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    • ;0 TI?0 THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND, UPON THE SUBJECT OF THE LAND;
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      ;0 Ti?0 The People Of England, Upon The Subject Of The Land;

      _; 0 TI _? 0 THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND , UPON THE SUBJECT OF THE LAND ;

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      Mr 1 Mr FgESK _ --. I . writethis letter . npon Wednesday _ e -tlhe 4 th of Februaiy , the day upon which I enter into iv' fonv' fourteenth year of acquaintance-ship with you ; end , Imd , _however the indolent and careless may revile ae fone for . my . vanity , or mock me for my ambition , I lave iave the yaxaty to suppose that , if necessary , I could _?) ov _§ o over my past thirteen years' service with becoming leligflelight ; while my ambition tells me that in that long

      periuperiod 1 have daily strengthened that confidence ( _vhiclwhich the working classes , from a knowledge of my ParliParliamentary services , were ia the outset ready to cepoarepose in me . I shall not , however , travel over the beat-beaten ground of what lias been done , but I shall at onceonee bring your minds to bear upon the position that we uvre now occupy , to accomplish the most advantageous of nof my several projects , with the single exception of the the one great and glorious one , the People ' s Charter —I —I mean the possession of the land .

      A Amid the most fiery agitation for the Chirter , I hat have said , over and over again—Lock up the land toa _ j d _ _& and I would not give you thanks for ths Charter fan faKaorrow . In my first speeches , in 1835 , 1 pointed oat oat how- yen wight in a very short time possess _yourseh selves of the national debt , or of the land of the cot country while it took a long period to prepare your mi minds f » r knowledge of a subject upon which all had an an interest in _keepinj yoa ignorant . You confided in in me , until at length we have established an associatic tion which promises to its members as much social _«» : eomfort as they ean achieve or expect without the po possession of political rights ; and , therefore , I select

      th the land as the subject of my present letter . Since yc yoa decided that the rules should be enrolled , your eti directors have met almost daily to accomplish your w wish ; bat finding , as the law stands , that there will bf be some difficulties thrown in the way of making out ti title , and as Mr . Roberts hag proposed a plan which v fvonld give you not only social benefits , but also the a advantage of political power , wehave , and I think y you will - say wisely , refrained from diminishing any 0 of those powers which are absolutely necessary for t the completion of onr object . As the rule , are _en-1 tolled in the first instance so they must stand , and l we have-preferred doing the work firmly and sub-! slant-ally , 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 iE 5 , 000 worth of land , the moment that such a thing advantageously presents itself . Yon will see bythe balance sheet of my accounts , which I publish this week , that there is now in hand about £ 4 , 300 , which does not include tbis week ' s receipts , and , therefore , we have within £ 500 of the prescribed amount— £ 5 , 000 . This _ . _ , 300 includes the Expense Fund , which , as treasurer , I have thought it my duty to amalgamate with the Land Fund , iu order that we

      may the more speedily be able to go to woik ; and I think that fund will be more legitimately aud profitably expended than if it was allowed to remain in my dc ~ k . I promised you that before the month of May expired , I would see one hundred freemen _lodged in their own castles ; I sow repeat that promise : and I might add twenty-five to the origi sal number , inasmuch as it is our intention to purchase five thousand pounds' worth of land , and to make a contract for building the necessary cottages , to be paid for out of the weekly receipt-, or ont of funds which 1 can borrow .

      However , I am resolved that no exertion of mine shall be wanting to make the experiment as speedily and as complete as possible . I am now speaking the desire , the nnanimous desire of my brother directors . We propose that , in the _fir-fSiistaace , if Mr . Roberts' 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 83 _ tgn the estate to the trustee- and directors for the benefit of the society . The directors , with thc consent of the shareholder ? , can select that individual ,

      but it shaU not ? . Feargus O'Connor . 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 I find that tbe exact cost of each lease would be 10 s , I stated that It wonld be two guineas , but I was unmindful of the fact of co-operation . It would take two guines-, and more , to get one lease , bat for a hundred _leases we ean have a printed form , which saves all the expense , except ten shilliugs stamp duty ; 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 .

      How , 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 , dw worth of land will be purchased as soon as the directors hear ot a suitable bargain in a suitable situation ; indeed , we have already been in treaty for about 2-i > acres of prime land . We have to request , therefore , that all secretaries transmitting money , will also transmit , from tbe 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 bs more favourable to our objeet than those which Sir Robert Peel ' s new measures present ; aad 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 bnt 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 fatisfied without political power to protect it . You will tmdei-taud , then , what we mean—we mean , that as the rules in their present form might throw some -obstacles In the way of making out title is 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 , becaose it proposes to confer the vote upon the occupant ; bat we likewise propose

      that any delay consequent upon our desire to make the first step firm , shall not for a single day postpone our practical operations ; and that the extra cost upon this earlier development will amount to 50 for leases . The sameexpense will not be incurred in any subsequent location ; but the fact is , that as spring approaches , we think tbat a month , or even ] a fortnight of the mornings of spring , is worth more than three times £ 30 . 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 15 th of March is incalculable I We are determined to take advantage

      of the early season for building and for early crops ; indeed , although we do not thrust ourselves Tery _projninentl ? hefore tou , weiaTenot been idle , inasmuch as w __ hava been l-ohing _&»* beneficial contracts for the supply of every kind of seed which will BE ENGAGED , and no produce no pay . And here I may tell you that upon that subject , as the landowners have been the law makers , they have protected their interests well ; because if a seedsman supplies seeds whicli fail , he is liable to the payment not only of the seed , but of the Tatae that the crop -would have been 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 you of the reason , although no man would ask for it The reason then was , that , according to the rules , the deposits were to be lodged in presence of one ef the Trustee-, and I held the funds until the _en-_ - _ _-a _ ttt _* -k _\ _MW __»* tab \ bb- &* __^^ but as _thendesare notyetenrolled _, I then thought it my duty

      to lodge the funds as of old . I don ' t know that I b & Te _anj thing to add _fin-fiier , than that I see my way more clearly before me than I did , as to the rapidity with which we can go on after tbe first location . It ' s very bard to argue against the theory of such muddlc-paied fellows as Carpenter , James Hill , and O'Brien ; but it did appear to me a piece of wanton folly , if not knavish ignorance upon their part , to attempt to convince the working dawes , that what other men did with land , WE COULD

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      DO WITH IT ! Sow , did you ever hear cr read of such fools ? However , people ignorant as themselves will read , and become mystified , and the only answer to those scribblers _is-PKACTICAL 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 _ballotjwiU take plaee from amongst the members who have paid np in full , and then section No . 2 will commence . Now , one thing 1 must keep before von . This association could not have been NOT fit , wit-it iii . _v _ _.- _ _. .

      considered in existence before the middle of July—£ 100 had scarcely been received 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 members . Notv then , ia this , oris it not , a disappointment of a new description—the disappointment of commencing operations at least twelve months before the most sanguine had anticipated ; while the fund is not only undiminished by a single fraction , but there is a large amount—more , I think , than two-thirds of the Expense Fund , of WHICH I AM THE TREASURER—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 purposes , 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 upon 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 ray servitude , as 1 was in the beginning , and will be to the end ,

      Your faithful , true , and fondest friend , _Feakovs _O'Coxsob _Fftbraaty 4 , 18 . 6 .

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      France. Another Week Of Humbug Has Passe...

      FRANCE . Another week of humbug has passed inthe French Chamber-. The deputies continue their prosy harangues on all subjects , save and except tbe one important subject , the welfare of the French people . First , we have a battle-royal between tho two rival artful dodgers , Thiers and Guizot , on the question of tbe 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 tbe 7 th of Deceinber last , had been done with a vicvr 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 minister- 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 was preferable to one with England . So that this Legitimist speeehmaker is as much infected with the absurd Anglophobia as some other fools we could name . On a division , M . 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 , and also rejected by amajority of sixty-eight . When the _discussion on the address will terminate bo one has the least idea . Really , the French nation is made to appear supremely ridiculous by these contemptible discussions . Louis Philippe has _goae 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 bis hopeful " sons and grandsons . " The Parisian _gore-and-glory-mongers are somewhat appeased by the recent butchery in the Parana . The _National says , "Our seamen covered themselves witb glory . May the fresh blood which has

      been shed on the bank- of the Plata efface some of the stains inflicted by the cowardly policy of our government . " Nothing like blood ibr effacing stains ! We wish the scribe in the National had his bellyful of " glory . " The expedition against Madagascar is being urged with the most extraordinary activity . We read that " the Neptune , of the line , Captain Penaud , is not oniy to carry ont an immense quantity of gunpowder , but to take 500 , 000 cartridges and 30 cases of Congreve rockets . " So that soon Franee 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 tbey 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 Prcsxe , say * , that though the avowed object of the reduction of duties on cotton , woollen , aud 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 , aud position , before considering itself bound to a reciprocity which for most ef them would be perfectly illusory . " The Journal des Debats 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 _perfectlj spontaneous on the part of England , and without any bargain or promise of any kind on the partoi France .

      SPAIN . The ministry and a great number of their supporters are at loggerheads respecting the alleged intended marriage of the Queen to that imbecile tool of tbe 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 witiiout their _lollypop-sucking Queen ? The Clamor Publico has been seized for merely appearing with a black border on tbe anniversary of Zurbano ' s death . Contrary to the general expectation of the

      inhabitants of G irons , only one of ttie prisoners con- ' demned to death on the 24 th was shot outside tbat town on tbe 27 th ult . The remainder bad their punishment commuted to banishment for different terms of years to the presidiet . Letters from _Barcelona , of the 28 th ult ., announce tbe sudden return to tbat capital ofthe Captain-General from Girona , bis presence being deemed necessary , in consequence of the alarming appearance of affairs . It is added , thatthe inhabitants ofthe town of Reus bad refused to pay the new contributions , and that troops had been seut there fron Tarragoua .

      GERMANY . GREAT _ritOGBESS OF COMMUMSJi — PERSECUTION __ N » AGITATION . As * ffe anticipated last week , 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 canuot go on long 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 13 not as yet , wc have authentic intelligence of a movement in _Gallicia ( under the tyranny of Austria ) . Vienna letters , of the 21 st ult ., announce that great agitation exists in that country . Tbe correspondent of the Times says : — " Communisme is propagated with great industry and to an alarming extent in that province . The authorities , 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 forteU . ' ' In this last sentence , the evidently frightened correspondent is out in his reckoning . It docs not need the power of prophecy for any rational mail to be able to predict that the " end" will be a struggle of the "have-n-t' s" against the "haveallV in which something more than " throne and altar" will be overturned . The first French Revolution was but a joke compared with that revolution which is now maturing throughout Germany . The state ofthe German manufacturing population is 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

      France. Another Week Of Humbug Has Passe...

      parts of Rhenish Prussia , the average would not be so high . In Silesia , the chief sent of the linen manufacture , the workmen are much worse off . Hence the movement of the masses now goin » on for with the elements ofeducation , they cannot fail toperceive the wide . gulf betwixt their gains and those of their employers . Hence the success of Communist doctrines throughout Germany . The ' . have-not ' s " are determined to have something , and they will _^ VKa _^ _Propped marriage between the son of the Archduke Stephen and the Grand Duchess Olga , daughter ol the Emperor Nicholas , js at an eml one of the principal considerations that induced Austria to break off the match was its utter unpopularity in Hungary . Criminal proceedines . it is said . . ___ _. _ . .-l . » _ _. .. __ _

      nave _oeen commenced against John Ronge , on account of a pamphlet he _pablished some time ago ; but if , as is probable ( for he is wise in his generation ) , the work wa « printed ont of Silesia , he may laugh in ftccumy at the efforts ofthe government . Ronge has proposed , at a meeting of the members of the new church that he has founded , that in future the persons who profess hia creed shall call themselves Members of the Universal Christian Church , and not German or Christian Catholics , as hitherto _, lhe censorship in Germany is as ridiculous as itis tyrannical ; we read in a contemporary that a book was licensed lately which was published a hundred and bfty years ago . The same paper states that " In _Irussia , theworksofhergreatFrederickareforbidden , as being too liberal ! The papers contain a storv ofa journal which was forbidden by the censor , because it contained , among a list of arrivals at an hotel

      , the same of a certain _Pitcbpatcli , which the censor took lor 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 . Pitchpatch sojourns in Germany , rejoicing in his oophoritis name ! " The late riots in the eastern provinces of _Prus-ia were accompanied by a circumstance that threw terror into the heart of Berlin . It was found out by the inquiry that a great number of soldiers and officers of tne army are initiated in he riotous conspiracies of these provinces . Repressive measures are employed against this danger ; new ordeis are piven , prohibiting under grievous penalties the soldiers and officers to exhibit thc least interest in the political and religious questions agitated among the people .

      SWITZERLAND . We learn from Berne , Jan . 2 oth , 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 , tliere was nothing made public but tbe act of accusation , and the pleadings on both sides . Muller was condemned to be executed . He has appealed against the decision of the Court . Letters from Berne of the 26 ' th state , that almost tbe totality oi 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 thc country , and insure the return of tranquillity , and thin opinion is gaining

      ground in the 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 secrecy as 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 , ofthe 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 hiut to commit the murder of M . Leu . CoMiibXisu is making rapid strides in the Canton of Zurich , and the _government is consequently in great alarm .

      POLAND . In addition to the wholesale arrests of tha Communists in Gallicia , formerly a part of Poland , though now under the iron yoke ot Austria , important news has been received from what is called " Prussia Poland , " also apart of Poland , The persons compromised in tbe Polish plot had been transferred to Grandetitz , and tbe authorities imagined that they had thus prevented every explosion of violence and discontent . This hope bas been disappointed ; on the night ofthe 18 th ult . an attempt was made to gain possession of one ofthe Gates of Grandentz , and to deliver the prisoners by force ; it is said that this attempt proved a failure . Throughout mist of Poland famine prevails , and the country is in a deplorable state .

      ITALY . Letters from Italy , under date 22 nd instant , announce the death of the Duke of Modena . He died on the evening of the 21 st , after an illness of seven days , aged sixty-seven years . His son is to succeed him under the name of Francis the Fifth . Letters from Leghorn of tbe 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 iired 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 young men singing patriotic song- * , fired upon them , and killed two .-md wounded some others . A letter _freni Rom- _numtions a report tbat Ueszi , one of the chiefs of the late attempt at insurrection in the Roman states , has been delivered up to thc Papal Government by that of Tuscany .

      ' UNITED STATES . THE OREGON QUESTION . Two packet-skips 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 Ilouse of Representatives , in committee of the whole , whether notice sh & ll bc 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 _pn-gress , anil its termination a thing quite indefinite . In the meantime the

      negotiations between Mr . Pakenham and the American Minister had not been renewed , and the question therefore remains in statu quo . In the Senate , Mr . Benton's bill for raising mounted riflemen , and buildingforts on the route to Oregon , has been read and passed . The ship 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 10 th of February . On the 12 th ult ., Mr . Fairfield , from the Committee of Naval Affairs , reported a bill appropriating thc sum of 11 , 190 , 000 dols . for lhe addition to thc United States navy . On a motion that the notice to terminate the joint occupancy of the Oregon be made

      the special order for the 27 th of January , Mr . Calhoun and other senators urged further delay ; and tbe question having been put to the vote , the order was delayed to Tuesday , the 10 . h of February . On the same day , thc Senate made an important decision . Mr . Allen asked leave to introduce a resolution , declaring that Congress would adhere to and be governed by the policy which Mr . Munro had _suggested in reference to foreign governments inteilenng with the political concerns of the people of this continent . Mr . Allen said , that President Polk had recently , iu his message , assumed the same ground ; and tla . tt he considered it thc duty of Congress , by resolution , to sustain tbe Executive . —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 tbat he should consider the vote now to be taken as final on thc resolution . The vote was then _tnken 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 ship St . Mary ' s , at _Penwusola , from Vera Cruz . By this arrival it was stated that Mr .

      Sudell , United State-minister _atiYcxico , had either been _iniultcd , or not officially received by the authorities—that a revolution was on thc eve of explosion , one principle of which was to be war with the United States . From Texas news had been received that a body of United States troop- 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 sueh a state of thingwould undoubtedly embarrass the Oregon question , as well as any movement for the purchase of California .

      India And China-Most Important News. A M...

      INDIA AND CHINA-MOST IMPORTANT NEWS . A MREE DATS' BATTLE—GKEA . T _SLAAjeilTER ! The gore-and-glory-mongers have no w the certainty of gratifying their favourite taste . The great question of British interference with the affairs ol the Punjab has been decided by the irruption of the

      India And China-Most Important News. A M...

      Siks into the 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 FeTOzepore . Here they were kept in check for some days while the British army was concentrating , the Governor-General being still at -omCtJistanee on his march from Umballah . Onthe 21 st a battle , or rather a series of actions , began at _Ferozepore , whioh had lasted threedays , day and night , when the despatches left , and was not vet concluded . __ . . _ _.. ....

      Ihe _-covernor-General led the centre , tlie _Commander-in-Chiet the right , and Sir John Littler the left . Ihe slaughter was very great . Tbe Sikh , had lost _suty-hvegunB , and _theBritisfe were occupying tb » Sikh camp . The centre and right , it is added , held then * ground well . The left was hard pressed . ' . The despatch which brought this most important ; though imperfect information , left _Vmbalhh ontbe _20 tb _,-3 nd arrived at Bombay on the 3 rd ult ., just in time for the recall ofthe steamer , wliich had sailed that morning after a long _delav .

      . -NOTHIR ACCOUNT . The news is , that the battle took place at ; Feroze pore ; the Governor-General led the centre , the Commander-in-Chief the right , and Sir John Littler theleft . The centre and right held their ground well ; the left was hard pressed . The troops had stormed one position , and-. were preparing to attack the other , when the despatch left . The slaughter was . reiy great . IROU ME " BOMBAY TIMES , " SXTBA .

      Saturday , 12 a . m ., Jan . 3 . —A despatch arrived this morning from the Governor-Goneral from Ferozepore , which , mentions that a battle liad taken place at that place . Our forces had stormed . one ofthe enemy ' s positions , and were preparing to storm the other when the despatch left . Sir II . Hardinge led the centre , Sir II . Gough the right , and Sir John Littler the left . The slaughter was very great . Further particulars have not yet reached us .

      Meetings Jn Behalf Of The Chartist Exile...

      MEETINGS JN BEHALF OF THE CHARTIST EXILES . PUMOUTH . 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 EUis . The Toom , though large , was erowded . Mr . Moses Simmons , plasterer , was called to the chair , who opened the proceedings by reading the placard announcing the meeting . He then called on Mr . Robertson , who in an able manner laid die case of Frost , Williams , and Jones before the _meeting . He demanded Ellis ' s restoration as a right , the man being innocent . He moved the adoption oi the petition . Mr . V . J . O'Brien , in seconding . the

      motion , entered into the sufferings of those truly brave men and their afllicted families , demanding the sympathy of the inhabitants of the borough irrespective of politics . On the chairman putting the resolution it was cirried 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 this borough be requested to support the prayer thereof . Curried without a dissentient . It was resolved that Messrs . Robertson , Simmons , and O'Brien be instructed to correspond with tbe M . P . 's of tbis town on the subject . A vote of thanks was tendered to thc chairman for his service * on the occasion .

      _HBTWOOD . A meeting took place on the 26 th ult . for the purpose of aiding thc restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones . At eight o'clock Mr . .. William Bell wns unanimously called to the chair . He explained tin whole case briefly but plainly and satisfactorily . Mr James Everson moved the resolution , seconded by Mr . Robert Brown , who said he considered it overy 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 wns put and carried unanimously . Mr . Wm . Bingham then moved the petition to Parliament , seconded by Mr . James Scott , _wlto read John Frost ' s letter , and said as hc was deficient in oratory he would make up by acting , and strive his utmost ( as if hisindividual exertion was only needed to restore the exiled patriots ) towards getting the petition sheets well filled . Mr . Hirst , of Oldham , supported the petition . Thisaddress was eloquent and _soubstirring , and received a good round of applause . John Buckley moved that the petition be presented by Sharman Crawford ; seconded by Amos Smith , and carried unanimously .

      Brighton . — -Suamm _* - * _. _Cohduct or tub _llion Con-STinLK!—As soon as it was resolved to make an effort for the restoration of Fro » t , 'Williams , and Jones , the Chartists ofthis town set to work in right earnest to get up a public town meeting for that purpose . They drew up a requisition , and _having obtained 169 signatures from the rate-payers and inhabitants ( a great many of whom were influential persons ) , they presented the same to the high constable , Mr . Williams , ironmonger . He desired the deputation to leave it and _ca'l again ; they did so for two or three days , when they called for an answer , fully

      expecting that be 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 ofthe commissioners ( who treated them very courteously ) , hut 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 ' . "

      8 TA--YnniD 0 E . A spirited public meeting was held on tho 27 th of January , in behalf of the Welsh exiles , in the People ' s School-room , Brierley-street : that sterling democrat , Mr . J . _Crossley , was called to the chnir . The chairman opened the business of the evening by reading thc requisition , and 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

      judgment , moved the first resolution , which wm ably seconded by Mr . C . Fit-patrick , and earned unanimously . Mr . 11 . Wild , in a lengthy and able address , proposed the next resolution . Mr . _' alias , in a manly and feeling speech , seconded thc resolution , which was carried unanimously . The petition and memorial were carried without a _dissentisnt 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 £ 1 , had been announced , the meeting broke up .

      BARNSI . Er . A public meeting was held on Worsborougb Common , on Monday , thc 2 nd inst ., at two o ' clock p . m ., in Mr . Ilampson ' _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 bvave _^ and generous men , accompanied by fervent hopes that this simultaneous and national movement now commenced would have the happy effect of restoring these illustriousniartyrs at no distant period . The petition and memorials were unanimously passed . It was further agreed that the petition be entrusted to Mr . Duncombe for presentation , and that the two West Riding members , and Mr . Christie , the member for Weymouth , be requested to support its prayer .

      M 0 XM 0 UT 1 I . A deputation waited on tbe honourable M . P . fov this borough ( R . 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 , Williams , and Jones .

      _MEBTHVn _TVOVIL . A public meeting whs held on Tuesday last , Jan . 27 th , at the Star Inn , to petition Parliament for the _ns ' oration of John Frost , _Zcphaniaii Williams , and William Jones . Mr .-Matthew John was called to the chair . Mr . George Morgan then moved , and Mr . W . Gould seconded thc first resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mr . John Owen proposed a petition , wliich was seconded by Mr . Ilenry Thomas , and ably supported by Mr . D . Ellis . Sir J . J . Guest will be requested to present the petition .

      _CONOL-TOH . k public meeting was held on Friday , the 30 th uli . v in the _Zion School-room , for the purpose ol petitioning Parliament to grant a free pardon to Frost , Williams , and Jones . A separate petition was also adopted , praying for the liberation of William Ellis . Liverpool , —A public meeting will take place at the Concert Hall , Lord Nelson-street , on Thursday next , February 12 th , for the purpose of petitioning Parliament to memorialise her Majesty for the restoration of Frost , Williams , Jones , aud James Ellis . Chair tt be taken at half-past . oven . ' clock .

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      VOL . X . NO . 430 . LONDON , SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 7 , 1846 __ _, , fc _>* K" «> _i 1 _^_» K » c- .. 1-- ' yiv < ' _»*¦»'"•«** and _Sixpence per _Q-inrter i oi .- ¦¦ ¦ " ¦ ' _.-... . ' ' _ """ " '

      The Alleged Horrible Murders On Board Th...

      THE ALLEGED horrible MURDERS ON BOARD THE TORY . TRIAL OF _-AT-tTjoOstonE Afc the Central Criminal Court on Thursday last , Captain George Johnstone , of the ship Tory whose case has excited such extraordinary interest was nlaced at the bar belore Mr . Justice Williams ' and Mr . Justice Cresswell , on an indictment charcinB ' him with the wilfn > murder of Tbomas Reason There were other _iniSictments , but the cliarge , in the first instance , wast confined to the murder of _Reanon .

      The _Aitomey-GenermP , Mr . Bodkin , and Mr . Clerk , were for the prosecution ; Mr . _Jevvis , Q . C ., and Mr . Huddlestone _,-apptared for the defence . The _prisoroer , who seeraed in a better state of health than whan he appeared before the magistrate at the Thames Police-court , wis accommodated with a chair , and seemed during the proceedings to pay particular attention to the- _evidence ; more especially where it seemed to go against himself . ' He is not by any meansa man of _unprepMsessingappearance . The : Attorney-General rose to state the ease . He detailed the facts whieh have already frequently appeared in our columns , and after a brief comment proceeded to call the following witnesses : — Arthur Gilmore Spence examined by Mr . _Ewlkm

      I was on board the ship Tory on _hsr voyage from Hoh < j Kong to England . ' She belonged to- _Liverpool , and I waa apprentice o » board . The prisoner waa eaptain of her , andthe crew consisted , on _aniaverage , of twenty-seven . No unpleasantness arose- on the outward voyage , We left Hong-Kong for England in May , 18-5 . We had a man named Reason ; an able seaman , who joined us at Singapore . The mates were William Henry Rambert and William _Maa _., The cargo was very valuable , consisting for the most part of tea . . When we had passed the Cape , the wind wa » favourable , and we made for St . Helena . The eaptain assigned a reason for passing the island , 4 h . it his chronometer were wrong , and that he _wa-v therefore , out ofhis longitude . He asked the erew

      if they were favourable to a ran for Ascension , and they said tliey were . This might be a run of ' six days . The provisions were very low and the allowance of water was a quart . The usual allowance is f ' _roni six pints to a gallon . I was laid up at tbe time , and did not hear much murmuring among the crew ; but they seemed to think that the captain liad some private reason for passing the island of Madeira . After missing the island of Ascension , tho mates were called down into the cabin , aud , after a cossultation _, it was dctormincd to proceed on tho homeward voynge . 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 , nnd tlic bread to half a pound a day , till it was altogether

      consumed . This was very soon after the captain had determined to make for home . Wo fell in witb a French barque at eight on tlio morning of the 23 rd . 1 remember tlie fact of Rambcrt ' g jumping overboard , although I did not myself see him do so . But from that day we went on pretty comfortably till we made tlie Island of F » y _ l , at five o ' clock on the _S . lld of October . The captain went ashore , and I accomcompanied him . Reason , David Johnson , Ilenry Thompson , Slack , and the otlier apprentice , wcie of tbe boat ' s crew . The captain re turned on board the same d « y , and we returned also . At tliis time tlie harbour-master wag on board , in chargeof ' tlieship . The captain was in his senses , although he appeared to have been drinkins slichtlv . He always appeared

      ( liven more to drinkins after ' the death of Rambert . On the day on which Reason died I was in the captain ' s cabin . It was late in tlie _evening , nearly bedtime . The captain desired mc to stop ia the cabin . A charge was _brought against the deceased _Rcaicn by a man named Morris . The _deewfc-ed had said " tliat he would have law when he came to _Ei-gland , " ov 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 iu tlie cabin , as well as a foreigner , Julian Cordiavello . The captain was more than half drunk , lie had been taking brandy and water belore . I did not remain in the cabin till Reason ' 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 . He struck him over the side with the point of the bayonet . I can recollect that he spoke some words tu him first . I think he said you are ad — d mutineer , sir . Reason did not answer . I _« _Jid not sec 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 te thc cabin agnin , and saw the captain and Dunn there . Reason was lying down alongside lhe sofa , and the cook informed nie that he was dead . I dijlielieved it , but afterwards found that he was d-iul The captain looked as if he were more in possession of his senses thnti before I left the cabin , and he appealed calm and unmoved . The body was carried

      out and buried on the following morning . 1 road the burial service over hiin . 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 in a fit , and Dunn told me _> o also . I had a conversation with the captain liefore , and hc desired me to say that he hud 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 ine " that if I disobeyed hini ,. I should not have long to live . " Julian CordinYcllo , examined b . v Mr . Clerk-Joined the ship at Liverpool for the outward anil

      home voyage . He recollected the death of Reason some three days after the ship left Fayal on her return . He 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 ; be had then a cutlass in his hand . He . « . iid , " then you want law—I'll give you English law , " and he struck him on thc forehead with the cutlass , lie then _soized _Rtnson by the collar , and shoved him from side to side . The captain then threw the cutlass on the Hoor , and called thc boy Jenning to bring the bayonet , lie struck him twice with it , aud thc man died immediately . Mr . Justice Williams—Where did he strike him 1

      Witness—On tlio breast , lie called Dunn , and the man was discovered to lie dead . Tho body ol Reason was thrown overboard . Barry Yelverton was next examined , and said he was an apprentice on board the Tory , and was in lier on the voyage from Hong-Kong . The night on which they expected to make Ascension , hc asketl Reason if he thought they would reach land before the next morning ? His answer was , he did not know ; but if tliey did so , he would put a blue shirt on the forearm , so tliat some man-: it ' -wiir ' 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 tin ' s to the captain after the Tory fell in with

      tin-French barque , from which tliey obtained provision-: About an hour after witness went on deck , and saw the captain and several other of thc officers armed The men were all aft , and thc captain was cutting at them . Among the men aft were Reason , Lee , aud Cone , and these ware the men tlic ' _cajit _* . _ iu wa * cutting at then . They were in irons at the time at the break of the poop . They were cut on the head , nnd witness saw all tho three " bleeding . The same nij ; ht , 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 tlie tops by ropes . Shortly alter this Rambert jumped overboard . He recollected the ship being off Fayal , nnd the captain going on shore to the British ' Consul ' s . Witness went with . him , but ' remained on shore by the boat till the captain ' s return . Tlio captain appeared to be rather intoxicated when he eame bach . About two days after he recollected Reason , who was now first mate , _lieing sent for into the cabin . At

      this time the captain appeared to bc very intoxicated . Morris was sent for a little before , and asked if he had heard of any plot against hii ( the captain ' s ) life , lie answeredall that ho had heard Reason , 'C . ne , and Lee _ssvy was , that on arriving in London tbey would have law for liim for what hc liad done to them . Tlie captain , on Reason coming into tlie cabin , said he would have his law now , and cut tlic latter several times on the head . Reason was sent on deck after this , and again sent for about four hours alter , 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 , llea & on died . The dead body was afterward * - placed at the foot ofthe cabin , when thc captain thrust the cutlass into it at the shoulder , saying lie would serve the wholo of them in the same way . The witness was cross-examined at sonic length , but nothing was elicited that materially affected his _. _vi-cnca

      iu chief . David Johnson called and examined—Said he was a seaman on board thc Tory . He joined the ship nt llong-llong . _'_ He remembered the deatli of Reason . On the evening before Reason died the deceased eame to witness ' s berth , aud ' said that the captain hail called hiin . He saw a cut across _hw 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 __ ody about eight o _' clo _.-k _, when he saw t ' ottr of the ship ' s company carrying it along the deck . Witness saw the body bare , and noticed several stabs . Franklin Tucker was next examined , and _dejro cd as to Reason . The last time he saw liim _iilive _wta

      The Alleged Horrible Murders On Board Th...

      on the morning of tlte day of his death he was going down into the cabin , and ho had several cut ** - " . ' "n u , s head . The next time hc saw hiinwas . _ahouC woi hours _^ after , ' when . ie saw him brought up cm uecK dead . Witness afterward .- exaroimd the Lody , nnu it was much cut on the head and body , apparent-. 'J with a cutlass . „ £ - _*?«" . * cook of tho ship , was next exa _. Kb i d l _^ tlle main features of the _Ku _H _. _S'w . The witness corroborated the _% _7 ate _£± p , CCCdi 1 _^ _»¦*«¦« _»!»*• _to

      _nalfnn _, Tf ' _** ? _^ _i' _" - fol [ _owcd » the examination , and deposed as to tho cutting and stabbing of I Reason on the night in question . His evidence was . mainly in confirmation of that of Yelverton and J . tban . . Henry Slack was next called , who _brii-flv deposed to having heard Reason called into thu cabin by the captain on the evening before his death . Henry James Stephen , a _boyfihe son of tke female _passeng-etr 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 * Re . v * _. H strucS ., but _savvjiim after liis death . He Imd t" _^ _W- _* 6 nnds . on his _bresRt . Janics -midair , the eajpenter , was called , but counsel ior thC - rowi ? -. dining to put any question to him , Mr . Jervis ex * m * iined him- at some length . His

      evidence , which it * ' substance was the same as tliat given before the _iMagistraie ; . waa tothe effect—that the men were very -.. _ sconte * ted . and _feadtlneatenedi among themselTes wdo some bodiljy harm to the captain , and that _Rsswon _ania-mon named Cnrtei _* were goim ? to fake t _^ _eship to America , Peter _Corteis _wasasilled , aid denied * that he had ever threatened the _captain ' s life ; . _or heart ! - th * crew say that they would _talw . the slii _ftjin America- a * ha < t been alleged . He saw Rbsoa _^ _-dbwii _to'tkeeabia the night before his _dartljjfand he was _one-that helped to bring the booMup next ? _morning Oa going down to fetch _it-, _*& c * W the captain standing over the body , _withfe _^ _-point-of fii £ r-cutla-i _* m the body . \ * ¦ ;> Tbis closed the case for _ibawosecufiom

      After some consultation , is was arranged that Ur Jervis should address the _juryiir the _nlorai _2 _lg _,. _ontlle opening of the Conrt . One oi tlie ofiiceis of tho _Co-ft was then sworn to take charge of the jury till _ifflie 1 'morning , andthe Court adjourned .

      Dreadful Shipwrecks; Eighty Lives L.St. ...

      DREADFUL _SHIPWRECKS ; EIGHTY LIVES L _. _ST . The losses announced duringthe lastweekhavc been truly appalling , several American _packet ships being among the number wrecked i . i crossifigthe Ailuiitie _* , ivith tbe loss ofall hands . The first on tho list is that of the Montreal , a finenew ship , 34 . tons burthen , _u _tradea'bttwciii-London and Quebec , wliich was lost during a snow storm ii the night of thc . 14 th of last month , on shot e near Cape Chat , and not one belonging to ber was left to > tell the tale . Tbe wreck , when discovered ,. was fast breaking up , her masts were gone , and lier hull hueparted in two . On shore the bodies of the captain * wife , and child were found , tho latter being _olanped ir * its mother ' s arms . Four other bodies wereaftevward * discovered entangled inthe wreck .

      The next melancholy affair is that of another packet-ship , supposed tobe thc Saxon , bound to London , lost with till hands . The ship , _whwh has a large amount of insuranre on her at Lloyd ' s , was-367 . tonsburthen , and left Bo-ton , where . "he belonged , on tlie 13 th of hist month , manned with a crew of twenty . She wa * last seen on the 17 th , and her destruction is supposed to have occur re d about the l _' _. ltli , on-a reef of _rockjcalled the Ledges , near Red Head , as her-wreck was passed bythe Staniboul . from Smyrna , n : t the * 24 th . twenty-live miles _K . _N _. W , of St . _Cft'Ofge _' S Shoal .

      Another loss took place on a field of ice , The brig ; Laurel left Quebc . on tbe morning ofthe 2 fl > h of December , with a cargo of 400 barrel- of _llouraud _. twenty-eight of butter . On _tin-ivixgoff Cncor . a ,, on . tlte banks of . Newfoundland , she was met by a-largefield of ice , and every _etfovt to atevv clear of it proved abortive . The ship becoming lixrd in it , she was shortly driven ashore on Green Island , where she immediately became a wrrck . The erew suffered _severely for three days . The barque Universe , of Boston , was lost under similar circumstances— fortunately the crow were saved . The chip Cambridge , from Liverpool , on the 23 rA of December saw a vessel in distress , which proved to be the Lord Lynedooh , of Loudon , in a sinking , . "tate . They took nil" the crew , thirty-two in number , who werc in a dreadful state . The _rcssel foundered _shartlvafterwai'ds .

      The East India Company havo received information ofthe total loss of oneof the Company ' s war sloops , named the _Cootc , commanded by _JLieixen . _-. tifc J . S . Grieve . The _disiu-tvr happened on thu _StiLof _Nov-mbcr la . t , on a reef of rocks opposite C . ui' _* ut , the vessel at tho 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 wiiti wine lind fruit , and within twelve hours after leaving Oporto Bar she caught lire . Tins captain and crew were soon forced to take to the boat , and _abandonthe vessel . They were afterwards picked up by at _fsreign schooner , whicli conveyed them tu _Gibwtar . On the books are also reported the total loss ofthe ship City of Shires , in the Mimloiit Sea , with forty persons drowned ; and also the wreck of the Gustnve Edouard , a French ludinman , 650 tons burthen ; _ ud another vessel , name not exactly known—both attended with melancholy results .

      Explosion—"1 Wo Lives Lost. On Friday .F...

      EXPLOSION— " 1 WO LIVES LOST . On Friday . ftcriimm , a t ' _tw lirinuW- Wibre twu o ' _cloclc , an _acci'lent of a _frightful nature took pl .-irv at _tin-liouse-. No . 14 , King-fcti'i- ' -t , _Lntnlietli- . _* alk , li . v ivliicli two line young men irtre instantly deprired of life , and four Ot ! i _« F pcrsoiM so ii . vcrely iiijtncil , _iliat the lives of tlim- of _tJit-naro in tlte _gruutest po 3 * _Uila _danger . It _hpntnvs that WilliAin Kvii _* toii , u ( , _* -d ninuteeii years , had been in _theump-oyinent of"Mr . l >_ irt > y , tlie _firvwuik-mitkurin Itt'ger . t-Stroet , Lmilbl . th _, and t _' . al hi * master , » t : t _having sufficient _spiiee ou his _prund * _-. to perform > iis work , liuil alloned him to take about _In-ocnt . of _t-oiuposiiioii home with him to manufacture into " stars . " Tlie house , is . c H , King-Street , Lambeth-walk , ii occupied by tlie father and mother of Kenyon , who curry on the laundry business , and the _plsce aeU-uted by Wm to wuwul ' aetwe ihe

      " _stiirs" was tt snr . ill buck cellar , tlie ciilinj ; of which was very low , mid in this _plneu he kept a slroiur tire for tiie put pose of dryinj , ' his work as he fini _.-died it Several ; youths ofhis _iirqutiiiitmict ! were in the habit of calling to * r sec him at Itis work , and at the time of _iliefitaloi-t-. urenee i _tliera were three young men there , named Holmes , , Smith , and Shear . Of these the two hitter were fright- - fulljf injured , ami the otlmr , _llolines , . _sbiired tlie _tmd . in- - -holy fat . of poor Kenyon . At a few minutes before two _* o _> o'clock , tht mother of Kenyon proceeded from the front it parlour to the top ofthe kitehen stairs to call her _ -oii . il to his dinner , and on looking down the stairs she ob- . _J- . served a dense . smoke and . _* _ peculiarly coloured tlaineie issuing from within . She _endeavoured t »> _givt _* an alarm , _n , but the vap ur _siMiumliiig was so strongly impi _' tmtated . _'d with sulphur , tis , for a few moments , nearly to _dt-piiveve

      her of lit ., and prevented lier calling out . _AnLu . alarm tiiir , however , soon given , and in a few minutcscsi I ' oliee-constiible Thomas Messer , : 1 a L , wttsou the . _* pt > t . ot .. It w _ _ts then tbund that the ce lar was on fire , and tlnilim sulphuric _tapdUf was still so strong , that there was _coinuv-. sider _.-iblo danger in _iippro'icbin ; . ' the place . At _lengijgtt : the Damns were _sufficiently subdued to enable _tht-persoiiiui-: to enter , when a frightful speetaele presented _iturhVlf Kenyon and Holmes lay close together , with lluii clolhesies ; with thu exception ot a few . shreds , burnt nil ' , and _theiittiii llesh gril . injj , mid in man / parts tho skin Innsvncd _fmn-nm the flesh in large patches . Smith aud Slit ar were in in another part of the cellar , ioi-ttuiatil'f removed I ' _rmi-ouc where the grout body of flams was , groaning with ago . ¦ vh . v ¦

      and severely _scovi'lu-tl and injured . . Tbey were rcmoveiiveiY without loss of time to Guy ' s Hospital , where ihejhejj still remain in a very precarious state . A young wumnn / nn ,, named s * nrah Hales , in tbe service of Ales . Kciiyoii , wasvass iu thu cellar when the lire too' - place , with a ¦• hiliiiiliil hearty two years of _nge , in her uni't 'V __ ..- in . _iat't A : < A : << saw the composition ignite , she , tutu . _£ •¦ ««< . _pv- _^ _-. _n-.- <_ ¦ > <__ miud , _ruslwil out of the door , but li * fmv _.-li « vw . W . m < ti > <;« the flame caught htr arms n » d face , ami ; u ! _- ' wu- !) irj irr _jtirctl thu _fui-mer . The child was aU » -. i \ iuU . _-.- • el . i . el . tc about . the face and arms ; nnd both _wcie . 'vol 19 lr . dlllit _'* tllit'll Workhouse , where tliey were promptly atteiitivd by M * Ml Duke , the _pitrithsuriceov , _MmammmtnuHumumxmiwf .

      .At'cldest At Tiie L'Ltv Ok Lo.Ndo. V Tl...

      . _At'ClDEST AT TIIE L ' lTV OK Lo . _NDO . _V TlJ ... VT . lE . —C—C [ Tuesday evening , dining the performances of : H' tl ! American Samson ( Mr . Canti-ld ) un accident of . of . very serious natureoccuired , tho i _iii-iiculnrsofwliiwliiii ' are as follows : —It appuus that Mr . Cniilieid hd In occasion to intioilucc a _voi-y heavy cannon wei '_ hij )_ hi : i : l ! cwt . ; the notion of discharging this caum-n _caus-miss one of the flaps to fly open , *> v ... eh ma being jug pm ceived by the incti who attended upon him , an , m who were taking the cannon off the stage , e ; iiiN _* iUi » the death of one , and little hopes are eiitrvtaimaiim ofthe recovery of the otlii-v . The _iir .-t man _passpasss over the hole , butthe second ( 'I'hoiii . vs Brian' ) _t-n ) ti through , the cannon falling on his hemtsim ! _snmsnin-i ing it in ; i most frightful " n > -i » ui-r . _Aiwtl . cf use un named Jones , aho fell ' through , _dislocating liu coi > com bone and fracturing liis skull .

      _JjiQUiisT . —On Wednesday evening Mr . W . I ' m Pm _. . held au inquest at St . Bartholomew ' s _lliupittii / itnl _^ the bodv of Thomas Britton , _agei . ill , who was ki s ki i at the City of London Theatre on Tuesday , alter Iter performance of Mr . Cati'i . ld , the American S ( iri ! fiitti ! S . s as above described . Mr . Canfield was exut imn inn who said he did not witm _*»» tin . accident ; bill ' bin ¦ ¦ on being told of it , he saw tho deceased in thc i the i lur _, and thc ennneu on him . There was about limit 11 a pound of powder _usoi for the charge , but he it he ! sometimes used » pound without _aeeii ' _ent . lie I lit . exhibitt . il it ' , many theatres , and such a thing i : _« ng _i : _<;< occurred before . * Mr . S . Heminant , surgeon , s ' tm , s ' tit : that thc whole of one side of the skull was Leas Liw in , anil there was a conipoiiml iraciureof _tlicritl-crn arm : lie was quite dead whon _hrouiiht in . Tl o . iTI e . i , i consulted for some time , rnd returned a _verdicerdicc "Accidental Death . "

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 7, 1846, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_07021846/page/1/