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      The Imuiideitous Misciu_A_T Jounstoni; ,...

      Loan Mo-r _ T _ akd ths Welsh Exum . — The followi-S letter has been received by Mr . F . _ £ r _ el __ , chaiiraan ofthe _Banulev Restoration Committee * . _—?' London , Febrnary 24 . —Sir , _—Itisalwa-smy wish tocomply with the desire of ray _constitnents , but , iu justice to many who are sentenced to even severer punishment _, for less serious offence ., I do not fed myself prepared to Tote for a remission to men whose offence was not being - " -artists , but rebels andshedders of blood . I have the honour to be . sir , your faithful servant , Hob-• r-TH _. —Mr . Frank Mirfield . "— . Will the Whiglord ever dare to go to Barnsley again . We shall see . He had a warm reception in 1 S 41—much warmer than he liked—bnt the devil help him next time the Barnsley 1 ids get hold of him . ] J . Gbegosi . —We believe the cheapest edition of Byron ' s poems is tbe volume edition , published at fifteen

      shillings , by Mr . Murray , Albemarle-street . This edition may , we _beliere , be procured 3 t still less cost at many of the London book dealers . Onr correspondent will find in our advertising columns all tbe information we could impart to him concerning the " History of Ame jica . " Oar correspondent's third question we have forwarded to thc Executive . J _ __ £ s WiLtUM , Ko . 9 . Lowe-street , Hillgate , Stockport ; wishes all sub-secretaries in South Lancashire to inform him whether their respective localities are prepared to act on the suggestion offered hy the South Lancashire delegate meeting—viz ., to hold a delegate meeting of all branches ofthe Land Society in South Lancashire , on the second Sunday in March . Mr . Williams Irishes to have this information hy , or before , the 3 rd of _____ •__ . D . Snell , Co-H-bbook-ale . —Wears compelled to postpone the notice of jour communication till nextweek .

      February 28, 1846. The Northern Star, *

      February 28 , 1846 . THE _NORTHERN STAR , *

      8eceipts Of The Chartist Co-Operative La...

      8 ECEIPTS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETT . SHAKES . Rt JCB . O ' COXHOS . £ s . d . Rouen , France , per J . Sidaway 5 IS 2 lVrshore , per W . Conn .. 4 0 0 Ashton-under-Lyne , per E . Hobson .. .. 4 1-6 _« orgie Mills , per W . Mechan _ . .. .. 200 Halifax , per C . W . Smith - .. .. 450 _Addtngham , per S . Widdof M .. .. 140 Frescot , per J . Robinson .. ., .. .. 0 16 o Sunderland , per W . Dobbie „ .. .. IV ) 6 Stockport per T . Woodhouse 2 0 0 Oldham , per " v .. Hamer .. .. ? . .. 500 Bury , per W . Ireland .. .. .. 819 6 _Caritsle . per J . Gilbertson .. .. .. - 0 0 Ko- _ ieh , nerJ . Hurry .. .. ~ .. 200

      Dodhurst Brow , per _.. Bowdea .. .. .. 200 Barnsley , per J . Ward .. « ..-5 0 0 Carrington , per J . Ley * .. .. .. 13 10 0 Glasgow , per J . Smith .. .. .. .. 012 0 Heywood , per R . _VTrigby .. .. ~ 4 IS 3 Leeds , per TV . Brook .. .. .. .. 500 Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. .. .. 6 13 0 Hunter Osborne , per ditto ' .. .. -. 070 _-tocbdale .. .. .. .. _ . -. 200 City of London district , per J . Wyatt .. .. 319 2 Preston , per J . Brown .. .. ,. .. 310 6 Thomas Sutton , Salisbury 5 0 0 Manchester , per J . Murray 39 lo 4 Hauler and Shelton . per H . Foster .. .. 500 Hochdale , per E . Mitchell 4 0 0 _Bradford , per i . Alderson .. .. .. 6 0 0 Waterloo , near Bradford , per ditto _ _, .. 4 0 0 , . Huddersfieid , per J . Stead 9 18 3

      Ashford , per A . Doxy .. .. .. .. 700 _Bacup . per J . Maw-ion ~ .. ~ .. 500 Bolton-per Edward Hodgkinson .. .. 2 0 o _Jfewcastle , per Martin Jude .. .. .. 4 10 10 * This sum was stated iu the letter ns being advised through a London bank , bnt upon application , no such remittance had been made . AYe wish the mistake corrected at once , as we are already £ 36 out of pocket by our deputy-trea _ nrers _ ip . * LSVT S _ K THE LAND CONFERENCE . _ E £ -IS . O ' COXKOK . Sunderland , per V . Debbie 0 1 3 Hevwood , per K . "Wngby .. .. .. 0 1 9 _ C ; A- - fLondon _ kt _; ct . perJ . Wyatt - .. O 0 - Ashford , per A . D « ry - - -. 009 LEVI -OR __ --C _. O _ S . PER MR . O _' COSSOB . _Addinsham . per S . Widdof .. .. .. 0 0 G < Hty of London district , per J . Wyatt .. .. 0 1 . NATIOKAL _ASTl-MILlTlA FCSD .

      PER aa . o ' COKKOB . 3 . Sweet . Xottinsham .. .. .. 019

      NATIONAL CHARTER AS 30 CIATI 0 S . EXECUTIVE . P £ 8 sis . o ' _coasos . -Hehnlocality _ . _ . .. « .. 0 C 0 T . Brearilev , Triangle .. .. .. .. 007

      RECEIPTS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAXD SOCIETY . SHARES . FES GESEKAt _GECEETAST . £ s . d . £ s . d . Selbv 2 0 0 Boulogne .. .. 320 Mr . ' W . Fox .. .. 2 W 9 Burnley .. .. 400 Alfred Brians .. 017 Hyde lit ; Chorley - - 2 12 0 Somers Town „ 2 0 O ¦ Westminster .. 1 S 6 Armley .. ., 011 _Elderslie „ .. 119 O -Uraenden Stones .. 0 17 -1 WhittinstoniCat 511 S Eachel Itowall .. 0 - 9 Lambeth .. .. -510 0 M . S . 0 16 _Sutton-in-Ashfield 0-2 6 Mottram .. .. 117 0 Hindlev „ .. 014 Hanley & Shelton S 6 2 Leicester .. .. 400 Hull 200 Birkenhead .. .. 2 0 0

      SCLE-. _Xorwich .. „ 0 0 6 Hanley .. .. 0 0 . IEVT FOB THE USD _CDJfFEBEXCE Brighton _ -. 009 Lower Worley .. 009 _Eldersfie .. .. 023 Carrington .. .. 026 Xorwicli .. .. 003 Secretary .. .. 010

      _KYT -OB »_ - __ -TO _ -. Brighton .. .. 036 Darlaston .. .. 0 0 G Carlisle _~ .. 0 1 3 Lower Worley .. 014 Staleybridge .. 0 1 7 Bury 0 0 7 Stockport .. .. 075 _Xewcastle-on-Tyne 013 Tbe new rules are nowout AM parties needing cards . and rules arc requested to immediately apply for the -same . An error of a . verbal nature occurred in the balance-sheet , in Mr . O'Connor ' s name being substituted for tliat of Ilr . Roberts , as treasurer . When the sheet was sent to press it did not contain tbe name of tbe treasurer or secretary , only _tlioseuf the auditors . The printer . supplied tbe omission ,. placing F . O'Connor instead of W . I * . _Koberts , ana the error was not detected until too late -to be altered . The name of one of the auditors should Lave been James Knight , instead of William . T . M . Wheeler , Sec .

      _KATIOXAL CHARTER _ASSOCIATION . . ER GENERAL SECBETABT . Whittington and Cat ( cards ) _„ .. .. 012 Greenwich , ( ditto ) .. .. .. .. 0 1 0 "Mr . Doyle ' s lecture at Turnagain-lane .. .. 0 5 fa Leicester , profits on Sorthen Star .. .. 030 Carrington _ . .. .. .. .. 040 exiles' restoration ion . Mr . Allnut .. -. 006 Mr . Coleman .. 0 0 fi _Thosas -Iaktix Wheeleb , Secretary .

      The Late Duncombe Soiree At The Crown An...

      THE LATE DUNCOMBE SOIREE AT THE CROWN AND ANCHOR TAVERN . At tlte meeting ofthe General Committee , held on Monday _evening , February 9 tb , at tba Parth-iiium , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane , Mr . Cuffay in theehair , the annexed balance-sheet was presented and received . A vote of thanks was unanimously given to Messrs . Barialtand Stallwood the Secretary and _Assistant-Secretary , lor their efficient services ; also to tbeoffice _Learers on tiie night of the soiree , for the very able manner in which they conducted the proceedings . It W . 13 unanimously resolved , " That the surplus remaining in hand be presented to the Secretaries . " Baiasce Sheet of the " Duncombe Soiree , " held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern , _Januarv 2 _. th , 1516 .

      _EXPESMICEE . I £ S . d . To Teas , and nse of room for public meeting afterwards 35 5 0 Printing and other expenses 8 It li 4 - 5 14 6 INCOME . Ey cash for tickets 36 10 0 Uy cash admission to public meeting ... 7 11 6 41 1 - _balance 0 7 0 One ticket , 2 s ., only remaining due . Thomas B _ uihatt , > « i wwfori «« , Erorcsn Stauavood , / _bMretanes _-

      Mr-Teriors Death Of A Gestleuats Bct-Ei....

      Mr-TERiors Death of a Gestleuats _Bct-ei _.. — On Wednesday , Mr . Bedford held an inquest at St . < T-0 _Tge _* s Hospital , Hyde Part-corner , on tlie body of James Jforgan , aged forty-four , late butler in tlie service of — Sanderson , Esq ., M . P ., of No . 40 , _Belgrare-sqoare . Robert Brown , a mechanic , deposed that about half-past sis o ' clock on Saturday morning last , he was going to his employ in Gros-Tenor-crescent , Belgrave-square , when he found the -deceased lying on the pavement at the end of tlic crescent , in a state of total _insensibility . Iiis hat

      was lying a few feet from him , and tue lower part of his dress was disordered . There were no marks of external violence , beyond a slight bruise on the left side of bis face . A man wbo was putting out tke gas lights in the crescent came by , and recognised tbe decease-, and shortly afterwards , with the assistance of two of the deceased ' s fellow-servants , he was removed to the above hospital . Frederick Waters , -toward to Mr . Sanderson , stated tbat the deceased had lived upwards often years in the family , and he was a very sober , steady man and had not had a day ' s illness _during the whole of that time .

      After waiting at dinner , on inday evening last , lie went out for an hour , as was his usual custom , well and hearty . Mr . Mason , landlord ofthe Triumphant Chariot , Pembroke-mews , Grosvenor-place , said that tiie deceased was in his company for two hours on Friday night , and left tbe house about half-past ten , to return home , quite well and sober . Police-constable Moore , 119 B , stated that he was on duty in Belgrave-square on Friday night , and passed the spot where the deceased was found every twenty-five minutes during the night , and he was not there a few minutes before sis o ' clock , when hc went off duty . The coroner said , that in addition to the mystery in which the case was already involved , it had been intimated to hira that the deceased ' s watch and some monev was missing from his person , lie should , therefore , advise the adjournment of the inquiry , to obtain further evidence . ; which tke jury Juiced " lo .

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      Monday. Horrible Sl___H_Bi£— The'first A...

      MONDAY . Horrible Sl ___ h _ bi _£ — The ' first announecment that meets the eye on this , the first day of the week is the account ofa horrible slaughter that has taken place in India ; and , as we do not belong to that class who rejoice in triumphs over the British soldiery nor yet in their triumphs over the native Indians fighting for the re-possession of that property previously Btolen from them , we have only to regret the great fact of torrents of blood having been shed , without reference tothe GLORY OF OUR ARMS , or the establishment of our power in India . It appeals that sixty-two officers have been killed , and one hundred and fifty wounded ; while the returns are very imperfect , and that , upon an average , every regiment fighting under the British flag has lost one hundred and fifty rank and file—so that , when the returns are complete , we have little doubt that from 8 , 000 to 10 _^ 000 men will have been destroyed , or

      made pensioners upon the industry of the Brithih people for life ; whereas , if those 8 , 000 had been applied to the cultivation of two acres of land each , they would have produced a surplus , after good living , of £ 400 , 000 per annum , to exchange for the manufactures ofthe country . Itis a truth , that what the eye does not see the heart does not feel for ; and that there is more horror at seeing one man dashedfromas-affold _. orotherwisesuddenlydestroyed , than of hearing of a whole distant empire being _siraHeired lip . If such a havoc of British life had taken place on _British ground , the country would be in mourning , whatever the loss of the enemy might have been ; while , to our horror , the ears of the relatives and friends of those who fell in the late conflict were shocked by the firing of cannon in honour of OUR triumph ! We have given an account of the slaughter at such length as to render further comment unnecessary .

      The Great Mkas-Be and the Protectionists . — Whenever a country is taken by surprise , the boldness of the measure that creates it for a short time has a paralysing effect , but reaction is sure to follow ; and hence we find that the majority calculated upon excitement is dwindling down as thought progresses , while the rejection of the measure by the Lords is no longer spoken of as a mad freak of that mad assembly , but as an almost natural result . Before we go to press , itis not at all unlikely thatthe Earl of Lincoln , thc son ofhis Grace of _Newcastlewho , it appears , has NOT A RIGHT to do what he likes with bis own child—may be added to the list of rejected free traders . The Duke of Newcastle ( no

      doubt emboldened by the defence offered by Sir Robert Peel , on the motion of Mr . Collet ., for those peers who interfere at elections ) has addressed a very significant letter to the electors of South Nottinghamshire , calling upon them to reject hia son , and to send him back to the place from whence became . Will the people be now prepared to believe that the "ELECTRIC SHOCK"is now at hand-and will they be prepared to meet it ? Again we tell them , that Stanley , the Lords , and the farmers that whistle at the plough , will risk a revolution ( if the working classes are prepared to bear the blows ) rather than surrender that portion of their property with the loss of which the measure threatens them .

      Trade . —From every manufacturing town we have notice of declining trade , fall in prices , and a general despondency , owing to want of confidence and tightness in the money market . It is expected , however , that Sir Robert Peel ' scommercialmeasures , WHEN CARRIED , will alter thestate of affairs . They may when carried , but those who are likely to suffer in tke interim _^ nust never lose si ght of our oft-expressed dread of the time of settlement ; a period in whicli we hare asserted that the poor alone will be the sufferer ., while tbe rich can ibid their arms and wait tlie change , living in idleness _ pon the produce of their slaves , while their slaves ave bearing the blows in their battles , or supporting a miserable existence for another hour of misery in the Poor Law Bastile . Now is the time for a TEN HOURS' BILL ! Now is the time thatthe Protectionists will support it . Now is the time that the people should demand it with a lond and irresistible voice .

      Corn Trade . —This branch of trade is bearing its full share of the doubt and uncertainty created by Sir Robert Peel ' s measure . The farmers , though unwilling to sell , cannot get _jirices up , even though a scanty supply . The patriotism of the millers does not induce them to purchase more than a mere handto-mouth supply , and therefore , even with the threat of famine staring us in the face , we have asimultaneous decline ia the price ofall kinds of grain . Mox _ - axd Share Market . —Notwithstanding the coalition between the Government and the Bank of England , both these departments are very fiat , and , in fact , together with all other channels of traffic , appear to partake of the general uncertainty produced bv the _gorerament m-a-iires .

      I _IBEtAND . Sir Robert Pee _' sAIeas . re . —We take the foUowing from the Tipperary Vindicator , as thebest proof of the indomitable courage and resolution of the labourers and cottier tenants of Tipperary : — Sis Robust Fzel ' j _Measu & _zs—Tippebaht i . v a Blaze ' . —Sunday night , the comity for many miles was a sheet of flame . The fires were so singularly numerous and brilliant , that nothing of the kind to surpass tbem lias been remembered for a very long period . They appeared to have originated in a northerly direction , and to have been caught up with surprising velocity on all sides , so that for many minutes their appearance was extremely grand , and attracted universal attention . The Duliarrow

      Hills , Keeper and Latteragh Mountains , the Devil ' s Bit , and < m to the Shannon at both sides to Galway and Clare the Sres were everywhere lighted np , and all nearly at thesame moment . There were various conjectures as the cause of them , but we believe we may state , with some degree ef truth , that they originated in a rumour having gone anion " ' the people that Sir Robert Peel ' s measures had been sanctioned by a large majority in the Ilouse of Commons , and that there was a positive certainty of their becoming law . There is no doubt that among the great bulk of the agricultural populationthat is , among the labourers and the cottier tenantryas far as they comprehend the nature of liis measures , Sir Robert Peel's plans arecstremelypopalar . —Tipperary Vindicator _^

      The labourers and cottier tenants are perfectly aware that they will be the firet and greatest sufferers from the proposed change ; and yet , from a wise belief that benefit must result from any change from a condition that cannot be worse , induces them with heroic virtue , to brave all chances in favour of alteration , whatever it may be . It is seldom that the Irish people have had occasion to hail the measures of a Saxon Prime Minister , and the Tipperary boys have been induced to the approval from a conviction that it is the wedge to split the Protestant Church , to destroy the monopoly of the landed aristocracy , and to compel them ( if they wish to live ) to bring their estates into the retail market , where an Irish Catholic will beheld to be of equal value with the English Protestant or Scotch dissenter . TUESDAY .

      Frost , Williams , asd Joxks . —Themost important news of this day is the fact that petitions are arriving from all parts of the kingdom , praying for the restoration of Frost , Williams , aud Jones . One has just come to hand from the brave fellows of Manchester , signed by nearly 4 U , 000 , carriage paid , aud which we instantly despatched to Mr . Duncombe . This will be the best answer to the lying fabrications of Mr . Macaulay , which we shall distinguish with more extensive reprobation than a mere comment in our summary . We shall use it here , however , to ask one simple question ; itis—what chance of justice , or even respect , the working classes cau expect from this babbling , hired lawyer—this wordy , glib philosopher—tbis devil , that looks more like a shaved baboon than a human creature ? Of all men living , we don't believe that this miserable speech-maker baa a friend on earth ont of the friendless rump of the Whig cabinet .

      _Axothek Gnosi _ton the Times . —The Times of this morning has an article from " a correspondent " on the present state or _affaikb ; and in which wc find the two following significant passages : — The consequences of this hesitation may be serious . Iu conjunction with the new elections , it may considerably impair the Minister ' s strength . His expected majority may dwindle from ninety or one hundred to eighty , or seventy , or even sixty . In that case the question , " What will the Lords do ! '' assumes more than ever importance . Will they throw out the bill altogether , or petition the Queen to dissolve Parliament ! Then the country will again be subjected to the process of an agitation such as it has not witnessed since the days of the Reform Bill .

      Again , " we mav lament over this significant chapter in the history of human nature , but we can hardly wonder if the Lords turn it to account . " Well , if the Times had profited by our early intelligence , the question would have been beyond wonder by this time . The _Debxte .-Mr . E . Bullor confined himself wholly to statistics and figures , for the purpose of mystifying the biaius of the muddie-pated Lvotectionists . Captain Bateson , an Irish Protectionist , said : — Four million , of waste lands in Ireland would have been brought into cultivation undur the fostering influence of protection ; but the heath would still continue to nourish on one part , and tbe bog to encroach upon the remaining part of them , under the system now proposed For such a loss , what pecuniary grant could be a compensation ?

      We would ask the gallant captain , in passing , if the high prices produced by proteetion , had not insured the cultivation of those four million acres for such a long period , what right we bad _toaniicipate tha t itcontinuance would have led to such a result ? It is only nowihat the Protectionists are endeavouring to tickle us with what THEY WOULD HAVE DONE , -bile we simply ask them WLIAT T 11 EY HAVE D 0 _XE ? ilr . Lockhart expressed the deep regret which he felt at being compelled to vote agaiust Sir K _ Peel on this j measure ; but he had no choice , as he was convinced that it wonld sweep away all the « w ««/ j ! rtiwri of the _wuutryj

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      and would throw out _OfculU *_ i , on all the ulterior mud in the country . No , Mr . Lockhart , the effect of the measure will not be to sweep away the small farmers , but it will be to brea k the farmers who have leases at such a rent as they cannot pay with reduced prices , and who have landlords who will vainly hope to keep up the price ofthe raw material with diminished price for the produce . We ask Mr . L ., also , how it comes to pass , that neither he nor his class ever thought of the small formers until their own interests were at stjilec ? Sir George Clerk , a government hack , made a long speech about prices , potatoes , Germany , Poland , Russia , and America , but literally threw no new light upon the subject . Mr . Liddell approved the proposed change in the law of settlement as a great boon to the agricultural interest , and an act of justice to the _' _labourins

      artisan . Mr . Hutt said : — They had supported the Corn Law of 1811 , and the last tariff . Step after step they had supported all Sir It . Peel ' s measures , relaxing protection and approaching to free trade ; but now , when they came to the best tariff of all , they stopped short of a sudden , and began to prate of their virtues and their sufferings . Does not Mr . Uutt see that there was a p leasing mystery in the sliding scale of Sir R . Peel , suiting the weak intellects of the agricultural class , but that there is a certain understandable thrust in the present measure whichdefies solution in their muddled pates ? It possesses just the quality that they don't wish for —the quality of certainty .

      Cant . Fitzharris " condemned the present propositions of the government , and regretted that we were about to lose our place among the nations ol Europe , in order to become a great simp fer thc benefit of the whole world . " Well done , gallant captain!—who are _' about to lose their place among the nations of Europe ? The landed aristocracy , forsooth ! The fellows who saddled the _' working classes with a debt of eight hundred millions , an overgrown standing army and navy , a civil list of prostitute pensioners , and all the appliances of tyranny , to preserve the country to their kindly use , so that at all times they might enjoy it tvhilethe people were starving .

      Tub LoRns . —Coercion for _Ikeland . —The Earl of St . Germans moved the second reading of the Irish Coercion Bill , and having painted tlie Irish as devils , and Ireland as a black hell , he threw a bit of sympathy for thepoor into his measure , by assuring their Lordships that it was MORE ESPECIALLY

      INTENDED FOR TIIE PROTECTION OF THE POOR IN IRELAND . Oh , jack a-day , and when did their lordships ever cast a thought upon the condition ' of the poor of Ireland ? His lordship said , that as the crimes committed were concocted at night , the bill , amongst other provisions , should eontain one to prevent the inhabitants from being OUT OF THEIR HOUSES BETWEEN SUNSET AND SUNRISE . _'JAnd then , with true philanthropy , the noble earl continues—The house must not suppose that this was the only measure contemplated for THE RELIEF OF . IRELANI ) '—Matchless

      effrontery ! So , then , to make it a crime for the Irish peasant to be out of his miserable hut from sunset to sunrise IS A . RELIEF ! The people work from sunrise to sunset , and are coerced to remain in . their houses till their tyrant task-masters require them for another day ' s toil ; and yet , instead of rising one after the other , with manly indignation , to threaten the Prime Minister with defeat , the Irish traffickers will first aid him in his commercial policy , and then , having given him strength , will vituperate him with TARDY VENGEANCE ! The Cameleon , Harry Brougham , hoped there would be no delay in passing this measure , and advocated a clause to the effect , that trials should not take place in a part of the country where the accused would have any chance of escape .

      The Earl of Clancarty objected to a clause in the bill which gave the Lord Lieutenant a power adverse to the interests of the resident jobbers , and contended that the power to be lodged in the Executive should be vested in the hands of the local magistracy . This , indeed , would be out of the frying-pan into the lire . It is the _tyranny of those fellows , and their jobbing , that has given rise to every disturbance , and , would to God . that some noble lord would propose an amendment upon the principles laid down by Mr . Swanston—namely , that whenever a disturbance takes place , the nearest parson , the nearest landlord ,

      the nearest magistrate , the nearest middleman , and the nearest lawyer , should be hung upon the nearest tree . Every noble lord in succession , even thc reforming son of Earl Grey , gave thc measure their cordial support , and the bill was read a second time . After which the . bloated buffoons adjourned to gormandise and get drunk ; while thc demand of the native Irish for food , for the poorest food , is met by coercion , and every man , bylaw , is made a prisoner in his own hut from sunset to sunrise . Oil ! for an Emmett , or a Fitzgerald ; but , enough . Ireland has her patriots , and they will add another laurel to their wreath , by actually making a merchandise of Irisli

      coercion . < i"Alas ! poor country , Almost afraid to know itself . "

      IRELAND . From all parts of the country there is sad intelligence of famine and increasing pestilence . We give the accounts as we find them in the several provincial papers , and we fear they are not overcharged . The Cork Constitution says—The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty ' s Treasury have been pleased tc extend the Warehousing Act to the port of " _-oughal ; and his Grace the Duke of Devonshire has already contracted for the building of warehouses for that purpose , which will be a great advantage to the traders ofthe town , together with giving present employment to a number ot tradesmen and labourers in a locality where much distress prevails . Another Cork paper ( the Reporter ) adds : —

      Wehave reason to believe that it is the desire of government that tbose important buildings about to be erected in the city should be commenced as early as possible , and that , with that view , the arrangements for the purchase of sites are now in active progress . The new District Lunatic Asylum will , it is understood , be built on the lands of Slianakiel , and as the Board of Works have a power of causing a valuation to be made , we expect to find all the preliminaries for that work soon arranged . The site for thc college will most likely be Sans Souci , and when both buildings are in progrcs » of erection they will siffoid extensive employment to our deserving local artisans and labourers .

      Tbe Beporter also announces , that yesterday ( Thursday ) " the ship Emerald , Captain Thomas , arrived at Cove , from Naples , with a cargo of potatoes , consigned to Ilessrs . D . aud W . D . Seymour . Through tho kindness of Mr . W . D . Seymour , Italian Consul at Cove , we have been favoured with a large sample , wliich to all appearance are as fine and sound as any wc have ever seen . The captain ofthe vessel states that there is an immense crop in the kingdom of Naples , and through the Italian states , and that no sign of disease has bceu found in it . We think it may be useful to our agricultural friends to examine the samples which have been left at our office , as they appear to us most valuable for the purpose of seed . They are of the description called in that country ' Potato _Rosre . '"

      Sfread of Fever in the Sooth . — Dr . Pit _2 gerald , the medical attendant of the Croum Dispensary , in the county of Limerick , has written an alarming statement to a local paper , respecting the rapid progress of fever among the lower orders , superinduced in a great measure by the badness and insufficiency of food : — " I am sorry to inform the public , " he writes , "that fever in a most aggravated form is raging here . There is scarcely a family in some of the localities here that is not suffering under the malady . I am sorry to add , that I consider it is produced , in a great degree , by the badness and insufficiency of food . "

      But why despond '—there is an easy answer to ail this : — " llowld your tongues , howld your tongues , you noisy devils ; arrah , what do you want , and arn ' t you going to get Coercion from the Saxons ? and arn't they kind to you , when tlicy tell you that if you arc hungry your neighbour ? mustn ' t gee it , for you must stay at home after _sunsot , and if you want a brusna ( a bundle of sticks ) to SO J . ' TEN the praties—after sunset you must cat them raw , or do without them , and work again _to-mtfrrow , you sowls , with light hearts ? And isn ' t that relief fer you , you devils ?—and what do you want more ? But ye _' s are always complaining , so ye ' s ave ; and , by all the crosses in a check apron , and but'if their honours , the Saxons , would sarve vou right , but they'd pass a short bill to

      let the say flow into every parish where this noisy discoutint was hard—and so thev _wowld . What the devil do ye ' s want , ye dissatisfied beggars ! Itamnation to your sowls]!—is it sound praties , lor working twelve hours a day only , ye ' s ' ud he asking for , while the Queen ami the quality , here , is forced to give a pinny a pound for them , and they hasn't the trouble of working at all ? Now , I tell ye ' s what it is ; take the Liberator ' s advice , and starve and be tranquil , or , by the holy _fyueen Mau-God forgive me for swearing—but ye ' s nGver will sec the Repale till ye ' s are all dead and buried , and yer children after ye . " TnE " MunnEitKo" _Seeky . * —We give thc following excellent letter from the Rev . Mr . Savage , thc clergyman who attended tho murdered man in his last moments _ —

      The Itev . Air . Savage , the clergyman in attendance ou the late unhappy criminal , has addressed the subjoined letter , in reference to the recent _communication of Sir Francis Hopkins , to the editor of the _J-Vcciii - ' s Journal . _* — " February 19 . " Dear Sir , —I have seen in your paper of yesterday a letter from Sir Frauis Hopkins ,-which 1 consider deserves some notice from the Catholic ' chaplain to the Mullingar _£ _ ol , as in that letter the young baronet takes a bigoted fling at Catholic morality .

      ' All Ireland , at present , mourns over the sad and appalling fate of Bryan _Seei-y , who solemnly declared before his 8 od that he had neither aet , hand , part , uor knowledge in the crime for which he was to he hanged . His innocent , is believed and proclaimed by the peop le and by the press ; subscriptions pour in from _Englaud , and from every part of Ireland , for the support of hU afllicted I widow and his five little _orjihaus , The man who uet «« _illy

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      attempted the assassination of Sir Francis Hopkins , tormented by his own _conssiencei and in a fruitless desperation , openly declares that Bryan Seery is innocent , and that he himself is the man who Sred at Sir Francis Hopkins ! There is no secret in this affair , the man is known to the magistrates in the neighbourhood and to the police . Under such circumstances it might be expected that the prosecutor would pause , reflect , and say , " many mistakes have occurred in the identification of assailants ; I wasattackedin the darkness of . night : the rattling of slugs was ringing in my ears ; I was excited ; and , perhaps , I was mistaken in swearing against Seery ! " Such

      would be the thoughts of a diffident and humane Christian' , but Sir Francis , in his own conceit , is infallible . He is vexed at the sympathy for Seery as an innocent man and a martyr ; and , not satisfied with the result of his swearing at _thecotmnission , _herusi _. es into print , and alt-Dipt , to fasten tbe infamous stain of perjury on the memory ofthe man who was sent by his testimony to a premature grare . Bryan Seery , on the scatt ' old , solemnly called God to witness the truth of his declaration of his innocence . Sir Francis , in his letter to the freeman , says that , " notwithstanding the reported dying declaration of inno-otice by Seery onthe scatt ' old , I again affirm that he was the porson who fired at me . "

      " Itwas better for the prosecutor to allow the ashes ef Seery to sleep quiet in the grave than in such a spirit pf bitterness to come out with his angry assertion that Seery was not only a murderer during life , but a perjurer in his dying breath . The public will easily decide whether they will believe the lastsolemu declaration ofa pious Catholic on _thescatfold , or the angry affirmation ofthe prosecutor at t . i-3 ae _ cvi _ _ e-s . reet Club . " Sir Francis is annoyed at the comments that have beeu made by the press on the contradiction between the testimony of Mr . French , tha stipendiary magistrate , and his own . He tells us that he has letters from a policeman and an attorney ' s clerk to prove that lie himself was right , and then , in triumph'he concludes by saying the " public can now fairly judge between Mr . French ' s testimony and my own . " How a drowning mnn catches at reeds ! I wish the baronet may attempt an explanation

      in bis next letter of the contradiction between Sir Francis Hopkins on the first trial and Sir Francis Hopkins on the second . Will the police or the attorney ' s clerk stand to him on this point ? _Report states that Jfr . French is to be sent out of the country for his swearing on the trial of Bryan Seery , and why it was that the prosecutor volunteers an explanation onthe _contradictiorfwUh _ ir . Frer . i _ h , more than on his contradiction witli the other witnesses , I am not able to tell ; but this I can say with truth , that if the Tories send _ lr . French out ofthe country , be will take with him the blessings of the poor , and the good wishes of every man who loves justice and the impartial administration of the law ; while , if Sir Francis Hopkins sells Rochfort and goes to the continent , as it is reported , his loss will not bc felt either as a guardian or a landlord , and his few poor workmen can then hear mass on the holidays of the Catholic church . —I have the honour to be . dear Sir , your bumbl . servant ,

      "J . S _ V _ G _ . " Chapel-house , Mullingar . " There , young baronet , how does your young Sirship like that ? The sooner you leave the _( cene of your former glory tlic better the Irish people will love you / The _O'CoxNK-i . Ij . ib .- _ . —ln the midst of famine , pestilence , coercion , and national degradation , wc Iind the following disgusting passage in the Liberal papers : — The 0 'CoN _ _i __ L Tribute . —The subjoined ample contributions ta this gre _.-it claim upon the country sprak for themselves . The tribute of 1845 is to be completed in all the patriotic parishes still outstanding , in the course of the next month , and early arrangements for tho purpose will materially facilitate and secure the success of the collection then . '

      We shall not trust ourselves with a single comment upon this wholesale patriotic plunder of the poor by THEIR LIBERATOR . We wish Sir J . Graham would answer his jabber about famine by reading the above , and ask liim if it is true .

      WEDNESDAY . The slaughter and the debate take up so much of the public attention , and require so much of our space , that we are compelled to be brief in our summary , and must devote the entire space allowed , to a review of an article , in tlie Times of this morning , in justification of the murder of Bryan Seery . The Times , according to its high Protestant vocation , labours hard on behalf of its Protestant client , Sir Francis Hopkins . But it is one of those strained fanatical effusions whicli carries with it its own con . viction . The advocate , in attempting to prove too much , weakens the principal points upon which he makes his client ' s case to rest . We shall quote a few of the passages from thc Times . Number one : —

      "Both the assassins fled , but not before Sir Francis had seen tlie countenance of the lirst fully and looked at his profile—the countenance ofthe man . was indelibly imprinted on his mind . A hat was afterwards found on the scene of tlie outrage , which two policemen swore to . having seen on tlie prisoner ' s head some months before . " _Ajjain , the Times says : — "With regard to the evidence of identity , we would ask these plain questions : — ' Will any one deny the possibility , the probability , the almost certainty of one man ' s remembering the features of another so close to him , though but for a moment , and even in a gleam of uncertain _light , when the two were struggling face to face , in a contest for life or death ?" _ _N ' ow , guch is the case against Socrv , suggested bv

      thc Times , and such is the evidence , the probable , tlie possible , the almost certainty by which the advocate sustains the charge ; as to the general reasoning , we shall say a word presently . We have before thrown over the evidence of Sir Francis Hopkins upon the question of identity altogether , or rather Mr . French lias done it for us , and we can only offer a derisive laugh at the testimony given bv the two policemen against Seery ' s hat . As to the probability , the possibility , the almost certainty of the witnesses' knowledge of the prisoner , they arc not altogether sufficient to establish guilt . The question

      is not , " Are you almost certain as to the _ identity ?" but the question is , " Could you by possibility be mistaken ? " And if the fact is not thus clearly sworn to , the identity is not proved , * but when an Irish Catholic is murdered , then circumstances , whieh in otlier cases would go to cast doubt upon testimony , are here relied upon as the strongest possible proof . _Forinstance , having seen Seery ' s features BUT FOR A MOMENT , and in a gleam of UNCERTAIN LIGHT , and during a struggle for life or death , whj , merciful Providence ! was there ever defence stronger than this would have been upon the trial of a Protestant for murdering a Catholic ?

      Seeing the features but for a moment in a gleam of uncertain light , and in a life aud death struggle , the very time of all others when a mini would pay ail attention to the mode of defending himself , and little to the appearance of liis assailant ! If a technical doubt existed as to the murder of Seery , the Times has relieved our mind of that doubt , and has established the fact beyond the . possibility of doubt . Tlie rimes admits great uncertainty in all things , while the law presumes certainty as indispensable . We did not wait for the hanging of this poor Catholic to proclaim the fact that if he was executed upon the finding of the second jury hc would iiave been murdered .

      In 1 _S-10 , the Dispatch charged the moral editor of the Times with having administered the sacrament to a jackass : we presume that it is the same orthodox scribe who now so zealously comments upon the stiff conscience of a dying Catholic . The writer says , in . speaking of the inducements to persovere in innocence _, it is but the sentence of man he has to undergo , and that sentence niay be revoked by man . To tins unreal shadow of a hope he clings with desperate fondness . It deserts him only with liis latest breath , and for ithe perils his immortal son ) , by adding to a life of crime a death without repentance , and crowned with a wicked lie . How magniloquent ! — how charitable!—how State Church Christian-like But where was Seery's life ol ' erime ? His was proved to be a life of honesty ; ami , howovcv the Times may

      sneer at thc sympathy of the Rev . Mr . Savage , and presumptuously mock the conscious innocence of the murdered man , we tell the _Tiiiies that we do not believe that there is ar . instance upon record of an Irish Catholic dying without making a full confession to his priest ; nor do we believe that a single Roman Catholic priest in Ireland wouid assert the innocence of a man whom he knows to be guilty . That Seery was murdered , no man of common sense can entertain a doubt ; and we tell liis murderers that the dav will yet arrive when they will stand in the awful pre ' - senceof that great God into whosecoiHicilsn . itl _» the dictum of a cabinet , the quibble of a judge , the prejudice of a jury , or tlie perjury ofa witness will dare to enter . Where murder will be such , but not bv construction of human law or _professionfllingeiiuity .

      THURSDAY . South NornsGii _ Msmr . E _Evaeiios . —Mr . Hildyard , tke son of a country parson , has beaten Lord Lincoln , the son of the Duke of Newcastle , for the representation of this division of the county , by a majority of 091 . We liavc but little interest in the triumph of the Church , while wo fear that our very worst predictions with respect to tho turn that county elections will henceforth take , will be realised . We certainly would prefer even tho rule of the

      pulpit to the rule of the never-ceasing steam-engine . We prefer York , with its churches , to Manchester , with its chimneys ; hut there is no necessity for the alternative . The churches may stand , provided those who worship in them maintain them by voluntary contribution ; tho long chimneys may stand , provided their smoke is o qually divided amongst all classes . Wc may now talk of clerical and commercial abuses , because wc have the power , if we but evince the will , to get rid of both . We must take care , however , that our hatred of steam monopoly does not lead us to encouragement of church

      tyranny . A _' o Vote ! ao Musket !!—Tlie letter of Sharman Crawford , which will be found elsewhere , will be read with delight ; its tenor is in strict accordance with our views : — "Let every man have a castle of hi- own , land of his own , and a musket of his own , and he will fly to thc cry of ' My cottage is in danger ! ' with more alacrity than the hired mercenary will fly tothe cry of "the Church avid State ave in . danger !'" The letter of the member for Rochdale _iMiH-asts _stva-scly wHk tlw beastly _ci-fetl . of tlw

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      Whig nominee of Edinburgh . When tho ballot for the militia" comes , as in ail other cases the sufferers , when too Jate , will sing , out ,- "Oh ! why didn ' t I pay moreatteiitiouto the advice given m _theAfcrthern Star ! " Now , wetell once more the unprotected , that the government is only waiting the issue of the present debate , to bring in a swingeing Militia Bil ; and then , while wc have done our duty , the people will regret that they have not done then .. S » Robbki ' Pbsl and the "Timks . -lhe altered tone of the Times upon the question of free trade , and upon tne character ofth e Prime Minister , is no longer a secret , as it how appears that the Minister and the scribe were in consultation at the period that the Times was sn hnsiiv _cneaced making

      prophesies , whicli , however , have not been fulfilled . Frost , Williams , and _Jones . ~ _Wo rejoice to state that petitions pour in from all quarters on behalf ot Frost , Williams , and Jones , and that Mr . O'Connell and Others have promised their cordial support to the measure . The Executive are daily waiting upon members of Parliament , and , notwithstanding tho beastly letter of the grew ciumisal Macaulay , we have every reason to anticipate a favourable result . Loxno . _v and CiiA . msM . —It will be cheering to our country friends to learn that even in the hottest agitation of 1839 the principles of the People ' s Charter were never so favourably received , or so anxiously looked for in London , as they are at the present moment .

      The Ten Hours' _Bilt .. —It will be seen that Mr . Fielden has postponed his motion for a month upon the Ten Hours' Bill . He has done this partly upon our suggestion , from thc conviction that the Protectionists are not yet in a fit state of mind to vote , and from a well-founded belief that justice would not be done to the subject pending the great debate . He has . acted wisely , and now . the question is , will the country act bravely and energetically ! Will the country back ns in our humble exertions , and send Mr . Fielden two millions . of signatures to support his motion ? Will the Short Time party send twenty-one or thirty delegates to sit in London for the week previously to the motion of Mr . Fielden ? Will tliey bring their petitions with them , and will they take the trouble—for it requires no more—to escort those petitions with 200 , 000 men tothe House of Commons ?

      If they don't do that , they DON'T WANT the Ten Hours' Bill ; if they do that , THEY WILL get thc Ten Hours'Bill . Tho cost of twenty-one delegates at iii . a-day each for ten days would be £ 03 . We'll give a pound , making ourselves the sixty-third part of the nation * , the expense of a room will bc £ 10 ; the expense of coming and going will average 30 s . a man , that ' s - £ 31 10 s ., making in all £ 104 10 s . That ' s just the price of the Ten Hours' Bill . The moment we hear upon this subject from the central committee , we will take all the trouble of making the necessary arrangements for their reception , and will engage the Crown and Anchor , White Conduit House , and other noted places of meeting , for them to lecture in , and we will lecture for them ; and we will farther tell them , that however their pride may urge them to do without vis , they cannot . We tell them more , and with that we close — XING

      RICHARD IS IN LONDON

      IRELAND . The Potatoe , Pestilence , and Famine . — Still we continue to receive the most disastrous and heartrending accounts from Ireland , it is really treason of the darkest dye to occupy night after night in a wrangle about party interests and class privileges , while a plundered , abused , and trampled-upon people are allowed to pine for want of tho commonest necessaries of life . We declare that the House « f Commons has rebelled against the people of Ireland by giving them coercion when they ask for food .

      Mr. Macauley And His Constituents. The F...

      MR . MACAULEY AND HIS CONSTITUENTS . THE FRANCHISE . —THE MILITIA . —TIIE CHAR . TIST EXILES . The Edinburgh Chronicle publishes the following letters from the Right Hon . Mr . Macauley—the first being a reply to Mr . David Greig , on the subject of the militia ; and the second an answer to a letter from the secretary of t _!* ic committee for the liberation of Frost , Williams , and Jones : — Albany , London , Jan . 30 , 184 G . " Sir , —You quite misunderstand iny sentiments about the elective franchise . I never in my life said that you who have no votes were not interested in the public weal . God forbid ! My reasons for objecting to universal suffrage are very diffetcnt . I believe that tlie non-eleelors are as deeply interested as I am in the security of propei ty and the maintenance of order ; but I believe that a very large portion of tliem do not understand tlieir own interest , and might easily be induced by the pressure of

      _iminediato distress , to net in opposition to thoir own interent . That tin ' s is so I have proof under tlinir own hands . I refer to the petition wliich Mr , Duncombe presented to the House of Commons iii 1312 , In that ( locu . ment some hundreds of thousands of Chartists asked for the franchise , and told us how they meant to use it . They avowed that their objects were national bankruptcy , confiscation of the soil , of canals , of railroads , of machinery—in short , the destruction of all property . I was firmly convinced , and am firmly convinced , that such measures would produce indescribable misery to the *{ _fciit majority oi the petitioners themselves . I refused them the franchise , not from disregard of their interests , but from tho same feeling which would lead me to r _. fuse a razor to a man who told nie that he wanted it in order to cut his throat ; and I assure you that I have never inquired of any inhabitant of Edinburgh who complained to me of a grievance whether he was an elector or not .

      And now to the main subject of your letter . 1 shall give my best consideration to the measures whicli may be proposed respecting the militia ; but I must frankly tell you that my conduct will be guided by principles which differ widely from yours . I hold defensive war to bo lawful and necessary . I conceive that the State has a right to call on every citizen to bear a part in _protectinj , ' his native Soil against assailants . That the exertion and burden ought to' bu reduced as much as possible , and divided as fairly as possible , is quite true . But I suspect that all the inconveniences wliich even a vexatious enrolment can produce would bc small , indeed , when compared with the misery which would be caused by . the appearance of a hostile armament in the Forth .

      I cannot at all understand your scruple about joining a proteetion society . You pay taxes , 1 presume , directly or indirectly . You must be aware that a large part of these taxes go to support the regular army and navy . Now , if you may lawfully contribute to the support of a kind of force which has heen and may be employed in offensive war , surely you may , without any twinge of conscience , contribute to tho support of a force wliich is , by its nature , strictly defensive , and whicli is not likely ever to shod a drop of blood , unless danger of the most fearful kind should come near to our own hearths . 1 persuade myself that your aversion to the use of arms does not go to such a height that you wouM hold yourself morally

      bound to see Edinburgh sacked by invaders without striking a blow for your home and family . Now , the militiu is meant to be peculiarl y a security against invaders , It is not an instrument of aggression . You must therefore admit it to be , as compared with the regular army , an innocent institution . If , then , you refuse to pay anything towards the militia , while you are paying thc soldiers and sailors who have just been lighting at Buenos Ayres , I must say that you strain at a gnat and swallow a camel . If you have any special hardship to complain of , it shall receive my best attention . I have thc honour to be , sir , Your faithful and obedient servant , T . JI . Mac _ c _ e _. _>

      Albany, London, Feb. 10,15*4(X Sir,—I Ca...

      Albany , London , Feb . 10 , 15 _* 4 ( X Sir , —I cannot agree with you in thinking that the law hns , ns respects Frost nndhis accomplices , been thoroughly satisfied . Consider what they did , and what they have suffered . They raised a rebellion , which you admit to have been unjustifiable—led thousands of _iffno . '" - ' men i . ito guill and danger—tired on tlic _Queen ' s troops , wounded a magistrate in the discharge of his dutycaused the deaths of several unhappy creatures—and would , if tlieir attempt had not been stopped in the outset , have caused such a destruction of life and prop- --sy as has

      not been kuown in England tor ages , I hi . is then ort ' ence . What has been their punishment 1 Transportation for about live years—a lighter punishment thaa . has been inflicted on ninny poor lads for _piclsing pockets _. You disclaim very properly all projects of insurrection . But rely on it that there will bc insurrectiwis enough if turbulent and designing men are apprised that ilie penalty of raising a civil war is henceforth to be less than tlio penalty of robbing a hen roost . Thinking this , 1 cannot hold out any hope that I shall vote for any address in favour of these great criminals . . I have the honour to be , Sir , you faithful servant , T . D . Machj-EV .

      Accident.—Sheekxkss, Feb. 21.—Wo Are. So...

      Accident . —Sheekxkss , Feb . 21 . —Wo are . sorry to have to record an accident of an alarming ebaraeser _, which occurred on Monday afternoon to Mr . iVoodgeiv master of the Elcctra _, corvette , fitting out at _SUcerncss , and which had also well nigh proved destructive to several others of the party _engaged in the particular duty at the time . It appeal- that Mr . Woodger was superintending a party of seamen and marines in stocking the anchor ; and whilo doing so , by some means or other ( wo have heard that unfortunately there was no . hank-painter ' attached ) tho flukes slipped from the forecastle , dragging Mr . Woodger by thc legs against the gunwbale , and so

      overboard into the basin . While , in thc act of sink-1 ing , the first lieutenant , Mr . A . 1 ) . Gordon , rushed j on tlie forecastle and leaped into the water in an instant , and suppovted the unfortunate gentleman till j the arrival of one of the caulker ' s boats , which was fortunately moored bythe stern of thc Elcctra . Having got both gentlemen inboard , tlicy proceeded to Jand them by the accommodation afforded by the ladder of the Tartarus steamer refitting in the basin . Mr . Woodger was then conveyed to the surgery , when his right leg , three or lour inches above the ancle , was found to be very severely fractured , and by a lavge wound exposing the bone for several inches in length . The catch of sprats on the _Korth Lincolnshire coast has been so prodigious , that they have been removed i hy _wagcou , toads _-wv * 8 . 1 - iv fanners , as manure .

      Great Battles In India. ¦ , . . ¦-- _. ,...

      GREAT BATTLES IN INDIA . ¦ , . . ¦ -- _ . ,-- * ' ... » .. ' - • ' _.-.- ¦* ¦ * _¦ -- <' , , - -. _ - ¦ - ' ' ' _**• . VICTORIES oFt _ E BRITISH . 1 MMBSSB SLAUGllTEll ' _l : The extraordinary express ii _' _. ni Marseilles , in anticipation of the Bombay mail of the 17 th of January , brings some of the important detail- of tlio three actions which took place on the 13 th , tlte 21 st , and 22 nd of December . Thc conflicts took place at Moodkee and Ferozesliukur , about twenty miles from Ferozepore . Thc Sikhs having uas . e __ tlw SvaWj in great numbers on the I 2 th , 13 th , and l . th of December , proceeded to attack the po __ c of Ferozepore , which was held by Sir John Littler with about 7 , uU 0 men , Aft _. rsomc feints , the Sikh army finding the Gove , nor-Goneral and the Comniiiiider-ni-Chiet were hasteiung to support the Ferozepore division at the rate of thirty miles per d _, * iy , moved off to _intercept them .

      In the evening of the 18 th the Governor-General , with the British army , after a long march , had reached Moodkee and encamped , when the Sikh army , -u _. _ui l" strong , came hurrying _lorwartt _am _. attacked . A short but severe conflict ensued ; the Sikhs retired , leaving their guns iii the bauds of tha llritish . Amongst the killed was General Sir John M'G ' askil . Sir Kobcrt Sale was wounded , and died subsequently . ¦ . . ThelOtn and 20 th were spent by both armies m biiryini : tlieir dead and procuriiig l- iiiloi-ciii _. M-.

      Sir John Littler , at tne head of ., 001 / men , joined the British on the 21 st , aboiitsixto-iimiles fiom the camp . The British army then formed itself into loin * divisions—the right under the c _. iiit _ and oi Sir Hugh Gough , theceutie commanded by Major-General ' W . R . Gilbert , the left by Sir J . Littler , and the rear by Sir Harry Smith . The Sikhs were commanded by TVj Singh , ana had formed _untreticltnietits in a jungle country , which rendered the mawh of Infantry exceedingly difficult . The Sikhs have long been remarkable for their artillery ; they were provided with heavy guns , which did _jjreat ' exe _. uuoii . Sir J . Littler failed in his attack on their position . General G'dbert was successful . The iir _ t po . -ition of the enemy was taken * , the darkut-s yf the night prevented the continuance of tho uonflict . , The British troops bivouacked on tlie ground . The Sikos found out where the Commander-in-Chief and the

      Governor-General had taken their station , and tliey _openi-d a heavy fire on it . The British troops lose up and drove them off . On the morning uf the 22 nd the fight was renewed , and General Gilbert stormed several pans of the enemy ' s position , although every effort had been made during the night to _strengthen it . Thirty large guns were taken . TJie British soldier- _attenwds began to collect their wounded , and to bury the dead ; . when large bodies of cavalry and of the camel corps , with swivels , attacked them . The British Artillery

      and Cavalry had retired towards _Jfrei-ozepore ; but the infantry drove the enemy back three several times . it the point ofthe bayonet . The contest of the 22 nd appears to have been carried , on by General Gilbert aud by the Governor-General , who headed the centre . The Sikh . ? , from their acquaintance with she country , possessed gicat _atlrantagc , of which they profiled to the utmost . . T'liey worked mines betore th . ir entrenchments , and in tneir front position , which tliey blew up on the approach of the British , und destroyed hundreds .

      Tiie action of the 21 st and 22 nd is called thc battle of Ferozeshah , and is looked upon as one of the severest ever Ibught in India . The British troops have earned the highest praise for their _bulldog valour - , but their ignorance of the country , or of the mode of fighting adopted by the enemy , has been alluded to as haviug produced an unnecessary losa of some ofthe bin vest men of the army . On the 2- > tli the Governor-General issued a proclamation announcing ihe victories achieved by the British lorces , and inciting all British subjects to " return thanks to Almighty God Ibr liis sigi . al assistance to the British arms . "

      The valour ot the British troops caused dismay amongst the majority of the turbulent l ___ l . & S-l _ i _.. y . Some of them at ' _einptei ! to fortify their positions between _Ferozei-ore and Uureeka Ghat , the principal passu , e of the river on the road to Lahore ; but they soon _abandoned them . Tej Singh , their commander , had an interview with the Governor General , who refused to enter into any terms until the British were under the walls of Lahore- Tej _Sinyh retired with some ol the Sikhs to an island , where he was threatened by the _British and by his own countrymen . Ac length the whole of the Sikhs retired trom the British territory . The conduct of some of the protected Sikh chiefs having been found culpable , they have been severely punished . The Rajah of Puueala was hanged on a tree for treachery . The llajuh of Lndwa , on the _4 tU of January , approached Loudinnn , where _lai ulU'li-d the European barracks ; Duo it w _ is expected that he would be driven back .

      The Sikh troops having been disappointed of their plunder , and driven out of the British territory , doubts are en tei'tained of their uniting , to light another battle . A pavtv under _Hui-jooi * Siii _^ ii has approached Loodiana _, as if desirous- of plundering there , but nothing was known of the results of thuii'movemeiits . Tne ( _jueeii-Mother has , it is said ,, encouraged the troops to light in order to get rid of their turbulent rule . It was reported at Bombay , at the departure of the mail , that the _ Governor-General had resolved to maintain his position within the British territory , and not to make any attack on the Sikhs until tne expedition against Moultan , winch was prej wins in Scinile , under the oi'deis of Sir Charles _JS _' apier , had begun operations .. Tranquiilitv prevails iii tlie other parts of India .

      FURTTlEli . PARTICULARS . The grand army ofthe Sikhs , consisting of SO , 000 men , and about MO guns , has beeu put _hondu combat , with immense slaughter ,, and beaten across the Sutlej , leavis _^ behind them all tlieir guns ,, camp equipage , _ston-s-, & c . They acKnowJeilge the loss oi 0 , 000 men killed ,. audinmi ___ ., 0 . U to # ' ,. 00- wounded . Would that 1 could add . that our loss was but sinall . The official returns have not yet been received , but the accounts above given show tlio frightful amount of 57 officers killed and . 50 wounded ; . and the loss in rank and file- is- estimated at 4 , 001 ) .. Tlie whole ot the operations leading to thc uucisive _defeat ot the enemy are as yet but imperfectly known , . The lollowing detail , however , may be considered pretty

      correct : —It was formerly suteu tnat the _Govcvnor-Geiieral , accompanied by the ' . _ouimainler-iii-Chicf , with a nuiueruus body uf stall " , was pushing on for Ferozepore . Un the 18 th of December tliey arrived at a village Galled M . odkee _,. about tweuty-iwo _miies from _Fenaepore , aud wero encamped ; when , about four o ' clock _]* _....,. the alarm was given that a huge body of the enemy was marchiug to attack them ; and scarcely iad our troops goc under anus when the Sikh forces , _consisting of 2 . ( VUl > l ) boi _. c , 7 ,-0 . foot , and about __ . 00 _. artillery , were upon them , and commenced a heavy lire trom about _tweiity-five nuns . Here occurred the immense loss whieh the Governer-Geiieiiil " s staff suffered , and on thwece . ision . ieJf tfie survivor of a hundred battles—Sir R . Sale . Here

      iilso fell Sir Juliu _M'Caskill , Captains Munro and lleriics , of the Governor-General ' s Stuff—Major Grant-, Deputy Adjutant-General , Captain lliller , Aiile-iv--Caiup , and many other officers being wounded . The enemy was , however , routed , with great slaughter , and with the loss of seventeen ofhis . _weniy-five guns . During the _l'J . th and * _ -th _, the forces halted at Moodkee ; . _ituUu the 21 st adruueed about ten miles to the atuck of the entrenched camp of thu Sikhs , at a place ' . 'ailed Fc-ozupore . Previous . . to this attack the Commander-in-Chiefs force was _; reinforced by General Littler , with 5 , ( ' ( . - < meii , from i _Fei'oz _. pore , and . it would seem had been j . oincd by a . portion of the Londiiuia forte . The entire force at _ Ferozepore , limballuli , and JL _. odiai >_ , _aniuunu-d to i

      eight troops of Doi _^ se Artillery , live companies ol 1 i _' ooc Artillery , one regimen , of Dragoons , two of f ' _JS _' ative Cavalry , _GovcriioivCtcueral's Body Guard ,.. ,. swo regimente of _ . _ egul _ - Cavalry , sewn regiments , s . of European and sixteen regiments of _JN ' aiirc In- _ifantrv _' ,. or say , in round numbers , thai they consisted , i oi forty-eight Horse Artillery guns ; . Foot Artillery , * , unknown _; Cavalry , -, 500 i Eurooeaii Infantry , ; , C _. OOO .- ; . Native Infantry , 12 ,-00 * , _fcoail _, _ l _,-j-0 of alt At arms . But u po . tion of the above _^ must iuive been m . left at LoQiliana , at _Fcvozcporttr , and even at at _Uniballah ; and itis not improbable to _suppose that mt lhe actual force engaged with the . Sikhs « h the 21 st 1 st aud 2 _*_ ud did not exceed 18 , U ( K ) _msn . In addition to-. tothese may be added the 1 st Euru _|*« itii ani ! . 29 th Foot ,, ot ,. perhaps 1 , 500 strong , which woidd inerase our force ice

      to near 21 , 000 mcu . The twee of the enemy my ' is variously stated , at from OO _. ftyO to 80 , 000 men , audiiid I from 100 to KM . guns ; but tlie Govei _* noy-Genet'al _ _-a- _¦> announcement to the Viee-1 _' _residvut iu _CouueilueiU states tbe number of troops at _00 , 00 . \ _-, and of guns ins im the oiU- _t -iielu-wut camp at _seventy pistes , many ofy off tiiuiu of large calibre , and much lunger than is usualsitaU in our amnuneuts . As at M » h ; _u-. ijpore , thu _yviucipalipal . 1 less iu 0 U 1 * lll'Uiy was caused ly tie _ovet-whelminininaa superiority of the enemy ' s gun _* to ours , and the thcic dilliculty of out * gallant fellows getting at , them will : witli : the bayonet ; for the Sikhs luid taken up a ver * very ] strong position , and fortitie * it iu amastcrlv iiianneiiineri Between two anil three o ' clock , r . u ., ihe attacktacl : l began , our infantry advancing by brigades in linn linn from thc right ; and when our . artillery ceased _liiiiiiliiiuii ; our centre column forced their wav into the eneiiivVmvV

      position , carrying everything helm , them m moa _mosis gallant style by the _bayoti _ _x , _althoucU hundreds feds _11 them were mowed down bv every discharge of tliof tli . li enemy ' s guns , which wore ' splendidly served . Tli Till ) British force was formed into four divisions , the rigle _rigljl having the Commaad _-r-iii-Chief at its head , * til ; thi left , Geueral Littler ; the ccutve , General GilbeviilbevW and the reserve . General Smith . The Sikh arm aruu was commanded by Rajah Lall Singh and Sirdar T . lar TT Singh , who appear to have made a most noble staw stain against us . The attack by our left division seems . ems _s llllVO failed ; but _IVoni the immense number ut ' _ofUc-ofli-- * killed and wounded in her Majesty's C _ d Foot , a & ot , am _Mtlt Native Infiiiitrv , which formed a part part ; __ General _Littler ' s force , they must have met wict win insurmountable obstacles . The centre , under _GeneiGeneiei Gilbert , was more successful , gallantly _peuetiatictiatiti into thc centre of the cu emj *' s _position , aim dfm _uyvft'i

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 28, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_28021846/page/5/