The New York herald., 1845-08-01


several instances, and in at Armagh, we regret
TO say, the airay ended fatally Several OF the per-
sons engaged in me afray were arrested, but were
rescued Immediately with the greatest eiirontery
The soldery paraded the streets during the night,
and remained under arms all day on Sunday to en-
able the peaceable inhabitants to worship.
The inquiry into the affray at Balllnghasslg does
not seem as If it would soon terminate. The inquest
commenced on the Sd instant, and was continued up
10 the 7h when II was adjourned TIL the 9Th, owing
TO the illness Of one of the Jurors. 1t was resumed
again on the 10th, and the proceedings gwen al
vast length in the Cork papers. great deal OF evil
dence has been alreauy adduced and speeches made,
and points of practice discussed from all of which IT
would be difficult to make selections calculated to
throw any new light upon the painful occurrence.
The witnesses brought forward on the part of ''the
people" depose that the police fired upon the crowd
without sufficient cause; while, the other hand,
several witnesses swear that the root OF the dspen
sary. IN which the police were posted, was torn
away by the peasantry, who wanted to get at them;
that they several large stones in the room, which
had been flung al the police, and, from their size,
were calculated TO do "grlevous bodily harm if they
came INTO contact with the human body"
MINING IN AMERIcA.-Agents Tor parties in the
United States, interested In the extension and sue
cess of mineral works there, now in England,
buslly engaged In selecting our best workmen, and
engaging them Tor employment IN America. No
less than forty OF the at the Bishop Wearmouth
iron Works have been tempted to give up their en-
poyment IN Eng land, and to proceed to the United
States, to be employed IN a mandatory there.
PRoposED TUNNELS UNDER LoNDoN.-A project
has been announced for uniting the Great Western
Railway with the Eastern Counties line, by tun-
mel from Paddington to Shoreditch under the new
road to tlnsbury square, and then turning Oft. BY
means of branch tunnels, Tottenham-court Road,
Somers Town, Kings Cross, Islington and other
districts are to be benefited Mr.. Robert Stephen
is to be the engineer.
France
The Paris dates of the 10th of July.
On the Texas question, the journals, almost with
out distinction OF party, continue TO regard annex
alton as only waiting some matters of form to be
fully completed. Some OF them denounce the gov
for having, they say, (hough you will re-
member Monsieur Guizot Indignantly denied it)
consented to aid England in her attempts to defeat
annexation, in return for the abandonment of the
right OF search
The session Of the two Chambers may be consi-
dered as concluded, the Deputies having actually
broken up and the Peers only sitting get through
2 few measures OF importance. Next Monday, in
all probability, the session will be formally closed by
the King delivering speech from the throne II
commenced on the 26th December, and in the course
OF 1t sixty new laws have been passed. some of them
of great domestic importance. The law for carving
into effect the slave trade with England, had
the greatest maortes in its favor of any measure.
The great topic of general interest during the last
fortnight has been the question relative to the esuts
Alter the famous appeal of Theirs to the government
to put the laws in force against the followers OF
Loyola, NJ. Rossl sent to Rome with the mis-
sion of persuadng the Pope to recall the Jesuits from
France, and thereby save the government the pain
and scandal OF being compelled to expel them by the
strong hand In this mission M. Rossi has com
pletely succeeded-the religious communities of the
Jesults being ordered TO be broken up, the greater
part OF their body to quit the kingdom, their novlci
aes to be sold, and their houses and property (hev
are very rich) to be disposed Of This is considered
great triumph over the religious party; and so I'M
doubtedy 1t is, for say what people will, the Jesus
are the abest champions OF the Romlsh Church.
The religious newspapers console themselves by as
serting that it was not the Pope who consented that
the Jesuiis should be sent out Of France but the Ge
neral of the Jesus himself. For my part cannot
see that it makes much difference which it was but
certainly II is not very likely the General would have
consented to very important easure contrary az
It'll 10 the general conduct of his Order (wness the
late events in Switzerland, for example,) unless he
had been fully assured that 1t was agreeable to the
Holy Father
counts from Alglers bring intelligence of one of the
most atrocous and diabocal cases of massacre
that ever occurred in the history of any age or ma
ton. 1t Is thus recorded in the Reto,me Partisan
paper :-' On the IS.h of June, the expedition ar
rived before the grotto OF Dahara, in which the
Arabs had taken refuge Two of these hocks
(mamefous) are united by sort of natural wall OF
nearly 100 metres in breadth, which crosses a very
deep ravlne. This wall is called the Cantera It
forms OF the largest erottoes of the Dahara and
since the tim, of the Turks, the Arab tribes have
here found refuge against tyranny. The Cantera
on one side has two entrances, placed the one above
the other. On the other side there are only very
narrow fssures Colonel Pelissier drew up his
column IN front of the large openings A hot fire
swered by fusilad from the troops that
was less effective than it would otherwise
have been from the darkness of the place
During this time the troops were busy gathering
bundles OF wood, and heapng up stubbe and other
rubbish Col Pesser intended nothing less than
TO smoke and burn the thousands of Arabs whom he
supposed 10 be blocked up in these subterranean ca
verns. The business commenced. The combust-
bles were thrown into the ravine. Fire was put to
them, and the fire was kept up till evening This
occurred on the 18th OF June. On the morning OF
the 10Th, the Arabs ventured to come out of the ca
yern They came to hear the propositions of the
where they could see the immense heaps prepared
for their destruction, the lighted torches &c They
returned to their caverns, there to perish with their
wives, their children, and their property. The con-
dltions made by Colonel Pelissier were so severe
that they could not listen to them. Then the fire
commenced. 1t lasted the whole day from o'clock
and was continued throughout the night. The sol
diers were kept to this detestable work by gangs
and II was, assure you, frlghtful duty for them
amidst heart rending cries and sounds which arose
from the interior For long time the fire in a
double column at the two entrances to the but
on the 10Th there only remained mass of halEburnt
smoudering charcoal, and all sounds from the inte-
rlor had ceased. TWAS decided the should be
entered. thousand persons were accumulated In
this horrible dungeon, from which there no is
sne. AT the bottom dead bodies were found stand
ing, the faces of the victims being pressed against
the fissures of the rock in the fruess hope Of get
ting mouhfu OF air to breathe. About seventy
persons, who were still living, expired soon as
they were brought into the open air Others died
from being crushed by pieces of rock, which were
detached by the heat A great number were found
with sabs OF yatagans upon their bodies. Some
had great number of wounds, and IT was evident
that IN the of that dreadful night and in the
midst of that horrible Darkness terrible struggle
had occurred, of which these were the marks. AL
ready nearly SIX hundred bodies have been taken
out of the cavern, and there are many more yet in
il, which we have been unable to reach Eight hun
died men, women, and children have perished. The
whole of the Rlahs is exterminated."
In the Chamber of Peers, on the llth instant, the
Prince of Moskowa referred to this dreadful event.
which, he said, was happily without example
in the military history of the kingdom. being
premedltated murder OF conquered and defenceless
prisoners and called upon the Minister OF War to
say what the Government would do ii the statement
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