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DrutFtcrioH . — Effiotu , fboh . Czbspoom —A Burner of experiment * were tried on Tueiday morniop , at Hackney , la thepeseacaof several eminent chemists and other persons interested in discoveries cf this nature , byway of testing the powers of a disinfecting Said , recently invented by a Mr EUenran , for the parpose of destroying the noxious vapours and gastes ariiing from drains and cesspool * . The following ga « is are evoked from aaimal a&d vegetable matter in a state of putrefaction and decomposition : —Sulphurotud hydrogen , carbnretted hydrogen , and phospberetted hydrogen . The effect cf Mr Ellerman's duiafceting flaid is to dwtroy the amrnenw , and to «* i te with these gasses in a solid form , in which state they remain in the mats of decaying matter instead of being emitted into the atmosphere . Among the experiments tried , was a tmsil quantity of the fluid poured info atnb full of sight soil , the disagreeable odour of which was er . tremdy pofferfal . Witfetaa few minutes all tin cuaraeteristie smell rf this matter hni entirely Tinwhed ,
leatinc , it •* true , another in its place—that of the agesst by which , the change had bean tffeeted , but which Mr Ellernun stated to be entfcely incoxioui . and ¦ which was Mortis temporary .
: lKQnEST . The Sakttast Qpzstios . —On Monday forenoon be . fore Mr Payne , at the Crowa , * Lambeth-Toad , respecting the death of S . Butler , aged forry-eight , a shoemaker which wat acceltrated from inbaliag impure air , and from wanting the common necessaries of life . The coroner and jury preceded to 1 , Minor . place , King , street , Lambeth . road , to view the body . The room in which it lay presented the appearance of the most extreme pennry , an old table being the sole fornltnr ? , It appeared from the evidence of policeman Himphreys , of the if division , the occupier ofthehonse , and of hU trite , that the deceased had been their lodger about twelre months . He was thooght to be in very distressed drcQioiiances . and frequently recciered food from hii
malady ; btt be would nerer allow any enefo go ints his room . Last Sanday afternoon he had not bees seen far soma days ; his room was forced open , when he was found lying on a mattres , with some ragi under him , in a sta'e of nudity . Ur Hooper , sur » n , promptl j « iw deceased when he was in the last stage of existence . He breathed with difficulty , and was Insensible . Brandy ¦ was administered which revived him for a time . He then sank , and died the sama afternoon . Subsequently upon searching the room £ 17 . Ws . in gold , . « . 3 s . 63 . is sflver , and 6 s 8 d . in copper , wera discovered . Mr Hooper t aid that nothing eonld exceed the frightful state cf tbe room in which deceased lived , and which was filled with the most natueotu effluvium . The hydrogen gag he emitted bad oaarpletely changed the colour of the copper on the table . There was a large basket of ratten apples in the room , in which were thousands of flies , and
there was a quantity of bones on the till of the window , -which had been numerated by the w « t . Jf r Hooper esii he bod no ioxAt bat that deceased ' s death was accelerated frem want of proper sustenance , and from inhaling the noxious atmosphere he was living in . There was also under his window adust heap of the most offensive character . He wished to draw tbe attention of the coroner to that nuisance , ia the hopes of it obtaining publicity , as it existed in apoor and densely populous neighbourhood , in eonseqaence of which fever prevailed to an alarming extent . A jarar observed , while sitting ia bis room afterwards , at elevra o ' clock at night ; he was compelled to burn paper to aTOld the smell . The coroner suggested that a bill of indictment sh « nld * e preferred agaiast the owner of tbe property . Verdict— « That the deceased died from breathing impure air , and not taking the common necessaries of life . ' ?——
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ISnglaift-L 4 K « ARHIEB . Jfiats . —Thb Cotxok Mats . —Oat of the twenty mills in Wigan only one is running full time , according to Act of Farlisment . Some are running what is called three days , others four day ? , and some forty-two hours for four days' wages , at ten ho « rs per day , whilst others are stopped altogether until something likeconfldrace is restored . On Sunday last several of the factory gir . h were ont with their basket * in the country soliciting charity , and openly declaring that they had no Othar means of obtaining a subsistence .
BCCZS . SlSOOTASCArTOM . —Afew d , y 8 rfnc 8 a gj ngnlar adventure befel the Rev . 0 . Rogers , of gfaerrfngton . As the reverend gentleman was walking to his residence , from the neighbouring town of Newport Pagnel , bis attention was attracted to a large and strange bird , « shich , after making sereral unavailing attempts to sustain itself in the air , finally alighted in a field doss to the road . Mr Roger * nuda toward ! the gpo » , and finding that the bird , from weariness or a wound , was unable to fly 0 $ he by a skilful manoeuvre succeeded , notwithstanding a desperate resistance which it made with a most formidable bill , and a pair of wings vigorous
enongh to bestow an awkward buffet , in capturing it . The bird taken under these singular circumstances is of the sire of a swan , perfectly white , except at the tip or the wings , which are « f a slate coloar , with beak and eyes of a light green . It measures from best to ttil about two feet ; its wings are sii feet from tip to tip . It 3 name and species have completel y baffled the ornil « hol 6 g « al skill of its captor , sai of the leavHSdin the aeighbaurhooa . Though evidentl y a sea-fowl , perhaps of a tropical famay . it thrives under the keeping of Mr Eogers , manifestly improvie ? in strength , spirit , and evincing a decided preference for stale soles , on which if feeds voraciously .
stjikt . SmcrDE DJ THE SCSBST CoOJTT IcjfATIC AsTLVU . — On Tuesday a lone : Inquiry was gone into before W Carter , Esq ., the Coroner for East Surrey , and a very nipsetable Jury , at the County Lunatic Asylum , near Wandsnorth , relative to the circumstances attendingthe death of George Randall Woods , aged 37 . late a patient in that institution . Edward Route stated he was one of the attendants on the male patients ; deceased was under his and Geor < e Durham ' s care . On Saturday morning at nine o ' clock he received charge of the deceased from Durham , who went off duty till one a m . A few minutes after nine o ' clock witness had occasion to leave X « . 3 . ward , in the day-rocm of which deceased was , with upwards of forty other patients , to go to
ano : her pirtof the building , and desired a patient , named Clover to watch the deceased , who was contidewd a juicidal patient , and endeavoured , when afforded the * Kghtestopparlamty , to aestroj himself . When he last saw the deceased in good health he wasia the siring , jaro , with the man Glover aad tome other patients . "Witness returned in a few minutes , and missing del csassd , inquired after him , and was induced to visit the bath-room attached to No . 3 ward . He then found deceased lying on his side with a raror grasped tightly >» Us right band ; he turned him on his back and discovered a wide and deep gash in his throat , from which the blood had just commenced -flowing ; deceised -was alive , but expired in a few minutes . Witness had understood that Durham , tbe other attendant , bad put the rators in a cupboard in the day . rom used by the patients , on the Saturday previous . That cupboard is used
to keep the carving-knife and fork , and tbe attendants ' knives and forks , erockery , and other articles tbat could be resorted to by patients desirous of destroying them , selves , end was invariably kept locked . After come farther evidence the room was cleared of strangers , and the Jury after remaining in consultation nearly an hour , returned as their verdict— ¦ Thtttha uweassu destroyed himself b y cutting his throat with a raior , being of un . saund mind ; and we , the Jury , regret thas the razors , as well as ether instruments calculated to cause death , « hocld have been placed in the cipboardof the room appropriated to the lunatic patients , and suggest to the committee the consideration of this subject . ' The foreman also wished it to ba understood that the Jury did not consider the attendance sufficiant . Mr Kemble assured tbe Ceroner and Jury that thair inggaitioni wouH meet with the utmost attention from th . 9 visiting justices ,
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sticks amongst tko rains , and asked ' Wm . ' hadthere fc < e » a fife !" ' ' ' ' r - ( , ~ nb . Sir : « he agent waa down , and he polled down the houi > s , and burned the thatch for fear wa might shelter ' ourselves . There were forty houses in the tpwntand . H- — , the driver ; has all th « place now . Howmanywere tnmedout !*' ' ' ¦' - ¦¦'¦ I could not tell yon , Sir ; there is a great crowd of them . ' : ' ¦•¦ " ¦ - " - :: ' ¦ " •¦ ¦ : ¦ - ¦¦¦ . Whera are they V ' They ara all under the ditches there , sleeping these two Rights . Soma of them have got into the town to be ? . * ¦ Has any of them died ! ' :: ¦ ' Not yet , Sir , ' until the rain comes on , when many of them will . ' Who is tbe landlord !' AMrP . R
In the same part of the cpuaty is the property of a barrister in your city . The people on his estates died in hundreds last winter of positive hangar . Any of his tenmts whs could planted a little corn , aad tha poor people were keeping it for winter store . He came down in vacation , sent out his drivers , forced them to thrash ont , and send tbe produce to a store of his own selection —the money to be set against arrears—thus keeping the pewer of ejection still over them , though he has their all . ¦¦ . :. " Such is the manner in which the duties of property are discharged in West Carberry . Is it any wonder that its rights ara frequently violated ?
MORE CORK LiSDLORDHU . The Corh Examiner giyes an account of anether wholesale extermination in the count ; of Cork . The letter , which is dated October 24 , narrates how and why fifty-fifejheads of families , comprising 269 human being ? , were driven from their holdings in the barony of Duhollow , county Cork . No cause can be alleged ( the writer says ) for thin sweeping act of extermination ; save a desire of removing the poor at any rate , and feeding upon that and sheep and oxen , which God and Natureintended
for the support of its indigenous inhabitants . The sympathetic reader will naturally inquire , what has since become of those poor souls ? It is difficult to answer his question . Some have already fallenvicttmsto this strange policy , and left this life with an anathema on their lips against the cause of their suffering : others have sought for an asylum in your city , others , in fine , do still adhere , with a desperate tenacity , to thenlace of their birth . They have constructed huts on the sides of the roads and ditches , in view of their former dwelling places , which serve now only as a memento of landlord devastation in the year 1847 .
PBOSPZCTS OF 7 UBNK . ' Most of the accounts from the provinces concur in a ; . serting that the produce of last harvest is rapidly disappearing . Injshort , it is alleged that , notwithstanding the abundant return , there is scarcely three months ' pro . vision in the country , and it is feared that the untoward result ef last year ' s speculations will deter the mercantile community from embarking very extensively ia the impart trade . .
STATE OF TBE C 00 H 1 I COBK . The Skibbereen workhouse , built for 800 , is shutholding 1 , 3 ( 0 paupers within its walls , and incapable of holding any more . The beggary of that vait and deplorable district must look elsewhere . It will increase fourfold in a few months ; and where shall it look ! hok . PaTkent or bihts . . In tfee Sing ' s and Queen ' s counties—heretofore re . marktble for the orderly conduct of the peasantry , and for the punctuality with which rents had been paidthere is now in various districts a growing disposition to repudiate the pajment of rents , poor rates , and other obligations .
STATE OF THE CODST 1 T . Armed meetings , riots , stealing of cattle , and violent assaults spon unpopular individuals proclaim the wretched state of the country . While the Guardians of the Eaatutk Union were sitting on Friday week , a [ policeman entered tbe board-rooTi to sty that about 2 , 000 from the lower parishes of Kllbolane aadShandum had errivedatthegate , and were forcing an entrance , and that the military , who were in attendance also , refated to aH . Mr Freeman then took charge of the civil and military force , though stones were , literally speaking , falling in showers . On some of the ringleaders being arrested so attempt was made to rescue then by the crowd , who had to be kept back , at the point of the bayonet . Subsequently the crowd dispersed .
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THAMES —Tk Police Aeiiir . —J . Bsrnett was charged with assault . The prosecutor did not appear . —Pollce-censtsble 189 H , stated tbat tke prisoner was given into euitody on Saturday evening at the Shoreditch ! terminus of the Eastern Counties Railway , by a man who said he had been auaulted by him on board the Sent steamer , and bad two of his teeth knocked out . The prisoner bad been in custody since Saturday . — Btrnett said the person who gave him into custody was the aggressor . The prisoner was crossing from the Kent to the E « es shore , to meet the train , when two men , one of whom was intoxicated , poshed against his wife , who wa * « eated on the after part of the deok , and very much annoyed her . She was again insulted , and he struck tbe man , and after travelling upwards ol six miles on the railway he was given into custody . —Mr Tardley
said the prisoner was given into the custody of a policemw sobu mile * from the spot where the alleged assault was committed . The policeman saw nothing of tbe as . sanlt and heard nothing , except what the party charging thought proper to relate , and upon tbat he took upon himself the responsibility of charging him at the station home , and bringing him before a magistrate . It was very likely the prisoner bad told the truth , and if so , the person accusing him was as much to blame as the party acenred . According to his ( the magistrate ' s ) notions of the duty of tbe palice , the constable had very much exceeded it in taking the prisoner into custody ; and if his aecount was true , he would have very good reasons for bringing an action for the illegal arrest and imprisonment . He should discbarge the prisoner . —Barnett said he would not let the matter rest here , He would seek redress in ano' . ber place .
Illegal Cohduct of ir Poucb . —Mary Field , a prostitute , was charged with having wilfully broken a wine glass , the property of Mr Charles Brookman , land , ord of the Bricklayer ' s Arms , Cable-street , St Georgein-the-Batt , and also with having grossly insulted his wife . To the great surprise of the magistrate , when the case was gone into , it turned ont that notwithstanding his cautionary remarks to the polica force ( reipectiag their locking individuals up' on frivolous charges without themselves seeing or knowing anything of the matter , ) ia a case that occdrred at this court only on Tuesday last , this prisoner had been wrongfully taken into custody , as from . the evidence of the landlord it waa shown that the wine glass was accidentally and not wilfully broken ; and although it was proved she had
applied various offensive epithets to Mrs Brookman , ftis was in the house and not in the streets , - and therefore , a ? the law at present exists , although the landlord would have been legally justified in turning her out of his honse , hewQBnot justified in giving * , * or the policeman wai ranted ia taking , her into custody . —Mr Yardley obssrved : This is another illustration of the impropriety of policemen taking trivial charges where they do not themselves see the offence committed . It is now clearly demonstrated tbat the breaking the glass was accidental , aad parties cannot be proceeded against criminally for an accident ; and though I have no doubt , from the prisoner ' s character , she has bein making use ' of fonl and
abusive language , yet as she had not been guilt ) of any breach of the law , she had been converted from an offending into as injured party . She ought not to have been locked up ; the charge agaiast her cannot ba sustained ; and therefore I discharge her . The magistrate then addressed the constable H 51 , who took the charge , and who had admitted that hi did not witness the breaking of the glass . —H 51 declared that tbe landlord had charged the prisoner with wilfully breaking the glass , aad therefore he was bound to take ber into custody ; . and she was also very disorderly in the streets about half an hour previous . —Mr Tardley : She might have been taken np then and charged as a disorderly prostitute , but this whole proceeding is illegal .
Clebkxswkl . —Beutalitt of thk Police . —A prettj looking girl , abovt fifteen years of age , who stated that her father and mother were dead , ' and that she gained her livelihood by selling fruit , was eharged by a constable of the G division with obstructing the foot-pavement andleavln * her basket onattended . It appeared that the p « or thing came out tvithaut eating anything in the morning , and as soon as she made a few pence ran to an adjacent cook-shop , leaving her basket beside the flagway , when the polieeman cam * np and seized upon herself and iu—Mr Combe discharged the prisoner with a caution .
BOW-STREET . —Frauds a the Coal Tbadb . — Natbaaiel Ceombes , a coal merchant , carrying on buei . ness at No . 20 , Craven . street , Strand , appeared upon a summons with his carter , John Brown , for the delivery of coals without the proper weighing machine or weights being attached to his cart . Mr . 'Glarkson appeared for tte defendant . —Jane Mitchell , residing with her father , at 26 , Arandel-itreet , Strand , stated that on the 11 th of October she ordered two tons of coals , at £ 2 83 ., to be delivered from the Jforthera Coal Company , 21 , Cravenstreet , Strand , to be sent to her home on the 13 th ; and when the carter , Brown , was delivering them , about eight o ' clock in the morning , the observed they were very small and having requested that he would weigh them , he refUEed , saying the machin * was out of order , and he had no weight *; witness immediately called the Btreet-keeper , but the defendant Brown continued to
shoot the coals until the contents of the cart were deposited , with the exception of six sacks . Tke carter then said he would take them to lee ' s wharf , in Pimlico , from whence he had brought them , aad witness , with another person , having followed him , they remained three hours , having been told by the clerk that ho knew nothing about them . Witness and her friend never saw Ur Coombes , but a clerk ordered the coals to be again shot into a barge , witheut having them weighed . —John Philipps , street-keeper , for St Clement ' s Danes parish , proved that although he told the defendant Brown to desist shooting the coals , he refused . . Witness requested be would weigh the sacks , but he replied tbat the machine was out of order , and taking him to the other side of the cart said , ' You see that I have no weights , and my machine ii out of order . ' Witness ' subsequently saw Mr Coombes , and he expressed a wish that the businus
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should be Wued ! . without '" comlBg b ' iforethe court , offering to give hii ^ iwo sovereigns , and offer an apology to ike lady . wUb a present of the coals , if she would not coma forward to prefer tho cotnplatnt , but wltness ' r ' e . fused , and'lthen Mr Coombes invited him to take wine , doubling thie amount of the' bribe If he could ' settle the matter . —Mr Clarkion said he ' would not trouble th « eoart to call another witness , there being no means of rescuing the defendant or his carter from theconse . quencas of the summons , it being distinctly proved that the cart had been sent out withaut the machine or
weights . —Mr Jardine was quite sure that the impositions practised upon the public' were incalculable , and as it was impossible to break down the ' evidence adduced , he saw no reason for coming to any other conclusion than that Mr Coombes was ' privy ' to the proceeding . He should therefore erder him to pay the full penalty of 101 . The other defendant was then ordered to pay 5 ! . with costs . Mr Jardine ' asked Browa if he could pay the fine . — Brown replied that he supposed some person would pay it^—Mr Jardine upon this ordered his master to pay the aMtional 5 f . with ' costs , which was immediately com . plied with , and the parties left the court .
GUILDHALL . —Caotiom to Omnibus Cokdcctobs . — Sic James South appeared before Mr Alderman Meon as a complaisant against the conductor of the Bayswater omnibus wearing the badge l . MG for refusing to show hint his badge , and using Insulting language to him . Sir James stated that he was engaged in a series of examinations as to the accuracy of certain clocks , in which he had to test them to fractions of RcconAs , and on the 20 th ult . lie leftBajiwatcr at a quarter before fire with the view of being at the General Post Office at a quarter before sir . The defendant hailed him at tbe Black Lion , at Bayswater ; but he refused to get in as the omnibus was lettering . Having walked half a mile , the omnibus came up and he got In . In . Holboin complainant asked at what time the omnibus would reach the Bank . The conductor muttered but gave him no information . On reaching Newgate street he teldthe eonductor he should alight at tbe Pott-offlce , and receiving no answer he" determined to do so before he got
there . He had to make three applications to the man to stop before he ' would do go . He let complainant down in the middle of the road . Complainant refused to pay him unless he came to the footway , and he said he ihonld summons him . He demanded that complainant should bring the money to him on bis perch , but a mob beginning to . ' collect , | he condescended to fetohit , and com . plainant took that opportunity of examining the ' number of , the metal ticket . He expected from the words used by the defendant that he had an idea of assaulting him . — . The defendant laid Sir James's statement was entirely false , and that he was known on the road for riding in 'busses on purpose to summons them . It was enough that he wore the badge . - He was ntt bound to hold it up to anybody to look at or stand still oppoBlts a light . Sir James was very rough , and pulled kin along to tha light by the string of his number . —Mr Alderman Moon adjudged the defendant to pay IDs . or be imprisoned fourteen days . —The defendant paid the fin ? . '
Chasoe of Rah . —At Worsbip-street on Wednesday 6 . Batley , a performer at the Britannia Saloon , HoxtoB , was placed at the bar for final examination , charged with violating tbe person of a young woman , named Eltxabtth Clarke , about sixteen years of age , the daughter of a widow at Hackney ; and Henry Pitt , another actor in the same eitabllthmeut , was charged with aiding and assisting the first prisoner in the commission of thedfiVacB . The particulars of the first examination were published about a fortnight sinee , and the complainant , upon being resworn aad repeating her former evidence , which the aid without any important' variations , added , tbat previous to tbe outrage , Pitt and a girl named Plaster , an acquaintance of his , who had Induced her to tntsrthe honse , ran out of the room together during its perpetration , bolting the door after
thesa on the outside to prtvent her escape , ana that to enable bim to accomplish his purpose , Batley not only flung her to the ground , and struck her h « ad against the hoards with such violence that she was rendered Insensible , and remained so for a great length « f time , but forcibly held one of bis hands over her mouth , to prevent her screams being heard by the neighbours . In partial confirmation of this , police-constable Ball of the N division , was , called and stated , that upon afterwards examining the house , while the prisoners were In-the station-house , he found a strong bolt on the edge of the door , as the young woman had degeribed , an * that it was impossible for any person inside to escape whan that was fastened . ' Mr Arnold fully commltud both prisoners for trial , Batley as the principal in the outrage , and Pitt as an accessory before the fact .
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THE POLES AND THEIR PERSECUTORS . THB PUPILS OF SZBLA . ( From tbe Dtnooratto Facifique . ) Tn Potim or Siela . —The persecutions of th § Austrian Cabinet against unhappy Poland , are not yet exhausted . Tbe blood of tha martyrs , who have fallen under the axe of Sxela , has not sufficed to slake tbe sanguinary thirst of the tyrant . It is not sufficient for Metternich to have robbed the vanquished , of their country ; to league with the Tsar , as an accomplice in the wsrk of extermination , for the purpose of destroying , by all possible means , the feeling of nationality in Poland —he Bt ill longs for victims .
The National Informs ns that the sews it has received chills tba heart with , horror . Nobles , denounced for having deplored in their own family circla tha calamities of their country , have been seized at dead of night , and abducted to distant fortresses , without any one knowing their fate . Young girls have been dragged naked from their beds , outraged by drunken seldlers , and gone mad with shame and fear . Men have been immured , on suspicion , in damp dungeons for six or seven months , till they have confessed imaginary crimes . Landowners have been attacked on the highway s , beatea , mutilated , left for dead , and then claimed by the Austrian police to undergo fresh tortures . While these horrible tragedies are enacting , Louis Mleroslawski awaits sentence of death at Berlin , aid the Procurator-General , de Wcutzol , supplies daily fresh victims to the Prussian police .
Let the murderers have a care . The measure of their iniquity is well nigh full . The people , who are crushed under the fearful despotism of Auatria , are everywhere in a state of excitement , that the terrors of tbe scaffold cannot calm . If they are to be driven to desperation by torture , they may think themselves justified in using terrible reprisals in the hour of success .
REVELATIONS PROM THE CITADEL OF WARSAW . Human nature it shuddering with horror in hearlag with what cruelty the Russian government treats the Polish imprisoned patriots . Grzcgorztweki who . amongst others , signed the Cracow manifesto , impri . soned in th » citadel of Warsaw , became very soon Insane The old senator , Wieloglowski , could not endure the torture , and died four weeks after his imprisonment in that gaol . The bride of the unfortunate Dobrylz was let out from the gaol of the Citadel , bat suffering had already reduced her to snch weakness , tbat she soon died ,
Monztyn has broken his skull by beating it against ths walls of his prison , not being able to support the horrible sufferings he underwent at each examination . Anthony Paprocki , beaten to death , cried out to his last moment : ' I am dying for the most sacred canse of Poland . ' DEFENCE OF LOUIS MIEROSLAWSKI , THE LEA . DER OF THF POLISH INSURGENTS INPOSEN . The following is a translation of some of the most remarkable passages in this speech , which ia said to have produced so sensible an effect upon the judges of the accused , that the President decided upon adjourn , ing the eoart until the next day . Scntenoe of deeth was thenpasssdon Miereslawskl : —
* Oh , gentlemen , if it is conspiracy to denounce , as well publicly as privately , violence , spoliation , calumny , the pitiless persecution of the weak by the strong—it it is worthy of death or captivity to defend one ' s lifo and to labour for freedom— -tu * n it is not we alone , It Is all Poland , tbat is guilty of conspiracy . Bring , therefore , all Poland to this bar ; bring hither all our saints a » d all our heroes , bring all who groan , all who curse the day of their birth , in that vast land of slavery , which is called Poland ; ealarge the bounds of this hall to the four corners of the world , for everywhere the bones of the Poles who have died for the redemption of their country call , aloud for vengeance . Tour quest has plunged its next for a moment into the immense inexhaustible , and unfathomable stream of our agitation to
draw from it at hazard 260 grains of sand . But can yoa believe , gentleman , that yen have thus secured One sacret radical cause of evil which troubles tbe waves , &na keeps them tinged with blood . Be mot surprised , goutlcmen , if we repeat , incessantly , if vre repeat until our voices are silenced for eier , that we are punished not on aoconntof our resistance , but on . account of tke flagrant , the irreparable injury which our country suetainsd almost a century ago . We repeat it , because you are desirous of forgetting it ; because yea willingly avert your eyes , In order not to perceive that each eonrulslon that agitates Poland is but tbe necessary and involuntary reaction attending the crimes committed against
her by the powers who affect astonishment at her struggles . The most timid , the most inoffensive being , ; if you seek to trample it under feet , will turn upon you , will use its last remaining strength to mak « you release it , by wounding that which crushes it ; and doyou believe that an entire nation , that a giant baried alive in too narrow a tomb , will riot seek to shake off the insufferabla weight which crushes his breast ! Do the Titans sleep tranquilly under the mountains with which the jealw&y of Jupiter has overwhelmed their despair ! I * it a crime In those wretched outcasts , if the deathrattle of their eternal agony , piercing the crater of their sepulchre , sometimes troubles the banquet of the autocrat of tbe heavens . ' Thb Polish Ladim of Posen have colleoted all their jewels which they have sold for-the benefit of the Polish state prisoners and their impoverished families . THE POLISH TRIALS Day after day the trial of the Poles implicated In the late insurrection has been going on regularly and In perfect order . Many have been set at liberty , some entirely , othws on panic : but after the trial and de . fence of Mieroslasweki and the three principal leaden no feature of interest presented . itself to attract public atten ton In the sitting of the 19 th ult ., however , the investigation into the attempt against P « en on th night between the 3 rd andlth March comeforward .
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Tfie ' following , are the chief . points which wlli'be brought tobear againsi the accused *^ ., ' : '''i , '' ' : In an assembly of the insurgents held at Cracow on the 18 th January , 1846 , at whloh Mierbsla ^ skl preaidod , tba 2 ist February was fixed upon for a general rising in dlfferentparts of the duchy , The ' arrest of'Mleroslawski en the 12 th February , as well as of a number of nobles , his accomplices , at Posen , put a stop to the execution of their ptojecUaB regarded theduchyof Postn , But a « the Insurrection at Cracow for a moment seemed triumphant , the conspirators ' who were stlll ' a ' t liberty resolved to make themselves masters of the town and citadel of Posen , to deliver the prisoners ' , and to . carry out their first plan against the duohy . "This plot was under the guidance of Niegolewski / Chamskl , and Louis
Paternoniki ' . Their plans were as follows : —Niegolewski had sounded the peasantry in the-vicinity of Posen ; especially those of Polish deioent , and relied on thelr ' asslstanoe ; In the town they counted a number of adherents , amongst whom were many of the pupils of ths public seminary , who were led by a baker of the name of Heymann , mid the director of some mills , Egsman . Tbe head forest ranger of Count Dilalmskl had promised to join them with a considerable body of peasantry from Bnln . Their plans were well arrangad , The movement waa to' commence &t the clock struck eleven on the night ofthe 3 rd March , 1816 . Each party had it » leader , and its place of meeting . Most of the conspiratora were already armed , and the < remalndsr were provided with arms on the spot They hoped to
have no difficulty in storming ; the citadel , as they relied upon the' sympathies of a portion of the garrison ' and' some Polish officers . The citadel is situated north of the ' city , but at no groat distance . A single sentinel was tfie only guard usunlly on duty here , and the gates as usually closed at ten at night . After nine the sentinel challenged all who entered the for . tress , but the reply ' ' officer ' , and the military dresi was enough to obtain admittance . By this means it waa hoped that'fire or six-of the conspirators could obtain an entrance into tbe fortress . At the gives ligml ( a rscKet ) , the guard was to be overpowered . Measures had also been taken to occupy all the tgresseB from the city , so that no orders could be transmitted to the military outside . ' It was originally ' planned to shoot the
commander ; Lleutenaat-General Steinacker , whilst on parade at noon ; and it is even said that the twd conspirators selected for the purpose had already levelled ihdr muskets , but did not nr « , owing to the signal agreed upon not having been given , it having been thought more prudent ' to < await'the evening . Meantime , rumours of insurrection nached the ears otthe authorities on the morning ef the 8 rd , and theso rumours increased almost to a certainty of an outbreak at eight that evening . Presanttonary rasasares were immediately taken . At half-past ten a battalion of infantry ' was drawn up in the principal square , with two places of artillery , and a squadron ofhuzzars . The guards at the prison
were doubled , and detachments of troops wer « order « d to occupy the bridges . The > muskets of the troops were loaded . The conspirators soon got wind of these preparations their smpieione first being aroused by the police commlsaary ; Kreschmer galloping through the streets ; they consequently KBolved on changing their plans , but this ultimately proved an obstacle to success , as it was impossible to give information of this change to those without , who on finding no one at the appointed place , dispersed . At half-past ten there were only itO odnsplrators a « Bembled in the churchyard ( one of the appointed meeting places . ) 1 Seeing all chance of success was up , they < SUperBed , after concealing their arms . These were the facts alleged against the accused .
SiTima o » 21 bt October . —Hippolit vdn Trapczynskl acknowledged the truth of some cf the faots alleged res . pecting the premeditated attack on tbe city of Posen ; but said that the attack was only with the intent of releasing the prisoners . Different witnesses were brought forward to prove that the citadel aad city were to be taken by storm , but they all to a man oontradioted their former statements to that effect . The accusation of high treaion was then read by the royal commissary ; and the defence was grounded on the prisoner's statement that the only object he had in view was the liberation of the prisoners . Six other prisoners were then examined under the tame accusation ; viz ., Joseph Peplnikl , Theodor Czlapczynski , John Eustace , Michel von Wodpol , Caelmlr Kubacki , Casirair Ploteck , and John Kirchdorfer . They all denied having had knowledge of a revolution . ' Czlapczynski and Floteck denied having been present ; the four others declared that their only object was the liberation of the prisoners .
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FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P .: ANDTHE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY , vemcb THE PRESS-GANG . Fithe * Mashew and Ms 0 'CoN . fOB . —Dka * Sw , i-I took the liberty to write to the Reverend Theobald Mathcw , apostle of temperance , of Cork , to give me an account of the character of our beet friend , F . O'Connor , MJ ? , , w « U knowing an answer from' him would be correct . Here lea copy of that gentleman ' s answer ; which le very short , but if you would imert it in the next Stab , it would not be amiss , and much oblige , TourB , respectfully , . Wm . SitvESTEB , secretary . Hanley and Skelton Branch , National Land Company , 'Cork , 28 th October . 1847 .
1 Mt DzauFmehd , —I am in recelptof your favour of the 25 th inst ., and regret that I am unable te > give yon any correct Information oe the subject . . ; . Mr O'Connor , having resided about fifty miles fron ? this city , I had not an opportunity of knowing him intimately , but I have heard nothing of hit ohareoterbut what is honourable . ' . lam , dear Sir , 1 ' s devotedly , 1 Theobald Mathew . ' Shbewsbubt . —At a meeting , held at the Rabin Hood , on Friday night , October 29 th , of the members of the Land Company , the following resolution was carried unanimously : — 'That we place the moat implicit confidence in Mr O'Connor , the founder of the Land Company ; also , that we hold in contempt that portion of the press , and their hired tools , who have attemptod to damage his character and deBtroy the Company . '
Wiqan , —Atths weekly Land meeting , it was resolved : — 'That tha beat thanks of this meeting he given to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., for hla manly reply to the oharges brought agaiaat bim by the ' Whistler , ' Hob ' sen and Co . ; and we call upon the friends of liberty in Wigantocomo forward with pecuniary assistance , to aid in bringing those couaplrators to justice . ' Norwich . —At a general meeting of-the Charting of this district ,: held October 80 lh , the following resolutions , were agreed to !— ' That this meeting places the
moat hearty confidence in the integrity and ability of Feargu » O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . , notwithatanding the : calumnious attacks of the notorious Dispilch , tbs Jfanchattr Examiner , an& Nottingham Mercury be , and that five shillings be taken from our funds towards assisting Mr O'Connor , in defending himself from the attack * made upon him and the National Land , Company . That this meeting pledges itself not to countenance any newspaper tbat baa attempted to injure Mr O'Connor and the Land Plan , and we will also use our . endeavours to prevent our friends dealing with any one that takeg auch
papers . . . . . ; , .- . Beihkal Gkbbk . —At the ueual weekly meeting of the Wblttington branch , the following resolution . was unanimously adopted : —Moved by J . Darliion , seconded by T . Darllson : — That a vote of thanks be given to the men of Manchester , for the protection they afforded to Mr O'Connor at the meeting held at the Hall' of Science . ' Mamiibohe . —On Sunday , October 81 st , Mr Demecombe brought under notice the cohduct of the different papors in attacking Mr O'Cannor , whea Mr Pattenden moved , and Mr Treblewerk seconded-. 'That a vote of thanks . be given to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., for his explicit and straightforward answers to the calumnlea of his enemieB . ' A subscription was entered into to assht the prosecution of the proprietors of the Manclutter Examiner . ' : ¦ HlMOIET . —At a mealing of the Dodhurst Brow branch , held at the house of Mr Joseph Bowden , the following resolutions were carried unanimously : —< That we to .
gard withfeeUnga of dfcgust the attacks made by a portion of the public press upon our friend and Cham , plon , P . O'Connor , Esq ., and particularly the attacks upon his private character ; and that we place ths most unbounded confidence In Mr O'Connor and th « other directors . That we highly approve of the resolution that Mr P . O'Connor has come to , viz ., to prosecute the proprietors of the Manchester Examiner ; and feaolve ' to open a subscription Itstf . r the purpose of collectlnff monaytowards defraying the expeneesof the same ' Thirteen membtrs subscribed the Bum of 7 b . 8 d at once , ' ¦¦ • . of
. OAUuu ^ -At a special meeting this branch held on Sunday afternoon , Oct . 31 st , the attempt sof the Press Gang to injure the character of Mr O'Coanor were d I " cussed , and the following resolution ^ SoS passed : _« That we are convinced that the attacks now bdnf njadaby a portbm of the preSs upon the charaS of Mr O'Connor , h not , as hai been hypocritically 6 e forth , through a dealre to serve the warking fi ? bu w . look upon them as bo many stabs ( through tha = r at the Land Company . AndU . Lng would on our to
^ ungrateful parts allow him todeftnd ft nit 2 SV / H T ™ ' T lD 8 t Charses ^ Ich , were it n . t for hla fidelity . to ua and our cause , would not he made at all ; we , therefore , ' retolve to make arrangements for raising our share of the expense necessary to sustain the action brought agalnotthe proprietor of th » XaneMer Emniner , > Every one who apoko declared his utmost confidence In Mr O'Connor , and his detormination to stand firmly by him . To carry but the foregoing resolution a subscription was opened , and £ 1 sent a » our first Instalment ' ,
NUN 1 ATOH .-Oa Monday evening the members of a Democratic Reading and Dob . itiag Society hold ' s meet ng at the Double-Plough Inn , Church-street , wher ^ K v bad an ewelleutiupper provided for the purpose of com memorating the return ol Mr O'Connor to ? Pari £ Z After the table was cleared , Mr 6 . Mallabone wS ' mously called to the chair ; a number of eMeZt Z' " and aentiments , very appropriate to thai ™? 1 ¦ ¦ i ? beengivenandresponK a ££ ^ 8 . hayin « mouslyc , rric ! , conaemnlng the £ caTlT" T ^" press against Mr O'Connor / A vote nf £ r •^¦¦ Jassssss ^
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HoDDEBBFiMb : —Ata mealing of the members of thla branch on 8 aturday ., eveningilastj-it ; was , proposed by Mr John Gkdhill ,. leeouded by Mr ^ homai ; Priv > r , . and Harried unahlmausly t— ' . Seeing that F ^ P ' . Connor ,, Esq . If . P . is constantly and continually assailed by a . host of unprincipled scribbler * , using' every ;; imean » , in their power to . deitroy the people ' s , confidence in him ; we , the members of tho Land Gompapy . iu this district ,, do pledge ourselves to give him our support , by a liberal subscription , according to each man ' s abilities , tp , aBiist him to defray the expenses of prosecuting thess , libellers ,
and learn them by to doing in future to speak , or write tbe truth / Mr Joseph Oldfield was requested to aet as treasurer to the above fund , and upwards often shillings was unanimouslyisubs ' eribed . The : lials will remain open till the end of the year , when we hope , to lend Mr O'Connwiat least £ 6 .. aB bis new-year ' i gift , from his faithful friends in Hudderlfield . The Deed will be In Hudderefieldthls evening , November 6 th , when all members ofthe 1 st , 2 nd , and 2 rd Sections , are requested , to attend to sign , --at Ibbertsoa's Temperance-hotel ; Bux . ton-road , between the hours of four and tea in the evening . . ¦ > ¦;¦ . ; i . ¦ . ¦ .. ¦ ;¦¦ ' ¦ ' ¦• ¦¦¦ . ;
' TiLiicontTBY . —A special meeting of the members of the above branch waa held on Saturday last , when the following resolutioniwas carried without , a dissentient : — ¦ That the beat thanks of this meeting are-hereby given to Feargus O'Connor , Esq . M . P ., for his spirited reply to the Diipaleh , and other papers ; and this meeting places implict eonfidenoe in Mr O'Connor ' s integrity , and trnst that , that gentleman will prosecute the proprietors of the Manchester Examiner , and that this locality pledges itself to subscribe ! its fair proportion towards paying the law expenses ., . . DrjKiHFiBLD . —At the . weekly meeting , last Sunday , the members of this branch voted ono pound . towards defraying the , expenses of ; prosecuting the JfaneliesUr Examiner . On Sunday , ; November 14 th , a resolution will be brought forward In favour of further contributing threepence eaoh to auiet our noble leader , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., to brlng : thiBreptU » to jtstice , ; ;
¦ Hu . Lii , —At a meeting of the members of this branch of the National Land Company , on , Wednesday evening , October 27 th , ' tho following reaolutien was passed : 'That having heard Mr O'Connor's reply to the vile attack made upon him andthe-Land Plan by different newspapers , we do hereby . express our thanks to , and confidence in , that gentleman , and pledge ouraelvea , to . render him all the assistance possible in the intended prosecution of the Manehetkr ' Examiner , ' . It ( was alBo . reiolved : — That two pounds be granted out of the loeal expense fund for the aboye purpose . ' . ... ¦ ¦ ; ., ;• ,.-, ¦ , - ;; .. ; ,. : ,. i ; . , ' ,-: ; ' . ¦; : LlNH . —At a meottngof tbe . Lynn , branch , it was re . solved : ' That a , voto of tbankt bey given to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., for . his manly . conduct In confronting his assailants and fighting labour ' s battle , and that we use , all cur influence to support him in the struggle , Inspitoof the preBS-gang . ' s'That a levy of sixpance be paid by each member to , support Mr , O'Connor in . prosscuting the ilanchetltr Eieanitvtr . ' . , ; ...
: EDiKUDtton . —A general mutine ofthe Chartlstiand members of the Land Company was held in the Painters ' Htll , High-street , on Thursday evening last , in reference to . the islanderers and malignant attacks'made , on Mr O'Connor and other , officers of the Land Company , by the Press-gang ofthe League , Mr Walker in tbe chair . The meeting was ' ably addressed by Mr Alex . Grant , Mr John Cockburn , Dr Hunter , and Mr Cumming . The follotvlng reo ' utlon was adopted : — 'That this meeting , after . having heard the accuiafwn made , against Mr O'Connor , and his reply thereto , is of opinion that there exists * o ground whatever to r « st the . foul and slanderous i ha' go ? upon , and we beg to renew an expression of our confidence in Mr O'Connor , and pur determination to , rally , roun d and support him , so long as he continues the same , straightforward and honourable conduct he has hitherto pursued , ' ; , .- ¦
.: Pkestoh . —The monthly meeting of the Preston branch took place on Monday evening . lait , at Mr Hool ' s Tcmperanee CoEPee House , Lane-street , Mr James Addison in theohair . Mr John Blackhnrat w « a appointed scrutl . neer The following . rtsolution was agreed to : — ' That a voluntary subicrlptlQn . be entered into for the purpose of assisting Mr O'Connor to proBccute the MAHOnEsiEa Examines , or any ether papcra that may attack the private character , of that gentleman . ' A committee of twelve was then appointed to wait upon the members of the Land Company and all other friends ofthe cause . Shetbwick . —a . vote of confidence in Mr F , O'Connor was unanimously paeaed at the usual weekly meeting . It was the opinion of all present , that a present of the mansion , with the odd eleven acres of land attached , be made to Mr O'Connor , as a juat remuneration for patt services to the cause of the working men . , . .
Bukmlit . —Sre , —A public meeting was held In the Temperance Hall , on th « 97 th nit ., to hear an address from Mr T . Clark , of Londen . Mr John Place was called oh to preside . Mr Clark , who was received with cheers , ably expoiad the sophistries and subterfugesof those who are endeavouring to throw 'dust in the eyes of the people , He proved by sound argument and lndisput . able facts that the Land Flan was safe in principle , practical in Its abaracter , and beneficial in its . tenden : cles . Mr Clark ' s ' address occupied about an hour and a half , and was rapturously applauded . The . following reiolutlons were carried by acclamation : —Moved by Thomas Tatteraall , seconded by Mr Webster : « < That having heard the objections urged against the Land Scheme and its philanthropic founder , by ths Exavinib , Weekly Dispatch , Nottimghah MEBCDaT , and Lltod ' s Tbaih , we are of opinion that they are not made with any view of benefiting tbe people , but to stab the
reputatlon of Feargu « O'Conho * . Esq ., break np the Ijand Soheme , and prevent deposits in the Land and Labour Bank . ' Moved by Mr WebBter , seconded by Wm . Butterworth : — ' That the best thanks of this meeting be given to Feargus O'Conner , Esq , M . P ., for th « honest , straightforward , aad consistent mann » r in which be has always advocated the rights and Interests « f the people all over the world ; and we pledge , ourselves to to give him pecuniary aid in bringing an action against tha proprietors of the Ma « cbbsts& Examini * . ' Moved by Thomas Tattersall , seconded br Mr Butterworth : — < That the thanks of the meeting be given to the electors and non-electors of Nottingham for returning a tree and unflinoblng patriot ( in the person of Peargus O'Cennor , Esq ., ) as their representative . ' Moved by Thomas Tat . tersall , seconded by Mr Webster ,: — 'That a report of the evening ' s proceedings bo sent to the Noetheen Stab and Mahchester ExAiiHBKYor insertion .
DotErnL News fob the WaVeriEB !—An epistle from the Light Hearts , Contented Souls , and Merry Ileela , Ic cated on the Chirtist Estate at Lawbands t— DeabSib , —lam sure jou and all good democrats will be delighted to leirn that on Monday evening we had a post happy party Id our splendid school-house ; we bad ' a ! ball and concert , —Renham , Sam , ' and Mr Goddtrard , acted as mutioiang . Singing took place be . tween the dances , —myself , Mrs Pettltt , and Mr and Mrs Tanner , acting as vocalists . Th « party was very namerous , consisting of the allottees and many of the neigh .
hours , who appeared delighted with their evening ' s entertainment , the only regret experienced was that distance prev » n ed you and other London friends joining In our intertalnmeBt . Whilst we are enjoying the advantages ' of social reform , obtainei through our Naiional Land Company , and irith the aid of our political snd social chief , Feargus O'CoBabrj we do not forget the Charter . ' You will oblige ine vory . muchif you will ob . tain and forward the song , ' Spread the Charter , ' and others of a similar stamp . All our fritndB hera desire their respects to yourself and family , ''
I am truly yours , la the cause of the Land : , and Charter , ToMrE . Stallwobd . \ ' ' "" . Sophia Ren ham . " N . B . —I forgot to atate we have a similar party in the school house every Monday evening , Newcastle-upok-Ttme , —On Sunday evening last there waa a goodly gathering ' of the Land members ' of this branch . Mr P . Murray In the chair . The chair man briefly called the attention of the audience to the late unmanly attacks upon the character and abilities of Mr O'Connor by the newspaper press . Mr James Watson moved : — 'That this meeting agree to inaka a lew of 6 d per member , to be paid immediatelj ; fourpenca to be appropriated to the defence if Mr O'Connor ' s charaiter agaiast his trnduccrg , and twopeace to be applied toprovide the nopesBar jexpct . wsot having a lecturer in this district ^
. ' The resolution being duly ^ seconded was carried unanimously . Th « sum ef 13 s . ft . coilected in the meeting , . ¦ MbO-CoNBOE AKDTHE AWOTTEES , OP O'CoVNOiVIILE . —Mr 0 Connor having , through the medium of tho Nokthkbn STAR , aunounced his intention of visiting this location , an Friday , the 29 th ult ., to distribute premiums to those allottees whoso farms were best cultivated a meetinBofthopceupanttwaaeftlled , when a resolution was carried without a dissentient , requesting Mr O'Connor to present them rrUh a corn mill for the ; benentof the whole estate , Instead of distributing the premiums ; and Mesara Wheeler , Williams , and Smith , were appointed ' * committee , to draw up an addross for prjsentation to Mr O'Connor . In cotiBe ^ uence of this resolution , no demonstration or public ' gathering was attempted , but moat ofthe houses were decorated « ith banners or
nags ; and the lovely weather , having drawn several friends from London , and also the adjacent villages , the place wore an air of gaiety , which demonstrated that this was no ordinary day . Mr O'Connor , ' having kindly sent 1 * 1 bushels of sticd wheat ; grown on the estate at Minster Lovel , for the . use of the occupants , the morning was spent inmeasurliit and dividing the tame . Shortly after ten o ' clock , Mr O'Connor arrived , accompanied bv Mr J Sewell , oneof thetrustc . s , and Mr RusBell , of GlaRco * sented to Mr O'Connor , wbn i ™ . * ... . css . s p « . »« a to « r O'Connorwho immediately
,, , comDlie «] with JJ request , and placed £ ! 5 in the hand . ofSr 52 « J y for the purpose therein specified . ' . Mr O ' Connor Sv w S- 'S ^ W ^^"" 1111 ^ ' ^*"'""^ WcBSeil . Among the visitors , weobse rvediovcral neiKhbourmg farmers , and ll « sn Rigby , Lloyd Jo " es a nd otner advocates of the cause of progreasion .. a public meeting of the occupants was held the same evening when .. amongst ottar business transactell , Mr Wheelir moved , and Mr Poco * seconded , a ybta of thanks to Mr 0 Connor for hlBkludneBB in presenting them with the AiB , and ! also for the seed wheat . rThn « rtrt ^ =. *„ iri
O'Connor will befound in another , colmnn ] ' HAWiO K .-. Th . e . memb « aof this branch have adopted resolutions of confidence in Mr O'Connor , and binding tnomaelveB , to support that gentleman in bringing his ca . lumniators tojnstloe .
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' ^* , ; THE LONDON CONFEDERATES . , ! m ^ u CoNEEDER 4 TE Clcb .-A Iar -e meeting ef this Club was held i . n Sunday evanlng , the 80 th ult ., at the Charter Coffee . houae , Strutton-ground , Weatminater , Mr W . Lomasney in the chair . Mr R . Hussey having bronght up the resort of the committee said the meetings of the Confedtratlon would , in futnrc . be hild at the Blue Ancher Tavern . Tork-atreet , Broadway , Westminster ; but that the meetings of tho committee and the club would be held as heretofore . The following addresB to the Irish residents In the City of Westminster was then adopted , and 1 , 000 copies orJered to be printed for circulation —
' BBPBAL Of THB ONION . And God gave to man the land for his inheritance . ' Irishmen , brothers , —To live upon the land of our btrtb is one of our first natural rights , and to possess , gov » rn , and rule that land , are our secial and politloal rl Uts . Remcmbir , countrymen , that self-government is stlf-strength , aelf-produclng wealth and happiuoBS to ftu # . . 'Can there bo peace , divided as we are ? to remain * can there be hope in the future ! CarUlnly uot You r . J a IL ff ? t our ^ leked *»* Built , Irish ruto
Z Cl ' * 1 T l ° d latrona 88 . "old us into political b » ndage , and in that bondage . we now aro . Coan . trymenl while we know and'feel the effects of their guilt and B , nfu > eS ( let onr ml ! 5 i ( , n be to do good , and to act honestly in all things political . In this spirit let us unite , and let our unittd firat dutj be to repal the Union which has made- us , not only ahem , but slaves and beggars in our native land . B y order ofthe Committee , 1 VTiuiau LojuHiBY , Chairman Thomas Riobdan , Reading Secretary . ' ^ onu Crateln 8 etinewa 8 held ««» -Sunday evening , the uoth ult ., in tbe large room of the Green Man , Herwick-street , Oxfori-Btreet .. Mr John RingroBe in the chair , who read several extracts from the pamphlet d Arthur O'ConKor , Esq . to Lord Caatlereagh , when in Kilmainham gaol , which was listened to with breathless attention . The venerable chairman commented atgrwt length upon the atrocities committed by the blood ' thiraty government of thst period upon the esteemed relative of the present Mr F . O'Connor . Several persona were enrolled , and the meeting adjourned , Chei . se * , —a meeting . of tha Chelsea Confederates w » held on Sunday evening last , at tho Chqsbire Cheese , GrosvtHor . row , Pimlieo . Mr M'Dpnnull in tho chair . The meeting was addressed b y Messrs Dunnej . Gunnini ' i O'Mabonoy . tc , and soveral persons were enrolled .
The Da via Cosfediratb Cwb . —A large meeting 0 ' this body waa held on Monday evening last , at their rooms , pean . 8 trcet . Soho , when E . Kenealy , Esq ., aa * tborof 'Brallaghan , ' , delivered a ' lecture— 'A Yindicntioa of , the Irish Parliament / The lecture was divide * Into two parts ; the second part to be bo delivered 00 Monday , Nov . 15 th . Th « lecture was receivedwto g » ' ' applause .
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Hrelsutr . m Kian USDLORDI .-JI IX lTEST CARBERRY . Baric ? the debates of last sessioa various reference vsre made to the conduct of the \ Ve 3 t Carbarn- iandiords . . Many of the statemeats were contrasted oa authority , but a letter / addressed to a citizen ofDabim . by a lady lately resident in that quarter , paints the proprietors in even still more repulsive colours : — t Ilnd I the power ( ihe says ) of writing what I have seen , or yon the patience to read it , I could tell vou of Er . at . tr crndtit * . hardships and even undisguised sw ' adiinjf , by these Carbsrry landlords , than waa ever published of that class . Bad as they are in the neighbouring coaatw * , we surpau them here . Lait treek I went to M—r Cove , with P . Hear it we c-ime on a village , the houses ail blackened and thrown down . We called to a man who was gathcrisg
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seotianu Gle ^ Tilt Obstkcctiohs . —A pnblic meeting of the inhabitants of Perth has been held in the City-hall , the Lord Provost in the chair , to take inte consideration the ree « -Bt attempt of theBnke of Atholl to itop tha road throcsh Gleo Tilt , and to adopt measures for the protection « f the ri . « h ; ofthe public . Tne meeting wai very nnmtrously and respectably attended . There oould not be feircr in tho haU tlian from 1 , 500 to 3 . 000 indivlduala . Oa the large plalfona , which was crowded , thsre were ihe L « H Prov ost and magistrates , nearly all the
members of eoaneU , the cesconsof the various incorporations , the members of the police and water cemmlssioHS , tssi ee a large number of private gentlemen unconnected teith any of the public bodies . B-rsolations were passed eiprtsdve of the right of th » public to a passage thraasfc Glen Tilt ; calling upon tbe m « etiag te afford every pnssibln pecuniary aid to the Edinburgh Society ; and thst a subscription should ba iramediately set on cot f . > r raising the necessary funds , to carry out which a cosia : itt « e was appointed . The speakers strongly adv ^ n ? d to the necessity of isslsiinjf the association in E iinbursh far preserving the pablic right of roadway in S .-oiland .
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TO 1 BE MEMBERS . OP THB KATIOKAL LAKn ' , ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' : : ¦ , ' ¦ ' .- :- : .. ' .. ' 9 ^ ^ ' ' •"• : ;; : " ¦ ¦ ¦ r » iiii »» , —Aieport ' jb ' f my last torn has been m ^ poned from many causea , from an expectation that th & local , iecretarie » would hayej ' as they oughts sent a brief account ' to ; the Star of each meeting , because I was con . stantly oither travel'ing or speaking , and because I was required at London , and ttie'Wr memor ' able dembna tra . tion at Manchester . I must now ' be brief , as the report * of the " latter , as well as of the Nottingham meetfnj ¦ will occupy much ' of th ( e ' uaual apace In the ' Star . ¦¦ * ' i , 1 attended a ' very crowded meeting at Welvefhampton at ; the tlme Bpeiified . I . wae croiB-quertiened , by a working man , ' whose motives I at once . chaileiTged , « nd I waa right , fer he turned but to ba a mere tool and eu knobstick . He , howererj dWared himself sathfisdwin my answer , when the chairman , Paddy Richards , very shrewdly asked him , what right he had to concern him . self about the profit or loss of a S 8 ciety bf wlilch he v » a « not a member , and In which he could not , c ^ n 88 q . nentl y , have any stake . . ; ' " ' ; ' . . .
At Budley ' we has ft very good meeAug ; and atffar a * I could judge from the feeling expreisedi ' ihe audience were perfectly satisfied . . , ' ' ' The secretary atBllston has already reported their meeting . ' ' "" ( ' ,. " ' ' . ' \ ' '" ' . Stourbridge I could aot reach in time , and had not the means of hiring a conveyance . I understood that no conveyaace could get there before ten o ' clock at night . "¦¦ " ' . ' V . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ :-: - \ ¦ ¦ • ¦ ¦ " The route was altogether badly arranged , and amends must be amply made at some future time . " ¦ . \ . J proceeded on to Bromsgrove , but aa the railway au . thoritles thought we might ' cool ourselraB for an hoar on th » rail , about a mile from Birmingham , it waa lat « when I reached the meeting place . Nevertheless , we had a
very fair gafhering , and a spirltsd little assembly . . . I than moved on tfr Gloucester on Saturday , a bad night for r meeting ; anywhere . Here ; I encountered Mr Samuel Bowlty , the Quaker , who crdis-eMmlned me at great length , more ; X think , - 'for tke ' sake of gaining Information to cenduct his onn plait ' than ' ' anything else . He did not know , although a in an of business , that Exchequer Bills brought more than two and a half or three per cent . ' He thought there ought to be more respectability connected with tho management , and his great objection was , that the plan wotM'become unwieldy if made national , and he did not like to see the mass of working men under ths control of Mr O'Connor ,
I asked him if the ' extension and concentration of railway companies bad not facUltatei Initead ' of embar . raaaed thair operations t—if the Bank of England was an unwieldy machine f—if the 'PoitolBce , which was still more national ; and much like our seclety in its minute raralflcationa , - waa not characterised by the most extreme regularity and puMtuaUty its business , both of which experience and sagacity would still Improve ! Thefunnlest ' partof the badness was , 'tbat Mr Bowley announced hit intention of calling a public meeting to found a local Land Company in Glouceiter . Jealousy geutlenen—onl y jealousy ! " ' . No meeting called at Bristol on Sunday ,
I sailed for Cardiff , where the largest room in the plaoe was crammed to suffocation ; no questions of any mo . ment , " ¦ At Merthyr , I has a most splendid meeting in one of the largest rooms of the place . It was attended by all classes , and the utmost unanimity and satisfaction pre . vailed . I al « o lectured atDovrlaij , the chair occupied by an influential person , conneotsd , I usdentood , with tbe wsrka . Manyconverts ' were made . ' I also lecturod a aeeond tima at Iferfhyr , and likewise at Newbridge . I proceeded to Cardin' again , to catch the mail for Nawport . It was quite full . The day being fine , I walked oh expecting the second mail to overtake me . But I bad no loonar cot on the bills
than it began pelting down with hearty good will . I did not know whether to turn back ' . or . go on . Bad I known tkat no refreshment eould ba procured on the road I would have done so , at length the ' second mail same np . No room On I trudged until I wat utterly exhausted , for eleven mileB on such a day is no joke . On reaching Newport , I sought the learcBt inn , and sent for Mr Williams , the sail maker , I requested him to postpone the meeting , as I felt so utterly fatigued , I should positively decline addressing the meeting . He did so at once , although with great reluctance , observing that the disappointment would be great , Mr Ingram , from Abergavenny , Mr Williams and myself then arranged for the Thursday following : I , in the meantime
to proceed to Abergavenny and Monmoutb . On the Thursday , I lectured in Newport , to a large audienee , Mr Williams in the chair . I explained the reason why I declined lecturing on the Monday . The explanation proved perfectly satisfactory , and aunanimouB vote of thanks was passed to me . Mr Bojer , who was dead drunkin the streets sometime ago , to whom the police administered the cold bath of a eell , and the magistrate a sedative fine of £ 8 in the morning , mads a cock and bull story about ths Newport meeting , but ha was too cowardly to print mt nahs . Trutk , facia , and names , are too powerful for such things . He will find ont thatbe has staggered into a nest of hornets before I have done with him .
. At Abergavanny , I bad an immense meeting . The High Constable in the chair . Mr Sanders , the celebrated horticulturist , corroborated all my atatom « nt 8 , and was backed up by two practical agriculturists . Mr Sbh . der 6 moved a vote of thanks to ra » , which was seconded by the foreman of Jehn Frost ' s jury . I experienced here tho effects of my journey from Cardin ! in a most 8 Bv « re attack of rheumatism , which took twelve honrB eweatlng to subdue . I got out of bed , however , to wait for the Uonmouth coach . Full , and no other convey , ance being at my disposal , the driver was requested to seeMrCloud / andiaformhimthatl could not possibly get on . 1 went to bed , and had another sweating . In future , if the regular conveyance is full or unsuitable as to time , I need not be expected at any meeting unless a conveyance « r the means of providing one ia placed at my disposal .
The Bridgewatcr friends have , ' very properly , reported their own meetings , and it would be much more satisfactory to all parties , if every lecality would go and do likewise . I was recalled to London on Mr O'Connor ' s trial cases with Mr Cleave . From thence I proceeded to Manchester , and with that magniicent gathwlng terminated my tour . M y noxt will Be through Derby , Nottingham , and Lincoln . Not having seen the ' Whistler ' s ' reply to me , I connot answer it , but I shall do it next week .
Whererw I have been , the sceptics are non members of the society , and the members , on the other hand , most enthusiastic , perseverinjr , and determined . The magnitude of tho undertaking-, tho unparallelsd success lit has met ' with , and the future results shadowed forth in the present allotments , have raised a perfect tterm 0 jealousy , hate ,. and fear amongst tke evil-minded of thef middle and master class . They will find plenty of wtrking tools to serve their dirty purposes , and government itsalf may liberally apply the secret service money . We have commanded attention at last , and the Press-Kane are doing no good service by ^ exciting Inquiry . Who are the peopla ? . What are their oWect . « Where aw their ruler * f Tou win flnd growln ( ^ , stions . I shall do my best to meet the present organsied oppo-BtHon , and I feel perfectl y confident our union and well , known energy wlllenablo us to surmount every difficulty . is ^/ 11 * ^' ' ' ™ ' ^ * ° -4 Ever yours faithfully , T ; M . M'Douail .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 6, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1443/page/6/
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