lolil ' .-Sliail ( l , Jisq .. of Hen ' y-Birn llall , near lliiiibmi , I 5 enb : t ! lisi : ii-o ,. by which Use huildii )! : ami its eontenis were consumed .
AXDKEW SSVDKH , a SI'llHtT of lilt ! yeviihltinjl , Clied lately in L : \ neastrv tmusty , i ' clinsylvas-. iii , SgL'll li& years , the oldest raan in the state . NuTiuxtt > : lse to do . —Some parson , v . ho- lifttt nothiiii ? e ! : ; e to do , has asccrtainesl t'i-at there are-501 ) , 1 / 00 sraiiis in a ku-i . fl of \ vhr .--L . 530 . 000 in b : ifiey , l , 2 C 0 , 0 ( H ) in oats , JiT . OUO iu liui-sa i .-cans-. —iWif York Gazette . Tim Militia . —We umlerstan-A . tlifit ti . e voi ' . s or nams * are pwpAred in this iniiiie'iiate ia-ii ; : iboiU ' - liood , preparatory to the re- ' .. i'g : i : ti . < in ' ' aiul pi ' . obabiy to tius caliinjf out of the militia ,, in- the spring of next year . — Liunrjjuol 2 \ xcs . WlSBKlDtBllB L . VSK has Siot !> q ! 1 known to be so li-ich for the last fifteen yeiis 5 > owinu t-- > the heavy rains whieh have fallen wiihia . tiiu iatt . iwo or tiiveeweeks .
Thk uis Ebmoc- or tup 'lCwifi ^"—Tho fi'imidj and admirers r , f the late Tk-omfcs l-Jsvis , odiw-i' of tlitt JS ' aiien , newspaper , have suiwcribtil a .- larue Miniamounting , vets believe , to . uij \ v : u-0 _ s oi ' ' . fiytw—! oi- liltspuvjjose of cretbijij ; ti U > jthuaiii . &t to perpetuate his . memory . Tin : « iiu . TEr . s IIusdkkus .. — A 1 ? k « ofl . intl in BuukiiifiminsLire . fcraierfy Kwmi ; w tno Chjlti-m . Eills They affurCcd . siic-Jtcr ta biiudUti , ami aboussded in ' timher , whieb is the leasonciftlieiibeing chosen as a retreat for thc&e members ot Pariiasient who . wish So cut t ' ueiv slicks— 1 ' itnni . Cookk ' s Ciiicus , at Glasgow , which was crqctccl t v ; o years ago sit h east i > f abaut £ I . £ (» . ) „ was lasu ¦ week UiUiUy destroyed by Ut-e . It is o-. iiy about thrcu weeks since the Glasgow City Theatre was burnt . Caution to Wivks . —Mrs . Chsmififtn , tlie landlady of the Ship public-house , llaiv . ineisnnUi , was »» Wednesday brought up at the polieo-wmrs . and fiucd Is . for slapping lier husband on the face .
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? A lithographic print , representing one of these b . 'irbarous scenes , was published in Paris in 1834 , ana ougiit to be re-published , the first edition being , ( we bellCVC ) quite exhausted . Its re-publication , at the present liine , would be of great service , and owiiii ? to Hie public niiuu wang just now' occupied with the new crimes of tlie Czav , the sale , we think , could uot fuil to at least pay the cost oi arefuVCeation .
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TIolloway ' s Pills and Oimmest . —Edward "White , vosuiing at 43 , Ciomoul ' s-Lne , Strain ! , « ' « s ;! li ill * door ]; atient at King's College 'log ical , With an '• abscess in the tlii ^ h . ami a wousil nii . e ivic-Jifei iong j c >! i thesaras liir . br lie coultl neiiiser bei . il his kiico lovput liU loot li > thi ! gi'uu > : il . iiu ryritaiiieu there j for " iSve months in bad , when ho was informed , " lllilt : nothing more could be done for him . " He was then j carried to his home , and commenced using the abuva ; invaluable medicines . lie can now walk about ail ' the day loujr , and is quite cured 1 >>\ the means < £ : these wonderful iuclieip . es , and this to ti : e astonish ... j ment of ail who knew aim .
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iNotices in the trench language , to the following effect , hare been forwarded to the various police dis-I tl- ' cts of ' . the United Kingdom . For some tinis past , but particularly during the close of Jast summer , two Knglislimen , described as below , one named Henry K . m « , siippssocl to be a Jew , and tho other named Gesrgc J \ eals Imve transacted business on a Jarge scale , as well in this city ( Frankfort on the Maine ) as in otner parts of the Continent , paying for the goods in tlur first instance partly in rash , and partly by bills otexehangeon London , which wcro duly honoured , lowardjthe middle of Jast October , by representing themselves as agents to large houses , they obtained , partly through personal credit , and partly by bills on London , a quantity of property , consisting of choice jewellery and other valuable articles , to an immense
amount , together with a qunntitv of bard cash and notes , liio whole proceeds ofthe fraud have been d ?™ i l " e _ n befo" 5 the proper tribunal to amount to in'imi " ' to wl"ch there is still to be added lOU yoo florins , supposed to be due to various tradesmen who have not as yet made any declaration of tiieir Josses The goods procured in this way during the latter portion of their practice principally consisted ot wine , Eau de Cologne , &o . Kin ? set out tor 1 am on the evening of the 18 th of October , under the pretence of meeting his wife , and on the morning of the 10 th Keale took his departure for Wisbaden , where they had both stayed for a long time , apparently with a view of winding up their ; iffiiirs . Their late bills on London having been returned protested , no remittances liarim ? been made
to cover the amount , it was considered that they had acted the part of fraudulent bankrupts , and the criminal jurisdiction of J&Yankfort issued warrants for their apprehension asfollows : — " Under the treaty of reciprocity , we request all the authorities of the various nations to render us auch assistance as it is in their power for the earliest apprehension of the two persons hereafter described , with all the property in their possession , consisting of jewellery , merchandise , apparel , and money . To such persons as will give iufownation leading to the apprehension of these parties , and the recovery of the goods , a reward of 25 , 0001 ' . will be given , together witk whatever expenses may have been incurred . Should only a part of the property be recovered , the reward will be proportionate , hut
at the same time it will uot be less than S . OOOf . It will , perhaps , assist in leading to the apprehension of the parties to state , that a woman , who passed ns King ' s wife , was confined some weeks since at Paris , and of whose person a sketch has been issued with this notice . Some of the jewellery has a ' so been lithographed , and copies issued . To judj . © by the lithograph , the woman appears to be about thirtyfive years of age , with masculine featuns , high check bones , animated expression of countenance , and with the intellectual part of the Lead not forming full one-third of the whole . Her person is large , and her appearance sty ! ish . Neale had a passport belonging to JncQues Halm , of Frankfort * dated August 18 th , No . l . COG , and one available for a six months' nleasure tour throush Bavaria . Austria .
Italy , and Switzerland . Mr . Ilahn is a banker of Frankfort , and in age , person , and complexion , not unlike Nealc , who is described as follows : —Between 26 and 30 years of age , five feet five inches high ( Uhcnish measure ) , hair deep black and curled , eyebrows very black , eyes small , dark , deep , and swimming , pug-nose , mouth middle size , lips full , with handsome white teeth , beard and whiskers black and bushy , covering the chin , complexion fresh and generally warm , lie speaks with a thick and rather heavy tongue . Keale represents himself as having been born at sea , as having travelled through various parts of the world , aud long established in business at Calcutta . Both he and King were on habits
of intimacy with the family ot a person named Walton , an English Jew , who represents himself as having lately arrived from Canton . King , who is between 50 and CO years of age , measures five feet llhetiish , wears a round grey short wig , liis forehead is low and flat , eyebrows bnshy and greyish , eyes small and supposed to be greyish , nose sharp , mouth common , teeth small ar . d well-formed , no b-.-m-d , face and chin round , complexion tawny . He is particularly remarkable for a short neck , fleshy flabby hand , and walks with a short quick step . On the inside of hi 3 wig there is a pink circular label with the name of the maker , G . Evandro Hayden John , coiffeur Frankfurt a M . He nevertheless wears his own hair underneath . Neale has been in the habit
of daily dyeing his hair , whiskers , and moustacluos , with a black colouring mixture . The signatures of the parties , fac-similes of wiiich have been issued , are widely different . King ' s is a bold hand , whilst JYenle ' s is cramped , narrow , and timid . Fac-similes of sonic bracelets , which form part of tho plunder , together with a drawing of Nealc ' s favourite breast-pin , have been forwarded to the various police stations . It is to be observed that Neale had a passport from the British Consul at Frankfort , dated May 18 th , 1 S 4-5 , and countersigned for Paris on the 18 th of October . As tlie jewellery was regularly forwarded by post in paid parcels , that fact may assist in leading to tlie discovery of the delinquents . " * Ss .
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Suspected Murder . —On Tuesday morning the town of Mcrthyr was thrown into considerable alarm by the news of there having occurred , on the previous night , and that movnin ? , three separate deatiis from drowning . One of them appears to have been connected with circumstances that require explanation . Ann Meyrick , aged 23 , the wife of _ John Meyrick , living at llhydyear , a small village in the vicinity ol McrthjT , was , " on Tuesday morning , drawn out ofthe Cardiff and Merthyr canal , within a short distanse of her own house , quite dead . On being taken to the house , the body bled profusely , and the blood was found to issue from two frishtful gashes in the lower part of her abdomen . The bank of the canal was literally covered with blood , from the place whence she was taken out to the archway over tho canal—a distance of forty yards . She was last seen
in the company of her husrband , with whom she left the Ileathcock tavern about one o ' clock on Tuesday morning , both of them very much intoxicated . He was seen coming home alone , and though inebriated , was not so far gone as not to be able to go and place some hay for the cow to eat . In the morning he was found asleep , his head resting on the table , as he had evidently not been to bed . When he heard of his wife having been drawn from the canal , he began to cry ; but to the spectators it evidently appeared more feigned than real . He accounts for his not having noticed her absence , by stating that she frequently slept at her father ' s house ; and states that on his way home in the early part of the morning-he had turned on one side to obey a call of nature , while sho went on , and that he had never seen lier since . A coroner ' s inquest was postponed to Thursday , with what result we will hereafter relate . —Cambrian .
Fatal Railway Accident . —An accident of a very frightful character occurred on Friday evening hist on the works of the Shrewsbury , Oswcstry , ami Chester Junction Railway , between Cresford and Wrexliam , by the overturning of a train down a steep embankment , by which one man was killed on the spot , and several others were seriously injured . The workmen and stone-masons employed on the works at Gresford , it appears , were in the practice , on leaving their work in the evening , of getting into the earth waggons , and being propelled up the line to Wrexham . On the evening in question about forty of them had taken their scats in the trucks , and were proceeding at a rapid rate , when on arriving opposite the race course , near "VVrexhnin , the fireman ' s waggon got off the line , and r , an down the
embankment , dragging with it the remainder . One man , Peter Edwards , was found among the lower trucks , frightfully mutilated and quite dead . Another labourer was discovered with his left leg severed completely . A third poor creature had his left leg broken in three places , while seven or eight others were more or less injured . As soon as possible the sufferers were placed iu a truck and conveyed on to Wrexham , where they were received into the Hope public-house , and met with every medical and other assistance . On Saturday an inquest was held at tlie above on tlie body of . 1 \ Edwards , which occupied a considerable time , in the course of which it was shown that the accident arose by the rails sinking into the earth below the level of the road , the mils not being properly laid on the sleepers . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death , " with a
deodand of £ 5 on the carriage . Skkious Accihexi at Np-BUitv . —As Mr . \\ m . Somerset , Marlborough , Wilts , a large grazier , farmer , and dealer , was going to the cattlo show , liehl here on Friday , driving a spirited horse in his gig down the hill approaching SpeeuuamlanO , there meeting a carnage , Mr . Somerset ' s horse touMvight , running furiously into the twn of Newbury , tiashing with frightful sper . il until he ran the wheels of the chaise against a lfiinp-post , throwing out Mv . Somerset . Upon hi 3 ' oeing taken up anil conveyed to a surgeon ' s ( one happening to be near ) , it was discovered the fall '/ uul caused a fearful wound on liis head and other w -rt 8 of his body . He was taken up quite insensible , wjth but Httle ' hopts of his recovery , and is still iv Jin . i 2 ninrr - in a very precarious state . The chaise v / as dashed to \ i \ ewi , and the horse also much hurt ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 13, 1845, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1345/page/7/
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