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      Forthcoming Meetings. Chartist. Halifax....

      " _^ i ( S ioii-nin ) B _8-LT _*«** _.--Thc members of this branch _ l Land Company must in future pay tbeir share nee ? and leriea at the hooee of the secretary , ' 5 , James Taylor , Turner-lane , near the Leeds _Siwa _y-st » titn- The _membeti in arrears are _re-***^ to pay the same . _J _jjjstol . — 'The Land members willmeet on Moni . « evening , to discuss the propositions , and also 2 S _instroctionB for the delegates . _—Nsnaen of the _Lididates!—D- Hyatt , for Bristol : Thomas _Bol-^ 2 h f or Bath : IL R . Morgan , Merthyr Tydvil , J _^ l Branch ; John Emery Jones , Merthyr Tydvil v- 2 Branch . _IliSixx asd Shmioh . _—All the members of this _igu-ch of the Land Company are requested to attend next _Tu'gday evening at the meeting-room , _m d pay up their local expenses , ss it will be wanted to t eed the delegate to the Conference at

      Birmicefc is _* * 1 _ x _Crrr ako Fi * isbust _Bbascho ** thi National jjgB Ce-TAST will meet at Hudson ' s Academy , 15 , _gjof-rstreet , Hatton-garden _, on Monday evenirg B -jt _, October 23 rd , at eight o ' clock . * _oi * _fCH » iEB . —Aa adjourned meeting * of tie _gfeir eholders will be held in the People ' s Institute , on Tuesday evening , October 24 th , at eight o ' clock . _Ajlpjnonsholdiag scrips not registered are _reques'ed _tofcrirg them in on that night—By order of tbe Board ol Directors . _Loughbobocgh . —On Monday . October 23 rd at ¦ e ven ••' ciock _. at the Wfleatsheaf . Bstwood . —A _seneral meeting fef the Land Members will be held ob Monday evening , in the Chartist _jootn Hartley-street October 23 rd , to elect rfficera for the ensuine quarter . Tbe members mnst bear

      in mind that in conseqnence cf their negLct there is so Committee to conduct ihe business , and tbe l _« te Secretary will net ( alter this notice ) be responsible unless re-elected by an average meeting and _pbus laid down f « r the local government of this locality . A plan is prepared , which it is supposed wid only uie abont one penny per qaarter per mem ber to dtfray local expenses . Sowxbbt . —¦ Robert Sutcliffe of Halifax , will lecture at Holins , near Sowerby . on Monday _, tbe 23 rd , at seven o ' clock , p . m . Subject : 'The benefits resulting from the Charter , and how to ob tain it / _Nobtos-Foxoaib and _Gkejs-oatb Bbasch . —The members of tbe above branches are summoned to atteida general meeting on Snnday next , at the Duke of Lancaster . John-street , Kingaland-read . at half-past eight o ' clock , fer the purpose of amaLjamatine and appointing officers .

      5 t < _t-RBRiDQE —A _meeting of Lai d raemberg wiu beheld at the frown-room , on Monday _evenrnp Ootober 23 rd , relative te tbe local receipts of tbe branch . Hsrweo ©—Oa Monday evening , Oelcbet 23 rd , inthe Chartist room , Hartley-street . Chxltxxham . —On Monday evening nrxt , in the Land Members room , when Mr J . P . O'Brien is expected to attend .

      • anises 70 s thi _xlictios op delegates to the _COHFXBKNCE . Bkhhosdset , —On Monday evening , October 23 rd , aiMrFow . er ' s , Duke of Sussex , Grange Walk , at eight o ' clock . A levy is put on all membra of this branch wbicb mnst be paid by Monday , tbe 23 rd . together with local expenses already due . Dxebt . —On Sunday evening , October 22 nd atthe Meeting-room . Green-street , Derby , at five o'c ' ock . _Basbdht . — -On Monday evening , October , 23 rd- at the Butchers' Arms Inn , at eight o ' clock . _Maschxstib . —On Sunday morning . October 22 nt _" , at sine o ' clock , in tbe People ' s Institute .

      Mxbihtb . TsrmL .--On Sunday afternoon , October 22 nd . at two o ' clock , in the Branch-office _, back of tha Thrte Horse Shoes . All branches in South Wales must send their share of theexpenses . _Kzwcastxs-os-Ttrx . —At Mr Martin Jade's ( _foconatry members ) on Saturdayafternoon , ( this day ) , at tw » o ' clock , and Sunday aftarnoon , October 22 od at four o'clock . For town members on Monday evening , Ootober 23 rd , at eight o ' clock . Bust . — On Saturday and Snnday next at Mr John Coulter ' s , _Bntcher-lane . Country members are requested to attend , as there will be no voting fry proxy . AccfirsGTOS . — -On Saturday night , October 21 st , in the TemperaEce room , Chapel-street , for the Blackburn district . Names of candidates : —Anthony Armstead , of Blatiburne ; Accrington , Henry Hunt Thorn ; Oswaldtwist ' e , William Brooks .

      CevBSTBT . —On Monday evening , October 23 rd , at seven o ' clock , at Mr Pritcbard ' s Coffee bouse , _Gosford-street , _NoBXHAHPTBjr . —No . I branch , on Monday evening , at seven o ' clock , at Mr Monday ' s , Silverstreet Gussow . — -On Tuesday evening , October 2 itn , at eight o'clock , in the Democratic Hall , _H Irongste . _OiBHiU- —On Stuidav afternoon nut . at two o ' clock , in tbe Schoolroom ot the Working Man ' s

      Hall . Rcchdai _** _, —In the ( _3 iartist-room , Yorkshirestreet , at two o ' clock . _Kobth Shields . —On Monday evening next , at eight o ' cleck , at the honse of Mr Pratt . BnmrsGHAi' —On Monday evening next , at half past seven o ' clock , at 111 , _Rea-street . _BnoosGHAir , Ship lira , _SrasxHonss-LANs—On Monday next , Oetob ? r 23 rd . Babsslsy . —On Monday evening , October 23 rd , at seven o ' clock , at Mr George TJttley'e .

      Sohebs Tows , —On Wednesday evening next , at eight o ' clock , at tha Bricklayers * Arms , Tonbridgeatreet . Hum . —On Tuesday p _* _-ening , October 24 th . Towub _Hahlkts . —AU tke branches will " meet at the Crown and Anchor , Waterloo Town , on Monday , Oct . 23 rd .

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      Bquisx-Muhdat.—Thb Cobosir A»D Ma«Siha«....

      _bquisx-MuHDAT . —Thb Cobosir a » d Ma « _siHA « .-At tbe Gibraltar _public-house , St George road , before Mr W . Payne , by aojonnmtent , touehiagtbe death of _BxBsjltWoodrow , a boy ef fourteen years of age , who died from the effects of a blow gives to nimby another lad , named Adolphns Solids . The esse would be of no pubbc interest but for a disputed point of jurisdiction whieh arose . On the 9 th of last _nwnth Solida gave the deceased a blow on the back ofthe head , near the left ear , which < smsed an abscess , and nl & natelj-death several weeks after Previous to dissolution , Mr Norton , the magistrate of the Lambeth _PoHce-conrt , _aocornpanied by Mr Perry , the chief clerk , took the deposition of Woodrow , and this dociiment formed a portion of the

      deporitionBupon which the yonth Solida was com--artted for trial on a charge of _manalaughter . Mr _Payae , the coroner , subsequently < u __ the deposition of thedeceasedyouth , but Mr Norton dechned tending it , but at the same time , requested that Mr Payne wouldattend atthe court for a few nunntes , and show if he could , by * my competent authority _, claim the deposition . Atthe last jnqniry it _wasfHf reitedbj a medical _vritneea tkat tbe inquest might be adjourned to wme now , Bid-day , _wfien the coroner ( the distance being short ) , might wait upon Mr _Korbon , and come to some understanding in the mattar . This suggestion Mr Payne treated with mnch indifference , aad issued a summons directingthe attendance last evening at the _inqnest-room of Mr . Norton and Mr Periy , hia chief clerk . The latter only war in attendance , with a clerk from the office of the Clerk ef the Arraigns at the Old Bailey , who , Living produced the deroiitions returned in the case . the

      tLccJroner requested Mr Perry to read to jury the deposition before alluded to . He did so , and explained to the coroner and jury that Mr Norton had no intention of throwing the _sbghtest impediment in the way of their inquiry , but acted upon what be conceived to be the law in the case . Ihe _coroner , however , went on at some length to exdauiiagaiMt what be called the attempt onthepart of Mr Norton to frustrate the ends of jusfice .-MrTerry assured the coronerthat Mr Norton had acted only under the firm conviction ( and that opinion was fortified b y the opinions of other polioe _rnagistrates ) that Se declaration in question waa _^« _»^ » _« _riden « before tte com * and inry before whom the _* most eventually be _taf-4-ffitaesa having been examined , the coroner rammed up and the jaiy , after _halfan hour ' s deliberation , returned »;« rfir tb the effect ¦ Thatthe _dec _^^ e by _his _deattfrom theSs of a blow inflicted by Adolphns Sohda in a childish * _mdirmontrnanri er . '

      « . __ ____ . l __^_ KDSnm > -. ~ On Tuesday night , _anmquest -i- _£ heUw Ub body of James Hioms _. aged tweng , Se potman atthe _& rse Shoe , GosweU-road Deceasedwas a very steady young man , and bore an _ex-SSwSbutheW _f-OTedBomeconnexion _SafeSSingat Highg » te , to whom heap . SsKdmKevoted . Irtl _^ _a-Mmrftta * * _*™ radteen some dispute between them , wbicbweighed heava _yuwrhismind . He became _aceedingly _dSSrand _sumetow _*^ Wnutwould immediately afterwards exhibit such _SS -meS of his folly . < b ») _« _«¦ not _5 _fl * thathe wonld have committed so rash an act . On _SLv _momingbeseemed _ntherstrangeinhisman ne ? ii _fetteCTening , having procured some _ar-S , for _^ iepnrpose of killing _^ rato , » _s he _^ d . he Sowed the poison , and died _ftom its effecfa on _S «« Dr-. _irT Verdict . ¦ Temporary Insam _^ . _*

      On Tuesday , Mr W . Payne , the City _^ oroner . new m investigation at St Barthotome _^ _s Hospifal . into the ciraimstances attendisg tie death _^ SatahLm ton seed _eieht years , who died on the night of batnrday teat , ftom the effect of _eerere wonniboea . iS by her falling into tbe fire . The pecul _jar _drcumstocesof the case were & at when tte fatal accident occurred the mother and another _btfechdd werein tte room . The mother ' s back was turned for an instant , when aha was alarmed by hearing _Sed exclaim ' I ' m in the fire , I ' m in the fire . ShTturned round and found herehdd enveloped fc flames- She extinguished the fira almost instan-SS _. _aJd tho _pelTlittle sufferer was removed tothe hospital , wbere she expired in about seven honS . _SdSoeased told tte nurse at toe hospital _ttrtltor brot her had thrown alighted shavingat _Swikhhad _setfiretoher P _«^ ore . and ca _^ _rf the _melaaeholy c « Brrence . Verdict , Aceiuentai Death . '

      Bquisx-Muhdat.—Thb Cobosir A»D Ma«Siha«....

      On _Taesday afternoon Mr Baker held an inquest at the Black Horse , _Kingland-road , on the body of a newly born male infant . It appeared by the evidence that on Saturday night last , a female residing at No . 15 , Westmoreland-street , Shoreditch , foand a small bundle lying in the passage dose to the streetdoor , which waa partially left open . The bundle was opened , and the the body of the deceased was discovered _, it waa wrapt np in a dark piece of calioo . and a small piece of flannel covered the head . It was then tied by a piece of black string . Mr Clark , surgeon , examined the ehild , and found tbat the delivery had not been properly attended to . He could not state whether the child was born alive or not . The coroner said he was of opinion that many females were instigated to destroy their infanta by the advice of persons who obtained their livelihood by concealing the bodies . The jury returned an open verdict of « Fonnd Daad '

      A Mah Killed bt a Hobs * . —Death of ma Wife from _Gbtsf . — -An inquest was held by Mr Bedford , at the Westminster Hospital , on the body of Wm . Lasher , aged 47 , who was killed as follows : — On Friday week he was cleaning a horse belonging toMrConnett , of Rochester-row , when the animal kicked him in a most dreadful manner over the face _, whioh rendered him quite _insensible , and he was conveyed to the Westminster Hospital . He had everything that was possible done for him , bnt tbe inflammation ofthe windpipe produced pneumonia , of which he died on Saturday , bnt he had the larynx opened to prevent suffocation on Wednesday . His wife suffered so much from grief at his death that ahe herself expired on Monday . Verdict , ' Accidental Death . ' '

      As _isqnEsi was held by Mr Bedford to inquire into the death of Wm . Draper , aged 26 , a groom , who fell from a horse in _Mount-street , on Monday morning last The horse had some time before the accident occurred beea kicking and plunging violently , bnt at the time of : be accident and for some minutes previously it had been perfectly quiet . The deoeased fell npon the back of his bead , and died before he reached tte hospital . It appeared probable that he fell from tbe horse in a fit , as it was fonnd npon examination tte heart was very much diseased . Mr Gee , tbe honse surgeon , stated that the heart might have ceased to beat before deoeased fell from the horse , and tbat snch occurrence wonld be rendered more likely by any jolting or excitement . The wound upon the back of the head also would have been sufficient to cause death . The jury , after some deliberation , round tbat deceased died from _disesse of the heart , accelerated by previous excitement .

      _Istasticidk . —An inquest waa held oa rnday evening upon the body of a female infant , fonnd in tbe cesspool of the honse No . 4 , _Taylor's-buOdings , _Chandos-street ; The _remainswere enwrapped in an apron , which was covered with blood . Mr Bainbridge , surgeon , of St . Martin ' s-lane , said that both tte parietal bones were fractured ; and from that and other marks of violence he was clearly of opinion that the deceased had been murdered . The inquest was then adjourned , for further itquiries to be made . Suicide . — -On Friday , an inquest was held atthe

      London Hospital , on the body of Jane _Branger , aged twenty one , a girl of considerable personal attractions and of respectable family , but who had been forsome time past' on the town . ' She became , like the great majority of the unfortunate creatures in her situation , miserable , and having , on Taesday night , wandered about the streets for some hours , she went into a _eoffeeshop in Whltechapel , and , having emptied » _pennyworth of oxalic acid into a cop of coffee , drank tba deadly poison . She was afterwards removed tothe hospital , where she died . Tbeotronw made some severe remarks anon the parties who traded in poisons . Verdict , 'Insanity . '

      Death _fbok Wast . —On Wednesday an inquest was held at tbe Duke of Wellington , Cannon-street , St George's , touching the death of Sarah _Sntton aged sixty-seven , a mariner's widow . John Sntton , a labouring map , eon of deceased , deposed that she hud been entirely dependent on him ior sustenance . Latterly from witness ' s inabiity to support her she frequently wanted the common necessaries of life . She retained her usual health up to the forenoon of Wednesday , when she was seized with a fit , and fell

      heavily on tbe floor of a _miferab ' eroom at 23 , Cornwell-street , in the above neighbourhood . She never tallied , and died in a few hours afterwards . Mr Roberta , tbe surgeon , said that the poor creature was in ' % mest wretched condition , attired in rags , and not having a blanket to cover ber . Witness conld readily attribute the apoplexy resulting ie death to a want of sufficient covering , and the absence of other mcessaries . The coroner remarked on the distressing nature of the case , and the jury returned a verdict of' Natural Death '

      Robbebt at the _Exchequbb-office . —The Exchequer-office , Lracoln > inn . was entered after the termination of _businees on Saturday last , and plundered of a quantity of gold and silver , the thieves getting clear away with their booty . _Fraxs 'is East _S-ciHimD—On Saturday _moranicg lait , fonr fires broke out in St George ' s-street East Smithfield ; three of which are returned by tte fire brigade authorities , as having been wilfully occasioned . Fna is _HAtTON-oABnsH . — Shortly before five o ' c ' ock , on Snnday evening , a fire broke ont in the

      back _vrorkBhopsof Mr Cetta , picture-frame and looking-glass manufacturer , No . 40 , in tbe above street . The engines apeedi _' . y arrived , but too late to save tte workshop , which was full of combustible materials , although fortunately in time to prevent the Barnes ii dieting very material injury upoa the dwellinghouse , the back doors of which , however , had already caoght fire . The loss ia estimated at several hnn * dred pounds , tbo stock consisting of valuable looking-glasses , barometers , and veneers . Between forty and fifty men have been throws ont of employment by the accident .

      Fire . — ArJOiHWG ths Pekcess b Thsa * -bk . —On Wednesday afternoon a fire commenced in the upper floor of s range of shops in the joint _ooenpation of Mr Boone , cabinet-maker ; Mr Cummins , a carver ; Mr Po p e , a cabinet-maker ; Mr Waterman , a builder ; Messrs Cottam and Halien , the extensive _ironfonnders and engineers ; and Messrs Hutchuuon and Brown , coach painters and builders , No . 3 , _Winsley-street . The flames when first discovered , were raging furiously in Mr Boone ' s workshops , and bnt a few minutes elapsed before the place was wrapped in fire , from whence tbe work of destruction extended'to the premises occupied by Mr Cummins and Mr Pope . The engines from _Wells-Btreet , _Kingstreet , and other brigade stations , promptly attended ,

      and no time was lost in setting them to work ; but tbe firemen , in spite of their utmost exertions , were unable to confine the flames to those portions of the premises jnst named , and in a very few minutes afterwards a large store filled with timber , belonging to Mr Waterman also became ignited , aa well as a range of workshops . Other engines of the County , London , and West of England establishments , armed in rapid succession , but notwithstanding thfa powerful fore * tte flunes continued to travel with equal _violence , firing two of the houses in Castlestreet East , and ascended ss high that the heat ao tually cracked some of the slates on the roof of tbe theatre . The foremen by conveying the hose up the staircases and mounting the roof the theatre

      at length tot posse-sion over the destructive element , but not until the workshops of Mr Boone were totally destroyed , snd the contents consumed ; the premises ef Mr Cummins and Mr Pope werealBo burned down ; a spacious store house of Mr Waterman _, as well as his workshops , were likewise destroyed . Tbe _Watling-street engine in proceeding to the fire , met with an accident , which was nearly at tended with fatal _constquences to Mr Superintendent Braidwood and numerous firemen . The driver in pulling the horses np opposite St Clement'Church , to avoid running into a cab , caused the horses to fall , and the engine immediately overturned . Fortunately only one ofthe men was injured , and he not seriously .

      _ExiKHsiva lixicrr DrsmiiBT . —• On Friday the Excise paid a domiciliary visit to tte house No . 1 , Weymouth Street , Hoxton , where they discovered a still capable of holding IM gallons , forty hogsheads , _wirk barrel '' , tube , piping , and other matters used in distilling . The still , it was said , had been at work fer six months past . A large quantity of spirits of wine , as well as the entire plant , were seised . _Acctpbh ? on thb _RivuB . —On Friday a skiff was upset en tbe Thames , near Chelsea , by wbich three persons , named Harper , Grey , and Purser , were immersed in the water . Grey , being a good swimmer supported Purcer , until a beat came to their rescue , and they were taken out ofthe water in a most exhausted condition . A man in another boat had stretched ont bis arm to grasp Harper , when he suddenly sank and was drowned .

      _Bonr of a Gbsiuuan _Fotjud _orr Cbemobbb GAKn _* ws<—Oa Friday morning information was forwarded to the varions metropolitan and City police offices and stations that the body of a gentleman , unknown , had beea discovered in the Thames , eff Cremorne GardenB _, Chelsea . The age of the deceased is Btated to be abont thirty-five years , of dark complexion , five feet eight inches in height , dark hair and whiskers , which meet nearly at tbe chin . In the pockets of the deceased were found a silk handkerchief and a razor . The body of deceased is dressed in a blue Chesterfield coat , dark figured double-breasted vest , dark brown speckled stockings , and lies at St Luke's workhouse , Chelsea .

      Ths _Hobbtbij * _Buclosbbxs ai Lambsih . — Lambeth , _THuasnAy . — -Spencer Lindfield , William Lindfield , Mary Ann Dryden , and Richard Orpin , who have been in custody for some weeks on a charge of having caused tte death of Eliza Wilson , were placed at the bar before Mr Norton , for final examination . —Mr Norton remarked that , as respected the second prisoner , he did not think the evidenoe against him sufficiently strong , and shonld therefore discbarge him . — -Mrs lindfield , on hearing this , dropped on her knees in the dock , and prayed _aadi bly for some minutes , when she was removed by the gaoler ; ahe , as well as Dryden and Orpin , having been folly c ommitted for triaL

      To The Working Classes. * Words Are Tili...

      TO THE WORKING CLASSES . * Words are tilings , and a small drop of ink Paumg—Uka dew—upon a thought , produces Tbat wbich makcB thousands , perhaps million thin * , ' Biion .

      THE FRENCH REVOLUTION , versus BARON BALDERDASH BROUGHAM . _BaOTHBR _pBOMrABlANS , Of late years , so little bas been heard of the once renowned' slashing Harry , ' that some of you may have supposed him to bave been really consigned to 'the tomb of all tbe Capuleta , ' if not to some less reputable resting place . But for the occasional galvanic-like contortions of the eld renegade , people might naturally suppose that , after all , his breakneck death , which was reported to bave occurred

      some years ago , was really no hoax . Indeed , but that' Radical Harry' bad shown his intense enmity to the people some years before tbat precious hoax was manufactured , there would be good reason to regard the present ' Lord Brougham' as only the vampire-likeness of the once roaring Radical who was for turning KINGS' HEADS INTO FOOTBALLS 1 After all , I despair of convincing those who remember Henry Brougham as tbe candidate for Yorkshire , that that ' popular favourite ' is really the identical author of the « Letter to the Marquis of Lansdowne , ' on the French Revolution . Even if half-persuaded , such sceptics will be likely to exclaim , with Macbeth . —

      ' The times bare been That when thefaart was out , the nan would die , And tbere an end : but now , they i ; go again , With twenty moral suicides on their crowns !' Wonderful' But , to bare done discussing tbe actuality of * Lord Brougham , ' there can be no mistake about bis 'Letter , ' which is as real as ' words can make it ; and which is charged to a supposed gullible public , the very substantial sum of four shillings . I should be sorry to add anything that might lead the reader to suppose it worth that sum . In the course of his four shillings worth of balderdash , the * noble' letter-writer goes ont of his way to insult Lonis Blanc , by sneering at that great and good man for taking refuge , in this country from the

      blondv—( 'The phrase is J 7 r 0 _Ho * iam '« , and not misapplied' )—designs of his _oouroeoig-eneraies . He does more . Authors are proverbially an envious race—there are individual exceptions—and Brougham , who has written works which have already been damned without hope of redemption ; and who , when he really shall be dead and gone , has no chance of being remembered as an author , though bis name may bave a short-lived notoriety , as tbat of a second * rate political charlatan—alluding to Louis Blanc ' s Organisation of Labour— ' a work of which thousands were sold at what was called the very low price of a franc '— -says : ' I read it at the desire nf a friend of the writer , and was bound in candour

      to tell him I thought it the dearest book I ever bought . ' Quite sure am I tbat every one "ho bas been fool enough to lay out four shillings _> _*** * _. 1 Letter * under notice , will say the same of _« his lordship's' ' rasb . But , friends , you shall see the wherefore of the ' noble lord ' s' slap at Louis _Blanc ' s book . The member of the _ex-Provisional Government is the most successful political author in Europe . Tbe History of Ten Years , has been translated into several languages , and his sold enormously . The Political Philosophy—( Lord B . ' s ' very elaborate work' )—on the other hand , has

      been known only to Lord Brougham ' s ' ad . mirers ' _---a circle ' more select than numerous . ' Brougham himself says , tbat' thousands were sold ' of the Organisation of Labour . The sale of the Political Philosophy ( which I would dare wager not ten of you ever before heard tell of ) , may be guessed from the fact , that its author—no doubt with the view of getting the unsold stock off his handshas contrived to insert in bis new pamphlet a puff of his precious Philosophy , which would do credit to the inventive genius of ' Professor Holloway * or the departed Morisson . The political _auack says : —

      At'be _deilre of our Useful Knowledge Sooiety . and in _constant communication -with onr lamented friend and colleague , Al thorp , I prepared s very elaborate work . Tbi PotmcAL _Pbhosopht , in wbich tbe principles of _government ere folly explained , aud tbe theory as well at the history _^ nd practice of ihe _varlouB _constltntione tbat bave flourished in ancient er in modern times Is minutely described . Now what would you have more ? Here is tbe wisdom of Confucius , Moses , Minos , Ltcur gus , Solon , Numa , Justinian , Alfred , Jefferson , & c , concentrated in Lord Brougham ' s

      bookl Here you bave the whole art and mystery of constitution-making made plain ' to the meanest capacity . ' The stuff is warranted genuine ; won't yon buy ? Alas ! no ! There stands the very elaborate work , begun in 1840 , finished 1846 , ' so mnch waste paper ; whilst of that detestable work Organisation p / Ia 5 our , ' thousands were sold . ' * Who'll buy a bottle ? ' was the constant cry of the unlucky fellow who possessed the celebrated ' imp ; ' but' who'll buy a book ? ' is Brougham ' s cry , with as little chance , I fear , of finding a customer .

      Whatever chance there might have been previous to last February of disposing ofthe unsold stock of the ' noble lord ' s' ' Useful Knowledge , ' that chance is now evidently gone . The Revolution which ' in a few hours destroyed an established monarchy , and created off-hand a Republic , ' being ' wholly at variance with every principle' of Lord Brougham ' s Politieal Philosophy , that philosophy is clearly done for .

      Facts are chlel" that wlnna din _? , An' canna be refuted . ' And the ' great fact' of the February Revolution being ' wholly at variance' with Lord Brougham ' s theories , 'his lordship ' can be no longer regarded , even by his select admirers , as an _authority in political philosophy . No wonder he objects to ' revolutions made with the magic wand of an enchanter . —monarchies destroyed at a blow , —republies founded in a trice , —constitutions made _ewtemjjsre . ' Such strange doings have totally destroyed the value of his ' very elaborate work . ' Lord Brougham is politically bankrupt ; bis ' trade' is ruined—bis ' occupation gone 1 '

      I proceed to notice three principal points of Brougham ' s ' Letter : '—his railings at the Revolution ; his vituperation of the Press ; and bis comical abuse of' agitators . ' Here I must premise that Bassanio ' s description of Gratiano exactly applies to 'bis lordship , ' as self-exhibited in his 'Letter : '' _Srstiano speaks an Infinite dral of nothing , more tban any otber man in all Ytnlce . His reasons are as two grains of wheat , Wd in two b * i _» bela of chaff ; yon shall seek , all day , mo yon find tbem , and wben you have them , they are not worth tbe search . '

      ¦ While admitting that there were some defects in the system presided over by Louis Philippe , the ' noble lord' contends that all the reforms ' which might have been desirable , were really hardly worth a struggle-, ' at any rate not more than the struggle involved in' the common play of political party' a struggle of the ' outs' against the 'ins . ' But a Revolution ! there was no reason whatever why a revolution should have taken place . That revolution he describes as ' the work of a moment ; ' a change ' prompted by no felt inconvenience—announced by no complaint . ' Instead of acting in accordance with the principles of his lordship ' s 'Political Philosophy , '' the indignation ofthe multitude in Paris suddenly bursts forth ; because the police threaten testop a dinner and procession , an armed

      mob resists tbe authorities * * * the populace , further exasperated , march to to the National Assembly [ He meanB the anti-national Chamber of Deputies ] , and without tbe assent of any regular body whatever , proclaims a Republic ' He describes the revolutionists as ' some half-dozen artisans met in a printing office , and leading on two or three thousand in a capital of one million souls . ' Again , he speaks of tbe actors in the glorious days of February as' a handful of armed ruffians headed by a shoemaker and a sub-editor , ' and associated with ' ten or twelve thousand felons , eager for the pillage which they surely foresaw . ' He add * : — ' Yes ! yes ! this is the truth—the terrible truth . ' If ' his lordship' had written a 'terriil 0 lie , ' he would have been much nearer the mark . '

      The ' noble JordV ealumnieB will rot injure the pure and heroic men ofthe barricades . Their virtues were proclaimed by their bitterest enemies ; and _rsyal and arutocratio conspirators are living msnuments of the magnanimity of their proletarian conquerors . ' Lord Bbotohah' in trying to throw dirt at the founders of the Republic , will but . soil his fingers , already nottoo clean . A few facts will fully answer Brougham ' s assertions that the _Rerolutien waa 'prompted by no inconveaience—announced by no complaint . ' Was it no' _inconvenience' for a nation of thirty-five millions to to ruled by as electoral _ofigarobr of one

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      _| fl * {• " *•«» ? Under the blessed reign . of' Kinj _* _faSf n « n 8 e , S . weto Baid tonumber from 200 , 000 to Z 5 _» , 000 . It is generally believed that the number did not really exceed two hundred thousand . The regular « placemen' numbered 286 , 000 . exclusive of the clergy , the offioialsof the courts of justice , the rural police , pensioners , members of the MeRion nAA nnS nr , i * * _» l _** _*' Dg n addition of upwards of 200 , 000 salaried servants , or persons attached to the government from private interest ; lastly , those deriving emoluments from various _monopolies numbered some 150 . 000 more .

      Thu gigantic system of patronage was carried on at a cost to the _masB of the French people perfeotly inconceivable by the people of this country . Where the English people pay tbree millions to , the occupiers ef good berths in the civil departments of the 'publio servioe , ' the French , under Louis _Phiuppb , were paying thir teen millions for the same service—mind , I mean not francs , but _pounds—thirteen millions of _ponndB sterling ! In tbe moBt disastrous yeat of Napolkoh ' s reign the taxes amounted to only £ 23 , 000 , 000 ; whereas in the last year of _thereigB of the 'Napoleon of Peace , ' the taxes amounted to o _£ 68 , 000 , 000 sterling ! This was not all , adefioit was in course ol creation at tbe rate of £ 44 , 000 a day !

      To say the least , between two and three places wercio thegift ofthe government for every elector . Without any displacement , upwards of thirty thousand of these places must , inthe natural course of mortality , have fallen vacant every year . Of course almost the eBtire body of electors were bribed by the government . Under suoh a _Bjstem , Guizoi knew he could always _ennnt npon a' satisfied majority . ' But the work of corruption and plunder went farther . Every description of malversation was connived at as long as the cheats and robbers supported the government . Occasionally quarrels amongst the thieves themselves enlightened the public as to the manner in which this system of wholesale plunder was carried on . The condemnation of Tibte and his accomplices bas not yet been forgotten _.

      I might string together other' inconveniences' to the extent of a column or two ; but having indicated tbe principal . I am satisfied that I hwe supplied ' my lord' Bbocoham with a sufficiency of * Useful Knowledge' in connexion with thiB part of my subject . But he says the Revolution was 'announced by no complaint . ' What a blind leader of tbe blind must be this _teaaber of Political Philosophy . ' If there was no complaint why was the Press gagged , seized prosecuted , and pen > ecated throughout the reign of Louis PmurpK ? Why did the scaffold flow with tha blood of that' illustrious Prince ' s' politieal enemies 1 Why were the dungeon * oi Saint Pelagic , Mount St Michael , 4 o , gorged with political prisoners ? Why wss the said ' Prince , ' so ' renowned' for bis '

      capacity , ' compelled year after year te make himself a _prisoner in his palace , or only appear in pnblio when surrounded by thousands of armed mercenaries ? If there was no complaint wbat was the meaning of the Reform Banquets ? and why , at meat of those banquets did the guests refuse to drink the health , or acknowledge the sovereignty , of King Smith ? Lastly : Why did the Parisians , even on tbe 23 rd o February , march against the government to the cry of' Down with the system ?' The' inconvenience' of the system was notorious to every one both in and out of France , except those who profited by it ; and the' complaint' of the overburdened people bad resounded through Europe . Brougham says the Revolution was made by 'hair a

      dozen artisans in a printing-office . ' What be tier proof wonld he bave that the system was _untr ained , rotten , doomed to perish before the fira '; sa 3 t of the popnlar whirlwind ? Really 'his lorU ' ji p ' shonld go back to school ; it mu « t bB a long : _Jae sinoe he and' Useful Knowledge' parted company . But , _necessary or _unnecessary , it is evident thai 'Lord _Bbooohaji' wonld bave been satisfied with tbe Revolution , if the Revolutionists had enly shown the good sense to have consulted his wishes . He is f _jriously indignant that the Republicans did their work'without even affecting to _aBk the consent of

      any human bemg , or even to apprize any one before hand (!) of what they intended to do . ' Ah ! why uid they not apprize Lord Brougham ? Wby did they not ask his' consent ? ' Had they done so . ' his lordship ' would , doubtless , have superintended the whole affair , and conducted the Revolution in accordance with the most approved ' principles of government , ' as' explained' in hie Political Philosophy . Had he only been ' called in' at the birth of the Republio he might at this time have been its champion , instead of its opponent ; and the wearisome task would have been spared me of _fading through hia four-shilling rigmarole .

      Over and over again , our politioal philosopher lets his readers know that he entertains the most eeve reign contempt for the men who were placed in power in February—men who had _« not the shadow of a title to any authority whatever . '—' men who with the single exception of my illustrious friend , M . Arago , were even wholly unknown before in any way even to their very names and existence ; or who were known as authors of no great fame ; or who were known as of so indifferent reputation that they had better have not been known at all . ' This last oharaoter exaotly fits * his _lordshipV noble self ! The ' noble and learned' critic also take * care to impress npon his readers that he has no faith in the Republio , which he regards enly as' a passing scene , ' doomed to make way ' for a return to Royalty ' . He was not always of tbis opinion . He den unces the press for having , as he asserts , 'joined tbe cause of the revolution , ' and for ' the fawning position assumed towards the authors ofthe convulsion . ' I shall now

      proceed to show that this same Bbotjoham did , at one time , volnntari _' y acknowledge the ' authority' ofthe revolutionary government ; did profess _unbounded confidence in the Repnblio ; and did himself assume a ' fawning position' to the revolutionary leaders , until they cast bim from them , I take tbe following from the Timbs ;—'On Friday , April 7 _« h , Lord Brougham , being then at Paris , wrote a note to M . Cbbmietjx , re questing letters of naturalisation as early as convenient . ' On Saturday , April 8 , M . Cbimieux answered this note , pointing out to Lord Brougham that if France adopted him as one of ber sons , he would cease to bs an Englishman , —he wonld no more be Lord Brougham , —but Citizen Brougham ; and , indeed , would lose all the advantages of every kind he possessed as an Englishman . On _Moiaday , April 10 , Lord Brougham , being then in London , sent the following reply to the above : —

      M . le _Utniatre , —I have tbt honour to acknowledge tbe receipt of yonr letter of the 8 th . I never doubted tbat in being naturalised In France 1 should _Iobb all my rigbti of an English peer and subject in France , and should _oaly preserve my privileges of an Eogli-hman In England . In France I mast be all that the law * of France grant to the citizens of tbe Republic . As I desire abore all things the happiness and tba mutual peace of the two countries , I thought it my duty to show my confidence in French institutions by encouraging my countrymen to trust in them as I would do . H . _Bbouohah . '

      The _verr next day , Taesday , April llth , Citizen Brougham made a speeoh in the House of Lords , on the affairs of Italy , in the course of which he digressed to France , and attaoked the Revolution and the Provisional Government in the most unmeasured terms . He declared he had ' no confidence at all' in the Revolutionary government , and the acts of that government he held up to ridicnle and scorn . The next day , the 12 th , the Minister Cremuux being , up to that time , ignorant of the' noble lord ' s ' rapid conversion from ' confidence' to' no confidence at all , ' sent another letter to Citizen Brougham , explaining more fully and clearly than before , that , in order to become a Frenchman in Fiance , ' his lordship' must _ceaBe to be an Englishman altogether ,

      and all over the world . France allowed no participation . The surprise and just indignation exoited by Brougham ' s speeoh of the llth , when read at Paris , naturally induced the publication of the correspondence between the ex-Chancellor and tbe Minister of Justioe ; and Brougham , covered with contempt , became tbe laughing-stock of Europe ; The oopyist of Burke cannot plead that he gave in his 'adhesion to the Repnblio * in a fit of unconsidered enthusiasm , seeing that he _prefers to have a [ waya : regarded the Revolution with feelings of disgust ; and , moreover , had allowed six weeks to elapse from the 24 th of February , before he first wrote fer letters of naturalisation ' as early as convenient . ' It was then , after mature consideration , that the' noble lord' acknowledged the sound' title '

      of the _Provisional Government to exercise the supreme ' authority ; ' that be declared bethought it a ' duty' to show his' confidence in French institutions ;' aud that , in his anxiety to become a Frenoh citizen , he professed himself ready to resign' all bis rights as an English _peeranAaubjectin France . * Waa not this joining' the cauBe of the Revolution V Waa not this assuming ' a fawning position towards the authors of the convulsion ?• He vituperates the Parisian populace as thatmany . headed idol '— 'that _Juggernaar , ' To that 'idol' he ' meekly bowed the head ;' before that' Juggernaut * he flung himself prostrate . But his insincere worship was rejected—hia divided allegiance refused ; therefore , he is enraged—therefere _, he has published bis' Letter —therefore , _hehas written _himaelf down an ass !'

      Lord Brouohau * in the course of his ' Latter ' delivers himself of Buch fierce aod repeated wradeB againBt the press , that it is evident that it is from no want of _good-will on his part that there is not a Russian censorship established in thiB country . God knows I have no respeot for—or fellowfeeling with—the venal and heartless crew who constitute the great body of our 'best possible instructors . ' But the noble ' censor' assails the _journalists not for their heavy and endless offences against the iuse

      c of mankind ' s progression ; but , because of supposed virtues , which—in general—they have no claim to and indeed have been at some trouble to repudiate since the publication of' his lordshipV pamphlet , I have already shown that the ex-Chancellor charges the press of this country , as well as that of France , with' having almost entirely joined the cause of the revolution . ' As the Timbs , the Chronicu , the _Gwbb , aad the rest of the' respectable * _pressgang have . indignantly denied the ' . soft impeachment , ' I need say _notaiagmore on that item

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      of his lordshipV charges . He misses no opportunity of sneering at 'ediuvs , writew , newsmongers , and dealers in daily papers ; a class of men well known for the influence whioh thoy exert considerably above their merit ? . ' After teaming through some p 8 geH against the press in general , he asks : — < J 8 the press to be ' eftentirelv free even in peaceable times V Not so . In the first -lace he would have the law ' discourage anonymous writing , _^ and give every inducement to publish in eaoh writer _s own name . ' _Verygeod . A law which

      would unmask the veiled _enemies of tbe people would have the hearty approbation of every honest man . But this would not be likely to answer tbe ebjeot' his lordship has in view ; he would therefore give'the Executive Government the power ot _suapending , for a time to be limited , any journal once convioted tf _seditioa . ' i hank you for nothing , most liberal leginlatorl But I must place on _ncc-rd in this letter ' Lord Brougham ' s' estimate of the _presp . He says itis' an anonymous tyrant' and ' an obscure despot ' — ' au absolute power Belf-oreated , domineering over the state and the laws . ' He adds :

      It is on the uninformed and irritable multitude tbat the press works , and to keep its bold over thatmnltitude _, it must even yield in part to their dictates , going two steps with them in order that they might take three with it ; pandering to their more violent propensities ; _joining in their most cherished delusions * * * * What shall be said of wilful falsehoods , propagated either of men or measures , in support of party maiioeuvres and party spite ? What of undertaking to write up a bad cause , or write down a formidable opponent of a dishonest cause t What of circulating direct incitements to revolution , to mob violence , to tbe invasion of private property , to making a run upon the bank , to plmnderers , to _intendiarins 1

      Really , if not naturally an ungrateful man , 'his lordship' must be possessed of a very indifferent memory . Either he is the moat ungrateful , or the mo 9 t forgetful of men -, seeing how much he owes to the public press . When a candidate for the representation of Yorkshire , ' Henry _Br-uoham' did not think such small beer of the press a a he * _eems to do now . On the oontrary , he was very glad of the support of the Lkbd 3 Mercurt , to which he mainly owed his election . ' _HsMtr Brougham' was , in faot , the nominee of the late Edward Baines , proprietor of the Leeds Mercurt . It was the inflated artioles fn tbat journal—puffing off ' slashing Harry' aa the ' greatest Reformer alive' — as the showman says , ' alive ! alive ! ' tbat got up the Whig steam and enabled Harry to win his election for the most noble , but usually most misrepresented , county in

      England . * ' His lordship' did not alwayB turn up his nose at ' editors , writers , newsmongers , and dealers in papers . ' Ono Sunday , in the time of his Chancellorship , being on hiB way to or from the North , he appeared in Leeds , in 'a carriage and four , ' and driving to the Mercurt Office , hia flunkies tried the bell at thed _"> or of the newspaper office , but no one was within ; Mr Bainbb ' _s private residence being in another part ofthe town . Some neighbour ,, or person standing in the street , informed the occupier of the carriage that the person he wanted was not to be found there . On which the new-fledged lord made answer : — ' Tell Mr Fames the Lord-Chancellor has called upon him !!! My informant heard these words , he being on his way to Church at the time , and was arrested in hia progress by the unexpected fight of Lord Brougham whom he well knew — in the streets of Leeds on that

      oooasion . There is no doubt a good deal of troth in wbat * Lord _Brdvoham' says of the press pandering to tbe ' delusions' and * vb _' _intJpropensitieB' of the' multitude ; ' aad _iasUing' to rewlution , to mob violence , to _Vj _3 _inyaaioo of private property , t _3 making a rnn npon tbe bank , ' _^ a ,, co . Within the _iaai _eUhteen years the prep has excited , sustained and _inflamsd two gn 5 . it popular _ddlnsioas <» the ' Reform' and the ' Free Trade' agitation 3 . * His lordship' of course writes with a full _recoiJoaJiim of She revolutionary

      years 1830 31 . 32 ; and points particularly to that grand ' delusion' the' Reform Bill' He remembers the' wilful falsehoods' ofthe Press which led to the burning of _Nottingham Castle . He remembers' the incitements to mob violence' which led to the sacking of a large part of iristoll He remembers that the Times recommended an application of ' Brick bats and _BLunsKoss' to the Tories to bring them to their senses ; and the formation of a ' National [ ' Conservative' !] Guard' to coerce' that faction' the House of Lords . He remembers the advice given by tbe Whig press to the people to' Run for Gold

      !'—'STOP THE DUKE ! GO FOR GOLD !' And , I dare say , he has not forgotten that at the timeihe was Lord Chancellor , one ot' his lordshipV moat ardent supporters—one of the staff of the Leeds Mercury , proposed to a great , and excited , and 'irritable multitude' to give « THREE GROAN _* FOR TBE QUEEN 1 ' —Qaeen Adelaide . Doubtless the recollection of these doings has fired tbe ' coble lord ' s virtuous indignation againat the press . I am sorry that I have yet the disagreeable task of showing that his' lordship ' was about that time an ardent co-worker with the Press in' pandering to the cheriBhed delusions , and violent propensities of the multitude . ' Having exhausted his wrath against the press , the ' noble and learned lord , next indulges himself with a slap at' the agitators . ' He says : —

      The trade of the agitator , the professional mischiefmaker , should in every possible wa ; be discouraged . As long as every idle good . for . little person can be assured tbat if be only devoteB himself to _stlring np the people on any ground , either as a canting preacher of grievances or a quack distributor of remedies , he will both become a popular fuvourite and earn a subsistence , rely upon it there will never be wanting many to follow this very easy and not very honest calling , and many more to be the dupes of their nostrums . This is too bad ! Here is a successful quack , who has made a fortune and retired from business , crying down tbe system by whioh he obtained his gains . Does ' his lordship * BwppoBe such conduet is in _acoordaooe with tbe principles of Free Trade V Alluding to the ' great gains' of _agitatsra _, the ' noble

      lord'has a special fling at tbe'fate O'Connell ; this is very mean of' his lordship . ' He can hardly bave a worse opinion of that prince of charlatans than I have always entertained ; bnt I oannot help believing that his hostility to _O'Cosnbll when living , and abuse of him when dead , is to be accounted for in the fact tbat' his lordship' iB conscious that he was but a second-rate quack compared with the great Dan . Here I may remark that it is not true that O'Cokkrll made ' great gains . ' His power over masses of his fellow-countrymen was never approached by Brouoiam in the _latter's _palmieBt days , _Btill'the northern lord has been luckier in clutching the siller . ' True , O'Connbll got bis fifteen , twenty , or twenty . five thousand pounds ye -rly for agitating , but he also spent it in agitation

      —principally in keeping tbe cormorants about him . He died poor . Most probably he would have died a rioh man , bad he kept to his profession and never fingered the' rent' ' Lord Brougham' is mistaken if he _supposeB that agitators generally make the pretty pickings he has made by hawking quack remedies for popular grievances . Of the notorious agitators of the _laat fifty years I know but two—Lord Brougham and a certain other' noble and learned lord '—who have made great gains by agitation . Certain Whig wire-pullers have also done pretty well , such as the celebrated letter-writer , Thomas Xoung , formerly seoretary to Lord Melbotrhb , and now enjoying a salary of £ 1 , 000 a year as Post offioe Secretary ; and the notorious Joe Parkes , now enjoying the good berth of Ex « miniBg Master in the High Court

      t > f Chancery , with a salary of £ 2 000 per annum . As regards * Lord Brougham' himself , it is notorious ( hat his doings as an agitator won for him the Chancellorship . It is also notorious that he made a market of his popularity t o obtain that place . His election for Yorkshire was made the stepping-stone to the woolsack ; and tbis , too , in defiance of his solemn pledge to the contrary . On the occasion of _bi-geleotion _, he said : — 'The King of England had it not in hia power to bribe him , No plaoe in the King's government could induce him to desert the people ; not even if tbe King were to offer him that BAUBLE , hit crown V A few weeks elapsed , and lo ! ' slashing Harry'deserted the _Yorkshiremen fer the woolsack . Tbis wheel-about was bo unexpected by hie admirers , that on tbe news first being told to

      the late Mr Baines he declared be would not believe it ; bat added , if it should prove trne , 'he would never again , as long as he lived , believe tbe professions of a publio man . ' I should add , that I believe Mr Baines subsequently relented and again took the erratio Harry to his sorely wounded affections . It iB pretty weil known thatthe only notable thing done by Lord Brocghau , during his Chancellorship , was to get the retiring salary attached to his office increased from four to five thousand pounds a year . He has the assurance to continue to take that sum from the earnings of that people against whom he manufactured his Poor Law Bill , to throw the aged , the sick , and the unemployed upon ' their own resources . ' Consistent and philanthropic patriot 1 But I promised to speak of * the noble lord ' s ' pandering to the cherished delusions andviolent propensities of the multitude . I might cite many in *

      _Btanoea , but I must limit myself to two . On the _rccasion of contesting tbe connty of York , _Hekht Bbouohah , when at Halifax , said in tho course of his harangue— ' What do you want , my boya ? What oan I do for yeu V Several voices answered , ' Cheap bread _!» On which slashing Harry' rejoined— ' No ! no ! that i ' b not what you want ; you want cheap beer ; and I'll let the Duke of Wellington have no rest , day nor night , till I get youa cheap Beer Bill . ' This pandering to the low passions of the multitude had the intended effect , and loud rose the shout ' Hurrah for Cheap Boer ! ' This pledge _wassometbing like redeemed . Those highly oreditable' institutions' —Ihe Tom and Jerry shops , arose , and the ugly mug of a „ _certain' ° ' noble and learned lord' was very extensively exhibited over the free and easy announcement— ' Allowed to be drunk on the premises !' On the day of his election , in the Castle Yard at York , Henri Brougham delivered a Miming addresB ,

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      • At tbe Vme of Henry Brougham's election , the county of York was , as an _electoral _district / one and la . divisible *

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      in which he eulogised and glorified the 'bvroes of July , ' whohad just then capsized Charies X fa the course of his Bpeech he _expres-ed the following words , or words to _thefoIlowiBgeffectt- _'THE DAT IS COMING WHEN ROYAL HEADS WILL BB MADE PLAYTHINGS OF AS FOOTBALLS FOR YOUR CHILDREN !!!' Was nob that pandering tothe violent prf > pe » MttM of the multitude ? Those words were delivered too in a tfine of evident exultation . I was not at Halifax-1 was not at York—but I can fully depend oa ihe veracity of my authority for tbe * e characteristic anecdotes of the Belf appointedi censor of the French Revolution , and denunoiator-general of ' pardering * Agitators !

      To cap tbe _olimax of' Lord Bbouobam _' s ' reputation , it is only necessary I should add , that in bis letter to Lord Lansdowne he bravely stands up fot the gallows and tr e guillotine , as tbe great safeguards of humanity ! And bis remedy for popular disturbance is simply to ' mow _oowhwmasskb ! ' Bnt enough . Tbe name of Bbouohah sow , and in coming _yearo , ' to every eye Tbe climax of all scorn shall bang on high , Exalted o ' er his less _abborr'd compeers—And festering in the infamy of years . ' October 19 , 1848 . VAiii dv Petjple .

      Hamburg, Oct. 13.—Last Night Tbe Extensi...

      Hamburg , Oct . 13 . —Last night tbe extensiva ship manufactory of Messrs A . H . Silleman and Co ., on the Grassbrook , was burned to the gronnd . Tha buildings are insured in foreign and home insurance companies for 279 000 marks banco . Her Maj £ 8 _ty ' fl pardon was on Monday last granted to John Shelly and William Lewis , who weie convicted at the late Spring Assises , Devon , for attack ing , _illusing , and robbing on tbe highway Mr James _Redioiiffe , of Whitchurch , yeoman , and who wen sentenced to fifteen years' transportation . These men are labourers , and at their trial , from their _condition in life , were prevented irom bringing witnesses to prove an alibi which has b _^ en since established .

      The Ikish Trials For High Treason. The D...

      THE IKISH TRIALS FOR HIGH TREASON . The defence of Mr O'Donohoe was opened on Saturday with the examination of Patrick HaEraban , whose evidence went to negative tne proposition -bat the prisoner was engaged in the insurrectionary attack on the 29 th July , the day of the storming of Widow M'Cormick ' s louse at _Ballingsn-y . This witness and two others positively swore that O'Donohoe , Meagher , acd Leyne spent ( he whole of that day in bis house at Tnrlocb , which is eight or ten miles from the scene of that famous battle . _Hanra han admitted that he knew of the proclamation against Meagher when he thus rendered himself liable to the charge of felony for harbouring bim , and that he waa a member of a Confederate Club .

      Mr Butt delivered another powerful appeal to tbe jury . He mainta ned that the clear interpretation of tbe aotB of the prisoner , and those with whom he was _Msooiatcd , was , that from the 28 th of July he and they separated from _O'Brien—itrnght shelter in tha hills—resorted to no violence—joised no armed bodies , but merely endeavoured to preserve them * selves from arrest , and remained together wandering abont till they were arrested by the police on the high road on their way towards Holyeross . The learned gentleman ably reviewed the evidence for the prosecution , and pointed ont a variety of palpable discre pancies in the facts depesed to . He contended that the chief witness made up a very different story of what he had witnessed for eaoh of the three trials on whioh he had been examined . The Solicitor General replied ; and Mr Justice Mo-re summed up .

      Thejury retired at half-past seven o ' elook . During their absence , and that of the judges , the following scene occurred : — Mr Butt said-Mr High Sheriff , Mr Going tha Under Sheriff has now been two or tbree times io with the jary—he is in with them sow , and he ought not to be . You'll excuBemefor calling your attention to it , but itis my duty to do so on "behalf cf the prisoner , who has placed his case in my hands-While Mr Butt was speaking thesnb-sheriff came ont , and when he concluded eaid : How was I to take them a message V The Hieh Sheriff : The first message , Mr Bnti , waZto know if thejury were likely io agree .

      Mr Bntt—That is the very reason , Mr High Sheriff , that I hsvr objeoted to those repeated messages being sent them ; for ( with emphasis ) they look like an intimation tbat they ought to agree . The Attorney General—Really , Mr Butt , yon bave no right-Mr Butt—Really Mr Attorney , I have a right , and I have a perfect _^ right to say this , tbat the judges ought to come into court , ana send their _mes-Bage , whateveritis _/ _mthepreseneeoftheprisoneraiid his counsel . After the lapse of two or three minutes , the jndges came into court , and having taken thtir seats on ths bench—Mr Butt rose and said—I wish to state to yoar

      lordships-Chief Justice Blackbnrne—We don't wish to hear anything from you , sir . Mr Butt—But , my lords , I wish to make a statement to the eourt , and it is my duty to naH it , and I will . It is this , that in the absence of your lordships the _sub-sheriff was several times in the juryroom ( the sub sheriff interrupting twice , and without any direotion from your lordshipB . Chief Justice Blaokburne . —That ' s a mistake . Mr Butt—tie has been there , my lords , The _Sub-Bhoriff-That ' s quite a mistake ; I have not . Chief Justice _Blackhnrne-Mr Sigh . Sh _eriff , aft the jury if they are likely to agree .

      The High Sheriff proceeded tothe door of thejury room , atd having made the inquiry , returned and said , ' Trey wish not to give an answer for a few moments . ' At the same instant a rap was heard inside the door of the jury . room , and the High Sheriff again went to them , and on his return said , * My lords , they say that tbey are not likely to agree . ' At this announcement manifestations of applause were heard through the oourt , At eleven o ' olock the judges returned into court , and direct 3 d the sheriff to call in the jury . When the jury bad taken their seats in the bos , the foreman said some of the jury were anxious to know whether if a msn were guilty of high treason , and tbat another joined him , and was not conscious of the treason , would he be equally implicated in the orime ?

      Judge Moore : If he does any act assisting the man who is committing treason , tbe man who doea that aot , though m . t conscions of the intent ot the other , is equally guilty . After a few moments had elapsed , hie lordship said—Gentlemen , we called yoa into court to state that we are now about to retire for the night ; and we wish to know whether _wa _> can afford you any further assistance in point of law ; or whether there is any other portion of the notes you wish to have read 1 If so , of coarse we are ready to afford you every assistance in onr power . The foreman intimated that they did not then require any further information , and requested that their lordships would allow them a few minntes more for consideration before the court was _adjourned for the night .

      At ten minntes past eleven o ' clock an intimation was conveyed to their lordships that the jury had agreed to their verdiot . The jury then came into court with a verdiot of Guilty . After a short pause , Judge Moor , * perused tha issue paper , and then handed it to the Clerk of tbe Crown , and directed him to read it . It waa-to tha following effeot : — ' We find gBitt **' 04 the first fiva counts , and ' not guilty' on the wxtb . , We unanimously recommend the prisoner to _snsrey in the strongest manner , in consequence of his having withdrawn , and having disconnected himself from hia associates previous to the attack at _Faninrory . ' The Chief Justice then directed the court to be adjourned till tec o ' clock on Monday , immediately upon which the judges retired .

      A rush was instantly made to thedwk by several friends of Mr O'Donohoe , inolnding air Maher _/ hia junior counsel , and his solicitor , Mr Laffan , who were anxious to take their leave of him _before he was conveyed baok to the prison . He shook hands cordially with them , and sustained a brief conversation with cheerfulness and composure . Aa he was leaving the court an incident occurred which strikingly ex * amplifies the spirit of the man . A person in the crowd leant over the deck , and , stretching out his hand to Mr O'Donohoe , addressed some words to him , the purport of whioh did not reach us . _O'Da

      nohoe , however , turned round and addressed thia individual in the following terms : — 'Sir , I do not knew who you are , but the observations you have just made induce me to think that yon are little better than the witnetses who havo sworn away my life . I think you are one of the Dablin detez'dvea , and I will not pollute my hand by touching yours . * The person thus addressed slunk , away abashed , and O'Donohoe then retired , with an unfaltering step , to the department underneath , from whence he waa shortly afterwards conveyed to the gaol in the prison vast , guarded by a strong force of police .

      On Monday morning , the trial of T . F . Meagher commenced . Tbe indiotment is similar to that cm which the other prisoners were tried ; but there will be some difference in the evidence produced against Mr Meagher . For instance , in some of tnoseoratorieal effusions whioh calle'l forth _canfedeiate cheers in the _Mueio-hall and elsewhere were adduced in evidence against him . When Mr Meagher was placed at tha bar , imprisonment did not appear to bave impaired his health . He looked a little paler than _osaaL With this exception there was no change in hia appearance . He was very _neatly dns » 4 . His deportment was firm and _composed . The youth and personal attributeaof Mr Meagher , his eloquence and ability , all combine te render him an especial favourite with snch a M-gDa aa the Irish , who are mora readily _wO- _MrM _**** _ttnftttw

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 21, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_21101848/page/5/