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    A NEW RUSSIAN MARTYR. John Bakunin, of w...

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    Tllli ANIMUS OF AUSTRIA. Mr. Thurgar, a ...

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    POLITICAL PKllSECUTION BY A GOVERNMENT C...

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    TRIAL BY JURY. The annual gathering of t...

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    T He Kafi It W A It. The Bosphorus, Whic...

    mahd " upon the Uroome range , which , in some parts overlooked and commanded the position . He appears to have made his dispositions skilfully , and so far to have succeeded as to reach the summit ; but his further progress was stopped by a broad belt of bush stretching across it , which was ¦ trongly occupied , and he was fiercely attacked by a large number of Kafirs , who suddenly made a dash upon the column while the men were refreshing alter their long and fatiguing march . The enemy suffered Severely in consequence of departing from his usual cautious tactics , and was most steadily

    repulsed by the Seventy-Fourth and the other troops , scarcely a man or them being touched , while from the precision of their fire they must have done much execution . Apprehending an attempt would be made to occupy the pass by which he had ascended , the colonel retraced his steps to the head of the pass , just in time to prevent it ; but whilst descending , the gallant Highlanders , who had so well maintained their renown , lost eight of their number through the misconduct of the Fingoes , who , struck with a panic , rushed headlong down the kloof , throwing the rear companies into confusion , and preventing them front using their arms to defend themselves . ' This untoward event is graphically related by the colonel in his despatch to which we refer our readers . The Kat River Hottentots also misbehaved on this

    . The inhabitants of Graham ' s Town , threatened by large bodies of Kafirs , had mustered in military array . The colonial frontier swarmed -vvith Kafirs . It was said that Kreili and Umhala intended to join Seyolo and Stock . Altogether , the war is looked upon as farther than ever from a termination .

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    A New Russian Martyr. John Bakunin, Of W...

    A NEW RUSSIAN MARTYR . John Bakunin , of whom we have several times spoken in our columns , has been executed by the Russian tyrant . In informing our readers of'this event , we " communicate a Necrology of the martyr , which we find in a Polish weekly paper published in Belgium , the Demokrata : — " The foreign papers state that our political coreligionist , our friend , for though a Russian , he was a sincere friend of Poland—a fellow-worker in our efforts to render all the Slavonians worthy of the brotherhood of our nation , by inducing them to desert the camp of despotism and pass over to that of liberty , viz ., John Bakunin , after having expiated his noble endeavours , first in a Saxon prison fur two years , then in an Austrian dungeon , and finally in a Muscovite one at JSchlusselburi' has crowned his apostolic life by the death of a

    martyr . It is well known how intrepidly , though laden with irons and horribly tortured , he affirmed before his executioners rather tlnn judges , his faith , which he in exile defended both by his pen and spoken word , and by the sword on the barricades of Dresden . It is also known how basely the Austrian biimbailiffs delivered him to the Muscovite hangman . Wishing to convey to our readers both the grief and the admiration that overpowers our hearts for the martyr , we will simply remind them of the hearty and remarkable speech he delivered on the occasion of one of the anni versaries of the 2 !) 'h of November , commemorated in Paris , and his address to the Slavonians , which , though uninfluenced by our Democratic Centralization , was a development of its fraternal appeal to them . We will here acquaint our readers with the homage the French Republicans rendered him , by communicatin g to them the following lines which appeared in the National : — li

    ' The important part Bakunin took in the last European revolution , his sincere devotion to the cause of liberty , his high degree of intrepidity , of which he gave unquestionable proofs in all dangerous emergencies during his political career , and , above all , the melancholy fate Ihh executioners prepared for him , insure him for ever the sympathy and grateful remembrance in the bottoms of all tiue Republicans , enlisting him into the holy phalanx of their martyrs , who assuredly will not forget his memory in their days of triumph . DARING BURGLARY ani > GALLANT DKL'KNCK .

    Two men , named John 1 itman , of Yaxley , and James Stokes , of Ramsey , were charged before the magistrates of St . Ive ' s , on Monday , with having broken into the hou . se of Mr . Fuirley , shooting at him with intent to kill him , and carrying off sundry articles of his property . The narrative of the burglary , as told by Air . Fairley , in extremely interesting . " I am bailiff to Mr . Ilusscy , and live , in a lone farmhouse at Ilaveley . On the ni ^ ht . of Friday , October ' 1 \ , I went , to bed between nine and ten o ' clock , leaving nil fast . I was awakened about eleven o ' clock by n noise oUtflide resembling a clap of thunder ; the door Wan down in u moment . 1 jumped ont of bed and went to the window looking into the yard ; I could not see the door ; 1 called out , but received no answer ; 1 turned round and got my pistolsand then saw h li ^ ht at the stair-foot . 1

    , always sleep with the door open . 1 . went to the door and cried ' Beware ! ' The li ^ ht wan then withdrawn , but Hpeedily returned , and I saw a man and fired at him The man said , O , you keep those thingM , do you ? We ' ve got plenty of those ; ' and in a minute or two he returned the fire , but misned me . I called out to know what , they wanted , ft « 1 oottla hear by the whispering * that there wen ; more turn one . They twirl they wanted money , and I said 1 had none , 1 had paid it all uv * iiy that morning . They Haiti ; ' ( , ' ouie down , ' arid 1 replied Unit 1 would not . 1 mud , ' (! ome up , two of you , you cowardly rascals , if one '» afraid . ' They again desired me to conao downr , .

    saying there were ten of them ; and I said , ' I don t care if there were twenty of you , 1 am prepared for you , and fired at the man I could see . They returned the fire . They fired five shots at me in all . The man I could see was under cover in a room below . After they had fired three times , they said they would fire the house ; but I did not think they would come that . One said , ' Bring in the straw ; ' and they lit a fire with some bean straw , and fed it with the leaves of a large Bible , the barometer , and the clock case . They then fetched the instrument they broke the door with , and knocked out the window the door into the

    sash of the room Below , and broke passage . The smoke nearly suffocated me ^ and I went to the window , and found a man had command of it with a pistol . He threw some stones in . My wife could stand it no longer , and rushed down stairs . They then pushed her into a closet , and shut her in . I fired once after she went dt ) wn , and one of them called out , ' If you fire again j we " will shoot Mrs . Fairley where she" stands . ' I was then obliged to give up , calling upon them for God ' s sake to have mercy on my wife . They then came up stairs . I had put the revolving I had used away ; but it was some time before the rascals would believe that 1 had no

    firearms . They said to . me , ' Go down stairs , you old— — . I can speak positively to the prisoners . My wife screamed , just before I fired the last shot , and it was then they threatened' to shoot her . TheTe was a much larger man than Tithian there—a great lumbering fellow . They wetted the bean straw to make more smoke . There were five men in all . They all had masks on their faces . They ransacked the drawers and the bed , looking for property . When I went down , I found one man in the kitchen ransacking > ny desk , and James Stokes keeping guard over the closet door . Stokes had no mask on then . He had a gun and a pistol in his hand . I sat down ' ori a chair , and Stokes said to me , ' I reaped a week with you last harvest . ' He did not , however . My pistol was

    loaded with ball . I was slightly wounded by a shot in the thigh . They remained about half an hour after I surrendered ; while 1 was on the stairs they said , ' Come down , and we will give you a glass of wine . ' They had got the liquors when I went down . When the men came down that had been up stairs , I and my wife were ordered up stairs ; they came down with their masks on . Titman struck me three times with a poker as I was goingup stairs ; he hit me once across the kidneys , and I have a bruise there yet . I said , * You have got my property ; for God ' s sake spare my life . ' I and my wife sat down on the edge of the bedstead when we got up stairs . I asked for a light , but no answer was returned . Titman and Stokes then came up stairs Without

    their masks and asked where the bread was . I know the smile on Titman ' s ugly face . My wife told them to look about for it . Titman and Stokes then went into the next bedroom , and then went down again and returned with a light , and took my gun away . I had hid the revolver . They wanted to know where it was , and I said I had flung it into the garden . The men then went down stairs and enjoyed themselves , and I saw no more of them till we saw them leaving the house—that was about three o ' clock . I asked my wife if she dare sit alone while I went for assistance . She said , yes ; and I then saddled my horse and rode to Upwood ( about a mile ) , and soon returned with Mr . Wright , the constable , and other parties . The walls at the of the staircase are marked with shot as though there had been a siege .

    The balls from my pistol lodged at the bottom of the stairs . They drank and carried off about a dozen and a half of ( currant ) wine . The waistcoat produced ( taken off Titman ) is iny property . ( Mr . Fail ley identified a box and bag of powder , found on Titman , some cheese , a bottle and a half of currant wine , and a gun , produced by Wright . ) There was no wine in the house but currant wine . There was some brandy , and I should have been glad if they had got hold of that , as , perhaps , we might have caught the other men . My wile and I were the only persons in the house . " The two men were captured the next morning drunk , and fully committed for trial . The coolness and courage of Mr . and Mrs . Fairley have deservedly won for them the admiration of all the county .

    Tllli Animus Of Austria. Mr. Thurgar, A ...

    Tllli ANIMUS OF AUSTRIA . Mr . Thurgar , a gentleman belonging to the Austrian Consul-General ' s office , accompanied by an Italian interpreter and the captain of the ship Ida Kiss , from Trieste , came before Mr . Yardley , on Tuesday , for the purpose of requeuing his advice and assistance in repressing a spirit of insubordination which existed among the crews ol several Austro Italian ships in the West India Dock , and which appeared to have arisen from sympathy with the cause of Hungary and Kossuth . From the statement made by Mr . Thurgar it appeared that the crew of the Ida Kiss , consisting of Italians , had demanded their discharge from the captain , and on his refusal to comply with their request , beeuuse their contract did not terminate until the ship returned to

    their own country , they became very abusive and riotoiiH , and drew their knives . The ; captain was for some time apprehensive of being murdered by them , and the oflieeiK of the dock had much trouble to restore quiet and calm ( heir rage . The crews of other Italian veHseln in the docks had also been guilty of great , insubordination , and bad refused to obey the order * of their captains , while Home of them hud declared they would not wail any longer under the flug <> f Austria , and had expressed their sympathy with ICoHHiith , whose name they used as a pretext for very disorderly conduct . 'I'he lluliaiiH , directly they came to thin country , fancied they could do jiiMt hh they pleatteri , and were guilty of all manner of excesses , which they would not . dare lo commit in any oft lie territories of Austria , where they were under the control of lawn strictly ciuried out . and enforced .

    Mr . Yardley said lie had no power whatever to interfere with the internal discipline of a foreign ship , or to prevent the crew leaving her , if they thought proper ; but

    as far as he could protect the captain from violence „ " ~ i Pr 6 l ^ ^' ch of the P eace ' "ouKoTo K rected Mr . Holmes , an inspector of the K division * accompany the Austrian Consul-General ' s agent anS \\ l captain to the Ida ' Kiss , and see what he could " do in Jhe _ shatpe of Vemohstrance and advice , imd also to sneak to the dock offices rtn the subject . The Italians muTt be told that any breach of the peace , or anything leading tl a breach of the p «? ace , would be noticed and severelv punished , and . that tfiey must neither threaten the cantain nor draw their knives upon him . v

    In the afternoon Mr . Thurgar , with the Italian in terpreter , again waited upon the magistrate , and Inspector Holmes said the Italians were extremely sub " missive and repentant when he spoke to them through the medium of one rjf the gentlemen present , and promised not-to rnisribnduct themselves again . They also stated that tney should not have acted as they had done on Monday if they had not been intoxicated . Mr . Thurgar said , that he feared more restraint would be necessary to prevent the Italians from committing acts of . violence and disorder , arid that already there had been two cases of stabbing in Cork , and a terrible case of . a similar nature in Gloucester very recently , among the Italian seamen . Mr . Yardley said , if any one presumed to draw a knife on another in this country , and the case was made out he would be punished . '

    Mr . Thurgar intimated that the Italians ought to be under th ' e surveillance of the police during their stay here , and taken out t > f the ship and punished . Mr . YaTdley said the Italians , afc subjects of Austria were entirely on the same footing as the subjects of her Majesty , except as regarded the contract they had entered into , which be had nothing to do with . Foreigners were not only subject to the English laws while they were here , but were under the protection of the English laws . Mr . Thurgar : Why , the Italians drew their knives yesterday upon the " captain .

    Mr . Yardley said that was a breach of the peace for which theparties were liable to severe punishment , and if the captain were here , and would make a statement of the occurrence , he would issue his warrant for the arrest of . the men , and they would be dealt with according to law . ¦ Inspector Holmes : The Italians have faithfully promised not to misconduct themselves or draw their knives any more . Mr . Thurgar : There is a party of men among the Italians who declare their sympathy for Kossuth , and state they will not sail under the Austrian flag .

    Mr . Yardley said he had' nothing to do with that . If the Italian seamen drew their knives on the captain , or any other person , for any purpose , or with any view whatever , he would call upon them to find bail , or commit them to prison . It was a thing not to be tolerated for an instant . If the captain were under any fear for his personal safety , he would issue process , but it must be on his personal application . Mr . Thurgar then retired with the Italian interpreter , and intimated that an application would be made to Lord Palmei ' ston regarding the law on the subject , and the discipline on board foreign ships in English ports .

    Political Pkllsecution By A Government C...

    POLITICAL PKllSECUTION BY A GOVERNMENT CONTKACTOR . An incident connected with the hearty demonstration of goodwill to Kossuth , has come to our knowledge , which ought to be widely known . A composito % a good workman , employed by a firm engaged in supplying certain Government offices with forms , desired two hours' holiday on Monday morning . Another asked the same favour , fitating that he wanted to see Kossuth . The foreman communicated with the manager of the firm . Meanwhile the first applicant had donned his hat and coat and was preparing to depart , when tip rushed the said manager , red with rage , exclaiming , "Any one of my men who dares to leave this place to run after any political humbug , shall not return to work here . " Nothing daunted our hero quietly went his way , and faithful to his promise returned in two hours . The Head man was as Rood as his word , and the

    workman was dismissed there and then . We know that this is a . fact . We could name the parties . Three workmen had been previously discharged by the same firm for the Rime offence . Are we to take it as a specimen of the animus of the Government , or not ? Anyway it is a specimen of petty tyranny m Kngland worthy of Parin or St . Petersburg , Nap les or Vienna .

    Trial By Jury. The Annual Gathering Of T...

    TRIAL BY JURY . The annual gathering of the friends of Trial by Jury , who make the names of Home Tooke , Hardy , and ThoUviiU their rallying cry , took place on Thuiwhiy nig ' , the fifty seventh anniversary of the acquittal oi w members of the Corresponding Society . J ) r . ¦ « WM » I rtided . The first toast , after the removal of th <; ¦ » was " The Sovereignly of the People , " drunk « l . ' .. K , wan i " niPHniKiny « ' « - -- !• -- » ,, »« 'i' ) ,.. rn 11 HI The Mr llumit on

    withthreeiimc « three . Then " Queen . '' Hunt gave Trial by Jury . " Mr . W . J . 1 <>* ; ™ j „' " The Memories of lUrdy , Tooke , »> " » ^ nr thi « As marking the ciilhii 8 i » Ail » of the P"' "' ' " * ^ all ( 1 to « Kt was drm . k , we observe , with loud . £ \ ^ j ^ three times three , contrary to the usual - ' " ^ ilin ( , > Parry gave the " Scottish Martyr * Mu , 1 [ f Margarot . " Mr . D . vid Mhhbo . i K ave " Radio tf ' all abuses , and a full and " «« . ropr «« e t »^ »' people in Parliament . " > r . Tauaenau admirab y » to the toast , " The Strangling Peoples . I ho ^» ttl was-duly toasted , and the company separated . *

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 8, 1851, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_08111851/page/8/