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Aug. 31,] 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



[1844. 







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IRELAND. 



Dublin. — Tt is stated in various quarters that the long- 

 looked for visit of Her Majesty to Ireland will certainly 

 take place during the present autumn, and that the first 

 week in October is actually named for this excursion. It 

 is also said that, in the event of the judgment against Mr. 

 O'Connell and the other state prisoneis being affirmed by 

 the House of Lords, an act of Royal grace in their favour is 

 contemplated, and that the remaining term of their impri- 

 sonment will be remitted. This announcement has caused 

 great excitement, and no other topic is spoken of but Her 

 Majesty's visit. The Conservative journals treat the 

 supposition of Her Majesty unbarring the prison doors 

 to Mr. O'Connell as one almost too monstrous for belief, 

 whilst the opposite side profess to regard it as no favour 

 at all, or one so insignificant that it could not stop the 

 cry for Repeal even for a moment. The Repeal papers 

 in their comments upon this report, have somewhat 

 moderated their tone ; at least, in comparison with the 

 language used when a Royal visit was first bruited, un- 

 accompanied by an act of amnesty. Indeed, the Nation 

 says that, although not seeking a visit, they will not 

 repel it. "As for the state prisoners," it says, " it is 

 the Queen's undoubted prerogative to send them back 

 to their labours for Ireland. If she does, they are ready 

 to march from Richmond prison to Burgh-quay, and fall 

 into their accustomed places like rested men bound to 

 do doable work. She will curtail their leisure, and an- 

 ticipate by some months the time of their renewed 

 labour— that is all. From them, as from every true man 

 in Ireland, she will learn that it is no boon to terminate 

 an injustice ; and if it were, that all the favours it is 

 England's to bestow or refuse, would not turn the Irish 

 people from their solemn purpose." The Repeal party 

 have had an additional cause for excitement in an address 

 of condolence presented to Mr. O'Connell by Lords 

 Shrewsbury, Camoys, Stourton, Dormer, Stafford, and 

 Newburgh, and by most of the English Roman Catholic 

 gentry, including the well-known names of Vavasour, 

 Clifford, Mostyn, Maxwell, and Weld, of Lul worth. 

 The Howard family, however, have taken no part in this 

 demonstration. The address, among other topics, says — 

 " We cannot but express our surprise and indignation that 

 a sentence, procured under circumstances which must de- 

 prive it of any moral weight, should have been carried out 

 with such indecent haste, when every principle of justice 

 should have interposed to delay it till every doubt as to 

 the legality of the verdict has ceased to exist. It is in 

 vain, Sir, that the ordinary course of law is alleged in 

 justification of the immediate execution of the sentence 

 — that plea cannot avail unless it can be first shown that 

 the prerogative of mercy has passed from Her Majesty's 

 hand. An unworthy advantage of the defects of the law 

 has been taken in your regard, and punishment has been 

 visited upon you before it is known with certainty that 

 the verdict under which it is inflicted will not be ulti- 

 mately quashed."— The weekly meeting of the Repeal 

 Association took place on Monday. Sir V. Blake, M.P., 

 on taking the chair, took the opportunity of delivering 

 a long address, wherein he stated his belief that the 

 English people were well-disposed and sound-hearted, 

 and would not allow Ireland to complain of injury and 

 degradation, if they were at liberty to act in accordance 

 with their feelings. He proceeded to take an elaborate 

 view of the principal events of Irish and English history, 

 commencing wiih the Clare election, passing on to the 

 ravages of the Picts and Scots in England, whose prac- 

 tice of painting their bodies blue the lion, baronet 

 ttiought accounted for the fondness manifested by their 

 descendants for that colour, and concluded by the 

 expression of his conviction that the < l Polka " was no- 

 S m T °o than the •'old original" Irish jig. Mr. 

 A-eily, M.P., m the absence of Mr. S. O'Brien, handed 



£ 8e ^p aI su ™ s of money, varying from 5/. to 20/. Mr. 

 • u Lonnell handed in several sums of money, and 

 aen stated that the monster address to the Queen had 

 oeen forwarded last week to Sir J. Graham, who had 

 I ntcd it to Her Majesty. General Clooney addressed 

 no^n etmS \ Mr R * D ' Browne, M.P., described the 

 the r ln " ch lhe Repeal cause stood, and eulogised 

 was to rt Wb,Ch that P° sition had been attained. It 

 succe s nCW P hiloso P h y of moral agitation that their 

 social rrt? t0 be attribut ed. Their respect for the 

 had Hr«« ° l life ' a?ld 8trict observance of the lnvs, 



*< P ocu n re U d P ? n n H hem 'I 16 C * eS ° f admirin ° Eur °P e - 

 ttnernn 1 lera the s y m pathy of France, and the 



stances ln exhaustible aid of America. Circum- 



highest h 6 ^ ansing ever 7 aav which gave them the 

 upwards of^rtn The . munici P al declaration, signed by 

 and head \ k memoers of the different municipalities, 

 ftenr »k I 7 ie Lord Mayor of Dublin, was a docu- 



"^ent whi k *^"*u .viajui ui jjuuun, was a uouu- 



ttate. A C ..j lt ., wou l d oe impossible for him to over esti- 



emanj 



a Shrewsbury r> **~° "' -""5"""> ■■»«•«■ «j 



sour, gave ";/„_*. Lam °ys, a Stourton, and a Vava- 



tt ate a a i impossio.e ior nim to over esti- 



emanat^f addr ess to Mr. O'Connell, which had 



a Shr^k the Cat holics of England, signed by 



new impulse to their cause. No moment 

 ttore opportune for the people to stru-gle 

 amelioration of their country than the 

 ^Vhether he looked to the east or to 

 e found embarrassments crowding upon 

 --, «i vreV r ° m r the Societ y Islands to the terri- 

 o^arter of rh° r ° m Hintiostan to Algiers. In every 

 c °fcine rJ«i G WOrM Were visible tlie giant shadows of the 

 •omhlT 71 "'■ Mr * Kellv > *■*•- handed in **• the 



could be 

 for the 

 present, 

 the west, 



England - 

 tory of 



th O'Brien during the 



*hich h" 



nen read a letter from that gentleman, in 



8 hould b p a i Vert ^ Cniefly to the suggestion that a system 

 use of f"u. ,lna,edlat ^y organic 



of tobi 



organised for abstaining from the 





Iar *y from^thn and ° tller excis eable articles, and particu- 



se ot English growth or manufacture, as a 



that the Government will be compelled to grant Repeal. 

 Mr. O'Brien says, u Though the conduct of the English 

 Government towards the Irish people has been such as 

 fully to justify this resolution, I am not prepared to ask 

 the Repealers of Ireland to deprive themselves of any 

 healthful enjoyment, unless some great national object 

 can be promoted by such a sacrifice. It is right, how- 

 ever, that both Government and the people should con- 

 template such a determination as a probable contingency. 

 So long as we are treated as ' aliens' and as enemies, no 

 moral obligation binds us voluntarily to furnish the 

 means by which our * subjugation' (I borrow this word 

 from the leading organ of public opinion in England) 

 may be continued. The adoption, therefore, of this 

 resolution, or non-adoption, is simply a question of 

 expediency, and it is satisfactory to know that if a time 

 shall arise when the imposition of personal privations 

 upon ourselves will facilitate the recovery of our national 

 legislation, those sacrifices will be cheerfully made." 

 Mr. D. O'Connell then read his usual bulletin from the 

 Penitentiary, and stated that his father and the other 

 prisoners were in excellent health and spirits, cheered as 

 they were by the obedience and perseverance of the Irish 

 people. After some lengthy admonitions on the remiss- 

 ness of the Liberals in coming up to the registries, the 

 bulletin, which is generally understood to be the exposi- 

 tion of Mr. O'Connell's feelings and opinions, concluded 

 as follows: — He was happy to state that it was Mr. 

 O'Connell's thorough conviction that the hour was 

 coming for Repeal, and coming fast. The English 

 Government would want, no one knew how soon, M the 

 lion heart and stout hand of Ireland ;" and they could 

 have both by the simple process of doing justice to the 

 Irish people. It would be foolish, to the last degree, of 

 the Irish people to attend to idle rumours and newspaper 

 reports. The Irish had but one resource, and that was. 

 in themselves — a resource that would be found quite 

 available, when English statesmen were wise enough to 

 perceive that Ireland ought to be conciliated. Let the 

 people, then, continue their peaceable career of agitation. 

 Let them not be turned aside by false hopes of any kind. 



Somebody has said — 



" Hereditary bondsmen, know ye not, 

 "Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow." 



Whoever he was that used these words, if the Irish people 

 continue true to themselves, active, but perfectly peaceable, 

 the repeal would come as assuredly as to-morrow's sun. 

 Mr. M'Nevin read a report from a committee of the 

 Association, appointed to inquire into the opening of 

 letters at the Post-office, and to consider the report of 

 the Houses of Parliament on the same subject. Ireland 

 had, he said, been specially favoured by the extensive 

 use of that practice, and it could not but be a gratifying 

 consideration for Mr. O'Connell, and those gentlemen 

 who had partaken of Lord Normanby's hospitality, to 

 know that at the instant they were sitting at his table 

 their private affairs and their family secrets were as wel! 

 known to his Lordship as to themselves. By the atro- 

 cious conduct of the Home Secretary, for imitating 

 which the humbler subordinates of the Post-office were 

 visited with condign punishment, had the soil of Italy 

 been deluged with her noblest blood, and the gallant 

 Bandieras had been led forth to an execution where 

 Sir J. Graham might be considered as presiding in 

 spirit, as he would have been its most suitable instru- 

 ment in person. I Several sums of money were handed in 

 from various parts of Ireland, and the Rev. Mr. Coghlan 

 denounced the Charitable Bequests Bill as an oppressive, 

 bigoted measure, and enlarged upon the services of 

 Mr. O'Connell, for whose speedy deliverance from his 

 enemies a suitable prayer was offered up from the altar 

 each Sabbath before mass, in nearly every chapel 

 throughout Ireland. Mr. Kelly, M. P., in recommend- 

 ing the extension and establishment of Repeal reading- 

 rooms, took occasion to direct the attention of the 

 meeting to the present state of political affairs. Did 

 they know that France had declared war against an ally 

 of England, and had bombarded Tangier? (Loud 

 cheering, and cries of " Bravo.") Her fleet was batter- 

 ing down the towns and forts of the Emperor of 

 Morocco, the old friend of England, whilst the present 

 force of that Power in the Mediterranean consisted of 

 two vessels of war and an odd steamer or two. What a 

 mighty fleet for Britannia, the great ruler of the waves ! 

 -(Cheers and laughter.) Her ships, instead of guarding 

 her interests, were busy on the coast of Ireland, keeping 

 a bright look-out for any bit of green bunting which 

 might chance to dangle from the mast of a passing mer- 

 chantmen. (Cheers and much laughter.) Why, if they 

 had a vocation for pulling down flags, did they not try 

 their hands on the tri-colour of the Suffren ? (Tremend- 

 ous applause.) Town Councillor Reilly, in handing in 

 30/. from various districts, alluded to the rumoured 

 advent of Her Majesty, which would, he said, be looked 

 upon with joy, for she was a woman worlh loyalty, for 

 she was a Queen. He only wished she was coming to 

 open her Parliament. But the people were not to relax 

 in their exertions, nor suffer themselves to be led astray 

 by cattle shows or Royal progresses. Prince Albert 

 had sent a cow to their agricultural meeting. W hat a 

 shame that was ! Why, Sir R. Peel had sent a bull to 

 Tarn worth, but perhaps the Prince thought there were 

 bulls enough in Irtl md already. One thing he might be 

 assured ot, that no bulls or blunders would frusrrate the 

 speedy attainment of their sole and darling object— the 

 Repeal of the Union. The Rent for the week w, 

 announced to be 634/. Us. Ud.— The cow of his Royal 

 Highness Prince Albert, which obtained the silver medal 

 and prize of ten sovereigns at the late show at the 



[ certain means of affecting the revenue to such an extent Coburg Gardens, was four yean old last January. She 



I fK„. H.« fl a _:„ ,. ,. , . . r, ___, wag of the b j ood of thc kte Mr Bakewen> of War . 



wickshire. Her weight when living was 13 cwt. 

 weight of carcase, 8 cwt. 3 qrs. J weight of tallow, 

 133 lbs. ; height, 4 ft. 4 in. ; length from head to tail, 

 6 ft. Gin.; girth, 7 ft. 6 in. ; breadth over loins, 2 ft. 

 i in. ; breadth of breast, 9 in. Prince Albert was pleased 

 to present the prize of ten sovereigns, as also the price 

 of the cow (50/.), to the Royal Agricultural Society, but 

 retained the silver medal. 



Athlone. — A melancholy accident occurred on Mon- 

 day the 19th on Lough Red, near Athlone, to Captain 

 Eliot, of the 4th Dragoons, stationed in that town, and 

 to his servant, a fine lad, fourteen years of age. It ap- 

 pears that Capt. Eliot, accompanied by the Lieut, of his 

 troop, with a man and his boy, proceeded down the river 

 on a pleasure excursion to Shannon-bridge. In the evening, 

 on their return, when they neared an island more than 

 halfway home, they agreed to sail on either side of it to 

 see which would reach the Athlone end of it first : and 

 in case one beat the other, he was to wait 15 minutes, and 

 if he had not come up then, he was to proceed home- 

 ward. At this time the Lieutenant and his man were in 

 one boat, and Captain Eliot and the boy in another. 

 After waiting the time agreed upon, the Lieutenant pro- 

 ceeded to Athlone, when he found that neither the Cap- 

 tain nor his boat had arrived. Fearing an accident had 

 occurred, he returned to the island, where he continued 

 an unsuccessful search all night. On his arrival, Major 

 Hodge, who commands the squadron at Athlone, got 

 one of the large ordnance boats, manned with 15 men, 

 and pushed off for the island. Having continued their 

 search for some hours, they succeeded in finding the 

 Captain's hat, and afterwards himself, standing in an 

 upright position, and the boy beside him, each having 

 hold of the other, and only about tour yards from the 

 shore. It is supposed, from the position in which they 

 were found, that Captain Eliot lost his life in an.effort to 

 save the boy, as he was a most expert swimmer. He was 

 the only son of a retired artillery officer, Colonel Eliot, 

 ofValebrook-lodge, near Hastings, in Sussex, and has 

 also left a mother and tister to lament his premature 

 death. He joined the 4th as cornet at Brighton in 1835, 

 and from that period enjoyed the closest intimacy and 

 friendship with his brother officers, by whom he was 

 greatly esteemed, and was only in his 29th year. The 

 father of the servant boy was so affected by the loss of 

 his son, that he died on the day after the accident. An 

 inquest was held on the bodies of Captain Eliot and his 

 servant, when the Jury returned a verdict of Accidental 

 Death. « 



SCOTLAND. 



Edinburgh. — The foundation-stone of a monument to 

 the memory of Muir, and the other " political martyrs," 

 was laid some days since, on the site selected within the 

 Calton Hill Burying Ground, by Mr. Hume, M.P. It 

 appears, however, that an unexpected opposition has 

 been made to the erection of the monument, and that an 

 application has been made to the Lord Ordinary, in the 

 Bill Chamber, for an interdict. The judge (Lord 

 Murray), however, refused to grant the interdict hoc 

 statu, reserving to the parties to try the matter in the 

 Court of Session, in a deliberate form. 



Perth. — The accounts from the numerous sporting 

 grounds in the county continue to represent the sport 

 as unusually excellent, notwithstanding that the weather 

 has not been, as a whole, for the past eight days, parti- 

 cularly propitious. The quantity of birds arriving at, 

 and passing through this city, on their route to all 

 points of the compass, is enormous, and almost beyond 

 precedent. 



Dundee. — A few days ago, a person named Madde- 

 son was apprehended on the charge of misappropriating 

 money, and of forging a certificate of character, just as 

 he was about to commence his duties as Superintendent 

 of Police at Dundee, and has since been committed to 

 York gaol to take his trial at the next assizes. 



Jttiscdiant'ous, 



Dr. Wolff's Imprisonment in Bokhara. — Captain 

 Grover has communicated to the daily papers some 

 interesting particulars respecting Dr. Wolff, from which 

 the following is an extract :— M The man sent to com- 

 mand the escort which was to protect him against the 

 Turcomans turned out a great scoundrel, and the Doctor 

 was obliged to appeal to the Turcomans for protection 

 against his escort. Between them, however, the poor 

 Doctor was plundered of everything, and on entering the 

 city he was deserted by all excepting one man named 

 Hussein, and he was looked upon as a man whose doom 

 was sealed. When, however, the King ordered Nayeb to 

 receive him into his house, the scene changed, and all 

 predicted that danger was over. He was introduced to 

 the King, kindly received, and he plainly told the object 

 of his visit. The following day the King's chamberlain, 

 accompanied by the commandant of the arsenal, ordered 

 him to write in their presence the letter in which the 

 King declares that he put Stoddart and Conolly to 

 death in the month of July, 1843, and of this letter he 

 had to make a translation in Persian. He was then 

 told that he was free to depart. The letter having been 

 despatched to Captain Grover, the Doctor ret ed an 

 intimation that he would be detained. Having a slight 

 fever, he wished to be bled ; this being communicated to 

 the King, the permi=sion was refused, the King saying 

 that bleeding was not good for him. Dr. \\ olff had re- 

 covered Colonel Stoddart's * official seal. lne Doctor 

 writes— 4 Pray for me, and thank God with me that He 

 hath hitherto helped me.' At first he wore his clergy- 



