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- " ~ CAPE OF GOOD HOPE , tp ghave received advices from thh colony up to the 12 * J ° ne The a ^ ra resumed their delations on the frontier tanners , and it was imfjsible for isolated families within twenty miles of jjj ^ border to feel otherwise than insecure . At no S einer period had the prospects of the Eastern districts been more gloomy , as recent experience had Moved the inconceivable difficulty of protecting agrirtjltura' property against marauders armed with -, 03 and mounted oa horses . Gans were becoming £ j ., re and more the choice weapons of the natives . < fhe Kafirs in their persons are strons and active ; jn their tempers daring and resolute . With the weapon that enabled the civilised nations to overpower the savage and barbarian they are rapidly acquiring skill ' FRANCE .
Ssrossi ins , Terrorist . —The Counter de Mar-5 n 7 /« publishes the following letter , dated Nice , 26 th o lt .: — 'We have just assisted at the obsequies of one of the last members of the French National Conv-ention . M . Sergent-Marceau died yesterday in the <* 3 th year of his age . lie departed this life without pain , and preserved until the last moment the fall use of all his faculties . He called for and received the la * t sacraments of the Catnolic Church and dictated himself a Tolnmmous will , in which he disposed of his furniture ( of small value ) , and the few works of art teat constituted his whole wealth . His heir is a Frenchman , whom he adopted , and wto is now
3 naturalised Austrian . Ilia body was deposited in the same tomb with the remains of his wife , sister io the celebrated General Marceau , and for whose memory he exhibited to the last moment the mest affectionate devotion . In the same tomb is enclo « e < an urn , containing the ashes of General Marceau so that the fervent wish of those three friends to be united after death has been fulfilled . At the moment when a number of Frenchmen residing at Nice were about to quit the cemeterr , M . Carnot , one of the deputies for Paris , and son of the celebrated General of that name , pronouaced a few affecting words respecting his private life , and afterwards referred
to various circumstances of ha political career . M Sergent had figured actively among the party of the Mountain . ' He commanded the armed citizens of the Faubourg St Antoine on the 20 ih of June , and at the massacre of the Swiss Guards oa the loth of August He voted for the death of Louis XVI ., 'without appeal to the people or delay in the execution . ' He never repented that vote , and he was often heard to repeat that if it were to be done over asain . he should not hesitate . lie wa 3 secretary of Sobe : pierre . M . de Chateangiron CcnEulgeneral of Franca , assisted at the funeral of M . Sergent-Mar-* eao . M . de Cuateaugiron had been in his youth aide-de-camp of General Marceau , and was indebted to M . Sergent for his life , daring the reign ot terror .
Senaas disturbances have occurred at Lisieux , the pr etended c ause of which is the high price of grain . Ihe interference of the local authorities , aid-d bv the police , became necessary , and oa the 2 nd , fortysis persons had been arrested . M . Taja council and secretary-general of the prefecture of the department of the Haute Loire has resigned his situation , because , as he says in a letter to the prefect : •« Shameless nepotism , corruption venality , rapine , are everywhere ; the public fortune is abandoned to shameless waste , and the consideration and honour of the country are degraded in the most deplorable manner . ' M . Tnja adds , that a "pure air is necessary to him , and he cannot live in an infected atmosphere . "
The Chamber of peers voted on Thursday the ex traordinary credits required for Algeriabya ' majoritv of ninety-eight to thirteen , when Marshal Soult M " Moline Saint Ton , former Minister of W ar M * . Vauchd ' cformer director of Ci 7 il Affaire in Algeria , and other fanctioKaries of an elevated rank , ° were accused of peculation in granting leases of mines in Algeria . These charges were embodied in a pamphlet published by M . Warnery , aperson styling himself a delegate from the inhabitants of Bona , of which copies were furnished to the members ef the Chamber of Peers . The demand for inquirv was * burked * by voting ' the order of the dav . *
A circular has teen addressed by the « C entral Committee of the Electors of the Opposition in the Department of the Seine' to the Liberal electors in the provinces , in which the central committee ur"es upon their brother electors the propriety and usefulness of getting up reform banquets , similar to the one that took place a few weeks ago at the Chateau Rouge in Parm . The circular also Kcommendsihat petitions should begot up in favour of electoral and parliamentary reform . This circularhas cailed forth a most extraordinary ebullition of wrathon the part ef the Journal des Debate , that paper stisraatisin * the central committee asa revival of the Jacobin Club iHe lormal adjournment of the Legislative Chambers took place on Monday . We give , in another column , a sarcastic notice from the National , on this last scene of the session . SPAIN .
The Carlist Insurrection is making pro ^ e- * Tl-e Queen ' s troops are beginning to desert to the' rebels ' A letter dated fct inst , from Perthus . announces that a whole company with its officers , of a lMit in . antry regiment , had gone over to swell the ranks of the insurgents . Another horrible act of crnelty had been added to the blood-stained annals of the civil war in Cata ' onia Untheevening of the 30 th a fire of musketry was heard from the town of Manresa . eleven leagues from Barcelona , and on tue morrow the authorities of the former town discovered with consternation that a fn £ htfu lmas 5 acreliadbeencommittedbythefaccio 3 os in the vicinity—fifteen corpses , two of them headless
and the remainder mangled with bayonet stabs and pierced with bullets , lay upon the hi gh road ; they were recosnised ss the remains of the unfortunate soldiers of the T 3 nion regiment , who irith Lieutenant Para were made prisoners on the 2 Gth ult .. at t . lacuna , by the Montemolinist chief , Caletni 3 . "General Pavia and his lieutenants have shown no " mere ? to those facsiosos who fell into their hands ; tier l : arc evea shot boys of fourteen and fifteen for being ' found is company with the insurgents , and the above ftre-Cioua act may b » regarded as a savage act of r ^ iallaiioaon the part of the Carlists ; and as long as this terrible struggle continues we may expect to hear of sanguinary reprisals on bath sides .
Later intelligencestates that General Pavia has retaliated upon the Carlists , for putting to death some of his soldiers whom ihey had taken prisoners , bv putting to death the same number of Garlist troops " besides l * o of their leaders , who had fallen into his hatds . Such atrocities on both siJe 3 are on ! v to be found in Spain . Great apprehensions were entertained of a Carlist rising in Navarre .
PORTUGAL . LORD PAIMERSTOS ' s POLICT . Xot a sisgle one of the causes which have led to the late outbreak ef the people have been removed or even mitigated . The same disposition on the part of the Queen and her government to trespass on the liberties of her subjects still exists , the same incapacity , narrow illiberality and want of good faith . On ins other people band the people are now ir . ore exasperated . Under the coverof an apparent tranquillity , popular discontent is spreading wider and deeper . To the hardships of oppression is added the disgrace of bring trampled on by forei gn foes . Portugal i » , ia short , butfa sleeping volcano at . t .
prcser It is said that the Democrats are undoubtedly pre- ] oared to riae again on the withdrawal of th <* a ' liea and that they have 50 . 000 stands of arnw seorcted in ditterent part 3 of the kingdom . The Queen ' s cause is utterly destitute of strength , in consequence of there being scarcely a sou in the treasury . Tue Algarve battalion had shown their zeal for the Queen ' s service and their anxiety to promote union among the Portuguese by committing various assaults and killing three people immediately on their arrival at Faro . Some of the exasperated people ot that town took np anm and shot in return some of the obnoxious corps .
Serious disturbances also occurred in Ruiv » . % when tfca authorities appointed by the QueeB ' s government arrived there to take possession . The populace were incited to take ap arms to prevent the installation ; the sew magistrates had to fly for safety to a chu ; «' j ; they were rescued from the fury of the people by a detachment of triopa from a neighbouring district . 'lV 3 e soldiers dispersed the riotera by killing and wording some of them . A Spanish detachment lilfiequently marched from Braga to Ruiva » to keep tie peace .
br Michael ' s , Jclt Sw . —A few days since a sfjU 2-: dron , composed of the Amazon corvette , Sidon , and ; wyser steamers , the French brig Cygne , and a Spanish frigate , arrived here on a mission to biim the iBland back to the Queen ' s authority . The parties favourable to the Junta in this place have given in ; tt the same time , however , strongly protestmsagainst the forei gn interference . It isfceiieved »/ erary one here and at Lis bon that as soon as Sir W . Parker leaves the Tagus with his squadron , and the Spanish troops are withdrawn to the frontier , outbreaks will again occur . The Queen is becoming daily more sad mere unpopular , as well as her ministers , who are about to make another forced tax on the country , in order to pay the troops , who arc aow tour month * in arrear of pay , and this will cause a stronger feeJing than eTer against them . SWITZERLAND .
The excitement produced bj the resolutions of the \ Eiet , the menaced resistance of the separatist tan- i tois . and the movements ot ioreigQ powers and tbtir ¦ diplomatic agents , is universal and intense throughout the cantons , and productive of manifestatiocs oa tee part of the people , which , taken in connection ^ ith the measures of LuC * ne , and the o : for lesser CMtons , give just grounds of apprehension to all who desire the tranquillity of theconfedwaey . A vast eiub ramifying through all the cantons \ h formed , havms iwal committees in all the principal places . The professed objects of this Swiss Popular Association , ' are fertile present to aid in enforcing the execution of tae decree of the Diet to dissolve the Sunderbund , and to ma every legal mwns to effect the ex ? u : si « n of
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the Jesuits from the territory < of Switzerland and ultimately to bring about a reform of the federal pact , such as will bring it into more complete harmony with the social progress and enliehtenrnpnf of the age . This body avows its purpos ! of ? orkmg out ite ends by legal and peaceable means onlv and chiefly by persuasion and the diffusion of inf , mation . It has a governing committee , or sort of executive body , established at Berne , bv whiXrt efforts of all its branches are centtdiwd « 5 r dered effectual ; Popular meetWs 7 L / en r thousandsofpersons ^^ texts , sueh as the practice of the cartLe ? S 2 flE " sin-mp , &c ., are held from week tn wpp ? c i S ' p&t- sHl&s SHpijBsrrtaKS XswitTPrfe"P £ ainonc combustibles , and set au Switzerland in a flame . The club of sWiss car-26 th ult . to the Diet , to thank that body for its de-SSff T'ffVt Su H derl > und , and to exhort it not to allow itself to be intimidated by the menaces of foreign diplomatists . This address wns presented by President Ochsenbein to the Diet on the 20 th . U Loumer Svkte says that in consequence of the late resolution of the diet , twenty-eight federal ameers , ot whom seven are colonels , haTe been called on to renounce the service of the Sunderbund , or to be dismissed the federal service . Their answer must be remitted before the 10 th instant , otherwise they will be forthwith cashiered . On the 2 nd instant the Jft ^ s ?* % *• ., **>« of s » iha ) ma . » j
executive government made communications to the diet of intelligence which had officially reached it , by which it appears that preparations for war are in active progress throughout the canton of the Valais . The landsturm is fullv organised , and the auxiliary troops intended for the canton of Fribourg have received the plan of their march . Another body is to be cantoned in the Lower Valais , with a view to an irruption in the adjacent canton of Vaud . Staffofficers are engaged in making surveys and
reconnoissancea in the territory of Lucerncon the Bernese frontier , where entrenchments are to be immediately thrown up . Fortifications are ia progress of con * , struction at the pass of the Brunig , where several hundred men are constantly employed . The Swabian Mercury has the following from Vienna , dated the 2 nd : — ' We learn that 12 battalions wiH soon march towards the frontiers of Ital y and Switzerland . The government is resolved that the Radicals in those countries shall be under no mistake as to its intentions '
We learn by letters irom Berne , of the 6 th inst ., that the committee on the hostile proceedings ot the separatist cantons presented ite report to the Diet on that day . The report , after giving the details of the measures brought before the committee , recommends that the Cantons of the Sunderbund be immediately required to suspend themeasures which they are taking , and that the authorities of Tessino shall be anthorised to retain the munitions of war which they stopped in their progress to the insurgent cantons .
ITALY . Letters from Rome of the 28 th ult ., mention that the Austrian Cabinet had addressed a note to the Pontifical government , in which it declared that in the event of any disturbances in the dominions of the church remaining unrepressed , or crimes beins unpunished , Austrii would consider the Pope incapable of maintaining order in his states , and feel it her duty to interfere . General Radetsky , commanuerin-chief of the Austrian army in Lombardy , had been empowered to act according to circumstances . It was reported that Cardinal Ferretti had , in consequence of that notification , ordered the Swiss regiments , and all the troops disposable , to inarch towards the northern frontier .
Letters from Rome of the 1 st state that public confidence was restored , and that the people had completely recovered from the excitement occasioned by the discovery of the conspiracy of the retrograde party . The service of the National Guard was admirably performed . Strangers were surprised at the progress made by the armed citizens in military manoeuvres , which can only be accounted for by the patriotic zeal which animates them . The people , notwithstanding the assertion of Father Roothan to the contrary , persist in regarding the Jesuits as hostile to the liberal system inaugurated by Pius IX ., and the Holy Father himself appears to concur in that opinion . On the 31 st ult ., the day of the festivity of St Ignatius , the Pope was to have
assisted , according to usage at a ceremony celebrated in the church of their convent . To the great annoyance of the lev . fathers , and the satisfaction of the people , the Holy Father thought proper to depart fiom the established rule and abstain . The proceedings against the conspirators were conducted with activity . The airest of Colonel Freddi and Captain Alai , and the character and previous conduct of the persona placed under the hands of justice , who all belong to the party of the old regime , afford so many proofs of the gravity of the plot . The number of persons implicatd in the late conspiracy
confined in the castle ofSt Angelo , was about eighty . One of them , the Chevalier ^ Minardi , was safd to have made important disclosures . Colonel Freddi and Captain Alai , captured at Camerata , on the frontier of Kaples , arrived on the 27 th ult . at the castle , in charge of Colonel Captivera and a magistrate named Mam . On the same day M . Morandi , the Governor of Rome , invited all foreign residents to account for the object of their stay in that capital . The Pope had adooted the helmet , instead of the shako , for the National Guard , because it was worn by the old Rowans . The other parts of the uniform also resemble as much as possible tfee
ancient costume . The deputies from the provinces will be convoked in that city on the 5 th of November . The regulations nnder which the national guard will be organised throughout the Papal states were understood to be completed , and would be published in a few days . Letters from Florence say that the recent events at Rome have produced great excitement and alarm among the population of Tuscany , who manifest likely apprehensions of secret machinations of the agents of the retrogaade party , similar to those against which Rome has protected itself by the immediate formation and arming of the national guard , and that a like measure is everywhere loudly called for in the grand-ducal state .
Letttrifrom Rome , of the 1 st inst ., have brought the intelligence of the nomination of the provincial deputies , who are ta meet in that city in November , and to form a representative council . At Ferrara , the anniversary of the execution of tae brothers Bandeirahaa been solemnised in the very beards of the Austrian troops , which have been withdrawn from the city into the fortress .
THE WAR IN THE CAUCASUS . CLOB 19 C 3 VICTORIES OF THE CIRCASSIANS ! 'Letters from the interior of Russia , ' says the Censtilutionnel , — Describe the losses sustained by the Imperial troops in the last engagements with the Caucasians as far more considerable than was admitted by thebulletinspublished at St Petersburg . At the storming of Gergebil the Russians Lad 1 , 700 killed and wounded , 83 of whom were otBcrs . In the retreat , a detachment of the regiment of Colonel Jewdokinoff fell into nn ambuscade of the Lesghians , ia which 5 officers and 140 men were killed Shortly after the evacuation of the country by the Russians , numerous detachments of Tschetschensea and Lesghians appeared on the Koissou and Silak , menacing the Itussia-j lines , and spreading devastation and terror among the tribe 3 allud to Russia . Since these defeats ,
the name of Schamyl is m greater honour than eTer . The whole TscheUchna is in motion , and it appears that Schamvl is medicating a still more important expedition against the Russian positions . Prince Woronzow was making preparations not only to repel ttie enemy , but likewise to resume the siege of Gergebil . No sacrifice wifl be spared to destroy that place and remove the impression produced by die retreat of the Russians on the neutral tribes . In tae meantime , as the cholera is now making great ravages , it will not be possible to undertake any serious movement . Oo the right wing the Ubisches and Tichigetes repeatedly attacked the forts of Gagra and Fitzinka . It was said that the former had surrendered to the assailants . Tte General-in-Chief bad consequently reinforced the right wing . The march of the troops from the interior had been suspended ia consequence of the prevalence of cholera .
; A private letter from Constantinople of the 22 nd ! ult ., mentions that the Circassians had cut ofi ' the ears of a Russian General taken prisoner ai I Gergebil , and sent them as a present to Count i Wcronzow . | The cholera ii raging in the Russian army ; it : hasjearried off General KolaweBki and Colonel Prince Orbelian .
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO . : The arrival of the John R . Skiddy brings intelli-, genes to the effect that a crisis had arrived ; that ¦ either peace would be at once concluded , or that Gen . i Scott would advance en the capital of Mexico . Gen . ¦ . Kearney had addressed a proclamation to the Cali' fornians as governor , from which it would appear : that the resident officers had admitted his title . Com-; modore Perry has been successful in a second attack > on Tabasco .
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Sir Edward Lytton Bulwerhag just placed himself under the care of Dr Edward Johnson , at Che kydro * pathic establishment , Umberslads Patk , near Birmingham . A few days ago , a large meteor , in the form of a "lobe , with a long tram of fire , wa 9 seen near Carlebad . On the same day an rorolite fell at Braunau , after an explosion like that of a cannon . The sorolite had the appearance of a mass of cast iron . The metropolitan parish officials are sending heme all Irish paupers who have become chargeable to the respective parishes . The cost of transmitting them varies from £ 2 to £ 4 per head , i Several successful experiments have been recently | made in Franca on the etherisation of bees , so as to be able to take their honey whilst they are in a state ef inaction , without the necessity of destroying their lives . A testimonial is being got np to Mr Reejbutk by bis ifeahia Bath , " *¦ j
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TMAL OF THE POLISH PRISONERS . The trial of the Poles implicated in the late insurrection commenced at Berlin , on tho 2 nd instant . A solemn service was held in the chapel of the state prison . In cempliance with the new principle of publicity , the public wert ) admitted into the body of the church , and seats' were also reserved in the gallery . Just opposite the entrance door was placed the bureau of the tribunal ; to the left the seat of the register and tie two interpreters ; to the right the scat of the public minister and his two substitutes . The accused were seated on five benches prepared for them , and placed en amphithefitre . as well as in the space generally allotted to witnesses ; the solicitors had taken their seats before two long tables . The tribunal was presided over by M . Koch ;
thsre were seven judges and several assessors . M . Wenizelis the public prosecutor . The greater numl er of the lawyers belong to the city , and the others have been called from the duchy of Posen , on account of thoir knowledge of the Polish tongue . The entrance of tho juSgeB into the court produced a great effect ou the auditory . The proceedings commenced by the reading of the names of the accused . The accused themselves seamed greatly moved : many of them , who met for the first time since a long captivity , embraced each other . Even the accused of a lower class kissed the hands of their mere elevated fellew prisoners . The two interpreters having taken the oath of faithfully fulfilling their duty , the principle act of accusation , drawn up in German , was read , after which the court adjourned .
On the 3 d , at eight o ' clock , the court was again thrown open . Sixty accused wero present , all of them belonging to the Polish nobility and accused of being accomplices of Sliroslawski . The President called the name of Louis Miroslawski , upon ? whichthe latter rose , his counsel , Dr Meyer , stood beside him . The act of accusntion against Miroslawski was then read to him in tlK Polish tongue , and afterwards in German . Miroslawski is 83 years of age ; and was born in 1814 , fit Nemours , in France . His father was lieutenant-colonel in the Polish army , and aide-de-camp of Mursh » l Davoust . At the age of seven he entered the corps of the cadets of Kalisch . In 1 S 30 he was named standard-bearer of the 5 th regiment of his line , at that time in Warsaw , and took part in the revolution , uhen he was promoted to the rank of
lieutenant in a cavalry regiment . He subsequently came to Paris , where ha was received as a Polish refugee . There he was obliged to give himself up to literary pursuits ia order to obtain a livelihood . In 1812 he became a member of the central committee of IVisli movement in Paris , and iu 1815 he received orders to go to Posen in ordrr to examine the state of preparations for the insurrection . He arrived at Posen in March , 1845 , and after a conference with Helumann , Dr Liebels , and de Wolniewitz , he wrote to the central junta in Paris to inform it that it was vain to contemplate an insurrectional movement in 1815 , but that it should take place in 1846 . He returned to Paris in November , 1845 . Held , mann , however , requested his immediate return to Posen , giving as a reason that the filial associations were desirous that thu movement should take placo immediately , and a chief was wanting . Miroflanski accordingly left
Paris , and reached Posen on Christmas eve , with the roost extended powers from the authorities in Paris . He svent to reside at the house of the director of the establishment at Jaiokowski ; conferred jvhh the chief of the aristocratic party , and gathered strategic and statistical inforraation towards furthering the insurrection . At the same timehe 8 entto Paris , byDr Lu-b .-Is , for 1 , 500 thalcrs to equip officers . He then named Dr Liebels governor of the province of Posen , and went to Cracow on the 8 th of Janaary , 1846 . There he attended the conferences of the chiefs of the insurrection , Lessowski , Caeehowski , and Kisowski , and the geniral insurrection was fixed to take place on the 1 st of February . On the 28 th of Jan ., 1 S 46 , he returned to Posen , and organised the authorities of the new kingdom of Poland . In the midst of these preparations , however , he was arrested on the 12 th of February , having been betrayed . In his house were found papers , maps , and plans concerning the
iusurrection . During the reading of the act of accusation tbe accused remained perfectly calm , ami not understanding the German language , the questions put to him by the president were translated by an interpMrr . The interpreter having announced that the accused acknowledged the act of accusation to be correct in the main points , the prisoner then demanded permission to pkm < l his cause in French . This was refused by the president , who said he must speak either in Polish or German . Hereupon his counsel stated that the accused being a Frenchman by birth , he had the right to defend himself in tho language of that country . The President : This canaot be accorded .
The accused then presented a manuscript as his defence . This was objected to on the ground that in oral proceedings a written defence could not be admitted . The president , however , said that the mauuscript would be received provided the pleading took place iu the German or Polish tongue . The accused then rose and spoke in the Polish language , with all the energy and vivacity natural to his countrymen , first in a powerful and energetic tone , and then in oue which gave tokens of the deepest emotion . The Commissary : Although I do not understand the P"lish language , it strikes me that the accused has said a great many things that do not appertain to the question ; that his intention is to influence the feelings of the public and hie fellow accused . I therefore propose that the essential points of his speech be alone translated , and that the court decide whether lie shall be allowed to continue .
The President : Has the accused examined the general bearing of the accusation ? The Interpretsr replied that he had defended the revolution on much higher grounds . The bench hereupon held a short consultation , and decided that the proceedings were perfectly justified as yet , M . Martins , an advocate , rose , and in the name of all the accused demanded that , M . Alircslanski should bo allowed to repeat his speech , and that the iaterpreters should translate it . He said that the proceedings were null owing to the interruptions that had taken p ' ace , and that it was requisite to know what the accused had said ( loud cries of * bravo' from the vublic ] . One of the interpreters was culled upon to state what had been said , which he did in general terms .
The advocate Firbach then rose for the prisoners , and protested against the whole proceedings , on the ground that mangled statements were invalid [ loud applause in court ] . The President called for silence , anil declared that in the interrogatory each word should be faithfully interpreted . With this the prisoners' counsel were satisfied , and the proceedings continued , being confined chiefly to questions on the prisoners' connection with the democratic society .
The proceedings of the Snl closed at a quarter past three in the afternoon . Amongst other statements M . lliroslawski declared that the conspiracy was directed against Russia , and that no projects were entertained relative to the duchy of Posen ; that he was to have been the leader for the first rising in the duchy , so as to guide the troops from there into the kingdom of Poland . The documents skzi-d in M . Xiroslawski ' s apartment were placed before him , most of them he acknowledged to be his . He declared the report of a projected ' Sicilian Vespers' to be s pure fabrication , and that a sham attack was projected on Poseii , to put the troops on the wrong scent . The Court then broke up .
On the 4 th the Court opened at 8 o ' clock , and the examination of WJadislau 3 Eu ? ebius Ko 3 inslti commenced . The accused was born in 1 S 14 , at Toigowa-Gorka , is a Catholic , studied at different German universities , and entered a . dragoon regiment in 1831 . The examination of this prisoner was chitily confined to questions on papers siezed in bis rooms . Kosinski de . dared many of the accusations to be false . lie denied having made declarations against Elaanowski . The latter was then called , but pleaded his ignorance of the German language . This led to a discussion , and it was finally agreed that he should speak through the
medium of an interpreter . He said that he was in connection with Knsinski on pecuniary business , but dented baving spoken with him about the revolution . Kosinski admitted that Miroilawski had offered him the command of the insurgents ia West-Prussia , which he had refused , but offered to take a less important port , if Prussia remained neuter in the struggle . Some other witnesses were called , but not one of them would listen to questions put in the German language . A letter written in French was produced , which being translated , waB to the intent to prevent tho accused from in . criminating each other at the trial , saying it was more honest to conceal the truth in their own interest than to
make declarations in the interests of their opponents . This letter was found in the prison at Sonnenburg , in the prisoner ' s own handwriting . This day ' s proceedings terminated at two o ' clock . An incident took place during the examination which excited to a high degree the interest of the public in the galleries . The government commissary having addressed a question to tl » prisoner , the advocate of the latter rose , and demanded of the president if the commissary bad the right to cross . question thu prisoners % The pre . sident replied in the affirmative . This advocate ( M . Crelinger ) said that according to paragraph 75 of the law of 17 th July , of the precedicg year , the commissary had no right to ' do so . This tfee oreRident would not agree to . A pause of half an hour ensued ; after which the advocate Lisiecki rope , and in the name of his fellowadvocates declared that tho commissary had ao right to cross-qaestion the prisoners , Midttojt if he persisted » n doing so , they should instruct their c ' . ieots not to rtply
to his question * . . On the 5 th the sitting wag taken "up with Ihe interrogation of Bronislaus Dabrowski- The hearing of this case closed the first part of th& criminal proceedings The counsel for the prosecution then rose and spoke in support of the accusation . After drawing a rapid sketch of the interrogatories of tbe accused . Miroslawskl . Ko-« ln « ki , and Bronislaus Dabrowski . he spoke to the followins effect : — ' I hava qualified the facts adduced as high treason , and I maintain the accusation . The law says that any attempMttving for its object the overthrow o theconttltuttaflof the state , or being directed against the life or liberty of the prince is high treason . « M evident that the present case may be so defined , ine object of fee attempt was the re-egtablishraent of {••»«« within . y nu units wnicu it possessed in 1772 . K » trae » Mirosl ' awakl has pr » tend « d that the plan was directed agaif irt Russia , that U had a political and a military object , but aiat ger , tl « nsm ia s ° doin 5 only re 8 ts
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cise upon deductions , not faets . It will be the part of the counsel of the accused to prove that the plan was not directed against Prussia . The accused were to use yioent means for separatiog the Duchy of Posen from hwl Asre " arded the nationality of Miroslawski , »™» r . t ? a Frencl" » an does not render him tbe legs Znff '" theI W 8 of the country against which he „ « ° n ? J ?• ' , Tbe P ^ lshmcnt for high treason is thus Awmtod inthe 93 rd article of the Prussian code :-tSTT \ F " ofhil { h trt ' ason nil 1 b " condemned rtoodW It most '"• 'demeans . ' Itis t 0 be under . obeeipw * at A n ° . ? eCial mean 8 Of Cau 8 in S death " * ef hhrh 7 rZ t ^ Cl ° bears ' that a 11 pwsonsgullty we las £ ? r' 5 ' ' ° DOt onl 5 M thc 5 r ri 5 hts a » bearthenenr J ; an < lchilttl > l 3 ' buttheir chiUr "' t J CrinU ! 8 - " the Rtate thinkS Pr ° - ? hem into ' exile in P T tUal im P ™ « ' •«* TheTcourt ? order t 0 avoid fllture dnngers . Srowl- j 0 Urned aftef haa » n S the counsel for
thSinl P ;? ceedin e » began at eight o ' clock with rienTn ?!? „ ' « diSthe 80 nof General Dabrowski , o person ot high official rank and noble lineaee After studymg at the Universities of Leipzic anff&rlta ne riTinm 2 a nT 5 d 8 r nt in 1835 = AvSS £ rwo in lHii , he retired from tho army , and withdraw tn Hi * own domains in the Grand Dtiehy of Po en ti e accusation is based on the following factajlfh t SS ? r « ' r 7 " r ° f the f ° UnderS Of the Polish J'" * ey Club ( a political society ) , und took a leading p , rt in all its opwattons ; that he was informed of every step of the ness to MieroslawMa to do all that was in his power to . tTnt in IR ^ mv " ° th ° indc P en < Jence of Poland ; tiatm 1816 a secret council was held in the how of Hie teaclur LiecuiewM , at which the accused , W Dswonkowski Th . MaBdzmSki , and MUrosUwskl . wen present ; that , n that meeting tliejJaua for the In . urrec tum decided
wero upon , and he , Dabro wW , appointed chief of the insurgents on the right bank of . the Vistula . Thathe accepted that post , and started on " the 9 th of February , 1816 , withDsironkowsklfoi ' Kuflow a eountrv place belonging to his wiff , near Warsaw , so as to be near the spot of his operations . That he travelled through different parts of Poland , and had secret conferences with the different leaders of th « insurrection especially with Pantdeon Poctocki .. That he , with the assistance of Uiccki , examined the works of the fortress of Demblin , which was to be stormed . That he then concerted the attack on Siedlce on the night of the 2 lst February , which he entrusted to Potocki , who lost his life in that affair . That all his plans were ripe , when he received a letter from his wife informing him that all wii ? discovered , and that Russian troopB were advancing by forced marches towards the frontier , upon which he crossed the frontier and surrendered himself prisoner to the authorities at HswsboVjj ,
Dabrowski . inhisdefunea , acknowledged that he was a member of the jockey club ; that ho was aware of the existence of a democratic society ; that he had intervii-tvs with llieroslawski on the political » ff . iirs of Poland in general in 1845 , but that he was not then called upon to take any part in apolitical movement . It was only in 1816 that he knew Mieroslawski by his real name , as he had been introduced to him under that of Kowalski . It waB theu onl y that Mieroslawski revealed to him the projected insurrection , and requested hi » cooperation , to which he assented . His interviews with Miecki and Potocki were truljr stated in the act of acc usation . He deniod having given instructions to Potocki to make the attack on Siedlce ; but had eHdeavoured to dissuade him from it . tiia projected attack on Demblia was delayed for want of men , and on the recuipt of his wife's letter ha perceived that all chance of success was over . He denied that an insurrection was projected in Posen , and said that Poland was to be the sceno of action ,
The Government Commissary , Councillor wentzel , then rose ^ aBd in an adJrtss which lasted more than two hours in delivery , supported the accusation for the Crown against the prisonerg Mieroslawski , liosinsky , and Dabrowski . The counsel for MicrnslawsKi , Dr Meier repelled the accusation of high treason brought against his client , which called for a reply from tbe commissary . ThePresidentthen told Mieroslawski that if he had anything to add in his defence , he was at liberty to ad . llriss the court is French .
Mieroslawski spoke above an hour , entering into de . tails connected with the late political movement , and wa 3 at length interrupted by the President , whereupon the court adjourned for the day .
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CLOSE OF THE FRENCH SESSION . The National sarcastically describes the closing of tlie session of the Chamber of Deputies on Monday last , as follows : — A very few dfputies figured at the last sitting , which was embellished as usual by the embroidered coat and the red riband of MM . Guizot and Sulvandy . The first of those Ministers read the ordinance , and M . Dugnlie shoutid ' God save the King . ' This victorious cry , uttsredfrom that notte . breast , found two or three feeble echoes , after ' which M . Bigon declared that by the terras of the Charter , the Chamber should separate hnmedtn . tely . M . Dugalie repeated his exclamation , ' God save the King , ' and all was said . To our next meeting , therefore , satisfied majority . Carry into jour departments tho civic crowns with which the Ministers have adorned your brows . Tho population of Paris accompanies you
with its homage . Tell your constituents to wtiat a de . gree of glory , of purity , of force , and of honour , you have raised the King's Government . Recount to them those brilliant sittings , when your indignant virtue corered the deformed nudity of the grand policy . For . get not with what an accent M . Duchatel maintained that he was a stranger to the 100 , 0001 ' . demanded and paid for a theatrical privilege . Forget not the contradictions exchanged during those sittisga whichresembledacourt of a 3 size , and those accusations of having sold , or suffered others to sell , Parliamentary Bills—of having offered a peerage on disgraceful conditions—and the let . teis of General Cubieres . read at the tribune , and M . Dumon , thu Minister of Finance , declaring iu the face of tbe country that the corruption denounced was calumnious , and the former colleague of M . Guizot declaring his innocence with iraperturablo audacitv , until
he was overwhelmed with the most evident proofs , and M . Cunhi Gridaine , senior , of Sedan , convicted of having received 500 definite shares in a railroad—a shameful and infamous action i Forget no page of that memorable history ! . . , And , if your constituents ask you what compensation you bring them for so many scandals , open tbs bock of the budget before them . Count the millions , thon add nearly a milliard of deficiency—a loan of 350 millions— -every reform rejectedall economy declared impossible—public affairs in confusion—the floating debt excessive—treasury bonds puying 5 per cent , interest—the iate ot'discount maintained at the same price by the Bank of France—and then pray of them , if they dare , to measure the depth of tbe filthy pitiuto which the government has fallen , and w here you have engaged yourselves , in order to respond , no doubt to the patriotic wishes of that spleudid electoral body which appointed you deputies .
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THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . The adjourned meeting of tbe above society was held on Sunday evening Just , at the White Hart , Drury-Iatie . IIk . nuy Ros 3 \ vas called to the chair , and took a review of the progress of liberty and universal brotherhood , s \ a evidenced iu the results of the late elections . Wm . Gardner considered that the fact of Julian Hartley opposing the Foreign Minister , Palm . er . ston ,
anil the fact that such spirits as I . O'Connor , W . J . Fox , G . Thompson , Pearson , &c , were returned to I ' ailiaraent , was an earnest that tho people ot this country were progressing in liberty and independence . And if some of those who had been chosen did not come quite up to the mark , the people must urge them on and make better men of them . He was glad to seo that foreigners had begun to understand and appreciate the exertions that the English Chartists bad made in advancing the cause of demucraey .
Carl Snapper said , they had seen , by the late election , the progress tht > t the people of England had made , and which would have its duo influonce on ho minds of the people of the continent . He repudiated the word * Foreigner , ' made use of by the previous speaker , for though the society was composed of m ; n of all countries yet they were all brethren , working men , proletarians having the aame objects to strugglo for , and the same enemies to combat against . Ciias . Keen considered that they had met on one of the most important occasions in this country ' s
history . Since the association had been in existence j they had seen the quarrels of two great nations brought to : v pea etui termination , asd tokens ot friendship pawing from ono to the other , thus practically teaching the great principle of universal brotherhood . The fact that the people of this country had declared for a further advance would have a great effect in pavalyaias the power of . the despotic rulers of the world . Let England once have a free failianientandgoocUby to tyranny throughout tie rvorld .
Julian Hakney . then addivssed the meeting at some length on the interesting proceedings at Tiyeron , and the glorious Chartist victories at Nottingham and other places . He was loudly applauded . Some members were elected , and a vote of thanks was paobcii to tbe chairman . The meeting tho adjomncd iili the first Monday in September .
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At ! he > eetingof the Liverpool Town Council th * income of the corporation for tho present year was stated to ba £ 151 , 000 , and the expenditure £ 122 , 006 . kaTing a surplus of £ 20 . 000 ; and it whs recommended that a mortgage d' £ 2 , 500 should bo obtained on the Sessions-house and Bridewell , and the loan applied to the completion of St George s Hall , there uot being an adequate surplus for that purpese . Informations hate been taken at Dimmanway petty sessions against the Rev . J . Pohemy , P . P ., for flogging one of his congregation into the chapel ou the Sunday previous . Two blooming young ladies wore eaogat out in a gjiower recently , and when tbey got home the raia Bad washed ( be very eoteay out of tbeiv clweks ;
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THE LATE ELECTIONS . " j ( Co » timi « d / rom the Third i age . ) I MrDixon afterwards addressed the assemblage , . and said , —Gentlemen . I came out upon the principle i of Universal Suffrage ; by those principles I have j been this da / triumphantly elected as jour represent : taci y es , and notwith standing what jugglery may take j place ib the shape of a poll , I shall consider myself i *¦ l 0 « " » ' nnd bonajde representative of Vv'igan ; and i Hi . V" ? . T T systera be Prevented from tak' III Zi » T m t , ; . Hou ? e « f Commons , I shall have i the proud consolation of knowing 1 am the wople ' a , reprcBentativo , a ,, honour to which , Ser thSday . neither of my opponents will dare to lay claim ' i Thanks were then eiven tn th « « , «»» : -1 j 7 ,...
—cecdings terminated : -v » i » u « weyni-^ { ppt ' ^ SJA ^ briefly addressed them , and con gratulated thenvujon the triumph which they had achieved . Mr D t £ S returned to Manchester . MrDixon subsequently again visited Wigan , and delivered an address explanatory of the Na ional Land Plan and the benefits to be derived from S Land and Labour Bank . The meeting was held in tho open air , and there could not have been Icsgtlinn from 3 , 000 to 4 , 000 persons present . A " IS con elusion three loud cheers were given to the brave lellows of Nottingham . STOCKPORT . The Election Committee , with the view of aiding the circulation ot Mr West ' s speech on nomination day , have determined that all localities desirous ol obtaining his speech bo requested to write u " Mr i homasWebb , 41 , Chertergate , S took port , and state wlm quantity tbey are wiliinjr to take at trade price , thus allowing profit to any person desirous « , f speculating , or to the society for its own benefit . Mr Webb will forward any number required throu » h the Laml Company ' s delegate , fr . ; e of cost , to any branch represented at the Conference . All communication ^ Z tt ^ JS ^*™** " * n . BANBURY . lasfeffi " bmUted t 0 thC ° andidate at the 1 st . Will you vote for Universal Suffrage 2 2 ml . Will you vote any public money " for Religious 3 rd . Are you prepared to vote for an inquiry as to the best means to bring ahuut a separation of Church and State ? 4 th . Are you prepared to support the principle of direct taxation in opposition to indirect taxation as now existing . 5 th . Afe you prepared to legislature upon the lawB of Primogeniture and Entail ?
ANSWERS . 1 st . Yes : provided the party has been resident in the district in which ho votes for a limited and reasonable period , for purposes of registration . 2 nd , I will not sanction the application of stato money for R .-ligious purposes , 8 rd . I am ready to vote tor an inquiry into the best means of ifftcting an encire separation of Church and State . 4 th . I am prepared to support , on all fitting occasions , Ihe principle of direct as opposed to the existing sjstem of indirect Taxation . 5 th . I have not so far made up my mind on the inlri . cate and extensive eutjects of Primogeniture and th e laws of Entail as to be prepared to vote for their repeal ; but I am quito ready to vote for , and think it desirable that , an inquiry should be made into the operation of these laws . ( Signed , ) Henrt Wiliiam Tawoeed . Comnnttecroom , Banbury , July '' Gth , 1847 SHEFFIELD . The address of Mr Clark , we unhesitatingly say , notwithstanding its beiDg chiefly in reply to the speeches of Messrs Parker and Ward , wa 3 one of the mo 3 t talented and cleverly arranged defences of Chartist opinions that we ever heard . It evidenced at once no mean analytic mental power , and a happy facility in instantaneously moulding the doctrines of the Charter into the form of axioms whereby to test the views which had been advocated by previous speakers . Mr Clark ' s mind is clearly far in advance ot , and above the average of the m : > st distinguished of the politicians with whom lie has allied himself , and we cannot but hope and believe that when its
enthusiasm shall have been somewhat subdued , —as , from those indications of perceptive and reflective power which it possesses , subdued it must be—its outgoings will work a corresponding salutary effect on the no doubt honest and ardent , but nevertheless ill-arranged intellects with which k habitually comes into iriendly collision . Mr Clark ' s mode of iirgun-ent in favour of Universal Suffrage ' u peculiarly ad captandum . Inded , we hesitate not to say that the impvession which tho gentleman lias produced on tliislocality is decidedly favourable ; and while we intend to devote all our energies to swell the majority of Messrs Parker and Ward , we at the same time openly express our wish that the visit of Mr Clark mav arouse the
spirit ot the liberal electors of this boiouih to seek for vote by ballot , triennial parliament ? , and honsehold suffrage—to secure any or all of which wo will cordially go hand in hand with them . —Sheffield Iris . The good feeling , and the just appreciation of his opponents , displayed by Mr Clark , the Chartist candidate , did much to conciliate towards him the t ; ood will of his reflective hearers . A slashing style of personal invective , an attempt to depreoate or ridicule his opponents , might have pained for him some
uproarious applause . But he has secured for himself and bis friends a more permanent advantage . The hustings' shouts would have died away had they been a thousand times more excited than they were ; but the example which has been sot of a working men ' s candidate , maintaining his opinions with ability and firmness , and yet with that courtesy which indicates a sense of self-respect , and of respect for others , is a lesson for the public , from which all chsses will derive advantase , — Sheffield Independent . HALIFAX .
On Monday , August 2 nd , a public meeting of nonelectors was held in the Codney-croft , Halifax , when Mr Robert Sutcliffe was called to tbe chair . Mr George Webber ably and eloquently addiessed tho meeting on the subject of exclusive dealing . Ho conterided'that Sir C . Wood and 11 . Edwards were the opponents of Teetotalism , separation of Church and State , the People ' s Charter , and every measure which had a tendency to benefit and elevate the working classes of this country . Let their motto be , ' No vote , no custom ; ' and they would secure the return of the man of their choice at the next
election ; Mr J . Bswden next addressed the meeting in a masterly manner , and ably refuted the arguments which had been urged by our opponents asainst the illegality of our carrying out exclusive dealinp . lie Baid that some of the millocrats were turning off tho 3 e of their workpeople who had taken any part in support of Mr Jones ; but tho Messrs Crossley , the largest firm in Halifax ( who supported Mr Jones ) , had come to the determination to employ all those who were turned out of work . After a few remarks from Mr B . Rushton , Mr Boivden proposed three cheers for tho Messrs Crossley , which were heartily given . Upwards of 7 . 000 people were present .
Great Female L \! EETixo .- { 0 n Monday evening according to announcement :, a meeting of females was held in tho Odd Fellows' Hall for the purpose of carryinj ; eut exclusive dealing . Mr George Parker was calU-d on to preside . Tbe meeting was well conducted throughout , and eloquent and talented speeches were delivered by Messrs Clisaet , Webber , Bowden , and Rushton . There could not have been less than 2 , 000 females pre .-ent . At the conclusion , " three hearty cheers were given for Messrs Jiinesand Miall ; three for O'Connor ar . dthsmen of Nottingham : three for the exiled patriots , rrost , Williams , and Jones . The nieetinc dispercd highly delighted with the evening ' s proceedings . ¦ TIVERTON . The following is a copy of the document read by Julian IIaunbt at the nomination > after he had been declared elected b y show of hands .
DECLARATION iSD PROTEST . 1 , George Julian Ilarney , of Brompton , Middlesex , and « roat Windmill street , in the citj of Westminster having this day been nominated to represent the borough of Tiverton in the Commons '' House af Parliament , nnd John W . T . Tucker , Esq ., Mayor-,, having given , bis . decicion Mint ' the shov < of hands e ts in favour of John Heathcote , Esq ., and my ?« lf ; imd another candidate , to wit—Lo ? d Viacount Mtnorston—having demanded a poll of fclie electors , I hereby deciara it is not my , intention to proceed further in this , contest at tho present election , for the tallowing reason :- — ' ' l . ' inU under the act of Parliament known a « tbe 'Reform A . ct , ' the great majority of the aAult tnal » inhabitants of tha borough are deprived ol their cobstiiutloiwl right of franc ! : ho at the poking boutiie , contrary to the spirit of t ' e > constitution , sad the aneieat usage ot' this qountry .
'For tho above nsasou , I enter my . solemn protest against the , jsixii ' llefarm Act , ' as at uuionstit' ^ ioaal law . liver *}* , July 30 th , 1317 . * TO JULIAN IIA&NEY , THE PSM ? 1 . 8 ' S M . I ' . Wi T 1 VERT . WU Wo , a large portion of the electors and non-electoracf the boroagh of Tivevtson , b § g leave to return you our grateSul thanks fsc havmg so suoteflsfully br ought before the publb the evil intrigues of government , parfcienlarly as exhibit ^ in the baneful foreign policy of Lo ? d Yisoount Falmev&ton , ol which many of tho ioMbUants of this , town were not previously sufficiently informed . We believe that a
revelation ot thos <* political mysteries will terminate in most- glorious results ; and vse believe , sir , that your visit to Tiventon , though U nwv have startled some , will be proved to have been the precursor to tho establishment of sound political prin . oiples amongst all classes . Though , sir , many of us do not enjoy the privilege of bavin" a voice in the choice of o » r ' representatives , ' we believe the day is not fav distent when tho intelligent people of this country will bo enabled ta scad to the Commons ' House St Parliament those men whose principles are based upon imperishable truth , and whose sole object will be to introduce , awl cavr » out those Radical reforms which will do justice to all , nn j injustice to none . A-nd m the UilyitotanAs of TtYCtUn , !) ? ff
leave to inform you , sir , for your encouragement that you are the man of our present S 2 choice-and we return you-we again re Pea ? i £ Z sincere thanks for haviner unveiled tlie inLu \ £ and corruptions of tho Whig joveinment y £ pledge ourselves , should you ago * » w , \ 0 JJJ yoU our cordial support , and exp t imr influence t * the utmost ot our power in secur- ' o >• r i a scat ia the Commons' House of 1 ' ariianwt T rj conclusion sir , we wish you great success in all T ,, nP p 0 ! iS and personal undertakings ; and mfty the S speedily arnve when in the legislative assembly of the nation , you may be able to devote your talents and energies to the service of your country and the advocac ) of right and justice to all men . ' We . ire , sir , your devoted friends , The Chartist Electors and Nos-ELrcTons of Tivertos . [ Tlie above address was adopted at several assemblages of the people of Tiverton , and we were
authorisd tn use the names of certain persons to whom was given authority to sign the above ; but , apprehending that the said persons might suffer persecution should their names appear , we withhold them . ] An address of thanks to the electors and noneleetors of Tiverton , ' by G . Julias Harney , will Lo found in our first page . Paimersto . v TnnAsiiED . —Adfscipleif the Charter , at Tiverton , has managed to extort from Lord Palmerston the most lengthy and plain-spoken account of his stewardship ever given to the British public . The way it was done was simply this : Mr Chartist opposed my lord the Secretary as a candidate for Tiverton , and thrashed him thoroughly upon foreign policy . His lordship launched out in fullest measure , and m mob oratorical style explained all about Indian mysteries , French intrigues , and Portuguese ? ,, A . treat await 3 those who have yet to got hold of the oration . -Buds Advertiser . <
* CITY OP LIMERICK . Jl-XTRAOKDIN- ARY ScKNK .-At ClrVen o ' clock , OH luesday , a court was held in the City Court-houso to nominate the candidates for tho representation of this city . Martin Ilonan , Esq ., T . C ., then came lorward amidst loud cheers to propose Mr John O'Brien . Rev . Mr Brahan , P . P ,, seconded tbe nomination . Mr Walnutt ( the mayor ) then came forward to proposo Mr John O'Connell amidst loud cheers . Rev . Mr O'Connor , P . P ., seconded the neminatinn , and called on the people to be peaceful and orderly and to bear any gentleman who had any other candidate to proposo . The High-Sheriff then asked it there was any gentleman who wished to propose any othor candidate . Ilev . Mr Kenyon Ireland
( 'Tounp ' s' chaplain ) , then rose amidst terrific storms of groans and yells . A voice- ' He is no elector : he has no right to sp&ak ( greatuproar ) . He has only registered last sessions . ' There was then a legal consultation among the lawyers on the bench , after which the sheriff announced thnt Mr Kenyon had a right to speak . The rev . gentleman then pro * ceetled to address the electors , but wns met by a storm of groans and terible uproar . At length , after the rev . gentlemen who proposed and seconded the other candidates interfered , ami claimed fair play for him—he wa 3 allowed to proceed , though interrupted with shouts at every , sentence . He said he would vote for John O'Brien if he took tlie pledge a Jainat place-hunting . ( Tremendous uproar . ) lie would
never vote for John O'Connell , and for this determination he had two reasons—one was , that he vras a tyrant ; and the other was that he was a slave . ( Tremendous yells . ) He concluded by proposing Mr Richard O'Gorman , jun ., of Dublin . A show of hands was then asked for , and the sheriff declaring they were in favour of Mr O'Brien and Mr O'Connell , Tbe Rev . Mr Kenyon demanded a poll . The asses * sor ot the sheriff then informed Mr Kenyon that he was responsible for a third portion of the expenses of the election . There was then a legal discussion rs to whether he was bound to pay down then , or giva security , or whether it would do before going to the poll . The latter was Bnally decided , and Mr Kenyon said he -would persist in demanding a noilknnwmo
, that the friends of freedom would see him harmless . He would subscribe ten guineas himself . Mr John O' Brien then addressed the meeting and refused to take the pledge against place-hunting . Tho court was then adjourned till next day to make arran ? eracntsfortbe appointment of assessors and the erection of polling booths . After the Rev . Mr Kemoa had left the court , the crowd rushed forward and laid hold of him , but he was immediately rescued from their hands by the police . Several of his reveiond brethren immediately came to his assistance , in whose company , and escorted by the police , heretired to tbe residence of tbe . Rev . Mr Casey , tho crowd following , yelling and groaning with the utmost vehemence .
WATERFORD . Dreadful Rioting . —The following letter appears in the Dublin Evening Post : — YPaterford , August 3 . —Our election , as you are aware , has terminated in the defeat of the two late members . I have witnessed many elections both in this city and country , but nothing ever was witnessed equal to tlie conduct of the mob here on this occasion , led oa by two strange clergymen . The local paper will give you but a meagre notion of their ' gentlemanly' conduct at tho nomination . On the evening of that day the house of Sir Winston Barron ' s proposer was attacked , and every window broken , and although we had a polica force of nearly two hundred , and two troops of dragoons and infantry here , yet no attempt was made to repress the many rio » s that occurred that night . On the polling day , the town was completely at the mercy of the moS , Barron and Wyae's voters were either compelled to re .
main within doors besieged by the mob , or if they had the courage to appear they were instantly pursued , pelted , and violently assaulted ; the resalt , of course , being that large numbers remained unpolled , who sent to the defeated candidates to say they dared not venture to the booths . Many of Barron ' s voters were carried off and shut up in our Town Hall against their will , and forced to the poll by the Repealers , and upwards of two hundred voters were forced to break their promises . A most respectable tradesman , a member of Barron's committee , had his house attacked the day before the polling , and to appease the mob , rather than endanger the life of bis wife , who took to her bed terrified and on ths point of her confinement , he went forward and pollci fur Meagher and O'Gbnnell . During tho whole of Friday , the town was literally in the bands of the mob , to tbe utter ) di « grace of the authorities . An appeal to a committee of the House of Commons cannot fail to be successful . iite .
Ploniar^ , Drniom'sl Ano Jforeftm.
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ELECTION MOVEMENTS MIDDLESEX . The polling commenced on Monday morning at 9 o ' clock . "Though the interest which in lorraer times used to concentrate itself in the town- of Brentford , as the only polling sffttion for tho county of Middlesex , is now divided with eleven oth- ra , it still retains its attractions as the place ] where the opening and concluding scenes of olections are presented , and where the candidates may be expected to make their public appearances . > There was , however , but little of the animation which generally attends an election contest . There wag some bustls . without excitement ; and the moat obvious indication of enthusiasm , if such it could be considered , consisted in a profuse display of favours and Sags . Considerable interest , however , was shown when Baron Lionel do
Rothschild appeared and voted for Lord R . Grosvenor and Mr R . ' Osborne . The polling proceeded languidly , and once or twice nearly . , naif an hour elapsed without a- vote being tendered . On the second day , towards the close of the proceedings , a little stir wa 3 created at Brentford by a vary clumsy attempt at swindling , which was practised oh an honest pubiiran by somo fellow evidently liufe a bungler in his art . Between three and four o ' clock a roan came to the bar of the White Swan , nml presented a cheque for £ 6 , 103 ., drawn on Coutts . and Co . on one of their own cheques , and signed I » ord It . Grosvenor . The acute landlord thought there was something wrong , and called one of Lord Robert ' s aommittee into consultation ; but meanwhile the man vanished and the cheque remained impounded .
On Monday , Major-G « neral Pox ,. Jhe late member for the Tower Hamlets , and who was supplanted by George- Thompson , the Universal Suffrage candidate ,, at the recent election by . an overwhelming majority , went to tbe Hatntnersgrith poll-bcok and recced « d his vote for > Wood , tho Tory , nnd Grosvenor , the Whig . Query v does this in&cate tho course hia brethren of the Whig ministry intend to pur .-ue .
ESSEX ( SOIiTll ) . This haa been one of the most closely contested of th © county elections . The email majority against Sir E . N . BuxSoo on the tost day ' s poll rilled tha Conservative party with dismay , and inspired ths Liberals with , the confident hope of triumph . The Liberals , previous to commencing the contest , never dreamt of sunning the Conservative candidates so hard , the latter having looked on the south division of the county as a thing which was to be theirs ie perpetuity . Accordingly , between the fears of tho Censemtives and tl » hopes of tbe Liberals , the poll opened on Saturday Morning under peculiarly excit * ing circumstances . Early in the day persons who had been bedriddea lor years were carried to the polling-booth . Some wi re so ve ? y ill that their friends weca apprehensive the excitement might be attended with , fatal results . One gentleman was brought to
tbe polling-booth in hia carriage , reclining on a temtorary bed , and wrapped in blankets . It beiw ? deemed uBiafe to attempt to carry him out of hu e » mage , ihe clerks quitted the polling-booth and took his vote in the carriage . At eleven o olock ^ a report being in general circulation tM ^ ' ^ " Boston was then in a majority ot eight , it had the effect of stirring up both P » rtta t « «« ede ** . tioM , which wore continued until the doHi ef the noil at four o ' oleek . About halfpast four , Sir bd' wa d , aceompanied by several of his friends . arrived inC clmsforf , and expressed m private his belief that htSority woJnot bo ten either way , and it would be impossible to say on which side the slight Soritv ^ Sld be . Into state of uncertainty a » ? o the result , Mr Bramston ( who was sure ofhu Section ) and Sir Edward addressed the assemblage . Mr Smjthdidnot make hw appearance , a circumstance v * i 9 bt ! K f ( ie&d 8 . 9 f 5 w Edward my oat *
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