The Arkansas banner., 1849-04-03
Further News by the steamer America.

Further News by the steamer America.
 lRRLAND.--The affairs of IGland have occupied, as asuHl large portion of tlie time of Rafisneri since .he session eofDmenred The nresssiiy ios
 the cOnihasufe ef tF asWpensiou oi the habess cor pts act has been adiaftted by overwhelming msosi. ties. and even the iilra Irish hembsss have made bat feeble fpastaAes te iss passing the Commons The biil will Psss the House of Lods with little or no opposition. The additional grant ol E50,0O0 for the relief of the Irish poor has also been sanc- tionsd, but has given rise to variety ct deRatess a hiagRa npon she question of e xhat is to be doae with lreiandi' Whilst, however, the slow progress of fIegisIaton s aiming tt giving pafisi 10 the starving people, the state o The country in many ds- tfcts continues deporahie indeed apparently worse than at any former period. The ptis0ns and work houses ste filled to Fepteiionseporis OFdsaths ron starvation are 10 he foaRd recorded in ell the local Pape's. The riearaace of the peasab,ly and esni- grafton are as active The stocks Of prosi- sione plandesed in all qnartess Catholic ehapels ! are being closed. and the destiimon of the Roman Catholic clergy ls very great; indeed, apathy and misery seem universal iE that unhappy county. the condition of which is without parallel in the history of the world.
 Mir. Daiy's trial, afier innumerable delays, has at length commenced. During its progress. one ot the iurcrs very ohsiIepeToBsy exhibited his party feel ing by elspping his banis al of the sentiments of counsel Mf. Meagher appeared in coust by ha- beas corpus, 10 give evidence, aud was loudly ap pIsnded After the senior judge, Ball, had charged
 he jyy, they retired io their 10 consider their verdict; but although locked up the night of the 2lst, they could not agree, and were discharged on the following morning. Mir Duffy, mesNtlne. being sent back to prison, until the 7ih of April, when he will agatn be tried.
 SeoTLAKp.--A Most Shocking Cgiasiropks at Glas- goW.- On Saturday evening. Feb 18th, abont 7ls o'clock, of the most fearinl catasirophes that ever occurred in Scotland took place in the Theatre Royal, Dunlop street. Very shortly alter the per- r. h- a fire had broken out in the upper gallery, and, as matter of course, the audience. which was nume- rous in the galleIy, became much excited. It was soon apparent to the manager that the fire had been occascned by an explosion Of gas and he l together with the members of his company, used their utmost exeriiens c restore order, in which they partially succeeded. Meanwhile, however, the alarm hadbeen conveyed to The central police ofces and the fire brigade was very at the theatre, and immediately commenced operations, which had ,he effect of increasing the fears o the people, and general rush made to the door, in order to es- cape from the fire, which had in fact, been previ- | ously extingushed. Despite all renonsirance, the people would be out, and the result the prema- ture death Of sixty-four individuals, besides four more or less injured. It would be vain to attempt to convey any idea Of the scene which the theatre presented al the time of the accident: that can be better imagined than expressed.
 The authorities were very soon at the theatre and while assistance was being procured the gallery stair was ascepded, when at of the landing places was discovered a scene of the most horriiyine de- scripton--men, women and children huddIed to. gether, trodden under foot, dead. aud dying. Tue poer creatures carried to houses adjoining and every exertion used to restore animation; but, un- fortunately, these exertions were in but few in- ! stances successful. Sixty one were dead and three sent to the Royal lnfrmary; two died upon the way, and one shortly after. Eleven persons slightly | bruised, were able to De removed to thei homes and others still in the infirmary in a dangerous state. The 6l dead bodies ~ere in the course vr the evening, removed to the Clyde street Hospital, and there kept until Sunday morning for identification | About 10 o'clock the authorities were at the hos pa and it was arranged to satisfy the relatives of the poor creatures who had been waiting in hun dreds around the hospital during the night to admit them. The bodies were spread out on the floor of the large shed, and when each relative, father, mo l ther, wife, or other friends was recognized their shrieks rent the air. One woman claimed three as her own. Without scarcely single exception the sufferers belong to the lower class of society and are. for the most part lads between II and years
 old; the only female amongst the dead was oue girl | three yearA of age
 l gloom has been cast over the city by the fear fui occurrence, which it will require some time to
 dsspaie. The theatre has sustained no damage from burning, as the flame of gas pipe was almost in-
 siantly extingushed. The theatre was built in IS30 It is tho most beautiful and extensive one ont of T LonGen.