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toe bepeal movement . TfTR CLARE DEMONSTRATION . iEnnis , Thursday sight . The people of dare this < Iay made a noble demonstration in favour of rational independence , and one ¦ worthy of their former achievements in the peaceful contest for civil and religious freedom . Tiie absurd preparations for defence adepted by the authorities in the capital . are also practised here . Clare Castle has also its double guards as well as Dublin Gas * tie , and its Tamparts glitter "with bayonets . These hos
tile demonstxafions are Jiot confined to the precincts of the fortress . A picket of ionrmen keep nightly -watch ana -trard at J » ms distance from its Trails , a precaution sot observed since the year 1798 . Three treops of Dragoons and some infantry "were ordered here from limerick ; but the recently appointed lord Tnp-nfpymyit of the county , Sir Lusius © linen , having pledged himself to preaerre the peace , as he Tfery safely might , ¦ without their Introduction into the 10931 , they had been OTdfired to remain at Kewmarket , distant about seven jplMfrmn T ? niiw .
The preparations lor O'ConneH ' s public entry were commenced on Honda ; , and up to this morning , when they -were completed ,, were carried- on with untiring ZsaL Ax the entrance on all sides whole trees Trera planted , ¦ with triumphal BTches across , caving Tanoes mottoes # = d deTices , sach as— " See the comjaering hero comes , " " Bepeali Bspeain Bspeal !!! " "Ireland for the Irish , and the Irish far Ireland , ** &t from eleven up to half-past one o ' clock the Roman Catholic clergymen of the comity inarched into town heading their respective parishioners , before -whom ¦ bands played .
The place appointed for the meeting ¦ was the new xaceeasrse of Bal . ycoree , ¦ where a large and C £ mmodiou 3 platform -was erected capable of containing at least 500 persons . The procession met the liberator about halfpast twelve * and greeted him ¦ with snch a hearty shout of Trekomeascanonly be giTen by the brave men of dare . It then moved on slowly amid the enthusiastic acclamations of countless thousands :, and on passing Dromoland , the seat of Sir 1 . O'Brien , Mr . O'Connell called for three cheers fox Mr . W-S . O'Brien , 'which -were ¦ warmly * tw ? entbnsiastlcslly responded "to . On its arrival in TRirniHj flu scene vras one of the most BT » Tn ; i ^ T »> description .
The procession having passed thronghEnnis , proceeded to the racecourse , whence the cheering of the mighty muiiitnde conld be beard distinctly , although more than two mileE distant 390 , 000 men mardtecl before . the lobtratar of bis country acd the tampion of ier independence , on -whose very breath he seemed to float in Ins progress through the country . The first portion of the procession entered the racecourse at half-past two o ' clock , and it was after \ four o ' clock before the carnage camein sight , and "was able to make its-way to the platform . Ut . O * Connell baring ascended the platform , on the xaotaon of Mr . H . Bridgeman , iLP .. justice of the peace , the chair wbs taken by Mi . Cornelius O'Brien .
The Kev . Hz . SHXEKiH , in proposing the first resolution , observed , i ' at the battle of Trafalgar when JSfiitan av one oT his nfhrnmin eame on gallantly to tbe fight , and pour in Ins broadside on the enemy , he exclaimed "with the pride of a Briton and a hero , ? See how nobly Collingwood bears down ; " and whan they ]» ok « d around them that day and saw how nobly O'Connell bore down on the enemies of his country , they beheld Mm like another Sampson in the temple of the IDagon , pnlliBg down the pillars cf the temple of corruption , monopoly , and bad government , but , more tbe lavomite of Heaven , and more fortunate than the Jewish Sampson , escapirtg nnhurt and uninjured ftmmpif . —When Bonaparte got into a scrape with the council of 580 , one of bis generals told him he had got into a pretty plight 'No matter , * said Bonaparte , * af £ urs Trere worse at the battle " of Arcola , when the horse of the first coniul was precipitated into a morass , and the chifcfef the army of Italy yea about 4 o fall alive into
the bands of the Austrian Dragoons % but still I gained * victory that astounded Europe in despite of thehorlors that thundered or > me from the bridge of Arcois . " So it was with them . Matters -were bad under the penal laws ; and yet in twenty-eight they succeeded in shivering them to atoms , and in hurling them Into the daikhtU -whence they came—tehees ) . It-was said , that the government "would have recourse to the alternative of civil vat sooner than grant them their rights , and they "would deluge the land with blood . Was the tragedy of Sculabogue and Tinegar-hill to be re-enacted , ¦ when the moan of the 'widow and the matron Bounded more melancholy than the sighing of the night wind as it swBepsover the common ?—ihesr ) . They threatened them with another ^ , and with eaiibitJOBS similar te those "wbich gave a melancholy notoriety to that iatal year ; bat , Jeiitie jecollecied , that it was the attempt to put fiown the voice ol the people by force that led to the war In America , and the capture of the -British army si Saratoga" —{ hear L
Mr . OGosvell presented WtnuAif , and was received with the most enthusiastic cheering we $ ver ¦ witnessed , ween aHemce -was in some measure restored , he addressed tha vast assemblage . Men of CSare ( he said ) , lie-bad news for them ; the Hepeal \ raa coming l they were on the very verge of-carrying it , and it . would sot be long postponed . [ Cheers . ; dare had spoken eat , and Ireland once again iflinnifl be free , tCheers . ) The voice of Oafs wu heard again on the wild winds of leaven -with the power of the . storm and the force of lightning . ? Its powerful light
already procMmedliberty for old Ireland , and frightened ¦ Wellington of Waterloo , and his confidant Peel , the Spinning Jenny . ( Cheers and i > T » ghtpr ) dan beat ¦ Wellington . and knocked down Peel— - { cheers )—and laughed at both for faffing . { Cheers and laughter . ) They did 3 Jiat before , and lie -aronld say , that though lie "was not bam in Clare ; he iad claims upon It , for the blood 4 if his family -was shed nwmwg them , and the remains of some interred , in fhniT county . He appealed to _ ur worthy chairman 2 anth was not the £ iet The Chatrhak . —Yea .
Sir . O'Coshkll contained—Tea ; the remains of his ancestors were in Clare , and General O'Connell ,-who commanded a division of the ?*»«>* at Anghnm , who sfeuck not , Irat remained firm to his post , and died for Ireland , was buried in Inagh in that county . His bones reposed in their last resting-place , hat the spirit which animated him was still living in his descendant { Gre&VcheerE . ) " We tread the Jand that bare us , Our green iig Matters o ' er us—The frisnds-we have tried are by our side , And the foes we hate before us . " iLoud cheers . ) Yes , thB ' green foliage of Clare -was spread out before them . Peel and Wellington "wera the foes which Ihey hated , and -were quailing beneath their exertions ;
their banner was waving : on the summit of the loftiest Mil in Ireland , and let him see the hand that would bring it do-wn . lCheers . ) Tbe foice -alth -which thty contended for emaudpatioii was sot one-tenth of the power -which was then displayed through the land . Within the last fortnight he had addressed 2 , 000 , 000 of ioed- —cheerful , healQiy , chirpicg , determined , and peace able men—myriadB , -whose arms slumbered-with .-mere than the giant ' s strength in the fable , and whose physical power -was able to conquer Europe and Asia , llond cheers . ) The magic ef their rn ^ ght was izresistifele , for there was onetbing-which made them sure of conguest—and that was tks fact , that fheir force should nevBr be used , to assail , —for their enemies should begin , yetinrould serve as a good defence . ( Cheers . )
They ^ onia not violate the law—they -would not exceed the bounds of peace or quiet , but let no man that ever existed attack them . ' Was there , he wauli ask , any . man there who would Join Tnm on snch a day astbat ? ( Tremendous j-hnprmg , -which lasted for several minutes . ) They came there to know if Irishman ¦ were capable of governing themBelves ; and -was there , lie asked , a man in that assembly who thought an gngH « hm « T > better able to manage his business tl ^ n he Iflmseif 1 ( Cries of no , no . ) They should put themselves under his command ; they should become members of the Sepeal Association , and arm themselves -with a card from that loyal body . On-aionday last he got £ 552 -43 . 4 d . at Mnrroe , in a valley at £ hs foot of a beautiful cliff , in the county of Limerick and , as the
zecrmbng sergeant , -when lie enlisted received a sailling , so -should they give one to enlist themselves under the loyal banner of BepeaL { Cheers . ) He would tell them that the moment he had 3 , 000 , 060 of Bepealers lie-would begin another career ; and he might as well then announce , that the principal impediment which existed " against -emancipation , did not at all exist as regarded a Repeal ef the Union . tHear , hear , and cheers . } It -was necessary for an English Parliament to pass a law granting emancipation ; bat in the case of Bepeal it was not necessary . The House of lords at first threw it out , but the people gave a little chirp , and it -was soon allowed to pass -without any very -strenuous opposition . The Queen ' s prerogative could
revive the Irish Parliament , as James I . did when he created f orty-f our boroughs in Ireland , giving suffrages to twelve Protestants , and Ennls "was one of the had Jargaina . { A laugh . ) The time had arrived for Her Majesty to order new -writs for the Irish Parliament , and zffl ;* ssnredthem he -was not talking of imaginary things Tjhsnhe toldthemdistinctly and « mphatically , that by the _ aalof as Queetfa name , ana-without any appeal toPafliamenVthey x » nld oktain a Repeal of the TJhion . jCheea ) let Englishmen have "Rngiima , let Scotchmen isro Scotland , let Prenghmen iave France , and •^ It a ^^ ^ S let ^ Jchmenhave Holland , » ffli-itsdikes ana ditches ; fcufcthe IrJahmehahoiild la-yelreland . ( Cheen . ) ««««
USE DDQTER TookpTaDeinattemims , in the Oia Chapel of Ennb , at . = whidi ^ ipw » a « fl ! pf >« K > gentlemen satdown toan -frrf » . TloT ) t "fmttn ^ irtTnAnt : > JLbo ^ ae » m ^ 6 ' eIoekae gaests arrived , anaahoray affer flto cha& : "was tdam iy Mt Coadim O 3 rlerl aa ^ jffiSee ^ raie peaoB . . ^^ Thensual toaitj having been given , - *^^ B « Klfc ; SHSKHi ^ p » 3 ah priest , in speaking to "the People , and Ireland for the Irish , " obserwdit-wassaiilhB landlords kept away from the agltaaon . Many , no doubt , Hiid , and some ttiere werevrho "wiihed in doing » oto retain their commissions , and thus counteract the inflnenoe of Tory magistrates on the beaefe —( cheers . ) As to Peel and Wellmxton saying
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xney w ^ u . a not . R epeal the TJuioD , they once made the same declaration as regarded Emancipation . In 1826 lonth and Waterford set a noble example , and is 1 S 2 S Clare put forth its strength , and victory was achieved—( cheers . ) He wonld say that O'Connell , In tbe present struggle , had the prelates of Ireland ; with him , to use the words of Dr . Higgins ; and he "Would invert the maxim—that those who were not against them were "with them . They had also dismissed magistrates who ~ were superseded by ; Sir Edward Sugden ; and if Mr . O'Connell had five of them in Drogheda lie
han ten in Ennis on that evening —( cheers . ) Those gentlemen were respected in the discbarge of their fiffieial duties at petty sessions ; and if they were driven from ihB magistracy there would be no warrants issued from the bench . ( Mr . O'Connell and the entire company here rose and cheered most enthusiastically . ) The liberator had 3 , 000 clergymen of tbe second order -with him , save a pragmatical gentleman he had forgotten at the other aide of the water who "Wrote unread letters to Sir Robert Peel . He would , however , leave him where he found Mm , and to the tender mercies of Mick Clear—( cheera ) !
Mr . O'Cohkell — Send him to the Hong merchants . The Rev . Gentleman continned—The liberator would see before be left Clare , that the people were in earnest They would hand him £ 1 , 200 on the next morning . [ Mr . O'Connell here again rose , 'followed by the entire assembly , who received the announcement -with the greatest cheering . ] •¦ < rConneH , and a speedy Repeal of the legislative Union . " Mr . O'COKSSH rose , when the cheering and waving of handkerchiefs "was continued for many minutes , at the conclusion of which he -said , —I am a proud man 1 own it . I am a proud man—1 never qualified it , — 1 never will deny it—( cheers ) . 1 may be sneered at
for the declaration , but I ewn it—I am a very proud man . I am glad of this gradual growth of the great cause , until it has accumulated at length into so powerinl asd gigantic a shape , that in its career it becomes like the mighty avalanche of the Alpine Hills , small in its career as it left tbe mountain top , increasing as it comes down , and bears with it every obstacle , until , overshooting all obstructions , it ponrs irresistibly f or--ward , annihilating towns , villages , streams , and lakes , and alters the entire face of nature in one gigantic convulsion—( cheers . ) When I resumed the Repeal , after its suspension by the fact of an English House of loraB and an English Sing making promises and declarations which , like others , were only ! made to be broken , I found a chill of suspicion existed throughout
the country even against zny * elf . That chiO prevented the swell of the Repeal cause . I laboured incessantly to convince those -who doubted -me that I was in earnest . 1 printed more letters , issued more declara tions to tbe people , made more speeches ] than ever I did in t&e course of my life before for five times that period—( load cries of "Hear , hear , hear . "} I found the atmosphere warming by degrees ; a more genial glow arising in the public mind , a gre&tar disposition to listen to my injunctions , a greater certainty increasing that there was no other remedy for national grievances ; some still thought that the Whigs might come into power again , and that it might be necessary to make Vbe last great movement for the establishment of a native Parliament . Many wise and good men
thought so , bul at length they were all undeceived , bringing upon us many of them , with Sir Coleman O'lofhlen at their head , who joined our rants—^( Tremendous cheering . ) What hope had they fromjlfee Whigs ? For Ms own part , he knew nt » t how they entertained the slightest expectation on that head , i Sngden was guilty of using the grossest nneonstitntibnal language when he stated -what purported , as he put it , to he the declaration of tbe Queen . But , after all , ' did not lord Fortescne do worse when he was lord lieutenant of Ireland ?—( Hear , hear . ) Sugden struck directly home . The worthy little Englishman did not dare to bellow in person ; for had he done so he would have been doubly fit for a madhouse . —( cheers . ) Hef would really be the saddest of the five Lord Chancellors—( laughter
Butdidyenhear that lord Fortescue had the baseness not to mind the matter—to boast of it in' the House of lords ? No , he did not intimidate , but be sought to corrupt—he did not intimidate—but he j attempted to seduce the youth of Ireland—( cheers . ) lord Fortescue ( said Mr . O Connell ) , you have disgraced yourself as an English gentleman ; and for my own part I prefer the downright Twy who did the job openly ] in the broad daylight , to the miserable , pitiful , sycophantic spirit which actuated you in the conduct you pursued , let him come back and attempt it at the Irish oar now . Oh , sacred memory of my beloved Michael O'loghlen , your angel spirit looks down upon the opening hepe of your house , -who , although hut in Ms 24 th year , has made for himself a place in history , and taken a niche amongst
the foremast patriots of Ireland 1—( Tremendous cheering , which lasted for several minutes . Tea ! I fiing Whig and Tory from me with equal contempt —( Cheers . ) As to the Queen ' s declaration , somebody had the kindness to oomnranicafce to mo although , mind , I dost say she kircw it -would be done —that Her Majesty made no such declaration , and for which I am truly grateful . He had it from her own lips , and I have it from him , who heard [ her declare in his presence that she never authorised -Peel to make such a declaration , ( loud and long-continued cheering . ) I want to know now who is the loyal man—Peel , who calumniated his amiable and lovely Sovereign , or the agitator , Daniel O'Connell , wh » would die for her ? ( Cheers for some moments . ) Od they go threatening us , and on comes a furious tirade in The Times . newspaper , which , as you know , by its spirit of
virulent bigotry , inflamed the minds of the English against the Irish people , their religion , and its ministers . By this means they succeeded in packing the present Parliament , and making Her Majesty a state prisoner in her own palace . ( Cheers . ) The Times came out on me and said-war should be made immediately . I got the Intelligence from Mallow , where I addressed 450 , 000 of my countrymen , - who all heard what I said , because all listened with the most profound attention . Between that and dinner hour , I got the newspaper containing the threat , which I instantly met with ! my high and haughty defiance , aa the man does who is met by a miscreant and threatened to be plundered ol bis property . ( Cheers . ) let me tell you that the Ministry have been employed latterly in deep debates upon the state of Ireland ; that division reigns among them . I may venture to assure you that coercive ' measures will not be used .
A Toicb . —They dare not Mr . O"CoN > EiL . —I have received Information on which I can implicitly rely , and from a quarter incapable ef being deceived , or deceiving me , that Peel ' s party of conciliation in the Cabinet have triumphed ; and an attempt will be new made to s « e how they can buy us off . ( Cheers and laughter . ) They -want to coax us , and they shaD succeed in doing so -when they coax the birds on the bushes . ( A laugh . ) He , however , firmly believed the determination he alluded to was adopted hj the Cabinet , and he was quite prepared to meet it in
excellent soodhumour . If they "were prepared to sever the church from the state in Ireland , he should bemueh obliged and delighted with the change . ) The Catholic Chnrch bad all tbe church livings and tithes in former times ; and when they "were taken away net one Catholic went after them . Ko ; I * peak in hilarity . They must yield to thousands , and tens of [ thousands , for the question is not at all like Emancipation , when the greatest aggregate meeting which could be congregated would not fill this chapel . The Irish people don't mean to fight ; but nobody will fight them .
A Voice . —Let them if they dare . : Mr , O'Coxkxli — Ay , if they dare ; hnt as long as I am allowed to guide tbe progress of the glorious cause , so long will I keep the people within the strict letter of the law and the buonds of the constitution . The Cbatrhan gave "The Right Rev . Dr . Kennedy and the Roman Catholic Hierarchy of Ireland . " ( Tremendous cheers ) < The Bight Rev . Dr . Kenkedy being loudly called on , rose and said , —Sir , 1 am firmly persuaded that there is not , even in Ireland , an unhappy people who have been , and still are , more cruelly ill-used than th » moral , industrious , and most unoffending people of Clare . ^ Hear , and cheers . ) It would { seem , indeed , from tbe cruelties which have been so long practised
upon them , and of which they have been , in latter years , even msre than ever , the hapless' yet unresisting victims , as if their inhiminn—shall I say their fiendish ? —persecutors were resolved to press their merciless exactions , aad to urge the murderous system of their extermination to the very utmost limits of human endnrance . But let them beware 2 It ought not to be so aoon forgotten that human endurance has its limits in Glare as well as elsewhere . Oeatlemen , I agree fully with jour illustrious guest , Sat nothing bat tbe legal murders or assassinations : perpetrated in Ireland through the instrumentality cf the crnel process of extermination -can account for the awful deficiency , amounting to over 700 , 000 human beings , in the ordinary increase of our population from ! 1 S 31 to 1141 , when the last census "was taken ; for we have not been visited , thank God ! with any other plague within that time to destroy our p « pple , and it is clear that
Emigration alone cannot account for it I must , therefore , agree with him , that thousands of our : persecuted people are , owing to the accursed process , annually wasted to premature graves by hunger , cold and disease ; and that the atrocious guilt of vengeance is justly chargea ble to British hostUt government and British hostile legislation , as well as to the acknowledged hard-heartedness and cruelty of Irish -landlords . } ( Hear , hear . ) Yes , Sir , it was that hostile Government and hostile Legislature , which , bound to protect the people of this country from the vengeance and the" rspaciouimess of a set of men "whom they well know to be the most heartless tyrants with whom a country wa « ever cursed , afforded to them notwithstanding every legal facility tozoband persecute and exter « iina . tethem—ihtar , and sheers ) . MenofQare , hear what your own countryman , Mr . W . S . O'Brien , -who ii an honour [ to your county , though he la not one of its representativas , has said in his excellent , "his manly ; and patriotio letter to the
Chancellor , when indignantly resigning into hi * hands Ms commission as a magistratej : — "Uor am I sorry to be relieved from the responsibility of acting in any capacity under & Government which , while it forbids the expression of national indignation , loses no opportunity of excrting-well-fonnded discontent" As totbe practicability of the Repeal el the legislative Union and of the re-establiahment of a National Parliament in Ireland , I will only say , gentlemen , **¦ $ if I did not firmly believe , that under the guidance of
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O'Connell they can be achieved without blood , without crime , and without the slightest prejudice to our allegiance to oar beloved Sovereign , you may rely on it , I would net be a party to the present agitation for their attainment , and I trust that you -will be strictly guided by his wise and "Christian counsels in your virtuous and patriotic struggle . for its accomplishment —( Immense cheering for several minutes . ) The company shortly after separated .
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Atrocious Fabrication . —The following appeared in the Mail of Thursday :- ^ "In the Mali of Monday wegavcia circnmstanti . il account of tbe murder of the Rev . Jaroes Lowrey Dicksen , rector of Livy , in the county of Cavan , alleged to have taken place by the hand of a maniac , while In a state of furious excitement produced by intoxication . That excitement and the finding of tbe inquest we gave Ion tbe reputed authority of a person who represented himself in his letter as the coroner of the county , and we inserted it without entertaining : a doubt of its correctness ; tor we could not
have imagined depravity or baseness to exist to such an extent In the mind of any fiend as to induce him to invent so atrocious a story . The whole statement is a villainous fabrication : and fortunately , having preserved the origininal manuscript , which we have given to a near icennexion of Mr . Dickson , by whom it will be forwarded to the eountry by this night's poBt , / we are not withqut hope that the miscreant will yet be detected . With the view of increasing the chances of such a 'discovery , we hereby offer a reward of twenty pounds to any person who will afford evidence substantially establishing the guilt of the writer . " et r f * i *^ f « i fi f p ft a ¦ ^^^^^ Pj ^ fc ^^ » ¦ ^ ^ a a ~« . a . a a _ a _ a ^ »
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MR . THOMAS 3 TARKEV , AND THE DEFENCE FUND . TOTHE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR . SiR- r l owe seen in the Stars of May 27 th and June 10 th , uh attempt by Mr . Starkey , of Stoke , to Bhew that he baa { been neglected by the Chartist public in the hour of need , while suffering for the Chartist cause ; and that bo has a right to some compensation fi . r the losses be'has sustained , and apparently feels aggrieved that you do not boldly assist him in his appeal . Fearing that some persons may believe , from Mr . Starkey ' a appeal that he has not had justice done to htm by : the managing committee of the Defence Fund at the late Special Commission at Stafford , whereat Mr . Starkey was tried , and as I was one of that committee , and happen to know something of Mr . Starkey ' s affairs , I deem ; it to be my duty to explain the matter .
When Mr . O'Connor remitted to me the £ 50 for the defence of the victims , I immediately proceeded to the nomination of a committee of management . This being accomplished wo proceeded to examine the ground we occupied . In so doing we discovered that , according to our calculation ( the cases being so many ) we could not do more than fee counsel , unless we received more funds from other sources . With this view we passed a resolution that all persons on trial should support their own ¦ witnesses . This rule was strictly adhered to , and in no instance broken . True , one person borrowed a sovereign of me with an understanding that it should be refunded the next day bat one ; but it has not yet been refunded ; and if fit be not fottheomlng soon , I shall be under the
nnpleasantneceasityofPUDLiCLY appealing for it . ThisI must do in common justice to those parlies who were refused support for witnesses . Therefore , whatever Mr . Starkey " a expenses may have been for witnesses ( and I believe they were great ) , the defence , committee could do nothing for him . And I further add , that should compensation be made to Mr . Starkey , it will open jtb . e floodgates for such a sweeping appeal for compensation as bus never been h t ard of in the history of Chartism . I would like to see ALL injured persons compensated . But can it be done ? Can we now support the families of those in comfort who are in durance ? let Mr . Starfcie , therefore , tike comfort that he is at liberty 1
With regard to his law expenses , I am only sorry that Mr . S . ; uever applied for our assistanca Had behave done so , he ; would have received all the assistance that could possibly have been rendered from myself , the committee , and Mr . Roberts , whose exertions on behalf of the victiioa were herculean . I will only add , that bad th « committee undertaken to support witnesses , owe thousand pounds would not have served their purpose . To obviate , therefore , the great expense that parties were subjected to by public accommodation , I threw open my own house to make a
home for them . And the compensation I received was the loss of a month ' s work , with danger of loosing my employment , debts contracted ; to the amount of several pounds , to serve them ; and when I asked for the money to pay them off , , I was abused for not paying myself out of the surplus funds , instead of refuuding them to Mr . O'Connor . And I have not , even yet , received anything towards " compensation , " unless it be the esteem of a few , I shall ever delight to serve . I am , Mr Editor , a friend to even-handed justice ; and unless we all be bo , we shall make poor regenerators of our poor , bleeding , and prostrate country . Wm . Pep low . Friat-atret , Stafford , June 11 , 1843 .
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then told me she had been confined in the hay-loft , and Mr . Alven was with her j that he saw she was ill in the morning and he mentioned it to her , and said that he knew what was th ' e matter ¦ with her . She told me she first went into the P laca ""here the cowa were , W " Mr . Alven came to her , and after a little while he told her she had better ge into the hayloft . That she believed it was about four o ' clock when she went there , and that about six o'clock , the child was born . That Alven assisted her in her confinement That she believed tbe child would have been living at this time if it had not been destroyed . That about a minute after the child
was born , Alven told her to go down out of the loft . That she went down Where the cows were , and that Mr . Alven came down ] in about five minutes , and that ahe took her clothes , and pinned them np before her , in order to prevent any running . She said that she had never seen the child , bat had left Alven in the loft with it ; that she knew nothing of what became of it afterwards ; that Alven hod milked the cow for her ; that she stood there whilst he milked it , and afterwards cairied in tbe milk herself , and w « nt to bed . She also said , that to the best ( of her knowledge and belief the child was born alive ; l that Alven had never told her
what he had done with the child , and that she bad never seen it . She also said , that some time afterwards , when Alven ' s dog had pups , he made gruel for it ; and that she bad [ said to him that he had behaved kinder to his dag than to her . This being the oase ] for the prosecution , the prisoner Alven was asked if he had anything to address to the Court ? when be replied , " I am innocent of the charge , gentlemen . " Upon this the female prisoner instantly exclaimed , " He is not innocent , gentlemen . " It is impossible to describe the impression made in tbe court by this unexpected announcement , and it was not for some time that silence could be obtained . When order was restored , the prisoner said that she wished to tell everything , and proceeded to make the following confession : — I
" I was delivered of a child , and the prisoner Alven took it from me . He delivered me himself . It was on the Sunday before Christmas day last . He twisted a hayband and tied it jround the child ' s neck , and hid it then amongst the reeds . He never allowed me to see the child , and he said I never should see it ; and he never wonld tell me whether it waa a boy or a girl ,, because if no one saw it I should never blush if accused by any one . As soon as I was delivered be told me to go down . I heard the child cry before and after I went down . I was in the hayloft about ten minutes after the child was born ; and about ten minutes after I was confined I went down and fetched tbe milking pail , and brought it up to milk the cow . Alven carried the milk as far the kitchen door ; I took
it up and carried it in and placed it on the table . I then went up stairs and went to bed . 1 saw Alven place the hayband round something and heard it cry . It was moonlight at the time , and there are windows in the place . When he was twisting the hayband his back was towards me , and , after it was tied he threw it ameng the reeds . 11 heard the child cry after I came down from the loft , j I left him there , and he returned about five minutes afterwards , l never heard the child after Alven came down . He never told me where the child was . I suspected it was somewhere in the garden . The | day after I was confined I went into the garden , and saw the ground had been
removed , at tbe top of the garden , near the middle walk , but I never examined the ground . I was in the stable at the time 11 waa taken , in labour , and Alven told me to go up into the hayloft ; he said it waa the best place . I neverj asked him what bad become of the child . Mr . Alven was the father of the child . He talked to me about my being with child ; he said he knew what was ] the matter with me ; he never mentioned that he should deliver me himself . I had provided the clothing myself , and gave it to my sister to keep till I wanted it . I purchased it myself ; Mr . Alven never suggested the getting any clothes , for the child . I never left his service . That is all I have to say . " i
The whole of this was delivered with much simplicity of manner , and the prisoner , when questioned on particular portions of it , did not , in any instance , vary in her statement . It was afterwards signed by her . The magistrates [ then withdrew for a short time , and , on their return , committed both prisoners for trial at the next assizes , Alven as principal , and Clarke as accessory after the fact . Application was made to the magistrates to take bail for Alven s appearance , and bail to a large amount was iffjredj ; but the magistrates refused to entertain it j The prisoners were then ironed , and shortly after conveyed to Wilton GaoL
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From the London Gazette of Friday , June 16 . | bankrupts . George Chapman , Aylesbury , groeer , to surrender June 30 , at eleven , lluly 31 , at one , at the Bankrupts ' Court . Solicitors , Messrs . Norton and Son , New-street , Bishopsgato ; official assignee , Mr . Graham , Basinghall-• treet ( Donald Black , John Alfred Gore , and Robert Taylor , Sambrook-court , merchants , June 24 , at eleven , July 21 , at twelve , at tbe Bankrupts'Court . Solicitors , Mr .
Ashurst , Cheapsidej ; and Messrs . Cooper and Wray , Manchester ; official assignee , Mr . Edwards , Frederick ' splace , Old Jewry , j John Burton , Sheffield , butcher , June 27 , July 8 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts' District Court , Leeds . Solicitor , Mr . Ryalla , Sheffield ; official assignee , Mr . Fearne , Leeds . j James Stoodley , ] 3 ridpoit , Dorsetshire , twine manufacturer , June 23 , at one , July 12 , at twelve , at the Bankrupts' District Court , Exeter . Solicitor , Mr . Brace , Surrey-stree ;; Mr . Stogdon , Exeter ; and Mr . Nicboletta , Bridport ; official assignee , Mr . Hirtzsl ,
Exeter . Thomas Lampen Devonport , linsndraper , June 23 , at one , July 19 , at ( twelve , at the Bankrupts' District Court , Exeter . Solicitors , Mr . Penkwill , West-street , Finsbury-circus ; Mr . Stogdon , Exeter ; and Messrs . Beer and Rundls , Davonport ; official assignee , Mr . Hernaman , Exeter . Edward Farmer Wellington , Shropshire / grocer , June 30 , at half-post ten , July 19 , at one , at tbe Bankrupts' District Court , Birmingham . Solicitor , Mr .
Marcy , Wellingtoii ; official assignee , Mr . Christie , Birmingham . 1 . William Hall , Birmingham , shoemaker . June 30 , at half-past ten , July ] 19 , at eleven , at the Barkrupta ' District Court , Birmingham . Solicitors , Mr . Chaplin , Gray's-inn-square ;} and Mr . Harrison , Birmingham ; official assignee , Mr . Valpy , Birmingham . George Leeson , { Birmingham , factor , June 24 , at half-past twelve , Jfuly 27 , at half-past eleven , at the Bankrupts' District Court , Birmingham . Solicitor , Mr . Lowe , Birmingham ; official assignee , Mr . Bittleeton , Birmingham . )
John Lloyd Dobaon , Kidderminster , carpet manufacturer , June 26 , at half-past twelve , July 25 , at twelve , at the Bankrupt' District Court , Birmingham . Solicitor , Mr . Suckling , Birmingham ; official assignee , Mr . Valpy , Birmingham . John Donnelly , } Liverpool , merchant , June 30 , at half-past twelve , July 28 , at eleven at tbe Bankrupts ' District Court , Liverpool . Solicitors , Messrs . Mangham and Kennedy , Chancery-lane ; and Mr . Gunnery , Liverpoo ] , official assignee . Mr . Bird , Liverpool . William Haskina , Kingawood , Gloceatershire , grocer , June 30 , at one , July 28 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts ' District Court , Bristol . Solicitors , Messrs . Clark , Medcalf , and Gray , iiincoln's-inn . -flelds ; and Mr . Hall , Bristol ; official assignee , Mr . Morgan , Bristol .
DIVIDENDS . July 7 , W . Payne , Hand-court , Holborn , victualler Jtoly 7 , T . and T . Cfriel , Poland-street , tailors . July 7 , W . Young , Milford Nursery , near Godalming , nurseryman . July 8 , H . ( Reynolds , Liverpool , druggist . July 11 , ; G . B . Brown , Liverpool , commission merchant . July llj T . M . Conkey and A . Howie , Lancashire , bleachers . July i , \ W . James , West Bromwich , . Staf- ' fordahire , coal master . Certificates to ] be granted , unless cause be shown to the contrary on theday of meeticg .
July 7 . J . Reyndlda , London-road , draper . July 11 , W . PatnS , Stony , Stratford , baker . July 11 , N . Wegg , East Greenwich , ( victualler . July 12 , C . Bunyard , Old Kent-road , grocer . July 7 , T , Herridge Upper Wharton-Btreet , Clerkenwell , builder . July 11 , F . Jenkyna and J . H . Harfyman , love-lane , merchants . Jnlyjll , N . Tuite , Liverpool , wholesale poulterer . July 10 , T . Brooke , Liverpool , victualler . July 10 , K . M'Leod and J , B . f Wood , Liverpool , ship chandlers . Jnly U , D . BoltoniKingston'Upon-Hnll j corn merchant . July 10 , J . Lewis , FernhlU , Shropshire , draper .
certificates to J » grwted by the Co « rtof Ravfew , unless cause be shown to the contrary on or before 1 July 7 . R . Barnes , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , tanner . B , Thomp-Bon , East Griiistea ^ , com dealer . E . Dickin , Longden , Shropshire , diaper . Q . Harris , Dorking , tailor . S
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Glyde , Southampton-row , and Yeovil , grocer . A . Eeigh . ton , Liverpool , merchant . H . Hughes , and W . Hunter " St . Leonard's-on-Sea , builders . J . E . Pearson , Shefl field , wine merchant . W . and B . Cribb , Regent ' s ! canal-basin , lucifer-match manufacturers . T . j ooe > Glynn ^ Merionetshire , cattle salesman . S . Danks , Wed ' nesbury , Staffordshire , screw manufacturer . J . { £ Koberta , Old London-street , merchant H . Medley leeds , oil merchant . PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVE © . T . and C . Walker , Thornhill , Yorkshire , tanneig , Macdonald , Milne , and Co ., Liverpool , ^ and Polloxfeh Milne and Co ., Bombay , commission merchants ; Stock and Loxton , Liverpool , coal- \ nerchauts . G . Wood and J . Galloway , Leeds , canvaaawnanufacturers . Smith Brothers , and Co ., York , grocers . I . Barber and F * Waller , Sheffield , opticians . Fisher and Ollernshaw ' Liverpool , mat manufacturers . '
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , June 20 . BANKRUPTS . James Watkins , draper , Exmouth-atreet , Clerkenwell , to surrender , June 30 , at half-paat twelve , An * . 1 , at eleven , at the Conrt of Bankruptcy . Solicitors ' Messrs . Mardon and Pritchard , Christ Church-dum ' bers , Newgate-street ; official assignee , Mr : Alsagar Birchin-lane . * Charles States , hotel keeper , Southampto n , June 2 7 at half-past one , July 28 , at twelve , at theCouit of Bankruptcy , London . Solicitors , Meaata . Smith aad Atkins , Serjeants Inn , London ; official assignee , Mr . Ptmnell . Frederick Marby , brewer , Peterborough , Northamptonshire , June 27 , at half-past one , August 1 , at eleven at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Solicitors , Messrs Meredith and Reeve , Lincoln ' s-inn ; Burley and Wise March ; official assignee , Mr . Green , Aldermanbury . '
Charles Clark , baker , Tower-street , Westminsterroad , June 29 , at half-past one , July 31 , at two at the Court , of Bankruptcy . Solicitor , Mr . Kine , Grace * church-street ; official assignee , Mr . Turquand , Old Jewry Chambers . Samuel Napper , dealer , UpperSfamford-street , Bhcfr friars , July 4 , at half-paat two , July 28 , at one , at Q % Court of Bankruptcy . Solicitor , Mr . Burkitt , London wall ; official assignee , Mr . Edwards , Frederick ' s-place , Old Jewry . John Lavender Gray , tailor , Jemyn-street , St . James ' s , July 6 , at twelve , July 28 , at two , at tha Court of Bankruptcy . Solicitor , Mr . Whitaker , Fur . nival ' a-inn ; official assignee , Mr . Groom , Abcfeurch « lane . " ° . Bichard Burton , warehoseinan , Wood-street , Cheap . side , June 27 , at two , August 2 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Solicitor , Mr . Goddatd , King , street , Cheapaide ; official assignee , Basinghall-Btreet
, James Rowe , ironmonger , Marylebone , June 30 , at eleven , August 2 , at one , at the Conrt of Bankruptcy Solicitor , Mr . Clipperton , Bedford-tow ; official asaig . nee , Mr . Lackington , Coleman-atreet-buildings . Albinus Carter , ship broker Lower Thames-street , City , June 30 , at twelve , August 2 , at two , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Solicitors , Me 88 rs . Sherwood , Peace , and Jones , Tooley-street ; official assignee , Mr . Johnson , Basinghall-street . John Atkins , jeweller , Birmingham , June 29 , at half-pas . t twelve , August 9 , at eleven , at the Burning ' ham District Court Solicitors , Messrs . Colmore and Beal , Birmingham ; official assignee , Mr . BitUeston . William Cook , worsted spinner , Bradford , June 30 , July 21 , at eleven , at the Leeds District Court Solicitora , Tolson , Bradford ; Blackburn , Leeds ; official assignee , Mr . Young .
George William Travis , joiner , Sheffield , June 3 D , July 21 , at eleven , at the Leeds District Court Solid . tors , Messrs . Smith and Wightman , Sheffield ; Sudlow , Sons , and Torr , Chancery-lane , London ; official asaig nee , Mr . Freeman . R . Boulton , builder , Leeds , Jnne 30 , July 21 , at eleven , at tbe Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy . Solicitors , Mr . Bointon , Pickering , Yorkshire ; Messrs . Dunning and Stawman , Leeds ; official assignee , Mr . Freeman . Robert Wuddlngton , grocer , Boston , Yorkshire , Jdf 1 , 27 , at eleven , at the Leeds District Caurt of Bankruptcy . Solicitor , Mr . Sanderson , Leeds ; official assig nee , Mr . Hope , Leeds . Thomas Wood Daville , stag-scale-cutter , Sheffield , July 1 , 27 , at eleven , at the Leeds District Court . Solicitors , Mr . Unwin , Sheffield ; Mr . Blackburn , Leeds ; official assignee , Mr . Hope .
John Frost , baker , Bristol , July 6 , August 10 at tbe Bristol District Court . Solicitor , Mr . Gringdon , Brlj . tol ; official assignee , Mr . Miller . John Hatford and William Weaver Davies , iron founders , Bristol , July 17 , August 14 , at eleven , at the Bristol District Court Solicitors , Messrs . Cooke , and Son , Bristol ; Clarke , Medcalf , and Gray , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields , London ; official assignee , Mr . Hutton . Thotnat Huxley , tailor , Tunstall , Staffordshire , Jasa 6 , July 25 , at one , at the Birmingham District Court Solicitors , Mf . Williams , Stoke-upon-Trent ; Mr . Smith , Birmingham ; official assignee , Mr . Valpy . JohnLacon Bennett , druggist , Shiffnsdl , Shropshire , June 30 , at half-past twelve , July 28 , at one , at the Birmingham District Court . Solicitor , Mr . Bennett , Wolverhampton ; official assignee , Mr . Christie .
. Robert Price , coal dealer , Waterloo , Lancashire , July 5 , at twelve , August 2 , at eleven , at the Liverpool District Court . Solicitors , Mr . Murrow , Liverpool ; Mr . WhitehouBe , Chancery-lane , London ; official assignee , Mr . Cazonove . Robert Brown , butcher , Sunderland , July 6 , at one August 2 , at two , at the Newcastle-upon-Tune District Court . Solicitors , Mr . Barn Sunderland ; Messrs . Crosby and Compton , Church-court , Old Jewry ; official assignee , Mr . Baker .
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Liverpool Cattle Market , Monday , June 19 . —We have had a large supply of Cattle at market to-dav , the greater part of which Bold at high prices . Beef 5 d to 6 d , Mutton 5 d to 5 id , Lambs 5 id to 6 £ < i per lb . Number of Cattle : —Beasts 1 , 006 Sheep and Lambs 9 , 219 . Liverpool Corn Market , Monday , June I . — The imports of Grain , &o . since this day ae ' nnight are of very small amount . A week of very fine weather has had the usual effect of rendering the
trade dull . At Friday's market only a limited business was done in Wheat , and the few sales that occurred were at 2 d to 3 d per bushel below the quotations of Tuesday . Flour , too , was Is per sack and 6 d per barrel cheaper , and met a very languid demand . Oats were held for full prices ; few , however , were wanted , and we make no change in their value . Oatmeal barely supported previous rates . Several parcels of grinding Barley have found buyers for the country during the week at 3 s 3 d to 3 s 8 d per 601 b 8 ; more money is now asked for what remains on the market . Beans and Peas are held
with more firmness . Manchester Corn Market , Saturday , Juse 17 . —Since this day se ' nnight there has been bnt little raia in this neighbourhood , and during the . past four days the weather has undergone a most favourable change , with every prospect of a continuance . The supplies of Flour , Oats , and Oatmeal , from Ireland continue liberal ; but of all other descriptions the imports thence and coastwise are unimportant . interior havaof late
The arrivals of Flour from the , , been to a fair extent , but not more than adequate to the demand for consumption . At our market tws morning a very inactive feeling prevailed , butwe do not make any change in the quotations of Wheat or Flour , the stocks of which are in but limited compass in factors hands , as well as in those of the trade . The inquiry for Oats and Beans wasonly on a moderate scale ; and Oatmeal , except of very superior qaalifry , met slow sals at rather lower rates .
London Corn Exchange , Monday , o » e 19 C The demand for all descriptions of English Wheat was inaotive , and the rates suffered an aba ^ me ° } ou those obtained on this day sennight , « from Is to 23 per quarter . Fer free fore «» Wheat the rates were quite Is per qn ^ lower . The value of bonded parcels was aimos * nominal . Barley at previous rates . Good souaa Malt sold freely ; other kinds at last wees' * figures . The value of oats was freely sustaraeo . Beans and Peas at full quotations . In Flour no
alteration to notice . London Smithfield Cattle Market , Monday , June 19 .-The Beef trade was in a very depressea state , and we have not the e ] j ^ test iinprovementto notice on Friday ' s figures . The Mattqn . trad 8 , g 6 W rally , was very dull , and the currencies wereitrom 2 d to 4 d per 8 lb beneath those on this day se nmght . The sale for Lambs was in a very slutfg / st *^ we , « a decline of from 2 d to 4 d per 81 b , Veal , 4 d per »« lower . Pigs 2 d peT 81 b cheaper . The imports oi stock have comprised two cows , at Hull . tromxv " terdam : but we had none here to-day . from
Borough Hop MARKET .-The accounts jne plantations being more favourable than m » w ^ L siderable effect has been produced upon our xna «« . Although the supply of hops offering is by no m ^ extensive , the demand is extremely ^ nuaw jj decline of from 2 s to 3 a per owt ., while lower bjp *» are generally expected . / , Borough and SPiTALWELD 3 ,-For the time > v year , a liberal supply . of ' ^¦^^ " ^ igjS it the water-side , during the past week . The ^ g rlnest descriptions are selling at full prices , but tw value of all other kinds has a downward tendency ^ Wool MARKET .-The pulAic ^ es » f W&ofJ ^ during the past week have been well » tteBde AS buyS 5 , anda fair portion Bubmitteci for *>*?* £ ? has been sold at about tha previous ^ w <* . ™ % By private contract , a very moderate business ^ doing . ' i 1 # TALtow-The market is still depre ^ d , especiauy - » i . ^'~»» . o ^ r » fiti th « antnmn the DMCe IS * & *»*'
_ which there is little bttsiwss doing ¦; for _ « g months , from August ^ . De <» n ^ er , 4 ? 3 6 d . . " advices receiTed this morning from St . Pf ™ S | g are of the same tendency as _ tto two or threo P ^ Jg P 0 Bts , as to prices ; but there was a . less . dwjw shipped oif and sailed than ataesame date last y «» Town Tallow is 40 s 6 d net cash .
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BEPEAL MEETINGS—MILEEABY MOVEMENTS . The limerick ] Chronicle , a Tory paper , gives the following striking ' description of the Repeal demonstration in Clare , on Thursday last : — " From an area of more than 100 miles the peasantry gathered to the ! rendezvous , travelling day and night from every village and hamlet of Clare , nay more , not only the confines , bnt more central parts of the counties of Limerick , Tipperary , Galway , and even King's County , having crossed the Shannon in different parts for the purpose : so ( hat it 1 b not strange uuder a combined and simultaneous movement , there should be assembled a multitude of certainly not iesa than 150 , 000 persons , many of whom have not yet reached their homes , after being witnesses and actors in this unprecedented Repeal demonstration . Partisanship
will be eager enough to magnify the numbers present to one million , but the above calculation may be depended on- and it is miraculous how such a vast meeting separated without accident or injury . There ¦ were about 6 , 000 horsemen on the ground , and the cavalcade of cars might satisfy tha large commissariat staff , having extended from Ennis to Newmarket , a distance of six miles . Thbre were upwards of l » o Temperance bands in attendance , and the lion of the day was Mr . O'Gonnell ; but bin voice , however familiar with masses , ' [ could not be heard by more than half the concourse 'who surrounded the platform , in an area of several acres , tbe others being left to imagine what was said by him and other speakers . Mr . O'Connell received £ 1 . 200 Repeal rent at this gathering , with a promise of more .
Cukious . — We shall conclude with a perfectly novel and striking incident in the performances of tbe occasion , which was the presence of two Frenchmen of most respectable appearance , but like most foreigners , monstached , ' | and who held an earnest conversation with Mr . O'Gonnell on the platform . We bavo since ascertained their names to be , M . Lesbre , advocate of the Court Royale , Paris , and M . Dessanlt , his companion . They ; have never been seen in Limerick or Clare before . ¦ "There was ? not a soldier or policeman in view or bearing of the immense Repeal assemblage at Ballycoree , the troop of tbe loth Hussars not being nearer than Ennia , and the 38 th and 81 st at Clare C&BUe" '
Iimbbick , Saturday . —Captain Bonham ' s troop , roth Hussars , returned to this garrison yesterday morning from Ennis . Two companies ef tbe 36 th , under tbe command of Major da Lacy , returned from Clare Castle this day , to head quarters . The military calculation of the numbers at the Ennis Repeal meeting ison the Race Course , 14 , 000 . About the roads and in Ennis—5 , 000 .: The arms of all the staff of Militia Regiments in Ireland are to fee deposited in the Ordnance Depots of their respective districts . Three military pensioners have been struck off the establishment iin consequence of attending a Repeal meeting . —Limerick Chronicle . The military force at Skibbereen has been increased as there is to be a Repeal assemblage on tbe 22 nd there .
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) The Beginning bv the End . —The Tipperary Constitution of yesterday cantatas the following , under the head of * ' More Neva for the Government : ""On Tuesday , ! Captain Bradshaw ' B men , when oat in Golden district collecting county rates , were regularly hunted on making a se znre . There could not have been less than 1 , 000 persons collected on the surrounding hills . Several of the persons who paid cautioned tbe collector not to come again , as the Repeal would ceriainl / come before Christmas . " And again ! the same paper thus announces tbe progress of a " passive resistance movement : "— "Tee Magistrates In Tipperary having some time since granted warrants for recovery of poor-rates in that union , the collector put several in force , the parties allowing the stock to be
impounded without resistance , and then lodging security 'in money' with the pound-keeper for their forthcoming on the day of sale . The sales were to have taken place on Wednesday , Thursday , and Friday last . Notices were in the meantime posted through the country , calling ori the people to assemble in . Tipperary on those days , and particularly on Thursday , the holyday , to make a passive resistance demonstration ; in consequence of Which the Magistrates deemed it advisable to make application to Lord Downea for an additional force , and accordingly two troops of Hussars and an additional company of Infantry arrived in Tipperary on Tnesday , but ^ whether it was the message said to be
sent by O'Connel ) , or that tbe bidders wcto actually in attendance , or tbe fur caps and hairy faces of the Hussars prepared for the tournament , so it was those passive props of good- order considered it more prudent to pay the rate and all expenses on tbe several morning's of sale . There were also in attendance upwards of 1000 police , under the direction of Messrs . M'Leod and Knaresborough . Much credit is due to the Magistrates and some members of the Board of Guardians , for the arrangements ; made and the determination to effect sales , as otherwise this ' preface' to resistance againBt the recovery of all legal demands would have become an established precedent . "
Somewat ^ Doubtful . —The Derry Standard says , " We have heard , on authority en wbich we feel disposed to placr reliance , that the Government intend to apprehend O'Gonnell , and have him tried for high treason , and that their object in filling tbe country with troops ia to / preserve the peace when such an occurrence may take placa" The Morning Herald , the only Ministerial organ amongst the Morning Daily Press , appends the word " Fudge" to this announcement . " Who ' s the Thaixob ?"— The following strange observations are made by the Tipperary Free Press , the southern organ of Repeal : — " Nothing can arrest the Repeal movement but the treachery or timidity of the leaden . - We will not suspect them of one or the other , we de hot believe them capable of either . The
man who pauses now or turns one step aside , or compromises one jot of nationality , is a coward or a traitor . The question of Repeal is distinct from any measure of reform—it does not consist of parts—it cannot be made up of patches ; the Independence of the Irish Legislature must be unequivocal , unconditional , and fully recognized , or the condition of Ireland will be worse than subjection . This struggle can only terminate in national glory or In a national grave . We see no middle ground . If the Repealers are not honest , open-hearted , daring patriots , they ; are sneaking pedlars , trafficking in dishonest ware . I It is said , indeed , that some brace or two of lords having nerved up their hearts to a certain point in national courage , the great current of tbe public blood should cool down to a befitting temperatare in order to have the honour of circulating through them . These men are cautions , because they want tbe
virtue to speak out ; they are temperate , because they have not the courage to be honest ; and they are steady , because they have not the ken to see which way honour leads . Wej hope their gloomy counsel ahull turn no cloud on this the sunny morniDg of Ireland , Some talk there is of federalism . We do not understand the phrase , nor Wish to do so . If it mean Irish Independence , cither mediate or immediate , it is a deception on those who join the nationalists in its name ; and if it means less than such independence it is treachery to those who would consent to struggle only for that " Now , it should be borne in mind , that Mr . Connell himself , at the close of his celebrated speech in the corporation , -unequivocally declared that he would be satisfied with a federal Parliament . Does the Free Press mean toattribute " deception" and " treachery' * to the Hon . and Learned Gentleman ?
0 MiN 0 DS . 4-Mr . O Gonnell has promised to hold a Repeal meeting in Waterford , on the 12 th of July , the anniversary of the battle of Aughrim . Seabch for Akms . —Tbe Belfast Chronicle contains the following announcement : — " It is said that it is not an uncommon practice to convey fire-arms clandestinely into some parts of the country , concealed in coffins made for the purpose . We understand that orders have bean issued to tbe magistracy and police to be vigilant in detecting this and other unlawful modes of conveying arms into the interior . "
That the authorities do suspect that arms are surreptitiously obtained by the peasantry is quite manifest from the following rather ludicrous result of police vigilance which is reported in both the Limerick papers : — " On Sunday last , two poor countrymen and a woman were proceeding along the Crescent to their neighbourhood of Patrickswellj with a coffin in a car , in which to lay in its last resting place the body of a relative who died the previous day , when , to their astonishment and dismay , two policemen stopped them ,
and demanded to see what the coffin contained . In vain the poor creatures protested against bo gross an outrage—in vain they assured these worthy officers of the law that' it only contained a few necessaries for the wake . ' All would not do—opened the coffin should be , and opened it was , when they discovered to their horrorj—not bullets , powder , and implements of war , — but candles , tobacco , and snuffl Having made this notable discovery , the policemen retired evidently disconcerted , and the poor people were allowed to proceed on their way home . "
EffectsIof THBJtEi'EAi Aquation . —The Limerick Chronide remarks— " Since the Repeal agitation has become so hot , a greater stagnation of business in every branch of trade was never known in Limerick , and the shopkeepers complain universally of it , ascribing it truly ; to the political excitement and apprehension which occupies every mind at present . The utmost difficulty is found in the collection of rents . " Captain Henry Cooper * company , 4 * th Regiment , arrived in Cork garrison from Spike Ifland , on Monday . Part of the baggage of the 2 nd ( Queen ' s ) Dragoons arrived in Co * on Saturday , per Jupiter 8 te » mer , from I > ublin . ; "j ' ' The first division of the Queen ' s Bays arrived in this garrison on Wednesday from Fermoy .
AS the troops in garrison attended their various places of worship on Sunday under arms . —Corft Constitution .
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EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF INFANTICIDE AT CREWKERNE . { Abridged from Uie Sherbqrne and Yeovil Mercury ) Considerable excitement has existed in the town of Crewkerne for , some time post , in consequence of a rumour that prevailed that a girl named Martha Clarke , who lived as servant to a Mr Alven , a person of independent property , and the son of a former banker of the town , had been delivered by him of a child , of which he was the father , and which he had destroyed . So long ago as the 19 th of May last the girl had made disclosures which led to the apprehension of both prisoners , and several investigations had taken place before the magistrates , Who from time to lime remanded the prisoners . On Sunday last , bowever , the body was found in the garden of the male prisoner , and an inquest was held on it the following day , when the jury found ; their verdict " that the body 1 now found is the hody of a human being , an infant , but how or by whom placed there is not known . " The prisoners , however , were again brought before the . magistrates on Thursday last , when the case was fully gone into . > High Symonds , constable of Crewkerne , examined . —From information I had . received , I made a search in Richard Alven ' s garden on Monday last , between eleven and twelve , and , moving the ground , I first turned some dung ; and in the middle of the dung I found the remains of what I believed te be > human body . There was a hayband found round the bodyj On finding it I communicated with the parish officers .
William Pottinger—On Sunday last , the 11 th inst ,, T assisted Hugh Symonds in making search in Mr . Alven's garden ; we found something there about a foot under the surface ; it first appeared like dung . I desired Symonds to bs careful with the spade . I saw him take up something , but I don't know what it was , bnt from what I have seen i to-day , I think it was the head of a child , I fetched Mr . Bowdage , and saw him and Symonds take up what we so fonnd with two spades . I saw a band round tbe body , as I believe , composed partly of hay and straw . There was an appearance of blood about the band , and I stained my fingers when 1 touched it
Emanuel Bowdage—I am a surgeon . About a quarter before one on Snnday I was called upon by Pottinger , and in consequence went to Richard Alven ' s garden . My attention was ; directed to the body of an infant lying on its back ; the head was distinctly visible . Symonds and myself placed it on a board . The bones of the bead fell to pieces . I this morning , have again examined the body . I found a band round the body ¦ which is composed of hay and straw . It was the body of a full grown infant , much decomposed . From the appearance of the blood on tbe hayband , I believe it came ! from the body of tbe ehild . If the child had been stillborn , in my opinion there would have been no blood . In my judgment , and forming that judgment from the state of decomposition , the child must have beenl born about five o « six months since . The body was so decomposed , that I cannot say whether it was male ! or female . :
Sarah Bulgin deposed , that in the harvest time of last year she had observed' that Martha Clarke looked large , as if with child ; that she had joked her on the circumstances . She had afterwards remembered and observed to her that there was a great difference in her appearance . Mary Fowler , wife of Joseph Fowler , yeoman—I know Martha Clarke . She was a servant of Mr . Alven . On Sunday week before ChriBtmas-day last , Miss Cules called on me . Miss Coles is a relation of Mr . Alven ' a , and lives in his house . She said to me there were strange tales about Martha Clarke , and asked me to come to Mr . Alven ' s house to see if I thought she was in the family-way . I went to Mr . Alven ' s bouse about four [ o ' clock . About an hour after I got there , I heard Martha come into the passage , through the back door . She put something on the table , and I heard a noise as
if she Was pouring milk fr 6 m a pail into a milk-pan . I afterwards saw a pail on the table , and the milk . I then heard her go up Btaira ; shortly after some one came to the { door . Miss Coles called Martha to come down stairs several times . Martha said if any person Wanted her they must come up to ; her . Miss Coles then went up Btaira , and afterwards came down again , and asked ' me to go up and see her . I then went up stairs and found Martha Clarke in bed there . She was sitting upright . I asked her how JBhe waB , and what . was the matter 1 She aaid "I am poorly , but there is not much the matter . " She said , Vf Maryj you know it has been reported a good deal aboutime that I am in the familywayi '' I said , ' " ' Yea , -I-have , heard of it . " She said , ' < I assure you it is no such thing . " She then took hold of my hand , and said , "• Now feel me . " I then put my band all over her stomachi and felt as IM thought Bhe was fnot in the family-way , !
Charlotte Coles , Mr . Alven's cousin , and the manager of his house , cprreboratedithe last witness ' s testimony , except withtegardto sometrtvialpointeof conversationf She deposed tb » t she had not inspected Martha Clarke of being In the family way ; and although she had biard reports to that effect , she had hot attached any credit to them . ¦ ¦ „ ' I , . _ „ Eltesbeth Tarner , wife of John Turner , policeman . — My husband brought Jiartha ClarlM to h | s house in custody on Friday , the 19 th oi May . She then said she Was not aware why she was in custody , but she sald < my husband had read the warrant to her . The following morning she waa crying , and Would not at first ' eat anything for breakfast . After breakfast she said , "If I am had up to-day before a magistrate I will confess all about it" I asked her what she meant , but I said nothing to indu 06 her to make tiny statement . Shelsald either if she had had a child she knew nothing more about it , or Bhe had had a chad , but knew nothing more of it , and added , " If I suffer Alven shall also . " She
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Statesmen of iIittlb Parts . —That her Majesty does not mistake the capacity of the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel to act the parts of statesmen is obvious , from the use she put them to on Friday last , jwhen she sent them to their respective houses with a communication on the subject of a pension for the Princess Augusta . Hawever unequal they may be to sustain the principal characters in the political drama , they are thoroughly competent to the "delivery of messages . " — Punch .
Shefffield , a Corporation . —We find that the draft of tho charter of incorporation for the borough of Sheffield was [ prepared at the last meeting of the Privy Council , held on Saturday last , June 10 th , and that it is to be immediately transmitted to the Secretary of State for the Home Department ,-to receive the Queen's warrant ; after which a short time only will be ] necessary to carry the charter through the Seals . All doubts , therefore , with regard to a municipal corporation for this borough are now removed . 4-5 A '> # e / d Iris .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 24, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct656/page/6/
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