The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON: SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 11, Me.

James O'Leary, aged 22, apprentice to his brother John,
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plasterer, St. Rocks—Mary O'Leary, aged 16, his sister.
J 1.3, S ihmiss,cEhsicild.,rednru. druggist—R. aged 23, and Kenna'',
ag '4Ma ry O'Brien, aged 26, wife of John Lilly, tailor.
Jean Bte. Veniza, aged 30.
Maria Louise Le valee, wife of Ronald M'Donald, editor of
the Ccint 'Veen.
Eugenie INPDonald, wife of Rigobert Anger, merchant.
Edward R. Hoogs, book-keeper, Montreal Bank—John,
aged 8, and Edward, aged 6, his children.
Thomas-C.-Harrison, aged 21, from Hamilton, C.W., bro-
ther to the owner of the Diorama.
Harriet Glackmeyer, wife of T. F. Molt, aged 45—Frede-
rick, aged 19, and Adolphus, aged 12, her children.
Helen Murphy, an orphan, aged 20.
Emeline Worth, aged 9, daughter of Edward Worth,
Montreal, sister-in-law of Mr. A. Lenfesty, grocer, and of
this city.
Flavien Sauvageau, aged 14, son of Mr. Charles Sauvageau,
musician.
Elizabeth Lindsay, aged 58, wife of Mr. T. Atkins, clerk of
Upper Town Market—his son Richard, aged 27.
Stewart Scott, Esq., Clerk of the Court of Appeals, and
Jane, his daughter.
Thomas Hamilton, Eq., Lieut. 14th Regiment.
Mrs. John Gibb, widow, and Jane, her daughter.
Arthur Lane, son of Mr. Elisha Lane, of the firm of Gibb,
Lane, and Co.
Marianne Brown, aged 25, schoolmistress, at Wood and
Gray's Cove.
Joseph blarcoux, bailiff:
Colin Ross, aged 26 years, plasterer, a native of Inverness,
Scotland, and Agnes black, his wife, aged 18, daughter of
widow Black, of Montreal.
Isaac Devlin' watchmaker, Lower Town.
John Berry, from Aberdeen, late in the employ of Messrs.
W. Price and Co., arrived in Quebec, from Chicoutimie, on
the Bth inst. A letter was found on his person, from his
brother, James Berry, instructing him to address him—
" James Berry, gardener and riddel-maker, North Broad-
ford, Aberdeen."
Anne Taffe, late servant with Denholtr, Esq., Cape.
John Smith Karn, son of Mr. John Karn, tinsmith, of
this city.
Mr. john Wheatley, stationer, Lower Town.
Julia Ray, daughter of Assistant-Commissariat-General Ray.
P.S.—" Four o'clock."--46 bodies have been recovered.
All but two have been recognised. Mlle. Emilie Poncy,
aunt of Miss Poncy, of the Lower Town, is missing; the
remains of a body, said to be a female, are supposed to be
hers.
The second is a Mr. M'Keogh, of Malbaie, a schoolmaster,
who was in the theatre in company with Miss Poncy.
We may here remark that Mr. Symes has in possession
the several effects taken from the bodies, and found near
them. We cannot refrain from expressing a passing meed
of praise upon the unwearied labours of the Mayor, the
military, the police magistrate, and the police force, and the
several fire companies. Nor can we omit deserved tribute
to the indefatigable Mr. R. Symes, who since daylight this
morning, has been present at the scene of the disaster,
superintending the recovering and removal of the dead
bodies, &c.
The theatre, and stables adjoining, we should add, were
burnt to the ground.

INCIDENTS, &c., OF THE RECENT CALAMITY.
It appears that Lieut. Hamilton, of the 14th Regiment,
who perished in the flames, had attended the exhibition in
company with Miss Ray, his betrothed bride, and her sister;
when the flames broke out, he succeeded in getting the sister
in safety from the building, and returned to seek his intended,
when both of them thus miserably perished.
Lieut. Armstrong, of the same regiment, saved himself by
a desperate exertion of personal strength, having sprung up
to a window, the situation of which he knew, and forced out
a pane of glass, by which he obtained fresh air, and ulti-
mately succeeded in forcing his way through the window,
escaping with only a few bruises.
(From the Quebec Gazette.)
The cause of the disaster is supposed to have been the
falling of a camphine lamp, which set fire to the curtain in
front of the stage. The only mode of egress was by a
single narrow passage. Several families have been reduced
to utter helplessness, by the loss of their stay and support.
A subscription has been in consequence opened for the relief
of those who have been rendered orphans and widows.
The funerals of all the sufferers, except three or foar, took
place yesterday. From an early hour in tke morning till
seven in the evening, funeral processions were passing to
the different places of interment. So melancholy a sight has
not been witnessed in Quebec since the time of the cholera.
At one time there were fifteen coffins in the French cathe-
dral, waiting for the last rites of the Church to be said over
the mutilated remains contained in them. At the English
burial-ground we observed four clergymen present, three
Episcopalian and one Presbyterian, discharging the last sad
duties of their office to members of their respective flocks.
The Wesleyan Methodist mihister was likewise engaged during
the afternoon in the performance of a similar duty.
At a meeting of the Quebec bar resolutions were adopted,
on the motion of the Hon. IL E. Caron and the Hon. T. C.
Aylwin, expressing their profound sorrow for the death of
their esteemed brother Alexander Stewart Scott, and their
sympathy with his afflicted family. The remains of Lieut.
Hamilton were interred with military honours.

ELECTION MOVEMENTS.
TAUNTON.

TAUNTON, FRIDAY, TWELVE, NOON.—This morning
was appointed by the returning-officer as the period of
nominatian. The Right Hon. Henry Labouchere,
accompanied by his friends, arrived at the hustings
shortly after eight o'clock, and the usual pre-
liminaries having been gone through, the Right
Honourable Gentleman was proposed by James
Bunter, Esq., as a fit and proper person to represent the
borough of Taunton in Parliament. He took cccasion
to advert to the connexion of Mr. Labouchere with the
town, remarking that it had existed for sixteen years,
and that he had had the pleasure of proposing him as a
candidate ten times.

T. WARREN, Esq., seconded the nomination.

No other candidate being proposed, the Hon. Gentle-
man was declared duly elected amidst loud acclamations.
The Right Hon. Henry LABOUCHERE then addressed
the electors as follows—Gentlemen, I have waited to
address you until I was able to do so under that title
and in that situation which I assure you I value beyond
any other distinction in public life which it is pos-
sible for me to attain—l mean in the character of
your representative.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, a seat
in Parliament, when conferred by an inde-
dependent and intelligent constituency, is to any
Englishmen a matter of just pride--(llear)—bute when
conferred under circumstances like those which charac-
terise the present occasion, I conceive that distinction,
valuable as it is in itself, greatly enhanced.—(Cheers.)
I do not meet you on this occasion a stranger, nor ad-
dress you now for the first time. My excellent friend
who proposed me to you, and by whose side I
have had the satisfaction of standing ever since
I came to Taunton, has reminded you that the connexion
between us has now lasted for sixteen years, and that
this is no less than the tenth time on which I have had
to thank you for returning me as your representative
to the House of Commons.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen,
those sixteen years have not been unproductive of im-
portant political changes, and they have been marked
by as great and important events as any sixteen
years in the history of this country.—(Hear, hear.) You
have had an opportunity of observing my conduct under
almost every variety of circumstance. I have stood
before you when I belonged to a small and dispirited
minority, and I haie stood before you in the capacity in
which I now stand again—as a servant of the Crown ;
and you have had an opportunity of judging whether
my principles, my conduct, and my language, have ever
varied under either of those circumstances.—(Hear,
hear.) My Hon. Friend has truly told you that the
circumstances of the present election were peculiarly
gratifying to me. In canvassing on this occasion I
found that I have not lost a single old friend, whilst, on
the other hand, I acknowledge the gratification I have
received from the universally kind reception I have met
with, and that, too, in many instances from some who,
from conscientious motives, have hitherto felt it to be
their duty to oppose me.—(Cheers.) Under these cir-
cumstances I may truly say that I shall return to the
House of Commons with increased feelings of
gratitude and fresh sentiments of pride with
regard to my connexion with your town.—(Loud
cheers.) I shall imitate the example of my friends
who proposed and seconded me, in not addressing you at
any great length; at the same time, however, I feel, that
in accepting this renewal of the solemn trust placed in
my hands, it is due both to you and to myself
that I should make some observations.—(Hear,
hear.) It is now five years since I last adddressed
you as a candidate on these hustings, I was at
that time a Minister of the Crown, but I did
not long remain so. I believe almost the first vote
which the House of Commons came to was fatal to the
existence of that Government, in the ranks of which
I served. Without any personal regret, certainly, I
took my leave of office, and retired to do that which to
my personal feeling is a far more agreeable situation,
that of an independent Member of Parliament.—(Hear.)
But I am happy to say that the vote of the House of
Commons which struck down the Ministry of Lord Mel,
bourne did not destroy the principles which that Minis-
try advocated.—(Loud cheers.) And, gentlemen, I for
one will acknowledge that I never had the slightest
fear that it would produce that effect.—(Cheers.)
I was thoroughly convinced from the best con-
sideration I could give to the interests of this great
country, that those principles were founded in truth,
and must ultimately and speedily be triumphant.—(Loud
cheers.) I did not fear that those who succeeded us
would follow any essentially different course from
that which we ourselves bad pursued ; and, accord-
ingly, although I have been nominally a mem-
ber of the Opposition, and sat on the oppo-

site benches to the Government of the day, yet

there has been scarcely any important measure which
that Government during those five years have brought
forward which I have not by my humble vote contributed
to support.— (Cheers,) Those wpm§ were, some of
them, measures of enlarged religious freedom--,spme:of
conciliation and justice tolreland—some of them measures
of free trade calculated to enlarge and extend the com-
merce of this country ; and the crowning measure of all
has been that great tpessuFe which the assent of the
Crown has just stamped with thp authority of t4le law
of the land—l mean the complete and final-repeal of the
corn-laws.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I can assure you—and
thos2 gmpng Fpg rho
know my private tastes and habits
will believe iii the sincerity of that assertipn—Ghat no tye

years of my Parliamentary life were ever spent wi!lr
satisfaction equal to those during which, without the
toils, and anxieties, and responsibilities of official life, I
bad the satisfaction of seeing those principles for which
I have always contended carried into execution; and also
the gratification, by my humble vote, of lending my best
support to their success.—s(Chgers.) Gentlemen, the office_
to which gags-minus favourof my Severe's:riles called
me- is, as you have been reminded by ore Of nay ft-rends,
not the least responsible or the least onerous of those
which are undertaken by the servants of the Crown. I
can assure you that, in taking my share of the Govern-
ment of Ireland, I accept the office in no spirit of pre-
sumption with regard to my qualifiaction for the duly.
This, at least. I trust I may say, that no effort on. my
part shall be wanting to fulfil those duties ; and if I
shall be able to contribute, even in the 5m...11?:1-, degree,
to the happress, contentment, and prosperity of that
part of her Majesty's dominions, I shall look back
to the day on which I took office as the happi?st and
proudest of my life.—(Cheers.) I trust that the lit'le
acquaintance which I possess with the local affairs of
that country will be compensated by firding myself sur-
rounded in the Administration by Irishmen, long and
intimately connected with the affairs of that country,
and deservedly respected by the inhabitants; and st,ll
more do I rejoice that I shall have to serve under a
Lord• Lieutenant who has been for the greatest part of
his life a resident landowner—(Cheers)—and who from
his disposition and ability is, I am sure, eminently quali-
fied to carry into effect those gracious wishes and in-
tentions which it is well known her Majesty feels in an
especial degree towards that portion of her dominion?.
I trust that in the government of Ireland we shall be
able to follow up those principles on which the govern-
ment of all free countries ought to be conducted—l
mean, to support the law that it may be respected, and to
improve the law that it: may be beloved.—(Loud cheers.)
I can assure you I highly value the honour of repre-
senting so steady, so consistent, and intelligent a body
of constituents. With regard to other political subjecZs,
I do not know that I need trouble you by going into
detail. I have always stood upon these hustings as a
liberal candidate and a reformer.—(Hear, and cheers.)
At the same time I have always told you that there
is not a Conservative in this town or county who is
more deeply attached than I am to the great institutions
of this country, or who is more thoroughly satisfied that
the true interests of the community consist in our
preserving and maintaining them unimpaired.—(Cheer a.)
But I believe, at the same time, that in order to maintain

institutions unimpaired, it is absolutely necessary to take
care that they do not stsnd in the way of all such im-
provements as may ba required either by the al-
tered circumstances of society, 'or by the in-
creasing intelligence of the aged . I believe that
Englishman is the truest Conservative, and best
supports the institutions of the country, who
takes care that there is nothing in them which cannot
be reconciled with great and necessary improvements.—
' (Cheers.) I love and reverence the mixed con-
stitution of this country, and if I saw the
just prerogatives of the Crown or the just
prerogatives of the peerage assailed, I would de-
fend them just as firmly as I would the r;ghts and
liberties of the Commons of England, to which I
belong.—(Hear, hear.) I feel it necessary to say this,
because I stand here on popular principle:, and am
surrounded by the friends of popular principles in
this town, and because I have lent my assistance
to the furtherance of many measures which I trust and
hope will have the effect of enlarging the liberties of
the people, and extending wide the principles of reli-
gious liberty to those classes of my fellow-c3untrymen
who may dissent from the Church of England—whether
as Protestant Dissenters, or as Roman Catholics—
(Hear, hear, and cheers)—and have always felt it
my duty in public life to do nothing which would shake
those great fundamental institutions of the country—
(Hear, hear)—on the contrary, those institutions have
not a more sincere friend than myself.—
(Cheers.) The
Hon. Member again thanked them for the high honour
conferred upon him, and retired amidst loud and pro-
longed plaudits.
The Hon. Member was afterwards "chaired," a 'rely
superb car, drawn by four horses, being used for the oc-
casion.

DEVONPORT.
RETURN OF SIR GEORGE GREY, BART.
The nomination took place at eleven o'clock yesterday
in front of the Town Hall. The only candidate was
Sir G. Grey, who is in high favour here, both for his
popular manners, and his political sentiments. There
was a capital attendance from Stonehouse, and the as-
semblage of burgesses was very numerous.
The Mayor, Walter P. Blackmore, Esq., presided,
and the usual formalities having been gone through,
C. TRIPE, Esq., rose, and said he had great pleasure
and gratification in rising to propose the re-election of
Sir George Grey, both on account of his great talents
and high moral worth—from his close affinity in blood
to a name which would ever be held dear by Englishmen
—and also because he had always interested himself in
promoting the moral and physical welfare of the people ;
and, above all, because he had been selected to fill the
great and important office of Secretary of State.
C. CHAPPLE, Esq., of Stonehouse, seconded the mo-
tion, and there being no other candidate the Right Hon.
Baronet was declared to be duly elected.
Sir G. GREY then returned thanks for the honour
they had conferred upon him for the sixth time. He was
the more gratified because that confidence was reposed
in him after a long trial. It was their duty indirectly
to influence the Legislature of the country by sending
representatives to act in their behalf. After having
adverted in pleasing terms to his connexion with Devon-
port ever since its enfranchisement. the Right Hon.
Baronet proceeded to describe the course of events ever
since 1841, with reference to the question of free trade,
and to the gratification which he had derived in giving
support to Sir Robert Peel in his free trade measures.
He rejoiced to see that the greatest unanimity prevailed
amongst them, and he hoped that unanimity arose not
from the accident of the absence of a candidate, but
because there was far more unanimity of opinion as to
the effects of free trade upon thinking men than pre-
vailed in 1841. Those principles were then disapproved
of; and he was opposed by an honourable candidate,
brother-in-law of the Prime Minister ; and he well
remembered, that his friends approached those hustings
with a large loaf and a small one—the large loaf
representing, as it was said, the effects of protection,
and the small loaf was a specimen of what they were
to have under the operations of free-trade.—(Laughter.)
This delusion has vanished, and when they sent him on
that occasion to oppose the Government which was to
be formed, and which was formed, he little anticipated
that, before he should have to appear before them again,
he should have become one of the most zealous and
strenuous supporters of Sir Robert Peel, in his commer-
cial policy.—(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Baronet then,
at some length, referred to the manner in which Sir
Robert Peel had effected those great changes, paying
him more than a passing tribute of praise for the course
he had taken, and cordially joining him in his wishes
that now these measures had passed there would be no
more irritating discussions, and that the cause of
jealousy and contention between those employed in the
different branches of industry having been removed,
these dissensions will no longer prevail. The Right
Hon. Gentleman did not advert to any other question,
and his speech in reference to the commercial legislation
of the late Ministry was substantially the same as that
whieh be made the previous evening.
At the close, three cheers were given for the Right
Hon. Baronet ; after which a vote of thanks was passed
to the Mayor, and the meeting separated.

PLYMOUTH.
FRIDAY.—The nomination for the borough of Ply-
mouth took place to-day, when the two candidates—
Lord Ebrington and Mr. Vincent--were proposed. Lord
Ebrington entered into a lengthened exposition of his
principles, in the course of which he adverted to the pact
he had taken with respect to free trade, and the policy
which he considered ought to be adopted with respect to
Ireland. Mr. Vincent also addressed the meeting, advo-
cating the entire abrogation of Church establishments—
an extension of suffrage—the vote by ballot—and the
extension of the civil and religious liberties of the peo-
ple. The show of hands was declared to be in favour of
Mr. Vincent. The greatest excitement prevails.

t very utmost of their power.—(Cheers.) There was another
topic, which would at once suggest itself to the minds of all
. present—a topic of most grave importance. The question of
• Ireland, ha trusted he might say, was a temporary question ;
. the object there was only to remove existing, and he hoped
passing grievances, and to give just contentment to the people.
The other questhasi he would allude to was one of still higher
and more permanent importance; it was, the condition of the
people of thiscountry.—(Hear, hear.) It was on education
and instruction only that the peace and prosperity, the wel-
fare and happiness of nations could be soundly based. It
was lamentable to think, that not there alone, in the agri-
cultural districts, but in the more densely populated manu-
facturing districts, there were growing up every year vast
multitudes of human beings with education, if any, most im-
perfect, in fearful ignorance of that knowledge upon which
depends their welfare here and hereafter.—(Hear, hear.)
This was a subject which would require the most anxious
ccnsideration of the present Ministry. He would not advert
to other topics, but of this they might be assured, that the
spirit by which the Government would ever be actuated
was the spirit of progressive improvement—(Loud cheers)—
of that progress which had hitherto been so impeded amongst
us, but the development of which was essential to the happi-
ness and welfare, to the very existence of every civilised
community. The progress made in the country since 1815
showed how much could be accomplished by a steady and
persevering determination to improve, and would convince
the electors that though the vessel of improvement may
sometimes be turned from its course by the shock of adverse
billows—though it may now and then swerve from its
onward direction under the influence of battling
gales, yet, nevertheless, it is guided by one more ,
powerful than any among men.—(Loud cheers.)
Steered by a sagacity far superior to any human resistance
—(Cheers)—and that in spite of the storms which it may
encounter in defiance of adverse currents, and battling winds,
it shall still, under the blessing of Providence, pursue its cer-
tain course to that final state of human improvement which
lies far beyond the horizon to which our week eyes can
attain, and which will place human society ie a condition of
higher moral, social, religious perfection than the mot san-
guine amongst us can imagine.—(Cheers.) It would be for
the people to aid the Government in their efforts towards
this glorious consummation ; the Govern nment itself, he
would promise, would not be wanting in their share of the
great work, though its progress against the infinite obstacles
impeding it might not be quite so rapid as the people and
the Government itself could wish, let not the people be sus-
picious of deferred intentions—intentions deferred only for
the better accomplishment of the work in hand. The Noble
Lord, in concluding, was honoured with a hearty nine times
nine. A similar honour was acceded to Lord John Russell
and the present Members.
The large meeting broke up at one o'clock.

GREENWICH.
Notwithstanding the more immediate approach of the
election, the want of excitement that has hitherto pre-
vailed still continues. There remains now no doubt that.
Admiral Dundas will walk quietly over the course. It is
rather remarkable that, though the Government influence
is, and has been, very great in Woolwich and Deptford, the
electoral inhabitants of Greenwich alone have been always
so exceedingly active in promoting the Liberal cause, ac al-
most to insure the return of a Liberal candidate. Indeed,
they have hitherto invariably succeeded in that respect, ex-
cept on one cccssion, when, under peculiar circumst inces,
Mr. Wolverley Attwocd, a Consei vative, was chosen the re-
presentative of the borough. He grncd his seat through
the influence of the Steam Navigation Company, to which
he acted as chairman for many years, and the dules
of which position he discharged so efficiently and zealously,
as to gain for himself much popularity and confidence;
thereby inducing the shareholders to exert all their energies
in his behalf. The return of Admiral Dundas, even though
an opposition candidate should enter the field, will be ren-
dered doubly certain by the fact of having the influence of
the present Government in his favour. The nomination will,
we understand, take place at ten o'clock on Monday morning,
in order to enable the high-constable, who is the returning
officer of the borough, to give in his return early enough on
that day to admit of the Gallant Admiral's resuming his
seat in Parliament on the same evening. Last night a meet-
ing of the electors was held at the George IV. Tavern, Wool-
wich, at which recolutions favourable to Admiral Dundas
were agreed to.

EVESHAM.
FRIDAY.—The writ for the election of a Member in the
place of Lord Marcus Hill, who, it has already been stated,
has accepted the office of Comptroller of her MajePty's
Household, has arrived here, and the election hcs been fixed
for to-morrow. There is no show of opposition for this elec-
tion, but parties in this borough ere much divided, and the
representation has generally been compromised by each re-
turning its Member. The Tulles, however, are now divided
amongst themselves, some of them being friends of Mr.
Borthwick, and another section favouring Captain Rushout.

GAME LAW HUMANITY.
On Tuesday, the IGth ultimo, Frederick King, lace-
maker, of New Lenton, being out of work, went with his
wife and family to find employment in haymaking; when
he was near to the Trent side, a person, named Henry
Cox, also of New Lenton, gave him a shilling to swim
across the Trent and assist him (Cox) in finding a bag
in an osier holt, not far from Boot's bank. King and
Cox stripped and swam to the place, found the bag, and
King returned with it ; immediately on his reaching
the Nottingham side of the river, Mitchell, one of Sir
Juckes Clifton's game-keepers, and his companion said,
we must have that bag." King replied, "it is not
yours, and you shall not have it," at the same time giv-
ing his name and where he lived. He was immediately
attacked in the most furious manner by Mitchell, who beat
King so brutally with a thick stick on the head, arms, and
other parts of the body, that persons who saw the attack
ran to his assistance, being fearful that he v.ould
be killed. One of the persons who witnessed this
savage attack upon a man—iu a state of nudity, be it
remembered—states, "the blood gushed out in tor-
rents ;" and King says, "I thought I was going to be
killed, and called out murder.' " Mr. John Brown,
lace-maker, New Lenton, states that he saw Cox and
king in the Trent, and the keepers asked him what
they were doing, and he told them bathing; he saw the
latter come out of the river, and Mitchell immediately
commenced beating him with a stick, " as hard as he
could." Murder being shouted, Brown ran to King's
assistance, and asked the keepers what they were
killing the man for, when Mitchell again struck King.
In attempting to ward off the blow he received it on
his (Brown's) hand, which was severely hurt. George
Brewill, butcher, of New Lenton, who also saw the
attack upon King, says, " I never saw a man lose so
much blood in my life ; I think if we had not inter-
fered King would have been murdered. After the
keepers were gone I laid King on the bank; he was
very dozy, and complained of his head, which was badly
cut; his arm was much swollen, and his knee severely
injured. King's wife and three children were present,
and terribly frightened." Being prevented from further
beating the poor fellow by the interference of the
spectators, the cowardly keepers ran away, but,
luckily, Mitchell was known, and we are in:ormeel
that a true bill was found against him at the
county sessions, on Monday week. We must not omit
stating, that Mr. Edward Cox, of New Lenton, who was
fly-fishing against Boot's bank, and saw the whole of
this murderous attack, heard Mitchell say to the other
keeper, when King and H. Cox were returning across
the Trent, " Stick to me, and whether they have been
netting or not, we will have the nets." Mr. E. Cox im-
mediately shouted to King and Cox, " I do not know
whether you know it, but here are two keepers waiting
for you." H. Cox replied, "I don't care, we have been
doing nothing wrong." At this time King had the bag
under his arm. Mr. E. Cox and all the other witnesses
are positive that neither H. Cox nor King had been net-
ting.—. Nottingham Review.

THE LABOUR MARKET in SOU CH

AUSTRALIA.
(From the Adelaide Observer, Feb. 7).
since our last report, under the date December 6,
there has been no sensible diminution in the ratio of de-
mand for labour, although the continued arrivals from
the neighbouring colonies, and those from Britain and
Germany, have added some hundreds to the aggregate
of our labourers and operatives of all classes. We have
sought (with the intention of giving full publicity to
them, if found) for evidences of repletion in any of the
ranks of labour or employment, or of reduction in the
scale of remuneration ; but instead of such instances, we
are told of some advances proportionate to the augmen-
tation. in price noticed under the head shoemakers ; '
and although we seek and cordially invite information,
and are frequently obtaining from those sources which
are least liable to perversions unfavourable to the work-
ing man, namely, from candid working men themselves,
the only conclusion we can arrive at is, that there is yet
room and to spare.
BAKERS.—Many of the masters work for themselves,
but such as employ journeymen, and usually engage the
best hands, give as much as 2.15. per week and board.
BRICKLAYERS are generally in full employment at 50.
to 6s. per day, or in task work at the rate of 10d. to Is.
per yard for nine-inch brick work, labour only ; scaf-
folding not included.

CA.IIINET-MAKERS.—There are few journeymen re-
quired at present, the lesser masters working for them-
selves, being the principal operatives. The few per-
sons employed on task work jobs earn from ss. to 6s.
per day.
CARPENTERS' wages 53. 6s. to 7s. per day, according
to ability, the highest quotation being for skilled as
well as industrious hands. One report with which we
have been favoured states, " a few unemployed ;" but
s we have sought for such in vain, we conclude our
informant should have written "a few keeping holiday."
FARM LABOURERS are readily engaged at los. to 12s.
per w,ek, and weekly rations, consisting of 101bs. to
121bs. flour, 101bs. to 121bs. flesh meat, ill). tea, and 21h.
sugar.---From the urgency of the demands reported to
us, as well as other facts, we believe agi ',cultural em-
ployers will be found generally ready to afford every en-
couragement in their power to deserving persons.
TOWN LABOURERS are still reported " rather seat ze,"
at wages varying from 18s. to 21s. per week.

FEMALE 15031ESTIC SERVANTS.—the demand for per-
sons of this useful class may be inferred from the
fact, that about sixty German female servants, who
arrived last week per ship George Washington, net
with almost immediate employment, at wages averaging
ss. per week (with board and lodging of course) ; and,
although the difference of language is mutually felt to
be a disadvantage, the new comers are in general much
pleased with their engagements. English female ser-
vants who can be well recommended obtain Gs. to 7s. par
week, and in some instances even more.

MASONS are well engaged at ss. to 6s. per day.
MINERS are no longer satisfied to work " on owners'
account" for less than 30s. per week, especially at any
distance from town ; but the prevalent wish of this
class is to be paced upon " tribute" or " tutworl.;;"
which is natural enough, when they know that same of
their brethren are earning such splendid remuneration
at the Burra-Burra mines. We purposely refrain from
particular mention of unconfirmed reports of earnings
in excess; but we believe we may say there are instances
of some of the knowing ones among the miners getting
a pound a day or more, in consequence of the great pro-
ductiveness of the workings. The number of practical
miners being wholly insufficient, it has become nec.easery
to render available ordinary labour to a very considerable
extant.

PLASTERERS experience no lack of employment ; but
are generally engaged in task work, for which they
often receive as much as Sd. to Is. per yard t,super.) for
three-coat work, including ceiling, This price, which is
for labour only, and does not include anything but jour-
neymen's task prices, should (we are told) enable a
steady workman of this class to earn 10s. a day besides
paying his labourer.
PAINTERS' wages 4s. to per day. Preseat hands
not so much in request as to offer inducement for my
influx, either of prime workmen or daubers.
PLVMHERs.—No more wanted at present.
SnEprrEaos, 12s. to 15s. per week, according to ability,
distance, and circumstances, with a full allowance of
rations, and every encouragement to steady deserving
men, Stroh as have wives calculated for a bush life oaten
obtain hut-keepers' pay and rations for them. Ordinary
hut-keepers' wages are Ts. or Bs. per week, with rations.
encouragements, and chances of promotion to the rank
of shepherd, commensurate with their (bush) accom-
plishments.
SMITHS are generally well employed, at 255. to 30F.
weekly. The German blacksmiths, by the George
Washington, found a choice of employers.
SAWYERS are fully engaged, at lOs. per hundred feet
(super.), for gum or other hard wood ; and at 7s. per
hundred feet, for cedar or deal.

SHOEMAKERS have had a rise in price from ss. to 6s.
per " pair of men's." It is said clever and industrious
hands may earn 30s. to 40s. weekly.
SADDLERS seem to be generally in full employ, the
highest wages of journeymen being 30s. per week.
TAILORS.—Good hands seldom appear to be at a loss
for want of steady employment, the country settlers and
bushmen having found out the wisdom and economy of
a good fit, suitable material, well secured buttons, and
everything to match. The standard of wages 6d. per
hour.

TANNERS AND CURRIERS.—The highest wages w e
hive heard of in these branches of trade are 355. per
week.—We cannot learn there is any pressing want of
fresh hands, but we have not for a long time heard of
one out of employ,
TINMEN are fully employed ; but the masters, gener-
ally, are thorough workmen, and there are few journey-
men employed. For such as are so engaged, about 30s.
per week, for first hands, seams to be the ratio of wages.
TURNERS are not at present fully employed in their
proper calling, but we have some clever hands who may
look forward to an improvement of their business, when
the diversity of material naturally produced here bermes
duly appreciated.
WHEELWRIGHTS well employed at from ss. to ss. 6d.
per day.
In conclusion, we again invite distant readers to com-
pare the current wages with the extremely moderate
prices of provisions as published in our present impres-
sion; and we can only say, further, we believe South
as well as the resort of some of
Australia should be pre-eminently the country a the
italits, who find it difficult to
industriousand man'sst
rvcihnogi c ee,ap
make progress in the artificial (whirligig) state of
society so prevalent in the older countries of Europe.

WINCHESTER ASSIZES.—There are but eighteen pri-
soners committed for trial at these assizes, which commences
on Monday next, the 13th instant. One for shooting with
intent to kill, one for Post-office robbery, six for highway
robbery, one for arson, two for house breaking, one for an un-
natural offence, two for burglary, one for stealing a wat2h,
one for concealing the birth of a child, and two for night
poaching, beino the lightest calendar known here for some
years past. Notice has been given that Captain Hawkey
will surrender to take his trial at these assizes, for killing, in
a duel, Lieutenant Seton, at Stoke Bay, Gosport, about 14
months ago. At the County Sessions, which commenced
yesterday, there are 39 male and 7 female prisoners for trial,
19 of whom can neither read nor write.
ATTEMPTED MURDER.—Yesterday, information was
forwarded to the Metropolitan and City Police offices of the
following outrage upon a young woman on the highway ;
it appears that on the evening of Tuesday last, the ith inst.,
about ten o'clock, a young female, named Sarah Fox, seven-
teen years of age, was proceeding along the road in the
vicinity of Fishmore, near Ludlow, Shropshire, when she was
met by a fellow, who threw her down, and, having succeeded
in gaTaing her, by tying round her mouth a pocket handker-
chief,`
Inflicted a deep wound in her throat, as it is supposed,
with a large pocket knife, threatening to murder her. She
struggled violenly with her mur&rous assailant; and, ap-
proaching footsteps fortunately being heard, the fellow made
otl; and succeeded in effecting his escape. A reward is offerc4
114, his apprehension.
Mr. Cobden is, we understand, rusticating for a few
days in the romantic scenery of North Wales. We hope he
may return with renewed health and vigour.

FEARFUL ACCIDENT AN.1.3 LOSS
OF LIVES ON 'TIE GREAT NORTH OF
FRANCE RAILWAY.
Intelligence respecting a fearful catastrophe, which oc-
curred on the Great North of France
.Rallwaca ..reaehed the
city of Brussels by the train from Paris, N vhich arrived at
Tlifffstr7s:lniaing.- It appears that a train
comprising twelve or fifteen carriages left Paris for Brussels
at an early hour on the previous day, and proceeded
without the slightest obstruction or accident, at the ordinary
rate of speed, until it arrived at a portion of the line between
the. stations of Arras and Dourly, where the railway crosses
a river or pond. When the engine and train reached the
centre of the bridge, from some cause yet untliseoVered;. al-
though every possible exertion has been made to ascertain it,
the engine ran off the rails, broke down the parapet wall of
the bridge, and was precipitated into the water. The engine
dragged with it the tender and two carriages. Fortunately
the connecting chain between those vehicles and the
third carriage became dissevered by violence of the
shock, and thus the remainder of the carriages, which were
crowded with passengers, escaped total demolition. By this
dreadful accident at least nineteen lives have been lost, in-
cluding those of the stoker and driver of the engine; and, so
far as could be ascertained amid the consternation which en-
sued, there is too much reason to believe that fifty or sixty
individuals have been seriously injured. It is said that the
engine, at the time of the disaster, was not proceeding at a
' greater speed than fifteen miles an hour, and it is in a great
measure owing to this fortunate circumstance that the sacri-
fice of human life was not of a more appalling nature. As
might naturally be expected, the intelligence of this ca-
tastrophe created the most painful sensation in the city of
Brussels, but more especially among the English residents
there.
The North of France line was opened to the public about
four weeks ago by the Kipg of the Belgians, and up to
the occarrence of the accident which has been attended
with such deplorable and melancholy results, the trains
ran regularly each day, at intervals of two or three hours,
without the slightest interruption, owing to the excellent
and judicious management of the company, and the strict
surveillance exercised by the subordinates of the French
and Belgian Governments, representatives from whom im-
mediately proceeded to the scene of the calamity to obtain
accurate information respecting the cause and extent of
the accident.

CALIFORNIA.
(From the Augsburg Gazette.)
War has now indeed broken out, and will in no small
degree tend to hasten the dissolution of the Mexican
union. Texas has broken her connexion with her own
' hand ; for a few years she formed an independent state,
but now the "lone star" has been add, d to the star-
spangled banner of the UniGn, and stands beside its
brethren in the American firmament. California, with
its luxurious pastures and magnificent harbours, hangs
but loosely on Mexico, from whoLe hands it is, as it were,
gliding away. Year after year stream shoals of
adventurers into this neighbour land of Oregon ;
and on the shores of the Pacific are now being repeated
exactly the same scenes and events that took place two
and twenty years ago in the Gulf of Mexico amid
the rolling Savannas of Texan. The appearance
of Graham and the German adventurer Sutter has a
striking resemblance to that of Stephen Austin and
David Crockett in Texas, and the consequences aro
declaring themselves in California the same as in Texas.
In order to attract continually fresh streams of immi-
grants into the country, the Americans already settled
in California are sending the most alluring description
to the States. And, indeed, Upper California (the op-
posite peninsula is a desert, woodless, and waterless
place) is one of the most splendid tracts of land in th©
world. Its situation on the Pacific Ocean will the more
hasten the future prosperity of this American conquest,
inasmuch as the magnificent harbour of San Francisco
scarcely has its equal. The people that understand
how to avail themselves of the advantage of the
coast between there and the no less important Puget's
Sound will be the masters of this great ocean, and
give laws to the Chinese as the English now
do. The climate is mild and everywhere healthy,
the soil of as yet virgin fertility, and where unfit
for arable, possesses such luxurious pastures, that
already the inhabitants, in order to prevent the immo-
derate increase of the herds of wild cattle, have been
compelled to slaughter many thousand head of steers
and cows en masse. California possessing far more con-
ditions of extensive development within itself than the
relatively poorer Oregon, is therefore much more im-
portant than this latter "' Continuous
or determined resistance on the part of the Mexican Go-
vernment is not to be apprehended by these new con-
quistadores; in no case will they fear it. The native
whites are few, they certainly do not exceed fifty or sixty.
thousand ; the Mexican President resides several hun-
dred miles from Monterey ; California owes gratitude
neither to him nor any one else ; not a small portion
cherishes the same wishes as the Americans ; foreign
interference is not, however, to be accepted ; and thus
in this state of affairs, we see nothing to oppose the
formation of a free and independent "Republic of Cali-
fornia."

THUNDER-STORM. Another thunder-storm burst
over the metropolis yesterday afternoon. lts influence was
felt, more or less, in all parts of the town and its neighbour-
hood, but the storm seems to have burst with the greatest
violence in the region of Finsbury. The lightning struck
down a man in Milton-street, near the late City Theatre, and also severely damaged a house in Wilson-street, occupied by
Mr. Lyons, fur dealer, displacing au angular abutment and
knocking over four chimney pots. The rain by which the
lightning was accompanied will prove of great 'advantage to
the agriculturist and gardener.
His HIGHNESS IBRAHIM P.ACHA..—YOSICrday morning,
shortly after eleven o'clock, the Pacha, accompanied by Col.
Bonfort and M. Nubs;, and attended by Major Dickson, left
Mivart's Hotel fe.r Stockwell-park, there to inspect the ex-
tensive racing stud belonging' to Mr. Theobald. Ilis High-
ness and suite, on their az rival, were received by the pro-
prigor. After inspecting the arrangements, he departed on
his return to his hotel. 'rule Pacha and party were caught
in a heavy storm, and were obliged to dress again before lun-
cheon. in the afternoon, his Highness proceeded to Apsley
Rouse, to visit the Duke of Wellington, but the Noble Duke
being absent from home, the Paella merely left his card;
he then visited the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Miuto,
the Earl of Clarendon, Sir John Cam Hobliouse, the Marquis
of ClansicardeiViscount Morpeth, and several of the Ministers.
a state. A deputation of the Aborigines Protection So-
ciety had the honour of waiting on his Highness to present
an address from that association, as it stated, for " promoting
the safety, welfare, and improvement of the native inhabi-
tants of the dependencies of the British Empire." The Paella
received the deputation with marked courtesy. His Ilighnesa
subsequently gave en interview to Mr. Henry Smith.
THE COLLOSAL WELLINGTON.—A scaffolding of
great strangth has been erected on the east side of the arch-
way at Hyde Park-corner, and the preparations seem nearly
ripe for raising the ponderous mass to its ill-chosen destina-
tion. The transport and elevation of it will be difficult, and
will need much care and skill. .A correspondent tells us that
the carriage on which it is to be moved is twenty-four feet in
length, the axle thirteen feet four inches, with a circumfer-
ence of thirty inches; the wheels are ten feet high, or thirty-
one feet six inches in circumference, four in number, and weigh
two tons six cwt. each, or nine tons. The castings are at
present in the pit, and " a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull
altogether," will be needed even to lift them thence. Go-
vernment, it seems, is lending a band to the work. An
eminent contractor estimated the cost of carrying the cast-
ings from the artist's studio to the arch, and hoisting them
(in three pieces—to do it whole he was not disposed), at
1,800/. What the operation is actually to cost we du not
know.—The Builder.

Prince Borghese, accompanied by the youthful princess,
grand-daughter of the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury,
arrived at Mivart'a Hotel on Thursday night, from Rome.,
and will shortly go on a visit to the Earl and Countess of
Shrewsbury, at Alton Towers, Staffordshire.
HANDSOME DoNATioN.—Yesterday the Hon. Edwin
Lascelles forwarded the sum of 1001. in aid of the funds of
the Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, the
western wing of which has just been erected at Brompton,
with a view to the speedy removal of the patients from the
Hospital at Chelsea,

SEAMAN'S HOSPITAL SOCIETY. —On Friday the
quarterly general court of the supporters of this charity
was held at the office, King William-street, City. The
treasurer, John Labouchere, Esq., presided. The report
for the past quarter announced the receipt of nine hundred
lollars., or 1871. 10s. English money, from ,Keying, the
'commissioner of the Chinese empire, which sum was for-
warded to the funds of the hospital by his Excellency, in
return for the aid afforded to the sick and destitute Chinese
sailors. A vote of thanks was passed to his Excellency for
widow of the late
Esq.,s
M.P., who had bequeathed the same to
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Joseph Somes,
the charity ; 2W. annual subscription from the king of Hano-
ver, and some other minor donations. It appeared that
(luring the three months there had been admitted on board
the Dreadnought, 11 sailors from her Majesty's vessels, and.
490 from British and foreign vessels, 160 remaining on board
at the close. 534 of the number were discharged convales-
cent ; 406 had received out-relief during the same period;
thus making the total number relieved by the hospital since
its formation, in 1821, 52,261, including upwards of 32,C00
Englishmen, Scotchmen, 4,900 Irishmen, 1,600 Swedes
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DISTIESSED NEEDLIEWOMEN.—Yesterday Mr. Roper, secre-
taly to the Society for the Protection of Distressed Needle-
women, waited upon Mr. Norton, at Lambeth Police-court,
to obtain the address of the unfortunate female who had
been charged before him on Wednesday last with unlaw-
fully pawning some coats which had been entrusted to
her to make by a slopseller in Aldgate, who allowed her
only a shilling apiece for making them. Mr. Roper said
his object in getting the address of the female Craig, whose
case appeared in the newspapers, was for the pur-
pose of making the necessary inquiries into the whole
of the circumstances connected with it, with the view
of affording all the protection and assistance ors
the part of the Society that could be found justifiable..
After some conversation with the magistrate, Mr. Roper
stated that in the course of his inquiries he had found that
soldiers' great coats were made up at as low a price as five.
pence a-piece. Feeling that this was too low, particularly
for Government contracts, he wrote to his Grace the Duke of
Wellington, as being at the head of the army, on the subject,
but his Grace declined to interfere. Mr. Norton—What was
the purport of the Duke's answer? Mr. Roper—lt was in his
Grace's usual laconic terms, and ran thus :—" F. M. the Duke
of Wellington begs to inform Mr. Roper that he has nothing
to do with making great coats for the army." Mr. Roper
added that he had made a commuricatiou to Sir James
Graham on the subject of making up slop and needlework in
prison, and the Right lion. Gentleman had assured him it
should be discontinued.

THE NEW PorE.—Letters in the German journals
agree with those which reach us from Rome in blaring
testimony to the popularity enjoyed by the new pontiff. All
the persons who have had the honour of approaching the
holy father speak with admiration of his affability and pro-
found knowledge of men and things. He continues to give
every day audiences to all who present themselves. In one
of these audiences he conferred the cross of the order of St,
Gregory on Professor Betti, secretary of the Academy of St.
Luc, known so honourably by his work " Italia Ilustre."
The Pope has taken for his private secretary the Abbe
Graziosi, his ancient preceptor. At Sinigaglia, his birth-
place, in the midst of the demonstrations of joy which
his elevation has called forth, a society has been formed to
raise a statue to him, and to restore an ancient aqueduct
for furnishing water to the town, and to call it " Acquapia,"
in allusion to his name of Pius. The subscription already
amounts to 80,000 scudi (500,000f.)—Galignarti.
The remains of the late Sir Lawrence Jones, having
been brought from Smyrna by the Duke of Cornwall st.fa;
ship, were on Wednesday last interred in tho faruij,;;, , Mtn
Scultherpe, Norfolk.