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      COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH , Satckdat , JmtE 9- j THE QTTEE 5 « . H'DOriLL ASTJ OTHEfiS . j "Mr- TIx-ri / k had to support the rnle for arrestiaf the jnaznKut on the fourth connt of this indictment , and before forwing the attention of the Court particcaarfy ( to the count itself , he-wonM pray their Lordships would * tear 3 n mind ~* tet ^^ H » d *«* nient did . not charge , j Ihere -were iiae counts in this indictment , of 'which ' seTeral -were franrad for faiowjn offences of conspiracy , ; and several in respect of riotous and tnsmltntffls £ sssm- j Hies ¦ but this t » ant "was ne : thei for conspiracy nor j tnmnKncBs assemSBug . The third count waa identical ; with the fourth"with the exception tha t , instead of ! rii b

      • , 'jBi | | ^ auua ¦ » j — - — a — cbaisirg theiners aiding and abetfing , it charged tfee j defenasrts did cosspixe to aid and abet The fourth j count ^ £ snv > framed for any offence that had a name in xespect of "which any precedent "was to be found . He j jieed sot tlraw attention to the right the defendants \ had to inaBt upon the prosecutor putting forward a ] « fasrge of a known « rime to which the defendants were accessory . The indictmenfwas framea upon the prlnei- \ pleof xhsrgnigin the earlier part that some other per- j sons as principal offenders "Wtre guilty of a principal ! offence thereof the defendants -were accessories before ! llm fact bj siding and abetting . He iras to submit that , j

      tiMding this indictment into tw-0 parts , there was no offence eharged in the first branch ef the indictment ; j and the latter brauch of the indictment ; imputing that ' the defendants -were accessories , "was not sufficient to ; establish that offence . The first part of the indictment . charged do principle offence ; it ttm not ' a charge j df conspiracy , nor was there a charge of riotously as i yjmiMrng . The description given tras , "that divers- ] evil-disposed personB tmla-srfnlly and tnmultuoosly as- ' , sembled together . " if that did not constitute an indictaHe offence , he -was at a less to know " how the introducing several steps in the indictment could form ' an offence . The defendants could not he found guilty

      of riotously assembling . It iras an essential that three '; or meie should be charged , because the essence of the j -offence vss , numbers should be assembled . tCo . Litt-, t 176 ; 1 Tentris , 251 ; Salkeld , 934 ) It tob essential : that the purpose « f the sssemfcSirjg "was to disterb the ] peace , or that the indictment -shonld have gone on to < shew Bomeict , done in common by t $ ia parties assac- \ bled , -which in itself-would constitute a riot , or break- j Tng the peaces but it "was consistent "with the present j indictment that they might have assembled for tbe j purpose of festivity or electioneering , -which , -were legal assemblies , and the mere adding the "word " unlaTrful '';

      ¦ Would not make the indictment good- The first step , therefore did not show that the assembling irasfor the purpose of breaking the peace . The second step -was , that by -violence , threats , and intimidation , divers ether persons , being peaceable subjects of the realm , j were jndted to leave their occupations and employ- ! merits , and thereby labour was impeded . Was there lo be found in that statement anything which , taken by j itself , -would constitute an Indictable , offence £ Thei result was no part of the offence . The mere impeding j labour was not an indictable cffenee . The nearest I offence to this would be that of assault ; but it would '

      be idle to say that a party cculd be convicted , of sn -assault by circumlocution , such as was to be \ found in this indictment . ; 31 r . Justice Williams . —If persons " assembled toge-, ther , and by acts of violence impeded labour , that would he an iwiictable oSence , wculd il not ? 2 k 2 ble said his Lordship had introduced acts of ' violence ; the count did not charge acts of violence . The prosecutes had abstained from charging that the divers persons so assembled had dons an act which ] weald have brought them within the reach of the . ffr JTnrnn ] law . The residue cf the first branch clearly . did not constitute an indictable offence by saying that J they thereby impeded 3 abonr , because that was merely ¦

      flie result They ought to have been cbsrged with an ' offence of a known name . Those who mads the cbzzge ' ought io have kept within the known principles cf the . fr iiTrinal law . The count was bad on the ground that , it did not appear where these divers persons were assembled . There was a point of a minor description , ¦ which ! wss that the-diven persons who were tbeprin- ] tapzl sffendexs were neither named nor stated to be unknown ; and In support of tWs argument the Learned Counsel cited the case of "The King y . Caspar , " 2 , Uooiys Criminal Cases , 101 . If the party was not known , it should have been so stated in the indictment . "With respect to the accessories not being properly charged , it was said they were accessories after the fact , but it did not appear that they were present , not that . they knew what was going on , but it was consistent ' with the indictment that they might merely have sub-, scribed money for the support of parties during the

      time they ceased to labour . Unless the parties were shown to have been present , it ought to be shown that : they hud a knowledge of what was going on . In the , 31 st voL of ttse State Trials , page 1 , the parties were . alleged to have aided persons who were unknown . Another objection was , that if the parties were charged "with bang accessories before the fact , there would appear to be a Eubstssti&l offence , but then they would be charged-with bang accessories , to sn offer . ee which did not appear to have ever existed . They were charged , -with aiding and abetting the divers evil-dispoaed ' persona to continue and persist in the said unlawful assemblies . He \ ess dealing -frith the csse upon the snppoaitlcn thai i « was intended , to say that divers persons had been guilty cf as offence , and that the defendants were accessories ; tbtn the indictment contained no charge that the grime of the principal offender ever was committed . " I

      Mr . Justice Pattesgk said , it was difficnlt to think how a man could aid and assist in doing a thing unless it was done , but it might be aiding to do a thing which ' Tras intended to be done . 2 &x . J £ kve said , a person might supply gunpowder to ] a ship when no gun was fired . Where there were ' known offences those offences ought to be stated . It was j sot aiding and abelting in an attempt to commit a , misdemeanour . Where an attempt was charged , there i must "fee an act done by the defendants which would be

      part of the offence supposing it should be committed , j Supposing 3 piBtol to be charged by a " person who in- i tended to commit a murder , but afterwards . changed j his mind , the loading the pistol would not be an offence , because there was no breach of the law—the intention i alone was not criminal . ! Mr . Justice Patxesos said there was * case some j years ago where a man went to an engraver in the Strand , ! and wishefl him to make s plate for the purpose of com- j TfnVf rng a forgery on the ^ Norwegian GcTernment ; it ' was held that the man was indictable—he was indicted i

      forsoiicitxDg . ' Mr . EKLE replied , that here the case was different ; the defendants were not indicted for soliciting , nor was | it as indictment for an attempt to commit a-misdemea-1 nottr . Ths indictment did not show that they tosk any ' part in impeding labour ; there was eo act done by the j defendants . He submitted that the generality cf this j indictment made ibbafl , it was too indefinite ; it was bo ' devoid of alfparticulars , that the defendants had not j that reasonable information as to -what they were ' called upon to answer , te which all indic&ea persons -were by the law of England entitled . There never was an indictment more bare in specifying any particulars ; thewordBwere " divers persons , at divers times , at divers places . " To what part of England eonld the attention of the parties be directed ? who -were tbe principal offenders ? where were they , what was the

      time , what was the offence ? Every election mob . every holy-day assembly , « very festive meeting , might come under the denomination of lumultoons assembling . The defendants were not snpposed to bt , jointly guilty of any one of the acts charged , for these hud been laid in the indictment as several and distinct , yethisJonly fumiEhed an additional reason why the count new sought to be overturned should have beea rendered anore accurate and specific in its language . Aniosg many ether -cases upon conspiracies , those of " the Queen r ^ Touls , " 5 Can , and Payne , and " the King r . Seawojih , " 1 Asi-lphus and Ellis , were authorities to show the infLesibiiity of the Courts in regarding ¦* ' generality" as fatal to an indictment Upon these authorities , ss well as upon the loose and vague wording of tbe count , he contended that it was opposed to tlse spirit and rules of the law with reference to indieimenis , and must therefore be held by their Lordships as insufficient tnd bad .

      2 Ir- DpxdaS followed on the same side . It appeaae 4 to Win liat the charge intended to be set up against the " pricdpal cffbidtrs * ' Was « wyt . of a riot At lea ? t , if it were n * t so , it amounted te nothing of which Lt- knew in criminal law , or of which the CTJTTnr « n courts coald tnie cognizance . Assuming that it was -ss , iLcir Lord&hipB would bold in view , that as it required at leasi three peisons to com State a riotous assembly , it ought to appear upon the indictment that "Hie principal { -ffendere ssounted to or exceeded that xtumber . The rsmes of these parties , if known , should

      hsV 6 been stated , or , jf otherwiEs , thej sh ^ nlu have been iDSEtaoaed &s ¦• unkno ^ rn . " in none of these respects , iowever , did fb ? indictment comply with the rnies of law . The unmber of prbicrpal offenders mentioned therein might have teen two as well as three , and neiSiEr were their names gran , nor were ' . they said to -be "Bnknown . " It kad been argued by his Learned Pdead H&x . Erie ) that the fourth count was bad , and insumciEnt to charge the defendants with being acces sories before the feet , i nasmuch as it contained nothing which could be construe as words' of *• solicitation . " To this he would only » dd , •»» . «* . as a new order of words had been used , s , about ary reason assigned for rftmghig the old , the fort . ** muEt be rqeeted by theit iordsbips . He , however , maintained , thatit was competect for huu , because . n-iallj consistent with the terms of the indictment , io legard it as chargine tbe with

      defendants being accessories after the fact 32 » -defendants conid not be regarded as aidera and abettors , since the count in question Contained tio -words to show that they were present at the fime of Hie ofenee committed . Neither , in the absence cf tems of " solicitation ,- could they be regarded as accessories before ttie fact Even , however , pnfl » iypo !^ siB tbat 1 liedefenQaut 8 weresonght-to be charged as accessories after the fact , the fourth count could riot Btand , since it did not appear thereby that the defendants had any *• knowledge" c-f the guSty = ct "Mush had previouall occurred- This-was an averment jwhish iba law TEQttired in circnniBtaEC ? s of the kind , and which the indictment did not supply-. The Attcrney-Seneral , on the former argumait , had endeavomed to patch : up the defect by appealing to " Hansard's case /* but there a guflty knowledge Lad been charged The indictment , moreover , contained no allegation of

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      tile means used by the defendants , as it enght by the rales of law to have done . In conclnsiou , he would put it to their Lordships from the numerous authorities laid down upon the subject , that the ! defendants could not be considered aiders and abettors , inasmuch as the indictment contained do allegation of their " presence " during the time of the acts committed ; that they could not be regarded as accessories before the fact , because the countpcontained no words ol * f solicitation , " nor yet as accessories after the fact , as there was no averment of " knowledge . " And that , therefore , the fourth count must be -held by their Lordships to be bad in law .

      Mr . Ejunes nest took up the argument by reminding their Li-rdships that it could not be said that the statute of George lY . healed the errors that ) had been pointed out in the indictment ; andwithontsach sn interposition the commqn la ~ could of itself apply . no remedy . The points that had baen raised upon the argument came before their Lordships in precisely the same light and with the same force as if they hada been presented to them upon demurrer . An indictment had been defined in Lord Halt's Pleas of the Crotra , and in a case reported in page 862 of Cooper ' s Reports , but tha count in qnestion was totally at variance with the nature of an indictment as pointed out by these definitions . Xhat count could not , in the first place , beinaintained as one charging a coospiracv for the principal offence , inasmuch

      as it would be bad for " generality . " It was true that greater generality had been allowed in an indictment for a conspiracy or a nuisance than for any other form of offence , but the indulgence bad been strictly confined to these , and « ould not be very far dispensed with even in them , much less extended to an indictment for aiding and abetting the malpractices of others . Even , however , upon the supposition thit the " principal effence" charged in the present instance was a conspiracy , the fourth connt must be considered insufficient from the uncertainties—firstly , as to the present conspiring ; and secondly , as to the persons conspired against No names were given for any of the principal offenders , nor , was it even mentioned that they were persons '' unknown . " And the same objection held

      true with regard to those who were stated to have been obstructed by the conspirators in their work-As to person , time , and place , theicount was equally TBrce and loose in its allegations , and , in his ( Mr . Barnes ' s ) opinion , should be held insufficient He maintained , however , that it was bad also on tbe ground of " mnltifarionsness , " as charging the defendants with aiding and abetting the principal offenders in a number of separate individual and unconnected acts , which differing in time , place , and performers , ought to have been distinctly charged . The law on this point had been stated in tbe case of " the King v . Roberta , " in i Modem , page 101 , and to that he referred their Lordships . Another objection to the fourth count was to be found in the fact , that it contained no allegation cf , or reference to , the means and manner by which the defendants had committed their offence . In in

      indictment upon cursing and swearing , and upon a threatening letter , tbe Court held that tbe eaths used in the one instance and tbe letter in tbe other ongbt to have been specially set forth , in order that they might themselves judge from the record whether the offence complained of was indictable ; and the principle that where an offence had been committed the means and manner of its accomplishment ought to be averred bad been long thoroughly' established . It might , perhaps , be argued that a necessity of the kind in instances of the present sort would render pleadings interminable , but that ought to have been remedied , not by an infraction of the rule of law , but by altering the form of the offence , and proceeding on the ground of a conspiracy . On these grounds , in addition to those already advanced by his Learned Friends , Mr . Dnndas and Mr . Erie , he submitted that their Lordships ought to hold the fourth connt insufficient in law .

      Mr . Serjeant Mtjupht came nsact , and after some remarks on the absence of any averment of intent on the part of the defendants , proceeded to draw their Lordships * attention to the infraction in the fourth count of the rule of law , that where an offence in its nature accessorial was complained ef , a statement of " knowledge" was indispensable . Sir W . Follett bad on this point quoted the authority > of " The l&ng v . Tnller , " as an answer to the objection taken , but in that case the word " advisedly" had ; been used , which had been held to supply the defect , while here no substitution had been attempted . With reference to the argument of his learned friend Mr , Earle as to the absfene * of words of " solicitation" in ; the fourth count , he ( Mr . Serjeant Murphy ) was desirous of pointing out

      to thtar Lordships the reasons why the werd " encouraged , " which occurred in the count ; could not be held to cure the mistake . " Encouragement ' and " solicitation" were two very different things , and must not be regarded as synonimons . If they took the case of false pretences , let it be a substantial indictment , that A . B . encouraged C . D to obtain mbn « y by false pretences ; he submitted that would not be a good indictment . The party must set out the chief offence , in order that the Court might judge whether it was unlawful : it was for the Court , not the prosecutor , te determine as to its illegality ; and if it was not completely set out , bow could the Court' form an opinion ? The intent was so imperfectly stated that it was impossible to say which of the parties bad dene an unlawful act

      ilr . Bodkis said the Count could not be supported , on the groccd of its uncertainty in . the description of the offence . If it could be imputed to the principal effender or to the party inciting , the grand jury might decide on one state of Tacts , and jthe petit jury en another . The words were so vague , that it might he said the parties bad written letters to incite to an act to to be committed , or that the meetings having ceased , the defendants might have rendered tbe parties snpport and assistance after the fact bad been committed . Mr . Atheb . tos submitted that for the reasons whieh had been urged this count was bad , as it did not aver that the defendants had been guilty of any offence known to the law ; or that if the offence was known , it was so obscure that no judgment ought to be passed upon it The names of the principals cngfet to be given , or it ought to be stated that they were

      unknowp-Mr . Justice ColeiiIDGE said , if ten regimen ' s of infantry tad been enraged , of what use wonld it have been to have covered sheets of parchment with stating their names , or how would it have served the parties to have said tbey were unknown ? Mr . Athektok Baid that was an extreme caBe , but according to the rules laid down in the books , it appeared to be necessary either that the names should be stated , or that it should be stated that the numbers were rs-Mssive . Lord Desmax . —We will take time to consider the matter .

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      OBSERVATIONS ADDRESSED TO THE ENGLISH PEOPLE , AXD MORE ESPECIALLY TO ENGLISH MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT , ON THE STATE OF I RELAND . At this time , when the condition of Ireland assumes so important a place in the attention of the British public—when , on the one hand , measures of a character subversive of political liberty are in progress of being psssed by the legislatnre , oad , on the other hand , the great body of the people of Ireland are proclaim ing , as with one voice , the injustice of England , it appears to me to be very desirable 'that the peculiar circumstances in tbe condition of the Irish people , which give cause for thU position of thingB , should be more fully understood than I believe they are at present

      Not only the outrages , but the discontents , of the people of Ireland proceed from the wretchedness of their condition , as existing generally over tbree provinces , and partially over the fourth and if it be asked what produces this wretchedness ? 1 unhesitatingly answer , the oppression and bad systems of landlords , which are no less injnrious to themselves than to their tenants ; and to these there ha » of late years been added the desire ef exteminatin ? the smallholders from the lands of Ireland . It is bard for Englishmen to conceive how it is possible that any body of men should be so completely blinded to their orm interests as to induce them to act as the landlords of Ireland have acted It is therefore useful to call to mind the original circumstances of the connection x > f landlord and tenant in that country .

      It arose from the repeated wars ; which occurred in Ireland , in ctrnsc-Quence of rebellions against the Briiuh power , that all the lands , with very few exceptions , have been at different times forfeited , and have changed bands , in many cases even three times over . The natuml result was , that those who got thete lands felt no Fecurity in the property so obtained , and their object consequently was to levy the greatest possible revenue in the shortest possible time , without any respect to tee consequences of sneh proceedings on the future or permanent cccdition ef the people ; and , in addition to this , a source cf hostility existed between the people and ths landlords , derived from the circumslsnrfs of couqnest , and difference of race and religion . From these causes , the collection commenced in a spirit of

      mutual hatred , and has continued so . The landlords had the power to indulge unrestrained their desire to oppress and exact , because bo counteracting responsibility was created by a system of Poor Laws , or by any other measures—but the reverse , the most dire system of laws was passed to supply the means of oppression . ThuB passion , prejudice , and temporary self-interest created a system cf action which has uniformly continued , and has exhibited itself in jthe most reckless and cruel repacijy . This produced the various modes of ynartngfag lands for the purposes of extortion , to which I have referred on different J occasions in Parliament , and -which are minutely detailed in various reports of both Houses of the Legislature . From hence arose the system of middlemen , joint tenancy , conacre ,

      letting tbe lands to tbe occupier without buildiags or improvements , or any allowance for the same ; and all the excessive provisions in the form of distraint and ejectment for the recovery and extorting of rent which distinguish the Irish law of landlord and tenant Thus , the occupiers of the land were reduced to extreme poverty , without the opportunity of subsisting themselves . by the produce of their labour in any way j without education , without agricultural knowledge , and deprived , by repeated distraints , of their stock , and of all means of beneficially working their holdings , they have been rendered incapable of paying that amount of Tent , which the qua-Iiq- of their lands would otherwise easily yield , and which those small holders , under a proper sjktem of

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      management , would have been perfectly competent to pay . Such being the state of things to which the people were reduced , the landlords found that some remedy must be adopted , In order to obtain a fair return from their lands . Did tbey then attempt to better the condition of poor people , by aiding their industry and promoting their power of improvement ? No such thing . Extermination was the decree of the landlords of Ireland by a kind « f general consent , and several concomitant causes gave an increased impulse to that system of action . 1 st The abolition of the 40 s . county franchise ,, by the Emancipation Bill of 1 S 2 ft , rendered consolidation necessary in order to produce a new £ l 6 franchise . This was the first step in the ^ xterminatiuj ; system : but then , again , the £ 10 veters rejected the landlords' -supremacy ; they wonld not be his politic . il servants : "this produced si second act of the extermirating drama . It was deemed inexpedient to create £ 10

      voters , it Was said the franchise must be placed in less numerousand more obedient hands , and for this reaso'i , whenever leases dropped , the consolidation principle became the rule of action in a sUU more extended degree . Again , a third impulse was given to this system by the nature of the Poor Law Act passed for Ireland . As this act contained no prevision of settlement , the ; peor man , when ejected from his lands , had no right to claim relief at tbe place of his birth , or former residence ; therefore it became the object of landlords and farmers to drive away the poor , in order to guard against taxation for their support in their respective districts , especially as the enactment of some settlement clause was looked forward to as u probable addition to the act at no distant period . Thus tbe Poor Relief Bill has , in this respect , bad the indirect ( ffect of greatly aggravating the miseries of the poor of Ireland , fcy driving them off the lauds , without any concurrent measure to promote their employment .

      The foregoing brief history of landlord and tenant transactions in Ireland 1 have given as a prelude to the following- proofs of the action of the exterminating system now in operation . Various statements have been made at different times in tbe newspapers of ihe proceeding of particular landlords and agents . They are all met by statements of these landlords and agents , each saying . ' It is not I who have done these things . " I shall not bow enter into individual charges , but I will show from facts , authenticated by parliamentary documents , that a dreadful and heartless persecution is and has been going on upon tbe part of the landlords of Ireland against the small holders . I say the landlords of Ireland as a body—at the same time I admit that there are many distinguished and most honourable

      exceptions . There are two returns from which I shall take these facts . In the second supplement to Appendices D , E . F ., of the Irish Poot Inquiry Commissioners , a return is given of the civil bill ejectments at Court of Quarter Sessions in Ireland for seven years , from 1827 to 1833 , both years inclusive . This return gives tbe names of plaintiffs aud tbe number of defendants , and various other particulars ; but this report has returns from only nineteen counties out of thirty-two , the whole number of counties in Ireland . There is another return made this year to Parliament for five years , from 1 S 38 , to 1842 , both inclusive . This return gives the number of ejectments for all the counties of Ireland , but does not ; give the names of plaintiffs or number of defendants . It lies in manuscript in the library of

      the House of Commons , not having been ordered for printing . It appears by the last mentioned return that the number of Civil Bill ejectments entered -for tbe five years terminating with 1842 were 28 . 5 S 0 being at the average rate of 5 , 712 yearly ; but this only giveB the number of ejectments entered—it does not Bhow the number of persons served on each ejectment By a reference to a former return it will be found that each entry comprehended in m ^ ny cases a large number of occupants , even so many as forty . This arises from the nature of the letting of lands in Ireland in sub-tenancy and co-partnership . By that return the ejectment entries for nineteen counties in seven years were 13 , 425 , but the defendants amounted to 31 , 007 , being in the proportion of about 2 A to the

      entries . K , then , we assume this proportion as a guide in referring to the late return , the number of entries being 28 , 559 , the number of defendants would be 71 , 397 . Each of these defendants is a separate occupier , and probably head of a family ; taking the families at the usual average of five heads—the total number-of-population against whom ejectment proceedings have been taken would amount to 356 985 souls in the five years , being ot the aveuye rate eavh year of 14 , 339 families ^ , comprehending 71 , 397 heuds of population But I can show farther , that this extermination is going on in a rapidly increasing ratio . By the flrRt report the number of ejectment cases in tbe nineteen counties are 13 . 425 , being at the rate of 706 for each county . At the same rate , the number for the

      thirteen omitted counties would be y , 178 , making a total of 22 , 003 for seven years , or o :. the average 3 , 229 entries yearly . But the average of five years , given in the last return , would be 5 712 each year , showing a yearly increase of 2 , 483 cases on the average , or an increase of very little less than one-half in nine years ; or , in other words , the average of five years , ending in 1842 , is nearly ene-third greater than the average of seven yesrs , ending in 1833 . lt may be attempted to meet my aiatement by the allegation that these entries w « re all decreed . It matters not—the entries show the animus of the landlords ; and

      the presumption is , that the persons named were driven out by some other means ; and undoubtedly large numbers bave been expelled , against whom no legal process had been taken . There is another fact whieh appears from the first return , that in the great majority of cases no rent is charged as being due—the ejectments are brought for what is termed overholdingas , for example , the county of Donegal . The number of ejectments entered in the seven years included in that return were 797 in that county , and in only 137 cases is rent charged as due ; and in that county the yearly average of entries has risen , since 1833 , from 111 to 246 , considerably more than double .

      Now , gentlemen , and people of England , such is a true , and as I think you will feel from the facts I have stated , incontrovertible statement of the landlord and tenancy condition of the people of Ireland . This state of things has tempted the people to form-illegal associations , and to do violent , illegal , and cruel acts to protect themselves from this exterminating system ; they feel that tbe laws and the institutions give them no protection ; they therefore make a law for themselves and appoint their own executioners to carry out their judgments : they are in a state of desperation ; tbey feel thjit they must either hold their land or die the miserable though not instant death of starvation ; and this state of things also produces the desire for political change . A people so oppressed and distressed grasp at . th « proposition of any change , because they are in such a deplorable condition that no change can make them worse . To meet such evils as these what would be the obvious course ?

      would it not be to propose such amendments of the law of landlord and tenant as would give the occupier some protection against thid heartless extermination 1 A power of claiming value for improvements , er a renewal of tenure ; as a set-uff against notice of ejectment , has been repeatedly suggested ; the powers of distraint should also be limited within just bounds , and in conjunction with these amendments of the law of landlord aud tenant , the Poor Law should be made to act effectively against the exterminating process ; a power should be given bj which , in case ejected tenants were admitted aa objeets of public relief , the expenses of such relief should be chargeable to a certain extent upon the ejecting landlord ,- and also in cases wherein the rent paid by any tenant exceeded , in a certain proportion , the rent by valuation . If such tenants should be supported from the rates , the-expense of such relief should be chargeable on the immediate lessor and levied in both cases by giving powers to tbe commissioners , in case of non-payment , to enter into the receipt of the rents .

      I unhesitatingly assert my belief that such measures as these would operate as a charm in ameliorating tbe condition ; and removing the discontents of the people ; various other useful measures have been suggested for promoting improvement and employment ( see report on public works , 1835 ; and the reports of the Poor Law Inquiry Commissioners , ttc , &c . ) ' But instead of snch measures as these , wbat are the propositions of the Government ? Do they propose to increase Uie responsibility of the landlords ? They propose exactly tbe reverse . They briug in a New Poor Law Bill , the changes made by which are to increase the power and to diminish the responsibility of the landlords ; and they do this with a knowledge ( or else they are guilty of unpardonable ignorance ) that a cruel extermination is in progress by tfee landlords , amounting , as I have shown , to the extent of upwards of seventy-one thousand heads of ttit population annually .

      The second measure the Government proposes is an Arms Registry Bill . The nature an i character of this bill is fuiiy before the public . There might be some apology , if it were said , we want this bill to protect life , till other measures of remedy shall come ii < to action ; hut tbey do not say this . I purposely put the ijutition on a late occasion to the Government ; the an-Bwer clearly showed that no other measures were intendeii— that the whole reliance was on the Arms Bill . Then I ask Englishmen to consider , first , W ill this Arms Bill remtdy the e 7 ilfl I have laid before you ? You cannot say it will . Secondly— Will it prevent outrages and murder ? Can you believe that those who have formed this agrarian organization will not contrive to secrete arms , or else to rob arms from those who have registered them , in order to carry linto execution their objects ; or in case of wanting arms , that the bludgeon would not be resorted to , or other practices still more dreadful ?

      Thirdly—If this bill does not operate effectually fn taking away the means of outrage , will it not by its offensive provisions increase the spirit of outrage ? Fonrthly—I ask you , is it right , is it politic , to concede Buch a bill as this to a government who seek it as the only remedy for evils which you know this bill cannot reuiedy , and thus give that government a plea to avoid the consideration of more substantial measures of amelioration ? I hear tit continually alleged by Englishmen , that they cannot understand the grievances of Ireland , or what remedies can be cpplied . I hear this constantly —I read it in tbe articles of the public press . I have therefore endeavoured , in these observations , as briefly as possible , to point ont a few of the practical evils , and suggest a few of the practical remedies . I think no one can dispute that I have pointed out grievances ; let these who disapprove of my remedies , suggest

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      better ones if they can . I have carefully abstained from the mention of political grievances , or saying one word indicative of predeliction . I do not wish to attach blame to thia Government greater than to other preceding Governments ; practical measures of improvement have been neglected by all alike , and I am free to acknowledge that , in the report I have referred to in 1833 , the Whig landlords assume fully as conspicuous a figure in the exterminating warfare as the Tory landlords . Such is the condition of the Irish . people . Tbey impute their suffering—not to what I believe to be it 3 true cause , namely , the imperfect representation of the

      people , in tbe Imperial Parliament , and consequent bad legislation and bad government over tbe whole einpire- ^ but to the alleged evil intentions of the British nation towards Ireland , and they desire to protect themselves from that cause of evil by a repeal of the uniun . Now ! would call upon the legislators of England , both Lords and . Commons , to reflect upon the consequences of their present proceedings . If they pass such measures as the Arms Bill for tbe coercion of the Irish people , and no measures for their protection tor improvement , are they not adding power and permanence to the repeal agitation , by proving themselves incompetent , or else unwilling , to legislate either justly or beneficially for that country ?

      William Shaiisian Cbawford London , June 7 , 1843 .

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      him . ( Laughter . ) I remember that a friend of mine was once coughing all night , and when tho doctor came to him in the inorning , he said to him , I think you coagh easier ttian you did before . " " It is no wonder I should , " eald he , " for I have been practising all night . " ( Loud laughter . ) It was the same way with Sir Robert Peel ; he had been practising so long , that it came quite easy to him to tell the lie . ( Continued laughter . ) It ' came out with more facility from him because tie had been practising the entire of the preceding day and ] evening . The lie he told was thia—he said that the Queen would oppoae the Repeal to the uttermost , whereas she Baid no such thing . His conduct , according to the newspaper reports , was traitorous

      to the Queen , besides being untrue ; and I have it from the highest authority , short of the Queen herself , and I am told that she sent Peel away when he next came to her with a | fl * a in hi 3 ear . ( Loud laughter and cheers . ) TVhat was tbe next step ? Up comes Chanceller Sugclen . —( groans . ) What an ugly name the fellow has . ( laughter . ) This Chanceller S ^ den issues out a letter striking us off the commission of tbe peace . Only think what a degraded man I am , deprived of the commission of j the peace—but what a great deal I care for either it or him . ( Cheers . ) But if I have been degraded it was in very good company . I have with mo an excellent young friend of mine—our chairmanthe son of your' old and faithful representative , Colonel

      Butler , and who will himself be yet your representative . ( Cheering . ) I tbank you for anticipating me ; but the moment it is not his fathsr ' s convenience to represent tbe county ot Kilkenny I would be glad to see the man who would attempt to interfere with bis election . He possesses all the qualities of the truly noble house of Mountgatret ; and many and many a Mountgarret has died on the scaffold , or fighting in the field for Ireland . Yes , aud the Mountgarrets of the present day would , if necessary , be ready to follow their example—( cheers ) . Tbe 'commission of the peace was also taken from Col . Butler , from Lord Ffrench , from Sir Michael Dillon Bellew , and from D . 6 'ConnelI , aud other vagobonds —( laughter ) . This Sugden—the pig with the ugly

      name —( laughter)—who took aw : iy the commission of the peace from us-j-ia u lawyer , and baa made an enormous fortune by the law , but yet he does not understand the law ; for he says that it ia unconstitutional to attend raeetiflgs , while be himself publishes an alleged speech of the Queen , and attributes to her the unconstitutional language uttered by the Prime Minister . But they have sent over ] 30 , 000 artillery , cavalry , infantry , and marines hero , and I am very glad of i 6 , for they will spend 3 ft , 000 shillings every day while tbey remain in this country —( cheers ) . It would be a kind of little Repeal of the TJnion in itself—( a laugh ) The Queen's

      army is the best in the world , and the class of sergeants that it j contains \ s the most educated in existence , and I truat that the day will come when all tbe sergeants will be in a fair way of becoming commissioned omcers-j- ( bear , hear , and loud cbeerB ) . They also sent over the navy , and all the old women of Kingston were ] frightened the other morning by the BriDg of cannon ! from six or seven ships in tbe harbour on the arrival of the admiral . But do you know what they tare going ? to do ? Tho admiral ia coming down the Grand Canal in the heavy boat to examine aft turfboats , and look ] into their potato lockers to try if they have any bidden cannon on board . It is really ^ a fact ,

      and he is this very day at Monastereven . A lieutenant of the navy haaj been sent by the fly-boat on the Royal Canal , to find out wbat became of the army of 15 , 000 men that tbe [ Right Rev . Dr . Higgina had had io bis back parlour , j Mr . O'Connell tben proceeded to describe at much length the benefits that would be conferred on the country by Repeal , and then referred to the moral and physical superiority of tbe Irish race over every ether people in the world . He then continued—Our petitions will go before her Majesty , for she alone ia a ^ le to Repeal the "Union , by her prerogative . She can , I repeat , restore the Irish

      Parliament ; it is not dead—it only Bleeps . There is a torpor —on incubus overriding ; but the vitality of the heart remains , Grattan said be watched over the cradle of lush liberty , and saw her liberties inhearsed , and followed her to the grave . I assert that she is not deadshe only sleeps ]; aud here am I sounding the trumpet for her resurrection—( cheers ) . What a day it will be when Mr . Pierce Somerset Butler is Betting out in procession to go to the Parliament that will be sitting in College Green . Irishmen , your country shall not be enslaved . The Repeal of the Union is approaching ! From this spot I proclaim to you liberty and prosperity to Old Ireland- ] - ( loud and continued cheering ) . After passing some other resolutions , the meeting separated in the most orderly manner .

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      Meeting of King ' s Count ? Magistrates * Parsontown on Friday last , convened by ths EarlS Rosse , in consequence of the atrocious murder of jr * GatchelL His Lordship was furnished with a cobyn # the Arms Bill , which he read for the meeting j Li which was unanimously approved of . A committee **! formed to watch over the new registry of flre-arma ^ quarter sessions , and to prevent in every way arms » tf * ting ipto the bands of the peasantry of the KiiL * County . Resolutions and subscriptions were entered into to co-operate with , and assist government in pm , tectiug witnesaes . It was deemed unnecasary , or s ^ y ,. rerogatory , to enter into any reward for the apprehL sion of the murderers of Mr . Gatchell , there beta * already persons committed to abide their trials fur that crime , lest it might affect the pending trials . His imfl ship entered his name for the sum of £ 100 , ana befoia the meeting separated there was £ 400 subscribed , - !! Nenagh Guardian . ~~

      Mr . O'Conell in Mallow . —The Catholic cle » y men of Mallow and surrounding districts have been cautioning their congregations for the last thtte \ s ^ not to break a single branch 6 ffany tree for the proca . sion without the consent of the owners . —Cork Reports National Education . —Repeal . —We have been informed that the Commissioners of the NaKon&l Edn . cation Board have dismissed one of th c ir teachers , who was in attendance upon the training school in Dublin he having spoken at and taken an active part in j Repeal meeting in the county of Louth , preview £ his entering upon his course of educational preparation in the Dublin model school . — Smunders . Govebnment Reward . —In the Gazette of Tuesday a reward of £ 100 is offered by Government for the con . viction of the party or parties who are represented ^ having , on the night of the 2 nd instaut , fired at John Barke , Esq ., J . P . of Fintrlm , co . Galway , as he \ n . passing through bis hall .

      New Stipendiary Magistrate . —Tha Lord Ifa , tenant , we are told , has appointed Mr . Pilsworth Wfie ! aa " a stipendiary magistrate for Sligo . Those who haieaaj recollection of Carlow politics cannot be at any loss to know the nature and extent of thia gentleman ' sqimM cations . —Freeman . Preparations for War— The Limerick Chn ^ states that Captain Fry , R . A ., Bararckmaster of thn district , la gone to visit the fortresses on the Iowa Shannon , to provide accommodation for parties of tka 36 th reeiment who detach to the batteries of Kilcwdaue , Donaha , Kilkeran , and Carrig Island , u reinforcement to the artillery force on these stations , A non-commissioned officer ' s party of the 36 th ia no * attached to each fortress .

      Calling in the Absentees . —LientenanU of Counties have received orders to repair to their respeotive districts , to co-operate v ? ith government and the local authorities in the preservation of the publie peace . —Limerick Chronicle . Lots of Supersedeases . ' —The Lord Chancellor has been advised to address a circular to every indivi . dual magistrate in Ireland , demanding a categorical answer to the question of his being a Rapealer or not it being the determination of Government to leave no magistrate in the Commission of the Peace who is not of tbe same opinion and determination of her Majesty and the Privy Council on tho impolicy and danger of such s movement . —Limerick Chronicle .

      Refusal of Magistrates to act . —Sub-Inspector Fitzsimon and his party were severely maltreated at the fair of Molahiffe , Kerry , and one policimaa got his head fractured . Magistrates were previorolp culled on to attend the fair , but declined . —Liviericlc Chronicle . The Drogheda Magistrates and the Lord Chancellor . —Patrick Ternan and Thomas Ennis Esqra ., of Drogheda , feeling that to retain their commission as magistrates could only degrade them , by debarring them from tbe free exercise of their right to meet with their fellow-countrymen for the legal and constitutional purpose of petitioning for the repeal of an Act of Parliament , have resigned their commissions into the bands of the Chancellor . —Drogheia Argus .

      More Resignations . —The following gentlemen have been superseded at their own request : —William J . Finn , Esq ., formerly M . P ., for Kilkenny eonnty ; George Comyn , Esq ., Woodstock , county of Galway ; Jonu Power , Esq ., Gurteen , late M . P ., for Waterford county ; John H . Talbot , Esq ., Ballytrent , cenaty Wexford ; and R . A . Fitzgerald , Esq ., Muckriclge House , county Cork . Mr . Joseph Mttles Mac Donnell , Doo Gastle , county Mayo , has been removed from the commission because he attended u repeal meeting . Mr . MacDotmeU has already expressed his sentiments on this act of deprivation .

      The Lord Chancellor has accepted the resignation of Mr . W . S . O'Brien , M . P ., as a magistrate for Clare and Limerick .

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      IRISHMEN IN OFFICE . In reference to theappointment of Englishmen and Scotchmen to Irish offices , the Times bad an impudent article which we intended , to notice ; but tha Mail has something to hand bo pithily and pointedly done , that wo must borrow from our cotemporary , whose observations , we hope , will circulate with good effect among bis Tory readers : — We need not persevere in re-stating our own cruds viewa , opposed as they evidently are to those of a " heaven-bora minister . ; " but we may just mention that—The Archbishop of Dublin is an Englishman . The Chief Administrator of the Irish Poor Law is an Englishman . The Paymaster of Irish Civil Services is a Scotchman .

      The Chief Commsisioner of Irish Public Works is an Englishman . The " Teller" of the Irish Exchequer is an Englishman . The Chief Officer of the Irish Constabulary is a Scotchman . The Chief Officer of the Irish Post-office is aa Englishman . The Collector of Excise is a Scotchman . The head of the Revenue Police ia an EngUshmant The second in command is a Scotchman . The persons employed in the collection of the customs , &c , are English and Scotch—iu the proportion of thirty-five to one . _ „ . .

      But the Times may perhaps observe , " True , ' but all this is only the elucidation of our plan for unbarring the gates of preferment un ? paringly , impartially and honestly . " Scotchmen and Englishmen areplaced in office in Ireland , and Irishmen in return in Scotland and England , in order to draw closer the bonds of union between the three united nations . Again let us see how facts actually stand . There are— „ , , Cabinet Ministers—Englishmen , 10 . Scotchmen , 3 . Irishmen , 0 . , , Lords of the Treasury—Englishmen , 4 , Scotchmen , 2 . Irishman , 1 . ,. , Secretaries of the Treasury—Eng lishman , i ,

      Scotchman , 1 . „ , j , Clerks of the Treasury—Eng lishmen or Scotcameu , 119 , Mr . Fitzgerald ( query an Irishman ) , i . Members of the Lord Steward ' s and Lord Lbamberiain ' s departments of the Royal household- ** - glishmen and Scotchman , 225—Irishman , 4 . British Ministers to Foreign Courts—Eng lishmen and Scotchmen , 131—Irishmen , 4 . ., Poor Law Commissioners—Englishmen , rf-ina * men , 0 . ; ' We presume these facts show that the natiws « tbe three kingdoms are all placed upon an eqa » 110 *^ ing , the chances of access to preferments to a English or Scotchman in Ireland being , in t ? e re ^ instances that have occurred to us while wnWfti . _

      6 to 0 ; while the probability of an Ins ^ P , ^ taining place in England appears froin an f ™? s calculation , to be in the proportion of 491 to w , 1 to 50 . Woll may the writer of the Times retram from using the language of taunt and re P ° towards Ireland , while he thus eloquently ap ° phises , a sister kingdom— ., j » ' * How short a time elapsed before she CSeotWDu ; had identified herself politically and socially wu * England and English fortunes ! How ample v » her vengeance lor the pa 3 t—how sp lendid he 1 **\ neat nf the tnUtra I F . nr / li « h arms . Knfflisb C 0 nqu 6 = H

      English Commerce—are not all these also bcoicu We could easily swell this list were it necessary-Ireland has always been used by English Wf& ™ as a means of providing for poor relations , oe P * dants , and partisans . Our highest as well-as ""* lowest offices have been prostituted for this P ^ P ?* What wonld be thought of an Irish lawyer oem called over as Lord Chancellor of England i—Jf ^ are forced to take English lawyers as onr iff Chancellors . So on through all departments ol w » Government—injustice to Ireland everywhere jnee » us , and so will things continue until we lear » think less about party and more about our counuj ' —Dublin Monitor .

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      c THE NORTHESBN STAR .

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      MR . O'CONNELL IN KILKENNY . Kilkenny , Thursday Evening . —Kilkenny—the " City of the Confederates" —ever foremost in the cauBe of , liberty , has nobly done Its duty by Ireland and O'Cunnell . No exertion mus spared by tbat moat efficient and active bedy of gentlemen , the Citizans' Club , to render the arrangements perfect in every particular . The mt ^ tiug was fixed to take place at the race-course , about three miles from . the city , and every possible t-ffort uiade to induce tbe people of this and the neighbouring counties to attend , en niasse , and to come unprovided with boughs , or a twig , which would betoken injury to the plantations of the aristocracy . Tbe decoration of the magnifiotnc pavilion for the Repeal banquet was on a truly splendid scale . It contained extensive galleries

      for the accommodation of the ladies , besides taMea for upwards of six hundred gentlemen ; and the entire cost of the work exceeded , £ 100 . But all their toil and exertions were wasted for nought . The tremendous rain which fell without ceasing during Wednesday spoiled the decorations , and the high winds of the succeeding nicht having carried away a considerable portion of the roof , the committee were forced to relinquish at the last moment all idea of having the banquet there . In tikis predicament they contrived to procure possession of the chapel of the " Black Abbey , " and here the dinuur-eubsequently took place . The liberator , who arrived on last evening , about seven o ' cloek , accompanied by John O'Connell , Esq ., M . P . for Kilkvnny , and Thomas Steele , Esq ., remained during his stay in town at the

      residence of Edmor . d Smithwick , Esq ., where a large party were invited to receive him , About one o ' clock the trades farmed in procession in the Coal market , with splendid new banners , and each of the members carrying a white wand with a small green flag attached to it The several bands of the city and other bands from a greater distance , all drawn in chariots , were scattered through the procession , and served materially to enliven the scene . After the Trades came the Citizens' Club in coaches , each with four horses , preceded by a band similarly can . veyed , and in the last of tbe coaches the Liberator and Mr . E . Smithwick occupied the front seat The enthusiasm displayed aa the procession began to move was

      exciting and interesting in the extreme . All the windows along the line of procession wert crowded with the beauty and fashion of the " faire citie , '" ihe streets were so thronged that the precession moved on with the greatest difficulty . The entire of tho male population of Kilkenny county , with considerable portions of Tlpperary , Queen ' a County , Carlow , Wexford , and Wnterford , might literally be said to be present . From the roost accurate calculations that could be made , there must have been over 300 , 000 persons present , and the meeting had also the distinguishing characteristics of containing a much greater number of horsemen and much fewer women than at any other meeting I have attended . There were probably from ld . OOO to 12 , 000

      boTsemen oil the course . PiEiiqE Somerset Butler , Esq ., was called to the chair , amidst enthusiastic cheering . The Chairman said he attended there that day at the sumtuous of the county and city of Kilkenny , to act aa chairman to that vast and patriotic assembly , the largest , probably , that evev assembled in Ireland—( cheers ) . He did so , on the solemn assurance by those gentlemen tbat the proceedings of that day would be characterised by order , regularity , and a respectful obedience to the laws of the land—( hear , hear ) . As soon aa he had announced his intention of accepting the high honour that had been conferred upon him by the people of the county and city of Kilkenny , he received , by return of post , tbe greatest insult tbat could possibly be offered to an Irish magistrate—he was dismissed from the commission of the peace—( hear , hear . ) He was unable to find any rational or constitutional ground for such an act—( hear , hear ) .

      He would beg of the gentlemen who addressed tbe assemblage to confine themselves as much as possible within the bounds of moderation , and to make use only of the language of conciliation —( cries ef " hear , hear , hear . " ) He could not sit down without making this declaration , and he hoped it would find a re-BponBive feeling in the breast of every Irishman who heard him . He would tell them , and he hoped there would be no mistake on the subject , that he was a Repealer— ( great cheering for . several moments ) . 3 ut though he was an advocate for the Repeal of the Union , he would also declare , without any equivocation or mental reservation , that he was an enemy to all idea of separation from England—( hear , hear ) . Tbe Repeal of the Union would be of immense advantage to Ireland , without doing too much harm to England ; but separation would involve the ruin ef both countries —( hear , hear * . The Chairman resumed his seat amidst enthusiastic applause .

      Patrick CaNTWell , Esq ., moved tbe first resolution , which was seconded by James Doyle , Esq . and carried . Mr . CoNNELL then came forward , and was received with the most enthusiastic and de&fering shouts of aplause . When silence was restored , the Hon . and learned Gentleman proceeded aa follows : —18 there a band within hearing ? If there be , let them play up , "God save the Queen . " [ More than a dozen bands here played up the national anthem , the entire vast multitude remaining uncovered . At the termination of the air , three hearty and deafening cheers were given for the Queen . ] I will now give you another subject to cheer—three cheers for tbe Queen's army—tbe bravest army in the world ( Tremendous cheers . ) Three

      cheers for the Irish people—the most ruoral , the most brave , the most temperate , aud the most religious people on the face of the earth . ( Continued cheering . ) And now , having gonethrough these heartfelt ceremonies , I present myself before yeu to address you on topics ef the higheet intereat . It has never happened to me to behold a more gorgeous assemblage of huti . an beings than that now before me . I return , you ten thousand thanks for having set the elemental warfare at defiance in coming herein spite of every impediment that was imposed to prevent your attendance . Another thing I thank you for is , that you have come without g ' reen boughs . You do not want anything of tho kind to show your sincerity in the cause of your country . ( Cheers . ) I have before me more physieal force than

      any military commander that ever existed , and I have that pbysisal force perfectly cognizant of tbe fart , that tbey could not do anything that would be such great injury to the cause of repeal as committing the slightest breach of the peace . ( Cries of " never fejr . "> Somebody saya " never fear . " Why , I am afraid of nothing except being wrong ; far aa long aa I am right I fear nothing , and I think I have plenty here to join me in beint ; right , and to jein me too in fearing nothing . ( Great cheering . ) No , the only thing I could apprehend would be any species of a breach of the law . I will tell you of one of the plans of the Orange faction to put an end to the repeal question . They find that they cannot anywhere tempt the people to violate the law openly in tbe noonday , and ,

      therefore , in the north of Ireland , down to the county of Louth , they have sent about men to form Ribbon lodges and swear the people into secret societies—< bear from Mr Steele ) . Men of Kilkenny ! if you hear of any person attempting to form a secret society in your county , denounce him at ouce to the repeal wardens in your nelgbourhood . They will communicate the fact to us , and we will take care to have the fellow punished—( cries of " we will" ) . The repeal wardens are the men by whom I intend to obtain the Repeal of the Union , and there is no more honourable station in society than theirs . I now charge the Repeal wardens , who are established in every parish in the county , to find out for me any attempt to establish secret societies in the county , and when the authorities see their friends

      brought before them for puniabraent they will feel annoyed—( hear , hear , and laughter ) . But they have invented other methods for stopping the agitation of the Repeal . I suppose yon have heard of the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel having comedown to Parliament one fine evening , and declared that they would prevent the Repeal of the Union even at the expence ef a civil war . ] We will not go to war with them , but let them noti dare to go to war with us—( tremendous cheering for Borne time ) . We will act on the defensive ; and believe me , men of Kilkenny , there ia no power in Europe tbat would dare attack you and the people of Ireland , when they keep themselves In the right , and act en the defensive only . ( Hearhear . ) They threatened as with thia civil

      war-, fare ; but we only laughed at them , and you are at liberty to Iangb at them again . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Ilhurled back my indignant defiance to them from the Repeal Association , and I told them what I now tell you , that we never would violate the law , or commit any violence ; bnt that we have hands enough to defend onr own beads , if they dared Jo attack us . ( Great cheers . ) What was the consequence ? Tbe great Duke of Wellington and the crafty Sir Robert Peel polled In their boras a little , and tbey said they did not mean to attack na , ( Hear , hear . ) Very well . There is ; peace then , for we will not attack them , and they will not attack us . ( Laughter . ) But , in order to induce us te- give up the agitation of the Repeal , Sir Robert Peel told a lie , and teat same came very easy to

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      Warlike Preparations . —The Cork Reporter of Thursday says j-We have been informed that it is intev . ded to remove the 45 th Regiment from this garrison forthwith , and to replace it by another ; and that the 1 st Royal Dragooris have received orders of readinesjs for embarkation at Bristol for this port . Returns feavfi been lately made by official persons of the accommodation which the St . George Steam Packet Company ' s vessels on the Bristol and Cork station are capable of affording for men , horses , && ; their tonnage , rate of sailing , aud facilities for embarking and landing troopa . Accommodation is being providod for a large military force in Mallow , and a portion of the Police Barrack , it ia said , is being prepared for the

      officers' quarters . Two companies of the 56 th Regiment and two troops of the 10 th Hussars , and seven officers , under the command of Captain Barclay , proceed hence to-morrow morning for Mallow , in Order to be within call ef the authorities in that town on Sunday next during the repeal demonstration . The Mermaid steamer , Captain Hearn , | on her passage from London to this port , passed the Malabar abreast the Lizard Point , on Monday , the 5 th instant , at three p . m . The destination of this vessel ia Cove , and en her arrival Rear-Admiral Bowles will hoist his flag on board her in Cove harbour , where jshe will remain for the summer . Lieutenant Farquhar , R . N ., has arrived at Cove , and will join the Malabar as flag lieutenant , with Admiral Bowles . The baggage , &c , of the admiral was landed , ex-Mermaid , from Plymouth yesterday .

      Fatal Affray on the Shirley Estate . —On Thursday the jury gave in their verdict— "We find tbat Peter Agnew came by his death at Maberacloon , in the county of Monaghan , on the 5 th of June inst ., by a gun-shot wound from a party of twenty-eight policemen commanded by M&jor Wilcox and Sub-Inspector Bprry , and we find that they have not produced sufficient evidence to shew ' that they were in imminent danger-of their lives at the time they fired on tbe people ; and that there was not preof aa to the identical person who fired the shot tbat killed Peter Agnew . "

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      INVESTIGATION INTO THE ORAPTGE OUTRAGES IN TYRONE . Dunoannon Friday Night . —The Government enquiry into the recent outrages committed near , this bown was resumed this day before Mr . Coulson , stipendiary magistrate , and the following local magistrates : —Messrs ! Greer , Jacksun , Burgess , Wray , and M'Kenzie . j Mr . Alderman Butt and Mr . Nowlan appeared as counsel and attorney fur tbe Orangemen . Mr . ClementsUnd Mr . Falls were for the poor Catholics whose bouses were wrecked and persoua aud properties injured . J Mr . Coulson begged to know if any arrangement had

      been made between tbe learned gentlemen on both sides as to the order Fin which they would proceed . There were causes andjeross-causes connected with two separate transactions took that place on the 30 th of last month , and he thought / for regularity sake , they ought to commence with the | occurrences that took place in the morning at the quarry , or the attack of which the party complained who were coming to Dungannon , and then proceed to investigate the occurrences of the latter part of the day . j Mr . Butt said he coincided exactly with what his worship said with regard to the propriety of the arrangement . Mr . Clements should have no objection to the course suggested by the bench .

      Mr . Butt said—It appeared that great excitement existed in tbat part of tbe country , and , indeed , throughout Ireland generally , upon the question of Repeal , and it having been j represented through the public press tbat the Protestants and Presbyterians in and about Dungnnnonhatl given in their adhesion to that measure , they determined to piovethat these assertions wer < s unfounded , by making a great anti-repeal demonstration , and for tbat purpose tbey agreed upon having' a meeting in Dungannon , on Tuesday , the 30 th May . Some persons were coming in to attend that meeting , and when passing aiquarry at a place called Garland , they

      were attacked by a mob of nearly one hundred persona , stenea were thrown at them , and one man , named Morrow , was so dangerously wounded , that bi 3 life was despaired of . Some young lads then ran into the town of Dunganuon , and having given tbat exaggerated account of the transaction which their fears bad prompted , tbe great bulk of the party who were assembled for the purpose of attending the anti-repeal meeting , sallied out to the scene of the outrage , and there by way of retaliation , bad committed acts which he would be very sorry to appear there to justify—but he might say , that the whole affair had been greatly exaggerated . 1

      Several witnessea were than examined touching the original disturbances iu Carland before the wreckings . | Mr . Butt said he had closed his case , and submitted that he had proved the charge of both riot and aasault . 1 . .. Mr . Clementa contended that , In point of law , there had beea no riot . It might be called an affray , ont of which an insignificant assault had arisen . The Orangemen were passing wiih their fifes and drams ; some insulting language passed between them and men who were quietly standing on tbe road , when one man was assaulted , aud , although it was stated by Mr . Butt that his life was in danger , he never had occasion to go to a doctor . He thought at most the charge could only resolve itself into a common assault , and that it eughtnotto be even sent to the sessions .

      Six O'CLOCK—The magistrates , after having consulted for a few minutes , Mr . Coulson said tbey would not give judgment till the whole affair was investigated . | The inquiry IwUl hardly conclude to-mowovr evening . —Correspondent of the Dublin Evening Post ..

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      Short am > Sweet . —Sir Robert Peel had «» audience of her Majesty on Thursday . —The au dieaw last—ONE MINUm The Tobacco Crqj ? . —The Richmond Comf & says that the tobacco crop is likely to be maten *» y curtailed by the very backward spring . Cotton ManO Tactobies M Mexico . —There a * in the Republic of Mexico 53 cotton manufacton ^ with an agregate of 135 , 000 spindles . They * \ np daily , on an average , 48 , 6221 ba . of cotton , an « produce 43 , 760 ibsr . of thread , "which , when wot en into cloth , &c ; , is worth 48 , 037 dollars . These'fig we derive from a printed statement by the Dir ectop » General of Mexican Industry , dated city of MeSie * March 28 . 1843 .

      Dbeadfcl Accident . —A party of Rifles sta tioned at Dundalk wer&firing ball cartridge on the strsnoi on Tacsday last , when , owing to one of the ffl ^ having bad sight , he shot one of the men stationed » marker through the head . The man died on < a » spot . The ball then went through the neck ot autr thcr man , wounding him dangerously .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 17, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct806/page/6/