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      No Vote! No Musket!!

      NO VOTE ! NO MUSKET !!

      To The Imperial Chartists. Mv Vf.R,V Dea...

      TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS . Mv vF . r , v dear FniExns . —I have recently addressed yon upon a variety of _snljjecK and , notwi thstanding the taunts of our enemies , tbat you and 1 had abandoned the agitation for the Charter in favour of the land project , and , notwithstanding tiie paramount importance , the imniediate imporfance , tlic pressing importance that I _atlach to that question , I arci once more constrained to postpone my

      _promiscdietter upon theland that I may call to your recollec tion aud jog your memory upon a more presshg subject—I mean the threatened CRIMPING for the militia . I hold it as an unerring principle , that _allegiance is not due where protection is uot rendered , and I hold it to be an undeniable fact , that there is no protection for the working classes of this country , audi prove it by the insolent and imperious manner in which the petition of amajority orthe adults of England was treated by the House of Commons .

      In the summary of tbis week ' s foreign news , you will find ample reason for embodying an English militia . The policy of Sir Robert Peel has been secrecy , and he has withheld from yon and from the nation those causes which may lead to HIS NECESSITY for raising a . militia . I announced to you , upon the Queen ' s first visit to the King of the French , thatthe object of that visit was tho concoction of a well-laid plan for the preservation of monarchical power , and the suppression of democratic principles . From the birth of the Prince of Wales , to thc last visit of her Britannic Majesty to the King ofthe French , the autocrat of Russia , the King of Prussia , the King of Belgium , the King of Saxony , the Queen of Emrland , and the _Kimr of the French ,

      lave exchanged Royal visits , and all for the purpose of agreeing npon measures for the preservation of theiFown rule . Upon those occasions they havebeen , forthe most part , accompanied by their Ministers for Foreign Affairs . Upon the arrival of the President ' s _message , I further announced to yon that the material question in that document was , not the occupation ofthe Oregon territory , but the principle of non-intervention proclaimed by Mr . Polk . The whole tliir . g now bursts npon tis . In the present state of Ireland her oppressors dare not entrust her people with fire-arms—those who have sneh things have been compelled to have them branded . In order , therefore , to meet the difficulty , it is proposed to raise 40 , 000 _Ennlishmen _, to supply the place of the TCgnkir troops in _England and Ireland .

      Before I diseii 3 * the question of _rhrht—thst is , the right to drag an unrepresented slave from his house , to tear the _rajs of the little freedom thit do remtin from hii l > nck , and to force bim into the habiliments of war , against his consent—I say , before I touca tbis subject of right to enlist . I shall call your attention to the purposes for which he is enlisted . He is enlisted as a substitute for the _regular soldier

      now stationed in Ireland , or as a substitute for the _regular soldier now stationed in England , in order that ihe " regulars" may be despatched to America to carry ont the principle of monarchical intervention with republican principles . The way that Pitt and _Castlereagh created that destructive feud wbich yet exists between Englishmen and Irishmen was by an exchange of militia regiments—by sending Church and King-mad slaves to shoot the Irish Catholic

      rebels , and by bringing the Catholic rebels to this country to shoot the Jacobins . _Ifow , I possess more records ofthe excesses and brutalities committed by tbe Church and King soldiers in Iieland than is in the possession of any other num . Indeed the routing , expatriation , and destruction of my own family—the uprooting of their domains , the ruin of their property , and the necessary defamation of their character , all "bear to _mb , at _lxast , ample testimony of the mode of government by thesf ranger ' s sword , and the stranger ' s _bnllet .

      acting under tbe command ofa stranger maniac . These miliiia regiments were ofneered , and those now raised would be officered , by the idle sprouts of an idle aristocracy , and their general feeling would constitute tlieir regimental order ; and thai order _wonl _* be to slay , cut down , and destroy everything tbat was calculated fo interfere with their cherished privileges . Thanks be to God , however , that they can neither fence with a sentiment , shoot a principle , nor cut down an opinion , aa I believe the voice of knowledge has silenced the cannon s roar .

      _Xow , I will tell yon a few of the excesses committed by those English invaders . They sacked men ' s _houH-s , ravished their wives and daughters , and hung tlieir husbands and brothers at their own doors if tbey dared to complain . Sir William Watkins Wynn , who commanded the Black Horse or ancient Britons , or thc Russians ( nessians ) as the Irish people termed them , had a rebel stripped naked in the streets of _ Naa « , had him saddled with a dragoon saddle , a bit in his mouth , mounted bv a dragoon with spurs , and

      ridden _throush the town . I quote from history , and tkegUant officer was charged with the atrocity in my presence in the House of Commons . An English _recimeni quartered in Wosford seized an Irishman , a Catholic and a r _^ bel of course , stripped bim naked , ran a spit through his body and roasted bim alive ; and when the savages thought he was sufficiently cooked a serjeant took out his knife , carved him , eat of him , and said to his comrades . " Paddy ea _* s sweet , won't you taste him . " - —See Ploivden ' s History of Ireland .

      Another gang searching for my father , broke into his bed-room in the dead of night , when my mother was in bed , and finding that the game had fled , the officer had something io do to prevent them from stabbingmy mother ; however they insisted upon her getting up , and , without raising the bed from the mattress , ns many as could get round the bedstead , by order of ihe officer , and at the word " stab , " ran their bayonets to tbe handles through bed and mattrass . A poor fellow who lived near _Clonakilty . in the countv of Cork , dared to remonstrate with the

      militia men , who he found ravishing his daughter , sixteen years of age . He ran , frantic , to thc officer , a soldier followed him , declared he was a rebel , and lie wis shot on the spot . Cellars , larders , pv . blic ioii _= es , cottages , and the mansions of the disaffected , all shared the same fate , nnd complaint _w-is certain death . The characters that some of those heroes have left behind them , will never be obliterated from the memories of Irishmen , and have , I am sorry to say , laid the foundation for that deadly hostility between the two countries which Mr . O'Connell has lost no opportunity of fostering .

      _Juow , of all forces in tha world , this bastard military force is the most dangerous . Its ranks consist of tbe most part of lick-spittles , _dependents , and hangers-on of their aristocratic officers , and their atrocities are the best recommendation for future patronage . Hence , we find in Ireland all the patr onage of the country bestowed npon the military savages , who most signalise themselves in acts of barbarism . Indeed , the fee-simple of Ireland is held toy the descendants of the soldiers of those adventurers , who used their uniform and their sword as a

      means of plunder . In England , as in Ireland , all the rood pickings were given to the same eias 3 of true ! butchers . At the times of which I speak , there was no resisting power in tbis country . THERE IS NOW , and to that mind I appeal . The rich man , who is balloted , can procure a substitute ; but the poor man cannot , and , therefore , he is not upon an equality with the rich as regards life and military service . The penalty for not serving is the same as the penalty for not paying tithes—distress ; that is , the goods of the refiactory are distrained and sold to the amount that wiD procure a substitute

      The Quakers do not acknowledge the justice of tithes , and , therefore , heroically allow their goods to be distrained in "HONOUR OF GOD . " As , therefore , we do not recognise the justice of cutting Irishmen ' s - throats or Americans ihrozts , let the Louse be made desolate , let the furniture of eveiy man crimped be sold , and rely upon the Republican America : I will stand bondsman for the Republic , to pay every single farthing of loss . It will be a glorious lesson to the rulers by tbe sword and the musket . It wiil teach them tbe lesson that they must cither fight for themselves or surrender to the national will that which belongs to eternal justice . Talk about your fighting for the Charter , of your braviii ? the deck , the dungeon , and the scaffold for

      your principles , here is an easier remedy—don't fight for the principles that oppress you sad the healing t-aha of se'f representation will be 1 L 2 fruits of your

      To The Imperial Chartists. Mv Vf.R,V Dea...

      peaceful tranquillity . What ! are English Chartists to become substitutes for those who fight against theirprinci plesin America ? During the anti-tithe campaign in 1831 the virtuous Irish people allowed thrir very beds to bc sold for fourpence , and the milch cows of their children for as many pence as thc meek and lowly followers of Christ might please to offer for them rather than possess thom at the expence of their principles , and , but for O'Connell's treason , tithes would have fallen before thc national PASSIVE resistance , and if you are united now , the league of Kings must fall , thc rule of tyrants must fall , and the English militia must fall

      before your passive resistance . Ah , Englishmen , in her degradation and without your teaching and knowledge , tyrants dread the savage revenge of Irishmen more than they dread the tame submission of Englishmen ; and hence , with their desire to oppress Ireland , they dare _not-insult her by raising her militia . They have been obliged to brand the few arms they have—will they dare to trust you with arms ? Alas , yes , I fear , yes , but I hope it is from their miscalculation and not from a well founded belief in your subserviency . If No . 1 , district ofthe Land Association was once located 6 , 000 strong , with 6 , 000 muskets over their chimney pieces , would the law dare to ding them , or ono from _amongst them , agaiust his own will to fight the battles of others ?

      Englishmen , when you have a stake in the country—when you have the vote to protect it , and the musket to defend it , then justice will require no ballon to uphold it—then you will fly to the cry of ' my cottage is in danger' with more alacrity and cheerfulness than the mercenary will respond to the shout of' thc Church , the throne and the aristocracy are in danger . ' Y ' ou must think , and not lightly , upon this subject ; mind , that 40 , 000 will make a great gap iu society , and tbat the Chartists being the poorest , will find it most difficult to find substitutes , and 1 don't wish to see a Chartist militia until I see it officered by Chartists , and then as many muskets as you please , because every bullet will fly in the direction of tyranny , and for thc main teuauce of justice . Therefore , again I sav , _KO VOTE , NO MUSKET . Ever your faithful friend , Hut no Church and King Soldier , Feargus _O'Coaxon .

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      Vol. X. No: 427. London, Saturdatljantj^...

      VOL . X . NO : 427 . LONDON , _SATURDATlJANtJ _^^ _""TT _^ _^^^ ~ " ¦ -- — - — - t - ¦ ' - - > " ' ; _-- _" _- _^ _-: _r 5 _fe _^» _a Five . Shilling * „ , _| sixpence pel * Qnailer

      The Executive Committee To Tiie Memhers ...

      THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO TIIE MEMHERS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Friends , —We feel the most unmingled pleasure in seeing that the line of policy laid down by the late Convention has met with your unanimous approval . In an address issued by that body our policy was concisely , yet clearly , promulgated .. The policy recommended te be pursued embraces several points , only one of which shall form the subject ofthe present communication . That part of our policy is one of transcendent importance , and tbe time foritsvigorousprosecution is now arrived . We allude to thc course recommended for obtaining the liberation of the patriotic exiles , those victims of base , bloedy , and brut il Whig

      gery , Frost , Williams , and Jones . These men were ever the ardent and truthful advocates o f universal justice , even the chains of slavery have not chilled the fervency of their patriotism , as the letter of Mr . Frost in the Star of the 4 th instant clearly shows . When among us they were foremost in the ranks of freedom ' . - ' friends ; their enthusiasm in the cause of justice led ihem . into the traps of despotism , and your aid is now indispensable to their extrication . Our purpose in this address is to instruct , you as to how your assistance can be effectively rendered . According to the authority politically phrased our glorious Constitution . ' the Queen is the fountain of mercy . She alone has the power of annulling or commuting a sentence pronounced by judicial

      authority . Hence , tben , our course is clear ; to snap the chains of captive patriots , we must work upon the royal sympathy ; we must strive by every available means to direct the current of royal clemency to Frost , Williams , and Jones , that it may refresh them with liberty and happiness . Since that sorrowful event—the transportation of these patriots—no earnest or concentrated movement has been made by the people on their behalf . Perhaps it is as well that it has heen so ; inasmuch as a lapse of time might be required to mollify those obdurate feelings with which rulers have in all ages regarded the efforts of patriotism to establish the reign of

      justice . Five years of their captivity have now rolled over , let us hope that in that time tire minds of our rulers have been prepared to view their case by thc lights of reason , religion , and p hilanthropy , instead of through the murky medium of prejudice and antipathy . Their conduct during their expatriation has been of such a high character as to secure for them the esteem of the local authorities , as well as the _Greatest amount of immunity allowable by tbe Colonial laws . Thisfact , impartially considered _. must plead eloquently and powcr . uily for a favourable exercise of the royal prerogative , by the remission of i their harsh sentence , and their restoratwn . tu their friends , home , and country .

      Friends—A conjuncture of propitious circumstances , into a detail of which it is now unnecessary to go , brightens and strengthens our hopes oi seeing , ere long ; Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis _, receiving our hearty congratulations upon their deliverance . And , oh , what a proud day will that be for Chartism , upon which is witnessed the glorious consummation . Their trial was illegal , —so says Lord Brougham , so says Sir F . Pollock , so say six ofthe fifteen judges . Here , again , is ground of hope . We have seen tbe Canadians , many of them taken prisoners while fighting against the constituted authorities , sentenced to transportation , but since permitted , by Royal pleasure , to return to their homes . Even Papfneau , the chief of the reb . Hion ,

      is now living in the full enjoyment of every immunity of that land where , not long since , he led thousands to the gory field of war , for the subversion of the British dynasty . With these facts before the world it must be conceded by all , tbat we are neither inordinate in our desires , nor extravagant in our anticipations , in seeking the return of Frost , Williams , Jones and Ellis . Now , friends , for the mode of proceeding which we recommend . Wherever there is a Chartist council let them at once take the necessary steps for convening a pab'ic meeting ofthe inhabitants of their city , borough , etc ., as the case may be , to petition Parliament to present an address to the Queen , praying

      for a revocation ofthe sentences passed on brost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis , and their restoration to their homes , with the least possible delay . Let a respectful requisition , as numerously signed by _ electors as possible , be presented to tbe chief magistrate , soliciting tbe use of sneh public building as _iiei by virtue of his office , may have jurisdiction over , for the holding ofthe meeting , as well as his presidency on the occasion . In cases of failure you must not be daunted , but proceed ' with tho good work as well as circumstances will permit . Let your resolutions be temperate but firm , and in all cases let the following petition to Parliament be proposed for the _^ adoption ofthe meeting : —

      IO IDE _HONOURABLE THE COMMONS O _? OBBAt BRITAIN AM ) IRELAND . The Petition of the undersigned inhabitants of , Sheweth , That in the commencement of the year 1840 , John Frost , _Zephaniab Williams , and William Jones , were arraigned before a Special Commission , at Monmouth , on a charge of hieh _treason , convicted and stntenced to be hanged , drawn , and quartered . - That subsequently the sentence was commuted to transportation for life , which sentence they have been enduring up to the present time . That your petitioners hare cogentreasons for believing that the « aia John Frost , _Ztphaniah Williams , and William Jones , have not had a trial in conformity with the requirements of the laws of _thig Realm , and , consequently , fur condudinx that such trial is virtually null and void .

      That , at the trial of the individuals aforesaid , an objection wag taken to the proceedings by those eminent lawyers , Sir Frederick _rolloclc and Fitzroy Kelly , which , if tenable , would have arrested their further progress ; that the objection thus taken produced a contrariety of opinion among the judges composing the _Spwial Commission on the occasion . That when the point mooted by those distinguished counsel was brought before tho fifteen judges for adjudi , cation , six of them registered their opinions in favour of tlie validity of the objection , and three of the remaining nine considered the objection valid , hut that it was not taken iu time .

      That , under those circumstances , your petitioners earnestly appeal to your Honourable Ilouse , in the strong hope that you will present an address to her Majesty , praying f ° _*&* liberation of the aforesaid John Frost , Zephaui-ib Williams , and William Jones , and their _restoration to their homes and families . And j our petitioners , as ia dutv bound , will ever pray .

      The Executive Committee To Tiie Memhers ...

      I he friends ofthe expatriated should then exert themselves to tne utmost m procuriV _signatures * to . the petition , unlil the time , which will be named H a future address , when all petitions must bo sent to Mr Duncombe to strengthen his position when 2 _& makes his motion m behalt of the exiles At each meeting let there bt adopted a brief memorial signed by the chairman on behalf of the meeting , to the representative , or 7 epresentati ? e $ of the place , requesting him or them , to support 3 Ir . Buncombe ' s motion in behalt of the _exifcs . We would likewise reconaiend that each meeting adopt the following memorial to Sir Robert Peellet it be signed by the chairman , and sent to its destination as soon as possible . It may be productive of some good . Let us leave _nothing untried that may conduce to the consummation of the philanthropic , the glorious work : —

      TO THE _KIGIIT _HONOUIUllLE SIR ROBERT PEEG . Tlie memorial o / tfic _inftalrila ... ) of in _ytiM _^ meeting assembled , ' ¦ % , Respectfully sheweth , ¦ ' * That John Frost , _Zapliaiiiali William * , and William . Jones were tried by a Spacial Commission at" Monmout _® In the year 1840 , on a _char-, ' _8 of high treason , under cijg _cumstances which impress-your / memorialists with tm conviction that their trial was not in consonance with tm | law ofthe land . -.,. „ _* g That , notwithstanding , they wore" found guilty , _vjwi condemned to death , which sentenco was afterwards _cifin ? mute ( f __^ _Hransj . ortat . oi _' for life , and which they are now undergoing . That under these circumstances you memorialists appeal to your high sense of justice , in the confident _expec- ' Ution that you will use your Ministerial influence with her Majesty in behalf of the individuals aforesaid , that you will advise their _imniediato restoration to tlieir bores ved aud suffering families . And your memorialists , asm duty bound , will ever pray .

      Let similar petitions and memorials , embodying the peculiar circumstances of his case , he presented for the return of William Ellis . Friends , you hare no »* a clear and defined course of action before you . Its purpose is to give freedom to the captive , comfort to the disconsolate , and honour to yourselves . We trust that this appeal to the democracy of Britain will have the effect of arousing its noble spirit , and directing its energies to the _succour of the oppressed . From Yorkshire and Lancashire , ever foremost in tho ranks of patriotism , much is expected ; and , remember that the expectants are not we , but those who perilled life itself foryour benefit . We appeal to every true Chartist

      and to every true Christian in the land . We appeal to all whose bosoms glow with the warmth of paternal feeling , or the devotion of filial affection , at once to become coadjutors in tbe good work . There must be no lagging if you would be successful . All your meetings should be held within the next fortnight . Let your movements be simultaneous and spirited , and that their result may be successful is the warmest aspiration of Feargus _O'Coxnor , Thomas Clark , Philip _M'Guath , Christopher Dotle , Thomas ALuitix Wheeler ( Secretarv ) .

      P . S . Printed forms of the above petition may be obtained gratis on application to me . They will be found convenient for sending to Trades' bodies , and will otherwise facilitate the obtainment of _signatures , as many would wish to read the petition previous to attaching their names . Thomas Mariix Wheeler , 1 , Crown-court , Dean-street , Oxford-street .

      /Qitign Fnteliignue*

      _/ _Qitign _fnteliignue *

      France. The Saturday's Debate On The Add...

      FRANCE . The Saturday ' s debate on the address in the Chamber of Peers was not of auy great interest After the speeches of M . Boissy " d ' Anglas , M . C . Dupin , and M . Dubouchage , the Marquis de Hoissy addressed the Chamber on the subject of Parliamentary Reform , and said it would be becoming tho dignity of the Peerage if that Chamber were to take the initiative in demauding the reform which the country required . One of thc first reforms ought to be to reestablish the hereditary peerage , by whicli alone the independence of the Upper Chamber could be $ e ; cured . He warned the liouse against opposing ali reform . The country was determined to have

      reform of some kind , and the only way to satisfy . it with a moderate measure was to give it early . [ We hope our French neighbours will repudiate Dc _Boissy _' a " moderate reform . " These " moderate reformers" are always worse enemies to the people than even the acknowledged anti-reformers . ] On Tuesday the discussion on the Address was continued in the Chamber of Peers . Tha Marquis ) de Boissy addressed the Chamber at great length against the general policy of the government , and found fault with its conduct on all points . After he had concluded , the paragraph under consideration ( the third ) was passed . Count de la Redorte then spoke on the next paragraph , referring to the right of search , and criticised in severe terms the late convention .

      The Debats , in noticing the death of Earl Granville , savs that thc grief felt in England forthe death of the noble earl will bc sincerely participated in France , where , by his soft and amiable manners , and by the conciliatory disposition of hischaracter , he had acquired general esteem and regard . [ Wc beg to assure the Debats , that England is not at all brokenhearted in consequence of Earl Granville ' s death . On the contrary England would be very happy to sec all the " Earls" and their class , follow the Earl Granville . " The sun would shine thc same , The rains of heaven as seasonably fall , Though no Earls existed . If the Marquis De Boissy would like a " hereditary peerage" England can dispose of one dirt cheap . France can have our Peers for nothing , and perhaps John Bull would even give a trifle to any nation who would take them off his hands . ]

      FALL OF THE . GREAT VIADUCT OF _BAROTIJI ON THE KOUEN AND HAVRE RAILWAY . The Rouen journals of Sunday gave the following account ofthe giving way of the Viaduct of Barentin , on the Rouen and Havre line of railroad . On Friday , at about six o ' clock in the morning a tremendous rumbling sound , which was heard as far as Pavilly , near three-quarters of a league from the spot where it originated , awoke the inhabitants of Barentin . It arose from the falling of twenty-eight of the pillars which supported the viaduct , which rose more than 10 ( 1 feet above the level ofthe ground . The people hastened in a mass to the scene of thc disaster , fully apprehending that many lives had been lost . Happily , however , they were soon satisfied that this was not the

      case , and that the viaduct alone was tlic sufferer . The piers and other of the ruins were piled one upon tlie other , and fortunately in such a direction that the only other building touched by the fall was a corn mill on the River _Sainto Auslrebertbe , and thin was entirely thrown down . There was one of the miller ' s men in tbe mill , but he heard tbo noise in time to shelter himself under amain beam , and when drawn from under tbe ruins he bad received no other hurt than a slight wound on one of bis fingers . The mill , with its machinery , was completely crushed . It had been purchased by the railroad company . The course of

      the river , which passed under the viaduct , was diverted , and its waters turned over the adjoining lands . The now fallen viaduct was commenced in the spring of 1844 , since which time from 200 to S 0 (] men have been employed upon it , and was so nearly finished , that not more than forty were still at work . This was a colossal structure , formed upon 27 arches , each of 150 feet span , formed of brick-work , as well as the pillars , on socles of stone . Its entire length was about 500 yards , and now scarcely any portion * o it remains standing . The caise of this vast destruction cannot yet be ascertained ; but it is attributed to the use of bad materials . The loss is

      estimated at l , 300 , 000 f . At the first news of the event , the prefect ofthe department went to the spot , and passed nearly the whole day in making inquiries and giving the necessary directions . [ From the Debats . ] A serious accident , which might have occasioned very fatal consequences , but wliich luckily has not been attended with any loss of life , has just occurred on the works of the Kouen and Havre Railway . The great viaduct across the valley of Barentin suddenly fell in on Saturday morning , between five and six o ' clock . By the greatest good fortune , and on

      account of theearliness of the hour , very few workmen were yet on the line , and none were injured . The electric telegraph brought the news to Paris on Saturday . Mr . Locke , the engineer of the company one of the administrators and contractors , and the head of tbe works , went instantly from Paris to Rouen and Barentin . The accident , to all appearance , will have none of the serious consequences at first anticipated from it . The manager publishes the following note from Mr . Locke , whicli contains that gentleman ' s first notions respecting tho cause of the disaster , and which is to be followed by a more detailed report _ — -

      At present it is impossible to determine the _pvtciso causes of this disaster . Tbe arch wliich first fell was that on which the ballast w ; is placed . Its fall may possibly bave been caused hy the itit . iiu _ i . iiy of thc lading ,

      France. The Saturday's Debate On The Add...

      v ' ¦ J _* 5 _frft & _$ : & Vi _% _itfi : ; ii ( -j a : ' *** > Jthe weight * i _% balIast , iym _^ mp _* e ; our . ono side than the _mother : of tlie _ C * cli . Tha , . giving way 61 " tbe latter may ' have occasioned , the falling in of the rest of the construction , ., _* . ¦ ,-- The late thaw , by which the mortar was softened and the solidity of the arch diminished , and' tli _« unequal distribution of the . batfast at the time , may have destroyed the equilibrium of the whole . , ! _• - No one was hurt . The repairs will be commenced im-. mediatel y . Tbe accident will cause the contractors a loss of 5 or { . ( . 0 , 01 ) 0 . V , and will occasion two or tliree months ' delay in the opening of the Jine .

      __ SP / . JS . , the government had taken great offence at tbe manifesto _oftheManteDoiA-Enrico , relative tothe Queen ' s marriage , and exhibiting his own liberal tendencies . The _ywsngprince _< has-. received orders to leave Madrid witfein _forty-eigbt hours . Passports were sent bim for _Fewol _, wherei _., iho ship of which he has the command h now lying _f . andil ' is stated m _™ _eEco del Commcreisthat on hiff » ival there he -willfind-further _orders > which ' . will give him thc pleasure of a trip to the * Philippine Mind * or some / other distant region . It a reported , however , that 'Don Enrico has resigned im * copniiission iii the navy , and refuses to go . The aiSlress of the Senate was ted to

      _^ presen the Queen on i _& e 0 th by a depuMion _^ pointed for that purpose . ... , _.,, . _lX «? oun * s from' / Madrid ophe 7 th , ' state , tliat on ' cuat-day . the _ disttis 3 ion on the Mdres ' s was rammed , and , after a long speech from * the Minister of the Interior , it was adopted by a majority _ofllTSo __>__ . The most active steps had been taken against Dbn Henrique , and it would appear that persons who had little or nothing to do with the _let'Ser had also been made sufferers . The Prince ' s _secretary had been dismissed and banished to Cadiz ; ilis brother Don Francisco D'Assises , had been ordered to join liis regiment at Pampeluna ; and © on Henrique was to proceed with the least _possible delay tu Perrol .

      GERMANY . Vienna , Jan . 1 . _—Cuhtous Discovkbi ' . —The excitement occasioned by _the visit of the Emperor ot Russia having now subside ; ., and the various cojieans , _( wlitical and anccdotical , either founded on truth or due to mere invention , upo » thc subject , cv » n down t _» the jokes of those established wits of Vienna , thc bootmakers' boys , having heen already _dsclared " stale , flat , and unprofitable ; . " the attention af the ne . vsm » _iigering world has been attracted to a . fresh _tojic of conversation—one relating to a _subjeet so fulj of strange mvstery and _conjecture , as to _foym a _romance of real life , wliich , if it lacks entirely _Jhe usijil ingredients in such tales—the love , and _assassination , and _developamnnt of _haman passions—is

      _uoip the less full of interest und wonder — a ta ? c alimst incredible , were not the details , as far as cstablshed facts are concerned , not oflly warranted by _thejnost undoubted authority , _butaiatters of noto * - rioiv publicity . To tell the talc , _liawcvor , I _mtwt begh a & oi'o , and relate ho < v a certain , young Hungarianof Presburg , not overburdened , it would seem , eithrr with sense or talent , or even other advantages , moiil or physical , of the namo Biiky , was , some _moiths since , requested by a great aunO , the widow » f a ' well-known advocate of the same city , to seek sone family papers deposited in a garret in her house _, pujing his search for these matters his attention , as it stems , was called b . v a friend who accompanied him —fir his own powers of perception upon the subject do

      notappear to have been great—to certain documents whi . li fell under their hands concerning persons of the highest rank in foreign countries . Roused to a sense of a certain importance to be attached to these papers , young Biiky takes possession of them ; and one stt of papers is sent to his Majesty the King of the french . Of some importance they certainly must imve been ; for the offer of a recompense in money for their being despatched to Paris having been rejected by the young man , the Order of the Legion _d'fhnnmr is bestowed upon him by _ Louis Philippe , and an invitation made to him by his Majesty to become his guest if he should ever wish to visit Paris , and to have all the expenses ot * his journey paid . The contents of another set of papers aro

      communicated to the families of the reigning Houses o f Baden Lucca , and Tuscany ; and this communication also has its value , for similar offers of pecuniary recompense from these various Powers having been alike refused , orders from each ef these countries are also bestowed upon thc discoverer of the documents : a gold snuff-box , enriched witli diamonds , is added by the Grand Duchess of Baden ; and behold the young , nameless , unconsidered advocate now parading the streets of his native town with four decorations dangling at his button-hole . To what the contents of these important papers may have related ia the subject only of conjecture , or , at _moat j of vague rumour . Those appertaining to flic family of Orleans arc said to have been letters written bv

      the famous Philippe E p lito , the father of the present King of tbe French , to an Austrian Minister during the times of the French Republic , but what is their importance as regards thc family at the present day can only be dimly divined . Tliosc concerning the other ducal houses already mentioned have received from rumour quite another signification , and are supposed to refer to ' estates in Hungary , to which these families have a claim , until now ignored or forgotten by them , though by what tie of relationship or affinity docs not at all appear , and which , sold in troublous times for a mere trifle , and now ol * an immeasurably greater worth , may , according to the tenor of Hungarian law , bc reclaimed , at the price of tbe original sale , by the descendants of

      the parties who originally possessed ami sold them . Thc value , however , of such a discovery , if this conjecture bc true , is more evident than in thc previous case . How these papers , of so different and strange a nature , fell into tho hands of the Prcsburg advocate in whose house they have been found so many years afterwards , must necessarily be obscure ; but here again rumour supplies the place of more authentic information ; and we are told that , originally in the . possession of a wellknown Austrian Minister , they were placed by him in the hands of the depository at Presburg for security and secrecy during the time ofthe invasion ol Austria by the French under Napoleon , and that , afterwards reclaimed , thev were denied by the

      advocate ever to have been in his possession , though for what reasons must a _^ in remain " a mystery . The tale , however , is not yet done—the most extraordinary is still to come . Searching still further , emboldened by his discoveries , young _Biilcy stumbles sometime afterwards upon papers nearly concerning the house of Austria . Armed with these documents , he came about two month . since to Vienna ; and there , as a recompense for his discovery , boldly demands the honour of being nominated chamberlain to the Emperor —a distinction only bostowed upon persons able to prove tlieir pure and unalloyed descent fiom ancestors of , Heaven knows how many degrees , and make what is called their ahnenprobe , and aknenprobe

      young Biiky can make none , for his father was a bourgeois advocate , his mother a butcher ' s daughter . What these last documents may contain none as yet know . Humour is silent , and oven conjecture holds its tongue in Austria . But the certain fact exists that tbe young unknown advocate has been granted hi » bold demand , and now dons the uniform of the Emperor ' s Chamberlain , and sports the significative two golden buttons , _nuppoaed to support the key emblematic of his office , on the back of his coat . However strange may be the adventures of Master Biiky of Presburg—however incomprehensible his fortunes , the tale is truo and warranted . The moral ef it may be , that some people are b ' om with golden spoons in their mouths—nerhaps to _stop'them ! _IlAjpiunGii . Jan . 9 . —( From tho Morning Chronicle . ) —The reports this week from Berlin ofthe discovery

      ol treason andconspiracies , in Thorn and other towns in Prussian Poland , have excited a great deal of interest ; but it is thought , as is usually the case , that the facts are greatly exaggerated . There is a good deal of distress in the districts alluded to , owing to the failure of the harvest in Poland ; and want , that great enemy to all governments , may have occasioned disturbances amongst the poorer classes that bave . no immediate connection with political movements . - The Prussian government appears to view the matter seriously , having materially strengthened the military force in these districts . Bread and potatoes would , no doubt , put down disaffection more eflicnciously than cannon and . bayonets ; and it is to be hoped that those more peaceable and more efficacious weapon a have not been forgo tten in the eager haste to tiispVay an imposing military force .

      The Commuxisis . —According to the _Pas { Anqjt Gazette of Frankfort , thc Prussian governr _. ient has , i : iven orders ' for the strictest watch to be ' kept oyci the assemblages of thc journeymen , anil caro taken that Communist and Socialist doctrines be n 0 t pro pagated amongst them . The _Empbuor of Russia left Vienr . a © n the 2 nd , by the Ohnutz Railway , en his way to ' St . Petersburg On the preceding evening the Emr , r iiad a long conference with Prince Mcttcrntch . The Sfecle publishes a letter fiT /) n Berlin stating that the Emperor of Russia , aft er a sojourn of onTj 48 hours iu Vienna , had started 0 n tho 31 st , for St Petersburg , passing by Craco v ie _; n mi \ _Kl . to avo _* the Duchy of Posen , where th , c greatest political ex citcment continues to prevrji . " - ' This is the firs time , " observes tho Si ' _ecie "that the Czar has gom into Germany without Paying a visit tothe Rova family of Prussia . " - *

      France. The Saturday's Debate On The Add...

      SWITZERLAND _£ __ _£ _?< ° ' ™ ltn' «» t in Switzerland has been _spoK en of for Spain We find ' tho following on the subject m the J / elveue : — ° It appears , in _foct that M . Go , m . e 3 Bravo will replace M . Ayltonw Switzerland , but it will be _exceedingly difficult to jind amongst us the 10 , 000 men that the 2 ? ar ~ aez Ministry wants to complete tho counter-revolution in Spain . The little cantons , Lucerne , Friburg and _Valais prefer giT . n ; , ' their men to the pontifiuial government , or to the _Kius of the Two Sicilies . Besides / these powers are on the ? sve of _dorisTing war on anti-Jesuit Switzerland , and no' doubt the / will not send their _landturm to Barcelona , Valencia , and Madrid ,

      Foreign Miscellany. Hoi.Ujjdas_W'Iji_I.O...

      FOREIGN MISCELLANY . Hoi . ujjDAS _ w'iJi _ i . oiuM . —The Government of Hoiland bas just issued a decsce subjecting tbe principal exports ot Belgiran to a duty , twice , or ever , thrice , four , and even Bto times , as large as that paid bv _tfcrmany and _Lusfend on the samo articles . The Ministerial _journals-af Belgium loudly protest against tliis hostile measure ,- - Letters from _Amstirdam state _^ bat in consequence of thu failure ofthe _cssfiie crop , in Java-, the Netherlands Commercial Company will not put up for sale more than 24 , 000 bales in the _spring of this year . " ¦ _"*' Tho export and _impoirts of Bel _gian for the year 18 * 15 were , together , of _tte value of _( 5 _ve hundred and _ninety-orje millions of fames , ( _aboni ; 25- millions sterling ) . The _receipt at the Custerti-housc , at Antwerp , in 1845 , were _SiMo . & vr francs- ( about ¦ ' £ 250 : 600 : ) . In 1844 they _wers 6 , 2 S 9 , 307 .

      The waters have been muck" out in thc Jowcr parts of Belgium am ? Holland , but ihey began So subside on the 2 d instant , Egyptian _Antkjuitiks . —Thc hall of thc ancestors of _Yomhinds , a monument of Egyptian _arch-nologv , upwards of 3 , 500 years old , has _jtist been placed in the Royal library .- M . Presse , . " . ' . French traveller , in JS-42 , conceived ilie idea of transporting this interesting relic of _antiquity to France , and having bad ttie stones carefully removed , ttiey were sacked up in eases , and shipped on board a * vessel . It how _appease exactly as itsi _^ od at Karnak : Sixtv statues , of natiwal height , form a part , of _tlm collection , as a so a papyrus , three metres in length— ( hlignam ' s Messenger . The Count de Monthdon , oneof N . ipoloon _' _acompanions ivS St . Helena , is about to publiahian account of his imperial master ' s captivity . It will be published on i \\ e same thy in English _andlrrench , in London and Paris .

      Ibrahim Pachais expected io visit _Londsnon A pril next . A newspaper in thc Avmesian kngunge ,. tlw . first ofthe kind ,- has been commenced in Ciilciittn ' . Steam Boat _Auciukst . —A letter from _Leghorn of the 31 st ult . says : — "A terrible-accident _tooK ; place a few days ago at Bastia _, in Corsica . Jfcs the Marescuai _aeoaSuani _ nc . in . ui , ..- ..., ., _„)• . _„> ,, „ ber boiler burst with a tremendous explosion .- ' The passengers , 140 iu number , and the crew , were landed safely , but the engineer and the two stokers were burned so dreadfully that thev died in a few hours .

      The Militia. Much Uncertainty Prevails A...

      THE MILITIA . Much uncertainty prevails as to when the re-embodiment of the militia will commence , for thatthe embodiment of that force _, will take place in thc course of thc present year there is now no doubt . The act of Parliament authorising' the ballot for thc militia has been suspended many years . The result of this is , that thc alterations in the amount of population ofthe country must necessarily lead to a very different distribution of the quota to be furnished by eaeh county . It is perhaps not known to many that during tha recess of Parliament nothing can be done to ascertain sueh ipwtn without an order hi Council directing this to be done , bythe delivery of notices at the houses of those liable to bc drawn for this service , upon whicli return is formed the necessary

      information to found this data , lhe Morning Clara nicle stales that an order in Council / i « .. been issued for the distribution of the balloting papers , " which , " says the Chronicle , " have already been circulated in several of tho metropolitan parishes . " We have hoard ( hat the balloting papers have been delivered in thc parishes of _Mary-le-bonc , St . _l'aiicras , and St . George ' s , _Hnnover-squaro . . At the moment of this ( Tliur _.-day ) , wc cannot vouch for this report . On thc other hand , if the Times is tobe liclicved _. _iio order in Council has yet been issued , " Nor is it likely there will be now , " "but , " adds the Times , "" iniine " - dlately on thc meeting of Parliament a bill will l _* e brought in to autlioiise this measure . " Ui on this being done thc ballot for each county will 'blow , ami then the orders of the Government as to the duty to be performed . The Chronicle says : — "Thc regiments

      intended for duty in Sussex , Kent , and other counties adjoinimr to the sea coast , will be first called out . " The term of service , according to tlie regulations of the last act is five years , anil all grounds of exemption must be stated at the court of appeal for consideration thereon . It is not likely that any measures will be adopted respecting the Irish militia , until those of England and Scotland shall bc completed . The Times says : — " With respect to the various rumours as to n permanent embodiment tor active service for any length of timo , thi * . *! nve not at present any _substaiili- _'l grounds for believing sueh will be the case , but tbe chance is that the various corps wiU bc placed on duty font period of twentyeight days only , and that so far carrying out the measure will sufficiently put thc government iu possession of the knowledge o f the amount of means available , should any unexpected emergency arise . "

      _EXKMPTIOSS FROM SERVING IN TIIK MlLlTIA . —The following , wc believe , will be found a correct statement of tlie classes and persons . exempted from serving in the Militia ; be it understood , . as the law has been hitherto—whether any alterations are intended in this respect , in the intended new aot , we have not heard : — " No peer of this realm , nor any person being a commissioned Mlicerin her Majesty ' s forcis , or in any one of her Majesty ' s castles or f orts , nor any officer on thc half-pay of the army , navy , or marines ; nor any non-commissioned ollieer or private man serving in any of her Majesty ' s other forces , nor nny commissioned ' officer serving , or who bas served , four years in tlio militia ; nor any person being a resident member of either of the

      universities , nor any clergyman , nor any licensed teachers of any separate _connrcgatinns , whose places of meeting shall have been duly registered within twelvemonths previous to the general meeting appointed to meet in October for the purpose s of this act ; nor any constable or other peace officer ; nor any artie ' ed clerk , apprentice , seaman , or seafaring man , nor any person mustered , trained , or doing duty or employed in any of her Majesty ' s docks or dock-yards for thc service thereof , ur employed and mustered in her Majestv _' s service in thc Tower of London , Woolwich Warren , the seven guu wharf at Portsmouth , or at ( he several powder mills , powder _magaliiics , or other st orehouses belonging to her Majesty , under the direction of the Board ot

      Ordnance ; nor anv person being free ofthe Company of Watermen of the River Thames ; nor any poor man who has more than one child horn in wedlock ; nnr any enrolled and serving as an _elective member of any corps of yeomanry or volunteers , and who shall be duly returned and certified as such , shall bo liable to serve personally , or by substitute , and _n- _> person having served personally , or by substitute , according to the directions of any former net or uefs relating to tlic militia , or under this act shall be obliged to servo again , until by rotation it shall como to his turn ; but no _person who has served only as a substitute nr volunteer in the militia shall be thereby exempted from- serving again , if he shall be chosen by ballot . " Tiie following leading circumstances as _toexemptiQUiand non-exemption will probably meet the case ef nearly every one of our readers : — " 1 . "No person under the age of cij . h ' _'een , or over _forty-lro , _isv liable , whether he bus property or not .

      2 . Aw party who has onco been drawn cannot be dcawa a second time . 3 . Any person having two children is exempt , provided he is not wovUi £ 100 . 4 . Any individual having , £ 100 , hawever _lnrgehis family may be , is liable to bo drawn . IC disqualified by lameness , or otherwise-, be must nnd a substitute . 5 . Personal disqualifjcntions on _thcpurt of individuals not worth £ 100 , will render I thftm _non-liable , if certified by the militia surgeon . Any man who is drawn for tho militia may exempt himself from serving by paying £ 10 . Tho militia standard is 5 feet 4 inches , but we have heard it is to be reduced to 5 feet 3 J inches . A volunteer is taken . if only 5 feet 2 inches ; but a substitute must be 5 feet 4 inches , and if the substitute dies or bolts dur' ¦ n _« ' tho five vears _, the principal must find another The list of persons liable to serve in the militia is stuck upon the church doors , and if the _housekeeper has omitted any ono liable to serve , he is iinmediatcl j summoned before a magistrate and fined £ 5 .

      Militia C .. TOS . —Various cklva tor aftw . v «\ g _exemption from service by providing substitutes for those who are drawn , have been forme dtnc last few days in different parts of town , on the mutual insurance princip le . Thc general rate of payment is 2 s . Cd . per month , any deficiency bcin made up or surplus returned to the subscribers . Tho prico . of a substitute in thc time of peace generally averages from £ 5 tn £ 10 ; although during tho war' £ 150 and even - < JS 0 was not an unusual charge ,

      I Agitation ^Gy H| Embodiment! 1o;Do»P'5...

      I AGITATION _^ _gy H | EMBODIMENT ! 1 O ; DO _» _p' 5 S SO 0 lHTr ' ' "* First Lord of the ; _,-l , Slr U _" ' t _Pce ! ' _¥ " other Right Honourab \ lV * \ * _* ' ' _**>• ' ¦ ¦ _mihe Government . Mcmbc » of her Majesty ' s The committee of tho " Snoi 0 f „ <• x , t . »• ofPcrmanent and _UuwoS _te * ProiJ , _- ot often presented themselves J _^ ' . _^ VT £ " Majesty ' s _government-to _reudl _Ki 0 mlBt 8 1 ° _JSi statement of their views . neM * ary ™! _h « ° & Decidedly and conscientiously _bplio _^ _^ ' + w n , „ system and practice , of w _^ _SSSSfeS _^ JS principles _ofi-eason , mo _^^ _Sg _^ S never look at the existence , ; much fcs 3 at mfex . tension of _^^ _> _his _system _. _-but . witk the _niost _iuifeighe-1 dissatisfaction and regret . ¦ . . -- ° *

      __ It is therefore with extreme pain that vour memo * riahsts havelenrned that instructions havebeen given to enrol thc militia of Great Britain for imtneu _' iate

      service . . . . ' Under any circumstances , your memorialists _iiold such system of military training to be altogether afc variance with She * spirit " and-requirements' of . tha Christian religion , and _fraaglit with danger . to ihe liberties of BritisJi subjects and tho peace of the cm _« piro , _aswell as gre . - iily'del' rj * mental to public morals , subversive of commsrcial prosperity , and peculiarly oppressive to the wor & _ing-chmaes of the community ; besides _adding largely to the pecuniary burden _? of the whole _natisn . ' ; ' . ' But your memorialist *} - are more degply _concerned that sneh _meas-are should' bo proposed at the present time , wfcen noacc has sn \ nrc _ . ____„ _ir .. _ ; _i . _'i- _ _, _j r «_ _.. _« _iii '

      _£ , 2 n S r aima ° J - earth _;" wheh _" iio " vpliil o XvYn / ° ' _^ _Kte _' n _^ _timwhi in _etZ / _intin _" _^ tl'e _,. - _*^ ty . a _* i _* i _^ _'ntag _* e of at d when , besides , oa largo a standing' _armVTs & fa . ally embodied and suat & ined , at a cost of m _' anv * bL bona ot pounds _sterlii _^ _-pera-inunr- ' _? ' _^ _™ f ,, I ? u m e 7 _n ? **¦ . _l _con 3 tra ! ned ' ,, tiiei _* eforc , ' by their mart deliberate sad ' religious _Convictions , _vl spectfully but firmly . to * f tco _^ B «> . _pitSSS tins _propped measure ; _Md'n _^ _TMe 8 t ! y to as 1 St Tl J . _" ? » me _« that it be not carried into ellect , either in whole or m part . And your mereoyaiists ; Ac ., ' Signed , on behalf if the committee ,. . „ T > i _J ° l : i : i _"te * ' * "ERao . N * . _Sesretalr . 19 , Brea & strect , City , Jaw . T _, 1840 .

      THE _CIIASTISTS , it will bs observed b y our Dumfries _com-suonuent » letter , that strong e _ s . itejw . nt exists in that town in consequence ofthe intended enrolment , of the mirrtia . Resistance is _opaijv talked of ; and tins _spmtaeeBM to bo not at all -confined to _Dumfries . 1 rivate letters , from different parts of the countrv , inform us-that the working men are everywhere protesting against the " _infamous-ccnscription _' _^ md i 6 is very evident , that if forced into tho hateful service- the ' system" will find in thc working men very unwilling defenders . At the meetim- of tha

      Chartist Metropolitan Council on _^ Sbnday last , a resolution was passed , calling on the people to ' e sp _^ _ss tVieir sentiments on ¦ this all-important ' qnwtion . lie same evening the following re ol ution " waa adopted oy a locality of the Tower Hamlets Chartists , Moved by Mr . Christopher Harrison , sccondetl by Mr . James II ! iSg _« orth _* . _ '" n . a ' , thi * meeting _viewa the embodying ot the militia at the present lime as another encroachment on the right ' s and liberties ot the working classes , by forcing ihem from their homes and families , to defend the countrv !»• ' arm * which they arc not allowed lo dcf ' _w _& bvtli , _* . " - _•;! . ¦ - •'

      all Chartists to -io " tlie laine . _^' _"'' _!^!?^^ _. _^^ , _< f _^ Chartists have determined to ' call a public _meeting to petition against the militia laws , _ahd't-i _nrotcit ; against the embodiment oi" that force . It is a .. ( . ciliated tlr . it the nreeting will he held _ini-iho Temperance Hall , Brid » e-road , on Thursday evening next , January thc 23 ud instant . ' " : The Executive Committee having _ds . terinined ' upnn offering the most strenuous _oppositional . " thu calling out ofthe militia , have issued the fol ! _owin _ _r '' placard , which they recommend _evt-ry locality . ; to-adopt immediately , in convening meetings " _to- <' resist this stretch of despotic power : — ' ' ' * TYi . _AS . VV _HESlSTEDt-. NO VOTE . NO MUSKET : !!* . . : Men of London—The Government not beim ; enabled to procure a sufficient number : of brainless _clodpnles to recruit the . _regular service by -tho _ordinary process , have resolved upon _orirantsing ih &*

      -MILITIA FORCE for the purpose of acting at home , » o as-to a fibril an opportunity to the troops ofthe line to carry on their peaceful _opemtk-ns abroad . They propose ii . enter your peaceful homes , ami tear you _froHil-your familiesand friends t—to compel you to _' hbnndon your business _andl-twful pursuits , io become auxiliaries-to do thc - work of despot ism . ' They wish to force-yen ; unrepresented anil unprotected artisans amliabburers , to lay aside the honourable habiliments of-your order , for that disgraceful badge of" s _' avery , the . miiitarf uniform . This they wiil certainly accomplish unless you arc " tip and doing . " In order , therefore ,. to defeat the nefarious scheme , a

      PUBLIC MEETING-: will he held in the Siuth London Chartist Half , corner of Webber-street , Blnckt ' _i-iar ' s-road , on Monday evening , Jan . 10 , 1 S 4 I 5 , for the purpose , or petitioning Parliament on the _subject . Chair taken aC eight o ' clock . The following gentlemen will attend and address the . meeting * . —F . ' O'Connor ; _&**•• ., Mr . P . M'Grath , Mr . C . Doyle , Mr . T . _?& . TOiec ] ar , Mr . T . Clark , Mr . It . Kidley , ami Mr . T . Cooper s author of tha " Purgatorv of Suicides , " Ac .

      Serious Kailway;Ac0 . 3l(Egsts8" . Fatal...

      SERIOUS KAILWAY ; AC 0 . _3 l ( EgSTS 8 _" . Fatal Accident ox the _AsiiKona _^ Asa . Miiin . iTB Bk . _vn-cii tt _ . ii . wAY . — An accident , . which _liai . _resiil'ed fatally , neemrad on Tliuisday ni _ . riiiitg . on ch ..- W ... _ks ofthe South Eastern Branch _llnil-. vay-to . C' _-iinerbui-y _, _llamsgiitc , and Margate , nciii-Wie village _of-Minuter . It appears that early on . _thejinorniug-jntq _^ _esii-. m , it train ot" loaded ballast _wagcoiw-staicud . from C . ntterbury down the lin ' ft . io Minster ,- * . being propriied at the rear by a locomotive , jrc . kcfureinost wa _^ con were twelve or f ' uurieeii excavators ' ,- , who * we ii ?

      Koing to relieve those who had -been _jwoilyui ; during tlie night . The _nv-rning was _ex-ecedfngly foggy , and the engine-driver being . ¦ unab ' _ife-.-tit . iSeo much ; n advance , the train unfortunately--nu .-. be ,. ond tlie spot where it ought to have stopped , and the- fii ; st w _.-iL' _-im . containing the excavators , _wcjife-ovor _tucenjliaf U . u line , and was pr . ei . _-if . iied _ujayi an .. C !» h _) . i _ ... ! cnt . The poor fclldw . s were thrown _onward ., twp . or ti . tvc * of the waguons _, _lilled w ' nh ts _ _Jji .. t , irll _lipon t ' _-vom . Oneof the men was killed on _tiihspotj _aniliwoothers grievously hint . ,. •; . . ¦

      Fatal _Accwkst at the _Ifer-cASTi . " * . _" - and _Daiimxgvox Railway _Tkismisus . —South . ¦ SniKLn _ r , _" ,, i * nii > AY Moicsixo . —Yesterday _aftemfi-. n _,- . about , mw b ! rl _*« k a melancholy accident , _wlikSJias . result , d-in 4 jie loss of two lives , and the _soriui _^ _iiyury of another individual , took place at the _Newcastld suul _* J ) _arlii _* _j ; ton Railway Terminus , in _thfh- _< tciwn . F , « m : sonic limepast extensive ii ) iproveiin * _iu : _» . _-jiave been making in that portion of the _rai _!*; ' . y . wb - 'h is- between South Shields and 13 _rwl : l __^ _Wbiay and . whicli was recently purchased _oiVtiie _KratylUog Junction Company * , awl during tho ,-pasl _> - week a lumber of men _havui been _* . vj . k . y . ed in hwevi _' m _: the

      sMes of an _eiaibaiikiiiein' _- i n _»* _jr the Shield * _SS . ition . Whilst doing so yesterd . _ijr-. nfturno . Ki , _< _nic o § tl "' ' men observed a portion oS tbo bank , givj way . and he instantly gave aui _-ilarm is- his companions . Thev rushed , as they ,- ' supposed , out of danger , but whilst doing so , _thm-of .- them unfortunately got jammed between t . _' _i-e _waggow , ami befi * e they could be extricate il . : u _« : 'immense'body ot * eartli fell , and buried _taeiM-.. beneath its ivei l _ t . On removing the eavt ' _. bitt . _wuis ti _^ _uuttllllt ; _two-mf tl _^ ini were dead , and _thc-thUd w _ ., s . ) _severely injured iliat only faini hopes _caivln _cntiTte-inedi of Hist recovery . The names of _tlu-persims . l . _Ubl . are Thomas _llfirii and Join _Bradibrdi 'J b > iinw : iii | m _* od'is _llebi-rt _CostorjAan , a p * _nl _ U \ _-i ; n v .. ta , t _^ _nnx . to . _ha-ye been staudhv' near . _vstlii * tinw _. . •• ' ••• .. '¦ . ; . ¦ , '* -., . ' ,

      F.Vi-Ai. Accj.3v. Nt Os Tiiu-Mtoi.Asnibi...

      F _. _vi-Ai . Accj . 3 v . nt os Tiiu-Mtoi . _AsniBiilLv . uv . —On Friday a fatailace ' ulewS _occurred _at-tim-Mateliley station ofthe _^ . dl . _tml lt : iilwa . y _^ near .. iLC . eds ; Oneof _tba- _'fforkineai a . bvitk . 'iiycr ,. > _vascrossing the lino with a plank on / lis sh («» liler ,, wlwn . s unpereoived by him , on * of _the-mst trains from _^ _ianebesti _^ _jBjiine up , and tho butter * of _tlioeiigiiiB- . _s _^ _uckjIie'po ' oV _^ ellow , and larew h ' _va . tio . a , _sfisSnna e _^ a _* _w « ttw _& i _) . _^ ya _|* ds . The _wnghic was iniiRtdiatoly _Jqtiijjpe'd _^• i . _jail ' . t & u unforttina te Hum picked , _ut _^ . but _I'ifs-wi _^^ uite ' c _' stliipt . j Escaimi oi ?* jl , Tinstv- _" - A few ' . 8 ay ' _sXific * e . jas a _cara-Vbu U * . _omt ' iag . to- the * p « _oprVjl . cw '' 6 f a sniitfl collection of wild beadis , _was-passiag tnrnnglr Potter lleigham , ou its way to . _yarawu . ' _ih _, tl . _» driver , in making room for a _pasfiaijj vehieltv iassiationsly drew too . near thoedge of fc >_ _a-ditcb , aud by that means tivcrturncd the caravan * The bars » f tlic _floor ' s den not bi'ing sufficient ainoiig to support the weight suddenly thrown

      upon ihem , gave way , and tho ferocious animal _lwing _thiin unexpectedly lib-rated , after taking off an _c-ir _^ Vs head as his _fii-it exploit , betni'k himself to th _» uaigkbouring fields . Alarmed at thc probable cmi-• _' _-. _eii , uences of the intrusion of so bold niunnovutor on the peace and safely of their Hucks ' andheVdf , _Missrs . lludd unit T . It Murrell , two residenUarmers , held a consultation with the pr ( iprie _> urs ; of * _tlie _^ ienascrio as to the best means ol * capturing the _funnidable object of their pursuit , and , arined , witli _. _suiirjj , and atton \ ei \ V . ? tbo keeper and a large iinis \ OT . t )\ _{ \ aW . vm provided ' with pitchforks , they _proeemji _^ jtj ) _au-.-nipt to _entangle him in a she 6 _, i . n | Bt . _* This , l _' . owt _* ver , _ having failed , a large _h-, imji' _* r , ' e nhl ' ajiiuiL' a piece ot flesh , was placed in bis w : \ y _,. ; " } ii _ d % uV . _Sn , his jumping in to seize the food , the lid ivas . _drawdown and soon secured , the ani i al uttering 7 a . _"hide ' _i'iis yell , w . _neli the stoutest of his captors Cfuilil iio ' t ' hcar unmoved . Fortunately imneof the party sustained _nnj" injury _, / . jimi Advertiser ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 17, 1846, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_17011846/page/1/