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      Tue Tarnow Massacres. F Jyfamous Austria...

      TUE TARNOW MASSACRES . F jyFAMOUS AUSTRIAN DESPOTISM . ^ [ from the Timet 6 f July 10 , 181 C . ) ff hootecnrity which has for some time hung over uses of the late insurrection in Poland and tbe ^ ° ?" massacres in Gallicia has at length been ji ^ i ^ fbvnicre accaratean d authentic info rmation ^ jjjat unhappy country . The ill-advised at-^ jcniadeby a portion of the German press to palette conduct of the Austrian Government , and Jj ^ Ljit which was erroneously attached to those & £ jstions in that country , have called forth an f'Lnsnt denial and an accumulation of irrefragable 5 °% , from the victims of these disasters . Such an 1 * 1 to the public opinion of Europe cannot be title * . »_ --i " i n i , . ¦* vain

      * »' u jn , au opportunity iortunateiy presentea Fj f before the prorogation of the French Chambers fas * ' C ount ^ MosxaiaaiBEBT to lay before the jL ] B th ese astonishing laets and revolting practices . % p leaded their cause with more than his wonted rLfiic eand energy , not only in the name of outf ^ humanity , but as a matter of the deepest morfjttoall the Powers which signed the treaty of fiflW * " France and England were parties not only bine original contract which restored the balance jpoirer in Europe , but to every one of the stipula-& £ which provided for the independence and neujjjg yof Cracow , and for the maintenance of certain ^ i ibin all the ancient provinces of Poland . The ^? f ting Powers , as they are termed , have no rights ijfeh they do not derive from treaties to which we ana it it be true that

      ^ parties ; a peremptory jejgjjis the only answer which has been returned ^ o jjjejnst claim of England and France to take part in rtjtfinfercnce held at Berlin with reference to the ^ disturbances in Poland , that refusal is aviola-? ioa of an established right , and a precedent which fe & y hereafter use as we think fit elsewhere . In & heart of those great monarchies the influence of ^ p lenipotentiaries of the western Powers could , fcjfflver , only be indirect ; but that which is most dif rfand most important is the publicity we can give * jlie vices and the fatal consequences of the policy p-sned" towards tbeseprovinccs : and it signifies less j ^ lat clandestine conclaves and secret expedients jHyiaay resort , since , sooner orlater we shall expose gar motives and judge their actions in the face of wirorld . of

      ^ be narrative Count Moxtalembert— the acjrjry of which he pledged himself , and which was 2 ^ by no contradiction or expression of doubt by gee who are best informed of the troth—produced , sit deserved to do , the deepest impression on the boater of Peers . He told them , fiat tbe insurrecjunat Cracow of lhe 20 th February , which bad been grrgented and treated as a formidable rebellion , rkj iafact , a mere riot , —which the Austrian garkj uoinliL and did , put down without difficulty and £ o £ hcd . Three days after this disturbance Gea a ] Corns thought fit . without any fresh attack or jsra , evacuate the city -with , all his forces and the $ & , leaving it in the hands of the populace , A r orisional Government was then established , which

      a tEfactorily protected the lives and property of the habitants . jjanwhile . however , the lives and property of the ttatitiints of the adjacent province of Gallicia were ^ njsd to the most horrible excesses of the pea * an--t . In the circles of Tarnow and Bocbnia nearly [ i the landholders and gentry of the country were i sssinated by their own tenants or by the banjai , which were scouring the country , unrepressed 1 not encouraged , by the Government . In the jrde of Tarnow alone 1 , 408 nobles or landholders FtR murdered . Their names are accurately known ; ad fae hideous details of this butchery hare reached s . Eight landowners only in the whole country are survive' ! . In many instances these urfortu " -

      ate gentlemen were most conspicuous for their virus sod their enlightened interest in their depend-¦ nts . Const Kotah ^ ki had been known for 20 years itte" father of the peasants ; " they allowed hira aarr floras to prepare for death , and shot him with a flrbarity which is aggravated by this sang _ uinary iefiberaticn . Seventy-two priests fell in this rcajacre . Of tte family of a gentleman named B ocusz , istten meiuk-rs were butchered , including bis aged stherand the ladies and young children . He himelf escaped by a miracle , and a memorial which he iireseu to the Court of Vienna , containing all the ardcalars of these atrocities , fouud its way into the men papers . lie demanded the punishment of be assassins of his race ; he remained in the conn try

      iicark theai « iown ; from Vienna he was told tbat was a mark of disloyalty to ivear mourning on such loecasicn , but that he should have redress : no reres cane , and he was himself murdered within the si three weeks by ihesamenionsters who had already turpatcd Ms kindred 3 Uptoihis very time no measures whatever have « a token by the Austrian Government for the mnsamest of these assassins . The prisons are full , t'taf ihose bloodthirsty Pandonrs , but of their surra ^ victuns . Tbat is the only protection afforded lute disarmed and afflicted nobility—they are arsiedas suspected persons . In Tarnow there are S 00 ipluns , wbo-e parents have fallen ; 300 of whom ae too T 0 EE 2 to know -who their parents were . Yet .

      i repeat , tLe Liw remains without force ; these lines reicah ' . ed unpunished ; and the Ejipekob ha-s iMidy thanked bis faithful subjects for tbe zeal ith winch they have crushed the enemies ef the Goramriit , —b y means which no Government , save the jioaai Convention of France , ever before dared to ' er . se or employ . fee fact that rewards were offered and paid b y authorities in the province for tbe nobles , dead alive , who iuiybt be supposed by the peasants to e conspired against the Government is now asceraedtobe tree in spite of the attempted denial of A man named Bebmdl , the provincial officer at

      "nnir , aad Bornt'L , provincial officer in Bcchnia , -1 firetten florins , then five florins , and lastly , one " n each , for the corpses of the nobles brought in ie peasants . The rewards promised for the apleadon of suspected persons alive wire equally when Ciey were brought in dead . But so far is Austrian Government from disavowing these laws , that rot one of the authors of them has been aoved irom office or punished ; and Baron Keieg , TCose execrable maxims of government in Gallicia i amie time ago attributed the violent hostilities exiiap bitween the nobles and the peasants , has just reived the broad riband of the Order of Leopold 2

      nch are the facts which Count Moxialembert sow made public . They are amply corroborated 'J the information -which has reached ns . and it Jcot be doubted that if such statements were » , they mast have been disproved . But they are iversaliy beiieved in Germany , they are prolan ! iu France , and they will excite a no le * s feusd disgust aud indignation in this country . > s the Cabinet of Vienna suppose that a Govern-& t which relies on such expedients , and produces insults , can escape the most severe retribution sine , and the sternest censure of foreign na-^; To govern a country by fomenting the diet kstiiity of the two great classes of society , to Ule peasant a-ainst the lord , to incite labour to

      Sire war on capital , and to call in the assistance tie worst popular passions , because the aristof er are supposed to cherish hopes of preserving that irii of independence which was once their glory , tf S aiiil their right , is a perversion of the most ap ' e notions ol justice and good sense . It is to ^¦ jte revolution b y authority ; to proclaim what ¦ Milfiadn called an official " jacquerie ; to stain s rob ? of the Csesais witii such blood as has not 2 n shed in Europe since tbe 2 . 1 and 3 d of Septem-% te ' -j . jat tbe gates of the Abbaye . IIow , ask we , !¦ " are united to Austria by so many tics of interest -4 tradition , who are so disposed to assist , as far '" eare able , in the maintenance of her just

      indict in Europe , and even to mar our part in the Jeers which threaten ber irom without—bow are ¦ to uphold a Government which does notindigaily repel such charges as these and exert every lii-n of its autborityto put an end to suck horrors , punish the guilty , aud to oner wbaiever redress a be offered to the miserable survivors of so many * 5 ate bouses ! Justice will have her inexorable K' ae : and if tbe hands to whom her powers are in-BSed in the Austrian empire are too weak to pu-^ Oie most odious offences , the whole fabric of the ^ wiii be shaken and dissolved by the disorder f ^ Hi has broken oat with sack appalling symptoms I ' taii- of the provinces .

      I Atrocities At [Madagascar. «Ee Cemocra...

      i ATROCITIES AT [ MADAGASCAR . « ee Cemocraiie Pacyic ( Paris Fourierist print ) 'dishes along extract from a letter , giving a korrie acceuntof the atn : cities committed at Madagas-^ h y the floras upon an English soldier , whom they A ttrpiured . After describing a feast by the Hovas ifcfs , at the establishment of a French traileur , K ^ ith another traiteur of the same nation , are 1 . ° ^ > zye exulted in tbe victoiy of the Hovas erthe British and French expedition against Mada-3 Car " aod giving an account of the disgusting muti "is of the bodies of the slain , the writer says : — i « -st this debauch was going on ( two days after our le Mj word was brought that an Englishman bad lust

      Me oat of the brushwood , imploring that his life might sjcrtd . It appears that during the fight an uufortute - wounded English soldier had crept into the bushes , 3 reaiained concealed , a melancholy witness of the -Julations inflicted upon his comrades . For forty-ei ght [ "is he bore the pangs of his wound , anfl of hungar aud "st hut being unable to bear np longer he came from s hiding place , and , advancing towards the Hovas , ; ° * «< l lug wound , delivered up his musket , and onrate a them to give him a bttle water . The chitf 's ^ ua ^ without deranging himself from tbe banquet , Rt 'o the goremor for orders . Eazakafidy , the gora , jr » desirei that the man might be put to death .

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      There were at his table several Frenchmen , who did not even open their mouths to ask for the life of this poor Englishman , who had bravely fought by the side of our CoaBtrymenr- Yoa wffl ' ' tnu ^ tunate man was killed with a straRfof the . savage . . The Hovas have a different mode of taking vengeance on a disarmed enemy . They stripped him naked , and then five or six officers , with their knives , and in the midst of the circle which had been formed , began pricking him , in the tendercst parts of his body . The soldier who was extended on the ground , rose , ashy an effort of heroism and received their thrusts Standing . At this time there were no less than five or six bleeding wounds of the There were at « KU okrarai vMfinr n — ,. » j : j __ -.

      Sagaje , which hall-ad received in battle , and the blood streamed from the new wounds inflicted b y his assailants . His face was of a vivid paleness , but it wore an air of contempt for his butchers . The Hovas , whilst these horrors were proceeding , set up shouts of triumph . Seeing that the Englishman defied their blows , these monsters laid iold ol'liiui and began to tear out the nails of his b :. nds and feet . He bore even this bravely for a tune , but at length sunk to the ground exhausted and closed his eyes . The Hovas then cut tff his fingers and different portions of his flesh , after which they proceeded to tbe last and most cruel operation . Having done this they stabbed bun to the heart and cut off his head .

      Finally they put into their mouths portions of the flesh , removed by the horrible operation which preceded the coKjxIcoraee . and went off triumphantly to fix the head on a stake .

      Axother Terrible Calamitt Is Quebec, Fea...

      AXOTHER TERRIBLE CALAMITT IS QUEBEC , FEARFUL LOSS OF LIFE , i-c . ( From the Quebec 3 fereury , June 13 . ) Last night , at ten o ' ekek , a fire broke out in the Theatre Royal , St . Lowis-strcct ( formerly the Riding School ) , at the close of Mr . Harrison ' s exhibition of his Chemical Dioramas . From the information we have been able to glean , a campiue lamp was overset , from some cause or other , and the stage at once became enveloped in flames . The house had been densely crowded , but some had fortunately left before the accident . A rush was at once made to the staircase leading from the boxes , by those whi , in the excitement of the moment ,

      forgot the other passages of egress . In an incrediblyshort space of time the whole of the interior of the building was enveloped in one sheet of flame—the newlyerected platform covering the pit , and communicating at each end with the stage and boxes , favoured the progress of the flames . The writer of this article was one of the earliest on the spot , and present at the closing moments of the hapless beings who perished from their over-exertions to escape . The staircase communicating with the boxes was a steep one , and we are of opinion it had fallen from the weight of those who crowded upon it . At least such was our opinion at the moment .

      One foot was interposed between the hapless crowd and eternity i and on tbat space we , with five or six others stood , the fierce flames playing around us , and the dense smoke repelling all efforts at extrication . As far back as we could see there was a sea of heads , of writhing bodies and out-stretched arms . Noise there was none—but few moans escaped the doomed . At the extreme end in view there were faces calm and resigned ; persons , who , from the funereal veil of smoke which gradually enshrouded them , appeared calmly to drop into eternal sleep , By our side was one brother striving to extricate anotter , but abandonment was unavoidable . One poor creature at our feet offered his entire wordly wealth for his rescue ; the agonising expression of the faces before us can never be effaced from our memory . The flames at ^ the 'time were above and around us—but

      human aid was of no avail—in izve minutes from the time of which we make mention , the mass of human beings who had but a short interval previous been iu the enjoyment of a full and active life , were exposed to onr view a mass of calcined bones . Up to this hour , forty-six bodies have been removed from the ruins ! Most of them have been recognised—a greater loss of life than in the two dread conflagrations of last summer . Sad wailing pervades the city . Scarcely a stieet can be traversed in which the closed shutter or the hanging crape do not betcki-n a sudden bereavtim-nt . Fathers , listers children of both sexes indulge in the deepest lamentation The following is the latest list of the sufferers : — Horatio Carwell , dry goods merchant—Horatio , aged 6 , and Ann , aged 4 , his children . Joseph Tardif , and Olivia Fleet , his wife . Sarah Sarah , wife of John Calvin ,

      carter . James O'Leary , aged 22 , apprentice to his brother John , plasterer , St . Rochs—Mary O'Leary , aged 16 , his sister . J . J . Sims , Esq ., druggist—Rebecca , aged 23 , aud Kenaith , aged IS , his children . Mary O'Brien , aged 20 , wife of John Lilly , tailor . Jean Bte . Texina , aged 30 . Maria Louise J-evalee , wife of Roland M'Donald , editor of the Canadicn . Eugenie M'Donald , wife of Rigobert Angar , merchant . Edward R . Hoogs , book-keeper , Iboitreal Bank—John , aged 8 , and Edward , aged 6 , his children . Thomas C . Harrison , aged 21 , frjm Hamilton , C . W ., brother to the owner of the Diorama . Harriet Glackmeyer , wife of T . F . Molt , aged 4 D—Frederick , aged 19 , Adolphus , aged 12 , and her children , Helen Murphy , an orphan , aged 20 . Emeline "Worth , aged 9 , daughter of Edward Worth , Montreal , sister-in-law of Mr . A . Lenfesty , grocer , and of this c-: ty . Flaviea Sau

      vageau , aged 14 , son of Mr . Chas , Sauvageau , musician . Elizabeth Lindsay , aged 53 , wife of Mr . T . Atkins , clerk , of Upper Town Market . His son Richard , aged 27 . Stewart Scott , Esq , clerk of the Court of Appeals ; and Jane , his daughter . Mrs . John Gibb , widow , and Jane , her daughter . Arthur Lane , son of Mr . Eiisha Lane , of the firm of Gibb , Lane , and Co . Marianne Brown , aged 25 . schoolmistress , at Wood and Gray ' s Cove . Joseph llarcour , baliff , Colin Ross , aged 26 years , plasterer , a native of Inverness , Scotland , and Agnes Black , his wife , a ^ ed 18 , daughter of widow Black , of Jlon'real . Isaac Devlin , watchwaker . Lower Town . John Berry , from Aberdeen , late in the employ of Messrs . W . P * ice and Co ., arrived in Quebec , from Chicoutimie , on the Bill inst . A letter was found on his person , from his brother , James Berry , instructing him to address him— "James Berry , gardener and riddle-maker , If orth Broad-ford , Aberdeen . AnneTaffe . late servant with—Denholm , Esq , Caps . John Smith Kara , son of Mr . John Earn , tinsmith , of

      this city . Mr . John Wheatley , stationer , Lower Town . Julia Roy , daughter of Assistant Commissariat General Boy . P . S . — " i o ' clock "—46 bodies have been recovered . All but two have been recognised . Mile . Enulie Poncy , aunt of Miss Foncy of the Lower Town , is missing ; the remains of a body said to be a female are supposed to beher ' s . The second is a Mr , M'Keogh , ofMalbaie , a schoolmaster , who was in the theatre in company with Miss Poncy . We may here remark , that Mr . Syraes has in possession the several effects taken from the bodies , and found near them . We cannot refrain from expressing a passing meed of praise upon the unweared labours of the Mayor , the military , thepolice magutrates , and the police force , and the several fire companies . Jfor ^ an we omit a deserved tribute to thei ndefatigable Mr . R . Symes , who since daylight this morning , has been present at the scene of the disaster , superintending the recovering and removal of the dead bodies , & c . The theatre , and stables adjoining , we should add , were burnt to the ground .

      Dreadful Railway Accident In France. A N...

      DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN FRANCE . A notice of this friohtful accident appeared in onr latest edition of Saturday last , the following additional particulars are from the French journals : — A sad calamity took place on Wednesday lost , on the Northern Railway . The train , which leftParis at Seven in the morning , drawn by two locomotives , had passed the Arras station , when , on arriving opposite the village of Fampoux , tlie second machine and Its tender went off the rails . The leading carriages remained in tbeirplaces . but 12 orM carriages of the middle of the train went off the way , and five or six were precipitated down the bank

      into a piece of marshy ground below . The accident took place at about half-past three o ' clock in the afternoon . The number killed is said to be about eleven ; of whom two were conductors , two soldiers , a pb / sieinn , a countryman , three women , and two boys , of from six to eight years of age . The number of persons wounded is , accordiug to one account , five , and to another fifteen . Two trains from Arras and Douai , soon brought to the spot three medical men , the Procureur du Roi , and Mayor of Arras and the chiefs of the stations of that town and of Douai . The cause of the accident is not yet known . The National gives the following account : —

      The train consisted of twenty-four carriages , and wa drawn by twoloromotives . At fire minutes past thre the train was in front of the village of Fampoux and near Reux , where there is an embankment near a deep lake over a peatbog . At this point the rails were either disjoined , or displaced , or broken . The first locomotive , howtver , got over them , but the second entered the sand without going completely off the rails . The violence of the shock , from this sudden stoppage , was such that the chain whieh united tlie carriages to each other was snapped like glass , not precisely close to the locomotive , but at the fifth or sixth carriage . The carriages thus det-iched were thrown into the marsh . The first were literally broken to pieces , others wereupsetand submerged . Nine carriages lyinj ; on the embankment , where they had

      stopped after the first impulsion had ceased . Nobody can know exactly the number of passengers killed or drowned . The water is very deep at this spot . The company admits that eleven bodies have beea removed . The Liberal of Douai states that number to be twenty . As to the number of wounded , one account gives fifteen . At Douai and Arras , however , it was said that fifty persons had been wounded , which is not impossible , as fifteen carriages ran off the rails , and we may suppose that most of the passengers in th era received more or less injury . It is impossible to conceive the alarm and anxiety tbat were felt at tbe different stations towards Belgium at the non-arrival of the train . The delay was the subject of

      g « serai conversation of the crowd who had asembled at testations . When the report of the accident had spread tTere wasa concert of imprecations against the company . It was said that they were not provided with materiel , that their ptreimnel was without experience , and tbat the whole service had been carried on in a shameful manner . It was added that In many parts of the line it was easy to Fee that the earth had sunk , and the directors were bitterly reproached for having opened the line without haveing taken proper precautions for the safety of the public . So great indeed was the indi gnation that it was found nrcessary to order the troops at Arras , Douai , and Valenc i ennes to enter the different stations to prevent serioui « istttrbance , Carriages had been Bent for to Douai , but

      Dreadful Railway Accident In France. A N...

      there were none there , and it was found necessary to borrow from Valenciennes those belong ing t ' o Belgium . When it was known that linen , lint ,. and surgical instruments had also beea sent for , the emotion became general . General Oudinot and his wife were in the train , but quite at the end , in their private carriase , and they experienced no injury . It is said that one of their men servants was precipitated into the water , and saved himself by swimming . M . Lestiboudois , the deputy for Lille , was in one of the submerged waggons , but he saved himself by swimming , and had only his wrist put out of joint . ,. . _

      The Northern Railway Company have published a iep'Tt , in which they say : —We have now to deplore thirteen known deaths . The following are thenames that wc have been able to obtain - . —Madame Duffleldes , Armentiers ; Marie Flamond , of Bouchain ; Mile . Leguay , of Fampoux ; Dr , Lecompte , of Isselle ; Bourgeois and Dcguen , soldiers ; and Tabary and Picard , two boys . Wounded—Madame Picard . of Monta aire , shoulder broken and contusions on head ; Mme . Braine , wife of a notary of Arras , contusions ; the aide-de-camp of General Oudinot ( since dead ) : M . Deguy , chef d ' escadron , seriously wounded ; an Englishman and his wife , at the Hotel de Flandre , at Douai , the husband in the arm the wife contusions ; M . Grapinet . a lace-dealer of Paris ; another Englishman , at the llotelde Flandre at Douai . ' In an account given by the Independence of Brussels of Thursday , we read : —

      More than three hours elapsed before assistance ar . rived . The peasants looked on with astonishment , and the wounded passengers could hardly obtain water to wash their wounds . A sad scene presented itself to the spectators . Young females who had been in their holiday dresses were taken out bleeding and covered with mud . Some victims had their heads separated from the bodies ; others with broken limbs were lying by the sides of the road . An AMe-de-Camp of General Oudinot was on the edge of the pond , his loins and three ribs broken , and praying for death . - An Englishman , who was travelling with his family , had an arm broken in three places , but notwithstanding his sufferings , he would not confess to his wife that he was wounded . ' At

      the end of the train were nine private carriages , in which were the Princess de Ligne and her four children , the two daughters of the Polish General Skrzynecki , in the Belgian sen-ice and a Russian lady . The three last immediately opened their trunks , and placed all their linen at the service of the wounded , at the same time giving to them their personal aid . A Douai journal states that M . de Laurence , who returned lately from his embassy in China , was in the train , but escaped injury . The Princess Czartoriska is also stated to have been a passenger .

      Another Accident. Tbe Courtier Francois ...

      ANOTHER ACCIDENT . Tbe Courtier Francois , of Friday , in a stop press , dated one in the morning , gives an account of another accident on the Great Northern Railroad of France , and at the same spot on Thursday . It says : — We stop the press to communicate to the public the following tacts , the full authenticity of which we guanm . tee . Yesterday afternoon , at half-past two , the train from Brussells , which left at half-past seven , arrived without making the usual fignals at the very spot where the catastrophe of Wednesday took place . The rails over which it had to pass were encumbered with cranes that had been used to take the remains of the waggons out of the water . The train being at full speed broke these Cranes , and the pieces struck the soldiers and workmen , who were on the bank , with such violence that sixteen of them were more or less wounded . One had his thigh broken . A friend of ours , who came from Brussels b y this train , saw him carried away . *

      As to the second accident , which occurred to a train coming from Brussels , and which is given above , the Gazette des Tribunaux of Saturday mentions the circumstance with details , which leaves no doubt of the fact . It says : — A crane had been placed by the side of the road for the purpose of raising the waggons which had fallen into the water . At the moment when the train from Lille was passing by this crane , it was struck violently by a step of one of the carriages , and driven into the midst of the soldiers three of whom were severely wounded , one had his leg broken ; several workmen received slight contusions .

      As Other Fire At St. John's, Sew Brunswi...

      AS OTHER FIRE AT ST . JOHN'S , SEW BRUNSWICK . The Courier of the 27 th says" At an early hour this morning the block of buildings in the parish of Portland , owned by Messrs . Harris and Allea , and occupied by tliem as a foundry , workshops , ifcc . & c „ was discovered to be on tire , and the flames having gained much headway before being observed , the whole was destroyed , with nearly all their contents , consisting of a valuable ste .-im-engine , patterns , moulds , lathes , & c . The entire loss to the enterprising owners cannot be less , if it does not exceed £ 10 , 000 , while the disappointment in gettingcastings executed—all the cityfoundries being iu full employment—will cause the destruction of this valuable establishment to be felt both in this and the adjoining province . We understand there

      was no insurance on the property . We have not as yet heard the origin of the Are satisfactorily accounted for . ' - When it was found to be impossible to save the foun dry building , the attention of the pi-r = ons was directed to the preservation of the adjacent dwellings ; but , notwithstanding their exertions , the cottage owned and occupied by Mr . Solomon Hersey , fell a prey to the flames , and a dwelling-house or two to the northward of the foundry was much injured . Providentially the wind at the time was lisjht from the northward , and the burning embers feU mostly into the mill-pond , on the bank of which the erections stood ; had it been otherwise , a large portion of the villsge of Portland would in all probability have been destroyed . "

      Case Of Poisoning Ijt Fkance.—A Trial Wa...

      Case of Poisoning ijt Fkance . —A trial was commenced at Strasburg on the 2 Cth ultimo , which has excited the greatest interest , not only in that town , but throughout Prance . The charge is one of murder by poison , in which the declarations of the Strasburg professors do not coincide with those of the Parisian chemists . In November last an advertisement was published in the newspapers , inviting those who could give any information respecting a certain flour-dealer , who during an attack of fever , had risen from the sick-bed and taken to flight , to do so at a given address . The disappearance of the man remained a complete mystery , until a few days after his body was found concealed in a watercloset . The body was cut up in pieces , and the heart and entrails , which were also afterwards discovered , removed ,

      An inquiry immediately led to the suspicion that the wife of the unfortunate man had committed a murder upon her husband , and taken out the heart and bowels , in order to avoid an accusation of poison , in case of an eventual discovery and examination of the remains . She was immediately arrested , and the entrails and heart of the murdered man given up to the professors of the University for the purpose of aseertaining whether they contained poison . A well-grounded supposition that this must be tbe case was the more general , inasmuch as arsenic was found in the house of the accused ; and it was also proved by an apothecary that the prisoner had bought such poision in the preceding August , from which period the deceased had commenced to sicken . Tlie chemical professors of Strasburg declared that they hail found no traces of arsenic in the remains delivered to

      them . The authorities engaged in the investigation were , however , not satisfied with this statement , but sent the corpse to Paris for analysis , where Professors Devergie , Chevalier , and Flaudin discovered in it a strong dose of arsenic . These protessors are now at Strasburg , and at the trial repeated their statement . By th « desire of the Court and Jury the trial was adjourned , for the purpose of making a renewed analysis , of which the result has not yet been made public . The accused , who wishes to make it be believed that her husband poisoned himself , enjoys a very bad reputation , and in the course of the trial another crime has come to light . It appears that five years ago a step-child of the accused / ell from a garret-window , and was picked up Hieless . All the facts conspire to prove that in this case ; ilso a wilful murder was committed by the accused , in order to secure a larger inheritance to her own children .

      The Russian Despotism is Livonia . — " The number of recruits required for the Russian army , at the time we are describing , was the . came as it had been for several years past . Poland first , and Gircassia since , have drafted severely upon the army ; and independent of all active service , the favourite pastimes of the great drill sergeant of tlie empire require a great amount of human life to keep going . The rate of supply , therefore , since the accession of his present imperial Majesty , has never been below the average ftandurd of five in a thousand , and occasionally abave it . Taking the population of the empire at s'xty millions of souls , which is considerably belowtheir own boasted valuation , and alloning for the numbers being levied alternate years from half the empire , which rule is often encroached upon , this alone allows the Crown a regular provision of 150 , 000 recruits per annum To which may be added those condemned to the service for crimes and misdemeanours ; those , such as all soldiers ' children , condemned to it without ; and

      the odd numbers accruing from foundling hospitals , Jcc . Such facts as these show not so much the overgrown size of the Russian army , as the enormous expenditure of life at which it is maintained . Five men between the nges of eighteen aud thirty , out of a thousand men women , and children , of all nges , teU severely upon a population . There are certain conditions which except certain individuals , but no condition can abate the number required . Ho three brothers out of a family can be taken , nor the father of three children , unless there be no one else to supply his p la « e . Also the Crown exempts those it cannot use , such as the lame , the blind , and the sick ; also those the proprietor most wants , for which purpose a right of protection is granted him over a certain number of men , according to the size of the estate . But all this caution and generosity is at the expens . ' of the remrtinlng peasants , thenumber of whom , after all thes .- substractions , is reduced to a small amount , and those mcessarily of tbe most able and useful men in the village . — Livmian tales .

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      P ' ^ CON ^ ELL . AGAINST .. TUE , " NATION . " D ^?^ TmSm ^ ^ BETWEEN -THE GREAI IIUMBTJG DAN AND "YOUNG IRKLAND . mi 1 I i D < JBUH MOSDAY , JULY 13 . The usual weekly meeting of ' the members of he Repeal Association w held to day at one o ' clock , n the Concibation-hall , which was crowded in every part for SliniD hOUl'S previousl y , fcom - nn anxiety to hear tlie result of the conference of the committee , whomcton lliursday , to consider the course to be adop ted through Ireland , as to the proposal of repeal candidates msuch counties and boroughs as vacancies might occur in before the next general election . At the appointed time , Mr . O'Connell , M . P ., accompanied by Mr . John O'Connell , AI . P ., iWr . N . Mabei ' , M . P ., Mr . T . Steele , Mr . J . A . O'Neill , Captain Brodrick . and Messrs . Meagher , Baron , Mitchell , O'Gorman , & c , of the " Young Ireland parly , " entered the meeting and was loudly cheered . Upon the motion of Mr . O'Connell , seconded by Mr . Maher , the chair was taken by the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor . —

      The Loan Mayor ( Mr . Keshin ) having taken the chair , said , it was reported that Mr . O'Connell and this association were suspending the agitation of repeal for the sake of supporting the present Government . Now % he utterly denied the truth of that statement . They would never give up their hopes of repeal ; but were they wrong in accepting good measures from the present Government ? They had already got some good law appointments from them , and had exchanged Chief Baron Bra > ly for Sir E , Sugden , Mr . Pigott for a Pennefather , and Mr . Nutchel for Brewster . Were not these good measures ? ( Hear . ) It was sought to shake their confidence in Mr . O'Connell , but while Mr . O'Connell lived no other man should have it . ( Hear . )

      Mr . Ray then read the minutes of the last meeting and afterwards a letter from Mr ! VY . S . O'Brien , strongly urging the necessity of opposing repeal candidates to Government placemen at every opportunity : ]— * ' Kilkee , Kilrush , July 9 . " My dear-Mr . Ray—As I perceive by the report of the proceedings of last Monday that the committee of the association are about to consider the course which ought to be adopted with regard to the elections for Dungarvon , ahd for other places in which Ministerial candidates will shortly present themselves for re-election , I do not feel myself at liberty to shrink from the responsibility of offering my opinion ou this subject . ;

      " I shall not recapitulate the argument which I laid before the association on Monday week , with a view to prove to the country the importance of exhibiting at the present moment an earnest and uncompromising fidelity to the principle of repeal , but assuming that these arguments are incontrovertible , I have no hesitation in saying that the association ought to call upon the several constituencies to put forward repeal cSndidates in opposition to Whig placemen , and ought to support such candidates with all the aid and influence which it can command . " I know very well that repealeandidates will start under great disadvantage when oppossd to such able and excellent men as Mr . Sheil , Mr . OVFerrall . and Sir William Somerville ; but it is of so mush importance to us to prove to our countrymen that we are in earnest , and that no concession with respect to repeal lias been made or will be made to any English party , that I should prefer the risk of defeat in each of these cases to acquiescence in the reelection of the Ministerial candidates .

      " I shall feel obliged if you will lay my letter before the committee and before the association on Monday next . " Believe me , very sincerely yours , " VViilum Smith O'Brien . " "T . M . Kay , Esq ., & c . " Mr . O'Connell (!) moved thomarked thanks of the association to Mr . O'Brien for this letter , and then proceeded to acknowledge the receipt of divers small sums of money in aid of the waning funds of the society . Mr . O'Conxkll then rose to address the meeting . He said , that as he had a great deal to say he had better commence at once . lie begged ( o call their patient attention to what ho had to say , for lie never rose to address a puWie meeting with more sincere

      anxiety or unaffected regret . He felt anxious that the conduct of that association should he such as to deserve repeal . ( Cheers . ) lie felt exceedingly desirous that there should be an end to every difference of opinion among them , and that they should co-operate in restoring the nationality of Ireland . ( Cheers . ) lie had thought deeply before he adopted the course that he was now about to suggest to the association . ( Hear , hear . ) He would tell them that he wanted them cither to declare firmly for his principles or against them—( great cheers )—for the principles of peaceable but continuous agitation , —that agitation which alone deserved success , and which , in his conscience , alone ought to obtain it . or the admission amongst them of an adherence to the princi ple of

      iihysical force . Would they banish train them all idea of p hysical force . ( " We will . " ) He would tell them at once he would not go on lor one moment with them unless they all joined against physical force . ( " Hear" and cheers . ) He would tell them he would never relax his exertions for repeal until he walked into a Parliament at College Green . ( Cheers . ) The committee of the association , with the exception of two of its members , were in favour of banishing for ever from their minds the idea of physical force . The first subject he would wish to speak upon was a letter which was addressed to him in a public newspaper by Lord Miltown . ( Hear , hear . ) It had bern several days before tbe public , and he owed the public and his Lordshio an apology for not answering it before ,

      but the pressure of the repeal business had alone prevented him doing so . He would take the first opportunity of answering that letter . Lord Miltown wanted him to postpone the repeal cause for a time , and to give a trial to the new Ministry , but he ( Mr . O'Connell ) would not postpone the repeal for an instant . ( Cheers . ) The learned ycntlcinan next called the attention of the meeting to ' Mr . Sliarman Crawford's letteron the tenant right of Ulster , and passed a compliment on the honour , virtue , and patriotism evinced by Mr . Crawford in his treatment of the question of tenant rig ht . ( Cheers . ) He next alluded to the late Dungarvon election , and Mr . Shell ' s return as its representative . ( Hear , hear . ) lie called attention to a resolution passed by the committee ol the association on tbe 9 th inst ., as follows : —

      " BUNGABVOS ELECTION "Resolution of the General Committee of the Loyal National ltepeal Association , passed ou Thursday , Dtli July instant . "TlMt the Liberator is requested to report to the associition on Monday , that if ihtre was sufficient tinw for preparation , the committee have no doubt but that n Iti-pealer could be returned for Dungarvon ; but besides this di / Iiculty , the election being one for a year at most , and ns any de . ' erit would be seriously detrimental to the repeal cause at this juncture , the committee , t .-iking all circumstances into consideration , think it better not to contest the borough on the present occasion . "

      Such was the unanimous opinion of the committee , and he thought that opinion was quite light . ( Cheers . ) One of the matters which brought him over to Ireland was the Dungarvan election , lie arrived in Dublin on Monday , and at once proceeded totbat association , which he addressed , and moved that tbe question be referred to the committee for its consideration , which framed the report he held in his hand and had read to them . Several of the Repealers of Dnncarvon considered that it was not worth while to raise excitement sufficient to get in a

      Repealer , and with that view several ot the leadipg Repealers there promised to support Mr . Shiel with their votes . When he asked them the reason why thev promised to vote for Mr . Shiel , they replied that they could not carry the election in Dungarvon unless the tenants voted against the interests of their landlords , and that if they voted in this way at present it would bo impossible to secure their votes in the general election which was coining on in a short time . He moved that the report be adopted by the association . ( Cheers . )

      Mr . Meagher ( a Young Trclander ) here rose to address the meeting , when he was interrupted by Mr . O'Connell . Mr . O'Connell . —You see , gentlemen , wc shall have cause for dissension enough . I will not name this for the present , and I will not give the young gentleman an opportunity of creating dissension . ( '' Hear , " cheers , and much uproar . ) Mr . O'Connell then went oi to allude , once more , to tbe Dungarvon election , and concluded by saying he thought it would be better to hear Mr . Mcadier , and therefore he moved that the report be received and adopted .

      Mr . N . Maher , M . P ., seconded the motion . He said that although the report was unanimously adopted , he had differed with part of it , but did not express himself to that effect at the commencement . ( Hear , hear . ) He regretted that a Repealer was not found on the hustings at Dungarvon ( cheers ) , against all odds , and in the teeth of every risk and influence . ( " Hear , " and cheers . ) The Duks of Devonshire hud been alluded to , but he considered no influence , however high , should deter the Kepoalers of Dungarvan from returning a Repealer . ( Cheers and hisses . ) It would have convinced the opponents of repeal that they were really in earnest , and would have rescued that association from the aspersions of its enemies , and have taught them a les . -oi of the value of their reasoning , and persuaded them that the return of a repeal member at the next election would be certain . wanted

      ( CHieering , groans , and hisses . ) They repeal , and nothing else . ( Hear , hear . ) haw , he was afraid that the return of Mr . Shiel would cause a stain to rest on the records of the association . ( Cheers ; and cries of "No" and " Yes . " ) This was his ( Mr . Walter ' s ) opinion , for he thought that adopting a more decided policy wruld be better ; for they should not have excepted Dungarvon after putting out Dr . Stock and Serjeant Murphy from Cashel and Cork . ( Hear , hear . ) Captain Brodrick . —I deny it . . ( Cheers ; and cries of "Hear , bear . " ) The Lord Mayor . —Allow Mr . Maher to proceed . ( Tremendous confusion . ) Mr . O'Connell —Leave hisn to me , and I will answer him : Serjeant Stock was a man of ability . i and one to whom no objection , could be made ; and

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      Serjeant Murphy was equally unexceptionable . ( Cheercf . ) Mr . Meagher . —I want Repealers and no apostates . ( Awful uproar , and cries of " Name , name . " ) Mr . O'Connell . —I-will name . Mr . Meagher .-rShalllname , my Lord ? ( Cheers ; and cries of .. 'iName . " ;¦ . TheXord Mayor—I think not . ( Tremendous confusion , and cries of " Name . " ) Mr , Mcachcr . —I have no objection to name if called on . iVr . O'Connell . -i call on this gentleman to —M ' " * i . ' ne """ Ms . to refer to me , I repudiate it d ^ fiVnSS ) - , W ,, Uie ' COn * en , P' - ( CllCerS > and Mr . Meagher . —I allude to the rumour of Hip inpo ntmont of Mr . Clements to a ^ elnntntMuation by the-Whi ga . ( Cheers . ) sovemmcut situ-Slnmo ^ "" ' -7011 Charge a manin hfs absence

      -Mr . J . 0 Connell . —1 rise to order . After that specimen of fair play I think there is no terms to be kept with these gentlemen . ( Cheers . )* Mr . O'Connell—Three gentlemen have come from the iVaCion office to attack us . ( Cheers , and cries of " Put there out . " ) Mr . J . O'Connell . —After what has occurred I . call on those gentlemen to subscribe to the principles of th ? association peace , and no physical force ; and if they do not do so they are not members . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Mitchell . —Mr . O'Connell is not speaking to order . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . J . O'Connell . —I am , and call for this declaration ( cheers ) , before any thing further is done . The association is at stake . ( Loud cries of " Put him out . " . ) Mr . O'Gorman . —I think the question before the chair should be disposed of first . ( " Hear , " and cries of " No . no . " )

      Mr . Meagher . —I hear that it is not true that Courseller Clements has got an appointment , and I beg to apologise . ( Hisses and cheers . ) Mr . Steele . —Sir , you must apologise to him for yonr audacious attack . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Meagher . —I do apologise . Captain Broderick . —Now go on with your list . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Meagher . —I had no one to name but the one—A Voice —You spoke in the plural . ( Chcors and cries of "Put him out . " ) Mr . Meacher . —I think no Repealer should take a situation from the Whigs . ( Cheers . ) The Lord M . iyor . —The O'Connor Don is a Repealer . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Meagher . —But not a member of the association /

      Mr . O'Connell . —Is such a man as the O'Connni Don to be called an aiostate by this young gentleman ? : ( Cries of" No | no , " and " Put * him out . " ) Mr . Meagher . —I am now done . As to phy .-ical force I am an advocate for the principles of this association until it declare those principles futile . ( Cheers . ) Mr . O'Connell , having denied the appointment of Mr . Clements , and stated tbat he saw no reason why a Repealer should not take a situation from the Whigs , for they had abused Lord Ebrington for excluding them from promotion ( cheers ) , the learned gentleman argued for the great principle of peace , and proposed the adoption of- the following' report : —

      REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE LOYAL NATIONAL REPEAL ASSOCIATION OP IRELAND . The committee deem it right that the association should , by adopting this report , " assert once more its entire independence of any newspaper circulating in any part of Great Britain or Ireland . The association should disclaim in the most empathic manner , any conformity upon the part of the association with , or any species of responsibility for the lucubrations or opinions set forth by any newspaper whatsoever . i The association does not only participate in , but neither demandt or exercise * any control over the sentiments expressed by any of the journals , whether tho 3 ? sentiments be the result of folly or of wisdom , of caprice , or of patriotism . The b ' ame in each case , if any be deserved , or the praise , if any he merited , belongs exclusively to the writers for those papers , and does not attach , in any degree , to the association .

      TJiekCommittee next deem it important that the association slioul'l call the attention of the country to the principle on tvlitcli the association is founded , and to the utility of having that principle distinctly understood in every part of the British islands . It is the principle o : seelclna ; the amelioration of political institutions by peaceable and legal means alone , disclaiming and abhoring all attempts to improve and augment constitutional liberty by means of force , violence , or bloodshed . . Tlu ' re are already upon record the following declarations and resolutions of the Repeal Assoeiation : — 1 . The basis of the Repeal Association was laid on the 15 th of April , 1 S 40 . The following were the threifirst propositions constituting such basis ;—" 1 . Most dutiful and ever inviolate loyalty to our most graeious and ever-beloved Sovereign Queen Victoria and her heirs and successors for ever .

      ' 2 . The total disclaimer of , and the total absence from all physical forre , violence , or breach of the law ; or , in short , any violation of the laws of man , or the ordinance of the eternal God , whose holy name be ever blessed . ' 3 . The only mean * to be used are those of peaceful legal , and constitutional combination of all classes , sects , and persuasions of her Majesty ' s loyal subjects ; and , the power » f public opinion , concentrate . ! upon most salutary , and always legal , means and oVjects , ' The rules of the assoeiation were adopted at the same raefcting . and amongst them were the following rules : — ' . 17 , The sole and exclusive means of obtaining the objects we desire to attain are by argument , reasoning , the concentration of the Irish people , and by petitions to the Legislature , asd finally by legislation .

      ' 18 . That any person who shall violate the law in any particular , in doing or purporting to do the business o the assoeiation . is hereby declared to ho no longer * member , and that he shall be expelled so soon as the fact is discovered . ' ' An a . Wress was on the 21 st April , 1810 , voted to the people of Ireland on the subjret of the repeal rent . That address was circulated throughout tho Irsh nation , and in it are to be found the following paragraphs : — jThconl y modes of action which we . would advise or assist in , must he , in their nature , legal and constitutional , and in their operation always tranquil , peaceable , and totally devoid of viol-nea or outrage of any kind whatsoever . ' We resort only to moral force— to tho power of public opinion—to " the coiisentration of legal and peaceable combination—to tho . presentution of petitions signed by millions—and the iiiflumice of such petitions to obtain thehgisliitive enactment we desire .

      Another address was voted by the Repeal Association , on October 2 , 1 S 10 , and circulated throughout the entire island . This lattcraddress was adopted and published in replyto a speech ihade by Lord Ebrington to the late corporation . It contains the folloivl . ig passages amongst others;—' His Excellency , Lord Ebrington , opsnly and firmly declares his total disbelief of the repeal being carried by legal and constitutional means , at the same time acknowledging that th-advocates of that measure are not seeking it by means of any other description . « He openly and firmly declares his conviction of evil consequences to Ireland , were the repeal of the Union effected . He openly and firmly declares his determination to put down , by the strong arm of the law , all endeavours to carry the repeal by other than the most perfect legal and constitutional means .

      'And he expresses finally his strong assurance that a great majority of the Repealers themselves would ' join with , and supp ort him in measures of coercion should these be rendered necessary by any breach of the I : w in the agitation for repeal . ' « We are as firmly and as fully convinced of thegood that would result to both countries from the repeal of the union , as Lord Ebrington can be of the contrary , and we are of course perfectly convinced of the practicability ot its being carried . We are as firmly determined to use no other than legal and constitutional means to effect that repeal , as he can he to prevent the adoption of means of a violent and illegal character .

      ' His Excellency may be most fully confident that he will find us repealers foremost in supporting and vindicating the cause of ' peace , law , and order , ' for this plain reason , "fellow-countrymen , if for no other' That wo are convinced that nothing but the breaking of the law by tbe advacates of repeal , can ever prevent the glorious accomplishment of . that glorious measure . An address to the people of England was passed at . ft meeting of the Loval National Repeal Assoeiation , luild on Monday , the IGth of November , 1 SI 0 . This addrass , after stating our objects , went on in the follo-. wag words : — > t -, , , We seek those ends by peacenik' and legal SMsms

      # Another Account Says:— " Mr, O'Connell...

      # Another account says : — " Mr , O'Connell denounced this proceeding on , She part of Mr . Meagher in the strongest ttrms , and s .-fwrobated Mr . Meagher as one of a miserable clique competed with the A ' otton newspaper—a clique whose ohje'rt whs physical force , and to create disturbance . Ha-would now tell these gentlemen , that if they did not catvrely abjure thpir physical force doctrines , they ceasadi ipso / ado to belong to this ass leiation . ( Cheers , aivi t-iius of ' Turn them out . ' ) "Mr . O'Connell then proceeded to reply at length to Mr . Meagher , and said they complained of lord Ebrington because he excluded Rrpeahrs froia office , ami are they now to complain of the present Govunmrat because they made no such distinction ? TW learned gentleman advocated the polluy of accepting all that the Whigs would give at considerable length , but appeared embarrassed , languid , and feeble .

      "Mr . Mitehel and Mr . O'Gorrann ( barristers ) expressed their regretthat a Repealer was not started for Dungarvan , Mr . O'Gorman denied that he was an advocate for physical force , and so long as he belonged to this association he admitted that ho was bound against any such proceeding . "Mr . O'Connell next denounced all reeour . ee to physical farce , and the doctriues put forth especially in the Mion newspaper , "

      # Another Account Says:— " Mr, O'Connell...

      alone—by meetings constitutionally , bgally , and ppace . fully assembled and conducted , - - by-pelilions-to-parllai mnnt respectfull y though firmly worded—above all , by la . OOUi-ing to return proper representatives : . - fhe chartists advoen te th « use of " tlie torch and the "agger physical force instead of moral , arid- ' in rw many a Caselelt their stormy and seditious meeting onl * to sell themselves at the IIU 8 H „ to the hTchnt bidder . 1 t was he refusal of the Irtel , people to join with ( udl ' " 89 these that Ims ehu-fly contributed to rrmnmt ior that , „ . pie tho bostihty of tho brfkoFyour radic . ) Piip , rs On the subject of the Ctertist movement , certain re *» lutions were unanimousl y adopted at a . meetiu . r of ll-w Repeal Association , held on Monday , the 13 ! h September , 1811 . The last resolution paused on that occasion was in the following terms : — "Lastly . The Repealers wi 51 us little ris * the danger as endure the contamination of Chartist violenrc . Lead .

      ing Chartists have proclaimed the torch and dagger as adjuncts to their agitation—leading Chartists have appeared in open iattle array against tlie Queej / s troops ; and now that the leaders of that insurrection hare been upon the- merits convicted of high treason , nlibft-ugb deprived of the benefit of a point of low , yet thmigh tho conviction was upon the merits , these laiders are fried up as martyrs by the Chartists . Their names are invoked with applause at their public meetings , and thus Chartism becomes united with hig h treason . ' The peaceful , temperate , moral , and loyal Repealers Of Ireland can therefore have no connection with practical Chartism , ' Another address to the people ' of Ireland'was voted unanimousl y by the association ' , on Montlav the 13-th of Juivember . 184 : ! , It was prt-p ' ared , proposml , and signed by Mr . O ' Connell . It contains the following paraer phs : _

      Recollect that the princi ples upon which we have looked for the repeal ol the union is , that it c « n he obtained only by legal , peaceable , and constitutional means , and by the tot-. il absence of violence , ft . ree and rumnlt . ' Recollect also that the principle of political life ; and . that in which I have instructt-a the people ' of Ireland is , that all the ameliorations and improvements in political institutions can be obtained b y p . severing in ' a perfectly peaceable and legal course , and cannot be obtained by forcible means ; or if they could he-got . by forcible means ,, such means create more evils than- they cure , and leave the couutry worse than they f . umdit , ' The instructions to the repeal wardens were passed b y the unanimous vote of the association , on Monday , September 1 C . 1814 . They contain the i ' oifowing instruction * to the repeal wardens

      ;—* The Loyal National Repeal Association disclaims alt force and violence . It proclaims that the cause is to sue cecd by peace and perseverance , and that the man that violates the law gives strength to ' the enemies of Ireland / The association commenced the present year by the following resolution , unaiiimously ' ndopred on the Cth of January , 184 C . It is in the following words : — 'That , humbly submissive to tho "dispensations of an ever-adorable ¦ Providence , but confiding : in his mercifulprotection , we solemnly pledge ourselves-, in the name of the brave , moral , virtuous , and religious-people of Ireland , and in the presence of the British nation , and of all the people of Europe and America , tbat we will consent to no surrender , no compromise nopostpontnu-nt of our nndonbt . d rights , but that wo will unremittingly persavere in alllec ; . 'il . constitntional , 'nnd above : ill , nil peaceable means and no ofhet , until wc attain the restoration of the legislative independence of Ireland , and re-establish . our nationality , subject in dutiful slid inviolable allegiance to the Monarch of Great Britain and-Ireland , but protected by a resident Irish Parliament . '

      Having- thus detailed the reiteration of the prir . cipleof action adopted by the association , and being , ' in itself , the very basis of the association—namely , the r > rinciple that the amelioration of political institutions ought not to be sought for by any other means than those which aro perfectly peaceable , legal , and constitutional . That to promote political amelioration , peaceful means . alone should be used , to the exclusion of all others savo those that are peaceable , legal and constitutional ' . It has been said , very unwisely , that this principle prohibits the necessary defence against asgression on the part of n domestic Government or a foreign enemy . It noes no such thimr . It leaves the ri ght of self-defence perfectly free to the use of any force sufficient to-restst and defeat unjust aggression .

      We emphatically announce our conviction that all political amelioration—ind the first and highest of all ; the repeal of the union , ought to bo sought lor , a nil can be sought tor successfully , only by peaceable , leg-. il and constitutional means , to the utter ixelusion of any other . In short , that the repeal of the union can and ought to be obtained by the same peaceable means by which Catholic Emancipation was achieved , and by the same exclusively peaceable system of action by which the Ami G ' -rn-Law League so gloriously triumphed over every resistance ,. : itid obtained this repeal of the corn laws , by which means alone we can , we ought , and . with tlie blessing of Almighty IVovideiice , we will obtain the repeal of theunion . " Tho rent is supposed to amount to about £ I 80 i

      The Season And The Crops. After Three We...

      THE SEASON AND THE CROPS . After three weeks of rain , accompanied by frequent : builder storms , the weather has again become settled , and since Thursday hut has been all that could be tlesircD for the ripening of the cr , ps . The brisk windsof Saturday , Sunday , and yesterday have cairieduti ' the surplus moisture , and have raised the grain which-had been beaten down iu the thunder s ' uims . In all openfields the corn again stands erect , and promises to be good in quail : y ; t . s well as abundant in piantity .- . the only places in which it is down are in iim . ks .-md corners , and in fields in which the hedges ,- , re too high , or the hedgerow trees too . thick .

      . The late . !|| HBs have done much more good than-harm , even to the whViit , for they have greatly increased the weight of the grain without injuring its quality ; . and they have proved the salvation of the other crops . Had ifc not been for this well-timed supply- of moisture the springcorn would have proved a failure ; the straw of . the oats and barley was everywhere stunted and dried up ,, and ; the growth of ( he plant much too feeble to haw produced any considerable weight of grain ; since the- i-ain began ; to fall those kinds of eorn have grown vigorously and now promise to yield a very fair return . On very light drylands the change in the spring corn during the lust tlit'tiu-Week * h wonderful .

      The root crops , which are still mure dependent on the summer rains , and » hich indeed could not be cultivated without the-ii , have also grown wonderfully since the commencement of the rains , the potato crops- are closing in the drill * , and so aie those of the turnip . crnps whieh were got in rime to be started by the spring-, rains ; the latter sown turnips , which appe .-ned to- have pei'i & lied during the long drought of . May and Jutie , -. are new growing vigorously r She fanners are everywhere busy , iu cleaning aud thmnitig them , and this-is . a much . easier operation than it is in seasons taut are wet from the heginuing . It is in seasons-like thU that wp can . truly , boast inthis country of that rtruetual spring whiaii Virg . il withipouic . license attributes to the climate of Ltttly . The fu-uU are agaia as fresh with the young herbage and with second crops nf clovei' as they weie at the beginning ; of May , and they arc now likely to continue so to the uluet of the year .

      Should the- presient f : ne weather ' continue haavest wil commence iu this neighbourhood iu another foMaight . — Liuer » ool Times , Tuesday . '¦"'

      I Miitiiw ©Rea.T Fire In C-A-Arlestgwl*....

      i miiTiiw © REA . T FIRE IN C-a-ARLESTGWl * . Roston , June 27 . —A fire broke out , about one o ' clock this morning , in Quimbj ' s lard nnd oil factory , in Warren-stri-ui , Charltstown , which , with all its aonteuts was entirely destroyed . The are »] mi communicated to a dwelling house owiied hy . Mr . s .. Ivennall .. andi occupied by Mr . S-. Crane and Mr . Sjlvestcr , whiuh . was likewise totally , consumed . The dwelling house of Mr . Kendall Uailev , next to the oil factory , wnVeonsidi-anhly damaged . Tim wind being iu the right direction , to , ciwy the flumis from : the house , it was finally saved , though Mr . Bailey ' s tine garden in the rear was very much , injured by being ; occupied by the firemen in . extinguishing the flames .

      © si tbe opposite side ot : Warrcn-street the fire roniniu-. nis « te < l to a large house , nearly new , belonging to t ! ' .. e ~ bs-jrsof John Coffin , from which the tenants bad lati . ly .. removed . The upyer story ot the Iw-use was ruined before , the firemen succeeded , in . mastering the fi . inies , : > ml thi whole was , completely drenched with water . This house is in the care ol * tlio-Uioii . Benjamin Thump- , son , member offiongrtss , whose wife is one of tho-heirs . of'the estate . Two or threi-nice houses , belmnxing to Mr . Olonuriii . deputy sheriffi" of- this eily ,. were- very considerably da ^ Hinged but vw .-r . tf finally saved : by the persevvsring and ^ energetic exertions of the tiiieme « i . The burning of the & ifcfactory and its greasy contents ,, made a meet brilliant illuinbui ^ 'U , which lasted fur ovcr ^ two hours . It light-id-uptbe- * Hy >< f Hosier in splendid : style , an & what was . the most imposing spectacle , in tho . shape oS a connag . iiiti » u , thai 1 have sets fur a great * While ,. . ,

      It rained quite hard during ; a portioi :, » f the timo tjtaft the Use was ragbag ,, Tfhte was . a fomiwtc circumstance , for the oil factory was surrounded b y . wooden buildings , that would b : \ VQuaujhl instantly ha-jit not been tor , tho drenching ruin . The firemen < . f Htis-ton , tjambsb ' . gc . iio . di Chelsea , were-promptly on the spes , and thin-exertions ,, in conjunct km with the . Charlcistowii fire dep ; ii ; tin . en , ' < i , saved the town from wide spKvad and destructive . CO * lamity . Somo difficulty , I buiiwu ,. was i- ^ eriencedVin , obtaining an adequate supply of wat-i \ . Ho , w the fira originated is not known * It was iwctiy weU wder way whin discovered . Tfca amount , of loss tu ^ d insu - rance , 1 am unable togiv . ' - , as this ltjlttris written very early in the morning , , .

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      Fiyg Jitah §M Sary Of The Birth Of Gluck...

      sary of the birth of Gluck was cell united on inst . at Vienna , on which occasion a Ills memory was inaugurated ; it consists granite slab , with tho likeness of . the nl brouzo . Other doings in honour of this original composer aro also spoken of . It ^ however , that the Viennese rather wish t 0 hear bim , for none of his operas has been there fo : some years , ¦

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 18, 1846, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_18071846/page/7/