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      of Austria ; and lie did tUisin the fear of His being induced , by physical tortures , which they in Austria do apply , to reveal certain secrets . A . few days ago , another man of the party , not a personal friend of mine , but an extremely -well-known medical man o ' f Lodi , in lombardy , endeavoured to cut his throat , and did half succeed , in the moment of his passing the threshhold of an Austrian prison . Everywhere , indeed in Italy , men are being arrested en masse—at Milan , at Verona , and at Mantua . 220 prisoners at Mantua Jiave been beaten in their prison with sticks until they have bled . ( Sensation . ) That is a fact' communicated by them to their families , they writing this information to their families in blood on their linen . Ijsay , a ^ ain that in presence of such facts it is almost impossible for me , an

      Italian , to speak . You may depend on it that this mass of crimes and of cruelties , which call back to memory the darkest times of the middle ages , will pass away and will finish . —( Great cheering . ) They will finish uuder the influence of the popular party . Still , though we have hope , itis ] sadto think of these men dying thus , now . I remember our young officers , who were killed by the African sharpshooters , dying with a smile radiating on their countenances ; for they died with the flag of liberty waving over their heads , with Some not yet fallen , and with the belief that Eome was being saved perhaps by their blood . That was sad , but it was not so completely sad as the fate of those men at Sinigaglia , at Ancona , and at Mantua . These latter died shouting " Long live Italy , long live the Republic , " and that is glorious ; but I cannot help thinking that they

      had moments extremely sad before dying ; for they must have had some knowledge of what was passing in the world , and they could have little hope in beholding Europe apparently drifting together into reaction . They could see a Republic like Switzerland driving the exiles , Italian and French , beyond her frontiers , and appeasing French envy by suppressing books like that of Victor Hugo s " Kapoleon le Petit . " They saw likewise Piedmont , a constitutional country , confiscating in the same way these books of Victor Hugo . They saw Belgium with a ministry one half retrograde , about to introduce a law restraining the liberty of the press , merely with the object of conciliating Louis Napoleon ; and , looking further , their last hopes must have disappeared in seeing a Torv Ministry allied with the absolute power ? , so far as her external relations are

      concerned in England herself . —( Loud cheers . ) Thus there was not a single bright spot on which their eyes could rest as they were dying , and that , I feel , is extremely sad . At all events our duty is known , We shall endeavour to fulfil it . But ? our duty , as you have been told before from this platform , is not merely to applaud , but also to act . It seems to me that there is a disease in the political life of England ; it is not perversity , but apathy—a want of equipoise between thought and action . It is a Hamlet-like state of mind you are suffering from , in which you think well , and yet eannot act well ; in which there is found a sort of impossibility to bring into harmony the realisation and the idea . Certainly , if we could go round Eng-Jand and interrogate Englishmen , your vast people and public would be found

      sympathising with those principles which you encourage here . But , if you were to test that by an appeal for actiou—if you were even to propose even so little as a one shilling subscription to aid this cause , you would meet with but little success . That is not reluctance , it is indolence and apathy . Let us , however , ask the possible to be done . Here is a petition I am going to introduce to you . It concerns Rome—Rome being the centre and the representative of our Italian patriotic cause . This petition will go to the House of Commons , and will there , perhaps , with other petitions , sink into oblivion . But do not let it . You , each of you , as you go home , can become yourselves a centre of action for sustaining this appeal to your parliament by obtainiug similar shorter petitions signed by tens or twenties , or one hundreds ; and I ask you , if yon did this , and if the

      movement spread from hamlet to hamlet , and from town to town , would there not be an effect ? ( Loud cheers . ) In the middle ages there was a superstition that when a murderer walked over the grave of his victim , the hands of the murdered one would be lifted up within the grave . Let the victims of despotism do so . We raise up our hands ; aud you Englishmen should raise up both your hands in behalf of us Italians , holding in one of your hands the despatch in which Lord Normanby , your ambassador at Paris , avows that the instructions of his government were that England had the same objects as the French government in the invasion of Rome , and holding in the other hand this petition or some such petition as this . ( Loud cheers . ) Let you Englishmen say , " There have been murders committed , and , Pilate-like , we must wash our hands of them . " These are youvduties ; for us Italians I say , still trust us . ( Loud cheers . )

      M . Mazzixi then read a petition to the House of Commons , the adoption of which was carried unanimously . [ This petition will be given in next Saturday ' s Stab of Freedom . ] Professor Xewmas moved the next resolution , hailing the union between the nations of Italy and Hungary . He said if there ever was to arise in Europe any extended nationality it must evidently spring from the people . As for Italy she had every element of nationality ; she was national in language , national in literature , national in aspects and in aspiratipns ; and if she had not been one politically it was the faulf of foreign invaders . ( Hear , hear . ) It was clearly not in the kingly form that Italy could hope for any respite from her sufferings . Mr . H . Paeey seconded the resolution , which was put and carried unanimously .

      Loud cries being here raised of "Kossuth , " and the chairman and M . Mazzini apparently beseeching him , though he was clearly reluctant , to address a , few words to the meeting . M . Kossuth came forward , and was met by deafening rounds of cheers . He spoke as follows : —Believe me , ladies and gentlemen . I feel deeply , very deeply sensible of your kindness , and of the value of that interest which you manifest for the cause of Italy and Hungary . I thank yon for this manifestation the more because , in consonance with the resolution just now adopted , I feel entitled to take such a manifestation , no only for an acknowledgment , but for an approval of the brotherly fraternisation and alliance between the nation of Italy and the nation of Hungary . ( Loud cheers . ) And in that respect my best answer , I

      believe is , that thus —[ Here M . Kossuth extending his hand across the table , seized that of M . Mazzini , who stood up and z'eciprocatud the proof of amity ot " course amid the immensest applause of the meeting]—that tlius I take up the hand of my friend and brother , Mazzini ; and as I stand here before God and you , hand in hand with him , so depend upon if the world will yet see the people of Italy and the people of Hungary not only standing up , but also marching on , side by side and hand in hand , till those fair parts of the world are restored to the natural , impresciiptable , and inalienable right of every nation to be free , to be independent , and to have to exercise the sovereign right of every nation to regulate according to its own wiil , its own domestic concerns ; and to set up and se

      down , and to alter and to change , when it will and how it will , its own government . ( Tremendous cheering . ) As to the rest , obedient to your call I have risen , but only for the purpose , to apologize for not making a speech . There is a time and a season for everying in the world . There is a time and a season to speak , and there is a time and a seasod to be silent . You English ave happy . You may hope to carry all that you require by the peaceful means of the free -wotd . For us we can carry nothing with words . And therefore I have taken in consequence of my duty I have taken—the rule , that for the future I have only a single speech , which is reserved for the due time , and depend upon it to be spoken in due time ; and that only speech that I have in future is " Up , boys ' and at them—follow me . ''

      % * Friends in the course of collecting monies will oblige by forwarding the supscriptions prior to the meeting on the 17 th . Monies received by the Committee from November 2 nd to November 11 th inclusive : — £ s . d . Mr . James Watson I 0 0 J . F . Glossop ..... 0 2 6 A Friend per Walter Cooper 0 10 0 Mr . Blankeston , Middlfisboro , per ditto 0 15 6 T . Smith , Whitechurcli 0 1 0 An English Slave , per Julian Harney . at the Blum

      Anniversary 0 2 6 George Wilson , Leeds , 0 10 0 Cheltenham Republican Association 0 2 6 J . Russell , Rye . ; .... 0 1 6 David Frost , Rotherham 0 10 J . De Cogan ( Weekly Subscription ) 0 0 6

      The concluding phrase of the sentence produced overwhelming applause . " Until , ' ' added M . Kossuth , "I have an occasion to deliver that speech I will have none else , So am I done with oratory . " The meeting immediately after broke up .

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      Fiksbury Manhood Suffrage Association . —The members met at their Committee-rroom , on Sunday , Xov . 7 th , Mr . Lombard , in the chair . The Secretary announced the week ' s subscriptions , as follows : —A Friend of Progress , 2 s . 6 d . ; collected at members' meeting , 5 s . 6 d . Mr . Johnson reported that the committee were making arrangements for the new hall , and will complete the same by the next meeting . Mr . Morrison opened the debate on the practicability of the formation of a national party , and after a long and interesting conversation , it was agreed that the subject be adjourned until the

      next meeting ; and that the committee be requested to make arrangements for calling a meeting of all friends favourable to the object . The members are informed that the meetings of this association will be held on ths usual nights , at the Magnet Coffee House , St . James Walk , Clerkenwell , until the arrangement for the new Institute can be completed . City LoCALrrY , ~ November 6 th , certain resolutions of instruction to the delegates representing this locality at any other locality were adopted : and after the transaction of some other business the meeting adjourned .

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      CO-OPERATIVE , Cumnock Provision Store . —The quarterly meeting of the Society was held on Monday evening , the 8 th instant , in the Free Church school-room . The President , Mr . John Smith , having taken the chair ; the Auditor , Mr . James Crawford , read his report , from which it appeared that the sales for the quarter amounted to £ 100 5 s 5 d . It will be remarked , no doubt , that the sales have fallen off considerably , but this is accounted for by the fact of the Iron Works in the neighbourhood being closed for some time , owing to which many of tha members have had to leave the place , and seek work elsewhere , The report having been approved of , and the monthly committees elected , the meeting separated .

      Co-operation in Galashieis . ~ A quarterly meeting of the members of the Provision Store Company was held in the Black Bull Inn Assembly Eoom , on the evening of Wednesday last . Reports from each of the branches ' were read and approved of . The reports showed a slight decrease in the amount of sales , as compared with other periods , but no diminution in the amount of profits , proving that a high per centage levied on the the distribution of the goods is injurious in its operation , and though returned to the members at the termination of the financial year , it has the immediate effect of driving them to procure provisions in other shops nominally cheaper at the time . Other reasons were assigned for this decrease , viz ., a frequent inferiority in point of quality , a want of variety , and often inadequate supply , as compared with other shops in the town .

      Complaints on these heads were forcibly urged on the attention of the managers , so that improvement in each particnlar may be anticipated in future . The report from the butcher-meat department showed an unsatisfactory state of things . It is not receiving that support from the members of the sociriy which was looked for at the commencement , and , in consequence , is barely clearing its own expenses . The chief reason given for this , is the ' out-of-the-way situation of the premises , and the very objectionable entrance thereto . With a view to ascertain whether such is really the cause , or whether an establishment for the " distribution" of butchers on the co-operative principle is not one of this place , it was propssed and carried , that premises in a more favourable situation of Ihetown be secured . If no better support be then given , it will be found necessaov to dis .

      continue that branch of the business altogether . It is to be regretted that anything , either in respect of management or unfavorable situation , should intervene to obstruct the development of the co-operative principles in practice . It may give habits of self-reliance to working men as a class ; in their efforts to work it out , they may acquire correct notions of political economy ; it will familiarise them with the conduct of public business and commercial operations and instruct them in the discipline of public life ; and , more , it confers municipal franchise , and may extend its influence to national legislation In order to be prepared to take part in the forthcoming election of Police Commissioners six of the numbers—the number allowed bo the Burgh Aet , in virtue of rent paid—were elected at this meeting , to vote on behalf of the society . —Border Advertiser *

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      THEBINGLEY- MAD BULL AND THE POACHE ^^ On Monday week the quiet town of Keighly , Yorkshire was tl ' into a state of excitement and alarm , throuo-h the covardW i *? of that haram-scarum , Busfield Ferrand . The disturbance y of a poaching affair . It appears that early in the moraine or £° i ° the 24 th of October , Johnson , one of Ferrand ' s rabbit keener y > in contact with a gang of poachers , who , not much relishiL Came welcome a companion , and not wishing to be disturbed in th ^ ° UU "" turnal sport , took him and tied his hands fast to his feet an ? ? ° " his head fast amongst some dried leaves , to prevent him from maK a noise , and then went on with their poaching avocations . So r ^ after , his cries having attracted ^ attention of some passers bv 1 ^

      found in a state of complete exhaustion . His wrists having si to such an extent , that , in cutting them loose , they were obliJwiT the flesh . On Monday , the 1 st inst ., Mark Noble , William Towns ? ° ? and William Hudson , were brought before the Kei ghly mam stn ? charged with the offence . A rumour was afloat that the parties w innocent , and that the real perpetrators of the deed were not kn ^ to the gamekeepers ; accordingly , vast numbers attended to hear ? trial . Amongst others all the poachers from the nei ghbouring ' heio-11 After a long and protracted trial , they were held to bail , to ansA the charge at the ensuing sessions . During the examination M ^ the magistrates , the Court House was surrounded b y hundreds f people , most of them evidently strangers in the town . About tl

      o ' clock the pressure outside became so great , that the railing on tl court-house steps gave way , and a number of persons were preei - tated into the yard , fortunately no bones were broken . The dainT " done to the railing is about W . or 12 Z . After the business was oyp Mr . Ferrand and his keepers walked down the town together follow ? by vsome hundreds of people hooting and yelling , but evidently with no intention of mischief . Mr . Ferrand ' s courage however hpmn t « " ( not merel out of his ends" but

      ooze y ) " fingers , out of every ™ r t of his body , and the doughty champion of protection , sought refuge intliJ shop of Mr . Aked , bookseller . It must be admitted that there were somp few sinister looking characters in the crowd , and who havino- come from a distance , had walking-sticks in their hands . One would Imp thought however , that a man of such renowned bull-like' courage ' a J Farrand , would not have quailed before such materials . Yet such was the case .

      The mills having by this time poured forth their living tides the crowd rapidly began to accumulate , and the shouts and yells of the boys , added to those already at work , had certainly a terrifying as pect . Mr . Ferrand ' s excited imagination concluded that it was nothing less than a riot , and acordingly had the riot act read . The crowd not being of his opinion , and not understanding the nature of the riot act , refused to disperse . Instead of walking off to the railway station , and taking the train , and thus removing the cause of the disturbance , Mr . . Ferrand must play the aristocrat , and accordingly sent off a telegraphic dispatch for a detachment of soldiers from

      Bradford . Accordingly , about half-past ten o ' clock , about 150 of the 21 st regiment arrived ; in front of Mr . Aked ' s shop , where he was still concealed . The riot act was again read ; but as most of the crowd had been waiting to see the soldiers come in , and were utterly ignorant of having done anything wrong , they refused to go . Mr 1 errand finding that protection had arrived , rushed from his hiding place , and proceeded , with the aid of the constables , to make arrests This state of things soon caused the crowd to disperse , leaving about thirty prisoners m the hands of the authorities , who adjournd to the ourthouseit

      c - , then being past midnight ; and examined them , twenty-two of whom were set at liberty , leaving six in the hands of the police , tor further examination next morning . These six captives most of them boys , who had nothing to do with the cause of the disturbance , were marched under a strong military escort , to the courthouse , where after a trial of four hours , they were bound down to answer the charge of misdemeanor at the sessions . The whole of this disturbance was caused by Mr . Ferrand ' s cowardice . Had he taken no notice of the crowd , but left the town , no breach of the peace would have taken place .

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      Spanish ATnocmES .-Some of the Spanish journals contain details ot acts ot unnatural atrocity committed in that country , which are more worth y of Southern Africa than Southern Europe . A Granada journal states that the public executioner was about to Visit Villacarnllo m the discharge of his duty . The criminals who had been sentenced to die by his hand , and had confessed their crime , had seized on a person of some property , in the expectation of getting a good ransom from his family . They bound him hand and foot , and lett him exposed to the sun ' s rays , without food or drink , for three days ; at the end of that time they gave him some bread and water ; but at the end ot

      two days more , finding that the money did not come , they unbound him , and put a spade in his hand , compelling him to clig his own grave , and , when completed , ordered him to step into it . lne unfortunate victim , in vain , begged them to kill him . They bound him again , threw him into the grave , and pointing a sun at his head , killed him , and filled up the grave with the earth and stones which he had removed . Another case is before the court-martial sitting at Barcelona , to try four persons—one of them , Mauricio Beltran the son ot the murdered man , Jose Beltran , and three men , who are a part oi a gang employed by him to commit the crime ; they entered tne house ot the victim by the window , and seizing him , bound him and secured him by cords to hooks in the chimney over the lireand

      , burnt him too path . Tlio « mn 4 t »« . ; : ni a „ .. ± i . _ nui . ** a T .-ne burnt him to death . The court-martial met on the 18 th , and was still sitting on this case . The third and most extraordinary case ot all is that which occurred lately in Gallicia , in which the criminal , Manual Blanco , confessed to a long series of the most horrid crimes . It would appear that having previously committed several murders m the province of Leon , and beino- pursued by the courts there , he took refuge in the out-of-the-way village of Kebordechao , in trallicia , a village enclosed by mountains , and with very little communication with any other part ; there he practised great austerity , and by daily attendance at mass and constant readhwr of devout boob

      , &c , he acquired a reputation for great piety , and all the houses there were open to him . Affecting to have property at Santander , he availed-himself of the influence he had acquired over the minds of no less than nine poor persons—widows and children in most cases—to induce them , one after another to set out with him from the village across the feierra , promising them good positions and employment at bantander , bnt murdering them , and partly devouring them , as it would anpear , when involved in the intricacies of the mountains . His nrsti victims at Kebordecio were one Mauuela Garcia and an infant child , whom he promised to provide for at Santander . He returned three days alter setting out , and said that he had left them on the

      way , very happy , and in company with a carrier ; and , in a short time , pretended to have received a letter , in which they described their good fortune at feantander ; and the result of which was , that a sister ot Manuela barcia , named Benita , who lived at Laza , with her son , desired also to go there , and he set out with them , and disposed of them in the same way ; and so on till the number of victims reached to-nine . Me also confessed to other murders at different p laces .

      many lne scull of one of his victims was found and produced before him , but it made no impression on him , and his pulse remained firm and quiethis victims being of the poorest class , plunder could hardly be theAU incentive to these orimes . His own statement is , that his nature has changed irom time to time into that of a wolf , and it woul d really appear that the savage pleasure of tearing his victims to pieces was ^ sole motive of his actions .

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      220 THE STAR OF FRPBOE [ November 13 .

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      POLITICAL REFUGEE COMMITTEE . In consequence of the commemoration of the martyrdom of Eoberx Blum taking place on Tuesday last , the Refugee Committee considered it advisable to postpone the Quarterly Meeting announced in last Saturday ' s Star of Freedom . The second Quarterly Meeting will le held on Wednesday , Kov . 17 th ., in the Coffee Boom of the Institution , John-street , Fitzroy-square , when a balancesheet of the receipts and disbursements during the quarter , willbe laid before tha meeting . uliiult

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      TEE SHILLING SUBSCRIPTION FOR EUROPEAN FREEDOM . SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY THE EDITOR OF THE " STAR OF [ FREEDOM . " £ s - d - £ s . d . J . De Cogan , Liverpool ^ 1 0 D . TT . Ruffy 0 10 John Smith , "Whitechurcli O l 0 Henry Plasto 0 10 James Ru ? sell , Rye .. O 1 O James Grassby ... ' . " . 0 10 Henry Marfcball o 1 0 John Washington ... 0 10 Simon Stright , .. .. 010 Alexander Bell 010 John Milne .. .. 0 10 G . Julian Harney ... 0 5 0 James Fenwick 0 10 Mary Cameron Harney 0 5 0 Mr . Shute 0 1 o

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      THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY

      To ike Editor of the Star of Freedom . SiR , —Having been informed that an error has crept into your columns relative to the rents fixed by the Court of Chancery upon the allotments at the various estates of the National Land Company , I hereby furnish you with a correct statement of the average rent at ffConnorrille , Snigs-end , and Lowbands ; the only estates yet adjudicated upon , Great Dodford and Minster Loyel wil m all probability be surveyed , and the rents fixed during the ensuin * spring . At the last-named place the company has been successful in the actioa ^ "f ^^ ^ ° ? count . of * e Property illegally sold ; but an action is still di eltito t

      penng rave he costs , which amount to ^ pWd ^ of 200 . a OConnorville the average rent of the two acre farms is 6 * . 12 s . ; three acres 8 . 10 s and four acres' 11 5 s . Snig > End . ac fl ^ 7 . Os . 3 c . ; four acres 8 * 14 s . Lowbands ; Two acres , 51 . 11 s ; three acres , * ^ ?? 'j ! ' / T ; ' 9 d ' M Sni ss end and ^ wband ., the aver ge rent at the two last estates appears to give satisfaction to the allottees ( or tenant freeholders as they are now termed ) , but at O'Connorville , the r 1 being higher , and the land of . a poorer quality , the same satisfaction does not ex st A memorial has been presented to the court requesting a reduction in he amount , and a deputuuon , consisting of myself and brother is now n London awaiting an njterview with the court , which has to be summoned for that pur ' pose and I have no doubt that this estate will be placed on an * £ the others Relative to the ront tv i cl » UcUuy w « n oi Keiauve tne

      . « . »« * . - . ~ . ~ « e ers . xo rent for past occupation ; at O'Connorvile the amoun o rent paid , and the sums allowed for improvements mo e t over the liabilities on account ot past vent , an arrangement was consequent \ j eZ ' Z by which those who had an excess of claims rPlinYmkhmi thJ clluy en fctea that no rent should be charged against t ^^ T ^ ST ^ ^ f ™ bands , the Court forgave the two first years Z Z ^' acco nt f the bad , " " of the year when the estate was located , and otC , uT ™ t Season This with the claims for impro Snt'ln 2 , 11 ; vble f Cn < cumstances - the demand fovbacR-rentespLaUy TX t ^^^^ ZS ^ C &alS pievious to uttl the rent

      Glmrffn . fm- ™ M 5 n Sni « in ™ i m « . „? . . J . P"S "P charges for public sale in order that ho mav s h ™ f V ° l Km estates are really valuable in the mon y marke tllS * r °° T' ™ that ^ in declaring a dividend it will ultima ^ ^ ^ S ' tTft'T 1 ^ The tenants on the estates will receive a convl ^ l I , beholder * , charge , which will thus fi tand in thedelation m Z T , '" ^ SUbj 6 Ct t 0 the rent a vote for the county . J ^^ T f ^ TT ^^ * COnfer over aperiod of three months , the com " Ins ^ n ?? ° enq"iry CXtendil 1 ^ not only of the utility and V ^ aZ X"Z Z \ Z ^ T , " ^ with which it bas been carried out , fla ^ J ^^^ J !^ ^ i ? ™ T ™™ h ^ e enquirythey

      ^ Samene opSonT „ ^ 2 * , tical , wiUnowhave afair chance LucSXn ^ T S ""^ , * ' ^ " tenure at a low rental ; they have the . adronbS * 5 VT ™ ^ fiXity ° judice witb which they had otifiZtoVZ ^ lS'Ty * ^ pre ' them of a mavk , t for their produce , - ^ o 2 ££ i i te ^^ t ^^ doubt of a successful result . DurinsrthP wi , « iJ JvJ y , ' have Uttle sss-s £ ES ? s' 4 , West Street , Soho . TH ° MAS MARTI * ' WHEELED ,

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 13, 1852, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1704/page/12/