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      Monday, Aroost 21 . House Of Lords.-The ...

      Rebate i : ad tafceu , as it was now manifest the qoef . tioa coairl not rest where it wa « . He would therefore bacos-. r-ntthst the metion should be negatived without S division . At the same time , bs gave notice that be wool-: ¦ .- - ithe attention ofthe house to the snoj : ct at an ea-.- ' . v ncr od next session . , , Ti-re-vioas caution was then put and earned witn . out * d vision . , , Afu , s . ipo . big ef someosher bodne .. . the home was * cur . »; ioat f ' at two o ' clock . WEDSESDAY , Ace . HOr ^ fJ OF COilMOXS . —The Speaker took the cheir attwe !" - o ' clfclt .

      DrK ' . is Electios . —Lard R . GbosvekoB brought up the Rvr- 'r : of the Dublin Election Committee , which stated : ¦ ; it John Reynolds , Esq ., an 3 Edward Grogan , Esq :. ti been duly elected as membtra of patltamen ' . for thr diy cf Dublin . Tbo co-nmitteo fa-ther stated tbat tne } concurred in the repor ; of the committees of ISSo it-i 1 S 3 S , whh regard to the irregularities in the assefsc . " at of the municipal taxes which tended to restrict ¦ ' ' ¦ - ' exercise of the franchise . The c ^ mm'tree bad spent stv . uty-twe days in a most uniaiUfactory inquiry , iii-d tfeey strofigly recommended to the house to tike eerly measures to prevent the recurrence of an evil which f : ivalved several parties in serious expense . ( Hear , hear . ) Naples and Sicilt . —Lord J . Russell , at tbe instance

      of Sir J . Walsh , explained the cause of the appearance Of the I ? .-uish fl :-et in tha Bsy of Nap les , which was in conseq- ^ r . ce of ths Keapalitan government' having thre ^ ned British subj cts in N -. pies , in common with its ewt :. with tbe imposition of a forced loan . Oa Sir W . Pai kit ' s arrival , howevtr , he found that this proj act had been abandoned , and interference on his pirt therefore bccsrns Hnneeessary . As between the King of Kaples ^ rd his own subjects the admiral had received no instructions that would lead him to take any hostl ' e msasure ; as against eitherparty . Scpplt , —Tbs houss then went into Committee of Supply on the miscellaneous estimates , which occupied theheu-e , with a slight sojournment , until a quarter , past two o ' clock in the morning . On tfce vote of £ 10 , 700 for Polish Refugees being put , Mr B- OfBOBSE moved i ! s disallowance , on the ground that tbe time had arrived when it should altogeiher cease .

      After some discussion , on an aisnrance from the CaiiscELLoa oi tbi Exchequer tbat no persoa should from henceforth participate in the grant who was not from age or infirmity prevents from retarnisg t 9 his own country . Mr Osborne withdrew his amendment , and the vete wsj sereed to . A cumber of votes were agreed to In the course of the evening , after which the vote for Civil Cantingencies orurinatcd s debate , Mr B . O . B 3 BKE nisved that it be reduced by the sura of £ 4 045 . the amount awarded by the government to Sir C . TrcveJyan and other persons for extra services performed in carrying out the rtlief measures for

      Ireland . Ths ccmmiitee having divided , the amendment was negatived by a majority of 59—the numbers fourteen to seventy-tbree . The grants for Distressed Unions In Ireland , in aid of the rat ? -- until the harvest , and for emigration to tho British S * r'h American colonies , were agreed to after debate ; , w ' . on , these being thelast estimates to be voted , the chairman left the chair , and the house resumed amidst lend cheers—[ What the devil did they cheer for ? "vTa- it " because they had succeeded in plucking the peopie for another year ?] TJKLi \ UTL Oaths ( Ieeland ) Bill—Sir 0 . Gaer moved th ^ -bird reading of thia bill .

      Hr S . Coawfosd proee ; ded at great length to review the conr- * - -A legislation which ha < 3 been pursued towards Irusnd during the past year , and complained that the i-n-einment , instead of remedial measures , had Coerces ti- ' people and aggravated their distresses . Tha hon . c-: n' -rQ !> n received an intimation from the Speaker that he * r . * travelling away from tha obj » ct before the boose , and brought his address to a close . Mr P . ikssps said no peace could exist in Ireland na ^ il the regions of landlord end tenant were placed on a more -a'asfactorv footing than it present .

      Mr O'Coxn-or said : Sir , there is no man in this house , n-j- in this country , more opposed to secret association * than I am , because I feel convinced that they arc ' . i > -ed by the artful and designing for the promotion of their own profligate purposes . And I have now in my pocket sufficient proof to establish the fact , that every Chartist in London , who has been seduced into a violation of the law , has been the dupe of a government spy and informer . But , sir , altbriT ; ih I am willing to make this admission , yet I ca-intit see by what rule of this house the hon . member for Rochdale was stopped when he was showing 'he cause oi those secret duos and associations . Tbere is no inquietude in this house , —there is no imnitience when its time is wasted with

      religious sqii- 'bles , sugar squabbles , and foreign diplomacy , b ; t when the-case of the suffering Irish is mooted , it is not the time for entertaining the question . Da * is not the opposition of the noble lord ( John I ;<; 5 < ell ) to the amendment of the hon . member for Tbchdale a direct violation of his former principle . ¦ • hich was to give to the Lord-Lieutenant of Irelau-: almost irresponsible power , while now he \ rould pl & ce that power in the hands of a spurioas magistrai'v . Who were the magistrates of Ireland ? They we h the nominees of absentees who bad abandoned their duties , —middlemen , —men who when the present rebellion was suppressed , would use their ]> owers to take vengeance upon the people . What remedial measure had been proposed for

      Irelaud darin ? this long and tedious session ? many were pressed , and some were proposed , but it was the custom of ministers to withdraw their own measures if ' . ' re ? were met by the dissent of a single member : j tbiY side ofthe house or of that side of the house And with regard to what had been stated b < ihe hon . member for Stroud , that Ireland was like a maniac , and wanted a straig ht waistcoat , he would fll the hon . member that the Irish were without v- < istcoats and without food , and although he ( Mr C'C onnor ) should not find a seconder in that house he we . uld be no party to that Coercion Bill any more > 'ian he had to any other Coercion Bill , and that ir he stood alone he would move tbat it be read that dav six months .

      The SptAKER put the question , when their appearing no seconder for the hon . member ' s motion , the Speancr declared the « Ayes ' had it . Mr ( VCgnxob . declared , amid much laughter , that the ' SO' had it . The Bi l wesread a third time and passad . A lost -iecussion took place oa the Diplomatic Ke ! a . tions wit- , tne Csnrt of Rime Bill . The debate was ad ioutned tili sir o'clock .

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      The I»Ish State Prisoners.—Mr C. Gavan D...

      The I » ish State Prisoners . —Mr C . Gavan Duffy is rue son of a farmer in the county of Monagl : ar .. He is a Roman Catholic and not more than 32 ; . ars of age . —Mr Meagher is son of Mr Thomas . " . wagher , M . P . for Waterford City—a merchant and Alderman of that place , who has amassed considerable wealth by trading with America . The young gentleman , now about 26 years of ae ° ., possesses some property independent of his > ' •' nf-r , with whom , as well as with his brother . ¦ ¦ - - has always been at variance so far as politics at r oncerned . He also is a Roman Catholic . Acc ord ! -1- - his own statement , he was induced to embark ii , the cause of repeal by O'Connell's many warlike ;• . ; . !>• ' alsto the vouth of Ireland . —Mr Doheny

      is not l' ^ t t ' - ; an . 45 years of age . He is a barrister , but mat ;; - >^ . - ; followed the occupation of schoolmaster . I " . is a Roman Catholic—Mr Dillon is a barrister , r . id took a gold medal and other honours in Trinity { allege , Dublin . He is also a very young man . so < - ' ¦ an extensive corn merchant iu the county « .-: Mayo . He is also a Roman Catholic—Mr O'Gor . i'an , jun ., is son to an extensive woollen draper iii Dublin , and is a Roman Catholic—Mr Martin .- < ¦ gentleman of independence . He was the first ;•' . !) ihern Protestant who joined the Confederates , ivid has latterly rendered himself conspicuous " l * y being editor of the Felon newspaper . — Mr O'Doherty , of the Tribune , lately tried , is a medical student . He is a native of the south of Ireland , and a Roman Catholic .

      Rott- >> fcss cf the Cltjb Ststem . —On the night o ; ' iit general sraash up of the clubs , the Club vi £ ; iy a unanimous resolution dissolved . « \ Vhat j 5 t' be done *« th the books ? ' asked one rebel- ' i '» -: n tbem , ' replied three or four . 'No , no , ' reiuvi . :..-d the secretary , ' you know tbat I have all alorn : i : Ktn pare to let nothing dangerous appear in them av . ^ if they should be burned , who knows what assertions might hereafter be made ? I undertake to ; ary them till Doomsday if necessary . ' Tbe worthy setr > : ary was appointed custos in due form . At eleven o ' clock p . m ., the assembly separated . At sixteen minut' -s after eleven o ' clock two inside cars stopped ? . : t-ic door of the office of the detective police in the Lower Castle yard , and by the faint

      glimmer -. A a light tbe treasurer of tbe late ——Club ei-: i-r . lered the secretary , with the books ander hi .- arm ! Then they mutually discovered the secret that c ^ ch was , and hid been for some time , en informer , the treasurer giving daily reports of the proite-a-. ngs of tbe club , with neat outlines of tbe lebtiiiaus speeches of the secretary , while this functionary just as regularly reported progress . There was no single act performed at any one of the ^\ b meetings which had not been immediately reported to Col . Browne . He holds accurate lists of all the members , knows which bas arras , and the ^ escri ptiou , whether gun , pistol , pike , or sword , and hence the large number of arrests that have £ een made . —fokn Bull .

      Arrest And Examination Of Cuffay. At Hal...

      ARREST AND EXAMINATION OF CUFFAY . At half-past three o ' clock , William Cuffay « a ? brought before Mr Henry , at Bow-street , on Saturday , charged with ' wilfully and feloniously compassing , imagining , inventing , devising , and intending to levy war against her Majesty , within that part of the United Kingdom called England , in order by force and constraint to compel her said Majesty to change her measures and counsels , by certain overt acts committed by him . Mr Clsrkaon attended on the part of the Treasury to prosecute .

      Thomas Powell , the _ iaformer , deposed that the prkouer was at a meeting of the delegates held on Tuesday evening last at the Lord Denman beer shop , Suffoife-Btreet , Blackfrian-road . After a sub-committe had arranged what was to ba done , the prisoner interfered by saying , ' Mr Chairman , make haste , you know that I want to be off . All my men are waiting to see me ; yon know that I take the western division . ' The prisoner also said , when it was being discussed as to whether they should fight or no— ' Sou had better put it shortly all round—yesor no '; and when the question waa put to Cuffny he aaid ' Yes . ' Tbere were about forty present , and two dissentients .

      By Mr Henry . —The delegates were known to each other . There was no doorkeeper . On Tuesday evening last tbe delegates proposed that they should adopt a pass word , when ' Frogtand Mitchel ' was suggested . This was opposed , and the word ' Justice' was proposed and carried . The chairman ( Mullins ) then snid that Ritchie would keep tbe door at the Orange Treo , and npon a member presenting himself Ritchie would ask him what he wanted ; the reply would be * Justice , ' and he would then be admitted . The prisoner was asked if he wished to say anything , when he replied that after what had been given on oath it would be useless for him to make any reply .

      Sergeant Thompson , of the F division , deposed that he went to No . 11 , Hollon ' s-street , Wardouratreet , between seven and eight o ' clock on Friday night , and found the prisoner in a three » pair back room . He read a portion of the charge , when Cnffay said , ' That is sufficient ; as I an a Chartist , I understand all about it . ' He refused to go at first . On Sergeant West attempting to search the room , Cuffay took out of a drawer a pistol , and attempted to hand it to his wife , but it dropped on the floor . The pistol was loaded with ball . The fireplace appeared as if a large quantity of paper had been recently burned . He found a blue flag having the' Westminster District' on it . Cuffay said the flag had been used on the occasion of the demonstration ofthe National Land Company , in August last year , when they went to Herrinesgate , and also at Kennington Common , on the 10 th of April .

      Mr Clarkson then applied far a remand until the 3 lst , which was granted ; and , on leaving the bar , Cuffay said , ' Good day , gentlemen . ' He was shortly afterwards removed in the van .

      ( From theZ ? ai 7 i ; News of Monday . ) It having been known to the government that the Chartists and Confederates intended to bold a series of meetings on Sunday , the utmost precautions were taken to prevent a breach of peace it any of the places announeed for the assemblies to come off . Men in plain clothes were planted in the midst of the meetings for the purpose of apprehending those parties who have hitherto escaped , and against whom warrants were granted on Thursday last . Men armed with cutlasses were in reserve , last night , at Towerstieet . Lambeth , Stones-end , Southwark , Bow-street , and Westminster , to assist the others in capturing those parties in the event of their making an appearance at any of tho meetings . Meeting at thk South Lonoon Hall . —At eleven on Sunday morning , a meeting was held at the above hall , for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of establishing schools for the teaching children and adults Chartist principles .

      The chair having been taken by a young maDi whose name was not announced ( nor were the names of any of the speakers , ) a person got up and stated that tbey were met on a subject of great and vital importance to the working classes , and which was to consider how the people onght to be educated . He then read an extract from a newspaper referring to the treatment of the poor in workhouses , when he observed that some years hence when people would read the accounts of the present state of the country they would b 3 perfectly astonished . ( Hear , hear . ) Tea , seeing so much knowledge and information in the various arts and sciences , how tbe rulers of a country could allow society to be in the position it was . ( Hear . ) They were skilled in mechanical , chemical , and other sciences ; bat , with regard to that

      important branch of education which referred to the happiness of the people , they were in almost as great a state of ignorance as tbey were two hundred years ago . ( Hear , hear . ) Some were of opinion that the government was to blame , but for his part he thought the fault rested with the people , who ought to take the subject into their own bauds . The question resolved itself into the proposition—what were the means to ba used in order to carry out these Objects , by which the greatest amount of happiness could be produced ? To accomplish this the working classes must trust to themselves , and he maintained that tbey had tbe power to carry out such a plan . ( Cheers . ) How was it to be done ? By union among themselves . The working classes were tbe sources of

      the wealth of society , and could , if tbey were so disposed , make use of it to their own advantage . There were no schools in which tbe principles of Chartis-n were taught He thought that schools should be established for that purpose , as he was convinced from the want of knowledge bsing had by the great majority of the working classes of what these principles were , that Chartism was not understood as it ought to be . That subject ought to be seriously considered by the working classes . The Chartists at that hall could , with the assistance of the working classes , establish a school for the education of their children . Let them only establish them , and they would soon have the support oi their brethren ia all parts of the kingdom . ( Hear . )

      A second speaker said he cordially coincided with the proposition of the last one , and he considered the object to be one of vast importance . He would suggest that at their next meeting tbey should appoint a committee , which should have power to carry out the proposition . ( Hear , hear . ) He would give all the assistance he could towards its accomplishment . He was sorry to say thatmany worfeingmen , through not having a right education , did not set that ex ample which they ought to do . It was not enough tbat children should be tnught reading , writing , and aritkmetic , but they should be instructed in the

      glorious principles of the Charter , which would tend to the establishment of their political rights . ( Cheers . ) A third party , on taking a similar view ofthe proposition , remarked that it was from the imperfect knowledge of what were the political principles by which the working man was in sueh a state of degradation and poverty . It was a well-known fact that ihi working classes were the producers of wealth , and that they were the poorest classes in society . ( Hear . ) The cause of this was owing to the circumstance of their receiving nothing in return from those wtrt were the non-producera .

      Other parties having addressed the meeting , it was preposed to take the subject into further consideration nest week , which was carried . Arrest of a Mas armed with a Daggbb . —On Sunday evening a man , named James Carley , was apprehended in the neigbourhood of Drury-lane with a dagger in his possession . He was taken to Bowstreet police court , and bis lodgings in Savage-court , Paradise-street , Lambeth , were searched , but no other weapons were found therein . A Qtjeeb Stokt . —On Monday a suspicions character , having a dagger in his possession , was apprehended near the entrance to the House of Commons . About six o ' clock the police con itables who were stationed at the members' entrance to the house had their attention drawn to a middle aged man in a mechanic's garb , who , from the sitting ot the house , waa observed ta bo walking up and down , and scrutinising the several members as they passed and

      entered the house . He was accompanied by a female , who was decently attired . While they were thus walking backwards and forwards the conduct of tbe man attracted the attention of some of the bystanders , who observed the handle of a dagger or some other weapon concealed in his bosom . The constables watohed him more narrowly , but no steps were taken to apprehend him until Mr Ley , one of the clerks of tke house , confirmed the statement before eommunicated to them that a dagger or gome other weapon was secreted on his person . Upon this two of the constables inquired what he wanted , when in a violent manner he said , 'If you touch me I will do for you as I intend to do for him . ' At tbe same time he pulled out a long dagger . This he flourished over his head , but before he could use it he was seized and conveyed to the station-house . When apprehended he refused to give any name or account of himself .

      A meeting was held on Monday m Webber-street , to propose a subscription for the wives and families of the Confederates and Chartists recently arrested . A lad and a very old man addressed those present , and a begging-box was presented , but the meeting rather hastily broke np on it being whispered that tho police were in the street . BOW-STREET . —Mondat , August 21 . —Apprb HESSIOH ASD EXMURATIOK OP ANOTHER ChARTIST Delegate —W . Dowling , a portrait painter , residing at No . 5 , Nassau-street , Middlesex Hospital , was charged with joining in treasonable practices with others in custody against her Majesty and her government .

      Thomas Powell , who gave evidence at the other examinations , stated that he knew tbe pritoner and saw him at tbe Lord Denman beershop on Tuesday night last , when Mr Mullins , the chairman , appealed on that occasion to tbe several persons present if t ' t-ey would go outarmed on Wednesday night to fight . He also put the question to the prisoner , who replied ' Yes . ' The game question was als ? asked to , and the same answer given b y the whole party exoegik two . The prisoner was a delegate of tho plotting committee to draw up plans , and to whjfth h , e waa a »

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      pointed on the 20 th July , at the Black Jack or Last public house near Lincoln ' s-inn . There were fourteen present , five of whom were appointed to draw up the plans of operation of attack , as witness supposed , with respect to the position of each . The prisoner was proposed and elected without any objection on bis part , and he agreed to serve . He continued on that committee until the night of Monday , 7 th August , when three resigned , and ultimately the entire body , previous te which there were several elections , one on the 30 th July , when they met at Mr Cartwright ' a coffee-house , in Redotoss-atreet . Cripplegate , at which time the committee resigned , and another was elected , consisting of Payne , Rose , Mullins , Basset instead of Brewster , and the prisoner . He continued on that committee , and a proposition was made at thetDispatch coffee-house in Bride-lane , Fieet-street . that it should be increased to nine

      persons . On Monday night , 7 th inst ., there was another election , but on Tuesday night tho prisoner said he would not serve as a delegate , although witness saw him attend at the Lord Denman beer-shop on the 9 th of August , when the question being asked it was proposed tbat ' Frost and Mitchel' should be the watchword , it being afterwards changed to ' Justice . ' The prisoner must have heard it . Every delegate was obliged to bring 10 s . to the subcommittee as a means of paying for certain purposes , which was proposed by Mullins , but he could not say if the prisoner brought money . There was a portion of the money spent , Mullins being chief spokesman and treasurer , en the 4 tb inst . at Cartwright ' a at which time the prisoner was also present , when it was agreed that Mr Basset should go to Manchester , Mullins having stated that he had seen Mr Kydd , who received a circular irom that place , desiring to know whether the committee were desirous of

      sending down a delegate . The name of Lacey was mentioned , and part ofthe money was handed to Basset , to defray Lacey ' s expenses , but he , however , did go down . The prisoner was to be among the Irion Confederates on Wednesday night , and they were to meet in different parts of the metropolis . By the Prisoner . —The reason why he considered he attended as a delegate and not as a private individual was , that he had repeatedly said aa much ; and he also heard him say that he had not sufficient interest in the cause to act as a delegate , but if he was not a Chartist he certainly was an Irish Felon . Every person acting as a delegate produced credential ! , but be could not say if the prisoner did £ 0 , although he attended perhaps not as the repraasiitative of a club , as it might have ceased to exist . He certainly should have been a delegate to have been admitted a member of the Plotting Club .

      The prisoner said that by the questions he asked , he wanted to show he was not acting tor any body of men , but on his own responsibility . Mr Henry . —Tha difference is not material ; if you take part in an illegal act , whether as a delegate or a private individual , you make yourself responsible . Prisoner . —I do not seek to shift the responsibility from my own shoulders , but I am anxious that others should not be implicated whom I do not represent . Sergeant Thompson proved that he apprehended the prisoner in the Lambeth-walk on Sunday night . Mr Henry said he should be remanded until the 31 st , when the other prisoners would be brought

      np-( From the Morning Chronicle . ) On Monday night , several meetings of tho Chartists and Confederates took place in the metropolis , and the greatest precautions were taken by the police to prevent a public disturbance at any of the places of meeting . At the South London Chartist Hall , a meeting tosk place at eight o'clock but the speeches delivered were of a common-place character , At half-past ten the proceedings terminated , aad tbe parties separated without coming into collision with the police .

      A meeting of Chartists and inhabitants of Clerkenwell and Islington , which was numerously attended , was held at the Literary Institution , Islington-green , for the purpose of promoting the extension of the principles of the Charter . Considerable alarm prevailed in the neighbourhood in consequence of the publicity given ofthe intended meeting . Upwards of a dozan policemen , in full uniform , were placed on duty in the room , and a strong force was in the street * , and also at the station-house , under the direction of Mr Superintendent Johnson , of the N division . This was the first meeting where the police have made their appearan nb in full uniform ; the object being that in the event of any treasonable language being used , the speaker should be immediately taken into custody .

      Mr Richard Moore was in the chair . He observed that it was in consequence of Louis Philippe's not having in time listened to the voice of the people for reform that he was not in possession of the French throne . They could not expect to gain the objects of the Chatter by any violent means , and could only succeed in their objects by moral force . ( Hear . ) Tho members of that society were very desirous of obtaining the Charter , but the only course they would recommend for success was , to act consistently with the lane and constitution ofthe omintry . Several other speakers addressed the meeting , but they all seemed to admit that the progress of Chartism had been retarded by the recent attempts at physical force . The assemblage subsequently separated peaceably .

      ARREST AND EXAMINATION OF MR J . SHAW , ON A CHARGE OF SEDITION . Mansion-house . —On Wednesday , Mr John Shaw , against whom a warrant had been issued several days ago by the Lord Mayor , for having attended an unlawlul meeting , and used seditions language , was brought before his lordship . A great deal of interest was excited by the examination—the prisoner having been chairman of the meeting in the Milton-street Theatre , at which the alleged seditious words were used , and Mr J . J . Bezer having been a few days ago committed to Newgate upon a similar charge . Mr Haywood , from the office of the solicitor to the Treasury , attended for the prosecution , and briefly stated the nature of the charge , which was precisely similar to that on whioh Bezer had been brought up .

      Mr White ( the Government short-hand writer ) , stated tbat he had attended a public meeting at the Milton-street Theatre , on the evening of the 28 th of July . There were at first about one hundred people collected , but the number increased till it reached abaut one thousand . They were the greater part of the poorer classes . The prisoner was called to the chair . The meeting was called together by a printed bill . Witness had taken short-hand notes of two speeches made by the prisoner , and the following was a copy of these notes : — Tbe witness then read the speech delivered by Mr Shaw . The resolution adopted by the meeting was as follows : —

      • Resolved—That the alarming state of Ireland at tho present crisis demands the strictest investigation of all true philanthropists and well-wishers to the British empire , and this meeting comes to the conclusion , tbat continuous misrule on the part of Great Britain has produced these disastrous results My friends , all of you who are of that opinion signify the same by holding up both your hands . ' The Lord Mayor to the prisoner ; Do you wish to make any observations with regard to the report of the speeches you bave heard read ? The prisoner : I do not at all mean to impugn the correctness of the report , but I wish , in justice to myself , to ask him a questien or two . You have been present when other speeches have been made by me ? Mr White : I have . The prisoner then asked a question relative to other matters , bnt

      The Lord Mayor decided that it could not be put , and requested that he would confine himself to what had taken place at the meeting at which these speeches were made . The prisoner apologised for any error he might make in consequence of his want of knowledge of the forms of law , and said —Did I not endeavour to quell the rising spirit of dissatisfaction , when the attempt was made to eject Mr Nash from the meeting ?—Mr White : You did . The prisoner : —Did I not do my best to quell any disturbance likely to take place ?—Mr White : You did . The prisoner : Havel not done ray best at different meetings at which you have 86 BE me to prevent breaches of the peace and disturbance of any kind ' —Mr White ; Yon have . The prisoner ; Did I not BUCCeod io making the meeting to which , you have particularly alluded a peaceable meeting ?

      Mr White : Yes , you advised the people to depart peaceably , and they did so ; but you did not prevent Mr Nash from being turned out . S . G . Rowley ( metropolitan policeman ) stated , tbat be apprehended the prisoner at half-past four o ' clock oa TrXfesday , in Little Windmiil-atreet in pursuance of a warrant issued by the Lord Mayor . Tne prisoner said , tho officer had taken a number of papers from his pos 3 ession , which had no reference at all to political matters , and he hoped the solicitor for tbe prosecution wonld order that they should be restored to him . Rowlsy said that he had already been occupied between three and four hours in distinguishing between the political and other papers , whioh he had seized at the prisoner ' s lodgings , and more strict examination wasstill necessary , they being extremely numerous .

      Mr Haywood said , that the papers whioh were not political should be , as soon as the separation , could be made , delivered to the prisoner . Tbe Lord Mayor : I shall commit yoa for trial and I wish w kaow whether it is your desire to * aaj anything vm * or to reserve , your defence for yonr trial ? The prisoner : As you are determined to commit me , mv lord , 1 shall reserve what I have to say in my defence for tke day of trial . I trust that your lordship will require no more bail than I can easily procure , as it is most important to my family that I should be at liberty . The Lord Mayor : You will pass from me to the judges at the Central Criminal Court , aad to them

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      vou can apply as to tho amount of bail . It is a Juestion rather out of my province to determine . The prisoner then requested to be informed what the precise nature ofthe charge against him was . By tbe direction of the Lord Mayor , Mr Goodman , tho chief clerk , read the warrant issued a-ainst the prisoner , of » hich he said tbe commitment would be a copy , and which stated that each of the charges against the prisoner amounted to a misdemeanour . . His Lordship siid the manner of the indictment would be as tfee Crown should direct . The prisoner apprehended , from the language used in tho warrant , that bis prosecutors might swell the accusation into one of the greatest magnitude . Mr Hay wood : The Crown will go against you for the misdemeanour .

      .. . . .. Tbe prisoner said these were , it appeared , the evil effects of attending a meeting considered to be unlawful . Perhaps it would bo a lesson to him to act differently in future . The prisoner , whose demeanour all through the examiration waa most respectful to the bench and the witness , was then committed for trial . His wife and children were in the next room during the investigation . ( From our Third Edition of last week . )

      EXAMINATION AT BOW-STREET . ( From the Times of August 19 th . ) The numerous bodies of Chartists apprehended in London , on Wednesday evening last , by the metropolitan police were brought up for examination at the police-court in Bow-street yesterday morning ( Friday ) , at eleven o ' clock . Mr Hall was the presiding magistrate . The court continued very crowded throughout the proceedings , which occupied the whole of the day . A strong force of poiice , armed with cutlasses , were on duty in and about the precincts of the court .

      Mr Clarkson attended to conduct the prosecution , and the prisoners were defended , apparently without their knowledge , by Mr Macnamara , a solicitor in Lincoln ' s-inn-fieids , Jwho complained to the Court , once or twice , of his having been denied access to his clients at the police-station unless in the presence of an inspector . The first eleven placed at the bar were Joseph Ritchie , Alfred Abel , William Gurney , John Skeppard , James Snowball , James Ricb ? rdson , George Greensledge , Henry Small , Edward Scudding , William Byrne , and Philip Martin . They were chiefly journeymen shoemakers or bricklayers . Mr Clarkson opened the proceedings by briefly detailing the leading particulars of the disclosures of Wednesday evening , and proceeded to examine the following witnesses : —

      Nicholas Pearce , superintendent ofthe F division . — On Wednesday evening last , about 6 o ' clock , I went to the Orange-tree public-house , Orange-street , Red Lion-square , accompanied by a number o officers , and found the whole ofthe prisoners there , in a room on the first-floor front . We took them all into custody , and found under the chairs and benches which they had been occupying a number of combustible-balls , covered with tow saturated with turpentine . I took two large clasp-knives from Ritchie , whose hat and clothes smelt strongly of turpentine . He refused to give his address , but afterwarda told me , at the station-house , that he had only very recently returned from France .

      Sergeant Thompson , of the F division , who accompanied the last witness , picked up a paper in the room purporting to be a certificate of the appointment of Greensledge and Byrne as Chartist delegates of the ' Thomas Paitie' branch . Having afterwards learned where Ritchie lived , witness went to the house , No . 2 , Cross-court , Russell-court , Drurylane , and found in the kitchen , occupied by him , 117 ball-cartridges , four bullet-moulds , four loose bullets , three combustible balls ( covered with pitch and having a fusee running into the centre of tbem ) , some powder-horns , and a quart bottle all containing powder , a bayonet , a ladle for melting lead , fifty percussion caps , a quantity of small shot , several pieces of lead , two pamphlets on the Charter , and other papers .

      Police constable F 136 proved tbat Ritchie had lived in the kitchen in question , which was formerly occupied by himself ( witness ) . Constable 18 G , on searching the lodgings of the prisoner Scudding , at Ns . 31 , Cock-lane , Smithfield , found in his box a card of the London Life Protection Society , ' upon which the name of the prisoner was written , as being entitled to ' one musket . ' Thirteen other prisoners were now placed at the bar , as the remainder of the evidence chiefly affected them , although involving several of the party found at the Orange Tree public-house .

      They were—Charles Taylor , George Cox , William Poole , Charles Wicks , Thomas Herbert , Thomas Ions , James Browton , Hugh Conway , Alexander Hardy , Samuel Hardy , James John Norton , William Winspere , and Samuel Morgan . They were of much the same class as the first lot of prisoners . Superintendent Rutt , ef the L division , said , that upon information he proceeded with a body of men on the same evening ( Wednesday ) to the Angel public-house , in Webber-street , Blackfriars-road .

      They found the whole of the prisoners ( with one j who managed to escape in the confusion ) in a back < room—the tap . Witness had a cutlass in one hand i and a loaded pistol , in the other , and threatened to shoot or cut down any one who offered resistance . I The officers then began to search the prisoners , ! while -witness kept strict watch on their movementsf ; especially as he had seen weapons in the breasts o ! one or two of the party . All the weapons produced , were found in their possession . !

      Constable L 124 searched George Cox , and found his membership card , and another , both pro . duced . Constable L 21 seachtd Winspere , who had his body encased in the shield-plate produced ( apparently part of a coal-skuttle ) , wearing it under his clothing , and tightl y strapped round him . Witness also took the pike-head produced , from the same prisoner . Constable L 6 searched Thomas Herbert . Nothing particular was found upon him , but he took seventy-five ball-cartridges , wrapped up in a handkerchief , from under the seat where he was sitting , between Ions and Winspere .

      Constable L 112 searched James Browton , and found the sword produced between his shirt and trousers , and a dagger in his left-hand pocket . The guard to the handle of the sword was in his hat . A small screw-wrench was taken from his jacket pocket . Constable L 108 searched Hugh Conway , and found upon him two large pike-heads , which had been concealed under his coat . He also found upon him some Chartist cards , and a special constable ' s warrant , which had been originally made out in the name of William Sparks , but the name had been erased , and that of' Hugh Conway'inserted there instead .

      Inspector Roger , of the L division , searched the lodgings in which Samuel Morgan lived , in , Bondstreet , Borough-road . He found tkere an old sword , a loaded cudgel , two Chartist cards , and an , order of the South London Life Protection Society , entitling the holder to ' one pike ; ' also a pamphlet i on tbe Charter . I Inspector Arnold found a sword at tbe house occu- ! pied by Poole , in Northampton-place , East-lane . It \ hung from tbe wall ot a room in which his chil- j dren were sleeping on the floor . I Constable L 184 searched Samuel Morgan , find- j ing a pike-head in his coat-pocket , and fifteen ballcartridges in a piece of rag . Inspector Carter took a sword from the urinal adr * joining the room , having previously seen it placed there by one of the prisoners .

      Thomas Powell , examined . —I am a carpenter , and live at 2 . % Glocester-row , Glocester street , Hoxton . I have been a member of tha Chartist Association , and was elected a delegate of the Cripplegate district branch , which held its meetings at Mr Cartwright ' s , in Cripplegate . I continued to attend , the meetings after my election . On Tuesday evening last I went to the Lord Denman beer-shop , in Webber * stteet , to a meeting of delegates , of whom there were about forty present . The prisoner Ritchie was one of them . Gurney was also present ; but I do B'ot identify any one of the other prisoners at the har as being there also . It was proposed at this meeting by one of the speakers that a deputation should retire to a neighbouring coffee-house in the

      same street , to consult together and come to certain decisions , and aftewards to communicate the result to the meeting . This speaker said he had just arrived from the north , after taking a tour round to the principal towns . He told us that he had been watched by a policeman for the last four hours . He had been told so by a boy , as he was leaving his house . He said that the people of Manchester and Liverpool , and ( I think ) of Birmingham , were up and doing , or would be doing , that very night . About five of the delegates then re tired , and returned again in three quarters of an hour , but the speaker allrded to did not come hack with thorn . A man then stood up and acted as chairman His mm was Mullins , "Ritchie and

      Pointed On The 20th July, At The Black J...

      Gurney were still present . The chairman aaid , ' Gentlemen , you are all aware that the sub-cornmittee having retired , and come to certain resolutions and decisions , have appointed me to give you certain instructions , which they have agreed upon . You all understand very well what we have met here for . Now , gentlemen , I have one question to ask you ; and you understand there is to be no flinching —you must speak out honestly and boldly whether you mean to come forward as men , or not . Tomorrow night the blow must be struck . I wish to put this question plainly to you — whether you intend and are prepared to come out , every one of you , to a man ? Here some one remarked that there was no time to lose , and he had better put it round the room * yes' or ' no . ' whether they would come out or not ; upon which the chairman did put it to the delegates , each separately , including myself . He

      asked the person next to me first , and he said let : Then he asked tne , AND I SAID YES ' ALSO . ( A laugh ) And thesame question was put to every one present . There were only two who said 'No . ' Ritchie and Gurney both gave their assent . The chairman then gave directions that on Wednesday night , at eight o'clock , every delegate was to assemble the members of his locality , at their place of meeting , all armed and ready . Some one of the delegates asked how they were to come with their arms without being detected . The chairman said , ' Come in the best way yoa can . ' Some delegates inquired how was it possible to conceal their pikes ? The chairman said , the further directions I nave to give you are these— ' We shall take up four positions . ' One of the delegates , Mr Brewster , wes to head the bzdy at Clerkenwell-green ; another , Mr Payne , was to take the Tower Hamlets ; and Mr Mullins and Mr Bassett were to take the Broadway , Westminster , and the Seven Dials districts .

      The learned counsel here applied for warrants for the apprehension of the four leaders mentioned by the witness . Examination continued . —The chairman said , that every man would be expected to be at his tost at twenty minutes past nine o ' clock to a second . Arrangements were then made , in pursuance of a previous understanding , as to what should be done by the different assemblages , under tbe command of their leaders . Each delegate present was to bring four men , good and true , upon whom they could rely , for doing anything and everything , and Ritchie was appointed the superintendent of that body . It was proposed that they should meet him at the Orange Tree , public house , precisely at five o ' clock

      on Wednesday afternoon . It was understood that they were to fire houses , railway premises , or anything . Ritchiewas present at the Orange Tree at a previous meeting , when this course was decided upon and the directions given out . On the Tuesday evening , after Ritchie was appointed leader of tbe band of men to be selected by the delegates , some one went round the room to ascertain from each person present the number of firm men he could ensure , and the number of forty-five was promised . Brewster said that the gunmakera' shops must be seized if they could not get the requisite supply of arms elsewhere . This was said in reply to a question put to him by one of the delegates . Brewster is called a warden , and , according to the Chartist organisation , eaoh warden ha > the command of one hundred men in his district . I waa asked hosv many men I would bring to follow Ritchie , and I replied that I was sure of one , and would ask two .

      Gurney said to me , ' Oh , nonsense , you can get five or six if you like . I can , and shall . ' Gurney was not a district representative , but be told me tbat he attended at the Orange Tree , not for the purpose oi acting himself , but to show the confidential men whom be had secured what course to take under Ritchie ' s directions . He told me this at the police station , where 1 was admitted to see him after he was in custody . At the meeting on Tuesday , another of the prisoners , Poole , produced some tricolour wristbands similar to the one produced , ( found on one of the prisoners . ) These were distributed among tbe delegates only , so that the men under arms might recognise their leaders . ( One ofthe ' cards' was here shown to the witness ) Thisis the card given by a society which held its meetings in Hattongarden , and which distributed pikes , muskets , tc „ to all who had received such cards from the society . The prisoner Martin was the first man who ever showed me one of these cards .

      Cross-examined . —My name ia Powell , hut I have sometimes assumed the name of Johnson , because I did not wish my relatives to know tbat I was mixed up with auch things . I ENTERED THE CHARTIST ASSOCIATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF LEARNING WHAT WAS THE NATURE OF ITS PROCEEDINGS AND COMMUNICATING THEM TO THE POLICE , if I saw occasion todo so . I thought tbat something would happen injurious to the peace and state of tbe country , and I was resolved to get what knowledge I could of the intentions of these men , for the purpose of defeating those intentions if possible . Soon after joining thenm I found tbat I was amon ? men who would do anything and everything . I GAVE GURNEY SOME

      POWDER ONCE , PERHAPS ABOUT HALF A POUND ; I never gave him any bullets . I have never been employed by any one to get information . I * old what I knew of my own free-will . This being tbe case for the prosecution , as far as it was intended to carry it at present , Mr Clarkson said he had now to request thai the whole of the prisoners might be remanded for a fortnight . It would be impossible to complete the indictments for the coming sessions at the Old Bailey , which commenced on Monday , and , even if practicable , would not be just even to the prisoners , who would not then have time to prepare their defence . Mr Macnamara did not object to . the proposalfor a remand , but ho submitted that with respect to the

      prisoners at the bar , there had not been a syllable of evidence adduced against them , lie was instructed that they happened to go into th © public-houso by mere chance for a pint of ale or something of the kind ; for it should be remembered that , although the prisoners steod charged with a treasonable conspiracy , they had assembled in a public-room , with open doors . The two brothers Hardy , Ions , Norton , an & oneor two others here assured the court that they were not parties to the proceedings at the Angel tap , having only entered for refreshment a few minutea before the arrival of the police , whioh took them quite by surprise . They did not say , howevar , that they were not Chartists . Mr Hall was bound s upon the present avidence , te regard all the parties nreaent at these meetings as implicated , in a greater o ? lesser degree ,, perhaps , in the avowed design of the party , whhJhi was no other than to attempt an insurrection ia London .

      The possession of so many deadly weapons * proved the desperate character of these assemblages , and he should have no hesitation in remanding : all the prisoners till Thursday , the 31 st inst ., rally agree-1 ing with the learned ) ooansel for the prosecution , and i the solicitor for the prisoners , that the evidence ! could not be completed or the defence- prepared in j time for the forthcoming sessions at ths Old Bailey . i Mr Macaamara inquired if bail would be per-I mitted ? I Mr Hall could en no account admit : the prisoners-! to bail . The present aspect of the charges agaiast them led to the conviction that the ? wou'd probably be committed 3 wr the very serious offence of bigh treason . The prisoners were then remowed . Thomas J . QBes and Frederick Stone were * irnen charged with being fouud with firearms ia . ^ ieir possession oa the same night .

      The prisoners were remanded ; Stone to b & adtBH * ted to bsiU William Swinbourne audi dhsule * Yowng M 32 & sext placed at . the bar on a similar charge . Inspector Russell , ofthe A division , foosrHhe pri soaera together oa the rwght , in question ( W-edaesday at the ! Blue Anchor 5 a Westminster . WtHaeaa and anotbs ? officer went into Swinbourne ' s . house , and after searching his rcoaia and the outhouses , found a great number and wuuety of pikes , piWbeads , dagge ? £ , fire-arms , builsts , combustible balls , < fcc Mr Hall remanded Swinbourne iill the 3 ht , but discharged Youq & against whom netiing appeared ia evidence . A youth , natostl Thomas Elliots , waa charged w & h having bullet * in his possession , also , on the Wedsaesday , but , after one or two questions had been Wit to the constable who apprehended him , the proac-aution was withdrawn ,

      Williaia Argua , an ' Irish Felon , ' was charged by constable F 1 with walking tha streets uv the midm l- ? Wednesday with a gun in hiaposses-iou , whie > ihe had cono < a ! ed uader his coat , » ad described as an ' umbrella' when accosted by tha police . It appeared from a card found io hia possession that he waa an enrolled member of the ' Irish Felon Society , ' in London . The last words of Mto & ol were printed as a motto on the card . He was remanded for a fortnight . William Lacoy and Thomas Fay , the jformer of whom has been referred to aa connected with the l / harterhouaa cofhe-shop , were charged with bavins : attended tho meetings of delegates . The number of Chartists remanded is thirty , and two have been discharged .

      We Add The Followiag Version Of Powell's...

      We add the followiag version of Powell ' s oroaa-exatarnation from the Morning Poat : — Cross-examined by Mr Macnamara —/ wm bv anotier name-that of Johnson-m order to prevent ay being know * to the Chartists , I am in the employ oi a relation . I became a delegate about a month Eft p \ S 11 § e JOT association Tor tBSi iffnL , l ETT 1 JiG INFORM ATION AND COMMUNICATING TT TO THP POLICE COMMISSIONERS . I ENCOURAGED to inVo M rW ?? t ^ TO INFORM AGAINST THEM . I theught spmethmx would turn out injurious to the neaca of

      me country , and 1 thought 1 would give such information toi thei authorities as weuld put a stop te it . 1 knew that I was . mixed up with a class of eharacters who wr ^ d , do anything aad everything . When

      ...... . ... . the chairman made use of the expression , ' The blot ? must ba struck ! ' only Ritchie and Gurney were present . I GAVE TIIE MEN SOME BUL . LETS . Martin told me tbat the society in Hattongarden would supply muskets to tho Chartists and Irish Felons . I ONLY GAVE BALLS TO GUR . NEY . I GAVE HIM HALF A POUND OP POWDER . I ALSO CAST SOME BULLETS ON PURPOSE FOR HIM , AND GAVE THEM TO HIM . About forty persons were present at the meeting on Tuesday . I was taken to the police ata . tion yesterday . We add the following version from the Mousing Cbkoricls .

      Cross-examined by Mr Macnamara : My name ia Thomas Powel" , but I have also gone by another name . I have gone by the name of Johnson , in order to prevent my being known to my relatives in thia matter . I ENCOURAGED THESE MEN ON . I DID SO ON PURPOSE , IN ORDER TO IU . FORM AGAINST THEM . ( Sensation . ) At first I thought that something would turn out that would be injurious to the state and to the peace of the country ; and I was determined to furnish tha authorities with such information as would be necessary to put a stop to it . I will tell you further if you wish . I knew tbat I was mixed up , after I entered the association , with a class of characters who would do anything and everything .

      Do you know that the Hatton-garden Society furnished weapons to any persons who would buy them ?—I was told that the weapons there were intended for Chartists , and Irish Confederates . 1 HAVE GIVEN AWAY POWDER AND BALL . I GAVE THEM ONLY TO GURNEY . I GAVE HIM ABOUT HALF A POUND OF POWDER AT ONE TIME , AND ALSO A LOT OF BULLETS , as I knew that he was a warden , and was busy preparing such things . Who let you in to see Gurney at tbe station-house ? —An officer , but I do not see him here . Yon den ' t know him , do yon ?—OH YES , I DO KNOW HIM , OF COURSE . ( Alaugh . )

      Mansion House. John James Bezer Was Brou...

      MANSION HOUSE . John James Bezer was brought before the Lord Mayor , in the custody of Daniel May , city policeman , No . 357 , upon a charge of misdemeaaonr . Mr Hay ward , from the office of the Solicitor to tha Treasury , attended for tbe prosecution . Mr James White , shorthand writer , gave evidence of a speech delivered by tbe prisoner at the Miltou street Theatre , on the 28-. h of July last . Daniel-May , a policeman , deposed to the arrest ot the prisoner . Having said ho would reserve his defesee , the prisoner was fully committed for trial .

      Ireland. Complete Pai1ure O? The Harvest...

      IRELAND . COMPLETE PAI 1 URE O ? THE HARVEST—THS COMING PAMINB—THU ydlGHTFCX , TUTVRB—00 H YLCU 0 H OF JjHff MARTIN .

      ( From our own Correspondent . ) xrr-n . l 1 L i . , DtJBU . f , 22 nd Auoesr . With much tbat is gloomy , threatening and depressing , I have scarcely a scintilla of pleasin » intelligenee to comEounioate this week . The woes ef Ireland and the misfortunes of her sons have always formed suoh a fruitful theme with every class of political writers , that we even ourselves begin to get sick of the business-, and feel little wonder that tha people of England should get disgusted with ourselves and our complainings . But thia ia all nonsense ! The English people must still hear ns , and what is still more unfortunate , they moat share in the ruinous effects produced by our singularly bad lu . k ! There ia nothing more certain than this . It

      cost England a pretty gdod penny to crush the lata ghost of an Irish insurrection ; and no sooner is that ghost 'laid '—for a time at least—ia the dark depths of the Tipperary eoa ' .-pits . than up-starts the hideous incarnation of aa Irish famine , waving its gaunt arm , and shouting in appalling voice across the channel— ' Food , food for Ireland ' . —Save us , or we [ perish ! ' At first you English fo ' . ks can > scarcely believe your ears ; You eaclaim—What ?• is it another famine you have ? is it not enough that your pikes and your tieason shake bnsheli of gold ! out of poor John Bull ' s bags , but he must again put his hand in his fob , and make good your losses in rotten potatoes-and blighted corn crops !— 'It is really too bad—well no 5 stand it !'

      Well , really , it is bad . But what can yon do ? lou must ' stand it ' -and stand it , too , while you are worth a guinea ia money or credit I What can you do with us ? How can you shake us off . ? Why , good neiehhour , Sindbad the sailor ' s relation with the Old Man of the Sea was a blissful affair , compared with your connexion with us Irish at the present raomeat | 2 But you must even ' grunt aad bear' with us ,. asyoa do with altyour minor raiafortuaea . You will make every baefc bear its own burthen . Will you ? - Will you saddle Irish paupers of the Mower classes' on Irish paupers of tbe * higher olasses V

      In plain language , those whs propose to make the > landlords of Ireland support the beggars of Ireland ( and now ne are all baggarsjj . propose a thing which cannot be accomplished . The misfortunes otthe twolast years have drained Ipsknd almost to the last drop of her . heart ' s blood , and- sow the renewed and aggravated' misfortunes of' the present year , put , or will put , Irish- landlords completely hors de- ^ oombat . They can da nothing fop us . Their properties are- engufhed already Their rents aie in arrear these two years . This year they will get scarcely what would pay their bailiffs and cabin-levellers , and thev themealvea wUl be all but baggars ! What , then ? ' England . listen

      , tome . Paddy will not ata » 7 e thia year . W « l ) , when-Paddy willi not starve , aad his landlord' cannot feed bim , bnt two things remaiBi from which John Bull may choese . He must either- 'forV out the needful , until' God seeds good times''to Ireland ,, or he musfcido , as too many bad Irish tenants havedone latterly—he must pufcthe key under the gate of Dublin Gaatle , hoist his , sails for his own . ' memo " England , and send Ireland . and the Irish , Irish pike ? * Irish rebels , Irish faniine „ and Irish tantalisation tethe devil ! : Of two evils they say we should choosa the lesser—no amount of > evil can equal the task of feeding sis millions of starving Irish rebels for the next nine months .

      I hate been through various distriots of the Mid » land Counties of Ireland within tho past week , and am able to speak of the crops and their prospects , from actual . observation . I fear much tb . atiotf . fr over .- I never saw a field , or plct , or patch of potatoes which , was ntii seriously injured . In most places the topa'cr haulm , are as black asjf a severe November frost-had pr strated them . Inseme fieldsyou can see nothing but waeds and the rei earth , so completely annihilatediare all vestiges of a potato crop . In othess tha smell emitted from the putrid ' tops' ia nauseating * mmany places the butts' orUbera are seriously affectei In other places but comparatively alight injury has been done nayet ; and , insome instanoes , tha tubers are excellent , without thcrslightest maaifesta * tion , of delay . Whaiher this may . happily continue is . uncertain or not * the potato , as a crop , issaone .

      1 be com crops , t » o , will befanfromanavesage . Tha oats and barley in » most oases , are pretty ' fair' but in , several wide diatriots the wireat is misojable . The turnip is a future ; ' and tfcough the hay produce was good , mtiEhiOf itis rotted on the E » ath by the late rains , er swept away by the tremsadous Booda which have risen in most sarts of theJeland within the last sis . cr eight days . Everywhere ! went ruin had swept isiate me—no abject but ot despair met my eyes—resound but the voice ot cysurning saluted my ears .

      Tho pawwoial jovwr , ifo are fillei with tne mce & alarmiDgacsountu froia all quartess . The situation , ol the wcatehed peasantry and farmers is deplorable * Language fails to depict the gloun ^ f reality . On thia morniag < 22 od ) I bad a letter from a . trustwesthy and intelligent friend in the Qiaeen ' s County . Tha following extract fsom that letter gives a melaaoholy andigraphio picture of the coaaition of the p * ojJe in tkftt district—bithereto one oi the raoit moral and KW 3 t prosperous in Ireland * ' I have badi news : —no . worse ! We ajsa mined this year , of h } 1 the years that ever came > The

      pctatoss are gsme clean ai last ! The tops rfSBmbla what you eften saw ia the country after & bitter night ' s free * in November . The potato , wop wont ta worth digging . And as for the wheat crop , in most places in , this neiguhoarhood , ws wont have the seed , off the ground ! Oa . t 9 ia middling , but is all broke down & , y the late rain and storms , whilst the hay is swinging , high bat not dry , on all the callowa and nv ^ meadows of the country . The little femora * 3 u ? - ° " 0 »> af ^ r this year I Even the saorala aaa habits of the people are changed . One ^ enthof ihem neve ? go to mass ! The children at tha marent

      « schools cannot be got to apply to their studies , la fact , tho groanings of hunger root out all desire for learning . Suoh is our condition atpresent-what will it be this day twelvemonth V There is a description fr ; ra the pea of a creditable witness . No poet , no painter , could depict thssa horrors in more striking or graphic colours . It needB noeomment . _ v ^ wuo The commission is over for the pressnt . Thoy d , d but trilling business , but what they did get over Waa highly important . They transported dohn Martin or ten years ! That job was worth all ihe jold 2 d time , and jawmy , and arguing , and « wear and tear Po 7 Mal-n ° t dy tf " f ' n ed iD - th ?" ' ^™™*™ V fihel " * fat * i 'M' l * B gallant John

      LPress of matter has rrjmotantl y compelled the pjwtponement of a portion 0 f our correspondent ' *

      Printed By Dougal M^Gowan, Of 16, Great Windmill' ^ T J Bt '. Haymarket, In The City Of Wostml Uer, At Tn« In

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      Omce ,Tq» Name Street And Parish, Forthi...

      omce , tq » name Street and Parish , forthi Proprietor FEMtGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., M . P ., and published by WiM . ua Hwmtt , of No . 18 , Charlewiraet , Bran , don-strcet , W > iiworth , in the parish of St . Mary , New . n gt 0 ?* ™ ? a Countyof Surrey , at the Office , No . It , Great Wtadmill . street . Haymarkot ht ttaCUvoiWas * . Rflnater .-asturday Au 2 ast 26 th . l 849

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 26, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_26081848/page/8/