The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-22

Gently that ille mother country should bc punished
cal and commercial intercourse. Piesi-
power to suspend ~ proclamation the passage OF
goods In bond rom AmericGn ports 10 Canaea, and
Canadian vessels Into the waters OF the United
States. II might be inudous 10 inquire very closely
fesr BY WHICH there G reason 70
lieVe the pfesideups influence with Congress is snl
cent &c 70 induce ,nas body 70 adopt The Course which
tency OF tho American Legislature to take, bat to
take II would be to embark policy OF irritation
| outstanding difdcutes and re-establislng cordial
relations between the two peoples The RESPONSE
ton or the Executive can scarcely have been over.
LOGGED. and we can only attribute 70 nc aomestlc
under which 1t Is proposed.
Terrible Exp,osiuu in "a Birmingham Car.
fridge DIaaufactory- Seventeen Pcrsoas
kuIcd nud Nearly Ono Hundred IElared-
Cause OF tho Explosion.
[From the Liverpool, Post, December 1o.l
Yesterday morning, about twenty minutes to
twelve clock, OF the most terrible catastrophes
that has ever visited birmingham TOOK place az the
ammunition factory belonging 10 Mcssrs. Ludlow, at
Witton lane, Wilton Occurring within three VEGAS
OF the late dreadful explosion at Mes>rS. kyn0cAs,
the painful excitement Occasiohed BY this last but
most terrible OF tho series which have happened
| q large field ABOUT milo from the Aston Lower
Grounds, and In The direction or Perry Barr. Here
! making and pruning Enfield cartridges Is carried
| on, some 800 hands being employed. AT the tune
| persona at distance OF even Two miles, were
alarmed by u series OF explosions, accompanied by
shocks OF an earthquake aud severe Conclusion OF
| the atmosphere.
| On reaching tao locality OF the explosion o scene
| of destruction was revealed OF the most appalling
/ character. Ihree sheds, In which there mad been
| working iye minutes before about 100 girls, boys
ami men, were . mass OF ruins and lii tac smoking
! blackened heap there WIS scarcely sign OF liie
| Ready hands were soon NJ Work, and tne awful
extent or loss to human life then became apparent
levy mad escaped from tho burning mass, aad
were tmpllg Gil, While the helpless who gave any
| Signs Of iile were qdclly conveyed TO Carts and
cabs which nad come the spos on The alarm being
| given no iewer Than llty si!ocklngiy LuiIed anu
mutlated, bus living human forms, were carried or
Win all speed The general hospital The condition
| OF nanyLeIug piiiaDe In the extreme. some OF
those taken tnither were 50 badly burned as 10 be
Wera NM unaer the cav care o. ,be e5
the hospital; out II was ZOO evident many sufferer
H5 70 s proSng ng ,a he zen t
among the wrecked renalus OF The sheds was OF the
most sckenins description. The field was strewn
pieces 81 cotGing covered with blood. In one shed
| lay tie cnarred bodies OF seven and III another
| other tive, 0l dsigured hey ond recognition. Each
body lay sInouldering and smoking on shutter,
Ing but mass Of rags and charled flesh and bone.
In some cases thers was only charred skeleton.
ana IN others the head. arms and legs were miss
| Ing. A human head, supposed to be that OF
female. was picked up n ihe h-ld, and q human
|
are ascertaincd up to the present time to be killed.
but no NAMES can be given as Identification Is I'M
il Is rniaored tia the cause Of this dreadful
| affair was tie accidental ignition OF . womaas
! apron, who was standing warming herself ct
EgoSe, which, strange 10 say, every Shed contains.
The process Of priinng seems 10 nave been similar
to that adopted III Messrs. kynoch's factory, and
| large quantity OF powder was Ill use within each
sned. Tie ilrat explosion is supposed 70 have taken
place IN saed where Ended cartridges We're
being made aud the sheet CT fame was 10 large
as 70 Are the other TWO adjoining buildings, only
some fifteen yards OF. The wooden erectlons arc
more Completely wrecked ihan III the case Of tire
three recent explosions ct Wilton, and, in fact, they
could not nave been more completely reduced to
less shattered from The force OF the concus-
sion. The scene in and around the leld after the
| ACCIDENT was enough To move tho most callous
observer. Tho eager inquiries of anxious mothers
for their children and Of relatives for missing work
gathered here ana there along the road, Surround
ing pale and suffering vlcuu, bringing water and
0o,n G all That Ingenuity could suggest 10 alay the
| agony o. the moment.
| Sympathy with tho p0pe--Larro Meeting in
MISUNDERSTANDING Ianaias's Address In
| st. Jam.cs' Hall--Itesolutious OF tao DaLo
of Norfolk, the Earl OF Dcnbiah rnd Others.
DR.. Manning presided on the evening CT the eth q
meeting of Roman Catholics, which was Reid at
ST. James Hall, for the purpose Of expressing SYM
patty with the Pope. On the platform were the
Duke OF Norfolk, the Earl Of Denbigh, the Earl OF
| Gainsborouyh, Lord Arundel OF Wardcur, Lord
Eorries, yiscount Campden, Sir George Bowyer, Dr..
O'Connor, Mr.. l. j. OConHor, SC.
those present to express their ills devotion and
y.qpalny with the Holy Father, at this time q
hOme y He Knew That Inc word prisoner'
would DC criticised and it would be denied that his
ST ~ Tee q Was ho oe S mas
terial-aamely, by bolts ard bars; OF that he
da mot sS T Wss was 1nt a 6na Of IND
the wrong OF those who were mighty could as efec.
tuay bar the door and render 1t impossible Tor tho
Vicar o.. our Divine Load to set his Ieet in The
streets Of Rome a5 II he were physically iucarce-
rated no doubt they were . email number IA the
midst Of the milllonsSof Lonaon- .., hand.
rather something less than voce--the echo
oi q voice, but on echo which had been caught up
other, end was now encrcling the globe, ana wonld
arouse IN the CHRISTIAN void an Indignation and
storm VI nich no TACT IN our remembrance had here
restoraon o. the temporal Sovereignty Of the vicar
we're the advocates Of DARKNESS the advocates Of
dcspotism. He contended that the circumstances OF
oil Christian governments In favor Of the
restoration OF hs Holiness 70 his sovereign rights.
no Il Sne nad hs to sposs 81
was in Italy, but It'll i WA" Was not faan The
as Was Ds aas GSs s RR eSS ls and pa IS
contributions Of tue whole Christian world. The
world The government Of King Victor Emmanuel
had undertaken task Which for thousand years
lad taxed the strength and tho cunning OF emperors
and Kings, none or whom had yet succeeded. lie
trusted that Whom France aud Germany, who wero
now locked IN deadly conflict should be released
and should return ~ such calmness as to admit
Of delibeiation Christian Europe would know that
there was sn interest higher than that OF civil
order-the Christian order OF the world and lie
hoped that our own connGry would not look on and
hold the clothes Of those who stoned stephen. He
hoped that we should be free from the great guilt OF
encouraging, by what was called moral influence or
moral countcnance, the wrong they had met that
night to deuounce.
Tue Duke OF NORFOLK moved the first resouton:-
Tia! sckno in the sacred person Of Plus TX the
Vicar Of Jesus Christ and the head OF the Christian Church,
sacltcge w horror fndic.