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      POLAND . * e -are in our last the manifesto of the "Apos-• I'Tjrieand of Austria , announcing theincorpoiffli ? ^ Cr oe& ^ viith the other states cursed with ^" naternal" sway . We also gave the lying and ^ i ^ t Di oclamaUon oflField-Marshal Castiglione , iB *^ ian deputy . We now proceed to indicate * nbliefeeling of Western Europe regarding this $ e jnin 2 atrocity of the royal robbers . We snail in ^ gjatp lacagwea few extracts from the French i ° flrhf / ounurf desl ) ebau , t \ ui organ of Louis-Phi-~~ W published a number of articles pretending uP ? 7 jjjaignatioa at the conduct of the Triune SJ ^ j bnt » its hypocrisy . only excites universal Wast- no one believes in its pretended sympathy rthel ' oles . Indeed both t ^ D ' ehaU and the Epoqu IfLftnt ' s organ ) pretty plainly admit that the

      tfPDch government is dissatisfied not at the wrong jane lo % land , hut at the manner in which it has SL , done . The Courtier Francais plainly charges {^ F rench Government with having entered into a Serei , alliance with the Northern powers ; and that fJnis-Philippe and / Guiiat are ( secretly ) consenting Zlxtics to the seizure of Cracow . The Stick says , I , jf England and France should enter into a sincere aJliance to defend the cause of nations , what enemies 4 -Hild resist them ? The * Austrian Eagle would . disa ppear from Italy ; Poland would rise resuscitated from the tomb in which she now lies interred ; GerjjjaiiT would be free , and a new era would commence -for " Europe . " The Comtitutionnd advocates the

      fiance of i ranee and tngland , and denounces the perfidv , tyranny , and cruelty of Austria . The Tile fressi , the most infamous of all French journals , the bought and sold tool of Nicholas and Alaria-Cliris tina " was lately unblushingJy advocating an alliance of France and Russia for the purpose of crushing En"land , yet now , when pro-Polish , sympathy is feSonable , pretends , with daring effrontery , to be very virtuously indignant at the villainies of its masters . The . National has spoken out in some most admirable articles , which we regret we caunot through want of room to transfer to our columns ; we mast content ourselves with the following extracts : —

      A shadow of Poland was too much for these Koyal p irates . It became necessary to annihilate that shadow ! And this feat is executed under the eyes of the other Powers of Europe , sunk in their materialism , under the eyes of Fiance , which assists , like a bod ; possessing neither muscles , brains , nor blood , at this last act of despotic violence . Well ! be it so ; let us confess that we are tihausted and about to die ; the voice of nations £ s » no Jonger any echo ; French society is become a species of herd which feeds and fattens . It that what too wished , noble citizens , overfed monopolizers , Sove .

      reigns for the moment ! Bat you have still the pretension to possess a machine of a Government ; you speak still of laws , treaties , Tegular relations , but you posses no life . What signify laws , if they are tone outraged ? "What the utility of treaties , if they are to be torn to . shreds when they interfere with our projects ! What becomes of international law , if stipulations guaranteed by fire Powers are to be violated by three ! Is it brute force that you proclaim ! Say so , and proclaim it loudly ; we will repeat it in a still louder tone , and until the nations hear us !

      The treaty of Vienna is the basis of the aggrandise ment vt Bossia , Austria , and Prussia . Austria owes to ft almost all that she possesses . It is by virtue of that treaty that Prussia figures in the number of the great Xwopean states . Russia caused to be inscribed in it the -sanction of her conquests . Will they say that this -treaty has fallen into disuse ? Let them then declare it ; not for apart , Out for the entire ; and the nations will Sail who enthusiasm the complete ruin of this work of spoliation . * * * There will hereafter he no treaty of Vienna . The famous compact which the victorious coalition signed is de . strovsd . Let us applaud ! Italy , enslaved , has hereafter full libertv to rise in insurrection ; the RhenUh provinces

      may declare themselves independent ; Switzerland need no longer respect the conditions imposed upon her by the Treaty ef Vienna . No Power can hereafter invoke the authority of its conventions . A law which hinds not all binds none . There is no longer any law ; thtre are but interests and capricious desires . The destiny of Europe is for the future submitted to brute force , and we invoice with all our wishes , and in full hope , the moment when nations will unite and , coalescing in their turn , win break to pieces all that remains of that balance of power in Europe established on the ruins of vanquished nationalities ¦ Democracies have no need to be ' astonished , still less to be teirified . at nhat is passing . All these disturbances are preparing their accession .

      The Democratic Fadfque rejoices that there is an end to the treaty of Vienna , the combat will now commence between nations and their oppressors . Jt repudiates a congress of the present governments ,

      observing : — To submit to a congress the question of Polish nationality and the revision of the treaties of 1 S 15—to prepare new chains for future mankind , when the chiefs of the liberticide league have themselves destroyed the old system k ould amount to nothing less than a shamefal capitulation after a victory . The more absolute governments render themselves gratuitously odious , the nearer will be the hosT of triumph for nation al rights . The Mforme calls for " a few gunpowder trains " along the ltuine and the Alps , a fhiternial alliance wiih Switzerland ,, and a general invitation to the proscribed of all nations : — Through Lombardy , Tyrol , and Germany , the advanced guard of free nations would soon ptnetrate to the

      heart of Europe , and , enhanced on their way bj mjriads Of iufivriug fellow men , present to their tjrants an indomitable phalanx . If Prench demecracy were to organize a propaganda , even were England to take part against us with the barbarians ( which Ireland and lier p-. ople will nerer permit ) it would be seen in the course of a few months what is the real weight of the armies and crowns f perjured tings . To-day success would he as certain as after July , 1630 . Were the French revolution to raise her free voice , Europe would instantly arise , and the nations degraded by slavery and oppression would burst their fetters . But ; unfortunately , no trust can be placed on the governments of either England or France , and , if no other avengew arise , we may write on the tomb of Poland this epitaph—Finis Polorwc .

      As regards the London journals , we believe that the onlv journal which has failed to offer some expression of sympathy for Poland—real or pretended , istheifo / Tjmy Post , which has infamously volunteered a defence of the spoliating miscreants , justify ing the seizure of Cracow , W : ueh it speaks of as " a pestiferous focus of sedition , conspiracy , and imposture . " The Post , however , like the Presie , is strongly suspected of being in the pay of Russia . The Times denounces the seizure of Cracow as a most flagrant , direct , and unwarrantable violation of the treaty of II nna . It holds up the Austrian government to execration , as the imitators of the authors of the St . Baitholomew massacre , ( vide the butcheries in Gallicia . ) It bitterly reproaches the Prussian King for

      his dishonesty and cowardice in acting , in obedience to the imperious commands of Russia , as " an accessary before the fact , " in '' this renewal of a political crime which has been for fifty years the shame of royalty . " The limes adds that , " the annihilation of Cracow is the snihilation of the treaty of Vienna , " and predicts that "the nextjjtep ol the Northern Jpowers will be against each other . " The Horning Chronicle denounces the seizure of Cracow as a crime equal to " robbery or piracy , an exertion of mere brute force , in defiance of all the sanctions of morality , and public law . " It fiercely denounces the French government , and exposes the hypocrisy of its organs , bnt it is easy to pereeive that a good deal of the Chronicle 's indignation arises from the fact of Lord Palmerston having been out-jockeyed

      by Louis-Philippe in the Spanish marriages . Indeed , the Chronicle avows that it regards the Montpensier marriages as more important than the consummation of Poland' s extinction . TheCfirontcfc adds , "that . asthe attempt to revere fiat act by anappeal to aims would be both rash and useless , the possibility o : such an appeal cannot be held forth to affect the the result ) . England could sot think seriously of gang to war to save Cracow , and , thereto e , a ' ae cannot use the language of menace . But she may pse the language of warning , &c" This sufficiently indicates the " forcible feebie" action of the Whig Cabinet . The Advertiser , Daily News , Sun , Globe , and Standard , denounce the seizure of Cracow in language more or less strong , as an incurable breach of the treaty of Vienna , and an act of infamous criminality .

      LORD PALMERSTOS'S PROTEST . We take the following from the Journal des Ikfob : — " London , No ? . 27 . " Lord Palmerston yesterday despatched to Lord Ponsonby , the English ambassador at Vienna , the protest against the coup d' ttat that has fallen on Cracow . In this document , rather long , ard written in . cool terms , Lord Palmerston reasons on the hypothesis that the usurpation of Cracow is as yet but proj ected , and adduces argument * to show the inconrenieEces of such a proceeding . Be discusses , next , ke two questions of rieht and necessity . On the

      former he established , by appealing to the text of ebb treaties , that the conditions laid down in a solemn , engagement entered into by eight powers , canbot be modified annulled by three of them . On tha ipestion of necessity , Lord Palmerston does not either admit the solution which the Northern Powers seem inclined to adopt , that three of the Bloat powerful states in Europe should speak of the necessity of destroying the existence of a poor little ^ public of only 130 , 000 souls , is inadmissible . The Powers , likewise , complain that Cracow had become ta eeutre ol conspiracy and of political intrigues . ° ut evin in admitting the reality of the fact , two hyw&eses suggest themselves—either these conspira-

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      ~ rs are persons of the country , or they came from ° utside . In the second case , it is not Cracow , but powers themselves who are to be blamed for it ; since their territory incloses on all sides that of the re . public . In the first case , is it possible to believe that a city like Cracow would refuse three powers like Prussia , Austria , and Russia , to put down conspiracies , and cut short intrigues , for which these powers wouhr then have so just a cause for complaint ? And if it was foolish enough to refuse , what difficulty could these three powers ever meet with , when forced to exact justice for themselves , within the terms of the treaties ? Such is nearly , it is said , the protest of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Great Britain . A copy of this document was also forwarded to Lord Normanby , to be communicated to M . Guizot . " » are persons of the country , or ihev ome iVnm

      Although no authentic copy of the " Protest" has yet appeared , we have no doubt that the above is substantially correct . We are fortified in the belief from the fact that the Chronicle in quoting the above from the J > J > ats , offers not a word of contradiction or correction , except as regards the date , the Chronicle asserting that "the Protest was sent off by Lord Palmers on several days before the 26 th . " The above make-believe piece of fudge is then the miserable sequel to the big words mouthed by Lord Palmerston in the hist session of Parliament . Let our readers consider the humbug of Lord Palmerston pretending to treat the question of Cracow ' s extinction " hypothetically , " when , at the time the Protest was written , it was notorious to all Europe , and announced by Austria officially , that the indpendenee of Prnpjiw was at an end .

      We come now to more important , because honest " protests , " the protests , not of dishonest governments and juggling statesmen , but of the people .. In the first place , we give the .

      ADDRESS OF THE CENTRAL POLISH COMMITTEE OF PARIS . " The repnblic of Cracow has ceased to exist ; the treaties of 1815 have been insolently violated ; the last vestige of Polish nationality has disappeared by the fact of a monstrous usurpation . When the hand ef oppressors tears the compact imposed by the oppressors themselves , it is not merely to civilised governments alone that such a violation of all rights dictates their sacred duties ; nations have also theirs . The tacit indignation of all honestmen is not enough ; it is the energetic and unanimous protest of free nations that ought to reply to the attacks of despotism , and to warn it that it" the justice of nations sometimes slumbers , it has , sooner or later , a terrible

      awakening ! Cracow is no longer anything but an Austrian city . The three powers , co-sharing , have just perpetrated their last crime against the nationality of Poland ; but this crime has increased , from one * end of Europe to the other , the indignation which at long intervals was excited there by the partition of 1772 , the reaction of 1831 , the massacre of 1816 ; and more than ever confidence may be felt in the future prospects of tbat nationality . It is ini possible at present to raise up Cracow , if Poland , in its totality , be not raised up too . Poland , of which the ruin has been so audaciously proclaimed in the face of Europe , and particularly of France , which has sworn by the organ of her three great pewers that the Polish nationality should not perish ! The

      republic of Cracow , the last resting-place of the country , still alarming the powers , and they cast her ashes to the winds . It remains henceforward proved , that the treaties of "Vienna , on which the balance of power in Europe was definitively said to be founded , was nothing but a deceit—a fiction which for a length of time , could no longer mislead any one . Austria , Prussia , and Russia , in favour of whom these treaties were drawn up , show , in violating them , what attention Europe ought to pay to them . Poland , with the national and independent institutions which an article of the treaty of Vienna had promised them , deeply disquieted , sixteen years back , theco-sLaring powers ; and therefore , after the revolution ot Warsaw , the Czar hastened to tear up the

      constitutionot | Poland . Cracow preserved all the traditions if the country tbat was lost ; and thus , after having stifled in blood the last cry ot i independence , the three usurpers at present hasten to annihilate the last ve 3 tige of Poland , which a principal article oi the same treaties of Vienna , however , called a free city' Henceforward , there is no alternative possible ; either absolution must predominate in Europe , or else liberty . France represents , in the eyes of the world , the cause of liberty ; she is pledged to the sacred cause of Poland by her principles and her promises—by the principles of her revolution , and by the promises of her Chambers and of her government . These promises are a sacred guaranteea guarantee which we cannot withdraw ; . for it was

      on oar part not only a proof of sympathy , but an act of gratitude . Let us , in fact , go back 10 the European crisis caused by the movement of July , 1830 ! Let us call to mind the dangers caused to France by that crisis ! An impious crusade wasthen resolved on against Prance by the absolutist powers . Russia had already her advance-guard and her main army . The advance-guard was Poland herself , but at the moment of departure , the advanced guard , as the illustrious General Lafayette remarked in the Tribune , turned against Hie mam army . War , which at tbat period we then thought inevitable ; war , which menaced our institutions and the new

      dynasty , particularly the new dynatty , was conjured away by Poland . And besides , we repeat it , thiB is not alone tbe cause of France , it is that of all nations , the cause of justice and liberty I The Central Polish Committee cannot and will not ieep silence in the face of the new iniquity with which tbe Northern Powers have sullied themselves . It is in the name of justice and liberty , in the name ot nations themselves , that it joins its protest to that of the whole civilizedworld . " For the Committee , " Count be La 3 ietkib , President . " Vavus , deputy of the Seine , Secretary . " The National and Reforme publish the following : — THE DEMOCRACY OF FRANCE TO THE DEMOCRACY OF EUROPE . *• The last wreck of a vast empire , which for ages formed a barrier of civilisation , menaced by Mussulman barbarism ; a single spot spared from the odious rapine of the three powers , accomplices in the destruction of a great people , still recalled its memory , like those funereal crosses erected in places where a murder has been perpetrated . This wreck has just disappeared , this cross the murderers have overturned . Instead of the Polish flag , which , under the guarantee of the most solemn treaties , floated upon the walls of Cracow , Austria , that same Austria which owed to Poland her safety in an extreme danger , has substituted its own , encouraged to the crime bv the impunity oi former offences , and by

      one of those bargains for mutual assistance which brigands make in the depths of their caverns . All ike clauses ofthe treaty of Vienna had already been insolently violated by Russia . In concert with her allies , and for their common object , she had already almost consummated the abolition of Polish nationality . And by what means , what violences , and what crimes was this consummation effected ? Deeds , such as history can offer no other example of , and which , perhaps , hereafter , she will refuse even to believe ! To recall even briefly those infernal scenes with which three soveriegns have frightened mankind , would lead us far beyond the limits of this document . It would be necessary to follow executioners through scenes of carnage perpetrated in the

      silent fortresses of Prussia , in the dark dungeons of Austria , in the deserts and mines of Siberia , upon public places transformed into slaughter-houses ; into the homes of each family weeping the exile or the death of those dearest to them ; weeping for their country and their religion , and forced to renounce the very language of their ancestors . It would be necessary to show a Government which dares to call itself Christian , urging one entire class of its subjects to the masacre of another class , without distinction of age or sex , by the offer of an infamous bribe , after having first deceived and brutified them . It would be necessary to paint fire and murder spread over a ¦ w hole country which was converted , by . the premeditated design of its Government , into one tomb . It

      would be necessary to relate how among those who have survived this universal assassination , are found more than three hundred miserable little creatures under three years old , incapable of telling who they arc , — without father , without mother , without known relative , the foundlings of blood . The French democracy believes it to be its duty to protest against these execrable crimes ; to protest against all the acts of which the avowed object has been the final destruction of Poland ; to efface the very name of this people , so glorious and so unfortunate , from the map of Europe . The French democracy believes it to be its duty to call for similar protestations from all those who think that nations ought not to be abandoned as the prey of violence , who , out of

      France , share the sacred principle of its revolution ; of all those , in a word , who are animated by a sense of justice and humanity . Let them rise in their strength , and in the firmness of an irrevocable revolution , let them rise as one man , and say to the oppressors , whatever name , be it despotism or aristocracy they assume , We render you thanks . In tearing the last veil with which you enveloped yourselves you have dissipated tbe last illusions of too trusting minds , you have removed the last pretext for inaction from the timid and the weak , you have hastened your ruin and accelerated the fall of your detested reign . There exist sinister pacts which you called treaties , under the shade of which were concealed your plots against thehuman family , which

      you destined to one eternal slavery . You have yourselves torn these treaties . Positive law exists no longer . As to natural law , that imprescriptible right which secures to each people as to each individual its proper existence , you proclaimed that you discard it . The right of force is the only one that you acknowledge . Let force then decide between you and us . In the mad pride of your material power , which we fear not , because we trust in another power—in the power of true right and of duty—you declare war on all nations , on society itself , which easts only in virtue of duty and of right . _ Be it SO ! we accept this war . War on conditions whiek makes it holy is victory for us . Were it otherwise God would not be God I Doubtless there will 1 » martyrs ,

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      but be well assured that , after the struggle you will present yourselves not proudly surrounded 'by your bloody assistants , but before the solemn tribun . il of social justice as upright as it is inexorable . There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth , and there also will be the pure joy which tho assurance of a happy future will excite in the hearts of nations . Democrats of all countries , brothers uniting the same faith with the same hope , henceforward adopt unity of action , which will neither be superseded nor relaxed . Elevate in the midst of subjugated Europe the standard l ... t i » , rDn n ^ ..,... i .,, ^ „<*„_ .. i : n

      of its emancipation ! Let the nations start up at tbe signal , and by one unanimous effort shake off the chains with which they are loaded . The hour is come for each to fulfil its duty . To day the cembat —to-morrow the triumph : up , then , all ! L'Abbb Lamennais , M . M . de Couriais , Lbdru Roi . uk , A . GtlNAHD , GouDciuvx , Ferdinand Fiocon , Armakd Mahrast . "

      The Journals announce that the above address will be translated into all the languages of Europe , and 500 , 000 espies will be put into circulation . The above journals publish the following answer of the Central Committee of the Polish Democratic Society to tbe above manifesto : —

      DEMOCRATIC POLAND TO THE FRENCU DEMOCRACY . " The assassins of Poland , by tearing asunder the treaty of Vienna , have thrown the gauntlet to Europe on the last remainder of our fatherland . "Democratic France , now as faithful as ever to the duties which the holy revolution accomplished by her fathers had imposed upon her , has armed herself with the weapon of her right to be the first in the onset , and has answered the challenge . Thanks to her ! "She has not been a defaulter to Europe , neither will Europe be a defaulter to her . is

      ' * In the name ot democratic Poland ( and there no other Poland in existence , ) we offer to France the indissoluble alliance of a nation which has never deceived the iiepes of her allies . "You have seen Poland protecting with arras in hand on a hundred battle-fields , and so you will see her again ; she is preparing for new struggles , and tbat last iniquity , by inspiring her with new energies , will have only hastened her deliverance . . " Henceforth the treaty of Vienna has ceased to exist for Europe ; this deed of spoliation which never was obligatory with Poland , has been torn in pieces by its very authors . In its stead tbe alliance of nations stands up again stronger than before . None will be able to rend it asunder . " The Members of the Central Committee of the Democratic Society , in behalf of 1462 of their fellow-countrymen . "

      SIXTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE POLISH REVOLUTION . On Sunday , the 29 th of November , that day being the anniversary of the Polish Revolution of 1830 , a number of Polish Refugees , assembled at Sussex Chambers , Duke-street , St . James ' s , under the presidency of Captain Jablouski , when several resolutiens were adopted , including the following : — 1 st . —Proposed by Mr . Wiercinski , and seconded by Mr . Prusinowski . " That the assembled Poles having found a hospitable refuge in England , and enjoying the blessings of freedom in that country , where they can publicly express tbeir own feelings and those of their oppressed brethren , do not cease to protest most solemnly against that parti , tiori of their fatherland by the three despots of Russia , Austria , and Prussia , considering it , as well as every act connected with it , down to the incorporation of Cracow

      with Austria—which is the last deed of their long and ignominious conspiracy—as a flagrant and atrocious robbery . They denounce it a < injurious to humanity and to tbe safety of the liberal institutions of Europe ; and they warn and entreat , in the name of civilization and liberty , all concerned in the preservotion of them , to vindicate their sacred rights thus outraged by the execrable policy of tbe spoliators of Poland . That , faithful to tbe cause for which they took up arms on tbe 29 th of November , 1830 , the Poles aro ever ready to sacrifice their lives forit , thereby to advert the imminent danger with which Europe is : it this moment threatened , in the confident nope th : it the interest of the enlightened countries of Western Europe , and tbe interest of other Slavonic nations , will induce them to co-operate for the reestablishment of Poland among the free nations , in or . der that she may again become a bulwark against the incursions of Asiatic barbarism . "

      2 nd . —Proposed by Mr . Jackowski , and seconded by Mr . Terlecki . " That the Poles express their feelings of contempt and indignation towards the Austrian Government for its iniquitous and treacherous conduct in Galicia and Cracotv ; that perfidious Government having organised and paid bands of assassins , and incited the ignorant peasantry , to mm der the nobility and clergy in Galicia , threw afterwards the guilt of that crime upon the citizens of Galicia and Cracow , imprisoned the patriots who escaped the knives of tbe murderers , proclaimed thanks to the perpetrators of those atrocities for tbeir fidelity to the throne ; and , finally , annihilated the B- public of Cracow , and incorporated it with the Austrian dominionB . "

      MEETING OF THE POLISH DEMOCRATS IN PARIS . ( From the Iteforme , of November 30 : h . ) The [ members of the Polbh Democratic Society , who reside in Paris , met to-day at one o ' clock , in thehalloftlie ^ Athenffiurn , rue Duchot , in order to celebrate tbe anniversary of : he Revolution of the 29 th of November , 1830 . On this occasion , as in former years , the members of the Democratic Society were forced to content themselves with a purely Polish manifestation . Their meeting was numerously attended . Its proceedings were such as they oucht to have been in presence of the recent blow inflicted on Poland : they were full of dignity , of firmness , and of hope in futurity .

      MEETING OF THE POLISH DEMOCRATS IN LONDON . The Polish Democrats assembled in London on the 16 ih anniversary of tbe Revolution of 1830 , seeing that the recent efforts of their country are still imperfectly apprecia ' ed , resolved to pay a just tribute to the cause of truth , as well as to the self-devotion of their countrymen , by making the following solemn declaration before England and the world at Jarge : — I . That they consider the Revolution of 1830 ,

      which they meet to commemorate , merely as the beginning of a series of efforts , on the part of Poland , to recover that independence of which the three partitioning powers had treacherously deprived her ; that as existence and freedom of action were to her a necessary condition of fulfilling towards herself and mankind , the divine law of justice and progress , hei first effort since the partitions must have been mainl y directed towards independence , freedom , national strength , and , as a guarantee of these , the integrity of national boundaries . Hence will this effort remain

      for ever the groundwork of every further and more perfect manifestation of our national life ; but hence , also , the unavoidable necessity of not contenting ourselves with aiming at those objects of ¦ our former endeavour , but stamping our subsequent efforts with that new character , which national life has assumed in its further developement . II . That the insurrection of Cracow , as denned by the manifesto of the 22 nd of February , 1846 , was such further developement , improvement , and progress of the movement began in 1830 . That , although maligned b y the enemies of progress and popular lights , it still remains a holy manifestation ot' the national will , thought and feeling , and , although apparently destroyed by the snares of Prussian police and massacres of Austrian assassins , it lives in and

      sways the hsartsoftlie Polish people who are henceforth determined to adhere in all future struggles for their emancipation , to the principles contained in the above-named manifesto . That the revolution of Cracow , by abolishing all privileges and class distinctions , " by endowing the agricultural classes with landed property ( a princip le diametrically opposite to that communistic tendency of which it has been falsely accused ) has laid down the basis of the future life of Poland , has satisfied the exigenciesof hernational existence , perfected therevolution commenced in 1830 , and thus proved herself to be advanced in the march of national progression . III . That the Polish people , as a people , has not participated in the massacres perpetrated in Gallicisi

      by the order of the Austrian government , paid by Austrian money , directed by Austrian officers , spies and soldiers in disguise , and performed by felons liberated for this purpose from Austrian jails ; that , therefore , the Polish people has not disgraced the national name nor history , and consequently not forfeited its rights to national sovereignty . That it was not popular revenge which prompted the assussins of the best friends of the people , since the proscription list , and the scale of rewards for the heads of the murdered , circulated by government-agents , contained especially such names and devoted guch to

      slaughter , as had for years , despite the opposition of government , bettered to their utmost the condition of the people , and resolved to turn the serfs of their own estates into freeholders , and , making common cause with them , to battle for the emancipation of the country . No , it was not the revenge of the people for oppression suffered at the hands of their landlords ; for it is a fact universally acknowledged and corroboborated by local evidence , that in no instance the peasants mardered their own masters ; but that these murders ' ^ ere perpetrated by bands of hired assassins , stranger * to the scene of massacre , to whom the seople offered , in many esses , a strong , and in some ,

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      a successful , resistance . Still further in defence of Polish honour , 'Poland ' s hopes , and of the cause of right and truth , " we solemnly assert before'the world the innocence of the people , and the guilt of Wetternich and Austria . These , and these only , are answerable for the blood of the murdered in ( jallicia , equally as the Czars were for the deaths of the victims who fell at Human and Praga . Therefore , we greet the entire Polish people as brothers . Tbe nationality of Poland has gained a great and sure foundation by acknowledging the rights of the people ; arid when Poland marshals her sons she must conquer , for since the manifesto of Cracow we have a fatherland that is no longer the country of a mere class , but also the fatherland of the whole Polish people . . , .

      IV . Finally , we declare that Russia and Prussia are , equally with Austria , the murderers of Poland , the executioners of her children , and that those who suffer for the cause of Poland , under the dreadful inquisitions , on the racks , in the dungeons , and on tbe scaffolds of Russia and Prussia , are martyrs to the rights of their fatherland , equally with those who perished in the massacres , or by the decrees of Austria . We further declare that the open or secret adherents of any of those governments who took part in the partition of Poland , are participators in their criminality , no matter under what disguise , and that these unnatural children of Poland deserve the greatest curse , who , availing themselves ol the public indignation against Austria , appeal to the meanest of passions , to fear and selfishness , in order to allure their

      countrymen jnro tbe snares of Muscovite or Prussian policy . andthnsstrenghentheyokcofthesetwousurpers . This meeting moreover resolves to publish the above resolutions in tne English language , with a faithful translation of the manifesto of the 22 nd of February , from the Polish original , in the hands of the Central Committee of the Polish Democratic Society , and a list of the principal murders committed in Gallicia by the Austrian Government . The meeting authorised their President and Secretary to carry this resolution intoefl ' ect , and solicit the English press to give publicity to the above . E . STANIEWICZ , Chairman . X . FINK , Secretary .

      PUBLIC MEETING OF THE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE FOR POLAND'S REGENERATION . On Monday evening last , November 80 th , a public meeting of the members and friends of the above Committee , took place at the German Society ' s hall of meeting , Drury-lane . Ernest Jones , E ? q ., President of the Committee , w ;» 9 called to the chair , and opened the business bv a brief but eloquent address on the wrongs of Poland , and the duty of all nations to unite together to rescue that country from her spoliators and oppressors . His remarks were heartily applauded . The following resolutions were unanimeusly adopted : — Mored by Mr , Keenj seconded by Mr , M « y , and supported by M . Michelot ;—

      I . That holding in horror and detestation the several acts of spoliation committed by tbe Russian , Austrian , and Prussian despotisms , known in history as the partition * of Poland ; this meeting recognises the Involution of tbe 29 thof November , 1830 , as a sacred manifestation on the part of the Polish people in vindication of their inalienable right to independence and freedom ; and this meeting venerating the heroes and martyrs who fought , fell , and hare suffered , in , and since that revolution , declares its sympathy with tbe survivors of that struggle , and its resolution to kid them by every possible means in promoting the object of their missiou . Moved b y Mr . C . Schapper , seconded by Mr . E . Stallffoud , and supported by Mr . II . Bauer

      ;—II . That whil « regarding with veneration the heroic efforts of the Polish , patriots of 1830 , this meeting considers the insurrection at Cnicovv , on tbe 22 nd of February , 1846 , as the manifestation of a more democratic movement , because maile not only in support of the national independence of Poland , but also in support of the equal rights of' the entire Polish people ; and this meeting accepting tbe Cracow manifesto as the Charter of Polish liberty , rejoices to learn that tli « said m&utfMtO lias been adopted by the great mass of the exiled heroes who poured out their blood in the struggle of 1830 ; anil this meeting recommends to the British people the propriety of signalising the 22 nd of February , 1847 , by some public demonstration in behalf of Poland aud the principles oftheCraco rr manifesto . Mored by Mr . Julian Harney , and seconded by Mr . H . Ross : —

      III . That this meeting invokes the just hatred of all nations againsc the Austrian murderers of the assassinated victims in Gallieia ; and this meeting regarding the recent aeizure of the KepuUic of Cracow by Austria , to be not only the crowning ; act of the long list of atrocities committed by Polands ' s spoliators , but also a gross aud irreparable violation of the " Treaty of Vienna , " declares that treaty to be no longer binding upon EurOpti ; and , therefore , considers that the Government of Great Britain is now at liberty to fulfill the desires of the national ivili , by insisting upon the restoration not of Cracow only , but of Poland , to the full extent of her ancient boundaries . On the motion of Messrs . Moy and Bailey , a subcommittee was appointed to draw up an uddre-s to the British people , founded on the foregoing resolutions ; the said sub-committee being authorised to publish the " Address , " and also the above resolutions .

      It was further resolved that a copy of the above resolutions should be transmitted to Lord Palmerston . It having been announced that the Fraternal Democrats would assemble on next Monday erening , at eight o ' clock , in the same room , for the purpose ot ' adopting an Address in reply to the French Djmociats , the meeting concluded by singing the " Marseillaise . " [ We have received a report of the speeches delivered at the above meeting , which want of room prevents ua giving ; they were of a most determined character , and were must enthusiastically responded to ]

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      INDIA AND CHINA . The political atims , here , which was clouded at the date of the last despatch by the prospt . ee of serious disturbances in Cashmere , a ^ ain presents a comparatively tranquil aspect . The troops of the Maharajah , have , by repeated successes , retrieved the reverses originally encountered by them . Tho Sheik Emnum-ood-Deen has sent in hu submission ; and , in evidence of the sincerity and peacetulness of his intentions , has caused the siege of Hurree 1 ' urvut to be raised . Not trusting to appearances , however suspicious , the Governor-General has directed the military arrangements commenced in apprehension ot an active campaign to be continued until every thing be satisfactorily concluded .

      An insurrection in Bhopal , which threatened seri-0 U 3 const quenees , has been suppressed by force of arms . The insurgents were miserably slaughtered . The Madras monsoon has been ushered in by a hurricane of . unusual violence and a deluge of rain—nu less than seventeen and a half inches of fall , twothirds of the EnglUb , i ' all for one year , Laving occurred witnin twenty-four hours . The celebrated AkUtmr Khan has found a wife in the person of the daughter of the Ruler of Herat . The nuptials had been celebrated with much ceremony and magnificence .

      CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . The latest accounts from the Cape afford no greater prospect of settlement than those wliicii brought the tirst intelligence of the Ksiliir irruption . They were still prosecuting their forays with unchecked success and impunity . The retaliatory inroads into Kaflirland had been productive of nothing bat great losses in horses and cattle . A considerable portion of the burgher levies had returned to their homes in disgust . The Govcrnor , ; dcscrted by Sir Andrew Stockenstrom and Colonef Hare , was preparing for fresh incursions into the country of Creili , falsely and prematurely announced to have been pacitied .

      FRANCE . Distress , and with it riot and disorder , seems to make progress in France . Serious disturbances have occurred at Cliateaurenault , and Azay-le-liideau , in consequence of the dearness of provisions . Wheat is still rising in price . SPAIN . Everything seems to announce the approach of the long louked-lorj Carlist movement in Spain . All at once money appears to be abundant , and arms and ammunition are pouring into Navarre , Catalonia , and the Maestrazgo . Bands of Carlists are openly showing themselves in several provinces , who are daily joined by numbers of young men included in the Quinta ( conscription . ) On their banners these bands display the inscription : — " Carlos VI ! The Constitution of 1837 ! Dc-ith 10 the tributary system !"

      POLAND . The Augsburgh Gazette of the 25 th of November contains tho following letter from Vienna : — " The intelligence from Galicia gives rise to a great dealof uneasiness . Tbe presence of the great number of troops has increased the scarcity . Three xaoro regiments are to be stationed in Oalicia . 'i'lie occupation of the country is as complete as possible . Soldiers are quartered in the villages . " The Gazette adds : — " All the emissaries of the Propaganda have not done one-tenth part what the Polish ladies have ; and if the Poles were disposed to remain quiet , the Polish ladies would not allow it . This is one of the features of the Polish character . " The Mf orme says t — " All . superior schools in Poland contained fomerlyefghttijasses . tw <> of which had for their especial ob jec ^ tb ^ . p i % » iS ^* youn ^ men fox

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      the Universities . These two classes have been recently abolished , and as nobody ~ is admitted to the Universities unless be has gone through these classes , those Polish youths who devote themselves to the learned professions , must henceforth ^ get their preparatory instruction in the gymnasiums of Russia . " The VoitGaxtlle , of the 26 th ult ., states , from Warsaw , that an extraordinary levy of recruits has taken place there , under circumstances of great rigour . It is asserted that the young men were torn from their families during . the night , and marched to distant parts , from which they are never expected to return . .

      UNITED STATES AND MEXICO . The steamer Britannia arrived at Liverpool , on Tuesday , bringing news from New York and Phi ' adelphia to the 15 th ult ., and from Boston and Halifax to the 18 th ult . The latest accounts from Monterey are dated October 10 General Taylor had commenced to quarter hims If upon the enemy . Santa Anna was said to be at San Luis Potosi , ordering the forts of Saltillo to be dismantled , withdrawing all supplies from General Taylor ' s route , destroying the water tanks , and preparing to adopt the Guerilla system of defence . The papers by this arrival contain the names of all the American officers and privates killpd and wounded at the siege of Montery , on the 21 st , 22 nd , and 23 rd of September , from which we find the aggregate number put down as 482 , viz ., killed 126 , wounded 356 .

      An extract from the New Orleans Picayune , contains letters from the American squadron , dated off Anton Ligardo , October 13 , 16 , and 25- The letters mention some particulars of another attack on Alvarado , which appears to have been unsuccessful . The United States squadron were compelled to retreat , being unable to stand the enemy ' s twelvegun battery . An attack on Tobnsco wns content , plated , and several vessels under the command of Commodore Perry left Anton Lizardo , on the 16 th of October , for that purpose . The accounts from ^ fe ! t ! co extend to tho 1 st of October . The news of the capture of Monterey had reached the capital , but did not create any great feeing of dis onragement on the part either of the people or the Gnvernment . An enthusiasm in defence of their country , and a desire to rid the Mexican soil of the American invaders , had t&ken universal possession of the people .

      Gener-il Salast , the Acting President to the people of Mexico , has issued a _ proclamation , annonncinc the loss of Monterey . It is dated Mexico , September 30 , 1846 . Gen . Sa'as informs the people of Mexico that the Government is determined to triumph or perish with , the republic , and . calls upon them not to suffer themselves to be annihilnted as a nation .

      THE ELECTIONS . Elections have been held , within the la t fortnicht . in the states of New York , Massachusetts , New Jersey , Michigan . Ioway , and Delaware , with the following results : — New York has just elected a Whig Governor toy a majority of 10 , 000 votes ; also 22 of the 34 members of the next or thirtieth Congr-ss of the United Slates . Pennsylvania has elected a Whig canal commissioner , 3 Whip state legislature , and a decided majority of Whig members of Congress . New Jersey has elected a Whig legislature , and four Whig members of Congress to one administration . Iowa ( a new State ) as far as our returns go , has elected a Whijf governor and a "Whig legislature / This secures the election of two Whigs to the Uni-od States Senate . Delaware has elected the whole Whig ticlcet , with the exception of Governor ,

      Massacliusets has gone entirely Whig , both in State and national elections . Ohio , a Whig governor , and a majority of Whigs in Congress .

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      IRELAND . The accounts from this unhappy portion of the empire indicate increasing distress , and a renewal' of those symptoms of popular discontent , which were so universal a few weeks ago . The following seleotions from the daily papers will give an idea of the

      STATE OF TITE COUNTRT . Dunu . v , Nov . 28 . —The accounts from the provinces this morning are truly alarming : outrages and destitution are both on the increase . In several localities the peasantry appear to be on the very eve of insurrection ; and what renders this state of affairs still more alarmineis the general armament of the people in the very districts where the scarcity and suffering are most pressing-. The Kerry Examiner of th \ s day . sxys that on Wednesday a large body of people , numbering about five or six thousand , arrived in Listiwel , shouting out " Broad or blood , " and proceeded in the greatest state of excitement to attack the workhouse , which is situated about an English half-mile from thesqaare

      of the town , with the intention oi forcibly helpme themselves to whatever provisions they might find within the building . Fortunately the Rev . Mr . Mahony , the parish priest , was engased at the time in the convent , which stands close to the workhouse , and , on perceiving the yast multitude approach , he rushed out and threw himself into the midst of them . He earnestly and vehemently reasoned and remonstrated , but in vain , until at length the Rpv . gentleman , overcome and exhaustsd by exertion and nervous apprehension of the consequences that threatened to ensue , sank down and fainted . The people ot the neighbourhood , who hitherto were mere spectators , became alarmed , and , wildly'appealing to the tumultuous assemblage , asked them "Did they mean to kill the priest ? " This appeal , backed

      by the sight before them of the reverend parish priest and minister of Heaven stretched in a faint , as if his spirit had fled , in his efforts to dissuade them from their foolish and dangerous proceedings , had an immediate effect on their minds . They forgot their hunger , assumed a sodden calmness , and at length departed quietly . The poor unhappy people presented all the appeswance of want . Their bodies could scarcely be said to be clothed , and their pallid visages showed what ravages gaunt famine had already made on their health and manly vigour . Heaven only knows when these things arc to end , for it is to be feared we have yet scarcely seen even the beginning of the misery that awaits our unhappy people . Alarming State of Clark . — Letfer from a gentleman in Clare to his friends in Dublin : —

      The appalling extent of the ruin which I see in progress induces me to put you in possession of some facts con neuted with the present proceedings in ' this county , which you are at liberty to use as you think proper . The weekly expenditure in this county at present is , lam told , about £ 16 , 000 , and an iiisuna rour for more work . About one-eight of the population are employed at roadand other similar works , and all other employment entirely neglected . Not one step mane in the direction of a provision for reproductive employment , except the drainage of large

      rivers . The amount of labour is so great as to be beyond tbe control of the staff employed , or indeed of any staff . Enormous sums are wasting , without any adequate effect being produced ; and in a short time , even with this abuse , nearly every useful road work tbat a country would require for a century will be completed , and no step taken to provide otlier useful work , so that entirely useless road works will be undertaken , if there is not provision made in , nt farthest , two months . I need not say that such a systt m if calculated to bring imn on the country with no little celerity .

      Under the present state of fueling among the peasantry , the congregation of them in Iurge masses on the roads is a great evil , and the spread of illegal etmt ' ederaeies is much facilitated . The minds of the great body of the people are entirely abstracted from their industrial pursuits ; and it is needless to say that if employed in the improvement of land the peasantry and small farmers would be trumed to their own works , and their minds cnguged In the coustderation of subjects more desirable than those which , I fear , now occupy them . I assure you I am quite dispirited , as I cannot shut my eyes to the spread of the elements of extensive ruin around the country , and only two classes , one rushing with insane eiirgcruess , and the oilier appalled , stupi&ed , and inactive , or unable to stem the torrent .

      Dublin , Nov . 29 . —The statements , from newspapers of all parties , during the last week w two , respecting the general arming of the peasantry and the open trade in tire-arms and ammunition ,, exhibit tho most alarming feature in the condition * of this country . Outrages are daily becoming isapre frequent arid more daring in character , perpetrated by vagabonds who are not distressed , but who make the general destitution of the poor peasantry a pretext for their atrocious proceedings . Cork . —Tile Cork Constitution , recewedfthis morning , contains the following startling statements : —

      GtENQABBiFf , Nov . 24 . —I beg to semi jcgui a 6 ri » e state , ment of a very unpleasant affair that oucurred to that benevolent and venerable nobleman , the Karl o £ Bantry , at his residence at GKngmiff yesterday ,. Sfiioday , November 23 rd instant , at one o ' clock pjii . A large body of men , or mob , riotously and tumultuously assembled in the neighbourhood , and proceeded to duinaaii from hi » lordship , in a violent and threatening voiro mid manner , work , food , or uinney , or , as a man of the name of Cash an declared aloud , if not provided forthwith , he should get a gun , which words Mr . Liwton , whe ^ wit h his Jordship ^ j agent , Mr . Payne , was . preaeal , instantly committed to writing , and so fur-faomboiaa intimidated , his

      lordship arrtBttd the three ringleaders , and gave them into the custodj of Mr . P * yne , who . \ % a -magistrate of tue county , to lodge them with th » police for trial at the next petty sessions . Mr .. Puyna lodged them nt Kconsaeen barracks accordingly , ftw transmission to Bantry Brideweit , when the same mob followed , attacked the policy rescued the prlioners , and curried them off , handouffg and all . There- are now three prisoners , subsequently Arrested by the police , and identified as the assailants and resellers , in Bantry Bridewell for trial-Many of the de&KJu . enti were tolerably rich farmers , wills cows , land , and Band boats , under-tenants on his ltBK&iiiu ' s , « &A »; and most of the others , workmen of

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      Air . Eccles , of the hotel atReenmeen , who left their em ployment for tho purpose of joining tne mob . Not a man of them would have been' eligible to work on any poblic road , and none of them in want or destitution . Limerick . —The Limerick Chronicle contains the folio wins ? : — Attempt it Mcrdeb . — On Wednesday affer . noon , as George Walton , Bsq , Ballyshecn , county Clare , was-walking in the vicinity of his residence , ho was suddenly assailed by three armrd ruffians , disguised in femals dress , with their faces blackened , one of whom plncea the muzzle of a gun at the breast of his unarmed victim . Mr . Walton , fuarinc the intention was to deprive him of life , which the villain threatened , graoped the gun , anil pushed it from him ; upon which another ruffian stepped forward and knocked him down , Mr . Walton still holding the Run . One of the ruffians

      whilst he was prostrate , struck him several times with the but-end of the gun , inflicting two ' severe woun < U on rte head , and one also on the car . They then depnrted , leaving him bleeding profusely , and almost insensible from this brutal and unexpected assault . No reason can be assigned for the perpetration of this outrnge against a most inoffensive gentleman , and one who , for many years , has given employment to the people iti Ills neitrlibnurhood . One of the assailants when leaving , said , " Take that for not keeping your corn . " But this ob . smati'Hi rould not strictly apply , as Mr . Walton has not sent a load of corn to markfit this season—they could only allude to his having sold the morning of that day alonfl of corn , considerably Vielow tho market price . tO the Relief Committee of Six-mile-bridge , for the benefit of tbe neighbourhood . The Limerick Examiner adds : —

      On leaving Mr . Walton , his hrutafaasniiants passed on to a plnca about 150 ynrds off , where nbout forty persons were employed by the Board of Works . Here they cried out , "Heads down ! " and fired over the people . They then relnnded , and passed on without any molestation being offered them .

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      ¦ Public Works —Dkstitution . —In ennsrquence of the many complaints of mismanagement , whether as repnrds the conduct of relief oommittpe . i nr tho subtmlinoit 1 officers emp ' oyed by the Board nf Works , the Lords ofgthe Treasury have appointed the Wlnwinor to he inspectors nf the relief committee * in Ire « land : — Lienr .-Colonel Dongas . Lient .-Oolonel llavvcy . Captain Reid , late 45 th , Captain Stonford , R . N . Captain Reid , who is Appointed inspector ef the district through Kerry , h » 3 arrived at Killarney . The business of the inspectors will he to report on the nonf )» ct . of tho officers of the Board of Works of all stations employed through Ireland . There are again many complaints of dreadful destitution and alihoueh the Board of Works have now nearly 200 . 000 persons employed , there are alls for more works on districts were the Labour-rate Act is not vet in oporation .

      The Gnbuay Mercury thus described the progress of destitution in that town : — One of tbe most convincing proofs we have yet had of the progress of starvation and misery among our people ¦ a to be found in the fact , that no less a number than 2 G 2 individuals applied on Wednesday List for admission Into the union workhouse . For tho last few weeks we found an increase in the amount of wn-tched hein . es who presented themselves for succour in this asylum , but we ? were really startled at beholding tbe mas * of destitution which wn « presented to our view at the last meeting of tlie G-ilway guardians . There the miserable crowd stood , age . manhood , and infancy huddled togethor , wit ) i eaunt famine in their countenances—with every evidence of want and hunger in tbeir cmaciatei ^ fi'amPS , beseeching rnmibers of thebonrd to tako them into this last resort of an Irsh peasant .

      When it is known what is th ° repuRtianee of the lower orders to avail themselves of tbe advantages provided by the T . ogiRUlure by t . K 6 6 t \! ictMent 6 f the Pnor-rolief Act , and when it is borne in mind that no term of reproach bad , hitherto , half the disgrace attached to it as that of beine the inmate o a workhouse , we must conclude that all ( lie resources which , before norc were resorted to , have been dried up , that noloneer can the people oon < trive to make out a morsel of breftd for tbeir starving famalics , and ( bat they have reached the very ut rosfc extent of misery and want .

      Coustt of Donegal . —Bailtshasnov , Nov . 2 ? — We have heard of several other outrages in the vicinity of this town since our last publication . Some cows and" sheep have been

      The Deaths from Starvation at SKiniJEnFE \ . —• The inquests on the bodies of the three men reported to have died of starvation , wero held in the Courthouse of Slcibbercen on Thursday , before the County Coroner and a respectable Jury , and the result certainly goes to substantiate the cbanre nf neglect so frequently imrcrl aeainst the Board of Works . After a patient investigation , the Jury brought the followins verdict : — " We find that deceased , Denis Bo \ li . ine , ( l " crl on the 11 th instant , on the road at Drishane . from wnnt of food , occasioned by his not having received the fortnight ' s wages due to him on tbo Traenminarnad . " Ttib Rns for Fibe-Arms . —There appears to be no abatement in this last " popular movement , " all thfi provincial journals bearing witness to the unprecedented briskness in the gun trade . The Wesu ineixth Guardian

      says" The sale of fire-arms is become a general trade in mos * . of the provine ' al towns in the country . Formnrlv there was but one licensftd hoiue for the sale <> f fire-arms in this town , and , from the limited , number of customers , it afforded but an indifferent business . Since the Arms Act was allowed to expire two others have sprung into existence , and all are doin n n first-rate trade , several crises have been imported from Birmingham . There is no scruple made hv the country people about carrying them home . The p'llice . we hope , will keep an eye to business at the several stations , as no doubt , ere long , the Government will be giving a premium for taking them up . " The Flowing letter appears in the Corh Examiner ;—

      " Clonmel , Nov . 25 . —Maior General his Royal Iliirhness Trince Genrse of Cambridge arrived hero on Monday fi ora Bpsbnrough House , the residence of his Excellency the Lmd Lieutenant , where he had been on a visit . I unders'and the object of his risifc was to make inquiries respecting the erecti-m of extra stabling for cavalry , which he directed to have commenced forthwith ; the gun-sheds in the Artillery-birracks are to bo converted into that purpose , to the extent of affording accommodation fop forty horses . Mr . Corkrap , of FetWd , hns been declared contractor by the Board of Ordnance for the extensive new works and alterations in the Infant ry-barrncks which are to be commenced next week . In addition to this the Board of Ordnance have

      retained , and fitted up , at much expense , Mr . Bianconi ' s premises in Bap well street , ns a barrack , which is at present occupied by tho 34 th depot . Those precautions would seem to intimate that the Government feared an outbreak ; the people , on the othr hand , appear to he quite as dctermino- ' , and seem desirous of nnt being found unprepared , should tl ' . eir necessities < lrive hem to commit outrages , for they are purchasing arms and ammunition in every direction ; in 1 ' act , the gun-trade is the nvwt prosperous one in the country at ' ho prppnnt timer indeed , supplies cannot be obtained half quick enmisrh . Lord John hail better look to the matter wnilte he has yet time , or he will find , when too h ^ e , that his policy of non-intervention will have the envoi of

      producing the most disastrous results , it is in the power ef the Government to avert sueh a catastrophe , by adnptinsr pn-er and energetic measures for affording cheap f « m' to the . Vanim : mass s . Tho landlords and merchants should al = o exert themselves to the utmost to aid the poorer- clnssrs . in place of grinding them down by tyranny ami extortion ; fortHv may rest assured , should tin- Irish millions be driven to pUrenzv by fiinin « . that all England ' s disposable army wimld he inadequate to protect them . Ap'liticnl outbreaki * Rarful onnsgh , but it wilt bear no ana logy to that produced by famine . The very contemplation af the idea is frightful . Besides , the appearance of starving men is always sure to eommand svmpatbv , and it will not

      be perhaps always sa ' e to depen < J « n military or police-for the ? subjection , na a uniform coat c « nnot subdue the feelings of the hearty and that mast be enllous . indent , which fan feel nosvmpathy for men Mveaby madness and despair to commit lawless aggressions . Those sentiments are nnt written by way of menace , but with the hope ef attracting the attention of those who have tbe power to avert the frightful calamity to whieh 1 refer , symptoms of which have already shown themselves in this neighbourhood , in the attack of a eart laden with Hour which was being conveyed from this town to 1 ? tit hard on Monday , from which four sacks out of six wero taken . 1 fear this i * only the prelude to greater aggressions . God grant I mifiht bo mistaken .

      REPEAL ASSOCIATION . The weekly meeting of the association w as held oil Monday , Ambrose O'Sullivan , Esq ., T . C ., m the Mr O'Conhbll rose and announcced that the jocount ' of the association had jint been audited and a balance struck , and he regretted to be ob . god to say that the balance was in his ( Mr . O Connell o ) favour , and mouatedto £ 97 10 a . 8 d . The secretory , Hu

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      On Sunday week , whilo Mr . Finucano , of Ballymncooda , and his family were at chapel , two shots were fired through the windows of the hmiso . There was a funeral passing at tbe time , and aJtliousrh every inquiry wng made , no knowledge could ba gained of the offenderg . Messrs . ITencntlc and Rnss , active members of tha Palliskeni-y Rnliet Fund , who receiver ! l .-tters threatening their lives if they did not afford employ to wealthy fiirmers' horses , have given in their resignation .

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      n . ^ iiBER 5 , 18 * g , THE NORTHERN STAR , 7 ^^^ i » v _ 11 . " ... j ^ ssass , ¦«

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 5, 1846, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1395/page/7/