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      Capture Op Lao Os. In A Former Numbor Wo...

      miralty "that he determined to send a strong ^ nd wellorganized force to punish the refractory chief . Wos , at the mouth of the shallow river of the same name , was a considerable town , with a large population , great activity of trade , principal y slave-dealing , and well provided with arms and . munitions of war , as may Nearly "be seen from the fact that it toottheerews of five British ships of war , assisted by a native force , two Ion- days to demolish it , and not without much loss in killed and wounded . On the 23 rd December , the Commodore , after concerting measures with Captain Lewis Jones , of the Sampson , and Captain Henry

      Lyster , the Penelope , who were both volunteers for the more active part of the work , commenced his operations . The Bloodhound steamer left the anchorage at 4 p . m . with the boats of the Sampson , and having crossed the bar , anchored off the entrance of the river for the night . The Sampson had previously been moored as close to the supposed position of the enemy as possible . On the morning of the 24 th two boats were sent from the Sampson , under command of Lieut . Saumarez , to take the soundings , and returned with the required information at 2 p . m ., having taking little or no notice of an ineffectual fire of musketry from the

      shore . The Bloodhound soon after this weighed , and the boats under her cover landed and brought off six large canoes , capable of bearing the whole of the forces of Atakoi , the friendly chief , whom Commodore Bruce intended to instal in the place of the " refractory " Kosoko . The native auxiliaries being deposited in these canoes , the Bloodhound , preceded by the boats , steamed up the river , and when off the batteries of the town the enemy began to fire round and canister shot with some effect , which was returned by the boats and the Bloodhound . At this time the Teazer with the

      Penelope ' s boats were just entering the river , the signal was made to anchor , and it being dusk , the Bloodhound anchored alongside of her , out of reach of the enemy ' s fire . On the 25 th , being Christmas-day nothing was done except reviewing Atakoi ' s troops , and placing i * ound each of their necks a piece of white cotton cloth , so that friends might be known from foes . The attack on -the town began at half-past four on the morning of the 26 th . The Bloodhound , with Captain Jones , led in , then followed the port division of boats , two paddle-box boats and pinnace of Sampson , under Lieut . Saumarez : then the Teazer weighed , with Capt .

      Lyster , and then the starboard division of boats , consisting of the two paddle-box boats , pinnace , and iron rocket boats of the Penelope , under Capt . Hillyer , { he rocket party commanded by Lieut . Corbett , gunnery lieutenant . The Bloodhound got to her destination , notwithstanding a heavy fire , without much damage , and grounded in a good position about musket-shot from the platform battery . The port division of boats pulled up in gallant style , returning the fire , and took their place opposite a two-gun battery , which they soon silenced . Then came the Teazer with the starboard division , and unfortunately grounded so as to become

      exposed to the fire of twenty guns , and Capt . Lyster , finding all attempts to get her off of no avail , took the command of the boats and made a dash for the shore to spike the guns . They landed , stormed one battery and spiked its guns , but were charged on both flanks by the enemy , and forced to retreat , losing many killed , and wounded , and leaving one paddle-box boat in possession of the enemy . During this time , the Bloodhound , however , hud silenced the batteries , but still remained aground . The fire now ceased for a few hours , as all the men were recalled to go to dinner , but at 2 p . m . tho boats of the Sampson , under Lieut . Saumarez , were ordered to land and spike tho guns in tho batteries . When they left tho ship , the town seemed deserted , but while tho carpenters with axes , and the

      men with tomahawks , were cutting and breaking through a stockade which lay in their way , a tremendous firo wan opened upon them by tho enemy , who wore lying in ambush , and they were compelled to return to tho Bloodhotind , having Lieut . Smanarez severely wounded , Mr . Richards , midshipman , mortally , and cloven men severely wounded . At 4 . 30 P . M . tho Teazer succeeded in getting off tho ground , buried her dead , and sent her wounded out of tho river . In this day ' s fighting Capt . Lyfitov reeoived two wounds , Capt . Hillyer ono , Lieut . Corbutt woven , Lieut . Williams three , Mr . Fletcher , ' midshipman , was killed , Mr . Oilman , mauler ' s assistant , mortally wounded , many other officers slightly hurt , and a grout many' Koiunon and marines killed and wounded . Thus ended tho 20 th .

      At daylight on tho 27 th , tho Tv . azar weighed , and anchored astorn of the Bloodhound : thoir firo was well returned from tho shore . Tho rockofc boat then recommenced , and succeeded in nutting firo to tho second chief's houso , soon uftor which , what with rockets and bIioIIh from the boats of tho Wateruritoh and Volcano , which h » d just arrived , tho whole place was in , a blaze . Commander Cooto then took somo bouts , and attacked

      the batteries near King Kosoko ' s house ; this , with some desultorv skirmishing , lasted till sunset , when the fire ceased . * On the 28 th , the town was found deserted * the enemy having left in their canoes on the other side of the island on which it stands . The British forces landed arid took possession ; fifty-seven gunswere taken and destroyed ; the paddle-box boat with its ^ gun ' recovered , and thusF Lagos was captured , and it is said a great blow given to the slave-trade . Atakoi , the friendly chieftain is placed ' on the throne , in place of his brother Kosoko , who had formerly dethroned him , and promises to follow British counsels . Our loss in the two days' fighting amounts to fourteen killed and sixty-four wounded . Commander Bruce gives great praise to all engaged , and extols highly the devotion of the officers of the medical staff .

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      Petticoat Protests. As A Specimen Of The...

      PETTICOAT PROTESTS . As a specimen of the slip-slop in literature " going in " for an abolition of the slip-slop in dress , we present the following sentences , printed in the Home Journal of New York , under the head of " Town Topics . " " The city is an omelette of snow and mud , the slight stiffening of the frost just sufficing to make the wheels of the omnibuses travel like a reluctant-cutting spoon . The side walks are dirty ' beyond description / for either sex , but for the sex who walk abroad , each with her stenographer behind her , carrying home a faithful imprint of the streets , written by a reporting petticoat upon the white pages of her heels , the last week ' s walking has been , even for this persevering

      record , too horrible . Few ladies have been seen out of doors , and the stocking history of the weather has been proportionately interrupted . It is but fair to add , by the way , that ( simultaneous with the late protest against the printing of kitchen testimony in the columns that sustain public intelligence ) there has been a protest against the printing of street dirt upon the fair columns that sustain female beauty . An 'Appeal ' has been published , signed by fourteen ladies , which will , some day , be a curious document . It shows the difficulty of changing a fashion , even where cleanliness and health make _ the change imperatively expedient ; and it is an appeal , moreover , which every journal should echo , for the good of its lady readers . The following passages contain its substance : —

      " 'We , the undersigned , American women , beg leave to present tho following facts to the consideration of the public . " ' We have been for years oppressed , and many of us have had our health seriously injured by the unhealthy and uncomfortable forms of dress adopted by the women of our country from fashions made by foreign modistes . " ' Some months since , being convinced , that , like our fathers , we had ' the inalienable right to life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness , ' we changed our dress for one

      short , light , and easy—which was named by the common voice , from one who wore it , the ' Bloomer Dress . ' The advantages of this dress are seen at once by almost all sensible people . But the result of our wearing it has been , in New York and other cities , and in some country places , a uniform system of insult and outrage . Ladies of irreproachable character , walking in the streets of New York , accompanied by their husbands and brothers , have been followed by a rabble , have been hissed and hooted , and most insulting words addressed to them .

      " ' They have borne this in silence , hoping to outlive it ; but there is a limit to human forbearance . " ' We wisli now to understand whether we have a civil and political right to wear a decent and healthy dress , and whether wo arc to be protected in the exercise of this right , or whether tho New York public is a mob by majority . " ' The fashionable dress worn by the women of our city is unhealthy at nil times ; and hi bud weather leads to

      indecent exposure , and great discomfort and evil . If wo arc condemned to this dress by the despotism of tho mob , how much better is our condition than that of those equally oppressed in foreign lands , by tho tyranny of tho few P Is a mob of Ilnynau's to be preferred to one ? " ' We nsk protection of the law , and of our fcllowcil-izens , in the exercise of our inalienable rights ; and we believe it will bo effectually given by our natural protectors the moment this subject is seen in its true light . '

      " Without advocating tho Bloomer dress , which ( pantaloons nijd all ) is needlessly unbecoming , wo may venture to express an opinion , that a cloth gaiter protecting tho ankle , and a bad-weather dress short enough to escape tho mud , would bo neither conspicuous nor inelegant . Ladies , ' of course , will best decide on thoir own compromise ; but wo seriously think that a choico between no oxorciso and fresh air , or a walk with muddy ami wot skirts beating- against tho heels at every stop , is an unworthy dilemma for woman in this ago of good senHO . Pure principles first , and cleanliness and honlth , before all things oIho in woman , are what men look and pray for , in all whoso charm they wish to strengthen or porpetimto , "

      Ireland. According To The Galway Vindica...

      IRELAND . According to the Galway Vindicator , the Xaw Ijf Assurance Company are resolved to show the peasantry on the Martin estates , in Connemara , that they have not been much the gainers by a change of masters . f ont townlands are specified , from which 17 families , compris ing 68 persons , have been recently evicted } ia addition to which-it is slated that the managers of the estates have ordered 3000 notices to be printed , for service on the union relieving-officers , preparatory to the " sweeping depopulation contemplated at the next quarter-sessions in April . " The Dundalk Democrat of Monday gives a circumstantial account of the arrest , on the night of Thursday week , of the proprietor of that journal , on a charge " of having published a wicked and . malicious libel on her Majesty ' s Government in November last , " & c . One of the alleged libels was an article headed "Ho w the Landlords get onf and Mr . French , the magistrate , after cautioning Mr . Carton in the usual terms , asked him whether he wished to say anything ? Mr . Carton replied

      that in writing on the land question , his great object was to assist in amending the relations between landlord and tenant ; and with regard to the extracts from a letter to Lord Boden , on democratic freedom , he had no desire to upset the present system of Government , bat merely wished that the people should possess greater power in the management of the country . Mr . Carton was then held to bail to appear at the coming assizes for the county of Louth . There has been another , but happily abortive , attempt to sacrifice life in the disturbed districts . On Thnrs .

      day night last , between 8 and 9 o'clock , as a man , named Robert Little , accompanied by his son and a few neighbours , was proceeding peaceably home from Newry to Altnaveagh , he was fired at by one of a party of ten or twelve persons , from the neighbourhood of Meigh .

      The Ladies' Guild. Mr. Wood Delivered A ...

      THE LADIES' GUILD . Mr . Wood delivered a lecture to the members and friends of the Ladies' Guild , at his rooms , Russell-place , Fitzroysquare . Viscount Goderich presided . The lecturer pointed out that the principal design of the " guild" was to provide suitable and remunerating employment for ladies , without requiring them to descend from their position as gentlewomen . The ~ statistics of what was called good society , established the fact that one gentlewoman out of every four was destined by circumstances to lead a single life . He then stated the many painful-circumstances in

      which women , both married and single , were frequently placed by sudden and unavoidable events , and urged the great necessity which existed for providing some suitable and remunerative employment ; for , females , toy which they might be enabled to maintain themselves by their own exertions . Mrs . Southwood Hill had originated the idea of this guild , and it was also proposed to establish hereafter , "An Associated Home for the Ladies of the Guild . " The lecturer entered into a minute detail of the plan , showing how easily it might be carried out , and called upon those present to aid by giving commissions for such decorative works as were exhibited , the society not being one of an eleemosynary nature .

      Holmfirth Catastrophe. The Inundation Of...

      HOLMFIRTH CATASTROPHE . The inundation of Holmfirth is described as not having lasted more than fifteen or twenty minutes , in which brief space of time all the mischief was done . It is about 2 £ miles from the reservoir , and very extensive damage has been inflicted on property down from that village to within a short distance of Huddersfield , though the evidences of it arc not so marked and conspicuous . Two circumstaucesare worthy of notice as contrary to what might

      have been expected—comparatively few trees have been dislodged by the force of the flood , and several stacks ot hay , more or less exposed to it , have retained their ground , Tho property recovered has been brought to tho townhall , and is , as may be supposed , of a very miscellaneous chnrueter . Among the more conspicuous articles has been a quantity of wool packs . It will bo long , even with the most liberal aid from the benevolent , before this neighbourhood recovers from the shock which its industry 1 ms

      received ; and perhaps tho only consolatory reflection to the public with reference to so deplorable an event is , tliai the attention which it ia so well calculated to excite win probably lend to tho iidoption of effectual precautions against any similar calamity elsewhere . The dlsn 8 l < j occurred at a moment when , tho trade of this 1 M valley was in a moet prosperous Btatc , and the reverse > fortune now falls upon it with double severity . i »» manufacture carried on is chiefly that in fn » cy tron 8 crii » g » and handloqm weaving is a part of the system , wnnt m employment under auc-U circumstances , therefore , tor a J considerable time , must entail great misery . Xho '"" ' ' loom weaver cannot move about in search of work liKo > regular factory operative ; he is bound to the spot which he lives , and must suffer patiently when irom o » J

      cause his uaual supply of work is curtailed . . . Amid tho destruction which has overtaken the uistn ¦ > its inhabitants nre exerting themselves manfully ' » »' l ' " ing , us far as possible , their losses . They l » uv * '"J ? " ., restore tin ; bridges , to clear tho watercourses , dim i roads , to collect in piles tho Mattered fragments ol « chinery and of wood , and oven to attempt the rcstprow of the serious damage done to the mills .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 21, 1852, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21021852/page/10/