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      TilE amERICA ^ TLREFTERS . ~ , « -idu occasionally appearing in some A short 5 ?™ £ j £ papers baa served to inform the rf the ««*¦ rf th - existence of a party i- America , 5 " ' ^ ? Sers . Of this party , however , little , illcd A « " - d te d tne fact of tbe r existence , & ^ l ^ ntpanied bv a brief , but hostile comgjaetnafe effc .. ^ thcge Ant j . R ters were a & l iinrderlv anarchists , who , having got po « ses-8 , 10 wrLiin tracts ef land , refused to pay rent to sv ' ? , jiS landlord . It is known , too , mEngland , 1 l £ ,: me a £ o there were some disturbances in t ^ lX counties of tbe state of New York , in one lJ ( ^ 6 officers of tbe law lost bis life , and whi i ' l si 01 . ed tbe trial and punishment of some v rhicb oe ; ^ ders : but this is about all that is Qftlie am = nJir j- Perhaps , at the present time , ^ ° rt-ouestion of Land Monopoly is exciting so *** £ n-uiar discussion in this country , a short jniicn P"r 0 , ( fle origin , history , and aims of tbe esi * ?!'' Vnti-Rcnters may be interesting , ^ wirf fii ^ remarb tuat al tUon S we V c ^ ed * rtVtbe ^ 'HCn " " ™ Anti-Renters , ibis party is

      ii coafineil—at present—to tne state or i \ ew t There have been in the other states occasi-* , " , ndies arisinc out of the present system of * " * ' m nOSOlv , but these have been temporary and k " - " lurtant . " ' Anything like an organisation of th ? ?' ffited appears to have been confined to the state fY «¦ York . The Anti-Rent confederation extends a n-li tie counties of Albany , Rensselaer , Cutumk Green ' Delaware , and Ulster . The principal rlr asaiust whom this confederation is directed , is fh Van Rensselaer fami l y , who , as their name tes-EL are of Dnteh origin . Of course our readers * aware that the sxate of New York was at one 2 L « iMect » Holland , as it was subsequently sub-5 ia England . About the year 1630 the Dutch fclr India Company havinc amassed a vast amount ef wwltk , chiefly by robbing the Spaniards and pgj ^ uese , bought from the Dutch government

      tnfe <» i cWon over a large portion oi tne lana now fcrniins ;' , e state of ^ ^ H- ^ company sent nut acenls to whom they granted lands , the Van jjjpsclaer's having a nice little slice for their share of ibout forty s < jttarc miles . It is only fair to state rtstalame portion ofthe lands acquired by the Yan Bmsselaeis ' was bought from the Indians , and not onl y bon . , ht , hut—what does not always follow—paid for in suc U Ta , na 0 , e co " S 1355 beads , toys , and ifoilar cfceatery , which , though possessing some interfttfciificeves of the Indians , were known by thicivdiz-d and " christian traffickers to bear uo pro-™ rri ,. na < c value to the land purchased by such mate . This land , whether acquired by grant , ranfee , or seizure , was confirmed to the Van itaUfaers bvthe Duteh authorities , also by their TVlMi successors , and , subsequently , the Republigovernment of Sew York , in 1 S 21 , renewed that

      Tins ri-hts claimed bv the Tatroon , as the landholder was caUed , had their foundation in the feudal svstcm ^ rid the services exacted ofthe tenantry were of uie sane character . The patvoon and his offspring were the hereditary governors of the laud , with the sole rig ht of appointing all sheriffs and constables . ITone but the patroan , or persons permitted by him , VXK all TOd to hunt or fish on tbe laud or waters . To He patroon was guaranteed all mines , minerals , ' all cnekz , streams , aud other wattrs . lie also had the exclusive right of creeling mills , mill-dams , SM-d houses , and taking whatever ground he mi ^ ht desire for tlie purpose of working all mines and minerals ; and avouch firewood and timber as he might want . He cuid make roads where he pleased , merely

      dedoemiga bushel of wheat from the rent iu considersiioa « f every sixteen acres he might so use and ocenpv . Another source of plunder was what was tailed the quarter-salc * , by which thepatroon secured to bisaseif one quarter of the entire purchase money Of a ( inn every time it changed hands . Again the patnvs ) , if he choose , could take the fa- < n himself , at a price one . fourth less than ic bad been sold for . Pere-nal service could be commanded of the tenant , vbj ^ as bound to bring bis team and waggon to do ffiecradsery ordered by his lord . Lastly , at stated period , the tenants were bauud to bring contribufimso : fowls , gees ? , and otherstock to tha mansionbonse ofthe patroon , or at somespot within a mile of thelon ? e , to be fixed by the patroen .

      Of r-iurse rent was exacted in addition to all other eaea ' feus . For some generations the land monopolised by the Tan Rensselaers was to " a great extent unoccupied ssi uncultivated , bnt the unexampled increase of population and trade since the revolution has made nearly every inch of this land of great value , until no * , " besides isolated farms—villages , towns , and era a portion of Albany , the capital ciiy of Sew York , pay rent to the Van Rensselaers . Thus in the midst ofthe republican state of New York the deseadant of a Dutch adventurer lords it over thousands of men who boast that they are freemen , and cadi themselves democrats . But freedom and aristoera > T cannot co-exisr , snd die na - roon ^ an Rensselaer is as much an aristocrat as is the Duke of Devonshire . . „ _

      Although verv early in the struggle , the disaffected iwmes received the appellation of Anti-Renters , the non-paying of rent was not contemplated by tban at the outset . At the commencement ofthe stragle all that the tenants demanded was the leni'Wl of the monopolising restrictions , and -the abrogation ofthe odious services to which they were subjected in addition to the rentrcharge . For a period of about forty years the discontent of the teaanlrr had been visible and been visibly growing . At knidi , in 1839 . , the tenantry be-an meeting

      teller , and commenced making their wrongs feolwn through the me Hum of public assemblies . EeJiess was promised by tho Patroun , but the prolose * as ail , and the agitation went on . A nuniher ef the tenantry n- 'w refused to pay rent until Such tnne as their grievances were redressed . The Patwoi ) , finding the supp lies stopped , appealed to the law to compel tie refractoay tenants to pay . Writs Tfes vsued , but in many instances the par . iea serT iaEthem met with resistance—moral resistance , if . coats , and the writ-servers were sent back to

      their mjsters with no result save that sometimes tJay gat well thrashed , but were oftener more frighteaed iLau hurt . The sheriff himseli next undertook the disgraceful work of attempting the coercion of the wronged tenants ; he was met by a-me hundreds of fanners on horseback , and compelled to march tfc & a gain . The military were next " calledout " to vindicate tbe " majesty of tbe law , " and now ' BEned scenes which have been of common occurnare in Ireland , but which noneconld havesupposed " tfoald have taken place in America , where tbeoretieally aristocracy cannot exist , and military ruffianjsb is an outrage against the constitution . Some iaadreds of troopshorsefootand artillery , oecu- ,

      , , , J'ei die disturbed district , by these the non-paying tenants were ousted from their farms , some - of them ^ midnight , amidst snow , storm , and winter ' s cold . wis was in the winter of 1839 . One fact is worthy « notice , that some of the young soldiers subse-^ entlj died from the tffects of the hardships they *•? had to contend with in their degrading camr * S > aainst men who were merely defending their ^ again-ta marauding aiis iocr . it . « the vear ISM , "' c , mmissioners" were appointed by " the 2 * tw York Legislature for the pur-?' « of ettec'inw a " settlement between the .

      contend-* £ parties . Van " Rensselaer , however , would not ta iehis " pound of flesh , " and the commissioners ^ efafal their 'abours with " a . report , " in * hiea tbev acknowledged that the government « Holland ] in granting to tbe Patroms the expire privileges possessed by the Van Rensselaers . tonteinplatcd the establishment of a landed and Cranial arkbicracy , " as thongh this was any justifi-^ tion of the Patroonery osurp ation ! In getting the Sqiort , " of course , the tenants got all the coin-^ sionera would or could give them . For a time * « agitation shim ' mred , bat , eie long , broke out feiii , more fiercely than ever .

      . Tie revived agitation was proclaimed by the startj ?? oia newspaper called the Helderberg Advocate ; jjus was in 1811 . In the winter of that year a new 7 Ks of the disaff-. cted appeared on the stagefiimel y , " the Indians . " These " Indians" were -toners , aud sympathisers with tbe farmers , wh , pouring fteir " faces , and dr . ssing themselves in the jancnul garb of Red Indians , and imitating their ges-• "J * and whooping , made it their business to attend ^ attempted sales , where the property « f the farmer jwto besold for non-payment of rent , for the pur-P ® of seeing " fair play ; " they also had a fancy ? J *» S out for sherifFs officers , who were on the •" wof honest farmers , and these gentry they

      usu-. ' . walked home again . These " Indians" were g ^ led to justify their rather extraordinary doings j « not very old , although very illustrious , precejj ^ tin their country ' s history . It will be rememj T W , that the first outbreak against the English ^ 8 system was at Boston , where a number of 'jtneans , disguised as Indians , boarded the ships j j « e harbour , and seizing the taxed tea . threw it ^ tte water . These Boston «• Indians" ar hna I ir Jisea becanse they were successful in resisting mC ? *«¦ " The Indians" of Jfew York , on the "flier !¦ " inuiaus oi J > ew jior » , « u uie

      Ivg l . *&*>& , have been proscribed , and hunted " Ind Republican venerators of the Bostonian * bVi ? M" allu ° ughthey have struggled against a « jj < . 0 I ? Plundering tax , and a still more infamous tjdfj ? tyranny , than ever attempted by tbe Bri-® Xia t ? Bat tbe Anti-rent - 'Indians , " * WnTi ! - ° eeu « nsucce £ Bful , and we know that letJr * alI the difference . " The reason treason w jY f f « esds i 8 ) because when it does , none dare y « treason . " ttau * ! . * 5 W » fBl agitation was maintained , a » r ' « rot niesiangs were held , and a proporw » mnber of mtf and clever speskers made

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      * heir appearance . Amongst them was Thomas Ainge Devjr , an exile frord * his country but recently settled in America . Mr . Devyr is well known to tbe Radical Reformers of tbe North of England . In 1 S 3 S-39 Mr . Devyr was managing editor of the Northern Liberator , his connection with which , and the part he took in the Chartist agitation caused the insertion of his name in the list of the proscribed and pcrsecut-d . At that time when tyranny was rampant , when to be suspected was to be condemned , when regardless of even the usual formalities the middle class jurorg the moment a Chartist was consigned to their tender mercies , bellowed out " away with him , away with bim , crucify him , crucify him , " at that time Mr . Devyr ** shook the

      dust off his feet" aa & testimony against the despotism he had ever opposed , and quitted England for the United States , where he speedily made himself useful in stirring up the Americans to use their political franchise for tbe attainment of the social ends which can alone make tbe American Republic a veritable commonwealth of freemen . About the sarnie time that Mr . Devyr joined the Anti-Rentagitation . Dr . Boughtnn , subsequently one of the Anti-Rent martyrs , appears to have associated himself with the ^ movement . During 1843 the agitation seems to have somewhat flagged . In 1844 , it again revived . In tbis year also commenced the more

      comprehensive agitation ofthe National Reformers . In the winter ot 1844 several large assemblies of "Indians" took place ; in Albany County where they prevented several sales , and amused themselves by erecting liberty poles . On the 11 th of December a large body of the " Indians" " arrested" the Sheriff and burnt his papers . About a week afterwards IV . BouKhion , one of the Anti-Ren i speakers , was arrested on tbe charge of having officiated as " Big Thunder" in cmnmae < i ; of the " Indians" who bad burnt the sheriff ' s papers . Public excitem . nt increased , troops were again sent into the disaffected district , ami amongst these was a corps called the ** E .-nmett Guards "—sad desecration of an

      illustrious r , ame , when those who bore it could be found willing to engage in the enterprise of propproppin .-up the despotism of . land-stealing aristocrats . From December 1844 up through the dog days ofthe summer 1845 , Dr . Bouyhton and several other- persons were kept confined in Hudson gaol , and denied liberation though bail was offered . This is not all . Russ-. ll Dorr , a judae of Columbia county , was dismissed by the governor of New York , for contending to the prisoners the right of Babies Corpus , with a view to have them admitted to bail . So much for " Republican" justice !

      In August , 1845 , an under Sheriff , named Steele , was shot by the '" Indians" at an attempted sale of property belonging to a farmer , named Moses Earl , in Ande' ! , Delaware county . Steele had first fired at the Indians and , therefore , justly got his quietus . The death of Steele was the signal for commencing a- " reign of terror . " Governor Wright , of New York , issued a proclamation declaring Delaware county in a state of insurrection , at the same time letting loose the military upon the disaffected district . The soldiery scoured the country , arrested all who were pointed out as suspected , and fired at all who did not immediately surrender , and submit to be dragsed to gaol as felons .

      In the latter end of September , 1845 . the Anti-Rent prisoners were put npon their trial to the number of upwards of one hundred . The cry bad been raised , " property" in danger , " and , of course , the property-holders had no difficulty in getting a verdictatiainst the victims . The sentences passed on the prisoners , will inform the British public ofthe names of these American victims to La ^ d Monopoly . * Dr . Boughton was found guilty of " robbery , " that is of having taken the papers from the sheriff . In addressing him the judge ( Edwards ) said , "Your offence , though in form it is presented to uxas robbery . it is in fact high treason , rebellion against your government , armed insurrection againt tiie supremacy of ike laws" The jnd ^ e reproached him

      with having como as " a volunteer from another county" to excite by " a species of _ popular eloquence" disturbance in a county of which he was not a resident . The judge thus concluded : — " You have rendered it necessary that the court should cause yon to be a warning example of the certain j consequences of such conduct . You are , therefore , i to be withdrawn for the residue ^ f jour life from the ! society whose peace you have so wantonly disturbed , and whose laws you have so violently and so frequently violated , in the confident hope , that from the example of your fall , all may learn the salutary lesson that the supremacy of tbe laws must and will be maintained . The sentence of the Court is that you be confined in the state-prison "f » the * ounly of Clinton , at hard labour , fob the term of tour ,

      na-TCnAL 1 IFE . John Tan Stcenberg , and Edward O'Connor had been found guilty of the " murder" of Steele , the under sheriff All that was proved against them was that they were present at the sale when Steele was killed , itwas not even proved that they fired , or made use of any arms beyond merely carrying them , buftas the property-holders were determined to make examples , these two innocent men were selected and found guilty of " murder . " In language corabininp cant and ferocity , which in tbis country we have been used to hear fr ^ m an Abintier , tbe judge ( Parker ) sentenced each ofthe prisoners to bencxG , in the following terms : — "It is the judgment ofthe Court that you be taken hence to the place Irorn . whence vou came , and that on Saturday the 29 th

      day of November next you be taken to the place of execution , and huso ustil you are mad ! The following persons were sentenced to imprisonment . Daniel W . Squires , MosesEarle . Zera Pres ton , and Daniel Nortbrup , each pleaded "guilty" ! to manslaughter in the first degree . States Prison for life ! John Phoenix , John Burtch , James Lathan , Wm Reside , and Isaac L . Burhans , also pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the firstdegree . States Prison for seven years . Calvin Madison , do for ten years . William Brisbane , pleaded guilty ta manslaughter in the sccuid dt- ° ree . States Prison for seven years . Charles T . McCumber , pleaded guilty to robberyin the 2 d degree . States Prison for seven years . Wm . Jocelyn pleaded guilty to manslaughter in tbe 4 th degree . States Prison for two years .

      The following persons were , severally , fined the sums affixed to their names . Robert Scott , 500 , Chauncey P . Woolcott , 150 . John Lockwood , 150 . Miles Bromlee , 150 , Hiram B . Keeley , 150 , Contine Conley , 100 . Genrge Lmeh , 100 , —John Davis , 100 , Levi JehtanSt 75 , Archibald MeNair , , William Bryant , 50 , Andrew A . Liddle , 50 , John O . I ^ ddle , 50 , —Homer Burgin , 50 . Homer Sandford , 50 , J . A . Mills , 50 , John Oliver , ' 50 , Nathan Trvis , 50 , Levi Sandford , 50 , David L . Scudder , 50 . Ilarvey Bubble , 50 , Abel A . Fuller . 50 , John M . Beardsley , 50 , John A . Mills , 50 , —Robert Rutherford , 30 , Valentine Kettle , 25 . James Barnbart , 25 , LeviDelamater , 25 . —Richard Halcott , 25 , Calvin Chace , 25 . Sentence was suspended on a great number of persons who were set at liberty on their " good behaviour . "

      The brutal sentence of death passed upon Van Steenberg and O'Connor was not carried out . After keeping the unfortunate men in a state of mental torture , Governor Wright commuted their sentence to imprisonment for life . Within the pssc month some few of the minor offenders , who had been condemned for dressing themselves in Indian disguises have been liberated " : but the great majority remain close prisoners . For some months succeeding the trials , despair , and apathy seemed to take possession of the Anti-Renters ; " these dark days have , however , come to an end , and the party is o ' nee more » allying its forces with new adhesions nnd continual additions to its ranks . They have recently nominated their candidates in several districts for seats in tbe Legislature , and are at this time , through the medium of the i ballot-box , fighting the battle of a free soil against i the over-reaching monopoly of landlordism .

      The Anti-Renters have two large newspapers , the Albany Freeholder , and the Anti Renter , also published at Albany . Mr . Devyr is the editor of the Anti-Renter . It is to his papers that we | are mainly indebted for the above facts . The above is an outline of the history of Anti-Rentism . It may asked " What is Auti-lientism to us ? Wha have we to do with the American Anti-Renters ? " In our opinion the cause and the party concerns us much . Theland-monopolisfe are the enemies of the people all over the world , aud a blow struck at the eaemy even in America , canuot be struck without its effects being felt in other countries . Besides , we

      consider it to be one of the first of duties incumbent upon Reformers , that they should understand the objects and principles of their brother Reformers in all parte of the world . The doctrine that what takes place out of " our own country" does not concern us , is as selfish , stupid , and absurd , as the dictum of the American Judge when sentencing Dr . Boughton , that a man residing in one { county , : has no business with the affairs of his neighbours in another county . The history of the Anti-Rent struggle proves how little mere political changes will effect for the happiness of the many , unless the many understand the causes and remedies for social wrongs . The monstrous robbery of tlie lands of New York by the Van

      * A List Ofthe Ninies And Sentences Was ...

      * A list ofthe ninies and sentences was published in the SoAkem Star at the tii * e of the trial ; the republication now is , however , necessary to make the above sketch complete . f The pleading " guilty " was no doubt advised by the legal friends ofthe accused , but does not appear to have obtained for theiu any mitigation of punishment . This pleading guilty is an ignoble and impolitic course , injuoious to the cause advocated by the defendants , and but ¦ very rarely productive of any benefit to the persons who stoop to this compromise . In the Chartist trials of 1839-10 , in several instances the defendants pleaded " guilty , " with but little benefit to themselves , and far less to tbe cause of Chartism , la the trials at Xaiicaster in 1843 , there was no such temporising , every manun . flioctiingly defended bis principles , and suffered nont the more in consequence , ' on tbe contrary , the boldness ana eloquence of the defendants commanded the avowed " re .,, peit of judge and jury , and evm the prosecutor , Shoul „ persecution agaiu come , ^ we hopekbe ban cattcr press , dent will be imitated .

      * A List Ofthe Ninies And Sentences Was ...

      Rensselaers , approved of and confirmed by the Dutch and English governments ^ should not have been allowed to exist for one moment after the overthrow of the English monarchial despotism . True , the political privileges exercised by the V * n Rensselaers , of acting aa hereditary chief magistrate , with the power of appointing peace-officers , & c ., were taken from them , but in all other respects their monstrous privileges—even tlie exclusive right of hunting on all the lands , and fishing en all the waters , owning their domination , were conserved to them . The alacrity which has been shown by law officers , soldiers , jurors , and judges to uphold the usurpation ofthe landlords , proves the immense power possessed by these veritable aristocrats , aud forms a sad eomfenentary on the text" All men are born free and equal . " The

      des-, potic influence of wealth has also been shown in the course pursued by tbe press . With ; the exception of the Anti-Rent journals , Young America , and the New York Tribune , scarcely a paper throughoutthe state of New York , but ln . nnded on tbe Government to persecute the Anti- Rtnters , and clamoured for their blood . These facts prove that the power ot aristocracy in so-called " tree" America , is almost as great as in Europe . In reprinting the names and sentences ofthe Anti-rent martyrs , we do so m t only because on a former occasion the list published in this paper was imperfect , but because also these vie thus of land-robbing tyranny are still suffering for their patriotism . The names of such men should be kept before the world that , if possible , the Government of New York may be shamed into wiping out

      this stain upon republicanism , or , if that is impossible , that the people of that state may be stimulated to enforce the liberation of Patrooneify ' fi victims . If Boughton , Van Steenberg , O'Connor , and the other victims are justly punished as rebels , then the revolutionists of ' 76 were also rebels , " and the British Government was justified in attempting their subjugation by military force . But if , as we bold , Washington , Jefferson , Franklin , and their compatriots were really justified in their revolt against British tyranny , then the Anti-renters are at least equally to be justified for revolting against a still more monstrous tyranny ; and those who have condemned Boughton , Van Steenberg , O'Connor and other victims to perpetual imprisonment have proclaimed themselves enemies to republicanism and traitors to the Declaration of Independence .

      The Americans have one immense advantage over the people of this country , they possess the suffrage , if , therefore , they fail to correct the anomalies of their social system it is their own fault . Their fathers by force of arms redeemed themselves from political vassalage , by other means the pre-ent generation may perfect the good work commenced by the men of the past . "The Press , the Platform , arid the Ballot Box , " are legitimate and may be made effectual means to bring down landlordism . The people of the States have the game in their own hands— "if they will , they may be free .

      The Insurrection In Portugal. — On The 1...

      THE INSURRECTION IN PORTUGAL . — On the 18 ch of October news was received at Lisbon that the troops sent to Cintra had been completely beaten with severe loss , and forced to retire in confusion . Up to the 18 th only l . bOO / jmen had enlisted in the seven national battalions newly created by Saldanha since the 7 th Oct ., and this number are all public officers . To protect the lines around Lisbon requires a force of not less tban 20 , 000 men , but the government will n . t be able to muster more than a fourth of that number ? A messenger from Coimbra arrived at Lisbon on the 18 th bringing intelligence that the advanced guard ef the popular forces was at Leira . Oa the 19 th a supplement o f the JKario came out appointing the King Cummander-in Chief of the army . The same also appoints the eldest prince , " a child under ten years of age , Colonel of the Queen ' s Grenadier Guards ; and his brother some two years younger is appointed midshipman to the Vasco da Gaina !

      At Evora the 6 th Caoadores and 5 th cavalry joined the people . On the 20 th news was received that Lamego and Vizeu had declared for the popular movement , as well as the 9 ih , 12 th , and 14 th infantry Regiments in those districts , and Castllo Branco . This information was folio ved by the intelligence that other budiis of troops had gone over to the popular side . A great number of persons have been arrested at Lisbon . On the 21 st and 22 nd general consternation through ti . e violent measures adopted by the government to force all classes of people to take up arms in defence of the Queen . The workmen of the naval arsenal refused to enlist or to take up arms , the gates were closed on them . As prisoners they said they would take up arms . After this they were allowed to retire .

      On the 2 nd , certain information reached Lisbon , that tbe province of Minho was in full revolt . Trasos-Montes , Bcira-Alta , Baixa , and the Esireniadura , bad followed the example of Miuho . The whole district of Villa Real had also joined the movement . Up to the 24 ch , the desertions from the " nati-ual" battalions continued nightly , the deserters taking their aims witk them . Three thousand revolutionists were theu collected at Cintra . Oa the evening of the 23 rd , the civil governor and all the authorities from Santarem ; they tied in great precipitation in consequence of the people having revolted , and proclaimed J t ' or the pronouncement . It was known in . Lisbon that the Viscount Sa da Bandeirahad quitted Lisbon , as was supposed to head the revolutionists . It was reported in Lisbon on the 24 th ; that official accounts ( so stated ; have arrived . Gen . Salazar was completely beaten by the forces of Evora , and had fled in great distress and severe loss .

      from Oporto we have news of the strength of the popular forces formed to march upon Lisbon . The Unit brigade , commanded by the Baron Dos Tornos de Olgoduez , was composed of a battalion of chasseurs , a regiment of foot artillery , a regiment of infantry , and the municipal guard of Oporto- Tlie second bvigade , commanded by Gcruniuio L ' rogado de Olivie . a Leiton , consisted of a battalion of chasseurs , and three regiments of infantry . The third brigade , commanded by Joachim Eusedio Moraez , was formed of a battalion of chasseurs and four regimen vs of infantry . Besides these forces there was a division of cavalry composed of the horse municipal guard , and four regiments under the orders of

      liaron de Casal . The artillery was under the command of Juan Manoel Fereira . All these troops , were placed uuder the command of Count Dua Amas as geueral-in-chief , and Leopold Dino as chief of the staff . On ; the LUh the first brigade commenced its inarch towards Lisbon , amidst , the enthu- ^ istic shouts ot the population of viva la liberie Das Ant as lett on ihe loth . On Monday the 19 th . tbe second brigade commenced its inarch . Fur the service of the city of Oporto three battalions of artizans were enrolled , who elected their own officers , and mounted guard on the morning of the 16 th . The Duke of Terceira was removed from tbe Eoz to a prison in the centre of the city , where be is more safely iu the keeping of the ropular party .

      On the 24 th , the total strength of the forces on the Queen , was estimated at 5 , 580 men , and 560 horse- ; wiule the forces on the popular side were estimated at 12 , 410 men and ( 530 horses . The . xtent to which the insurrection has spread may be collected i ' r-jm the iaetthat the royal authority u only acknowledged in Lisbon , and through a space of some dozen miles round it . Later Intelmgkxce . — By the arrival of the Thames , West india Mail packet , « e have intelligence from Lisbon , to the 29 th of October , at which date the city was quiet , but under tbe expectation of au attack from Oporto . It was rumoured that Schwalhiack had gained sumc advantages over patriots in the neighbourhood of Erora . At Oporto on the 31 st ult , the Thames heard that 3 , 000 troops had ii , arched against Lisbon , under the command ol Conic das Astas , and on the 28 th , about 600 men marched against the Baron of Casal , and Viscount Vigvais , commanding the royal * roops in the Minho . The British fleet was off tbe mouth of the Tag us .

      Mukdeiis Ix Fraxce.—A Rich Farmer Named ...

      Mukdeiis ix Fraxce . —A rich farmer named Teissier , of Duufries , in , the Haute Loire , was murdered ia the following manner : —During a heavy storm a man knocked at his door and implored shelter , M . Teisser rose and admitted him , but hardly had the stranger entered when he drew forth a pistjl aud shot M . Teisser dead . He then made his escape , but from some information given by Mme . Teissier , who rushed out of her bed when she heard the report of the pistol , —there is reason to believe that the murderer was a tenant of her husband , and his known enemy . De and another man , supposed to be bis

      accomplice , have been taken into custody . A woman , named Poyelle , the wife of a farm labourer , was tried by the Court of Assise of the Somme , on the 29 th ult ., for the murder of her husband during his sleep , and after a quarrel in which Le had reproached her for her general bad conduct , and the criminal intercourse she was carrying on with a neighbour , and which he detected . The prisoner was found guilty , but the jury declared that there were extenuating circumstances , and she was only sentenced to six years imprisonment with hard labour .

      An accident occurred on Satunda " , on the Birmingham and Derby line , near Burton-oo-Trent . At the spot where this casualty took place , the line crosses a canal upon the level by means of a swing bridge , and as the train to Birmingham approached it , a barge was passing along . Before the bridge cjuld be turned io its proper position , the train was up , and the engine dashed across the canal and embedded itself in the opposite bank , the tender being dragged along with it , The engineerand stoker jumped off , and [ escaped unhurt ; but the guard sustained serious injuries . A second-class carriage next the tender was smashed to atoms ; fortunately it did not contain passengers , and the other carriage * escaped with a violent concussion , which alarmed the passengers , but not one sustained any injurr . The other trains were delayed for several hours .

      Colomal Anu Tforfep Jittelligm^ ;._

      Colomal anU tforfep Jittelligm ^ ; . _

      France. The Prioo Of Wheat Is Increasing...

      FRANCE . The prioo of wheat is increasing everywhere in France . I he floods are retiring , although fresh accounts « t disasters continue to be received in Paris . ( Some particulars will be found in another column . ) A number of persons implicated in the late disturbances ID the Fauborg St . Antoine , havo been condemned to short terms of imprisonment . Some of the Paris journals animadvert very severely on the royal "ordinance ^ ' published in the Moniteur of Friday , whereby 300 , 000 lrancs we alloted to the Foreign Office , for unforseen and extraordinary " secret expenses . " It may be worth mentioning ,

      that there ar « now three sorts of " Fonds Secrets , " namely , 1 , 000 . 0001 . granted to the Government , in the course of the session , in the way of a " Vote of confidence . ; " 932 , 000 f , granted , in the annual budget to the Home Minister , for ' Secret police' expences ; " and 650 , 000 f . also thus regularly granted to the Foreign Office , likewise for " Secret expenses . " Besides these suras , M . Guizot had awarded to him , a week or two back , by an ordinance , for expense of counersand diplomatic missions , an extraordinary credit of 200 . 000 francs ; and now he has another credit ot 300 , 000 francs for * " Extraordinary secret expenses . " Fiance is paying rather dearlv for M . Guizot ' s " diplomatic triumph " at Madrid . "

      SWITZERLAND . All is quiet at Geneva . Accountg to the 26 th of October bring the result of the elections and a report of the first session of the Council-General . All remains tranquil . M . Fazy-Pasteur was elected president , Antoinne . Tarteret , and Telleiex , were appointed vice-presidents , and MM . Raisin and Goy , secretaries . The government of Lucerne has given notice to tbe cantonal government that it will not recognise the new government of Geneva , and expressed a hope that all the cantons friendly to order will follow this example . In the . new Grand Council of Berne a motion has been carried almost unanimously , to the effect that all citizens who have studied in Jesuit schools or colleges , shall be excluded from all public employments . All the Catholic deputies of the Jura , with the exception of two ultramoutanes , have voted for this measure .

      ITALY . Popular excitement still continues . The slightest movements of his Holiness are the observed of all observers , and nightly almost is he called to the balcony of his Pabice in the Quirinal , to give the * . ' Benedizione . " The whole weight of government seems to depend on his single head . All ' the cardinals are opposed to him except two—the secretary , ind another . The former , Grizzi , resigned the other day , saying , that he had laboriously devised what he consid red healthy measures , which , on producing them iii the Council , all were ridiculed and contented by the Cardinalic Council to a man . His Holiness refused the resignation , and said he would do without the cardinals , and accordingly he established a Council of State of bis own , without including in it a single cardinal . In Diario diRoma & re gazetted the names of the new Council , and their proposed

      functions . The people declare that this shall be the last pope —meaning that , if anything happens to him . 'they will never suffer another . The cardinals arein great danger , and certainly I have not seen one since I have been in Rome . I fancy they are lying by . Even if the present pope were to die suddenly , from natural causes , the populace would be outraged , and swear that Pins IX . had come to an untimely end , and so talre venceance on tbe supposed criminals . Cardinal Lambruschini has been detected in a quasi treasonable correspondence—the original letter having found its way into the Pope ' s hands . Pius sent for him , tore it in fragments before bis f ice , and told him to " sin no more . " Cardinal della Genga has been still more deeply engaged in plotting with Austria , along with certain old jobbing functionaries here ; the belief in town is , that his eminence is now lodged in the Castle of St . Angelo .

      POLAND . Gallicia is still in a disturbed state . The < 7 eman Journal of Frankfort quotes a letter of the 18 th from Lemberg , announcing that detachments of cavalry , commanded by sub-lieutenats , and accompanied by priests , patrol the high roads . They have their carbines loaded , and are ordered to lire upon all who make any resistance ' . and tbe priests are at band te administer the last sacrament to those who are mortally wounded . Edward Dembowaki , who was secretary to the late revolutionary Government at Cracow , is still pointrd out as the director of the resistance from the . peasants . Numerous patrols are moving near the confines of Hungary , watching , it is said

      the proceedings of the refugees concealed in the Carpathian mountains . The Grodno Gazette ( Russian ) has the following article : — "Almost at the same time that the Polish insurrection broke out in Cracow and Galicia , in February this year , similar revolutionary attempts were prepared in Lithuania , by an emissary of the name of Rohn , by means of a secret correspondence . Several persons , all belonging to the circle of Brezeslitsuwski , in the government of Grodno , have been found to be implicated in this affair ; in consequence of this his Majes'y the Emperor has been pleased to order the Governor-General of Lithuania to sequestrate all the landed property of these persons , in whatever part ofthe empire it may be situated . "

      GREECE . Advices have been received from Athens so recent as the 201 ^ . -The Chamber of Deputies had concluded the discussion upon the budget , Upon the proposal of the Minister of Finance , it was resolved that no change would be made , but that things should remain in the same footing as last year . Letters from the interior ofthe country bring sad accounts of violence and robbery committed there by bands of brigands : and in more than one case these ruffians have used the torture of boiling oil to force persons , reputed , to reveal where they had hid their money . Several cases of piracy have also occurred in the Gulf ofPrevesa . SPAIN . There has been a partial outbreak at Sarragossa , evidently concocted by tbe police to serve the purposes ofthe present infamous government .

      SWITZERLAND . Later accounts from Switzerland mention that the Council of Basle adopted on the 29 th ult ., by an immense majority , the proposition for a revision of the constitution . The Revue de Geneve of the 31 st ult . announces that the Grand Couucil had refused to accept the resignation of the members of the Provisional Government . . It had approved all the acts of their administration , and invited them to continue in the discharge ol their duties . On the other band , the Government of Lucerne had notified to the other States ofthe Confederation its determination to regard as illegal and not acknowledge the revolutionary

      Government of Geneva . " We feel bound , " says the members of the Government , " to declare , in the name of the state of Lucerne , to the high federal directory , and to all our confederates , that we do not recognize the toi-duant Provisional Government established in the canton of Geneva by the revolt of the 7 th and 8 th of October , and that we will not recognise the authorities who may hereafter be elected or appointed by the revolutionary Government . We firml y trust that all the confederatematates desirous to maintain order and the constitutional institutions will concur in our sentiments and join us in that measure .

      WEST INDIES . NEARLY EIGHTY MEN-OF-WAR AND MERCHANTMEN WRECKED !!

      ARRIVAL OF GENERAL PAREDES , THE EX-PRESIDENT OF MEXICO , IN ENGLAND . The Royal Mail Steamer Thames , arrived at Southampton ! on Wednesday evening , bringing intelligence of a most disastrous hurricane which happened at Havannah on the 10 th and Ilth of October . Among the passengers brought by the Thames is General Parede-, the ex-President of Mexico . The Thames was detained at Havannah by her Majesty ' s Consul-General , in consequence of the city time to communicate with their correspondents in Europe .

      List of British merchantmen lost or damaged by the hurricane : Ed ward Hayes , 213 tons , Danton , barque , sunk ; Novel , 189 , Laiae , brig , sunk ; Susan , 162 , Manson , brig , dismasted ; Prompt , 210 , Danlop , brig , damaged ; Wilson , 240 , Cainpcll , brig , damaged ; Magdelcne , shoouer , 132 , bowsprit gone , and much damaged ; Agnes Jane , 2 S 0 , Rkliardson , barque , ashore , dismasted , and otherwise much damaged ; William Murray , brig , 14 G , dismasted and damaged ; Minstrel , 848 , Fuller , much damaged . 30 , Spani 8 h , ; 2 Russian , lJBremen , 1 Danish , 1 Dutch , 4 French , and 1 Brazilian merchantmen , totally wrecked , ashore , or otherwise damaged . Fbehch Snips or Wab . — Andromeda ( frigate ) ashore , top-masts gone ; Blonds ( corvette ) , on her beam , ends , masts goue ; Tonuere ( steamer ) , all her masts and funnel gone .

      Spanish Ships of Wab . —Halanero * ( brig ) , cutwater injured ; Ckastitncion ( brig ) , totally lost ; Labordo ( brig ) , totally lost ; Nervim ( brig ) , slightly damaged ; Laborde ( brif ) , wrecked . Sguooneks . —Polka , Creolla , Infanta , sunk . Steamers . —Munteauma , ashore , foremast gone , bows stove in ; Guadaloupe , ashore ; Basan , ashore . Two passage steamers were wrecked , and the Quarantine hulk was a total wreck ; the William Huston , an Englign brig , was safe and sound .

      Dbath Op Admiral Dupehre.—The Paris Pape...

      Dbath op Admiral Dupehre . —The paris papers of Tuesday announced the death of Admiral Daperre , one of the most distinguished officers in the French navy , and , a few years ago , Minister of Marine . Admiral Duperre died at Paris on Monday last , after an illness of several months . Ho was in the 7 ind year of age , having been born at La Rochelle on the 20 th of February , 1775 .

      Dbath Op Admiral Dupehre.—The Paris Pape...

      IRELAND . STATE OF THE COUNTRY . Outrages continue to occur in various parts of the provinces though not to such an extent as a few weeks ago , the following is a selection from the more recent accounts ;—The Anglo- Celt ( Cavan paper ) states : — A party of men broka last night into the houSi ! of the under-bailiff to Mr . M'Conkey , on tho townland of Enehan , county of Longford . They first shot him in the bowels , and then beat his trains out with the butts or tbeir guas . The offence alleged was his having paid his rent about a fortnight ago .

      On Saturday night last a party of men vinited the house of Flanagan , the bailiff of Mr . Montgomery , of the Cullcntra estate , and attempted to break it open . Flanagan filed two shots at them without effect . Tht > men obtained admittance , and proceeded first to beat him in a brutal manner , and then to cut him about the body with knives . One of his assailants then remarked that Flanagan must have sustained some injury in jump , ing the ditches to make his seizures , and required scarifying on the buck and hi ps . This was accordingly done . Before tbe savages went away one of them told their unhappy victim , that , should he survive , and continue his trade , the next operations would be with lead . The Westmeath Guardian says t—

      On Saturday last another diabolical attempt to take the life of a human being was made near the police barracks of Balinea at an early hour in the evening . The victim in this instance was a most respectable tarmer , Mr . M'Keon , of Lynn . He was returning from a farm at Stokestown , of which he got possession about six months since , and when about midway betwsen Lndiston and Belmont , he was fired at by an assassin who lay concealed iu the planting that skirts the road , but , providentially , he missed his aim , and the ball was found in the opposite ditch Mr .,-M'Keon received several threatening notices since he took the farm , and his herdsmen not long since was waylaid on the land , and severely beaten . The police were most active in their search for the assassin on Saturday evening , hut we regret to say , that up to the present he has escaped .

      Pabsonstown , Oct . 30 . —This town is in a state of great excitement , every hour briugs news of attacks by the people on flour : the police and military are flying about in all directions . Upwards of twenty loads of flour left here this morning for Shannon Harbour , escortedbytwo companies ofthe I 6 th and 88 th depots , which it is supposed win reach their destination in safety ; but it is reported that some cars which started a few hours later were attacked , and several bags of flour taken . There are rumours from every side of the people "helping themselves , " and perhaps in many instances they would starve to death if tbe opportunity was not offered them . A few minutes since as two cars , ' laden

      with fl » ur , and accompanied by armed men , belonging to Mr . Dowd , of Eoscrea , were coming into town , and had reached Serfin , within a quarter of a mile of the town , they were stopped by about . 150 men and women ; the latter , armed with knives , cut open the bags and carried off the flour in tbeir aprons : but whilst doing so , one of tho officers of . tho 16 th depot happened to pass , and interfered : but as he was likely to sufferjSefeat , and perhaps bodily injury , he managed to get upon one of the cars , and seuv ' ng a bayonet , . which he used as a spur , hegallopped to the Court-house , and returned with a load of police . Five persons have been arrested , and will probably undergo trial to-morrow , as the Quarter Sessions are now being held .

      During last night it was necessary to keep a body of police and military at the Rape Mills , midway between this and Banagher , in order to prevent the bridges from o .-ing further , broken down , as was coutempl & ted by the country people , in order to prevent the flour from proceeding . In some small villages in the neighbourhood bread cannot be obtained , as the baktrs here will not any longer run the risk of sending it on the road . Altogether this part ofthe cenntry Is in a very alarming state—the people are becoming desperate , and unless prompt and powerful measures be adopted it is impossible to foretell what the consequences may ^ be . The most unfavourable accounts are still from the western provinces . The Tyrawley Herald , published in Mayo , contains the following : —

      BaIiLiha . —Accounts are reaching us every day of persons dying from the want of sufficient nutritious food , and in this state the unhappy creatures are permitted to continue . The public works , from which the people expected to obtain some little relief , have not yet commenced , and the markets are so high , tbe few shillings any are fortunate enough to earn in a week are by no means adequate for the wants of themselves and families . We regret to state that on Tuesday last , a woman , named Bridget Thomas , died of actual starvation within a short distance of Ballycastle . It was sworn to at the inquest that she had not taken more than one scanty meal per d & y for the last fortnight , and on some occssions she had nothing whatever to support nature . There are hundreds of poor creatures in the same locality who are similary circumstanced , and if immediate relief is not afforded , they too will meet with the same dreadful ueutli . From Donegal , anil other parts of Ulster , there are very bad accounts : —

      Ballxbhahmon , Oct . 30 . —We regret to state that the distress in this part of the country is daily becoming more alarming—starvation has all but set in , and no employment given as yet to the famishing poor . In one village alone , Mullaghmorc , there are one hundred aud twenty , nine families , comprising the number of seven hundred aud twenty-eight persons , who are solely depend . enton six acres of corn , having lost all their potatoes , the food on which they mainly existed . In the parish there are ten thousand human beings , out of which large number ouly two hundred and forty-eight poor creatures are at work . This is a sad pi ; ture of suffering , and calls aloud for prompt remedy .

      Moneghan , Oct . 31—The prospect which we have to announce this week is more cheering than the last . Works for the employment of thousands of hungry beings will be in progress in the course of next week , and the patience of the people will be rewarded . The working classes are in terrible distress . They are living on food that in a week or two will bring epidemics of the worst description in its train—coarse cabbage leaves , halfboilded—turnip tops stolen from the fields are being eaten in the cabins as the only food to support existence for twenty-four hours . Clabb . —More Robbery of Arms . —A daring outrage has been perpetrated on Johu Griffin , Esq ., ol Glen Cottage , near Quin , whose residence was broken into on Tuesday night last by a party , who demanded his fire-arms- They obtained one old musket . This , however , did n t satisfy them , but placing Mr . Griffin on his knees , they commanded him to swear that he had no more arms in his possession , and on his refusing to do so , beat him in a most brutal and savage manner , —Clare Journal .

      Attempt to Shoot . —On Monday evening as T . Bridge , Esq ., of Cottage , near Roscrea , was returning home from the residence of W . II . Birch , Esq ., where he had dined , and when in his own lawn , and about twenty yards from his hall door , he heard the snap of a pistol in a plantation convenient to the dwelling , which must have missed tire , as he perceived no flash from it . Minute search was immediately made by the Roscrea police , but no trace of the party could be found . —Nenagh Guardian . Coumy op Watehford . —On hist Saturday night , about twelve o ' clock , the widow Mitchel ' s outhouse and haggard , in Ballycullane , a lew miles off to the west of this town , was set firo to , aud entirely consumed . On the following night , also the haggard of a farmer , named Cuireen , of the same locality , within about twenty yards of Mis Mitchel ' s concerns , and nearly at the same hour , was likewise set fire to , and consumed . The burnings were considered te be malicious . —Water ford Chronicle . The Limerick Reporter contains the following : —

      Task-Work Meeting of the People at Bailinggakry . —• On Tuesday the labouring population from the districts within several miles around Ballingarry assembled in that town in numbers which might well entitle it to be called a monster meeting . They had turned out for several days before against " tusk tvork , " and they came together to exhibit a "demonstration" of their feelings on the subject . The military were in attendance from Rathkeale , but were so completely hemmed in and crushed that they were very glad to get away , a passage having been made for them by the interposition of some gentlemen who were present—namely , Archdeacon Fitzgerald , W . II . DeMassey , Esq ., D . D . Power , Esq . These gentlemen , particularly Archdeacon Fitzgerald , addressed the multitude , and ultimately persuaded them to separate quietl y , though evidently dissatisfied .

      InMacroom , and tbe west riding of Cork , tho young pigs were drowned , because the farmer bad no food for them ; and the bonnives , of six weeks old , were killed in farmers' houses , and eaten by the family . —Limerick Chrojiicle . Ootkages in the GouNTYOF Limerick . —Between six and seven o ' clock on Wednesday evening , the house of Bryan O Donnell , a farmer at Clureen , in this country , was surrounded by an armed party , one of whom demanded admission under a false name . The servant boy opened the door , and a fellow pushed in with a double barrelled gun , threatening to blow the brains out ot all who dared to raise their heads . The servant bad the courage to seize the barrel of the gun , and wrestle with the fellow , when O'Donnell stepped into tbe room adjoining , and brought out a pistol . At seeing this , the in truder snapped the gnu , which providentially did not

      go off , and the pistol was snapped in return , though equally harmless . O'Donnell then rushed upon the fellow , and closing the door fast , before the party outside were aware of tbe obstruction , with the aid of his servant boy , overcome their opponent , and made him prisoner . The alarm now spread , and the fellow ' s confederates fled , after which O'Donnell gave up his captive , whose name is Connors , to tbe police ofthe adjoining station , and the gun also . Between Ballingarry and Groom , on Wednesday , a crowd of men , several of them engaged on the public works , stopped cars laden with corn coming to market from Williiam Cox , Esq ., Ballynoe . Thorlkb , Oct . 30 . — There was a fri g htful attempt to commit murder here last night . The object of the attack is a Mr . Cooke , who resides about a mile from the town . It appears he was on business in the town for some time , lie is a very young man , and got married about four years ago to a Miss

      Dbath Op Admiral Dupehre.—The Paris Pape...

      Langley , then about 14 years old , with whom he got some landed property , and thus-became a landlord on a small scale , ( the worst of all landlords , those fir He . w * rnot long in , this enjoyment whenhebegaa to exercise his petty tyranny , and ™ , ™ acfc was ta-prcvenrthe public of access to a spring well , which was open to them from time immemorial ; and ho went so far to prevent them as to put a man to -uard the well ; th # con . - * qnenc « was , of course , an ; ns ' sanlt , on the he # ing of which ike magistrates told Mr . Cooke andfiis guardsman that he ought to be very well satisfied that thev vera not thrown into the same well , and that if they were they could obtain no redress . The well thence became open to the public . Contiguous to Mr Cooke ' s residence there are some tenants' bouses ) many of whom reside there , and it is said their and cestors have resided there for the last two centuries —some of those he eviced , though good tenants .

      and others he was abont to evict /^ Lesterday he entered eiectments at these sessiorajpind came in to make the usual affidavit to verify , and it was on his return home , about five o clock , he was filed at , at his door . It appears he had a light in his hand , and his servant having got into the stable , he stood at the door , when a man appeared behind a little wall and discharged a blunderbuss at him . < Five slugs were lodged in his shoulder , one in his eye , the use of which he has lost , some few other slugs lodged hi bis head and breast , and his jaWS ; his teeth aie broken ; this morning he spat out some slugs . The police and magistrates were in immediate attendance , but ar , yet no clue has been had as to the murderer . There were some hopes of Mr . Cooke ' s recovei < y by hia medical men last night , but this morning I heard there was a considerable chanse for the worse . It is apprehended that this district will be a troublesome one this winter . — Limerick'

      Exaer . Nbnaoh , Sunday , 3 o ' clock , p . m . —I have ooened my letter to mention that Mrs . Finch , en returning from Nenagh Church to her residence this day , has been attacked—her carriage broken , and one of the horses shot ; . I understand she has escaped , notwithstanding that two shots pierced the carriage windows . Some police were not far distant at the time , and succeeded m capturing two out of three ofthe villains . —Evening Mail . The Mail ' s correspondent leads to the belief that the attempt'to - murder Mr . Cooke has ended fatally .

      In addition to the above , the southern papers are filled with the details of popular disturbances in Limovicli , Glare , and Tippcravy , such as plunder of provisions , " sheep slaughtering , " robberies of arms and money , attacks on flour-mills , & c , the accounts of which , if given at length , would occupy too much of your available space . An extract of a letter from Limerick gives a fair sample of the general state of the districts referred to : " Limerick , Oct . 30 . —The neighbourhood of Ballingary is in a frightful state of disorder ; not a grain of corn will be let to pass any of the roads to Limerick , and every night the peaceable inhabitants are under the apprehension of a simultaneous rising . A day or two ago , the labourers employed under the Board of Works on ' the public roads turned out against piecework , but after some struggle , they resumed it , say . ing—* tliey would give it a trial until Saturday . ' We have not yet learned the result . "

      THB FltBMOY DEPUTATION . The members of the deputation appointed a * the late meeting at Fermoy , in the county of Cork , presented on Tuesday , the memorial adopted at it , prayin ? that immediate employment and ford should be given to the people residing in that district . Mr . O'Connell , on behalf of the deputation , opened the subject , and a long conversation ensued , in whieh the Lord Lieutenant exhibited the utmost anxiety to exert himself for the benefit of tho people , and his readiness to accede to any practical measurers but the deputation were unprovided with any such , and consequently the meeting ended in empty show .

      A VOICfi FU 0 M CAHIBMOYLE . Mr . Smith O'Brien has at length put forth a manifesto declaratory of his views with respect , to the Repeal question , as affected by the quarrel between the champions of moral and physical force . From his letter , addressed to Mr . C . G . Dufiy , it appears that Young Ireland is about to set up in business for itself , and it is not too much io anticipate that such a resolve will materially affect the interests of the old and ricketty rival establishment on Burgh Quay . At all events , as the public cannot support both ; one or the other must speedily become insolvent , nnd of late all the symptoms of bankruptcy are observable at the senior concern . We take one or two of tbe most noticeable points from Mr . O'Brien ' s epistle .

      Those , therefore , who have been excluded from the Repeal Association , are now deprived of many favourable opportunities of advancing the interests of their country . Men who are really in earnest , however , create opportunities of action for themselves , and art ; ant tbe mere slaves of circumstances . It is to be hoped , therefore , that a field for useful exertion inthe cause of Ireland will , ere long , be presented to those who have dedicated themselves to the sacred task of redeeming their native land . In the moan time , it is a fortunate

      circumstance that your journal offers itself as an organ through which their voice may be beard . The young men of Ireland—what more cheering denomination could they covet than that of ' Young Ireland ?"—the legion of ardent and accomplished men who proudly accept this title , may , by your insturacntality , be enabled to train their fellow-countrymen iu that intellectual and moral discipline which best fits men for freedom , and , in so training others , will discipline themselves to become tbs leaders of a peaceful revolution , —the guides of an emancipated people .

      I do not hesitate to believe that you will gladly place an assigned portion of your journal at the disposal of those who are qualified to prepare tbeir country fox liberty , and who are not ashamed to avow , by the signature of their names , the sentiments which you invite them to record . Need-1 advert to the multiplicity of subjects the illustration of which ma j be made instrumental in inspiring a spirit of nationality ? What branch of human knowledge is not capable of being rendered subservient to the aims of patriotism t The history and antiquities

      of Ireland ; its legislation aud jurisprudence ; its external policy and internal administration ; its resources , military , commercial , and agricul'uial ; its mines , its fisheries , its manufacturing capabilities : the advancement of our people in abstract practical science ; the cultivation of the flue arts—whoUver bestows true dignity upon individuals—whatever contributes grace and accomplishment to society—whatever confers bappinees and strength and honour upon nations , —such are tbe studies to which it ought to be your pride to allure the men who are entrusted with the future destiny ef Ireland .

      REPEAL ASSOCIATION The members of this body assembled on Monday , at one o ' clock in Conciliation-hall . The attendance was i ather larger inthe body of the hall and members ' seats , but the galleries were thinly attended by ladies . The increased auditory was , of course , the result of the announcement— " that the Liberator would attend . " Mr . O'Connell on entering the hall , was warmly received . He appeared to be in rather teeble health , and looked extremely careworn , notwithstanding his lernporary cessation trout public labours ' The proceedings of the day , notwithstanding the presence of the alpha and omega of Old Ireland , were more than ordinary stupid , and were

      unrelieved by any feature of novelty save the fact of Mr . O'Connell having fairly drawn the swor ! upon his quondam ally , Mr . Smith O'Brien ; and , as both leaders are now in open hostility towards each other , there is m > doubt that thepublic will derive no small share of instruction from the future controvercies between the two respective champions of moral and physical force . iMr . O'Connell said on this subject , there was another matter he could not avoid alluding to , and that was the late conduct of the Young Ireland party ( hear , ) and he was happy to say that they had openl y severed all connexion with the association , if any existed , by their own act . ( Hear . ) Mr . O'Brien , the first who left that hall , and the leader of them ,

      had written a letter to the editor of theiVarion , setting up an agitation for himself ( cries of " Hear , hear . " ); and he ( Mr . O'Connell ) hoped he would be successful iu his virtuous inclinations . ( "Hear . hear , " and laughter . ) He proposed that the leaders of the Young Ireland body should join as a phalanx to address the country in the Nation every week . Now , he ( Mr . O'Connell ) thanked the young gentlemen for the same ( hear , hear );—they had called themselves a phalanx , —and they could , therefore , not blame him if he said they were a phalanx ( laughter ) ; and he would wish the phalanx every luck to go on , week after week , until it increased in ardour , and arrived at the bursting-point , —when it would fly like a soda-water cork . ( Hear , hear . ) He blamed Mr

      O'Brien for his physical force doctrines , and could not agree with him . In his letter he had pretty tolerably praised himself and abused others j but he ( Mr . O'Connell ) did not care for abuse—he only hoped that God would lorgivehinifor the praise he had once bestowed in the same quarter . ( Loud cries of "Hear , hear , and cheering . ) That gentleman had Stated that the moral force Repealers would not resist against aggresion , but such was not tbe case . 1 hey never had put forward such a doctrine , as would be seen by referring to the resolutions of the lsl of July , The learned gentleman concluded by saying , that for the future there was no possibility of a reconciliation .

      At a subsequent period of the proceedings , Mr . O'Connell said , that he did not mean to stand ftr Dublin , at tbe next election . He would stick to the county Cork , where he could now calculate on the support of all parties in the county . As to Dublin , two good repealers would be provided font . The rent for the week was £ 5112 s . 4 d . mr . o ' coknbll ' s love of truth . The organ of Young Ireland—there is no denying the fact , says tbe Times , is , week by week , gaining strength throughout the whole breadth of Repeal land ; its circulation has vastly increased sinoejhe

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 7, 1846, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_07111846/page/7/