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FRA 2 JCE . Trk Citizen _Caussidieb . _* - ; . —The' Democratic ' publishes the following letter , addressed to it from London , on the 24 th ult ., by M . Caussidiere : — 'I read in jour number of the 22 nd : _< M . Caussidiere has , it is said , written to the Procureur-General , M . Baroche , that he is on the point of surrendering himself as a prisoner , so » to be tried at the same time as his co-accnsed Hubert . ' The on-dit which yoa thus repeat is completely false . If I did intend to surrender myself before the commencement of tbe trial , the character of the condemnations of the High Court of Bourges would have confirmed me in op inion that I . acted wisely
my in withdrawing . _VJhat could I have said ? That I was opposed to tbe manifestation of May . 15 th , and that I viewed its consequences with _, the deepest grief ; that those whc , hke M . Buchez _, wished to establish the dictatorship , were cither men of no capacity or traitors - _, that the Montagnards and tbe Garde Itepublicaine , the only forces I had at my disposal , were evicted from the Assembly ; that the presence . of the citizen soldiers , whose devoted republicanism was well known to the people , was sufficient to guarantee the national _inviolabilty 1 But this is not tbe question . The casdid explanations I gave to that same Assembly , as well as to my fellow-citizens , were accepted by 150 , 000
suffrages . This civic crown was not gained either by intrigue or by the influence of an elevated position ; tbe obscure citizen was rewarded for having done his dity ! What it was wished to attack was the Republican of 1830 , who , at Lyons , was the first to arm himself with a musket in defence of our liberties ; it was the Republican of the prosecution of April , the prisoner of Donllens ; it was the man of February , multiplying himself at all points to promote the insurrection , attacking by voice and gesture feat odious monarchy which was crumbling to dust , as much under the public contempt as under the
popular force ; it was the magistrate of March 17 th , -who prevented a sanguinary collision , and invited his fellow citizens to march with banners at their head , hat without arms , to the Provisional Government , ia order to protest their love for the Republic . Add to all these crimes that of being a Socialist , and you will at once have the word for my sentence to trans portation . As I _cannet deny one of the acts of which I have here given an analysis , I cannot think of delivering myself op to my enemies , and must submit to proscription , waiting for better times ' , and protesting my perseverance in and devotion to the principles of social democracy . '
Excited State of Paris . —Satordat . —Last night , although there were no election meetings , considerable crowds assembled at the-Porte St . Denis , and the agitation wis still greater than on the previous days . The police agents endeavoured to disperse the crowds , but without effect . The crowd was enormous , not only in the Bonlevard , hu * . in all the neighbouring streets . Large parties struck up the * Marseillaise' and other revolutionary
airs , and cried a has les Girondins . At length the Prefect of Police appeared at the head of a strong party of dragoons , and succeeded in dispersing the mob . Several atones were thrown at the police , bnt no one was injured . It was remarked that several stones were thrown from the windows of the neighbouring houses . Besides the crowds assembled at the Porte St . Denis , similar assemblages took place in other parts of the capital . In the district of Les _Halies there were several crowds .
Sundat . —The law against tumultuous _assemblages was posted up in Paris on Saturday . An immense crowd again assembled in the evening on the Boulevards between the Porte St . Denis and Porte St . Mar tin ; at nine o ' clock they were summoned to disperse by tbe Commissaries of Police , and the City Sergeants made numerous arrests . Amomr the prisoners was a representative of the colonies—a Montagnard—who on being recognised was set at liberty . At half-past ten o ' clock order was restored , and the crowd dispersed _.
Another Account . —A commissary of police , followed by two drums , summoned the crowd to disperse , and as the order was not readil y obeyed , a charge of Infantry attempted to clear the streets . This having also failed , recourse was bad to Cavalry , nd the object was at length accomplished . Several persons were arrested and carried to the Prefecture of Police and other prisons for obstructing the military , and refusing to disperse when summoned to do so . Arar _. ng the persons arrested was a member of the _National Assembly . His name is not given , but he is said to he one of the representatives for the Colonies . On his being identified he was set at liberty . By eleven o ' clock the streets assumed their ordinary appearance with the exception that strong patrols of National Guards were to be seen taking their rounds , irom time to time , during the whole Sight .
The ultra-Democratic papers announce , this morning , that the Montagnard members of the _Assemb ' y were all last night in consultation as to what means were to be adopted by them for the protection of the rights of the electors against the attacks of the government ,, but that they have not yet come to a resolution on the subject . They promise that something effectual will speedily be done , but in the meantime they earnestly call upon the people to preserve the public peace , which their enemies would wish them , for their-own ends , to violate .
Monday . —Crowds assembled last night , as on the previous nig hts , at the Porte St . Denis , but there was not the slightest appearance of disturbance . A good many troops were on the ground . Ou Saturday evening the number of persons arrested and carried to the Prefecture of Police was 360 . The Social and Democratic Electoral Committee has issued a notice in which , after stating that' the presence of the agents of the government in an election meeting is an attentat , ' and that , * in forcing an entry into the councils of the people , the police have violated the Constitution , ' it declares that * the p eople have , the right of rising to defend themselves , bnt they are not obliged to chastise
provocation at the hour that may suit the provoker . They will choose their day and their arms . The day has not arrived ; the people leave to the government the time to reflect ; -the ; do not wish to be accused ef preferring the victory of blood to that of ihe suffrage . Illegal , arid stained with an indelible vice , a Legislative Assembly , named in the silence of the . people , would not . be the _a-sembly of a free nation . ' The committee then makes the fallowing announcement : —•* The Socialist and Democratic electoral meetings will remain suspended . The government is account _, able . The Royalists and false Republicans may continue to conspire under the eye of the Commissary
of Police ; the free citizens will not have a mutilated right . Every man who submits voluntarily to an abuse of power , ia an accomplice to it . He . who disobeys the delegates of tbe people is an agent of fhe schism , a deserter . He is a traitor to the Republic , and to the cause of Democratic Socialism . ' _ExctTEuexT i . v Lyons : — -Letters from Lyons , ot 1 the 28 th ult ., state that tumultuous meetings had 1 taken place in that city for several evenings previous Ho that day . 7 The authorities at Marseilles have prevented the t sailing of a body of volunteers railed in Paris for the i service of the Roman Republic _.,. ..-,
Mors Pkrskcotion . —Seventy-six persons : have 1 heen arrested for having opposed the police in the i execution of their duty at the various Socialist Elect toral Committees on Monday and Tuesday evenings . / Amongst these are fifteen who had been transported i after the insurrection of June , and subsequently pari doned .- An insurgent of June , named Annand , was _\ tried by ' _eaurt-msrlislinParuTen _Tbujfijdsyl He iwas found gaUiy tnd seii ' fenc _^ to _^ n years' hard l . Uhonr . ... SbX ; peno . M . were arrested at . Vincennes on " 'Wednesday for having endeavoured : to seduce some i soldiers in that garrison from their duties ; they i were recognised as Socialists , iarid were committed < to prison to be prosecuted bythe Attorney-General .
M . Duchon , editor of 'Le Peuple , * wis sentenced _« on Saturday-by default to two years' imprisonment , il and 4 , 000 t . fine , ; . . " _. . The _court-mtrtial condemned Le Colleague , editor C of' L'Organisation . _du Travail , ' to twenty-five years ' iimprisonnient , for having" taken part in the _insurr ration of June , and usurped the functions of mayor iin tbe Faubourg St . ' Antoirie . Most ofthe indivHuals implicated in " the disturbaaaees of Limoges were found guilty by the Court of i Assize at Poictiers . Their chief , M , Genty , former d delegate of the Clah of Clibs , was sentenced to ttransportation for life . - ' - ¦ ¦
The Forthcoming Elections . —The Socialists c of Paris have adopted Jean _Raptiste Boichet , serg geant-major of the 7 ft Itegiment of light Infantry a tad _Edmor-d Ruttier ; sergeant of the 48 th _^ Regiment © of the Line , " as ; two of their candidates : for the " representation of the Seine in the Legislative _^ Assembly . 1 ,. I - -.-L . i'i - - - - - - - _¦>¦; - _; : _< - - ¦ : . _i-n { v ~ _. Socialist _BANtuKT .- _^ The banquet of Socialist p priest * , took place on Sunday at thc Jardin de la LJtiberte , Barriere _Poissoniere . Tbe Abbe Traochard
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presided , assisted by two other abbes ' MM . Mdntlorici and Percy , They _wenTthe on % ecch » iastics whose costume appeared amongst a . motley crowd of 400 men , women _. _fand children . Amongst- 'the stewards appeared tiro or three _menv _M _^ _SJ _** ferior situaS in . the church . The _!&* " _*> were mostly operatives , appeared to belong to various politic al associations . Amongst a few arden Socialists were to be seen persons of less mien opinionsattracted by curiosity . The attendance of
, the members of the Mountain was announced , but two only of them , namely , MM . Bertheler and Dain , attended . There were numerous toasts proposed-The first , ' The Operatives , ' was proposed by the Abbe Monthlies , who reminded his auditory that he had been elected by the people to the _vice-presidency of the delegation of the 7 th _arrondissemeht , and that he was president of the Club of the Acacias He added that he was a Socialist Republican priest of that class denominated ' Red , ' but that he was a
Catholic , and was determined to remain attached to his holy faith . _« We are' he said , 'Operatives like you—the pariahs of the working men of the priesthood ? His speech was received with the most tumultuous applause .- The following toajts were next given , —* Truth , which gives force to the apostle , and courage against persecution . ' By M . Bruart , the following sentiment , Jesus of Nazareth , the father of Socialism , —to that great Revolutionist whom the Pharisees , the Moderates of ancient times , condemned to die on an infamous cross between two thieves I' M . Barillot , who was
introduced to the company as an operatne _^ oet _, proposed The pretended Defenders of Order . '; \ M . Furgard , the Secretary of the committee of Revolutionary Communists , gave The Socialist Democratic Priests . ' M Barthelon made an inflammatory _speech _. which elicited cries of' Vice la Montague !' Vive Robespierre ! ' M . Victor Hennequin gave The Union of Democracy and Catholicism . ' Dr . Roche gave ' Truth ; justice , and the accomplishment of the Gospel . ' M . He-remade a speech which was followed by cries of ' Vive Barbes I' The meeting shortly after separated .
The War of the _Cousihs . — The breach between the President and his cousin , Napoleon Buonaparte , is now complftte . At the end of last week , immediately after the return of the latter from Madrid a violent altercation took place between the cousins , the result of which would have been , under ordinary circumstances , an appeal to arms . Such could not , of course , be the solution , bnt the breach seems irreparable . Napoleon Buonaparte will probably now . throw , himself completely into the aims of the Socialists . Perhaps this will make up to the latter for the loss they have sustained in the secession ofthe two sons of old Lueien , who are now firm allies of Louis Napoleon .
' * _; . - 'GERMANY .- ; , _, ' ;¦ ,,.-: :: _! _\ : BERLIN . April 26 th . —The Ministry has sustained another defeat in the Second Chamner . The debate on the motion of M . Waldeck , urging the govern _, ment to terminate the state of siege , came on for discussion yesterday , and was adjourned till to-day . This morning it was resumed , and closed this evening by the adoption of an amendment moved by M . Unrnh , to this effect : — 'The Chamber declares that
the continuance ofthe state of siege without its conseat is illegal , and that the . Chamber does hereby withhold its consent to such state of siege . ' This was carried by 184 votes against 139 a majority against , the Ministry of forty-five , though many of the Right declined to ' vote . "A second part of the amendment , by which the Chamber pledges itself 4 to call on the government immediately to terminate the state of siege declared on the 12 th of November last , ' was also carried by 177 votes to 153 .
DISSOLUTION OF THE _DIET—DISTUEHANCES AT - ' . BKBMN . " : The Berlin _joumafs of the 27 th . ult ., bring Martling intelligence .. The Second Chamber has been dissolved , the first prorogued to an indefinite period ! This sudden coup d ' etat spread like wildfire through the town ; ¦ The Left received the announcement with a shout almost of exultation , whilst the Right benches were silent . The excitement in the city itself assumed a more serious aspect ; knots of men
began to assemble in the principal . squares , patrols were called out , blows were exchanged , and some arrests made . : At eight o ' clock in the evening , as dusk set in , the crowds in the streets increased , and the peaceably inclined were startled by the sharp rattle of a volley of musketry on the Dom- > platz . It was reported that one woman and five men were killed . When the mail left , Berlin had all the appearance of an approaching insurrection . The 'Prussian Official Gazette ' . contains the following address of the Ministers to the King : —
* TO THE Xtt _* GS MAJESTY . ' Your Majesty , in convoking bo _' . h chambers by the Royal decree issued on the 26 th of February , was guided by the confidence that their ' deliberations would tend to promote the welfare of I the country by consolidating public order . This hope bas been disappointed by . the course upon wliich the Second Chamber has recently entered by adopting resolutions founded on divisions , which by one or very few votes determined the issue , now for one side of the house , now for the other , so as to leave no doubt the decision was often the work of mere accident , ' -In the discharge of our duty we consider it would be highly injurious to leave the revision o ( the draft of the constitution of the 5 th of December , and the framing the organic laws connected with it . to be the sport of such accidents .
' We are besides convinced that the Second Cham _, ber has not confined itself within the limits of its legitimate functions r We perceive it exceeding its powersin ' _theresolutiohof the 21 stinst ., by which the constitution drawn up by the Frankfort National Assembly is declared' valid , and again in the resolution of yesterday , by which the continuance of the state of siege , which we . consider as indispensable for the preservation of _^ public order and security ; is not only declared lo be illegal and in contradiction with the 110 th article of the constitution ; but its immediate termination is demanded ; *
' On . these grounds , we consider it necessary ; for the interest ofthe country that the Second Chamber , according to the 76 th article of the constitution _, should . be dissolved ; and that the Upper . Chamber should beat the same time adjourned ; We rely on the hope that these measures will be approved b y the majority of the well disposed in the nation - with so much the more confidence , - because , to our sorrow , we have seen the tribune in the Second Chamber but too often misused ' by . the 'declaration of p rinciples calculated to pave the , w _^ ay , for the , overthrow of the : present constitution ,: and the destruction of all . social order . . .: - _" _: . _;»; ¦ . - ' ¦'
1 * . While we respectfully present to your Majesty the form of the decree of dissolution for _signature , we reserve the measures _tequired by the 40 th article of the constitution , aa the consequences of the dissolution ef the Chamber , for future execution . ( Signed ) ' "'Count . Von . Brandenburgb _,. ' Von / ' /// Ladehbiifgh , ' Voia _Manteuffeli Von Stroths , Von der Heydt , Count .. _ _:-: Aruira , Von Rabe , Simons .,.: ' Berlin , April 27 , 1849 . ' : : . _. _^ DECREE ( RESPECTING THE DISSOLUTION OF THC SECOND CHAMBER AND PROROGATION OF THE FIRST- v . ¦ .:..:.:..::- ' :: ;' ..:.: , _''¦'' . ' ' : ! :. '¦¦
' ¦ ' We , Frederick William , by God ' s grace , King of Prussia , ordain , in virtue of Arts . 49 and 76 Of the Constitution of the 5 th of December , 1848 , at the _suggestion . of ourMinistry of State _. as _follows : — - > _SecV , 11 ; The' Second Chamber U , dissolved . ; _,. _/ Sec _?; , . Tne . F ( rst CJ _^ amber is prorogued .. ; , ; ' r < Se _^ _i 3 _^ pur _^ n « t _^ j . of _^ the . _execution . of the above ordonnances . . ' . Given under our . sign manual and Royal seal . * i ' « BeUeveu , 17 April , 4849 . _w ' r .- > 5 ! -: _*^ ?( Signed ) ' ;• Frederick William . ( _Cbuhterstgned ) _- ; ' 'Count . Voh ; _Brandenburgh ; iVbh ' : 'Ladenberg 7 Voh '; Manteuffel , ! Von ; ' Sfrotha , : ' ' Von'der Heydt ,, Cb & ntV p VAraiia , Von Rabe , ' _/"¦ _^' SimonS . _*' ; ' (> . _^ < . _-. _^ ' _-J'iV ; : * _- ; : ; _.-. " ¦ ; _vi , \ •• ¦ : _- ¦ ' .. ;• ATTBUPTS TO ERECT _BARBlCAnES . _,, i
> : - -ov . : ( From the-. f ; Times ' : of Tuesday . ) . ; ., ; : BEB . LiN , ; April 28 . ' — _Aftsr the departure ofthe mail last night attempts were made to erect 'barricades-on several pointfi but failed by the exertions of the dtizens and' _^ soldiers were' compelled again to fire , 8 Jidth ing ; the _(^ uaities , oflast evening _^ were ascertained to _bVvjeryimerous _^ _,, 7 , " ; ., ; . . j ; _,. _ _,,. ' Detachments ; of cavalry bare bad to be called in to clear the Douhofs ; Plaiz several times during the day . I Many , persons have been wounded by sabre cuts , but _thenumber ig not yet known ; No orga . _nued _^^ _rMUtaflce" haF _^^ _ahywheref been ' attempted : by the pe _^ Ie , ' yet gVeat alarm prevails . ' 'Many families have ; , Jeff Berlin ; ' . ( _doring ' . the ' 'day ; passing visitors have left almost without an exception . - ¦¦ j' - _... <
Nnre o ' fiLqcX i pjt . " . . - Patrols of cavalry are keeping the streets that lead to the Douhofs Platz clear ,- ' : _-f-- > i < ' - ¦ : - - ' _^ _- _.-i i . ; - _' _^" - ' _^ : .. ' _::: ¦¦ . ¦¦ ¦ \ ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ i . in . _^ _;;^' - » i _jo « THER > ARTicOI . ARSi' - ' - - ' _•'; ¦ " ¦' - _;'' _^ ' _^¦• _ipehple _^ ' " _turned- off ; the ' gis ' all ' albng ; ttie L % ip | igt _*> : _street , and at , ; the _corner-where the Cnarlo > _foM _^ _sb _" crd ? jes it ' there wis ' an attempt ' tb erect a ' barricade . " Iha ' smprisingl y ' _gho ' rt time " it
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was raised to a dangerous-looking obstacle , but the interference of some of the ? citizens sufficed to stop its progress / ahd it was " removed withoutttfiel interference of the military . The large : ' ' _tubslitbaV s tand in _thestreett filled with water , _andtwhicii in ; _Berlm supply ( very imperfectly ) the place of _Jmains and pipes in case of fire , were rolled together ; the planks that cross . the deep drains at all the corners were tora up , and this dismantling process , added to the darkness in the whole street , usually well lit , and exhibiting by night , from its length , a fine perspective , gave everything a wild and . desolate look . Another barricade was built at the junction , of the Markfargen and Leipziger streetsand here the
pave-, ment was in part torn . up . On the approach of a detachment of troops , . who gave the signal usual before firing , the people at work on it fled , and it was removed by the soldiers . Another , still more formidable , was raised in the Petri-piatz ; and froth here , athalf-past ten , I heard three or four shots rapidly fired , though it ' was not , as reported this morning , a full volley . It was directed at the barri _* _- cade , in consequence of a shot being fired from it on the - advancing troops . In a game cover the sounds would hardly attract attention , but in tbe streets ofa city , in darkness , and amid angry and cursing ' groups of men , it has a strange _effect , startling for the moment , but followed by a strange
kind of excitement , which it is easy tc- unders tand would soon grow into an impulse to . join in the conflict if it increased . But for the overwhelming force of the garrison , and the preparations long ago made for such a contingency , there would have been a general rising last night ; but tinder present circumstances the attempt would be madness . This the citizens know full well , and last night they did all _« h their power to prevent a conflict . The points at which the barricades were raised , or half-raised , were soon in possession of the troops , who also
appeared at every other point likely to be attacked j and these , movements of detachments continued tilt a late hour , Tbe crowds gradually dispersed ., The eveningwas in every respect precisely like one o ' those which preceded the fatal 18 th of March . The difference is now , that the mass of the citizens keep aloof , and the government cannot be taken by surprise ' _; _" : tlie danger is from " the workmen and unemployed labourers . The feeling among them is the worst possible . They are possessed with the fixed idea that a new law of election is to . be decreed _,
which will deprive them of the suff rage they have badsecured them by the last . Revolutionary emissaries are busy among them . . . ' ¦ _, , An outbreak by day is not much apprehended _; it is the evening and night tfiat ate dreaded , when the ' working men are disengaged . ; They _gather in the streeis . sometimes , . purposeless , : but . accident often produces a collision that leads to fatal consequences . Yet : it cannot be said that the day has passed over quietly . v _sDuring tbe forenoon . crowds assembled again on the _Donhof-splatz , and atone o clock a body of cavalry was ordered to clear it , which it did with
as little _: ' violence as possible . _\^ The people , however , returned , and ' the manteuvre had to be repeated more than once during the ' afternoon . ' The process did not , improve the temper , cither of the soldiers or the people , and towards evening the men used their sabres , ' and many penons have been seriously wounded ; but up to the present hour ( eight o ' clock ) nothing like an organised resistance bad been at . tempted by the crowd : still the obstinacy with which ' they return after . every repulse is astonishing . It is hoped that the movement will not increase beyond , at least , the manifestation of last night . , . ..: . ; . ,., " _. ' . . ¦/ i . ; .: !'• .. _' ... '
In the meanwhile the effect on trade and business has-been most injurious . Many . resident families have quitted Berlin during the day ; all strangers , who are not fettered by direct occupation , have left almost without . ejtception , and some ofthe hotels on the Linden have been cleared o f their guests in a few hours .- To add to the , alarm , the little village of Rixdorf , about a mile from Berlin , caught fire at midday , and is nearly destroyed ; the wind bore quantities of light flakes of fire from the burning houses as far as the city , where they fell in the streets . —Times . < The following notice was i « sued at Berlin , at six in the evening , on the 28 th ult : —
'After the dissolution of the Second Chamber , assemblages of the lower classes of the people took place in the . vicinity of the house and in the adjoining streets , when the military were opposed and insulted . They were compelled to use their _firearms , whereby six persons were killed and six wounded . Tranquillity was soon restored , and the public peace has not been disturbed to-day . _" : , ( Signed ) :. ' Manteuffel . ' - Berlin , April 29 th . —Last night four more
people were shot dead by the military , and a much greater number , wounded . This occurred near the _Spitaf-brucke . The violence of the constables , oi which Iwas an eye-witness yesterday in the Dohofsplatz , had so enraged the populace that they attacked a post of constables , and one of them was so much ill-treated that his life is despaired of . The soldiery , being Summoned to the spot , fired three rounds of musketry , which was attended with the . above results . —Daily News . _-. _- .:. ¦¦ irz zing of Prussia ' s dbfinitivb befusai of
the imperial crown . ; The' Prussian Gazette , * of the 29 th , publishes the definitive refusal of the Imperial Crown by the King of Prussia . This document , which is of great length , is addressed to M . Caraphausen ; the Prussian plenipotentiary to the Central Power . It bears the date of 28 th April , and the signature of Count Brandenburgh . ;;
' ! THE WAR IN _HUNGARY . ; It appears that General Bem , before leaving Cronstadt and Hermannstadt , palisaded those two places in a manner that would enable . the Szehlers ( the partizans of the Magyars ) to hold out : for a long time . against the Russians , in case the latter should return to Transylvania . It is admitted , even by some of the Vienna journals , that the above general maintains strict discipline among his troops . WELDEN . DRIVKN . OUT OF GRAN . BY THE : '
-.. . ; _3 i ! _-: : ; . . ; . , . _^ HONOABIANS . . ' ,.... . Vienna , April 24 . —The Huiigarians _, have ( ob . _teinedadecisive victory : over the ; main Austrian army corps under Weldeh , ; _^ which has been driven out of Gran , aiid utterly put to rout , : Steamers ; from the Upper Danube _^ come down crowded with wo troops are pouring oyer to Ofen . Perceel has entered Bukovar _, wi / hout encountering the least' resistance . ' Karlpwitz . has been ' , bombarded . by the Magyars _, the . hostility of ' , th «\] Hungariatt . peasantry ' ; . adds greatly : to the distress , of . the . Austrians , who ! are badly off for provisions and thinnedhy disease . ¦ ' :. _d / . ( From the- ' Morning Chronicle' ) ) j ' ; ' . .. .. ' . ,
The report ; that the Imperial troops bad suffered a defeat in-the vicinity of Gran 5 s fully and oficially confirmed by ' the ; bulletia issued on , the 24 th by Gieneiral ' Bohm , the ; Governor of . Vienna ., Itj an . bounces the evacuation " of Buda-Pesth by j the Imperial troops , and the raising of the siege of Comorn . ' _'Vfordea in a manner to allay the'fears of the - population - oX -Vienna , ' it indicates '¦ ' but ' too plainly that the struggle will be a fierce one , and that the iwbrst has yet to come . ;;; The news ( says the . ' Cologne Gazette , ' of Saturday , 28 th ult ., in an extraordinary , supplement ) of a decisive , victory gained by the . Hungarians , is . fully confirmed .. ; The exciteinent at ' Vienna is extreme . _ThYMagyarsTiave ; _^ alsb proved _^ ctbribuS - bh ; Lower Danube . -On the _16 | hj-they bombarded _Carlowitz _/' and' Preczel . has ' : taken quiet ; possession _^ . of Bukovar .. , ; ¦ _;'• : _-. . . : . _; . ij :. yc .:. ; . , _-r . T _) Y _¦> : „ _.,-, ; , ' _, _, •;¦! ' . . ' : ' . ' _-
The _-. ' _SilesiauirGazette !; _says : ~ « A great battle w , ! f . f 9 . u n n * U ?; 20 th , ' and , 2 _lst between Gran and Comorn ., _Welden Commanded the reserve , and becn-P . _(^ ! l ? ' ? _flefc-M * _^^ near _^^ Gratt _^ . ! A great portion of the _ImperiaAistsj including the brigades of _Jabibnowski and . Simuriich , were d _^ awn- iip in iine ' 'of battle on the open ground between ; Gran and Coniorn , 1 The Hungarians attacked the Imperialists on all _jsif _^ ea _withsuch impetuosity that ! theilatter . were ' sooit thrown into _^ confusion . ; In despite of ; . jthe . ' bravery of . his „ meni . Welden was compelled " to " retreat . ' ¦ Be . sides a severeIjcki _^ in _^ iHed ' a ' nawonndea , thejlm _^ _pirialiits lost twenty pieces pf artillery md ' 2 , 000 _piisonen , ; The ; 'immediate'reault of the battle was the raising of-the-siege of Comorn . ' : _..- ; .,. on ! ' ' . " ;' . '
Letters : from Transylvania state ttiat Bern has _enured W _vaUachjai and -defeated a . Russian _division _. advanc jng . to the assistance of Austria . .,. 1 _^ , .. Ko 8 suth corivbked ' the Hungarian Diet to meet at Pesth'Wthe 24 th of April ; To the astonishment ofmany hehas _kepVfaiswbrd . - r - ' - _, :: , _^ i _^; - r _XNm the _^ Daily News _>) 7 " _idttMM'By _™•«* Wetb _senda _deMchmentJof | he ! r _armyj . to Viennkthe Germans . will in all likelihood embrace the opportunity . to rise and assert their nationality ,. AlLPoleg and _^ Hungariansi' of alii ages _annexes , have been ordered to ¦ _quit _^ _Vienna- but _to | f ,-f _^ I _, _^ "P « erogatio _^ will be . occasioned by German _^ _discontehti _«& . - _& ; k i _* _W _^ _^ _^^ re received to the direction of ? ietburg ; l _} di . the _eOTeaandaiitdid not deem it safe to part with the fores » h « tt ' enable- ,
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him to keep up the state of siege ,, and the orders were disregarded ; Government is ; : pressing soldiers instead of relying upon the regular conscription . In a village , near"Vienna boyi , of fifteen and sixteen years have been forced to . join the ranks . Welden has offered every ; Magyar who deserts five florins , and twenty if he brings his horse with him . The Magyar authorities meet . this . alluring offer by publicity announcing that . any . soldier whO ; felt disposed to accept of it was at liberty to do so . | J : J GLOBIOVB PROGRESS OF THE HCNGABIANS . f
_, - Georgey has crossed to . the right hank of , the . _Danube , before the face of the Imperialist troops , and entered Comorn . Count Zlchy , who arrived at Vienna oh the evening of the 24 th inst ,, was present when , at the head of ' only 600 -hussars , Georgey performed this exploit . General Schlick , with 6 , 000 men , is at Buda . The Austrian head . quarters are , it is said , at ( Edenburg . Jellachich is gone to Southern Hungary , to join Ruckowina , Puchner _, and the Servians , and to defend the frontiers of his own country _.
The' Breslau Zeitung' contains the following important intelligence :- — 'I hasten to inform you , that in consequence . of the total defeat of the Imperial army between Gran and the Danube , when 12 , 000 Austrians , fell uuder the swords and baronets of the Hungarians , and , on their retreat j fella prey to . the waves , General Welden is compelled to an an immediate evacuation of Pesth and Ofeni The greatest disorder has prevailed the whole day . In a placard Welden calls upon the two great cities to grant a perfectly safe retreat to the remnants of the Imperial army . Report says that Kossuth ; by desire of the city , has granted the Imperialists an armistice of fortyreig ht hours for evacuating Pesth and Ofen . The Hungarians are to make their entry to-morrow . The greatest joy _prevails . there . ; - .. .. ; ; " ; _,
Letters from Pesth , of the 22 nd ult ; , confirm the news . of the evacution of that city by the _fmperialists . The brigades of Schlick arid Csovich had just left it . The Ban was still on the field of Rakos , but was expected at Pesth . It is doubtful whether be bas passed through that city to . follow the rest of j the army , or embarked oh tbe Danube to carry on operations in the comitate of the south . It also appears that , up to the 23 rd , the Imperialists were still in possession ot Buda . The same letters add that at
Pesth the people were displaying / in sight it maybe said of the Imperialists , the Hungarian cockade and colours . The streets presented the appearance of a show of flowers and garlands . An illumination _^ _was preparing . _; The orthodox were hurrying away to Vienna . ¦ :, _Presburg is being put in a state of defence with the greatest haste . Bern has hot gone in the direction of Wallaehia , as it was said , but has marched to Temeswar . ' !
.. . B y later intelligence we learn that the Hungarians have obtained posses-ion . of the island of Schutt ( on the Danube _)^ and that ' they , have cut off , the retreat of the Imperialist army . : The Austrian Commanderin-chiefs _head-quarters were at Raab , but / beyond this nothing was . known at Vienna of the respective positions ot'the' contending armies . According to the last advices from . Cracow , the vanguard of the Russian army , composed of _Coaiacks , had already entered that city . ; It was not ,, however , supposed
that these : Cossacks would , come to Vienna , but it was generally thought they would at once proceed to Upper Hungary . . ' , ? _-. ' > , . . . . " .. _, _WURTEMlfcRG .-the . _Ktng of _. _Wurtemburg bas at last yielded to the tears and supplications ' of his queen ( after having long held out against his ministers , his legislature / and his people in general ) , and has fully and without any reservation . _acknowledged the validity , of the constitution agreed to in Frankfort . ''' ' , v
Dissolution of the _Hanoverian _Di . _bt . — The Diet of Hanover has been dissolved by a Royal Letter patent countersigned by all the Ministers . ¦ ¦" ¦¦ ¦ : _¦¦/' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' - ' ¦ '; :: _¦¦; " ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦'' _:.:.-. ANTICIPATED RISINGS IN VIENNA AND POLAND ! The 'Times' _correspondent , writing from Vienna , says _;— There is a certain indescribable something going on ; the groupings in the streets , the adventurous-looking Teutonic hats , slouched over . most suspicions faces , sham quarrels for the purpose of attracting a mob—these are symptoms which
portend mischief . There is nothing _firm—nething consolidated—in our position , and we rise in the morning with an uneasy feeling lest all should be chaos before subset . ' .. " . _' , ' " .. _, . It is stated in a _Posen correspondence ( under date April 19 ) in the _'Oberpostanits Zeitung ' of Frankfort , that the Poles in the kingdom of Poland are preparing for a new contest , and that large quantities of arms are secretly distributed amongst them . Meantime , Russian troops are pouring into Poland , and strong garrisons are stationed in all the ' large towns .
DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES . , The town of Kolding has -been taken by the _Schleswig-Holstein troops after a smart : resistance on the part of the Danish garrison . Fi ghting _centinued for many hours in the streets before the town was evacuated , by the Danes . ; On the 19 th ' of April the head-quarters of General Bonin were advanced from Haderslebeh to _Christianfeld . The outposts of the Wo armies came into collision between Woesildand Kolding . A letter from Altona of the 23 d , gives the following account of the affair : — -
'The second division of lagers and 9 th battalion of Infantry pushed on to Kolding , without waiting for artillery or cavalry . The first obstacle that opposed their progress was a barricade thrown up in front of the houses ; outside the town . They drove ' back the Danes over the bridge , where they found shelter behind another row of barricades . These were stormed atthe point , of the . bayonet , and the entrance into the town cleared . . The small , garrison of Kolding defended itself valiantly in the streets , but was finally compelled to fall back in the direction of the fortress of Friedericia /
.. . . / . ITALY . . . . THE FRENCH . _jINVERVENTION . ¦ At a . late hour on Saturday afternoon , the . French Government received the following telegraphic despatch from Admiral _Trepouartt— ; . ; ' . ' Civita y . EccmAi April 26 , 11 , a . m . —The flotilla under my command ' anchored yesterday at ten p ! clbck" before ' . Civita . Vecchia . At , twelve o ' clock the _cityiwas occupied by 1 , 800 ; men of the expeditionary forces , ' This " occupation took place with _theconsent of the authorities ; of . this city / and without-firing a shot .. AU the troops are disembarked since the morning , and I am now landing the material . _'^ _•¦¦/• ¦ , - ; ¦ . - _.- ' •; .. ¦ . -At half-past five on Sunday evening the government also received the following telegraphic despatch from General Oudinot : —
; ' Civita VEccHi / April 25 . —We ; are masters ' of Vecchia , without ' . firing a shot . . The authorities made no resistance . ,. The inhabitants and National Guards have welcomed us with acclamations . ' ,. ' [' _..., THE ROMAN REPUBLIC—By a decree of the triumvirs , of the 17 th ult ., the Roman army is to be carried to 50 , 000 men , to be divided into three tJivisiohs and . six brigades . Thei . Roman * Monitore ' states that 10 , 000 muskets are at Marseilles , readv to be embarked for Civita Vecchia _; and 500 men , completely , armed and equippei , under the command
of M . Segnan de Serre , would shortly follow . The constitution ofthe Roman Republic has been published ; it contains eighty-three articles . The principal feature 8 ' are;—An assembly of _repretentativea _, elected ; fbr three' years / by _UniversalSuffrage , ; ty _* he propprtibn of one to 30 , 000 inhabitahtS } two consul * , elected by the ' same process , charged with tbeexe . _ciitiye . power . ' ; and twelve . tribunes _,. 8 irn (( arlyf ' e _^ foir five y ears , _' to whom the consuls ' / give an apebunt of their administration at its expiration ., They are also . specially : entrusted with the mission of guarding against any violation of'the constitution . _¦¦>'•;* ]
_(• . _TUSCANTi-The _- Debars- _i _saysi- _^ _K is | ahnbunced ' that Leghorn has ; _submhte ' d ; ,- _Af the same time , we learn that the Leghorn baltalibn'froii ! Pistola mutinied against the decree for their _diibahdm butjweresurrounded on the road by . supermr _^ and disarmed , _^ _theirichiefs were arrested , and taken to Florence . Peace and _border ,, are * 're-established throughout Tuscany . '; i _-: ; : _) ! :: ¦ ¦¦; ¦ . ¦¦ . ¦ _¦ i : }\ b : ' .: _letters from Marseilles of the 27 th tilt , asnounce ihtt Leghorn tod not yet- made " its . submission id
the Grand puke , and that barricades continued to obstruct the : streets and ; to be guarded by armed men . . The troops _aeht from Florence were encamped in the neighbourhood , and interrupted . all communications with the country .. Their commander was ordered not to . act until the return of the deputies who bad gone to demand instructions from the Grand Duke .: Civita Vecchia and Genoa were tranquil when the _VUle de Marseilles touched . at those harboure /; _fr / ' ' _, .-: / ' ' _^ . ' :, " ::,. '' / ' . ' ; : ;; ¦ : ' _-..- : '"¦ -.. '"' l ::
: ; PIEDMONT .--I , etters / from _, Turin of the j 25 th ult ; announces' that the Austrians entered / . Alessandria ' at bbt o ' clock , i > _, in ;; on the _^ _itihj ; Their force consisted of a Croatian-lilyrian battalion ofthe Reg iment'Buckoviha , a Walla chiait regiment , aiid two batteries of artillery , 'forming together 3 , 00 . 0 men ! One-balf was quartered in the citisdel and the other m tbe tbVni * . ' ; : ''" _' ! : _j :. 'V ¦ ' : " '' 7 "'" _"" "' _i _^ v ' . n - ' . "' SICILY _^ -iSuB & iiasibK of Palermo .- _^ We have received positive _iatelligence of the fall of Palermo .
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On the 23 rd of _^ _prfr _^« _-W _^^ J _^ lermo wit * _20 _^ pa _« enger 6 on _^ hoard , _includmg _Mie ' _rbslawskf , l _^ garina , _(^ rde _^ iam . , andotiier _leader o _^ ibe _^ nsnrgent _^ ; Theateamer armed at Marsea [ e 80 nih _^ 26 th _. _-W # / .. . i : the _Provisional Gbvemraent ; has soug ht a refuge at Malta , having been conveyed there under the protection of the English flag . The Prince of Scordia and Mariana Stabile were kept prisoners by the people . A deputation of citizens bad waited upon General 11 i _. _ft P ' _o .
Filangieri , _inviting him to take possession of tbe city _...:.,,,. ' _^ ' :. " _,, _- ...-, .- _^ _..- _^ ., _. _...,.-. _^^ _, _- ,: - ; -- ' : _/ ::: " A private letter from Naples , 7 of the 21 st uH .,. _says : The Neapolitan banner _floats ' over Palermo ! . The advance of General Filangieri ; after his recent _suecesses , caused such a sensation , that the parliament , the peers unanimously , - and the deputies by a large majority , voted an immediate submission to the clemency ; of . the King . The leaders of the late revolution departed the day following for Malta .
SARDINIA . —The committee charged with inquiring- into the conduct of General Ramorino has come to the conclusion that he is guilty of the fact laid to his charge . The punishment of death is involved in this decision . .. ' . ' . '
• •• BRITISH NORTH AMERICA . CANADA . rrWe haw _adyices from Montreal ; to the 14 th of . April ... A ' vigorous war was being carried on by the opposition in the _^ House ef Assfmbly against the government measures—the Tariff Bill , the Debenture Bill , Sic . Its last chronicles of the agitation announce the _s ' um total'of sixty _^ ninemeet . _ings , _¦ throughout the whole of Canadi _* _, at which protests against the Rebellion Losses Compensation Bill _have been carried . When the activity and _resklessnass of _the-leading agitators are taken into account , and the organisation of the orange lodges and other agencies which' subserved them , this , is but . ; a meagre show _* . Lord , Elg in still delayed to give his sanction : to the measure _either waiting till he received . instructions from home , or till the effervescence would subside of its _owuaccord .
NEWFOUNDLAND . —Our intelligence from this colony is to the 15 th of April . The colonial legislature was still in session . A joint committee of the council' and assembly ; had reported on ' the prevailing distress _existing in' the several ' outports . The committee ' reported their conclusion that the fisheries were inadequate to the support of the peo pie , - and recommended an 'appropriation of £ 30 , 000 for opening up main and agricultural lines of road . Seven crafts had returned f rom the seal fishery , with about 23 , 500 seals . _:- ; _, ' ,. _- _,- , ¦ ¦¦¦
¦ . - . ¦;! . ; " ; ,. ' : )<¦ ;'¦• . INDIA . ' ; . - ¦¦ :.: SURRENDER OF THE SIKH CHIEFSFLIGHT OF DOST MAHOMED TO THE : : KHY 3 ER . A _:.:..:: : ; ' ; - '¦; . _^ _. - . , ¦ . ; ..- , Bomba ' _t , April 3 _i-r-General Sir W . R . Gilbert , with his fine force , consisting of 15 , 000 men , with some forty ' guh ' s'rcrbsBed'the five or six streams of the Jhelum early in March with very . slight _loss , and pushed on for . . Rhotas , described as ah interesting oldj hill fortress , ' _^ _seven . : pr eight ; miles ; ' in _^ circumference ; arid surrounded by walls tome' _tnirty feet thick . This place / being-old ~ and dilapidated , had only heen temporarily occupied hy the Sikhs ; and on Gilbert ' _sjirrjval"he found , as a matter of course ,
that every-soul had evacuated it . He therefore continued his progress , and succeeded without difficulty in seizing the Bukrealah Pass , beyond : _Rhoats . where it ! was at one time thought the Sikhs , would make . astand , ; : At . any rate , Shere . Singh : and his father appear soon to haye become convinced that farther j opposition .. wa 8 , ; hopeles 8- At first they pleaded for a guarantee of their lives ; but having been , told' ' that ' , an uhconditional : ¦ _suTrender . alone would ; be accepted , intimated their consent ; , to submit unreservedly , with all ; their followers / and to give up the ; wholeJ of their guns . On the 7 th of March , Khan Singh _Majetua , with 500 men and three guns / arrived in camp ; and surrendered . Next day Mrs . Lawrence and her ' children and servants , with Lieutenants Bowie and Herbert , and all the
rest of the prisoners made their appearance . Shere Singh himself came in towards evening , but as certain arrangements had to be made for the delivering up of the advance , he : was allowed to return to bis own camp to do what was needful . It was now reported that the Sikhs had altered their minds , and that whatever that single night might do , they were determined , to strike a last blow for liberty ! This appears to have induced General Gilbert to continue bis march , fully , prepared for an encounter . On the Hlh Sirdars Cbuttur Singh and Shere Singh , with eleven other chiefs of note , arrived in General Gilbert ' s camp / and gave up their swords . Forty-one pieces of artillery were also surrendered , and 16 , 000 Sikhs laid down their arm 9 -each man being allowed to retain his horse , aad receiving a rupee as subsistence money .
The Ten Hours Act And Wages. To The Enwo...
THE TEN HOURS ACT AND WAGES . TO THE EnWOR OP THE NOMHERK 8 T 1 H . ' " Sin , —Sir 'Robert Peel ha 3 diligentl y studied Cocker . The right honourable baronet is a clever arithmetician . He has not studied human nature . Consequently , the late Prime Minister is not a '' safe " statesman . During the debates on the Ten Hours Factory Bill , Sir Robert Peel argued thus — "If you reduce the hours of labour in factories from twelve to ten , you will necessarily reduce the wages from twelve to ten . " And then , with an air of triumph , the selfsatisfied statesman asked— "Are you prepared to make such an enormous reduction from the earnings ofa large portion of the working population , whose wages , even at twelve hours per day , are not nibre than their necessities require ? " By such sophistry many members of Parliament were
deluded ; nay , even now , the Economists , following in the wake of Sir Robert Peel , rest their opposition to the Ten Hours Act on similar assertions and questions . ; : ¦¦ " ' - , ¦ Fo rtunately , . experience contradicts Cocker . Happily , facts prove the folly of Sir Robert Peel ' s philosophy .. Take the following . I record it for the especial benefit of the right hon . baronet and his disciples —the Economists . My kind friend , Mr . Wm . Walker , has just placed a- very important . document in my hands . It is the record of the wages paid , by amillowner , in Bradford , for the working of thirty-two power looms , during ; the year 1848 .: /' The table is drawn up by the overlooker who superintended the working of those thirty-two looms during the whole period _. The speed , the looms , the wages per piece , \ the quality of warp and weft , and the workpeople were the same , and ; during the whole period the hands had full employment . The only difference was the time of working , and the amount received bythe
workers . ' - _/ ; . ' '" : •'''' Duving the first _quiwle * - those thirty-two looms were worked eleven hours ' per day . During the following three quarters they workedonlyten hours perday : - ¦ ' ' _*>'<•;"•''• - ¦ ¦ •¦¦ ¦ " }¦¦¦ : ' ¦ ¦¦¦ - : ¦ - '¦ ¦; - Now I will * state'the : result . To that-result I _reapectfuHy / but earnestly , call the attention of Sir Robert Peel and the Economists . First quarter wages paid for _elevenTiours per day , « _177 88 : ed . _- _' _- :: - ' ¦ _= " * ; - ' :::- ¦ '' ' ' Second quarter , wages paid for ten hours per day , £ 183 fis ., being £ 6 Is . 6 d . more than tor cloven hours per day ; aiid' £ 22 ' 3 s . _1 H . more than the amount assumed arid asserted by Sir Robert Peel , according to Cocker 1- _¦'—¦
Third quarter wages paid for ten hours per day / £ 191 4 s . . 6 d . y'being £ 14 ls . more than for eleven hours per day and £ 30 3 s ljd . more than the hmount assumed and : asserted by Sir Robert Peel , accordingtb . Cocker , ! ' . ' ' '••'"• • ' «• : fl _.. Fourth quarter wages paid for , ten hours per day , £ 187 . 12 s ; _fld .,. being £ 10 Os . 3 d . more than for eleven hoursper day , and : £ 26 _Ua . 4 id . more than the amount-assumed and asserted'b y Sir Robert Peel / _accordingto'Cbsker ! . _- . - ' _.:- : • • The accbuht before me gives me the name of . the bverlb 6 ker ;* ahd '! the mill ; - I anv not authorised at present'to ' - publish names . 'If Sir Robert -Peel
doubts : ihe - statement , ' ' I have ' nb fear bf being able ' to _' satisfy hini th ' at there is : " no mistako . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ • - . ¦ 'And how . ii ' - this appdrtnt contradiction to , be ae ebunted for ' ? : '• - Siniply on this truth '— human beings ' v are / nbt ; machines ! That is all ; Cocker would be , e 6 rrect if nature did not two . few _Rohevt Peel / wbiild be * rig ht' if human beings were hot needed to -guide and watch the operations of machinery . ; -.: __ - ' _; - >•¦'¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ - ! _- '; . - -:: _;! - <; . ; ' I asked an overlooker to account to mo for this result / 1 ' Ho said , "Under , the system of long hours _^ ' the hands' were never fairly rested _^ Under _thesystombftenhours ' per day / they are never «« - hdustcd . "' - ;"• . •" '¦" ' ' ' - ' " — - _•; - •¦ _- • .: ¦ -. ¦ : . ¦ ¦ ¦ : ; 4 J . _- .
; - " Ay , " . _Baid"T , ' my ' friend , you know nibro about it . thani Sir Robert Peel . " ; , ; _^ _-- " _-a _,- . - .- i .. ' It is " well to _teachfthe overlooker ' s' logic ( logic proved by experience ) now , j when the law is ' defied which is worknnjBO well . --i - - ' ¦">'! : . _.- ' : ,.: ;¦ ¦ ; : ¦ _,- _¦/ _- . i v ' _. ~ : '/ I / remain , Sir , your obedient servant ' . _^
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Destructive Fires.. During Saturday Last...
DESTRUCTIVE FIRES . . During Saturday last not fewer than seven _firesea broke out in various parts of the metropolis . Oneie was at Nb . 77 , - Edgeware-road , occupied conjointlyly by Mr . J . Keene , a solicitor / Mid Mr . F . Bostock , aa shoemaker . It . was , caused by a spark from 33 candle , which ' set the contents of the back roomra first floor in a general blaze . An immediate alarm a was given , but before assistance could be obtained , 1 , the flames made great progress , and were not ex- _- - tinguished until the whole range of premises was a considerably burnt or damaged by fire . ' and . water , ? _. The sufferers are understood to . bo insured . —Tho 0 second was at ; 6 , Taylor ' s-yard , ; Borough , in thoo _oceunationofMr _.-Ha ney ; but , owing to the timely y DESTRUCTIVE FIRES .
aid afforded , the damage was not very serious . The e third outbreak was at No . 1 , Hatfield-street , Gos . i . well-street , belonging to Mrs . Smith . - The flames s could not be extinguished until great damage had 1 been done by to and water . —Tho fourth fire wag g at No . 35 , King-street , Snow Hill , in the occupation 1 of Mr . Isaac Armstrong , saddlers ; ironmonger , and i was attended with fatal consequences to one of tho ) female domestics . It appeared that at ten o clock c that night Mr / Armstrong's attention was directed I to the lower part of the premises by hearing violent b screams proceeding therefrom . On gomg _^ to that t part ofthe house to ascertain the cause , he found 1 one of the females , who had been in hi 3 employ for ¦ a ' neriodof twenty-four years , in a general blaze . ,
The inmates tried all they possibly could to extra .- guishtho flames about the unfortunate creature ,, and sent a messenger for the fire engines . The bn- . gado engines from Farringdon street promptly attended , and when the . fire was put out the flesh of 1 the poor creature hur / g in shreds from her arms and I other parts of the body . Mr . Loder , of the brigade , , and othorparties , carried her-to St . Bartholomew ' s I Hospital , where everything was done for her that i tho nature of tho case would permit of , but in spite _i of which death terminated ' her sufferings at two 1 o ' clock the following morning . —Another fire broke 1 out at Mr . G . Harcott's , wheelwright , situate in , Glarke _' s-orchard , Rotherhithe , the inmates : sue- ceeded in nuttinz it out . —The sixth fire was at 29 ,
North-bank , St . John ' s "Wood , in the occupation of Mr . John Hill . It was caused from some ' defect in the kitchen flue , which set t Ja back and front rooms on the ground floor in flames . The whole o _ithe residents at that time being in their beds asleep , they narrowly escaped being burned to death . The fire was subdued , but not until the whole ofthe building and the contents were damaged .- _^ -The seventh fire was at No . 13 , Mill-place , Commercial _, road East , in the tenure of Mr . P . Holo . The flames began in the basement , and when discovered they were mounting up the staircase . The residents succeeded with great difficulty in effecting a safe retreat , but tho flames could not be conquered until a great destruction of property had taken place .
Fire And Disastrous Loss Of Life. On Wed...
FIRE AND DISASTROUS LOSS OF LIFE . On Wednesday night , about ten o clock , a Are broke out at No . 57 , King William-street , in the joint-occupation of Mr . Devercaux , a hat manufacturer , and Mr . Dewey , a tailor ; Mrs . Devereaux and four of her children were in the house . : Two of the unfortunate inmates , have been taken out of the ruins , and two others so dreadfully injured that they , were taken to the hospital without any chance of recovery . _¦ - ' It appears that the attention of Sergeant Martin , of the City police , was drawn , to an unusual glare of light through , the _fanlight over the shop-door , and without a moment ' s delay , he raised an alarm , and sent for the escapes and engines . During the time pending their arrival , the officer exerted himself
in knocking at the street door for the purpose of arousing the inmates . Whilst so employed two females and Mrs . Devereaux , and one of her daughters made their appearance at the third floor front window bewailing in a half frantic tone their impending , fate . Tne sergeant told them to remain for a minute or two for the arrival of the fire escape . The elder female however threw herself out and felt upon . her : head . on the flagstones in front of the house , blood _streaming from the wounds inflicted by the fall . Before ' sufficient time had elapsed to remove the poor sufferer her daughter followed , and striking in her descent the leaden gutter over th & door sho broke her thi g h , and was most fearfully injured .. She was forthwith removed to Mr . Smith ' s
surgery , in Grncechurch-street , where every thin " was done for her that the nature of the case would permit of , but in such a precarious state was the unfortunate sufferer that she was obliged to be taken to the hospital , where she remains without any hopes of recovery . The escapes of the Royal Society , under tlie direction of Mr ; Baddclly , the inspector , arrived in less . than five minutes after the alarm had been given , but-unfortunately not in time to bo ofthe least assistance , except to the firemen , who conveyed thchbso of their engines up them . The engines of the London brigade arrived early , and there being an abundant supply ' of water , all the engines were called into oneration : but in suite of the vast
torrents of water scattered over the flames , they continued to mount most fearfully , and it was not until nearly twelve o clock that the firemon could g « t them subdued , arid not until they had broken through the roof and were ascending so high into the air as to illuminate tho whole ofthe City . At the same time the lightning flashed most vividly , and the thunder roared so loudly that the people ia the immediate vicinity imagined that thc noise was caused by some terrible explosions . t During the time that the fire was burning one of Mr . Devereaux ' s children made her appearance at a lower window , : and having broken the glass the child succeeded : n forcing her way partially throiu- _' -i the aperture , when some one residing in Mr . Ililf ' s
house , next door , with the aid ofthe police , managed to draw the poor creature through , but in doing so the flesh was horribl y cut on her legs _and'other parts ofthe body . She was removed to thc nearest surgeon ' s . Themomentsufficiehttime had elapsed for the ruins to become cooled , the firemen and escape-men entered for the purpose of looking for the parties missing . Upon entering the third floor , a fearful picture presented itself . Near tbe window the blackened remains of a fine young woman , apparently about eighteen years of age , was perceived ; ana near her was tho body of a child about nine or ten years old , also fearfully burnt , The bodies were
placed in blankets , and having been lowered , they were placed in shells and conveyed to the deadhouse , whore they will remain until viewed by a coroner ' s jury . How the disaster occurred cannot at present lo accounted for . The premises were closed between eight and nine o clock when everything seemed per ' fectly ' safe . ' The police , who have been to the hospital to inquire after the state of the sufferers , report that Mrs . Devereaux has died from the effects of the injuries site received . Her husband was , at the time of the outbreak , at Windsor on business . It is therefore impossible to tell whether or not the premises were insured .
Notthe least blame can be attributable to the fire-eseape-mcri , for they were on the spot before any engine , and there is no doubt if Mrs . Devereaux and lier daughter had remained at the windows moment longer , neither party would have received the _leastinjury _.-.
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-Emi 6 _bAtiou ' pbom _Liv-j-ifodz _.. —From the 1 st d January ; to . the 31 sfc . of * . March of the present year the , number who sailed from this port under the provisions ofthe Emigration Act / exclusive of those w ho left in . vessels not included within the surveillance of the government office , '' was 35 , 402 souls , against 23 , 843 in the corresponding months of last year . _^ During the fortnight from the 1 st to thc 11 th of . April , 11 , 615 additional sailed , making a total , from the commencement . of the year , of 47 , 077 . The bulk of these emigrants consist ofa very superior class , of small -farmers and even substantial yeomen : ' A largo niiriiber have been from Wales , consisting of farmers / : miners , and labourers , and they carry with : them generally . _^ large-quantity of luggage and . implements . . Nearly the whole of the emigration has , Wen directed by way of the ' United States , scarcely any proceeding direct to our North American colonies . > - . .- ¦ ¦;¦ -: ¦
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_THETdorniAcHE . —This pain seems designed to call o _« _ftttentiontO ti \ 6 decay going on in ihe _^ . teeth / _ahd-worns _& to see-. to . their preservation ... When teeth are partially deca- cd / - to '" t 6 _** , ch " them ' . - ivith food ' often" causes _intend pain / ' 'Uri ' masticate'd substances ,-are , " i therefore , _pastf " into ; the ; Stomach > fi and indigestion : and ( its . attendant f " _airis sobnensiie . By filling decayed teeth with , _Brawli- aittial , _which'lididani shor _tly _uw » _ii _&&&\ -ceh ' placc _^ the cavity / the'dec & y ; may : be checked , ; the teeth _renuW-- _painleis , and mastication be duly performed with comfort" _PAU-iTUL'ULCEBS In ' _tHE- _'LegS AND / BoDT CUBED , _ifff * Seventeon ' y ' eafs' _iduratlon ? _byJIloUo-jvayV- Ointment ''ll * ( Pills . —Extract of , _a'letter " from Mr . W . Staples , dated _m _grave-gate / teicester _, _ftdv / !> th 7 l 8 i 8 . '' To _Professor nd- * way . — " Sir/—l ' iras an invalid / for ' seventeen years , _mtcing . dreadfully with painful ulcers in my legs and dijp'v parts of ; my . body , during this period I was attend ™ ' . several eminent surgeons , but their remedies failed w " methe leftst good _' .::. I : tlian commenced using your 0 Illtl ? L _and . Pills . and by .. ; these , invaluable medicines nlonM " 'd elighted to state that in _a-sliort'tiriie all the woim ' " _^ . soundly healed , _arid'heside ' s this I am restored to exce health . _-, ( Signed ) , W . _Stapies . ' !
.. _ABBM-Enn's PttB OiSTnikTJ—One of the greatest legacies bequeathed to human . Kind , ! by the immortal _Alicr _Sfffi v ; i * _- _* ' . _f-VSfiV _^ hU- . wonderful _^ - _' ff _^ ZJ the piles _^^ he proprietor of this valuible w _^!* S under the treatment , of several , doctoK , suffered wX _^ J ; for many years . with " . the piles and occasional bcauiyi ; ' dow "' _- ; J _^^' _iifthlng _' _- _beWrimmmer _' _grW _^ until h 6 : _^ Ued , Wthat einlnent _snrgeo-v Mv . _Af _™& whose prescri ption completely cured mm , ' M 5 ° ?" proved its powers to heal in thousands of cases of p >« , _« stid ! e , _;& c . ; r ln . fact , the . medical- profession , al * va _* _-s sio » and unwilhng to acknowledge the ' virtues of any nlc _™"' not prepared by themselves ; are now unanimous in _^ recom mending !«' : _The'Bile . Omtm 6 nt ;!' . as _pveparod from'the o _> _- _gwa _^ Pvescviption of that departed wonder of the age , Aberncthy . ' ~ gold in covered pots at lis ., and -Js . Sd . _l-y _T-espgctablb : chemists arid dealers hi patent medlcmtsi every market town throughout tho United Kingdom ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 5, 1849, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_05051849/page/2/
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