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Roman Riots And " No Smoke!" The Conflic...
the French , as i ^ val in th ^ partial e ^ g ^ g ^ entsi JWW worsted by th ^ udcfen ' frry of- the Biowans . Keinforcenaant ! # were brought on , bath sides , and the affair became so serious that half a battalion of French troops was required to put an end to it by occupying the whole scene of action , and placing advanced sentries to hinder any one from coming down the adjacent streets . Three French soldiers , who had taken refuge in . a passage and closed the d [ oor , were alarmed by the sudden entry of a tailor , who happened to live ha . t ) ie house , and , ran in to e scape the slower of missiles flying between the oombatanta . The frenchmen , thinking themselves attacked , rushed out , charging bayonets down the passage , and killed the unfortunate tailor on the spot . On the next day hostilities were resumed in Trastever-e between the Roman and French soldiery . A
Boman sergeant , in command of a small party of infantry , was relieving guard , when , passing near the church of San Giovannino dell a Malva , a group of French soldiers , perhaps irritated by the occurrences of the preceding evening , made as usual some insulting observations concerning the soldats du Pape . This title not being tamely received by the Romans , one of the Frenchmen was imprudent enough to step forward and strike the sergeant in the face , an outrage which the latter immediately resented by transfixing him with his bayonet , leaving him mortally wounded on the spot . The Frenchmen fled at this sight , and the Romans proceeded on their march .. The French beat to arms subsequently , and patrolled the quarter in strong parties , arresting and illtreating I Roman soldiers wherever they found them . The
sergeant was conveyed with his arms tied behind him , under an escort of six gendarmes and twentyfour soldiers , to the residence of the French commandant de place , there to undergo the sentence of a court-martial , which it is expected will condemn him to degradation and six years of the galleys . A Jtoman artilleryman , who split a Frenchman ' s head last year , for having spat iri his face , was only condemned to six months * imprisonment , and that not for having killed his aggressor , but for having pursued the other three who had insulted him also , and threatened them with his bloody sabre .
The Romans consider that the sergeant is very hardly treated , as he was insulted by a blow while in the execution of his duty , and was ' there fore fully justiBed in making use of the weapon in his hand ; but the French military authorities are furious at losing any of their men , and prudently considering tha , t their force is but small in presence of a hostile population , have insisted on the Roman infantry being s . en , t , out of Rome .
Meanvyhjle the Pope was , seen , on the same day , walking near the J ^ ateran , with his carriage and guards following—the wind was very strong , and a sudden gust took his broad scarlet hat off his head , but he caught it again in mid air , and thrust it firmly on ; not an unapt emblem of bis losing and regaining the tiara . His major-domo , walking beside hjm , then respectfully held the papal hat in its proper position !
In imitation of the Lombards the people of the Romagna and La Marca have determined to abandon the hzibit of smoking , in order to deprive the Government of the profit arising from the lucrative monopoly of tobacco . The Romans have followed their example ; and , albeit , much devoted to the inhalation of the weed , which suits " the gloomy temper of their souls , " the greater , part of the Romuns have joined in the anti-smoking demonstration—a demonstration trifling in itself , but important as ahowing the unanimit y with which the Pope ' s lie ges join in any li ne of conduct displaying hostility to the Government , even to the sacrifice of their
own personal comfort . The police authorities have made the matter worse by thrusting cigars between t ^ e teeth of all the spies an d sbirri of the town , ho that many of tho modoratea , and even ncri , who would havo otherwise conUnued smoking , have flung ttWay their cigars in order not to be confounded with that class of satellites . Prince Torloniu , who farms the monopoly of salt and tobacco , in horribly annoyed « ft tho demon & tratipii , which him so aenaihlo un effect on his revenues that he has already uxado a protest » - > , | 'i i ' - - - . _ __ - „ , „ . - ^ _ . ^^ _ , __ _ ^ m v _ ^ ^^ w X ' » 1 % i to the
government ; storing that ; he caunof consent to oecomp a lop or by a purely political , movement , not at nil depending uppn the quality of his ? tobacco , or the exactness wifti wlu ' gh he curries out tho conditions , o ' l his contract . TU © Government will , of couihc , laugh At such ^ roundtj of complaint . Moan while , in tho one week h account from JJologna , it wa « found that 1 ! A that ; city alono there was , a diminution , of ( JOOO dollars on the average sale of tobacco . In Rome thp retail venders state that their salea amount to hardly one-third of the u ^ al quantity .
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The Anti-Convict Iv^Qvfml'nt. Iho Tr Tl ...
THE ANTI-CONVICT IV ^ QVFML'NT . iho tr tl ? ° muils ' - r «? WtJy arrived , left Adelaide i . i . oH 1 ! A ° - t 101 ^ V * « tW » wa <» HtiJl Heriously ugi-HtrA n ! l f ° \ ^ cWafatoii from all tho colonies ast ? ' * WPWV « on ^ 27 tU of January AuKt ^ l ' Ul t ° WVPi"tion wa « i ^ wed , culled " The
" 1 . That they engage not to employ any person hereafter striving under sentence of transportation for crime committed in Europe . " 2 . That they will use all the powers they possess , official , electoral , and legislative , to prevent the establishment of English prisons within their bound ; that they will refuse aasent to any project to facilitate the administration of such penal systems ; and that they will geek for the repeal of all regulations , and the removal of all establishments for such purposes . " 3 . That from the 1 st of January , 1852 , they will refuse all dealings , intercourse , and fellowship ( so far as may be consistent with religious or natural obligations ) with any and all colonists who may be found advocating or endeavouring to procure the transportation of British convicts to the Australasian colonies .
" And lastly . That they solemnly engage with eac h other to support by their advice , their money , and their countenance all who may suffer in the lawful promotion of this cause ; and that they will never dissolve this league until the transportation of convicts to these colonies shall entirely cease . " A demonstration convened by the sheriff was made at Adelaide on the 8 th of February . The Chairman , Mr . John Morphett , remarked that the expressions made use of by the Secretary of State in a despatch to the Governor of New South Wales , dated August 30 , 1850 , showed the inclination of the Minister
against the system , and his anxiety " for the moral prosperity" of the colonies . The first resolution stated in effect—The colonists feltassured thatthe province would suffer , both in a criminal and moral point of view , by indirect transportation , so long as the system of transporting the convicted felons of the TJnited Kingdom to Van Diemen ' s Land continued . A petition , drawn up by the Sydney Committee , against the renewal or continuance of the moral pest was adopted . A Mr . Bonwick was introduced , for the purpose of giving his practical opinion on the evil working of transportation in Van Diemen ' s Land : —
' He was sent out with a Government appointment nine years ago under the Russell Government . He found he had to compete with men who in talent were far his superiors , but who were not free men . At the time he arrived in Hobart Town , there was only one schoolmaster , a prisoner , and when he left it nine months back , there was scarcely one who was n , ot a prisoner . There were not less than eight schools , the masters of which were all prisoners . The head master of the Church of England school was , although a talented man , a prisoner , and the mistress was a lady of highly respectable connections ; but what degradation for her to be associated in a school with such a character . It was , in fact , useless to think of competing
with bond labour . A clergyman , in fact the examining chaplain of the Bishop of London , was sent out to Van Diemen ' s Land , as might be expected , for our good . He was sent on a probation party for two or three years , and his conduct was so bad , that he ( Mr . Bonwick ) had heard the men upon the same station declare that he was so disgraceful a character that they would not associate with him . Being possessed of a good address , at the termination of his probation he came to Hobart Town , and was at present keeping a highly respectable school . Persons who came to South Australia were surprised to rind the
same persons here they found they had left behind , and more was to be dreaded by their presence here as they were unknown , while in Van Diemen's Land everybod knew them . They did not in part know the contamination to which they wore subjecting their children . When his ( Mr . Bonwick ' s ) win began to grow up and go into the bush , how did he know that his companion was wot a truly convicted felon ? Let the colonists of South Australia , by assisting to relievo Van Dicmcn ' s Land from her present difficulty , emancipate themselves (& icers . y As the movement was not a political , but philanthropic one , it was carried that the signatures of females be attached to the petition .
The Fall Of Tiim Edffick In Grackchurcii...
THE FALL OF TIIM EDFFICK IN GRACKCHURCII-NTRKKT . Since the fall of the iron roof of the Brunswick Theatre many years ago we have had no similar accident so tragic as that which occurred on Saturday in Uraeeehurch-street . Tho premises , which were the property of Messrs . Hell and Uorbett , of Pope ' s ILeadnjley and Adelaide-chambers , King William-street , occupied the site of the Old Cro . su Keys fun and
coaching-bonne , on the west aide of ( Jraceohurch-Htcect . Thoy were intended exclusively for chambers and other private oflicos ; and no mo idea may be formed of their extent when it is stated that the number of apartments amounted to MO . The property comprised one lofty range of buildings , four stories in height , and extended sonic 200 or ; t () 0 feet , into BallV eourt , ( ieorge-yard , Lomburd-street , the south frontpage running tho whole length of AlIhullowH
ChurchpUMHUge . The works had been tfoiug on for the last six . or eight lmmthti , and it iippours that thuUrm who owned the promises were thuir own buildorn , the workmen and iaboureiH bein ^ under tho direction of a Mr . . Dennett , a kind of Huporintcndin ^ foreman . Tho whIIh and door in «? were built so as to render them fireproof , tho ffirderH being of iron , and the intermediate spaces filled with concrete . Men were at work in nil partn of the buikliug , qoine on the upper iloor « pouring in concrete , nuiu ' o IWkw uuxmgmortut anil Baud , on Wuturday ; tho ujppor
floors had been just completed as a preparative to laying down the roof . Mrs . Beckett and Mrs . Back , two neighbours , were looking on . Suddenly they saw the pillars which ran up between the windows appear to split in the centre of the building , and one after another give way * ' just like the falling of a house of cards built by children . " Workmen were seen leaping off the building on to the roof of Allhallows' Church and the adjoining houses . Six Irishmen , one after another , ran along the
uppermost Qonr , and let themselves down into the street by the projecting iron stays . A girder in the centre of the building two tons weight had snapped with a report like a musket shot , falling upon and breaking another beneath , and making the walls , collapse , crashing down upon those below , carrying with them those above , shaking the foundations , and smashing the windows of near habitations , and , finally , settling down into a chaos of brick and iron , shrouded in a thin veil of dust , and mingling dying and dead and wounded in the ruins .
Consternation , wonder , excitement everywhere ! A crowd rushing from the populous street « of the City , shrieks for help from the unhurt but imprisoned workmen , shrieks of pain from the wounded , created a scene as by magic alone after the tremendous crash . But there was panic nowhere . One report says that in ten minutes workmen , police , and passers-by hnd entere d the ruins and rescued from twenty to thirty men . The wounded , seventeen in number , were carried to a chemist ' s over the way , and thence eleven , more dangerously hurt , were sent to St . Thomas ' s Hospital . How many were buried in the ruins none could say . At first two were missed , then three ; and these have been found . Afterwards the number increased to five ; and there may be more .
As it was feared that the remainder of the building would fall , the police had orders to clear the street and barricade it at both ends . A survey of the premises was made on Monday by the City authorities , and a coroner ' s inquest was summoned for Tuesday . The evidence taken before the coroner throws little light upon the causes of the catastrophe . The surveyors examined agree instating that the brick work was sufficient , and they generally agree also in supposing that the snapping of the iron girder , which proves to have been faulty , was the cause of the accident . The jury returned the following verdict : —
" We find that Timothy Donohue , Matthew Connor , James Harridan , Murta « h Cronin , and Joseph Handley , met their deaths from the falling of a part of the building erecting on the site of the late Cross Keys Hotel , Gracechurch-street , which it appears from the evidence h ^ s been caused by the accidental breaking of one of the iron , girders . " The jury added the expression of their wish that the hoarding at present in front of the building might be removed , as it was not required for safety , and was a great obstruction to the thoroughfare of the street . In the course of the day it was accordingly removed .
Of the six other sufferers who remain in the hospital five are convalescent ; the sixth , it is feared , is a hopeless case . A subscription has been entered into for tho relatives of the deceased and wounded . The ward ha . contributed £ 5 , private parties have come forward , and Messrs . Bell and Corbett have attended in tins kindest manner to their wants .
Mktropolitan Fi Rms. Lie Fore The Excite...
MKTROPOLITAN FI RMS . lie fore the excitement caused by the crash in Giraeech inch-. street had diminished , on Saturday , another calamity occurred in the City , nearly as fatal and quite as frightful as that event . The Hose and drown is an old tavern in Love-lane , Lower Thames-street , and tradition says that it escaped the <« reat ; Fire of London . Mr . Harvey , the landlord , and his household , consisting of bis motherin-law , a lodger , a pot-boy , and a bar-maid , went to bed on Saturday night after " seeing all Hafe . " About
two o'clock , Policeman Triinber , passing down Lovelano , Hiiw smoke , rushing out of the front shutters , and at once sprung his rattle and began knocking at the street-door . ' Hut publicans and their servants sleep lieavily on Saturday nights . For a longtime he could make no one hear , and when he did the lower part of the house was all in Hitmen . What ; became , of them no one knew . The engines mine up in good time , and the mains of the New River supplied plenty of water . Hut by that period the entiro range of premises belonging to Mr . Harvey were enveloped in one iininciiHe sheet of ( lame , and the lire had
extended to the roofs of tho houses on either side , belonging to Mr . 1 ) . Beard , a hukcr , and Mrs . Blundell , a fish-boiler . Tho White Hart Tavern , in Hotolph-lane , and tho premises of Mr . Stuart , tho fish factor in Thames-street , were also burning with such rapidity an ( . <> threaten tho entire clump of houses in tho innnediafe vicinity with destruction . Meanwhile , Klixabcth Chamber * had been loused by tho noise without , and on awakening Nhe could scarcely breathe for smoke . » Sho leaped out of bed , heard tho voice of . Mrs . dray , the mother-in-law , culling "Jiiclmrd , Kichurd , " and when pho opened
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Leader (1850-1860), May 24, 1851, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24051851/page/5/
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