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AOTI-SLAVERY MEETING AT NORWICHINTERFERENCE OF THE CHARTISTS . ( From the TtmetJ Considerable excitement has prevailed it Norwich ¦ tor same days past , owing to the promulgation of a V ^ Sm ^ * county meettnS . Presented to H . Yillebois , the High Sheriff of Norfolk , by a numerous ^ L ^ 17 , P ectoi > 1 e t ^ y of the freeholders of Worfolk and of the inhabitants of Norwich , to consider the propriety of forming an auxiliary society ( in eonnectien wi ^ tbe ons lately formed in London ) for w 1 S 2 > prftSBiQB of tfee 8 l * Te tr * de ud * h » civilisation r Africa . No sooner had an arrangement for the meet-AUTI-SLAVERY MEETINft at Nnnwirn
tog been made , than a hand-bill was put in circulation us a Chartist leader named Dover ( a weaver by trade ) , ailing upon the Chartists to attend -with their -wives and families in St Andrews Hall on tlia day of meet-* g—an intitatioH -which led to the presence of some 8 « ty or seventy Chartists and their families . _ The « ranty court was opened pro forma on Wednesday in ¦ fce Shire Hall , and immediately adjourned to St Andrew ' s HalL Long before the boor appointed , twelve o ' clock , the seats in the body of St Andrews Hall , as well as those on the platform , were filled by a anmeroos and brilliant assemblage of the titie of the ladies of the city and county .
We noticed among those present the Dowager Lady uffield , the Dowager Lady Francis Suffield , Mrs . Stanley , the Lady of the Bishop of Norwich , Mra Ople , < ko . ; Sir T . F . Buxton , Bart ., and Mr . A . Johnston and family , were early on the platform . Soon ¦ fter twelve o " clock the High Sheriff entered the HaH , accompanied by the Bishop of Norwich , Mi . "Weyland , M . P ., Mr . Wodehouse , M . P ., the Dean of Norwich , Xord Beraers , Lord Colbarne , the Hon . Admiral Irby , Mr . John Joseph Gurney , Sir Charles Clark , Bart ., the Hon . and Rev . E . Pellew , Mr . Jeremy , recorder of Iforwich , and a large assemblage of the wealth of the «* ty and county . At the same moment the party of Chartist * , to whom we hare already alluded , headed by ilister Doves , tlie wearer , obtained ingress to the hall ¦ t one of the lower doors , and it soon became apparent that it ni the intention of the party to attempt to gain file ascendancy in the days proceedings .
The High 8 hkb . iff , on taking the presidential chair , ^> ened the business of the day by reading the purport & the requisition , and his proclamation calling the ounty meeting pursuant to that requisition . He had to request that all present would giTe a calm and patient bearing to those gentlemen who should come forward to address them . The Bishop of Norwich then rose to propose the first resolution , and was received with mixed demonstrations of approbation and dissatisfaction . The Bight Rev . Prelate commenced by observing that he rejoiced at the opportunity offered htm in taking a prominent part in this great , this influential , and he ¦ would say this important meeting—a meeting which he ¦ was happy to find had met with the universal
appro bation of the county , as testified by the requisition on whish it had been called together , and by t he numbers f the assembly he saw before Mm . At this , however be was not surprised , for the subject which had this day called them together was one which entwined toelf , which intermingled , and which identified itself With every honourable feeling and worthy feature ^ hich constituted the snperisrity of the British character . It wu a subject which combined their duty to -God with a due and proper sympathy for the suffering community . Upon the list of the requisitionist 8 stood fhe ^ names of thirteen peers . The name of one peer connected with the county was , it was true , wanting bat this was owing to his absence in London . He ¦ Haded t © that liberal peerthe Duke of
Nor-, folk , the Earl Marshal of England , who held a permanent and honourable position in the immediate pretence of his Sovereign . ( Applause on the platform . He ( the Bishop of Norwich ) had received a letter from the Noble Date that day expressive of his Grace ' s Onqualified approbation of the objects for which the . Electing was assembled , and desiring him ( thi » Bishop of Korwich ) to make those feelings on his Grace ' s part known to the meeting . But to return t » the requisition . It contained the names of no less than eighteen baronets of the county , Sir John Boileau being abroad , owing to the Illness of a near relatire . Of the municipal officers of this ciry . and the boroughs within the county , be believed that all had appended their signatures . Oftii * members of Parliament , seven in
number , he believed all had signed ; and though last , not least , one fifth of tbe two hundred and ten signatures , he was happy to say , was composed of those of that profession to which he ( the Bishop of Norwich ) belonged—( Blight applanse ) . The remainder of the' list ¦ was composed of the members of the anny and navy , and leading landowners of all sects and persuasions ' , all happy to lend their names to this great and godly cause . ( Applause and slight murmurs ) . He ( the Bishop of Norwich ) could not avoid also still further congratulating the High Sheriff , as the representative of the laws , the justice , and equity of England , upon holding on such an occasion the station in which he was so properly placed . Still more he congratulated the meeting on the fact that the Lord Lieutenant of the
County , the representative of her Majesty in it , had accepted the office of president of this society . Not that her Majesty required an inferior representative on inch a question , for be it remembered she had delefated to her royal consort the expressions of her opinions on this question at the mest numerous and splendid meeting ever held in Exeter Hall ; he -alluded to the meeting at which bis Royal Highness Prince Albert had presided and attended in her Majesty * name—a meeting which would never be forgotten by those who had the satisfaction of attending it ( Applause , partial cheers , and sensation among the Chartista ) . All these were anxious to declare throughout the land that slavery ought to be abolished . ( Loud cries from the end « f the hall , " Why dont
you look to the Uew Poor Lawr * and " TThere ^ the slavery of yoar workhouses ? "j This , continued the -Bight Reverend Prelate , was a proad day for Norfolk , and for the repreaentativeB of all ranks , profassioas , and sects , by whom the meeting had been convened . ( Renewed cries of " Why don't you look to the New Poor Laws ? - followed by loud hisses and groans ) . It was far from his wish to wander for a moment from the question now before the meeting ; but he trusted he might be allowed for a moment to say , in reference io other meetings which occasionally took place for political and religious discussions , at which , strife was rattier engendered , that he ( the Bishop of Norwich ) was » maa of peace—ready to bear and forbear with other *—to giro the right hand of fellowship to those who
¦ differed from himself in opinion , and requiring only that they , on their part , would allow him to hold those opinions which through life be had conscientiously JnamtaBned . In the present day it would not be thought possible that the Church should hare supported slavery ; to say so in the present day would be to traduce tbe clergy of that Church , by the bare suspicion that any » f it « clergymen would refuse to raise bis hand and heart against the odious and detestable traffic in human flesh . ( Hisses , groans , and cheers , mingled with ¦ cries of " Look at home before you go abroad . " ) Now it had always been hii ( the Biabop of Norwich ' s ) principle to speak manfully and boldly , and be begged to ask tbe meeting how long they meant the veil to obscure
the tenth , and sot permit a gleam of light to approach their understandings ? He came , however , back to the point from which be had digressed . It would scarcelj be believed that Mr . Wilberforce , in hia time , had actually been opposed by some of the Bishops of tbe Church . ( Load , hisses and groans . ) He ( the Bishop of Norwich ) attributed that opposition to the circumstance that they lived in prejudioed times , and he could imagine that now brighter days were dawningnay , he believed he could pledge himself that at the present moment there was not a »*" gte clergyman who ¦ npported slavery . ( Cheers and groans . ) The Right Rev . Prelate concluded by moving the first resolution which
was"That while this meeting rejoices in the total -abolition of the slave trade in this country , and the inflnmflft which Great Britain has so long exerted with other natnam in promoting this great cause , we learn ¦ with the ' deepest regret , that the foreign slave trade has increased and is still increasing , under circumstances of aggravated horror , and that it prevails to an extent which imperatively calls for the strenuous and continued exertions of the whole Christian community to effect its ¦ extinction . " Mr . Weylakd , JLP ., seconded the motion . During the whole of the address of the Hon . Member , the oproar and confusion were beyond description . The High Sheriff , in the midst of the uproar , inquired whether any present desired to move an amendment upon , the original motion . The Chartist leader , Dovbb , started up , and said -that he -was prepared to more aa amendment , upon which he was determined to take the sense of -the
meet ing . The High Shebifp inquired whether the cUimant to be heard was either a freeholder or inhabitant of the eounty of Norfolk ? Mister Doveb , who wu attired in a fustian jacket , replied , that he was a freeholder of the county , and a freeman of the city of Norwich . The Hich SHKttFF , on receiving this intimation , Aeclared that Mr . Dover had a right to be heard . The uproar and confusion at this moment were past * a description , *^
_«• Dovkb . proceeded , amidst freqaent intemxptiens ftpm the voeifetoafl pUudita of his friends , to propose kis resolution . He said ( in a strong provincial tone ) » e » j * aj j » jBan in the present meeting who mi more opposed fl 6 an himself to slavery ; but there was » misnadsaianding on behalf . o £ the gentlemen in the ? rebestea , or platform as t # tbe extent to Trbieh slavery f&&Li * Q £ * " ***** *• ~ » «* P » We of proving tbtf Q £ genflemea -Who had addressed the present msettBf after the Chairman , were really the advocates f alaTay to the greatest possible extent Before he id ao he most remind the ' meeting that the Bishops were too avaricious of filthy lucre . ( Groans and biaMa . )
Tbe Hish Shebjf * reminded tbe speaker , that thai Vat deviating from the subject , and he ( the High ^^ f ) coald nrt Bit there without keeping him strictly ^ illHfcDoTER— . You should have kept the Bishop to S % : * M # too . He ( Ms . Dorer ) had heard the Bishop ' -- ' ^ W ** ¦•• pnlptt speak respecting the employment of the HfilWljlift Classes inafaetoty in theireity , where £ 20 , 0 . 00 y—m wages were paid . Bat what was that CMdadaumpi the workpeople ! Why , about eight
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shilling ! per week . Now , was not that slavery , when the Bishop , who bo boasted of the employment of his fellow-men , received £ 12 , 000 a year ? ( Load hisses and groans . ) Bat perhaps it would be well U point out the inconsistency of tbe Bishop who had spoken to-day . Why last week be bad presided at a temperance meeting , and the next day he bad taken his share at a wine party . Now , where was the consistency in this ? ( Loud groans from all parts of the hall . ) The High Sheriff again interposed , and Bald he could not allow Mr . Dover to go on if he did not stick to hia text ( Great uproar and laughter . ) . m
Mr . Dover said he was just coming to his text . ( Renewed laughter . ) He begged to ask , what was slavery f He called that slavery where a man did not get an equivalent for the labour he performed . ( Loud cheers from the Chartist party . ) A man that did not receive that fair equivalent for his labour was a slave to ail intents and purposes . ( Renewed applause from the same quarter . ) He begged to ask whether a man in this country obtained a fair equivalent for what he prodnced . No such thing . The productions of England were £ 300 , 000 , 000 annually . This waa produced by the labour of 5 , 000 , 000 of the population for the remaining 25 , 000 , 000 to enjoy . This was a fact which he defied the gentlemen in the orchestra or platform to deny . ( Applause . ) Such , however , were the
factsand though he did not presume to set himself up as a legislator , still it was for the legislature to provide a stop-gap for the great difference now existing between the producer and the consumer . ( Cheers and hisses . ) If wealth was not obtained without producing a fair equivalent for labour , there would be no slavery . If the slave drivers paid a fair equivalent , it would never be in their power to buy slaves . ( Loud applause from the Dover party . ) Those who were not represented were indeed political slaves , for they were called upon to pay taxes from their hard earningsto fight the battles of their country if called upon , or pressed into the service ; and , looking to these and other responsibilities , why , he begged to inquire , in this land ( as it was called ) of freedom , should n » t
persons so liable have a vote in the choice of their representatives ? ( Great cheering from the ' Dover " partr . ) He repeated , this state of things had brought about political slavery , and what had been the result » Why , in 1793 , France wished to relieve herself from the notion that they were a nation of slaves , And yet Great Britain and other powers , with tbe aid of still smaller states , had contributed no less than £ 1 , 200 , 000 , to prevent the emancipation of France from thraldom . Talk about freedom ! What , he must inquire , had this country done to preserve Poland from the aggression of the autocrat of Russia ? And yet emancipation from slavery was talked of ! ( Loud applause , and some tumult ) But to come nearer the mark , what had been done after twenty millions of money of the British people had been voted away , in orde * to put an end te negro slavery in the West Indies ? After all this
he found from a Jamaica paper , now three months old , that the clergy had taken a predominant part , in order to defeat emancipation . But there still remained another kind of slavery to which the English people were subjected—he meant mental slavery . That had been a sy » tem of slavery pursued now for nearly 2 , 000 years , and that system was to allow a man to enjoy , £ 400 a-year at the expense of another who could be made to live upon 4 s . a-week . Thus it was that the people were insulted , and their pockets picked , to the amount of £ 8 , 500 , 000 a-year ; but ere long the veil would be drawn aside , and the buggaboo which had frightened and alarmed them be done away with . ( Great cheers from the Chartist party . ) Having said thus much , he begged to move the following resolution by way of amendment to that proposed by the Right Rev . Prelate the Bishop of Norwich . It was as follows :
That this meeting views with deep regret the many proofs of despotic slavery at home , and pledges itself to us © all exertions to put a final stop to slavery where ever it is found to exist" ( Loud and general plaudits from tbe Chartist party . ) A person who gave his name as Robert Fayne , rose to second the amendment ; but in answer to questions put by the High Sheriff , he admitted that he was neither a freeholder of the county , nor an inhabitant therein . The High Sheriff , therefore , at once declared his ineligibility to address the meeting , and , after some delay ,
Mr . Thomas Hewitt , who was accoutred in a fustian shooting jacket , announced himself as prepared to second the amendment As an operative , he came to that meeting to be heard in behalf of his oppressed fellow-countrymen . Last week Mr . Garney had , at a meeting at which he was in the chair , described the state of slavery in America . He ( the speaker ) did not want to travel so far . He was content to go a few yards from the spot on which he stood , namely , to the workhouse door—( loud cheers , and general cries from the body of the Chartists of ' Look to tbe slarery and misery of the New Poor Laws , ' ' Emancipate the white Blaves before you think of the blacks ') . He should like some of tiie gentlemen who stood on the platform to attend at the door of the workhouse , and see the poor
girls driven , without hats or shawls , thence to tbe factories . He would then ask them what did they call that but slavery ? ( Tremendous cheering ) This-was pot all , however , for he had himself found a weaver in this city who , after working sixteen hours a day , could only earn 9 s . a week . This was to support six children , his wife , and himself ; and deducting the outgoings , those earnings just left 1 . J 4 . a day per head for that family to subsist upon . He could go with tbe Bishop who had supported the New Poor Law Bill to-morrow , and show him , not one indiTiuual case , but a hundred such instances of destitution . He could take the Right Rev . Prelate to houses where tbe husband worked as a weaver for eighteen hours a day , and yet had nothing but a lock of straw for his
¦ fe , his children , and himself to lie upon . ( Great applause . ) Mr . Gurney , on Friday last , had described a pic-nie party he had been at of the negroeB in the West Indies ; but what was the sort of pic-nic the labourers at home bad to partake of ? Why , it amounted , after all their exertions , to one of Mr . John Harreys meases of a red herring and potatoes—( great confusion , hisses , and groansi . But , with £ 385 , 000 given to the Queen for pocket money , and with 14 , 000 parsons , how could England expect things to be otherwise . ( Loud shouts from tbe Chartists . ) Priestcraft and kingcraft must be done away with ; he
was willing to work to support himself , but starve , come what might , he would not to support others . This country had now three Kings and Queens to maintain . There was Queen Victoria , with her German husband , who cost the people £ 30 , 000 a year ; there was tbe King of Belgium and his wife ; and lastly , there was the bloody King of Hanover and his spouse . ( Tremendous yells . ) This was a true state of slavery , which could only be abolished by the adoption of the People's Charter . Taxation without representation was tyranny , productive of slavery : and with these views he cordially seconded the amendment ( Loudcheers and groans . )
The Venerable Archdeacon Bathvust came forward amidst tbe confusion which prevailed , and said , before the question ni put , be had an amendment to propose—an amendment which he thought would command the support of all parties . It was with very great pain he bad heard the speeches which had been made by the two hut speakers , not because he was one of those who considered that there was nothing in the present state of the country to call forth such feelings . as had been exhibited at the present meeting—in short , he considered that to call a meeting like that now assembled , at such a moment , was injudicious ; for why should Englishmen be asked to lead their ears to the details of misfortune and oppression which existed at a great distance , when the people felt—whether
r ight or wrong it was not for him to say—they had great cause of complaint at home ? He , therefor * , must say the present was not a very fortunate moment at which to hold such a meeting . ( Loud cheers from tbe Chartist party . ) It was with great pain , he repeated , that he , making all allowance for excited feeling * , had beard to-day speeches which , alluding to priestcraft , were a libel upon the clergy , and still- more upon the worthy and excellent Bishop with whom it had been his misfortune to have some difference , which happily was now at an end . Of that Right Rev . Prelate he would say , and he spoke with a recollection of what his father , so long the diocesan here , had done—that no prelate had opened bis parse-strings more liberally or readily than tbe Right Hev . Prelate now on the platform . ( Cheers , and shouts of " Your father could afford it with twelve thousand pounds a-year !") It never realised more than £ § , 000 . He had beard a great deal about the New Poor Law ,
and on tbe whole he was not a friend to that law , because , aa a . permanent measure , be considered it harsh and impracticable ; bat , at the same time , he admitted that the evils which existed under the old law , called for a remedy ; and though he leoked upon the new law in the same light as the Jewish laws , as compared with those promulgated by Christ , it was not for permanent adoption , but , like the Jewish law , to be amended , and made less stringent and severe . He hoped , ere long , to see a more generous system in operation—a system which would give satisfaction to all classes of the community . In his opinion , the affection and confidence of the people of Africa , bow redeemed in the West India colonies , must be acquired , before any successful interference could be made with the chiefs of the African oast ; and , looking to the state of Jamaica co lately a * April last , he could not think that eonfidence and affection were at present to be acquired . Looking at these points in this light , be should move as an ftm ^ rtrmyt , the following resolution : —
• ' That this meeting , while it warmly advocates the rights of humanity , by tbe exertions this day made to form an auxiliary society for the suppression ef the slave trade , aad the civilsatlon of Africa , does hereby express a hope that this auxiliary society , when formed , will , together with the institution lately formed in London , take every opportunity of holding out to those who have in tbe British colonies been already redeemed from slavery by thegeneroaity of the British public , the bounden duty of those so redeemed to make the only return in their power for the benefits conferred upon them , while so many distresses and the British people require alike the aid of public and private beneficence , namely , by the kindliest feeling towards their employers , by the most zealous industry ' and interest in their employers' welfare , and by a docile and respectful demeanour toward * those whose bread they eat , and whom they , by their own voluntary agreement , serve . "
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The venerable Arcdeaoon , who was frequently interrupted in the course of hia address , resumed his seat amidst continued tumult The High Shbbifp then proceeded , in the midst of great confusion , to take a show of hands . ' Archdeacon Bathurstfa amendment fell to the ground for want of a seconder j and on the show being taken for the original resolution and Mr . Dover ' s amendment , the numbers appeared to be tolerably equal . The High Sheriff , how . ever , declared it to be his decided opinion that the majority of the meeting was in favour of the original resolution . This announcement was productive of increased tumult , which continued without cessation throughout the remainder of the proceedings . The Very Rev ., the Dean of Norwich then came forward to move tbe next resolution : —
"That the meeting , deeply sensible of the debt which we owe to Africa , is convinced of the importance of promoting legitimate commerce , and productive agriculture , on that continent , and of doing every tiling in eur power for the civil , social , and moral improvement of its benighted inhabitants . " The resolution was carried . This annottneament drew forth peals of laughter from the opponents of the meeting , who responded to it by calling for , and heartily giving three groans for " the Whig Bishop of Norwich , and the New Poor Law . "
Mr . J . J . subnet next presented himself to tbe noisy auditory , but with no better success . While he was warmly cheered by the leading personages on the platform , the hisses , groans , and yells , issuing from the body of the hall , were absolutely deafening . He called upon the Chartist Dover to use his influence with his party to give him ( Mr . Gurney ) fair play and a hearing , but Mister Doves , remarked that his friends -were not slaves , and therefore would not allow themselves to be gagged . ( Cheers ) . Mr . J . wuanEY—Then , pray do not let them gag and make a slave of me . ( Renewed confusion . )
Mister Dovee—What ! Mr . Gurney , how is it that you have become bo unpopular here in Norwich as to be obliged to appeal to me , a weaver , to get you a hearing ? ( Loud cheers from the Chartists , and increased confusion and uproar ); in the midst of which Mr . J . J . Gurnet gave up the attempt as hopeless , and handed to the High Sheriff , as his motion , the following resolution : — " That the meeting cordially approves of the Society lately formed in London , under the patronage of his Royal Highness Prince Albert , for these express purposes , and that a Society be now formed in aid of that institution , to be called ' The Norfolk and Norwich Auxiliary Society for the Suppression of the Slaye Trade and the Civilisation of Africa , '"
The Hon . Ailmiral I buy seconded the resolution , which was declared by the High Sheriff ( but without being put to the meeting ) to be carried . Great confusion followed , and tbe demands by the Chartists for " fair play" were loud and deep . Mr . J . J . Gurnet then , in almost dumb show , moved a resolution to the effect , that Lord Wodehouse , the Lord Lieutenant of the county , be appointed President of the Society ; that Mr . H . Birkbeck be appointed Treasurer ; and a long list of clergy and gentry to be the CoKimittee . Sir T . F . Buxton , Bart , rose to second the resolution ; but his reception was but little better than that with which his immediate predecessors had been saluted . Sir T . F . Buxton resumed his seat amidst the strongest demonstrations of chagrin and disappointment .
The Hi « h Sheriff then ( as before ) declared the resolution to be carried ; and after a vote of thanks had been suggested to the High Sheriff for his conduct in the chair , by Lord Colbome , the meeting separated in the greatest uproar and confusion .
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? MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK OF THE "CITY OF BRISTOL" IRISH STEAMPACKET . LOSS OP THIRTY-FIVE LIVES . ( From the Morning Herald . J Bristol , Nov . 20 . We have this morning received intelligence of the total wreck of the City of Bristol steam-packet , plying between this city and Waterford , and the mournful information has cast quite a gloom over this city . The only information which has as yet reached us was brought by Capt . Jerard , of the County of Pembroke steamer ( plying between this city and Tenby ) , who picked up the only person who
escaped to tell the dismal tidings : he is a pig-drover , and escaped the fate of his thirty-five companions by clinging to a pig , who swam on shore . He was , when picked up , quite exhausted , and was unable for some time to articulate more than City of Bristol . W hen he was so far recovered aa to be able to giro some account of the melancholy catastrophe , he stated that the packet was wrecked in the course of Wednesday night , off the Worm ' s head , on the Welsh coast , between Swansea and Tenby , as she was on her homeward voyage to Bristol . As far as can be ascertained ( and the information can scarcely
be expected to be strictly correct ) thirty-five human beinga hare met with a watery grave . The Captain of the unfortunate Teseel ( Capt . Stacey ) and nearly the whole ef her crew were natives of Pil , a village on the banks of the Avon , principally inhabited by pilots aud their relatives ; nearly all of them have left wives and families , and the state into which this village has been thrown may be conceived but cannot be described . We understand she had a valuable cargo , including two hundred pigs , on board . As soon as more full and accurate particulars can be obtained we wiH forward them .
( from our correspondent . ) Bristol , Nov . 21 , ten o ' clock p . m . I yesterday 6 ent you the particulars of the intelligence which had just then reached our city of the melancholy wreck of the City of Bristol , Waterford packet , with the loss of nearly the whole of her crew and passengers . Subsequent and more detailed accounts have , in the main , confirmed that report , although they make the sacrifice of human life somewhat less extensive than was at first stated . We are , however , still without any information respecting the number of passengers which can be implicitly relied on , as at the time the Norah steam-packet ( which arrived here this afternoon )
left Water ford yesterday morning , nothing of the calamitous occurrence was known there , and consequently no account of the cargo or passengers was sent , as would have been the case if the melancholy intelligence had reached that city . The only information respecting numbers , excepting that of the crew , which is known to have been 22 , is contained in a letter to a mercantile house in this city , which I subjoin , and rests upon the statement of one of the survivors . I sincerely hope that his recollection may prove to be correct , but seven would be an unusually small number of passensers from
Waterford . The City of Bristol steamer was built in 1827 , at a cost of jC 2 » , 060 , and she has , within a few weeks , undergone a thorough repair , and been refitted with two new engines of eighty-horse power each , at a cost to her owners , the Bristol Steam Navigation Company , of between £ 3 , 000 and £ 4 , 000 . The commander , Capt . Stacey , was a most experienced and skilful mariner , and had been accustomed all his lifetime to tRo navigation of the Bristol Channel , which circumstances induce a disbelief here in the first hypothesis as to the immediate cause of the accident , suggested in the letter from Swansea , which is as follows : —
" Swansea , Nov . 20 , ten o ' clock p . m . " You have doubtless been informed ere this of the melancholy shipwreck of your fine steam-packet the City of Bristol , which occurred at about seven o clock on Wednesday night last , in that part of Roxilly Bay which lies near to the Buoy Holmes ; or , to describe the spot more particularly , at the Llangenneth Sands , which lie between the Worm ' s Head and that place . Charles has been to the spot , and he describes the vessel as being a complete wreck , and lying in three or four pieces in the bay . Two of the crew only are saved—William Poole , a seaman , and Charles or Thomas Anstey ( I amlnot certain which is the correct Christian name ) the
, carpenter , both of whom came on shore nearly abreast of Llamadock . When h » was picked up Foole was in a very exhausted state , and much injured , but the carpenter had only received some pretty severe bruises , and managed to walk to a farm-house at a short distance from the coast . did not Bee them , but he says the statement they make is , that the crew consisted of twenty-two persons , either with or without the stewardess ( is not certain which ) . There were also some passengers , the men believe about seven , among whom were two ladies and a chUd . William Poole , when the vessel struck upon the sands , was carried overboard by a piece of the mast which fell urxm Mm . and broke
three of hM ribs . He straggled with the waves for some time , but was too much inj ' ured to swim , and would have been inevitably drowned had he not fortunately managed to seize hold of ft piece of plank aooot tax or Beven feet long , upoa * yWiIch * he scrambled , and was carried on shore . Ab soon as the vessel struck . Anstey , the carpentw , * seized a piece of rope , which was lying on the poop deck , and lashed himBelf to the wheel . He states that while in this situation , he saw ten of his unfortunate companions washed overboard by one heavy wave which swept across the deck . Soon afterwards the deck
began to part , when be disengaged himself from the wheel , jumped overboard , and , being » powerful man and an expert swimmer , Buoceeded in reaching the shore . The persons residing in the immediate neighbourhood of the coast state that they distinctly heard the cries of the wretched sufferers ; but the night was so yen dark and the sea so rough , that it was impossible that they could render them any assistance . I have heard the melancholy catastrophe differently accounted for ; some persons say that as the night was dark , and the sea ran unusually high , the commander , Captain'Stacey , mistook his course ,
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and , from the unusual appearance of the breakers , took the Worm ' s Head for the Helwick Shoals , which are exceedingly dangerous , and that in endeavouring toavoid these by running in cloBe under th » coast , he struck on the Llangenneth Sands , of abthit two miles above the point of the Worm's Head * Others suppose that she struck on some of the sands n and adjacent to Carmarthen Bay ; and that having thereby carried away the rudder , the vessel became unmanageable ^ and was driven in , by the force of the wind , to the situation in which she foundered . Others , again , think that she struck upon the sands and received iniaries . which induced Contain St * i > Av
to ran into the shore , as being the only chance of saving the lives of his crew and passengers . Which ' of these suppositions is the most probable I am not sufficiently conversant with the channel or maritime affairs to determine ; and , therefore , I give them to rouas I receive them . Mr . Rees has received a etter which states that four of the bodies have been yund ; one appears to be that of a gentleman , as it is most respectably dressed . Nearly 400 pigs , some cattle , a travelling bag , and some fragments of the wreck have drifted on Bhore , and several bags of corn have been got out , but in a very damaged state .
' The following statement of the crew and their families has been published , and it will be seen from it that , taking no account of the passengers , thirteen wives have been widowed and forty-one children left fatherless . The wife of William Poole , too , one of the men saved , was so alarmed by the first account of the calamity , that she has been prematurely confined , and lies in a very precarious state ; Captain-John Stacey ( has left a wife and one daughter ) ; First mate—William Moore ( a wife and nine children , the eldest a girl of about fifteen years old ); Second mate—Richard Wright ( his wife in her confinement with her first child : Seamen—John Wright ( unmarried ) , William Poole ( saved ) , Joseph Nicholson ( a wife ) , John Reed ( unmarried ) , Terence
O Brien ( a wife ) , James Stacey ( unmarried ) : First engineer—Roland Frazer ( unmarried ); Second ditto —Charles Collier ( wife and seven children ) : Firemen—James Hill ( wife and two children } , James Puniel ( wife and two children ) , Stephen Turner ( wife and four children ); Carpenter—Thomas Anstey ( saved ); Coal-trimmers—Patrick Hayne ( wife and seven children ) , William Grace ( wife and three children ); Second steward—Robert Crump ( wife and one child ) ; Stewardess—Sarah Jordan ( unmarried ) ; Cook—James Cork ( wife and four children ) ; Cabin bov—Thomas M'Cormack . The first steward , Mr . G . Marsh , fortunately for himself , remained at home on account of his wife ' s indisposition , and a man was left behind .
" The following letter was received this evening by the Company , from one of their agents , Mr . Geo . Holland : — Llamadock , Nov . 20 . Gentlemen , —By yesterday ' s post 1 wrote you the fate of the poor crew of the steamor , which is a complete wreck . Four bodies have been taken up , and will be interred in the parish church of Llangenneth . There are three oxen saved , and about seventy-eight pigs , with several bags of oats and meal . The greater part of the vessel does not ebb , but we hope it will about Monday , when we shall see what is left at the bottom . '"
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THE LATE STORMS . Loss of the Comet , Bristol Tkadeb , ' of Barn-STAPLE , i . ND ALL HANDS ON BOARD The nielanoholy intelligence was received in this town on Monday last of the loss of the Comet , a schooner of 60 or 70 tons burden , which was wrecked on the Plymouth breakwater during the stormy night of Friday last She was in ballast , on her voyage to Newport . for coals , and it is conjectured that she was making for Plymouth harbour for shelter ; but she was not seen , nor was anything known of her , until Saturday morning , when her boat was driven on shore , and at low water her masts were visible off the breakwater : it is therefore
presumed that she became unmanageable in the storm , and driven against the breakwater , and filled and went down . She bad four bands on board , who have all met a watery grave : the captain , John Groves , o Ilfracorabe , who has left a wife and five children ; the mate , Thomas Nott , of this place , son of Nott , formerly one of the porters at the quay , who has left a wife and two children ; the third was a son of Mr . Burgesss , of the Kolle Anns , in this town ; and the fourth was a boy of llfracombe , who was making hia first voyage . Neither of the bodies has yet been picked up . —North Devon Journal .
LOSS OP THE EBBERLT , BRISTOL TRADER , OF Ba UN stable . —We regret to add to the loss of the Comet , the loss of the Ebberly , John Yeo , master , a much more serious disaster pecuniarily , but happily , without the additional aggravation of the loss of the crew . The unwelcomo intelligence leached this town last evening ( Wednesday ) . It appears that the E bberly sailed from Bristol with a full cargo of general merchandise , on Thursday last , and on Saturday she was in the MuiubleB , where the owners here heard of her safety on Tuesday morning . But on Sunday she sailed , and during a tremendous gale , it is presumed that she lost her sails , an * was driven on shore near Pembray ,
on the \ V « lsh coast The crew were fortunately rescued ; but the intelligence which has been received is so bare , that we are unable to furnish other particulars , than that the vessel has become a wreck , and the cargo lost , although it is said , that a . portion of it may be recovered but in a desperate state . Tbe vessel belonged principally to the widow of her late master , Captain Lord . The cargo is believed to have been very valuable , and belonged chitfiy to merchants and tradesmen of the town , one of whom , Mr . William Gregory , of the firm of Gregory and Tucker , drapers , who are considerable sufferers , is this morning gone off to the scene of the disaster . The Ebberly was a sloop of forty-five tons burden . —North Devon Journal .
During tbe last week , the wind has blown tempestuously , and the rain has fallen in torrents ; especially on Friday . The streams in the neighbourhood of Barnstaple have been flooded , and the tide was unusually high at our quay , and overflowed its banks ; but we have not heard of any damage in our immediate vicinity , except the loss of the Collina , which we reported last week , and the wreck of the Cornish vessel off llfracombe . —Ntrlh Devon Journal . The late Wreck ok the American ship Collina . —The bodies of three of the four unfortunate men who perished in the wreck of this ill-fated vessel , on Monday se ' nnicht ( as stated in our last ) , have been
picked up near Baggy Bock , the scene of their disaster . The body of the lad , John Ginn , was driven on shore on Wednesday , and the master , Henry Potter , and one of the men , John Harmon , on Thursday ; and inquests were held before Thomas Cooper , Esq ., coroner , on the first on Thursday , and on the other two on Friday ; verdict in each case , "Accidental death . " The body of the fourth , who was an Irishman , has not yet beeu picked up . The sale of the remaining part of the cargo and wreck on Wednesday realised about £ 300 ; but we hear that , by the boisterous weather which has since prevailed , much of the timber was driven to sea before it could be secured . — North Devon Journal .
The city was visited on Sunday night by a storm of wind and rain , which continued with little intermission to the next day and night There were occasional violent squalls from the south-west . The shipping at the quays rode out the gale in comparative safety , and at very trifling damage , though labouring with great force at their moorings , for the swell in the river was powerful . The Dover Castle steamer took the ground near Cahircon , Kildysart , and , though a lively apprehension was excited on her account , we are happy to say she got off , and will be able to resume her passage to and from Kilrush as usual . —Liineri $ k Chronicle .
The late heavy rains rapidly filled the Derwent , which has risen with more celerity than can be remembered , and the waters have kept up from day to day at a height that is very unusual for so long a time . We are afraid that considerable damage has been dene on the banks of the river . The meadows on the Nottingham road are flooded to a very unusual extent —Derby Reporter . Lincoln was visited by a terrific storm of thunder and lightning , hail , and wind , on Friday last , about noon , which passed over the eastern part of the city , and then divided , one part branching to the northwest Singularly and providentially , not a person was hurt A singular proof of the extreme violence of the storm is , that a elate torn from the house occupied by Mr . Hewick , on the Wragby-road , was carried with great force to a distance of about fourteen yards across the road , and stuck perpendicularly into an oaken gate-post , penetrating to the depth of an Inch . —Lincoln Mercury .
During the terrible storm of Friday night , a poor deformed old man named Robert Ibbotson , a besommaker , residing at Thorney , Notts , . lost his life In the Forsdyke , near the bridge , a few yards distant from the gibbet-post of Tom Ottor . He was returning home from Lincoln market with an ass and a cart , and the night being pitch dark , the probability is that be mistook the river for the road , and drove into it There is a bouse on the opposite bank , the occupier of . which keeps a ferry-boat , and the moment the ass and cart with the unfortunate old man were precipitated into Un water .
he heard a cry of distress , and coining out , Ibbotson shouted , " I'm up to the middle in water ; put out the boat" Tbe ferryman did so instantly , but from the darkness wasunable to distinguish anything , and fancying that he discerned the hat of the person in the water , he made a grasp , and at the same time beard Ibbotson exclaim , " Mind , dont put the boat upon me . " At tbjs moment Ibbotson must have sunk , for nothing more was h « ard , and the ferryman , after rowing about for some time and finding his search ineffectual , desisted . The body was got out of the river next
morming . —Ibid . The higher bills in this neighbourhood are now completely cov « red with snow—a mantle which they will , in all probability , retain till May or June next year . The pools and burns are also crisped with ice ; but in the low grounds there has been no snow , and the weather is chiefly wet and foggy . Friday last yn& exceedingly stormy ; and at sea it blew a perfect hurricane . Tbe Duke of Richmond steamer was forced to retain to Cromarty harbour , whare several other vessels were also driven for shelter . On the hills there were about four inches of sleet and mow . —Inverness Courier .
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RUMOURS OF MINISTERIAL CHANGEI . We would : scarcely have noticed a rumour or set of rumours in tbe Clubs , regarding certain Ministerial arrangements , said' to be in contemplation , but for ah article relating to them , or something of the sort , in the Times of yesterday . The Times employs upwards of a column of " leader , " not exactly to deny that a coalition is in contemplation ( although it Bets out with calling the rumour in question a " very foolish storyi" ) bat to demonstrate that it would be very unwise in the Duke
and Sir Robert Peel , and the Tories in general , to form a coalition with the moderate Whigs . The article is rather an attempt to frighten the Tory leaders from entering into a coalition , than a denial that they have listened to overtures . The Times might as well have told out the " very foolish story" when it was about it ; but since it will not , we win . We " tell the tale as 'twas told us "—neither vouching for its truth , nor calling it in question—simply in our capacity of newscaterers for the public , giving our readers to know what reports are current
On dit , then—That Lord Palmerston bas established himself high in the good graces of the Queen ; aud that the use he is making of the Royal favour is to pave the way for enabling him to retain the office of Foreign Secretary in the Tory Cabinet about to be formed , it is even said , that et > confidently does he build upon the footing he stands on at Court , as to be suspected of a scheme to establish his lady in the Queen's Bedchamber , and then to add the Premiership to the controul of the department of Foreign Affairs !
On dit , that he has entrapped the Conservative leaders into a written approval of his Eastern policy . The Duke of Wellington is represented assaying that Am approval was conditional , the condition being that no rupture of our amicable relations with France was to be hazarded : while Sir Robert Peel mutters something about circumstances having been kept from his knowledge ; but there is no whisper of any such boggling on the part of Lord Aberdeen . This , we suppose , is the " very foolish story , " which the Times cavils at , but does not expressly contradict
It is curious enough , when viewed in connexion with this story , that the jibes and jeers with which Lord Palmerston , more than any member of the Government , used to be incessantly assailed , have of late entirely ceased . Not a word is said now about " Cupid , " or ¦ Cupid ' s Album . " He seems to have become all at once the pet of the Carlton Club ; and the Morning Post laboured as eagerly to defend him from the attacks of a correspondent of the Times , as did hW own paper the Mtrning Chronicle . Nay , the Times itself is often a discreet apologist of the Queen ' s Foreign Secretary than a severe assailant It would be curious , after all , to see another Ministry added to the long list of those in which Lord Palmerston has contrived to bold office . His Ministerial liaisons are unparalleled in number and variety , save by the amours of the lady carried about in a glass box by a Genie , of whom we read in the opening of the Arabian Night ' s Entertainments . —Spectator .
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ANOTHER ATROCIOUS NEW POOR LAW CASE . ( From the Satirist . J Without joining in all the clamour which is got np against tbe New Poor Law , or believing any of the lies that it suits the interest of the Times to talk upon the subject , we must say that we believe that in no other country in the world are the poor so oppressed , so illtreated , so plundered by the aristocracy , so oppressed by the magistracy , and so heartlessly used by Poor Law Guardians , overseers , and workhouse—in no « ther country , we say , is the life of a poor person so little valubd as in England .
Nearly contemporaneous with the case which we noticed a short time since , where a woman was starved to death at Kensington , another case occurred still more atrocious and still more disgraceful to the country . A poor woman , actually in the very pangs of labour , surprised by the pains of parturition while in a hack cab , was driven to Westminster Hospital , to an institution in Queen's-square , to the Lying-in Hospital , in York-road , Lambeth , to Lambeth Workhouse , to St James ' s Workhouse , and to the institution in Lincoln's-inn-fields , and was at every one of these places refused admission .
The cabman who drove her told the magistrate that he was standing with his cab at the coach-stand , Holbom , when he was called by a man who desired he would take a female who appeared extremely ill , and near her confinement , to a house in Gerrard-Btreet , Soho , where her sister resided , and , on arriving there , he found that no such person resided there , and being ordered to take her to Westminster Hospital , he proceeded thither , but he was told there that she could not be admitted . He then drove , as he was desired , to the institution in Queen ' s-square , which , on his arrival , he found bad been broken np for Borne time past . The poor woman was by this time in the greatest agony , and she requested him , as well as she was able , to stop at the house of some medical man from whom she
could obtain relief , and knowing that such a person kept a shop in Tothill-street , he drew up to the door ; but the gentleman of tbe house not being at home , his assistant advised him to take her to the Lying-in Hospital in the York-road , Lambeth , where , on arriving , the matron refused to receive a patient unless she could produce an order in the usual way , at the sam 9 time recommending the applicant to apply at the Lambeth Workhouse . Applicant seeing the woman getting worse , drove with the greatest expedition to Lambeth Workhouse ; but she was refused to be admitted there also , as the parish authorities would have no such incumbrance , and being directed to take her to the St James ' s
Workhouse , he drove to Poland-street , where , upon arriving , he discovered that she had delivered herself of a child . On explaining this circumstance , they refused to . take her in , or have anything to do with her , and , as he was advised , he drove off . to " the Institution in Portugal-street , Lincoln ' s-inn-fields , " where he was again refused ; and having taken the poor creature , who then appeared entirely exhausted , to the Bow . street Station-house , he explained the matter briefly to Inspector Meddlicot , who instantly despatched a constable to St . Giles ' s Workhouse , where she was at length admitted , but upon taking her out of the cab it was found that the infant was dead .
Good God ! what a picture of our national manners . A poor creature , moaning with pain , and dying from exhaustion , craves a shelter at six of the public establishments of this city , and at each of them the door is shut in her face , and she is left to bring forth her child in the streets , and to perish of exhaustion . Could this have occurred anywhere except in England ? In France it certainly could not have happened ; in Austria or Prussia it would have been impossible ; even in Arabia the poor creature would have been sheltered at the first tent or hut that she could reach—it is only in thia civilised Christian City of London that she is refused an entrance into a house , and made to bring forth in the street
The way in which the facts became known is quite of a piece with the rest of the business . The guardians of the workhouse into which the woman was forced by the aid of a constable , refused to pay the cabman the hire of his cab—they punish this poor fellow for his humanity . If he had received his half sovereign , we should never have heard anything of the matter . It is true that private persons have abundantly recompensed him since the facts became known ; but so far aa the public are concerned , he is an example to warn persona from meddling with others who are in distress .
The whole of this business goes to show the want of a publie prosecutor . If there were a public prosecutor , and he did his duty , every one of the persons who refused admission to the woman would be indicted for manslaughter—at least every one of the workhouse porters Who refused her would . The child , when taken out of the cab , was dead . It ought to be a question tried in a court of justice whether its death was not occasioned by the being brought forth in a cab ; if it was , then we defy any lawyer in England to contradict us , when we state that every one of the workhouse parties who refused to admit her might be indicted and convicted of manslaughter , and transported for life .
That is how a horrible case like this ought to be taken up . To transport a dozen or so workhouse men would do more good than passing the same number of acts of Parliament If the poor only knew their own interest , they would combine together and do this , instead of growling at the law . The law is quite strong ^ enough to protect them , if it was only put in force ; and if , instead of Anti-Poor-law Societies , there existed an Anti-Overseer Society—if this Society watched the workhouse fellows , and always prosecuted wheu they found an opportunity , there would be a great reform among those persons , and the poor would very sensibly feel the benefit of it
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INUNDATIONS IN FRANCE . ( From Tuesday ' s Herald . ) The hopes that were entertained that the waters of the Rhone and the Saone were subsiding , have unfortunately not been realised . From the heavy rains of the last three or four days , those rivers have again become much swollen , aud though they have not again reached their former height , yet they have eaused ' eonsiderable fresh damage . Tbe parts of Lyons , which bad become a little free from the water , are again i nvaded by it , and the publie mind is becoming quite disheartened by the duration of the visitation . The following extract of a letter from Lyons states that the quays are now encumbered with barges , loaded . with goods and furniture , which have . been collected from different parts . The quays , which were , before the
floods , well paved , and in excellent condition , have now deep holes formed in them filled with mud . All kinds of furniture , beds , bedding , and linen , are out of doors for drying . All the floorings of the warehouses , shops , and other rooms on tbe ground floors , ar 6 displaced , and the earth beneath them taken out , M that the houses may be rendered dry and habitable . The smaller tradesmen show great resignation , waiting patiently for customers , who , however , come in bat slowly , for whatever is not an absolute necessary of life finds here but few purchasers , every one being more or leas a sufferer . Nearly all tbe pretty villages on the banks of the Saone axe destroyed , and the inhabitants houseless . AtStRomain , out of seventy houses , six only are left standing , and those much damaged . At Montmerle three hundred dwellings have disappeared .
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™™^™"" ^™™™^™™™> ™^™^ " ^^^ s ^ HKl «^ fc ^ E 5 ; S 2 ^ " ^ - ^ He Barbe is " overwhelmed—not a wajl lemains m . right There are now , between MonUUmart a * d Valence , one hundred' thousand cattle and ibeep left without any pasture in consequence of tbe Inundations The Minister of the Interior , yesterday , received a telegraphic despatch from tne Prefect of the Rhone dated from Lyons , on Wednesday , announcing that th * Rhone and Saone , had again risen so much that the suburbs of Los Brotteaux and Xa Guillotiere were covered with water the preceding * evening and through the night , but in the meratag the river seemed to have ' > - — , - * , , --
become stationary . He adds , that furthar damage was apprehended . This lamentable intelligence is confirmed by another despatch from the general commanding that military division , who states the new rise of the Rhone to have been full two feet three inches , and that of the Saone about one foot All the quays , he adds , were invaded by the waters , and the only communication with the forts on the left bank of the river - was by boat Several streets and places were onee more inundated , but as the sun was then shining bright , and the increase •« water bad ceased , hopes of a favourable change were entertained . '
The following charitable donation , for the relief of the sufferers by the inundations at Lyons , deserves to be mentioned , when the circumstances of those who have made it are taken into consideration : —The Carlist refugee officers at Bourg , in the Ain , have given up one day ' s subsistence allowed them by the French Government . The following account of a storm and whirlwind in the Charente Inferieure is given by the Echo de St Jean d'Antjely ;— ¦ ' . ¦ . " While the southern departments , are ruined by inundation , our arrondissement had been visited by « different , but equally terrible scourge . On the 7 th inst about eight in the evening , we were assailed by a viol lent tempest A wbjfclwtad from thesouth-west completely ravaged the cammunes of Mazeray , Fonteney Varaise , St Pierre d « Juillers , and St Martin de Juillers . The stoutest ' oaks , elms , and poplars have
been broken to pieces ; and their enormous trunks , carried by the wind to great distances , have crushed houses and other buildings in their course . At Moulin Vieux , near Fontenet , an immense stack of logs , some of them a hundred weight each , were carried to ' a prodigious distance . A mill , near Varaise , ia raeedto the ground , the roof having been carried a hundred yards off . The miller is totally ruined . The village of Gatineau is nearly annihilated , and immense treesbava been torn up and carried to a distance of 300 and 400 yards ; The inhabitants fortunately were aware of their'Hanger in time to nufte their escape . Not a tree nor a shrub is to be seen within 600 yards of the ruined village . The tempest following closely a right line to the north-east has carried , its destructive rages as far as Briou , damaging the houses in the village of Saint Martin d'Entraigues , and at Asnieres , tearing up or breaking off great numbers of trees . "
THE LATE FLOODS IN FRANCE . As the further details of the situation of the wretched sufferers by this calamity continue to reach us , they exhibit , we lament to say , even darker pictures of misery and distress than appeared by the pre vious accounts . Nothing that human conception can shadow forth , as we are informed by an eye-witness of the scenes he describes , can at all approach the dreadful reality . Crowds of unfortunates , humble families , suddenly Bwepfc from a home of comparative comfort , are at this moment , we learn , in many instances exposed , houseless , and destitute ; to the inclemency of the weather , without a hope of aid but from the hand of eharity . Let us not , then , be deemed unduly importunate , if , in thanking those who have already come forward with prompt and liberal benevolence , we continue to urge upon the wealthy classes of our readers the appalling nature of the distresses which a kind Providence has given them the power to relieve .
For the convenience of those who may desire to contribute , we take the liberty to enclose in the Messenger a circular , which they will be pleased to fill up with any sum ( however small ) they may be disposed to appriate to this work of charity . The donations already received amount to £ 5 , 000 . From GaHonani ' s Messenoer .
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FALLING OF TWO HOUSES IN ORLEANS . tFrom the Gazette des Ttibunaux . J At Orleans on the 9 th of November a great sacrifice of life took plaoe . Between one and tw « o ' cleck a . m , a loud crash , followed by a terrible noise , alarmed the inhabitants of the Rue du Tabourg , situate in the centre and most populous quarter of the city . Everybody appeared anxious to ascertain the cause of this alarm , but the atmosphere was obscured by a dense cleud of dust , which poured into the windows , which were opened on all sides . Nevertheless , the stifled and inarticulate cries of despair heard by the nearest neighbours raised too true a suspicion of what had actually occurred . The wreck whioh covered the place , the stones which were strewn about , showed thatohe or two houses had fallen in and buried all they © on tained . :
To procure all possible aid , the cry of " Fire" was raised . The firemen shortly arrived , and almost at the same time the Gendarmerie , the troops « f the line , the Prefect of the Loiret , and also a great body of the townspeople-Great activity was displayed in the clearing of the rubbish , which was soon accomplished under the judicious regulations of the authorities , but it was too late to save the unfortunate victims , whose cries had continued but a few minutes . Eventually the dead bodies were successively recovered , mangled and bleeding . Of the two houses thus destroyed , fortunately one only was inhabited on
this fatal night ; the other , the ground floor of which is used for a bonnet-shop , having been uninhabited for some days . Four of the inhabitants of the first house have perished—the proprietor , his daughter , aged fourteen , and two sisters , the shop women of the bonnetshop , the one aged twenty-two , and the other twentyfour . The servant was miraculously saved . She Blept on the second floor , -which < Ud not give way bo boob as the other part of the house , and as soon as she received warning of her danger she precipitated herself from the window . This jrirl slept so heavily that she heard nething , and they were obliged to force tbe door , which she would not open , because she thought they were thieves in the house .
The cause of this melancholy event seems to be well known . Builders agree in saying that the foundation of the party-wall had given way , and it had fallen in consequence . The Rue Tabourg contains the most ancient houses of the city , and these which have fallen are contiguous to that called Agnes Sorel , the resort ef those who visit the curiosities of sculpture . It is now ascertained beyond doubt , the rubbish having been entirely cleared , that no other life bas been sacrificed . The daughter of the landlady on this night slept at her grandmother ' s , and thus escaped . It is said for some days previous there were indications of some such event by the partial falling of rubbish in the cellars , and , had the ordinary repairs been made , the calamity might have been averted .
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Fatal Accident . —John Hollis , a fine boy , ten years of a « e , was killed one day last week , at Cuamber-lane Coal-pit , near Oldham , by the roof falling in npon him . The hatting trade still continues very brisk in Oldham , which has become the - largest manufacturing town in the kingdom for the making of hats and beaver bonnets . One of the largest firms , Messrs . Jackson and Sons , will not be able to supply the whole of their orders for goods on this side of Christmas . Mexancholt Deaths from Neglect and Stabvation . —The following harrowing statement ia taken from the Sligo paper of Friday last : —In a small cabin on the roadside , near Collooney , a
labouring man , unmarried ; of the name of Heally , reside d . A poor woman , nursing an infant , lodged with him . They were visited with fever , and the neighbours were afraid to enter the house . At length , from the stillness of the place , it was suspected that some of them had died , and a man of the name of Moffatt determined to venture in . Perhapsso sad a scene of utter destitution never was witnessed in the midst of a Christian population . The man was dead , lying on . a miserable bed , in a wretched room , into which not a ray of light entered . The woman and her infent were also dead , the mother lying on the ground with scarcely a rag covering her , at the kitchen fire , a tuft of straw under her head , and the infant beside
her , with its head upon her breast , and in a position as if in the last gasp of expiring nature the poor little thing had been endeavouring to extract some sustenance from its dead mothers . breast . There were the lifeless bodies of the man and woman , whose death had been produced by the total want of attention more than from the violence of the diseast , whilst the death of the infant , it cannot be doubted , was produced by hunger . Fancy cannot conceive what they endured , utterly deserted in their dying hour in the agonies of a frightful disease , and not a
drop of any sort of liquid to quench their burning thirst . We have never before heard of such a horrible instance of selfish inhumanity . The three died in one cabin , without a single human being near them , nor any minister of religion , although toe deceased were Roman Catholics . It appeared « the coroner ' s inquest , that the unfortunate creatures died two days before any person entered tho house , with the exception of the infant , whose dying screams were heard that morning by one of »• witnesses .
A Woman CoanaTTBB fob Stealing hbb own Shawl . —Two women named Harriet EIt « d Mary Ann Williama , were brought up at u » e J ^ T rough Court , Manchester , on Thursday , ehargea with felony , under the following rather singHlar crrcumstances . Mr . Lunt , pawn-broker , Pool-streei , stated that the prisoners came into his shop « i « R ™" ceding day and pledged * shawl , belonging to wuliams , for » shil ^ ng . While he wa s making w » t the ticket the prisonera went out of the shop , tanng with them the shilling , the shawl , and the duph » te . He informed the police , and the P " 8011 ** , ?! apprehended in the evening , but neither tnesnawi , the shilling , nor the duplicate was found . . M £ . Maude remarked that this was a felony , J * *? j * shawl Ulonged to one of the prisoners . The pruoners were each committed for a month . — MancMsur Guardian ,
The Late Awful Gale.
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 28, 1840, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2712/page/6/
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