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      Official Incapacity And Public Plunder. ...

      ieed , Jed , he looks upon their occurrence as mere _^ tteatte _rs of course . Thathe should do so is not )) be ) be wondered at , wheu we state the startling wet , _ict , that the Department charged with the _wanaanagement of the Crown property , absouutelutely possesses no correct rental . For all the oaonaoney Are pay to a crowd of officials , the public _uiaveave not—what every private owner of an sstatefcate possesses—a rent roll ! Hear Mr . JUtOlttOBE : — . i _^ SS rtMMsittall _^^«™ , _ioK _^^ _sstafestete . corroct rcntal of the 0 rtaey Is Is there a correct rental of tlie Isle of Man _esttte * Tho a _-mstanswers , is , / _beiiete a correct rental . _eed , Jed , he looks mum _thm-Mn- _^„

      , _IThtlW _^ i _*\^_ _™^ <> f * _hc _™ cotmern <> y estate ? - _I _™™™^* 310 n " ?» the " _^ _w of the Isle of Aldernev _aannaiiiiudlsanswei _^ _is , / _fcKece , a correct rental . ' fJr _« _Jrtr ? _^ _i , li talfor _Wales ! -Tliere is a rental _^^ J _^ V _* 1011 1 _Wfc ™ _sp « _un _« accura tel y and wit h ra _^ th f | ? cvw ? w _?*** which is defective in not _^ nng a sufficient desenptdon of the locality from which _nermertT 11 tissues > to cnable the receiver to identif y the pro-A Are the rents collected on that _aefectro > rental »_ T he ! ren rents are collected by tliat rental . - JL _^ r » _?" , i _!? Vethe - _^ en collected upon that defective _rrenrentat _?—I believe ALWAYS . ' f betbe _^ D _^ _rir _™ u"JT !?? _ta , ow wl , etber , he rents 1 , ave _oet oeen proper ! v collected , if die _rentalia defective '—Theu _^^ t necessar _ilydepcaduponUte r _^ r ' V have the of

      ? _J _« i , I _™ _£ - _" _^ commissioners knowing whether the the receivers have duly accounted for the rents * -Theal mceuntsrendered bythercceiver . _™ iems . ineac Infect * , the Board depends mainly on the h < honesty of the receivers , over whom thev have mno effectual check J Yet ibis is a specimen of of ihe Government of au aristocracy , and of tl the friends of Property , Law , and Order , as O ] opposed to the unprincipled and levelling plans oi of Chartists , Democrats , and Red llepubli-« cans ! B y their own confession they are g guilty of worse crimes than they imagine ns tl the result of the worst species of Red RepUuli licairism . They take false oaths—neglect the < 3 duties they swear to perform—and roh the I property they are paid to protect . But no-1 hody talks of impeachment , or a trial at the ( Old Bailey and transportation for life . There

      ] IS one law for the rich and another for the ] poor robber . The sins of the one are depicted i in all their naked deformity , because the _sini Ber is ragged and houseless ; the sins of the _< other are wrapped up in purple and fine ] linen : they are at worst hut amiable weak-: nesses—gentlemanl y foibles—which grace , rather than detract from , the character of those who belong to the aristocracy . A House of Commons thatreally represented the tax-payers ofthe community , would make short wk with such a nest of negligent , ignorant , incapable connivers at public plunder .

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      NovEMBBH 24 , 1849 . THE NORTHERN STAR . _** " * _£ ? . ' _"""~~ ~ " > -, J 25 _K _? _2 _^ _r- — t mm _* ¦ . — _> - — ¦ » _SSSgjqF ¦ _^ _¦ _¦ _'" _¦ _¦ _'' _^¦ _' _¦ _^ _¦¦¦ _¦ _^ _¦ _^ _¦ _Mww i _* _^^ _* _' 1 _*"* _^*""^^ _'

      -¦._.. _ " ' - ¦ L'Ami Du Peuple. To The...

      - ¦ . _ _.. _ " ' - ¦ _L'AMI DU PEUPLE . TO THE READERS ~ oi THE SORTHERS STAR . Tbe great length of the report of the proceedings of the Irish Conference renders necessary thc omission of the usual letter of L'AMI DU PEUPLE .

      The French Democrats. On Wednesday Eveni...

      THE FRENCH DEMOCRATS . On Wednesday evening , November 21 , a public meeting convened by the " Fraternal Democrats , " was held at the Farringdon-hall , _Snow-MII , for the purpose of « adopting addresses of sympathy to the citizen Ledru Rollin and his brave ' compatriots , who have just teen sentenced to transpirtation for life , " & c . The hall was crowded . Mr . John Pettie was called to the chair . The great length at which we have reported the important proceedings of the Irish Conference prevents us giving the speeches deforced at iWs interesting and enthusiastic meeting . Mr . Buchanan moved the first resolution , as follows : —

      " That this meeting recognising the great truth that all the peoples of me earth abe piiETnREx , and , consequently , holding that a wrong inflicted upon thc defenders * of justice in any part oi the world , is virtually an injury to the people of this , and every other nation , hereby condemns the iniqukiou 3 judgment pronounced by the judicial tools of the traitorous and tyrannical government of France—on those legislative and other representatives of the French people , who on the I 3 th of June , IS 49 , heroically attempted to save the Boman Republic from destruction , France from dishonour and European freedom from the conspiracy of the enemies of human progression . " Mr . J . Bronterre O'Brien seconded the resolution , which was adopted unanimously .

      Julian Harney moved the adopUon of the Addresses , which will be found below . The motion was seconded by Mr . Kydd , supported by Mr . M'Grath , and unanimously agreed to . The _followins resolution was then moved hr Julian Harney , seconded by Mr . Townsend , and unanimously carried : — "That this meeting cannot _separate without paying homage to the memories of the democratic martyrs of Germany , Italy , Hungary , and Poland ; at the same time expressing sympathy for the patriots of those lands who are suffering in dungeons and in exile ; this meeting also devotes to execration those crowned and privileged terrorists who bave shed the blood of the just and the brave for the purpose of maintaining' their unholy usurpations . " v

      _« Thanks were then voted to the chairman ; and the meeting broke up with three tremendous cheers for " the Mountain , " three for Ledru Rollin and his suffering compatriots , and three for Kossuth , Mazzini , and all the champions of Democracy .

      ^ « Receipts Of The National Land Compan...

      _^ RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . Fob the Week _Ejause _Thorsda- ? , _KoVEMbER 22 , 1 _& 9 . SHARES . £ s . a . £ =. d . _Nottingham .. 0 16 W . Eden .. 0 4 C _Jtooy .. .. 0 5 9 J . Welman .. 010 0 C . ilorrl .. 0-3 0 B . Pattison .. 030 _£ 189 _Tf . _iLJI-Xean .. 0 10 _dfiSSi TOTALS . Land Fund ISO Expense ditto 0 10 loan ditto 0 10 Bents from Allottees ... 45 16 0 £ 47 6 ~ 9 W . _Dixo-v , C . DorLE _, ~ T . Clark , Cor . Sec . P . _M'Gkatii , Fin . Sec . FOR COSTS OF _MACNAMARA'S ACTION . Receivedhy \ V . Rideb . —Afew Friends , Durham , perT . Jaqnes , 3 s . Cd . ; J . X . P ., Durham , Is . ; T . M _., Coxheatl ) _, Is . ; VF . Sadler , Carnaby-market , Is . ; J . Cameron , Leith , 2 s . Cd . ; D- Frost _Sefberllangh . near Hotlieriiain , i _' s . ; Col- _lege-street , Comfien-town _, per E . Wright , 4 s . Od . ; \ V . Hvde , _Milborue Port , Ss . j _j _ottingfiani , per J . Sweet , Ss . Gil ; Firwood , near Oldham , per E . Fielding , Is . lid . ; Birnring- ham , per IV . Jackson , 4 s . 9 d . ; A . few Friends , Coventry , per C . Tristram , is . Cd . ; W . Hcaihersbaw , . Terser , Is . ; Todmorden . per W . Itobinson , Ss . ; J . Deverell , Applcford , ls . i F . Lockyer , per E . Stallwood , Cd . FOR THE AGITATION OF THE CHARTER . Received by W . Rideb . —Chester , per J . Roberts , Ss . Cd . ; W . Hvde , -Milliurne Porte , Ss . % Xottingham , per J . Sweet , 6 a . ; Bristol , per C . Clark , Is , Od . ; Todmorden , W . Robineon , Ss . DEFENCE FUND . Received by S . BaosnAM . —G . J . Is . ; W . S ., ls . ; G . W ., Derby , 4 s . Cd . ; a few East-end , Cabinet Makers , 3 s . FOR WIDOWS OF THE LATE MESSRS . WILLIAMS AND SHARP . Received by W . Rides . —Part proceeds of a Concert , Edinburgh , per W . Davies , £ o . ; Leicester , per J . Skeving- ton , 2 s . ; London , a Brush maker , per W . Truelove , Is . _Received by S . Hoonuam . —Watford , per 3 Ir . Walter Cooper , 3 s . ; Mr . Heatli , ls . EXPENSE OF CONFERENCE . Reedred by W . Rideb . —J . Uererell and _G-. Adishaxv , Ap- pleford , Is . FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received bjr W _ IUbee . — HuU Chartists , per G . Barnett , Ss ; _VT . Sadler , Carnaby-market , Is . ; S . Guuiamau , Tmi- bridge tt' ell _^ is . ; J . Lents . Queen-street , Solio , ls . ; Yeovil Cbsrtisfe . per J . Wheadon , 10 s . ; Xottingbam , per J . Sweet , 5 =. Cd . ; Parkhead , nearGla _^ ow , per i . il'Cracken , £ 1 ls . Cd . ; Cheltenbam , Root aud Shoe makers , per T , Rydei _* , lis . Cd . ; J . Dwerel Applefurd , lid . VICTIM FUND . Receired by S . Boo \ n 4 M . —Ifr . Edwards , 3 d . ; Mr . Small , Cd . ; 3 Ir . Kerey . _aTestiuinster , C _« JL ; 3 Ir . Rider , £ 3 Is . ad . ; Part proceeds of a Benefit at tlie Standard Tbeatre _, Shore- ditch £ 3 IsCd _i—— -

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      , . . uu _^ ., _« —— _^^^ —— ——— —— -m _ - _ - _^_—3 ITDDLESEX _SESSIONS . "Wednesday . —Charge of Robbehy nr a Cabmis . —Daniel Pentilope _, a cabman , was indicted for stealing a bag containing twenty-five sovereigns , the property of Alexander W _« t-b . —Mr . Ballantine appeared for the prisoner . It app _^ _arei from the evidence of the prosecutor , which _v-as given in an impudent manner , that he and the prisoner had been acquainted for some time . They met in Drummondstrcer , Eaton-square , aud after playing some time at skittles , they went to a public house in that neigh bourhood called the Plasterers * Arms ; and , for the purpose of procuring some silver coin from bis pocket , the prosecutor took out a small canvass bag which contained twenty-five _sovereigns . The prisoner

      made a snatch at it , a scuttle took plaee and the sovereigns were thrown about on the flow . Some were recovere J and some were lost . —In cross-examination by Mr . Ballantine , theprosecator said he had been in prison many times : and on being asked if fee had not been convicted in that court , he said , "Yes , I was , thank God , four years _ag > . Tour lordship ( addressing the judge _}" gave me six months , and I richly deserved it . It was a very fortunate thing for me , for ever since thatl worked for soy Jiving , and 1 have _becoate respectable . I used to associate with the dregs of society , aud it was then that I _knesv thc priso'ier . "—The Judge : If you got six months from me I am quite sure you deserved it . What was it for ?— Prosecutor : Oh , I was concerned in robbing a man on the New-road . ( Laughter . )—By Mr .

      Ballantine ; I was once charged with robbing a drunken Bailor of . £ 25 in a " vine waults . " I ' ve often been in prison . —Mr . Ballamine then addressed the jury , characterising the case as a trumped one , the prosecutor as a shameless , impudent , barefaced rogue , bis evidence as _reuarded the robbery gross perjury , and as regarded his recently acquired respectability pure and unadulterated hypocrisy . —Witnesses were then examined for the defence . One of them , who was called ** wry respectable , " said the prosecutor was a downright bad one , and known all over the town as one ofthe worst of characters . —Prosecutor ( to witness ) : What , you speak of me like this ? Why , have we not been intimate for six years—have we not travelled hundreds of miles together—and didn ' t you —you , _ffho call yourself a " respectable " witness actually pick a gentleman's pocket of seven

      sovereigns ia a _bnoth at la-: t Ascot Kaces ? _( Lauguier . j —Witness : It , was you that robbed the matt , you lying villain . ( Loud laughter . ) -Prosecator : My lord , it was hira , upon my oath . _—Witness : _AJy lord , upon mv oath he _st-le the money . ( Increased laughter . ) -The Judge : Then you went parTners , and halved it , didn't you ? You Ire two _rognestogether , ! think . 'Roars of laughter . ) _« K I ? & the evidence , said the jury most deal with _thecaze - , but he should not recommend them to act _evidence they _^ awtha

      _nioiuhe _proctor ' s , _^ _s _, such evidence was strongly _confi-Tmed by . _toe _m-Sl circumstances ofthe _case-Theory instantly _?„ _WpSerri " oner -1 _hefcarned Judge cautioned 2 " _aSlr _^ _r _public-liouse in _««*»^ _ISowins sach characters as the P _^ f _^' _jjl _^ _semtorTana Ihe _witatssts to _as £ embl 6 tnere .--iue SSSl said they were all strangers to him , aud the house wasconducied as re * _pectobly as any _^ boose . " j . _ Thp learned Judge did not believe _tney _* . _Evict ed five times in rather more than two E _^ _tX- _** _^ to _^' iB "" ° ' ~ tion . —

      Awabp'sirest Usually Coutaius Fifteen Th...

      _AwABp ' _siresT usually _coutaius fifteen thousand or sixtee n thousand ceUs _'

      N The Fraternal Democrats . To The Citiz...

      n THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . To the Citizens Ledru Rollin , Martin Bernard , EtienrteArago , ( Chef de Battaillon National Guard ); Landolphe , Sergent Rattier , ( 48 th line infantry ) ; Ribeyrolles , Madier de Montjau jenne , Jules Lechevallier . _Songeon , Duverdier . exiles in England . Tothe CitizensV . Considerant , FelixPyat , Sergent-Major Boichot , ( fthLight Infantry ) , Menand , Ferdinand Servient , Morel , Fessie Dumotay , Heitzmann , _Rongeot , Pardigon , There , Cceur-de-Roy . Ch . Deleseluze , Beyer , Pflieger , Avril , Koenig , Hofer , Kopp , Anstett , Holland , Cantagrel , Jannot , Kersausie , "Villain , and Colonel Perrier , ( National Guard ); exHe 3 in Belgium , Switzerland , and elsewhere .

      S _ , t ]• c S t t ll Si Fkiends of the Human Race , — The judgment of the High Court of Versailles pronounced on yourselves and brethren —who onthe 13 th of June , 1849 , so nobly attempted to _sare the hononr of France , the libert y of the Roman people , and the general cause of Human Freedom—has filled us with sorrow- and indignation . Tour wrongs—the sufferings of your brothers who are in the hands of their persecutors , excite our sorrow , Onr indignationheartfelt , and stronger than words can express —is excited hy the perfidy , tyranny , and savage eruelty of your and our enemies .

      f " _* , * » S + ] „ J -5 ; 4 t Jt is a fact that the Republican Constitution of France was violated hy the invasion of the Roman States . It is a truth that a majority , no more than a minority , can sanctify a crime . And history will proclaim that in giving the signal of resistance to Treason , Tyranny , and National Fratricide , YOU DESERVED VVEIX OF YOUR COUNTRY , AND , DESERVED , TOO , THE GRATITUDE OF THE PEOPLE OF ALT . NATIONS .

      _<¦ t + p _^ ° * The infamy which usually attaches to the condemned is , in your case ( as in many other potical prosecutions ) , attached to the prosecutors , the jurors , aud the judges , -who—blinded by political passion and personal prejudice—have deliberately chosen to share the criminality of your persecutors—the suhverters of the constitution , and tramplersnpon the laws . The Future will avenge you . France will judge your judges , and condemn your persecutors .

      The Republic at this moment menaced hy a variety of factions , is assured of a happier and eternal future by the devotion of its defenders , whom neither dungeons , banishment , nor death itself , can fiighten _Itc-m the path of Duty and Honour . In the Past , Englishmen and Frenchmen gloried in their hatred of each other . For any wrong our Fathers did to yours , we desire to atone as far as is _possible . "We wish to unite the two nations hv the link of Fraternity .

      To that end—and also because of our admiration of your pubiie conduct—we heg to tender to you this expression of eur sympathy , and onr fervent wishes for the speedy termination of your exile—the restoration of your captive hrethren to freedom—the rescue of France from her present oppressors—and the triumph of the Republic—Democratic and Social . ( Signed ) John Pettie , Chairman . G . Julian Harney , Secretary . London , November 21 , 1849 .

      To The Families Aud Friends Of The Citiz...

      To the Families aud Friends of the Citizens Chipron , Andre , Dnfelix , Lobon , Langlois , Paya , Commissaire , Maigne , Fargin Fayolle , Pilhes _, D . Laraaziere , Bac , Yauttuer , Deviile , Gambon , Gurnard , Schmitz , Suchet , Monbet , and Fraboulet de Chalandar . Dear Fjiiends , —In this , your day of _aftliction , occasioned hy the cruel and unjust condemnation of the patriots whose names are written at the head of this address , We , Englishmen , offer to you this manifestation of our sympathy , aud declaration of our grief for the sufferings of the persecuted champions of Democracy .

      To the bereaved there can he no real consolation save in the restoration of the objects of their love ; nevertheless , let this reflection at least mitigate your sorrows : ihat those dear to you are suffering for their virtues . Martyrs to their fidelity , France will bless their names , and enrol them in the list of her noblest sons . The religion of Fraternity is rapidly superseding the delusions of false teachers ; the brotherhood of nations is a mighty fact , and , in virtue thereof , we send to you these words of sympathy from across the channel , which divides our countries , hut can no longer divide our hearts .

      May the protection and nff _* ction of yonr countrymen strengthen you to bear with your troubles ; and may the day come quickly when Franco , strong in the might of her right , shall put an end to the reign of Force and Fraud , —open all dungeons , —break all fetters , —and restore to their families , and to herself , the men alone fitted to guide her destinies;—the men who by their sufferings are , day by day , proving then' devotion to the system of tiie future—that hope of the world —the Democratic and Social Republic . ( Signed ) John Pettie , Chairman . Gt . Julian Habxey _, Secretary . Londo n , _Novemher 21 , 1849 ,

      Aggregate Meeting Op The 1uis11 National...

      AGGREGATE MEETING OP THE 1 _UIS 11 NATIONALISTS . f _ConcMcd / rom the First page , ) Mr . Mamis , T . C , proposed the next resolution , which , was as follows : — " Resolved—That the poverty nnd miseries of Ireland are mainly attributable to abuses in her land system—tli . it the ' Irish Alliance' shall therefore do _' vote itself to lay bare these abuses—to point out their enormity—to devise suitable remedies—and to adopt all " advisable measures to have such remedies curried promptly into legislative operation . " He observed that the evils and miseries of Ireland were all connected

      with the land question ; and he would take the liberty of stating a few principles in reference ' to that subject , which , if accepted and acted on , would shortly put an end to thc poverty whieh at present pervaded the country . Those painciples would have the effect of limiting the powers and privileges possessed by the landlords , and of gradually abolishing the system of landlordism . ( Hear , hear . ) That Ireland was the most impoverished country in Europe was too well known to them all . It was notorious all over the world ; and from all parts of the earth contributions had been sent to relievo the poverty-stricken peoplo of Iroland . The landocracy was swallowed np in debt , the middle classes were

      insolvent or struggling for a bare subsistence , the so-called capitalists of Ireland wero surpassed in wealth by thousands of English capitalists . In fact no degree of ability , industry , and economy , would enable a man to succeed in carrying on business in Ireland . ( Hear , hear . ) Sterility of soil or over population were not thc causes of this poverty . Strangers and _« ative 3 alike concurred in Stilting that the soil of Ireland was most fertile and productive . The arable land of Jersey and Guernsey supported nine persons to five acres * , and according to this ratio the thirteen millions of acres in Ireland ought to maintain a population of twenty-four millions . The census of 1 S 41 returned a

      population of upwards of eight millions , and the census of 1850 might probably not exceed sis . Therefore , sterifty of soil or oror population were not tho causes of Irish poverty . Mr . Martin proceeded to develope a proposition regarding the apportionment of land , and involving in its principle the means by -which the present oppressive evils of the landlord system were to be met and alleviated . The system proposed amongst other features the adoption of regulations for limiting the quautity of land to be held in possession by each individual , and for making each section support a given number of labourers . Mr . Martin entered minutely into the details of his plan , and depicted in eloquent and effective terms the widelv

      beuencial results which would of certainty be consequent on the adoption of its principle in the amelioration of the condition of the people generally , and the restoration of national prosperity . Mr . Martin proceeded and said—Then he would ask , if such true principles wero _recognisad—if such a state of things had existed for the last ten years , would not the agricultural population be secured in prosperity and comfort , and would not the population of towns participate in this prosperity ? ( Hear , hear . ) It was the dispensation of Providence , and the law pronounced on all mankind , that every man . should eat his bread by the sweat of his brow This law anplied to all classes of the community

      equally , save one ; all derived their support by their exertions , whether physical or mental , save the landlords ; they alone reversed the order , and they alone lived and revelled on the labour and the sweat—nay , the miseries and privations—of others . No individual could have or hold a right to buy out , and appropriate , land , and make a private possession of what was public property . ( Hear , hear . ) It had been done , and men were empowered to do this ; but to say that a man could do so was no justification of the act . ( Hear , hear . ) Man as an individual had no more right to buy land or appropriate it to his own purposes further than was lawful , any more than he had a right to purchase man's honesty or woman ' s honour . —No man had a right to appropriate the soil of the country any

      farther than was sufficient for reasonable requirement , and consistent with the equal comfort and happiness of all . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Mr . Martin ) thought that fifty acres was as much as any individual could reasonably appropriate . ( Hear hear . ) But the time would come when the injustice and cruelty of the present unequal distribution of the land would be put an end to , and the people of the 20 th century would smile at the fatuity which kept up , and retained for so loug a time a system so _enentirely opposed to the principles of justico and truth . ( Cheers . ) Theso principles we ' re his ( Mr . Martin ' s ) own , he did not seek to bind others to their adoption , hut the day was approaching when their truth would be recognised . ( Cheers . Mr . Martin concluded his able and eloquent remarks by seconding the resolution , which was put from the chair , and passed amidst loud cheering .

      Mr . _FJSARGVS O'Oonnou , M . P ., having been called upon b y some parties , here came forward , although not one of the speakers appointed by the Conference , and after the cheers hy whicli he was greeted had subsided , he proceeded to address _themeeting as follows : —My countrymen , I cannot express my pleasure , my joy , my gratification , to find that , after fourteen years , exile froin my native land , persecuted and prosecuted—that after eighteen months' confinement iu a felon ' s dungeon , you have accorded me so warm a reception . ( Cheers . ) Although some may suppose that I have come here to-night with the

      intention of propounding doctrines of my own that may he considered Utopian—though tliey are not so—with the intention of throwing the apple of discord amongst you , so help me God 1 would rather sacrifice my life than be tho means of throwing any obstruction in your way . ( Loud cheers . ) 1 look upon this as the keystone of the _ai-ch of liberty . ( Cheers , ) 1 look upon this as an association of the true and veritable mind , and not of the humbug mind of Irelaud . ( Cheers . ) And if I was not convinced that there was truth and sincerity iri the propouudevs of this alliance , do you think 1 would have crossed the channel and made a

      fool of myself hy coming here ? ( Hear , hear , aud cheers . ) I have bided my iime ; and now I fell hira whom I called the gaoler-general of Ireland in my place in the Ilouse of Commons—JJord Clarendon ( hisses)—that , though his spies and informers may be here in the hope of inducing me , from excitement , to say anything that would injure this movement , they will not succeed . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) _Jfo , my friends , I am not going to damage your cause by one indiscreet word . God forbid . * ( Cheers . ) I have long looked to the regeneration of this country . I have long sighed over her grievances—I have long sympathised with the

      feelings of my countrymen ; and now , thanks be to God , I have heard propounded here to-night some statistical doctrines , and some principles which , if virtuously carried out by you , will pull down the standard of tyranny , and substitute the standard of freedom in its place . ( Cheers . ) The last speaker has told you what the land system is . He has not told you that the landlords of the olden days , and the landlords of the present day , have measured their property hy the standard of patronage , and not hy the standard of national requirement . ( Hear , hear . ) Now they have all become paupers , hut they consigned millions of " my

      fellow-countrymen to their graves before one of them wanted a single meal . ( Cries of " hear , hear . " ) I am onl y sorry that they were not the first to suffer . ( Cheers . ) My friends , as long as you are represented by such men as you have at present in the House of Commons , how do you expect that justice will he done you ? ( Cries of u hear , hear . " ) Mind , I don't come here to make a flaming speech , and say things of these men which I would be afraid to say before their faces—no , I have told your representatives in the House of Commons when sitting beside the minister , and supporting every measure

      which he proposed , that they wero a set of tools , lickspittles , patronage and placehunters . ( Loud and continued cheerinsr . ) I ¦ _' ' v ' devoted much of my time to Social _Ucii' . rm ; I have devoted much of my time to this Land scheme ; but 1 tell you what—that until you are thoroughly represented in the Ilouse of Commons—you may look upon the Land schemes as mere moonshine—you may look upon everything else that is proposed to you as mere moonshine , until your order is fully and fairly represented in the House cf Commons . ( Hear , hear . ) Do you suppose that a set of admirals , generals _, colonels , captains , and lieutenants , and all that

      sort of fellows upon the other side—do you suppose that all those men who live upon your industry , are likely to make laws that would do justice to your order ? ( Hear , hear . ) No ; but what do tliey complain of ? Of your ignorance . The ignorance of the people is the tyrant ' s best title to power ; and if they believe that you were ignorant , rely upon it that before to-morrow thoy would completely disfranchise you . ( Hear , hear . ) It is because they know that you are uot ignorant that they withhold the suffrage from you , seeing that if you had it tomorrow yon would use it for your own benefit , and not for theirs . ( Cheers . ) I was glad to hear you propose a resolution , limiting the period of servi-

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      tude on your council to six months ; but 1 think you should adopt the same principle with regard to parliament also . ( Hear , hear . ) What Uo you think of 105 fellows being elected to represent you in parliament for seven years—some of thorn coming forward upon the platform and telling you that tliey would die for their country—( laughter )—but the moment they are elected they arc caught by the intrigues ot the minister , nnd for seven vears they are your masters instead of you being theirs ? ( Hear , hear . ) Does a master employ his servant for seven years ? No ; for if he did he could not discharge tiltservant before the expiration of that time , even though hc failed to discharge the duties expected of mm . ( llear , hear . ) You have all noses upon your

      faces—you have all eyes—you have all brains—you nave all fists ; now let me ask you this—do you think that bricks and mortar , instead of brains , ought to constitute thc suffrage ? ( Hear , hear . ) If a man lives in a house valued at £ 10 this year he enjoys the franchise ; but if he has no house next year he can have no franchise , thus proving that it is bricks and not brains which constitute the suffrage . ( Hear . ) I say , then , that the question is not simply the land—die question is , how are you to get your land—how are you to get _yoill * rightshow o you to put down tyranny ? ( Hear , hear . ) And 1 will shew you how the tyranny by which you are oppressed , and the means by which you will break down that tyranny . Hear . ) What think oi

      you tne _Protestant College of Dublin , with seventeen hundred and twenty-one voters , sending two members to parliament , and the county Cork , with 800 , 000 inhabitants , having only the same number ? What think you ofthe voices of a million and a half of people—the amount of tho population of Yorkshire—boing altogether extinguished by the 1 , ( 21 gentlemen of Trinity College , Dublin ? ( Hear , hear . ) So much for the electoral districts . M ? V _^ rcgard to the _qu'dification question . ( Hear . ) I tell you , my friends , that yon have not a proper qualification . Your members should he paid as they were in the good old times , until Charles and William changed the system , finding that it was not one which would admit of corruption , and established rotten

      boroughs to carry out their despotic principles . ( Hear , hear . ) Do you think that because a man has £ 600 or £ 300 a , ycav , he is better able to represent you than if he had no income ? ( Hear , hear . ) What you want to have established , with regard to this as other matters , is the principle of a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work , unless , indeed , like Nebuchadnazznr , you would have your representatives live upon grass . ( Laughter . ) In place of those lickspittles whom-vou have at present representing you in the House of Commons , I hold that you should have the labouring man with the fustian jacket , the tanned trowsers , and the bravmy hand . ( Hear , hear . ) Believe me that no man except the man that toils can und erstand what labour is .

      ( Hear , hear . ) Thoso men you now have would see you starve before they would insist upon your rights . ( Crios "It was the Whigs . " ) Oh , d— -n the Whigs . ( Loud and prolonged cheering . ) The Tories are had enough , hut the Whigs are worse . When the Tories are in power the Whigs oppose them ; hut when the Whigs aro in power the Tories never give them any opposition . What we want to see is a full and true representation of the Irish people in College-green . ( Cheers . ) YouknOWhow tho Union was carried—you know that it was carried by bribery , corruption , and the most infamous arts . Tho measure was proposed at a time when the green fields of Ireland were deluged with blood —when many of her friends and defenders wcre in their graves , or banished to a distant land , to sigh

      over the liberties of their country . ( Hear , and cheers . ) Do you think I ara actuated by sordid motives ? I have an uncle in the fifty-first year of his banishment , and my father was hurried to his grave hy imprisonment in a dungeon , because he wouldnotabandonthecauseofhiscountry . ( Cheers . ) There is a clear opportunity now for every honest man , and I shall be found oftcner among you . They persecuted me hero for tithe agitation , and five times was I persecuted in England , and immured eighteen months in a prison for what they call political agitation . ( A voice—Question , question ) . What question , you nincompoop—( cheers and laughter ) ? I havo been some years in parliament—I am thc proprietor ofthe roost , extensively circulated

      newspaper in England—and let any man point if he can , to a vote cr sentence of mine that was repugnant to the interests'of Ireland . ( Cheers ) . It has been the object and aim of our opponents' to create a breach between the people of England and Ireland ; but 1 can tell you that the peoplo of England ave as much in favour of Repeal as you are , ( Cheers . ) They are as much oppressed and trampled on by the aristocracy as you aro , and they are as desirous to relieve themselves from oppression . Tho policy of your opponents has been to excite and keep up a war between Celt and Saxon ; but the people of both countries ought to disappoint them in thatfor neither people can act _etleatually iu obtaining justice for themselves without the aid of the other

      —( hear , hear ) — therefore they ought to unite . ( Cheers . ) I promise you that if you send over a petition for . Repeal I will get three millions ol signatures to it . Do that , and then see that your representatives do their duty . But until you are properl y represented you can expect no good from parliament . I wont individualize or sectio . ializc your representatives , * hut I will group them , and ask you where could you find 105 greater lick-spittle ? ( Hear and cheers ) . Instead of attending to your interests with the singleness of' purpose tliey ought , they arc found cringing and crawling about the ministry , to subserve their own purposes . ( Hear ,

      hear . ) I am not going to occupy more of your time , nor by any act of mine to damage this confederation between thc real mind , intelligence , and honour of the Irish people . On the contrary , I desire to givo it my entire co-operation , and though an humble individual , I can promise you tho co-operation ofa whole nation . ( Cheers ) . Nothing could so annoy and perplex the English government as a thorough union between the English and Irish people . ( Hear hear ) . Mr . O'Connor concluded hy repeating the following poetry , whicli , he said , hc composed in prison , and would show what he felt for his countrymen .

      Lot- Erin take courage , the day is at hand When Saxon oppression shall tremble and fall ; When Erin ' s own sons shall possess thoir own land , And make their own laws still better than all . Yes , Erin ' s dark night of oppression shall flee , Like a vapour dispoll'd by tho sun's genial ray , And then , sweetest Isle of the ocean , thou ' lt be First flower of the earth and first gem of the sea , Then we'll see the light footstep that bends o ' ei the sand , Of thc exile condemned the wide world to roam , When thc day star of freedom shall shine o'er the land , To light the lone wanderer back to his home .

      Then the waters that bound thy lone dungeon shall swell , Neath the crowded white canvass that bends to tho west , Fill'dwith the cheers of her sons come to dwell In the land of their fathers , the home they love best . Then Edward and Emmett may rest in their graves , Where untomb'd and _unlionour'd their relies have slept ; While the traitor that lived on the blood of his slaves , Shall perish , unhonour'd , unheeded , unwept . Then we'll build a snug nest , in our own little isle , And we'll choose our own members , to make our own law ; Like freemen we'll live on our own native soil , The loveliest , the greenest , that man ever saw .

      Then , Erin , I'll visit thy sea-beaten shore , When thc home of my fathers is home for the free ; Then Erin , I'll swear at thy altar once more , To perish , if needed , lov'd Erin , for thee . And then , though my name , like young Emmett ' s , be curs'd , My spirit shall hover around the lov'd spot Where I played in my childhood , and where I was nurs'd , Where I rock'd in my cradle , and I was begot . Up , up ! then , for Ireland , the Land of the Green , Eve Traitor with Saxon your liberties barter , Each true British spirit will join with Erin , For REPEAL of the UNION , the LAND , and the CHARTER .

      Mr . O'Connor was frequently interrupted by tremendous cheering , and resumed his seat amid long-continued and enthusiastic applause . Mr . John Williams proposed tho following resolution : — " That the existence in Ireland of an established church or a state endowment ofthe clergy of tho the Presbyterian or anv other church is a wrong to the Irish people , a violation of the rights of conscience , and a permanent barrier to the union of Irishmen , for Irish purposes ; and that the Irish Alliance shall therefore devote itself to tho removal of theso abuses . ''

      Mr . Williams said : I propose this resolution with groat pleasure , and I believe that no principle or ol'jwst , held or contemplated by the Irish Alliance , is of greater importance limn the removal of th _<* Church establishment and its attendant evils . I believe , Sir , the church established in Ireland to be the groat protection to British power here . And for this reason alone I should desire its complete and immediate extirpation . But , Sir , we demand this on higher grounds—tho endowment of any church is , in the words ot the resolution , "a wrong "—a flagrant wicked robbery ; it is a violation of the rights of conscience of responsible immortal beings , it must not longer he allowed—it is a permanent barrier to tho union of Irishmen , which for three centuries has well done its fatal work , it must promptly be struck down . ( Hear , hear . ) I think it right , however , with rcferonce to the observations of Mr . O'Connor , to say—that

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      witnoutany personal disrespect n » r that _gomimniUi , without discussing the opinion of tho political body with which he h connected in England , with the most perfect cordiality and good feeling ibr himself , I yet find his speaking here to-night was in contravention of the letter hc had written , and in opposition to the expressed wish of thc Conference ; but having so testified their opinion the Conference felt the assurance that no injury to their cause from the speech of Mr . O'Connor , under such circumstances , could result ; and , for my own part , I augur a happy issue to this night's proceedings . I believe that the association which we have tonight founded will gather around it the sympathy and secure the aid of all good men in Ireland , and

      will certainly and I hope soon , effect its objectthe legislative indepoiidence of Ireland . ( Enthusiastic cheers . ) Mr , Jons Rka ( of Belfast , ) said that lie could not be in Dublin without attending a meeting of the nationalists of Ireland , of whom he was proud to be one ; but although tho committee had most couvteously offered him a resolution , he declined to propose it , simply for this reason—that he considered _eaeli and every member of that alliance should pledge _liimsolf against place-hunting but thc members of the committee said that only themselves and members of parliament should he required to take that pledge . However , ho believed that the artizans of the country and the Presbyterians of Ulster , of whom he was one

      The Chairman * here made some observations . to a point of order , which could not be distinctly heard amid tho noise that prevailed . Rev . Mr . Fat objected that Mr . Rea should have addressed the meeting as ho had done . At tho Conference Mr . Rea had drawn up an amendment to the resolution , and afterwards consented to withdraw it , so that the Conference wcre left under the impression that there would be no opposition to thc passing of their resolution . At tho Conference Mr . Rea had also stated tho reason of his being opposed to the resolution was , that if tho pledge against place taking were not extended to all the members of the alliance , tho detectives could not be excluded from their hody . He ( Itcv . Mr . Fay ) did not

      perceive how making the pledge universal would have thc effect of excluding detectives . ( Cries of hear , hear . ) Detectives would enter their meetings whatever pledges thoy might adopt . But what had they to fear from detectives ? The proceedings of the new organisation wouid bo such that there need be no concealment from anybody , ( Cheers . ) Mr . Rea said that he wished to observe , in explanation , that three or four times he was called upon to address tie meeting , and he declined to do so . He had come there to protect the freedom of discussion of tho artizons of Dublin , but they had done what ho expected they would do . If he joined the Irish alliance ho would propose as a new additional rule , that every man in it should bo pledged

      against place-hunting ; and if he did not join it , it would bo for that reason , and not for any abandonment of those principles for which , and not long ago , he was brought to the foot of the scaffold . Mr . J . _Lloid Fitzoerald then came forward and said—Sir , the resolution which has just heen proposed , I , a member of the episcopal Protestant church of Ireland , have no hesitation in seconding . ( Cheers . ) I believe , Sir , that , numerous as have been the means adopted by our rulers " to prevent the further growth of Popery , " they omitted the most efficacious - namely , making the Roman Catholic an exclusively endowed church , even in this a Roman Catholic country . But , Sir , I prefer supporting the resolution on the eternal principles

      of justice—on the principle which I have beun taught from my infancy , of "doing toothers as I would they should do to mo . " ( Hear , and cheers . ) Imagine , Sir , if you can , the entire ecclesiastical revenues of England given to the Roman Catholic clergy of England , and tho universities of Oxford and Cambridge closed in a great degree against church of England Protestants—I ask , what would wo think of this ? What would the civilised world think of it ? And yet this is the very state of things wliich , mutatis mutandis , exists in Ireland . The cry has often been raised that to meddle with the church property would be robbery , that you might as well take away a man ' s private property—not to mention what I have already alluded to , that

      parliament has taken away the church property from one persuasion and conferred it on another—not to mention that parliament does sometimes deal in a very summary manner with private propertythat it will run a railway through a man ' s family mansion and pleasure grounds sliould the interest Ofthe community require it ; it may be answered that the church property is very different from private property . The clergy only hold it as trustees for the public ; it does not descend to their children , but must he handed over in good order to their successors ; and I do say that if the great majority of the people of England should again embrace ihe Roman Catholic faith , fhe clergy _remaining unchanged , they would have no right to

      keep tlie church property away from those who would then he the pastors of the _peoph _* . Oh ! ( it will be said ) the majority of the people of the empire are episc « pai Protestants , and , therefor ** , the episcopal Protestant church ought to be the established church of Ireland . It is very easy to patch up a thing and call it an empire ( and , by the way , the patched up imperial thing called tho United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , at least the united parliament thereof , is one of the imperial absurdities we hope to put an end to ) . After some other remarks , the speaker' concluded by saying * . These , sir , are the observations I have to _ofn-r , and I firmly believe , that if what 1 urge were carried into effect , whilst Ireland would be mate * hilly _benefit d , the church

      to which I belong , instead of being injured , would be rendered far mo'e efficient , ( Lond Ch / OrS . ) Mr . W . J . _Baitirsby came forward to propose the next resolution •— " Resolved—That the popular suffrage in this country has been nearly annihilated within the last few years ; and that the Irish alliance will insist upon a full , free , and fair representation of the people in ihe Commons House of Parliament , and are prepared to co-operatewith the movement party in Gi'eat Britain in atoining this _tfteaswe for both countries . " Mr . Battersby then said : I hold that in a free state every man of sound mind and due age , not incapacitated by crime or violence , should have a voice in the election of his representatives . ( Cheers . ) When tho people are not duly

      represented the constitution is debased or subverted ; and it is a settled maxim , that taxation ot law enforced without representation , is tyranny . ( Cheers , ) Thc elective franchise , or power of voting , is thc germ of freedom and the palladium of civil and political rights . It is thc security of life , liberty , and property . It is the stay of the rich and the guardian of thc poor . It is the strength of the Jaw , tbe support of order , the defence ofthe oppressed , and the bulwark of the constitution . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) If the people had not a voice in the choice of their rulers they arc but serfs and slaves of the worst description . It' they can vote

      fully , freely , and without degrading restrictions , they will , unless they are themselves corrupt , soon have their country free and happy . Limit the franchise , and you make monopoly the rule , and give a triumph to faction or oppression . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Extend it , and you enlarge the empire of justice , and promote the cause of freedom . ( Cheers . ) The speaker then alluded to the tyranny of the landlords , and the misery entailed by them on the people , and called upon the meeting to demand the restoration of full , free , and complete suffrage , and entire representation in parliament . Mr . George _Washington _"Vakci ; came _forward , amidst c ! ieerin _* r , to second the resolution .

      The resolution was then put and carried with acclamation . Mr . Johnstone , as representative of the arlizan class , then came forward to propose the next resolution . He was received with loud cheering . The resolution was as follows : —" That it be an instruction to the council to appoint a committee to consider and promote such measures as may be found practically useful in developing the resources , and encouraging the manufactures , trade and commerce of the country , having due regard to the protection of the rights of Irish labour . " He said the Conservative as well as the LiW * ral press was now strongly in favour of the _restoration of national industry . ( Hear , hear . ) There -vere strong political ' reasons why the

      national party should now take up this matter seriously and promptly . It was closely allied with the objects of that body in seeking lor the independence of this country . ( Cheers . ) In order to effect that independence , they should endeavour to secure the means of comfort and personal independence to the The council looked to the artisans of Dublin to aid them in carrying out the objects set forth in this resolution . They looked also to the artisans in the provinces to aid in the same good cause . ( Hear , hear . ) It was the interest of the rural districts that the manufacturing interest should prosper . Their manufacturing towns , if thriving , would supply a means for tho absorption of surplus rural

      labour . No hand would be left idle , and thus the evils of competition in the labour market would he remedied , ( llear , hear . ) It was , therefore , clearly the interest of all that the manufactures of Ireland should he restored to a thriving condition . ( Cheers . ) lt was now getting late , and he ( Mr . Johnstone ) would only add , that , as an artisan , ho tendered his own assistance , willingly and cheerfully , and called on his brother artisans to give practical evidence of their sincerity , in aiding the council in carrying out this project , which was calculated to ho ot such eminent benefit to their common country . Mr . Johnstone then concluded amidst loud cheers .

      Mr . Bewlev seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Michael George Coswat then came forward and said : Wo havo now , sir , and fellow countrymen , arrived at the close of the proscribed business of this great aggregate meeting of tho nationalists of Ireland—( hear , near)—and 1 think you will one and all concur with me that our proceedings afford an auspicious augury of eventual , complete , and not remote success in the great work before us .

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      ( Cheers . ) Ic was my intcntun u » halt * taken the sense of this meeting on a specific resolution , expressirg the sympathy and admiration of Ireland for the mon now " suffering in penal exile , or in prison , for the crime of patriotic devotion to their native land . But , Sir . the sentiments expressed by Ali-. Lcync and Mr . Duffy , aud the manner in which you have received them , seem to render this course unnecessary —( hear and cheers ) : —and now , again , let 1110 congratulate you on this great meeting—on the inauguration of this grand Irish Alliance . ( Cheers . ) from

      We have received support quarters , whence a few of us apprehended disturbance —( hear , hear );—and if , in regard to some questions , wc met on this platform with mutual distrusts , wo part in excellent _«* ood humour , and with full confidence in each other . ( Cheers . ) Sir , I hold that this generous mutual confidence is tho best cement of any political confederacy . ( Cheers . ) Sir , I move " That you do leave thc chair , and that George Washington Ynnce , Esq ., be called thereto . " ( Cheers . ) Doctor Gratta . v accordingly left the chair , which was taken by Mr . Vance

      On thc motion of Mr . Duffy , the thanks of the meeting were accorded , amidst loud acclamations , to Dr . Grattan , for his dignified conduct in the chair , and tho meeting then separated , cheering loudly for John Mitchel , Smith O'Brien , and Meagher . Mr . Duffy was also loudly cheered . Tha immense assemblage separated in the most perfect order and quietude . Two policemen were in the gallery , who were doubtless , sent to watch the proceedings , and put down disturbance , but thero appeared no need

      whatever of their presence . The two constables , it appeared , had to pay at tho door for admission . Three horse policemen were seen patrolling through Marlborough-street , and Abbey-street , up to halfpast ten o ' clock , and subsequently a larger hody of mounted polico were observed by tho crowd returning from tho meeting . The patrol appeared in the vicinity of thc meeting , but there being no occasion for their interference , they returned to their barracks . Tho crowd had dispersed , and Abbey-street was silent before eleven o ' clock .

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      Alas ' , poor country , Almost afraid to know itself . Hereditary bondsmen ! know je not , Who would be free , himself must strike the blow

      TO THE IRISH EXILES . Fellow Countrymen , I did not return from our father-land to our adopted country till too late last night to make a comment upon the report of our grand and glorious national exhibition by the English Press , but , as the censure of slaves is adulation , I hail the sneer of the BLOODY OLD TIMES as indicative of _theralue of our meeting and its own terror .

      I expected better from tho "Daily News , " which must have been deceived hy its correspondent ; but thc whole toue of the English Press has ever led me to the conclusion that the power of the English and Irish mind alone can destroy tho prejudice created hy English organs . Here is the description given of tho meeting hy the "Daily News , " and always bear in mind , that , with the exception of thc " Freeman's Journal" I look _, upon the " Daily Netos" and the "Morning Advertiser" as the most liberal daily papers in the empire , a fast that will convince yon of the difficulties against which what are called tho Liberal organs , of what is called the Liberal party , have to contend . Here is the notice from the " Daily Netos" : —

      Those who expected to see the enthusiasm of recent years revived , or an important array of men enjoying prominent social rank . 01 * possessing very decided claims on the confidence of tlie public * is $ em > led on the occasion , wove disappointed . Yet tlie proceedings were not devoid of enthusiasm , nor was the meeting without some respectability ; and one anxious to do strict justice in describing it , cannot pronounce it to have been a decided failure . Tho Music Hall , in which the meeting was held , is not a very capacious building , yet it was not by any means densely crowded until a late hour in the evening ; and the platform might have held many besides those who occupied it . But Uie circumstance of admission , being regulated by tickets , and tlio price to thc platform _beine so much as _haU-a-crown , wiU _nitowat to some extent for the absence ofa throng . The _crowdsureoimding the outer doors was extremely small .

      Now hear mine—and I defy contradiction , while you must bo aware that I wouid not destroy my position in Ireland by an exaggerated report . Unlike meetings in England , the platform was crowded to inconvenience , with hamsters of eminence , merchants of eminence , town councillors , solicitors , such as you rarely see in England . The Music Hall , where the meeting was held , is capable of holding more thau any meeting place in London . The admission was high , except to the body of the Hall , where it was free ; and there was not a vacant spot in the

      Hall . The crowd was so great , that , when I arrived with Mr . O'Higgins , Mi * . Rea , and Mr . Thomas _Ciabk , more than half au hour before the proceedings commenced , we -were several minutes before wo could force our way in ; and such enthusiasm—such harmony —such a feeling—I never witnessed at any public meeting . The report in the " Star " is taken verbatim from the " Freeman ' s Journal , " the most honest and correct report I ever saw iu a daily paper ; and no slight taslc , when yon consider that thc meeting lasted till near twelve o ' clock , and the report appeared in the "Freeman" a few hours after .

      My Countrymen , heed not the Press ; it has been your vilest oppressor ; but return thanks to God , that the people of England and L _* _eland have lived down prejudice , and that such an union will now be established between Colt and Saxon as will break down , and for ever destroy , the power of the press , aud the tyrant . In conclusion , let me assure you , that no amount of money , of patronage , or power , would bo equal , in my estimation , to the meeting of Tuesday night , which I look upon as tho key-stone ofthe arch of English and Irish liberty . You will no longer find any party—I shall never nse another harsh name—able to

      create discord between the English and Irish people , for personal profit , vanity or ambition . Your faithful friend and follow countryman , Feargus O'Connor . P . S . —I cannot deny myself the pleasure and delight of assuring you , that Tuesday night more than repaid me for twenty-seven years of persecution , prosecution , and slander ; aud for thousands and tens of thousands of money that I have expended in the overthrow of tyranny , and the establishment of freedom . ' F . O'C .

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      Deaths of Two Childre . v and a Doc—During tho Jast ten days great numbers ofthe poor of the neighbouring townships had frequented the strand to collect nuts , Ac , thrown up by the tide from ths wreck of the " Mischief ; " amongst others two little girls were observed , followed by a dog , and it _isi imagined that being disappointed in their expectations and exhausted by hunger and cold , they had secured themselves under a hedge on Pormby rab _» bit-warren , where they were found by the coast : guard cn going his rounds on Wednesday morning , both of them crouched together , with the dog 9 which appears to have been a faithful attendant * stretched across tho breast of the eldest child , all stiff in death . —Liverpool Mail ,

      Public Houses on the Thames . —The law restricting the saleofexciscable liquors before _onu o ' olook on Sunday applies generally to tho steamers on the river ; but the long-voyage steamers are exempted * Tho halfpenny short-trip steamboats evade the la _* vr by colourably taking out licenses for long voyages ' * and then they sell liquors to their low class of pas _« scngers with so little restriction that worshipperi coming from thc churches at one o ' clock are _shocked and annoyed by the brutalities of drunkards reeliDg from tho decks . It _seemn also that there is soma crotchet which restricts thc operation of tho law to boats " moored at the piers , " leaving them

      untouched while moving in mid-channel . The po'ica havo summoned thc parties who originate the nuisance , without immediate success ; but the Lord Mayor said hc would wait on the Chairman of tha Board of Excise on the subject . A Staor ACCIDENT . —During tho performance ot " Romeo and Juliet" at tlie Sheffield Theatre last week , Mrs . fc ' aville , who _enackd the part of Romeo , attacked Mr . Holfe ( Tybalt ) under sueh stage excitement , that sho accidentally stabbed him in thfl side . At first it was feared that the wound wa internally severe , but by proper treatment Mr , Rolfo is fast recovering from the injury .

      DEATn from Ether . —Afat & linstauceof the unskilful employment of ether , as a sedative , has occurred at Berlin . A young lady having occasion for adentist ' _s assistance , and _feavingpain , consented to be etherised . Her wish was assented to , and tho sedative applied so effectually that she sunk int « eternal sleep , All effortB to restore her proved ineffectual

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 24, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_24111849/page/5/