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THE M OETHEltif STAH i : ^SATt}RDAY, JUr;E30, 1838; i
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ths Anmfbrsaby Dikkes of &e Pitt Club - * , balden Saturday at Merefcants Tailors' Hall , £ i £ » dDee 3 le-street , &e Marqoi « n > f Salwbory in rfie ch « ir . The me ^ ngwaa very tbmlj attended , and ^ w ^ -tSur-WtofHUfy / . ~ ' r OffB Hundred Poxtkds was demanded for one yoom near St . JamesVstreet , to xievr the procession w Tbors 3 « 7 " . - * ¦ - Tbk House op Commons , it is now arranged ji to meet oo every Saturday until the end of the session , which , however , it is calculated , will not be tiD &e end of Jflly . XflB ITSHABITABT 8 0 ? WE IONIAN ISLANDS hire presented Sir Alexander Woodford with a most BagBlficent twoM . It i » literally "tadded with fiamonoa from the Hit downward * , andthe handle u
• nematloPjeweft . A Ij » OB KWBM or CoXTNTEBTEIT FoCSpesk * Pieces W at ^ resent in circulauoa ;^ ireweHexecuteJand lw ; the date of 1836 . From the smallne ** of thu coin it is u » po « ble to distin-¦ n £ sb the genuine from the spnnous by n ? gu > S > S it is probably from "flu ab < eno * of A " 08 " test that w many of the counterfeits hare got abroad . IM V Committee of Privilege * of the House of Lord * Visconnt Duntrannon and the Earl of Arran , l ^ e iade out their c laims to vote for Repres en tative Peers for Ireland . The Queen- Dowageb has determined to go % o Halw before the Equinox for eight month * ; and ker Majesty intends applying for the use of a mantf-war for the occasion .
Ma job Wabbuktos will be gazetted a * Inspector-General of Constabulary in Ireland , in the room of Col . Shaw Kennedy , resigned , Colonel M ' Gregor , who was offered the place , baring Reclined to accept of it THREE EmpbessES were observed walking together on the public promenade at Tienna- ^ the refrains Empress , tbe Empress Dowager ; w . dovv oi tnaas , and tbe Empress Maria I ^ ouise , tbe widow of Napoleon , who has been visiting at Vienna Tot mmeume fzsu—German Paper . Some Fields of Clover Grass , in the immediate vicinity of Perth , have , within thesr few davs , neen sold at from £ 20 to £ 34 per acre .
The Befokt that Jacobs , the chief engineer cf the Victoria was dead , if unfounded . V e have the pleasure to state that , by the last account" , he was recover ing . Mas . Stokeb , the mother of a pretty girl and a good actress , now at the City , and lately at the Srrwid Theatre , visited the former theatre on Wednesday , and was much excred by the performance returned home highly delighted , retired to- T «« t in i : gh 5 piriu , and was found dead in her beJ on Tkoriday morning . A VERY EUOiXT AND ACCOMPLISHED LadT . —Mrs . Elizabeth Power , of Cork , was un fortunately drowned in the River Lee , by htr accidentally falling into the riTer on Tuesday lart . " :
Ox the 8 th oy this Month , in the morning , lie nrsly erected church steeple of Erdruanedorff , 110 feet high , fe ; l down . Unhappily several persons lost their lire * . An inquiry is commenced to disco ^ fr whether this misfortune is to be ascribed to say negligence . — German Paper . There abe now Stopping at an Hotel in Oid Palace-yard , 24 witnesses ( chiefly females ) from Devonshire , whose united ages amount to 1 . 5 S 9 years . Sir Geoege AaTHrB and his corps of engi r seers hare s ^ Jectpd and surveyed sites for forts ar Niagara , Qaeenston , and the Falls . The works are to be erected forthwith . —2 seic York Whig .
As Lord Gaedker was proceeding alonj > Piccadilly , on "Wednesday , in his cabriolet , when opposite Bond-street , the axletree , close to thi wheel , suddenly snapped' . the spirited animal wus immediately laid hold of , and , - fortunately , a roll in the mud for the domestic was all that occurred . Bis lordship , however , looked remarkably white . Private Bills . —As a proof of the manner in which private bOls are often smuggled through the Hocses of Parliament , the Aylesbvry Neics states , that tbe first intimation tbe inhabitants of Aylesbary andThame had of the Aylesbnxy and Thame railroad lull was the notice in the papers of last week , lhat the hill had received the Roval-assent .
Fatal Accident . —On Monday morning weei , as the steam-boat Ecli pse was proceeding on her voyage to Hull , &e . j -when opposite tbe 2 s ew Quav , North Shields , she ran down a plop ' s bost , with " a young man in it . Several boats were instantly ztxbe spot , but the man was not to be seen ; and as tee boat proceeded , it is thought he must have been tEclosei amoDg tbe wheels . Ox Saturday Mobxikg , a house in Barrett ' scourt , Orfcrd-street , fell with , a dreadful crash . Tee ioase was inhabited by Irish of tbe lower orders , * io had all time to escape before the fall-, except in old woman named M'Carthy , who persisted in remarolng , and she provides tally , when dug out of tse ruin . *; had sustained no serious injury . The wliole of the furniture was crushed to atoms .
Hcssabd . —Since the discharge of Hubbard , on Icesday , various communications have been made to the Commissioners of Poi ^ e , relative to tbe ciroanstaEces cf the murder . - Hubbard , aince his case-barge , has been sereral times seen in the neighboariood , a ^ i to some of his late neighbours bus complained' londly of the JEJury done to him by bsBg apprebended on anonymous information . He has , it is said , served the brother of deceased , with aonee of action , for selling the goods without Lis canseat ; and has also threattned Inspector Field with legal proceedings , for naving giTen up tbe dressing t-ase . To Hubhard the contents were most iaiporxanr , as it contained the agreement between him and tie landlord about tbe house .
± atal Duel at Montreal . —It is with deep regre : ^ tha . t we state that a duel took place early yes-erday morning on the Bace Course , in which Major Wards , of the Boyal Begiment , fell mortally jronrded at the first fee , " and epipired , we believe , almos ; instantly . Mr . Bobert Sweeney is reported te have been the other principal In the affair . A kroner ' s inquest was held on the body of Major ^ arde in tbe afternoon , when the jury retnrned a T&diet that the deceased flied fronfa gnnsbot wound
n 5 ieted by some person or persons unknown . The crcaostaBcej which have led to this unhappy Ttnnntre have not transpired . How deeply they are to be lamented , whatever they may have been , *« need not attempt to say . —Morning Courier ^ May 23 . Yesterday , at" three o ' clock ., tbe remains « the late Msjor Warfie , of the Royals , were interred -with military honours . The body -was friiorred by Major-General Clitherow , Colonel ^ S tAn " 11 ^ T IT T - — i _ _* . /^_ 1 1 / I "t '' erallthe LieutenantColonel
- , Hon . - Grey , ii—riant-Colonel Matms&ll , aiid the whole of tbe °% ers in garrison . The pall was borne by five 3 \> ors and a civilian . Tbe -whole © f the BoyaJ Stsneut attended the funeral , as a firing party- ; 36 searse being preceded by the bands of the Itoyals , ^ 34 dj , and 35 tbiHegimeacs . —Gazette , Saturday . TLt Quebec Gazette , on the authority of a letter irea ilontreal , says that Major-General Clitberow "a rtfused to allow Major "VTarde , of tbe lstBovals ,
* fio was shot in a duel at Montreal , to be buried ¦^ itb military honours . The public sentiment was 2 ! favonr of Mr . Sweeney , to whose wife Major " arde had addressed highly offensive anonvmocs Se Cers . ' - ¦¦ _ ' -. ' ¦ Cider . —The crop in Devonshire will be a general «^ cre . "Wehear that one grower alone , Mr . King-Qod , of Thoverton , near Exeter , states that he will « se £ 3 D 0 by the blight this- year . Great advance nt ^ ? . ^ in tne cultiTation of cider throughout ^ votiehire , and large quantities ha-re been of late exponed from that county to Turkey . Mr . Kingoca , the gentleman allnded to above , bis made the Maptar-cn " of specific fruits ., . to . soil aud aspect the ^ o . r of many years- and' a- TJeroiisbire friend « flires us that bis cider mjgntfreqnentlylbeinistaien tor chajQpaJjme . - ~> , - -- * -. - -.
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The Likcolk Summbe Assizes . —The coifi * rai * non day of ihe summer a » i 2 es for Lmeota is fixed for Saturdsy , the 3 Ixt of Joly . Str « . o . Tindali , Chief Justice of the Common PjeaB , will preside in Ae Nisi Priu « Court ; and Sir J . a . Bosanqnet , one of the puisne judges of the * ame court , will try the prisoner * . Distresstso AccmBNT . —Thefanilj of Lord and Lady Sondes have been greatly afflicted at an unfortunate accident which has befallen their eldest on , the Hon . G . Millet , at Eton College . I * appears that about 300 of the young gentlemen
were present at the Theatre on Thursday evening , and not liking the position aligned them in the upper part of the house , they determined on a move , and commenced a most perilous descent by letting themselves down into the lowe boxes . Mr . Alilles misled his hold , and wan precipitated headlong into the pit , a fall of about sixteen feet . Tbe young gvntleman ' s head was so severely injured that hi * liie was at first despaired of . Lord Sondes iromediatelv proceeded to 'Windsor , where his Lordship ha » remained ever since , and we are glad to learn the last accounts were favourable .
Spirited and veby Pbopeb Beplt . —A curious incident occurred at Union Hall on Tuesday last , while arrangements were making for the purpose of getting Hobbard out at the rear of the office . The Duke of Brunswick , who was present , probably with a view of facilitating Hubbard ' s exit from tbe office without molestation Irom the crowd , said , " If I were you , Wubbard , I would cut off those whiskers , and that would disguise you sufficiently to enable you to get away without risk . " Hubbard had no conception at the time as to the
rank of the individual by whom he was addressed , : Tnd his reply was , seeing that the Duke wore large mu-tachio 8 , "If I were you I would cut off those . ' jfack patches you wear upon your upper lip , and 1 think it uould improve your beauty . " Tbe Duke said , "Butitisjny fashion . " Hubbard— " Well , if it is your fashion to wear so much hair over your mouth , it is my fashion to wear the pair of whiskers vou now see , and 1 * h : ill not cut them off , for I have lione nothing of a criminal nature that should make me attempt to disguise myself . "
Accident on Board a Steam-boat . ——As 'he City of Canterbury wa 3 coming up from Herne Biy , yesterday , with upwards of 140 passengers , when near rhp Nore , the force of the steam drove out thk plug of the boiler , and in an in » iant the deck of thu vessel aDd passengers were enveloped in steam . The captain immediately ran the vt-Mpl on the sand opposite Sheerness ^ and put up signals of distress , and the Duchess of Kent v . \ vae along-sJiie t > receive the passengers , but upon
the engineer examining the vessel he succeeded in ii-ttin . u : in the plug , which he did at much personal r . ' rk , and with great coolness and credit to himself . The calm and seaman-like conduct of Captain Large succeeded in allaying the fears of the passen-. ers , who were for a short time in a most dreadful < rate of alarm . The vessel was detained about an hour , when she got off and resumed her passage , landing her pasfuugers srton after her usual time at London-bridge wharf . The engineer was scalded iu tbe arm , but no accident occurred bevond this .
Fatal Effects of Fright . Last week , a roath of u-nder year ? , l ; vi . gia Healqn Norm , died from the eJiCt- ; of nervous excitement occasioned by fright . It appearel tb . 3 t about three' weeks or a fortnigLt r . ^ o , he went to a show on Waterloo-road , whereat the ' '• Bnttle Imp " was amongst the entertainments published for that evening . The appearaace of the Dottle Imp , who is represented to be a drinon surrounded by fire , bad such an effect on his mind , that on quitting thp booth he fancied that the Pnuct . ' of Dartue ^ - ins -srithhim , whether he looked before-him or in his revr , oi to tbe right or the the left—there be was also . Tbe boy , however , took to bis beels , pursued , as he imagined , by
me " Bottle Imp , " and meeting with a watthman in the Hilljrate , screamed in a most pitiable manner , beseeching tbe officer to relieve him of his tormentor . In vain did the watebman endeavour to dissuade him that-his fears were the result of imagination only , still the boy continued to scream , and point out the aer ial presence of tbe devil . In this condition be was carried home , ever and anon resuming bis plaintive situation ; and from this state he never recovered , for though professional assistance was called in , tbe ponr infatuated youth died from the effect of the fright . His mother wa « a widow with a large family , towards whose , subsistence tbe poor boy contributed greatly . —Stockpori Advertiser .
Gloves for one Hand . ^ A contraband speculator bought 5 ome rime ago in Parr ? , 10 , 0001 worth of gloves for tbe English market . It 5 s known that in the EnjrHsb Custoni-hou ? e certain good 3 aji » taxed according to the value sworn to by iheowners , and that to prevent fraud the Custom-house sometime ? takes possession of goods at tbe price so determined . In this ca ? e tbe speculator , having stated lie value of the gloves at 5 , 000 f ., tbe amount was paid to him ai : d the gloves retained . The speculstor . _ dt .-terinintd to have his reveuge , proenrtd an accomplice on his return to Paris , and purchased 40 , 000 f . worth , of gloves . These were adjusted and
made np into two packet * , with which tbe two friends started , the one to Dover and tbe other to Bristol . At Dover the packet was opened , aad tbe inruer stated tbe value of the gloves at 15 , 000 f ., which was immediately paid to . him , and the gloves regained . The same occurred at Bristol . The speculator at Dover , started for Bristol , and met bis friend half-way on his road to Dover , and each of then with 15 , 000 f . in his pocket , waited patiently at bis post till the day of the Custom-house
sale . At the sale the gloves were exposed , when our speculator at Bristol , bid Jing among other people , observed , after pretending to ex .-jnine them minutely , that they were all for the left hand J and co in fact they turned out to be ; purchasers , of course , could not be found , and be bought rbe whole lot for 6 , 000 f . The something took place at Dover with the right band gloves ; and the friends proceeded to London , wb . ere it is presumed , tbe gloves were a thud time profitably disposed of . —Courrier Francai * .
Melancholy case of Self-Destruction by a Young Lady . —On Friday an inquest was be ! d at the Seac-ombe Hotel , before Faithful Thomas , E * q ., ocfc of the coicneis of the county of Chester , and a respectable jury , of which Mr . John Bali was foreman , on the body of a young lady of but 19 years of age , vrbo committed self-destruction on Thursday , by taking an ounce and a half of arsenic . The many melancholy circumstances attending the d ' &ith of tbe lady in question gave the case a painful interest . " We understand tba ' t , though but 19 years of age , she has been , in effect , for some twelve months , a widow in her husband ' s
lifetime . Her parent ? , whose name is Amphlett , reside at Broom , near Siourbridge , in the county of Stafford , where tbe deceased , a young lsdy of great personal attractions , at the age of seventeen , contracted an intimacy with a gentleman ( r > f tbe baT we understand ) of tbe name of Smyth , which ended in an xmion . But tbe day dieams of happiness' which then beguiled this youthful maiden proved evanescent , and after a Tery brief periodsome six months—a separation took place between her and her husband . But the best and Loiiest feelings of her young Leart had been too devottdiy engaged—her ill-fated marriage was an event which
had too fatally entwined itself with her sources of happiness—to permit unscathed , buoyant as are the ^ p irits of maiden youthfulness , this severing first of tearts and then of persons , on whose union , in her innocence , she bad vainly calculated that ber cup of feb ' city- would be ever overflowing and ever full . Tbe shock -was great , and from that moment she has endured fixed , immoveable , unmitigated unhappiness . Change of scene was sought by ber anxious parents , and they paid a -visit to Seacombe ; from thence they proceeded on a tour through Wales , and about three weeks ago they spent seven or eight days at Carnarvon , where the deceased , it
appears , purchased the poison with which s £ e deprired herself of existence . Llanberris , Abergele , Rhyl , Parkgate , and some other places , were respectively -visited on their return , and on Sunday last they again arrived at the Seacombe Hotel , in their family travelling carriage . On Thursday the deceased accompanied her father and mother and uncle to Liverpool ; but she returned before her parents , as she complained she was weary of shopping . Sfee retired to ber chamber , axid vvhen tilery jt appears she took the poison , and changed ber shoes for slippers , and . divesting hen-elf ef ber Teil , scarf , aijd . brooc-b , she returned to the packet station on the Cheshire shore , and mixed herself among
the passengers on board the "Alice of Sescombe " steamer ; and what is somewhat unusual with ladies , she walked forward , and for a time stood neat the fore gangway , evidently "in mental anguish . Here she remained bnt for a brief-period , for after thowing her bonnet upon deck , she sprang overboard . -The cry of " a person * overboard" soon brought the captain and the band * on board the Tessel toher asxisJance ; a boat was immediately launched , and anoiherboat put off from '' The Liverpool" steamer , in which she was picked up arid conveyed aebore , £ nd" then back to the hotel , where die expired in about two hours . Yerdict " Died from the effect of poison taken during a fit of temporary insanity . "
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BbvA . &KABLE Escape . *——A roving " $ arty ' •« 8 !^* 'J 1 ^ * P ° n the top of the treineflfioirt cliff wW « b overhaugi the jemBrkaWe . village of Si : Lawrence , when one of their ehildreh appi'oached too near theedge , and wag precipitatedttftheftjOttpm , a distance of between 100 and 200 feet . Thfi * ejttoB or the pariah , who saw it fell , hastened to tha * pot . expecting to Bee it dashed . to atoms j his surprise may be imagined , when Be 76 uud it unhurt , 8 aye and except a few acraWUea , a sirohg thorn- hedge haVing received the descending angel in its visit to the wgioM below . —Hampshire Independent .
Attempted Assassination op two Noncommissioned Officers of the 12 th Lancebs , at Hampton-court . —Since Thursday erening , great excitement has existed at Hamptoncourt > and the neighbourhood , in consequence of " a desperate attempt . aij ; assassination by a private of the 12 th Royal Lancere , two troops of which regiment haTe ^ for some time been quartered at ihe bar ^ rackB within the precincts of the palace . It-appeal ? , ' that John Ritchie , the indJYiduaF in question , jiftSfor some time been in the regiment , and ip to the period of this * transaction has borne a good character for rabriety and deeornm . On Thursday , however , ' which was the grand day of the Hampton races , he
was observed to he drinking very hard , and to commit various acts of insubordinatioa , which induced the military authorities to order him to "be placed under arrest . On his being made acquainted with their intentions , he , however , declared he would submit to no coDtronl , and immediately retired to his apartment in the barracks , which he barricaded from within . About seven o ' clock in the evening Sergeants James Hamilton and Taylor , proceeded to his apartment for the purpose of taking him into custody , but were refused admittance .- ShoTtl y afterwards , however , he opened the door , and appeared in the passage . with ' -a loaded pistol in each hand , which , advancing , he presented at Sergeants Hamilton and Taylor , and before be could be
prevented he pulled the trigger of both . That presented at Sergeant Taylor , fortunately flashed in the pan , but the other , we regret to state , was discharged , tbe ball entering the body of Sergeant Hamilton , just above the navel , and passing out at tbe back , strack a private of the name of "Wilson , who was standing behind the unfortunate man , in the hip . Ritchie attempted to effect his escape , but he was promptly secured and conveyed to the guard-room , where be remain * under a strong guard . Sergeant Hamilton was instantly conveyed to his apartment
, where he was soon afterwards attended by Mr . Turner , one of the surgeons of the regimen * , who , on examining tbe wound , pronounced it to be fatal . Artists' General Benevolent Institution . —On Saturday evening the . anniversary dinner of this institution took place at the Freemasons ' Tavern . The society was founded ia 1814 , and as there is another society with a title somewhat similar already in existence , it is right distinctly to state that the object of the ArdstsV General Benevolent Institution is to extend relief to all distressed
meritorious artiste , whether subscribers to its funds or not , " whese works are known and esteemed by the public , as well as to their widows and orphans , " merit , and distress constituting the claims to its benevolence . Since the foundation of the society 566 cases have been relieved by sums amounting to £ 5 , 204 . Sir T . D . Acland was in the c-hairj and performed the duties of his situation io a manner which pave universal satisfaction , and greatly promoted the interest of the charity and the festivity of the evening . The announcement made by the hon . Baronet that Her Majesty had voluntarily signified
her intention to be the patroness of the society was received with loud applause . The amount of subscriptions collected in the course of the evening was £ 444 , among which were £ 10 from the Duke of Sutherland , £ 5 from Lord Francis Egerton , 10 guineas from Lord Korthwick , j £ 10 from the Duke of Norfolk , £ 50 from the Marquis of Westminster , £ 10 from Sir T . D . Acland , £ 5 from Mr . Acland , M . P ., £ 200 by bequest from Loid Farnborough , 5 guineas . from " Sir . M . A . Shee , £ 5 from Mr . Phillips , R . A ., 10 guineas from Sir J . Rennie , £ 5 from Sir D . AVilkie , 20 guineas from Sir D . Chantrey .
Brutal Murder and Robbery near Manchester . —We regret to state ihe neighbourhood of Manchester has been disgraced by one of the most brutal and cowardly deeds that it has ever been our lot to record . The victim is a married woman , named Mary Moore , aged 45 years , the wife of Joseph Moore , a bricksetter , who ' lives in a lane adjoining the road leading from Huline and Moss Side to Witbington , and not only was her life taken in the midst of the day , but she was ' robbed . of all tie available property that she bad upon her person . The general circumstances are as follows : — The unfortunate woman was a servant to Mrs . Cborlton , an extensive farmer , from whose house and-that of Mr . "Wood , another farmer , she lived at a short distance ^ Part of her duty was , ou market
days , to take charge of tbe farm produce , and dispose of it in Manchester , and her integrity in this respect is universally acknowledged . It appears that on the morning of Tuesday last , she had to dispose of some fruit and vegetables in Smithfield market , and she received them there , as usual , from a lad fourteen years old named Thomas Hooley , who brought them from Mrt =. Cbarlton's in a cart . About eleven o ' clock , having disposed of-what sue bad , she delivered to Hooley the empty-baskets , and told him that she had to call at Brooke-street , Oxford-road , at the end-of which ; she . directed him to wait for her , and she would ride home in the cart . Hooley on arriving there , waited for some time , but Mrs . Moore not making her appearance he proceeded without her , and arrived at Mrs . Charlton ' e about two ' clock . It seems that the deceased must have
been but a few minutes after Hooley , and that finding that he had gone she ; walked alone . Mrs . Cliarlton's house is in a lane to the left of Mo ? s side road , and it is conjectured that just before turning tb » corner the unfortunate woman was struck from behind with a stick or some other heavy weapon one blow from which , deprived her of sensation , and a second of life . After being killed , her murderers opened a gate , dragged her in the field opposite Mrs . Cbarlton's Jane , head foremost , through the meadow grass , for 130 or 150 yards , till they came to a jiit , which is separated from tbe meadow by a tolerably high fence ; aDd what is very remaikable , th : s particular spot can be seen from the deceased ' s
own house , from Mrs . Charlton ' s , and from Mr . Wood ' s . Over this fence the body was thrown , and it fell face underneath , into the ditch , in such a manner , that the back and surface of the water v > ere level . In this position , it appears from the evidence given on the inquest , the corpse was found on Wednesday night . Before throwing her over , the ruffians robbed the unfortunate" woman of a sum , it is supposed of £ 3 5 . * ., her umbrella , a reticule , a can . She had 9 s l ^ d . of her own money in a srertr pocket , which they did not find . The police have three young men in custody , on suspicion of Laving been tbe perpetrators of this atrocious murder , and thev are on ' the qui five for a fourth ,. who has
absconded . The tames of the -prisoners ai e Charles Leach , and two brothers named Joseph and Thomas " UiJson . The man who has disappeared j . s a brother uf the Wilsons . A n inquest was held on Friday . Several witnesses were examined , and an adjournment took place till Tuesday . From the evidence little was elicited likely to throw a light on the mystery attending the poor woman ' s murder ; but circumstances have come to the knowledge of the police , which it is hoped may yet give a clue to the murderers . . Yesterday afternoon , Mr . Alcock , deputy constable of Bufme , and police-officer Lipsett , were informed that on Tuesday alternoou a man , about 23 years of age , of swarthy complexion , and dressed in fustian clothes ,- was seen in some fields near the White House , Stretford new road ,
apparently looking about the hedge bank , as though in search of something hid there . Hp left in consequence of persons approaching him , but was seen there again early on the following morning , and persons who suspected something was wrong went to ask him what he was looking for . He refused to tell them , and went away ; but the curiosity of the parries being excited , they remained , searched in the bottom of the hedge , and found in a piece of plaid muslin a piece of brown paper , containing about £ 3 in silver . Instead of making the circumstances known to the police then , however , they spent the money , but having preserved the piece of muslin , which , if it has been tbe deceased ' s , will probably be identified by her . friends , and be the means yet of discovering the murderer . The man is said . to have hs . d a reticnle in his hand . . :
Floggings .- —There have been several flogging recently in the Twentieth Foot , ' stationed in the Tower , in consequence of repeated sets of insubordination among the men , a great number of whom are mere striplings , beardless youths , supplied from the various depots to make up for' tbe losses sustained by the regiment while in foreign service . ; Desertion and absence without leave , have been frequent ; One , on being asked hi * reasonJ'for absenting himself , paid he had been to see his' father ' and mother ,-whom he did not like ' to- be away from long ; and another said he had been home to . feed' bis rabbits . During the past fortnight , some were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment , varying from twenty to sixty days , with hard labour , and some to solitary confinement . Amongst them were two sergeants , -who , in addition , were reduced to the rank of privates . —Glob ; .
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rv ^ ff ^ a * - ;; W » - ; Pxi » . 3 jicsfiRs . — On Monday morning last , MrV QTonnbr ippearaP before Me nitrate * -of Newcastle ; to ^ 'boinplain'Athat « ie byl poster < oC 86 me miwion&ry . 80 ciety , c ; bad covered ^^^ Ua ^^ iV ^ rwi star ., ^ Clerfcof the Magwtrates seeme ^ to ber tfae important person ^ and was disi&elined to interfere , Vut upon learning -w bp ' j the-:: < M > bp } a iubt' ^ ;; &e '' i ^ p ^ tp ^^ f ^ aiice was iQstantlj ; gent for , wfeen he , wjib appeared to understand \ iheUm . better thaa the / qie ^ k instantly ; ^ a g « r order ^ that any -peiiewii ^ fiiunot ' pasting ' bills over others , should be apprehended and brought before ;* be .: _ magistratfes ; : v It : appears tbat some riv . ab 7 . --exi 8 b .-.. ^ tweeii ' ' ; .-twq ; .-biU stickers , ' and . Mr . O'Connor has received general thanks for bringing the matterworethe authorities . ' ¦ ' ; ?
THEPUBtic SHOtrtB BE o ' N TJBBli Gtlis : D against purchasing , adulferated i vineg ^ which is »<» T «^? B ^ y . ' -861 d- -iuy a ^ u . 8 . pl ^ Bi - :. Vli ; iroduce . S very unpleasant and long continued effect on the mouth , and destroys tlie" teeitiV It contains large quantities of ^> il of ivitirol . w ° ijy * * " ^ ^ ^^^ esterdajrafteraooh « 'that Gplumbiw . of the akies ^ Mr . Green , ; made hii first escent this , season from th * 5 Royal property" in t 1 ^ 'Gra ^ t '»^ att \ oT . \ -Mo ] M ^ ^^; M ' '' w hi ^ h occasion a grand Goroijation gala also took placei p «™ P «; ffi « of the , exti-abrdinary preuarations whict ., % Wnetors of this sylvan retreat have made dnnng tne , winter for the ascent of ihft hrihro .
mennoned wonderful machiney ^^ which has iow made tvventy-mne exenrsions , including . the unparalled voyage from Loudoii to Weildbnrgj in Germany , maynot here be uninteresting . At the extremity ol the balloon , jncWBure ; ba ^ been erected au immense bmlding which is denominated tbe " Balloon Hall . " It is of sufficient dimensions to allow of the entire inflation of the ballooa within its walls ., . The parade is most beantifulljr decorated with a splendid : proscenium , ? 8 feelin Keightby 200 in length , tbe centre of which is entirely open , to allow the p . ublic : a distinct and nnintM-rapted view , of the process of inflation . In another part of the premises the proprietors have constrnctfd a range of new gas works of such extent as will supply the whole of the gas reouisite for
the balloon . It may also be mentipned that .. among other advantages to Ije derived from the above improvement ? are the fpllowing .- ^ . The balloon being under shelter is protected from the violence of the weather during the inflation , ; and the public are enabled to witness tbe process as well as to examine the whole of the apparaiuai the machine remaining in a perfectly tranquil stafej , and not rolling , about from the sndclen gusts of wirtdiQ supb a manner as to fojfbid the approach ; eveh of / the most courag « ous inguirer . On the occasion of any private or scientihe Jiscents being made , the balloon can be kept inttated and provided until the time of ascending arrives , and then , sbbuld the weather prove unfavourable , it Can be taken back into the liall th *
, gas retained , and wait in readiness for a propitious day . The doors were thrown open at four , and at six o ' clock then * were about six thousand persons assembled , including a number of the most distinguished of ihe ' . Mitl' ton , who were : doubtless attracted on this occasion b y the propitious statftot the weather , and the variety of the amusements announcedi At seven o'clock , after the arranger mehts of the numerous prelitniuaries , Mr . Green stepped into the car , accompanied by four aspirants for aeronautic : fame * viz ., Messrs . W . Hnglies , Spencer , Wight , and Boyd , and shortly after pulled the liberating- iron , when the ponderous machine majestically arose into the regions above , taking a north-w : e $ terly direction .
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LEGiSLATiVE PROGRESS . We have now arrived at the 26 tb of June . After making allowance tor the several recesses of Christmas , Easter , and Whitsuntide ^ and some few holydays , 25 weeks have passed since the commencement of the session . Duringthat period 2 f Acts of Parlia meht have , to use a modern phrase , " been made . " This being the quantum of legislation , we shallnow exhibit its quality . The bills which , have thus become law may be arranged in three classes : — Seven Annual Billg > including tbe Indemnity , Mutiny , an four Money Bilk . NINE- BILLS ALMOST OF COURSE—VIZ . Commission of the Peace—to continue the
commission existing at the demise of the Crown . Slave Compensation—to ! carry into execution the act of 1833 . Juries at -Sessions—to remove doubts as to the summoning of juries at Adjourned Quarter Sessions . Prisoners' Conveyance , If eland—to regulate the expensesof conveyin / r prisoners . Houses of Parliamftnt Site—to facilitate tbepurchase of Sites for tlie two Houses , Haileybury College—to supply an omission iu another act having thu same titlepassed in ¦
, 1837 . , •¦ Poor Law Loans—to amend a Government Act of 1836 . , Waterford House of Industry—to enable the grand juries of thfa county and city of Waterford to make presentments for the House of Industry . Regency Act Amendment—to repeal a portion of tUe Regency Act now become unnecessary .
ELEVKN OTHER nitiLS . Civil List . Duche « s of Kent's Annuity . Lower Canada Governmpnt—containing the " ultra Tory intolerance" amendments of Sir Robert Peel ( See Morning Chronicle ) , To Escape from tbe consideration of which for a day or two the Government made an abortive attempt to secure " no house . " Banking and Trading Co-partnerships—to enable public companies to recover dubts , though clergymen shcinld be members or shareholders .
Slavery Abolition Act Amendment . Custody of Insane Persons ( Kngland ) ( Mr . Barneby ' s Bill . ) Custody of Insane Persons ( Ireland . ) Clergy Residences ( Arcbbisbop . of Canterbury's Bill)—to amend tlie law for providing fit bouses for tlie berieft ' eed clergy . First Fruits mid Tenths . ( Mr . Gaily Knight's Bill ) —to consolidate the offices of First Fruits , Teuths , and Queen Anne ' s Bounty . Municipal Offices Declara tipn ( M r . Baines ' s Bill ) - ^ to amend the English Municipal Reform Act in one particular . Dissenters' Declaration—to extend the last-named act .
Note . —The English Corporations Act passed in 1835 . In 1836 three acts were passed to amend it . In 1837 two acts more for rhe same purposo . In 1838 a bill ( thu Cburcb PatroiiJige Corporations ) has passed -both Houses with the like object . We have belore us a petition under the seal of the corporation of Leeds , atlording apparent grounds for more such legislation , in the statement tbnt . by far the grentpst pnrt of tlie objections and claims made on the revisions which have already taken p lace have been occasioned or- encouraged by the defects in the acts . " : : ¦ ¦ -: ¦ .. ¦ ¦ ¦ .
Tbe result of the above statement is , that only four measures invoking important discussions , tlie Civil List , the Duchess of Kent's Annuity , Canada Government , and the Slavery Abolition Act Amendment Bills , had been carried through Parliamant by the Government at the time of fixing the coronation . There are , however , two bills-r-the Irish . Poor Relief and the Benefices Plurality—now in the Lords , but sent up since tlint time—measures rivust be admitted of great , importance , tlie first in redemption of
a promise which ongli t to b < av ^ been perfo nned in 183 G , and the otb ^ r a remane ' t of the isairie yea , passed by the Lords , but stopptd in the Commonsin consequence of tbe ready obedience paid by Lord Joliu Russell to thejjat of Joseph Hume , We now » tibjoin , in confirmation of our . position , a list of sixty-nine bills before the House of Commons , with the dates of their lsst stageV , indicating by ' -an asterisk those for which the Government is responsible .
BILLS BEFORE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS Date of first reading . ? Bankruptcy Court Bill . ; . ... June 13 . Dissents Bill ... ... ... Februarys 'Edinburgh and Leith Agreement Bill , June 14 Estreats Bill ... ... ... ... February 8 Factories Regulation Bill ... . 1 . April 10 Fines and Recognizances ( Ireland ) Bill ... ..: .. ; ; .. .,. Junell Registration of Leases ( Scotland ) ; BiU ..: ... ... May 22 Registration of Voters - ( Ireland ) Bill May 9 Note . —Leave to bring in this bill was given on the 20 tU of February . Royal Burghs ( Scotland ) Bill „ . May 7
Attornies and Solicitors ( Ireland ) Bill ... : ... . ; .. ; .- -. ; ... .... : Marcb 28 Controverted Elections ( G ^ b . 2 ) Bill June ll Court of Chancery ( Ireland ) Bill .- March 8 € pnnty El ^ Gtioii . P-olls ( Spptland ) v . v , Bill ... ; ..,.- > ... : ¦ ¦ ¦ -.... . . ... June 8 ¦ Ecclesiastical Court ( Ire ] and ) Bill March 21 Highways Bill ' . I . .... ... June 12 Intiniidadbn ' of Voters Bill . ... March 1 Paroc ^ nlAsseisinents Bill ' .. June 15 P 4 lteni «' aiid liiventiblis Bill ... 'Dec . 23 Recovery . df- T ; enement 8 i Bill ^;; Dec . 7 Regigtratioti . of Voters ( Ireland ) Bill , Nom 2 .,. ... ... ... , May 23 Souths Australia . Act Amendment Bili .. v . ;> . ... ... ' . '¦ . '¦ ' ¦ June 21
; ' Date of second reading Arms ( Ireland ) Bill . ... . „ : June 18 ^ Note—Another bill is to be sHbsfi-• tuted : for this . ^ . * BoundanesBm ... ... . ; . March 9 . Bankrupts' Estate ( Scotland ) Bill May 7 . Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill March . 9 . Copyholds Improvement Bill ... Marcti 9 . Courtsin China Bill ... ... May 21 . Fines , < fec . ( Ireland ) , Bill ... Dec . 14 .
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' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦^^ T'tyiVJ * cpusidered as aban *> ned , the Gorernment havine ' -. ¦ . ; . brpoght jinn a second biU on the V : V ; . samesubjecti r ¦»' .. : ¦;¦ '¦¦ ¦' :: LaMT ^ Comtti ^ riers' Names JBiU AprU ¦ & . ' Party Processions ( Ireland ) Bill *! j 4 e 18 ; Jarham ^ ntery Burghs ( Scotland ) Bill June 18 . $ ^^ m ™^^^^ ^ fterfarelandX Bill : w ... Juneg fJntiah Manofactorerg' Protection BUI April 4 . Co ^ -Acre , Tenants ( Ireland ) Bill February 2 Salmon Flsbehes ( Scotland ) Bill , Noi 2 May 9 . Tenants for Life ( Ireland ) Bill . « . Jnne ; 13 . Vagrant AcftiAmendment Bill ... Jnne 23 .
' Date of conjmittal ; ' orrepoft . ? J ) eahFojrestMinesBJM , ' . ¦ . .- " . »« June I , I > ean Forest Ehcroaebment Bill May 23 . fGlaSs Dutiss Bill , i . ... June 22 . Higbway-wites Bill ... ^ .. April 30 . Intemaoon ^ Copjrigllt Bm ; .. Jane 22 . Kmgstown and Mnblin Port and Harbour Bill , No . 1 : "A . . ; iv May 18 : Note . — -The Government have brought \ in a second bill on the j same subject , so this their first attempt maybe considered as ' abandoned ^ . ; , Loan . Societies ( Ireland ) Bill ... ... June 13 Municipal Corporations ( Ireland ) Bill June 18 ? Party Processions ( Irelaud ) Bill - ' ¦ ¦ ti . June 22 Pilotage Bill ... ... ... ... June 15 Prisons Bill ... ... June 23 Prisons ( Scotland ) Bill ... ... . May 18 "Registratipn of Electors Bill ... ... June 9 Schools ( Scotland ) Bill ... ... ... June 1 * Sh . riffs' Courts Bill ; .. May ^ 1 Slave Vessels Captured Bill ... ... June 18 Bribery at Elections Bill June 13 CoalTrade '( port of London ) Bill ... June 13 Gommbn Fields Improvement BiU ... Feb . 21 Controverted ElectionVBillv No ^ l ... Dec . 9 Hackney Carriages ( Merropplis ) Bill ... June 22 Leases andExcliaHges ( lrelaud ) Bill ... June 15 Boundaries of Estates ( Ireland ) Bill ... June 15 Lord's-day Bill ... ... ... ... June 20 Local Commissioners Relief Bill ... June 22 Medical Charities ( Ireland ) Bill ... May 23 Payments of Rates Bill ... ... June 22 Rating of Tenements Bill ... ... June 22 Small Debts ( Scotland ) Bill ... ... June 20 WesttninsUsr Pavements Bill ... ... June 13 Waste Lands ( Ireland ) Bill ... ... June 13 Times .
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ADMIRABLE WORKING OF THE NEW PO ' JRLAW . HABTISMEBE UNION , SUFFOLK . Oi this Union , formed on the 1 st of September , 1835 , Dr . Kaye isassistant-commiisibner , and the R ^ v . Sir Auguritajj Henniker , Bart ., chairman . The Union Workhouse at Eye arid the gaol of that borough are _ under the same roof , the keys of the prison being in . the hands of the policeman , " and the governor and gaoler are the same pers n . For a long period subsequent to tbe unibn , prisoners have beeu confined and-attended upon by the governor , porter , and servants of the union , as is proved by the case of Harriet Rose , wlio is still in the house . This pauper , a single woman , and about 35 years of age , refused to perform some work , which would
liave obliged herto consign to anptberpaiipHrasickly infant which she was then nursing , and was in consequence of that reJusal , punished by solitary imprisonment , with her infant , for a week , in the depth of winter , and without ^ ire or candle / The breakfast for men , women , and children , consisU of bread and gruel ; and this is , or was in 1837 , the Hartismere gruel recipe for 9 rbreakfaHts : —To a pint and a half of groats add twoor three Uandfulsioi salt ; throw the .-e ingredients into as muck water as will give a pint and a ha . lt' to each man and womari nnd one pint to each child , under 16 , and an economical beverage is produced . For dinner on three days , and jsupper every evening , is given to each man and woman an ounce of 4 i fleet chees *> , " worth it is said , about twopence per pound , with bread .
Tlie cravings of hunger have been known so to overcome a man named Thrower * when an inmate , as to have induced him not only to eat potatoe peeling from the gutter , but to lift up the fall-door of the cistern into which they had been carried , and transfer them from among all manner ot tilthinto his own stomach . Henry Albridge , a pauper , being diseased with the evil , was in the habit ol applying a bran poultice to bis foot every evening . On the occasion referred Co , however , the poultice had remained a day and a night , two sores naving all the while being discharging matter into the poultice . It was between 4 and 5 o ' clock in the afternoon ( some men standing about him ) , when haying dressed the wound , he cast tbe poultice upon the fire . After it bad become warm , a man of the name of Robert Garratt snatched jt from the Kre and devoured it with avidity , and
when he was lately asked why he had descended to the level of a beast , he said he . was hungry . A boy named Quintin , between eleven and twelve years of age , having watched the mouse-trap set in the men ' s attics , secured a mouse from it , and skinned , roasted , and ate it in the men ' s sitting , room , apd in tbeir presence . The Governor says he considered it a lark . The boy says he was hungry . The opinion g iven of this dietary by _ those who have practically experienced its efi ' ects is , that the allowances are not naif enough , and not sufficient to support , nature . That after dinner men feel more hungry than before ; that tbe Ipswich gaol allowance of 28 oz . of bread per day , and 146 z . of best clieese per week , is preferable to that of the Workhonse , which is 18 oz . of bread per day , lOoz ; of meat , and lOoz . of fleet cheese per week ; that the Workhouse cheese is not worth half of the same
quantity given at the pnson , and not sogood as can be purchased in Palgrave parish at 2 d . per pound . That children , after a fortnight's residence , are unable to take the gruel , and . that few constitutions can bear the dietary . There is no surgeon ' s book from which to ascertain the amount oi' mortality , and the complaints of which tbe paupers have die- ; , but an account kept by the Governor makes it appear , that betwaen September J , 183 d , and May 9 , 1838 , there occurred 33 deaths—r 24 of children under ] 3 ; 5 of paupers above 60 ; 4 of paupers between 13 and 60 . And , if this be correct , it is remarkable that as many as nine of that number should have died within seven weeks of the 18 th of April , 1837 , as appear from the statement given b y an inmate during that period , as follows : — ' ^ While I . was in
the house , ( seven weeks ) there were nine deathsolieau old womnnyand eight children . I think tour of them were brouglit down by the bad ' gruel , which seemed to putrify their iusides . One of the four uied of the measles ; another was takeu one day with hoarseness and a cough , and died in tlie evening of next day , without the surgeon having seen him , for he was from home when sent for . One died from a hurt , and lie was three-quarters of a year iu an ailing coiiditipn , as 1 was told , and died the biggi-st ot > ject I ever saw , bis bones pricking through before his death . I think-he vva ? going four years old , and was a chance child . The last * as a boy of the name of Thornton ; he died from want as , I believe , for wuen he came in be -was a line , lovely cuild , and lie pined by degrees , an d died in about six or seven weeks . "
4 ai-women and children , of all ages , ( states tlie same intormant , ) : slept in one room , and the stench was enough to putrify a healthy person . There was not an hour in the night but a woman or a child was upon the chair . Lice were prevalent , and we hear of stockings being worn'for six weeks , and gowns for months together ; of three children being received into the house , and not afforded any change of linen or clothes for 17 days , and their mother no other change than a gown in which to appear before the board . Two instances in proof of this negligence will suffice . When tbe stockings of Charles Crackling , which had been worn for fix weeks , were taken off , they swarmed with lice ; and tbe flannel worn round the * neck of Sarah . Page was found to be covered with the same description of vermin .
For ' . disobedience' to the porters orders a man named Perry was in the early part of 1837 handcuSTed by the governor , and made to sleep , br remain ih bed all night in manacle ? . . A young vroman named Elizabeth : Booty , between fitttien ajid sixteen years of ages tbough pleading illness ;' as'her . excuse for not having ptirtormed her task at lice weaving , received two strokes on the head from the governor's hand and fist , and afterwards a cut across the shoulders from bis cane , and fainting in consequeace , was carried up stairs to bed The poor girl , as the informJint has heardj within two months afterwards died of a ^ decline . ¦'¦ ' . ' ¦ Two meny . iiged seyehty-seven and seventy-six , work all day in ' thepakum-room , and twpUttle boys haye been ' separated fr ^ rn their companions ^ at WovtUam ( wbrae the elder bbya and girls ot the union are now domiciled , and where they are alluwed ' to talce a riin on the corrirtoD , ) and cooped because at
up within the Walls of ^ tbis workhouse , the formertheywerje t ^ oear their fnends , . . This catalogue - Qf horrors may be apt ? y > ougbt to a close' by offering cdngratulaftons to the Rev . chairman on the cbmpHroeht paid hinvon Tuesday , the 29 th of May last , when luseminenUemces were « ckhovrledgedand ^ Uy ^ coimnendedby tlie prew Se iay ? ng before the public . this ^ tatement wh ich is simply confine * to the intenprof Eye workbpuse , a strict and cautious adherence to the trutbhas been the aim of the writer—tbe testimony on ~ Wbicb it is founded is of necessity exjidrte— -the i » dividna | g who have given it may , without his , knowledge , , have d ealt in exaggeration , and imposed upon tins , but he has no reason to discredit one * particle f because thev ^^ have professed themselves prepared at any moment ana before any tribunal to confirna on oatb all that they have alleged to him , submitting ; -thiem- ' selves at tbe same tune to the most scrutinizing examination , —Correspondent of the Times .
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DANIEL O'CONNELL , THE WHIGS ANI > I ; . ' -- : \' :: ' THE PEOPLE , ' ; - . ' ^ " The enrtain is about to fall at the close of 4 hV YTfi ^ farce , which , witb a : &ori interlude of Tor ^ presumption and experiment , has been acted for W last six years ; ahd ^ if from ^ hitias been done ^ may judge of what i 3 hkely to be iccoinpKshed , W ^ quite agree with the 5 «« , that if our ruler . ; aw wearied with attention to their dutiesj we are nb le ^ wearied with their perMttanees , and our pleasore ^ t parting yn } lhe mqtnal . "VVe slwuWgreatly - TUKJ
"f tIiat-ourpartingsalutation , instead ' . ' of aurevbif should be ferewell and for ever . After the passing of the Reform Billy Ae London journals , one . an ! all , pointed out to any Ministry which nngni attempt to hold the reins of Government , during tne tempestuous season , which so great a change was certaia to produce , the necessity , the para ^ mount necessity , of trying some means different from any , which had been previously adopted for the management of Ireland . Even the Tory pres 3 ( the measure having passed ) was loud in its demand for
justice ; while the Whigs , having discovered that religious distinctions were the cause of every Irish . malady , whether social or political , proclaimed their : determination to lay the axe to the root of the evil ., The Whigs , we doubt not , were sincere in their intetU tibns , but the power of Mr . O'Conneltu depending wholly Upon the degradation of the Iriah Catholics , ini the power of the W ^ higs depending wholly upon the support of Mr . O'CoNN'ELL , it was impossible to
do-substantial justice to Ireland , and yet preserve the popularity , which lived upon disorder . We admit that some tnfling experiments were made ; but O'Connetul being a prophet , with complete power of fulfilling his own predicfioa'i , no matter hpjr extravagant , acquiesced in experiments for the trial ' s ^ sake , but always foretold a failure . and disconteHtj , which he invariably succeeded in creating . Not one _ single p rinciple which was placed before the Irish people in 1832 ,, and by which seats , in
Parliatment were procured , now finds a place ia S&i O'CoNNEhh ' s political . catalogue . Not a grievance then complained of , now excites his wrath ^ or swells his indignation ; all has been sunk in the base , traitorous design , of silencing , by the wages of corruption , those who , if unprovided for , would , be turned into , accusers , and of pensioning ; his friend * and . his family upon the couiltry . During the Vice-Regency of Lords Wellesley and ; Haddington , the general ferment was sufficientlr
kept iip by the protected ascendancy of the Orange faction ; while during the administration , of Lord Mulgrave , the triumphs of the popular party have coasisted in the formation of a middle class ascendency . Popular discontent has been . smothered in the anticipations entertained from the rule of new local authorities , who reguire but the fiat of law ; and the sanction of custom , to change places with , and be as gteat tj-ianta « , ti ><»> o tuIo » against whose dominion the people have so lone
contended . After so great a change as that pro- ^ mised by the Reform Bill , surely the first six year * should have produced some of the promised benefits ; but , on the contrary , we find , that after the first flash in the pan ef opposition to the Coercion Bill and the Repeal of the Union , each settion ha »; brought with it an iccreared surrender upon the part of the people , increased turpitude upon the part of their leaders , and increased tyranny upon the part of their rulers . When nations declare that the
existence of an Administration depends upon an individual ' s breath , we must naturally- conclude that the Individual is the organ of a party more powerful than that which the Grqvernmentrepresentsr ,, and we must imagine his views and opinions to be in unison with those of the majority of the : . people ^ His 8 tation . we must suppose to be sustained bj his support of liberal measures , and by his opposition to the usurpation nf a party . Wo have , i hnwBver , but to take a briff review of the last session , and we find Daniel O'Connell either directly
sanctioning , or hypocritically abstaining , front denouncing the most flagitious acts of a most corrupt administration . Had O'Connell raised his voice in favour of justice to Canada , Canada would have bad justice . Had he , who professes tor hate the shedding of blood , interceded for the murdered patriots , their lives would have been spared . Had the support of the working classes beeu still necessary for the preservation of O'CONNELt ' s power , the Glasgow Patriots would now have been a Comfort to their disconsolate famiifesri
Had O'Connbll not lived upon Irish poverty , the poor of Ireland would have had a resting place and a home . ( If the Government system of Poor Laws was bad , why did not he , from great experience , introduce a better ?) If Q'Connell had been a Christian , instead of a political Catholic , the foul brand of the Law Church Ascendancy , would lon £ since have been removed from the forehead of the brave Irish Roman Catholic . HadO'CoNNELL not been the tool of the moneymongers , the white infant slave would have been protected from the . tyrant ' s lust .
Had Mr . O'Connell not dreaded the united virtue , of a fully represented community ,. each man w : oald ere now have been the part nominator of his representative ; and had O'Connell . not been a traitor , Ireland would no'v have been a land of freedom , peace , and contentment . To the ignorance , the vanity , and , the lewdness of Lord MELBOtJRNE-Tthe poverty , the love of anyhow-distinction of Lord John Bosseix ; the determination to uphold political station of the petty officers of Government , and the power which religious inequality in
Ireland , has given to Mr . O'Connell , we attribute the great popular discontent , which nothingshort of a just representation of the people ever can allay . To have attacked any particular measure of the Whigs , duriag the Session of Parliament and in a weekly paper , would have been mere waste of time , and , therefore , ws deferred a revision of their general policy until the close of the Session , which thank Providence is now at band . During the
recess we shall prove to the English people , that the necessity for a bad state of society in Ireland , in order to uphold O'Conneli ,, that he may snppbrt the Whigs , has been the whole cause , not only of Irish but of Imperial misery and- complaint . We shall continue our examination of Mr . O'Connell ' s acts , from the period at which we left him in our last series of letters , and shall show by reference to them , that every prediction ^ which we
therein hazarded , hasbeen verified to the letter . With the pageant which has taken place , and the slight damp which the imposing novelty may throw upon" agitation , " we have nothings to do ; Bor do we hazard any opinion as to the new character , which Mr ^ O'CoNNEtt may perform in the farce ; In opposition , however , to the general assertion , we do not think that he will sacrifice his indirect mode of aerviug bimself and his friends , for the cpnterttplated honours which some of bur contemporaries
have in store for him . Each Session ipf Parliament Shouldbe preceded by a declaration of ± be ^ amount of protection which the people are to receiyffer the ' amount of taxes which tbey are balledi Bpoxito ^ paV * Each reign should be preceded by a dieciaration'bf those principles , to which the people are _ required te swear allegiance ,. and each representatiye should close . his Sessional account with his constituents , by tendering hini 8 elf in the M ! arket-place , for a personal examination by thijss whose gervaut he , ought to be . ' ¦ " . ¦ ' '"¦ : -. ¦ ' ; ¦' " ¦ : ¦'
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