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      — I October Is,] Thejtar Of Freedom. 149

      — i October is , ] THEJTAR Of FREEDOM . 149

      = ==- — The Arctic Expedition. — O — Let...

      = ==- THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION . — o — letter from Aberdeen says : •< The Prince Albeit lias just • , (| from the Arctic Begums , but brings no account of ' Sir fn n FranJdin . The following arc the facts of this exped ition 'tntnt ' ihied in the * tateineut of Mr * Kenned y of the * Prince ftl Se Sn ce Albert left Aberdeen on the 22 nd of May , last year , " , " -Mrch beiiu ? uwler the fccfclon of William Kennedy , Esq ., who 1 Uni" been connected with the Hudson ' s Bay Company . Thy • „ oldeet of the expedition was to get , if possible , on the track of ? . ;! r ^ n Franklin , assuming that he had followed out his instructions 3 bl | 1 ( l ] - ,: issn « re going south-west- by Cape Walker . The Prince S Vr t " ia ,, e lhe ic ° ° " 4 l , e 22 ud ° JuiRS aiul crosse < 1 to the west ^ in 7-- , lur th lat " * , lle ; * ot t 0 1 > jat , s % tlie 2 *& h of Aug ., "V , ! ito'iv saw four natives , but found they had heard nothing of Sir -Tim FranMin . They then proceeded up Lancaster Sound , where itlKdiev encountered heavy gales of east wind , and by the time tliev Ll-hed Barrow Straits , on September 4 , the ice had barred the

      ) : 1 ) . ^; , < . e . They then made for Port Leopold for shelter , and here Mr . KiKdin edv , landed in a boat , with six men , and was proceeding to mirl l ; e inijiiiries , when a barrier of iee got between the ship and the liluui and the weather being still had , with a strong current , the vessel TV-IS carried up Piiace Eegent ' s Inlet as far as Batty 1 % , leaving Mr . KK eiinetlv and hi * boat ' s crew on shore . Unable to return to Port LJ / opoM * , Captain Leask tried to reach Fury Point , but did not sueflca . il , ; IU < ^ ^' ' = mto alty ^ came to aucn ° i" there , and getting h into Batty ' Uay came to anchor there , where M . Bellot , the French

      tl < , cmleiir . ui who accompanied Air . Kennedy , left the ship with four ninflifa i >( at Leopold on the ^ <> f October . Here Mr . Kennedy ililll ( l his men had remained in a state of great anxiety Air . six weeks , l Lor , setting at the provisions which were left by Sir John Boss , they ( i fujoved excellent health . Returning with M . Mot to Batty JJay , t the ship was housed for the winter , and preparations madeibrWwcUi ing , during the time she would be fast . They started with sledges , on i the ' 24 th of February , with a party of 14 men , stopped a short time at i Furv Point , then crossed Melville Pay , got as for west as Brentford

      Bar * and here discovered a channel , about two miles broad , leading westward , and opening up a bay by the northern coast of Xorth Somerset . A fatigue party of six . men pushed up this new channel , walking and sledging it , in 72 deg . north latitude , and 100 deg . west longitude , while eight men returned to the ship from Brentford Bay . Mr ! " Kennedy and M . Bellot were of the advanced party , traversing the north coast of Somerset , round by Port Leopold , and arriving at the ship on the oOth of May . This was a most difficult and trying journey , the weather being thick and stormy . The direct distance from the shii » to this channel would be 600 miles ; the distance

      havered was fully 1 , 200 miles . Bnc in all this search , which included also a search of Cape Walker , no new traces were found of Sir John Franklin . Daring the time that Sir . Kennedy was out , Dr . Covvic , ffiili a party of four men , crossed Cresswell Bay to the water on the west side of North Somerset , but was alike unsuccessful . " Scurvy now unfortunately appeared among the men , and they had a sickly time of it from May o July , but a party getting down then to Port Leopold , Mr . Kennedy was able to procure anti-scorbutic medicines and food , and the crew then gradually got better . .-H . 1 / .. I /• 1 L 1 . i ll ___! . ... L . C T »_ J . I ... Y > ... 4 i last out of Bat

      On the 6 th of August - summer , they got ty Bay , ami proceeded northward , intending to go to Griffith's Island . They reaehed Beechy Island on the I 9 : h of August , and , falling iu with the North Star , stationed with provisions tor the use of the Franklin expedition , and learning that the other vessels had passed up Wellington Channel , Mr . Kennedy deemed it useless to proceed further north , and concluded to return home . At the time he left Beechy Island , Wellington Channel was open and free from ice as far as the telescope could command a view , and it is the opinion of Mr . Kennedy , as well as of the officers of the North Star , that from the remarkable openness

      of the season , the searching squadron would occupy a more advanced po-ition than any of the previous expeditions could reach . Describing the state of this channel to Captain Penny , who is at present in Aberdeen , tlwt gentleman expressed his firm conviction-that if the steamers are pushed forward with energy , they might get through at Behring ' s Straits . "The crew of the Prince Albert are all in good health and spirits . The expedition , it will be remembered , was fitted out entirely at the expanse of Lady Franklin , and , although it has not been successful in tlie main object of irs search , the discovery of this new channel mid the search of Prince Regent ' s Inlet mid North Somerset will tend to « Hi « a . tYate efforts now entirely on Wellington Channel , as the only

      hope of discovering Sir John Franklin . "The accounts brought by the Prince Albert from the Davis ' s Straits Fishery , are of a verydiscoiiraging character . The liegalia , of Kirkcaldy , and the American ship M'Lelaud , were wrecked ; crews saved . ( il-Tnie Love , of Hull , had three fish ; the Ann , of Hull , two . The ships did not get to the westward , aud we . e fishing in Cu mberland Straits . A heavy snow storm has fallen in the lmrtn oi Sc otland . On Thursday the mountains on Dee-side were covered with S 11 ° w , and winter appeared to have set in thus early . Prom the despatches forwarded by Sir Edward Belcher , C . B ., commanding the expedition in search of Sir John Franklin , he says : —

      "At Cape Warrendcr I found the cairn and post erected by Captain Austin ' s expedition , hut no document ; the tally , having written on it , 'Pull out record , ' was found beside the cairn , deeply impressed by the tofcth of some small animal . No trace of the visit of man . i Immediately on my arrival at Beechy Island , accompanied by Captain Keller , I proceeded with service parties , under tlie command of

      Commander Eichards and Lieutenant Cheyne , to examine closely ^ w ? eliy Island , and coasts adjacent , for records of the missing expedilw » , but without the slig htest increase of importance . Alter a most laborious search , including the lines of direction of the head boards of the graves , aud head amf foot , as well as at 10 feet distances , and thro ughout the loose earth , no trace , not even a scratch on the paint ^ - 'k , could be traced . Upon very mature consideration , aided by c aptain Kellett and Commander Pullen , 1 arrived at . the conviction "I'Muu iv ^ jieiL ; niu vjouinuuiuei x uuwi , j . «»*» . w ~ * .. ¦ » .. « ,- »•< • . vwu ..

      that no hurry in removing from these winter quarters can be traced . Everything bears the stamp of order and regularity . Other reasons ^ enr to me f or such determination , the principal of which is , that Sir Mm Franklin would not consider this as a likely spot for inquiry , and 11 is evident that by mere chance only they happened to fall upon his tra ces . If x am as ^ j [ whYj nly reply is tuat at Cape ltiley , or any 0 j » er more prominent and * accessible positions , beyond the discovery ot fo rmer visitors , Sir John Franklin would place his beacon—certainlv not here .

      ft is my firm conviction that had Sir John Franklin been disposed to leave any record of his movements , many very prominent points present themselves , and I have great hopes from the very open season , that *? e shall find them on the shores of Wellington Channel . "

      The Irish Exiles. (From Last Saturday's ...

      THE IRISH EXILES . ( From last Saturday ' s Dublin Nation . ) f By a pleasant coincidence , the same week brings a communication trom Thomas Francis Meagher , and intelligence from the beloved f ' lends he left behind him in Van Diemen ' s Land . Meagher's dashing narrative is sketched under the free flag of the United Stales ; but Smith O'Brien ' s voice comes from the penal colony of New Norfolk ; and John Mikhel transmits a revolutionary chronicle , penned in a convict , ship at . the Cape of Good Hope . From Mr . Meagher ' s narrative we give the following : —

      THE ESCAPE . After dinner ( between six and seven o ' clock ) , Mr . Meagher and Ins friend strolled out ; never being , many one moment , more than three or four hundred yards from tlie cottage . They had been little more than an hour out . when four horsemen came up . These weie friends of Mr . Meagher ' s , who , having learned the step he had taken , had hurried up , to lender him advice and assistance , or protection might it be necessary . Dismounting , and making their horses fast m a small open space where Mr . Meagher ' s own horse was feeding , they lit their cigars , and sitting down upon the limbs of some dead or burned trees close bv lhem , entered into conversation about the

      whole affair , and what was best to be done . The party had been here about an hour , when Mr . Meagher ' s servant brought the news , that the Chief Dtshiet Constable , * and * another fellow—he didn ' t know his name , ' had just come , and were sitting before the kitchen tire . Upon learning this , it was arranged that Mr . Meagher should mount his horse ( his servant , thinking something up , having brought his bridle and saddle from the stable ) , and , accompanied by the emire party , ride down until he came within musket-shot of the cottage . In a few minutes , the horses were champing their bits and pawing the ground at the prescribed distance , whilst Meagher , riding some paces further on ( until he came within pistol-shot of the

      dotlage ) , pulled up in the main avenue , close to the stable . Here he waited a Mule , having sent his servant in , to tell the constables , with his compliments , that he was outside , and wished to speak to them . The moment they appeared , Mr . Meagher called out , ' Mr . Druvien ! you ' ve come lo arrest me , I understand . Here I am , then—arrest me if you can . Do you hear , Sir ? In the meanwhile take cave of my cottage . Now , boys , we're oh" ! Hurrah ! ' And with this , they rose in their saddles , and giving three hearty cheers for Liberty ! turned their horses' heads , and plying whip aud spur , and dashing over rock and timber , through stream and swamp , were soon out of the keenest sight and hearing , deep in the heart of the wild forest land . "

      Smith O'Brien ' s communication , dated the 5 th of June , is addressed to Dr . Gray , of lhe Freeman ' s Journal . The following interesting passage , concerning his health and present position , is the only portion of the document selected for publication . Mr . O'Brien says : — "I am in good health , but my existence here is ' weary , flat , stale , and unprofitable '—barren in regard of present enjoyment , still move barren in regard of hope for the future . Nevertheless , I endure li ' e with uurepinnig patience , content to await for kih-Ii changes in my destiny as the progress of events and the will o ! God may evolve . " The communication from the " first felon" consists of some

      extracts from a journal which he kept during his dreary duresse on board the Neptune convict ship . Having already published this journal in a Van Diemen's Land newspaper , the Tasmanian Times , Milchel'despatched perfect copies of the publication to Dr . Gray , but only portions reached Ireland . These extracts relate to the period during which the Neptune was compelled to lie at anchor at the Cape of Good Hope—the anti-convict excitement being then at its height iu that colony . The true heroism exhibited by the Cape colonists on that occasion obtained a perfect victory over the Home Government—memorably . illustrating what d united and determined people can accomplish . The event might have a less suitable historiographer than John Mitchel . We subjoin two of the extracts : —

      NEWS FROJI EUROPE . " More news from Europe . thiu ;; aty is down . Venice , Rome , Baden , all down ; and the kings and grand dukes everywhere rampant . In their very rampant folly and fury litis hope lor the future . Parma , evtn Parma , forbids people to meet , ' under pretence' of casinos , circles , and the like . The . Austrians aie hanging and shooting general officers , and > courging noble ladies on their bare hack . Kossuth and Bern refugees iu Turkey . Other Hungarians and Poles flying to the Unhed States . Justice and right everywhere buried in blood . Has the peoples' blood been shed in vain ? As God liveth , no ! The blood of men lighting for freedom is never shed in vain—lhe earth will not cover it—from the

      ground it cries aloud , and the avenger knowetli his day and lus hour . Hungary is henceforth and lor over a great naiion—how much greater now than before her bloody agony!—how much grander her history!— how much richer her treasuries of heroic memories !—how much surer and higher her destiny I 11 is through this bloody travail , and by virtue of the baptism of fire , and only so , Dial nations ever spring forth great , generous , and free . In the meantime it is amusing to the mind to > ee the self-complacency of al ! liteiary organs of ' order , ' as they call this chained quiescence . "

      THE TIIIU . MPH AT THE CAPE . " Lord Grey ' s dcspateiies have been published by the Governor ; they arc verv lonp , partly apologetic , patlly espostulatovy , altogether shuffling , lie lakes the colonists roundly to task lor their disloyaliv , inhumanity , and other crimes , and directly charges upon their cruelly the deaih of poor Dr . Deas ; Init he orders iff the ' Heptane , and I believe ihe colonists will find ii possible to t-urvive his rebuke . It is quite clear that he expected this resistance , and was . fully aware both of the existence and extent , of the leeiingat

      the Cape against his measuie , but persisted in it with the hope oi overbearing everything by Government aulhor ' uy and influence . Indeed , he does not in terms deny that he was aware of all in time \ o prevent the Neptune from leaving Ueimuda , for lie only says the thing came fully to his knowledge ' alter orders had been given to the Neptune to sail '—that is , to sail from . London with her cargo to Bermuda . He had fully three mouths' time to couniermami this expedition , if he had chosen to do so . He is an

      excessively honest man and great minister . " February 19 -We sail this day . The wind is full against us , blowing straight up the bay ; no matter , the commodore has sent the Gevser war steamer to ' low us out ; we have got . ttie hawser fixed , and are moving slowly down the broad expanse ol taUe Bay . The mountains are fading * behind us . It is ten months since we sailed from Bermuda , and one after another the forests of Brazil and ihe hills of Africa have appeared lo my eyes for a while , wd then vanished in the sea . Shall 1 ever set foot , on dry land again /

      Titles In Germany.— Lhe Pa^Ion Obtaining...

      Titles in Germany . — lhe pa ^ ion obtaining titles as a preamble to names in Germany is proverbial . Kouebue , in his l > Klein ^ tadui , " ridiculed this mania iu a pleasant manner . His satirical fancy went far , but it has been outdone by ihe reality in the person of a ' siletian grave-diiiger , who signs the receipts for his labour , " Lowering-down Councillor . " ( Verseiikuugs-ltaih ) Something for Louis to put in his Pipe—At one ot the places which Louis Napohon passed , he was greeted with a triumphal arch inscribed with glorious pd soul-mitring words . —Punph . I * ...... : ; ' ¦ ' ' - - " » -i ¦ ¦

      Titles In Germany.— Lhe Pa^Ion Obtaining...

      v Shocking Mtjkdkr . —The town of Irvine was thrown into a state of great consternation ; on Monday night-b y the occurrence Tol another of those atrocious acts which we have had to record too frequently of late . The particulars , so fur as we could learn then ,, were as follows : —A woman of the name of Fhumig-au , residing - iu Irvine , had lefc her husband for the society of another man , who " is , we understand , a hawker of crockery and " other wares . On discovering her flight , the husband went . immediately to the house of ] u > r father , also a resident of Irvine , with the view , we suppose , of obtaining some information regarding her , or perhaps expei-timr to find her

      there . Her father , who bore a good character in ihe nekhlxmrhowl could iu * gi ve , him the information he desired , and the ^ iiiaii , under the suspicion of his being accessory lo the tttirhr , commenced a quarrel ivilh him . Trom words he proceeded to " blows , ,-md drawing a knife , inflicted a severe stab , which he repeated on his victim attempting to escape into the street . The second wound proved mortal ; the old man fell heavily on the pavement , and whr n taken u \^ the injuries were found to be fatal . He died almost instantly . The murderer escaped , and we have not yet heard of his appiehension . It is to be hoped he will not long elude the officers of justice .

      FATAL COLLKRY ACCIDENT AT DoWL . VIS , NEAU M . EliTHYlt . A pai . iful sensation has been created at Dowlais , in consequence of a * : accident at one of the numerous collieries abounding iu that district , by which three poor fellows lost their lives , A coroner ' s inquest has been commenced upon the bodies , and adjoined for the production of the necessary evidence ; but from what has transpired it would appear thifc as the deceased men were descending the shaft , by some unexplained cause , the bucket in which they were , swu-g with great force against the wall of the pit . The collision must have been a very violent one , for the poor fellows received such severe injuries that in the course of the day they all three expired .

      A Woman NaMKU Dksiiaiks , of Montmorency , department of the Aube , was arrested on ilonday for having kept her idiot son , aged 2 o , confined fov | not less than four years , in a sort of hole , without air , with nothing to lie on except straw . The unfortunate young man was so filthy and so thin that he presented a horrible spectacle . Extensive Sli p on the Gueat Nokthkkx IIailway - On Wednesday morning the traffic on the main line of the Great Northern Railway was suddenly interrupted by an extensive " slip" of earth on the Spittalgate cutting , about a mile south of Grantham .

      SnClALTSTS PltoPIGAXDlSM . —The . Prussian -ambassador to the Helvetic Confederation has ordered all Prussian workmen in the Swiss territory to return to Prussia within a month . This measure has been taken in order to withdraw the Prussian operatives from l ! u influence of doctrines propagated by working men ' s associations iu Switzerland .

      The Homicide in SMiTHFu-r . D-S'n ^ F / r . —On Thursday , Mr . Langham concluded the inquest on the body of Ann Matthews , otherwise Brown , who it is suspected lost her life by the hands of her nephew , James Phillips . The jury received the evidence of Mr . Clarke , who had made a surgical examination of the body , and ascribed the death of Mrs . Matthews to the violence which it was proved had been committed by the m-phew . The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder'' against James Phillips .

      On Thursday , an inquest was held by Mr . Langham , al St . James ' s Workhouse , Pojaud-s'reel , to inquire into the cause of the deith of Henry Joseph Bradford , who committed suicide on Monday , in the coffee-room of the" St Alban ' s . Hotel , Charles-street , St . James ' s . The jury , after a short consultation , returned their verdict , to the effect that the deceased hail died by his own hand while in a . state of tenmorarv insanitv . if Thk Mei-ting of Parliament . —The general impression in official quarters \ % that Parliament will meet about the 5 th or Gth of November , but that the Queen ' s speech will not he delivered until about the 11 th of that month . Jt is generally understood , however , that on this day ( Friday ) , the day of assembling will be positively fixed . —MiaiHterkl Paper .

      " Fatal conflict at a Ball . —The ilocksmirhs of Copenhagen assembled with their wives aud female friends ten days ago in a pubiiehouse to have a dance . Six soldiers presented themselves , ami demanded admission . They were at first , refused , but the stewards at length consented to allow them to enter provided they would lay aside their swords . The soldiers declared they would not do so , and went awav in anger . Presently they returned with several of their

      comrades ; each had a drawn sword in his hand . The door was closed ; they broke it open ; but the workmen being the more numerous expelled them , irritated at their defeat , the soldiers began to attack everybody who passed . A police patrol arrived aud ordered them to disperse . They refused , a conflict ensued ; and three of the policemen were mortally wounded . Shortly after between , 100 and loO soldiers from the barracks iu Silver-street rushed about the street armed with

      swords , and struck at every one 'Xhev met , shouting as they did < , o , "Down with the citizens ' . Hurrah tor the soldiers ! " Some of them even attempted to force their way into the houses . After a while detachments of cavalry and artillery arrived , and the ringleaders were arrested . The next day the soldiers and non-commissioned officers were confined to their barracks , and an order was issued that henceforth soldiers and non-commissioned officers . Oiall not appear iu arms except when on duty . The number of persons wounded in the outbreak was 35 , and of killed , 0 , one of the hitter being a woman .

      Suicide . —A few days since Mr . Carter held an iuque-t at the King ' s Arms , St . George's-street , Albany . road , Cainbetwcll , upon the body of Charlotte Jndd , aged twenty-one , the daughter of the landloidof the Pigeons beer-shop , No . 6 , Cuinberlaud-stn it , Newiugton-bu'ts , who was drowned iu the Surrey Canal , neat & t . Ceorp / s Church , on Wednesday night week . Mrs . Jndd , molhe . of deceased , stated that on the night in question she had a few words with her daughter , who gave her an iiiaolent reply , iu coiiM-queuce oi * which

      she slapped her lace . Alter this she appeared veiy unlmppy , and about a quarter lo twelve stamped her fool , and s » yin « she would , be back in a lew minutes , put on her bonnet , and ' went out , but never returned , and next morning intelligence was brought that she was found drowned . For some time past she hud appeared very unhappy , having formed an attachment for a young man , of whom her family disapproved . The coroner summed up , and the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . "

      The Melbourne Packet Ship . —During the gale one oi the assistant-engineers , a young nun iu charge of the etiyines .. uas by a sudden lurch of the vessel thrown against the machinery , and nail his right baud cut oil' at the \\ v ' i >\ . lie was landed at Deai , and thence taken to the hospital at Canteibury , where , it is believed , he is going on well . A Sub-Editor ' s Motto ( On a Daily Paper J . — "Always to put off till to-morrow the things that cannot be published to day . "Punch . <

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 16, 1852, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_16101852/page/5/