HASZARD’S GAZE'I"l‘E. MARCH 19.

sanr.arii.’s caassa nan rrs catas- '.l'lt0I'Hl.

(From the London Observer.)

The history of Sadleir’s career presents a startling instance of the pliability ofliu- nian nature. riginally an attorney—an Irish attorney—in ve moderate business, he suddenly changed the scene of his oper- ations from the county of Tipperary to the more congenial atmosphere of the British metropolis. His first debut in London was as a parliamentary agent; in which capacity his “ tact” rather than his legal knowledge, and his force of character rather than his skill, caused him to obtain considerable employment, especially in connection with Irish railways. Previously, however, as well as rocollection now serves, he ha developed his talent ass ﬁnancier; more strictly speaking. that predominant passion of his soul, the desire to have the handling of other people's money, by establishing the Tipperary Joint Stock ank. is connection with this undertaking brought him in contact with City capitalists “ and men upon ’Changc,” both Jew and Gentile, to whom his off-hand business manner also not a little recommended him; and the re-

sult was, his elevation to the chairmanship .

of the board of direction of the London and County Joint Stock Bank, an ofiice which he appears to have ﬁlled until his death. In this position it was, doubt, that he began that career ofcrime which terminated in his suicide.

When the potato blight fell upon Ireland and ruined the potato aristocracy of that wretched country, almost to a man, John Sadleir, with the keen perception of the predatory animal, ever on the watch for prey, saw at once that his time was come. Whether or not he had ever heard or read of In bande iioire in France, that association ofcapitalists who bought up in a lump all the forfeited estates of priests and nobles in the time of the first French revolution is not clear, as Irish attorneys of the class to which he belonged are not famous for their profound knowledge of liistory, local or geiieral—biit this is certain, that he or- ganized ii similar association in England for the purpose of purchasing properties

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rush into the arms of the Ministry was the leader of the Irish Brigade—John Sa eir.

instance, an

d returned again to Parliament for Sligo, he

Sadleir‘s election for Csrlow, in the first his rejection for the same place in the second, subsequently to accept- ing place as a Lord of the Treasury, cost him not only large sums of money, but like- wise, the lastshrcd of political character which still stuck to him. His persecution of Dowling, the voter, who voted against him, after having had his “ little bill” dis- counted at Sadleir’s bank, is fresh in the recollection of everyone, as is likewise his double defeat and disgrace in the law pro- cecdings consequent thereon. The affair cost him his post as a Minister; and though

ceased to swell the list of ollice-bearers under the Government. This enabled him however, to turn his attention all the more "closely to “the ways and rnearis;”and it was probably during the period of political leisure which supervened that the great bulk of the frauds with which his memory is now charged was accomplished, and the unparalleled mass of forgeries attributed to him at present was done and effected.

Sadleir was literally at “ all in the ring,” in the most extended sense of the fistic formula. He was chairman of the Swedish Railway, as too many know by this time to their cost, and in that capacity he was, as his temper prompted him to be, the abso- lute master of the company. He establish- ed an insurance company, and prosecuted to conviction a “ petty-larceny rogue” who had sivindled it out of a couple of hundred pounds. He established a pious newspaper in Dublin to sirhserve his own peculiar interests. He was deep in Italian, Spanish, and Ainericaii railways. He was, in fact, in cvei-_itliing where money was to he gained, and, perhaps, recollec- tion of his friglitful positioii was to be lo.-:t. And yet he was pcrsoii.ili_v an inc.\’pcn.-ivo riian; that ii to say, he was not yet knoivn to be ﬂ(I(iICi: .2 to any of tin: ordinary vices of social lllf‘, nor has he over had the reputation of bein even ;(l)llt‘l‘I.'llS in his general disliurscinciits. lli: livctl plainly, enter-tnined sparingly, if he enterlaiiietl at

sold in the Encumbcred Estates’ Court, a , from seven to twelve years’ purchase, withj the view ofre-selling them at from eighteen to twenty years’ purchase. The uneoii-

trolled power his position as promoter trustee, and factotuni oftliis “ black band,’ conferred on him, were,_ however, his ruin; for it appears now, the facilities for fraud it afforded were so great, that, if he ever was innocent of crime, he soon ceased, under the inﬂuences ofhis unlimited oppor- tunities, to be honest any longer. One of the gravest charges against him is, that he appropriated the purse of this association to his own private purposes, and gave the members ﬁctitious title-deeds to property which, in some cases, had no existence- “ no local habitation, and no name”-—for their money. It will be seen in .tlie state- ment‘ penned b his “friend,” and pub- lished elsewhere, that be forged the convey- ances of the Encnmbercd Estates’ Court to an extent at present unknown; and that the seals ofthe court were transferred from the conveyances of trivial purchases effected for that especial object.-

The poet. describes ambition as “ the last inﬁrmity of noble minds.” It_is, however, within every_man’s own experience, that ambition may be an inﬁrmity of minds even the atost'i oble. ' John" Sadleir was am- bitiods in an extraordinary degree; for he ambitiotied not only the post of legislator, auchufit is,‘ Ill! be also arnbitioned to be the of a party. in parliamenl—sn Irish party. On O’Connell’s death he

sped at 0'Connell’s’functions; and, by

‘at of much caiolery and more cash, he was selected by the priests of Ireland as their instrument and organ, sndpelectod accordingly for Csrlow. At the same time, were elected also a body of Irish members in thd popular interest, who swore (figura- tively) upon the altar df their country to accept no rsonal advantage at the hands ofany mln ry, and to seek only justice to Irelanda-that ' desiderntaiii being typiﬁed by "Tenant Right." For a'tinie all ,-went

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well with this pbrty, Ithst is, in the intervail-“concerts in the garden of the palace. ' If s

d’ the sessions of Parliament; but soon, all he baser passions of human nature surged

:ill, and appeared to limit his c..ti-avagancc in point of expenditure in ii small stud of horses, three only in niinibcr, which he kept in the vicinity of 'vVtttl'0i-d, for the purpose of hunting with the Guniiersbury hounds.

It is beyond a doubt, that the name of Sadleir is as unpopular, politically speaking, with the Irish, as is that of Luttrell, “who sold the ass." He was looked upon as the betraycr of the Irish party, and he was supported onl_v by the priests, whose interests are not national, but secta- rian, in Ireland, as well as in every other country. A proof of his unscrupulousness

abuse Popery in all its forms, and to im- prccate the Blessed Virgin; himself the while standing on the nhrainontane princi- ple-—‘ ‘ Ireland for the lr-isli priests.” T

his principal opponent, as the lesser evil of, the two.

The last scene of his life was in keeping] with his whole career. As. he stood alone] in the’ darltiiess of the midnight hour upon that solitary heath, at the portals of eterni- ty, and saw the world for which he had sacriﬁced so much ahrivel up like a parched scroll, thcgagony of the moment must have been too bitter to .imagine. At the same time it msyitruly be said of John Sadleir, that nothing in his life became him so much as leavin it. He perished in his prime, a criminal of the first msgnittide;—

ed to the construction of a covered pro-

np into light, and among the foremost to

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Wednesday. Hatch 10. 1856.

EA8ZARD’8 GAZETTE

Wx begin to have some hopes that we are at last to have a Bank ; the meeting at the Court House on Monday last showed that _there is something of the “go a-head" spirit in us There is is sad want of knowledge in those quarters where the highest intelligence The leader of is government should be either himself well skilled in politi- cal economy or have among his followers some one upon whose opinion both he and the coun- try could coniidently rely, particularly in those branches of it which relate to ﬁnance and bank- to say, is not the case. We can hardl th nk, that Mr. Coles is hostile to the establishment of a Bank, and yet his conduct at the meeting would have induced most people to so pose. that he wished to pre-

Tbe clinirnian called the meeting to order and alluded to a clerical error having been spoken of in the Real allowance of the Bank Act. The H n A may General explained. The following Resoliitions having been seve- rally moved an seconded, ssed

l.—’1‘hat whereas six weeks must at least elapse before, according to the provisions of the Bank Act, the first instalments can paid in, and the clerical error alluded in the Despatch will, ‘ no doubt, be corrected in the meantime; There. fore Resolved, that the business of this meeting do proceed by opening is Subscription List for persons willing to take shares wit in the limits prescribed by the btatute. _

2.—Rc.voIved that, trusting to the good faith which should always subsist between the Go- vernment and the governed, and believing that the faith of the Imperial Government is pledged for the bonafitle an free operation of the Bank Act as it now exists, this meeting proceed to subscribe for shares, on the express condition,

"M ii” °b-l°°l° ll" m°°ﬁ"5‘ by '"gg°"in3“ that no change shall be attempted in the fun-

improvements upon the Act, already if an thing too stringent, by wsyof precaution; w ichi do ted, would have had the ellect of disgusting itiilists and preventing them having any- thing to do with the project. A certain quan- tity of ballast is necessary to put the boat in trim and assists not only her sailin qualities, makes her answer her helm well. her to stand still‘ and steady, prepared to face the gale,whether it comes in the shape of ii white squall or an enduring south-eastcr. But too much ballast may be equall little ; overloaded she becomes s uggish, and if brought suddenly on her beam euds,is swamped before she can right herself. So it is with Acts of Parliament constituting joint stock companies , certain prohibitory or restrictive clauses are inserted to prevent danger to the stockholders or to the public; the number of these, and their re uisite stringency are as tho- roughly undcrstoo by well informed politicians, as is the proper quantity of ballast by an experi- enced boat siiiler, and in either case if you add, more you are certain of doin ' ' Bank Act provides, that the liability of .sliarcholders shall be restricted to double t amount of their slnircs: that is, in case of the shareholder besides losing his ,, be liable to pay to doulile the 1 amount of the shares he may then hold. The Act also allows the Bank to issue paper to three times the amount of the mono‘ in its vaults, and, as a guarantee to the pub ic, pro- vides that this cash third of its paper issue sh be there at all times, and gives certain parties the right to see that it is so, and by the pro- vision before inentioned,cach slnireholdcr is liable to pay his proportion of two-tliirds more. Piiyniciit of the whole issue of notes is thus Mr. Coles however wants more, ic wishes each shareholder in the event of los- ing his share by tho iinprudcnce or villainy of the directors to be compellable to answer out fhis private purse three times the amount of his original share, that is to rtion 0

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is mentioned in conne.\ion with his lastttudltors andcommitteeofinspectionaddedtoa Itis asserted by Geologists, that m clcctign for Slign, ii is said; he smned ,, ‘ wnnt_o_l‘ solvency in every one whose notes or ages must have ela sedsince the crest on ofour hggh orange ca,,d;d,,,c, ,,, his 0,", cos,’ to-B€clll‘|lleS have been given in cxcliaugc for the world, from the act, that the earth having

’ ‘ Mr. Coles. has we think, had in view been originally in a molten state,

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paper money aﬂoat, supposing t 0 whole in the iuiirket. The contingency that Mr. Coles apprehended could not by any possibilit happen. It prcsup poses rascality on the part of the directors, who must -all of‘ them have been , an ers or ubscondent; it assumes likewise the .most perfect neglect and apathy on the part of , the slinreholders, gratuitous villainy in the with each otlier—-So with the science ofGeol

daniental principles ct’ the Law as it now exists. 3.—ResoIm1, ‘hat a Committee be ap inted to keep open the Subscription list, t public may have an 0 rcmainingvshai-es. Rerolvai, list a Committee of seven be appointed to make all necessary preparations revious to the first General meeting to be he d the first Manda in May.

'l‘he ollowing Gentlemen were then appointed to prepare bye- aws, &c.

Messrs. John Kenny, John Longworth, Hem- Ilaszard, James Duncan, T. Heath Ilavilan Frederick Brecken, and Tlieophilus Desbrisayl

A subscription list being opened, a number of gentlemen subscribed their names.

On motion, the chairman was requested to leave the chair, and James Duncan Esq. was called thereto, when the thanks of‘ the meeting were given to 'I.‘. lleath Ilaviland, Esq. for the interest taken by him in the Establishment of the Bank.

The Secretary immediately after announced

I: the pportunity of taking the

40, or to £13,460 up to this diite.

Ueiitlcmcn desirous of taking shares, will find the List at the Secretury‘s.

ni:o. Di-JSIIRISAY, Sec’y.

THE Bnirisii .‘\l.iii. arrived rather tincxpcctcdl on Siturilay night. The news by this in-i-im, iiiigcrs well for Peace, but of course all is con- Jccture as to the termination of the conferences. There seems to he no likelihood of any thing serious occurring with the United States. Our readers will find ample extracts of theprincipa] news from the English papers.

)'()l'.\'G man's ClIltlS'I‘lAN association.

In accordance with it previous announcement, it highly interesting Lecture was delivered at tho Temperance Hall, on Thursday last, to ii. large and doe ly attentive audience, by Captain Urlebar, it. . on the “’I‘wo records, or the Harmony of the Book of Nature with the word of God."

The lecturer commenced by referring to the fact, that the system of astronomy, when first pi-oinulgatcd by Galileo, was considered at variance with the Bible, but that modern dis- ccverics have proved, that they are reconcilnblc ogy. i-iiids of

those myr-

tlie disastrous consequences attendant on the hide of ages would be required in the formation

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shares in the Bank

,ruin of the private banking house in which Sir, 'John Dean Paul, Strahan and Bates, contrived to hisiappropriato to themselves and dissi was done’ to divide the Protestant votes, .'people's money. He forgets that there was no which would have been “in” to some,-,’|poiver to look into their iron vaults or safes- no auditors to publish half-yearly balance sheets-—and above all, that there was an un-

these people whose whole _ ged to the satisfaction of ‘their creditors; not those who dealt with the , bank only, but of every description, win. my. ‘chants, ﬁslimongers,_)cwellera, and the whole host of those who minister to reckless extrava- gance and criminal luxury. The directors of Joint stock incorporated bank may individual. me e_uibsrrssss_d, but their creditor. on only take in execution htbe aaiount of their

. w ich are b Cf?‘I:II'0iI‘I'6(I to °q,t.her ihsi-eliolders. so no tlier ri r iicr- poorer. the urn _ We shall probably have oocasiolai, to refer.a.grs°ih

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nested to take the chair, ‘sq. to act as Secretary.

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of the dilﬁrent strata; but as this was regarded as opposed to the scriptural -account, he re- mar ed. that it would be well to bear in mind the purpose for which the sacred Volume was given, not to impart scientiﬁc knowledge, but to make us acquainted with those :trnths' rela- ting to our salvation. The Bible however professes to give us an account of the creation, which, though apgiorsntl . opposed to ch; discoveries of gen, , is ‘ n reality perfectly reoonoilsble. '1be lac ureirtlien ’proc'ccded to account for this a crent discrepancy, showing that in the 1st of n'ssis,'tlie general‘ fact of creation was a tsd.ys£.a tﬂnsd atanystated

eriod; but in ght be da back. at an iudgﬁu. itely distant peri_oti—-cs itvsegardl the info;-mg- tlon coutsiuedlii t at c apter subsequently to the two that verses, it fcii-ed‘ not to the go; of creation itself.’ ‘but to tlre"rentodolln or iii; esrth, soss to inskrlta suitable ‘ll [motion for man. Tliesix dsys employed for' this "pur-

. . ‘to ti’ ' d ' - Avid Istt_a.nsnis.at which the world grows pale. the‘ x'rielalii.i’v°liril“euive“truit there will!’ oiio alt‘: Iii‘d:dnhi‘ts“p riods’ 'c':"ttim‘::..u:=l iify" bi" T0 P05“ 0 Inﬁll Old 850"! I ¢I|e~ tempt to increase the individual lisb lity of the neiitl ussido in this sense hour inumii ii. mi .. sbarsliolders-no. utting more ballast, for lf fans history. In showing the liar on 1153;: , _ °""'f ' :l::P||l!i¢l|Irs _wil angpestionslil in the between lo and the so ‘ v um, iii.‘ The ‘town of Versailles has just been "';‘:°.:f°‘I£.'|:l°';‘l:'l‘I:'?‘l°”o' “I. uh“ l:::*n:IillI|.:::" ‘:;ll'°°o%lOnion. oil we I I 9 . I ’ Ggolo. ’. - ’ o u left a legacy of 3lJ,000f. by one of its ' itoheook. .4 lmlsnasd "otli's.r-r, and inhabitants, for the erection of a pavilion BANK ltlll'I‘lN0. . “"’°°£l'°'" ‘,5°"l‘°l° “*0. In _IoIt"eoI- lbr the military band to play in when the in‘A°°°:_¢“|'|8 ‘°iP'°':_°'" “"00. I largo and f,l1“.:,,.t',';n;h:n‘,l'£'',':i:‘'':'' “"1 "l weather does‘ not" allow of their Ptlblic "9" " “"93 "S-9 80390.01! intenstsdin ’ 5 "Ff ° ' ."' th um’ i. t r Ba ,. . "Moot .“°"‘,n¥_-“-TG"’l"'ﬂ., . nmtqd. . —. A surplus remains available, it is to be sppli- C°“:=d Cl’l:’imi’“'°°v:“ . i I..‘.”i-|;= ti: =4 '- v - ii motion, eatli If an Esq was re- The Rev. hlr. Sutherland, will preach in the

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