Star.
London, England, 1831-02-22 00:00:00

PANORAMA OF Till BRITISH
gMPIR.E.
LIMERICK EVENING POST.
At a meeting of the Board of the House of Industry, Cork, on Totem
day, more than sixty famishing creatures presented themselves for ad-
missioo. The number of paupers in the house, according to the report,
was 1429! Mr. Beak objected to any more being added to the fright-
ful number already in the house. At present the inmates were literally
packed together, in some instances, five, six. and seven in a bed. He
had it from Dr. Townsend that disease was spreading fast amongst
them, and that while he spoke there were over dal patients In the sick
ward. Far would it be from his feelings to send the unfortunate ob-
jects then before the Board upon the world, whilst there was a foot of
accommodation in the establishment, but he thought—repulsive to hu-
man nature as would be the alternative—it would be ,more prudent
to do so than run in the face of the Physician's advice.
Reroax 31assixo tw Tirreamns—Monday a highly respectable and
numerous meeting of the Barony of ClanwiWam, was held in Tippe-
rary, for the purpose of petitioning the Legislature for a Reform in
Parliament, as may lead to a speedy redress of the grievances under
which this country still labours. The appointed place of meeting was
the Session House, but in consequence of the dense body of people in
attendance, it was deemed most advisable to adjourn to the market-
house, in front of which it was held, and in the open air. Upwards of
5,000 were in attendance, and the windows of the street were crowded
to excess with fashiouably dressed females. At a few minutes past one
o'clock, Richard Sadlier, Esq. J. P. Scallabeen was called to the chair.
am. • W••••
Sena—Yon have enblisheet in your paper of the 19th, a statement. On the resolution, regarding the extension oft the Elective Franchise
that a bill of indictment against me had been found at the Old Bailey and vote by ballot by Mr. Ryan, being put from the chair. he con-
Sessions, and that the Judges, then or. the Bench, had instantly signed eluded by proposing a resolutiou to the following effect feel-
a Bench Warrant to apprehend me, I beg you to insert this letter in ing that this meeting was got up for the purpose of sustaining the
your paper, which you will deem, 1 hope, no more than an act of jus- character of Mr. Wyse, we shall not now enter upon the discussion of
tice to me, especially as mine other papers improved on the state- the measure of reform, but proceed to the consideration of the ques-
ment so far as to assert, that I had actually " been seized and sent then of the repeal of the Union.
to Newgate." Mr. John O'Dwyer of Cullen, immediately came forward and
Now. Sir, in the first place, not only was I not sent to Newgate, but seconded the resolution in an able and very eloquent speech. He
no wannnt at all was issued against me. Without stopping to inquire dwelt on the conduct of the present administration towards Mr.
into the legality, the justice, the decency of publishing statements like O'Connell, whom be glowingly eulogised. This was beanie forward
this, I now proceed to remark, first, that I have yet heard nothing of to test, Mr. Wyse, who in a long speech evaded the question, and
this indictment, except through the newspapers ; second, dad 1 believe concluded as follows ;—" Let there be reform, and promptly, whet.
such an indictment to have been returned; third, that I ant not at all ever there be abuses; reform In the state, reform in the church. re-
surprized at the transaction which has been plotting for about two form In the corporations, reform In grand juries, but, above all, em
months. I beg my friends all over the kingdom, and my readers all form in Parliament, from whence all other reforms mule finally and
over the world, to be enured that I will meet this indictment in a man. permanently flow, not only to this, but to every other portion of this
net becoming the author of" The Political Register," and" The His- suffering country."
tory of the Protestant Reformution," anti 0 The Poor Man's Friend." On a person from the crowd calling out to know, if Mr. Wyse
31y friends in this country are not aware, generally speaking, of the would vote for a missal of the union or not' Mr. E. Scully said,
nature of a proceeding like this. First, then, they should know that a Mr. Wyse, our member, only claims what in my opinion he has every
bill of indictment may be preferred by anybody, against anybody, and just right to expect, a sufficient time to form a mature opinion, on not
for anything, whether true or false; 'mewl, that no evidence is required so much a local or county question as a new and important subject to
for the finding of the bill to be true, in a ease like this, other than evi. the nation at large.
dente to prove the fact of publication h the party accused ; and that, in Messrs. Ryan and O'Dwyer then requested that their resolution
the case of a Grand Jury at the Old Bailey, who have as many bills should be put from the chair, which the chairman having peremptorily
brought before them at a Sessions as a stout planer can carry in his arms, refused, Mr. Ryan said he would take the sense the sense of the meet-
to examine into the merits of the allegations is utterly impossible.— ing on a resolution that Mr. Saltier should vacate the chair, and to
Therefore, the mere finding of the bill to be a true bill amounts to no- which the majority of the meeting assented. The chairman then role,
thing at all; more than that, I may, if the parties choose, and have the and was leaving the platform, when Mr. Scully requested of him to
pluck when the time comes, be put upon my trial. I beg my friends, resume his seat.
therefore, to be assured that these words st true bill" have nothing in Mr. Sadlier—l cannot. I have vacated the chair.
them to daunt me. Mr. Scully—The ° noes" bad it.
The Times newspaper of the 19th does not content itself with stating Mr. liyano-I insist they bad not. Now, Mr. Sadlier, I leave it to
the fact of a true bill having been found against me; but subjoins a you.o a gentleman and man of honour, which had it?
very broad hint as to the consequences of such finding. it says:— Mr. Sadlier—Upon my sacred honour, the ayes l' had it. (Cheers.)
" The London Grand Jury, yesterday afternoon, among the rest of their (Here Messrs. Saclike Wyse, Scully, and some other gentlemen,
presentments, returned a true bill against Mr. Cobbett, for publishing left the platform and retired.)
a seditious libel, tending to excite disaffection among his Majesty's Mr. James Kinane then addressed the meeting.
subjects, particularly those engaged in agricultural labour, and in. Mr. 0' Dwyer again eloquently addressed the immense assembly, and
duce them to desteov machinery, &e. The foam of the holictment is said that the barony of Clanwilliam had that day set asslorious example
similar to that on which Carlisle was convicted last Sessions." That is to the County of Tipperary.
to say, that the nffences are similar, and to cause it to be believed that Three cheers were given for Mr. O'Connell and a Repeal of the
the result will be similar ; and that, of course, the Recorder of London Union, and the immense multitude departed in the most peaceable
will, in all human probability, sentence me to two years' imprisonment and orderly manner.
in a felon's jail, and to be held in bonds for the remainder of my life. On Monday last, about twenty fishing-boats, mostly from Shrove,
Now sir, 1 beg through your columns, to assure my friends that I near Innishowen Head, Greencastle, Wititehay, &c. proceeded to the
have written and published nothing criminal; that I have done nothing lie hank, about ten miles distant from Lough Foyle. The morning
unlawful ; that I will bring this matter before the Chief Justice of the was fine, wind 13. W. ; however, about one o'clock, the horizon all at
Court of King's Bench and a Jury of the City of London ; that so far once became clouded, and a most dreadful gale of wind came on from
from fearing the consequences, I glory in being afforded this opportunity the N.N.E, On the first appearance of danger a number of these boats
of exposing, by the means or the whole of the press, the motives to cut away from their UUCP and made for the land, whilst others waited
.this result of a mean and foul conspiracy against me ; of showing to the to lift their lines ; but, dreadful to relate, five boats' trews, consisting
whole world that this is an attempt (which I will make a vain attempt) of twenty.one men, met a watery grave, leaving behind them seventy-
to prevent me from continuing my labours for obtaining justice fur the three helpless children. Such a scene has not been witnessed there
middle and working class of people ; fur causing legally to be taken mince what was termed the Black Saturday, about lifty years ago. The
from the receiver', of the taxes and the tithes those immense sums, the cries of the wives, children, and relations were most hni.t.rending.—
taking of which has produced all the difficulties, all the troubles, all A boat at Malin, with seven men on board, has also been lost.
the commotion, in which we arc involved at home, and all the contempt The inhabitants of Teske met on yesterday to petition for a repeal of
brought upon our country abroad, which we now have the sorrow and the Union.
the shame to behold ; but, sir, with regard to the real motives of this A man was stoned to death in the neighbourhood of Nenagh on
mean and malignant prosecution, as well as with regent to every other Friday morning,
matter connected with the proceeding, I will, with your indulgence, Thursday morning last a large party of Chuldagh fishermen proceeded
inform the public as soon as I possibly can, and in the meanwhile, I to the docks of Galway, and manifested a disposition to resist the expor-
beg you and that public to be assured, that, if these manifest designs tadon of corn from that port, apprehending a scarcity of provisions
to prepare the way for the annihilation of all that remains of the liberty during the spring. On repairing to the docks, they commenced opt.
of the press in England shall succeed, that success shall never have to rations, and dismantled two vessels laden with corn • they afterwardsbe ascribed to abandonment of duty on the part of, treated master of a vessel very rudely, whilst in the act of going on
Sir, your most humble, and most obedient servant. board his vessel at the roads, whom they obliged to return into dock,
having assailed him with stones and other missiles. They then pro.
TAXES.--." The tea to be taken off from the newspapers, though needed to the roadstead, and cut the rigging and sails off three other
for my own interest, care not a straw about the matter; lough I know vessels laden with corn, and ready for sea, and conveyed the sails and
that it will be neither gain nor loss to me, I see this reduction of the tackling to the Claddagh.
tax with pleasure; because, in the first plats, them ought to be no Monday a meeting of the inhabitants of the county of the town of
such tax, and, in the next place, because it will give a famous blow Galway was held at the Court-house, for the purpose of petitioning for
to that newspaper monopoly which hail been such a disgrace to the reform, and also for the removal of the civil disabilities of the town.
country, and has done it so much mischief. If the government find, A letter from New South Wales, dated the 15th of August last, con-
as lam satisfied it will, that it gains in amount of revenue by re'.udng tains the following extraordinary paragraph We have at present
the amouttt of the stamp to two-pence; lam sure it will see that it the cheapest market in the world. Black cattle from 7s. to 12s. a
would gain still more by reducing it to a penny, and by reducing the head. Sheep from 2s. to 4s. each. Wheat, be. Pa bushel- Maize,
adrey(isement duty another half. The government will soon fins: how Is. per quarter. Beef, one halfpenny per Ilona Notwithstanding
much it will gain in the tax upon paper, even from this measure. As these extremely low prices, the country is rapidly advancing towards
to advertisements, they will increase prodigiously in number. I have prosperity.,"
no question, for my part, of the great maim in point of the revenue, and RATES or FRIIORTAGE raox LIKPRICIG—To London, 20,.
to In point of advantage the country, o the speed that it will give to per ton for provisions; 2s 6d to 2s 9d per quarter for grain. To Li.
the communications between Persons in trade, and of the encourage. verpool, 13s per ton. To the Clyde, Ws to 16s per ton.
matt which it will give to honest and able writers, the effect will be MARRIEDIn Middle-street. Galway, James Kirwan, Esq, of
prodigious ; and therefore, though the measure will not affect me in the Tuarn, to Maria, daughter of —.Lynch, Esq. of Shannon.bridge.—
smallest degree in the world, I think the ministers are entitled to great At St. Peter's Church, Cork, H. A. Caesar, Esq. M. D. to Pruden.
praise for this measure. It was also wise and just to change the tax thee, only daughter of the lase R. Thompson, Esq. M. D.—At Castle-
from cotton goods to raw cotton ; because In the former shape it was town, Berehaven, Richard Puzle y, county of Cork, Esq. to Miss
savagely unjust towards the working people, and gave rise to frauds Johahna Divine, of Killaughiusenaugh.—At St. Nicholas Chutele
enormous. The conscientious manufacturer paid the duty honestly; Cork, Mr. W. Richardson, of Bandon, to Charlotte, daughter of
those of a contrary character did not pay a tenth part of what they the late Wm. Hamilton Est.—ln Dublin, 'I homes Bathe, of Bel.
ought to have paid. But it is the total abolition of the tax upon an. videre-place, County Dublin, Esq. to bombs, relict of the late Thomas
dies which gives me the greatest pleasure. If they had added an shell- Burke, of Spring Garden, Esq.—Mr. John Graham, of Downier
Lion of that on the malt and the hops and the soap, I would, to be sure, trick, merchant, to Mary Ann, eldest daughter of George Wise, Esq.
have gone to Doming-street, and have stood bareheaded in the rain —in Dublin, Laurence Coneaby, naq--. of Brownrath, to
to thank them. The labourers of the East, the South, and the West the youngest daughter of the late Mark Kelly, of Suunnierhilt,=.
will have some little to thank them on the score of coals, owing to the At the Friends' Meeting-house, Dublin, William Richard, youngest
stupidity of the landowners of latter days in destroying those endless son of Samuel Elly, Esq. County Wexford, to Abbey Eliza, daughter
sources of fuel that were found in the wanes, as they were foolishly of John Lecky, of C ork, Esq.—ln Dublin, the Rev. Richard Roe, to
called, and in the careful cultivation of timber and underwood. But Charlotte, widow of J. Richardson, Eaq.—At Braychurch, Lieutenant
the tax being removed wholly from the candles is a great and unequi. John It. Baker to Catherine,eldest daughter of Thomas Off, Esq.
vocal good. The ministers themselves do not, lam sure, ace one-half —At Richmond,,
Richard Elm Eso. of Kilkenny, to prances,
f the good that they will do It is said that it hustle a penny a pound daughter of the late John Byrne, Eac;. of IlayswelL—At Cullen Church,
taken off the price of candles. Is it not? It h threepence a pound at WiSiam &dick, Rao. of Tipperary to Fanny .Jarghter of James
the least. The farmer gets next to nothing for his tallow : and this isone Reardon, Esq.—ln Clogheen, themes [Whip, of Thurles, me.
of the reasons why he neverldlh his sheep. The price of tallow in the chant, to Ellen, second daughter of Francis O'Brien, hsq.—At the
great market is nothing tome. I have sometimes killed sheep at Kensing- Friends' Meeting-house, Waterford, William Straogman Robinson, of
ton for my own use, a circumstance which led the Old runes and its wolfs Liverpool, Esq. to Maria, daughter of the late William Cherry. Esq.
whelps about the country to assert positively, "that I had turned the —Stephen Collins, of Merrion-square, Dublin, Esq. to Frances, daugh.
lower room of my house into a butcher's shop." I know not what ter of the late William Henn, Master of the Court of Chancery.—ln
tallow was in the market ; but I know that I got twopence halfpenur Dublin, Thomas C. Nolan, Esq. to Catherine, widow of Henry Smith,
a pound for mine, when my candles cost me from sevenpence to eight. Esq. of Cork.—At Bellevue, County Kilkenny, Pentheny
pence. I know the expense of making candles well; I know what Acton, Esq. to Mary Anne, daughter of the late Matthias
beautiful candles my servant made in Lang Island; and it shall be Esq. of Ballymulles.—Mr. Charles I). Stuart, of Dublin, to Rau, the
my business, in a very short time, to tench the fanners and labourers youngest daughter of the late Patrick Loncto)ff Ball
in England how to do the like. One of the great evils that press County Waterford, Bag.—Thomas Galloway, of the sloyinith=
upon the country, and that has reduced it to its present state, has tary College, to Margaret, eldest daughter of tont Wallace, at
beer the withdrawing from agriculture those employments which for- Edinburgh.
merly occupied the wives and daughters of the labourers at other times DIED.—In Sackvillenstmet, Dublin, the Rev. Dr. Smyth, broths
than those of weeding, hay-malting, and harvest. These em. of Alderman Philip Smyth, of Limerick.—ln Killarney, Lucy, rain
ploy merits were cardiug, spinning, and weaving, in a great of stamuel Sealy, of Dingle, Esq.—ln Dublin, Jane, daughter of Rohs.
many instances. I have seen a hundred spinning-wheels Hunter, Esq. of the County KMare.—Rev. Henry Erougham, Rage,
at a time, in the suminer, humming before the doom of the cottages of of Tallow.
one single village. The :aka wese all spun, and even wove, in the GLASGOW FREE PRESS, FEB. 16.
villages. Now amongst the employments foe the females of the
labourers in agriculture, one was the making of candles of various From a sdentilic friend, who visited the Liverpool and Alanchessoe
Railway, we have the following account :—Eve thin
descriptions ; rind this employment will now return. For it will very
soon
be asked
of a
young
woman
who
offers herself for service in the
sm way seems to be going en prosperously, and with the same astonishing,
ecess as at first. The locomotive engines continue to ply with
elect... They make
. four or five journeys, if not
country, whether she knows how to make candles. Do not tell Inc .
andun-
about the pike of tallow iu the market. 1 know that the want of a more, vigour.
, every day, from Liverpool to Manchester, and back again. The
right to make my own candles us a loss to me of from ten to fifteen
first at seven in the morning,. and the others at hours most convenient
pounds a year at the veay lowest. If I were a farmer it would be a
for business. The distance 33 miles, and the journey is In general
loss to me of a great deal more. Additional female hands will be want.
derangement had occurred, owing to a thin sheet
performed in two hours, and frequently less. On the day
col in the country in consequence of the repeal of this abominat le tax. dwe were
And not only will the labourers have their candles cheaper, but in there, day and
of Ice which during the night had been formed on the rails, Still.
many cases they will hive them for next to nothing. The farmers will
however, when we eto the at ten o'clock, we found one of
give the fat to married women. allowing them a certain portion for the
the engines just coming in from Manchester with a train of
manufacture. Neighbours sill deal with one another as they do in goods, in
America, without running to, a shop for a candle, and there paying the `"" hours, having the precaution of setting two of the loaded
advance, mid pueblos them before the engines, profits of three or four parties, besides the expense of the carriage and waggons in
the ice a the . so as
of the fetching. It la Impussible so to manage the thing without the' " rails before the engine came up.
cheer.. gentleman from Manchester came up to a friend who was standing near
labourers having light at a trifling expense, to the want of which the day, in the yard in Liverpool, at ten o'cluck in the morning, a
winter evenings are now passed in the dark Instead of being
I us, and told him be had loft Manchester in the first train of
fully employed in various matters useful to both men and women. „_,_, coaches, at
It will be curious to ea a Twopenny Trash employed in circuladng, !ran ° was Pa his IS Liverpool finished, and was then on
Isis way home again, which he would reach about mid-iny. lie had
amongst the working classes, praises on the King's Ministers. This way
he said, done the same before, and this is only one at
y practical demonstrations which are every day met with, of the
will assuredly be done in the next Number, or the Number after, where
C
I am to give them detailed instructions fur the making of candles.
Coldotes &sitter.

MR. STANLEY.
From the Pilot.
• We have just received the following letter from Mr. O'Connell :
Woolverhampton, 16th Feb. 1831.
You will see by the papers that Mr. Stanley has fully confirmed my
statement, that there was no species of compromise of a political nature
connected with the late law arrangement. He, however, does not seem
to have stated that arrangement at all. No matter. I will, please
GOD, set that part of the business fully to rights on Friday evening in
the Honourable House.
But Mr. Stanley is also reported to have said, that 1 (tad solicited
by my friends, a compromise of the prosecution—whereupon it is
stated he was cheered by all sides of the House. Ido not believe,
or at least I ought not to believe one word of it; because a greater
untruth could not be told. It follows that he did not say so. Does
it not ?
I beg of you to contradict the report in the strongest terms. Nothing
could be more false than that I ever solicited a compromise of the pro-
secution by any friend whatsoever.
I will state this fully to the llouse on Friday—until then do you
contradict the report emphatically.
How I long to hear of Col. Butler's success in Kilkenny. If he
succeeds you will have more anti. Unionists amongst the Irish members
than we will know what to do with.
Believe me to be, faithfully yours,
DANIEL O'CONNELL.
I will be, I hope, to-morrow evening in the House, to vote for the
Jews, if there be a division.
MR. Cull