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TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS.
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To The Imperial Chartists.
TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS .
Sir Vest Beab Fmbsds ,—The All-Mighty . ...
Sir Vest Beab Fmbsds _, —The all-mighty . measure proposed by Sir Robert Peel as a response to the gall of free trade , strikes me , as I trust it will strike yon , as an instalment of those concessions which , sooner or later must , and will be made , to the demo _. _jyatic mind of this couutry . You must not expect to Ig dignified by Ministerial notice , while you will derive consolation from the fact , that ia every word uttered by him , and in every clause of the measure pro posed by him , you will recognise an apprehension , if not a dread—a knowledge , if not an aversion , of cur progress . lie purposely proclaimed a
falsehood , when he said that the demand for free trade was one in which the working classes had almost unanimously joined the League . Thesophistry was necessary , not more for thepurpose of parading our gigantic strength fo frighten the aristocracy , than to withhold a knowledge of it from foreign powers , who are one and all haunted by tbe rapid progress of our principles . But this is an insult that we can afford to bear and to foigive _, the more especially as the j _ ea- _ r _ -, emanate from what influences they may are pre-eminently calculated to advance our _prinaples .
My fetter to yoa upon Sir Robert Peel ' s tariff of 33-2 , is still fresh in your recollection . In that I predicted that further changes would be forced fr om the aristocracy in 1846 ; while 1 now assert that three months will not pass without such a bidding Sir popular support—which SHALL MEAN Chartist support—as will astonish the most sanguine . The strength by which any great measure may be carried does not , and especially in our present limping representative state , predicate the satisfaction even of its supporters , and this rale holds good more especially in the present instance . It is not the League ,
it is not famine , it is not England alone , or English considerations , that hare induced Sir . Robert Feel to propose a measure which , I confess , staggers me : it is Prussia , France , America , England , or rather Great Britain and Ireland , that have unitedly forced this timely concession from a reluctant aristocracy ; bnt , emanate from what source it may , there is not the less honour due to the man who has been intelligent enough to discover , and bold enough to act npon , the aggregate of opinion . In good truth , our complaint against public men has net been so much of their ignorance as of their reluctance to act upon
well-founded convictions ; it is their custom to defer change nntil revolution enforces . it , and then the change ends in retrogression , as the working classes , who invariably constitute the movement party , are ever sure to be the greatest sufferers from revolution . It wonld be . very unpopular to make any confession of the popular strength , and wonld be considered unwise to make concessions to its will , and yet , by oar prudent nurture , onr systematic training , and proper dir ection of the national mind , it hase xtcacted a r eluctant confession of its strength from the Prime . Minister of England . Such must ever be the result ef honourable , continuous , consistent , and energetic agitation . While , upon the other hand , look tothe degraded state of unhappy Ireland ; her agitators
complain of abuse , bluster abont oppression , and fill their pocketsoutof _pcpnhr confidence , while tyranny gains strength and the national will daily becomes more weak and imbecile . England , by the straightforward policy and manly bearing of her people , has at once triumphed over the usurpations of the aristocracy , the monied power of the League , and the prejudices of the Prime Minister ; while Ireland , unhappy Ireland , as the tribute to her subserviency is threatened with coercion . Bad Ireland warred for principle , instead of personal ambition , that idle and unprincipled demagogues may be distinguished as patriots , she wonld have been a nation long since , bnt as her leaders warred for pelf , she is yet a degr aded province , linked to her oppressor by servile
Now reverse the relative positions , and suppose that the English leaders were in possession of some £ 50 , 000 a-year to cany on the war of progression , and suppose it to have been spent as honestly and effectively as the Chartist pence have been expended in the cause of freedom , where would League and aristocracy have been now ? While , with that command of money for nearly thirty years , the boastful
patriots of Ireland are obliged _polingly to beg the co-operation of the Orange faction , whose unjust ascendancy was the one thing to be broken down ; upon the other hand , suppose that the Irish mind had been tutored by honest poverty , and that the accomplishment of principle was the only object sought , can the mind of man contemplate a greater change than Irish valour and Irish virtue wonld hare achieved ?
It will be thirteen years on Tuesday next since I first came amongst you—a long period for a public man to serve a jealous nation , without more censure than the ravings of disappointed ambition , and the fears of the privileged order could fabricate ; and , although no man living can depict to his imagination the political and social sufferings that I have endured within that period , yet I candidly , proudly , and manfully confess , that the homage paid to the prin « _ciples for which I hare contended , in the speech and measures of Sir Robert Peel , wonld repay me for a whole life of greater suffering .
You have not tune to see the map ofthe worlds mindbeforeyouat one glance , asldo ; you cannot discover thenewshoals , androc __ s , and quicksands which are daily being presented to the terror of tbe old crew of corruption ; nor can yon see the baysand harbours that are opening their arms to receive the principles of democracy ; and yet strange , most strange , though we were foremost in looking for , and most instrumental in producing the great change , yet , of all nations npon earth' , we have received the least credit for any participation in it . The continental press of Europe and of America has been a great auxiliary to Irish freedom , while the trafficking jugglery of her leaders has been able to withstand their influents , as well aa the power of her own people .
Now , picture to yourselves , for a single moment , the wide circulation that the opinions of Mr . O'Connell and the Irish nation have received , and then think of the limited circulation that our opinions have received , and you must eome to the conclusion , that the creation , organisation , and direction of the English mind has been prudent and judicious . I know that in perusing the complicated , bnt atthe same time simple , propositions o f Sir Robert Peel , the operative may say , "All very fine , but where ' s . MY SHARE ? " I will tell him . His share will be found in tiie annihilation of those privileges which were based upon monopoly , and injuriously exercised against his interest-, in order that the ascendancy of other-migbt be upheld . He-will see it in tbe
promised settlement of a long pending dispute , wbicb promised to eventuate in a great national catastrophe , if not in the total undoing of his order . lie will see a new field opened for the exercise of his intellect , and anewfidd opened for theexerciseof his in - dustry . He will very speedily learn , _thatthecapricious protection accorded to agriculture led to that capricious nse of the land , which made its owner a horn tyrant , and it a sealed preserve . Had there never been more protection afforded to the landed interest than that which the improvement of the science of agriculture would of itself have conferred , the working-classes of this day would have had pre-<* ttly the constitution that so much time , and lahour , and blood , has been expended in endeavouring to achieve .
The very existence ofa government is of itself a proof of the popularity of that government . It is a Proof that the people have tolerated it , because at any given moment it is in the power of a nation lo demand a perfectreflex of _itswill Anationof thieves will sanction and will have a representation and a cabinet of thieves . A nation of lewd and dissipated men will hare a representation and a cabinet of lewd and dissipated men . Wehave had hoth ; but a na-Htm of sober thinking men will hare a representation of
_sobsr and thinking men . The nation IS NOW saber and thoughtful Sir Robert Peel is a sober and thoughtful man , and these combined influences *¦ % all the sober and thoughtful mind arouad them . _*** , these aretheadvantages which all of the poorest * _wre _ p from thought and wisdom , while our glono ns colo ny of landsmen will reap the benefit of J * -and , stripped of unjust privileges and protec KT prerogatives ; cheap timber , cheap furniture , _«* J » e * _. n cheappaper _. cheap everything to lire upon ' , _^^ r ything towear , while , _Lftheirsuiplasproduce _O pened , it _wiHoxchangefor as much of tl _« other
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neoessanesof lifeas the dearer produce will now procure . As a matter of course , I do notoonsider Sir Robert Peel ' s measure as anything like a final settlement ofthe battle between labour and capital ; for , despite of law , despite of tariff , despite of commercial regulations , and of acts of Parliament , represented capital will ever possess an undue influence over unrepresented labour ; and thc reason I hail the Ministerial boon is , because it must inevitably help labour
to its fair share of representation ; and when labour is represented , it will see but one friend and one enemv—an enemy , however , which may be converted into a bosom friend-TUE LAND AND MACHINERY . The Land , as a means of enabling the surplus population to live npon their own produce , and fo convert the surplus into a medium of exchange for that which they cannot produce ; and machinery , to be converted into man ' s holiday , instead of being man ' s enrse .
Again , I say that the use of machinery must be restricted to the necessities of the labouring population , instead of being converted into a competitive powerto starve them . It is all fudge to talk about foreign competition , while this domestic devil stands as thc great national competitor . Upon the whole , we have gr eat reason to rejoice in the proposed change ., and we hare great reason to thank ourselves for having forced them npon the consideration of the Prime Minister—while it is no slight
enhancement of thc value , that Mr . Duncombe has expressed to me his unqualified approval of them ; but , notwithstanding the importance I attach to the measure , our apathy must neither allow the opposition to pluck a single feather from it , nor faction to make a false use ofit , before we become acquainted with its workings . Had we watched the progress of the Reform Bill from its birth , wo might hare made it a better measure than it is , and Ictus not lose the benefit of this NEW CONSTITUTION for want ofa proper watchfulness in its infaney .
I am , your faithful friend , and unpurchasable servant , F __* _ BG-8 O'Coxhor .
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SAXON SYMPATHY FOR CELTIC SUFFERING . The . Liberal Irish Phess has , daring the last _efcht years , invariably refused to give publicity to Saxon sentiments , similar to the following , on the grounds that the publication of sueh sentiments would mar the ends of Irish agitation , and place the agitators in an awkward position with tho Irish people : — TO PATEICI O ' HIGGIM , ESQ ., DUBLIN . Keswick , Jan . 18 , 1846 . _Deax Sib , —It ig with heartfelt feelings of lorrow and sympathy for your persecution and prosecution , I , a total stnnwr « r , a Saxon , writs to you .
I nev « r saw either you or your p « rsscutor , Ur . O'Connell . I have read , carefully read , every word of tbe publiihed dispute between jou and him , and my conscientious conviction is , tbat his hatred of you arises out ot the contrast which your manly , upright , honest , and consistent conduct bears towards his shuffling , truckling , and deceitful conduct Now a Whig , then a Tory ; again , a Radical , afterward ! a Whig—the bate betrayer of tbe intrepid forty shilling _freehold-rs , tbe real emancipator- ; . A EepeaUr , aud again the foe of Repealers ; the supporter of Raphael and Maule , non-Repealers . An Orangeman in 1830—SI ; again , the reviler of th » © rangemea ; and now , 181 ., au Orangeman . We shall soon bave the glorious , pious , and immortal memory from the lips of tbis "Knave in politics , and byprocrite in religion . ** When will your poor countrymen open their eyes !
As I said before , you and Mr . O'Connell are both personally strangers to me , although I spent fire years in Dahlia about twenty years ago . I worked with that kind and good employer , the late lamented Mr . Burke , of JUilltown , woollen manufacturer ; and afterwards with Mr . IV . FoUy , of Brown-street , in the _liberty , who was also a kind and a good man . I lived on the best of terms with my kind and respected _shopmates , who were all Roman _Cath-U' _*« . _oxeept William I ~ . ral . srt , who , !« -.-myself , was & Protestant . I cannot now , at tliis distance of -one , remember all their names ; but there were three hearty good fellows amongst them—namely , Fat Lacey ,
Joseph Dixon , and William Cam ; who , if alive , frill not forget their old shopmate , David Johnston . These men will rally round you for Universal Suffrage , as erery Catholic should do , at any rata in Ireland , where you are nearly all Catholic-, andall trampled upon , because—and only because—you have not Universal Suffrage . I sever was in a Catholic chapel in my life , yet I respect ever ; Catholic , and lore him as a Christian brother . What hare I to do with their manner of worshipping God ! Nor should they haw anything to do with mine . Let us prove our Christianity by acts of mutual kindness and forbearance . Let us join hand in hand , and struggle together for our common right , Universal Suffrage .
I am , sir , a Chartist of the O'Connor firm , and I am proud that jou are at the head of the Chartists of Ireland , where a man of sterling courage , firmness , and determination is so much required . _Universal Suffrage is my _' old heart- delight ; and , as O'Connor says , " so vote , ko _UCBKHTl " I am now upwards of sixty years of age , and have long been in an infirm state of health . I cannot write now as I could hare once done , as my memory is beginning to fail me . I have two sons unmarried , at home with me ; one of them ( the youngest ) , a county Dublin boy , is twenty-three years of age , the other is a Manx-man . They are fine young men , the mainstay ot my old age , and a credit to me and to themsdres . But should tbey be torn from me and their aged mother , to be sent into Ireland to help tyranny to oppress still more my beloved
Irish brethren , it will break my heart , and bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to the grave . May the great God , for his mercy ' s sak « _i avert such a calamity . Ob , may I never see the day when tyranny can force out the Saxon to shoot down the Celt , or the Celt to shoot the _Sexon . The very thought is bursting my heart , and tears drop from my eyes atth « bare thought of such cruelty . Oh . ' where are Irish Catholics , that you do not rally for Universal Suffrage , and put an end for ever to this cruel system of oppression ! Where is the father in once happy _Eagland , that does not feel as I do Oh , great God ! in thy goodness raise up some Father Uathew , who will unite ia one koly bond of Christian brotherhood the oppressed Saxon aad Celt , so as to render their just and righteous combination all-powerful and triumphant .
Fear not , O'Higgins ; the God of Justice is with you ; the triumph of those holy principles , for ' which _youare the advocate and tbe victim , will soon become triumphant _. When money is wanted my mite shall be forthcoming : the men of Keswick trill vie with each other in their efforts to sustain , support , and encourage their Irish brother . Wishing yon health , happiness , and prosperity , and the speedy overthrow of aU your enemies , is the sincere prayer of your friend and wdl-wisher , David _Johnstoh .
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FasKca Tbial bt Jcrt . —A woman named Le Calvez was tried last week at Quimper upon a charge of having murdered her third husband , a farmer , by strangling him whilst be was asleep in his cornloft . Tho case disclosed remarkable atrocity on the part of the prisoner , for her husband was a man of mild disposition , and had never given her any real cause ot offence . There had indeed heen _sqnarrel just before the murder , but the fault was entirely on the side of the wife . After the commission of the act the woman eat down to dinner , and vas quite gay . Oneof the servants _havincexpre-sed surprise at thet
absence of her master , the prisoner replied that he was asleep , and observed that thoy could do very well without him . Shortly afterwards a child came axd said that the husband was dead , bat thc prisoner merely laughed and replied that he -was asleep . When the servants and _naghbonrs found the body the prisoner pretended to weep , but did not in reality . shed a tear . The evidence against her was circumstantial , but so strong that the jury immediately returned a verdict of guilty , but with extenuating cireunistances . She was sentenced to imprisonment for life , with hard labour and exposure in the pillory .
_-. _ccwiK-ix Death op as _Octooewrun _B-Prisr Mi . s-isr __ t .-On Monday , Mr . Wakley , M . P ., held an inquest at the New Tavern , opposite to the Clerkenwell police court , on the * body of the Rev . Thos . Jones , _agad eighty-threo , a Baptist minister . Mrs . EluHbeth Elsaw , a young widow , said de * ***? bad lodged with her for several years at » o . d _ , Frederick-street . Though so Tery aged he still performed his sacred duties , and on Sunday , the 4 th ot January , was goingto his chapel , when he fell down the door-steps , in consequence of the wind hiowm g his cloak between his legs . The neck of the left thigh bone was fractured , and although deceased had the surgical services of several gentlemen , in addition to Sir Benjamin Brodie , he died from exhaustion on _Wedni-day , the 21 st inst . Verdict , ¦• Accidental Death . "
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FRANCE . . _ . FRENCH LIGISLA , TIO-f AND LIBERTY _(?)•— 5 PALLING DISTRESS AND EXCITEMENT . v We have no favourable news to report of our French neighbours . As yet , * the Liberal editors have not agreed upon the looked-for scheme of Electoral Reform ; or , if they halve agreed , they have not reported the result of their deliberations . Within the Chamber of Deputies , a motion in favour ot Electoral Reform , proposed by M . Bcchaud , could not find a seconder ! Never were congregated together a moro infamous set of knaves t ~ a _ n these same French deputies . . Giiizot rules like a second Walpolc , maintaining his power bv corruotion and fraud .
Himself a disbeliever in principles , he treats all men as creatures who : have their " price , " and buys voicc and votes accordingly . De is but too successful ; and _nojwonder , when it is remembered that of thirty-fivo millions of _people-only some two hundred thousand proprietors and profit-mongers have the suffrage . How Jong , is this odious despotism—this infamous scandal , to be endured ! The Reforme , though no fr iend to England , admits that France presents an afflicting spectacle when compared with Great Britain . Public opinion is all-powerful in England , "flow is it , " asks the Reform . * ' that public opinion , so efficient in Great Britain , is unavailable in France ! " It is because its liberty of action and expansion exists in the former . The
English have a right to associate—to meet on the public square , or iu a field , when the town does not contain a space sufficiently capacious to _accommodate the _meetings _ . In Franee , twenty persons assembling periodically in a saloon are regarded as conspirators Young men proceeding to the house of a professor to compliment him , are charged by gendarmes as if they were rioters and revolters . Public life is everywhere stifled . Let . _ussuppose for a moment that what has lately occurred in England was tried in France , and that , to effect the reform ofa political or commercial law , an extensive association was organised , having its acknowledged chiefs , its orators , its treasurer , and its budget . Let us suppose that the association had convoked , at Paris and in the provinces , monster
meetings of 20 , 000 and 30 , 000 persons , and levied publicly on its adherents a contribution of 7 , 000 , 000 . ' . or 8 , 000 , 000 f ., with the avowed object of creating agitation and procuring the repeal of the law or the overthrow of tbe Cabinet which supported it . Would not , we ask , all the attorney-generals , the gendarmes , soldiers , aud tribunes iu the country be called out in such case to prosecute , disperse , imprison , and condemn the delinquents ! The noise ofthe fusillade and the fracas of requisitories would have drowned the voice of the popular orators , andall the courts of justice in the empire , including the Court of Peers , would hasten to save the state by confiscating first thefunds ofthe association , and afterwards-ending its chiefs , leaders , and adherents to rot in the
dungeons of Mont St . Michel and Doullens . In England , the Government sees in these demonstrations of public opinion mere advertisements , of which it knows how to avail itself . It resists as long as it can , but it yields when it" considers resistance likely to prove fatal to it . Great distress exists in different parts of France ; a letter from tbe department of the Lower Rhine says . — "This year , distress has reached the population of our mountains in an unusual degree . The population of the six villages of the Ban-de-la-Roehe is 2800 souls , and of this number there are 1500 who have no employment during several months of the year . In an ordinary year the
potatoe crop in the six communes amounts to 40 , 000 sacks . This year it amounts to only 10 , 000 ; the disease has destroyed three-fifths ofthe crop , so that the sound potatoes amount to only 4000 sacks . In Paris tbe retail traders are -tillering , and in nearly all the provinces similar commercial Buffering prevails . In Lyons , thb small shopkeepers are bankrupt in means , and from being unable to pay their license duties are rapidly losing their privileges as citizens . At Avesnes several bakers have refused to bake bread , alleging that they have suffered loss by selling bread at the price fixed by the authorities . The operative classes are in many places withdrawing their monies from the saving banks . Considerable excitement prevails in all the provinces .
SPAIN . ARRESTS IS CATALONIA . Death op Cal-trava . —The news from Spain is not very interesting . Arrests continue to take place in Catalonia . The fathers of thirty-four youm _. inep . trim __ _a £ -4 into th . nuuus and forests to avoid being drawn for the army _.-jiave been arrested ; thus punishing the fathers for the acts of their sons ! The present unnatural despotism must , ere long , drive the people of Spain mad . Joseph Marie Calatrava , a celebrated leader ofthe Progressist-party , formerly Prime Minister after the events of La Granja , dieon Saturday last in Madrid . His funeral was attended by a vast multitude .
PORTUGAL . An exact imitation of _theaquabblescarried on inthe French Chamber of Deputies respectinggovernmental interference with elections is being gone through in tbe Portuguese Cortes . Costa Cabral , too , imitates Goizor in all Ms tricky doings , and adds thereto all the brutal ferocity vrfruch so eminently distinguishes that pink of statesmen , the Spanish butcher Narvaez . Force and fraud have enabled the minister to get together a chamber nearly wholly composed of his tools and supporters ; the " opposition" being limited to ten members . The Periodica dot Pobres announce ! : the fact of tbe opposition being actire in their views of effecting a political revolution , in which several Spaniards are concerned , and warns them ofthe probability of falling victims themselves ; hinting that the authorities are on the alert .
GERMANY . REPORTED REVOLUTION IN PRUSSIA . The Cowrrisr Francois publishes the following intelligence , without , however , vouching for its authenticity : — " It was reported to-day , in the diplomatic cire _' es , that the King of Prussia had been obliged by a popular movement to quit Berlin and seek refuge at Potsdam . Nothing precise has yet transpired on the subject , but such an event would not be improbable in the present agitated state of the public mind , roused to the highest pitch by the religious congregations now assembled in council , at Berlin , and by tbe provincial diets , wbicii were displeased with the reply returned by the King to their reclamations . "
We doubt the truth of this intelligence , although such an event is extremely likely . Certain it is that the greatest agitation pervades Prussia and the whole of South Germany . In Carlsrhue a general storm was raised against the Minister of War , in the debate on the budget ; he barely escaped impeachment . The discussion still continues in terms of intense animosity . An . vent equally novel and _surprising took place recently in the Upper Chamber of Bavaria , where Prince Wrede made at once six motions of the higbestimportance , attacking Abel , the Minister ofthe liome Department ; declaiming , with unheard of frankness , against the increasing number of monasteries throughout the kingdom ; demanding , in terms of open hatred , the expulsion of thc
Redemptorists—charging the Minister witb anti-constitutional acta , systematically exercised against the Protestants of Bavaria — accusing the Bishep of Eieh-ti __ t > oneof the foremost men in the ultramon tane agitation , of having , in the public prayers offered in his diocese , left out the Queen's name , in consequence of her being a Protestant princess ; and , finally , proposing an act impeaching the Minister , and legislating anew in regard to the official responsibility of his office . All these motions were listened to with deep attention , the galleries being filled with people , amongst whom were the Hereditary Prince , his brother Luitpold , and the whole diplomaticbody In the Chamber of Deputies the government _obta ined a majority of nine only ( the numbers being 73 to Qi ) on the question .
SWITZERLAND . Situation or the Camion op Bhrnk . —Letters from Switzerland , dated Berne , 20 th January , announce that the primitive assemblies are convoked for the 1 st of January , in order to decide in the affirmative or negative , if they agree with the late decisions of the Great Council , relative to the question of a revision of the constitution issued on the I 7 th inst ., of which the foUowing is the substance : — " Taking into consideration the wishes expressed by a great number of citizens , and recognising the necessity of terminating many inconveniences " and . vices in the
Constitution of the State—we have resolved , in an extraordinary sitting , and latter serioua deliberation , to submit to full revision the Constitution of our Republic I" The eyes of ail Switzerland are now directed towards Berne , for on the attitude it takes depends , in a great measure , the fortune ofthe Liberal party of the Confederation . The foreign _dinlomacyregarda very attentively the march of events , being quite aware ofthe consequence that may arise throughout Switzerland from the political organisation of the canton of Berne ; for it must net be forgotten that the canton of Berne will take the lead in federal _affitirs from the Ut of January , 1847 .
POLAND . POLISH CONSPIRACT IN POSE ** . _Ar-eato are daily taking place in Posen ( Polish Prussia ) . The persons arrested are principally Poles Some ef them haTe been conducted to Graudenz .
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The intended revolutionary movement has seriously alarmed the Prussian government . It appears that a coup de main wa s positively intended at the end of 1845 , by a-sudden attack on the two fortresses of Thorn and Graudenz . Thorn is completely 'Polish .: all the country round , as far as Graudenz , ¦ distantseven . German ( or thirty-five English ) miles , - oi the Vistula , is filled with Polish inhabitants . For some time , past a conspiracy of great' extent had organised itself in tliis partoftbe Prussian dominions , and hither Duncker was sent by the government , where , for the last few months , he has been busily occupied _m hiswork of inquiry and discovery . It is said that the inquiry led to the discovcrv of the existence of a secret society , possessing a _' fimd of upwards of a hundred thousand thalers ( £ 50 , 000 ) , to be employed in accomplishing its objects . On the 31 st of December the outbreak was to have taken place
instead of which , numerous arrests were made on the 30 th , arid amongst those who were seized were several military men . Public rumour says * that not only were well furnished' magazines of-arms discovered , but also a powder-mill to aid the purposes of the consp iracy . Thorn has been officially declared to be in a state ofsieee * , and a military corps , consisting of the _Sist Regt . of Infantry , the 3 rd Dragoons , and a battery of six-pounders from the second Brigade of Artillcn _* , have been sent by a Cabinet _orderin . r the Grand Duchy , and cantoned on the right bank ot the Vistula , between Thorn and Graudenz , sonst-lurm aoorps . ofobservationonboth places . Onthe . i _ . dof January , the police authorities of Thorn published an . order , directing the gates of the city to . be shut at " _fyt _OrtSpIock in thc evening , and prohibiting the _inhaT-Htants from passing in or out after that time . Minutoli , the head of the police of the Grand Duchy , has since arrived in Thorn .
. TIIE WAR IN THE CAUCASUS . Another Defkat or tub Russians . —Thc last news from the Caucasus ap to the 20 th December , informs _usthat the forts on the left wing of the Russian line uere surprised by the mountaineers ; the Russian garrison , consisting of from 800 to 12 , 000 men , has beei cut to pieces , or made prisoners ; tlie loss ofthe _mountaineers was also very considerable . A large _quantity of arms and ammunition fell into the power of tie victors .
¦ ALGERIA . THE "C . lORT OF "WAR . —SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF FltENCE SOLDIEM FROZEN TO DEATH AND _DESTROYEb _U _. THE ARABS . The French _!; lory-hunters in Algeria have received another and aievere lesson , recalling the disasters of the retreat from Moscow . Thc column of General Leyasseur retiming from oneof those murdering , plundering expedition ' s , our French friends call " razzias , " were suiprised in the mountains of the _Boutaleb , province of Constantine , by a tremendous fall of snow . The General and his followers had been engaged from ihe 23 rd ult . to thc 2 nd inst . in a succession of butcheries , burnings , the razing to the ground of eveiy house and hovel , the eutting acroBS
of every fruit tree , the destruction of _everyj morsel of food , and otlier iafernal acts of the like character . These " _civilisers , " numbering about 2 , 500 , set out on the 2 nd in _« t . on their way back to the garrison of Setif . The _veather was beautiful , and the troops were marching in high spirits towirds their bivouacs in the _douairs of their allies , the tribe of Msaoutl _, when , at about three o ' clock in the afternoon , the sky became suddenly overcast , the snow began to fall , and , chilled by a cold north wind , it soon reached the height of a foot and a half . The darkness was in a short time complete . The guides lost their way , and at five o ' clock the soldiers bivouacked in tlio snow . Already had a part of the rearguard fallen victims to the severity ofthe
weather , and tbe mules carrying the provisions ol the army having been unable to proceed , the men remain ' ' ! frozen with cold and without food . On the morning of the 3 rd , the column resumed its march . The snow still Mntinued to fall , and the soldiers found the utmost difficulty in proceeding . All day they toiled on , advancing slowly . At midnight , however , thoy were still in tbe midst of a vast plain , where no sign of a tree waa to be seen , dying from hunger and cold . The guides had again lost the direction . They said they thought they wero distant about three miles from the douairs of Msaoud , but , after seeking in vain for the road , they were obliged to give up all idea of finding it that night . Despair then took possession of the
hearts of the men ; disorder was at its height ; there was no shelter but a few tents , the rest having been aoaiulohca tne flay _liemre . Air iiu . ueii . cinumber rushed pell-mell into their tents , at the risk of suffocating each other ; indeed , several thus met their deada ; the rest of the column remained in the snow , which still fell heavily , and waited till day . ) ight appeared , amidst the shrieks and lamentations of the unfortunate men , who were dying every moment . Never had such a disaster been seen since the campaign of Russia . Day at length dawned ; a great part of the men , with what remained of the baggage , began their march , the cavalry in front , towards Setif ,
distant about twenty-five miles ; this was the second day tlte soldiers had tasted no food . The column became gradually thinner and longer , as thc weakest lagged behind , and at every moment several fell exhautted by the cold , whilst their comrades passed on , unable to give them any assistance . At four o ' clock in the evening the cavalry reached Setif , and informed the inhabitants of the disaster wliich had taken place in the plain . The garrison immediately turned out , and several of the inhabitants accompanied them with carts , provisions < fcc ., to assist the unfortunate men left behind in the snow . From that time till the Sth of January
some soldiers were seen coming in , led on horses , or brought in carriages by thc inhabitants ; but up to that period there were 800 men still missing . It is supposed that these 800 victims have fallen ; a still _iireatcr number have their hands or feet frost-bitten . The column has lost about 1 , 200 muskets , all its mules , provisions , canteens , _tentf , ix . Subsequent letters state tbat the disasters . of the desolating corps of General Levasseur had not been solel y the work ofthe elements . The Arabs hung upon his retreat ,
cut off by scores the unfortunate stray or weary soldiers , and captured immense quantities of arms , with all the baggage of the column . The campaign against Abd-el-Kader is for the present at an end . The splendid cavalry corps of "the renegade " Youssouf , as Abd-el-Kader terms him , had been so cut up and harassed inthe pursuit of the Emir , that it was found necessary to dissolve it . Abd-el-Kader had cither withdrawn to re-organise , to observe his enemies , or to take shelter in Morocco , for nothing certain was known of him .
MONTE VIDEO AND BUENOS AYRES . _SANSUINART BATTLE AND DESTRUCTION OF THE BATTERIES OF ROSAS , IN THE TA 11 _AKA . The steamer Cyclops arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday from Rio de Janeiro . She brings the important news of the destruction of the batteries of Rosas in tbe Parana , by the combined fleets of England nnd France , in an engagement on , the 19 th of November , producing heavy loss on both sides . Montr VinEe , Nov . 28 , 1845 . —On the 20 th inst . the positions of tbe enemy on the Parana were attacked by tbe Anglo-French forces . The resistance was obstinate . The combat lasted from ten o ' clock a . u . until 7 p . m ., when all the batteries bad been taken , and the enemy cut te pieces , with considerable loss .
On the occupation of the batteries 250 dead men were found in one , and 160 in another . Thc loss of the combined forces is , on the part of the French , 18 killed , and 70 wounded . The English lost 10 killed , and 25 wounded . The morning of the 20 th was hazy , but cleared up about eight Rt . with a fresh brme from the south ; at forty-three minutes past eight o ' clock the southern division weighed anchor , and was shortly followed by the St . Martin , the Comus , the Dolphin , andthe Pandour .
At fitty minutes past nine o'clock the batteries opened their fire on the Philomel and the re » t of the southern division . That of the north lost no time in taking up its position ; the wind had begun to drop the moment the cannonade became general , and some vessels were obliged to anchor two cables beyond the points assigned them . At half-past ten o ' clock the action was general , and although we may perceive , from the effect produced by the guns of the squadron , that the fire of the batteries was irregular , still the resistance was obstinate ; the places ofthe gunners swept off by the fire of the ships were instantly _rttilled ; and , it must also be mentioned , that thecnemy ' s cavalry concealed in the woods massacred without mercy the infantry
who attempted to fly . . At half-past twelve o'clock the enemy s brig Republicana blew up in consequence ofa rocket thrown from the Dolphin . The fireships proved ineffectual in consequence of the stream . At this hour Captain Hope , of the Firebrand , manned his beat to cut the chains , * success crowned his efforts , and he opened a passage , through wliich the Fulton passed at one o'clock , and took the enemy ' s batteries in flank she was speedily followed by the Gorgen and the Firebrand . An instant before that manoeuvre the fire from the shore had dreadfully mauled the San Martin and the Dolphin . It seems that the enemy fixed themselves with inveteracy upon the first of these vessels , which , having had her ' cable cut , drifted before the wind and received about 100 shot . The ExpetlitWe and the
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_Slir _^ ni _Tl othe , as 3 ist * _illce ofthe flanking thWeriel ? thmaelves within musket-shot of The enemy ' s fir © had gradually betmu to _slackon At this hour the English commander made the _signal to man the boats , which were to unite _alongside the Gorgon and Firebrand . The French commander madeafc the same time arrangements'to support the landing with intrepidity . At a quarter to six o ' clock Captainllotbara landed , with 325 men infantry and marines ; a detachment under the orders of
CaDtain bullivan was received at the summit of the lull by a very brisk fire of musketry , but the arrival oi the remainder of the force under Captain Hothain caused the enemy to retire . Almost at tho same moment the French commander affected his landing , and took possession , of the first three batteries , which he eaused to be destroyed forthwith . The next morning fresh forces were landed , and . completed the total demolition of the enemy ' s positions . Ten piece 3 of brass cannon were embarked , and the rest thrown into the river .
UNITED STATES . THE ORECON QUESTION . —WAR . ' —INVITED AK
NEXATION OF IRELAND ! Advices have been received from New York to the _Stli _, inst : inclusive , by the arrival of the packetship Henry Clay . The Oregon question has been taken up in the house , and warmly-debated , with a warlike aspect . On the 2 nd inst . Mr . Adams gave his views at great length in favour of promptly giving the notice to terminate the existing joint occupancy of the Oregon territory . On thc 5 th the Committee of Foreign Affairs recommended the adoption of that measure . The report wns debated and adjourned on tlie Gth , until the lirst Monday in February , by a majority of 102 to 82 . Some conversation then took place as to the time fixed for the special consideration of the Oregon Bill , reported
from the Committee on Territories ; and , on the motion of Mr . Douglas , the second Tuesday in Feb . was substituted for the first for that purpose . A bill was introduced on the 2 nd instant , by Mr . llavalson , from the Committee on Military Affairs , for tke organisation of two regiments of riflemen , and also for increasing the infantry , artillery , and dragoons , to be at the disposal of the president for the protection of emigrants to Oregon or the defence of the frontier . After considerable discussion upon the question of making the resolution a special order for the first Tuesday in January , Mr . J . Q . Adams rose and addressed the house . He referred to the variety of bills providing for the defence of the country before Congress , and asked what reason there was for
increasing their military establishment when they were at profound peace with the whole world ? Three or four years ago , when the prospect of war was as great as then , they had reduced the military establishment by one-third ; but , he said , "I do not believe at nil in any danger of war at this time . " If there was danger , thc first measure should be to give notice to Great Britain of their desire to terminate the existing joint-occupancy of the Oregon . Last session he had declared himself ready , as he did then , to give this notice . He hoped it would be given ; and that then thev would proceed to a real occupation of the whole territory . He was surprised the Committee on Foreign Affairs had not reported * the notice in question , and he should deeply regret if a majority of that committee should not bs prepared to do so . If he hoped that a
majority of the house would support him , he would press such a resolution that day . Whilo the existing convention remained , he would vote for no resolution such as that then before them . It did not follow that if they gave notice , there must of necessity be war ; nor did it follow that tbey should then take possession . It would only be " saying to Great Britain , " After negotiating twenty years about this matter , we do not choose to negotiate any longer ; we shall take possession of what is our own ; and then , if to settle the question what is our own you wish to negotiate , wc will negotiate as long as you please . " Ou thc Gth , Mr . M'Connell , of Alabama , asked leave to introduce a resolution , which the house allowed to be read for information . [ The reading was interrupted with laughter , and the whole thing was regarded by many as a fitting burlesque upon the proceedings of , and speeches in , Congress
];—Resolved , that we hail the elevated feeling which now unusually prevails in our glorious confederacy to strengthen and consolWato the ' _prihciples of Republic--freedom , and extend the blessings of our free institutions in every _iir-otica-l _. _quwrter of the universe , in tho spirit of Christian lore and peaceful brotherhood , Resolved , that while we hail the admission of Texas ( which fought her way to independence ; as a sister state into our union , wc now , with unaffected pride and satis . faetiOn , hail the resolution of the Executive and the Congress of the United Stites to uphold our title to Oregon ; nnd in the -ame spirit wc observo the growing desire to incorporate Mexico , Tucatan , California , & c , into the Confederacy ; and that Ireland is fully entitled to -hare the blessings of our free institutions .
Resolved , that the Irish people , as a nation , have long been ground down by British misrule and _misgoTerunient , and while her people for centuries hare been grouud down by a monarchical yoke , they have always cherished the democratic principles of a republican governmentthe only government that has insured freedom to man . Itesolred , that the house will receive with duo attention und con 8 ideratiou any communication that may be forwarded by that high-minded and liberty-loving people , with a Tiew to effect such an object _.
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Launch Of A Steamer. The Pharos Iron Ste...
LAUNCH OF A STEAMER . The Pharos iron steam yacht was launched on Monday from Messrs . Fairburn and Sons' iron ship-building yard , at Mill-wall , Poplar , and is designed as a steam yacht of the commissioners of northern lighthouses . It may not be generally known that the jurisdiction ofthe Trinity Board does not extend to thc lights on the . Scottish coast , these being placed under the caro of a district Board of Commissioners composed of the sheriffs of the maritime counties of Scotland , and it is chiefly for the convenience of these _gentlemen , in visiting the different lighthouses , that the Pharos has been constructed . No expense has been spared in rendering her as complete as possible for the arduous service in wliich she will be engaged , regard having been paid alike to the due strengthening of her hull to meet the angry seas of the Scottish coasts , aud to the providing a sufficient horsepower to ensure her safety , In all weathers , whilst carrying supplies to the lighthouses .
The arrangements of her hull are due to Mr . Stevenson , the able engineer to the board , ahd include an ample saloon , with sleeping a « coKimodatiou aft for sixteen gentlemen , besides deck , cabin , bath-room , fore-cabins , & c , and a hold forward capable of stowing 100 tons of stores . Her engines , of 150 horse power , have been constructed by Messrs . _Tenn and Son , of Greenwich , and are upon the oscillating principle , with tubular boilers . The estimated weight of her machinery is eighty tons , and she will carry sixty tons of coals . Her hull is divided , by iron bulkheads , into four water-tight divisions . She will be schooner-rigged , with standing rigging of wire rope , and as her profile is peculiarly graceful , itis expected that she will cut a dashitig figure in the northern seas , espc cially when steaming at her stipulated spoed of fourteen miles an hour .
Tlic following are the dimensions of the Pharos , wliich , by the way , has a figure-head of a lighthouse , raking forward in a somewhat ominous manner , like the Tower o ( Pt 6 a ; but we trust this may not endanger the originals , either oh the _Brll-roek orthe Skerry-Vore . Feet . In . Length between the perpendiculars ...... 142 0 Length on deck WG 6 Breadth of beam extreme 21 0 Depth in hold from underside of deck to top of floors 12 8 Burthen in tons , builders O . M . 303 J Horse power 150 Launching draught of water 4 . ** Load draught of water 8 0
The Terrible War Steamer.-The Terrible W...
The Terrible War STEAMER .-The Terrible war steamer is in commission , aud now fitting tor sea at Woolwich ; she has twenty guns mounted , also a brass field-piece and carriage , and a waggon tor powder to accompany it . On her upper deck each side the bow , are two long fifty-six pounders . Monk s eleven feet guns , to fire fore and aft in a line with the keel ; these are mounted on a slide , and will cross fire with each other , and also sweep round to the sides ; two more of thc same guns , right aft in the stern , will also cross and sweep to the broadside on their pivot , so as to fire forward , acting as chase guns if required . She has two sixty-eight _pounders on eaeh broadside , to carry shells or solid shot , which
can be trained fore or abaft , according to circumstances . On thc deck below , which is also flush fore and aft , are eight guns , viz ., two long 56 pounders , Monk ' s guns , 11 feet long , in the bow ports , to fire in a line with the keel , and also several degrees of training on the broadsides , and two of tlie same guns in the stern , right aft , which can give such depression as to prevent even a small boat irom coming under her stern ; with four guns , _68-pounders , on her broadsides , for shells or solid shot _, _-jhere are four smaller guns on the upper deck , to be traversed to any place or carried on shore in her paddle-box boats , if required for use in landing troops , _<_ e . She has four separate boilers , independent of each other , which may bo connected when required ; four funnels , one to caoh boiler ; the two
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after ones strike down , so as to allow a square ¦¦' mainsail to be set ' when siiiling ; and still using the two foremost boilers , thus work ing half her power at the same time , saving a considerable consumption of coals . This is a n excellent contrivance , as there are four small funnels , instead of one largo one , which is a great advantage , as the ship will , not be wholly disabled by losing one , two , or even three tunnels , hke the _one-funncl ship - would be on Iters being earned away ; her one funnel lost , she has lost all . The Terr ible has two magazines and two _shell-rooms , one of each before the engineroom , and one abaft for the safety of the _vessiito
, prevent any powder passing the engine-room when firing the guns . She can store four hundred tons of coals below the lower deck , and is prep ared on the midship part of the deck to take 200 or 300 tons more , packed in bags , as a defence from shot to the engines and boilers , filling up a space ef eighteen feet- In addition to her thick , substantial , solid sides , she has good capacity , and if required for auy particular service , can carry more coal in sacks . With regard to the conveyance of troops , she can berth 1 , 000 men under cover on her second gun-deck , independent of . her ship ' s company , their berth being below forward , asd the officer ' s cabins , gun-room , <_ c ., abaft ; jso that ' each
gUR-deck is entirely clear and always . ready for action , without removing a bulkhead , aiid the deck being perfectly free from the captain ' s cabin , abate _,, to the bow of the . vessel . She is constructed in the strongest and most substantial manner , on Mr . Lairg ' s improved method of uniting the frame timbers , making her perfectly water-tight , so that she would swim even if hor external keel and plank were off her bottom . Tjhis method is also adopted in the Royal Albert , 120 guns , nob * in her frame , and may be seen . on the slip at Woolwich dockyard . The en _» gme-room of the Terrible is mostsplendid ; on deck , tho whole length ofthe engine-room , ar . gratings open and well ventilated by liatchways ,, civiii 2 lieht
and an * tothe engineers , stokers , & c .:. _Jtiis an atlmirable pl an , such as no stenmer as yet has the advantage of ; and each boiler has a separate hatchway , and may . be readily taken out for repair , without interfering with the other boilers . This method of Mr . Lang ' s invention prevents thc necessity of ripping up the'dcok , which is the case with other steamers when the boilers are required to be taken out from . those vessels , and there _tqo , the deck covering tliG boilers , ' the engineers and stokers havo the light admitted by the hatchway oyer the . engines only The Terrible ' s engines . aro most majestic ; thev are
_bOO-liorse power , the _production of Maudslay , Sons , and Field , and show to advantage in this large war steamer . Her decks have hatchways in various parts , scuttles , skylights , < tc _, for ventilating the ship even to the lower parts of her hull ; and there are many otlier conveniences too numerous to mention , contributing to the efficiency of the ship and the comforts ofthe officers and crew , so that she may be said to be the largest and most perfect war steamer ever built . Tho Terrible is commanded by Captain Ramsay , late of tlie Dee steam-vessel , and she is to have a complement of 240 officers , men and boys . *—Nautical Standard .
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Murderous Ikvekiios .- —Dnyingthelastfewmonths a series of experiments have been made with a new invention , originated by Mr . _M'Cartey , a gentleman connected with the navy-yard at Brooklyn . These experiments were ordered by the government and witnessed by distinguished persons , and were considered by them to be most novel , most original , and most startling , in a naval and military point of view . Commodore Stewart , it will be remembered , spoke ofa project by which it would be possible to defend the whole harbour of New York against the combined fleets of ail the powers of the world . Tliis may appear to be gasconade , but from information which has been communicated to ns , we arc assured that Coramoder Stewart ' s assertion is' perfectly correct
and literal . The scientific gentleman alluded to , Mr . M'Cartey , who is ilow connected with the navyyard , has invented a new species of artillery , which will discharge thirty balls in a minute , or one every two seconds , for hours together , in succession , and this by mechanical power alone , without gunpowder , chyniical substance , or any other preparation . Itis effected by merely putting the balls into a hopper and letting the ordnance throw them out with immense momentum at the rate of ono every two seconds . On one occasion Mr . M'Cartey exhibited he operations of this invention before a number ofnatval officer , who were all astonished by the force and power exhibited as well as by the great simplicity of the machine . From 12 to 20 pieces of solid timber were
united together , forming one compact body . Against this piece of wooden breastwork Mr . M'Cartey opened the battery of his piece of ordnance , and in less than ten minutes the whole solid breastwork was utterly demolished and shivered to splinters by the _powerful and rapid succession of discharges upon it . The simplicity of tliis invention is one of its _mostjsiBgular features , in whioh respect it much resembles the anecdote told of Columbus and the egg . " Can you make this egg stand on one end ? " said Columbus to the Spanish grandees . They tried and failed . Columbus instantly took the egg , indented one end , and then easily made it stand erect on the table . They regarded bis feat as a farce , from its simplicity , whereunoti lie observed , " You think it now so easy
after it is dono . " It ia _ewtly ro witb tbis _wondsrfa ! invention . The secret of it is known and recorded in history from the time when David went forth with sling and stone to combat the proud Goliah . Tlie principle of this new invention is simply a modification of the principle ef tho sling , applied to machinery , in connexion with a tube or gun , throwing out a discharge of balls . The machine is so constructed that on putting in at one end the balls to be discharged , a rotary motion is produced by means of a crack , and , by a few rapid revolutions , each ball receives a force and momentum equal to that communicated by any quantity of gunpowder . When this has been done a slide starts and allows each ball to escape in succession from the chamber into a tube , when they arc thrown to alraostatiy distance and with unerring aim . This ingenious invention , for which a
patent has been taken out at Washington , and which ought to bc purchased , is wonh 500 , 000 dollars—nay , even millions , to the American government , in the present crisis of its affairs . J 3 y means of such machines , placed in tlie forts at the narrows capable of discharging any number of balls of any calibre , the whole combined fleets of Europe could be torn in pieces and annihilated before they could reach the battery at _iSew York . When we reflect upon the astonishing revolution in the art of war which such a species of ordnance is calculated to produce , and the means of defence which it is capable of supplying , it is to be expected thatthe President and Congress will take up this matter , and have an armament prepared on this principle , which by its cheapness , its efficiency , and power as a means of defence is beyond all that has ever been conceived or seen in the world hitherto . Itis a revolution at once . — New York Herald .
Explosion-Two Lives Lost. On Friday Afte...
EXPLOSION-TWO LIVES LOST . On Friday afternoon , a few minutes before two o'clock , , an accident of a frightful nature took place at thehouse , , Ho , U , King-streot , Lambeth-walk , by wbich two line } youug men were instantly deprived of life , and four other _i _* persons so severely injured , that the lives of three of tbtm l are in the greatest possible danger . It appears that t William Kenyou , ag _« d nineteen years , had been iu the e employment of Mr . Darby , the firework-maker in Regent . U street , Lambeth , and that his master , not having sufti- icluut space on his premises to perform his work , had d allowed bim to take about two cwt . of composition koine ie with him to manufacture into " stars . " The house , Xo . o . 14 , King-street , Lambeth-walk , is occupied by the father ur and mother of Kenyon , who carry on the _lautidi-y _busi _. ii . nossand the pluco selected by him to manufacture the ie
, " stars" was a small back cellar , the ceiling of which was as very low , and in this pluce he kept a strong lire fer the lie > purpose of drying his work as he finished it . Several al . youths of his acquaintance were in the habit of calling to toi see him at hi 3 work , and at the time _otthefntal occurence _cei there were three young men there , named Holmes , _ s „ Smith , and Shear . Of these tlie two latter were fright- it-. fully injured , and the other , Holmes , shared the melan- incholy fate of poor Kenyon . At a few minutes before two woi o ' clock , tbe mother of Kenyon _proceeded from the front jnfl _pttrlour to the top of the kitchen stairs to call her somon to his dinner , and on looking down the stairs she _ob-obi served a dense smoke and a peculiarly coloured flaineunt issuing from within . She endeavoured to give an alarm , rm but tho vapour ascending was so strongly impregnateditet
with sulphur , as , for a few moments , nearly to _deprmnvi her of life , and prevented her calling out . Ar A . alarm was , however , soon giveH , and in a few _minutciuto _Police-constable Thomas Messer , 39 L , was on the _spotgpoi It was then found that the cellar was on fire , and till tit sulphuric vapour was still so strong , that thero was con cov _stderable danger in approaching the place . At lengbngt the flames were sufficiently subdued to enable the personrsoi to enter , when a frightful spectacle presented itseEtsec Kenyon and _Holmos lay close together , with their _clothejthi ' with the exception of a . few _slu-eds , burnt off , and the tlu _< flesh grilling , and in many parts the skin loosened frot fra the flesh in large patches . Smith and Shear were ire another part of the cellar , fortunately removed fro : fro
where tho great body of flame was , groaning with agomgon and severely scorched and injured . Thej * were reniovmovt without loss of time to Guy's Hospital , where tlie till still remain in a very precarious state . A young _womaoms named Sarah Hales , in the service of Mrs . Kenyon , wn , w in the cellar when the lire took place , with a chil chi nearly two years of age , in her arms . Tht instant silt _i . saw the composition ignite , she , with great presence . nc « mind , ruslud ont of the door , hut before she could do _i do > th * flame caught her arms and face , and _teviovisly Hsly juredthe former . The child was also'much scor _. ltor-l * about the face and arms ; and both were sent to Lainbtainbt Workhouse , where they were promptly attended by Jby J Duke , the parish surgeon .
Smoke On Railwats.-During The Last Few W...
Smoke on _RAiLWATs .-During the last few weel weec experiments , still ' . in progress with a view to _demtdemc strato the possibility ofgetting rid of the smoke Ir « o in the locomotive ongine , have been making on ton Limerick and Dublin line of _^^' A _^ . _^ , superintendence of Mr . C . Wye Williams , of Liv _, Liv pool .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 31, 1846, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_31011846/page/1/
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