The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-12-13
Farther Foreign News. o.
ny TiiE sTEA hER EUROPA,

jENGLAND. .-On the l4tlI instant tie
Pope was burnt in efigy on Peckham
common, in the presence of 10 900 or H..
900 people, who Marched thilher in pro.
cessidn. iii whiGh lighted torches. tat Bar
rels, theatrical fires. chiefly bue, aud i'm
ages of Romsh prelates, formed the prin
cipaI features. The iHttemation Was per.
lfnrned amid shouts Of mo Popery;"
4 "hurrah for the Qeen;"" "noFntbign ptlest.
hood" down with the Pope" &c. o
! The ND popery cry has provoked an
opposite cry in lreland--ierce, personal
and daring. A pastoral letter Of the Ro
man Catholic bishop of Northampton. e&;
plains what the Hierarchy really is; and
asserts that nothing hns been done withOat
the preUiOas appreciation Of Her Maicsty's
GOrerRmeRt atE .i.
ErtraOrdinary COlliery ErplOsiOn.-
Twenty six men and boys were killed on
Monday by an explosion of fre.damp at
the Houghtou pit, Newbotlle. Durham.
IOue hundred men were at work at the
time, aud the survivors were not teached
until six hours after the expulsion.
! London, NO0 l5Ih,-A Cabinet Coun.
Gil was held at the Foreign Office this af
ternoon. On Change 10 day there ap.
poa:ed To he bat one opinG,n--that the
peace Of Europe would be preserved; new,
1eitheiess, it was generally admitted that
the warlike demonstrations in GeImany
have very much unsettled commerce, and
some time must elapse before full conf
depcs will be restored.
TURKEY. COastantinople. NoU IA
riot against the Christian population has
broken out at AIeppo, A multitude OF
Franks were killed, and their houses
sacked and burnt. The Turkish soldiers
remained quiet spectators Of these out.
RACES.
Frighgfsl ErplOsiOa--Mne Hundred
LiOcS Lost = A most dreadful catastro'
phe, attended with fearful loss of life. oc
Cured a, Constautinople on the 25th ult
The Turkish three decker Neiri Shevket
: ship Of the line, 100 guns. was totally de.
strnyed by an explosion of its powder
: magazine, arising. il is supposed, from q
quantity of powder having been spilled
= from defective cansters; aud spark hav
Ing communicated with this, the catastro
pte happened--The explosion was SC
y powerfnl that it divided the ship in two
parts, and blew up the upper deck, will
the guns and rigging fully 25 feet in lht
air. This part fell sideways into the sea
= : and disappeared for a few minutes. The
lnwer deck was then observed to catct
' fire aud buru with intense violence fo
seven or eight minutes; when the shil
= gradually sank. Immediately after III,
=, explosion hundreds ui kaiks aud embai k
|" ations repaired tn the scene of disaster
and number uf mutilated remains, show
= ing but litils resemblance to human be
;, lngs, weie picked up. .@"-..
> Of The ITO taken Ia the Temporary am
bulauce eructed on Shore, 36 died imme
Is diately afterwards; ahd most of the SUI
,: ferers we're IN such dreadful conditiul
!. that no hope Whatetet was entertained
1t Of ti'eir recovery. One p"or fellow,
Y lieutenant, was picked up nearly drown
= GU iOhilu'y UuIht, uhu WI" oPlhO wv"
r. his shurlder. He died six minutes afIe
+. having been Conveyed to the ambulance
q A gallant Afminian porter had both hi
: legs cut clean off. aud still courageo ous
Z. dictated letter To his mother informing
r, her of his sad state. Thousands of wo
m men and children were fighting with tb
= sentinels to obtain access into the tempo
ii rary hospital. Young women were cry
is ing for their husbands, mothers for thei
ie sons. aud every body tatfiea ashor
seemed to be recognized. Six captains
ID fourteen lieutenauls aud Commodore
are among the deaths. Altogether up
yards Of riHe hundred lives are lost
II. Another letter from Constautinople say
Id that 500 men were killed by the e$plU
e. siuu of the ninety gun nShip,tbat 1863 wer
o. saved, and 43 were badly wounded.
# SINGULAR FGor.-ln late elaborat
report Of the London Board Of Health
S it is stated that when the cholera prevail
It, ed in that city, twelve months ago. oil