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      SCRAPS FOB RADICALS mo . XIII . BT L . T . CLAXCV .

      « Will some one write a song for tie Star ?" F . O'Coxxob . S 0 X 6 OF THE 1 BISH ABSENTEES iht passing of Peel ' s Income Tax Bill . To be sung in parts , by the following illtistriout M P . ' s , at every Political Dinner for the ensuing three months . Time— " The night before Billy ' s birth-day . " DCKE OF LEIXSTEB . Oh ! -where can we Sy from yon , Peel ? You have shook tho whole earth to its centre , And -we poor Whig devils will feel The chock of your earthquake ere winter . The game -we have long played m > well Is up now ; where Bhall we take shelter 1 The old doom— " To Cennaught or hell , " Will send as adrift belter skelter . Oh ! "the curse of the . crows" * on you . Peel !

      HABqriS OF DOWXSHIRE . And must we go back to the sod ? And bend to the yoke that we scorn 1 And kiss e ' en the point of the rod ibat flogs us to where we were born ? And tow shall we grind down the poor , Or lea-re all the blame on the agent , When Poverty lurks at our door . With Pity and Bight in her pageant ? Oh ! "foity bad lucks" to you . P * el !

      10 KD LOB . TOS . Oh ! how can we witness the sight Of "the lying-in wife , and her bedding Dragged frcm her at dead of the night , To serve at come tithe-proctor ' s wedding ? We never can stand it , I ' m sure ; Bat still we must march ., there's no halting , To live in one land with our poor , The thought is already revolting . Our gorge rises up in disgust . '

      E . L . SHIEL . Ah » Bob , you ' rs a new Castlereagb , And your bubbles political feelers , Blown up just to point out the way To seduce us poor Whigling Repealers . Ton think , you rile nibbler of " Rents , " That our patriet fame we will barter—That to Bcrspe tip yons lousy " p * T cents , " We'll sell our dear isle for a " Garter . " «• And damn'd glad to have it to sell ! ' +

      DXNIEL O COSXELL . Ah ! how Tain 'tis to frown or to fret That Feargns did not get the halter ; Sure the sun of cur glory was set ' The eve ere it rose upon * 'Walter . " The ChartiBts , the torch-flaming crew ! Save some of the oldest Convention ; " Three good men , both loyal and trne , " Who yet may create some dissension , Ami set their -wkole csmp in a blaze ! TT . SSTTH O ' BRIEN . Sure , now , we -mil carry " Repeal , " By means altogether romantic ; All hope must be centred in ' Steel , " And the bra-re bays 'beyond the Atlantic Ud , up , then , in marshal array }

      Shouts Ireland's head Pacificator" ! The Tories will yet rue the day Th 6 y did not Kmohl § our great " liberator , If he cancel his registered tow . '

      HACKICE 0 C 05 XELL . How we rushed to the House to " divide , " Left our " hells ? our horse-racing , and "boating . " Bnt , alas ! -we were quite flunklfied , The Tdries outdone us in Toting . Though the Bill is now passed into law , And our " beautifnl youDg Queen" has signed it , Yet , by Samson s great jackass ' s jaw . She'll remember the day " neTer mind it , " So sure as her name s " Little Tic " Finale , by O ' COSSELISo , come now , my braTe boys , let us toast , Fil ] up every heart that is willing ; " Ould Ireland , " " my first love , " " my boast , " Let each be prepared with his " shilling . " The next is our glorious " RepaU "

      ily forty years' bright " agitation "; Four millions of " shillings" cant fail To haTe it from this " cursed nation , And plant it in ould College Green

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      SONG FOR THE MILLIONS . Bevtabe ! ye white slayes of old England , beware J Your dastard oppressors are fiendish and base ; Their spies are abroad , to betray and ensnare—To faring yon to ruin , to death , and disgrace . They axe thirsting for blood , and impatient to spoil Toe prospects of freedom which all now er j : > y ; They have soldiers to crush you who live by your toil , Then beware of the infamous traitor and spy ! Be firm and unite , bat be cautious in words , On jour prudence-depends the success of your cause Remember , policemen haTe bludgeons and swords , And unjust protection from despotic laws . The press is -corrupt , and knaves they can find Who will perjure their souls , and swear truth is a lie Then , producers cf wealth , fee not wilfully blind , But beware of the infamous traitor and spy . '

      Tjs true that your sufferings are gneTous and great , And death , from starvation , you constantly fear ; While a proud , pampered priesthood would teach you to wait Tot that comfort in heaven they rob you of here . 'Tis true ye are goaded by insult and wrong , But justice will come ; be united and wise : ¦ The weak shall not ever be slaTes to the strong ; Then beware of the tyrants , their traitors , and spies ! Celestial freedom J the birthright of all , Inert in our bosoms , inhaled by our breath ; Tty spirit abhors both oppression and thrall , We still live in hope for thee even to death . -Oh ! let thy bright presence enliven *» ur land ;

      The free-born will despots and dungeons despise ; JThey -will purge tbe fair earth from slavery ' s brand , And exterminate tyrants , and traitors , and spies 7 Be > jamin stott

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      * " The curse of the crows" was formerly considered by some of the Irish people as heavy a malediction as could fall upon them . None knows better than " Ireland ' s only Duke" the calamitous effects of sneh a visitation . The author was , in the year 1539 , on the estate of the Noble Duke , at Cartown , County Kildare , when the heavens appeared te be clooded with the black-winged race , and was informed by a tenant of the Noble Duke ' s , that bad a * the tithe-proctor was , he was merciful compared with the " knights of the raven wing , " as tie former only took one-tenth cf their produce , but the latter , if unmolested , would consume onethird of their potatoes ! In vain did they complain to the Noble Duke , and requested him to allow a man a few shillings per week for powder and shot , to prevent their ravages : he was inexorable . Was it because they were otherwise provided from his plerLteovs and bQunlifid board ? Alis i

      T The eipressjen of an Irish patriot at the tiroe of tbe TTnion to tee exclamation— " Sure , you would iiot Bell "Tour country I " § " I beg to ask the Right Hon . Gentleman opposite if it be his intention to aovise her Majesty to confer the honour of knighthood en the Lord Mayor of Dublin , as is customary on such occasiena ? " —W . S . O'Brien in the House tf Commons . Peel replied , and the Hon . and Right Hon . Gents , no doubt felt their ears pretty warm I

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      THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS : AND HOW TO GET THEM . By the Rev . Thomas Spacer , M . A ., Perpetual Curate of Hinton Charterhouse , Dear Bath , and late Fellow of St . John ' s College , Cambridge . London : John Green , 121 , Newgate-Street =. and Samuel Gibbs , 5 , Union-Simi , Bath . "We regard this pamphlet as the evidence of a -well-intentioned mind , led away by its own conceits . There is a theoretic specionsness about its reasonings highly calculated to amuse and deceive tie superficial mind . Acknowledging just general principles , its "details"' are such as , if brought into operation , would surely fail , and produce much mischief . The Reverend Author defines

      tbe people ' s rights to be—1 st . —The light to earn a f"ing with the fewest possible impediments . 2 nd . — Ihe right to keep property when acquired with the fewest possible demands upon it . 3 . —The right of cyery man to worship God according to hi 3 conanei . ee . 4 . —The right to good government . 5 . — ihe right to self-government by full , fair , and free representation . After enlarging upon and proving sufficiently all these rights , he comes to the consderation of the important question "How to get them ! " And his first recommendation is the very necessary and essential one of an improved state of individual , and hence of social and political , morality , ¦ fcus next means of obtainment we give ia his own words : —

      ' 2 , Bt MAK . ISG trial o ? tbeii . —He that has served an apprenticeship well may set up in business for himself : When an inventor would obtain patronage loi a new machine he exhibits a model , and allows the public to inspect its movements . And if instead of great haste to force upon an unwilling legislature untried institutions , an organization were contrived which would exhibit to the spectator the manner of their operation , then wonld thousands of men throw away their doubts and place confidence in the proposed plan ? . Let , then , the working men cease to petition Parliament ; let them lay aside all anxiety to get the name of the Char-tr enacted by the legislature before its principles

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      are adopted by public opinion ; and let them betake themselves to those practical measures that are within their own power ; . and if by the success of these experiments they ebtain a verdict of the country in favour of these principles , the formal enactment of them into law will be matter of course . In order to this , let them bring into full operation all the people ' s rights as far as can be done without an Act of Parliament . Let them divide the kingdom into 300 electoral districts ; appoint a Committee of Management in each district ; select-polling places for each locality , in which every man , twenty-one years of age , may register himself , and be able to record his vote without going far from his own home ; and provide each polling place with-a ballot-bos . When the apparatus is ready , let

      the inhabitants cf each electoral district be invited to recommend persons whom they think fit to represent them in a provisional assembly , to be called " tbe Trial Parliament ; " and when opportunities have been given to the inhabitants of each neighbourhood to hear the sentiments of the various candidates , and to ask them questions , then let a day be fixed on which the voting shall take place ; and if the polling places are sufficiently numerous , the polling , commencing at the same hour all over , the kingdom , will take so short time as effectually to prevent any dishonest person from giving his vote in two or more places . When the result was ascertained by a Central Council there would be 300 men representing thB average sentiments of the districts from which they come . After seeing the kind of men the people wruld choose , the next thing for the country to know is what they will do . Let these 300 representatives , supported by sneh salaries as the districts

      would furnish , consider what laws they would destroy if they had the power to destroy , and what laws they would enact if they had the power to enact . And in order that the public might know by what kind of reasoning they arrive at their respective conclusions ^ let tbe reporters of the press be present ; and if tbe proposed code of laws were such as would bear the examination of moral philosophers and upright statesmen ; if their conduct were more orderly and dignified than that of the House of Commons , then would there be gained for the new system a degree of pubHc confidence which years of agitation and thousands of petitions eould never obtain . * " * " It will be no disadvantage that this Trial Parliament will be destitute of power and patronage , and that its . decisions will possess no legal authority . There will be greater , calmness in its deliberations , and greater fairness in its conclusions than if it were at once

      exposed to those contaminating itflnences which are now in operation in every department of the state . After revising the laws and institutions of the country , left the Trial Parliament be dissolved , and let tbe new constitution , which they recommend , remain before the public & sufficient length of time to enable every man to form an opinion ; and let the Houses of Parliament have an opportunity , if so disposed , to pass an act giving to thtse recommendations the force of law . But until sach measures have been adopted : tmtil public apinion has been enlisted on the side of the Suffrage movement , and until legislators themselves have had the means of testing the system of Complete Suffrage by its practical operation , it ia too much to expect them to become converts to it Had it bean gained by intimidation , before the intelligent portion of the xtiddlB and

      wealthy classes were convinced of its propriety , it would iave beeD followed by no real good to tho people , but , in all probability , would have thrown back fo * many years the cause of civil and religious liberty . To this conclusion came the powerful mind of the late Robert Hal l , the most eloquent and one of the most enlightened men of his day . He says , "All attempts to urge forward in the right path beyond the measure of tLeir light , ar » impracticable if they were lawful , and unlawful if they were practicable . Augment their light , conciliate their affections , and they will follow ef their own " accord . " It is believed thst after this fair trial , the greater part of the present constituency , and all the truly liberal and honourable members of the House of Commons , will become willing to concede the people ' s rights ; which they may then obtain , —

      " 3 . Bt TaKikg Possession of them . —When the public mind has been prepared for a change , there is no need of civil war or > f the beheading of monarebs , as in the time of Charles I . of England , and of Louis XVI . of France . When the leaders of the people are certain that they have the approval of the vast majority of their fellow-citizens , they have only to demand admission , and the doors of power will open to them of their own accord . " Now this plan of the Rev . Gentlemen for " trying " by practical experiment , in a mock parliament , the efficiency o f Chartist principles to renovate society is open in the out-set to the great objection of placing self-government , which the author has already admitted for himself , and amply proved to

      others , to be a right , upon the low ground of expediency , a ground on which no real patriot or truly honest man would wittingly or advisedly advocate it ; and besides this , it is quite clear that his experiment could never have fair play . This experiment is to eonvtrt the " middle" and " upper " cla = ses-rto induce them to acknowledge right principles ; he would set down , therefore , three hundred working men unpractised in any of the forms of legislation , to consider and tear up , with due discrimination , the accumulated traih of many ages . This is neither- a likely cor a reasonable expectation . And if it even were , t \ e admission of the factious press' would be sufficient to secure its failure ; as the deliberations of the people ' s

      Parliament , instead of being honestly reported , would be sneered at and ridiculed and falsified . And as that press woald be the only medium through which those whom the writer Cills " the intellectual portion of the middle and wealthy classes" could view their proceedings , the inevitable consequence must be that those classes would never become " convinced of their propriety ' nor of the soundness of the principles in which they originate . The only " fair trial" of the principles of Chorti « m in legislation must be their adoption by a legislative assembly already formed , and the election under the influence of those principles of such a body of representatives as might naturally be expected to follow the enaction of the Charter by the HoHse of Commons , —a mixed body , all deeply and strongly imbued wiih the principles of liberty and truth , but some of them having already had experience in the forms of legislation , and being

      therefore fitted to direct and aid their less experienced though probably not less able and soundthinking compeers . The pamphlet contains , a 3 might be expected , a recommendation of the Sturge movement ; and is , from its catching title and specions style , - well enough calculated to f erre the purpose of the middle classes by leading shallow minds a wild-goose chase . We observe that thepseudo liDeral movement party are pouring forth a large quantity of cheap pamphlets just now , many of them written most plausibly , and advocating various plans and schemes , while the tendency of the whole is to divert the people , and present their anited energies from being bended towards any one given and determined subject . This is the whole secret of the Smrge men ' 3 objection to the name ® f the- Charter , while they profess its principles . Their object is division ; ont ^ s must be union , or they will succeed 3 and we bhah be laughed at .

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      The Marquis of Watebpobd . —Consequent on the Marquis ' s nuptials , he has intimated to his agent Sir . Hears , his intention to forego the wholo of his agricultural tenantry one entire year ' a rent . Last Fbidat night's Gazette contains the proclamation announcing the issue of tbe copper coinage of half-farthings . The proclamation declares vhat they will not be a legal tender for any sum above the value of sixpence . Resignation of the Braiktree Board of Guardians . —A few days since , the Poor Law Commissioners issued an order to the Board of Guardians , to the effect , " that their clerks do transmit to the Assistant Commissioners of the district , after every ordinary meeting of the Guardians , a copy of any special minute made , or notice of motion

      on the books ; " the Braintree Board of Guardians forwarded a strong remonstrance to the Central Commissioners against such order . Th » Board met on Monday for the purpose of taking the reply of the Commissioners to the remonstrance into consideration . As the Commissioners vindicated the legality , and defended the expediency , of the obnoxious order , and expressed their determination to enforce it , the Chairman of the Board ( the Rev . J . P . Wood ) resigned his office ; and the Board , having first passed a resolution of thanks to the R « v . Gentleman for his conduct as Chairman of the Board , and another declaring the order unnecessary and arbitrary , also resigned , leaving the business of the Union in the hands of the clerk and the Relieving Officers .

      Hamburgh Gratitude . —The following notice has been published in Dublin by Mr . Wisdom , the Hamburgh Consul , and affords a splendid specimen of Hamburgh gTatitude : — " Lest any workmen or labourers may be induced to quit Ireland for Hamburgh in search of work , the underwriter is directed to make known that there is not any want for such there ; and that any captain of a vessel taking over persons in search of work , will be compelled by the State authorities to take them back again . " Signed , " Thomas H . Wisdom , Consul , Dublin . " This certainly fs a worthy reiurn of the Hamburghians for the generous manner in which the English and IriBh came forward , and opened their purses for their assistance , when they were houseless and destitute .

      Why prevent the Irish , whose National Bank contributed £ 100 to the Hamburgh fund , from endeavouring to obtain work ! Why hinder them entering the labour market on the fair and honourable grounds of competition ! If the Irish labourers failed in obtaining work , they then had their alternative of returning to their native land . The prohibition breathes a spirit c-f ingratitudo and base monopoly , calculated to make the people of Hamburgh , in future , unworthy of the least help at the hands of British generosity . If the thousands of pounds sterling sent over to assist them in recovering their former position , had been distributed amongst our starving millions , it would gladden their pallid sunken cheeks , and throw comparative comfort around their present desolate domestic circles .

      A Registry Scene . —The Cashel sessions commenced yesterday ; there were 194 notices served by the Radicals for the county , and one borough , but , strange to say , out of the entire number not a single individual attended , with the exception of one Simon Mabassy , an old grey-headed man , between whom and the Radical attorney the following extraordinary dialogue took place as soon as Simon got on the table , in the presence of the barrister : —Solicitor . — Simon , don ' t mind scratching your head ; it ' s nothiDg you'll scratch out of it . Where's your lea ^ e ! Simon . —What information do you want 1 May be , my head ib cleaner than yours , and that same woudn ' c be saying much for it ; I'll cock you up with my lease ; how bad you are without it ; I

      suppose 1 can t regi&ter a blunderbush without having shown that I am a freeholder of the county . Solicitor . —Go down , Sir , out of that ; you ' re either drunk or a most impudent fellow . Simon—No , nor the devil a stir ; though you ' re all the way from Carrickbeg I ' m a decenter man than ever you were , drunk or sober ; and as to impudence , sure if you hadn ' t the Deuce ' s own . stock of it , it ' s not here but there you'd be [ pointing to the dock ]—( Great laughter . ) Solicitor . —I call upon the Court for protection . Court . —Really you ought to treat your freeholders with more courtesy , and particularly an old man , and the only one in attendance out of such number . Simon . —Thank your Lordship , but you ' re under a mistake . I ' m no freeholder of the man ' s at

      all , nor do I wish to have anything to do with his father ' s son ; I came to register my firelock , to have ready for the lads of the kind , the next time they drag me out of my house to vote for as fine playboys as themselves . I was obliged to fire three shots before I could escape away from them at the Ia 3 t election . ( Great laughter . ) Court . —You had better speak to the clerk of the peace about your firearms . I can's interfere in the matter . Simon . —Thank your reverence ; hut I'd rather settle with your Lordship ' s honour than any of them ; they charge so high , your reverance , for the smallest tr . fle ; if ' twas only a crown summons you wanted , they'd charge you 5 s ., as they say a crown and 5 s . are both the same , and consequently , that a crown summons

      always costs a crown . Now , I ask your Honour is that fair ? I tell you what , your Honour ; I'll give you 2 ? . 6 d . for registering my firelock . The laughter here became so loud , that the Court was obliged to have Simon and his firelock removed from the table . The list was then called over the third time , when no one appearing , the civil business was gone into , and the Radical agent ' s gaze on vacancy , when looking in vairi at the door for a view of a freeholder , was really amusing , and it seemed to have puzzled all in court to account for the deserted ranks of his allies . It is to be hoped that these unfortunate dupes are becoming more alive to their own interest and the machinations of designing aud heartless knaves . — Tipperary Constitution .

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      moTDing . ( The order was produced and riwlO It was asfollows : — ( " Whitehall Jmi » Vltii , 1842 . ' Sir , —I am directed by Secretary Sir James Graham to acknowledge the recei pt of your letter of tb . a 11 th inst , with ita inclosed medical certificate , r t « pi ? ting Samuel Holbenry > a prisoner in York Castle \ r «« . ' to acquaint you that , under the circumstances tQen > * stated , Sit James Graham has felt warranted in sdfu ing ber Majesty to grant the prisoner a pardon , on conditions of his entering into a recognisance , himself in £ 200 , with two Burettes , to be approved by the ' ViBiting Justices of York Castle , in £ 100 each , for his good behaviour for five years from this date . I : have , therefore , te request th&t such recognisance , ; ¦ when entered into , may be transmitted to me ; and upon receipt thereof , her Majesty's warrant will be forwarded f » r the prisoner ' s liberation . "

      It was signed by Mr , Phillippa , Under Secretary of State , and it was addressed to Barnard Hague , Esq . Visiting Magistrate of the Castle , York . There has not been an order for hia immediate discharge . . ¦ ¦¦ . ; . •;; .: .- ¦ " . . ¦ ¦ " . . ; . ' . .- . . . ¦ ¦ ¦• Cross-examined by Mr . Leeman—I do hot know of any order of the Marquis of No . m ' a ' nby ' a , in September last , relating to the deceased . I do not know the reason of his being sent here from Northallerton ; but I believe it was in consequence of his bad state of health . I do not know how it wasj unless I read it in the newspaper , or from having heard the magistrates talk about it I do not recollect aeeing an order upon the subject When he was here five or six months , he

      appeared quite well . It is Henry Pease ' s ( the schbolmaBter ' s ) duty to read all the letters sent out by the prisoners . [ Several Iettera from Holberry ¦ were here handed to the witness ] There is no doubt but this letter has been written either by the deceased or by hia orders . I believe it to be the deceased ' s writing . Looking at this letter , I cannot say whether he was well or not when it was written . This letter must have pasBed either through the schoolmaster ' s or my hand& I believe this letter to be written by him . 1 have no doubt that thisletter ishis writing ( alluding to the third letter . ) This is also in his hand-writing I think I have some recollection of Boeing the last letter when it was Bent out .

      Mr . Leeman then requested that the letters might be read , which was done by the Coroner , and they ate as follows : — York Castle , April , 1 , 1842 . Dsar BURLKY , —^ 1 having received no answer to iny last I am afraid you never received it . I feel anxious to know if you have heard from Mr . Duncombe . When he mentions my case in the House , cut the extract out of the newspapers and forward to me . I am rather better than . I have been . I have been looking for some news from you all the week ; write on Sunday . Sir , I wish you would send me a stick of Spanish juice for my cough : it troubles me so at nights that I cannot sleep . I am Borry to inform you that my dear wife is very poorly . Give my respects to all friends , accept the same yourself , from your well wisher , Samuel Holberry . Hospital , York Castle , April 30 th , 1842 .

      My DEAR FRIEND . —I am sorry to inform you that I am nobettwr ; I am reduced to a skeleton , and if no alteration takes place for the better , I snail soon not be able to crawl . My appetite U very bad , and the little food I take I cannot digest without the assistance of medicine , and then only with pain and difficulty . You perhaps will be surprised to bear that the Castle is a worse place for a man in sickness than the House of Correction at Northallerton . Whon I was ill there , I had such food allowed as I could eat , but here the case ia different , and if a man ' s stomach cannot take the food allowed , he must go without You will not wonder at me being so much debilitated , when I tell you that I can take no portion of the food allowed for

      dinner , excepting a few potatoes ; and you perhaps are aware , that it is not every day we get them . A bit of bread and a sup of what in the Castle is called tea , is the only ( except a potato occasionally ) food I have taken for the last three weeks . My eyes are sunken in my head , and could you see me you would think I bad the jaundice . My friend , I feel too weak to say more . I shall be glad to hear from you when convenient . Sir , I write nothing but facts , and you'h ave no occasion to be afraid of making use of my words ; when they have said all they can of me , they can neither call me a liar or , a felon . Give my respects to all friends , accept the same yourself , from yours truly ,

      Samuel Holbebby . To E . Burley , 19 , Bilton-street , Layerthorpe , York . Hospital , Castle , May , 19 th , 1842 . My DEAR Friend , —I did not receive yours of the 10 th till the 1 f > tb . I should have answered it sooner , but the surgeons ha 1 been raising an eruption on my aide , which wasso painful and run such quantities of corruption , that I have been for three days and could not stoop ; bat neither the - -eruption / , the DliBters > nor anything else that I have taken inwardly or applied outwardly , bos done me any good . The fact is , I believe the lungs are affected . I am worse now than ever I was at Northallerton , and far more reduced . I am so badly troubled with dyspepay that I cannot digest the little food I eat without the assistance of medicines ; but its no use me troubling you with complaints , or I could fill

      this letter with them . When you see Mr . Crowther give my compliments to him , and tell him I am obliged to him for the stamps he sent me . You can . tell him the reason I did not answer hia note . Pear friend . I want to borrow a feather pillow ( if any of our friends has one to spare ) till I get better . I ¦ would have sent for one from home , but the carriage costs so much , but f hope the Convention has made some arrangement for the wives and families , and not left them destitute , aa they havo been for months past . Sir , I sm almost lost for the want of something , wben the fever is on me so strong I drink such a quantity of water that I feel it does me harm . I wish you would ba so kind as send me sixpennyworth of eranges . I will repay yon as soon as I get some money . I cannot write more at present . Let me hear from you when convenient Give my respects to all friends , accept the same yourself from

      Your's , truly , Samuel Holberry . To Mr . E . Barley . Hospital , Castle , May 28 th , 1842 . My dear Burley , —I received your kind letter , and the one from my dear wife ; likewise the oranges and pillow . Tell the gentlem&ri who lent it me , I am very much obliged to him . Accept my thanka for the oranges , and give my lespecta to Mrp , Burley , and tell her I am obliged to her for the acid drops , though I have not got leave to have them yet . York Castle is a queer place for a aick man . ; I wish I was back in Northallerton hospital ( hospital mind ) till I get better There I had everything that a reasonable man could require , cooked by females , and done as it ought it be .

      Dear Sir , you rather blame me for telling my wife to send you a trifle of money for to get me a few oranges ; I might just add that'll had wrote to two friends ( I had perhaps an well say places ) for a trifle for the same purpose , but to no use , and that is not the worat But I am aware this is not a proper place for me to make complaints of that nature . What I have said above , I hope and trust you will not mention to any one . You should not have sent the shilling to me ; Uo one will buy me oranges or anything else with it ; it's contrary to the rules for any one belonging to the Castle to buy a prisoner anytbing , or I should not have given you the

      trouble , but I will ask Mr . Ptarse , the schoolmaster , to try and get the shilling , and letum it to you for the purpose it was intended for , but yon bad better buy me nothing but oranges . I am as frugal as possible With them : one of a night is all I use . You have just received sach an answer as I expected from Sir James ; he sent the same answer to a poor unfortunate convict , that lays beside me in the last stage of a . consumption wbo was recommended by tbe magistrates , backed by the surgeon ' s certificate . Give miy respects to all friends ^ accept the same yourself from Your well wisher , 1 Samuel Holberry .

      P S—Be careful how you word your letters j they draw the pen across different words that are strong . The cross-examination waB then continued . Holberry ; aw Mr . Hague very frequently , and the other visiting magistrates often ; Mr Hague more frequently than tbe others . I cannot Bpeak as to the frequency that Holberry saw the visiting justices . From the early part of April up to tho time of his decease , they frc quently saw the deceased . Ever since he came to this prison ho has always had extra diet . Sometimes be has had tea , sometimes milk : but I do not know tbntheeverhad

      gruel , the regular diet of the prison . He has always had mutton since ho c ; inie to tbe prison , with tb « exception of the lait two or three days , when he could not eat it . He would hayemutton on the 30 th tf April , and milk or tea . He had three pounds and a half of mutton every week when he could eat it Captain Williams , inspector of prisons , was here specially on the 9 th , 10 th , and Ilth inst . He saW Holberry twice , but I WBBnot with him either time . I saw the deceased yesterday . 1 think he was delirious , and could not speak rationally . I- ' think George Greaves has been with the deceased since he went into the hospital .

      By the Coroner—Since he came , he was always dieted according to the surgeon ' s direction . He has had puddings with eggs in them lately , made very good and nice ¦ ¦ ,: ¦ v . : . ' :. - ¦ ' ¦ . ' ¦' ¦; . ¦ . :.. : ¦ ' ; ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ Wm . Anderson , Esq ., deposed : —! am deputy surgeon to York Castle . I knew the debased , and have attended him along with Mr . Champney from the time of his coming here from Northallerton . When he came from Northallerton he was in a very weak atate , and in consequence on the 21 st of September , the day he tame to the Castle , he was ordered 3 £ lbs . of mutton per

      week as extra diet On the 24 tn he was ordered _ ia addition to that tea twice a day instead of gruel , which is the ordinary diet- Hia general disease haa been disorder of the stomach . He has continued that diet , I believe , uninterruptedly during the wlioJe of the winter until he became seriously worse ,: which waa on the 16 th of April last , when he went inte t ' ne 1 hospital . During the greater part of the winter he was comparatively well , snd though he frequently complained of slight cold and indigestion , he has . v ' jry frequently stated to me that he considered himself in a tolerable state of health , and very much improved since his coming to

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      Yortc Castle For some weeks after be went into the hospital his diet continued the same , but big digestion became so very much disordered that we were obliged frequently to vary his diet according to circumstances . On more than oce occasion , he has complained to me that his mnttoa chops or necks of mutton were too fat , and I have several times orderedotherpieces of rhntton , sucnaslegs , to be got for him . On the 16 th of May he was ordered to hayemilk night and morning instead of tea by his own particular desire . On the 6 th of Juno , he was ordered to have light pudding every day &nd there were particular directions given that itshould contain eggsaad milk along with the flour . Onaccount of vMa digestion being so precarious , a frying pan and othex . ' implements ; were procured , in order that he

      might cook bits pf meat , and alter things as he liked fc ^ em ; a thing that has never ; been done s : nce I wao cov inected with the prison , which has now been for 18 yeww . On various occasions he has had little things provided for him which were not entered upon the journal , yarying from milk to te . i and tea to milk , according to circumstances ^ On several occasions I bayt v requested him to name any thing which he thought was L'kely to agree with him better than the things he has had . He requested on one occasion to have the mutton cut from a leg , which was done . He was always accommodated according to his wish . I believe that all the directions I gave were complied with by the gaoler , as he vras atwaya seen once or twice a day . either by myself or Mr . Ghampuey , riuee he was

      in the hospital . Our attention was particojarly drawn to Hblberry ' s case from the commencement , © Wing to a communication / from the Secretary of State , requesting ; the medical attendant to uend certificates from time \ -i time of his health , to the home office These certificates were sept Buring the winter ; when his health was so well , they were not so frequently sent as at tb « commencement , or since . On the 7 th of June ; Mr . Champney gave me acertflcate to giveto Capt . Wliliatna , who was expected in York in two days , and this is a ebpy . It states that "Samuel Hoiberry , the Chartist prisoner , is sufFering from severe pain in the left side , the effect of chronic infl % mmatibn of the left lobe of the liver , extending to the stomach , and perhaps the colon * which from his baviDg bad former attacks , I believe to be organic disease . His digestion is very bad , and he is very weak . I consider him to be in great danjorer . I am of opinion that hia symptoms have increased , and his general health has been impaired of late by the

      length of confinement , and the great anxiety of mind he appears to haye Buffered since his long imprisonment " This was signed George Champney , surgeon to York Castle . I saw the deceased yesterday . F « r the last two or three days he has been confined to his bed . Yesterday , when T saw him in the middle of the ( lay , he had been suddenly seized with fainting , arid was quite delirious , which was the first day 1 had observed him being : decidediy 00 . These symptoms continued in spite of the temedies that were applied , and he died this morning at half-past four o ' clock , of chronic inr flammation of the left lobe of the liver , and implicating the other viscera . From the time of his entering the prison I have known that his liver was implicated . I was called upon about four o ' clock , and got here in half an hour afterwards . For several days past he has given me answers which have had to be repeated before I could understand what he meant , and which I attributed to extreme debility . By a Jnror—1 constantly saw hi « diet

      Cross-examined by Mr . leeman—I have not a copy of any other certificate sent to the Secretary of State bofore the one of the 7 th of June . Others were made , I am almost confident , at certain periods . I think during the first' two months of his being here three or four certificates were sent , but I cannot speak confidently as to the dates . When he got better I did not continue the report so regularly . I cannot exactly state when the one previous to the 7 th of June was sent I cannot state whether one was sent to the Government during May or April . I cannot state of my own knowledge

      whtn one was ; sent previous to tbe 7 th of June . I believe they were sent , but I de not recollect the time . He was sent into th « hospital on the Kith of April , and I believe a report was then sent , but I cannot state positively of my own knowledge . The first time that I thought he waa dangerously ill . or had this chronic affection , was in ApriL We mi « ht have had some suspicion previously ; but on his guing into the hospital in April I more particularly examined his side , and then I became of opinion that he was affecte « i with inflammation of the left lobe of the liver .

      Mr . Leeman—On the : 50 th of April would this describe his condition ( quoting from one of the deceased's letters )— "I am reduced to a skeleton . If no alteration takes place for the better I shall soon not be able to crawl . My appstite is very bad , and the little diet I take I cannot digest without the assistance ef medicine , and then only with pain and difficulty ?"No doubt at this time he had become much weaker , and his symptoms of disease had increased . We should think at that time that it was a dubious point whether he would recover or not My impression most certainly was that he wouid . I could net say on the 16 th of April whether he had the chronic affection or not ; I do not recollect that I had any communication with the Secretary ot State in the months of March or Avril . There is . no note of any in the book . Ever after he went into the hospital he was in a dubious state . I cannot swear positively that I recollect signing a memorial tb the Secretary of State in the month of April ,

      having reference to the deceased , but I rather think I did . I recollect two or three men , but who they were I know not , calling at my house in Stonegate somo time during the spring . I cannot really Bay whether the deceased was in the hospital at the time or not . If he was it would be at the very commencement of his going there . I recollect perfectly well stating to those men that until a very short period the deceased bad improved in health , and they need not beat all afraid of his being properly attended to in the Castle , for that a certificate was regularly sent up to the Secretary of State , stating exactly bow his health went ob . I do not recollect having aiiy communication with the Secretary of State after these men called . I cannot recollect having iigiied any certificate to tho Secretary of State after that until the 7 'fch of June . Probably Mr . Champney did . After the 30 th he gradually got worse . On the 9 th of June Captain Williauis visited York CaBtle .

      Mr . Leeman—^ 1 want to know how long before Captain Williains . "visited' York Castle did you consider Holberry in danger ? I h ad no positive idea that he wo » ld not recover even up to the time 6 t the certificate being written j nor had Mr ehampney . We thought that if he remained in the Castle it would go very hard with him , as that Certificate etatea . It -waa oBly very shortly previous to the certificate being written that we firut formed the opinion that if he were to continue in the Castle , under the same degree cf t-xcitement , it would go hard with

      him . I should think that , even supposing the restraint had been removed in April , he would not have got better . Supposing I had been asked , in April , without being acquainted with the results which have since happened , what would have been the best mea : s to be adopted in order to preserve this man ' s life , I should have said it was not necessary to discharge him from the Castle . On the 30 th of April his life was not in such a dubious state as to render it necessary to give a certificate for his discharge from the Castle . At that time doubtless hia life was in a dubious state .

      Mr . Leeman—Then I want to know whether any return was made with respect to the dubious state the man was in Jronithe 30 th of April until tho 7 ch June ? That I do not know . I do not know that it is ascertainable ; I should think so . The reason why a special report was made on the 7 th of June was because we thought him much worse . We then knew that Captain WiUiaraa was coimng do-wn . We got to know only a day or two before . He was Dot coining down , as far as my kcp \ vle

      memorial , was about to be sent to the Secretary of State . I do not recollect having any cotninunication with Mr . Hague respecting the prisoner up to the time of his going into the hosj-itnl . I have not the slightest recollection of mentioning the circumstance to any of the visiting justices . I am not certain whether I visited the deceased in company with Captain Williams or Mr . Hague on thfi Thursday or Saturday . I saw him on these days . I caiinofe state of any representation being made to the government with regard to the sfate of this man's , health , from the time of his goiDg into the hospital until Captain Williams had been and inspected the prisons . I cannot speak of any inquiry being made from the Home Secretary to me between the 16 th of April and the 7 th of June . I did not know from Holberry that Parlianibnt -was petitioned in March on account of his health , and askiug the government to consent to his discharge . I recollect seeing something respecting , it in the newspapers .

      Mr . John Noble , the governor of York Castle , who had returned from Wakfcfield during the examination of the previous witnesses , was next examined . He deposed ; I knew the deceased , who was a prisoner under sentence in the Castle , and came in from Northallerton on the 2 ist September , 184-1 . ' When he came in he looked very poorly , but got considerable better . He has been regularly attended by tie medical efficers . The direction given by the medical officer ' s * have btien regularly attended to , arid my wife has occasiouly sent him pudding , and he has had oranges .

      Cross-exaniined by Mr . Leeman . — -There Was anorder eame doWa from the Secretary of State's ofllc e ^ soon after the deceased came here froriyNorthallerton , 'iirect-In ' g the medicRl officer t » seiid reports fr » m time to time of the state <> f the deceased ' s health , and several were ; I know , sent in consequence . I do not positively know whether any certificate was sent between the 16 th of April , the time of his going into tho hospital ; and that of the 7 th of June . I think one waa sent aB 1 talked vpith Mr . Champney about it , but I eannot be certain . By a Juror ^ -When the deceased fi rst came into tbe Castl ^ he appeared a strong healthy man . He looked rather pale in the face , But did not complain ; I saw no alteration in him up to the time he was removed to Northallerton .

      This being the whole of the evidence that was offered , the Corober inquired of Mr . Leemau whethar he wished to call any witnesses ,

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      Mr . Leenian said , that ho wm there at thoihstanee of the friends of the deceased , more with a view to watch the evidence , and to see that jail the facto and cireamstancas attending the case of this unfortunate man were properly investigated , than to offer any direct evidence upon the subject , beeause , as must be palpable , the authorities of the pris « n were the ; only patties who could give any legal evidence respecting his condition further than as that condition had been shown by his letters . After the evidence which had been adduced , he would vety btifcfly trtftto the reaeona ¦ why he submitted to th < i : Coroner the propriety of some further evidence being given as to the representations made by the medical officers of the prison to tho Gavernment ,

      from tirne to time , respecting the state ef health of the deceased . In the month of September iastv it appeared that arepreseutation wasmade to the Secretary of State as to . Holberry ' s health , ¦ in consequence of which . Sir James Graham was induced to issue directions for the removal of Holberry from NortteUertoh House of Correction to York Castle , the discipline of which was supposed to be much milder thaia that of the former prison . And it further appeared , ; that -repress direor tions were then given to the medfsal officers of York Castle , to send np from time to tirae , representations with re » pect to this man ' s state of health . At the following ChristWas a memorial , he understood , was presented to the Secretary of Statt ? , by phe deceased's friends , representing his health to be cf the saaie

      precarious character that it was before , aad praying that on that ground he might be released ; he was further instructed tbat , in tb « r month of .. March fast , a petition , numerously signed , -was forwarded to Mr . "thbrnas Duncombei and by him presented to the House of Commons , Setting forth that Holberry ' s life yw > still ia a very precaribsw state , and praying that ha might be discharged ; tba * again ia April , and after ha was so ill as to be removed into ; . ~ tb » . hospital , another memorial was sent to the Secretary of State ; and that the answer given by < iHr j 1 ^!?!^ Graham to tl iese memorials and petitions was , that he did not feel Jhtimself jaatifisd in interfering at all in tbe caso of this man Now it appeared that tb 6 18 th of April was the day on which he was last sent into the hospital , and according to Mr . Anderson ' s fividebce h « , on the 30 th of that taoath , considered the de « m » sed to be in a dubious state . The 30 th of April it would Im » remarked was the date of

      ene of the letteis in whieh the deceased stated himself to be so very bad ; and Mr . Barker had said that {*» e deceased appeared gradually to sink after he ; went into the hospital . Now hi ^ ( Mr . Le eman ) did thin k that ; for the satisfaction of this ^^ friends of the deceased and of the public—in justies to the Secretary of State himself—and not less for the justification of the medical officers of the prison—it ought if possible to be ascertained whether any communication was forwarded to the Secretary of State between the 30 th of April , v , 'hen it was perfectly dear that he was in a very dxtbious and dangerous state , and the 7 th of June ; when Capt Williams came dowa for the purpose of inspecting the prison , and when , in consequence of tbe communication made to him , as well probably as of his personal observation , a letter was forwarded by the Secre * tary of Stats directing steps whieh might have ended ia the release of this poor fellow , had not death first released him from all farther suffering .

      The Coroner thought it "was pecessaTy to have the evidence Of Mr . Champney , who kad been ia the habit of seeing the deceased frequently . Mr . Anderson said that Mr . ChaHipney was in Paria , whither ho had gone for the benefit of his health , previous to the arrival of-Captain ; VVilliams in . York , or he ( Mr . Champney ) would -nothave written the certificate until after he had arrived in York * In answer to a question from Mr . Leeman , Mr . Anderson stated that the report of the 7 th of Ju . je would have been sent " np to the the Secretiry of State Supposing Capt . Williams had not visited York Castle .

      The Coroner then addressed the Jury at considerable length . After alluding to the circumstances under which the deceased came into the Castle—the improvement which took place in his health for a time , atod his subsequent relapse , he said the question for their consideration would be first—what was the caus » of hia death , and upon this head—the deceased being a prisonor—it would be necessary for them to be satisfied that he had . been properly attended to by those whose duty it was to take care of him—namely , tbe oflicers of the prison . Now ^ from the evldence . it appeared that his diet bad been considerably improved ; that he had had mutton , milk , and tea , in addition to the ordinary diet of the prison , and therefore there could be no question but that , as far as his personal comforts were

      concerned , he had most undoubtedly betn attended to . Of course they were aware than whenever a person committed a ftreach . of the laws of his Cfuntry ,-be must submit to the punishment which these laws inflict for such : offence , and in this case it appeared imprisonment had been the punishment inflicted for Hplberry . ' s offence . And although he might have been a person of weak constitution and delicate health , yet he was bound to suffer : the punishment inflicted for his transijression of the laws . Therefore he eould not be set at liberty ;^ -be could not be allowed to take a walk out of the Castle into the ccuntry for th « benefit of Jbi § 1 health , because the officer of the prison where he was confined bad no power to set him at libetty . Impr i 8 onxnent he was bound to bear , unless

      the ¦ prerogative of the Crown had been exercised in his behalf : He could only be set at --liberty by an act of the Queen ' s grace and-clemency . When he became indisposed as they had heard ; he was placed in tho hospital , which they all probably knew was & place of more comfort than the ordinary cells of the prison , and other prisoners were placed along with him all the time , for the purpose of attending to him as well as th « y could . They could not have the evidence of thosa prisoners who attended him , inasmuch as they being persons who had been convicted of felony ; their evidence was not admissible . ' But according to the evidence of Mr . Barker the nnder-gaoler , every description of attention waei paid to the deceased that was necessary under the circumstances . He had had every

      medical attendance since he went into the' hospitalfrom the 16 th of April to the day of his death , he had had all the assistance that inedica . 1 skill : could render He had had both medicine ; and diet suitable and proper for his case , and it would appear that greater , favour bad been shown to * him than was ever dona to any other prisoner . It appeared that the nature of his disorder was such as to have : deal royed or greatly impaired his digestive organs ; and considerable care , had been taken te supply him with that description of food which was likely to be most serviceable and beneficial to him . Even his own wishes had been consulted : in thia xespect—it did appear to him ( thecoroner ) that , so far as regards the officers of tha prison , both medical and otherwise , every

      possible attention had been paid to the deceased ' s case . They would have no difficulty in coming to a c « nclusion with regard to the canoe of the deceased ^ death , for Mr . Anderssn had shown in a most satisfactory manner , that he had died from inflammation of the left lobe of the liver—in fact , by the visitation of God . He als © thought they would hive no difficulty in stating that every sort of attention had been paid by : the officers © f the prison , during his illness . Another circumstance had been introduced into this inquiry , certainly of considerable importance . It appeared that application had been made to the Secretary of State , for a remission of the dtceased ' s suntonce , in consequencecf the bad sute of his health . No doubt his removal from Northa ! - letVon House of Correction to Y ork Castle took place in

      consequence of that repreBentation ; An order also c ; iine down frpm the Secretary of State to this medical officers of tho Castle , requesting these persons to furnish , from time to time ,, as they thought necessaryj certificates of the state of the Qbceased ' s health . What was the object of that order he of course could not say , but he apprehen 4 ecl it was in order that thB Secretary o * f Suite might be informed of the progress of the disease , in order that he n ;; ght communicate with the Quverument upon the subject . This order was attended to , anil several certificates appeared to have bee sent up— -Hiore frtquentiy during tbe early period -of the deceased ' s imprisonment . The : reason given by the medical tfficer why they ¦ were , not continued si ) frequently after wards was , that the deceased had so far recovered as tti render thtm unnecessary . They had heard that a ctrtificate was written on the 7 th of June , when Lts btcaiue worse , which "was given : to Captain Wiiliams , the inspector of prisons , who had

      come down for some other otject .. ** . * . Tfcat . certificate certainly represented the deceased as being in a very bad state of health . CoBSiderable inquiry had been ruadb as to whethet any other certificate had bteii sent to the Secretary tf State between the time the deceased went into tho hospital and the 7 th of June . Now , they bad no evidence to show whether any certificate was sent to the home effice ¦ ¦ b etween ' , these perioiis . Whether suclt a certificate was sent or not ; Mr . Anderson did not know . Mr . Champney was the only party who could' speak to this , and as they were aware they could net have his evidence . Mr . jfbble had stated that he be . ieved one was sent out , but they had no positive evidence upon the subject . Another impjrttut inquiry was made of Mr . Auaorson * . namely , with respect to his opinion of the stats of tie deceased ' s health up to a very receut psiicd , and as to the certificate ' be would have given had he himssif been called vpon to furnish one , and he had staled that he did not consider on ihe 20 th of

      April that the deceased ' s life was so dubiou ) as to rentier it necessary for him to be diwhaigedNfioni prison . Tberefore had he at that time sent up a . certificate to the home office , it ; was -clear he wenld not have represented the deceased ' sheatth as being in 30 precarious a state as to tendet his removal from psi 3 en ntctssary . Toe Coroner then proceeded to recapitulate the most important portions of the . evidence , commenting upon it as he . went on .: He then said : —So that according to the evidence of Mr . Anderson , it appeared that evea

      iu-April last had the deceased ; been rotaoved it would not have saved his life . With that Lowever the jury had nothing to do . He could liot see how that could affect their verdict . If there had been neglect on tfee part of the : << fiicei 8 0 ! the prison in not aencling the prppei certificutes to the Secretary of State , it would be looked to in anothir quarter . But from the evidence he must say there had been no such : neglect . Looting at all the circumstances of the case , he thought they would have no difficulty id finding that the deceased had died from natural causes .

      The jury in ia few jninutes returned the following vrr > diet ¦' : ¦— " That the dectased had died by the visitation of God , and they ; wt ; re of bpinioa that he had had every attention paid to him by tbe ctBcers t » f the prisoa whieh hia case required . %

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      The jjlTS Riots at E > 'xis . —The Government mvtjtisiat ' . on into the disturbance at Ennis , closed on Wednesday , the 15 th , having occupied five days . In the course of his evidence , Mr . Brown , the County Inspector cf Police , deposed that Mr . Smyth , the stipendiary magistrate , had made repeated efforts to disperse the crowd , and ha . d actually led avray " oue batch , " cut without being able to abate the escuemeni . He recol 3 < cted . Mr . Fitz > imon ' s saying aboui tighter ten minnte 3 before tbe firing , "We must throw shot into the people , " or words 10 that effect . Mr . Brown declared that he heard no one give orders to fire . He did not thiiik fit to ask Capt . De Ruvynes for instructions to act , because the police

      came out under the immediate directions of Mr . Smyrh ; and lie preferred to act ¦ with Mr . Smyth , for he knew he had much more influence with the crowd . Ke appealed to Captain I ) e Ruvynes several iime . % as a magistrate j for directions ; and Captain De Ruvynes said be did not feel himself called upon to act in the absence of Mr . Smyth . " He gave me that answer more than once . The ocly matter I wa- dissatisfied with Captain De Ruvynes on that night for , was his unwillingness to interfere and give proper instructions . " Mr . Brown admitted that he had neglected-to ascertain the names of the policemen who fired ; and he could not remember at what hour he visited tbe Police barrack . The police diary was produced , which shewed that Mr . Brown did not visit the barrack-i until seven o ' clock on the

      evening of Tuesday . Captain De Ruvynes gave his version of the narrative , which did not make out any very- striking difference from the previons accounts . " Be said that after the firing had ceased , 3 policeman used threatening language to him , ( seemingly provoked at his want of decision . ) Another policeman exclaimed , "I think you area fool . " Captain De Ruvynes accounted for his reluctance to interfere by stating that a difference } which had arisen on the Bench , existed between himself and Mr . Smith . Captain De Ruvynes gave it as his opinion that the Police were not in danger , nor had they any occasion to fire on the people in defence of their lives . Michael Dolan , one of the crowd , gave evidence tending to convict Captain De Ruvynes and

      Mr . Brown of instigating and erdering the Police to fire ; but fcis testimony was damaged by this admission— " I was asking Mr . Hynes last night to get me off attending the inquest this day , as I had net time to attend : I also asked him at the rising of the Conn last night . He told me I should attend the inquest : I then told him that I would give it against his client , Mr , Brown ; who both positiTely denied the truth of hia statement . The Irish pap ? r = bestow great praise on Mr . Smith ' s conduct of the investigation , as searching and impartial '; of course his report would be made to the Government , and anv conclusioH to which he had come is not announced , Mr . Brown and Mr . Fitzsimon have been apprehended , and lodged in gaol . A subscription has been set on foot at Trim , in Meath , to relieve the distress . Whole families" in the neighbourhood are known to subsist on wild rape .

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      INQUEST UPON THE BODY OF HOLBERRY THE CHARTIST . TORK CASTLE—TUESDAY , June 21 . On Tnesday evening last , an inquest was held before John Wood , Esq ., at York Castle , upon the bedy of Samuel Holberry , the Sheffield Chartist , who died between four and five o clock that morning , in the hospital of the Castle . Mr . Leeman , solicitor , of York , attended on behalf of the friends of the deceased . The following is the evidence which ¦ was given : — Mr . Baxter BaTker , under gaoler of York CaBtle , was flrat sworn . He deposed—I knew the deceased . He was a prisoner confined in the Castle . He was twentyseven years of age . His home waa at Sheffield , and he was a spirit-distiller by trade . He was committed to

      the Castle in the first instance on the 15 th of January , 1840 , and was tried at the assizes held on tbe 5 th March , 1 S-J 0 , and was convicted of conspiracy , sedition , and riot . After that , on the 26 th of March , 1840 , he was removed to Northallerton House of Correction to undeTgo the sentence of tha court ; namely , four years ' imprisonment , and at the expiration of that period he was to enter into recognirances of two sureties of £ 10 each to keep the peace for three years . Then he came here again on the 21 st of September , 1841 , by order of the Secretary of State for the Home Department . ( The witness was then desired to state what he knew respecting Hoiberry ' s death . ) He said , about half-past three o " c ) ock this morning , I heard a knocking in the felon ' s prison , and I likewise heaul some one , as I

      supposed , calling to the watchman . I immediately got np and looked out of the window . As soon as I g-at the keys I went to see what was the matter . I saw the deceased in b $ d in the hospital . He was in a very weak state . I ioquir ^ d of the prisoners U they thonght ho was in a worse state . They said they thought he was I then said we will send for the doctor immediately . I did so . He could not speak . Af ttr a while I came down , aud in a short time the knocking was repeated . At the same time there was a knocking at the outer gate , which was caused by Mr . Anderson , the surgeon . I proceeded to the hospital along with Mr . Anderson . The prisoners aTe told that when they are taken ill they are to knock . My sleeping room is not so well situated for hearing out of

      the felons' prisons as the governor ' s The deceased appeared to be dead when I got to the room . 1 cannot tell when he went to the ho-pital , except from the surgeon ' s journal . When he came here from IVorthallertnn in September last , he was in a ^ ery ill and weakly state of health . He seemed to recover for about four ot live months , from tbe time he came into the Cast ! e , wben he appeared to me to have quite recovered . About two months since , as near as I can tell , he appeared to become ill again , and I think be has continued , ss far as my observation has gone , to sink gradually under disease up to the period of his death . I think it is about two months since he ' went into the hospital by tbe surgeon ' s direction . Ever since that time he has continued s patient in the hospital . I

      think he has been able nearly every -day to come down into the yard , until the last two or three days . During tbe four last days he has not been able to get dowa in consequence of weakness . I believe he first objected to coming down in consequence of the cold . During the time he has been in the hospital ho has been regularly attended to . He has had persons to wait upon him . He has never been left alone neither night nor day . The persons who were with him were prisoners . They were put there for the purpose of waiting upon him . George Greaves is the name of the person who principally attended upon the deceased . There were other sick prisoners in the hospital at the time , but not in the sume room with the deceased . Greaves Blept in the same room with

      deceased . There were three bedB in the room where the deceased slept , the deceased occupied one , and George Greaves and Luke Marshall , who also waited upon the deceased , slept in the remaining two . They are both of them convicted prisoners , and were both convicted of felony . Every day during the last two months that the deceased has been an inmate of tbe hospital , he has been visited by the doctor , and sometimes twice a day . The orders of the surgeon with respect to the deceased have invariably been attended to , and ko far as I have observed , he has had every attention paid to him , both medical and otherwise . Mr . Noble is unavoidably absent attending the sessions at Wakefield . He went yesterday morning about nine o'clock . I have an order in ray possession fdr the deceased's discharge . I believe it Ttza received by 2 tlr . Hague , last Saturday

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      - THE NCRTHERN STAR . 3

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 2, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct895/page/3/