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The Express. — 1848-06-06 (London, England)

MITCHEL. It was indispensable, in order to the good effect of such a sentence—that is, its deterring the froward without irritating the well-disposed—that the sentence should have been passed with more than the ordinary conditions of fairness. Front the manipulation of the jury, but half the end has been attained. Joust MITCUEL has gone less as a victim than a martyr • and thousands of the susceptible and oscillating Irish who opposed the incendiary have been brought to commiserate the felon. We cannot say, that we are more satisfied with the new law and its working, now that it has for the first time come into operation. It has been for well nigh a century the good fortune of England to find its sole disaffected or treasonable persons in the inferior grades of society. It has therefore been able, we think unjustly, to apply to them the same punishment as that which awaits the meanest robber. This has never been the custom of any, even the most despotic country. In Austria, in France, and elsewhere, the politically condemned always form a class apart, severely treated no doubt, but never visited with peines infantantes. This is justice. And we cannot bat think our own system of confounding the traitor with the murderer, and the seditious writer Stith the burglar, one of the most gross perversions of justice. It is one, moreover, which der, ats its own end. For it infallibly excites sympathy even for the mo-t inexcusable offender, like MITCHEL, and marks the sentence, as not that of justice, but of a vindictive government. Deep as is our indignation on perusing the sufferings of Sthvto PELLICO, how much would the feeling be increased, had the suffering man of letters and taste been handcuffed with ruffians and set to work with galley-slaves? It as impossible to deny that Repeal is a difficult antagonist to deal with, and that the government in Ireland had but the choice of perishing in weakness, or of putting forth strength in coercion. Still, every one admits, that the physical force party in Ireland form a contemptible minority, and that the way to keep them so, and thus render them powerless, is to employ no mode of repressing them which could have the effect of irritating and Hinging over to them the lsrge class of moral force repealer', who are not irreclaimable by just treatment, by fair and successful  government. This large and intelligent clam of Irish repealer! do not think even repeal worth a civil war. They cannot but see, too, that the whole body of the Ilish people, if bent upon one putpee, and striving towards it, persevering, without pike, arms, or even threats, must in the end throw such a mountaiu of embarrassment in the way of England, that their desires must be granted. These are the truly formidable repealers, and compared with them MITCHEL and O'BRIEN are but mischievous schoolboys. But these schoolboys must be whipped and chastised in such a way as not to offend the susceptibility and the sense of justice of their more rational countrymen. The government of Ireland is not a work of vengeance or of war, as the big blundering Times would have it; it is simply an affair of tact.
The Express. — 1848-06-10 (London, England)

DISTRIEUTOIO3 OF JOORNAL.-0.1 the motim of Mr. new ministers uhe humbugged M. Thiers." The instru- Uxbridge ' . pronedings had reached the adjacent post of the Il national guards, a body of which, together with Marseilles. M. Th troops of the line, arrived, and succeeded in sweeping ret y P bottom of the list of candidates on the returns for PuBr I . • iers alao stands very low in the ' g • urns alread üblished for the Basses:Pyreuees. .e the council unanimously resolvtd that, previously to *ssuin the fo:thmming number of the Journal, under the new regulation, by post, to each momber of the society, a letter of thanks should be epecially addressed by the were- ment of this herrible murder is now known ; it is a pereon hseex named Cabrera, a native of the Canaries, rtsidiug in the 118erneadaana country, and a eompadre of Oribe. This Cabrera waz here ,!;.;-'ol,l:;ltire with CeM to &edit in the projected assassination of Riveira " • , Whalen 2631 47 8 231 93 1 43 23 3 _. -. 1 389 .6 1 10 20 3 _ -. 63 37 30 39 1243 48 0 97 33-11 129 23 10 -.- 146 40 2484 40 2 178 34 7 941 11 36 1 6 41 4 9 40 0 11 40 0 -•-. On the proposition of' M. Bureau the discussion on tug of the society to each of the honorary distributers, who 63 43 1 ' away the populace. but wciped when CMo was arrested; he is a powerful man, see,keinre 3le3 49 6 111 33 4 242 22 6 .... ... - The executive enmmittee of government has issued the project of the repurchase of the railways in the ha so kindlybeen the efficient means of placing the Journal and int: T able of pity. Immediately after committing the tunny- ...... ....... 958 61 0 12 30 el 93 22 1 ... ... ••• ••• a proclamation calling upon the well-disposed citizens Aseembly is fixed for Monday. in the hands of members reediting la their respective localitits, and who had thus rendered is-eutiel service inpromoting the crime he proceeded to the quay, near the printing office of beat the Conierrao, and crossed the bay in a boat, which lay Sousa l6Bl 47 9 1 112 32 6 283 20 7 1638 45 9 37 30 3 76,0 9 I .., .., 1 6( 34 21 34 1 , 26 37 14 33-3 10 37 6 to assist in carrying into effect the new law against All thelr 11 attrourements. rsons who were arrested in the assem- . • blage on edneaday night, except five, have been v The Committee of Finance of the assembly, on the set at hbetty. These havi g hoe question of the disposeession of the railway companiete has presented the report The result of this, Prefee objects of the society. ..n -n conducted to the ported, on the -ae. ture of Police, were examined, and then sent to the prison of t which is a document of some length and of con- in a regiment of the lin ~ • e
The Express. — 1848-01-14 (London, England)

THE COUNTRY.— The most striking fertuee, and it is no less painful than striking, is the progress of destitution apparent through the west and south. From Mayo the local journal brings us accounts of inquests upon not less than six bodies, in all of which the verdicts ran " Died of destitution." Medical evidence as to the cause of death was heard in each case. Those deaths occurred in various localities of the county. The Mayo Constitution states that six bullocks had been boughed one night during the last week on Mr. James Tuohy's premises, • large and wealthy fanner. The outrage would seem not to have arisen from distress, as. though the animals were killed, the carcases were left behind. The sessions here are as fruitful of litigation and as promising of future " clearances " in Mayo as in other counties they have hitherto been. The number of civil bills for trial here are 780, and of civil bill ejectments 24, each including more than one defendant. This applies to the district of Castle bar alone. In another portion of the West Roscommon there was in one district 775 civil bills entered, and the ejectments were represented as " far more numerous than usual." And here a novel application was made to the assistant banister. About 60 persons confined in the debtors' side of the Roscommon prison applied to be placed on the gaol allowance, or to have an order made on the detainii creditors to allow , them 2s. Gd. each per week. The barrister having given their ease consideration, directed that as soon as they shall hay given up their lands and houses to the landlords, they shall be in every case discharged. this is another operation of the "clearance system." A curious fact has come to light with respect to the management of the workhouse of Roscommon. A paid board of guardians wu recently appointed, and they found on testing the paupers with the rations issued, that ftom 30 to 40 were rated on the books, and rations drawn for them who had no representatives in the house. Clare presents in its western districts as miserable a phase as Mayo. For five days of the last; week six corpses lay unburied at Ennistymon, awaiting tke Sabbath that a collection might ke made to provide coffins for them, as the deceased either had no friends or none who were able to provide them with any. Some of those had died of destitution. A farmer named Cleary was murdered by his wife a few nights since as he lay asleep. The unhappy woman, who is supposed to be mad, struck him several blows with a hatchet.—A Mr. Hart tilled himself in Kilkenny a few days since. Mr. Hart was shaking the butt end of his gun against the ground, for the purpose of forcing some powder into the cap pillar, when the piece accidentally went off, and the contents unfortunst,ly went through his head, the muzzle of the gun being pointed towards his forehead. Decea'ed only lived to utter a few exclamations, which were prayers to God for mercy.
The Express. — 1848-05-26 (London, England)

TERRIBLE MASSACRE AT NAPLES BY THE TROOPS AND TIIE LAZZARONI.  (By _Me L7ertrie Telegraph of the South' Eastern Haaltray.  The following appeared exclusively in the Daily I News of this morning : A despatch received from our Paris correspondent, dated Thursday (yesterday) noon, puts us in posses. sion of important intelligence from Naples. We learn that on the 15th inst. a difference between the King and the chamber led to a breach of the peace, in consequence of which the troops were called out. The ncional guard immediately raised barricades in the streets, and a combat ensued. After Wtime the fighting became general, musketry and grape-shot being discharged. Our accounts state that the King granted a pillage to the I.azzarnni, upon which a scene of almost indescribable horror must have followed, for it seems that a general massacre ensued. Houses were broken into by the Lazzaroni, and soldiers, with men, women, and children murdered, and the;r bodies thrown from the windows into the streets below. But ordinary murders do not appear to have been the worst phew of the affair. In many cases the most horrible tortures were inflicted, the victims being pricked in the face with bayonets to compel them to cry " Viva el Hey!" The massacre lasted eight hours, and terminated in the King's favour—the surviving national guards I being disarmed.  Since the above was in type we have received oar ordinary despatches, from which we give the following more detailed intelligence from Naples. On Saturday, the 131 h, in the morning, the deputies were assembled in the Salle de Monte Olivetto, in preparatory session, to modify the form of the oath to be taken at the opening of parliament. This oatk was in these terms : " I swear fidelity to the King and the constitutim of 29th January. The deputies were opposed to this form, because it was not in consonance with the concessions of 3rd April. Saturday and Sunday passed in negotiations. In the evening, at eleven o'clock it was announced that the King would not modify the form. The deputies, to the number of 80, met, declared themselves in permanence, and sent a deputation to the King to treat as to a modification. The King refused. The national guard went in great numbers to Monte Olivetto to persuade the deputies to persevere. About midnight another deputation was sent to the palace, when the King demanded time. A modification of the oath was then proposed, in which a reservation of the rights conferred by the decree of the 3rd of April should be made. The King pretended to accept this, but the chamber learned that the troops had, meanwhile, been ordered out, and, force being thus resorted to. all conciliation became impossible. Soon after midnight the national guard commenced constricting barricades. At halfpast one the generale was beaten, and at two the troops—infantry, cavalry, and artillery—issued from their barracks and occupied the spaces around the palace, the castle, and the market. The King, being informed of the construction of the barricades, ordered the soldiers to withdraw, and consented to the parliament being opened without any
The Express. — 1851-07-18 (London, England)

ORTIIAMPTON, I. LT 17. FauNnsw, July 17.-The supply of Wheat was rather attune te 1, alllt . kinsou ; Hector Harvest, at the suit of Samuel Cathcart ; The commission for this county was opened yesterday guillotine all ever France. limited, trade firm, at the rates of last emir. Wheat, per lead, from John Edwards, ut the suit of Francis Brown ; Bernard • evening, and at 9 o'clock this morning Mr. Baron Parke M. 10s. to De Barley. els. to 284. per qr. Osta, Nis. to 26e. real, ,-I. PASCAL Donut then nail a passage (rein the " Me. limas Yiev-CmareeLtort Team& attended divine eervice. 30r. to 31s. Beans, 32e. to 31s. ?what of fit Helena," in whieh Napooleon mid that if the B eVI.ET V. DAMPIRIL Gregory, at the suit of Isabella A. Meares: Henry J. iiironde had sum, ded on the 3lst of May the enemy Mr. W. Morris movel to have this special ease advanced Noyes, at the suit of Lewis Hagris ; Edward See John - ' Minima at the auit of Charles 1 homes I'mtt ; Witham 8. The calendar contains the names of 16 prisoners only, of GODALMINO, July 16.-The demand for Wheat con. inactive, but former prices were about supported. Wheat, mould not have been repulsed in the eampuign of '93 ana and put in the list oof petitions for the next petition day. . v, . whom two are charged with child murder, two with man'Hi. Yes, there woe Mood upon the tri.eoloured flog which 3 H T 1 •J hn Potter Mac 'he Yiee-CMoocellor made the order, and said it was his Porter, at the suit of J. . ay or ~. o - trrion'3" to 43•.• shit 40s to 41 • fine 45s to Di. Mune 2.31. slaughter, two with cutting and wounding, one with an tee- '''' ' se' ' e• " ' jpe ' gie - ' een at the suit or Joseph Joel ;li infield Attenburgb, is. Peas, 30s. to 3.5. Beans, 10s. to 335. Oats, to . per qr. we wow d over th • ruins of ynur monarchy but the people intention to ha some day after the lag seal for hearing all Ou . t. . attempt to procure abortiorn, one with anon, two with fors lamed out that blond ist lelB, when the'l abolielied the the special casee and claims which were in his list, that they tof Richard Kirkman Lane • Willi Wodeat tn • set . ... . . .. . - stogy, one with perjury, three with rubbery, and two with , •re MANNTON July 17.-We had a very dull trade to-day house, at the suit of Jemes king , Henry. N% 'them mar- (or en grain. Wheat sold at last day's rens, and there is plenty for political seethilet. You vaunt the We...singe of monarchy might all be disrobed of before the vacation. common temente& during footmen tontine... In one night the monarchy , __ _ riott, at the suit of Frederick Augustus Dam. the demand. Millers will 'Snot buy beyond their wanta. Lent corn is The cause list contains an entry of seven causes, of which • ' • quite at a stand ; there is very little Inntee. of any kind. ear/diced num victims than any revolution au Europe. Our
The Express. — 1851-09-13 (London, England)

CITIZEN.  Port Elisabeth, July 22, 1851, per steamer Hellespont. We are in a far worse position, as regard, the war, than we have yet been. The loner; of the farmers are getting so enormous that we shall all, I fear, ere long be in a state of bankrupty Our position here is a most distressing one. I, in common with all others, feel more than I can express; indeed, no words can convey the feelings of tho colonists regarding our prospects. I feel confident that, if the matter could only be seen in its proper light by the government and the people at home, they would soon coma to our aid. But the representations made by the Governor here, and the missionaries at home, must, unless something is done of a decisive nature, force the colonists into open rebellion against the government, and bring on a war of races; and, although this might prove in the end to be the best, if not the most humane course to be pursued, it would cause great confusion, and perhaps much bloodshed. The colonists have always treated the blacks well, if not too well; and even now, although hardly a family has escaped having some of its members murdered, they would still be willing to continue that treatment, provided the governin' it did not interfere with them ; but, if the black man's part, not his welfare, is to be taken in preference to our own nation and blood, it is really too much to be borne. The blacks must and shall be put down here; and if the government, to whom we look for support, will eat give it us, we shall be driven to take the law into our own hands, and discard a government which uses us so shamefully. Ido not write at random. These are the sentiments of thousands in this now unhappy country. Sir Harry Smith's proclamations and despatches are full of misrepresentations, and British troops are being beaten by a number of naked savages. Ile still remains in Kaffirland, trying to patch up a peace with the Kaltirs, which could not last more than three months—just time enough to enable him to get away in; and, in the meantime, the Kadin' are overrunning the colony in every direction Within the last fortnight they have swept off from one district alone (Somerset) 37,000 sheep, 6,000 head of cattle, 3do horses, and have destroyed 200 farmhouses by fire. These immense losses, you can easily understand, throw us back almost beyond redemption; and, when you come to think that all this might have been prevented by having a government competent to rule, and when we have a governor saying he is subduing the Kaffirs, when, in fact, they are only commencing the war—l ask you whether it is not enough to make any one whose interests lie in this colony almost mad with rage, and willing to adopt any course rather than submit to such humiliation and injury.  I
The Express. — 1851-06-19 (London, England)

THE LEVANT.  Letters from Constantinople of June 3 state that on the 31st a grand banquet was given by the sultan to the diplomatic corps, in honour of the Duke of Oldenburg, at the palace of Ferryi,, near that of Tcheragan. The ministers and high functionaries were present. Reshid Pasha did the honours of the feast. At the dessert the Duke of Oldenburg proposed the health of the Sultan; the Grand Vizier that of the Duke; Sir Stratford Canning that of Iteshid Pasha and the ministers. Sir Stratford made a speech, in which he rendered justice to the Sultan 'b hospitality. Reshid Pasha returned thanks, and gave a toast to the friendly allied powers. The banquet did not break up till one. Ismail Bey, son of Ibrahim Pasha, has arrived in Constantinople, at the head of a commission sent from Egypt, by the viceroy Abbas Pasha, to negotiate on Egyptian affairs, and particularly on the application of tanzimaat to the Delta. The eldest daughter of Mehemet Ali, Nadi.] lanouni, had arrived with a numerous suite in the Dardanelles, on her way to Constantinople from Alexandria. Chekib Effendi, inspector of the Danubian provinces, took his departure for the Danube in arvernment steamer, on the 30th ult. Mustafa Pasha is returned from Samoa to Constantinople. Great activity prevailed at the arsenal. A new frigate, of 64 guns, had been launched, and the Turkish fleet was getting ready for sea. No further particulars arc mentioned with regard to the murder of Father Basil, at Antioch. He had been four years Capuchin missionary in that town. The crime was committed in the middle of the day, in the most populous part of the town. He officiated in his own apartment, which he had turned into a little chapel. His body was found lying on the steps of the altar, with marks of strangulation. M. Lesseps, the French consul, repaired immediately to the spot to inquire into the circumstances of the crime. By the Athens papers we learn that the Greek ministry has undergone considerable modification since the return of the king. It is now composed as follows:—President of the Council and Minister of Marine, M. Criesis ; Finances, M. Cluistides ; Foreign Affairs, M. Paikos ; War, M. Spiromillo; Justice, M. Damianos ; Interior, Melelopouloua ; Public Instruction, M. Barboglous. This change of ministry does not, according to the Courrier d'AthonB, indicate any change of policy, and appears to have been caused chiefly by the resignation of some members of tho late cabinet who had not the confidence of the king. Brigandage was still carried on to a great extent in different parts of Greece, and the journals mention several cases of murder as well as robbery.  The Engineers of the Royal Navy have established a club at Portsmouth for the use of the members of that branch of the service. A large number of the engineers on shore and afloat have joined. This institution will secure to the subscribers reading rooms, domestic apartments, and the other advantages of a well-conducted club. Spacious premises have been taken in Lion-terrace, Purtsea, near the Dockyard, end which are now in course of being fitted up.
The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1824-08-27 (London, England)

XVI. had bail the firmness to dissolve the National Assembly he might have sate on Iris throne to this hour ; anal he expressly declares that the !truffle would not have been attacked on the 14th of July, if the Generals had done their duty on the linh. After the murder of the benevolent Louis, e.g.. Govern ment was seised by the National Covention. Let us hear how Fondle describes this power. "It was a sort of monstrous dictatorship," says he, " which grew out of the subversion ot all order, anal presented alternately the picture of Athenian anarchy and Turkish despotism."  The memorable 18th of Bnunaire found Fouche Minister of Police to the Directory. It is curious to observe him (unconsciously as it were) exposing his own perfidy on that occasion. He knew all Buonaparte's intrigues to get possession of the Consulship; he knew that the struggle was to take place that morning at St. Cloud; but he was doubtful of Me event. He therefore took no step one way or the other, but sat at Paris surrounded by his police agents, keeping his eye on both parties, sending out spies every five minutes. and receiving intelligence as frequently, until the sword of Buonaparte had cut the Gordian knot.— l'hen he hastened to salute the victor, and was rewarded by being continued in his post as Minister of Police. It has often been obserted that Buonaparte, at the time of which we are speaking, sbewed 'himself far inferior to our Cromwell ; and Fouche's picture of the scene, which is drawn with mat liveliness, fatty confirms the remark. Cromwell's conduct was cool, deliberate, and firm, and the act was wholly his own. The part which Buonaparte had to play was chalked out for him by Sieyes, Talleyrand, and others; and lie would have failed in the performance if it bad not been for the energy of his brother Lucien, and the decision of Murat. Even in the Council of Ancients, where his adherents formed a majority, he delivered his ,speech with much hesitation and disorder; but when he came to address the Council of Five Hundred he turned pale, and trembled at the opposition which he encountered, and was actually carried out of the Hall by his own soldiers.  Foucbe mentions an incident, which, to those who know the local situation of the Palace of St. Cloud, strongly marks the state of indecision into which Buonaparte was thrown. No sooner bad he escaped from the Hall, than he mounted his horse, and galloped clown the avenue, • distance of above a quarter of a mile, to the bridge leading towards Paris. Near this spot was Sieyes waiting in a pat-chaise with six horses. Murat joined them at the bridge. lie it was that decided Buonaparte to turn back and lead th., troops against the Legislative Body ; while Lucien, as President of the Council of Five Hundred, lent the cloak of his authority to the forcible dissolution of the Government. These details give a tone and colour to the transaction very different from what is commonly imagined, and we see in them traits perfectly consistent with the flight from the army in Rum, and the Satire lasi petit at iVattrloo.  Till EARL or Fire's