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fdr carryiDgJi' on . That suSTEnere'iSHaceinongeiing should make theMslightejfc impression pn s 9 ^ ^ ° deep ^ yincrusted inmoral filth . ^ so prematurely old in the world ' s worst ways ^ o constantly exposed to the reyered temptations both or want and of unregulated pas-Ion s , is not to be expected , Lori Ashley and jis Clerical allies deceive themselves ^ and $ those who pin their faith in them , if they think that b y such means any real or effectual ab atement wilt take place of the evils , they so emp hatically bring under the notice of the community . „ __ rl- - / . arrvinriiton . That sucE ^ inere'iirfS ' wr
These are , literally , all the movements of importance which are now attracting public attention . At the moment when all the great agencies at work are slowly , but surely , disorganising society , and preparing it for a fearful crisis , this is the way that our politician s , economists , and philanthropists waste their time , in small and futile movements , which are only redeemed from ridicule or condemnation because their originators are in earnest . ¦ With all our talk about Education , there is no class that needs it more than that class which is entrusted with the Government of the
country . We wish they would go to school quickly ; but looking at the obstinate manner in which they shut their eyes npoa what is passing on the Continent , we must say we have small hopes—at present—of their speedy acquisition of even the alphabet of true political wisdom .
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& I hare received a letter from George Packer , of Birmingham , relative to an alteration in the fcottag . B te be oaSt upon the Company ' s estate . I should have pnUisheditthii weekif I had received it la time to admit of a canmeat , bat I did not receive it till Thursday noon .. I am always pleased to receive those respectfal conununications , aid I shall always respect folly answer them . It shall appear next week . _ P . CCOMSO-L . i . SWE 1 T acknowledges therecdptoi the following sums for taeDefence TOnaisrat nerewith ) , yiz . . — £ i . d . £ s . d . from tha Shoe- FromBagthoipe 0 a 2 maker * 'Asso- FromKirkby .. 0 3 0 ciat-oa m 9 7 0 MrBewn . m 0 e 3 Mr Ball .. 0 0 6 Mr Shepherd .. o > 9 Mr Caijindale 0 0 6 From New
Bis-Mm Perkins .. 0 0 1 ford - 0 4 8 JtjiiiH Haxhxt has received and handed to theExe cntive , Ss 6 d 'for Convention expenses' from 6 . Cavill-ShefB-li . , J . A . Rkoch , Dundee . —Cox ' s Hotel , Jermyn Stree' , Hsj market , London . Ha E , Liverpool . —Three shillings . J , Grothhs . — VTe have given your letter to the Directon . ' ¦ .. . Quiky , Bolton 4 e . l € oerB . —Wejhavehad something similar to the same air by us for some time , and shall give it the first opportunity . A Cosbtakt Kjudix , —InlS « 3 . ¦ j . BA ^ Lxr . Broylsden ; J . H ., Wandsworfh . —We should , saylrisli , unless theparent , eitl . er bj apprenticeship , or rental of premises , eoald claim a . pajdshin England .
THB XiKCHESTEK YICTIHS . Thohib Oxhxshsx has received the following sums : — AFewFrieadsfromRooderLane , per Mr Grocott .. 0 7 6 . Received on the Platform , per MrGrocott 0 li 3 W . W . F . M . .. .. .. . 093 Blackburn , per Mr Armstead .. .. 0 2 3 Hr Brcnett , Taristock . —Toarconux-imicationis an advertisement EemitfoM shillings and sixpence ^ and it shall appear . J . S . A ., Halifax . — Articles and ' remittances for the Nosthon Siax must be sent to this office . The business of the Directors is unconnected with our
Hujtix . — Boxendale , Binns , and Edwards , are three consummate fools , to suppose I should ' deliver immediately their tminteffigUjle scrawl to the party they allu&sdto . Thelfirewssiti * immediate * destination . Tie Dispatch or Lwivft would have been the best medium to represent the CnarUsts as a set or Indie ignerehtboobees . ' W . Kidib . -If * Arms , Ashton-under-Iyne , writes to Mr Julian Haraej a * follows : — 'I have received your letter with the 4 s 9 a from Mr Phillips for Mrs M'Douall , which I will transmit by this post , together with all monies in my bands . I wish the friends of the Doctor and his familv to send any naoney they bold , or may hereafter collect , diract U Mrs WDmutO , at Mr FarraU ' g , Tempernce Hotel , 64 , Richmond Bow , Id-rerpool . The total amount of money I have received for Dr U Douall ' u defence aad for his family is £ 62 83 , all of which , with the exception of the Asiton subscription , has been duly acknowledged In the Si « . I send Mrs H'Oouall , this week , the balance remaining in my hands . W . Aitksn-
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- ^ 3 SBB */ WOREENG GLASSESi' WM ^ a ^ tUn | i ,. ; juid agimaUdMRsMV" ^ " '" ' , ¦ ¦¦•¦ PaUteg—Uke . de ^^ aath ^ fc pi ^ ti ^ i- •"' , ThU which : sakas thoaiia ' ^ , perhaps nlfllMi , - 'ME 60 IRiS OFCniZEtJ ( JAIJSSIDIERE / ' THE FRENCH PRESI&TIAti EtEQTION . Brother Proletarians , . ' / A remarkaWo work hu jut Usoed from kit publtabing establuhment of Mr Bentliy : —The * Mt tnoirs of Citizen , Cautndiere , ExPrtfect of Police and Repretcmtive of the People' * .. . : rjrn-imrT-rt nr _ -. T _ Ti-r .,. v ~ , . —„ -
The name of Maeo CiussiBmu is well known to the readen ef ttis journal . Even before the Revolu tion of ¦ Februaiy , OirjggisnBK's Bane was familiar to thaDemocrata of this country . The night the newa teaehed England of tb . % first appointments of ofBeersonderthe Repnblio , I read the Hit of Republican functionaries to a crowded meeting ef Euf ' lith and'feraien' Democrats , and I well remember tkai on ceadiog the nomination of Citizen Causbidikrb te tha prefectship of police , the meeting gaye three eathodastio oheen . -The anleeqaent conduct of the Republican prefect justified that applause . The events of May induoed Caushdurk to threw up the office of Prefect ; be also resigned his seat in the Assembly .. In the month ef June . he was
reelected to the Aesemblj by an . immenie addition of votes over those ha had received on the occasion ef his first dectioB . Thii triumph inoreued ths hatred of his tflemiM . . . Tha eyentsof Joue afforded tiieiaaprfltext for glut ting their thirst for tengeanee .. Cathbisixbi was singled out for special denunciation in the infamous report prepared bj Osiuah Babbox ' s Inquisition . The counter-reTolntioniats designed the destruction of Lidbu Rolun , Louis Buhc , and Catosisiebx ; they , howeter , shrunk from proceeding to extremities against the first-named , —the two pthiui shared the vote of proscription pissed by the Assembly on the night of the 25 th—26 th of Angnit . To avoid the wearisome imprisosment preceding trial , which . Bibbis , Racpail , Sobbob , and their feUow-snffersrs have suffered , both Loco Bianc and Caui £ H } obk withdrew from France and took
temporary refuge in thia country . Though nolonger permitted to serve their beloved conutiy by taking part in tha dntieiof the Auembly , the illustrious exiles have not been idle during their sojourn in this island . The readen of this journal are aware that the rabid speeches and writings of the intriguer Thiebs . directed against the rights of the working daises , have been replied to by Lotus Blahc ia a small but eloquent and ably written work , preoared by the author in this metropolis . On his part , Oaosbisibrk has been not leu industrious , as thetwo volanie 3 of his 'Memoirs , ' also written in thia metfopolif . abnnda&tly testify . The first fifty-eight pages of Vol . I . are devoted to a narrative of the events of the Revolution of the 24 tk of February , and a description of the state of France previous to the Revolution . Passing over this portion of the work , I hasten to the day of Lows Phhjpfs ' s overthrow . '
Citizen Caussidkbb took part in the attack on the Chateau d" Ean . and was anongst the first of the people who . entered the Tnilerieg . Like others , he stopped before the etepsof tbethrone , and describing his reflections at that moment , he says : — 'My thouehta wandered to my brother murdered at Lyons in 1834 . It was on the Bteps of the altar of Christ that he fell , struck by three lolls , with bixtt-foub bayonet wounds in kit hody ; and hia corpse , relinquished as a prey to a maddened soldiery , was soon little mere than a tissue of bloody shreds . ' . The Examiner in quoting from this part of the work , emits this description of tbehoirible taorder of Cavisibieu's brother . Had the Examiner been reviewing the work of some German aristocrat in which was described the popular execution oi Leuana or lATOUB . tbat vile Whig journal would have quoted every word , and added its own measureless
denunciation of the ' murderers . ' But the Eagliah Piets-gang hava no pity foi sundered dimoorati : on the contrary , they would have exulted , if in June ' a t the yet living Caussibisbs had met the fate of his heroic but unfortunate brother . Gazing on the wreck of royalty , Citizen CAUEsmnRt tells his readers that the Tuileries became the grave of his animosity against his former pBrsecatora . This savs much for his kindly disposition , but not so much for his judgment . Pardoned tyrants never forgive those who pardon'them . To discard personal animosity is certainly a characteristic of nature ' s nobility ; bat the animosity which a patriot BStnralljr entertains towards tyraBti should be cherished until such time as ths tyraatshave been rendered utterly powerless for further miiohief , and , more , have been compelled to make atonement for their pait crimes . ;
It may be said that the revolution rendered Louis Pbiuffe powerless for further muohief . I am not sure of that . On the other hand , I am sure that Guizst , Thubs , Bdokatoi and the rest of the intriguers and conspirators against the human race who surrounded the throne of Loma Pbtuffx , ' are yet powerful for evil , and I fear their power will yet be greater . The Provisional Government having been appointed , Catjbbidibbis was placed at the head of the Police . Sgbiukr was appointed his colleague , but does not appear to have acted after the first days oi the Revolution .
It is due to > Citizen Causbidiere to-note his declaration , that he only consented to tike office in consequence of the earnest entreaties of the people . Headds : — ' It has always been my real and sinoere desira to keep atoof from all the trammels of plaoe . For seventeen yean I had been ens of the foremost in the breach , without any ulterior views of personal advantage . I may honestly say , that I made every possi ble sacrifice for my cause : The realisation and adoption of my political principles , were , in my eyes , the noblest recompense . ' Installed in office , Cit zsn Causudhbk im > mediately took steps to secure an abundant supply of provisions for ths capital . A redaction in the pries of bread of course gave general satisfaction , and greatly contributed to tie preservation of order . .
CitizanCAruiDtBRs ' c police measures and regulations tppear to have been generally of a highly praiseworthy character . The re-formation of the police force under the name of Montagnardi , exhibited his admirable qualifications for the office he filled . Daring his administration the streets of Paris were safe at night , cases ef robbery were rare , and in the « pac 9 ofthrea months only one iniiider was god ? mitted . When the disorganisation caused by therevolution iB taken info account , this state of things must be admitted to have been the more extraordinary . EvenCAUstisiEBs's bitterest enemies have beenforced to acknowledge the ability lie exhibited in ensuring the sooial safety of the capital . , _ . nitiTPnOATTgaroiSRE writes eloquently m praise of
the magnanimity : of the Revolntienists of February : but , with all respect for hip , I mnat protest that I coau ' er the said ' magnanimity' to be a subject for lamentation rather than panegyric . He tells his reiders that the King and the princes were allowed to escape without any notice being taken of them . It was not till the 37 th of February thatordere were given to issue warrants for the arrest of Guizoi and the other ex-Ministets . The ex-Prefect acknowledges that be oosld easily have prevented their flight , but neglected to do io , because , as he tayi , like the people he had golden dreams of . the future ; and , therefore could afford to forgive the past : This fatal « mmW « moderation has been the ruin of the
-Ret public : Gmz-iand his gang had been foryears the ' plunderers and oppressors of the French people . To maintain their unholy sway , they had consigned thousands of patriots to durigeoniand death . They had provoked the struggle ef February with the view of having a pretence for massacring the people ; and had the Monarchy triumphed , blood would have flowed « n ths scaffold , and univerul prounption would havebeehth , e ; aoom of thepitnoti . Snchme . mies of the publu welfare deserved the punishment which tyrants should never escape . ^ ... Suoh intriguers as Trass , and sueh brigands as Btoeato , should have been dnven from the sod of ^ BeSe the enemies of the Revolution were not hashed , the Republio is already gone in aU but nwperandtlw namewDl . inaU HkeBhood , mot long Became tEe enemies of the Repnblio were spaw ^ the founders of the Republio « e alrea ^ in th « r graves , oria chaim , orexile ! The Mtaral' result of a half-revolution . : ¦ - ¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' „ ¦ ' ' ~ The archives of the secret poheewew , of course , overhauled by Citizen Causbidibbi , and he came at the names of miny of the ruflsUns who hadjfor years supplied tho ex-Govemmentwith Mformbon of the SedinRS and designs of-the Repablieim . In Saotn VII .. ii given an aocount of tWdueovery of the treason' and the unmasking al the uifamcras DjLhoddi ; This nuwreant , it appears , is now in Londoa "" « The needy villain ' s home , * ' where he attacks the Republio and the Republicans i * a 1 itUe * S / MiieraUedevil ; IWiyJoes he not ribbet himself « Rope is cheap wough . He Ucta wen fte one virtaa of Jroia Iscabio * - ae eoJS to ? ut an end to M « infamous ex"Sp ' ter vn . also containianBinoinreofanotter sco 3 el--thevmainCH ^ , onwhoielyiJigewdeno Srprincipally grounded the charges preferred Sn 5 t Cavbshhebe by OamoR Babbot's InqumtoT The value of such evidence wiU ba estimated » the readers of this journal , wh » n I staU that 3 Hfflro riv als our notorious Poweu . Condemned to eight years' hard labour at thegaUeys , for desertion aid theft , that punishment had been remitted by Louis Phixiks ' " police authoritiawm theundentandinethathe ( Chehu ) would turn political « py . He did aofind when unmasked by OATjssn > naE , he confessed Sai he had acted , not only as a spy , but also as an " * for ( xtr » Bttinpsf « li
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. ^^ l ^< W ( W ^^ ,. Hewaswli . at l % iiyin ^ orfdUftn ofleAving the conntrT . -and he did leave for Klgium , Butjreturned- again . - : OSQKinore tarreited » he . was again-liberatedonthe Bame oonditions / andhe . went to Germany , but / like a bad shilling , heagainjretunied . -Thirstinsfor revenge , the wretch tookadvantage . of the eveiitl of Jane to furnish ^ JyiDg denunciations against 0 acbubibrb and others who had laid his character open to the public . ¦; 'At this ' very moment Chekuis ib the enjoyment of his . liberty , and congratulates himself in comfort on the result ef his denurieiafions . ' ' : . . : ... If , ' says-Citizen Cathshdiebk— 'Ifl dwell upon these facts , it is to point out to the working o ) wies howguarded they ouehtto be , and of the srreat im-*""""™ """ """"* " ^^ ' ^ '
portance it is to them to . ascertain the moral worth of those who Aeek to lead them into the path of danger . ' — , Citizen . CAinnisntBs gives a sad description of the incapacity and treason of certain membera of the Provisional Government , and the division which reigned in the councils of that body . The love ol talk reigned supreme there , ' is his emphatic condemnation of the Provisional ! on the occasion of his firat visit to their sittings . ItappeaiB , that ' at tha very ontset Albbbt wished to resign , observing to Cacssidisbi—' Matters do' not go * on well here ; I look as if I was one too many . ' Caushdikbb
dissuaded his friend from resigning , but it is now to be regretted that the real Republicans did not retire from the Government the moment they discovered the actual-designs of their colleagues . Had that step been taken there would have been another struggle , in which , ia all probability , the bourgeoisie would have bean conquered , and rear Democrats placed in power . - "' ¦ - ¦ ¦ - '¦ \ , -:-Ddfohi sb l'Eubk , Abaqo , Marie , and the rest of . the majority , opposed the proclamation of the Republio . It is Bald that on the 24 th of February , Gabnibr' Pages' wrote the following note to his friend Leon db Malutiixe , ex-Vice-Prerident of the Chamber of Deputies : —
'The ( oels , joumust know ,. have just proolalmed a Beputlio . Prevent the Daoheis of Orlesas from appsarlag . The moment is not propltloui . ¦ .: < . > . The question of the Organisation of Labour excited a division still more marked and decisive in the councils of the . Provisional Government . The working men surrounded the Hotel de Yille , and demanded the . establishment of . a Ministry of Labour . This demand , ably supported by Louis Blanc , was violently opposed by Gabror Pages and LuriBiniE . Loo tsSBlanc threatened to resign unless the wishes of the people were complied with , when Abaqo entreated his young colleague , not to
separate himielf from the Government , adding the appeal , 'Do you . wish us all to have our throats out ? ' ' The people below , ' says Caussidibrb , ' now began to grow impatient , and made the butt-ends of their muskets resound on the pavement . ' It was necessary to do something ; accordingly MABBAszand Garnbr Pagbs proposed the formation of the Commission of Workmen ,-to sit in the Palace of the Luxembourg , with Louis Blakc for . Presldent , and Aisebi , the workman , forvics . Presiclent . The celebrated decree , which I have often quoted , was signed by the whole of the members of the Government . When Mabbasi took the pen to Bign it , he exclaimed— ' It is very strong ! It is very strong !'
It was M . Marie , who , in his quality of Minister of PooHo Works , organised the National Workships . It was bo alto , in bis quality of member of the Executive Commlsiion , whs ordered their dissolution , for most of thtsa men hastened to undo the little work they had done while under the inflaenea of thepeople . The Commission of Inquiry ( Odillon Earrot ' s Inquisition ) accuied Causudixbb ef having taken an ao < tive part in the events ot the 17 th of March . Far from denying the charge Citizen Caujbidebbe glories—as he well may—in having been the . prime mover of that magnificent manifestation of democratic opinion . On the occasion ef that manifestation , LiuunnNi addressing the delegates of the people assured them , that there were no troops ia Paris , and that the Government had never even . dreamt of recalling them to the capital . He added 'The Republic wishes for no other defender from within than the armed people . That is the truth . Tell It to them . '
Yet this same Lauashnb afteswards decided in the presence of Obiuoh Babroi ' s Inquisition , that he had done all in his power to eifeot the return of the troops to Paris that he might oppose them to the Republican . workmen ! Perdition seize the hypocritical traitor ! ' . ' . , ; 'In reviewing the acts of the Provisional . Government , Gitizen . Caubsidibbb comments on the measures which he holds should have been adopted , ! but whioh were not . Amongst those measureahe includes Civil ( or Home ) Colonies' for the most necessitous families . The readers of the Nobihebn Star will agree with the following observations , of Citizen Caussidibbe : — . . . . • -
The possession of the soil should have betn made the property of those who cleared and ooltlvated It , 6 a the payment of an equitable proportionate rent , which woaldre . imbnrsethe State for its primary expenses in sapplybg agrioultunl tools and building materials . Colonies of this : description , conduotea with prudonoe , cannot fail to suooesd . They would tend to rocsll a portion of the population to agricpltural labours , which have been so negleotea , and so badly , managed , ZVd citizen ean fall into dkjtttpoverty wUK flvi or »'« aerts tc ouHwafe . ' ' ' . ¦ - ¦¦¦¦ Tht soil cultivated with industry , constitutes tin real wealth of a country .
But the majority in the Provisional Government , treacherous to the oause of tthe Revolution , attempted none of the measures whioh common sense might have dictated as indispensable , both for the happiness of the people and the stability of the Republic . ..-. . •• : ' ., ' . .. The people , too , were not blameless . On the occasion of the election of officers of the National Guard , 'the people generally neglected taking any share in the elections , and reactionary names , in many instances , came out of the electoral urn , —names of men who wonld nothave been elected , if it had not been for the apathy of the working classes . ' What wonder that' Only six weeks after the fall of Royalty , Royalists , Conservatives of the old regimi , aristocrats of every description , already threatened theseeutitj of the RepubUo ? " ¦ - Notice of the second and moat interesting of these volumes , —I must postpone till next week .
Bbozhbr Pbolbtabiahs , Sunday next , the 10 th of December , is the day fixed for the French Presidential election . Before I again eddreu you this great question will have been decided . The progress of events , and calm reflection thereon , since I last addressed yon on this subject , have made no change in my ideas respecting the several candidates . My voice ig still for Lmbu Rolun , My earnest deiire still ii , that Cavaionac , Lauabtire , and' Mr Special Constable , ' Bdohapabib . may bedefeated . : . When . onalateoccaiiDn , Cataiouac was put on hisdefenceiuthe Assembly , for his conduct : in the days of June , he admitted jthathis plan had been to fight a battle—not . prevent ah iBBurreotion , He argued that his plan had been previously diBcuued
and approved of by . Generals Usdeau , b occhat , and Lahobicibhb , He added that if his plan had been acted upon in the days of February , or July , - 1830 , ' neither of the revolutions whioh ' ousted . Lotus Philippe and Charles X . would have been wcoessfal . Of oourse . it must , be . inferred ; ' that had'he had the command of the troops on those ' occasions he would have acted on his ' plao , ' and would have slaughtered the people in the revolutions of July and February as he did in the insurrection of Jilne . In the course of his speeoh Cavaiwac stated that tvi » millimiiwlMnflred thoiuimd cartridges were ex .
pended by the troops in putting down the June icsurrcstion . When the cannotttells , grape shot , and bomb-shells , also < expended , ' are taken into account , ia connexion with the ball-oartridges ; an'idea may be formed of Cavaionac ' s ' plan , ' and of the frightful mass of murder for whioh he is responsible . Cataiobac , in replying ! ' to Lbdbu Rouin , avowed , in no obscure terms , that he totally separated himself from tho veritable Republicans . He need not have pithinuelf to the trouble of thatavowalthe tn \ Republican ! , long ago , separated themsslvea from him . . "¦ ' '¦ ' '¦' Cavatorao is an assassin and a traito ? . ¦
He plotted and perpetrated the butchery of the heroes of the barricades , the founders of the Republio , the rtarviog workmen , whose ory was . 1 ; i ;* Li Travail ou la Mai . ' . r . -. He has oufcP ^ lipped Pbuwpb . The cwt-but tyrant betrayed the Poles . But more thanone , two , aodtogngf Uilan and Vienna . riaa in judgment against the traitorous brother of Godkboi 0 * T sum up the measure of CAVA «» Ae ' s infamy , let it be noted that he has despatched troops to the Roman SUtes to prevent the Roman people eitab .
U 8 ffi ? anx 1 eS ft » teot' the Pom is an ' election dodge' engaged in for the purpoae of securing the ^^^^ "Mii * to be horror-struck when they heard ef theiuat ex-Sen of Romi . , let thMevUlaiM paB » ed decree after dscree condemning the working-men of PmIj toslaughterand alavery . WhenCAVAidHAO defended his plan' for maisaoring the proletanans . of Par » , the Assembly applauded him to the echo , yet these sentimentalists are shocked when an enemy of mankind meets his just reward . 01 that in . every honest hand were plaoed a whip .
So lash the rascats naktcl through the world I ' Whoever winB , mj earneBtprayeris that OAVAitwo may low . Sweet are many enjojnunts , but ' Rmngeen a tjrant is sweetest of all I Laiubtoh lately made a . speechtothe officers of tha National Guard of the canton of La Chapelle . in SSSef which he vindicated hu ^ daimstrbe Snridered a good ' Moderate . ' , Hear him- ' ModeraWs Citizens , I confeu thii crime , aa 4 boast of it . 1 an itUl more golltj than the ; » y ; I am » ot only so today ; I have been bo from the fiwt hoir of the revolution / You know what political 'moderatiotf
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rfbiicrisHb aacrili ^ juntice to expediency , and who haviDg ' agreat'horror ^ faDneyingtheenemieflbfthe beople , has , no qoalms . of . fonsoience , about , mowing own . the , maisM .. with ' grapa-Bhoti / Narvaezw a f Mo ^ ejado ,- !' ,..: ' - ; ¦ : '" v- ' v ,. . ' : „' . ; , The A SpwialCoMtabl ^ LoltiaNjipoisON Bvoviparmjiflas . aof , obtained raj geqd opinioii b / . muohjauded but very empty , manifjiiito . ; pf , ' Tils 4 ?" plaratwnof ' prinoiples ' -a hashfor all partiea-ii may be trulyjaidr- ¦ - v . ' ' ' ¦> '" ' ' ' p *
;< * 'TU this , ' tis that , 'Us t ' other thing , . : ^ 'lis everything and nothing I ? . . ... If Frenchmen wish to make themaelvea ridioulouB in the eyes of other nations , they will eleet the' Special ConsUble . " ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦¦ : ¦ -m - , :,.. ; . ' , ; A circular has this week appeared in tho French Democratic journals , from which I learn , that Lbdbu Rolun has been re-nominated the Democratic candidate , by a National Eleotoral Congress of Delegates from Paris , the Banlieu , the Corporations of Workmen , the Army . 'and the Departments . It appears that the delegates , to the number of 300 , almoBt unanimously determined to tupport the candidature of Lbdbd -Ronjif , ' who had signed the maaifesto of ! 5 ? Sr !?? t 8 ln i «> d who had pledged himself that his bo
_ . _ , £ - ° « i ^ llon ^ dedioated to the work of carry . »? iS « ° K S , ? le ? ! J ewWwJi The circular tSL- beh ? i ° / ^ Con 8 | 'eM . by the Abbe de fW ^ S 'JoI ri the elder , Mathieu ( de de iffi ' - ' ifT" ? . ^ . BaudiD D' Mala PMk ' » rt Mveftft % T \> i XTerdierDeviile < urives , and Rooherfde Nantes , ) . ' , . MW' that this deolsion of the Congress , which 8 « v-i Hil " ^ ^ finBl » nd binding upon all SSS ? * * 5-e veritabl 8 ^ mooratie and Kl « - g - » deputed by the Socialist Dsmocrats of 8 H 3 h 52 * W ** wiu TOtefor R »™*< iPi . " ^ ?«* l ; H » d , I-any hope of theelection
S ? l ! lSlS . X ? v 08 nch h » Pe . , therefore , votes ^ ^ s ^ a ; re ' butthatb 6 urisnot ^ At the ' BanquetH Demooratique et Sooial des Ecoles , Lbdbu Rotiw , in proposing the toast 'To the Political and Sooial Revolution , ' said , « Let those Jwo words-beamalgamated . Letusnot » V Socialum but SooialiBt revolution . Let us no longer call ourselves by such or suoh a name , for one alone can prove our union and our force ; let us call ourselves Revolutionists 1 ' .. : . •• ...
"Brothm Frolmamakb , you will say with me Amen" ••¦ ; ¦ ¦ . .. : t You will also join with me in earnestly praying that , our Frenoh brethren may remember that Union is Strength / and act accordingly ! = . Vive la RepubUque Dimocrdtique et Sociale ! ¦ ¦ ; L'Amx du Peupib . Dooember 7 th , 1818 .
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CHESTER SPECIAL ASSIZES , Chksibb , Wednesday . —The special aJsIzeH for the city and county oi Chester commenced this day , before Mr Baron Alderspn and Mr Just ice Erie . ,. > oompiBAcr a « d ' ¦ mmdi ' .-kanodb ! : ' Georee . Joseph . Mantle , aged 22 , a carver , Dleaded npt guUty to a chargei ol : having at Hyde , on the 8 th of August last , unlawfully conspired with others with foroe and amp , to subvert the lawa , to the terror of her Majentyfa subjects . ' The Attorney General ( Sir John Jervis ) , Mr Welsby , and Mr Davidson appeared for the Crown . The prisoner conducted his own defence . . The Clerk of the . Crown read over ' the indictment against the prisoner , whioh iholuded the speech of the prisoner delivered at HydeThe gpeecb was rtad ; in
, , which . the prisoner urged upon the people to resort to physical ferce for the attainment of the Charter . He disregarded moral force , for it was of no avail . He ordered them to arm themselves with pikes and other arms . The speech went on to say that they did' not want Prince Albert and the royal children , and that they would send them to Germany toi make German Bansages , The Quean ' s allowance was too muoh , and also that of the Arohbishop of Canterbury , which was £ 75 , 000 a yean . The prisoner thentold those of his audience , who were for fighting and ' using pike ? , ' and putting down the government , te hold up their hands and give him three cheers . The Attorney-General then rose'to state the case on behalf of the Crown .
Thomas Brown , a police-officer from Hyde , was then examined by Mr Wslaby . He aaid that in the month of August last he attended ueveral meetings held on a piece of ground adjoining the' Ohaitist rooms at Hyde . He was at a meeting on the 8 th of August . . There were about . 1 , 800 present . When he got there the prisoner was addressing the people . [ The witnew here proceeded to read at great length from his sotes ef his speeob , which he took down after getting baok to the offics . ] The prisanersaid that if they wanted the Charter , they must help themselves . He suppocsd they wished to know when they would , get it , but that was the very thing he wanted them to tell him . They might apply to Feargus O'Connor' that they wanted the
Charter , but they / need not think he could get it for them . Oh , . no , it wm they themselves must get the Charter , and must be prepared to take it by force , for he could tell them that the tyrannioal government of this country would never grant it them by moral , / oroe . No , no moral fores for him , but physical force . He therefore desired them to arm- themselves and drive the tyrants from their seats . J He Bsid , down with the Church andlthe State , and the government too , for they were the greatest ourse the people of this countiy had to contend with . There was only one way to get it without them , ' and that was by physical force . If they , were organiaed , let them see their strength with the bits of steel at the end of their staves . That was the way to get the Charter . They wasted no . Queen , receiving her ~— -a year . ( This witness did not hear" the sum ) , nor Prince Albert receiving his , nor the Archbishop of
Cantarbury with his £ 7 o , 0 fl 0 ' andodd ~ a year . He would do it for the odd hundreds . ' If he had a wig on his head , would he not make as good a . bishop as the Archbishop of Canterbury . He then said , ' We do not want . Jack the devil . ' He called Lord John Raisell the devilj and said , 'Down with them al ] . ' They wanted no Queen , andPrintie Albert ; they would put them in a bundle , along with all the little princes ; and send thenvto Germany . All that were for fighting and putting down the government , let them signify it by holding up their hands . —Here the witness said , nearly all the people' held up their hands . The prisoner'then told them to think of what he had said . It was a serious thine . Let them think , think , think—arm , arm , arm—organiie , organise , organise—as ' -Dr M'Donall had told them ; He also said arm and organise . The witness then further described the language the prisoner used in exciting the people to arm . - - :
„ Examination continued by Mr Welsby— Th «? people went in'prooession from the meeting , and on tbe following Monday' he saw another procession , many of the people armed with pikes , and wverol of them were those who had attended the : meeting bnthe 8 ih . . . The prisoner here contended that he was not upon his trial for having caused that meeting , , The Attorney-General—It is inoluded in the gene , ral indictment for conspiracy , and to exoite terror in the minds of the people ; . ¦ ¦ . ¦ .. . . ; . ¦ . ' Examination continued—On the Mondav the
people went to the different mills and pulled the plugs out , and stopped the engines . ., ¦ . The witneiB was hero croas-ezamined at considerable length by the prisoner , as to whether he was sure he bad reported his speech correotly . . Witness would not swear that he had reported ib . in the order ia which it was delivered : He might have transposed some of the topics . The meeting was quiet , but when it broke up he was afraid of ( being ill used , The people kept him in the yard for fifteen or sixteen minutes , and would not let him go ; The prisoner continned his cross-examination foi some tike . . "¦ ¦*' ..- ¦ . ¦ ¦ : - ^ i ... - . > . ¦¦¦
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• WEST RIDING ELEOTIONi ThbDatov Nomination . —Tta . writ has been received and proolaimed by the Under Sheriff : the 11 th instant is fixed for the nomination , the 14 th and 15 th for the poll . —Each candidate is making a tour of the Riding , aad addressing the people in the great towns . Sir Culling E . Eardly has been at Sheffield , Barnsley , Huddersfield , Bradford , and Wakefield ; and Mr Denieon at'Barnsley , Bradford , and Wakefield ; Neither candidate has muoh altered his electioaeering position;—Earl Fitzwilliam has published be address in which he Bays , that he
does not intend t » support Sir Culling . —It is ru * moured that the Chartists intend to put Mr Julian Haraejr in nomination , and that Mr F . O'Connor , M . P ., will propose him at'Wakefield on Monday next .-: Mr Harney , who is theaooredited editor of the Northern Star newspaper , unguccssifally ppposed Lord Palmerston for the borough of Tivettoa at the general election in 1847 . ¦ Of ooune ;; ^ he i will only be nominated in order that he , Mr O'Connor , and Borne other Chartists , may have the opportunity of making BpeeoheB ;—TiMBS of Wednesday . ' < ¦ ¦ jar Mr Samuel Kydd will be the Ohartiit candidate . : • ¦ ¦ ¦ ' :.. ¦¦ . ¦ :. , . ,.
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f SSSS passew by until top . laWto pull Mp . TheinaSs ha ^ frequentl y complained of themaUe ? but inV ^ We find that the deceased met . his -death accidentally , but at th * same time We cannSt sepmte without expressing our deep regret that the want of proper light should be allowed to exist itf so crowded a neighbourhood as that : in which the unfortunate accident happened , and hope that the matter will now ty : duly represented to , the proper authorities , so as to prevent the recurrence of so lamentable an event . ' . ,. ¦ .,.
The i , atb Disastbous Firb in Gray ' s In * Lane . —On Saturday December 2 nd ., Mr G . I ; Mills , the Deputy Coroner , and a common Jarv * assembled at the > orkhouse , Little Gray ' s Inn Lane , for the purpose of inquiring into the circuinstances connected with the death of Mrs Thackeray , the unfortunate female who , together with her husband , perished in the recent : fire , but how it occurred could , not be ascertained . The Jury returned a verdict , 'That the deceased was found dead in t he ruins of the house , and that her death
was caused from burning and suffocation , but how the fire occurred ,, there was not' sufficient evidence to prove . '—An inquest was hild before Mr Bedford , at the Plough , Carey Street , on the body of John Thackeray , who , together with his wife , lost his life at the fire which broke outjat No . 112 , Gray ' s Inn Lane ^ during the morning of Friday "week last . After some evidence was gone into ; the inquiry was adjourned to give time for zposUmortem examination of the body of the deceased . .. Suicide of a Boy . —On Monday , an inquest was held at Cambenrell , relative to the . death of Andrew Browningj aged sixteen years . Eliza Browning , of No . 22 , James Place , Kenn ' ingtcn ,
said the deceased , her son , was a boy of very irritable temper . He had been confined to * his bed for a lengthened period , and had suffered great pain from continued illness , for which he had been constantly : visited by Mr Uhwin , ' the surgeon , who gave . no hopes of saving the deceased . On Thursday week last witness left home to make a - trifling -purchase ; leaving the deceased in tbe care of a younger brother , and when she returned tbe landlady informed her that the deceased bad been taking poison . Witness proceeded fto the bedside , and found the deceased very pale and in great agony . Witness had previously giveh him a penny to buy some sweetmeats , which she often did during . his , illness ;
Witness asked him why he had been induced to take sugar , of lead , and he replied , ' To ease my pain . ' Witness afterwards ascertained that he had sent his brother Robert , nine years of age , to an oil Bhop keeper ' s , who bad supplied the boy with one pennyworth in a paper . The deceased was a strictl y moral boy , and in his sickness , ; by his own' desire ^ had been visited by two clergymen ., He was at times delirious , from . the jevere pains he suffered ; Robert Browning the little boy who purchased the poison , stated that the deceased gave him a penny , telling him to go and ask for a pennyworth of sugar of lead for washing . The mistress served witness , and told' him not to meddle with it , for it was poison . When he returned , the deceased asked for a little warm water in a cup , and told witness to . leave the rooin . Witness bad no knowledge of what
sugar ef lead was . Mr J . R . Un ' win , surgeon , of Brixton Road , deposed that he was called to see the deceBBed on the day in question , whom he found in a state of collapse . Witness knew what he bad taken , and asked him why he had done so , when he said ' I am tired of my life . ' Witness gave him an antidote , ' which neutralised the effects of the poison , and caused vomiting . He never rallied , attd died on the following day from exhaustion produced by vo ' mitjng and the effects . of the poison , which had clearly accelerated bis death , The woman who sold the poison was next called , and severely reprimanded by the Coroner- for serving so young a child with such a deadly poison . Verdict , 'That the deceased died from exhaustion and sickness , produced by taking sugar ef lead , but what state of mind he was in at the time they had no evidence to prove . ' "' .. ' . '" . "'¦' ¦ " ' . ¦¦ '"'" ¦
Electric Light . —An open air , trial of the new Electric Light , was made on Tuesday evening Nov 28 th , in front of the National Gallery—and Trafalgar Sqaare shonein its lustre as in the light of day . The Nelson Column was rescued from- that obsciirity which is congenial to its condition of premature desolation , —and which for one-half of time sHroudB it from the exposure of impotence to which for the 6 ther . it isdodmed . If this , mode of illumination cau'be brought practically into use , the pillar must be finished for very shame ; . The'old oil lamps so leng beloved in thei aristocratic quarter about Grosvenor Square , as an ' ancient institution , ' are now avenged N-wbat gas did for them it has now to
suffer from the new glory . The . ' gas lamps looked as they used to look—like farthing candles' in the sun-, shine . There will be no dim nooki and ¦ . corners in the metropolis if this ' . new light' prevail .., Half the 1 mysteries of London ' iWill perish in its-beams .-. The second public experimental exhibition' of the new electric . light took place on Tuesday night upon the raised Bteps forming the entrance to the National Gallery and the Royal Academy ! There was a largeattehdance of scientific gentlemen and noblemen . UponJhe . summit of . ttfe s ' te ^ s a : kind of easel was raised , . beneath which were placed the battery and a small lamp . About a foot above the battery .. was the , light produced-burning upon two pieces of charcoal , backed by a single tin reflector , and the light enclosed within & glass case . The
light- produced was of tt ' most powerful character . : ' The easel e- ' n which the ' machinery was suspended admitted of being turned about , and as its ! position , . was altered objects within several hundred yards' distance were rendered as clearly visible as in the light of day , and persons at a considerable distance beyond the Nelson column were enabled to " read a newspaper distinctly . The patentee stated " that the light would be pat . ticularly applicable for lighthouses , and added that the light then exhibiting ( the expense of which would not exceed a halfpenny an hour ) , if placed at an altitude with the reflector above it , would per . fectly illuminate an area often miles in circumference and that it would be possible to produce a light which should illuminate an area of 100 miles .
Betting Lotteries . —On Tuesday , at the Court of Aldertaen , the town clerk read a report from a committee which had sati to devise the best mean s of suppressing these lotteries , which recommended that notices be issued by the clerk of the peace to all licensed victuallers itvithin this City , informing thorn of such convictions , and cautioning them against any such practices being carried on in their respective houses as contrary to law . —Alderman Copeland opposed the report , and a discussion ensued . On a motion for its adoption being put , every hand was held up bits favour , except that of Alderman Copeland . It was therefore adopted , and immediately , acted upon by the town clerk . .
- Fatal > Railway Acoidsnt ^ Two PfiBaoNs Kiwbd . —On Monday an accident , - attended with the loss of two livesj occurred upon a portion of the East and West India Docks and Birmingham Junction Railway , now in course of construction . Three of the arches of a viaduct recently , erected falling in caused the accident . ' The place of . the accident : is known as Burgess ' s Fields , between Bridge Street , Hackney , and Shepherd ' s Lane . ' . The country here , and for . a sbort distance on . each side , is low , and the soil swampy , so that-it became necessary , ' in " order to preserve the level of the railway , either to ' cotistruct an embankment some twenty feet high , or . to carry the rails ' along , upon , arches . The shifty -nature ot tne soilrenaered an ^ embankment undesii
rable , ' and it was determined to construct a viaduct . A viaduct was accordingly formed for about half a mile in length , ; and it was three of the arches near the dock end of this viaduct which unfortunately gave way , burying the deceased persons in their ruins . The arches in question were each thirty-feet span ; and shortly before eleven o ' clock on Monday morning , . without the slightest warning , or any . symptom of yielding , three , of them suddenly fell in , completely burying two men , who . were engaged in screening gravel , and two hoi sea , in the debris . The viaduct had been built about two months . The wooden centering had been struck about three weeks . The names of the sufferers are Geoige Breed , aged nin . eieeni . k | Ued | Joseph Langston , aged twenty-two , killed ; anCJohh Garratt , aged twenty , two ' , aererely bjarfttU JfcmeOiately or tec accident
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^ becommg knowii Mr Attwood andMrPo-tj wcra on tfiegrotinfl' witlni-slaffofbetween ' seven ^ anl eighty men , and ; vigorous ; measures , were at once . doptedlto ' exiricate ' thfe sufferers . . . The' ynV ortanata men were extricated in about an hour-after the ocJ currence , and were immediately attended by Mr . Crocum < and Mr Garrett , surgeons to thepolic * station . Breed and Langston were pronounced ta be quite dead . and were removed to tbe Woolpaclc Inn , Bridge Street . Garrait was severely woumW , and was removed to his own lodging , where hbp « t are entertained of hi 3 ' recovery . The accident is attributed to- . the too early removal of the centerinjf * and the very wet and changeable weather which has prevailed of late . . . ¦
Dksthucive Firb in the Hackney Road .- * A very alarming fire broke out at a late hour o « Monday night , upon the premises belonging to Mrs . Ann Owen , a linen draper and silk merchant , 13 SeabrightnPlace , Hackney Road . It commehcedt from some unknown cause in tho tower part of the ? building , and , owing to the inflammable character , of the stock-in-trade , but few minutes passed away ere the flames had extended to the roof , firing floOE after floor , and destroying every article of furaitura and the costly stock-in-trade . Fortunately , the whole of the inmates escaped without receiving the least personal injury . , '
• . Shocking Accdent . . On Monday night , some } personMvnknown , who was driving a light cart in the Camberwell Road , at a furious' rate , ran intos Dulwich omnibus which was proceeding in anoppo * site direction , and the shaft , striking one of tha horseB inside the thigh joint , passed through his hinder quarters , and protruded close under thei crupper . On extricating the shaft the fellew quietly wade . ; off in . the confusion , and on Tuesday it , was found necessary to destroy , the horse , which was 8 most valuable one ..
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APPALLING SACRIFICE OF' LIFE ON / BOARD A SHIP . J ) n Monday evening an appalling communicatioa ^ as made by telegraph to the authorities at the tJastle from the Mayor of Londonderry . —The faotj as given in the Pilot , are . in brief , that en Friday a steamer left . Sligo for Liverpool , having on board 203 human bemga , prmoipally emigianta . She did not past the bar until Saturday aominif , when it came on to blow a severe gale .- Theoaptain ordewa the hatohes , companion , &o ,, to be dosed and tat * tened down , leaving unhappily inadequate means o £ ventilation . In this Btatethe pasiengen centinuedJ all day and night , and the consequence was , that want of air / and the pressure of so manv humam
beings in the hold ofarathor small steamer , oanwd BDffoeatiOD . The result has been the horrible gaori * nee of seventy human lives . The captain and ore * are now In ouatody in Londonderry , awaiting tha result of an inquest . It wan the course of the steamer ordinarily to oall at that port on her way to Liverpool , and the uph » ppy passengers were not permitted to esoapeon deck until the arrival of tha steamer at Moville , within eighteen miles of Deaf : . - The following letter gives the least horrible , and it is to be hoped , tha truest account , of tbia appal * ling aisaster : ¦ > -, ' LoNBOBDERRY , Deo , 4 . —Ifc appeared upon tha evidence of a very oredible and respectable passes ger , who Vas examined yesterday evening , in till
town-hall , that on last-Friday morning thesteame Londonderry put to sea at Sligo , bound for Livar . pool , having on board 203 sonls , consisting of 174 ateerage pasaengers , three cabin passengers , ahdt&s captain and crew—23 in number . Captain Johnston ; who commanded the vessel , was unable to getovet * the bar from Friday morning until late intheevetu ing , from want of water . About twelve o ' clock « a Saturday morning a violent storm aroie / upon wbieh the captain , very injudioiouBly , pnt the whole of the-passeugers into the steerage , asd nailed down the hatchet , which prevented any air or retpintian whatever . From the great number of indiridaaU huddled together , ths heat and perspiration bmta so intense as to cause suffocation . The unhapo *
sufferers , in this deplorable state , soreamed mort dreadfHlly ; which does not seem to have attracted the attention of the captain or crew , partly , perhaps from the violence of the storm , The witness depth sea that , seeing that nothing but death was inevitable , he resolved upon a new project . He ascended ' a short ladder , and by a great pressure , bunt out on * of the hbtches-and it must not be forgotten that either the captain or crew pressed a tarpauling lightly round tha companion , which was predaotiva of the whole result . The witness also deposed that having related to the mate the state of the pauses ears , he in return told him that he cared not forth * Irish raicals . At last the orew coming to the hatobe * , and taking off the tarpauliag , the he&t whiek issued out of the steerage was intolerable . and almost stifled them . The unhappy sufferers who ittrvirel were told by the orew that they were then in the
river Mersey , and the faot was that they-were in Moville Harbour—a small port , eighteen miles'frora this . city—where they were left without any medical c "" Peetirin , until they arrived in this port on Sunday morning , about eight o ' clock . One young woman was found yesterday among the dead , and * h « has been recovered . There are living , and being recovered , 102 individuals , who present the most *> P . palling picture of misery and destitution ever wit * nesssd in this city , taing , for the greater part , vdry ragged and poverty-stricken . It appears tHat several of the persons who are dead were bound tot Amerioa , and had a good deal of money on , their person . There are still a host of witnesses to be examined . * Out of a mass of reports and correspondence on the snbjeet , the following sketch of the inquest held on the body of ene of tho sufferers , ia from tha
Dbrbt , Sabbath evening , at bjx p . m . —At six o clock this evening there were sixty-eight de&d bodiesroarried out of the hold , and it was supposed then they were not all out . A coroner ' s inquest ! was held this afternoon , and theverdiotwaB , 'Died from auffooation . ' It came out on tho inquest I understand , that the unfortunate creatures were stowed down in the hold , andtoprevent the sea » water from lashing into the hold , the hatohes were put down ; and , it is supposed , to prevent the unfortunate beings from making their way back . again the hatches were spiked down' with a tarpauling , to the total exolusion of airwhioh moBb
, soon and most certainly , terminate in the death of all . After the inquest , the captain ( Captain John-Bttra ) , the whele crew , engineer , enginemen , and all hands engaged on board , were lodged Jn gaol , and moBfc likely they will be examined before the magistrates to-morrow . The wretched survivors were placed in the Corporation Hall , and food wag forwarded to them by order of the magistrates . To witness such a pile of dead bodies as one of tha stores of the Scotoh steamboat company present ? , would wring tears from the most hardened , and almost frighten the ( spectator from the scene . We believe coffins ate befog prrepared for the dead . ' ¦ The
following is the substance of the evidence of a witness examined at the inquest ;—J After remaining a couple of houra at the Pool , the vessel proceeded on her passage ; went belew at one o ' clock on Saturday morning by the command of the captain ; was the last man who went below ; after remaining half an hour below , began to feel a great semie of suffooation , occasioned by the large number of steerage passengers in the forecastle without any -ventilation whatever , whioh was greatly increased bp the ciroumstance of one of the passengers having accidentally ignited & box of luoifer matches ; with the greatest difficulty from weakness , and the number of people lying on and about him , made his way to a nlaoe where he cot a
little air , which revived him sufficiently to enable him to force his way on deck ; - he then found that the companion had been completely : closed by a tarpaaling ; on making his way to" a seaman he was met by coraes ,- . and ordered below * mth . threats that he would otherwiBe be thrown overboard ; had great difficulty in getting the mate to go down , when they found a large proportion of the passengers suffocated . Witness then assisted them to get out aU the ,. DaaBBngera Showing aigna of life ; tha vessel arrived at this port about nine e ' clookthia morning , having arrived in the Lough yesterday evening , but was unable . to . proceed- up the Lough . The captain was not to be seen for three-or four boars after the circumstances above alluded -to were ducovered . ¦ ,-: . .. ¦ . .
_ LiVBBPOot , Wednesday . —Captain Coppin , of O » ry , arrived here from that city this morning . He . crossed over by the . Belfast Bteamer last night . He was pr « aent when the dead bodies were removed from the steamer to-the sheds , and « ays that it took throe houw anda half to do bo ; and that .- as putrefsction had set ? w , the smell was bo offensivethat he had to setodior Bpmts to give the men to i keep them in a state of half drunkenness ; 'to get them " to' co below . The plaoe in which the poor creatures met their untimely end was about twenty feet long , fourteen feet wide , and seven feet high . It had capacity for about
thirty-passengers , fcut bo orowded-was it that the dead lay four deep on the floor .- Captain Coppin also attribute ? thesuffocation to the faot of a tarpaulin having been thrown over the companion to keep the water out . :. A little girl was saved who was coming to'her father at Liverpool ; the rest of the family , nine in number , were with her , and all except herself penahed . Strong inen , as well as women and children , were among the victims , and their efforts to escape appear to have been great , one man ' s eoat being torn completely from the sleeves in his unavailing aUemptB to obtain deliverance .
Among the melancholy aoenes was a father brought up with hia child in his arms , clinging to each other aa if the embrace of ( death had not reached them . There were also wives holding by their husbands siatera seemingly flying for proteotion ( o their brothers , and the last long lingering look : of affwUca was stamped on their ceuntenanosi whift th « lUn wWhtt ^^^^ ia j ^ y ^ c * " W * p ¦ _ - ¦••¦• •; . ¦ ¦¦¦ . : ¦ . - . ' . _ ,
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• REPRESENTATION OF LYNN . ' ¦> . ' Lthk , Deo . 6 th . —The Tories design the Mat ren * dered vacant by the death Of Lord George Bentiaok to be filled by the son of Lord Stanley . Chartist op . position is talked of . It is rumoured that Mr Julian Harney , Lord Palmenton ' a-opponent at Tiverton , will be brought forward as a candidate , by the advooates of tha' Six Points . ' Oorrxipohdbnt ,
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. A FACI W 0 RIE IfcC 0 MHKO .--Thew has not been » single robbsry reported at the Sheffield police-office during the last week as having . been committed within the borough . Suoh a circumstance has nevei occurred before within the . jaemorj of the oldest office * or tho foroe .,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 9, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1500/page/5/
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