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MB . JOHN MITCHEL . [ From the Peoplt ' s Advocate , ( New South Wales ) June l * th , 1851 . ] '' la . our last we called attention to a paragraph which appeared in a recent number of the " Launceston Examiner , " announcing that the family of Mr . Mitehel hadarriredin . Adelaide , and were oa their way to join their noble . hearted relative . He , anxious to see those from whom he was so long and so painfully separated , asked and Obtained permission to visit Launceston ; but , as unfortunately he had omitted to provide himself roth a written pass , he had no sooner arrived in that town than he was arrested and thrown into gaol , to remain there till communication could be
toad with , and instruction received from , Hobart Town . This ia tie extent of our knowledge , and we have yet to learn the decision at head quarters , Whether favourable or otherwise to the unfortunate state prisoner . Bnt it would leem that a certain fatality attends those political martyrs , who have been located under the wise and paternal rule ' of Governor Denison , and more especially the gentleman whose name we have placed at the head of this article . The first who felt the indignation of England , he was sent to Bermuda , where his life was endangered , in consequence of the climate not agreeing with him . Eventually he "was removed
and wag a passenger in the Neptune , which was not allowed to discharge her cargo of crime at the Cape of Good Hope , but was compelled to voyage further , and add fresh population to the colony of Tan Dieinen ' s Land . We believe that the truehearted colonists of South Africa would have had no objection to have allowed the landing from the ship , and snbsequent residence among them , of John Mitchel , if it could have been so managed that he . alone should be allowed to avail himself of the privilege . This , however , could not be done , and he was compelled to Journey onwards to Tan Dieinen ' s land , -where at length J > e found a resting place for his wearied foot . Since thafc time he has
lived in comparative retirement , ami has not been so prominently before the publis as others of his compatriots , who have been subjected to the coarse insults and indignities of the ruling authorities . But owing , as we said before , to that unfortunate fatality which seems to attach itself 10 those gentlemen , no sooner had he proceeded ( by permission ) to Iiaunceston , to welcome his family , than he is thrown into prisons because he had no written pass . Whether the Governor or Comptroller-General may deem this omission of sufficient - importance to -merit three months at the Cascades , - we have jet to learn ; but we should not be at all surprised if it- were so ; no despotic or arbitrary proceeding of the Government of Yan Piemen's land would astonish us . The petty malignity and vindiciiveness often evinced in its
so conduct to the Irish state prisoners , wavrant us in supposing that—as long as it keeps within the law—it may work as it will , and even stretch a point , not only in equity but also in law , to accomplish its purpose of aggravating the distressing condition of those who are forced to dwell under'it , and to submit to its every caprice . Surely it was quite sufficient that those gentlemen—many of them , of a rank in society more stable and more exalted than an adventitious Excellency , who might before to-Hiorrow be ordered to join his corps and do dutyshould have been torn from their families and homes and forced into involuntary banishment , that they should not , in their place * of exile , be harrassed by the insolence of officials , who , unable
to comprehend the virtuous and pure motives which animated them , and urged them on the . course which they pursued , to the overthrow of their own hopes and prospects—seem to take a malicious pleasure in subjecting them to annoyances , which are deeply and acutely felt by the high-spirited men who are the victims of their whims . It may he said , that the authorities were fearful that Mr . Mitchel would follow the example of M'Manus and fly from , the Colony ; but they need not—they could not entertain any such apprehensions . In the case of the former there was no breach of that tacit agreement which existed between every State Prisoner and the government ; -while in that of the latter , the bond had been broken by the
Executive , and Mr . M * Manns , being relieved from all obligation then did what every man weulddo under similar circumstances—namely , relieve himself from the duresse to which he was subjected ; and we have before now expressed our sincere satisfaction that he had succeeded in eluding the vigilance of his gaoler , and disappeared from the land Of Ms bondage . But it was not very likey . that a man who had just received the tidings of the arrival of his family , -would harbour any intention of absconding , from evea 6 uch a place as Yan Diemen ' s Land , and we wait with anxiety to iearn the issue of the new proceeding , which savors so strongly of the domineering and despotic spirit of the officials of the Southern Colony .
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MINIXG INTELLIGENCE . [ From the BaikurH Free / Yess , ( Xew South "Wales , ) June 14 th , 1 S 51 . ] As we have several times prognosticated the reckless inconsiderateness of many of the Sydney people is now followed by its inevitable penalty . Numbers are daily returning from the mines bankrupt—both in spirit and worldly goods , after an unsuccessful career of gold digging , and not a few instances have occurred at the mines in which parties fully equipped , have arrived there , leoked about them for a short time and because they did not see the men who were at work picking pieces of gold out of their cradles , they have become suddenly dispirited , and sold their rations and tools at an immense sacrifice . A large body of this
disappointed class , amongst whom appeared to be many likely men , returned to town on Monday , and the stories told by some of them were sufficiently gloomy and disheartening to deter others who were not acquainted with the real state of affairs , from attempting the chances of a gold-digger ' s career . Some of them vented their feelings of bitter disappointment and chagrin upon the names of those who are connected with the early history of gold miniug , who if candidly disposed might have attributed their discomfiture to their own imprudeneeand recklessness , or perhaps their want of perseverance . Whilst writing these liues , one of this class disposed of the whole of his outfit , composed of two cradles , three spades , four picks , a new tarpaulin , two oil
coats , and two guns , certainly worth not less than £ 15 for the trifling sum of £ 5 : and flour has bten sold at 15 s . per 100 lbs . at the diggings by brokenspirited miners . We listen to the dolorous recital of an individual , one of a company of three Sydney people who had been industrionsly at work with a cradle for a week , at the conclusion of which they had realised two paitieles . This man ' s impressions and those of his mates were of course unfavourable towards gold digging , and their representations were the means of turning several people back who had come from Sydney to Bathurst , including ,, we are informed , two teams . In a conversation with Mr . Walker , a few moments afterwards , we learned from him that during the last week the joint produce of the labours of his company of six was only an onnce of gold , whilst on some day of the previous week , with his own hands he dug six ounces of
the precious metal out of the earth . And thus it appears to run with the most fortunate of the miners . Amongst many others who turned chickenhearted on their arrival in Bathurst was a Sydney company who came hither well equipped , but with the most absurd and extravagant expectations . Upon hearing that gold digging was something more than mere amusement , and that the lumps irere not to be . found like pebbles , they sold off their stock-in trade , consisting of 600 lbs . of flour , a bag of sugar , a quarter of a chest of tea , tarpaulin , &c , forming in ail a complete outfit to Mr . Walker for £ 15 . Mr . Fitzpatricfc , store-keeper , purchased half a ton of flour at SGs . per 100 lbs . under similar circumstances . Several returned to town yesterday who had come up from Sydney , looked at the diggings , seen little gold , and despaired . These will return to the metropolis and
give a very lugubrious account of their own experience and of mining prospects generally , and will be about as near the truth as some of those Sydney gentlemen who have sojourned amongst us for two or . three days , made themselves familiar with the cases of extraordinary luck and written most extravagant account 3 to their friends , some of which hare found their way into the Sydney papers , and assisted in driving people " mad . Several large pieces of gold have come to light during the last few days . Yesterday an excellent specimen , flat and nearly semi-circular and weighing 1 lb . 11 % OZ 3 ., was shown us by 2 fr . Strachan . It was purchased by him from Messrs . Tom and Lyster ' s companv for £ 76 , and coHSidenug its size and weight was the freest from impurity of any we had seen . Some fortunate individual at the time Btumbled on a lump of matter weighing nearly 71 bs .. comnns < vl of mixed sold and quartz , about
4 lbs . oi which is said to be gold . He placed his treasure in the custody of the Commissioner . Resides these we have heard of other pieces being found , varying from 1 lb . to 16 ozs . Yesterday we had a little conversation with a Bathurst butcher who had been working in co . for a fortnight , ine proceeds of their labour , when divided , came to Aov a man , making something over £ 4 a ™ J ™ J eac - Several have returned and sold their gold , who have earned on an average from los . to ¦ & *• % " day ; and others have been altogether nnsuccesslul , as we have frequently stated . «*;« inat » d So far from ? he opposition which was antwipated with regard to the licenses , everything has gone on smoothly ; the men voluntarily referring their cases Df dispute to the decision of the Cojnjnwswners . Up to Saturday night last upwards of 4 oO nca »«> had been issued , the amount , in nearly , every case , being paid in gold . In our last we omitted stating that the license fee was 2 s . less than the half ounce
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Of gold . Large quantities of the precarious metal are deposited in the safe keeping , of the Commissioners' by the miners ; but anything in the shape of larceny or , peculation ! at the diggings appears by all accounts to berunknown . From 300 to 400 passed upwards yesterday . ' A gentleman just arrived from Sydney who had taken some trouble in forming his calculation , gives it as hiB opinion that not less than 250 tons of flour is now ' on the way up . These supplies in addition to what may be expected from Maitland and Goullmra will place us on the safe side of starvation .
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ENGAGEMENTS WITH PIRATES . _ CiproRE oF ; the Pirate Negro . —The pirate Negro , for " whom her Majesty ' s sloop Frolic hag been so long in search , has been killed . under the following circumstances : — The French steamer Favorite perceived him and crew in a large boat ; drove them ashore' on a small island near Satnesthe boats of the French steamer blockaded the island until the steamer went to Samos for the Turkish troops . 'They then proceeded to the island , and Negro having offered a ' desperate resistance , he was Bhot immediately . : ; PlR'AKs in the Mediterranean . —The arrival of the Merlin at Malta , from Patras . puts the public in possession of the following facts : —A pirate boat has appeared in the vicinity of Ithaca , ' 'with seventeen mem They have seized several boaia , ar > a among them'an Ionian , whose crew ' they beat and tore down her flag . Several persons were seizedone of them , Major Andrew Valtero , had to pay a ransom of 500 dollars . Several boats were robbed . The occurrence took place on the 4 tb inst ;
Pibatbs in the Straits . —The " Diario de Manila" of July says : — "On the 3 rd of May , a division of gun-boats had an engagement with four pirate boats on the coast- of the island' of Paragua ( Palawan ) in lat . 8 deg . 52 , 30 , at the distance of twelve miles from the shore . The pirates were summoned to surrender , but refusing were attacked , and a warm engagement ensued . One-of " the Spanish gun-noats was upset , but undeterred by this mischance the rest continued the attack , which rer suited in the' complete destruction of the pirates , three of which were carried by boarding , after much resistance , and destroyed , arid the fourth was blown up by the pirates themselves . About one hundred pirates were killed . A midshipman , an assistant
surgeon ; eight seamen , a grenadier , and tWO boys were killed , and twelve men wonnded on the side of theSpanish . Seventeen prisoners were shot ; and one pirate ( a boy of twelve years ) and thirteen captives , women and children , who had been seized by the pirates during their cruise * were brought away by the gun boats . The governor of the province of Iloilo writes , under date 3 rd June , that he had been grieved by receiving information that en the 19 th of May eight pirate prahus had entered the Bay of Agcanayan , and taken several persons prisoners , and that another division of six pirate prahus had captured a vessel of the Christians between the coasts of Iloilo and the Island of Negroes . A division of gun . boats were immediately despatched in
pursuit of these pirates and on the 22 nd observed twelve of the prahus anchored under the island of Gninanon . The pirates separated and took to flight , four of their boats heing sunk , and three captives making their- escape by swimming to the Spanish boats . On a subsequent day two prahus were engaged , of which one escaped with three men killed , and the other-was taken , - having nine pirates killed and two made-prisoners , who declared that they were Christians who had been carried off when Children . Six captives were found in this boat , including a woman and child , one of whom was slightly wounded by the fire of the gun boats , and another was also wounded by the pirates when throwing himself into the water to swim to the Spanish boats . " '
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Prevention of Accidents by Fire-arms . —A land-owner and sportsman of 2 fantes , Belgium , M . Fontenau , has invented a modification of the percussion gun . In ordinary percussion guns the cylindrical hammer which strikes upon the nipple whereon the cap is placed is solid . ¦ Mr . Fontenau proposes that this solidity shall be drilled in such a manner as to admit of being fitted with a fine screw , which can , by turning , be easily raised or depressed ia its bed . The inner end , if we may so speak , is alone to strike the cap . It is obvious that if this screw be turned so that the greater portion of it be out of the hammer , that though the gun be charged and capped and the hammer descends , the gun will not be fired ; whilst the turning down of the sorew ab once places the gun in order for firing . '
Westmisster Abbey . —An act was passed on the 7 th of August to " empower the Dean and Chapter of Westminster Abbey to build on ground contiguous to Westminster Abbey . and for other purposes . " By virtue of this act the Chapter can expend £ 25 , 000 in improvements connected with the Abbey in the purchase of property in Dean ' s-yard . Other acts have been passed by which the Chapter was empowered to make improvements , and they can be now carried into execution . According to the recital , the Chapter was " desirous of facilitating the formation of a spacious and convenient communication between the Douses of Parliament and that of Buckingham Palace , and of otherwise improving the adjacent neighbourhood , " The Latb Owner of the American Tacht . —
At a dinner recently given to Commodore Stevens at Uew York to celebrate his return from England , the following graceful tribute was paid by that gentleman to the authorities of this country : — " Our arrival was greeted with every hospitality and courtesy , not only by the noblemen and gentlemen of the Royal Yacht Club , but by the officers of government . Lord Palmerston sent down an order that the America should be admitted in all the English ports on the footing of English yachts —the custom-houses were all free to her , arid the admiral of the station at Portsmouth offered every assistance and civility . The Earl of Wilton and the venerable Marquis of Anglesey , now eighty years of age , were among the first visitors on board , and they and all the members and officers of
the Yacht Club , and numberless others , evinced in every manner the kindest feelings , and showed us the most delicate attention . From the Queen herself we received a mark of attention rarely accorded even to the highest among her own subjects ; and I was given to understand that it was not only intended as a courtesy extended to myself and friends , but also as a proof of the estimation in which she held our country , thereby giving a significance to the compliment infinitely more acceptable and valuable . Long may the bond of kindred affection and interest that binds us together at present remain unbroken . As a further proof of the feeling of the government and the people towards us I will mention the following act of kindness : — We had the misfortune , the day before the race
with the Titania , to knock off a part of our outer shoe . This rendered it necessary that we should haul her out , and we repaired to the government dock at Portsmouth for the purpose . On the instant the application was made an order was issued by the admiral to repair her in the shortest time possible . If you could have witnessed the vigour and good will exhibited , from the admiral down to the humblest mechanic of the yard , to complete her for the next day ' s race , you would , 1 am sure , have felt the obligation ( rendered so doubly binding by the manner in which it was tendered ) as deeply and sincerely as ourselves , that any cause of quarrel should arise to separate two nations that want but to be better acquainted with each other ' s good qualities to become and to remain
fast friends . She was docked at twelve and finished by eight o ' clock the same evening . For this important service no remuneration , in any shape or way , would be listened to . The admiral , in expressing the pleasure it " gave him to do us a service , endeavoured to prevail upon us to believe the obligation to be altogether en his side . I trust , with confidence , that if occasion should occur , this delicacy and feeling will be as promptly and as delicately reciprocated . " The Ommbuses . —Xow , we suppose , it will be the people's turn to deal with the multitude of omnibuses called into action during the last six months . Short distance prices appear to be a desideratum , as well as a return to the old threepenny half-distances and Bank fourpeuny fares . These , we dare
say , will satisfy the middle classes , who would daily and constantly fill the 'buses for short lifts , nt say 2 d ., while they retain even 3 d . in their pockets . There is wanted , too , in the metropolis—what Liverpool has already got—a working class omnibus at still cheaper fares , for certain distances , even so low as a penny ; though it must be admitted that , if these are to traffic throughout the whole length and breadth of the metropolis , the fare for the Whole distance must be higher—say threepencehalf the middle class price . The penny omnibuses at Liverpool are literally besieged by the working classes , and taken by storm , and the demand for
more ib about to be supplied by a new and superior kind of vehicle . In whatever way it may be managed , there is likely to be a reform in the omnibus ranks in the metropolis , and a reform is needed in the vehicle no less than in the fare . Let the Parisan omnibus , even , be simply imitated , and the proprietors will find the change to be for their advantage , and to enable them at once to re-arrange their fares on the desired scale . A little wider and a good deal longer—just such a machine as was exhibited in Hyde Park , if we mistake not from Glasgow —will do , Would not iron ones be lighter to draw than those we have , even though they were larger . —Builder .
Lobd John Russell ' s New Reform Bill—It is now pretty freely circulated that at the late councilonly three members of Lord John Russell ' s Cabinet supported his new Reform Bill proposition . The ether members were opposed to any new Reform Bill at all . This division in the Cabinet has caused great consternation , —Meriting HirnM ,
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . ; ¦• The October General Quarter Session of ' the Peace for the county of Middlesex commenced on Monday morning , at the Sessions House ,. Clerkenwell , before Mn Sergeant Adams ) Mr . Withara , Mr . Pownall , Mr . Turner , Mr . Kemshead , Mr . Armstrong , &c . . There are thirty-eight cases of felony , and seven of misdemeanour , for trial . . Dock RonhBRy . '—Jaoies Barker , 42 , was mdicted for stealing two gallons of rum " ¦ ¦ ' the property of the East and West India Dock Company .: It appeared that on the 8 th inst . a vessel laden with , rum and sugar was discharging her cargo at one : of the quays Of the East and West India Doek , and : the prisoner , who was in the employ of the company as second class cooperwas on the . quay at the time . He was
, observed by one of the servants of the dock to be paying particular attention to one of the ; puncheons of rum which had been landed , and on being watched he was seen to attempt to remove the bung by means of a cutting-in iron , but failing in that he went away , and returned shortly afterwards with an apze , with which he accomplished his object With the assistance of another person he tilted the ; cask on to a pail , and having got about two gallonsjout , he took it to the western remote cellar , where he yrasfouna with it , and he was given into custody . —The ; defence was that the prisoner ' s purpose was aot to . ' steal the rum , but to stop Borne leakage that was taking place in the cask . —The jury found the prisoner Gvulty , and he was sentenced to one year's hard labour , Charoe of Fraud . —Joseph West , a sweep , was indicted for having unlawfully obtained from
Elizabeth Dick man eight shillings and sixpence , with intent to defraud the Rev . Richard Burgess . The case against the prisoner was that he went to the house of the prosecutor , No . 10 , Cadogan Place , and asked for orders . Believing him to be the sweep regularly employed at the house , the servant asked him if he had got his bill , when be replied that lie had not , but would soon fetch it . He then went , away , and in about half an hour he returned with a- bill _ for . eight shillings and sixpence , which 8 um he ! received , and receipted the bill . The debt was not owing to him but to another sweep , residing in Burton-street , Eaton-square . —The defence was , that the prisoner was not the person who received the money » and it appeared that when he ascertained that the Bei ' . vant said it was him he went to the police station to meet the charge . —Mr . Sleigh addressed the jury , and they acquitted the prisoner . ' . -
Sheep Stealing . —Thomas Barnett , a butcher , was indicted for stealing two ewes , value £ 4 , the property of Stephen Lowe . From . the evidence it appeared tbat last Friday fortnight , at . about nine o ' clock , the horse patrol on duty in the Seven Sisters' Road , Tottenham , saw the prisoner running away from a horse and cart in the road ; and , on examining the cart , he found in it a sheep with its legs tied , and at a short distance , close by the gate of afield where some sheep had been turned in , he found another sheep with its legs tied , as if ready to be deposited in the cart also . He then gallopped after the prisoner , but could not overtake him ,, and he returned to the cart , of which , with the horse and the Sheep , he took possession , and conveyed them to the Green Yard ; and whilst he was at a public house at
Westminster , inquiring for the person whose name appeared on the cart as . owner , the prisoner came in , and the officer having recognised him , took him into custody . The prisoner afterwards said , " Patrol , you are the only witness against me ; make it as favourable as you can ; I shall get transported . " At the time the . officer was in plain clothes , and had hot said he was the patrol . The cart had been hired by the prisoner and another person , to whom , and to his connexion with certain women , he imputed his being apprehended . —He was found Guilty , —Mr . Metcalfo said the prisoner ' s friends were very respectable , and he had been brought up to the business of a butcher , and they entertained no doubt of his having been drawn into the present transaction by bad companions . —The court sentenced him to be transported for ten years .
Frkvd dpok Fraud . —John " Whitmore was indicted for fraudulently obtaining by false pretences , from Alexander Mills , 6 wo casks , the property of Alexander Berwick , with intent to cheat and defraud him of the same . . There were three other charges against the prisoner . —It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner effected these frauds in this way . He had been in the employ of Mr . Lockwood , of TVoodbridge , but was discharged from his employ five or six months ago . He appeared to have a knowledge of those public houses where Mr . Loekwood ' s barrels and those of other brewers
were , having been collector to several houses , and he engaged carmen to go and fetch barrels from public houses , giving them a written authority to do so , and having by these means obtained the casks , he sold them , stating that' his name was Lockwood . Ib was sworn that the prisoner had no authority to send for or deal with these casks in any way whatever . —The prisoner complained that he had entrusted certain papers which were of great importance to him as far as regarded his defence , to a solicitor , who had neglected to attend . —Mr . Metcalfe aaid there were a number of persons who , under the guise of legal practitioners , defrauded persona who were under charge of money , and
sometimes , as tho prisoner in this ease averred , of papers , which were of importance to the defence . —The learned judge said there were , it was true , about that court a set of people who acted in this way , and had he but the power he should not be slow to put it in operation to cleanse the court of them , for he would take care that they were safely lodged between four walla during every sitting of the court ; but he had not the power , and could not do anything in the present ease . If the person alluded to was an attorney , there was a remedy in the Court of Queen ' s Bench . —Tho jury found the prisoner Guilty , and he was sentenced to six months ' hard labour .
The Case of Dugdale , op Holyweu , stbeet . — In the case of this defendant , who is sentenced to two years' imprisonment , for having in his possession , with intent to sell , obscene prints and publications , it was submitted on his behalf that no offence was stated on the face of the indictment , and the court took time to consider whether it would grant a case on the point for the decision of the Court of Appeal . —The learned judge now said that he had well considered the matter , and his opinion was that the indictment was sufficient . He should therefore leave the defendant to his writ of error , if his advisers thought it desirable that he should avail himself of it .
Robbebt by a Servant . —Margaret Carey , 24 , was indicted for stealing in the dwelling house of Ilenry Lambert , a gold watch , value £ 13 , and six sovereigns , his property and moneys , —The prosecutor was a publican , keeping the Caledonian Arms , Caledonian-road , and about a fortnight ago the prisoner entered his service as maid of all work . It was his custom to keep money in a cash-hox which was deposited in an iren safe in his bed-room , to which there were two keys , one of which he kept himself and tho other was kept by Mrs . . Lambert in a dressing case in the bed-room . On Tuesday last , Whilst the prisoner was employed scouring the bed-room , the prosecutor went to tho safe , and at thafc time there were forty-six sovereigns in it , but when he went to it again , a short time afterwards , he found that six " sovereigns had been abstracted . Suspecting the prisoner , and knowing that she had no money when she entered
his employ , he examined a bundle belonging to her , and in the pocket of a gown he found three sovereigns , one of which ho recognised by a peculiar mark as one he had put in the cash-box on the preceding Saturday . Mrs . Lambert ' s key was found safe in the dressing-oase . The prisoner , when accused , was excessively insolent , and a policeman was called in and directed to take her into custody . The prisoner then said she would not go without an old petticoat which was in the back- kitchen or washhouse , but thafc was disregarded , and she was conveyed to the station-house , Afterwards , on a further examination of the safe , a gold watch was missed , and , after a search , it was found wrapped up in the petticoat which the prisoner had been so desirous of possessing when she was apprehended , and which was found in the back washhouse concealed under tho sink . —The Jury found the prisoner Guilty , and the Court sentenced her to nine months' imprisonment .
How to Gei Relief . —George Langley , 19 , pleaded guilty to an in dictment in which he was charged with assaulting Thomas Birchmore , relieving overseer of tlie parish of St . Paneras . —The defendant was one of a number of idle , dissolute , and disorderly persons who aro a source of the greatest annoyance to the authorities of St . Paricras , their habit being to get admitted into the workhouse , and after remaining there long enough to receive food sufficient to satisfy themselves , refusing to work , and then insisting upon their immediate discharge . In 1 S 46 the prisoner was apprenin the merchant
ticed , at the expense of the parish , service , but he was too kzy to like the discipline , and he ran away . Since then he had been a complete pest to the parish officer ? . On Friday last he applied to the board of Guardians to advance him some money to enable him to start as a walnut vender , and because his request was refused , he waited about the passage leading to the ooard-room , and as Mr . Birchmore was leaving he attacked him in a violent manner , iriflieting a very heavy blow on the side of his throat , and declaring " he would serve the b y directors in the eame way . '—The court sentenced him to six months' imprisonment .
Assault with Intent , &c—Joseph Willis Povd , 38 , was indicted for unlawfully assaulting four little girls , under the age often years , wifch intent , Ac-There were four separate indictments against the prisoner , on one of which only he was tried : and the evidence given in support thereof , cannot , of course , be given in detail . —Tho defence was that the evideneedid not bring home guilt to the prisoner , and that he was a person of weak intellect ; and a witness was called who stated that the prisoner was-an inmate of a private lunatic asylum for six years from 1835 to 1841 . —The jury found him i
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Guilty , ¦ and the court did -not proceed -with the other oases . —The learned judge aaid he was satisfied with the verdict , but at the samo time he was also satisfied thafc . the prisoner was : a person of weak intellect-, but not to such an extent as rendered him irresponsible for his acts . > He thought ihe prisoner's friends iought . to . adopt means to have him taken care of when he came out of prison m order that he might not be guilty of such offences again ; ThiS'WaS a . very . serious , oriiie , but under Ihe circumstances of the case the sentence was that she prisoner be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for nine calendar months .
• Stbauno and Rbcbivi »< 3 . —Charlera Falkner , a marine storedealer , carrying on business on Eyrestreet-hill , and William Thomas Jackson , also a marine store dealer , in Turnmill-street , at the . rear of the Sessions House , were indicted for stealing , and also for feloniously receiving forty pounds of tmfoil , value . f 2 , the property , of Messrs . Simpson and Emsley , of Unioh-buildings , Gray ' s-inn-lane . — ihe learned Judgo having summed , up the . case , the jury , after about twenty minutes ' , consideration , found Falkner Not Guilty , arid . Jackson Guilty of receiving . — The learned Judge said he
agreed with the verdict , and hoped Faikner would forthefuture learn not to purchase unfinished goods Without Btricfc inquiry . As . to Jackson he had not the slightest doubt of his guilt . and he felt certain that the present was not the only transaction he had had With the person of whom he purchased the tinfoil . The court would always punish with severity convicted receivers of stolen goods—they were the promoters and encouragers of crime ; and tho sentence upon him was that he be transported beyond the seas for the term of ten years . —This case lasted the whole day , and the court was crowded . '
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SURREY ADJOURNED QUARTER SESSIONS . The Adjourned Quarter Sessions for the county of Surrey commenced ou Monday at the Counhouso , Newington-causeway , before Thomas Puckle , Esq . ( chairman ) , and a full bench of magistrates . Attempted Burglary . —T . Collier , 25 , and J . Tovey , 25 , were indicted for attempting to break , into the dwelling-house of Sarah Willis , at Chert-, se ' y . —Prosecutrix , an old woman , seventy-two years of age , stated that she lived alone in a cottage , near the Addlestone railway station . She was in receipt of an annuity , but as soon as she received it from the Bank of England she placed the money in a lady ' s hand for safety . On Saturday night , the 20 th nit- ; she went to bed about nine o ' clock , and about three hours afterwards she
was alarmed by hearing some glass break in her window . She had fastened the house up prior to retiring to rest . As soon as she heard the noise she got out of bed and struck a light , and went to the windows . ' She there Baw some faces , when she thought it was some one come to frighten her . One of the men , who she believed to be Collier , called out , " Give us some money , or it will be worse for you . " It was at the littlo window at the back of thohouse . She told them io go about their business , but they refused to-do so , and commenced forcing thio door open . She put a piece of iron against the door to prevent them from breaking it open . Sho then saw that part of the . shutter had been cut through with a knife , the blade of which she . perceived through the shutter . She was very
much afraid of tbat , but she seized up a candlestick and pushed against the knife , to prevent Dhe blade coming any further . With one hand she held the candlestick , and the other the shutter . Sho told them to remember the Frimley murder , and go about their business . They again demanded a sovereign , a half-sovereign , or a half-crown , when she told them she had none . But she recollected afterwards that sho had a shilling , and offered to give them that if they would go" away . She then told them to go round , and when they got there she threw out the shilling and some bread and cheese . She was afraid her strength would . fail her , which induced her to give them tho shilling . She was positive she knew Collier , as he lived with his parents in the next cottage to her . She said to him ,
" You bad boy , Tom , go away ; " but both of them said , " No , we shan ' t ; we will hav ? more . " Witness then got an old dagger , but she was afraid to handle such a deadly weapon , but still she threatened them with- it , and they went ; away . —Walter Ayling , one of the Surrey police , said he watched the prisoners from a beer-shop on the night in question to the house of the prosecutrix . They crossed a hedge and went to the back of the house , where ho followed them and hid himself in an out-house close by , where he could observe all their actions . He then saw them trying to break open the door , when Mrs . Willis camo to the window and asked them what they wanted . They replied , " Money , and if she would not make a noise , they would not hurt her . " They then broke several
panes of glass , when the old lady told them to go round , and she would give them some money . Witness followed them , and us soon as he got round they rau away , but he pursued and captured Tovey , whom he took to Collier ' s house . While standing tliere Collier came homo , and having sent forthe superintendent , they were both taken to the polica statiou . —Superintendent Biddelcombe , of thfi Surrey police , said he examined fcho old lady's house afterwards , and found the back door broken very much , and the thieves intended to force the look by wrenching off fcho bottom board . The shutters' were also very much cut , and tho marks
corresponded with a knife found on Collier . —The Chairman summed up the evidence , and , after a few minutes' consultation , a verdict of Guilty was returned against both . —A former conviction ha viiig been proved against Tovey , the court sentenced him to ten years' transportation , and the other prisoner was sentenced to twelve months' hard labour inthe House of Correction . The Chairman told them that had it not been for the courageous conduct of the old lady , they would have entered her house , and might have succeeded in committing a crime similar to that in another , part of the county , for which two men suffered so recently .
AriEMPraG to Defraud the So oih Western Railwat Company . —W . Vfardell , 36 , was indicted for having attempted , to defraud the South Western Company of the sum of £ 20 , under false pretences . He was also indicted for stealing several articles of silver plate , the property of J . Haydon , banker , Guildford . — From evidence it appeared that the prisoners entered the service of Mr . liaydon about a month ago . After two or threo days remaining at Guildford , ho was sent to London to transact some business , and on his return to the railway station he went to the' secretary ' s office , and said that ho had lost his carpet bag , containing property worth £ 20 . Inquiries were instantly instituted , and it being ascertained that tho prisoner ' s story was doubtful , a police constable was called in , and he was giren into custody , Mr . Haydon was made acquainted with the facts , when he examined the plate , and missed two dessert forks and other articles , some ot which were found in tho prisonei »' a possession . It was also ascertained that he obtained the situation by means of a false character . —The prisoner , who pleaded guilty , and threw himself on tho mercy of the court , was sentenced to be transported ¦ for fifteen years .
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The Inhabited House Duty . —Tho first half * year ' s duty on . iuhabitcd houses is now due , ' and will be shortly collected under the following schedule , forming part of tho assessed taxes , — " For every inhabited dwelling-house , which wifch the household and other offices yards , and gardens , therewith occupied and charged , is or shall be worth the rent of £ 20 or upwards by the year , where any such dwelling-house shall be occupied by any person in trade who shall expose to sale and . sell any goods , wares , or merchandise , in any shop or warehouse being park of ihe , same dwelling house , and in the front and on the groutid . or basement storey thereof , and also where any such dwelling-house
shall be ooccupied by any person who shall be duly licensed by the laws in : foree to sell therein by retail , beer , ale , wine , and other liquors although the rooms thereof'in which any suuh liquors shall be exposed to sale , sold , drunk , or consumed , shall not be sueh shop or warehouse , as aforesaid , and also where any such dwelliug-house shall be a farmhouse occupied by a tenant or farm serva ' nt , ' and bona fide used for toe purposes of huauamlry oaly , there ahall . be charged for every 20 s . of such annual " value of any such dwelling-house the sum of 0 d ., and where any such dwelling-house shall not be occupied and used for any such purposes and in inaiiner aforesaid , there shall be charged for every auch annual value thereof the sum ot 9 d . "
Spanish Banditti . — An act of great audacity Was lately perpetrated near Avila , a town about thirty leagues from Madrid , on the road to Seville , At about nine in the morning , on a Sunday , six men , well armed and mounted , took possession of a small iun by tho roadside , and , after having made their arrangements , stopped and robbed every person that passed . By five iu the eveuing they had had about 100 horses or mules shut up within a narrow space , and forty persona tied hand and foot . They did not maltreat any one , and even gave their
prisoners some food . Near tho close of the day a post chaise passed ^ containing two men , ladies , and a child . They rifled these travellers completely , taking away even ladies' mantles and bonnets . At last , when night had set in , the robbers took their departure , carrying with them nine mules loaded with booty , and nearly lO . OOOfr , Prom some words which fell from one of them , it is conjectured that they were expecting the arrival of a rich family from Madrid , whom they intended to hold to ransom . Fortunately the expected pavty took some other road . .
Departure of the Lord Bishop of Bomuav . — On Saturday his lordship left his residence at St . Andrew ' s Hill , Doctors Cominuris , accompanied by his lady , for his newly appointed station as Lord Bishop of Bombay .
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. . ; ' THE SUFFOLK ; POISONINGS . William Rawlihspn was' again brought up last week at Clare on the charge of having administered arsenic to his daughter-in-law , Mary Bawlinaon , and after a further examination before the Rov . W . Mayd was again remanded for . further ; examination at Clarei' Diligent inquiries have been made by Superintendent Death into the several cases of supposed poisoning ,, and from the information he has obtained it appears that Mary Rawlinson . ( who ia since married ) was first taken ill on the 7 th August , but got . better ; that on the l&h , having eaten some black ourranfc pudding which she had made , she was again seized with Bickness and a burning sensation in the throat ; and her niece , Susan Cornell , coming to see her that night , ate some-of the
pudding , and was also taken sick , and remained very ill all that night and next day ; thafc she went home on Saturday , the 16 th , having eaten nothing else in the house , carrying ; with her the remainder of . the pudding , of which her father and the other children . partaking were all taken ill ; that the mother , Ann Cornell , having gone to be with Mary IUwlinson , was sent for to her husband , and herself complained of sickness and pain in her head ; but they all got better at that time ; that threo weeks after Ann Cornell went again to nurse Mary Itawlinson on the Saturday , and after' taking some mutton broth was seized ffith vomiting and purging , but got bettor in the morning ; that two of her children came on the Sunday and dined with her
off soma mutton pudding , after which they all were taken ill in the same way ; and the husband being sent for to his wife took her home about six in the evening , and she died about eight the same night . On the 16 th inst ., an information was laid by Superintendent Death before the Rev . W . Mayd , for the purpose of having the body ol Ann Cornell disinterred for examination ; that an order to that effect having been made by the magistrate , the body was epened by Mr . Sutter , of Wickhambrook , and the intestines have been delivered to Mr . Image , of Bury , for analysis ; hut at present we believe no examination has been made . Cornell , the husband of the deceased , still feels the effects of the deleterious matter which he took , iu awnbneaa of his feet and hands . -
Another Dratix by Poisoning . —Mtstbbious Death . —On the 16 th insfc ., an inquest was held before 'Harry Wayman , Esq ., coroner ,- at the Fox Inn , Great Bradley , on the body of Hosier Radfoi-d , who died on the Tuesday week previous . Ann Rad f , widow , deposed that the deceased , who was in her seventeenth year , was one of four daughters of Joseph Radford , her lato husband's brother , with whom witness now lived as his wife , and by whom she had two children , aged three and five years respectively . The deceased slept at her uncle ' s , next door , Joseph Radford and the witness , with four children , sleeping in one room , the rest of the house , the property of Mr . Lamprell , having been pulled down . The deceased
kept company with a young man named Alfred Hinda . On Sunday , the 28 th ult ., she was taken with , a bowel complaint , which continued till the Saturday , when Mr . Baker , surgeon , saw her ; and she kept her bed from the Sunday night till her death , which took place on Tudsday afternoon about two o ' clock . Two of her sisters and two of the witness ' s children had been taken ill during the same . period , but were better novr . They all had their victuals together . The inquest was adjourned until Monday next , in order that a post mortem examination might be made ; and we understand that a quantity of plant , well known for its use in procuring . abortion , has been found by Mr . Image in tho intestines . —Bury Post .
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DARING ROBBERY AT LIVERPOOL BY BARRINGl'ON , THE RETURNED CONVICT . At the Liverpool police court on Wednesday John Barrington , a well-known character when here , and a returned discharged convict , was brought up , charged with having stolen £ 220 from Mr . Livingstone , the celebrated , cotton-broker . The prisoner only returned from transportation about a fortnight ago : and from the statement made by Inspector Bates , it appears tlwt on the 8 th instant , tho nignt before the Queen , ' s visit , Mr , Livingstone , had been assaulted find robbed just before entering his house , in Bold-place , by some . men , who cut away his pocket , and stole from him a silver lovev wit ton , a bill of exchange for £ 18783 ., a Bank of England noto for £ 100 , ar . d two others for £ 20 each . Since that time the
inspector had been in search of the thieves , and hi 3 suspicions , from his professional knowledge , fell upon the prisoner who had just returned from transportion . lie ascertained that he ( the prisoner ) had taken a beer house in Bronte street ( off Russell-street ) . On the day previous he ( Bates ) took with him two other detective officers , Lloyd and Murphy . They went to the house and told tho prisoner thafc they had come to search the house . Lloyd fastened the doov , and they commenced the search . When they came to tho pigeon-cote one of the birds flew out , and tho prisoner said ' Stop , , there is s-ioney there ! " Witness put his hand there and pulled out eleven sovereigns . In a bag , mixed up with pigeon dirt , he fouud a silver lever watch , which had since been identified by Mr , Livingstone as thafc stolen from him . The prisoner ,
when brought to the office , denied the charge . — Murphy , another of tho detective officers , said that they received information" thafc the prisoner had left £ 80 with Mrs . Ilume , a publican in WhitGchapel . Since the 8 th inst ., the prisoners had called , and got £ 40 , and the other £ 40 wa 8 handed over to him ( witness ) . —Mr . Livingstone identified the watch , and Stated that on the 8 th instant , when within a , few yards from his own house , he was attacked by three men . One seized him by the throat , another held him by the arms , and the third , who he recognised as the . prisoner , camo in front of him and attempted to . pull down his trowsers . Failing in this the prisoner took , a knife and cut away the . left hand pocket , and stole the mouey stated . He ( the prisoner ) also dragged away prosecutor ' s watch .. The thieves then effected their escape . —The prisoner was committed for trial .
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A Dreadful Case of Child Murder was discovered in Wakefield on Monday . Shortly after live o ' clock on the morning of that day one of , the parters , named Jackson , employed at the railway station of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company , went to his work as usual . A young man named Park , employed as a . clerk in the telegraph office , was also in attendance , and booked four persons to go by the train , namely , two men and two females . On the departure of'the train , Jackson , as was his usual custom , went into the passage leading from the railway yard to the platform , where passengers were booked to go by the trains , and took away a ladder , and proceeded to extinguish all the gas lights . The passage at this time was perfectly clear , but after an absence of five or ten minutes he
returned to deposit his ladder m i ^ proper place , when he found a common blue band-box rather clumsily tied with cord , lying in the passage . lie took up the box and carried it into the booking office to show it to the other clerk , and their curiosity or suspicion being nroused by tho weight and appearance of the band : bos , they opened it , when they found it contained a child wrapped up in a white cloth , with its throat cut from ear to ear , the head being almost severed from the body . The booking clerk states that about ten minutes after- the departure of the half-past live o ' clock train a man and woman came to the booking office window , and requested to know if the train , had gone to Thornhill . On learning that it had , and that there was no other
train untilhalf-past eleven , they went away , and he saw nothing more of them until they were afterwards taken into custody , when he positively identified the woman as . the person who made inquiries respecting the trains at the booki ng office window . The man and woman arc also identified by a porter , named Thomas Smith , ' who met them in the railway yard ,, on their . way from tho station , as he was going on duty , about twenty minutes before six o ' clock . The porter , Jackson , swears that the box must have been placed in the passage white he was extinguishing , the gas lights , and if- bo , and the fact of the man and woman being at the station at the time fixes suspicion on them as being implicated in the diabolical transaction . The man and woman , whose names are James Doyle and Ann Smith , were taken into custody about seven o ' clock the same ¦
morning . They were brought before the magistrates on Monday , at the Court-house , and remanded for a week , to give the police an opportunity of obtaining further evidence respecting this mysterious transaction . The coroner ' s jury , after a brief consultation , returned . a verdict of '" . Wilful } Murder against some person or persons unknown . " ' . ' ¦ .. . Murder is KhadV . —On the . nighV of Friday . last a young man , named Patrick . M'Court , was murdered in Keady , by some persons at present uhknown . An inquest was held on the body before George Ilenry , Esq .., coroner , and' adjourned to Monday ; but notwithstanding a most patient investigation nothing was elicited criminating any person , and Samuel . Young , James Hayes , and Thomas M William s " who had been in custody , were diachargod . Various rumours are afloat a 6 to the cause of the inurder . —Armagh Guardian .
In reference to . the Martin Estates in . Gal way , their acquisition was strenuously recommended to ' a great capitalist , by . a party who said the whole could be had for 40 s . an acre in fee simple , or at a price of £ 50 . 0 , 000 .. The reply was characteristic and instructive— "I can buy the wlioleat 20 s an acre , or for £ 250 , 000 ; but . who' will guarantee me a mnximura poor rate , or insure against the whole being swallowed up . in . feeding sturdy beggars ? . t ¦ . . 13 loomerism , ' ~ A lecture on the new style of ladies costume , was delivered in the Round Room of theJlotunda . last evcning . 'by Mrs . Wilson and Miss Fleming . This has been the . first attempt to introduce the startling innovation here . :
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KOSSUTH . MEETING OF THE INHABITANTS OF WESTMINSTER . " " A public meeting of the inhabitants of Westminster was held ou Monday , at the Hanover-square Rooms , for the purpose of adopting an address " to the great patriot and statesman , Kossuth , " on , his arrival in England . Shortly after one o ' clock the chair was taken by-Sir De Lacy Evans , Bart ., M . P . ; and on the platform were Lord Dudley Stuirt , M . P ., Mr . Feargua O'Connnor , M . P ., a number of foreigners s > nd membevs of tho Westminster Reform Association , under whose auspices the meeting appeared to have been got up .
Sir De Lacy Evans , on presenting himself , was loudly and repoatedly cheered . He said it was now about twenty years since he r first had tha honour of participating with the - inhabitants of Westminster in the promotion of public questions of great interest and importance . Many matters of great moment with regard to foreign and domestic politics had during that time occupied the attention of the citizens of Westminster , but he would say that there ucver was a public occasion on which ha felt more honoured , than on being called to preside that day ( hear , hear ) , or one in which he felt more clearly and distinctly the justice , in every sense of the word , of the cause which they had taken up . / Cheers . ) It was true th . 2 "Ostensibly the object of
the meeting was a per * , w fee—it was an expression of the sentimei . t « * of the citizens of Westminster , as to the conduct of the late governor of Hungary ; but he and they viewed it in a much larger and more important sense . Their great object was through him to do honour to the noble cause of which he was tho champion . ( Cheers . ) lie believed that the great mass of tho people of that country , with the exception of a few ultra-Tories , who were always slovr to imbibe ideas of liberality—he believed that the great mass of . the English people were of opinion that the cause of Hungary was a good and noble one . ( Cheers . ) Although he had . not had much time to look closely into the political transactions that had taken place recently in thafc
country , he ' had felt it his duty before corning there to pi eside , to inquire somewhat minutely into the main features of the Hungarian question . Further inquiry had only more fully eonviuced him that the original impressions he had formed upon this question wero correct . The cause was one intimately allied , and parallelto , that cause fov which tho people of England had been themselves struggling many years . The object of the Hungarian people was two'ibld—tho first was to maintain their national rights and their national independence , which they had clung to for the long period of GOO years . The next' was the desire of improving and deliberating upon those important privileges that ; had been handed down to them for so long a period .
These objects were precisely such as were sought for within their own memory by tho peoplo of England . ( Hear . ) The speaker then entered into the details of the Hungarian constitution , and vindicated Kossuthand Mazzini from the calumnies of the English press . Had any of them read the lettera of Mr . Gladstone , who was neither a Communist nor a Socialist , and had they seen how he had described the deplorable condition of the people of Naples ? ( Hear , hear . ) He need not tell them that the condition of the peoplo of Rome waa much worse , and they groaned under a most detestable oivil and ecclesiastical tyranny . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , if in such circumstances Mazzini thought that the best modo of accomplishing
his object' of freeing the people from his galling yoke , " was tho declaration of a republc , waa there anything impugning in that ? ( Cries of " So , " ) Taking thafc present cursory view of the position of the Roman people , and of Mazzini , as their acknowledged leader , he really did not see how Kossuth was" dishonoured by being compared to one of the patriots of the Italian people . ( Great cheering . ) As a military man he know too that Mazzini had performed his duty in the most heroic manner , and whether a republic whs good or- bad he sincerely lamented that fcho efforts of Mazzini had not been crowned with success . ( Vociferous cheers and Ol'ios of "bravo " for somo minutes . ) And if possible to sorrow was tho greater when he saw tha
battalions of a noble people like the French employed in puttingdown the expression of the popular , will . ( Loud cries of " Shamo . " ) 'He was not sufficiently acquainted with the details of the question to give any opinion upon the matter , or why attempts had been made to damp the feelings and divert the sentiments of tho people of England upon the present great occasion , by some references to tho private character and conduct of Kossufch . He would not enter upon any of thoso matters . If an inquiry was commenced into the private characters of public men , although men with £ 10 , 000 oi ! £ 20 , 000 a year mipht not have any inducement to peculation , they might yet bo abandoned and pronigatc men : and if they onco commenced , where
were they to stop' ? ( Hear , hear . ) Their bu&mesS was with the public conduct of public men , and ha believed no man in tho modern history of Europg had displayed more energy ; and ability , and patriot " ism than Kossuth . ( Loud cheers . ) Although yen young , he had spent twenty years of his life in the ; public service , and many years of his life had been passed in a dungeon . Some-might say , what business had they with the internal affairs of othec nations ? But were the despotic powers of Europa to have the power of interfering by means of largo armies , and assisting the tyrant against the oppressed , without liberty on their part to express an opinion ? They were living in a community of civilised nations , and their obligations and
responsibilities were the same as thoae of private indivi * duals in society . That principle had been acted upon in . various instances by many countries . America had been assisted by France in hec struggles to obtain her independence . In 1 CSS , 14 , 050 Dutch troops wero sent into that country , to aid the English in accomplishing their revolution . He had himself some personal feeling in the question , as lie had assisted an old . and allied r . atioti oi ! that ' country in a similar case . ( Loud chews . ) And . he was happy to say , notwithstanding what was assorted to the contrary , thafc the great objects contemplated by the public men of that country were now in the course , of accomplishment . Tha first was tho cast ing ott " of the kingly and priestly rule and yoke under which the Spanish peopla groaned . They had taken away tho sinows of waa from the Church of Spain—they had taken away
the landed property of the Church , and sold it ta the people at a small pried . ( Hear . ) He feared he had trespassed too loug upon the time of the meeting ; but ho believed that although the Hungarians wero not' successful 'in all they contemplated , one most important object had been achieved , which tho Austrian government had not dared Jo reverse—namely , the emancipation of tha 12 , 000 , 000 of Hungarian serfs . ^ Great cheering . ) Mr . Proui moved the following resolution : —i 11 That tho recent struggles of the Hungarian yeo * pie to defend constitutional government aguinst Austrian despotism and Russian aggression does , ia the highest degree , demand our wannest admiration ; and we earnestly hope that , notwithstanding the recent unrighteous abrogation of their liberties , the timo is not far distant for the recovery oi' theic rights in their full integrity . "
Lord Dud ' ley Stuart , in coming forward to second the resolution , was received with tho most vociferous c neering , which was frequentl y renewed . Ho denied that Kossuth , ' or , any of his friends , were anarchists or revolutionists—on the contrary , they rose to defend their ancient right ' s and liberties , and tho rights of constitutional government , and for tho preservation of their ancient institutions . Tf : ey endeavoured to do this by legal means , and had obtained the sanction of the government to the reforms they introduced , ' and Kossuth and the Hun « garians would have been ' , Trilling to EUbmit to th ( S sovereignty of Austria , or that of any othev
monarch who would take . the paths to the constitution anil observe them . Their taking up arras was 5 $ matter of necessity , « pfc choice—when the rights of the , people , were , invaded—when the Emperor at * tempted to rulo Wthout the Diet—they did what every freeman ought-to ' do , . they rose in resistance , ( Loud cheers . ) Iie ' did riot hesitate to say Englishmen would clothe same in similar circumstances . ( Tremendous cheering . ' ) Having paid a high culo « gjujhtothe Sultan of . Turkey , the speaker vindioated . ^ ho charac ter of Kossuth from the slanders cast upon it , ' and said that tho very . iournals of Pesth ,, although opposed to the government of Kossuth . had declared they were false . ( Cheers . )
.,- , Mr . Feabgus O'Connor , M . P ., said be would not address . them longer than five minutes , for his blood so boiled within him when he thought ot Hungary , that , he was afraid he . should make a rebellious speech , ( Laughter and " , great cheering . ) They would alLremernber that . Cobbett called a certain journal . " the bloody oldXTJ ' mea' "—( loud laughter and cheers)—and they , saw how it had treated Kossuth . liVhon . that infernal old ruffian Haynau , who pulled the legB and arins ' off . women , and threw therm over the ramparts , for , thy . p , iga to oat , wheuhe came , to England , ; and w . hen . " Barclay and Perkins men
gave him the reception he , would so long remember —and they rea'ly ought to have put him into a brewing , vat anil boiled him —( bud laughter and cheers)—the } ' TirneV' abused them as it would abuse the . meeting' for taking the part of Kossuth . ( Cheers . ) But ' he ' ( Mr . O'Connor ) had been tried eight times , and had had eighteen months' solitary confinement foe making speeches ^ and therefore ho would only now propose three cheers for Kossuth , These were , accordingly given with great vigour , and ' were followed by three as hearty groans for thg "Times "
The resolution was then put from the chair , and carried unanimously . Mr Tkelawxy Satjsdbks moved tho adoption of an address to M . Kossuth , which was introduced by a resolution , hailing with cordial welcome the arrival of the chosen governor ofjliyuary , and pay-in /< £ 3 > . -v ^ . y Ar ^ riVv ' ^ ¦' . ¦ ; ¦ - . ¦ ¦ - ' jA
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 25, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1649/page/7/
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