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      xx . lx . Duffy , ef the Natkw . The old members , however , uiaviavebeen succeeded by honest and respectable menhhehe Tory or Conservative portion merely maintainnngng their former ground , without any addition to ; l ; he ; heir numbers . In the Custom House ward , a Mr ?? ar 7 arre * Jy , one of the 'Young Ireland' party , offered unmunself as candidate for town councillor , but was urusrnstedby Mr Keating , one of the oldatock * of' Ireaanandera . * Mr Duffy , is succeeded in the College rraward by a Mr Michael Dowling , a verv respectable mf £ ?? B man . and . like Mr Keatinz , a staunch O'Cont ^ t' TneDnblin Corporationhas no member of iboho Irish , confederation within its ranks . They are nnththero Conneilites or Cohserratires , but admit no 33 oi 3 onfederateto civichononrs .

      i t *** - , , Dublin , November 29 th . -iy . aa reign of terror' in the southern counties B tenancies fewer and less revolting atrocities ia the jv ?» y ? g 9 i 5 e week , than in any ether week within the i Btottsvee months . Honse-breakinf , firing of shots , sssssaultsv way-lays , ' and other outrages have been eerjery numerous , indeed : but , I am happy to say , that ] p fp to this , x have not heard of any actual murder ! avavmgheen v ^ erpetrated . Amongst the most amnsnagag of Captain . Rock ' s late freaks in TipperarV ; is his t awing posted hu *< manifestoes , bearm * the skull and

      iroToss-bone ^ on thv . LprdLieatenanfa Coercive , or IIdldmonitory proclamation . Thisisno " joke ; ithas saautred in the town bf Ne 8 s * b , where -these pre' Jftemafaons were extensively cireylate'd . . ' The indnsi rjnons' Bock , '; in oneniglt completely marrid his : iacelleney ^ indentions of gmr § admonition to tbe j Kppperary boys to be aisy , ' for in tfie morning the . . captain s counter-mandates wera pasted over He face j jf jf every vice-regal proclamation in Jforih Tipnerary . lUfhemerry Captain ' s hill-stickec rnaat have bad i Housy work on that cold November midnight I i

      XHK QUEEN ' S BPIiECn . " * I am quite pleased with the resemblance between i nyjy iwoaiggers , G » = ar and' Pompey . land s Virgii liaian slave-owner } , they are so very-like each' other —3- ? speciaHy-PonipeyP—and so may we xery appropriately express ourselves , with reference to the late Idojal' Speech '—it is so very like all its royal prele / eeessore , ia flatness , stupidity , and heartlessness . Hergraeions Majesty , or rather those cold-blooded sEcipirlc ? , of whom she is the puppet , informs her amdMajesty's ^ faithfulLords and Commons , 'that ¦ tin some counties of-Jrelanti atrocious cranes have leieeu committed , and a spirit of insubordination has Manifested itself , leading toan organised Tesistance aa legal rights . * . Now , * that sneba ' spirit of

      insub-^ dinatioa * does exist , isasfrmras that Jwo .. and two ^ iKe fonr , and tha ^ thatsame ' epirit ' . wiilintrease miidatqaire strength , is as tree a * flat Gud rales the fi & iverse . -But the" Royal Speech does not go on and impeach the ccnncjllore and advisers of her Majesty , mth being the cause of this « rasuborainatfon ? with maviag evoked that blood-stained ' spirit' frogs- tha njra ? eVit 3 _ of Skull and Sldbbereen , and gent it Bitting on its career of vengeance , over the depopulated , pestilential vallies and villages of Clare and [ Limerick , and Cork and Tippcrsry . Not a word in ahe-Rojel Speech about this . The Whig , imbeciles — -the base , bloody , and brutal Whigs , * are not reminded of having looked calmly on , whilst a million oof the ' mere Irish' were let die of hunger , and not

      nrith pestilence and misery . Not a breath about ghese trifles . Oh ! so , the framers of thereyal yarn ceosld not wound the nervous delicacy of ' the ladies con the bark benches , ' by any allusion to the rniscon-( Snot cf ministers , involving , as it wonld , a harrowing ihistory of the ' woes of Ireland , ' in this and the bygone sex-on . But the Royal—alias the Queen '*—alias tthe Marquis of Lansdowne ' s 'Speech , ' blnbbered oJereisiads over the ^ subordination . ' of starving Brahmen , and then offered consolation to the t remfljling 'darlinb'on tho 'back benches , ' by assuring t ffcem . and the empire at large , that although aoaddijfionoZ measures were contemplated to rescue the survivors of last year ' s famine from sharing the fate of itheiv countrymen who are gone , still there should be

      mo Uck of coercion , and that whenever and whereiever the famine-howl should be raised too lustily , or ithe expatriated peasant dare to' look crooked' at his exterminators , the cry for bread should be hushed in -the boom of tneeanHon , and the retaliating propesfiitiES ef Captain Rock and Terry Alt bs put down by lota of British bayonets ! Poer chance , faith , for empty bellies—cold steel and war-stcainers on the Shannon ! But little do they knew of Ireland who proposetokeephereJBybysnch appliances . "Tisnot « a : d times wid them , the thieves ov the world , ' escibums therecklcsspeasantof NortbTippsrary . ' The peace-maker , Dan O'Connell , is gone , and the pease-breaker , gnawing hnhger , is come , and the day is upon ns when we can no longer afford to be frightened at the flash of the trooper ' s 'Hade , or the crack of tha peeler ' s carbine . If they build new barracks , let them , and if mere

      ted coats come to Mhns e * , they are welcomajbntjwe tsust ' -zei justice , and we will not be coerced until food is found for our famishing wives and howling cMidrea . ' This is the way ' m which Paddy treats the idea of new coercive measures , and I assure those vfiio csntemp ' ate such policy , that they will signally fail . The day when Ireland conld be ruled by bayonets is gone by for ever . The peasantry will not submis any more to the old-establishtd order of things . Braised and prostrate as they are , they are still mighty , and they will awake and smite their tyrants , and though they would probably fail in any attempt at revolution , they will . harrasa England , and shed ihe clood ef the' foe / and continue the' great diffi cnlty * of every monarch and every ministry of Great Britain until full justice is accorded them , and ample atonement made for the woes and indignities they fcave endured through centuries of misrule and oppression and degradation .

      In plain truth , the Queen's speech excite ? very litUeinterest in Ireland , and no surprise . We were prepared to hear ; the cry of 'War to the knife , ' feovrled forth against onr nnfortuasfes countrymc . n , and we knew well that we had little mercy to expect for the hundreds of thousands of those helpless wretches who , this moment , pine with hunger and all its concomitant horrors . We knew Coercion vrould be recommended as the panacea for all our evils and felt no particular alarm at the Royal prescription . However , the opening of the new parliament was not without peculmrly interesting topics for Irelan d , and the' Repeal motion' of Mr Feargus O'Connor has fallen Uko a thunder-clap en the conntry Sfanv and various are the speculations on that

      subject , but except with jealous-minded , sclf-mteretlcd individuals , the ' bravos' which saluted that heroic gentleman at the conclusion of his noble speech in the House of Common ? , have reverberated from sea to sea , and found a hearty echo in every honest Irish heart . Bat these who know Mr O'Connor , and have no motive in cloaking their conviction ? , express no surprise at his late magnanimous conduct . Tlej 8 pe : 'k glowingly of his by-gone seivices , and thousands already predict tha * he will be the Hon of the present parliament . In fact , it is confidently believed that when 'Feargos is himself again , ' he will fieeome a powerful rival to the O'Connell dynasty . And they are right . If Mr O'Connor be ambitions of the glories of his fathers , —if he only put forth that

      * aalt of his youth , yet in him , ' there is not a shadow of donbt , but he will become the most powerfulJRlS IICjan of the . day , and ultimately succeed the late Daniel O'Connell in leadership of the Irish people . This ia no ' yarn' of mine . I near the subject discussed every hour , and though thero are many who look on Mr O'Connor as a dangerous man , there are ten against one , of all classes and creed ? , who speak of him in the most eulogistic and affectionate terms . I vfas but a mere boy when tbe unhappy' split * occurred between the Liberator and Mr O'Connor , nor do I know much of the personal or political history of the latter gentleman , but I Know this , that the " name cf Feargus O'Connor , though spurned by some , is still dear to the memory of millions of Irishmen .

      The descendant of Irehnd ' d monarchy , the 'flesh and blood' of those who , in more stormy times than the present , -straggled , and fought , and bled for tbe regeneration of their native land , he is looked to - <| rttb . reverent ** and esteem , nor , let others think svliat they will , are his own patriotic exertions in Erin ' s cause forgotten or unappreciated . Anew sphere is now own foe hfe energy and heroism . Let Jbim only snatch the raddcr—nnfarl the banner of Green , and fling himself manfully before the enemies of his country and race , and lfeel ascertain , a * I do of to-morrow * 8 sunrise , that before many yearsnay , perhaps , before many nwnths , shall pass away , Fear ^ is O'Connor will ba onr 'Irish Chieftain , 'that " 5 bright particular star , ' under whose influence this long oppressed country will emei ^ efrom darkness , and slavery , and desolation . As I said before , certain persons here affect to regard Mr O'Connor's not premature and ill

      < Repeal motion , ' only ns - advised , but treacherom , and the commencement of forther ageressions against the cause of his native ¦ country . The London correspondents of certain Dublin Repeal papers affect much alarm on this iead also , but tta-bod-lish ! as we say over here . Let Mr O'Connor push forward , and he will soon 6 a able to prove to the world that , not only is he not a traitor to his conntry , but that he is her best friecaV and most powerfnlchampion . I am much pleased with the clever letter of * Z . T 6 ., ' yonr' connty Tipperary' Correspondent in lasl week ' s Star . With many of his views I coincide most heartily , and particularly when he says , that if Ireland was under the political tu-ISage of Mr O'Connor , or a man like him , she would Boon recover froia her present degraded con-< Jition . Iii hia estimate of * Young Irelandism' I lso agree , but I beg to assure Z . T . 0 / that tho

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      great majority of those yonng men who usurp the leadership of that body , are hot fit to be the teachers of a nation , and will never enjoy the confidence ol the Irish people . As I said before , in a former letter , they are not well spoken of by any body . ; they are looked on as arrogant , haughty , ignorant , and presumptuous persons , wholalthough advocating good and wholesome principles have cot skill , nor prudence , nor weight of character necessary to tbe accomplishment of the Herculean labour which ^ they have undertaken , Smith O'Brien is indeed , deservedly dear to millions in this country , and ' "ifonna Meagher is blessed with talents which I hope wi'l yet be creditable to the land of his birth ; as for the rest of the ' phalanx , ' the less is said about them tho

      better . Bat if , indeed , there were a competent peron to guide us , and direct the operations of this new political organisation , there is no doubt bnt the principles on which it is founded wonld soon become popular , and take deep root in every class of Irish society . One word more to * Z . T . 0 / He speaks of ' a pampered priesthood preaching patience to a hungry population . ' Of course he alludes to the Roman Catholic priesthood . Now , I know quite as much of Ireland and her situation as' Z . T . 0 ,. ' whoever he is , and though I am well aware of the unceasing efforts of the Roman Catholic clergy to restrain their wretched people from acts of violence and bloodshed , and though I know they never cease to' preach patience' and resignation under the behests of

      Providence to a hungry population , still I do not know that these men can be fairly described as a ' pampered priesthood . ' Tbis is certainly an error , or worse , on the part of your ' county Tipperary ' friend , fori know by personal experience , how in the course of the last horrible year that several Soman Catholic priests underwent poverty and privations scarcely credible , trying out of their scanty means , to alleviate the miseries of the hungry population ot their parishes . Let * Z . T . 0 . ' be more guarded in his intnre communications , and not forget that abase of the Irish , priests must cot constitute any ingredient in 'the charmed pot * of Irish agitation . . The ^ priests , with few exceptions , deserve well of their country , and it is not wise nor fair to

      describe such a large , and respectable , and philanthropic body of men , as a ' pampered priesthood , ' merely because some few of that body may have acted negligently or unfeelingly towards those from . whom they derive their means of subsistence , 1 am no mere an advocate for clerical delinquents' than for any other class of rascals , but I know from Bong and intimate knowledge of Irish matter ? , that the Catholfcpriesfsddnofdeserveopprobrum . In tHehonr oftribnlation Hey are found , tras to their sacred trust , and- if some have failed—as human : nature still wiS have its- feilinas—that is no reason why" the great body cf the * Catholic hierarchy should' Be'traduced . and maligned , and misrepresented :

      Dablin ia very call at present . A } deep gfoom seems to pervade al ? classes in the cit . 7 , and'it isssid that several tremendons-failures will ' shortly tsife place in quarters least suspected . I regret' to » v that in the-last west , two very eminent mercantile houses have-been oWiged-tosuspend payments , — -oner of them for nearly fifty years extensively- engaged " in the ^ Vest India trade , the other , also largely cow ceraed iri the general way ; The liabilities of botS > are very , larga ; Bnt I hear that the Dublin Bankswill be the greatest sufferers in the unfortunate affair . Many other ' breakdowns' are . confidently anticipated ' .

      I alluded in my last , toareportthatMrB'Oarthy was to solicit tho ' most sweet voices' of the ' Kilkenny , boys , ' for the representation of their city in Parliament , v ' un John O'Connell , who retains bis seat for Limerick . It appears-now that Mr Sullivan , a natire of Kilkenny , is to seek tbe suffrages of his townsmen , and that Mi * M'Carthy does not come forward . It is reported , too , that Mr Monafaan * the Irish Solicitor-General , will start for Kilkenny , not on Repeal or Liberal ; but on S 9 gosury principles : It is said , that he will spare no expense ; that the streets of the 'fair citie' will be paved , not with '

      ' marble * but with ' sovereignsand that Mr Monahan brags that tbe 'boys of'Eilkenny * are not so virtuous or so cold ; as to withstand the temptation of ' rale goold , * " ! ' think better , however ,. of the brave men of Kilkenny , and lam confident that-if the solicitor tries his luck in our island capital ,-he will , iavulcar parlance ,. ' come off but second best . ' ' Yonng Ireland '" is to muster again at the Rotunda on Wednesday nieht next . I 'will be there to see , ' aad , of course , willrepwt progress in my nest communication . A large meeting ia expected , but I think a large meeting will not be realised .

      It is generally circulated in town , that a special commission is to be sent down to try prisoners for murders aud agrarian outrages in the North Riding of Tipperary , and the counties of Limerick , Clare , and R scommen . Report has it that Messrs Blackburn , ( Chief Justice ot'the Queen ' s T 5 ench , > and Green , Attorney-General , under the late government , are to be the Judges deputed on this ' . gaol clear ance' mission . Anew barrack is to be immediately erected in Nenagh , the shire-town or North Tipperary , which in future is to be head qaarters for a regiment of infantry . Everythina smells ot

      Coercion , and the rack-renters and ' clearance , * gentry are in extacies at the approaching military foray against unfortunate Ireland . In the mean time every peasant , not already armed , is straining every nerve to procure a gnn , or a carbine , or case of pistols . They laugh at the threats of coercion , and seem determined not to be bullied by additional police-stv tions . or military patrols . They will probably bedeprived cf some of those fire-arms which they now possess , but they will retain enough to do the work of vengeance on those whom they look on as tyrants and oppressors .

      State Of The Country. Wat Mb Bavmv Was S...

      STATE OF THE COUNTRY . Wat Mb Bavmv was Shot . —( From the Timbs ) . — About a fortnight since there appeared in the Tiues an account of some strange proceedings which took place at the meeting ot Nenagh Board of Poor Law Guardians . The peasantry , on that occasion , surrounded the house , demanding food or work , bnt resolutely refisingto accept either on the terms of becoming inmates of the workhouse , although it was explaned to them by Mr Uniaclte Bayly ( the chairman , ) that there was still ample accomodation for such as cboso to avaH themselves of its shelter . Remonstrances proved ineffectual , and the mob separated without committing any act of aggression . It appears , however , that the conduct of Mr Bayly met with the marked displeasure of the people , and that from that hoar he was a doomed man . The following statement appears in the Evexixg Mail : —

      It is now ascertained almost to a certainty , that Mr Sayley was attacked on account of the Poor Laws . A great mob assembled round the K « nsgh workhouse ; they demanded outdoor relief . Mr Bsyly , as chairman of the union , went down and told them that the bouse was not hear fall ; that there was plenty of provisions in It for them , but go in they must . This they refused , demanding outdoor relief at once . Mr Bayly explained the law to them—the result was his being shot . Meanwhile , the Nenagh board continues to be harassed with the constant complaints of tho people , many of whom appear to be in a state of the utmost destitution . At the last meeting about 400 or 500 persons , composed of men , women , and children , again congregated this day ^ outside tha doors of the workhouse . They were quiet and orderly , and their appearance was truly deplorable to behold . They were clothed in rags , which were drenched with the rain . There was a small body ef police present to preserve the peace .

      APPAIXISO MOHBER OF A CLBKOTMAN . The correspondent of the . Mossing Chronicle writes as follows : — . I am d- eply gr ieved to state that tbe symptoms of tranquillity for a few days past hnve . as I feared , proved totally deceptive . The accounts from Koscommon and other disturbed districts , received tbis morning , are very alarming . A most atrocious murder was committed on Sunday on the public road near Elphiu , caunty- . Roscomfison—the vietim being the Rev , John Woyd , vicar of Aughrim , who was shot dead on his return from the parish church half an hour after he had officiates in the performance of divine worship . A letter sow before rae , dated Elphin , November 2 B , contains the foUowlng particulars of this horrible tragedy ;—¦

      ' The IUv . J . Lloyd , vicar of Aubgnm , after preaching his sermon this day in tbe parish church , returned to bis residence In Smith ' s Town , near Elphin , accompanied by bis servant , on horseback . When about half a mile from his house , a man , armed with , a gan , came up , and addressing the re » . gentleman , said ,. « Say your prayers , for yon are going to he shot . ' Mr Xiloyd exclaimed , 1 Wh & t have I done that I should ho murdered 5 ' The miscreant replied , 'You put out a tenant two years ago on ysnr estate in leitrhn ; and I tell yoa , say your prayers , for your time is came . ' The ruffian then levelled his gun , deliberately took aim , and fired . Two bolls entered the chest cf the unfortunate , gentleman , who fill a lifeless corpse npon the road . The servant rode on to give the alarm . The murderer escaped . ' MOBDER OF IX > RD IX'CAN ' S BAILIFF . John O'Donnell , one of the Earl of Lucau ' s bailiff * , was shot in the neighbourhood of Castlebar on Saturday .

      Uspbal Association —Tha repeal association met on Monday , bat the proceedings were entirely destitute of interest . An address to tbe people ^> f Ireland , on' the horrible crimes which are being committed in some parts of the country , ' was adopted and ordered to be circulated . A letter from Mr J , O'Connell , M . P . was read . The rent for the week was £ 9 .

      FRIGHTFcXMISEnr op THE PSOPIE , Dcnus . Nov . 30 . —Distress in the most appallin " form is beginning to maoifest itself in some of the southern districts , particularly in Cork and Clare . The Clabe JouBsriir , among other instances , gives the following : — . * Last week some three or fear hundred persons , men , women , and children , from the parish of Killard . entered an extensive turnip field belonging to Mr'James Shannon , ef Craganock , and tore away and eat on the spot the greater part of the turnips grown thereon , to stay tor the moment the cravings ofhunger . ' Thero are W paupers fn the Scariff workhouse , and tmudrsaa daily—nay , hourly , seeking aclo ' ism

      The Robbery By A Shopwoman. At The Centr...

      THE ROBBERY BY A SHOPWOMAN . At the Central Criminal Court , on Monday last , Anne Simons , twenty-six , spinster , » very welldressed good-looking woman , was indicted torstealing a large quantity of velvet , satin , silk , lace , ; abawla , and other valuable articles , alleged to be of the f alue of £ 260 . the property of James Marshall and anothV » aud Philip Devcreux Hickman , merchant , who sotrendered , was indicted for feloniously receiving the property so stolen , knowing it to hare been stolen . ¦ The Attorney-General , with Mr Clarkson and Mr Bodkin , conducted the prosecntion ; Sergeant Wij * kins and Mr iluddlestone appeared for the prisoner Simons , and Sir Frederick Thesiger and Mr Ballantine defended the gentleman who was charged as the guilty recsiver . ¦ - ' ¦¦ ' Mr Hickman was a gentleman of respectability , and junior partner in the firm of Price , Gifford , and Hickman , colonial merchants .

      Mr James Marshall deposed : I am partner with Mr Stinton in cirrying on the business of linendrapers in Vere-street . The female prisoner was in our service in October last , and had been for wo years and a half engaged in the cloak department as saleswoman . It was part of herduty to cut ont silk and satin ' clcaka , and she had access to tbe whole of theproperty in the establishment . We took stock in February last , when we discovered a large deficiency , but had no suspicion of the prisoner . On the 19 tli of October , in consequence of some information I received , I sent for the female prisoaer , and told . herl wished to see a dozen pairs of stoskings whieh she had taken a few days before from tha hosiery department . She told me she had none , and I directed

      Mr Brown to be sent far , and told him that the prisoner denied having hadany stockings , and he replied that he was positive she had had themr and the prisoner then said she had brought thenr back . He denied that this was the case , and the prisoner said she laid them on the counter . I then told her six pairs of silk stockings were also missimr , and she said she > id taken them to get marked . I then told her that I suspected she--had'bran robbinz ds to . a Jarfre amennt , and was a very bad girl . I then went to the house of a person named Roake , where 1 found-some'property , and- when-1 returned , I gave the prisoner ra charge , and hep-hoses were searched by acohatab ' e ' , and several articles were found' in then * , which J dairaed as my property . Before ehe

      was given into custody , she admitted she had given'a portion of the stockings to a woman who was takicgcfiarge ? of her child , and the remainder were in her * boxes . I also found in tbe prisoner's box a paper bearingtue name-of Mr Hickman : When the pri--j son ' er told' me about the stockings ; she begged me to look over what stfehad done for the sake of her child ; batT ' said I wonld not do so ; I went to the cbambenrof the other prisoner afterT-baiPbeen before the magistrate at ? the police-court , and * I subsequently went to Welbeck-street , * where Simons ' s 8 'ster resided . I sawthe housekeeper at Mr Hickman's , an # m < ruired if he was at home ,- but ic ap « pearedthathe was absent . On the 20 ch of October I went a second tiraeto-Jffr Hickman ' s , accompanied

      : by Allison , the constable , and a servant from the ¦ house in Weioeck-sireer . v He was ml at homer and I left a message for him , and also my- name and adidresa . . The message I'Jaftwas , that Anne Simons had been robbing us to a large amount .. -Upon-the Second exammation-of thVfemale prisoner ,. an-at-: torneynamed YVathen ,-wbomIhave ascertained' is Mr Hickman ' s- attorney ,, attended on her behalf . There was another examination before the magis > - tfateonthe 211 kof Octoberr and Mr Hiekmanwas introduced to meby Mr Wathen , and they told me there was a large quantity * of goods atMrHiefc * s man ' s which no doubt belonged to us , and they bs 4

      forced the drawers thalr morning and found them , and wisSed ! to give- ' them up . jUpon this we called a cab and proceeded to MirHickman ' a chambers , 18 , Lincoln's Jim-fields . Mr Hickman ; the constable , and myself went together-,- and as-wo ware going along ,. Mr Iliekman told 4 me that be met with Anne Simons-in Holies-street , two years before , and that ho wrote to her afterwards , and and made an appointment with her , and'smes then they had been intimate , and-he said ho-had paid offa-mortgage fbr her father whieh cost' him £ 28 ® andaltogether he-had paid £ 500 for bar-father . I told'bim Iwas surorisad to hear she had-a father

      ahve , as she had ' always given me to understand he was dead . Mr Hickman said her father was alive ? and ? he believed she was wcll- coimected . B asked himit he was aware that she had'a child , and lie said he wo * not , and his- firm belief was that ho- had her to himself . When we got to Lincoln ' s Ihivfields , Mr-Hickman tsok ns-in himself , and I saw ; two large bundles on the floor ; aad he pointed to-a chest of * drawers , or wardrobe , and- said , ' The * things hid been tafrTi out opthoie- drawers . ' I learned from Mr- Hickman that he was aware the prisoner Simoia * was in our service ,- and he told me thalshe . had sleptat his chambers on ; the previous Saturday night , and he added that he allowed her three and sixpence for her carriage hire- when she came to visit him . F-

      then asked Mr- flickmnn if- he was not very much surprised to see-such an immense quantity of goods in the possession of a person in Simons ' s position ; and he replied ,. tfaatshe always told him she paid-for them , and that she had a salary of £ 10 a year , and that the perquisites made it £ 12 fc ^ The actual salary was- £ 30-a year ^ and her perquisites were not more than £ 2 ? or Adoring the whole time she was in onr service ; and when I told Mr Hickman so , he seemed very much surprised , I then recognisad a waistcoat whieh 5 Ir Hickman was wearing , and which was afterwards taken from him . He told me that Anne Simons had given it to him , and that he had another , which she had also- given to him . I

      told Mr Hickman I had no doubt the waistcoat stuff was stolen from t : s ; and he replied , that Anne Simons told him that it wan a remnant she had bought from Marshall and Stinton ' s , and that it was of yery little value . Mr Hickman then told raehehad eleven other waistcoats made np , the stuff rbr which he had received from the prisoner ; and ha pointed ont an easy chair , a broim dog ornameni < , a cigar case , a gold chain , and some other things , all of which he said had been given to him by the prisoner Simons as presents . Among them were eighteen cambrio handkerchiefs , a gentleman ' s boa , a number of chair and table covers , a velvet

      cushion——Sir Frederick Thesiger here interposed , and objected to any articles being mentioned that were not incladed in the indictment . The Court said that the evidence was admissibla , as being part of the transaction , and besides it did not appear to be prejudicial to tho prisoner Hickman . ' It showed that he was anxious to speak the truth of the matter . Examination continued : Besides the articles I have mentioned , Mr Hickman pointed out to roe a bed furniture , some linen wristbands , a quantity of china , and a cold chain , which ho said the prisoner

      Simons gave him as a present , and he said ho was very glad to be the means of restorine ; any property . I then looked over the goods in tae bundles , and I recognised them all as my own property 4 They , consisted of silks , shawls , velvet , and other valuable articles ; and Mr Hickman told me that the prisoner Simons had given him the velvet for waistcoats . 1 saw two boxes standing by the side of the bed , one being locked and the other unlocked . Mr Hickman told me he had not the slightest idea what was in the boxes . According to my belief the property now found was worth ' at least £ 260 .

      The property , which , as may be imagined , consisted of an immense quantity of articles , was here produced , and identified by the prosecutor . Mr Justice Coltman suggested that these articles should be specially selected which the prisoner Hickman acknowledged to have received from the prisoner as ' presents ; and this was accordingly done . Examination continued : On the 21 st October , Mr Hickman told me that he had particularly requested Mr Wathen , hissolioitor , toseo me on the day before on the snbject of the property . Mrs Burdon . examined by the Attorney-General : Iwas the laundress of the prisoner Hickman . There were two sets of keys of the chambers , one kept by me , and the other by Mr Hickman . The prisoner Simons used to come and sleep there . I never saw her bring in any bundles .

      By Sir F . Thesiger : Anne Simons first began to visit Mr Hickman two years ago , and since then she was continually coming , and she used to bp frequently there in his absence . She had the key of the winecellar . Her sister used to be frequently there . Mr Hickman appeared to be very much attached to her , and to place great confidence in her . One chest of drawers was kept exclusively for the prisoner Simons , and I have _ found these drawers locked when upon some occasions I tried to open them .. I had free access to Mr Hickman ' s drawers and wardrobe . They were never locked . Hpon the I 9 ! h of October , the day Anne Simons was taken into custody , I observed that the locks of her drawers had been forced open . I remember Mr Hickman forcing open a box that was by the side of his bed , and on his discovering that it was * 311 ed with silk and lace he appeared very much annoyed , and told me not to disturb anything ,

      but to keep everything exactly as it was , until it should be returned to Mr Marshall . I remember Anne Simons bringing a box to the chambers on Sunday , the 3 rd or 4 th of October . Mr Hickman was absentat the time . I saw the same box afterwards under the bed . Mr Hickman was always regular in his payments , and never appeared to bo in want of money . He gave me directions after Anna Simons . was in custody to permit any person who re « quired to do so to search his chambers as strictly as they pleased . " Not a single thins was disturbed or removed / rom'the chambers until the time Mr Marshall came with tha officer to search thera . While Mr Marshall and the officer were making the search , I observed * Mr Hickman fetch a workbox belonging to Anne . Simons , and the policeman opened it with a key taken from the female prisoner , and the box was found to contain seme lace which was . identified by Mr Marshall , v . Mary Wright , a servant at the ' prisoner-. Hick ? uttn ' 8 ctaraberj , proved * that Simoua repe & teily

      The Robbery By A Shopwoman. At The Centr...

      brought parcels there ; and in answer to Sir F . Thesiger , she said that upon some occasions when she was told that Mr Hickman had friends with him , she ordered her to take the parcels up by the back stairs , so that Mr Hickman might not know of it . She also . conSrmed the . testimony of the last witness with regard to Mr' Hickman gmnginstruotions that there should be free access to his chambers , and that every facility should be given for a search . , . AUeson , the polioe-cmstable , proved that while the search was being made at MriUickraan ' s , that gen * tlemi * said that'he understood Miss Simons had a salary J > f £ 200 a year , and he also said that he knew in whose k ^ 'vice she was . ¦ " By Sergeant Wilffins : He took the letters ont of the box himself . Mr Stit ton was present .

      By Mr Bodk . 'n ' . Was quite sure Mr Stinton did not take any of t . he letters away , William White . Brown , aperson in the employ of the prosecutors , defc'Med . thathe made out the list of the property found afc .. Mr Hickman ' s , andho valued itat £ 2 G 2 . , . . / ,, . - . '_ . ;¦ X . ^ v ; ^ : This evidence closed th ; e ; c ? so for the prosecution . Several of the iearnea ^ counael having addressed the bench , ^ ' '" ¦ '' , Mr Justice Coltman then isummed up . and the jury almost , immediately returnei . a' ' verdict of guilty against the prisoner Simons > and acquitted Mr Hickman , ' ' ¦ : '] ' ¦ . - .. ¦ i There was an attempt at applause in the court , ! when the verdict was delivered , bit * it was speedily I

      repressed .. . .,-- „¦ ..- ¦¦ . On tbe prisoners being called cp for judgment , _ ¦ . The Recorder , " addressing Anne Ji'imons , said , that the learned judge who had tried her on the previbusdaynaa * fixed the sentence to be pronounced against her ,. whieh wfti , that she be . transported for fourteen years . Be considered that that inquiry had disposed of all the material , circumstances of the ease , and as nothing additional against her had been elicited in the present inquiry , and as he observed that she hadnot instructed > r counsel to persevere in making that chargeagains t one of her prosecutors which , after the . verdict delivi'red by the jury , must be taken as a most false and un lust imputation , and she'hndi thereby evinced-compvnetion for having done soi ; he did not feel himself ca 'led npon to inflict

      any additional pun ' shment upon the present convictienv With regard to the t > th « , prisoner , it might perhaps be in charity to suppose that he had net beea'actuated by a motive of gain , but merely to shelter his-daughtcr and sMsldherfrovn prosecntion , and on this : ground , coupled with the recommendations to mercy , he should not pass-Bpori him a sentencoof transportation , bnt one of imprisonment > and that sentence was , that he- be- imprisoned aad & p > to hard-labour for cighteen'ode-star l nohtbs . Mr Bodhin- applied to the court to . order the restoration efthe-sSolenproperty , and The Recorder accerdingly gave directions that the vfrjole of the property should be given ? np to the prosecutors . \

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      TRm-L OF HHIBEBT'S BAND .-OF'T-SSEVES , During the last few isonths our readers- will remember tohaveseen in our columnthaccounteof t . he capture of a nuHseronyband of thieves ; -who / vndvt t . he protection oPa-marr-named Claude Thibet particuIaHyvdistingnished themselves by * highway robberies ;; and they will also remember to have read references to the facts-disoiososl by tho investigations which were entered into .- After several months ' preparation , it wasdetermined to brisg-the band- to trial at the first November session of the Const of Assizes of the Seine . The capture of the gang and > the preliminary-inquiries into its misdeeds , having excited publie'attention toan ostfaordinr . jy-degree ; , the trial was-dooked forward to-with intense interest 1 ;

      this interest was even increased by the pretended revelations of certain newspapers , to thaeffe ' et that , besides tbe-commisaieh of innumerable robberies , the accused would be proved to have been gniltyofmaoj a dark deed of bloodj . relievedi , however , by acts of touching generosity and chivalrous bearing . In fact the band was represented-to be a set of melo-dramatic heroes ,-eut-thToats , but noble hearted- ; thieve ^ but possessed of every-high quality ; outcasts from society , but bearing themselves as redresses of wrongs ; whilst around them a » glorious halo of devotednesa-in ' friendship , and fidelity in-love , wss made to shine ; andat'the same time , it was pretty broadly hinted , thafcraore than , one lady- of- high degree had ' ubandoned family , friends , station ,

      fortune , and * ven henoar itself ; tojoin her fate totheirai Unfortunately , howeverj for romantic readers , not award of all this is true . The gang aro- nst- murderers , but consist of as sorry a > set of knaves as ever figured iaitbe dock ef an assize-court : thoirrobfaeriss have been'very-TOmTnoij-p | ace-3 i 9 iirs- >» in 3 tend of ds . voted frhmdship and faithful love they have displayed the basest treachery tooach other , and their lady followers and iccomplices , are neither- fair nor . highborn ; but the lowest of the low . Indeed , Ind it not been for the nambor of the gang , and the extent bf its depredations * . tha . trial would scarcely h 8 , ve attraotedia . passing-notice . Qlaiide Tliibert ,. as we have said * . was tlio-ohief of the band , and it bore bis name . Not fewer than fifty-eight of his accomplices ,

      eleven of whom were women ,, were breught to trial with him ^ but his band was- really much larger ^ a considerable number—and among them-an Engashman named Stone—having ; thus far contrived to avoid being takan . The trial of-the accused was 20 mmenced on Friday , . the 4 th ult „ and continued every day , with-theeicoptionofSnnday , the 7 th , and Sunday , fie l & h , until six o ' clojk of the 10 th Great changes had to be made in the court to . find places for thc-prisoners ; The dock was filled with six rows of seats , and or * them the accused ! were placed ) . each one betweentwogendarmes . The appearance thus presented was . very remarkable . . A strong fore * of gendarmes-was considered nceomfy to . pvevenfe the accused ftjom making , as they are

      slated-to have intended , an attempt to ejoape on their way to and from tie-court , and also to prevent the majiwityof them . from , taking—as they , had threatened—vengeaneeon thosoof their accomplices who had made revelations .. The indictment was . of immense length , containing aa much matter- as six volumes of romances- ; : the reading of it occupied the greater part of two days' sitting . This document , which was as uninteresting as it was long , stated that the number oi robberies committed-by the different accused wiis 119 , and extended from 163 & ts the arrest of their loader in 1846 . Most of the robberies were of the- same character . During the na > bt the accused were accustomed to rob J . he waggons and carts , which the drivers left in the- . public roads

      before the inns in which they had taken up their quarters . Gonerally they made a choice- from the contents ef the vehicle ? , carefully cowring up what they did not take ; but sometimes they made away with the waggons altogether . They also- stole horses and carts , sometimes helping themselves to- a horse toputtoaeart , sometimeBsteaHngacartto put to a horse . ¦ ¦ Twenty carts and upwards of thirty horses were thus stolen . They , raoreover / at times broke into houses , to oamrait robberies . They contrived for a long time to escape ^ detection , by making of ? with great rapidity to distant parts of the country immediately afterporpetrating a theft ; and as they had nura & rous dipotaand receivers in all directions ,, they had no difficulty in getting rid of their booty .

      The band rarely came very near the capital , and the thefts they did ' perpetrate in its vicinity were at very distant . intervals . The appearance of Thibert , who is about forty-six yeara of age , presents nothing remarkable , but his features have an expression of intelligence and determination . He exercised great authority over his band , and was spoken of by them in veryreflpectful terms . When . for example , any ot his accomplices had occasion io allude to him in the course of the proceedings , they always called him Monsieur Thibert . Ho ostensibly carried on the business of a pedlar and , hawker , and was duly licensed , He went from one part , of the country to tho other , accompanied by several , men whom he called his domestics ; and when an opportunity of

      committing a theft presented itself he availed himself of it , and immediately disappeared with his booty . His activity was extraordinary—he would commit a robbery in one spot , and the next day commit another at twenty leagues distance . In the course of his business as a hawker he contrived to dispose of a good deal of his booty ; the rest ho sold to receivers ; and when sales were difficult . he lodged it in a depot which he had hired at Villenueve Saint Georges . He had more than once fallen into the hands of justice , and been severely punished . When hewas : last arrested , which , was on 20 th January , 1846 , he at firut seemed a * if struck by a thunderbolt , and when he came to himself he cried that he was lost . After awhile , however , he demanded to

      see the chief of the secret police , and to him he made a confession of having been concerned in forty-eight robberies . He , at the same time , denounced all his accomplices , biith thieves and receivers . The influence which Thibert exercised oyor his band did not arise horn , any express arrangement between'him and them , but was obtained entirely by the energy of his character . In the course of the trial he repeated the fullest confessions as regarded his own guilt , and stated with great precision the cases in which the different prisoners were concerned . When asked what was his profession , he replied , ' A thief , Mr President , a thief ! I have always been a thief ! ' and , he added , When I was quite young I remember having committed robberies with Jews , who compelled me

      to steal sacred objects irom . cnurottes , and then made me dance on them , saying , ' Now then , little Catholic , dance on them ! ' His mother , it appears , was a gipsy woman , and died in a hospital when ha \ v * * s very yoHBg , leaving him without anyiesourco . Ilia father < was a criminal , and , it is bolioved , died on the scaffjld ; but this Thibert denies . The aecused , next in importance to Thibert , was a young man named Dickers , aged only twenty . four , who was concerned in fifty-seven robberies , and who , when he hoard of . / Hubert ' s arrest , broke into the store of stolon goods , and made away with the greater pavt of it ; Dufour , concerned in fifty-seven robberies ; Pruuhomme ,. concerned in fifty-six { ' Chobeaux , an exforoat and a celebrated malefactor , concerned in twcaty « uve { MiiauLepneuil , fqyroeriy c skilful pick-

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      pocket at Paris , concerned in only two robberies ; Roche , an ex-convict , concerned in a great many robberies . Half , of tho band consisted of receivers of stolen goods , and among them was a man named Hermann , a German , professedly a street-conjuror , who attracted notice , not so much en account of th < - enormity of his offences as from being a well-known character in Paris . . Without going into the facts of the particular robberies in which the different prisoners participated , which would be a wearisome and uself S 3 task , it would suffice to s * y that most of Thi-. bert ' s revelations were proved to''be true , and that the prisoners in some cases admitted their guilt , others strenuously denied it . A very old woman , named Koch , alias Richard , who was accused of

      having knowingly purchased some stolen cloth , was particularly d ( cided in her denials . ' Oh ! the liar ! oh ! the liar ! ' she excla ' med to every accusation of Thibert , What could I want with cloth ? ' she added . 'It was for your lover , ' said Thibert . 'My liver ? oh ! the wretch ! Ih ; id no lover , I swear to God !' cried the old lady . ' lie was Only my man of business ! ' The old woman' kept a public-house , and when she was asked if tho society which frequented it was not what is called bienm ' elee , — ' Not at all ! ' said she , indignantly . ' No ! ' said the President . ' it was not , indeed , for they were all thieves ! ' The man named Roche , having denied that ho had committed robberies with Thibert , because , he said , he despised him too much ,. ' the President exclaimed , ' What . '

      you a convict , condemned to twenty years' hard labour in the bagne , you despise him—why so V ' Yes , ' replied the prisoner , 'Ihave the right to despise h : ' m . ' lam a convict , it is true , but that does not prevent me from having sentiments of honour ! ' Th .-woman Pierrot , accused by Thibert , of having purchased his stolen goods , loudly , denied it , and denounced him as a liar . ' But ,, remember , Madame , ' said Thibert , ' tbe great business we transacted together , and the profits you got out of me ! ' ' Profits , profits ! ' shrieked the woman , in a fury ; . and , tearing off her . petticoat , she shouted , ' 'Look there , centlemeh—I gave him tbirty > five centimes a-metre . for this rubbish- ^ udce from that of the profits he enabled me to- realise ! ' Tbe interrogatories-of the

      other prisoners presented nothing remarkable-, neither did the evidence given ' ¦ ¦ against them ; but it may be stated that it transpired that one of the persons robbed by the gang died from grief , and that several others were completely ruined . It also appeared that several of the prisoners suddenly fell on Dufour , whilstin prison , and nearly killed him , for having made ' revelations . After hearing speeches from a great number of . advocates . for the prisoners , ; the President severally asked theaccnged if they had any thin ? toadd in their defence . Thibert merely answered that all that he had said was thetrnth . and he demanded the indulgence of the Court . Dickers said : ' A word , I beg of you . Permit me to' remind you that in spite bf great dangers witb . Wfli . cli we

      were threatened m becoming informers , wo have ¦ come here and : told yon the truth . The revelations ; we have made place an impassable * barrier between us and crime . VyVbaveheen severely treated Sy the i advocates of the other prisoners ^ wehave been called cowards , infamous ; but we can bear these reproaches , forGod gives ' strength to those who . dteire to feid a new Ufej . and enables them to bear everything !• 3 & o , we are not infamous I What interest could cau 8 e- ; us te >' r aake revelations , whetf the dungesn awaits as ! It was to Break with crime for ever that we acte ' das we hate done !' . All that was tsaid withgreat apparent humility . The a eased ^ ramed Rocile ; -8 aid that iti mattered IRtle to . him whatsentenee was passed on him for the condemnations already heaped on him ottld

      w ' flot be satisfied nntiJ ! he should be seventy years of age ; : but he-made an earnest appeal on behalf of the wOTian ,: named Desehanips , with whnm he had liveiVbecanseyhesaid , ho-had led her intfo crime . Hermann-cried ' , ' 1 am thr father of ten children , nine of-whoraace-dependinton-me for tbeirbread . I have-aiather aged eight > seven years , and a-mother aged eighty-sis years , whe > also depend on me ?; : they all call on m » forfood—lefe me earn- it for them . The others eitberprbteated'their innocence or made insignificant observations . The- president summed up the-ease with great minuteness , and the jiiry , aftersemehours ^ 'd eliberatibDV-returaed - with their verdict . The undermentioned-having' been found guilty , had the following sentences passed on them :

      —Thibert , ten years * recluKon ; Dafoerand Dic & ers , ten and « eight years' reolasion : Pradhomme , ten years' bard ' . labour at the hulks ; : Chobeanx and ; Roche , twenty-years ' -hard labour at the hulks ; Iiepreuil and-Hermann , five and two years'' imprisonment ; BarthelemjTj ton , Levefre , seven ; - the woman Therese Descb . amp 3 ,, six , aad the woman Pierrot , five years * hard labour at the-hulks ; . Masson Villettee , Roaaau , and Levy , each ten years ^' reclusioat ; Lejenne and Pruwt , eight years' Plumerland and Saunier-, seven years *; : LarcniHy , Espngne , the woman Espague , Broquet ,, Pierrot , RiiuGmann , and * girl named Voillet ; to five years ' , reclusion ; . Gosset ; Lirzilhere , Langrade , Bombard , Broquek , and Gusrin , to five years' imprisonment ; a woman named

      Masson ,. Boudet lBanet , and widow Rosa , to three years' ^ Forfait . & igirl named -Clement , and Hugo ,, to two years' of tbe same penalty . Nineteen prisoners were acquitted , viZi :-r-Ferei ; . lienard , Rueff , Coramun , Bonnevilliya girl named Lecomte , the woman Lecorate , Letrano < jis , the woman Lefranoola Merot ; Gilleti the woman Gillet , Sayatier , Goud * n , the woman Goudon , Legtos ,-Brunswick , Bonnet ,, and Jacques ., The condemned Humann was muchaffedtedj andcricdt- 'Oh-. L ' mywijeJ : Qh ! my children ! ' The woman Pierett fainted andiwas carried- away senseleas .. The gii'HVoillefc wept bitterly , but- attempted to console Dickers , with whom she hadslived . The prisoners who were acquitted , manifested-great joy > andithanked the jury by expressive gestures , —QaHg , nam-of Friday-i .

      Facroniks.-The Following Statement Of Th...

      FAcroniKS .-The following statement of the milk working and ; stopped , tcp ., may be . relied on as cor . rect . In tha-power-loom ; weaving department only four mills are working fall time , thirty-six are work , ing from four- to eight hour * per daift , and not less than sixtcen . are entirely . closed . 2 : 200 power-loom weavers , and 200 dresssra and tenters , are at present on the unemployed list-. In the cotton-spinninp ; department two mills araatoppcd . four are on full time , while all the etiiers ~ a , TOry large number in Glasgow and neighbourhood , andjeinploying numerous , hands —ara working shout . tine . ' — Glasgow-Argus , _ ToDimnnRS . —Ssaas of Traob ;—The streets are

      thronged with individuals out of employment , Their amaciated appearance is really pitiable . The works , on the branch line of Railway to Busnley are stopped , and hundreds are tbmwn out of work . The factoaies ,. with the exception oi one small firm that makss fancy goods , are either-atnpped . ' oa running short time . The large firm of Fielden , Brothers , ara only running seven hours per day . The workers are beginning to talk pretty loudly about ' cheap br * ad and plenty to d & . ' T & sy . say , if the Exami . ver would use its columns to show , where-the ' plenty to do . and high wages' are to come from , U might stand a chance of living , but not else ..

      The Rsmbvino OrriosfcoF Simpiaio — This official is in the habit of blickguardinj ? the poor when they wait upon him for a trifle of relief Lately , a poor woman waited upon him , and , after usiug the most insulting * language , he ordered her about her business , telling her she must go to . the relieving-officer of Todmorden . She did so , and he gave her a letter , signed by one of the guardians , and told her to go again to the relieving-officer of Stansfield , and give , him that letter . She went , but he had left home , and would not be back : igain before night . She went again at night ., a distance of three miles , and , after waiting a long time he relieved her with four shillings , telling her H would 'fij that devil up , ' meaning the relie-vinw-offi ^ ccr of Todraorden . This fellow is in the habit of walking eff from home when thero are a number of the po : > r waiting for relief , without teUin ^ them win

      wnemerme . give them anything or not' and time after time , after waiting in theeold lor hours they have had to go home without seeing him . Rawoiovs GBNERpsm . -Thogentry belonging to the church having made a subscription to be siven to the destitute , entrusted the distribution of it to tho Incumbent of Cross Stono church . A nosr wo man was told by her landlord to go and mention his name . She accordingly , applied with his name as an introduction ; but she was too soon , she must come again . Again she did go , and she was lioerallv relieved with sixpence , for whioh she walked four miles . The Incumbent told her they only « hwd church folks . *™« vbu

      Eault New PoTAToM . ~ Very few horticultural works treat of the following method of tm \ nlTew potatoes very early , without the . use of frame * &<• Yet most 0 f tho beat market gardeners are NOW { . lanting them thus : They open , the ' trenches a haUspit deep . anday in some well decomposed nmnurc ( frequently adding ! me ); they then nlnnrT ,. potatoes about nine ii » to . aW- ^ Jg \{ J ; 'early Shaws , ' « e * rly Se jft ^ S any very early- potato , suits this culture . WohTve been told that tapst early potatoes , w h ^ mouspnoes , are thus raised . ""wwHwroor . , - O'CoNNonviLtE-Tho alhttees of this nhce am determined to act in concert with their ' WW OMwiB throughout the empire , in on o movl rib iug tbe standard of tho Charter o that rT ^ TZ ?*

      tioivAviuch jJs importance deserves . To oarrvtbt wo effect , at a general meeting of the body ; K « Wataon , Neill , Pocock , Barber-, lleaton n , «» w torn , Vaughan , Griffitha , and Wkll ^ a portion of the general council . m' \ htVin a ^ fiths was appointed sub-seoreary * Mr Sr « 2 , ' « W " "M" *™* 5 w * 5 pifa £ i ffi tin Wheeler , district counoilman . Tho SLil « S every Tuesday ¦ evenin , and are ma £ ° ^ IT * men s for arousing the adjoining towns S vl & t lie locality meets ( until the fittingup of theSehool . worn a finished ) overy Saturday evening , at six o'clock , at Mr JoweU ' s , O'Connorville , when the NoaTKKRs Swb / and other works , are read and riend ' y diatonstako placo , to which ill 4 S lottees wjd neighbotiw ara kreby iuvited ,

      Irish Democaatip'ooxfeoeratrjt The Attem...

      IRISH DEMOCAATip'OOXFEOERATrjT The attempt of Het Majesty ^ Ministers to oa «> Ireland , has infused fresh vigour and life inf /^ body , which mustered on Sunday at CartwriW » - ^ more than ordinary numbers , to discuss , jf na , ^ , the designs of Lord John and Co , Mr Tncker i' ^ I the chair . The greatest spirit of generous ri » r was exhibited , and the most unanimous good br * that could be desired was manifested throoeliont !?* whole of the evening . Highly respectable deuutai ? * were received during the eveninit , from the Citv Tl Finsbury locality , the boot and shoe maker ? , bair 225 socicfy , Ac , requesting information as to the con , the Democrats intended to pursue . Deputation . Z also sont during the sitting of tho meeting to go !! ofthose . bodies who returned with reports which Z ! extromely ' satisfactory . Votes of thanks wore unaaf

      | mously passed to the Deputations . Mr FrawW 1 : ' repeal warden , passed a high eulogium upon th ' eererous offers of the Chartists of England . Mr Gel Kennedy , ex-repesl warden , volunteered , in the hand ' iomest manner , to take the petition sheets , andptn , care signatures . Mr M'Carthy , in tho course ot an able address , pnsfed a high compliment to the men 0 f Barnsley , for their noble efforts in behalf of tb «» country . A petition to parliament was resolved aeainst ( he intehflod Arms Bili . of ministers ; and a deputation consisting of four Irishmen , was appoint to accompany an equal number of Englishmen from the City » nd Finsbury locality , to wait upon Jj r O'Connor with the petition for presentation to Par . liament . We were glad to learn , notwithstanding the few hours that could be employed in signing the petition , that upwards of one thousand si gnatures

      were obtained . Great credit is due to the 014 Ire ' . andera mooting at Mr Bergan ' s , Clat & -KM « kt £ who most willingly signed tho Petition , and also requested sheets to be left for Repeal . Mr Clancy sag . gested the propriety of electing twelve persons , consisting of an equal number of Englishmen and Irishmen , towaitontheleadine . Catholic clergy of London , r . questias their aid , and liberty to procure signatures at the different metropolitan chapels . Some diaenssion ensued on this subject , and it was finally resolved that a general meetine ; should be holden on Wednesday evening , toconsider and carry out some systematic plan to rally the metropolis . All begin to see now the necessity of an organisation which we called for three months ago 11 Had we each an organisation , instead of one- thousand signatures in twenty . four hours , we would be enabled to procure twenty thou , sand within the same time !!!

      - The London Confebsralists. The Chwtist...

      - THE LONDON CONFEBSRALISTS . The Chwtists of England-have gamed a great ani noble victory through their leader , the hon . member for Nottingham , and well have they shown ( not only to their own countrymen , but to Irishmen ) that they could'Hot 'Io better in exorcising the power given to them > By that victory , than to petition against Irish coercion , as was recorded of them on Monday last at the House ef Commons . Now that the barrier that so long / existed between Bfr O'Connor and b » eo ; intrv . men has- been removed , - there is no power in ex . istence- that can separatethe link of nationality that now binds them toge » her ^ Hurrah then forfreedom , for tyranny begins to tremSle 1 . Thb flimais * C ? oNPBDBBasn Ceob . —A large-meeting

      of this clubwas held on Sunday last , in tneir rooms , Blue Anchor Tavnrn , York-aftreet , Westminster ^ Mr Morrison was called to the chair . Messrs Reynolds , Hussey , and Scott , spoke at great length against the Ministerial Act of Coercion for Ireland , and hailed with delisht theofferof assistance from Englfind .-Mr Glaja said he ^ was in favonr of onercion , for hepslieved it would force the Irish people fnto the rank * of'the asitation . He ( Mr < x . ) thought that Mr Feareug O'Connor had atolena-marckupoa'someof the Irish members , and was too premature with his motion oa repeal , lie had ' some doubts upon tbe matter , which , forcertain reasons he would not divulge . ( Crlea of ' Oh ; eb- ' J—Mp-T . R . Heading regretted bein ? comoeUed f » address the meeting , butafter what had

      been stated by the last speaker , be could not refrain doing so . He was opposed to coercion of any kind , Let the ministers coerce Ireland , and- ' all societies ia that country , with'the esception of charitable ones , would be put down by martial fanv- He ( Mr ft . ) chivl ^ n ^ ed any person to-bring a chrarge against Mr O'Connorof hawng done any . one thing detrimental tc his country . He had been driven away from the affeotiossof his countrym « rby jealotay and malice , hut ho-had been ' amply rewarded by the people of England placing unlimited-confidehec-in him . He hailed with delight the return of- that gentleman to the House of CommonSi for he would be the standard by which the sincerity and- * patriotism-of the Irish members would ba-tested ,. and the day-was-not far diataut-when he wmldho found in his right position

      —at thfehead of the Irish people . (( Jheers . ) The meeting . ' then broke up . Another meeting was instantly- formed , independent of the Confederation , Mr M'Sweeney in tho chair , so that several persona who werepresent ,-and not repealers , might take part in petitioning the legislature against the ministerial bill of coercion for Ireland ! A-petition was then adopted ,. as that of the working classes-of Westminster ; The following resolution wns-then moved by Mr Reading , and ' secondedby Mr Mborisaey , and carried amidst vociferous cheering : * - ' That the thanks of this meeting are due , and hereby given , to . Feargu 3-0 'Connor ,. E 8 q . . M . P ;" , for his conduct in the present parliament ,. in coming forward to tho rescue of his unfortunate country , when threatened by ministerial coercion . '' Tie meeting then separated .

      A large meeting-. of the Confederates-of Chelsea was held on Sunday , evening , Nov . 28 , at the Cheshire Cheese ,. BhaUco . MfclCenealycattendeaSBid addressed the meeting against coercion . ( Our reporter will attend this club on Sunday evening ( to-morrow ) . The Davis Confederate . Gtun . —A numerous meeting of tbe members of the club was hekl on Monday evening last , the 28 Mi ulfc , at the Assembly Rooms ,. Dean-streot , Soho , Mr Mi . M'Manus in-tha chair . MrT . Italy coramentedat great length . on the grsat ' . beneiits- to result from an-. union of the oppressed in England and Ireland .. He passed . i-high eulogiumi on- tho exevtionn of Mr O'Connor for his native landi . which was reoeiyed'by the meeting : witu the most enthusiastic cheering . ( Ml * Daly , as always ,

      defendedthe character of Mr O ' Connor , wheait was vilely , asoersed for party purposes—and at-a-. time when so doing , was to ineur the ban of expulsion from the Repeal Associations . );—M * E- Kenealy ^ LL .. B ., thea proceeded to deliver his third and last lecture , on the following subject ir ^ 'A vindication-of the Irish Parliament . ' The lecture- was a splahdid discoarse * A vote of thaaks- was pas 3 ed to Ma Ifenealy . A petition was then adopted against ministerial coercion for Ireland , for presentation to parliament . The meeting then adjourned . RansAi Mektis © , Sunday , Nov . 2 Si—A verv numerous meeting of tho Conciliation Hall Repealers took place at the Imus & of Mr Wolf , Bull ' s Head , Clare-market , Mr Benis D , vain in the-chair . The

      business commenced by reading the Queen ' s Sneecb J together with the-debate upon it , in the House effl Commons , during which time a profound silence con-B tmucd , antilthe- speech of Mr John ( D'Comieil was ! heard , which elicited ranch applause .. Upon the re- | port beim read ogth & speeck of Mr Feargus 0 * Connor J the approbation was loud and continuous . Mr Dwainl addressed the audience at considerable lergtb .-Msf 0 Unnell , repeal warden , followed ^ but owing to the } lateness ot the hoar , did not entor > into details . Hal proposed a voto of thanks to th & chair , which bein J seconded by Mr Ryan , repeal warden , was carriel unanimously . The meeting separated until nesf bunday evening , when a petition for repeal will bis prepared for presentation' on the Tuesday follow , I

      On Sunday Monung.Abjut' Oue O'Clock, Ap....

      On Sunday monung . abjut ' oue o ' clock , ap . ontf break occurred in the Uairdresser ' a shop belonging t * Mr lanner , adjoining the foot entranco . on ih * i northern side of TempIs-hajL The fiVemes . soon sucl cceded in ntwgnuhing th * 3 araes , but nst until tblu nmnji tliolintlesover tho . windows , together with thin nwrings and joistingsoa , the first fioor , were burned d l he building belongs to , the corporation of Loiulonln and is insured . About two o'clock , ftimes were dis « s covered usmng from tho extensive premises bclongjia S £ , 73 ¥ ilK Raveuhili ; a » d Co-, slii ^ builders and eagiaceM , OrohardVharf , Biaek ^ alW Ihe hre was not extinguished bsfore the workshot-M L , a * h 8 fi « « 3 mwcncedwas levelled with thtoj giound , and an adjoining one severelinjured

      y . Shipwrec k av sub OiasA 0 aTOBWAT .-On M « jod day night the schooner S pokesman , Bell master , fronjod 7 \ T J i ° o ? SV 3 i * ' hieri with ca « al coal , came of oj shore at Portnogoar , a total wreck . The fereraasbs ichors , and charns were gone , and great part ofthfth brtttom kuooked out . The logbook and papers weri-erl onml , but no Gentry h ? d been mado from tho prevfevi ons 1 hursdaj-. The fate of the crew has not bes-es gcortainei , out it is feared all hands may have beeoee

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      «« ,. »« i victuaHer-TUbaias Cresswe'l , of Twynln ? . wj . »' biiUW ?' , bu vhc > V-Georgo Jubilee Jones , of BniBrii Ionfc ° " J i cob p HtB » » 0 { Newcastle-upon-Tji . T : buiuZ ' e ser - ? ' «"'« s Gales , of Ford Itartain , , f-L n ™ r S'V l Roo ' ' » sou , ofBlfmlnj ? ham , cut wolinwina lli ' . ^ r" -Edw -d Leo , of Shrewsbury , ironmo « ge « B < iiii * S ulby Pawson , of Leeds , apotheeary-J ^ J " Utey , of lloothwyd , Yorkshiro , blanket inunufaoturetun r » Z S G > of Ulackford . bridge , Lancashire , cal ca Vuntw-Henry Harmon - Walker , of Manehestsr , ca \ ca printor-. John Noblo , of Llrerpcol , flour dealer-esfl-ee , uam « l volanhouu , of liTerpooi , c ^ uust ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 4, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_04121847/page/6/