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    • PATRICK O'niGGINS
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    • aiTJItDER OF WHIGGERY, A.VO DISCOVERY OF THE MURDERER..^». _o»
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    • THE NEW MIN1ST1W
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      Patrick O'Niggins

      PATRICK _O'niGGINS

      To The English People. Mv Mv Dear Friend...

      TO THE _ENGLISH PEOPLE . Mv Mv Dear Friends , —If we were not bound by the lottoiotto that" when oncof the community is oppressed _jcietjjciety is aggrieved , " 1 should still deem anything _onneonnected with the name of the gentleman which tandtends at the head of my letter of sufficient _imlortatortauee to address you upon without an apology , uul _iind upon a subject even less connected with yourelve _; elve _* . I have reason to know , and to be proud as m hn Irishman , that the straightforward , patriotic , and ;

      nanmanly conduct of Mr . O'Higgins , lias made him an )\ je < object of love , affection , respect , and esteem with the EiigEuglish working classes . "When it was dangerous to ! _t'lv < it , _lvocate our principles , and almost death publicly to avo _* avowand promulgate them , O'Higgins kept the spark of C 0 f Chartisa alive iu the damp atmosphere of Dublin , au aud was caly driven for a season from the position he _lnuJ had achieved by that sympathy which the threatened pro _prosewtion of Mr . O'ConneU had created , and now , bel _behold he is the victim of that sympathy himself . \

      _: _Soed 1 refer to thecase of the Dorchester labourers , i ao _acJSo the fact , that O'Ceunett _gained popularity by ad sd _? jcatiug their cause ost ofthe Douse of _Comraosts , * r _xfZ singularity by justifying _tfeeir _condemnatica in n parliament ? Need I remind you of his _onskKght n _ _against the tr * ites < rf _Dumm _* _- ; of his committee _-ap-= _i -pointed for tfee _putpese of depriving the trades of the _li little _protectwn -theyhad- ; of his _denuueiatteaef the C Glasgow c « tt < on spinners- ; _-tf his rabid attack upon 1 Tr ades' _Usioni-rfs _^ of his invitation to fee Atter i Dcy-General to bant _dows Oastler , O'Cemor , -and

      J Stephens- of his invectives-against the Canadian ] patriots ; -and of his exultation in the conviction of ] Frost , Williams , and Jones ; and his rejoicings that i it was a _fiAXBFCL OF IRISH BOYS tbat shot ! Shell and others at Newport ? Need 1 remind you of : his having walked out of the House -oi -Ooamons when _his-ccsting vote-would have unbarred the prison doors and set the captives free ? Xo . These insults are green in your . memory , and require not to be _reared to add-odium to his tcoattaent of our respected friend _OMSsgsins .

      I have told you before that of all characters in this wofid-an Irishman most _despisesthxt-of ax ixforiieb , anda-ask you to keep the whole _case-of < _3 * Higgins in _yoar _TOind , and ecnie to any other « oncmsion if you can than that the Liberator has hunted down , jus _Cecesust _pjset , and consigned him to the tender _wescy of that Attorney-General from whom he has teld us xo _liosEsr max cax expocc _-jusmck , and to bctried by _the-SixoxLAw , and by _« . 5 axoj _« Jew . A _' ot scdi Saxons as you are , for Iglory in the Saxon Wood that- flows in > TorB veins , but Saxons whose dominion _is-marked by their triumph over tfcelawand over every tVms . Irish . Mv friends , mark me , and mark me well ,

      fer I have been a faithful sentinel to you . 0 'Conr . ell ' s aid in this _. _ni-osecution evinces no tenderness for human life—no clemency for tlie Irish laudlords—but _vengeance against the principles of Chartism , of _trfiose progress in my country O'Higgins is the _emi'odynient . And , therefore , I say the cause of ¦ O'Higgins is my cause , is _your-cause , is the cause of ¦ every just man iu the world , _aHdthe more _^ specially when the putrid press of Ireland has joined the _Liberator in-his crusade against ns . Mark the cunning villainy with which this government informer laid his train of supposed guilt , and then pounced upon Ms innocent _victim ! He coupled this document with -that tranquillity wliich was -essential for the aceom

      plishment ofrepeal ! He used it toexcitehishcarcrs against the author by persuading them that it was a device of the enemy to injure Ireland' s ¦ cause , having at the time the very same means that he has now of attaching the _authorship to O'Higgins . Oh , if this document had borne the stamp of the committee of Conciliation Hall , with what cheers it would have been received ,-sad with whatavidity and encomiums it would have -been _whirled through the land upon the wings of the Liberal press . But the Nation , the Liberal Nation , the Nation that some weeks ago _published the whole process by which the Irish people might , in case of . an outbreak , destroy all the raiiroads—the Nat & s , that has asked

      " WHO TEiSB TO TALE OF XIXETr- _* _EIGHTf " The Nation that was wont to breathe the spirit oi 3 . Davis , has it , too , cowered before the nod of the autocrat , and does it fear to do justice to an honest injured man , lest it should incur the Liberator ' s wrath ? This is a subject which requires temper to write npon . Just whea we had supposed that the judgment of three Whig lords , and \ ke triumph at Lancaster , had rendered sedition obsolete , we find the monster revived by the Irish Liberator , who has held out more _invitations to murder than all the seditionists living . And then we come to the machinery by which the

      Liberator works out his machinations , and of what do we find it composed ? A Mr . Porter , stipendiary magistrate , and Sir C . Fitzsiraou , a police justice , formerly Repeal M . l \ for the lung's County , a man who knows as much about law as a dunghill cock knows ofa holiday , sic check by jowl upon the magisterial bench , and this pot-bellied buffoon , this police constable knight , this ex-Repeal member for the King ' s County , justifies the sending O'Higgins before a jury of landlords , whose wrath has been aroused by O'Connell , upon the precedent , that HE onee before had bound over a jeweller to stand his trial in Dublin and in the King ' s County ; our only wonder is that the police knight did not add , and

      AT TILE SAME TIME . But here ' s a desecration of justice' For such sedition asis contained in the placard in-question , which I assert is no sedition at all , ifr . O'Higgins is to be tried by a jury of landlords , each-of whom will strain the contents to be an invitation te murder himself . Buthcre I'll triumph a bit . I'll mark our English progress and triumph over the Liberator ' s law of sedition ! Here , Liberator , I publish the document , and put a name to it that you would destroy with pleasure . I adopt it as a mild document , more mild than jour language in Conciliation Hr . IL or in the House af Commons , when advoeating jour "FIXITY OF TENURE " sad the _*• TENANTS' _RiGHTS" More mild

      _ttan your _oeEunciation of the cotton lords , whom yea called _MCitUERERS for working infant childres , whose Lord Chancellor you said you would be , and for whose j-enn . _g- 'hlood yon received a thousand pounds . More mild : ihan your denunciation of the landlords _whoas jou have over and over again styled murderers for keeping . . up . the Bread Tax . This is the document , With a name io it : — XAXDLORDS AXD _TEXAJ-TS , —TYRANTS _TCUS _JSC TEXAXES ODT . Question : Has a _landlord _thcright to turn a tenant out CPUs holding or farm i Answer : He has , when tbe laid is let on fair and _reasonable terras , and the tenant _neglects bis farm , or _Joes not pay tbe rent .

      Question : Has the landlord tbe _rijfct to turnout tbe _tenant without first paying him in full { or all bis -nutlay in building , reclaiming , manuring , _enuftfsing , _dra-ining-Jfcc , & S , Answer-Xo : tbe landlord has no soeh right . Ifc would be sobbing tbe tenant to take the lasd from 1 dm without first having paid him the full value of these _improvements , _aad also compensating for ihe cost and lot % incurred hy removing to another place , even to a settlement in America , if he chose to go there . Because , when s tenant is deprirej of bis land , whether hy tbe cupidity , whim , or tyranny of his landlord , he has nothing to lire on , and consequently becomes either a burthen to society , or be , bis wife and children , die of want , which is too often the case ; and , therefore , the landlord is to all intents and purposes _^ guilty of causing the death of unoffending men . women , and children .

      Question : When a tenant increases the _ralut of the land , by reclaiming , building , enclosing , manuring , draining , ia , has the landlord a right to charge the tenant a higher rent on the expiration of tbe lease , in consequence ofthe increased value of tbe land by tbe labour bestowed upon it by tbe tenant f Answer : Xo , most certainly not : because the increased _ralue of tbe land was caused entirely and exclusively by the labour , toil , care , skill , industry , aud outlay of the tenant , aud not by any act or thing done to tlie land hy the landlord ; therefore , he who charges an increased rent robs tbe tenant of the reward of hi 6 labour . And it is written that such conduct cries to heaven for lengeanee !

      Question : "What would be said of the man who would give a rough _Kock of mahogany to a cabinet maker to _maseachestof drawa « , and « hen be bad made them , the own _« of the block charged bim for making them instead of paying huu * AnSWe _Vi v- * _" ' of the Uock _wo » H be railed a rogue , and the cabinet maker could mate bim pay r _^ _*; _Z _^ _T _a _^ _cebetw _^ n the conduct of the landlord who charges an _acHitional rent , inosth double the amount , to a tenant for rough land which he has reclaimed and made fair and fruitful , and tbe man who charged the cabinet maker for making tlie drawers instead of paring-bim J Answer : The conduct of the landlord is wors e by far than that of the owner of the block ; because tbe poor

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      tenant cawiotso to law with his lajidlord ; he must either submit to the fraud or be turned out and die . ne cannot cany the land with him . It is _sazionarr ; there it remains . TtHs cabinet maker can carry his trade and his tools with him any where ; and can also keep the chest « C drawers till he is pnd . Landlords , kneel down , and pray to God to fill your hearts with a sens *« f justiee . Ask of him to inspire you I with _wie feeling « s . d desire to "do unto others as you would be done _* 5 f . " Bear in miud the fate of the Hun . £ arhin tyrants , * and how _Koses slew the Egyptian oppressor , and beried him in the sand . Ask yourselves , on beaded kueeS _; how jou would like t » live on rotten pota . tees for the _-JKxt three months . _Feakgus O'Connor .

      Now , _Iterator , read the placard to your dupessend itt € the VINEGAR-CRUET . Invite the _Iawoffiecrs-ef the Crown to the contest , and as you arc so fond-of an appeal to English justice , let us test the _justicc-of YOUR SAXON LAW , to which you have consigaed O'Higgins and MY SAXON LAW , from which I would expect as little justice as any other man . You know that there is no sedition ia tbe placard . You know that there is not a semblance of crime in it ! But you know tbat O'Higgins , finding persuasion to fail , has coerced you into a steadfastness of principle . But for him , you would have abandoned the Repeal long ago . He follows you with the

      whip of constancy and truth , and lashes yon to your principle . And for that you hate him . Shame upon you , sir ! How dare you thus attack the outposts of Chartism ? Sid you think that in eur renewed strength we would allow you , unnoticed , to rundown oun Irish Chief ? No ! wc have the real blood in our veins—tbe fclood that recoils at the bare name of " informery You are coming here to give us cheap bread , and when amongst us you will learn that 0 ' Hkgins * _is respected , honoured , and beloved . Yeu will hear hk _* nanie , depend upon it , coupled with that of Frost , . and when he has triumphed over your Saxon law , < we'll fea _* t him in every town in England and Scotland , whether bread is cheap or dear .

      Afy Friends , I invite your perusal of the proceedings before the magistrates . I invite your attention to the notice from our own correspondent . I invite you to a -full consideration of the whole case , and bear in mind that prevention is better than cure . Are you not struck with horror at the very idea oi the most prominent Chartist in Ireland , a member of our association , a delegate to one of our conventions , _< being hunted down upon the shallow pretext of the sedition contained in the placard to which I have affixed my name ? And when tlie brawlers so lustily clamour for justice to Ireland , do you think outfriend has been justly treated by those who sing loudest in ihe choir ? I tell you that my very blood

      rues cold when I think of any Irishman so far forgetting himself as to become informer , or , what is worse , ihe suborner of many informers , against an honest gentleman and upright patriot . When the time comes we shall offer Mr . O'Higgins something more substantial than our sympathy ; but for the present let us console him by one universal expression of onr horror of his persecutor , our regard for his person , and our confidence in his integrity . It was my intention to have written a long letter upon the cheering prospects of our Land Association thU week ; but I feel assured that every member of the societv will be more gratified by reading this embidyment of national disgust againit the persecutors of

      _ouv friend . I tell you , Englishmen , that if we allow the stray deer to be thus hunted down , the flock would shortly be redueed to utter insignificance . And I tell you more , that this attack of the Liberator is preparatory to that position which he hopes the freetraders will achieve ; and once let them get power with him as their Attorney-General , and then farewell to Labour ' .- *

      cause . Ever your faithful friend and servant , Feargus O'Co . v . vor

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      Aitjitder Of Whiggery, A.Vo Discovery Of The Murderer..^». _O»

      aiTJItDER OF WHIGGERY , A . VO DISCOVERY OF THE MURDERER . . _^» . __ _o »

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      Theawful sensation created in the neighbourhood of Downing-street , and indeed throughout the empire at large , relative to the mysterious disappearance of tho unfortunate gentleman above named , in 1811 , is , we have no doubt , still fresh in the recollection of our readers . Imagination was literally exhausted in surmise , while the circumstance , so novel in itself , led to endless , indeed whimsical , conjecture ; and , had it n-1 been for the almost supernatural exertion of Mr . Sharpnose , of the detective force , the probability is that that sad catastrophe , which has now brought to light one < - •• the most atrocious and cold-blooded murders that it has been our painful duty to record , would have remained a secret , except from that eye from which nothing can be concealed .

      The circumstances which led to the detection of the barbarous crime , and to the apprehension of the murderer , are briefly as follow : —On Thursday week , the day upon which it was our painful duty to announce the sudden death of

      THE ENGLISH OLIGARCHY , Mr . Sharpnose , of the detective force , hearing that the event had been reported exclusively in the North ern Star newspaper , proceeded instantly to the office of that journal , upon the presumption that there were persons about the premises who could throw some light upon the subject ; and while engaged in questioning the parties with whom he came in contact , his suspicion was aroused by a stench of no ordinary nature , which proceeded from an apartment which appeared to be exclusively used for preserving the records of the journal in question . The

      suspicion of Mr . Sharpnose was strengthened by the fact of the parties ia the office ref using him admission to the apartment . Not considering it safe to make the attempt alone , and fearful lest anything concealed should be removed in his absence if he left ihe premises , he insisted upon the publisher despatching a note to the Home Office , the result of which was the prompt attendance ofa large reinforcement of tic London police , and , upon search being made , the mutilated remains of what was supposed to be the parts of tha deceased were discovered , concealed in a heap of the Nortltem Star newspapers .

      1 Intelligence of the fact having been conveyed to l ihe Home Secretary , an order was issued for the imi "uediate removal of the remains to _Chesham-place , ai vi directions were given to the coroner to hold an inq vest , and Monday being the day appointed for the inqu . " ryvall the avenues in the neighbourhood were literal , ' _* Hocked with parties anxious to get a glimpse at the . _supposed murderer , as well as to hear the result of . he enquiry . At twelve o ' clock precisely the coroner' i Y arrrraI at tue _^ S ' Heed public house to H"hich place the remains had been removed , and i _Portly after a hackney coach , conveying the _supposeJmurm 3 rer . with the Winds up and two policemen si " _*«* _«« the box , drove furiously through the crow _*• Sergeant Wild appeared as counsel for the Crown ,.- and tbe jury being swom ,

      Mr . Sharpnose was examined , and gave his evidence as _folIows-Hav _™ B seen the death of the English Oligarchv report , _^ exclusively in the Abr // i-< rn . Star newspaper , 1 had -. * strong suspicion that the parties connected with that iQUraaI must •» awarc of facts that could throw ligh . * ' P on the sub J - I accordingly proceeded to the oi _^ tbat P * P > and while in conversation with some parties who appeared to be engaged in the printing dep . wtment , my attention was attracted to a stench of no " _ordinary character . I requested permission to exa rame tne aDart ' ment from which it came , and being refused admission , and the manner of refusal consider . _¦* _% strengthening my suspicion , I instantly di 'Patched a note to Sir James Graham , who pronii _'"/ sent a rc-inforccmcut of the Loudou police to _^ ' _' -

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      niaking the necessary search , the result of which was the discovery of the remains which are the subject of the present enquiry . Coroner : Were the remains so concealed as to lead you to the presumption that the parties in care of the apartment and the custody of the property therein must have been cognizant of the concealment ? Witness : Oh ' . I have no doubt of it . Coroner : Did you arrest any of the parties ? Witness : Yes ; the prisoner , Feargus O'Connor . _( Grcatscnsation . ) Coroner : Have you any reason to suppose that a murder has been eommilted , and if so , have you any reasonable conjecture as to whose remains those arc that constitufe the subject of the present inquiry ?

      Witness : Yes ; I have no doubt that they are the remains of Whiggery , who _waB missing since July 1841 . Coroner : That ' s a long time ago , nearly four years and a half , what reason have you for supposing that the remains are those of Whiggery ? Witness : Because I was in the . service of deceased , aud was in the habit of seeing him daily . Coroner : Well , but still the body being so frightfully mutilated it is going great lengths to _sweavto the identity . Were there any marks to which ymi can distinctly swear . •;' Witness : Yes , sir ; perhaps you arc not aware that the whole family was missed about the same time . 1 can swear to the head , the body , and the limbs of my

      master , they were so remarkably small . Moreover , I know the head by a mole that was uuder the left ear . I can swear to the nose of Master Cam that was considerably turned . I can also swear to the nose of Mr . Charles that had a twist , and his legs , that were very long . Coroner : Then , upon the whole , you have nodoubt upon your mind that the remains you have seen today were those of departed Whiggery ? Witness : None whatever . Coroner : And you swear that yon found those remains concealed in a suspicious manner in an otlicc ofthe Northern Star newspaper , of which the prisoner is the proprietor ? Witness : Ido .

      Ihe next witness was Lord Grey , who gave his evidence as follows : —I am one of the nearest relatives of the deceased . lam first COZEN to the _deccasco * , and was very intimate with him . I seldom saw deceased from July , 1841 , till Tuesday last , when 1 attended at the family residence , CheBham-placc , by invitation , when deceased appeared dejected and melancholy . By the Coroner : Do you know the prisoner ? Witness : Yes : well . It is Feargus O'Connor . Coroner : Had you any conversation with the deceased relative to the prisoner ? Prisoner : I object to any conversation being given in evidence at which I was not present .

      Coroner : Then I'll put it in another shape . Have you any reason for supposing that the prisoner was in any way instrumental in producing the death of deceased ? Witness : Yes , I have no doubt of it . Prisoner became acquainted with the deceased in the ear y part of the year 1833 , aud upon several _occasions 1 have seen deceased receive violent treatment at the hands of the prisoner . .

      Coroner : State the occasions . Witness : I could not , they were so numerous . I hare heard the prisoner declare that he never would rest satisfied until he had destroyed deceased . Coroner : Did you apprise the deceased of this fact ? Witness : 0 yes , frequently . Deceased was perfectly aware of it , and so great was his apprehension , tbat about 1 S 40 he had the prisoner confined for eighteen months .

      Coroner : When was the last time you saw the prisoner strike the deceased ? Witness : Whenever lie had an opportunity , and especially on every Saturday . Coroner : With what did he strike him on those occasions ? Witness : With a deadly instrument , which he calls the Northern Star . Coroner : What was the state of deceased ' s mind when you saw him latterly ? Witness : In 1 S 34 he became dejected , and I think the constant ill-treatment he received at the hands of the prisoner brought on a state of nervousness , whieh led to total prostration .

      Coroner : Was there anything about the conduct of deceased that led you to doubt his sanity ? Wituess : Yes ; I must confess that at times ho appeared to me rather strange . lie spoke vaguely ol tbe poor being starved , and policemen having - the care of them . He sometimes fancied himself an Irish peasant , and started from his sleep , exclaiming , that policemen had entered his hut at night , and illtreated his wife and daughters , and that he had been transported by a court-martial ; and he frequently exclaimed , the "Dorchester labourers , " the " Glasgow _cotton spinners , " " Cook , of Mitchell-devar , " and " Frost ; " and then he became very much ex cited , and would repeat the word , " Stroud , Stivud ! It was Stroud that made me a murderer ! ' *

      Coroner : Pray , my Lord , from the evidence you give , have you any reason to suppose that deceased committed suicide ? Witness : It was always my impression that he felt life very irksome , and indeed he stated as much . But then the state in which the body was found forbids such a conclusion . Coroner : We had better now examine the doctor . Dr . Peel waa then called in , and gave his evidence as follows : —I had known the deceased for many years ; we were playfellows together . We wcre very intimate , and I have been his medical attendant since 1 S 32 . From that time , to the autumn of 1834 , I found it necessary to use harsh measures with deceased , as he became refractory , and showed evident symptoms of monomania .

      Coroner : Tray , doctor , what was the character of his monomania ? Dr . Peel : Why he spoke a great deal of" skilley " and " starvation . " From 1834 , to the spring of 1835 , 1 continued the harsher treatment , when , finding his malady increased , I indulged him in his several caprices till July , 1841 , when I found him so debilitated , that I felt it necessary to prevent him from all interference with public affairs , and from that period to his death he contracted several chronic diseases , brought about , I have no doubt , by maltreatment , as , on _making a post mortem examination , I find wounds upon every part of the body ard limbs . Coroner : Were those wounds sufficient to cause death ?

      Dr . Peel : Decidedly . Coroner : Was the body in such a state that you could recognise it as the - remains of Whiggery ? Dr . Peel : Yes , decidedly ; 1 have no doubt upon my mind . There were peculiar marks that have been described by a previous witness . Coroner : Do you know the prisoner ? : ' Dr . Peel : Yes , perfectly well . Coroner : Have you ever heard deceased complain of treatment he has received from the prisoner ?

      Dr . Peel : I have heard him not only complain , but I have seen the prisoner treat him most barbarously in my own presmce . Coroner : When did you see deceased last alive ? Dr . Peel : On Tuesday last . Coroner : In what state did you find him then ? Dr . Peel : Why , he had so far rallied , that I felt inclined to abate some of my previous restrictions , and to * allow him to amuse himself with public affaire ; but I very boou discovered that he w » b

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      totally unfit for the task , and I heard no more of him till I received the melancholy tidings of his death . ' Sergeant Wilde : Mr . Coroner , I think the jury have now heard enough to warrant their finding a verdict of wilful murder against the prisoner . The Foreman : Mr . Coroner , we have made up our minds long ' ago ; indeed , before we heard any evidence . Coroner : Prisoner , you have heard the evidence . Have you anything to offer in your defence ? but whatever you say will be taken down in writing , and may be used against you .

      Prisoner : No ; I shall reserve what I have to say for the proper opportunity , merely observing , for my own justification , that when the proper time arrives I shall be able to prove that it was the second _witness , Lord Grey , and not I , who was the immediate cause of deceased ' s death . ( Great sensation . ) The Court was immediately cleared , when the jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against the prisoner , who was instantly committed to Newgate upon the coroner ' s warrant .

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      The vast procession was followed by a large concourse of the working classes , and the private carriages of the numerous relatives and friends of the deceased closed the mournful train . It is but ri _^ ht to state , that the streets through which the procession passed were lined on each side with cavalry , while tho police , with their staffs , wcre busily engaged in keeping order ; several indecent attempts being made to irteult the remains of deceased . Indeed , it was as much as the military and police could

      possibly do to suppress that indignation whicli was apparently manifested throughout the whole line ef procession . However , by the excellent arrangements made by the authorities , the procession reached its destination—St . Giles' Church—precisely at twenty minutes past two , when the remains were met at the church gates by the Rev . Mr . Skinflint , the rector , who performed the funeral service , after which the chaplain of the deceased preached a pathetic sermon , from the following text : —

      " HOW ARE THE MIGHTY FALLEN !" The remains were then deposited in the family vault , after which the friends and relatives of deceased returned to Downing-street , where , to their dismay and astonishment , they discovered the family mansion was closed , and bills posted upon the window shutters , with the following words in largo letters : — REMOVED TO ST . GILES ' .

      Tiie Funeral. Eleven .O'Clock On Tuesday...

      TIIE FUNERAL . Eleven . o ' clock on Tuesday last being appointed as the hour when the remains of Whiggery were to leave Downing-strect , to which place they had been removed after the inquest , every avenue in the neighbourhood was densely crowded . The numerous relatives and friends of the deceased had arrived at an early hout in the morning , and precisely at the hour appointed the melancholy procession was formed , and proceeded through Scotland-yard , Hunger ford-market , St . Martin's-lane , Monmouthstreet , to St . Giles ' s ( where the remains were interred ) , in the following order : —

      Page of the deceased on Horseback . Six mounted Policemen , Two and Two . The Poor Law Commissioners aud Paupers of Westminster , Carrying the Poor Law Amendment Act , Two and Two . The Dorchester Labourers Carrying the Combination Act , Two and Two . The Canadian Rebels Carrying their Pardon , Two and Two . The Wives and Families of Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis , Two and Two . The Glasgow Cotton Spinners Two and Two . The Mothers and Widows of Shell , Holberry , Clayton , and Duffy In deep mourning , Two and Two .

      Containing Daniel O'Connell , the chief mourner , Richard Lalor Shicl , Thomas Steele , David Pigot , Thomas Wysc , and Sir Henry Winston Barron . Friends andjrelatives of Mr . O'ConneU , Two and Two . : The Irish Chiefs of-Police Carrying the Coercion Bill , Two and Two . Members of the Conciliation Hall , Carrying the Judgment of Lords Denman , Cottenham , and Campbell , Two and Two . Poor Law Guardians , and Paupers of the Strand Union , . Two and Two .

      _Proc-jssion of Infant Factory Operatives , all lame and distorted , Two and Two . The Whig Cabinet in deep mourning , wearing scarfs and hat-bands ( Lords Palmerston and Grey in front ) , Two and Two . Understrappers to the Whig Cabinet , in deep mourning , Two and Two . Procession of Rathcormac Widows , in deep mourning ( two and two ) , singing The Irish Hullagone .

      Ilullagone ! Hullagone ! Whiggery , what made you die ? What made you die ? 0 ! yea , yea , yea , Whiggery , Ilullagone , hullagone , _, What made you die ? Dr . Peel ' s private carriage , with the blinda up , and servants in deep mourning . The Whipper-in To the Whig Government , on horseback .

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      France. Louis Pnilipre Received On Thurs...

      FRANCE . Louis PniLiprE received on Thursday , on the occasion of the new year , the members of the corps diplomatique , the Presidents and deputations ofthe two Chambers , the Archbishop of Paris , and other dignitaries of the State . In reply to the President of the Chamber of Deputies , he said"I am happy to acknowledge with you the powerful aid we derived from the co-operation of the Chamber of Deputies in weathering the storms with which we were assailed , and in bringing the vessel of the state into harbour , where we aresohappy , so proud , and so glorious to behold it to-day . Strengthened by that co-operation , that union , those sentiments , and that appreciation of all the blessings conferred upon France by Providence , we henceforth defy all the attempts of agitators to compromise the great and fortunate results wc achieved . With your

      affection , with the support of public opinion and the general co-operation of the nation , we will accomplish the exalted destines of France ; we will continue to secure at the same time the happiness of rich and poor ; we will maintain all the liberties . Upon thein rest the advantages wo have acquired . We will teach all classes of society to appreciate them move and move , to know that in wishing to exceed them they destroy them , and to be gratefal to God for the _blessings we enjoy . Whatever value may be attached to my life , the trust committed to mc by France—her institutions and liberties—shall be-faithfully kept by her children . I thank you for your acknowledgment of their devotednes 3 and patriotism . I am happv to express to you once more the affection I feel for the Chamber of Deputies , and my gratitude for yourgood wishes in behalf of the Queen , my family , and myself , "

      The Chambers . —On Saturday tho Minister of Finance presented to the Chamber of Deputies the estimates of 1846 . The Minister , after entering into an expose of the financial situation of the country , which he described as prosperous , observed , that notwithstanding the engagement he had taken last year to submit to the Legislature a measure for the reimbursement of the Five per Cent , stock , ho felt obliged to postpone that presentation , and to wait for more _opportune circumstances . The Minister of Marine next deposited on the tabic a project of law demanding an extraordinary credit of 93 , 000 , 000 f . for naval constructions and supplying the arsenals . It is expected that the public debate on the address will not commence before Monday next . " We regret , " says Galignani , " to announce the death of Mr . Lewis Go'dsm ' ith ( lather of Lady Lyndhurst ) , which took place last night ( Monday ) , at his residence , in the Rucde la Pais .

      SWITZERLAND . We take the following from the Times . — "The intelligence from Switzerzand published by the Paris journal refers to a political incident whicli was likely to complicate the situation of the canton of Valid , M . Bluntschli , in opening , as president , the session of the Grand Council of Zurich , cast a _introspective view on the recent events of the country , and particularly those that passed in the canton of Vaud , whicli he reproved in the strongest terms . lie then energetically protested , in conclusion , against the revolutionary tendency of the ruling party . Tlie language of that high functionary caused a lively irritation in the canton of Vaud . M . Di'tiey , its dictator , assumed to himself a portion of those reproaches , and presented tothe Grand Council of that

      canton a motion to the effect of demanding explanations ; and , if necessary , a reparation from the Government of Zurich . A stormy debate ensued , M . Druey was vehemently attacked , but , as he disposes of the majority , he prevailed on the Assembly to adopt the following resolution : — 'The Grand Council rejects with indignation the insulting and calumnious words pronounced by the President ol the Grand _Council of the canton of Zurich . It directs the Council of State to forward this protest to the Government of Zurich , the present Federal Directory , to call for explanations ; and , if they bo not satisfactory , to insist on a just and prompt reparation . ' The Government of Zurich had not yet replied to that communication , but it was known to be little disposed to acquiesce in the injunctions of M . Druey . " ,

      ITALY . TIIE COMING _INVOLUTION . A storm is gathering throughout Italy which will probably burst before the present year is dix months old . In Rome the seeds of trouble , are springing . up and bearing fruit daily . The Pope ' s government had thought proper to publish a reply to the pamphlets of Messrs . Cauuti and _Maxzini , ou the condition of the inhabitants of the Pontificial dominions . * There needs no rejoinder from Mr . Mazzini ; the people themselves arc supplying tlie best answer to the Pope by their unmistakable disaffection . In vain do '' his _Hulinesi ' s" provincial governors assure the people that their prosperity forms the constant object of the eare _« of itovernmcut . The people are incredulous .

      Rumours of approaching dearth , founded or unfounded , have been circulated through the Papal States , and they whose scanty means of subsistence Jay them most open to apprehensions , have more than once been excited to acts of violence by beholding cargoes of corn and provisions leaving tlie ports . Recently a- very characteristic scene took place at Rimini , where the people seem to have acquired an appetite for insurrection . A quantity of grain was about to be shipped ou board an Austrian _vessel , when the . citizens rose , took the affair into their own hands , compelled the merchants to sell their corn at a low price on the spot , and e ven proceeded so tar as to insult the Austrian flag . None of the offenders wcre punished , possibly it was found impracticable to

      discover them . The exiles , who have taken refuge in Malta and Corfu , and aro there supposed to be planning fresh descents upon the coasts of the Adriatic , occasion " his Holiness" no little anxiety . Report has attributed to tho Spanish General Prim , now in Italy , the design of joining the refugees . Wc earnestly hope the Italian patriots will have nothing to do with this adventurer . He is a traitor , and if ever a traitor merited the axe of popular justice , he merits it for his betrayal of the brave Catalonians , and subsequent murderous warfare against the heroic people of Barcelona . Let the Italians beware of him . Alarmed by this prospect of danger , his Holiness lias implored the aid of Austria , which has sent him a frigate , three brigs , and a war-steamer , to protect him against the vengeance of his own exiles . Possibly , however , there may exist other causes of alarm . All the

      troops in the Papal States , we are told , when quartered for a length of time in particular districts , have betrayed too strong an inclination to fraternise with the inhabitants , for whieh reason the system of frequent reliefs is to be adopted . Recent intelligence from Rome represents the Tope distributing medals of gold and silver to his mercenaries , whom he likewise harangued in good military style on the valour they had displayed against the citizens of Rimini , Verily , the " lioly " old sinucr shakes in his shoes . No doubt , influenced and overawed by surrounding despots , M . Belzoppi , the newly-elected President of the republic ot San Marino , had convoked the Council-General , and prevailed upon it to decree the expulsion of the insurgents of Rimini , 80 in number , who had sought refuge on its territory . The Tuscan Government has adopted of late arbitrary measures towards the refugees , and ordered several to be delivered up to the Paoal authorities .

      France. Louis Pnilipre Received On Thurs...

      Some TuMan _^^ Tlc _iimhi ijoin ed iB _^ _he _]^ _surreotioiiarvfttteM _^ terms of impr _^ _gfe _^^ _gi | i _^«^ . at Na _JlJ « o _^ _O | i | _Pi _^^^ fl _^ f _^ publication _T _^^ _pfymt _^ _JSB _& m _^ article _commenting _" oa _# _epeMeutio ; n : of _> he Roman Catholics in _mm _^ Wmmi __ _% _wi _^ W _^^ _/ might find ite _^ i _^ _htoy _^ Visitor , the police _% em _$ _MVound _^ fi _^ domicih _^ visit to all , who 8 _ul » _crI & o _^ vuciu i ine

      « ueuvw M > , up . ux government , witnra promise that it should _Wi _^ toreu afief _^ parture ! - ;; " v ; - _^ _^/ . _^ . : ; ; , _^ :. _;* -.- . r : _y _?& * Throughout a large portion , of ' the Kingof Sar- - dinia _' s territories the piecursors of agrarian disturbances have been strikingly manifesting themselves . Bands of incendiaries , it is said , excited by external agencies , and impelled by political motives , have spread themselves under cover of _darkness throughout the country , firing ricks , andbarns , and farmsteads . The tools oi the Sardinian despotism denounce the Communists of the Canton de Vaud

      ( Switzerland ) , as the authors or abettors of these acts of incendiarism . They assert that proclamations have been discovered in the localities ofthe fires , addressed to the Savoyards , inciting them to make com mon cause with the Communists for the purpose of overthrowing the government . These reports must be received with caution . One thing is certain , the Communists ofthe Canton de Vaud aro just now terrifying the despots and aristocracies both of Switzerland and all the _neighbouring countries . May they march on conquering and to conquer . Thus hastens the future . Louis Philippe cries " peace , " while * war is at hand . The war of the people against their oppressoi'i . He defies the " agitators , " and _criei " we have conquered them . " Poor silly old man . You have been a cunning man for your time , but you are buta fool as regards the future . Tho " aeitators " are stronger than ever . A day is coming when your sons and your sons' sons will turn pale I

      Movements op tub . Russian Autocrat . — The Augsburgh Gazette states that the Emperor of Russia , whose arrival in Venice on the 24 th has already been announced , had on tho 26 th reviewed the troops in that city . The Emperor wore the uniform of an Austrian Hussar . An immense concourse of people collected to get a sight of theCiar .

      UNITED STATES . Liverpool , Tuesday Eveni . no . —By the arrival of the packet ship New York , Captain Cropper , from the port after which she is named , we have received papers of the 16 th and 17 th ult . inclusive . These papers contain nothing definite aa to the Oregon question . On the 12 th of December , Mr . Buchanan had an interview of several hours with Mr . Pakenham , but it is not known , though it is surmised , that the Oregon question was brought in some form under consideration .

      An old man named Barnett , and his wife , were hung for murder , at Fayetyille , Arkansas , on the Gth of December , their son being also in prison for the same crime , There have been serious fires in New York , Saratoga , Greenville , Lockland Mills ; while at East Brooklyn , Tucker ' s rope-manufactory , value 50 , 000 dollars has been destroyed . At Quebec Captain Gabri"l Chcbot _, ofthe vessel Dorchester , _wai accidentally killed . At Warsaw , on the Gth , Mrs . Winn , a respectable lady , was killed by the accidental discharge of a rifle which she was removing . Mr . Merlin wns found murdered near Rochester . Joseph Jacobs , Esq ., of De SoJo county , Mississippi , was killod on tlie _Dth by being thrown from his horse .

      John Briscoe , Esq ., planter , was killed at Richmond , Louisiana , in a quarrel , by a man named Garratt . Mr . Briscoe was formerly in the Senate of Louisiana . Mr . Dearmon , a sheriff , was killed on Tuesday , near Lynchburg , Virginia , by a lawyer named May . At Saratoga a man named M'luntry was killed , having been stabbed in eighteen places , by one Wilcock , who afterwards tried to hang himself , but was cut down before he was dead , and is now in gaol . The French ship Emilic was wrecked , during tiie late gales , on Cape Henry . The captain , mnto , awl se veral hands were saved , but many were drowned . Several vessels have been lost on Lake Eric . A small trunk was stolen from the Walthain stage , containing nearly 20 , 000 dollars in bank bills .

      ALGERIA . The Journal des Debats publishes despatches from Algeria ofthe 25 th ultit . io , which announce that on the 18 th General Bedeau had ja warm engagement on the left bank of the Isser with Ben Salem , who had advanced within sight of Algiers . . The Arabs were completely routed with the loss of forty killed , and in their flight abandoned a quantity of arms and ammunition . In the province of Oran General Kortc accomplished some successful razzias , which were followed by the submission of numerous tribes . Marshal Bugeaud was at AinPeskeria , eight leagues from _Toniet-el-llad , where he had proceeded to procure a supply of provisions , with the intention of forming a junction with General Joussouf , who was still in pursuit of Abd-el-Kadcr in the south . The death of tho celebrated Bou-Maza is contradicted in these despatches .

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      National United Association Of Tbaees Fo...

      National United Association of Tbaees for the _Protection of Iniujsthx . —A meeting ot the central committee was held at tbe trades ofliee , 80 , Hyde-street , Bloomsbury , ou -Monday , January 5 tli . Mr . Bush , vicepresident , in the chair . Messrs . Milne aud Doyle attended as a deputation from the general committee for getting up an entertainment in honour ofthe honourable member for Finsbury , on the 21 st instant , to request the co-operation of thetvadesonthatoccasion . The deputies having beeu heard it was unanimously resolved— " That the ganeral committee do attend the soiree in a body , and

      use all tlieir influence to induce their several tvades to attend likewise . " Letters were read from tha framework-knitters of Helton , announcing tlieir adhesion , and enclosing : cash , from the block printers of Lancashire , Yorkshire , Derbyshire , Cheshire , and Cumberland , announcing tlieir intention to amalgamate with the United Trades ; from the liaudloom weavers of Wigan announcing their adhesion to tlie number of 800 ; from the framework-knitters of Heanor district , Derby , announcing their adhesion ; and from the Nottingham framework-knitters , announcing the adhesion of 110 additional members . Letters were also received from a considerable number of provincial trades requesting information .

      The Conference of the Miners' Association wa « held at the house of Mr . A . Aldred , Queen ' s Head Inn , Ilkeston , Derbyshire , when a goodly number of these brave men assembled to consider the best means of extending the association . It is but just and fair to observe , that the candour and straightforwardness of the delegates in giving tlieir opinions pro and con , on the different subjects brought before them , would have done credit to assemblies whoso pretensions are much greater , The following meetings of the colliers of the district have been held - . —Monday , Jan . 5 th , Messrs . Smith , Duro , and Jude , addressed a goodly band ofthe miners of Kimber . ley , iu the larse room of Mr . Wass , Horse and Groom , The room was densely crowded . The same evening Messrs . Clark and Berry addressed the miners of East .

      wood with eftect . On Tuesday evening , 6 th , tbe colliers of _Brin- _'Iey gathered together to hear addresses by Messrs , Clark and Walsby . The . same evening Messrs . Stokoe , Hall , and Duro , delivered excellent addresses to the miners of Cotmanhay . On each of the above occasions the speakers were well received , and a most excellent spirit _prevailod . No doubt but that the men of Derby and Nottinghamshire will see the propriety and utility of again coming forward to join the association in their wonted numbers . This _eveuinga meeting will take place in the large room , where the conference is being held , when \ T . P . Hoberts , Esq ., is expected to attend , and several of the coal musters have promised to be present , —[ There was uo date to the above letter , nor w _» 3 it . stated therein when the conference commenced ill sittings , but we suppose on Monday last . ]

      The New Min1st1w

      THE NEW MIN 1 ST 1 _W

      The following has been published as the official list ofthe members of the _re-coiuit-uctcd Cabinet of Sir Robert Peel : — Sir Robert Peel , First Lord of the Treasury . Sir J . It . G . Graham , Secretary of State for the Home Department . v Lord Lyndhui'St _, Lord Chancellor . \* - The Duke of Bucclcuch , Lord President of the . Council . The Duke of AVcllington , Commander in Chief . The Earl of Aberdeen , Secretary for' Foreign Allaire . . , The Earl of Haddington , Lord Trivy Seal . Tho Earl of Ripon , President of the Board of Omitrnl .

      The Right Hon . II . Goulburn , Chancellor ofthe Exchequer . Lord Granville Somerset , _ChancelhXof the Duchy of Lancaster . Earl of Lincoln , First Commissioner of Land Revenues . Tlie Right lion . Sidney Herbert , Secretary at War . The following are the new members of the Cabinet : —

      The Earl of Dalhousie , President of the Board of Trade . The Earl of Ellcnborongh , First Lord of the Admiralty . The Earl of St . Germans , Postmaster General . The ltight Hon . W . Gladstone , Secretary for the Colonies . Lord Lyttelton , Mr . Gladstone ' s brot ! ier-in-I « w , is to succeed Mr . Hope , as Under-Secretary for tiie Colonies .

      MoiiLv Maguike in Dublin . — The case of Mr . Alley , of Artone , has been followed up _byAn'a _^ tein ' St- _^ to murder the overseer to Mr . Geor _/* _m \ Y _^ u _% i p f ? Muj _/ ' vorton , a magistrate of the county _^ _pdUih _^ Vi _^ e name of the intended victim was S _* # ' uei : ; ' _Kiiip-S . _aud- \ _- «' while sitting at his own table , on _& i > irr _^ y ' t ) v «| niD _^' _« a shot was lived in through the winuW _^ which ;; _% . _^ tunately did not tak « effect . _Tlieyjoril . -Licutprian _^ has offered a reward of _£ 100 for the _\ Gi _? co ' i / qryiflJ _^ h §; _|^ _perpetrator of the outras _« _£ \ 'Tif . _i' _^' it _Mw . llowed up _byAn' _^ tein ' _tttN . i _* . George _Wdodkjofim _^ \ 20 iinty _^ il ) _ului . h : _^ Th _>^ was Sa _* m ' ufil ' _* ' Kiii _* _p _^ . aud _*\« _le , onSatikmeye [ mB _ _^ the windc 1 Wv _< wbich _'forr _;^ . Tlie _^ r _* Licutppan _^ for the _^ _B _^ _jgjCTftjat' /

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 10, 1846, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_10011846/page/1/