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TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND, UPON THE SUBJECT OF TUE LAND.
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Jlr Fhiesds , —I write this letter upon Wednesday , He 4 th of February , the day upon which I enter into jar fourteenth year of acquaintance-skip with you ; and , however the indolent and careless may revile me for my vanity , or mock me for my ambition , I have the vanity to suppose that , if necessary , I could go OTer my past thirteen jeara' service with becoming delight ; while my ambition tells me that in that long period I hare daily strengthened that confidence which the working classes , from a knowledge of my Parliamentary services , were in the outset ready to
repose lirae . I shall not , however , travel over the beaten ground of what has been done , but I shall at once bring your minds to bear upon the position that we now occupy , to accomplish , the most advantageous of m £ several projects , with the single exception of the one great and glorious one , the People ' s Charter —I mean the possession of the land . Amid { he most fiery agitation for the Charter , I have said , over and over again—Lock up the land today , and I woulS not give you thanks for the Charter to-morrow . ' ln my first speeches , ia 1835 , Ipointed out how yon might in a very short time possess your
selves of the national debt , or of the land of the eountry ; while it too k a long period , io . prepare your minds f # r knowled ge of a subjectnpon . which all had aniaterest ia keeping joajignoKmt . " Toa-confided jm&e , - « flta atjength . wehive ^ aWishedaa assocjal $ i £ Sp # §» ### j& « en * eri as mueKsodal ?^? r > s # e ^« a , s *^ eT * - ; Or yexpeeVwitbbat T 3 B vm 9 S ^ - ^ B ^^^ ^ SxfS ^ m tte ^ l ^ as . ^ -Mbjertof-mT pi ^ t le ^^ S « l jOK ^ eoBedthat agrafes shoafti ) e teMea , ; j onr ' difectbw haYe " me > almost&iHy Wscaompfishjyotir
ttSi ; , but finding , as the law stands , thai tnerewiU tie some difficulties thrown in the way of making out title , and as Mr . Roberts has proposed a plan which would give yon not only social benefits , but also the advantage of political power , we have , and I think you will say wisely , refrained from diminishing any of those powers which are absolutely necessary for the completion of our object . As the rules are enrolled in the first instance so they must stand , and we have preferred doing the work firmly and substantially , to patching it hereafter .
Anxious , however , that not a moment ' s delay Should take place in the practical development of our scheme , we . have unanimously resolved npon purchasing £ 5 , 000 worth of land , the moment that such a thing advantageously presents itself . You will see by the balance sheet of my accounts , which I publish this week , that there is now in hand about £ 4 , 300 , tfrieh doe 3 not include this week ' s receipts , and , therefore , " we have within £ 500 of the prescribed wnount- £ 5 , O 0 O . This £ 1 , 300 includes the Expense Pond , which , as treasurer , I have thought itmyduty to amalgamate with the Land Fund , in order that we
may the more speedily be able to go to work ; and I think that fund will be more legitimately and profitably expended than if it was allowed to remain in my desk . I promised you that before the month of May expired , I would see one hundred freemen lodged in their own castles ; I now repeat that promise : and I might add twenty-five to the origi Hal number , inasmuch as it is our intention to purchase five thousand pounds' worth of hind , and to make a contract for building the necessary cottages , to be paid for out o j the weekly receipts , or out of funds which I can borrow .
However , lam resolved that no exertion of mine shall be wanting to make the experiment as speedily and as complete as possible . lam now speaking the desire , the unanimous desire of my brother direc tors . We propose that , in the first instaace , if Air . Soberts ' plan is not complete before allotment , that the land shall be purchased in the name of some one individual who will have no difficulty in making a lease to the several occupants , and who shall then assign the estate to the trustees and directors for the benefit of the society . The directors , with the con-Bent of the shareholders , can select that individual .
but it shall not le Feargus O'Conner . I have made myself now more thoroughly master of what the increased expense would be of leasing the several locations , than I was when the Conference assembled , and 1 find that the exact cost of each lease would be 10 s . I stated that it would be two guineas , but I was unmindful of the fact of co-operation . It would take two guineas , and more , to get one lease , but fora lundred leases we can have a printed form , which saves all the expense , except ten shillings stampduty ; the instrument for . one being the same as the instrument for all , and only requiring the insertion of the name and the amount of rent . -
3 iow , I would rather pay this additional fifty pounds myself than have an imperfect enrolment , or any great delay for want of enrolment ; so that , from this brief statement , the members are to infer , that £ 5 , 000 worth of land will be purchased as soon as the directors hear of a suitable bargain ina suitable situation ; indeed , we have already been in treaty for about 260 acres of prime land . "We have to request , ther efore , that all secretaries transmitting money , will also transmit , from the local papers , advertisements of land to be sold , when the most suitable and eligible will be selected for purchase .
I believe that no circumstances could be more favourable to our object than those which Sir Robert Peel ' s new measures present ; and that is one of my many reasons for according to them my almost unqualified approval . After a hard week ' s work , from which I derive but little profit , I am always solaced by the reflection , that I have done something towards the improvement of the working classes ; and of the varied correspondence that I receive , non gives me half the pleasure as that which brings remittances for the Land fund , because , in that , I see true progression , as well as the realisation of the
grand principle of restriction , and also a rapid approach to political power ; for , rest assured , that men once possessed of property will not long rest satisfied without political power to protect it . You will understand , then , what we mean—we mean , that as the rules in their present form might throw 6 ome obstacles in the way of making out title in case of mortgage or sale , that we will wait for the development of Mr . Roberts' plan , in preference to a hasty enrolment , which might hereafter place difficulties in our way , and also , because it proposes to confer the vote upon the occupant ; but we likewise propose
that any delay consequent upon our desire to make the first step firm , shall not for a angle day postpone our practical operations ; and that the extra cost upon this earlier development will amount to £ 50 for leases . The same expense will not be incurred ia any subsequent location ; bnt the fact is , that sib spring approaches , we think that a month , or even » fortnig ht of the mornings of spring , is worth more than three times £ 50 . It would not be judicious to incur an additional expense of £ 50 , or even £ 10 , for the difference between November and January , while the difference between the 1 st and loth of March , is
incalculable ! We are determined to take advantage of the early season for building and for early crops ; indeed , although we do not thrust ourselves very prominently before you , we have not been idle , inasmuch ss we have been looking for beneficial contracts for the supply of every kind of seed which will BE ENGAGED , and no produce no pay . And here I say tell you that upon that subject , as the landowners have been the law makers , they have protected their interests well ; because if a » eedsman npplies seeds which fail , he is liable to the payment aot only of the 6 eed , but of the value that the crop ¦ would have own of . Peel ' s tariff will reduce the
price of almost all seeds to little or nothing . You will see by my balance sheet , that no money was lodged in the bank from the time of the Conference to the end of last month , and I wish to inform ton of the reason , although no man would ask for it . The reason then was , that , according to the rules , th * deposit ! were to be lodged in presence of one f the Trustees , and I held the funds until the enrolment Khonld have established Trusteeihip ; i , ut as themlesare notyetenrollcd , 1 then thought it my duty
to lodge the funds as of old . I don't know that I have any thing to add further , than that I Bee my way more clearly before me than I did , as to the r apidity with which we can go on after the first location . It's very hard to argue against the theory of « fch muddle-pated fellows as Carpenter , James Hill , *** O'Brien ; but it did appear to me a piece of ** ° ton folly , if not knavish ignorance upon their *?** » to attempt to convince the working classes , ltl what other men did with land , WE COULD
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1 VOT J ) O WITH IT ! Now , did you ever hear or « ad of such fools ? However , people ignorant as themselves will read , and become mystified , and the only answer to those scribblers is-PRACTIGAL ILLUSTRATION Sanguine as I have been about the project , I have never ventured , I haven't dared to express one-half , nor yet one-tenth part of my hope in it . I believe that section No . 1 is not yet quite complete , and as soon as it is , the ballot . will take place from amongst the members who have paid op in full , and then sec ? tion No . 2 will commence . Now , one thing I must keep before you .. This association could not have been ¦**^' ^ Xlv Yl 1 ± Ii IT ' ( Caut At A vmi nroH liAnt * a *
considered in existence before the middle of July—£ 100 had scarcely beea recerred up to that time , so that it is little more than half a year in existence , and we are now prepared to locate over 100 memsfeii ^ lSoir ; then , ^ thiJ ^ Wls it n ^» disap poinit-TB « it of a new ^ jdesor ^ tion- ^ JBie disappointment of ¦ COTineacingiperatMBStt least twelve months before Aem « ttw ^ ninfch * d Anticipated ; while the fund is not ^^' thiaiminiilR *! by a single friction , but there is a large amount—more , I think , than two-thirds of ti £ ' Expense Fund , 6 rWiliCH I AM THE TREA ; SURER—untouched , and ready to be applied to the purposes of the association .
Now , the application of this Expense Fund to the purchase of land will not , in the least , retard our banking and insurance projects , because I feel convinced that I can always raise a sufficient amount of money for such pnrposes , when the money-mongers see that we have become landlords . Again requesting the several secretaries to transmit all advertisements of estates to be sold , and congratulating you npon our forward and proud position , and being firmly resolved upon dining with the hundred freemen on their own land before the month of May expires , 1 am now , in the fourteenth year of my servitude , as I was in the beginning , and will be to the end , Your faithful , true , and fondest friend , Feargss O'Cossob . February 4 , 1346 .
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FRANCE . Another week of humbug has passed in the French Chambers . The deputies continue their prosy harangues on all subjects , save and except the one important subject , the welfare of the French people . First , we have a battle-royal between the two rival artful dodgers , Thiers and Guizot , on the question of the French University , which resulted in nothing beyond the admission by the doctrinaire chief , that the dissolution of the Council of the University , by the royal ordinances of the 7 th of December last , bail been done with a view to propitiate the Pope , who would otherwise have opposed the break-up of the Jesuit establishments in France . An admission not
likely to add to the popularity of either the minister or the Catholic Church . The next subject discussed was M . Berryer ' s amendment , the object of which was to deter ministers from declaring , that in the event of a war between England and the United States , France would remain neuter , and to call upon them to declare in such circumstances that " free bottoms make free goods . " In the course of his speech M . Berryer declared that an alliance with either the United States or with Russia wa 3 preferable to one with England . So that this Legitimist speccmnaker is as much infected with the absurd Anglophobia as some otlier fools we could name . On a division , II . Berryer ' s amendment was rejected by
a majority of seventy-eight in support of the original address . On Monday an amendment similar in spirit was brought forward by M . Remusat , aud also rejected by a majority of sixty-tight . When the discussion on the address will terminate bo one hai the least idea . Really , the French nation is made to appear supremely ridiculous by these contemptible discussions . Louis Philippe hits gone into mourning for the death of his brother-tyrant , the Duke of Modena . The old hypocrite of the Barricades is doing all he can to conciliate the " legitimate " tyrants of Europe , in the vain hope of conserving his throne for his hopeful " sons , and grandsODH . " The Parisian gore-and-glory-mongere are somewhat apbeased . bv ' the . ' recent " "hntrhfirv' in the- Parana .
The National sayi , "" " Our . Beamen ' covered- 'themf selves with' glory . . May the fresh blood which has been shed on the banks of the Plata efface some of the stains inflicted by the cowardly policy ot our government . " Nothing like blood for effacing stains ! We wish the scribe in the National had his bellyful of ** glory . " The expedition againrt Madagascar is being urged with the most extraordinary activity . We read that " the Neptune , of the line , Captain Penaud , is not only to carry out an immense quautity of gunpowder , but to take 500 , 000 cartridges and 30 cases of Congreve rockets . " So that soon France will be gratified with more "glory , " and—more blood ! The Paris papers have been commenting on Sir R . Peel ' s proposed measures , the " magnitude " of which seems to have astounded them ; and no wonder , when they contrast them with the puny doings of their own government .
The Paris journals , while welcoming Peel ' s freetrade measures , do not , however , approve of France imitating England . None of them hint at an ; reciprocity on the part of France . The Pratt , says , that though the avowed object of the reduction of duties on cotton , woollen , and linen cloths is to induce other countries to do the same , yet it is probable that in this respect "each nation will consult its own advantage , convenience , and position , before considering itself bound to a reciprocity which for most ef them would be perfectly illusory . " The Journal des Jjebati takes , also , care to relieve those who might be alarmed at the idea of some secret understanding between the French and English governments on the subject ol reciprocity , that the reduction of duties is perfectly spontaneous on the part of England , and without any bargain or promise of any kind on the part of France .
SPAIN . The ministry and a great number of their suplortere are at loggerheads respecting the alleged intended marriage of the Queen to that imbecile tout of the Jesuits , the Neapolitan Count Trappani . The best way to untie this gordian knot of the Queen ' s marriage would be to cut it by sending the Queen and her precious mother packing . Could not the Spaniards exist without their lollypup-sucking Queen i The Clamor Fublico has been seised for merely appearing with a black border on the anniversary of Zurbano ' a death . Contrary to the general expectation of the
inhabitants of Girona , only one of the prisoners ccndunned to death on the 2 itU was fcUot outside that town on the 27 th nit . The remainder had their punishment commuted to banishment for different terms of years to the prtridie * . Letters from Barcelona , of the 23 th ult ., announce the sudden return to that capital of the Captain-Geueral from Girona , bis presence being deemed necessary , in consequence of the alarming appearance of affairs . It is added , that the inhabitants of the town of Reus had refused to pay the new contributions , and that troops had been « ut there iron Tarragona .
GERMANY . GREAT PROGRESS OF COMMUNISM—PERSBCUTION AND AGITATION . _ As we anticipated last wsek , the reported insurrection in Berlin has turned out to be a hoax . Still the author was , perhaps , only a little in advance with his intelligence , as things cannot goonlong in Prussia as they now are . Our readers must not , however , expect the revolution to commence in Berlin : Old Prussia is hardly likely to commence , although , no doubt , it will participate in the struggle . If , however , the Prussian revolution is not as yet , we have authentic intelligence of a movement in Gallicia ( under the tyranny of Austria ) . Vienna letters , of the 21 et ult ., announce that great agitation exists in that cjuntry . Tuecorrespondentofthe Timei says : — " Communitme is propagated with great industry and to an alarming extent in that province . The authoritiei , made aware of the progress and the state of
this lamentable conspiracy , have arrested , not all who were denounced to them as implicated in it , but as many as could be contained in the permanent prisons and in the numerous houses and buildings hired for the occasion and turned into temporary prisons . How this will end no man can fortell . '' In this last sentence , the evidently frightened correspondent is out in his reckoning . It does not need the power of prophecy for any rational man to be able to predict that the " end" will be a struggle of the "have-not ' s" against the "haveairs , " in which something more than "throne and ajtar" will be overturned . The first French Revolution was but a joke compared with that revolution which is now maturing throughout Germany . The rtate of the German manufacturing population ig most deplorable . The average working wages of the cotton manufacturer in Germany , which ' are , perhaps , the best paid , we believe , do not exceed 5 s . per week . In many localities , such as Saxony and
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parts of Rhenish Prussia , the average would not be so high . In Silesia , the chief seat of the linen manufacture , the workmen are much worse off Hence the movement of the masses now going on for with the elements of education they cannot fail toperceive the wide . gulf betwixt th « r gains and those of their employers . Hence the success of Communist doctrines throughout Germany . The ¦ " have-not ' s " HJ » tZJ ° T EOmctI » n ^ and the y win i * V \ 2 l * ProP ? scdniamage between the son ol the Archduke Stephen and the Grand Duchess Olga , daughter ot the Emperor Nicholas , i 8 at aa end one of the principa considerations thot induced Austria to break off the match was its wer unpoputete ??» : rimi ° al Proceedings , it kVSi ' havehcommenced ' narfa nf Ifhonicli PriiBCtn + Vi *» «¦** . « _
, » against" Jolm Ro ^ eon ^ countofapamphlet he published seme time ago ; K S' ¦ $ ™ -W ^* *» » in his generation ) , the work was printed out ^ of Silesia ,-he may laughin security at the efforts of the government * Ronee * hfa propose ^ « ; , »; meeting of-the members of . the new . church that he has founded ,,, that in future the persons who profess bis , creed . shallcallthemselvM . Membereofth gUniveiMl . Chrwtian Church , and not . German ^ Christian Caitnolicsi aa ' Hitherto . Ihe censorshjp . in Germany is % ridiculoiis as it is TO . ni ? al ; we read in a conteinpbrarylKat a booK JM ^^ latelywhM ^ Mpubliah&a a-hnndre ^ ind n » 7 7 ^ rBI ^ . j : Tfafr ; 8 une \ uper ' 'itate ^ ' that ^ <(' Ih Prussia , th eworksofHergrwtFrederickareforbidderi a « being too liberal ! The papers contain a story of a journal which was forbidden by the censor , because it contained , among a list ot arrivals at an hotel
, the name of a certain Pitchpatch , which the censor took for some impertinence of the editor . It turned out , however , that such was the real name of a stranger traveller . The editor , and Mr . Pitchpatch also , appealed ; the censor ' s prohibition was taken off , the functionary rebuked , and Mr . Pitohpateh sojourns in Germany , rejoicing in his euphomus name ! " The late riots in the eastern provinces of PruB-ia were accompanied by a circumstance that threw terror iuto the heart of Bcilin . It was fouud out by the inquiry that a great number of soldiers and officers of the ai my are initiated hi ihe riotous conspiracies of these provinces . Repressive measures are employed against this danger ; new orders are piven , prohibiting under grievous penalties the soldiers and officers to exhibit the least interest in the political and religious questions agitated among the people .
SWITZERLAND . We learn from Berue , Jan . 25 th , that James Muller was tried for the murder of M . Leu ; on the 20 th July last , by the Criminal Court of Lucerne . A great crowd had assembled to hear the trial . As oral testimony is not admitted in the Courts of Lucerne , there was nothing made public but the act of accusation , and the pleadings on both sides . Muller was condemned to be executed . He has appealed ngainst the decision of the Court . Letters from Berne of the 26 th state . that almost the totality of the members of the commission of revision belonging to the opposition have signed the declaration that a constituent assembly alone can satisfy the wishes and interests of the country , and insure the return of tranquillity , and this opinion is gaining
ground in tho masses of the people . The Council of State was not free from inquietude , and had held two sittings in one day , imposing upon its members SQereey ss to its proceedings and resolutions . The deputy from Baden , M . Itzstein , has announced his intention of putting questions to the government on the subject of the arrest , within the territory of Baden , of the late Councillor of State , M . Baumann , who was charged with being implicated in the murder of M . Leu . According to a letter from Lucerne , Jacques Muller has denounced fourteen persons , all holding an honourable position in society , as having instigated him to commit the murder of M . Leu . Communism is making rapid strides hi the Canton of Zurich , and the government is consequently iu great alarm .
POLAND . In addition to the wholesale arrests of the Communists in Gallicia , formerly a part of Poland , though now under the iron yoke of Austria , important news has been received from what ib called " Prussia Poland , " also a part of Poked . The persons compromised in the Polish plot had been transferred to Graudentz , and the authorities imagined that they had thus prevented every explosion of violence and discontent . This hope has been disappointed ; on the night of the lSth ult . an attempt was made to gain possession of one of the Gates of Grandentz , and to deliver the prisoners by force ; it is said that this attempt . proved a failure . Throughout must of Poland , famine prevails , and the country is in a deplorable itate . , . ' .
\ :- ™ -:..: * , y .- ITALY .: S * - ' ? & "Letters from Italy , under-date 22 nd instant , announce the death of the Duke of Modena . He died on the evening of the 21 * t , after an illness of seven days , aged sixty-seven yeans . His son is to succeed him under the name of Francis the Fifth . Letters from Leghorn of the 25 th ult . state that the Pontifical Government apprehended another movement in Romagna . The political prisoners confined at Civita Castellaca having attempted to escape , the guards fired on them , and killed and wounded several ol them . At Imola , a detachment of Carabineers and Swiss soldiers having met in the streets a band of joung men singing patriotic song-, fired upon them , and killed two mi <) wounded some others . A letter frem Rome mentions a report that Renzi , one of the chiefs of the late attempt at insurrection in tht Roman states , has been delivered up to the Papal Government by that of Tuscany .
UNITED STATES . THE OKEGOX QCESTION . Two packet-Bbips have arrived this week from New York , bringing further accounts of the yet continued discussions in the American Congress respecting the Oregon question . The packet-ship Stephen Whitney arrived at Liverpool on Sunday . The papers brought by her report the progress of the debate in the Houec of Representatives , in committee of the whole , whether notice shall be given to Great Britain to terminate the joint occupation of the Oregon territory or not . The question had been taken up and argued , day by day ; but it appeared to make very little progress , and its termination a thing quite indefinite . In the meantime the
negotiations between Mr . Pakenham and the American Minieter had net been renewed , and the question therefore remains tit tiatv , quo . In the Senate , Mr . Benton ' s bill for raising mounted riflemen , and building forts on the route to Oregon , has been read and passed . The sliip Yorkshire arrived at Liverpool on Tuesday , bringing later intelligence . The Senate had refused to discuss the question of giving Great Britain notice with regard to the joint occupancy of the Oregon until the l (! tli of February . On the 12 th ult . > Mr . Fan-field , from the Committee of Naval Aft'aira , reported a till appropriating the sum of 11 , 190 , 000 dols . for the addition to the United States navy . On a motion that the notice to terminate the joint occuvamy of the Oregon be made
the special order for the 27 th of January , Mr . Calhoun and other senators urged further delay ; and the question having been put to ihe vote , the order was delayed to Tuesday , the lOih of February . On the same day , the Senate made an important decision . Mr . Allen asked leave to introduce a resoluti » n , declaring that Congress would adhere to and be governed by the policy which Mr . Munro had suggested in reference to foreign governments interfering with the political concerns of the people of this continent . Mr . Allen said , that President Polk had recently , in his message , assumed the same ground ; and that he considered it the duty of Congress , by resolution , to sustain the Exccutivc . ~ Mr . Calhoun objected to the granting of leave to
introduce the resolution . He was not prepared to vote on it . He suggested that the request had better be laid on the table for the present . —Mr . Allen said he did not anticipate any opposition to the introduction of the resolution , adding that he wished it to be understood that he should consider the vote now to be taken as final on the resolution . The vote was then taken by " yeas " and nays , " on laying on the table , and decided in the affirmative , as follows : —yeas , 28 ; nays , 23 . Important news had reached the States from Mexico by . the arrival of the United States ibip St . Mary ' s , at Pensacola , from Vera Cruz . By this arrival it waB stated that Mr .
Sudell , United Statesminister at iVexico , had either been insulted , or not officially received by the authorities—that a revolution was on the eve ofexplosioa , one principle of which was to be war with the United States . From Texas news tad been received that a body of United States troops had advanced to the Rio del Norte . Great anxiety exists for the arrival of further news from Mexico , as present . indications would lead to the inference that a war with Mexico , or at least great difficulty , was now extremely probable ; and such a state of things would undoubtedly embarrass the Oregon question , as well as any movement for the purchase of California .
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INDIA AND CHINA-MOST IMPORTANT NEWS . A THREE DAYS' BATTLE—GREAT SLAUGHTER The gore-and-gjory-mongers have now the certaintv of gratifying their tavourite taste . The great ques ' - tion of British interference with the affairs of the Punjab has been decided by the irru ition of the
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Siks into th / British territory . On the 12 th and 13 th of December a Sikh army , amounting to 30 , 000 men , with seventy ' guns , crossed the Sutlej , and marched at once towards Ferozcpore . Here they were kept in cheek forigome days while tiic British army was concentrating , < tke Governor-General being still at some distance on his march from Umballah . On the -ist a battle , or rather a series of actions , began at Fcrozepore , which had lasted threedavg , day and night , when the despatches left , and was not vet concluded . .-v .. ' . . '! .. £ /•» •' .. ¦ . .,
lue uovernor-beneral M the centre , the Commander-ui-Ghief , the right , and Sir John Littler the left . Ihe slaughter . was , very great . The Sikhs had loBt suty-nve guns , and the . British were occupying the Sikh camp .. The centre and right , it is added , held their ground , well . TheJeft was hard pressed . Tbe P - ^! wftch broughttfliis most important ; though imperfectinjoraatibn ; left Umballahoii' 1 he 2 Cth '; and "I **! ?!! •** :-9 ##£ P ? -tHc ardult' ^ just ih time foV P * :, ?!"? ! -Sf-t » , ? . J ^ mer , w $ cn ; h'ad- sixled that inorrii lng . aftera ^ oBg'dila ^ - ''^ « ' *! U' ™)«< ^ 'm ^< -.
i - ^ ; . * £ . . ANOTHER ACCOUNT . . ; ; ., : Ihe newOB ,, that the battle took placo . at ; Fe ' rozepore ;; th ^ (^' rhori ^ iierar le ' d ' ' the' 'centrSV the £ iM 8 §§ -wBIMMffi ®* « # sir . ^ toer tue left . v . ; . »^ vv * - a ?* ¦ V . ' - ' -- •"'! ' ¦ : •'¦ ¦ •¦'¦' ¦ {• ¦¦'¦ J vntii . ' w ! : The centre ^ r ^ ; hp' ^ left was . hard pressed ^^' v '' ^^''^' ' ' - ''^ ' ^;^' '/• Cbc'troopsi had 8 tpr ^ l ^ o * p ^ ltipn'Kani '; were ' preparing to attack the other , when ' the despatch left . " - ; ¦ ¦¦ ¦' ¦ . - The slaughter was very great . PK O M IHE " BOMBAY TIMES" EXTRA .
, , Saturday , 12 a . m ., Jan . 3 . —A despatch arrived this morning from the Governor-General from Ferozcpore , which mentions that a battle had taken place at that place . Our forces had stormed one of the enemy ' s positions , and were preparing to storin the other when the despatch left . Sir fl . Hardinge led the centre , Sir 11 Gough the right , and Sir John Littler the left . 1 he slaughter was very great . Further particulars have not vet reached na .
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MEETINGS IN BEHALF OF THE CHARTIST EXILES . PWMOUTH . On Wednesday , January 20 th , a public meeting was held in O'Brien ' s School-room , White Crossstreet , Plymouth , for the purpose of petitioning the House of Commons in behalf of Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis . The room , though large , was crowded . Mr . Moses Simmons , plasterer , was ealled to the chair , who opened the proceedings by reading the placard announcing the meeting , lie then called on Mr . Robertson , who in an able manner laid die case of Frost , Williams , and Jones before the meeting . Ho demanded Ellis ' s restoration as a right , the man beinc innocent , lie moved the adontinn nl
the petition . Mr . V . J . O'Brien , in seconding the motion , entered into the sufferings of those truly brave men and their afflicted families , demanding the sympathy of the inhabitants of the borough irrespective of politics . On the chairman putting the resolution it was carried unanimously . It was then proposed by Mr . Tremayne , and seconded by Mr . Dainty , that the petition be forwarded for presentation to T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., and that the two members for tlus borougU be requested to gupport tlie prayer thereof . Carried without a dissentient . It was resolved that Messrs . Robertson , Simmons , and O'Brien be instructed to correspond with the M . P . ' s of this town on the subject . A vote ol thanks was tendered to the chairman for his services on the occasion .
HETWOOD . A meeting took place on the 2 Gth ult . for the purpose of aiding the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones . At eight o ' clock Mr . William Bell wb unanimously called to the . chair . He explained tinwhole case briefly but plainly and satisfactorily . Mr . James Everson moved the resolution , seconded by Mr . Robert Brown , who 6 aid he considered it every man ' s duty to try to restore those men to their native homes . Mr . Donovan , from Manchester , supported the resolution in a very argumentative and eloquent address . He sat down greatly applauded . The motion was put and carried unanimously . Mr . Win . Bingliam then moved the petition to Parliament , seconded by Mr . James Scott , who read John Frost ' s
letter , and said as he was deficient in oratory he wouldmake up by acting , and strive his utmost ( as if his individual exertion was only needed to restore the exiled patriots ) towards getting the petition Bhcets well filled . Mr . Hirst , of Oldham , supported the petition . This address was eloquent and soul-stirring , and received a good round of applause . John Buckley moved that the petitiqn . be . presented by Sharman Crawford ' ^ : seconded by Amos Smith . » hd carried unanimously . ¦ . ¦; -- ' - Bbiqhton . —Shaukfcl Conducx oit ' tiib Hioh'Conbtable !—As soon as it was resolved ^ tafriiake ' ari effort for the " restoration ofFrostiTilliams , and Jones , the Chartists of this town set to work in right earnest to get up a public town meeting tor that purpose . They drew up a requisition , and having obtained 169 signatures from the rate-piiyers and
inhabitants ( a great many of whom were influential persons ) , they presented the same to the high constable , Mr . Williams , ironmoHger . He desired the deputation to leave it and call again ; they did so for two or three days , when they called for nn answer , fully expecting that he would convene the meeting , but , to their surprise , he refused , stating that he had well considered it , and could not . Each of the deputation talked to him , and endeavoured to ascertain his reasons for refusal . But , no!—he would not assign a single reason . They then applied to the clerk of the commissioners ( who treated them very courteously ) , but said he could not fly in the face of the high constable , but he would go to that gentleman himself , and see if he could persuade him ; which promise was fulfilled , but all to no purpose—his answer still was" no 1 "
STALETBRIDOE . A spirited public meeting was held on tho 27 tli of January , in behalf of the Welsh exiles , in tu « People ' s School-room , Brierley-street : that sterling democrat , Mr . J . Cros 9 ley , was called to the chair . The chairman opened the business of the evening by reading tho requisition , aud commented on the refusal of the chief magistrate , Mr . Sidebottom , to convene the meeting , in compliance with the wishes of a number of householders , and concluded a number of sensible and telling remarks by introducing Mr . Walker , who , in an address of great taste and
judjrment , moved tho first resolution , which w « s ably seconded by Mr . C . FiUpatrick , and carried unanimously . Mr . R . Wild ; in a lengthy and able address , proposed the next resolution . Mr . Fallas , in a nianlj and feeling speech , seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously . The petition and memorial were carried without a dissentient voice , amid great applause . After a vote of thanks had been given to the chairman , and the receipt of subscriptions to the Chartist Land Society , amounting to upwards of £ 7 , had been announced , the meeting broke up .
BARNSLET . A public meeting was held on Worsborough Common , on Monday , the 2 nd inst . » nt two o'clock p . m ., in Mr . Uampson's room , the Gardeners' Arms , Mr . George Mitchell , grocer and tea dealer , in the chair , to petition Parliament for the restoration of the exiled patriots , Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis . Much sympathy was expressed by the various speakers for the unjust suffering of these brave ^ and generous men accompanied by fervent hopes that this simultaneous and national movement now commenced would have the happy effect of restoring these illustrious martyrs at no distant period . The petition and memorials were unanimousl y passed . It was further agreed that the petition be entrusted to Mr , Duncombe for presentation , and that the two West Hiding members , and Mr . Christie , the member for Weymouth , be requested to support its prayer .
MnNMOUin , A deputation waited on the honourable M . P . for this borough ( It . J . Blewitt ) , who pledged himself not only to present their petition , but to support any measure that may be brought forward in favour ol the restoration of Frost , William * , and JoneB .
MERT 11 TR TYDV 1 L . A public meeting was held on Tuesday last , Jan . 27 th , at the Star Inn , to petition Parliament for the restoration of John Frost , Zcphaniah Williams , and William Jones . Mr . Matthew John was called to the chair . Mr- George Morgan then moved , and Mr . W . Gould seconded the first resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mr . John Owen proposed a petition , which was seconded by Mr . Ilcnry Thomas , and ably supported by Mr . D . Ellis . Sir J . J . Guest will be requested to present the petition .
COHOLETON . A public meeting was held on Friday , the 30 th ult ., in the Zion School-room , for the purpose of petitioning Parliament to grant a free pardon to Frost , Williams , and Jones . A separate petition wai also adopted , praying for the liberation of VilUam Ettis . Liverpool . —a public meeting will tnke place at the Concert Hall , Lord Xelson-Btrect , on Thursday next , lebruary 12 th , for the purpose of petitioning Parliament to memorialise her Majesty for the restoration of Frost , Williams , Jones , and James Ellis . Chair t » be taken at halt-past seven o ' clock .
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£ Li , i morn Ing of tIie dfty of liis death ; he was . m l 5 i " ? int 0 tUe cabi » . ilI ) d he had several cuts twn L , # * The nm time he « aw him was about ZXTl 5 ? . » wl >™ l > e saw him brought up ou mI it I Yf . ltnws » fc ™» Kl * examined the body , i " wiUuv cSt . ° " Uieh ° ' ld b 0 d ) ' ill ) llSrtlU- ' mS '^ rV " , of the s ! » P . was next eat-SrWetr ^ V TSud t 0 tUe *«» features «* " ^ e the 6 vlnif t , 8 IVeU ' 'fhe witntss corroborated James GJoyer , the steward , followed in the examination , and deposed as to the cutiina aud stabbing of Reason on the night in question . His evidence was mainly in confirmation of that of Yelvcrton aud Jiili . in .
Henry Slack was next called , who briefly deposed to haying heard Reason called into the cab in by the . captain on the evening before his death . Henry James Stephen , a boy , the son of tke female passenger , Mrs . Thompson , was examined as to the captain threatening when in Fayal to " kill them , all , " and also as to the death of Reason . He did not see Reason struck , but saw him afiev his death . , He had two wounds on his breast . James Sinclair , the carpenter , was called , but counsel lor the Crown declining to put any question to him , - . .,
Mr . Jervis examined him at somo length . His ] evidence , which in substance was tho same ; as that , given belove the magistrate ^ was to the effect—that ' the men were very discontented , and had thieatene ' d . among themselves t 6 do some . bodily hwmjp . the , captain , and that ReasonAndft man named Curteiai ' were going to ; take thoship . toAnjerica .,,.,., .: [ . \ , \ i . , ; Peter Cuvteis \ vmcalled , anu . dem ^ that he cad ? ••? e ^ threaten ed the captoi ^ ilif e ; 0 " he 3 thtwe £ , < ^ . thaWher ^ d ^ e ^ e ^^ Sc ^ lS ,:, been alleged . ^ He saw : , 5 teiwn . godow ; totie £ aW J ^ n » ght , bcfo » ., hMd etf ^ he ped- to bring the ^ body ^ next moSSiSr « ping dow » , te j : fetehat ,. he . y ^ Wi ^ mfe ; " > g over the . body , with ^ point oKh&itlasSfc * tnC D 0 dy « r . *?* - ; :, ;¦ .. ' -, . * „ -.,. „ , J , , .: " " [; ¦ *\"« ' . ! Thisclosed the case for-. the prosecution ! ¦ ' ¦'' . ^ ; ¦'
-. _ After some consultation / it was . arranged that Mr . j " Jervis should address the jury in the morning ; on the . ' / : opening of the Court . V - . - , ... ¦ '" '"" ¦' One ot the officers of the Court was then sworn to take charge of the jury till the morning , and the Court adjourned .
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DREADFUL SHIPWRECKS . EIGHTY LIVES LOST . The losses announced duringtholast weekhave been truly appalling , several American packet ships being among the number wrecked in crossing the Atlantic , with , the loss of all hands . The first on the list is thatof the Montreal , a fine new ship , 345 tons burthen , a trader between London and Quebec , which was lost during a snow storm ( in the night of the 14 th oflast month , on shore near Cape Chat , and not one belonging to her was left to tell the tale . The wreck , when discovered , was last breaking up , her masts were gone , and her hull had parted in two . On shore the bodies of the captain , wife , and child were found , the latter being clasped in its mother ' s arms . Four otlier bodies were afterwards discovered entangled in the wreck .
The noxt melancholy affair is that of another ' packet-ship , supposed to be the Saxon , bound to London , lost with all Lands . The ship , which has alarge amount of insurance on her at Lloyd ' s , was 367 tons . burthen , and left Boston , where she belonged , on the 13 thof last month , manned wich a crew of twenty . She was last seen on the 17 th , and her destruction is supposed to have occurred about the 19 th , on a reef of rocklcalled the Ledges , near Red Head , as her wreck was passed by the Stamboul , from Smyrna , on the 24 th , twenty-five miles N . N . W . of St . George ' s Shoal .
Another loss took place on a field of ice . The brig Laurel left Qucbee on the morning of the 29 th of December , with a cargo of 400 barrels of flour and twenty-eight of" butter . On amvl » ig off Cacona , on the banks of Newfoundland , she was met by a large field of ice , and every effort , to steer clear of it proved abortive . The ship becoming fixed in it , she was shortly driven ashore on Green Island , where she immediately became a wreck . The crew suffered severely for three days . The barque Universe , of Boston , was lost under similar circumstances—fortunately the crew were saved .
I lie ship ( Jambridge , from Liverpool , on the 23 rd of December saw a vessel in distress , which proved to be the Lord Lyneuoch , of London , in a sinking jtatf . They took off the crew , thirty-two in number , who were in a dreadful state ' . The vessel foundered shortJyaf ' terwards . The East India Company have received information of the total loss of one of the Company ' s war sloops , named the Cootc , commanded by Lieutenant J . S . Grieve . The disaster happened on the 3 rd of November last , on a reef of rocks opposite Calicut , the vessel at the time being on an expedition to the Malabar coast .
The brig Merlin , of Newcastle , was totally destroyed by fire on the 3 rd ult . She was laden witu wine aud fruit , and within twelve hours after leaving Oporto Bar she caught firo . The captain and crew were soon forced to take to the boat , and abandon the vessel . They were afterwards picknil up bj a foreign schooner , which conveyed them to Gibraltar . On the books are ajso reported the total loss of the ship City of Shiras ,. in the Miudora Sea , with forty persons drowned ; and also the wreck of the Gustave Edouard , a Frenchlndiaman , 650 tons burthen ; and another ; vesse } ,. name , not . exactly known—botiv'it ' tended . . withmel&ncholy ^ jresults . ''' ; ' *' ''' ' ; . ¦ ¦
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Accident at the Cur op London Tubatrs . —On Tiesday evening , during the performances of the American Samson ( Mr . Canfield ) an accident of a very serious nature occurred , the particulars of which are as follows : —It appears that Mr . Canfield has occasion to introduce a very heavy cannon weighing 6 cwt . ; the action of discharging this cannon caused one of the flaps to fly open , which not being perceived by the men who attended upon him , and who were taking the cannon off the stage , caused the death of one , and little hopes are entertained of the recovery of the other . The first man passed over the hole , but the second ( Thomas Britten ) fell through , the cannon falling on his head and smashing it in a most frightful manner . Another man , named Jones , also fell through , dislocating his collar bone and fracturiiiL' his skull .
Is < ivjest . —On Wednesday evening Mr . W . Payne held an inquest at St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , ou the body of Thomas Britton , aged 57 , who was killed at the City of Lond <* lilicatre on Tuesday , after the performance of Mr ; Canfield , the American Salmon , as above described . Mr . Canfield was examined , who said he did not witness the accident ; but thai on beiptj told of it , he saw the deceased in the cellar , and the cannon on him . There vraa about hall a pound of powder used for the charge , but he had sometimes used a pound without accident , lie had exhibited at many theatres , aed bucIi a thing never occurred before . Mr . S . ltemmant , surgeon , slated that the whole of one side of the skull was beaten in , aud there was a compound fracture ot the right arm : he was quite dead when brought in . Ihe jury consulted for some time , and returned a verdict ot Accidental Death . "
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THE ALLEGKU HOlUUliLE MURDFHS ON BOARD THE TORY . TRIAL OF CAPT . JOIINSTONE At the Central Criminal Court on Thursday last Captain George Johnstone , of the ship Tory who * case has excited such extraordinary interest w £ placed at the br . r before Mr . Justice Williams and Mr . Justice Cresswell , on an indictmen t charcin « him with the wilful murder of Thomas Reason " I here were other indictments , but the charge , in the iiret instance , was confined to the murder of Reason .
; i lie Attorney-General , Mr . Bodkin , and Mr V ^' xT " ? T ° , n the Proscc « tion ; Mr . Jervis , Q . C ., « aMr . iluddlestone , appeared for the defence ? L uf Jf " ^ l seemed iu a better state of lfS 'iw P r llC ap ?? befor 9 magistrate ^ tae . lhames Police-court , was accommodated with * c » a"VM seeped ( I . urine--thepi'oceedihgstb bay par icular attentidfl'to thfe ^ evidence , more > M cially where it seemed to _ gfagavristhimself . ^ . He is " notbyanymcansamanofun ^ i' ^''^ W ^^^ 9 *^ $ * e W&ser m detailedithe ^ actfwlHeji -have ^ lready / frequentlyapi peared in qu ^ co hmn ^ ah ^'^ er ^ proceeded to call tlie . following witnesses i—" ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ v ;' V ArihurLGilmore'Speiice ' examined'by'Mr ; 'Bodkin :
1 was on board the slnpr . Tbry on her voyage from Hon » Kong to England ;? ' She belonged to ' Liverpool , and I was apprentice oii board . The prisoner was captain of her , and the crew consisted , on an average , of twenty-seven . No unnleasaiifness arose on the outward voyage . We left Hong-Kong for England in May , 1815 . We had a man named Reason , an able seaman , who joined us at Singapore . The mates were William Henry Rambertand William Mars . The cargo was very valuable , consisting for the most part of tea . When we had passed the Cape , the wind was favourable , and we made fur St . Helena . The captain assigned a reason for passing the island , that his chronometer were wrong , and that he was therefore , out of his longitude . He asked the crew l they wore favourable to ; v run for Ascensionand
, ii Mil - »• viiiiuivii ) Ctllll they said they were . This might be a vun of six days . Ihe provisions were very low and the allowance of water was a quart . The usual allowance is from six pints to a gallon . I was laid up at the time , and did not hear much murmuring among the crew ; but they seemed to tluRk that the captain had some private reason for passing the island of Madeira . After missing the island of Ascension , the mates were called down into the cabin , aud , after a coRSiiltation , it was determined to proceed on the homeward voyage . I find by the logbook that this was on the 20 th September . The allowance of water was , after that , further diminished to a pint a day , and the bread to half a pound a day , till it was altogether consumed . This was very soon after the captain had
determined to m « kc for home . We fell in with a French barque at eight on the morning of the 23 rd . I remember the fact of Rambert ' s j umping overboard , although I did not myself see him do so . But from that day we went on pretty comfortably till we made the Island of Fayal , at five o ' clock on the 22 nd of October . The captain went ashore , and I accomcompanicd him . Reason , David Johnson , Henry Thompson , Slack , and the other apprentice , were of the boat ' s crew . The captain re turned on board the same day , and we returned also . At this time the harbour-master was on board , inchargeoftheship . The captain was in his senses , although he appeared to have been drinking slightly . He always appeared given more to drinking after ' the death of Rambert .
Un the day on which Reason died I was in the captain ' s cabin . It was late in the evening , nearly bedtime . The captain desired me to stop ia the cabin . A charge was brought .. against the deceased Reason by a m ; m named Morris . The deceased had said "that be would have law when he came to England , " or words to that effect . The captain then desired Reason to be sent for . He came down then . Barry Yelverton and William Dunn , the cook , were in the cabin , as well as a foreigner , Julian Covdiavello . The captain was move than half drunk . Ho had been taking brandy and water before . I did not remain in the cabin till Reasou ' s death . To the best of my knowledge the captain took hold of him and shook him on the sofa , where he desired him to sit .
Lie struck Mm over the side with the point of the bayonet . I can recollect that he spoke somo words to him first . I think he said you are ad — A mutineer , sir . Reason did not answer . I did not see the captain do anything more while I was there . There was a boy on board named Glover , and soon after I left he came and called me , I went down to the cabin again , and saw the captain and Dunn there . Reason was lying down alongside the sofa , and the cook informed me that he was dead . I disbelieved it , but afterwards found that he was dead The captain looked as if he were more in possession of . . his senses than before I left the cabin , and he appeared calm and unmoved . The body" was earned out and buried ; on the following inorniribr . I read
the burial service over him . I find an entry in'the log on the 24 th October , signed by the captain . I made that entry by the captain ' s desire . He told me that Reason had died iu a fit , and Dunn told me to also . I had a conversation with the captain before , and he desired me to say that he had died in a fit . I wrote the false entries because I knew the captain would put an end to any one ' s existence who refused to obey him . He said to me " that if I disobeyed him , I should not have long to live . " Julian Coniiavello , examined by Mr . Clerk-Joined the ship at Liverpool for the outward and
homo voyage , lie recollected the death of Reason some three days after tho ship left Fayal on her return , lie remembered his being in the cabin at about midnight , with others . When Reason came in the captain told him to sit down on the sofa ; he had thea a cutlass in his hand . He said , " then you want law—I'll give you English law , " and lie struck him on the forehead with tho cutlass . Ho then seized Reason by the collar , and shoved him from side to side . The captain then threw the cutlass on the Hoor , and called the boy Jeuning to bring the bayonet . He struck him twice with it , and the man died immediately . Mr . Justice Williams—Where did he strike him ?
Witness—On the breast , lie called Dunn , and the man was discovered to be dead . The body of Reason was thrown overboard . Barry YeWerton \ m next examined , and said he was an apprentice on board the Tory , and was in her on the voyage from Hong-Kong . The ' night on which they expected to make Ascension , he asked Reason if lie thought they would reach land before the next morning ? His answer was , he did not know ; but if they did so , he would put a blue shirt on the forearm , so that some man-of-war's-men would come on board and learn how the men had been treated on the voyage by Captain Johnstone . That was all that witness heard Reason say . Witness told this to the captain after tho Torv fell in with the
French barque , trom which tkey obtained provisions . About an hour after witness went on deck , and saw the capttiin and several other of the officers armed The men were all aft , and the captain was cutting at them . Among the men aft were Reason , Lee , and Cone , and these were the men the captain wa 3 cutting at then . They were in irons at tlie time at the break of tho poop . They were cut on the h « ad , and witness saw all the three bleeding . The same night the three were hauled into the tops , but before this they had an anchor shackle placed on the neck of each . They were hauled into the tops by ropes . Shortly alter tiiis Rarabert jumped overboard . He recollected the ship being off Fayal , and the captain going on shere to the British Consul ' s . Witness went with him , but remained on shore by the boat till the captain ' s return . The captain appeared to be rather intoxicated when he came back . About two days after he recollected Reason , who was fit te
now rsma , being sent for into the cabin . At this time the captain appeared to be very intoxicated . Moms was sent for a little before , and asked if he had heard of any plot against his ( the captain ' s ) life . Ho answcreuall that he had heard llcasou / Cone , and Lee say was , that on arriving in London they would have law tor him for what he had done to them . The captain , ou Reason coming into the cabin , said he would have his law now , and cut the latter several times on the head . Reasen was sent on deck after this , and again sent for about four hours after , and cut at in a singular manner . He also pitched him about with his hands . The captain also stabbed Reason in the left breast twice . About ten minutes after , Reason died . The dead body was afterwards placed at the foot of the cabin , when the captain thrust the cutlass into it at the shoulder , saying he would serve the wholo of them in the same way . The wituess was cross-examined at some length , but nothing was elicited that materially affected his evidenco
iu duct , David Johnson called and examined—Said he was a seaman on board the Tory . He joined the ship at Hong-Hong . ^ He remembered the death of Reason . On the evening before Reason died tho deceased came to witness ' s berth , and said that the captain had called him . lie saw a cut across his forehead , and the blood was upon it . Reason was called by Julian , and went away . After that witness never saw Reason alive , but next day he saw the dead body about eiglit o ' clork , when he saw four of the ship ' s company carrying it along the deck . Witness » aw the body bare , and noticed several stabs . Franklin Tuekcr was next examined , and deposed aa to Reason . The last timt lie 8 aw him alive was
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•¦' • ¦ ¦ ¦ :. m- . v , -: ^ , .,,. ^ . ... — : EXPLOSION-TWO LIVES LOST . ^ On Friday afternoon ; afew minutts before two o ' clock , an accident of a frightful nature took place at the hous « , No . li , King-streat , Lambeth-walk , by which two fine young men were instantly deprived of life , and four other persons so tevevdy injured , that the lives of three of them are in the greatest possible danger . It appears that William Kenyon , aged nineteen yoars , had bsen iu the employment of Mr . Darby , the firework-maker in Regentstreet , Lambeth , and tiiat his master , not having sufficient space on his preniiass to pwform his work , had allowed him to take about two cwt . of composition home with Mm to manufacture into " stars . " The house , No . 14 , King-street , Lambeth-walk , ia occupied by the father mid mother of Kenyon , who carry on tu « laundry business , and the place selected by him to manufacture the
" stars was a small back cellar , the ceiling of which was very low , and in this place he kept a strong fire fer the purpose of dryiug his work as he finished it . Several youths of his acquaintance were in the habit of calling to see him at his work , aud at the time of tliefatal occurcnce there were three young men there , named Holmes , Smith , and Shear . Of these the two latter were frightfully injured , and the oth « r , Holmes , shared the melancholy fate of poor Kenyon . At a few minutes before two o ' clock , ths mother of Kenyon proceeded from the front parlour to the top of the kitchen stairs to call her sou to his dinner , and on looking down the stairs she observed a dense smoke and a peculiarly coloured flame issuing from within . She endeavoured to give an alarm , but the vapuur ascending was so strongly impregnated with sulphur , as , for a few moments , nearly to deprive
her of life , and prevented her calling out . An alarm was , however , soon given , and in a few minutes Police-constnble Thomas Messer , 39 L , was on the spot . It was then found that tlie cellar was on fire , aud tlie sulphuric vapour was still 90 strong , that there was considerable danger in approaching the place . At length the fiaius were sufficiently subdued to enable tlie persons to enter , when a frightful spectacle presented itself . Kenyon and Holmes luy close together , with their clothes , with the exception of a few shreds , burnt off , and their flesh grilling , and in many parts tlie skin loosened from tha flesh in large patches . Smith and Shear were in nether part of the cellar , fortunatuly removed from
where the great body of flume was , groaning with agony , and tererely scorched and injured . They were removed without loss of time to Guj ' s Hospital , where they still ramain in a T « ry precarious state . A young woman , nara « d Sarah Hales , in the service of Mrs . Kenyon , was in the cellar vhea the fire took place , with a child , aearly two yoari of age , in nor arms . The instant she saw the composition ignite , she , with great presence of mind , r \ i » h » 4 omt of the door , but before she could do so , the flame caught her arms and face , and seriously injurtd the former . The child was also much scorched bout the face and arms ; and both were sent to Lambeth Workhouse , where they were promptly attended by Mr . Duke , the parish surgeon .
To The People Of England, Upon The Subject Of Tue Land.
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 7, 1846, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1353/page/1/
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