The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-09-01

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DANGER OF LrvERPooL.-It is well known that
a branch of the Irish conspiracy existed at Liver
pool and that these cOnfederates were to aid the
movement in Ireland by exciting instructions sim
ultaneousy in Liverpool, Manchester and other
great manufacturing towns in England, IN order to
nrevent the English from sending forces against the
Irish rebels One of the devices of these English
sympathiZers was to set Liverpool on fire ne
consequences of such catastrophe are thus depict
ed bv writer in one of the newspapers OF that CITY
London is a much larger Ilace than Liverpool,
but in a national point of view, it IS not halt SO
mpOrtant The metropolis, and nearly all other
towns in the empire, are mere congregations OIL
houses They are composed OF streets, lanes, dwell
ling houses ordinary stores, and mere workshops
The destruction of all London by coniiagraton 10
now impossible, owing to construction; and the
burning down of part would be local and lndI-
yiduaI ioss-no more. The nation would suffer lit
tie Even suppose the Bank pundered, so many
more sovereigns would get into circulaton that not
one would be lost to the country. hegoVerhhleht
and the directors would be embarrassed Tor mo-
ment. but England could soon restore the few mil
lions minus in Observation-Disclosures
In Liverpool the case would be quite different.
Here is stored the great bwk Oh all the aVallaDie
cotton in the unIverse-sored 100, IN one locality
Its money value is not the question, Tor the desruc-
ton of this cotton world refer TO considerations be-
vond ali money yalpe It's the material of present
and fnture emDloyrnent the rude depOSite from
which proceed industry, trade, confidence, and en-
erDrise Destroy this cotton, and yon destroy, for
time nj least, The trade and manufactures OF Eng
and Wa close the mills, shut up the banks, and
nrnciaia universal commercial panic. Who
onIJcaculate the consequences TO this country, TO
E,,r5De to civilization Ireland would not suffer
| Last and the unfortunate labOrcIs in Liverpool
J Manchester Lancashire, and Yorkshire, would
perish in thousands from hunger. The whole man
ufacuring districts would become huge charnel-
hOuse-an extended graveyard of putrefying ana
tonnes
Our London contemporary probably never saw
cotton warehouse on tire--ncver walked through
street of cotton warehouses. il may be new to him
to know that single lucifer match will ignite
whole warehouse in fifteen minutes, and that, If
ignited at the bottom no available power can eX-
tinguisll it. Unless deluged with water, all ad join
ing warehouses will take fire; and twenty ware
houses ignited, adieu to safety. The temperature
would become so high that nothing could live near
the conhagration and in an incredibly short space
of time one general flame would envelope the whole
town. the shipping and the docks. In this town all
ships are locked in dock, and from the dock at ebb
tide there is no possible escape.
The great danger in Liverpool was from in
cendiarsm; that danger was imminent - fearful.
There is danger no longer; the open or the secret
foe cannot now injure the town. But the facts adj
duced will show that Liverpool is the vital part Of
the empre-the seat of the life of Great Britain !;
that on its safety depend tie national security and
/ prosperity; and as a necessary consequence, that
it ought to be well protected with all the power Of
/ the state.
| ALGERIA-The accounts from AlgierS represent
that colony TO be in a state Of confusion The col
onists are breaking up their establishments and re-
turning TO France and in the course Of a short
time there will only be left the French army and