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      Encumubrbd Estates Commission.—The Commi...

      _Itef _^ a f _* . _^»™ g . was illegal , and lam glad to find , audita creditable to the _people of this ttwntry , that no one was found to bid _fof or purchase tho miserable articles torn from this nnfor tunate woman . I will not trust my feelings to speak on this ease yet I ml say that , with one _excepE , a _S in which I sent _^ three men from this dock for nine months to Cork gaol , I never met with a more _auda-ZZ \ ° ' ° 3 F ° T _^ _% " * _* i » .-Mr . Moriartv , Who appeared for the defendant , was here about to contend for the legality of tho . proceedings . -The _Orart : Mr . Monarty , theless said about the matter tne better , and I am sure ( except in yonr professional capacitv ) you would be the first to denounce such a proceeding yourself . I therefore gives decree fn tins . casefor £ 2 . —The decision gave general satis-, ___ __ Uas one . from the beginning , was illegal , and T

      _PBOTEcnoJnST _Movehekt . — Touching the expression of public opinion , through tbe medium of the protectionist meetings held about the countrv the Evening Post says : — " Where there are exclusive * meetings ; such , as that iu Cork of protectionists surae , or in towns like Bandon , where the territoris ] influence of an . useful and active resident proprietor prevails ; the _protectionkts wiU find it easy to get np petitions ; but open and _popular demonstrations cannot safely be attempted , after the si « nal and ui-¦ _apected defeat in Lorgford . And . then , look to

      xne norm—ine manuesianons ot public opinion are all the other way—the substantial farmers , or rather _thore who _hid been in comparatively prosperous circamstances five years ago , whilst _complaining of _lorsof realised capital , and the approach of d i stress totally repudiate the notion of a revival c . f protection as a . remedy . On the contrary , they declare they conld goon better than ever without protection , provided they could obtain a re-adjustment of rents on « qnitable principles , and legal protection in the shape of tenant right or compensation "

      . On tbe same subject , the following remarks are made by the Northern 11 % : —* ' The truth is that the chief effect of the protectionist movement will be to call forth the tenant fanners in repudiation of sympathy with such a crnel _hnmbng , and to make demands which might otherwise not have heen pressed , or , at least , not strongly . The landlords are in a situation of much difficulty , as well as the tenants ; and , if they consult their own best interests , they -will set about reviewing their affairs , in a quiet , business like manner . If we wished them ill , instead of being ever ready , as they well know , to stand by them , when unjustly assailed , we could not , even in malignity , plan anything more destructive of * hem- than the master-stroke of policy on -which Lord Glengall and his abettors have staked , or pretended to stake , their great hopes of h ' gh rents and party _triumps . "

      Tesaxt Bight . —In a letter to the chairman of the tenant-right meeting held last week in the county of Down , Mr . Sharman Crawford says : — _^ have long been of opinion , that every attempt to improve the condition of Ireland mnat be vain and fruitless , unless the occupier of the wil has a security that it shall enjoy the fruits of his industry ; that security has hitherto been found in -this part of Ireland , by the custom of tenant-right ; I therefore wish to see that custom secured by law . Bat lam , at the same time , of opinion that no valid seenrrycan be given forthe due preservation ofthe tenants interest , whether nnder the custom of _tenantright or any description of lease or agreement , unless

      a measure be passed which shall provide for the equitable adjustment of rents from time to rime , _according to the prices of produce . If agreements , to the full extent of the landlords proportion of the profits of the soil , made under a high range of prices -of produce , fictitiously sustained hy what I consider were unjust laws , are maintained against the tenant _, under a repeal of these laws , and a depression of those prices , then the value of tbe tenants interest will he proportionally impaired , or po-sibly entirely _^ destroyed , and the rained tenant will be incapable elther ' _cf holding his lands or of selling _thenu This can only be remedied by an equitable principle ol adjustment _s-neh as I have referred to . "

      _Ashest or as Outlaw . —Michael Hawkins , one of those charged with the murder of Patrick _Cfarke , Esq ., of Southill , county Tipperary , committed in _184 o , and who , having absconded at that time , has since remained at large , though the government had offered a considerable reward for his apprehension , was captured near Callan , on Thursday week , by Sub-Inspector Corr , of Mullinahone . Mr . Corr having re- eived information that the outlaw was harboured at the house of aman named James Miles , situated _i ear Callan , proceeded thither at three o ' clock on Thursday morning with a party if about th . rtv of thp constahnlarv . Having sui rounded the

      locality , an entrance was obtained , but Hawkins beine fully aware thatthe search was fir him , made an e & Vt to force his way through tlie thatch ofthe house , which be had rearly succeeded in , when one ofthe p'llicemen , hearing the noise , thrust his bayonet upwards , and wounded the fellow in the thigh . He still straggled to free himself by screivimr the bavonet , which remained fast in the wound , < ff the carbine , but failing in the effort , he whs dragged down ; hut he then _seized a prong , and with that weapon defended h " inself for a considerable period _, inflicting several severe wounds on the police , and _noc surrendering till one of the constables cocked his gun and declared hi-. - intention of shooting him if he made fnrthor resistance .

      Itef^Fl A Qm F*. ^»™G. Was Illegal , And...

      E ! ,. December 29 , 1849 . - , _____ - TH NORTHERN STAR . 1 1 ~ ¦ - - _ '

      Wbeck Of The Oxeida.—The Following Parti...

      _Wbeck of the Oxeida . —The following particulars of the wrcek of the American packet-ship Oneida , "Willard , of and from New York for Havre , we extract from the Gurnsey Star of the 20 th inst . : — - "Yesterday" morning , at 3 o clock , tho American ship Oneida , with screw of twenty men and twenty pas- _^ sengers , struck on some rocks about , two miles off the X AY . of this islaud , and , after an unsuccessful attempt being made to wear ship , was driven on to the rocks on the southern extremity of LaPcrrelle Bav , where she remained fixed . By the concussion thc * rodder was unshipped , the ship ' s back broken , and the mainmast sprung , in consequence of which thc latter was cut away and drifted out to sea with

      its sails and rigging . ' The sea was now breaking violently over the ship , which it was apprehended would ' _s ; o to pieces ; in consequence , several ofthe boats were got ont , but , as they _wcrelowcrei ' , they were dashed to pieees with the exception ofthe longboat , which , however , from the boisterous state ofthe sea , could not he entered . By this time dav was breaking , and the ship being seen from the shore , several boats put out to her assistance , but , _owinu to the terrific breakers , by which she was surrounded , had great difficulty in approaching her . Finally , however , they got under her bows , and the crew " commenced lowering some of the passengers bvslinirs from the bowsprit ; but while thisopernd

      tfon was in progress , Mr . Henry Tupper , Lloy ' s agent , arrived , and seeing the peril to which the _passengers were exposed by being slung into the boats , and knowing that in tbe course of an hour or two , bv the faJIing *" of the tide , they could he landed in salkr , _advised ibe master to keep all hands on board . " This advice being followed , the whole ofthe passengers and crew , with their persona ! effects , were subsequently brought , without any accident , to shore , where they were kindly received in various nei » bbour " iiT houses ; and in the _evening the whole were conducted into town . The cabin passengers were a French lady and gentleman , and Dr . Edouard , _a _French soxa . it , who had on . board with bun a verv valuable collection of _pictures and other

      works of art . accumulated by hfm during a residence of S 5 rears in thc United States , and which it is feared , " will be destroved by the sea water , as thev are in the ship ' s-hold . The steerage _passengers were principallv poor Germ an emigrants , who were on their return to their own country from the United Rates , where they had failed in firming that _cuiplovaient of which they had gone m search . The wreck * of the Oneida , consists of 1 , 050 bates election , and a _larsre quantity of pro visions , tallow , _anda-he ? , _makingln the whole nearly 1 , 000 tons . _Tiiereopertv has been taken possession of by Mr . Le Merchant , the consul for the UnitedI States , am * , under his directions , a strong force of men , boats , cart * and w _«»; is _hr-insr employed to bring the

      cargo tu land , tbe sum of 12 s . Gd . being nxeu ior _evei-v bale of cotton brought to hig h water mark , and a proportionate varment for other parts of the propei tv . The shin , if is believed , will , become a total wfeck , but it is hoped that the _mtevvals may lie saved . The Oneida , sailed from tew Tork on the 1 st inst ., and had not made land till : _^ ° _* _£ _" o ' clock on Tuesday night- The ship . atthat time _tuning a . course cast and hy north , a light was seen ahead , which was supposed to be on ine Eu « lish coast , but shortlv afterwards it was made oufto be the Caskets , the light then heing on the larboard how . On this discovery being made tne ship was put about , and steered south _nndby we _* t , and the wind then being from the nort h- west * aouea to the indraught of this part of the channel , threw ier on to the eoast of this island . " old

      A _Poeto _^ It Ei _^ _ows-An man , _™™ _S * shabby summer coat , was _J-wto _& y ; f * _£%£ the Tribunal of Correctional Police , onthe char of mendicity . " What is your profession . J » JJ thc president . " iamaliterary man I an sweiea the accused , with great dignity . "Do you J ite hy your profession ! * " If publishers would prmt my pertiy _, _Ishould fire as well as _Berber and l > eiraui , ofwhoml _was once the fnend . _»« — -. i _* j * iTv _. how do you

      _live-^ _Soymvsdfinmy _^ d _^ _-JMjyg- _£ "In ineiidingshoes . " * " But , " _« f _"M _^ STf sident , " what have you to say to _»*? _™ ar _™ mendicity V "I do not V _^^ _gS _^ SS I meet _people who apnea r _*»/ _" _* J _£ _JT * _£ _& nsk _judgmcnU _speaktothemof _^ _rg _^ week .

      Mis Wkeck Of The Caleb Gb1msbaw Emigrant...

      mis WKECK OF THE CALEB GB 1 MSBAW _EMIGRANT SHIP . The following detailed account ofthe destruction by fire ofthe ship Caleb Grimshaw , with the loss of 101 passengers , hasheen communicated to a morning contemporary by an eyewitness of the melanchol y event , who wrote , he says , from notes taken at the time : — " The Caleb Grimshaw sailed from Liverpool on thc 23 rd of last October with a general cargo , besides 100 tons of coal and , I believe , 600 or 700 tons of iron . She carried 427 passengers , including six in the cabin ; the crew numbered eighteen , with fonr mates , also a steward and stewardess , the captain , his wife aud child , a doctor and two cooksin all , 451 souls . For nearly three weeks we experienced nothing but contrary winds and calmsand tn THT _,

      , e nrst lair wind we met with was on the day the fare was discovered-Sunday , Jfov . U . It was the _hSu _^ T w nr studding s *»* set . Our lati-4 1 * w ayb / T "i 18 41 de S- 8 min - _S-i longitude _oG deg . W At the time the accident occurred wo were m longitude about 37 deg . 30 min . W . At nine o clock p . m ., the ship being under all sail ? omg about two knots , the alarm of fire was given smoke being observed to ascend from the fore hatchl way . in a few minutes all was confusion ; the steerage passengers rushed up from their berths and came aft on the quarter deck , lying and kneeling down m all directions , impeding the exertions of the crew , and hardly allowing the commands ofthe captain to be heard above their cries . A large force the forecastle

      -pump on deck was immediately manned , and a hose fastened to it , which played down between decks . By this means and the employment of the ship ' s buckets , there was soon a considerable quantity of water between decks , but till no abatement of the smoke . It was now evident the fire was in the lower hold ; thc hatchway which had heen cauifced and pitched over when leaving Liverpool , was therefore opened , when immediatel y thick volumes of smoke ascended . The hose wag now directed down this hatchway , fresh handBwere summoned to the pump , and , in about an hour , the smoke appearing to decrease , Mr . _Ifoxie , the first mate , volunteered to go down and try if he could see the fire . A rope was _accordingly

      tied round , his body , but he had hardl y been lowered below the hatchway when he called out , and was immediatel y hauled up again quite insensible from the smoke . His report , when after several minutes he recovered , was very discouraging ; he said she was all on fire below . " The exertion s of those at the pumps were redoubled , and a constant stream of water directed below . Several of the passengers volunteered their services , but a great many had to be driven from among the women and children , where they lay groaning and crying . -W hile the captain and mates were forward a number of thc passengers got into the larboard quarter-boat , and lowered her . She was soon swamped , and twelve were drowned . Shortly after the alarm of fire the

      man at the wheel deserted his post , aud he , the boatswain , the second cook , with one or two others of the crew , having placed two compasses and some provisions and water in the stern boat , got into her , lowered her , and remained in her astern of the vessel , to which they did not return for several days . As soon as the force pump and buckets were regularly at work most of the sail was taken in , and the ship hove aback . By this time it was about midnight , and quite calm , and had the vessel had a gun on board , it ought to have been fired all the night through , but , strange to say , she was totally unprovided with cannon , nor do I think she had rockets or blue li g hts either , at least none were burnt . There were two large tanks of water on the main deck , each containing 1 , 100 gallons .

      These the passengers stove in , -in spite of the cap tain ' s exertions to prevent them . They said the fire must be put out at any cost . About two o ' clock in the morning of Monday the 12 th , as thc smoke was not observed to increase , the first alarm subsided , and the crying ceased , the people for the most part falling asleep . In the course of the night the starboard quarter boat was got down and veered astern , with three of thc crew in her ; the stern boat was already lowered , and the other quarter boat which had heen swamped , was baled out by the first mate and one or two of the crew ; she was also passed astern , and three men placed in her , while all the boats were provided with oars , provisions and water having also been placed in _» . _ich _ Ti . awn disclosed a scene of confusion—the

      quarter deck covered with filth , in which were lying women and children in all directions , while up the forehatch the smoke still continued to ascend , and it wns penetrating slowly into the cabin . Some of the crew now prepared to launch tho long-boat , while others commenced making a raft , and the smoke being observed stealing aft , the pumps near the maiumast were set to work . The long-boat was launched about 9 a . m . and passed astern ; the captain ' s wife and child were lowered first , out of his state room window through which were also passed some compasses , charts , & c , and then the cabin passengers were lowered over the stern of the vessel . While this was » oing on thc scene became painful in the extreme ;

      some rushed to tiie captain ' s state room , beseeching hira to save them ; numbers crowded round the stern , where the second mate was employed lowering the ladies into the long-boat ; others were to be seen at their ? rayers , while mothers and children , husbands and wives , embraced each other , and mingled tlieir tears together . At this trying period thc conduct of English and Irish contrasted strongly . While the English generally seemed to a _^ ait tlieir fate in silent resignation , the Irish were load in their lamentations , notwithstanding that a priest had been employed giving them absolution all the night and " morning . A remarkable instance of their extreme love of life was exhbited by two girls who lowered themselves

      br a rope lumging orcr the stern , although thev were told that they would not be admitted into thc boat ; they were , however , taken in , after being left hanging in the water until they were nearly exhausted . Four of the second cabin passengers , too , sot in . and two Irishmen forced themselves on board , . bavins basely deserted their wives in the burning vessel . When the writer left the ship for the longboat , the cabin fioor was quite warm , and smoke was coming up through the seams of the deck , so that the fire w _.-is evidently extending to the after part of the vessel . In the afternoon the captain came off , and was put on hoard the longboat . On his leaving the vessel's side the poor creatures on board set up a general cry , " Ob , captain , denr ,

      save us ! save us ! " He told them that he was not coin ? to leave them , and that he would stay by the vessel to the last . Why he did not stay in the vessel remains to be explained . Before he left thc crew had made two more rafts ; one cf these was launched , and about thirty persons got oh it , when , fearing they would be overcrowded , they cut themselves adrift , and soon after hoisted a small sail and went off to the eastward before the wind . It is most probable they all perished in a day or two , as , although they had a barrel of beef and one of pork , they had very little water , and I believe no bread . On Monday night and all Tuesday and Tuesday niebt the ship Lvy to with the boats astern . On TiTesdav morning the chief mate came off in one of

      the boats , and brought some provisions and a small tin vessel of water fov the longboat . They hail passed a terrible night on board . No sooner had the captain left than the steerage passengers rushed into the cabin , cut and broke open all thc _tvunss and boxes they could far hands on , and rifled them of their contents . Thev found two cases of brandy nnd a few bottles of wine , after having consumed which thev became verv riotous , attacking thc first mate and sonic of the crew , who had great difficulty in preserving their lives . Thoy succeeded in taking two « uns from them , and threw them overboard and having armed themselves with pistols and " " until

      knives , kept these infuriated savages at bay the effects ofthe brandy worcoff , when they became quiet enough . In the course of the day the boats brou _gh t us offafow mattresses , blankets , and leaves ofthe cabin table , which were laid along the bottom of the boat , and which were very welcome , as she was leaky , and shipped so much water oyer her sides tint two men were kept constantly baling her out . On Wcdnesd . _-. v _mornilig , thc Mtb a cask of bread was brou _ght us ; the crew had found a cask of flour 2 e evennV before , and the cook was employed _t-in _^ t _tlfc whole ' _idglit . This was very acceptable as we had no bread m thc longboat , and had L Jc „! , tKfin < r on a little cake and cheese , with a

      | few pickles . About nine a . m . the snip was _square awav before the wind and ran on all day about north by west , towing the boats after her Why thev did not run her for the Azores the day before , when thc wind was favourable , seems very strange Sh _^ _mw _^ feet of water in her bold , but still theI smoke ascended from the hatches , though they had Sen covered down to smother the fire as much _SnoSble . We saw a good deal of _smokealso _issuu the stern . On Wednesday night she fay to , captain _considering it unsafe to carry on during the 38 r _, as tho longboat was shippin | seas _over her bowsW sides , beingmuchtooheavdvladen She had twenty-five or twenty-six persons in her , and a Sd deal of useless lumber besides , which might Save S thrown overboard In the even . ng they Sd an old cover of a sail along the gunwale , and SeW it over the boat , covering her like a tent ; h s _? re . r _' < f o _„„„ d nianv heavy seas , and doubtless

      saved us from being swamped several times m _™ coufseofthenig hf . As it was , being , quite wet + i ? _Shbv the rain , which poured down m torrents _^ miserable night . On Thursday morning , the oth , _JtoKl heing favourable , the _, mates and . crew be _«« ed of the captain to put the shipi about ana sa < , _/ . va = This he at last consentea to a ? _™ ftins dS _™ made a _runof some eighty or d ? ' 2 _mifes At noon we were in latitude 41 deg . Wowing rathel hard , we lay to again during the "' _Iridar , the 16 tb . -We made sail ag ain this morn-

      Mis Wkeck Of The Caleb Gb1msbaw Emigrant...

      ing at dawn , but by nine a . m ., it fell nearly calm . Early this " morning some of us went back to the vessel , preferring anything to remaining in the longboat , where we had lain four days and nights , side by side , without heing able to change our position _^^ completel y wet through . In the course of the forenoon the rest of the passengers were taken out of her , thecaptain still remaining , with his wife and child , the doctor , steward , and stewardess , and the crew of the boat . While in the boat all bore their sufferings without a murmur , with the exception of the captain ' s wife ; she , poor woman , never ceased to complain for four long days and nights , thus rendering the position of the others still more unpleasant than it otherwise would have

      been . Between nine and ten a . m ., the man on the look out saw a sail ; the ship was immediately put about , and stood after her , but there being verv little wind , the second mate , with five hands , went off m one ofthe boats to try and overtake her . In about two hours we made her out a barque , standing west by north . Wc followed her until nearly two p . m ., when , thinking she meant to . avoid us , the ship was put about again on her former course . In a few minutes we observed the barque coming round after us . The fact was , she had not seen our flag of distress , which was in the mizen rigging , until we had turned our stern to her . She now bore down on us , while we lay to , waiting her appro _.-icb . She came up to us at three o ' clock p . m .. and proved

      to be the British barque Sarah , Captain Cook , from London , for Yarmouth , Nova Scotia , a timber vessel , m ballast . Being informed of our situation , and as it was too rough to take off any persons that night , Captain Cook directed ife to keep him company , both vessels _showing lights . At dusk he picned up the second mate and crew of the boat which had gone after him in the morning ; and those in the long boat ( who had a narrow escape while getting ou board ) , and those in one ofthe quarter boats . These three boats were lost that nightthe stern was dragged out of one , and the others were swamped . As darkness set in tho wind increased to a gale , and our situation in the Caleb Grimshaw was perilous in the extreme . Every

      moment we expected to go down ; the vessel rolled fn a fearful manner , dipping her studding-sail booms quite under water , while at nearly every roll the sea came in on the quarter-deck , and sometimes even into the wheel-house . To add to our despair , about three o ' clock in the morning we lost sight of the Sarah ' s light , and were thus left to ourselves , without sextant , chronometer , chart , or anything to guide us . At length morning broke , when , to our great joy , we discovered the Sarah five or six miles ahead of us . We carried on after her for several _hourB , afraid she was going to leave us , when , about two o ' clock p . m . she shortened sail , and in an horfr we came up with her . The sea having o ne downa little , she lowered two boats , and by dusk had taken off the burning vessel 133 persons , including most ofthe women . It was not judged safe to attempt the transfer of any more during the night , so the

      boats were taken up and we shaped our course lor the island of Fores , showing a light at our mizen cross-trees . On Sunday morning , the 18 th , tho Caleb Grimshaw was far astern of us . We kept on our course all day , and lost sight of her in the afternoon ; we , therefore , lay to during the night , showing a lantern , and on Monday morning , tho 19 th , saw her about nine miles off on our lee bow , lying to . B y ten a . m . we were up with her , and , telling her to follow us , we pursued our course . While passing her , the poor creatures on board called out lor " Water ! water '" but , as the sea was too high to risk a boat , nothing could b _« done to alleviate their sufferings . She followed us pretty well under her fore and main topsails , foresail , and forctopmast staysail ; the crew were too weak to make more sail nn her . Sim seemed much shaken tin ' s

      morning ; the masts were all loose , the mainmast especially , which shook several feet from side to side , as the vessel rolled . 1 he fore topgallant sail , too , was blown to ribbons . Tuesday the 20 th . —The sea was still running tohigh to attempt removing the rest of tho passengers , but early this morning a boat was sent or board with the second mate and seven fresh hands , who soon made sail on her—setting the mainsail , main topgallant sail , and mizen topsail . The boat brought off five men who had been on hoard the wreck . They had a sad tale to tell . On Sunday night twenty died , last night sixteen , and four more this morning . Though most of these perished from thirst , it is probable sonic had poisoned themselves .

      aii they had broken into the doctor ' s room , and drunk laudanum and whatever other liquors they found there . At eleven a . m . wc saw land , about forty miles distant , which proved to be Flores . By eight p . m . wc wore under the lec of tha _Uhvvd , mm the boats were employed all night removing the people from the burning vessel , which task was safely completed by five o ' clock in the morning of Wednesday , the 21 st , when thc first mate and men who had been employed in it removed the hatches , and shortly after the dames burst out . Theship burnt from the stern forward , the mizen mast falling first , and then tho main mast , which fell before the ilames reached the n \» ui tn _$ ig _% _Ua , wt > s _% _\\ . I'he _. V . ist we saw of her was about ten a . m . ; she wns then

      some two miles south-west of Flores . Wc . made but little progress this day , thc wind being against us . As there were but six small casks of water on board , and provisions for one week , the people had to be put on . short allowance ; all that could be afforded each person was half a pii . t of water and half a biscuit , morning and evening . _Thwrsdav _. tuc 22 no . —Eight bodies were thrown overboard this morning , two women and six children , having died in the night . The poor people were all crowded together on tho main deck , quite exposed to tho weather , which fortunately was not cold , or no doubt many more would have perished in their then weak state , several not having tasted water from the Sunday till the Wednesday

      morning . It fell nealy calm about noon , but in tlie afternoon a breeze sprang up , so favourable tliat we were just able to lay our course for Fayal . On thc morning of Friday the 23 rd we found ourselves about fifteen miles to leeward of the island , with the wind tig ht against us . We were all that day and nig ht beating up to windward , when at length , on Saturday , the 24 th , about noon , we made tbe harbour of Fayal , at which time there were only two small casks of water remaining , and two hundred weight of bread . Shortly after we dropped anchor . We were now informed that we should have to ride quarantine for five days . The British consul immediately sent us off bread and water , while from the American , Mr . Dabney , we received

      a present of oranges and wine . Next day , Sunday , the 25 th , was employed getting water and provisions on board , aud in taking off about oue hundred persons to the lazaretto , and the ship was brought a little further in the harbour in the course of the day . In tlie evening a small barque , the Clara C . Bell , sailed for New York ; her captain , offered to take eight cabin passengers but only two were allowed to go by captain Hoxie , who wont himself , leaving his crew and passengers behind him ; and taking his wife and child , steward and stewardess , and hrst and second mates . An elderly ladv , a cabin passenger , in treated to be allowed to go ; but Captain lloxie gave the preference to his mates , and even to his servants .

      On Mondav , the 26 th , nearly 100 more were taken off to the lazaretto ; and , owing to tho repeated complaints of Captain Cook about the state the people wore in , lying exposed on thc decks , we were informed that our quarantine " ould ho over tlie next morning . It having come on to blow fresh from the sonth-west , an additional anchor aud chain cable were brought from shove , which were let go in the afternoon . The wind still increasing we fet go another anchor ; but at dark the gale blowing still harder wc began to drag all three anchors . At 10 p . m ., wc parted our best chair cable , and , during the next hour and a half dragged our others about five hundred yards . Our danger _«*<< now imminent , as the breakers could be seen

      almost under our stern , and we were driving right on a frig htful lee shore . Wc thought it hard to perish thus , having escaped destruction so lately , to be sacrificed to those absurd quarantine laws ; and , harder still , that Captain Cook should die a victim to his humanity in saving our lives . Just after he had conic down to tell the ladies to get up and dress themselves , and when five minutes more would have seen us on the rocks , the wind suddenly chopped round to west , and the vessel was saved . It was found next morning , on weighing anchor for th * purpose of getting the vessel to safer moorings , further in the harbour , that both the fluxes of one ofthe two remaining anchors were broken . On Tuesday , the 27 th , the remainder of the

      passengers were " taken ashore , where we experienced every kindness and attention from the consuls _Nothing could equal the kindness of Mr . Dabney in particular . . Thus , after more than two weeks suttcring and privations , and at the risk of starvation , and , as it afterwards proved , of shipwreck to himself and crew , the lives of 350 human beings were saved bv means of Captain Cook ' s noble and praiseworthy conduct . Ninety-two were missing when all were < r t on board the Sarah , eight died on the passage to Fayal , and one after we came to anchor . Of tlie ninety-two about thirty went off on the raft the day after the accident ; forty perished from want of » . _„ tnv nnd fnnrt : about twelve were drowned by the

      swamping of the quarter boat , and the remainuer were probably smothered in their berths . Ail the cabin passengers were saved . The doctor reported four second cabin passengers among the lost . 1 _resret that I do not know their names , nor those ot any of tho missing , I believe nothing was saved by any one . Everything went down with tbe vesselall the passengers' property , with a cargo to the value of 500 , 000 dols . - - . To the chief mate , Mr . Hoxie , ft young man only 22 rears of age , all praise is due , for , _unuei-Providence , it was mainly owing to his unwearied exertionf that the vessel was kept afloat and our lives preserved until we fell m with the Sarah . While the captain deserted his vessel only a tew _Kn « _ra after the accident occurred , this fearless

      Mis Wkeck Of The Caleb Gb1msbaw Emigrant...

      young man remained on beard as long as He could he of any service , and this at tho risk of his life , which was attempted several times . Most of the crew , too , behaved well throughout ; and I am sorry I do not know tho names of some to whose exertions I was a witness . Why the captain left his vessel of course he can best explain himself . I understand he said there was a mutiny on board ; but surely he ought to have been as competent to quell it as his mate . Thero was as much danger for one as for tho other , and his mate remained on board nearly a whole week . Again , why the captain should leave Fayal in sueh a hurry seems also strange . Perhaps a landsman may be incapable of judging on these matters . However , there was

      but one opinion among the captains at llorta on thc subject . I cannot , sir , lay down my pen without calling your attention to the shameful neglect of precautions against thc consequences of such disasters on board emigrant vessels . As I remarked before , the Caleb Grimshaw carried no cannon , nor had she a lifeboat on board—at least , I did not see oiipwhile the boats she did possess could not possibly have saved the lives of ono-tenth of the passengers , in even moderate weather . I do not know whether she was provided with rockets or blue lights ; hut

      none were burnt , either on the night of the accident or during any of the fivo nights she was ivi company with the Sarah . If the fire did not originate in spontaneous combustion , it wns most probably smouldering in the hold from the time the ship left Liverpool . lam not aware of what the cargo consisted , but surely passenger vessels ought not to be permitted to carry any cargo liable to ignite of itself . I hope , sir , you will direct the attention of your readers to theso circumstances , so that we shall soon see shipowners forced to provide ample means for the safety of passengers—at least by public opinion , if not by more stringent acts of the legislature .

      Meeting At Bradford. On Thursday Evening...

      MEETING AT BRADFORD . On Thursday evening a crowded and enthusiastic meeting orer which the Mayt _. r presided , was held in the Temperance-hall , Bradford , for the purpose of receiving Mr . Cohden and Colonel Thompsuii , and of living them welcome . AWerman . Miuigan proposed , and Mr . Brown seconded _. the following resolution : — " That this _meetingrecalls with lively satisfaction the part taken by R . Cobden _. Esq ., member for the West Riding , and Colonel l _' eironet Thompson , member for the borough during the last session of Parliament , especially for I heir speeches and votes in support of moiions intended to promote economy in the public expenditure , a large extension of the elective franchise , and the maintenance of peace with other nations , and in our own colonies : and deeply convinced that in the

      speedy and practical enforcement of the principles involved in these measures depends the future welfare and prosperity of the empire , hopes their distinguished visitors will persevere in their exertions ( br the attainment of these objects , and as > uri * them of its cordial sympathy and support . " ( Cheers . ) Mr . _ConnuN , who was greeted with the most vociferous and protracted cheering , having expressed the delight he felt at such a flattering reception and such proof of the strong feeling in favour of reform pervading the honmgh , oioceeded as follows -. — Now , gentlemen , in the resolution just submitted and carried , you have been kind enough to express your approbation of the course pursued by my hon . and _g-f /' ant friend Colonel Thompson and myself in the House of Commons . "Why , gentlemen , I need not

      _aSfUreyou—for , as experienced men in the country , you must know it—that we should be powerless to effect any good in the House of Commons unless we were backed aud constantly supported by demonstrations such as this . Now , allusion has been made in the motion which has been passed , to three great questions—the question of _fiimiiciil reform , the question of po ce , and thequestion of _Pavliamtsntavy reform . In that resolution , too , there has been a passing _allu-ion made , in only , I believe , two words , to peace not only _abroad but in our colonies . Now , eentleiuen , there i" a vast import for your interests and the iv . _VKwts o ? this kingdom in these two words , refer ring to our colonies . I have no apprehension at the present moment of peace being disturbed abroad amongst foreign nations—I mean that there should

      be any wm- in which this country should be involved . I lo"k with considerable satisfaction at the present iinanciid embarrassments of every one ofthe great nations of thc continent ; I thank Heaven that _iinancial embarrassments do follow in the train of large standing at mies and wars , ( hear , hear , and cheers , ) and I see in the financial ruin of the nations of the continent the best guarantee against war far the future . ( Loud Applause . ) But I am . wt so sure with regard to the future state of things in our colonies . You have _he-ird , no doubt , lately of tho alarming accounts whieh hare reached us trom Canada , from tho Cape of Good Hope , from Australia , a . nJ you may probably before long hear of similar accounts from the still more distant colony of J ~ ew Zealand . You have seen

      lately the manifesto published from Canada , proclaiming great discontent on the part of the people of Canada , and attributing tlieir present distress and discontent to the free trade measures which have been lately passed in this country ; and you will have observed that the Protection party in England take up the question of our colonies and say— " See ' what ruin you freetraders have brought upon our colonial empire . " ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) "Sow , see what this manifesto states . The Canadians complain o _* " their backward and rclvogado condition ofthe United States—they tell us that while the United States is covered with railroads and electric telegraphs , they have only got five railroads made in " Canada , and that they arc now at a discount of fifty per cent . iS ' ow , can any

      rational man say that free trade in coif , whieh has only existed _since the beginning of this year has prevented Canada from making railroads , whilst America was making them ten or fifteen years ago ? ( Hear , hear . ) But we have had news of discontent from Australia and the Cape of Good Hope , whilst no free trade measure ' s affect those colonies . We import their wool and their oil , in reference to which there has been no change in consequence of our free trade policy . "We import the wool from Australia , and there has been no alteration in that , and the oil from the Cape , and that remains as it was . So , it is absurd—it is hypocritical —( hear , hear , )—it is dishonest to mix up free trado with ihe question of colonial discontent . ( Hear , hoar , and applause . ) That there is a great inferiority in the

      condition of Canada as compared with the condition ofthe United States , lean hear testimony from ocu ar demonstration afforded to me whilst visiting those countries , not at so recent a period as yesterday , but thirteen years ago . I say nobody can dispute who has been in these countries that Canada , at the pace at which she moves , is at least fifty years lehind thc United States as . regards wealth and civilisation . And Why ? When I was there protection was rife ; Canada had the benefit of this protection with the English market . And why was Canada inferior ? Why , I firmly believe it iras owing to this very protection . ( Hear , hear , and great cheering . ) Now , I always approach this question ofthe colonies with this " preliminary point of faith . Canada , which has an area of five or six

      times the surface of _England , cannot for over be dependent on and governed by England . ( Hear , hear . ) It would he a monstrous absurdity ; it Mould be contrary to nature for us to suppose that either Canada or Australia , which is as large nearly as the whole habitable part of Europe , or the Cape of Good Hope , which is twice as largo as Franco , and especially when those countries become populated , as probably thoy will , with millions of inhabitants , can be always considered as the political property of this country . ( Hear , hear . ) liy doctrine for the colonies is ' this—I would give to our countrymen abroad the fullest amount of self-government they can possibly claim . ( Hear , hear . ) I say Englishmen—whether living at Bradford or Montreal , or at Sidney , or at Capo

      Town—Englishmen are entitled , as their inherent birthright , to the privilege of self-government , ( Loud and repeated cheering . ) Well , 1 would give the colonics abroad the fullest right of self-government , and that will involve the loss to the government ofa great deal of that patronage to which our excellent friend the Mayor has referred in his opening speech . { Hear , hear . ) It will involve the appointment of officers and functionaries in the colonies by Englishmen living there , instead of their being appointed by an English living in Downing-strcet . ( Hoar , hear , laughter , aud cheers . ) But if you persist in making these appointments , and using this patronage for the purpose of favouring your dependents aiid partisans in this country , one or two things must follow—either you must pay them yourselves ,

      aa we do now to a large oxtent by our annual votes in parliament , or else , if they ( the colonists ) pay them themselves , it will be under the impression that they got the money out of you in some other way . ( _L-. \ u » liter and cheers . ) And that has been the delusion which the Protectionists have helped to foster in the colonies , just as they have helped to foster a great deal of delusion and ignorance , which we shairsoou put an end tb in this country . ( Hear , hear . ) The motion wliich has been passed refers to liiuiucial ve ' onu . Sow I have no hesitation in stating , I have seen it from the first , that you can make no reduction in the public expenditure unless

      you fully remodel your colonal system , tor at present tho great cause ot' your vast expenditure for the army and navy is on account of your colonies . I say , ' then , to these colonists , I will give you the fullest self-government you can require ; but , on behalf of the people of England , I say you must pay for this government—I say you must pay for your own army—you must pay for your own functionaries—you must pay for your own ecclesiastical _establishment . ( Cheers . ) Having repeated his recent remarks on tho small standing army of the United States , and having compared it with the fovee maintained by this country in America , tho

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      hon . gentleman continued : —Now , I want to know why the English here should pay for any standing army in Canada at aii ? I want to know how it is you are compensated for this ? Bear in mind our colonics havo never paid anything into our exchequer for all this . ( Hear , hear . ) This is a fact which shows tho incredible folly of tho arrangement for keeping our colonies . Such a thing never happened before in the world ; and if thc middle and labouring classes had had the government in their hands instead of its being in the hands of the aristocracy I never will believe that anything so silly and suicidal as this sort of policy could have existod . ( Hear , hear . ) Why , Spain realises an immense amount of revenue from Cuba every year ; we all know Holland is much indebted for the amount of its finances to what sho realises from her colonics ;

      even France has an amount in her balance-sheet from Algiers—certainly it is not a large amount , but , though small , it shows that Algiers contributes something towards the expenses of maintaining the army . But is thero any such item in our balancesheets ? So . I will just give you a 1 ' ttle specimen of what you are doing for Canada—They keep in Canada not soldiers alone , but ordnance stores , such as powder and ball , horse accoutrements , and things of that sort . They had last year a stock which amounted to £ 050 , 000 . ( " Shame , shame ! " ) Vou see they don ' t even contribute for the priming of their muskets . ( Hear , and a voice— "They ' ve more sense . " ) But what do we for them besides ? I allude to their ecclesiastical establishments , and I will read to you what we pay for them yearly .

      Having read a list or bishops and ministers in the _Canadiis , Nova Scotia , New Brunswick , Bermuda , andSewfoundland , with their salaries attached , tho hon . gentleman went on : —The total of . all this is . i' 11 , 578 8 s . 6 'd . That is just one item we vote every year for the support of the ecclesiastical establishment of our North American colonies . ( " Shame , shame . '') You see we pay not only fov the spiritual comforts of thc Roman Catholics , the Presbyterians , and the Protestants—not only the expenses of their christening . * , their marriages , and their burials , but we pay tho rent of the burialground for 6 e : 'y cue of them , ( llcav , and laughter . ) They can neither be christened , married , nor buried at their own expense . ( Hear , hear , and laughter , and cries of " More shame for them . " ) Sow ,

      gentlemen , what I have read to you here is only a specimen of other items which wc vote annually in tlie House of Commons , Ii ; has not been for the ' benefit of the colonists any moro than ourselves , and I call in proof the statements of thc Canadians themselves ; when in their manifesto , which 1 rofcrrcd to , they toll us of their backward state and condition , as compared with that of the _Unjied States . ( Hear . ) I point to this , as showing what you have done by sending your army , your ordnance stores—by making them bond slaves—by petting , and patronising , and protecting them in every possible way . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Sow I have alluded to the Cape of Good Hope . Well , you have 8 , 000 ov 4 , Wu people living at tlie Cape , or something like that population . Two or three years ago a quarrel

      took place on the African frontier of the colony between the colonists and a tribe of half-naked savages called Cnffres , It arose out of somo very trifling incident like the stealing of two hatchets and ten goats . ( Laughter and cheers , ) You know that our government here declared war against the Caff ' res ; we had to countenance it with great parade and expense , and a degree of jobbing which never characterised the worst governments ; and after spending two millions of money this war wns put an end to . ( Hear , hoar . ) Every farthing of this expense was borne by the people of this country . ( "Shame . " ) Well now , on what assumption w _. is this war carried on ? On the principle that the colonists were not capable of defending themselves against a few savages . _Vow , what is the present

      position of these colonists ? Why , after having treated tliem like children in their mothers' arms , wc proposed to send them over the ' very scum of our society , the emptying of our ga < il _* . they declared they would not receive them —( hear , hear)—they denounced the government , told thc governor they would not receive the convicts ; they set at defiance his order to receive the vessel sailing under hev Majesty ' s authority : and resolved on passive resistance , saying they would not supply the governor with provisions . ( Hear . ) They shut up their shops , and the governor has had to seize bullocks in . tho street that lift might not starve himself . Tho hon . gentleman havingvead a stvongly-wovdcu passage from the speech ofa rev . gentleman , at a _niectinsr in Cape-Town , on the 'lth of July , _showiiw

      that the organisation of tho colony was entirely military , he proceeded : —Sow , what docs this mean ? Soboily who heard this passage read can doubt for a moment that the speaker intends us to understand that if wc insisted on forcing our convicts on them , they were * prepared , not only to defend themselves against a few half-naked savages , hut that they were ready to throw down the g auntlet , and go against thc English govcriinieiit ' it _> elf . I say , after that speech , and the manner in whieh it was received , there is no reason for putting you to one shilling expense for the protection of i . lrs colony . ( Hear , hear . ) I don't say this in a retaliatory spirit against , that speech , for I think if I had lived at the Cape , instead of living hero , I should probably have been ono of the first to oppose the

      reception of those convicts . Then , as to Sew South Wales—there is an agitation going on there ; they have held mectimrs , and they sent me newspapers ' _, i got one the other day in which was reported a meeting of 6 , 00 ( 1 persons ( and from which he read an extract of a-speech recommending the assertion of Australian freedom ) . I read you these extracts , and I publicly state these facts to the country at large , not merely to show the temper of tlie colonists , aud the danger wliich arises from a , conflict with them , but also to _cxprrss my conviction—and 1 hope yours too—that thero cannot be any ground , in the relation which exists between thc ' colonists and tho mother country , for a collison between us for those things which these persons claim . ( Hear , hear . ) They say they want self-government , and I

      am an advocate for self-government . 1 ou will find these colonists will not bo content to receive your convicts , and I am sure the quarrel , as raised by this convict question , is a miserable ground o * f quarrel . Yon have no right to spread the virus of your criminals amongst the population of any country . AVe have taken possession of those distant possessions on the ground that wc wero going to benefit Uy thc exclusive trade of those colonies . Why , what is this exclusive trade ? Look at an individual in this town saying , " I will not go into the market to buy my vegetables , I will have a garden and grow my own . " ( lleav _, hear . ) " t \' e said , we will go and take these colonies and have the exclusive trade with them , forgetting what is proved now . that it is bolter to have an open market to

      receive the whole world's produce , and that all nations will benefit more by perfect commercial freedom than by any selfish restrictions whatever . ( Hear , hear , aiid loud applause . ) Gentlemen , it s not merely large colonics , such as Australia and tho Cape , that the government is anxious to have , but taking possession of barren rocks in all parts of the world , and which aro made tho moans of burdening you with enormous taxation , Why , wc lately took possession of a rock on the coast of Borneo , seven miles long , without an inhabitant upon it . ( Laughter . ) Anir what did our government do ? Why , they sat down and coolly drew out an establishment for il—and wo in Parliament voted £ 9 , 000 for tho expenses of the government of that island without an inhabitant , ( fond _Iniiffhtcr . ) We voted £ , 2000 a vcar

      for the governor of this rock without an _inhal itaiit upon it —( laughter , and cries of "Shame" )—nearly four times as ' mnch as is paid to the governor of California . ( Hoar , hear . ) Sot merely that , but thc person appointed as governor there was governor of Lnhuaii—a person who has assumed to himself the outlandish title ol Rajah of Sarawak , —( laughter ) - that is , ho _dispossod some other _lt : ijnh and dubbed himself Rajah in his place . Well , this person , living some ' thousands of miles away , could not he at the place , and as ho could not be there we voted £ 1 , 200 a-year for a lieutenant-governor . Aud how do you think tlii : ? £ !> , 000 was made up ? Why , wo voted a clerk , a store-keeper , —( laughter)—a '

      postina 3 tei _' , —( more laughter)—a police-magistrate , and a police-officer . ( Penis of laughter . ) We voted the whole establishment—ay , more than you find it necessary to have for this town of Bradford , and we voted all this money for this rock without an inhabitant on it . ( Laughter , mill cries of " Shame . " ) W « go to the Ionian " Islands and spend £ 2 , 000 or £ 3 , 000 a-year , whilst we have spent hundreds and thousands in building fortifications for a place that does not belong to us , in which we have no more right to set foot than in Hussia or Austria . Then instead of making them pay for this protection , they call upon you to pay for all . ( Hear , hear . ) Only hut Mi 1 J found out . nn item in the account for

      conveying the lving of _Musquito to Jamaica and back . Sow this King of Musquito—it is nota very inviting name —( laughter)—this King of Musquito , I find , from the best description and account I can get of him , rules over SfiOO or 10 , 000 half-naked savages , and i believe I mn not wrong in stating that he is as barbarous as any of the rest . ( Laughter . ) A gentleman told me the King of Musquito had only one great _a-jcon . plishment . I asked , " What is that ? " He said , the English find he is very skilful in removing " chiggcrs" from their feet . ( Much laughter . ) These " chiggcrs '" are what get under the skin in tho feet—and , in more polite words , wc

      might sav His Majesty is a good _corn-cutM _* . ( Peals of laughter . ) This Musquito conntry is hohe centre of thecontinent of America , but it is divided hy Mexico from thc United States . Sow , what is coming on ? The Republic of Nicaragua is giving land to some of tlie citizens of the United States for the purpose of constructing a ship canal , and then the English government come forward and say , " It is the land of thc King of Musquito , and he is under our protection . " Jonathan then steps iu and says , " We do not recogniee this Kinjr ; the land belongs to the _Republic of Sicaragua , and we will protect our citizens in maintaining their right . " ( Hear , near . ) Hero it is . that you are involving yourselves

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      by these protectorates , and consequently aro constantly increasing yonr expenses and having discredit brought upon you . ( Hear , and applause . ) The Governor of the Ionian Islands is bringing discredit upon you in the eyes of Europe . Look at Hajari Brooke—he has been upon a marauding excursion with your ships , and he lias murdered in the most savage manner 1 , 500 of theso people —( " shnmo'" )—who nave been shot down by grape and canister , and their fragile boats beat to pieces and sunk by the paddle-wheels of your steamers . All this has been done , too , without tho loss of a single English life . It was like a battue of sheep or rabbits , and I havo no hesitation in stating that the object of that individual is one of thc most sinister character . Ho deserves tllO name of »

      second Pizarro , in murdering these pagans ; and _yec ought to repudiate such conduct as you protest against tho butcheries of a Haynau or a RadotzkL ( Loud applause . ) If people tell me that I want to dismember the empire and abandon the colonies , I say , I want Englishmen who are freo to possess them . Sow , I shall be told that I am going to leave tlie connexion between thc mother country and the colonies of so frail and fragile a character , that it will surely be severed . Well , I admit that the political connexion between the colonies and the mother country must become less and less strong , and ultimately , I can seo that it will be but a mere thread of connexion , politically speaking . But on the other hand , by giving tho colonics the right of _aelf-Rovemmcnt , with a right good will shaking

      hands with them , you will retain the connexion _, commercially and morally , far more strongly than you could by any political bond—the one is by the sword , thc other is by thc strong bond of affection _, for the mother country . ( Applause . ) Sow , wo do not seek to bring the trade of these colonies to _ the country hy any force . When wo havo proclaimed this principle of free trade , we have said we believe the self-interest of mankind will teach them to trade with us . Wliat if the colonies can trade with us better than elsewhere , they will he hound to us by the instincts of self-interest , aud will not desire to deal with any ono else . ( Dear , hear . ) In abandoning our monopolies we only do it for the sake of the trade of the whole world . ( A pp lause . ) But some persons may say that the colonies are

      valuable as places for the " emigration of our superabundant population . Will ycu give up this means of g iving meat to this surplus population ? I be lieve by giving them self-government they will be far better outlets for our population than they are under colonial misgovernment . What is thc fact iiow ? Why more Englishmen go to the United States , which is perfectly independent of us , than to all the colonies throughout tho world . ( Applause . ) You will hear this subject discussed in Parliament next session , and you will sec a constant attack made upon the Home-office . ( Hear , hear . ) I do not stand hero to defend Lord Grey or Mr . Hawes , but I say thc people of this country will be directed to a false issue if they allow their attention to be iliw > eri _> H tn tlm nnmlnct nf tlm Gnlonial-officc .

      ( " Hear , hear , " and loud applause . ) I believe it to be impossible for any gentleman in England to settle or _cwtvol thc conduct of people 12 , 000 miles off . Why , twelve months will be employed in travelling from thc period of dispute to the time an answer is returned , and tho cause of dispute may long before that time have passed away . Well , it wiU he attempted to show that theso things can be better managed in the House of _Comtnons'than in tlie Colonial-office . Sow , this I utterly deny . ( Hear , hear . ) You will be miserably deluded if you think that it can bo better done by the House than by Lord Grey , a man of comprehensive intelligence , and Mr . Ilnwcs , who has thorough business habits . The House of Commons lias already plenty to do . ( Applause . ) We are expected to settle thc affairs of

      countries with whose geography , history , and general government we arc , most of us , profoundly ignorant . Sow , take British Guiana as an example . Well , wc arc expected to settle that nation ' s affairs , and yet I would lay a wager that there are not fifty men in the House of Commons who know what is the form of Government in British Guiana . ( Cheers , and a voice— " Let us have your views on . _IvcI-awI . " ) Ireland is very much connected with this question ; for if you do as I have hinted , you will induce the colonists to aeeept our emigrants , both from Ireland and this country , and of course that will he a benefit to both . Moreover , if you place your colonies on a proper footing , yon will be enabled to reduce vour expenditure—not £ 10 , 000 , 000 only but £ lf > , OO (> , O 00 annually .

      ( Cheers . ) Thc hon . gentleman , at some length , alluded to the state of the sufirage , and reiterated the statements and arguments he has recently used in aid of the 40 s . freehold movement , and thus concluded : —Our worthy chairman has said that I should say a few words on Protection . I saM a good deal upon it at Leeds , and I tell you that if there is a serious effort made to restore the corn laws , or Is . of the corn laws , I will be down amongst you very soon . Yes , I am not sure that I shall not come and live amongst you , so long as there is any real danger of the rcimposing of the corn laws . ( Loud plaudits . ) 1 shall perhaps have a motive in coming here . I have been told since I came into Yorkshire , by gentlemen who live _anionest the working classes , that if anything could drive the

      orderly , peaceable , industrious peoplo of this district into rebellion , it would be an attempt by a Stanley-11 ichmond Government to put on a corn law . ( Hear , hear . ) Sow , wc want no rebellions ; but I will promise you that if we have such an attempt made I will _specdly be down here amongst yeu , nnd wo will have one of the most striking peaceable demonstrations that we ever had yet . ( The hon . member resumed his seat amidst vociferous cheers again and again repeated . ) Colonel Thompson who wns received very warmly , having made a speech which drew forth repeated cheers , il was resolved : — " That this meeting has no hope of tho principles avowed in the present resolution being adopted by the present Parliament , to an oxtent at all commensurate with their

      intrinsic merits or with the wishes ol tlie nation ; and , therefore , desires most earnestly to urge upon all real reformers the importance ' of promoting , by every legitimate method , an immediate extension of the suffrage , as thc only means of insuring ultimate success ; and further desires especially to record its approval of freehold land and building societies , as valuable auxiliaries lo political progress , and as powerful incentives to economy , sobriety , nnd political improvement . " Mv . Bottomlky proposed , and Mr . MkxsForcrn seconded , the following resolution : — " That this meeting rejoices in the presence of Mr . Cobden and Colonel Thompson , bills thero a hearfy welcome , and expresses its grateful sense of their eminent service . " Which was adopted unanimously , and a vote of _thriuks to the Mayor having been carried by acclamation , tliree vociferous cheers were then given for Mr . Cobden , a similar number for Colonel Thompson , and thc proceedings terminated at a quarter before eleven o ' clock .

      Fliauds Arising Out Of Tiik Truck Systkm...

      FlIAUDS ARISING OUT OF TIIK TRUCK SYSTKM . —( . lUX « readers will recollect that Messrs . Attcrsley were i the contractors for making ( he Nottingham and i Mansfield line of railway , which has recently been 1 completed . As is usual with persons engaged in n extensive _undertakings , they have been in the habit t of giving the men in their employ numbers of tickets s for 3 s . and . js . each , iu part payment of their wages , f . These tickets , which were signed by the contrac- :-tors' agent , John Sowter , the men have taken to 0 different tradesmen in tho town , and have obtained d _iroods for them . Tiiis practice lias been carried on n

      for some time past . These tickets have , this last st week , been called in , for the purpose of paying tbe le amount of them ( somewhere about . £ _(! 00 ) , in cash sh to their holders . On this being done , it was dis- scovcrcd that about £ 100 worth were forged ; aud , d , as the contractors will not pay them , the loss in in some cases wiil be very severe . So clue can be had ad as to who the forgers are . We cannot speak in too 00 strong language a ' gainst ; i system like this , whereby by the poor man , because he wants a small advance of of money , is made to pay nearly twenty per cent , forfor it . —A ' ottiimlutm _Jiumtnl .

      _^ Batuk nimvKEX Wki . sh and Coiimsu _Misehs . — . — For a number of years a kind of jealousy has ex-ex isted between tho native miners and the Cornish-shmen employed on the works , Goginan Mines , andind wliich at times has been carried to such a pitch aa aa to lead to serious consequences , and to call for thethe interference of magisterial _authority . Sueh a a a scene of violence as that exhibited on SatardayJay week at Abcrystwith has seldom been witnessed ml in that part of the country . Missiles of all deserip'rip tions were resorted to , and in one or two instiineeaeea

      guns were introduced to the scene of _actioa . Thcl'tic _i conflict was of a savage character , and lasted sd a ; long time . A number of broken heads and otherjier _- injuries were the consequence ,, and it was reportcuttcd that in otic instance a gun-shot had taken _efTectJcct . During the conflict a house near Mr . John Saycr ' _iyr ' s ,, the Druid , resembled "La Belle AUianee _, " at thethe ) celebrated field of Waterloo , being repeatedly takenken possession of by both parties , and the windows and audi some of the furniture completely demolished . —d . — - Liverpool Chronicle .

      l _' uKUVMX _Potatoks—At a council of tHe UoyaJoynJ J Agricultural Society of England lately held in Uano-ano- _>• vcr-squiire , Mr . 11 . Manning communicated the _fol-s foi- ! - lowing result of his cultivation of potatoes _fromroma South American seeds : —The Peruvian potato seedseedd was set in ordinary garden-ground at _Sliacklcweltwellll in 1 S 48 , and in due course showed fair steins nni _nnit leaf , hut , ou opening the ground last autumn , tht , thin result was found to be only a few bulbs , about thtt tlitit size of very 6 m . aU marbles , wbich , consequentlymtlyy wero disregarded . This year , however , from tlm tlmt seed left accidentally in the ground , there sprung _njig _ujq several vigorous stems , some of which had leaves ores 00

      extraordinary sizo ; tbe plants flowered in a _varietjiriet ; t ; of colours . The yield from these , considering tbjg tali ) small set , was large , and _thesize of tubers considetsideM ably increasod . A _Uomish _ESTABLisiiMEST , formerly carried _aftjBijajBB Prior-park , Bath , has been broken _"J" _^ _# l £ _^ r 6 _e * rj pcrty ism thomnr & _ot . _fejOp" _!^ " ? _<* ! b _^ ' « ¦'¦;¦' * '•; - ; - _*® , _S M ¦ * J / . r v '

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 29, 1849, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_29121849/page/7/