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      ; - ; i- ; -f ^* .. - ¦ > ¦¦ , IRELAND . - ¦ := : -f ; ¦ ¦ [ ' ¦ ( Oonttmiedfrom the sixth page . ) ' ¦ ' <'>¦< ¦ ¦ •¦>"¦ y STATE OP THE COUNTRY . The Limerich Chronicle gives . the particulars ofa very gross and unmanly outrage . Some time since a Walsh , residing near Limerick , in Clare count y ; was attacked , and an attempt , fortunately unsuccessful , was made on his life . On last Thursday morning his son waariding to school in Limerick , when an unmanly scoundrel assailed him , threatened hi * life , and cursed the ruffians who had suffered his father to escape . Tho little fellow rode off to the next police - station , brought the police on the track of his assailant , and succeeded in having him

      arrested and lodged in gaol . There has been a rescue of cattle seized at the Dingle , for the poor and Temporary Relief Rates ; twenty-six cows which had been taken were driven away from the bailff * . What is strange . ' says the-Limerick'Chronicle , 'is ! that the rescue was led by the shopkeepers of the town . ' The guardians of Nenagh Union , elected six relieving officers , five of whom stood to some guardian in the relation of son , brother , or nephew . A fter this job was done , the five disinterested guardians resigned—The price of meat has fallen in the provinces , the recent fall of rain having had this effect .

      DISTRESS OF THB PE 0 PIB —RELIEF DEPOTS . The government relief system having been generally brou » ht to a close , some of ber Majesty's steam vessels are employed in removing the stores remaining at the depots along the coast . In various districts of the south-west severe distress still prevails , and unless the new poor law shall be putinto effectual operation , and employment upon a large scale provided for the able-bodied , the approaching winter will be one of terrible suffering amongst the poor . The government has determined to retain some of tho principal depots , where the available food is to be stored , in order to be prepared with some machinery tor relief , should circumstances render it absolutely necessary , in remote districts , during the winter months ^

      - The poor law guardians at Galwav owe nearly * 7 , 000 ; they have struck a rate of £ 5 , 000 and upwards , and there is an outstanding arrear of the former rate amounting to £ 3000 OF course they have nocash in the treasurer ' s hands , and consequently all their supplies are had on credit . They find theroselvesin difficulties . DrPhelan , assistant poor-law commissioner , stated some days since , that he knew nearly one hundred other unions throughout Ireland in a similar position , and suggests to them a plain cause why they are so , and a plain remedy . The

      unions having no funds in bank arc obliged to purchase supplies on credit , and to pay exorbitant prices . In this way they arc always in debt and difficulty , and the burden on the union is ultimately greater ; for whereas'the cost of maintenance of a pauper in Dublin does not exceed Is . 91 . per week , in Galway . it reaches 2 s . 84 d . per week . The remedy , of course , is to lay on a rate , which , after making every allowance for non-payments and inevitable arrears , will leave a surplus , and enable the guardians to start with a capital .

      ' . KEPKAL ASSOCIATION , At the usual weekly meeting of the association . James Fegan , Esq ., M . P ., presided . Mr John O'Conkkll commenced the business of the day by handing in £ 40 from the congregated trades of the City of Limeriok , as an 'evidenced their devotion to theprinciples and teachings of their departed leader . ' The lion , gentleman then adverted atsome length to tho affairs Of Italy , and expressed his regret that Ireland had not a domestic : legislature , which would not hesitate for a momentin espousing the cause of Pius IX . The . Rev . Mr . CooniiAN expressed his opinion that the people of Ireland should demand from the government whether Ihey might not be permitted to make a demonstration in favour of his Holiness . If

      they were so permitted , he had . no doubt but an army of 60 , 000 men could at once bo raised to S ^ ht under the standard of independence in Italy , and protect the Sovereign Pontiff in his glorious career against oppression aad tyranny . Mr P . S . BoriBB , W . P ., addressed the meeting at some length . Notwithstanding the abundant harvest with which Providence had blessed tho country , there was every reason to apprehend that the labouring population woulel be in a worse position during the ensuing winter than they were at the same period last year . Henceforth they would have nothing to depend upon but the wages they were likely to receive for their labour from the landlords and tenants

      of Ireland , and those classes were so overwhelmed with difficulties that it was impossible they could gi \; c employment to such extent as wouldprevent famine and pestilence . Such being the position of the country .-he ( Mr Butler ) would appeal to common sense whether it was . reasonable to enforce the repayment of the advances made by England during the last session of Parliament . He woulel suggest to the government the expediency of placing that debt in abeyance . Iu saying so , he should not be understood as wishing to repudiate the liability . On the contrary , he felt conviuceel that Ireland would feel extreme gratification in discharging her liabilities when Providence enabled her to do sv

      Mr John O'Conxem . subsequently addressed the meeting at considerable length . At the conclusion of the preccedings-the rent for the week was announced to be £ 07 19 j . 2 d .

      IBISII FISHEMES . The Gahvay Mercury says :-' The infatuation that has come over the Claddsgh people , cannot be accounted for on any reasonable principle . ' A fortnight ago , they appeared prepared to proceed on the herring fishery , and yet in the middle of September—an unprecedented circumstance in Galway —not a boat has put to sea . There must bo no sympathy felt for such persons ; and if distress and destitution come upon them , they will have themselves alone to blame . Some excuse or other is sure to ho put forward ; one day it I lows too fresh , another itis too calm for the take offish . These men will call upon the inhabitants during the coming season for assistance , but who will be anxious to relieve those who , having the means , want the disposition to assist themselves V

      BARBAROUS MOItDER . The following appears in the Ballinashe Star : — ' One ofthe most horrible murders we have ever heard of , and of a description which is very rare in our county , was perpetrated on Tuesday night in the neigbbourhood of Mount Bellew . It appears that ns a man named Patrick CosteHo , a driver in the employment of Mr James Cuffe , ef Esker , was returning from { that town , to the pjtty sessions of which he bad a numbor of persons summoned for trespass , & c , that day , he was waylaid by a party of men , who literally smashed his head to atoms , an inquest was held by Mr W . Kenny , coroner , which commenced oa Thursday , and was adjourned ' to the next day . Dr Fitzgerald , R . M ., and Mr Brereton , were in attendance . J A most respectable jury were

      sworn , who riturned a verdict of Wilful Murder against persons unknown . Tkrwigh the activity of Mr Ikmvd Commins and the police , four men have been arrested on suspicion of having ' committed this atrocious act . They have been committed td prison " . ' This unfortunate CosteHo was driver and woodranger to Mr Cuffi , and one of the persons arrested occupied the same situation before CosteHo got it . This barbarous murder seems to have been perpetrated by striking their wretched victim with stones . His chin was broken , his teeth knocked out , and literally scattered on the road , and his car was cut in two , his nose was also'brqkcn , and his head dreadfully fractured '

      SBUMVELUXCB .-Mr Richard Boarke the successor of Mr Moore O'Forrall in the representation of Kildare , was recently entertained at dinner by a body of his father ' s tenantry , and on returning thanks for his health being given thus admonished his hearers : — , . , . , Much has been and will be said of tbe prosperity of Irelimd ; the sentiment Is daily spoken of in erery meet , ing , and toasted at every dinner—various measures are proposed—various laws recommended to carry out this great work . But , it is too often forgotten that the increase of theprosperity of Ireland rests mainly with the people themselves . Capital is wanted—capital is called for . Capital is , ou all hands , agreed to be the means whereby Ireland is to be saved ; hut this capital is onl ;

      to be attained by the increase of our own resources . Theprosperity of Ireland is only to bo attained by your own strong arms . Every man who improves his form , who takes an increase of produce from bis land , adds his share to the wealth of his country—adds his pebble to tho cairn of Erin ' s improvement , is a friend to Ireland . We are able to help ourselves ; we will no longer be dependent on , the precarious assistance received from other lands ; and we will never rest until every sod in Ireland brings forth abundantly—till every inch ol ground is in its highest and fullest state of bearing . You have set the example of a change of manners for Ireland you have vindicated tbe principle of

      self-reVionce , I am confident that jour cximple will bo followed , and that in a short time we shall have annngst us more industry and escrtion , less politics and mort ploughing , less argument and more action , less want and more reason , less debating and more doing . Every penny you make , every successful transaction that you embark in , adds to the common store of healthful pro spevlty . Legislation may follow improvement—may confirm and reward your labours , but it cannot commence the good work . You must begin , you yourself must lay tho foundation of tho fortress of your country's safety . Legislation must and will strengthen the outworks ; aud you know this now , you have showed to the world in your actions the high value you set ou these pvin .

      ciples . A Modest Proposal . —An enthusiastic gentleman in the Freeman ' s Journal proposes as a ' subscripti'm for Mr O'Connell ' s family—a bagatelle of £ 100 000 . Tito task he says , ' is as easy as it is pleating . Every person who chooses to provo his love of countrv , and his gratitude to the successor of tho purest patriot and greatest champion of freedom that Ireland ever produced , can do so at an imperceptible loss . If SO united contribute a pound , or if 1 in 80 give but a pound , £ 100 , 000 would be raised by tbe Irish people . Two aids are requisite ; but these two arc always foremost when the voice of their country calls—the Clergy and tho press . ' Whetl it i * remembered that the subscriptions' for a monument to Daniel O'Con-Hcll himself have not yet reached £ 3 Q 0 , the gathering

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      of -a ¦• •• ' plnnr * for . his sons , though itmav be ex tremely « pleasingVto the imaginatien of Mr Amicus PalnaiB by no means so very 'easy ; ' . ¦

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      r ^ gg EVILS LAUD MONOPOLY . 1 rgx jDrroa cf thx bobibkbs suit ., J -It is usn- ^ y Md as a maito ^ cMed alike S ^ od sense and policy , to take idvantage of * 3 *\ tgson of prosperity Iq xrAa preparations for tfjtf ' riods of adversity ; to make hay , in fact , | f ^\ L t the sua shines , and prepare in summer for SjSp roacbes of winter . B » 1 BaS unfortunately , this timely providence is , iJ ifc most of us , a lip-maxim only : in action it -1 df-1 d ead letter , and we leave it to the most insig-J jJ -jjjjjt animals and insects to work , whilst we , titb ' fjtb our superior wisdom , admire but will not jsJ tiMttte them .

      J 2 v Even Max , however , must surely learn from exjjrieifsrience ; we have been taught during the last two jflrsjfl-s a fearful lesson on the iniufficiency of the ^ seleent modes of proceeding , both with regard to ^ leg islature , and onr private industry . We have senaan England almost prostrate at tbe feet of other » ti « ations , crond . ing tothemfora morsel of bread ; ire Ve have seen those manufactures which have been jar l jor boast , almost rejected , glutting our own mar kets jd 5 , and refused in our neighbours '; we have found pnspnselves compelled to support a sister-nation from Ae Ae hard- earned scanty wages of our own labourers , their own food has been

      ^ i' ^ ilst procured only at fjmfemi ne prices ; and if we are capable of gathering « ia « isdom from the experience ot the past , every man , jv , jv , and every woman in England , must , ere this 1 & % pe learnt the utter fallacy of the doctrine that jsrj $ sr manufactures can command corn from other huJ buds—that it is safe , or expedient , or even possible , to to continue a system by which our own land cannot ie je made to produce food for the people born on it . ] Bnt to suppose that such a state of things was pi per designed by Heaven , is a monstrous blasphemy ; ft ftd never yet created a being without creating food jo : jjriis support ! In the scorching plains ofthe III East—among the glaciers of Iceland—from pole to

      j dctbere are the means in nature for bread enough tod to spare , if man does but take the proper meth od for producing it . And is rich and fertile England alone exempt from the general rule ? Is she only to produce a population to starve and die prejaatarely ? Is our peasantry to lose its bold manlijes from lack of nouriiure , and are English parents tabling children forth for whom they cannot earn lsread ? The thought is monstrous I "Would tbat jt were not also horribly true ! The events of many jeirs past have revealed the fact in all its naked ' deformity ; the statistics of the last two years esjerially , have elicited facts which , if rightly viewed , mil discover the cause of this crying evil , and , in ^ covering , lead us to its annihilation . The facts to which 1 more particularly allude r _ _

      , st . That under the present mode of culture Eng land does not produce sufficient food for her pop ulation . 2 nd . That a Free Trade with other countries , and irepe al of the Corn Laws , are not effectual provigons against famine . 3 rd . " That our market , and all other markets are overstocked with our manufactures , and tbat this is a daily increasing evil ; tbat Ibis glut in the manufactures , though felt most acutely by factory labourers , has the direct and indiiect effect of injuria the whole community .

      4 th . That crime is greatly on the increase ,, in spte of all that has been attempted for the prevention of crime ; and that crimes affecting human Bit—suicide , and murders , by poison especially—fill every day , ihe columns of our papers . Whence it Eimpossible to avoid arguing a growing recklessiess of existence , in the minds of the community . These are grave and alarming facts , and it bclores all who wish well to their country , to inquire tthence these evils spring , and how they may be irerted .

      It may be said that the first of these tasks is easys 3 so it may be , like most things , when the clue is g iven . But it appears Jo me that our political eco-HEfflsts have either reasoned from wrong data , or contented themselves with the superficial appearance si things , and neglected to dig below it . It is , indeed , an acknowledged fact , to which none w 3 subscribe more readily than myself , that Engkntlj as it is at present cultivated , does not produce iina sufficient for the cultivation of its people . Here is ground on which all parties meet : but I , for one , on go no further in their good company . They scribe this deficiency—first , to a perpetually increasing surplus population ; secondly , and as a corollary to the-first , tbat the land is not capable of baring a greatly increased crop to meet the increasing necessities of the people .

      To remedy these evils , they would draft off every year to foreign shores , numbers of onr surplus population ; and for the remainder , they would'beg the charity of our continental neighbours , and entreat of tbem the food we ourselves ( according to their showing ) cannot grow . Xow these remedies are , in fact , worse than lis disease . They do not cure the evils they profess to cure , and they create others of equal magnitude . We have now made trial of these quack prescriptions—we have tested their exact no-value , and every thinking man must have discovered by this time , that something else must be advanced—some more jod'ciojs measures adopted to create plenty through the laud , and make its people that which they ought to be—iis glory and its wealth .

      Admitting , with the political economists , that England is , at present , not sufficiently productive , I assume that the fault lies in our own defective mode oi culture , not in the sterility of the soil ; and this granted , -we dare the utterance of that which our trcald-be statesmen shrinkfrom assertinr , namelythat our defective mode of culture is the inevitable result of the monopoly of land by large capitalists !^ Nature has formed immutable laws for the government of her subjects ; laws which cannot be violated by individuals or classes , without injuring the whole community ; all her decrees

      harmonise with « ch other ; all are based on the principle of general prosperity , and the happiness of sanimd at large . Jvaiure dictates , ' In the sweat cf thy brow shait thou eat bread ; ' and she adds , ' In all labour there is profit ; ' but we have violated her decrees , and read her maxims thus : 'In fhesneat of thy brow , shall others eat bread—in the labour of the many , is the profit cf the few . ' And , as m ' ght bs expected from such cross-reading , we are left with Joe fruits of our own folly on our head . A few roll in luxury ; and the remainder in hunger , in nakedness , in brutal ignorance , and soul-debasing crime , staik through the land .

      Yet if we would follow the dictates of reason and comaon sense , we might rapidly alter our national position ; and , it is because I have , of late , seen a hope of this happy progression , tbat I have been led to address yon on tbe subject . Tbe National Laxb Company appears to me to open out to the English labourer a prospect of national prosperity from which he has been long excluded . 1 have carefully studied the subject , and

      viewed it , asf I believe , in all its bearings , and feel coirrinced that the project contains the germs of a new and a better order cf things , not for one class , or one individual , but for all , from the highest to the lowest ! An improved peasantry—prosperous , in ' elageat , contented ; flourishing manufacturers ^ a government composed of enlightened , patriotic , practical Eta—all these blessings exist in that new order of things of which the Xastkjxal Land Company is the foretaste .

      * W & at great events from trivial causes spring J ' A fahbitss Helen elopes—and a ten years' war , Kith all ite bloodshed and anarchy , are the results ! a few robbers and outlaws congregate , and lo 1 an eia pire is founded ! An old man carves hieroglyphics on the bark of a tree—and the printing press 19 esta blished , and knowledge is spread over the astonished world . An apple falls , and the secret laws ° f Mature are reseated ! h it then too much to hope that from this small gaming we may look for great results ? That in * different system of internal government , in a tlea i promising mode of cultivation of our land—in doping the resources of this fertile island , we ^ y find a remedy for those evils which have so tonstaatlv threatened to overwhelm us ?

      That labour raav vet be wealth , and the labourer % nnd profit in ' his toil—that the manufacturer ^ y find * daily inrreaiiag home market for his | ° ods , and no longer depend on our foreign relations ? ^ experiment is at least worth the trial , for in **« prt-s ; ut state the people cannot long remain . Uar eisantty must be arrested in their onward process towards pauperism—for difficult indeed will it ° * to raise tbem when once that lowest point is ** " *" ' . We way prevent , —to cure is nlmost impos-? ; a nation ' s prosperity , like a womatj ' shonour , M ^ Ver to be regained . * Pity may mourn , but notratore ; A ' cation'falls to rise no more' J

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      . . . But to the ^ peculiar benefits , of the LandPlan . to the moral and' physical condition of the people , I will , with your permission , devote a few words next week , Meantime , I bail it as an omen of a brighter day , when white-robed peace and smiling plenty shall be inmates in the humblest dwellings . When the Psoras shall have their due wei ght in the consideration of the legislature , and be to themselves that which they in truth are to others—the spring an . iS UrC 8 of weaWlandcontentment . a ifD ™ a *™ m ** flourish and may fade , A breath may make them , ai a breath hath made ; But » bold peasantry , their country ' s pride , . When once destroyed can never be supplied . ' lam , Sir , Faithfully yours , Philodemos .

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      BRITISH AMERICA . r rom Canada we have late but interesting advice ? . There is no political news . The Montreal Transcript says — The subject of emigration , and tbe sickness which the great influx of destitute aad diseased emigrants from tbe mother country has caused , is almost the only one of general interest , and we are sorry to say that although he disease which has caused so much alarm throughout the whole country , is confined in a great degree to emigrants , aad to those having connection with them either as religious and medical attendants , or nurses , or to those who have incautiously or for the sake of gain admitted them to their dwellings—still with these it has suffered but little diminution . Tbe crops throughout Canada , with but very few exceptions , promise well ; all fears of anything like a failure are now over . *

      CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . Tier Majestv ' s 16 gun sloop Pilot ; Commander George K . Wilson , arrived at Plymouth on Mondav . Nothing of importance had transpired subsequent to the repulse ofthe English forces by the Kaffirs on the loth of June , when Lieutenant Russell , of the 45 th Regiment , was " killed . The Governor , Sir Henry Pottinger , was on the frontier . It was reported that the Boers , near Port Natal , were preparing to rise against the Colonial Government .

      FRANCE . It is quite evident from the Paris journals that the internal affairs of France are not in a situation more satisfactory to the government than the external relations of the country . Rumours of new ' scandals ' are every moment propagated , and , whethpr well or ill-founded , produced a very lamentable effect npon tbe public mind , already excited hy proved instances of corruption . Tbe Opposition dinners sot op iii tbe departments are also causing something like alarm to the government . In anticipation , it is supposed , of a necessity for testing the competency of * the detached forts' to keep Paris in < -heck , the supplyie ? of those fortresses with warlike stores of all kinds —cannons and mortars only excepted—was actively pursued .

      fhe march of reform in Italy , and the amnesty permitting the return of General Espartero to Spain , are not at all palatable to the French government . Abd-el-Eader has made himself master of Taza . an important town in the Emperor of Morocco ' s dominions , and according to the latest accounts , was marchine towards Fez . The Commerce states that the intervention of France in Morocco , against Abd-el-Kader , was resolved at a Cabinet Council held on Saturday .

      Another Cabinet Council washeld ' atrStCloud on Mondav . at which all the ministers were present . The subjects of consideration were understood to be the affairs of Soain and Italy . Queen Christina and the Duke of Rianzares arrived at the chateau at an early hour , and had a long conference with the King and M . Guizot previous to the assemblv oi the ministers . The recall of the Duke de Glucksberg is definitively settled . The gloomy accounts received from all quarters , both as to political and financial affairs , is the cause of considerable uneasiness in Pari ? , and the funds and public stocks have suffered consequently a considerable decline .

      SPAIN . We announced in our town edition of last week the recall of Espartero . The Madrid journals of the 5 th and Cth are filled with accounts of the manifestations , of joy with which the amnesty and royal ordonnances were received by the population . Crowds of persons thronged the streets , shouting * Long live Espvtero ! ' Long live our constitutional Queen !' The Queen herself , on proceedingon horseback from the palace to the Prado , was surrounded by the crowd and received with the londest acclamations . In the evening various parts of the city were " illuminated .

      The Queen drove to tbe bull fight iu the afternoon of theotb . Incompliance with tbe hsndo of the authorities no cries were uttered on the Q . ueen ' s passage , but on her entering the circus her Majesty was cheered with the utmost enthusiasm . General Narvaez had also repaired to the bull-fieht , but the gibes and jeers of the spectators compelled him to make a hasty retreat before the entrance of the Queen . Letters from Madrid of the 8 th report the death ofthe famous cabecilla Don Fernando Gomez called the Ebanista , and the destruction of bis small band

      near Lugo , by Captain Mendoza . The rebel chief was discovered in the loft ofa house nearOpacio . Tbe grange was surrounded by the soldiery , and he was invited to give himself up , his life having been guaranteed . He scorned the proposal , which his experience had tausht him would not be obse-ved , issued out of his hiding place , discharged his blunderbuss , and was killed by the soldiers . A Bayonne letter ofthe 9 th instant mentions that a sanguinary encounter bad lately taken place at Targa , a small village in the north of Catalonia , in which a detachment ofthe Queen's troops had been routed and put to the sword by the insurgents .

      PORTUGAL . Letters from Lisbon and Oporto contain further accounts of military and Cabralist ruffianism . The office of the AW < wia ^ newspaper , published in Oporto bad been invaded by a body of soldiers of the 3 rd regiment of Artillery , who desfroyedfthe type , presses and other property . " The people connected with the Actional attempted to defend themselves , on which the armed force interfered , and dragged away the editor , printers and all the persons connected with the paper to prison ! Terror reigns in Oporto ; the fruit of Lord Palreerston ' s policy ! By later intelligence we learn * that the Miguelite chiefs , comprising nearly the whole of the nobility , have resolved fo support the democratic party at the forthcoming election .

      The news from Angola is of an extraordinary decription . and most painful : it would appear that the Torres Vedras prisoners , vict ' ms ' to the barbarous revenge ofthe Queen , had been treated with brutal severity , and that the Count of Bomfin , the prisoner of roost importance , together with his two sons , had been separated from their companions in exile , and sent off to the noxious and horriVe locality of Mossamedas on the coast south of Loanda , where , however , they d = d not remain long , for the inhabitants , uniting with th . 3 small military force there , effected a revolution , and gave liberty to the captives , and the Queen ' s governor and some four or five others were in their turn placed under restraint , while the t oliticai prisoners , in all forty-threeembarked onbonrd

      , a small Portuguese war-vessel at nnchor there , with the intention of escaping to St Helena . Before , however , their preparations for departure were quite completed , Count Bomfin , with a chivalrous feeling , released the governor , with his three or four companions , npon parole ; and basely was the indulgence taken advantage of , for immediately following there appeared off the coast theEndish cruwer tbe Flying Fish , Commander Dyke . The governor immediately communicated with Captain Dyke , who made an attack npon the little Portugese vessel with armed boats , and captured her and the unfortunate noblemen and gentlemen on board , and then taking fresh

      instructions from the governor , transferred them to his own vessel , and delivered them over to tbe governor of Loanda . Count Bemfin before being delivered op to tbe dungeons of Loanda , presented a paper to Captain Dyke , indignantly protesting , on behalf of himself and fellow captives , against this flagrant outrage , demanding the authority for the act , and claiming the protection of the British flag ; the remonstrance being sneered at , the count , a general officer , aad a peer of Portugal , was immediately given up to the authorities to be confined in an African prison . The account has been received with general indignation ,

      Horrible barbarities are taking place in all parts of Portugal . Twoeommeriiial travellers . Frenchmen , were stopped by four ofthe Queen ' s troops and robbed ; erne of the unfortunate Frenchmen was shot dead , and the other shocking !? wounded .

      r SWITZERLAND . Letters from Berne of the 9 th inst . announce , thaton tint day the Federal Diet resolved to adjourn to the 18 th of October , bv a majority of 12 and LH ii -f ama - Jh f President next communicated to the assembly despatches from the Governmenta of Zus , Untcrwalden Friburg , and Valais . * fS ° 4 i ?* r l Kc f ]? t of tbe fc " « f «> e Diet of ebeSOrh of Jul , andt ! : e llthof August , relative to the Sonderbund ; and in which they give their entire adhe « on to the protest entered into bv their deputies , and reserved all the rights of their rc « pectivestates .

      ITALY . Bomb . —A letter from tbe capital says : — The alliance between thi Pope and tbe King of Piedmoot may be considered certain . It is to be hoped that 8 similar arrangement will be entered into with Tuscany , if . Coroboli lef t for Florence for that object . Austria has already been authorised by the Dukes of Modena and Lucca to occupy their d- minions . Ihe same concession has been demanded fer Tuscany , Naples , which dreads the arrival tf theEoglUh fli ,. t , and has been inritedby thePops to naiteirlth him , hesitates ,

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      and seems nevertheless to iodine towards us . -Here we are r < ady to meet every contingency , and proceed , if ne « cessary , to extremities . J , ; ,. ' , -,.- - ¦ . .- r . -: - . r ,:.- . The organisation ofthe civic guard . ' at Rome appears to be actively , proceeded with . - .-, The citizens of Rimini have followed the noble example of these of Bologua , Ferrara , and Forli , in offering their lives and possessions to his holiness , for conserving the independence of the Roman see and its territorial integrity .. Tbe anniversary of the amnesty was celebrated on the ? th and 8 th . The / eto commenced by a

      demonstration in honour of Leopold , Grand Duke of Tuscany , and of Charles Albert , King of Sardinia . The Prince of Cahino ( sen of Lucien Bonaparte ) , with his son , and Dr Masi , one of the editors of the Contemperanco . all in the uniform of officers of the national guard , preceded by persons carrying torches , and followed by some thousands of the people , went in procession to to the Palazzo di Firenze , the residence ef the Tuscan minister , crying , 'Long live Leopold , ' ' Honour to Tuscany , ' ' Long live the Civic Guard . ' The minister presented himself on the balcony , and replied , by shouting' Long live Pius IX . and the Civic Guard . ' He then addressed them

      in the following words : — I am very sensible of this spontaneous and unanimous declaration in favour of my august sovereign , the Grand Duke Leopold the Second , aud I shall not fail to communicate to his Royal Highness tbe sentiments of this important assemblage . The Prince of Canino immediately cried , 'Long live Italy . ' Tbe cry was caught up and repeated with the utmost enthusiasm by the whole assembly . The crowd then defiled off in the same order to the residence ef the Sardinian minister . When they had reached it . loud cries were raised of' Long live

      Charles Albert , ' 'Long live the ally of Pius IX . ' The Independence of Italy . ' The hotel was immediatelv lighted up . The Sardinian minister presented ^ himself , waving a white handkerchief . in token of acknowledgment , for it would have been impossible for his voice to be heard by the vast multitude , who raised incessant cries of ' Long live the league « . f Italian state ? , ' while the band struck up the hymn of Pius IX . Before the termination of the hymn there was a general cry of a casa , a coon , and the crowd quietly dispersed .

      On the Sih there was a grand fete at the Piazza del Popoli , where tbe statue of Pius IX . was raised . Two thousand national guards were drawn out upon the Place . It would be impossib ' e to describe the enthusiasm , of the multitude when ' . Pius IX . presented himself . It amounted to perfect frenzy . He was hailed by repeated cries of' Long live tho President of the Italian League . ' Toscany . —A letter from Leghorn , of the 5 th , addressed to the Nouvelliste of Marseilles , says— ' A grand solemnity veterday caused great emotion among all our people ; enthusiasm was at its height ; hope aud happiness were expressed by . every face . The town of Leghorn' feted the authorisation to forth a Tuscan National Guard , which has just been accorded by our sovereign . More than ten thousand men were assembled under the national flag , surrounding busts ef Fins IX ., and of Leopold II . Bauds of music , escorted

      by torches , traversed the town to an advanced hour of the night . It is impossible to give you an idea of tbe cries of joy which arose from all parts among the crowds which circulated along the streets , or of the manifestations of all kinds of which this popular iete was the subject . All'the ' windows were illuminated and decked out . This political revelation is , without contradiction , one of tbe most extraordinary pages cf our history , as it has not been stained by a drop of blood . On the Sth of this mouth there is to be a renewal of the popular fete , in which all the ladies , dressed in . white , and wearing the national colours , are to take part . The Grand Duke of Tuscany has received ia solemn audience M , Corbelli , as Legato Extraordinary sent by the Pope . The audience lasted two hours . Immediately after the Grand Duke assembled the Council , to which he went accompanied hy his first Minister , Councillor Compini .

      . The popular celebration appointed for the Sth , at Leghorn , was not confined to that city . The occasion was seized for like demonstrations elsewhere . At that city , at Pisa , and Sienna , but more especially at Genoa , the manifestation assumed a . most imposing character . At the latter city the people assembled in vast numbers , displaying the flags of Rome and Sardinia , and paraded the streets with cries in favour of Pius IX ., Charles Albert ,, tke array , and the independence of Italy . The cortege included the members of the families most distinguished among the Genoese noblesse , mingled with the mass of the people .

      Letters from Leghorn , ofthe 9 th say , that since the Lucchese affair tbe exciteinenc has only increased . The celebration appointed for the Sth took place without disturbance . The inhabitants of Pisa , availing themselves of the railway , poured into Leghorn . The troops issued from their quarters and fraternising with the people assumed the Italian tri-colonr corkade . A Te Deum was sung in the cathedral from the high altar , from which the clergy blessed the national iltg , the multitude being on their knees . A Te Deum was afterwards celebrated in honour of tho Pope and the Grand Duke Leopold II . A statue of the grand duke was eshibite damidst the acclamations ot tbe people , and inspiriting and patriotic speeches delivered .

      Sardiku . —The National states that a report was prevalent at Turin on the 4 th inst . tbat the . King had received the reply of the Cabinet of Vienna to his declaration in favour of the independence of the Roman States . Austria is said to have declared in that note that she was determined not to tolerate the establishment of national guards in Italy . It is further asserted that the King ot Sardinia in his reply maintained his right and that of the Pope to defend themselves as best they could . At Turin there has taken place the most important demonstration of all . The King having reviewed the garrison , and having placed himself ( in the usual way ) at a particular point , the troops defiled before him . On passing bis Majesty , one regiment , the Riflemen of the Alps , added to the usual cry of' Long live the King , ' these emphatic and significant words—* Long live Pius IX , Long live Italy ; ' which was taken up and echoed by every regiment on the ground .

      An agricultural association is at present holding its sittings at Casa ] , In the course of the discussions , which were very warm and animated , a letter was read from Charles Albert to M . de Castagneto , in which his . Majesty says that if Austria docs not give satisfaction to the Pope , he will himself declare a war of independence , aad call upon all Italy to unite in driving the Austrians across the Alps , This declaration produced a profound sensation . An address was immediately drawn up , to which in a few hours many hundred signatures were attached . It prays for tbe formation of a national guard , ' to defend the town , while the army marches against the enemy . '

      the REvurnox IX ICCCA . The Journal des D & ats gives the following account of tbe events at Lucca , briefly noticed in our last : — Our readers hare been informed , that in consequence of an entente caused by some arrests , the Duke of Lucca issued on the 1 st of SvpUmber a proclamation , promising reforms , and manifesting his intention to enter the path of progress for tbe welfare of his people . The formation ofthe national guard was announced as decided upon . On returning te Uassa , it seems , the dake changed his mind , declaring that the promises had been violently ex . torted from him . Jlassa is a town in the duchy of Modena , sot far Lucca . This sudden change in the inten . tions of the Dake caused the greatest discontentment .

      The inhabitants of Lucca rose en masse , and formsd a civic guard themselves . A numerous deputation , headed by the Marqiis Mazzarosa , vrbo recently resigned his post of president of the Council of State , proceeded to Massa to request the duke to return to his states . . The duke replied by a decree establishing a regency , with M . Mazzarosa as president ; but the council of ministers refused to sanction it , and entreated the duke to return . The agitation meantime Increased ; and , to compel him to return , it was already proposed to seize his revenue , and place his palace under sequestration . Streams of people kept pouring into Lucca from all quarters , and each train from Fisa and Leghorn brought hundreds more . A band of women paraded the streets , carrying the Pontifical colours to encourage the men . All govern

      ment had ceased , when suddenly , at three iu the afttrno . n , the dake made his appearance , accompanied by th- ! hereditary prince , and iras received with marked approbation . The privileged journal of Lecca says : — ' Our adored Sovereign , with bis Royal Highness the Hereditary Prince , are at the present moment entering Lucca . Tbe populace assembled in great numbers , carrying the national colours , in the Great Square , where they saluted their Sovereign , and at the hotel of tho commandant of tbe place , where the Italian flag had been hoistei ) , the . 'multitude shouted with a frenzied enthusiasm , Oar correspondent adds that the hereditary duke was very much opposed to reform , but that his wife , the sister of the Duke of Bordeaux , reminded bim of what had happened seventeen years ago to her own family , ar . d advised him to yield , which he did . '

      Tne Lucca Journnlofihe 4 th , contains the inscription ofthe festivities which took place there , in consequence ofthe last Ducal manifesto . The people went in procession to meet the seven young men who ? e arrest had been the immediate cause of the effervescence of the preceding days . The Luchese , Tuscan , Pontifical , and national banners were displayed ; in the evening military music paraded the streets by torchlight , and a brilliant illumination took place . The bells rang , and the cries of' Lona live Carlo-Lodivico , Pius IX ., and the Civic Guard ! , were load and frequent . The Capitular Vicar of Luccaisraedanoticeofa religious ceremony in the Cathedra ) , to celebrate the happy event .

      THB IVSORRECrrOKB I . V NAW . ES AND SICILT . . The NouveUiste , of Marseilles , publishes the following correspondent fromltaly : — Messina , Srpt . You have beard , no doubt , of the in-urrectiou which has filled our city with bloodshed . The people having broken out into revolt , took possession of the principal military Stations , and then directed tl ' ieirattacks against the citadel ; but the artillery inakiiuj great rarages amongst the insurgents , tbey were obliged to r . t re , the troeps in garrison at the same time chai V "' $ ova up-.-n

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      w ^ fflte ^^ city . 1 , ! s wWoh 8 urrouna , ne h * h ? 2 Ja m „ , lfa 0 B « e «« temptation was at its mlfeinected „ ° . em , fnt limiIar tothat at Messina was MtT ! 2 SjS ? w , itPu «™» Mai « P «« - to ™ S ln Calabria was dally increasing . menoedXit « , P ° o / the insurgents , , who com-Me « iu . ThP . rT tha » a » e time as that at tint ™ % T 6 been m 08 t snc « 88 ful . It is stated haV / folL ^ t 0 Wna ' and awe especially Cosenza , . t « Jdi „ ! m eB ? meeMn , P le - Positiveintelligenceis wnhl „» I P v ° - We are not aware what steps ™ ° I' Wiment . Different bodies of to Weily . " * V 6 been Mnt with the Swatestipeed ( ^ ^ ^ of the 25 thult . inthe Gazette

      , Within the last few days suicides have increased in a Kigntful manner , among the Swiss treops . Iothesingle night of Saturday three Swiss sentinels , placed iu the vicinity ofthe Bourbon Museum , committed suicide , in the space ofa quarter of an hour , by discharging their muskets in their mouths . This year five other Swiss aoldiers were condemned to be shot , and all underwent execution with sangfroid , and even in expressing their pleasure to die . Others have committed acts efiasub . ordination expressly to incur the capital penalty ; but this being known , they were condemned to the galleys for life . They complained bitterly of this , and said that they had failed in their object . The disgust of life which seems to exist among the Swiss troops of our garrison is attributed to the animadversion to which-they are sub . jectedby the people of Naples ; which has taken hatred against all foreigners , and especially the Austrians , under wbich denomination it Comprises all Germans without any exception .

      DIBTUltBAXCES IS 10 MBAM > Y . A letter from Milan of the 9 th inst :, in the Conetitutionncl says : — After 33 years of pence and tranquility , Milan has at length had its : agitation . The following are'fiome details of a disturbance which took pluctf here last night . The popular / ctes and illuminations for the reception of tbe new archbishop , Mons ' gnor Kotnilli , could not take place on the Sth , on account of the badness of the weather , and were put off tillycstt rday . The people assenu bled in the Piazza Fontana , crying , 'Longlive Romilli 1 ' ' Long live Pitis IX' . ' when suddenly between 500 and 60 S persons came from the Porta' Tessine in martial order , shouting — 'Italy-for ever J'and singing in loud chorus Rossini's byah to Pius IX , Tho police immediately sent a company of mounted gendarmes to'disperse the thousands of people gathered in the equare and no one can depict the scene of confusion that ensued , Tbe 500

      or 600 of the populace kept their ground , and resisted the armed force , shouting— ' Down with the police ! Down with the Austrians ! ' The riot soon became so serious that the new archbishop went down into the square , accompanied by M , ' Greppi , the municipal counsellor , and harangued the people , M . Greppi also addressing them as friends and comrades . ' The rioters removed from the square , but re-assembled in another , place . All the patrols ofthe police and the troops were assailed , disarmed , and insulted , by having their faces spit upon , amidst cries of ' Down with tbe Germans ! ' There was also another movement in the Campo Santo , and in the twinkling of ah eye the policemen , gendarmes , and troops were compelled to give way to the ' superior force of the populace . At a later hour further reinforcements came tip , and ty four iutho momtuRorderwasnearlyrestored . But we apprehend there will be renewed disturbances this evening . '• ¦'•'

      Letters from Parma represent the excitement in that duchy to be extreme , and say that the Count de Bombelles , at one of the last meetings of tbe council of state , declared that a general amnesty and the liberation of the state prisoners were the on ! y means of putting a term to the fermentation which followed the celebration of the election of Pius IXi The majority of the council was of a contrary opinion , and the count quitted the meeting in anger . - A letter from Cremona of the 2 ad , in the Nicrem . . berg Correspondent , states that some disturbance had taken place in that town , in Padua , and in Brescia . No particulars are given * except that at Cremona , the public . having demanded at the theatre that the orchestra should play the hyrari ofPius IX ., the police opposed it , and a riot ensued ; The armed force was at last sent for to clear the house . "

      GREECE . Tbe suppression of Griziotti ' s insurrection is confirmed by the Athens papers , and the accident which led to it is thus told by the Athens Courritr : — On the 13 th alt . / as Griziotti was inspecting tbe trenches , under a fire Of artillery , a spent ball carried off tho wrist of his left arm . Thus crippled , deprived of all medical assistance , and feeling the impossibility of prolonging his resistance , Im engoged his men to assist in covering his retreat and retire immediately to their homes , lie was carried on a litter to Koumi , after the stump of his arm had been plunged into boiling pitch to

      stop the hemorrhage . This painful operation was endured with singular sang fraid by this veteran general , now . nearly a septuagenarian . Arrived at Koumi on the 20 th , he embarked in a schooner with sixty-seven men , among whom Colonel Scourtaniotti and Major Gervas were distinguished . They set sail for Scio , where , aecording to the report ofa merchant captain , Griziotti arrived before the steamer Otho and the schooner Nautilus , sent iu pursuit of him , could roaeh him . In the meantime , General GardiMotis , informed by a prisoner on the 19 th of the accident which had happened to Griziotti , marched bis troops into the entrenched camp ofthe insurgents , who , after a sharp fusillade , dispersed ,

      PERSIA . Accounts have been received from Persia , by way ofTrebizonde , ofa very serious nature . An insurrection had broken out among the troopi encamped round Teheran , and the authorities , in older to put down this formidable movement , were forced to yield everything demanded by the insurgents . One of the first demands Ttas with respect to their pay , which had been In arrears for a considerable time . This and the other demands of the soldiers having been granted , tranquillity was restored .

      THB WAR Il » THE CAUCASUS . Correspondence from Constantinople of the 2 S ; h says , that the news from the . Caucasus continues to be highly favourable to Schamyl , and that there can be no doubt of his having obtained signal advantages over the Russians this year .

      UNITED STATES AND MEXICO . The Royal mail steam-ship Cambria , Captain Judkins , ariived in the Mersay at noon on Monday , after one of the quickest runs across the Atlantic on record . The nest IIokso of Representatives will contain a majority of Whis ; s . By the elections thus far the Whigs have 113 and the Democrats 94 members . Elections . nreyettotake place for 21 members only , and should these result according to the last Congressional election—tbat is to say , in the choice of 17 Democrats and 4 Whigs—the Whig majo ity will nevertheless be six in a full house .

      There- is a story going the round of the American press , to the effect that a seaman had been forcibly taken at sea , from the Boston ship Brookline , by hor Britannic Majesty's steam frigate Columbia . We hope the statement will prove to be incorrect , as a few such occurrences would infallibly lead to a war . Fires have been frequent in the largo cities within the last few days . In New York two firemen have been killed by the falling of walls ; and in Philadelphia , at tho burniag of an extensive sugar-house , two estimable men were killed , and seven dangerously wounded .

      Accounts from Mexico down to the 15 th ult ., have been received . Parcdcs had returned to Mexico from his exile , having been landed from the British steamer , and set off for the interior before the American authorities could stop him . The Teviot reached Vera Cruz , with Paredes , on the Mill -ult ., and the American journals , which are involved in complete perplexity as to tho piobaWe result of this new feature in political affairs , seem disposed to charge the commander with aiding the chief to deceive the American authorities . ' -.. ¦ ¦ ' ... ' , General Scott had not yet marched on the capital . The Americans were suffering considerable Joss from the attacks of guerillas .

      Fai»E Weights Ansmeasures.—A.Bad Joke.— ...

      Fai » e Weights ansMeasures . —A . Bad Joke . — Mr J . Hughos . a highly-respectable fish-salesman in Billingsgate-marlsct , was summoned . by Mr Harvard , oae of tho inspectors of weights and measures , for having a beam and scale unjust to the extent of Jib . on his premises . Turner , the inspector ' s assistant , proved tho case . The deficiency was caused by a piece of string having a weight at each end being affixed to tbo bar which busptnded the buyer ' s scale . The defendant did not deny that tho weights had been found as stated , but thpy had not been there for more than a minute . His' next-door neighbour , a tradesman who would scorn anything like contem

      fraud , popped them on , as a mere joke , never . plating the serious consequences that might ensue , Mr Alderman Copelaud said it was a very bad joke for the defendant . Was the neighbour present ? The guilty party , understood to be Mr Fleming Hewell , stood forward and admitted playing off the joke on the defendant ' s scales . Mr Alderman Copcland : Then you ought to pay the fine , Mr Hewell : And so I will , your worship . Mr Alderman Oopeland : Then pay 5 s . to our poor-box , and the summons is dismissed . Mr Hewell pulled out his purso and paid the donation , evidently delighted with tbe idea of saving tbe reputation cf tbe mistaken offender .

      Bath ; -Flowkr Snow . —The fifth exhibition of the Bath Horticultural Society , and the last for the season , at Sydney Gardens , was unanimously admitted to be very good , and tho fruit attracted , likewise , ereat attention and admiration . The upper part of the chief stand was decorated with some bne specimens of-fuschiasand balsams ; and the side stands displayed some vines in pots and in full bearing beneath one of which appeared a splendid basket of artificial flowers ( ' so cunningly devised as to defy the closest inspection ') sent by Miss Germainc , and which was highly commended for ito beauty . The numer ous prizes were distributed into classes , for nurserymen , amateurs , and . cottagers . Among tho successful amateur competitors wro Colonel ililcs , the Rer . Rhodes , Major Pickwick , Major Pavi ? , & e .

      The Explosion. On- , ' Board The Cricket...

      THE EXPLOSION . ON- , ' BOARD THE CRICKET STEAMER . ; . ADJOURKBD IKQnF . BT . . ¦ .. ; . ' . % Before Mr Bedford , at St Martin ' s Worknouse , by adjournment from Monday week , on the bodies of those killed by the above catastrophe . ; Mr M . Chambers , Q . C .. attended on behalf of tho proprietors of the boat : Mr Jameson behalf ofthe Messrs Joyce , the constructors of the vessel and machinery ; and Mr M'lntyre on the part of , the relatives of the deceased John Buckley .

      Japhet Edwards , of 6 , Perseverance-place , Rudcliffehighway , stoker , said , in the latter end of June , 1816 , he joined the Cricket as stoker . Remained about six weeks . In the beginning of April last joined again , and remained about a month . That was the last time he was employed in her . Occasionally be drove the engine a journey or two in the absence of tho . engineer , Thomas Claike was engineer in the beginning of April last , After Clarke had been there soma few days the beat lost speed very much . There was a great escape of steam from the trunnions , through Clarke ' s neglect , by the packing not being properly attended to . There were frequent complaints made by . the captain of decrease of speed . At that time Clark tied down both tbo safety valves , hy tieing a piece of spun-yarn from the

      lever of tbe valves outside the weight , which was then brought down iu front of the boiler and . attaebed to two spike nails drove in the beam . The string was so tight that when fastened down it was impossible / or the valves to act . Saw the valves in that condition almost continually for upwards of a fortnight . Occasionally tho valves were Jet loose on tho boat coming alongside of the pier , but never when under weigh . Has frequently let tbem go on coming alongside the pier : whan Clarke's back was turned . Clarke always made them fast again the moment he heard the steam going off . and would rebuke witness for lotting them go . Witness frequently spoke to him about it . Told him tbat he had better mind what he was about , or that something would occur . Said to him on one occasion , My life is as sweet

      as yours , and though you are fool hardy I am not ; ' and Clarke at once replied , 'My life Is as sweet as yours , mind yoar own business . ' The engines would often get hot . Never saw them get hot except when the valves were tied down or beforeCkrke came on board ,: Never saw them get hot at other times excf pt when the boat had been waiting four or five hours alongside of a pier in foggy weather , with the steam up . The engines would get so hot when the valves were tied donn , that tbey would not condense tbe steam . Witness spoke to the captain repeatedly about it . On one sceasion tbe captain asked him what he thought would happen , and witness said the probable consequence would be ,: that every one ou board would be blown up and killed . On Friday . when Clarke was called on board tbe Bee , an

      engineer , named Buttress , came down in bis place , and on seeing the valves tied dowu ho ran over with both his hands stretched out , and unloosed both of them . One Sunday in April two of Clarltc-s friends came oa board , and brought gin with them , Witness , brought another pint o ? ( tin down for them , and Clarke became intoxicated . Witness lot off tho steam and sleekened the fires , and went above . Be heard the steam stop blowing off , and on , going down saw the valves tied . Spoke to Clarke about it . and went and untied the valves . Clarke made them fast again , and told witness to mind his own business . There were 400 persons on board at the time , the bontbeing alongside ihe Adelpbipier . Witness shortly after heard a noise in the boiler ,

      as if the plates were stretching , or . giving , and again spoke to Clarke , but without effect , and then went up and spoke to . the captain ofthe danger . There was asteam gauge onboard . Their usual force of going was forty degrees , but when tho valves were tied down the mercury would rise to 44 degrees , and then tbe mercury would get mixed with water and steam , and become confused ,. 60 that no one could tell at what height the gauge was . Never heard what pressure the engine was i ntended to bear , but no doubt that fact was made known to the engineer . As soon as the gauge got up tt > 10 pounds on the square inch the satcty . valves would rise « p and let the steam blow off , unless a pressure were put upon them .

      By .-. the jury : l am not certain whether I ever saw the valves rise at thirty . six pounds . I have nothing more to add , except that I have seen Clarke place a fire bar , 'weiRhing about 141 bs . across the levers of the valves , and he would then regulate the pressure by moving that backwards and forwards . When he brought it nearer the end of tho lever there was more pressure . This iras done when the valves wero tied . There was no ill-will between him and Clarke , except that we often had words about the tying down of the valves . Clarke would say , ' Mind your own business ; I must make tbo boat go , and the only way to do that is

      to keep tho steam on . ' When I complain-jd to the captain , he told the superintendent . On the Saturday After the occurrence that I hove spoken of on Sunday , I was discharged . I went' to Mr Smith to know the cause of my beirrj discharged . MrSmith soid it was in consequence of the oration Ifmadeon the Sunday before . X said I thought I ought to be commended , instead of being blamed for that , and he said that in consequence of the leud tone in which I spoke to the captain , a gveat ' many persons had left tho bo it . What I said to the captain on the Sunday was , ' If you allow these practices to be carried on by Clarke , sooner or later you will have an accident . '

      By Mr James ; When I fhst went on board the Cricket , the boiler and machinery were entirely new . The Coroner : How do you know that ?—Witness : 1 hare sufficient experience to know now machinery . I know that Kent was in the employ of Messrs Jo » ce , and was sent on board on the first working of the engines , [ The witness was here banded a model ofthe top part of the safety valve and a plan of the engine , ar . d explained the mods in which the valve worked , ] The effect of tying down the valve was to create an unfair pressure on tho boilers , and if continued for a long time would wear tbem away . leakage would happen from the package cot being attended to , independent of any defect in the boiler . The leakage of the steam at the trunnions wauld not be at all caused by unsoundness ef tbe boiler .

      In reply to Mr M- 'Intyro , tho wi : nass stated that Clarke said to him , ' I do not care a d—n abottt either ifr Joyce or Mr JJeecham . I am put here to make the boat go , and go she must . ' The speed of the boat was increased by tbo tying ; of the valve for a few revolutions , until the engine got hot , and there was lime then lost in cooling it . Several passengers by the Cricket here deposed as to seeing thovalves ^ tied down , and to the danger accruing therefrom . Mr Henry Craice , of 11 , Adam-street , Adelphi , surveyor , examined : I was oh board the Cricket boat at the time of tho explosion . Thero was no escape of steam during the time I was on board . I was on board from four to five minutes before the explosion took place . The boat was attached to tho pier and was afloat at the time .

      By } f . v James : I consider that a steamer should not be five minutes at a pier without the steam being let off . I was in the habit of going almost daily by the company ' s boats . Tho boat was just after arriving , and the passengers were coming on shore as I went down to get on board . . .. „ * . ' William Warren , , Diaua-placa , ^ ew-road , engineer , examined : Is employed in the King ' s College workshop . Has been often on board the Cricket , and noticed the safety valves . The first time he noticed them was about ' the middle of April last . On arriving at the Londonbridge pier , he remained on hoard with the intention of returning in the boat to the Adelphi . After a minute or two ho observed that there was no steam escaping , and he then looked into the steam box , and discovered a piece of spun yarn attached to the lever of tbe safety valve . It was tied as near the end farthest from the fulcrum as it could be . Went immediately dowii into the engine room . Saw a man stoking there , but riobody else . On looking

      round he saw two ropes attached , one to each valve . There was one valve to each boiler tied . Both the ropes were fiscd to the beam , but whether by nails or staples be could not say . He teuched the rapes arid found them tremendously tight , Tbey wero very tight indeed , and they operated in this way , that the safety valve was no safety valve at all with them . He made an observation to tbe man that was stoking , who said , ' Oh , tbat is nothing . ' Ho replied , 'Oh , ain ' t it . ' He immediately went up and got to the furthest part of tbe boat . Was on board again about tbe end of the same month , and he thi'n found tho valves at liberty , and the steam blew off ivhen tbey got to tbe pier . Was on beard again on the Wednesday or / Thursday before she blew up . Found that both the valves were fastened down then as on the first occasion , Did not go below then , and got . off the boat ns soon as he could . A person doing so often gets into scrapes , and thero is danger of a working man losing hit employment in consequence .

      By Mr M In tyre : If the spring valves were not fastened ilown the steam would have escaped from them when the other valves were tied down on the steamer arriving at the pier . Thewitnessbsgged to add that bis opinion was , that the boiler burst from pressure , and not from shortness of water . He considered it was impossible to construct a boiler so thick that it would not burst without a safetyvalve . Mr John D . Smlth ^ of Bedford-square , distiller , was then examined with regard to the ownership ofthe boat ; He stated that the boat was the joint property of himself , Mr William Corry , of Verulom . buildings , Gray . s inn-Iftne , Mr Alderman Thompson , and Mr William Formal ) , of the iron works , London-brlelge . Tbe Crieket boot and macliineiy were built by Mr Joyce , by contract , in 1845 . his vi

      Has been constantly on board , hoping by presence keep every thing in order , and tbat those on board did thcui duty . Never heard anything about the safety-valve being tied until tho quarrel between tho stoker and tbs engineer , which they had board of In the evidence . Was in the habit of going below , but did not notice ho valves tied . It was barely possible tbat suck : a thing might have tenmd without his seeing It , as he could not imasine that such a thing would bo attempted , and did . not look for it He had lost one of his eyes during the past vear and could not since then see as well as previously , but still ho thinks ho would have noticed such a thing i £ it had been done . The engineers have tbe power of choosing tli e ' r own Btoka ' . a & il » 8 supposed thst they are bsst able to judge ofthe capabilities of the men . The mar . who made the complaint had not at the time the

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 18, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_18091847/page/7/