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      n ^ W ^ " *« otia Cesswow . - A number ol exptrimenU we « ««! , >„ Tuesday mornmr , - ! r ^ * thepr « itnce 0 f sweral eminent chemists MdoHurpsttons interested In discoveries of this nature , nyway of testing the powers of a disinfecting fluid , recently invited by aMrBihrman . for the purpose of destroying the noxious vapours and gasses arises from drains and cesspools . The following gassis ew evolved from animal and vegetable matter in a state of patrefaction and decomposition : —Sulphuretted hydrogen , carburetted hydrogen , and phospheretted hydrogen . The effect cf Mr Ellerman ' s di . iif . cting fluid is to destroy the ammonia , and to smite with these gasses la a ( olid form , in which state tbey remain iu the mass of decaying matter instead of being emitted

      into the atmosphere . Among the experiments tried , wasaenuUqsantUyof the Add poured iulo a tub fall oi aight soil , the disagreeable odour of whieh was exfeemtiy powerful . Within a few minutes all the cha racteristic smell of this matter had entirely vanished , leaving , it it true , aacther in its place—that of the agent by which the change had besn effected , but which Mr Eueraun stated to be entitely innoxious and Which was . merely temporary . '

      xnaueer . Tint Sanun QresTioH . -Oa Monday forenoon bs-*? aZVL ' ^ Creflrn .: i »« beth . road , resBecUnp tte death of R Butler , aged forty-eight , a shoemaker wtick was accelerated from inhaling impure air and * rem waiting the common necessaries of life The coroner and jury procedsd to 1 , Mi . or . pfcce , ' King . « fceet . I « abetn . roaa f to , ^ ^ The > riom * Wit * 9 presented the appearance of the most U ^ L ^ Tl ta ° W teWa MnSthe " >!<> furniture , S « St ^ ° ! «*•«•<* policeman Hnmpb rey * JS ^^ S ™ * theocc ° Pi « <* thehouse . andof hi * vnf t . that the deceased bad been their lodger about twelve months . He was thought to be in v , ry distres « ed circums tances , andirequentl y receieved food from his

      ludfedy ; bnt he would never , How any ene < e go mt * ais room , last Sunday afternoon he had not been aesn for some days ; hit room was forced open , i . b > n he was found lying on amatlrei . with some raw under im ,, « a «« ta- eofau < rtj . tfr ITooprr . suri . » . n . promptly » w deceased when he was iu the last stage cf existence- . He breathed with difficulty , and was insensible . Brandy was administered which revived him for a time ; He then sank , and aiedthe same afternoon . Subsequently , open searching the room £ 17 . Ms . in gold , « 8 . Ss . 6 i . ia silver , asd « s . 8 d . In copper , were discovered . Mr Hooper said that nothing eonld exceed tha frightf al state of the room in which deceased livad , and which was Sued with the most nraeou effluvium . The hydrogen gas be emitted had completely chanted the colour ofthe

      copper on tie table . Then was a large basket of rotten apples ia tha room , iu which were thoasands of flies , and there was a quantity of bones on the till ' of the window , which had been macerated by the wit . Mr Hooper aid he had no ' doabt but tbatdtceased ' s death was accelerated from want of proper sustenance , and from inhaling the norioos atmosphere he was living in . There was also under his window a dust heap of the most ffensive character . He wished to draw th * attention of the coroner to that nuisance , in the hopes of it obtaining publicity , as it existed in a poor and densely populous neighbourhood , la eosseqaence of whieh fever prevailed to an alarming extent . A jaror observed , while sitting in his room afterwards , at eleven o ' clock at night , ha was compelled to bora paper to avoid the smell . The coroner suggested that a bill of indictment shauld be preferred against the owner of the property . Yerdlet— ' That the deceasad died from breathing impure air , and not taking the common necessaries of life . '

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      iaxcasbixx . Wisaw . —The Cottos Mills . —Oat of tbe twenty mills in Wigaa only one is running full time , according to Act of Parliament . Some are running what is called three days , others four day ? , and some forty-two hoars for four days' wages , at tea hosrs per day , whilst others xestnpptd altogether until something likeeenldtnce Is restored . On Sunday last several of the factory girls were out with their baskets ia the country soliciting charity , and openly declaring that they had no other means of obtaining a subsistence .

      BOOKS . Sihsolak CirrnxB , —A few days since a singular adventure befel tha Bsv . 0 . Rogers , of Sherrington . As tbe reverend gentleman was walking to his residence , from the neighbouring town of Newport Fagnsl , bis attention was attracted to a large and strange bird , which , after making several unavailing attempts to sustain itsdf in the air , finally alighted In a field close to the road . Mr Rogers made towards the spot , and finding that tha bird , from weariness or a wound , was Qnihla to fly Off , ha by a skilful manoeuvre succeeded , notwithstanding a desperate resistance which it made with a most formidable bill , and a pair of wings vigorous

      enough to bestow an awkward buffet , in capturing it . The bira taken under these sugrdar circumstances is of the size of a swan , perfectly white , except at the tip ot the wings , which are of a slate colour , with beak and ejeief a light green . It measures from beak to tail about two feet ; its wings are sit feet from tip to tip . Its nuns and . species havo completely hauled the ornithological skill of its captor , and of the learned iu the aeighbourhooi . Though evidently a sea-fowl , perhaps of a tropical family , it thrives under the keeping of Mr Rogers , manifestly improviag in strength , spirit , and evincing a decided preference for stale soles , on which if feeds voraciously .

      SUXBKT . Suicide is thc Sussex Cobxtt Lohatic Astldh . — On Tuesday a long inquiry was gone into before W , Carter , Esq ., the Coroner for East Surrey , and a verj respectable Jury , at tbe County lunatic Asylum , near "Wandsirorth , relative to the circumstances attending the death of George Randall Woods , aged 37 , late a patient in that institution . Edward Roase stated he was one ofthe attendant * on the male patients ; deceased was under his and George Durham ' s care . On Saturday morning at nine o ' clock he received charge of the deoeasedfromDarh & m , whowentoff duty till onaa . m . A fa w minutes after ulna o ' clock witness had occasion to leave So . 3 . ward , in the day-rocmof whieh deceaud was , with upwards of forty other patients , to go to

      another part ofthe bunding , and desired a patient , named Glover to watch the deceased , who was considered a suicidal patient , and endeavoured , when afforded the Eughtestopportunity , to destroy himself . When he last saw the deceased in good health he was in the airing , yard , with the man Glover and some other patients . Witness returned in a few minutes , and misting deceased , Inquired after him , and was induced to visit the Bath-room attached to So . 8 ward . He then found deceased lying on his side with a razor grasped tightly tn Ms right band ; he turned him on his back and discovered a wide and deep gash in his throat , from which the blood had just commenced flowing ; decetsed was alive , bnt expired in a few minutes . Witness had understood that Durham , the other attendant , had put the razors in a cupboard in the day . rom used by the patients , on the Saturday previous . Tfaatcnpboard is used

      to keep tha earring-knife and fork , and tea attendants Knives and forks , crockery , and other articles that could be resorted to by patients desirous of destroying them , selves , and was invariably kept locked . After some further evidence the room was cleared of strangers , and the Jury after remaining in consultation nearly an hour , returned as their verdict— « That the deceased destroyed himself by cutting his threat with a razor , being of unsound mind ; and we , the Jury , regret that the razors , as well as ether instruments calculated to cause death , should have been placed in the cupboard of the room appropriated to the lunatic patients , and suggest to tbe eVSnuniUee the consideration of this subject . ' The foreman also wished it to be understood that the Jury did notcsnsiderthe attendance sufficient . Mr Kemble assured the Ceroner end Jury that their suggestions would meet with the utmost attention from the visiting justices .

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      Gles Tilt Obsmcctiohs . —A public meeting of the inhaHtants of Perth has been held in the City-hall , the Lord Provost in tbe chair , to take into consideration the recent attempt of the Bake of Atholl to atop the road through 01 ea Tilt , and to adopt measures for the protection of the rights o ' f tbe public . The meeting was very numerously and respectably attended . There could not be fewer in the ball than from 1 , 300 to 3 , 000 individuals . On the large platform , which was crowded , thtre were the Lent Prevost and magistrates , nearly all tbe members of council , the deacons of the various incorporations , the members ofthe police and water commissions , besides a large number of private sentlemsa unconnected with any of tbe public bodies . Resolutions werj passed expressive ofthe right ofthe public to a passage through GJea Tilt ; calling upon the meeting to afford every possible pecuniary aid to the Edinburgh Society ; and that a subscription should be immediately set on cot for raising tbe necessary funds , to carry out which a committee was appointed . The speakers strongly ad . verted to the necessity cf assisting the association in Edinburgh fer preserving the pablic right of roadway iu Scotland .

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      IRIBH LASDLORDUM IX ffZST CARBSBRT . Daring the debates of last session various references were made tothe conduct of the West Carberry landlords . Many of the statements were contracted on authority , but a letter , addressed to a citizen of Dublin , by a lady lately resident in that quarter , paints tho proprietors ia even still mere Kpulsive colours : — Hid I the power ( the says ) of writing what I have lean , or you the patience to read it , I could tell you of greater cruel tie * , hardships , and even undisguised swindling , by these Carbsrry landlords , than was ever published of that class . Bad as they are in the neighbouring counties , we surpass tbem here . Last week I went to M—' - Cots , with P . Near It ws came on a-village ^ the bosses all blackened and : ( brown down . We called to a man who was gatheriEX j

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      sticks amongst the ruins , and asked him had there Bees afire ! -.-- ¦•••^'• r : - ' - " '" " - ' Ob , no , Sir : the agent was down , and he pulled down the homes , and burned tha thatch for fear we might shelter ourselves . There were forty houses in the townland . H— -, the driver , bas all the place now , ' How many were turned out V I could not tell you , Sir ; there is a great crowd of them . ' Where are they !' ' They are all under the ditches there , sleeping these two Bights . Some of them have got into the town to beg . ' ' Has any of them died !' ' Not yet , Sir , until the rain comes on , when many of them will . ' Who is tbe landlord V AMrF . R— . '

      In the same part of the county is the property of a barrister in your city . The people on his estates died in hundreds last winter of positive hunger . Any of big tenants whs could planted a little corn , and the poor people were keeping it fer winter store . He came down in vacation , sent oat his drivers , forced them to thrash out , and send theproduce to a store of his own selection —the money to be set against arrears—thus keeping the power of ejection still over this * , though he has their all . ' Such is the manner in which the duties of property are discharged in West Carberry . Is ft any wonder that its rights are frequently violated t

      UOBB COBS LANDLORDISM . The Cork Examiner gives an account of another wholesale extermination in the county of Cork , Ihe letter , which is dated October 24 , narrates how and why fifty-fiveiheads of families , comprising 259 human being ? , were driven from their holdings in tho barony of Dohollow . ' connty Cork . No cause can be alleged ( the writer says ) for this sweeping act of extermination , save a desire-of removing tho poor at any rate , and feeding upon' that and sheep and oxen , which God and Natureintended

      for the support of its indigenous inhabitants . The sympathetic reader will naturally inquire ,, what has since become of those poor souls T It is difficult to answer his question . Some have already fallen victims to this strange policy , and left this life with an anathema on their Ups against the cause of their suffering : others have sought for an asylum in your city , others , in fine * d » still adhere , with a desperate tenacity , to the place of their birth . They havo constructed huts on the sides of the roads and ditches , in view of their former dwelling places-, which serve now only as a memento of landlord devastation , in toe year 1 S &

      MOSPICTS OF BMOWB . Host of tho accounts from the provinces concur in asserting that the produce of last harvest is rapidly disappearing . In short , it is allegedithat , notwithstanding the abnadant return , there is scarcely three months ' pro . vision in the country , and it is feared that the untoward result ef last year's speculations will deter the mercantile community from embarking very extensively ia the impart trade . STATE OF TBS CC 0 R 3 X COBS . Tbe Skibbereen workhouse , built for 800 , la shutholding 1 , 810 paupers within its walls , and incapable of holding any more , Tha beggary of that vast and deplorable district must look elsewhere , It will increase fourfold in a few months ; and where shall it look !

      HOH-PATMBNT OBBIHTS . In the Sing's and Qaeen ' 4 counties—heretofore remarkable for tbe orderly conduct of the peasantry , and for the punctuality with which vents had been paidttureia now in various districts a growing disposition to repudiate the payment of r * nts , poor rates , and other obligations . STATS ! OP TUB C 0 I 1 H » T . Armed meetings , riots , stealing of cattle , and virient assaults upon unpopular individuals proclaim tbe wretched state of the country . While the Guardians ol

      the Kanturk Union were sitting on Friday week , a , ' p » ltceman entered the board-roo'n to say that abont 2 , 000 from tke lower parishes of Ktibolane aadShandum had arrived at the gate , and were forcing an entrance , and that the military , who were In attendance also , rtfased to act . Mr Freeman then took charge of the civil and military force , though stones were , literally speaking , falling in showers . On some of the ringleaders being arretted an attempt was made to rescue them by the crowd , who had to be kept back at the point of the bayonet . Subsequently the crowd dispersed .

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      THAMES . — . Thb Police aoiw . —J . Barnett was charged with assanlt . The prosecutor did not appear . —PoKce-censtaWe 189 H , stated that the prisoner was given into custody on Saturday evening at the Shoreditchj terminus of the Eastern Counties Railway , by a man who said he bad been assaulted by him on board the Sent steamer , and bad two of his teeth knocked out . Tha prisoner bad bees in custody since Saturday . — Barnett said tbe person who gave him Into custody was the aggressor . The prisoner was crossing from the Sent to the Essex shore , to meet the train , when two men , one of whom was intoxicated , pushed against hit wife , who was seated on the after part of the desk , and very much annoyed her . She was again insulted , and he struct the man , amd after travelling upwards ot six miles on tbe railway he was given into custody . —Mr Tardley

      said the prisoner was given into the custody of a policeman somi miles from the spot where the alleged assault was committed . The policeman saw nothing of the assault and heard nothing , except what tbe party charging thought proper to relate , and upon that he took upon himself the responsibility of charging him at the station house , and-bringing him before a magistrate . It was very likely the prisoner had told the truth , and if so , tbe person accusing him was as much te blame as the parry accused . According to his ( tbe magistrate ' s ) notions of the duty of the police , the constable had very much exceeded it in taking the prisoner into custody ; and if his account was true , he would have very good reasons for bringing an action for the illegal arrest and imprisonment . He should discharge the prisoner . —Barnett said he would not let the matter rest here . He would seek redress in another place .

      Illegal Cohduci or tik Polios . —Mary Field , a prostitute , was charged with baring wilfully broken a wine glass , the property of Mr Charles Brookman . landlord of the Bricklayer ' s Arms Cs-ble-street , St George * in . tbe-Batt , and also with having grossly insulted his wife . To the great surprise of the magistrate , when tbe case was gone into , It turned out that notwithstanding bis cautionary remarks to the police force ( respecting their locking individuals up on frivolous charges without themselves seeing or knowing anything of the matter , ) la a ease that occurred at this court only on Tuesday last , this prisoner had been wrongfully takes into custody , as from the evidence of the landlord it was i shown that the wine glass was accidentally and not wilfully broken ; and although it was proved she bad

      applied various offeasive epithets to Mrs Brookman , this was in thehouse and not in the streets , and therefore , as the law at present exists , although the landlord would have been legally justified in turning her out of his house , he was not justified In giving , er the policeman warranted in taking , her into custody . —Mr Yardley observed : This is another illustration of the Impropriety of policemen taking trivial charges w here they do not themselves see tbe offence committed . It is now clearly demonstrated t ' nat the breaking the glass was accidental , and parties cannot be proceeded against criminally for an accident ; and though I hare no doubt , from the prisoner ' s character , she has besn making use of foul and

      abusive language , yet as she bad not been guilty of any breach ofthe law , she had been converted from an offending into aa injured party . She ought not to have been locked up ; the charge against her cannot bo sustained ; and therefore I discharge her , Tbe magistrate then addressed tbe constable H 51 , who took the charge , and who had admitted that he did not witness tbo breaking of the glass . —H 51 declared that the landlord had charged the prisoner with wilfully breaking the glass , and therefore he was bound to take her into custody ; and she was also very disorderly in tbe streets abont half an hour previous . —Mr Tardley : She might have been taken up then and charged as a diserderi ; prostitute , bnt this whole proceeding is illegal .

      CiEEKENWiit . —EBDmirr er tub Poiici . — A prettj looking girl , abont fifteen year * of age , who stated that her father and motker were dead , ' and that ske gained hit livelihood by selling fruit , was charged by a constable ofthe G division with obstructing the foot-pavement and leaving her basket nnattended . It appeared that the peor thing came out witheut eating anything in the morning , and as soon as she made a few pence ran to an adjaeent cook-shop , leaving her basket beside the flagway , when the poliseman came up and seizsd upon herself and it . —Mr Combe discharged the prisoner with a caution .

      BOW-STREET . —Fbaods is the Coal Tbade . — Nathaniel Ceomhes , a coal merchant , carrying on business at No . , Craven-street , Strand , appeared open a summons , with his carter , John Brown , for the delivery of coals without the proper weighing machine or weights being attached to his cart . Mr Ciarksen appeared for tbe defendant , —Jane Mitchell , residing with her father , at 28 , Arnsdel-street , Strand , stated that on the 11 th of October she ordered two tons of coals , at £ 2 8 s ., to he delivered from the Northern Coal Company , 29 , Cravenstreet , Strand , to bo sent to her house on the 13 th ; and when the carter , Brorra , was . delivering them , about eight o ' clcck iu the morning , she observed they were very small , and having requested that he wonld weigh them , he refused , saying the machine w & s out of order , and he had no weights ; witness immediately called the street-keepsr , but the defendant Brown continued to

      shoot the coals until the contents of tbe cart were deposited , with the exception of six sacks . Tho carter then said he would take them to Lea ' s wharf , inPimlico , from whence he had Draught them , and witness with another person , having followed him , they remained three hoars , having been told by the clerk that he knew nothing about them . Witness and her friend never saw Mr Coombas , but a elerk ordered the coals to be again shot into a barge , witheut having them weighed , —John Philippe , street-keeper for St Clement ' s Banes parish , proved that although he told the defendant Brown to desist shooting the coals , he refused . Witness requested he would weigh the sacks , but he replied that the machine was out of order , and taking him to the other side of the cart said , * You see that I have no weights , my machine is out of order , ' Witness subsequently saw Mr Coombes . and he expressed a wish that the busintss

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      should , be settled .. withouti jomiHg ^ bsfere ., fke „ court , offering to givebl ^^ an apology to tho lady , with a yeaent of the coals , if she would pot corns forward to prefer the complaint , but witness refused , and then Mr Coombes Invited him to take wine , doubling the amount of the bribe if he could settle tho matter . —Mr Ciarkson said he weuld not trouble th « court to call another witness , there being no means of rescuing the defendant or bis , carter from the consequences of the summone , it being distinctly proved that the cart had been sent out witheut the machine or

      weights . —Mr Jardine was quite sure that the imposition * practised upen the public were incalculable , and as it was impossible to break down the evidence adduced , he saw no reason for coming to any . other conclusion than that Mr Coombes was prlry to tho proceeding . He should therefore order him to pay the full penalty of 101 . The other defendant w » s then ordered to pay 5 ? , with costs . Mr Jardins asked Brown if he could pay the fine . — Brown replied that he supposed some person would pay it . — . Mr Jardine upon this ordered his niaater to pay th « additional 51 . with costs , which was immediately complied with , and the parties left tbe court .

      QTJlVDHkLL . — Caution to Omnibus CoMDUcroBB . — Sir James South appeared before Mr All ? i-man Moon as acomplaiuaut agsinstthe conductor of the Bsyswater omnibus wearing the badge 1 , 838-, for refusing to show him hisbslge , and using insulting language to him . Sir James stated that he was engaged in a series of examinations as tothe accuracy of certain clocks , in which he had to test them to fractions of Reeonds , and on the 20 th ult . he left Bays water at a quarter before five with the view of being at tho General £ bst Office at a qnarter before six . The defendant hailed him at tbe Black Lion , atBayswatw ; but he refused to get in as tbe omnibus was-loitering . Having walked half a mile , the omnibus came up-and he got in . In Holbom complainani asked at what time the omnibus would reach the Bank . The conductor muttered but gave bim no information . On reaching Newgate street he teldthe conductor he shoald alight at tbe Post-oflbe , and receiving no answer he determined to do so before be got

      there . He had to make three applications to the man tw & top before he ' would do so . He set complainant down in the middle of thrroad ' . Complainant refused to pay him unless he came te the footway , and be said be steroid summons him . He demanded that complainant should brine the money to hira on bis perch , but a-mob beginning to ' collect , 'iie condescended to fetch it , andcom . plaisant took that opportunity of examining the number of tbe metal tickef . He expectsd from the words used by the defendant that he bad an idea of assaulting him . —The defendant said Sir James ' s statement' was-entirely fidse , and that he wo * known on the road for riding in 'busses on' purpose to summons them . It' was enough that he wore the badge- He was net bound to hold it up to anybody to-look at or stand still opposite Alight . Sir James was . very rough , and puHed him along tothe light by the string of his number , —Mr Alderman Moon adjudged the defendant to pay I 8 s . or be imprisoned fourteen days .- —The defendant paid the fine .

      Chaboe or Rafb . —AtWorsbip . streeton wedc « day O , Bailey , a performer at the Britannia Saloon ^ Box . ton , wasplaccdat tbebasfor final examination , charged with violating the person of a young woman , named Elizabeth Clarke , about sixteen years of age , tha daughter of a widow at Haclsuey ; and Henry Pitt , another actor in the same est & bliihme & t , was charged with aiding and assisting tbe first prisoner in the commission-of theefftnee . Tbe particulara of the first examination were published about a fortnight iiaee , and the- com . plainent , upon being resworn asd repeating her fcrmor evidence , which she didiviUhout any important variations , added , that previous to the outrage , Pitt and a girl named Plaster , an acquaintance of his , whe-had induced her to entsr the house , ran out of tbe room together during its perpetration , bolting the door after them on the outside to prevent her escape , asd that to enable bim to accomplish his purpose , Batley not only flung her to the ground , and struck her head against the boards with snch violence that she was rendered

      Insensible , and remained so for a great length ef time , but forcibly held one of his hands over her mouth , to prevent her screams being heard by the neighbours . In partial confirmation of this , police-constable Ball of tbe If division , was called and stated , that upon afterwards examining the house , while tha prisoners were in the stfltioH-hance , he found a strong bolt oa the edge of the door , as the young woman had described , and that it waslmposBible for any person inside to escape when that was fastened . Mr Arnold fully committed both prisoners for trial , Batleyas the principal in the outrage , and Pitt as an accessor ; before the fact .

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      THE POLES AND THEIR PERSECUTORS . THE PUPILS OF SZEIA . ( From tbe Democratic Padfique ) Thb PtTPiLS of Szela . — The- persecutions of ths Austrian Cabinit against unhappy Poland , are not yet exhausted . The blood of tha martyrs , whi havo fallen nnder the axe of Szela , has not sufficed to slake the sanguinary thirst of the tyrant . It is not sufficient for Metternich to have robbed the vanquished of their country ; to league with the Tsar , as an accomplice in the nerk of extermination , for tbe purpose of destroying , by all possible means , the feeling of nationality in Poland —he a till longs far victims .

      The Kattonal Informs us that the news it has received chills the heart with horror . Nobles , denounced for having deplored in their own family circle the calami , ties of their country , bare been seized at dead of night , and abducted to distant fortresses , without any one knowing their fate . Young girls havo been dragged naked from their beds , outraged by drunken soldiers , and gone mad with shame and fear . Men have been immured , on suspicion , in damp dungeons for six or seven months , till tbey have confessed imaginary crimes . Landowners have besn attacked on thebighways , beaten , mutilated , left for dead , and . then claimed by the Austrian police to undergo fresh tortures . While these horrible tragedies are enacting , Louis Mleroslawskl awaits sentence of death at Berlin , and the Procurator-General , de XVtutzel , supplies daily fresh victims to the Prussian police .

      Let the murderers have a care . Tbe measure of their iniquity is well nigh full . The people , who are crushed under the fearful despotism of Austria , are every wber * in a state of excitement , that tbe terrors of tbe scaffold cannot calm . If they are to be driven to desperation by torture , they may think themselves justified in using terrible reprisals in the hour of success ,

      REVELATIONS PBOM THE CITADEL OF WARSAW . Human nature is shuddering with horror ia hearing with what cruelty the Russian government treats the Polish imprisoned patriots . Grzogorz-jwski vchoamongst others , signed tbe Cracow manifesto , impri . soned in th * citadel of Warsaw , became very soon Insane The old senator , Wleloglowski , could not endure the torture , and died four weeks after his imprisonment in that gaol . The bride of the nnfortuuate Dobrviz was let out from the gaol of the Citadel , but suffering had already reduced her to such weakness , that she soon died . Morsztyn has broken bis skull by beating it against tbe walls of his prison , not being ablo to support the horrible sufferings he underwent at each examinatien . Anthony Paprocki , beaten to death , cried out to his last moment ' . ' I am dyiag for tho most sacred canse of Poland , '

      DEFENCE OF LOUIS MIEROSLAWSKI , THB LEA . DER OP THF POLISH INSURGENTS IN POSEN . The following is a translation of some of the moat remarkable passages In this speech , which is said to have produced so sensible an effect upon the judges of the accused , thai the President decided upon adjourning the coart until the next day . Sentence of dtttth was then passed on Mieroslawski : — * Oh , gentlemen , if it is conspiracy to denounce , as well publicly as privately , violence , spoliation , calumny , the pitiless persecution of the weak by ths strong—it it is worthy of death or captivity to deisnd one ' s life and to labour for freedom—then it is not we alone , it is all Poland , that is guilty of conspiracy . Bring , therefore , all Poland to this bar ; bring hither all our saints and

      all our heroes , bring all who groan , all who curse the day of their birth , in that vast land of slavery , which is called Poland ; enlarge the bounds of this hsll tothe four corners of ihe world , for everywhere the bones of the Poles who hare died for the redemption of their country call aloud for vengeance . Your quest has plunged its next for a moment into the immense inexhaustible , and unfathomable stream of our agitation to draw from it at hazard 260 grains of sand . But can yon believe , gentleman , that yen have thus secured one secret radical canse of evil which troubles tbe waves , end keeps them tinged with blood . Be mot surprised , gentlemen , if we repeat , incessantly , if we repeat until our voices are silenced for ever , that we are punished not on account of our resistance , but oh account of Ike flagrant , the irreparable injury which our country sustained almost a century ago . We repeat it , because you

      are desirous of forgetting it ; because you willingly ' avert your eyes , in order not to psreeive that each convulsion that agitates Poland is bnt tbo necessary and invpluntary reaction attending the crimes committed against her by the powers who affect astonishment at her struggles . The most timid , tha most inoffensive being , if you seek to trample it under feet , will tum upen you , will use its last remaining strength to make you release it , by wounding that which ci ushes it ; and do you believe that an entire nation , that a giant buried tilire in too narrow a tomb , will not seek to shake off this insufferable weight which crushes his breast ! Do the Titans sleep tranquilly under the mountains with which the jealousy of Jupiter has overwhelmed their despair ? Is it a crime in those wretched outcasts , if the deathrattle of their eternal agony , plercinjfthc crater ol their sepulchre , sometimes troubles tho banquet of the autocrat of the heavens . '

      Thb Polish Ladies op Poseh have collected all their jewels which thay have sold for the benefit of the Polish state prisoners and their impoverished families

      THE POLISH TRIALS , Day after day the trial ofthe Poles implicated In tbe late insurrection has been going on regularly and in perfect order . Many havg been set at liberty , some entirely , others on partle : feut after ( ho trial and de . fence of MieroslaawsW and the three principal leaders no feature of interest presented itself to attract public attention . Iu the sitting of the 19 tb ult ., bowever . the investigation into the attempt against Posen on the night between the 3 rd autitob March oamefQrwwd ,

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      sssasrsr ... •¦ -j .- —— .: : iTh ^ . / ollowlng . are , tke : cb ^ polnt » wW >^ lu-bf brought to * bear against the acco 0 « u : — . In ao assembly of tho Insurgents held at Cracow on the 18 th January . 184 fi , at which Mkrnslawjklpresldfld , tb » 21 st February was fixed open for a general rising jr . differen t parts of the . duchy . Tbe arrest of AHetoelanshi en the 12 th February , as well as of a number of noblei , bis accomplices , at Posen , put a stop to tbe execution of their pf ejects as regarded the duchy of Posen . But as the insurrection at Cracow for a moment seemed triumphant , the conspirators who were still at liberty resolved to make taems » lve » masters of the town and cttedel of Posen , to deliver tbe prisoners , and to carry out their first plan against the duchy . This plot was under the guidance of Niogolewskf , Chamslri , and Louis

      Puternowski ! ' Their plans wer * as follows r—Ifiego ! e » vgkA had sounded the peasantry In the vicinity of Posen , especially thosa of Polish descent , and relied o » their assistance . In tho town they counted a number ef adherents , ameogst whom were many of the pupi ' . eof the t ublic seminary , who were led by a bokir of the nsme of Heymann , pnd tbe director of some mills , Egsman , Tbe head fore » t ranger of Count Dziulxnski ha * pro mised to join them with a considerable body of peasantry from Bsin . Their plans were well arranged . The movement was to commence iff the clock struck cloven un th » night of the 3 rd March > 1948 . Each psaty bad it ) leader , and its place of meeting . Most of the conspirators were srtready armed , and the remaindsr were provided with arms on the spot . They hoped to

      have no difficulty in storming the eifadul , as tbey relied upon the sympathies of a portion of the gorrtson and some Polish officers . The citadel is situated north of the elty , but at no greit distance . A single sentinel was the : oily guard uautdl ? on duty here , andtfcegates as usunMy closed at ten at night . After sine the sentinel challenged all who entered the fortress , but the reply ' eS & W and the military dress was enough to obtain admittance . By this menus it was hoped tSat five or six of the eoasplrators could obtain an entrance into the fortress . At the given s '^ ml ( a racket )' , the guard was . to be' overpowered .. Measures had also-been taken to ocsupy all-the egresses from the city , eo that no orders coutd be transmitted te the military ontsSJoIt w » 8 originally plannsd ts shoot the

      , commander , LieutenanUGreneral Swinacker , whilst on parade at noon , and it is er « n > saidHa & t the two conspirators selected for the purpose had , already levelled their muskets , but did not fir * ,, owing to the signal agreed upon not having been given * it having been thought more prodest to await the-evening . Meantime , rumours of Insurrection reached the ears ot the authorities on the moraiog of the 3 rd , and these rumours increased almost to auertsinty of an outbreak at eight that evening . Precautionary measures were immediately taken . At l » lf . paBt ten a battalion , of . infantry was drawn up in the principal square , wkhtvro pieces of artillery , and a squadron ofliuzsare . The guards at the prison

      were doubled ) and detachments of troeps-wer * ordered to occupy the bridges . The muskets of , the troops were loaded-. The conspirators-soon got wind ' of these preparatios > their suspicions- first being aroused by tbe police commissary , Kreschmer galloping : through tbe streets ; they- consequently resolved on changing their plans , but this ultimately proved an obstacle re success , as it was impossible to give information of this change to those without , who on finding no one at the appointed place , dispersed . At half post : ten there were only 4 S 0 conspirators- assembled in the churchyard £ one of tbe appointed meeting places . ) Seeifjg . all chance of success was up , tbey- dispersed , after concealing their arms , These were the facts alleged against the accused .

      Sitting ; pa 21 » T October . — Hippolit von-llrapczynski acknowledged the truth of seme of the fasts alleged respecting the premeditated attack on the city of-Posen ; but said that the attack was only with the- intent of releasing the prisoners . Different witnesses , were brought forward to prove that the citadel and ohy were to be taken by storm , bnt tbey all to a man contradicted their former statements to that , effect . The accusation of high treason was then read by the royal commissary , and the defence was grounded on the prisoner's statement that tbe only object be had in view was tbe liberation of the prisoners . Six other prisoners were then examined under the same accusation ; viz ., Joseph Pepinski , Theodor Czlaprzyoski , John Eustace , Michel von Wodpol , Casimlr Kubacki , Caslmlr Pbteck , and John Kirchdorfer . They all denied having bad knowledge Of a revolution . Czlapczynski and Ploteck denied having been present ; the four others declared that their only object was the liberation ofthe prisoners .

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      PRESS-GANG . Fatbex Mathew Attn Ma O'Comnoe . —Dea » Sia , —I took the libirty to write to tbe Reverend Theobald Mathew , apostle of temperance , of Cork , to give mo an account ef the character ef our best friend . F . O'Connor , M . P ., well knowing an answer from him would be correct . Here is a copy of that gentleman ' s answer , which is very short , but if you would insert it in the next Stab , it would not be amiss , and much oblige , Yours , respectfully , VTm . Siivestee , secretary . Hanloy and Skelton Branch , National Land Company , ' Cork , 28 th October , 1847 . 1 Mr Deak Fbiend , —I am in receipt ef your favour of the 25 th Inst ., and regret that I em unable to give yon any correct information on the subject .

      - - .- ' Mr 0 Connor , having resided about fifty mils * from this city , I bad not an opportunity of knowing him intimately , but I have heard nothing of his character but what is honourable . I am , dear Sir , Tout ' s devotedly , ' Theobald Mathew , ' Sn & EWSBUsr , —At a meeting , held at the Rabin Hood , on Friday night , October 29 tb , of the members of the Land Company , the following resolution was carried unanimously . — 'That we place tbe most implicit confidenceinMr O'Connor , tbe founder of the Land Company ; also , that we hold in contempt that portion of the press and their hired tools , who have attempted te damage his character and destroy tbe Company . '

      Wioak , — At tha weekly Land meeting , it was resolved : — That tha best thanks of this meeting be given to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., for his manly reply to the charges brought against him by the Whistler , ' Hob ' sen and Co . ; and we call upon the friends of liberty iu Wigan to come forward wi » h psounlary assistance , to aid in bringing those conspirators to justice . ' NoawicH . —At a general meeting of the Chartists of this district , held October 30 tb , the following resolutions were agreed to : — ' That this meeting places tbe most hearty confidence in the integrity aud ability of

      Feargus O Connor , Esq ,, M . P ., notwithstanding thf calumnious attacks of the notorious Pispitch , the Man . Chester Ezmvwr , and Nottingham Mercury & e , ; and that five shillings be taken from our funds towards assisting Mr O'Connor , in defending himself from tbe attacks made upon him and the National Land Company . That this meeting pledges Itself not to countenance any news , paper that has attempted to injure Mr O'Connor and the Land Plan , and wo will also use pur endeavours to prevent our friends dealing with any one that takes such papers .

      BexbnAt Greek , —At tbo usual weekly rneotiug of the Wbutington branch , the following resolution was unanimously odopted : —Moved by J . Dorliron , seconded by T . Darlison : — ' That a vote of thanks be given to the men of Manchester , for the protection they afforded to Mr O'Coener at the meeting held at tbe Hall of Science . ' Martkboke . —On Sunday , October 81 st , Mr Demeeombe brought under notice the conduct of the different papers In attacking Mr O'Cennor , whea Mr Pattenden moved , and Mr Treblework seconded— ' That a vote ol thaahs , be given to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., for his expliciUni atriiielufcTSard tntwEtsia tho calumnies of his enemies . ' A subscription ' was entered into to assist the prosecution of the proprietors of the Man . ehesler Examiner .

      HiNDMY . —At a meeting of the Dodhurst Brow branch , held at thehouse of Mr Joseph Bowdtn . tho following resolutions were carried unanimously : ' — « That we regard with feelings of disgust the attacks made by a portion of the public press upon our friend and cham . pioni P . O'Connor , Esq ., and particularly the attacks upon his private character ; and that we place tha most unbounded confidence in Mr O'Connor and th « other directors . That wo highly approve of tho resolution that Mr P . O'Csnnor has come to , ' viz . , to prosecute the proprietors of the Manchester Examiner ; and resolve to open a subscription list fer the purpose of collecting monsy towards defraying the expenses of tho same . ' Thirteen membtw subscribed the sum " of 7 s . 8 ' d ' at once .

      Cablislb . —At a special meeting of this branch held on Sunday afternoon , Oct . Slit , the attempt . sof tho Press . Gang to Injure the character of Mr O'Connor were dl » - cussed , and the following resolution unanimously passed!— ' That we are convinced that the attacks now being made by a portion of the press upon the character of Mr O'Connor , is not , as has been hypocriticall y get forth , through a desire to serve the wtrklng classes ; but we look upon them as so many stabs ( through that gentleman ) at the Land Company . And considering it would be

      ungrateful on our parts to allow bim to defend himself at-his own expense , against charges which , were it not for his fidelity to us and our cause , would not be made at all ; we , therefore , resolve to make arran-ements for raising our share of the expense nPC 0 ! 8 ary ° to sustain the action brought against the proprietor of the Manthester Eteaminer . ' Every one who spoke declared his utmost confidence in Mr O'Connor , and his dotermlnation to stand firmly by him . To carry out the foregoing resolution a aubscrlpiienwas opened and £ 1 sent as our first Instalment . '

      NcMBATos . —On Monday evening tbe members of a I Democratic Reading and Debating Society held a meet in * at ths Doublo-Ploug h Inn , Church-street , where thev bad an excelkntsupper provided for the purpose of com numerating the return ot Mr O'Connor to Pnrii . l ! t -on * c « "ed to the chair ; a number oilSZ Zil and sentiments , very appropriate to the evening h 2 , been given and . responded to . a resolnUrT i ? mousl ^ strlea coudemnlnR trl SSi \ " T *' Press against Mr O'ConS A S ? £ " £ hit auuiBij meet at the above house every Sunday feTaniri ( , JJ o ' clock ^ the NoRin gM fo Mjjg

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      - HoDMBSiitto . -Atam Mttngof ^ e nwmberroMW * brsnoh on Saturday evening lM » , " " » P ' j" >" » £ £ 5 . lie Sml seconded by Mr Thomas Driver . and MP . is constantly and continually assailed by a host or unprincipled scribbles , using ever , ««•* * £ . power to destroy the people ' s ¦ ODflJ . ncatab ta ,, we , ihe member , of tbe Land Compsny la this *««* «> , pledgeourselvesto give him our supper by > liberal ub- , scriptioD , according to each man ' s abilities , J » » » l him the of prosecuting the e libeller . . i ' ¦ ' _

      todefray expenses and learn them by so doing in future to speak or write tbe truth . ' Mr Joseph Oldneld was requested to act M , trcaenrer to the above fond , and upwards of ten shillings , w »» rn . animou . Iy su & seribed . The li . ls will remain open till the end of the year , when we hope to send Mr OVComier at leasts , mbis new-year ' s gift , from h ,, faithfulfriends in Iluddersneld . The Deed will be m Huddereield tbls ' evenvng . Hovembfl * 6 th , when allmem- 1 bers of tbe 1 st , 2 nd , and ? rd Sections , are requested to attend tosb ; n , at Ibbertsoa ' e Temperance- hotel , Box- j ton-road , between tho hows of four and ten in thai

      TiixicouwaT . —A special meeting of tbe members of the above branch was held on Saturday last , when tbe following resolution ' was carried without a diswntient ; — Thatthe best thanks of this meeting are hereby given to Feargur O'Connor , Esqi M . P , for bis spirited reply to the Vitpots * . and other papers ; and this meeting places implict confidence in Mr © 'Conner's integrity , iand trust that that gentleman will prosecute the proprietors of the Sbntheiter Emmiier , - ead that this ' / locality pledges itself to subscribe its fair proportion Stowards paying the taw expenses . ; DoKiNFiEtD . —AT the weekly meeting , fast Sunday ,-itha members of this-Branch voted ono peand towards-• defraying tbe expenses of presecuSinsp the Jfanoftcslrr : j ?» ttmmer . . On Sunday , November lathy a resolution 1 will be brought forward In favour of further contributing threepence each to assist our noble leader , Feargus O'ConnorEsq ,, to bring : this reptile- tojustlcev

      , Hut ! . — At a moetingof the members of this- branch of the National Land Company , on Fednesday evening , October 27 th , tbofolIowiBg resolution'was-passed' -: « That having beard Mr , O'Connor ' s reply to the vile attack made upon Mm and the Land Plan by different newspapers , we do hereby expresstonr thanks tc ,. anu confidence in , that gentleman , and pledge ourselveffto render him all the assistance possible hr-tho intended proseentibnof the MowiKesttr Examiner . '' It was also resolved x— ' That two pounds be gronted oat of the loeeUexpense fund for the above purpose . ' < Emu . —At a meetlng-of * the Lynn branch , It was resolved > - 'That a vote oftbanks . be given to > P ' enr / us O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., for his manly conduet in confronting his assailants end fighting labour ' s battle , and that-we use all cur refiuence to , support bim in ; the struggle , In spite of the-preM-gang / ' That a levy of sixpence be paid by eaclr member to support'Mr © 'Connor in-prosecuting the Wmtliester Examiner , '

      EwwMWOfl . —A general meeting of the Chartists and members of the Land Company was heldin the Painters * Hilt , High-street , on Thursday evening last , in reference to the islnnderers and malignant attacks made on Mr O'Connor and other officers of the Land Company , by the Bfess-gang of the League , Mr Walker in the chair . The meeting was ably adtiraased by Mr-Alex . Grant ; Mr JobniCoekburn , Dr Hunten and Mr dimming . The folloning no o ' utlon was adopted : > - ' That this meeting , after haying heard the'accusation made against Mr O'Connor , and his reply thereto , Is of opinion that there existsrr > ground whatevertorest the foul and slhnderous cha : get upon , and we beg to renew on expression of ow confidence in Mr O'Connor ; and our determination to- rally ri ) ui < a and support him ^ so long as be continues the same straightforward and honourable conduct he has hitherto pursued . ' "

      Bsbsbok . —The monthly meeting of tbe Preston branch took place on Monday evening-tast ; at Mr HooVs-Tempe . ranee Coffee House , Sane-street , Mr James Addison in the chair . Mr John Blachhursv was appointed scrutineer The following rtsoluiioBi was agreed to : —' That a voluntary siibicription be entered into for the purpose of assisting Mr O'Connor to prosecute the Mjamobes-ieb Exammxx or any other paper * that may attack the private character of that gentleman . ' A committee of twelve was then appointed to wait upon tho- members of tbe Land Company and all other friends ofthe cause . Sxethwick —A vote of eopfidenoe in Sot F . O'Cobnor was unanimously passed at the usual weekly ineeti & r . It was the opinion of all present , that a present of tho mansion , with the odd eleven acres of land attached , be made to Mr O'Connor , as a just remuneration for past services to the cause of the working men .

      BubhIiST . —Sis , —A public meeting was held in the Temperance Hall , on the 27 th ult ., to bear an address from Mr T . Clark , of London . Mr John Piaee wm called on to preside . Mr Clark , who was received with cheers , ably exposed the sophistries and subterfuges of those who are endeavouring te throw dust in the eyes of the people . He proved by sound argument and indisput . able facts that the Land Plan was aafo in principle , practical in Its character , and beneficial In its tendencies . Mr Clark's address occupied about on hour and a half , and was rapturously ' applauded . The following resolutions were carried by acclamation : —Moved by Thomas TaUereall , seconded by Mr Webster : » 'That having beard the objections urged against the Land

      Scheme and its philanthropic founder , by the Exauinib . Weiklt Dispatch , Nottinohah MxacuaT , and Iltod ' s Tbash , we ere of opinion that they are not made with any view of benefitting the people , but to stab the reputation of Feargus O'ConifOB , Esq ., break up the Land Scheme , and prevent deposits in the Land and Labour Bank . ' Moved by Mr Webster , seconded by Wm . Butterworlh : — ' That the best thanbs of this meeting be ¦ given to Feargus O'Connor , Esq , M . P ., for the honest , straightforward , and censisttnt manner In which be hat always advocated the rights and interests ef the oeople all over the world ; and we pledge ourselves to to give him pecuniary aid in bringing an action against the proprietors of the Mascbpsteb ExAsnitzB . Movsd by Thomas Tattersall , seconded bv Mr Butterworth ' . —

      • That the thanks of the meeting be given to tbe electors and non-electors of Nottingham for returning a true and unflinoHug patriot ( In tbe person of Feargus O'Csnnor , Esq ., ) as their representative , ' Moved by Thomas Tattersall , seconded by Mr Webster ?— 'That a report of the evening's proceedings be sent to tbe Nobtbkbx Stab and Manchester Examines for insertion . Dolepol News roa thb Wjustm * I—An epistle from tbo Light Hearts , Contented Souls , and Merry Heels , leoa ' ei on the Chtrtist Estate at Lswbands IDeah Sib , —I am sure jou and all good democrats will be delighted to le : ra that on Monday evening we had a most happy party in our splendid school-house ; we had a ball and concert , —Renhara , Sam , and Mr Ooodward , acted as musicians . Singing took place be .

      tween the dances , —myselt , Mis Pettltt , and Mr and Mrs Tanner , acting as vocalists . The party was very numerous , consisting of the allottees and many of the neigh , hours , who appeared delighted with their evening's entertainment , the only regret experienced was that distance preven ed you and other London friends joining in our entertainment . Whilst wo are enjoying the advantages of social reform , obtained through our National Laud Oempany , and with the aid of our political and social chief , Feargus O'Cosnor , we do , not forget the Charter . , You will oblige me very much if you will ob . tain and forward the song , ' Spread the Charter , ' and otuera ' of a similar stamp . All our friends here dojire their respects to yoursolf and family , I am truly yours , in the cause of the Land

      and Charter To Mr E . Staltwood . Sophia Renham . N . B . —I forgot to state wobave a similar party in the school house every Monday evening . Newcabtwdtok . Tihb . —On Sunday evening last , there Was a goodly gathering of the Lwd members of this branch . Mr P . Murray in the chair . The obairman briefly called the attention of the audience to tho late unmanly attacks upon the char ?^ an ( 1 aWUtUhol Mr 9 0 ? r .:: cr uy tna newspaper press . Mr James Wotson moved : — ' That this meeting agree to make alevy of 6 d . per member , to bapald , immcdiatelj ; fourpence to be appropriated to the defence ef Mr O'Connor ' s character against his trsducere , and twopance to be applied to provide the necessary expenses ot having a lecturer in this dlBteict . ' The resolution being duly seconded , was carried unanimously . The sum efl 3 s . 6 d . was collected In the meeting *

      SIbO'CoSSOB ArWTDE AltOTTEES Of O'COHHOHVIUB . —Mr O'Conuor having , through the medium of tho Nobthebn STAB , announe » d his intention of visiting this location an Friday . the 29 th ult ., to distribute premiums to those allottees wbose farms were btst cultivated , a meeting ofthe occupant * was called , when a resolution was carried without a dissentient , requesting Mr O'Connor to present thorn with a corn mill for tho bsnefit of the whole estate , Instead of distributing tho premiums ; and Messrs Wheeler , Williams , and Smith , were appointed a committee , to draw upon address for presentation to Mr O'Connor . In consnuence of this rssolution , no demonstration or public gathering was attempted , but most of tbe houses were decorated n ith banners or flags ; and the lovely weather , having drawn several

      friends from London , and also tbe adjacen t villages the place wore an air of gaiety , which demonstrated that ' this was no ordinary day . Mr O ' Connor , having kindly sent 191 bushels of seed wheat , grown on the estate at Min . ster Lovd , for the use of the occupants , the morning was spent in measuring and dividing the same , Shortly after ten o ' clock , Mr O'Connor arrived / accompanied by Mr J Sewell , oneof the trustees , and Mr . Russell , of Glasgow ' who visited thehouse of each occup » nt , wcowaginganu adwslng all . They seemed highly pleased with the fruitful aspect of the estate . , In the afternoon , a meeting was .. eld in the School-room , when the address was presented to Mr O ' Connor , who immediately complied with its re quest , and placed £ 15 lu the hands of our secretary for the purpose thrrein specified . Mr O'Connor shortly afterwards

      left the estate , amid tbe cheers of the occupants , who wished that his numerous , other avocations would allow of his often visiting them , to bless and be bussed , \ roong the visitors , we observed several neighbouring farmers , and Messrs Rigby , Lleyd Jones , and other advocates of the causa of progression . A public mMsting of the occupants was held the same evening , when , amongst othir business transacted , Mr Wheeler moved , and Mr Pocook seconded , a vote of thanks to Mt O'Connor , for his kindness in presenting them with the £ 16 , and ] also for the seed wheat . [ The address to ilv O'Connor will be found in another column , ] Hawick . —Tho members of this branch have no V optcd resolutions of confidence In Mr O'Connor , and . ' oinding themsolves . to support that gentleaia . a } a brioglug his ca < lumaiators tojnsdoyt

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      | ^ IO ^ HB « MSMBBBW-OF ~ J BB .- » ATioiJi ^ JHr - ¦ , C 0 MPASI * " ** & U ¦ I Fbiibps , — A report of ray last tour has ^ a . poned from many outset , from an expeetui ^! ' ft . Wm local secretaries would have , as they ought ( » J , r \ SJ account to the Star ot each meeting , because ] ^ W $ stonily either traveling or speaking , becsnlN mLm required atLcndon , and the ever memorable ds ^ * i mt % iion at Manchester . I must now be brief , mtfcj % fflji ofthe latter , as well as of the Nottingham ** h 9 E * will eccupy much of the usual space in the ?( , „ ^ W I attended » very crowded meeting at NeWa ... fSla at the time specified . . 1 -was cross-questfe ^ % JWg . working man , whose motives I at once challenge | Ej I was right , for he turned out , to be a mere tool „ i' knobstick . He , however , declared himself iatfs * J 11 BF my answer , when the chairman , Daudy Richards . ^ Wtri ahrewdly aeked him , w hat right he had to concarai ? oLi self about the profit or lo 3 S"of ft society of which he W " not a member , and in which toe could not , cons sqa , , Jj : ¦ * have any stabs . tB ? At Dudley we had a very good meeting , and aif ,. Hrj I could judge from tbe feeling expressed , the andj , ' « # were perfectly satisfied . . JSiit

      Tbe secretary » t Bilston bas already reported tu meeting . ' Stourbridge I erold not reach' in time , and h (( j ^ ihe means of hiring a conveyance . I UBfers too , ! ^ no- conveyance ceuld get there before tea o ' clock ' night . THs route was altogether badly arranged ,, and « , „ . must be amply made at some future time . I proceeded on texBromsgrove , bat as the railir aj fhoriries thought we might cool ourselves for axu ^ thereabout a mllefrom Birmlngbami It was lnte »^ I reache * the meeting : place ; Neverthelesi , ws- w verfain gatheringaud-a spirited little assembl y .

      y , I then- moved on to ? Woucesier . oro Saturday , ^ night for * meeting anywhere . Hers-1 encounte ^ Samuel Bowley , the Quaker , who cro 9 S . examinedi , great length , more , t think , for the eak « of gauii , ^ formation re-cenduct hi * o « n plan than- anytbfo gd u He did' nc * know , ahlioujh a man- of businejn- , 4 , 2 « bcqu » r Bills brought more tbah two-and a hall , three psr cent . He thoeght there ought to be mow jpectaoility connected wtth the mittttgecaeut , wj . ^ great objection was , that the plan would become- ^ wteldy if made national ; and he did sot like to eeete maes- of : working men under the controhot- Hr O'Ceouj

      I asked him if the extension and concentration ofriiilH a way- companies had not facilitated . instead of embjJfflUr rawed their operations ?;—if the Bank of Bngland vtifffd an unwieldy , machine t—If the Post-office , wLieh ifalB « i still more national , and much like our . society fa , fofSU ] minute r amlfis & tions , " was not . characterised b y the rncESt . extreme regularity and punctuality Its business , bothjja & tt which experience and sagacity would still impromKK jgl The funniest part of the business was ,, that Mr Bn »| ,. | jBu announced bis intention of calling a public meetii ^ HJ ^ found a local Land Company in Gloucester . Jealo ^ fmg e gentlemen—only jealousy t i jj L . No meeting called at Bristol en Sunday .. Entic

      I soiled for Cardiff , wbera-tbe largestroomin thap !^ was crammed to suffocation ; . no questions of any ^ nient ,. At Merthyr , I had a moairspIoadiJ meeting in one j the largest rooms of the place .. It was attended bv ri classes , and the-utmost unanimity and satisfaction pre , vailed . I also lectured at Dowlais ,, the chair occupied bysi Influential person ,, connected , I understood , with % werks . Many converts were made . It also lectured a second time at Merthyr , and lit ., wise at Newbridge . I proceeded to Cardiff again , t , catch the mull for Newport . It was quite full . Tti day being fine , I walked on expecting tbe second mig to . overtake me .. But I had no sooner got on the iiij

      Shan it began pelting down with hearty good will . I ijj not know whether to tum , back or go on . Halt known tbat no refreshment could be procured on fe road I would have done so , at length the second 015 came up . No room . On-1 trudged until I was utterl y exhausted , £ > r eleven miles on such a day is no joke . On reaching Newport , I sought the nearest inn , aij sent for Mr Williams , the sail maker , I requested tia to postpone tha meeting , as I felt so utterly fati gusi , I should positively decline addressing the meeting . b > did so at once , although with great reluctance , obsenit ; that the disappointment would be great , Mr Ingram , from Abergavenny , Mr Williams and myself then arranged for the Thursday following ; I , in the triamioi to proceed to Abergavenny and Monmouth . On iti

      Thursday „ t lectured in Newport , to a large audience , & S {< Williams in the chair , I explained tbe reason why 1 da . Who clinsd lecturing on the Monday . The explanafes W p proved perfectly satisfactory , and a unanimous votetf S 2 thanks was passed to me . Mr Boyer , wbo wssdeid »( drunk in the streets sometime ago , to whom tbe police Sn < administered the cold bath of a cell , and the nsagistnts Su a sedative fine of £ 3 in tbe morning , made a cock and S ^ bull story about tho Newport meeting , but he was Wo » ' 1 cowardly to print uvnahb . Truth , facta , and nans , W ' are too powerful for such things . He will find out tbattt S & G has staggered into a nest of hornets before I have doit ¦ Li ! with him . Hll At Abergavenny , I had an immense meeting . Ths HP High Constable In the chair . Mr Sanders , the celebrate ! aP mgu vuasuuie iu tuv cuair . iur oanuers , me ceieoniH h

      horticulturist , corroborated all my statements , andwu I gjj bicked up by two practical agriculturists . Mr Su . gjL ders moved a vote of thanks to as , which was secondd nil by the foreman of John Frost ' s jury . I experiencd g here the effects of my journey from Cardiff in a most «• ml vere attack of rheumatism , which took twelve boon af | sweating to subdue . I got out of bed , however , to etii S for tbe Monmouth coacb . Full , and no other conrtj- He anco being at my disposal , the driver was requested a fie see Mr Cloud , and inform him that I could not poisibl ) &* get on , 1 went to bed , and had another sweating . Ii W , future , if the regular conveyance is full or unsuitable 11 iT , to tim » , I need not be expected at any meeting unlesii afa conveyance or the means ot * providing one is placed a a my disposal . i [

      The Bridgowatcr friends have , very properly , r > ported their own meetings , and it would be much mon satisfactory to all parlies , if every locality would go ail do likewise . I was recalled to London on Mr O'Connor ' s trial cus with Mr Cleave . Frem thence I proceeded to Msncbei ter , and with that magnificent gathering terminates BJ tour . My next will be through Derby , Nottingham , sol Lincoln . Not having seen the ' Whistler ' s' reply to me I c »' not answer it , but I shall do it next week .

      Wherever I have been the sceptics are non memfe "' of the society , end the members , on the other ban ) , most enthusiastic , persevering , and determined . Th * magnitude of tbe undertaking , the unparalleled succf » It has met with , and the future results shadowed fori in the present allotments , have raised a perfect itermo jealousy , hate , and fear amongst the evil-minded of tit ' middle and master class . They will find plentj ef uwHho tools to serve their dirty purposes , and government Itself may liberally apply the secret service monej . We have commanded attention at last , and tho Press , gang are doing no good service by exciting Inquiry . Who are the people f What are their ol jects ? When are their rulers f You will find growing questions . I shall do my best to meet the present organsied opposition , and I fesl perfectly confident our nnion and wtUknown energy will enable us to surmount erory difficult ! . Stand firm and steady , ' be the word , ? for tbe eneiaj is upon you , ' . Ever jours faithfully , ' Ti M . M'Douau .

      The London Confederates . Tue Ctjerah Co...

      THE LONDON CONFEDERATES . TUE CtJERAH COSFEDERITE ClCB . —A latje 0155 * 5 ! of this Club was hold .-n Sunday evening , the SJth ult ., , it the Charter Coft \* -hous » , Strutton-ground , "Westm ' w- ister , Mr W . Lomasney in the chair . Mr R . Hu « 'J f having brongbt up Ihe resort ot tbe committee , esti i the meetings of tha Confederation would , in future , !* » held at the Blue Ancher Tavern . York . street , Eroadrfs ; , r , Westminster ; bnt that the meetings of the commit » and the club would be held aa heretofore . The fellomi . ' i { address to the Irish residents In the City of Weston 0 , ¦ »• ster was then adopted , and 1 , 000 copies orlered toW U printed for circulation : — ' BEPHAL or TRl UNION . ' And God gave to nm llio land for his inherltancn . ' '

      • Irishmen , brothers , —To live upon the land of <" > birth is one of our first natural rights , and to posses '' : « , govern , and rule that land , are our social and politic d rights . Remembir , countrymen , that self-governc ^ e 8 ' ' is self-strength , self-producing wealth and hapf / o ' « to all . Can thereba peace , divided as we are ? to romai "* i * can there be hope in the future ! Certainly not . I ' ' * are all aware that our wicked and guilty Irish roW * 1 W

      had , for gold , place , and patronage , sold us into poti '" $ * col b » ndoge , and in that bondage we now arc . tt > ! ' <> ' trymen ! while we know and feel the effects of *** * eir guilt and sinfulness , let our mission be to . do g ^ ' ^ and to act honestly in all things political . Ia ** ** spirit let us unite , and let our united first outy bo to i * 10 repeal the Union , which has made us not only alif '' icn ' i but slaves and btggars in our native ' . and . ' By order of tho Committee , William Lommijb : * , Chairman , . .

      'TlIOJUS RlOKDJ . K , Heading SeMetSff' iff . A Confederate meeting was held on Sunday etem > m > the 30 th ult ., in the large xc , om of the Green Man . »* »**' wick-street , Oxford-street . ; Mr John Bingroso ia a a <» chair , who read several , extracts from the pa » P ' , ' i'e , ! J . Arthur O'Connor , E ' . q . to Lord Oastleresg h , , vhe . , 7 ° , 11 Kilmalnham gaol , w . nioh was listened to with brea » ^ bB j * attention . The v .-nernblechairman commented ' ° ' j / f ° ' j . j , length upon the . atrocities committed by the M ¦ W ¦„ thirsty government of that perio 4 upon tho eetee tee "V O-- " -. UIUUK VI Ilia . |> rili" > UJ » u « - — , . f , i „; f . [ 1 tarn

      . relative of ^ no present Mr P . O'Connor . S &«« 1 ; sons were enrolled , and the meeting adjourned , , )() CdbibVa .-A meeting ofthe Chelsea Confederate' «• held o- a Sunday evening last , at tho Cheshire _ i » . ^ ^ Grosvencr . row Pimlieo . ' Mr M'Donnell in »«« . « The ro-Ecting was addressed by Messrs Dunnff , Jj UD UD Q'MMioney , sYc and several persons were enrol ""' / " , ( , ( The Davis Cokfedibath Club . -A large " ^/^ ji Mils body was held on Monday evening Ia 9 , 'J' »«? m rooms , Dean-street , Soho , when E . Kenealy , ^ ^? J j . Jt ^ orof ' Brallighan , ' delivered s lecture- * 'Ud laltM tion of the Irish Parliament . ' The lecture was » rf 0 m into two parts ; the second part to be he d ' [ thjr il ' | thjr ilil Monday , Nov . 15 th . Theleclurv W 8 sreceiv « aff »«« ««¦ applause ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 6, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06111847/page/6/