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      Dreadful Disaster Hear Rouen

      DREADFUL DISASTER HEAR ROUEN

      A frightful event occurred oh Tuesday to fill all our fl-stric . with consternation . A rather violent storm had Inoten ore ? Rouen nbout noon , the rain had fallen in ahun-hrocc , and seme claps of thunder wtre hear . 1 ; hut ti-ere was noting to presage the horrible disaster which has desolated < me of the richest and mostindusmous portions of the arrondissemene Ahout half-i « st twelve a furious whirlwind arose iu the valley beyond Uerdle , commencing * t the Houlme . It first carried away a part of the roof of thefactory of JL Routr , then , gaining force as it proceeded , it overthrew several suuU buildings , brohe downeees and hedges , aud destroj ed crops . Farther off m-ilS-rigs wereunroofed , aud others were literally crushed in . The scourge moving with the speed of lightning , carded to a distance sonic parts of the ruins , then

      up-3-ooted the highest aud largest trees , and at last struck three of the principal factories of the valley . The destruction is so complete , that the imagination cannot conceive it . They have heeu literally reduced to crumbs . Of the three establishments which have been destroyed , one is the coiauiune of Jlalaaaay—viz ., that of 31 . Bailleul , and which was carried oa byALXeveu ; the two others were situated near "SionvtUe—viz ., those of 2 d . r-icquot and M . ilare . At 31 . Xeveu ' s KO persons were at work ; the roof fell in . aud the wills gave way before any person could escax * . At M . Slave ' s ihe nuni--ber of hands at work was TO ; the calamity was not less Budden aud complete . At 31 . Ficquofs the number of persons at wari was not less thus ISO . The roof being first carried awav , all those withzu rushed to ths doors ,

      andih-y became so crowded that only a few comparatively could get out . This factory was fini > hed scarcely a year ago , and the proprietor was blamed for er .-cting it in a more solid manner & an any of the others o ; the valk-y . The chimney , which was one hundred ; ud fifty feet hi ; b , Ml down to within a few yards of the ground , anl was ibrewn across the river . The third floor , cut off with wonderful precision , was also carried into the water . The two other stories next gave way , and ai last the ground-floor was so completely demolished that scarcely two bricks remained in their places . All this was accomplished in less than two minutes ; peoplefrom all parts hurried to render assistance : all the manufactories aud workshops in the neighbourhood sent out their men . wiin at once bnraa to clear oat the ruins to save

      those under tliew who might be yet alive . Nothu . g can equal tlic scene presented at the three principal theatres of this vast disaster . Maehinery-looms aud bars of iron were fractured , and enormous pieces of timber were broken as if they were mere straws , and all lying together in one confused mass . Fragments of clothing were seen among flocks of cotton wool with arms and legs protruding from the heap ; pieces of flesh were adhering to the irons , and many parts were dyed with blood . Xow and then deep groans wereheard ; somemen and children , preserved as if it were miraculously by an cverhangiug beam , were taken out uninjured , hut morefrequently some severed liiau or dead corpse , or a body so mutilated that death would hare been preferable to the torture it endured . At the guard-house at 3 Ionvilie were placed all the bodies

      taken out of the factory of 31 . Picquot We have seen seventeen . Two were those of young girls , one that of a woman , and the rest of men and boys . Among these last several had been taken out of the river , into which they had been precipitated from the third floor . Some were entirely crushed , others had their heads aud chests driven flat , aud some had tlieir heads completely severed . Need it be said that the spectacle was most horrible . When we withdrew from the seat of the catastio ; ihe , at ten at sight , we found at 31 . Picquoi ' s house twenty-five dead and more than fifty wounded , part of whom could not be expected to live through the night . It was believed that there were ten more victims still under theruius . Out of three foremen , one was killed , the tiro others saved alive , "but severely injured . The loss iu money is estimated at

      120 , 00 tlf . At 3 L Seven's there were nine killed and fifteen wounded , but lion- many remained under the ruins was sot known . His loss is estimated at 250 , ( l 00 f . At 31 . Jlare ' s there were sis dead and a great number wounded . 3 Iis loss is put down at l * 20 , 000 f . In all forty dead and 300 wounded—many of these last mortally . The aggregate loss is computed to amount to < HO , Q 00 f . for these three establishments only . The effects of the hurricane extended upwards of a league and a half . The commures which have elderly sutfered by it are Le Houlme , " Malau & ay , ilonviUe , Es ' . ette , Cleres , and Auceaumville . At Auceauineville the buildings of aproperty belonging to 2 & . Larnel have been blown down and the trees uprooted , and also a number of sheep aud cows belonging to 31 Caron were killed . A gigantic tree was raised upwards

      of forty yards and transported to a considerable distance . Iliads are rendered impassable by trees laid across the-. n . Carts , waggons , and other carnages were blown over , and many peisons carriedfar away . Among the thousand iucidents cited we may notice that 31 . Picquot was oa his way to his factory when the storm came on and stopped him , aud before he could recover his road the ruins of tha factory alone were to be discerned . "Whilst tlic work was go ^ ng on iu the ruins at 31 . Xeveu ' s , cries were heard from liiro , and the men were directed to turn tlieir attentibu towards the spot from whenc they proceeded . He was found supporting himself on his wrists , with his back supporting a mass of rubbish , and protecting his mother , who had fallen close to him , aud wjo wo aid have been smothered had it not been for

      Jus admirable courage . He had remained in this positjo i , forming a sort of arch over her . lloth were taken out uiti'out any serious injury ; but the emotion of 31 . Xeveu was so great that for an hour and a halt after liis deliverance , he could not articulate a single word . A workman , who hapi > cned to be iu the fliird story of 31 . l'iequofs factory , was thrown into the meadow , where he fell without being hurt . As he got up ard wa » endeavouring to proceed towards the ruins , he was knocked down by an apple tree , uprooted by the wind , but he was only slightly hurt . The mutilated remains of two young girls had been just taken from the ruins at JL 31 are's , whet a woman , who was watching what was going on , recognised them as her daughters . She immediately pave way to the wildest grief , and , rushing to the *> er . threw herself in . and was drowned .

      rCBTHEE PAETICCLIKS . Houen , August 22 . The Rouen papers wi" have informed you of an occurrence on Tuesday last , without parallel , I believe , in Europe . Three large cotton factories were on that day , in the space of one minute aud a quarter , levelled to the ground , and the whole of the persons employed in them , amounting to two hundred at least , buried in thernins . 1 have read of battles , hurricanes , and storms , but the fatal event of wlueh I w .-ite is unique . I feel perfectly tmequal to an adequate description of it . Those who have passed from Itouen to Dieppe , or from Dieppe to "Rouen , will remember that before arriving at the first relay , or place for changing horses , going from Rouen to Dieppe , at a distance of three or four leagues from the

      former town , and of course before ascending the hill over it , the road takes an abrupt turn to the left , and crosses a little bridge . At the same spot ( the place is called "Slalaunny ) a branch raad to the right ascends and continues midway along a range of hills somewhat precipitous , covered with forest and other trees for a mile or two . A beautiful valley lies beneath it , on which there existed on Tuesday last half-a-dozen cotton factories , with as many comfortable dwe liag-houses of the proprietors . A small river runs through the valley , nearer , however , to the hills , which rise on the western side , and the waters of which served to turn the wheels and machinery in those factories . About a quarter of a mile from 3 Ialaunay the heights to the right are divided by a sort of ravine , which runs ( at that point at least )

      north and south . In front of and below it in the valley stood , the factory of a iLXeveu , whose dwelling house was contiguous to it . The whole of the forenoon of Tuesday , August 19 , had been stormy . After twelve o'clock the wind increased , and by one o ' clock "blew a hurricane , with the amount of rain that usually accompanies a thunder-storm ere the crisis arrives . A few minutes after one o ' clock two Hashes of lightning , followed by loud thunder , were fb-erred . Immediately afterwards a spectacle presented itself so unusual and so appalling that those who witnessed it were struck mute with terror . The clouds , which were low , scarcely rising above the tops of the hills at each side of the valley , commenced turning or revolving within each other . A low moaning was heard in the air , whieh presently increased

      to a scream louder than thunder . A whirlwind rose and rushed up the ravine above described . On the top or at the issue of it , the trees were large , thick , aud numerous , but the wind , whieh came from the south , cut them as if with a scythe . It descended , tcaiingup the roots or snapping like wands the trees that clothed the side of the hill ; crossed the road diagonally , burst through a fesce , opened for itself a passage through a high embankment , destroyed cabins , fruit audomameutal trees in its course , and arrived at the factory of 3 L Xeveu It overthrew aud razed it literally to the ground . It unfitted the adjoining dwelling-house , aud proceeded to the factory of a 3 L 3 Iare , a distance of 609 or 65 !? yards , raraging the intervening grounds . This latter factory fe " before it as if a house of cards . Walls , roof , machinery ,

      inmates , were destroyed aud mingled by its resistless force . The dwelling-house of 31 . 3 Iare was spared , like that of II . If even , but the uuslating of the roof and walls was more complete . Hitherto the storm had followed its direct course from south to north . After passing over the house and factory of 31 . Hare , and readiing that of if . Picquot , it ivlieeled suddenly to the right and passed a distance of a couple of hundred yards to the east , Irat returned from its abrupt detour ere it reached the road . Theu , like a huntsman who takes ground sufficient to put his steed in full speed ere he attempts a great leap , and like him making itself up for the feat , it rushed upon the factory of 31 . Picquot ( a splendid new and solid structure o ; brick , presenting a front of about 2 'JO feet in length . The building consisted of the fccrory proper , four stories in height , and occupying t hree-fifths of the frontage . At each side was a wing of

      about 40 feet , and of only one story . It would seem as if the whirlwind gained strength in the valley , or reserved it * elf for the grand blow at this factory . In the first thirteen people perished ; in the second fifteen . If it had proceeded in a right liae afterwards , it would next hare encountered the gable end of the fine building of 31 Kc ^ oot , bat instead of doing so it made the sharp turn to the . r ight , took bieath , and coming back , made ils rTesistr & te assault upon the body of the factory . So etteaordinary was its force at this point that a stack of chimneys on the left wing was broken across a few feet above iu low roof . Portions of it were , with the zinc covering of the roof , blown over the mill stream , a distance of forty or fifty yards . Disdaining the wings ( although in its previous course it had descended to crash very humble shrubs ) , and concentrating its force , We whiriirjt . which , as every appearance suggests was

      Dreadful Disaster Hear Rouen

      about the exact breadth of the factory , rushed upon it , and literaryblew it from its foundation . Hardly checked by the opposition of brick walls , it essayed the mountain in the rear . Here the resistance was real and effective , although the wrecks of trees on the sides of the hill show that tiie onset was furious . Rallying and making a sudden turn to the right itresumed its original direction , * and tore along the valley nearly to its termination , and then rose up the side of the western mountain , destroying or maiming trees iu its way . At the summit it blew down many , and a little on the descent at the other side it demolished a barn , rushed down the hill , and before pursuing its way along tbat valley unroofed and damaged the paper-mill of a 31 . Duval , The time occupied by the devastation I have so faiutb

      depicted was , irom its reaching the top of the ravine ou the eastern side of the valley { at St . Maurice ) until the completion of its disastrous mission , a minute and a quarter . The distance through which I iave followed it is somewhat more than a mile . Leaving out of view tbe aspect of the valley after tiie departure <> f the whirlwind , the scene of desolation it had produced was almost indescribable . Three immense buildings , crowded frosi the ground to the roof with machiBery , materials , = and hundreds of human beings , reduced to one confused mass of wreck . The sight wes horrifyirtjr . The workpeople ofth .- other ( adjoining ) factories , who had been struck mute with apprehension , turned , after the passage of the hurricane , their regard towards the parts of the valley where had stood the nsighbourias buildings , and were

      appalled by ihe vacancies that offered to their new This sensation was only momentary , however , for they at once took iu the whole disaster and raa with one accord to the ruins in their respective neighbourhoods Thereportof ihe calamity fled almost as swiftly as its cause , for immediately after it had passed the whole rural population of thecouniry and the thousands of ptople employed in the factories which , lie at intervals for eight or ten miles along ihe road from Itouen to Malauuay , and the garrison and inhabitants of this city , caught the rumour and ran to the scene of desolation , aud with common accord commenced with zeal and earnestness the work of rescue . I am tod that the rapidity with which the timber , stones , bricks , machinery , and ponderous implements were caught up and thrown aside , in

      the search for the sufferers in agony , or dead beneath the wreck , was magical . It is true that they had not to mount high to seize Ihe uppermost wreck , for all was laid low . The masses of brickwork , beams , some of them 30 feet long and 16 or IS inches square , bags of cotton , iron bars , portions of steam-engines , weighing many hundreds of pounds , were instantaneously caught up aud removed . Beneath them , were found , as well as I can learn , nearly 250 human beings of all ages , and both seses . A few—a very few , already dead . The rest were bruised , wounded , crushed , disfigured , mutilated . Either the storm that continued to rage , aud the rain that now began to pour , drowned the groans aud moans of the victims , for they were unable to utter a cry ; but true it is that few cries were

      heard , although the labours of those who toiled to rel ' eve them were carried on in almost deathlike silence . The description of tlieir appearance , which I had from many of those engaged in rescuing them , is too horrible to repeat . Xcarly two hundred of the wounded were removed iu carriages to the hospital of Rouen . A few st :, l remain in the cottages in the neighbourhood of the disaster , some of them mortally wounded . Already 65 are dead—01 positively , and four still missing , supposed to b ? buried under masses of wall thrown into the river . This visitation was attcnaed by some interesting and extraordinary episodes . 31 . Marc , a young man , the proprietor of the first factory attacked , was alarmed by the

      supernatural noise in the air that preceded the blow , and , imagining that fire had occurred , ran out of the building , and thus escaped death ; but his health is visibly impaired by the shock . Several men who followed or were throun out of the factory were killed hy the mass ol matter that fell , or was blown upon them . In the factory of 31 Picquot eight or ten men were , with the walls of the building , blown many yards off , aud escaped with only some bruises . Twenty-four hours after the disaster , a li . tle girl , of eleven years , was found in a basket under the ruins , fast asleep , and almost unhurt , the poor child having , from the fatigue of crying , possibly fallen asleep .

      ( From the ifemorial de Rouen of Friday . ) The electing away of the ruins of the three manufactories is completed , aud the detachments of the troops of the line returned into the town yesterday : — The final number of the dead boi es dug out from the ruins is 75 . The number of the wounded , as we said yesterday , is from 150 to 170 . Besides the 73 dead bodies dug out from among ihe ruins , we have to add a certain number of wouuded uho have died , ami many others are so dangerously hurt that there is little hope of saving them . li is impossible to praise too highly 31 . Slaweski , the civil engineer belonging to the administration of the mines at Rouen . He directed the labours of the workmen and soldiers at 31 . Picquot ' s manufactory with the greatest zeal . He was forty-eight hours on the spot , aud ( - ' . d not go away until it was ascertained that no more victims could be found among tbe ruins .

      The search was not finished un ; il three p . m ., when , upon reference to the registers of the establishment , it was ascertained that no more persons were missing . The examinations having been most scrupulously made , it was found that at the moment of tiie misfortune there were 163 persons at the time of the disaster in 31 . Picquot ' s establishment . Among the details ol this melancholy calculation are the f « l ! owing : —33 dead , three of whom were found outhe night of the 19 th , four on the 20 th , and one yesterday ; 58 were severely wounded , aud the rest saved ; or at least few of them w =-re seriously hurt . The wounded in this establishment were the most numerous , aud , in general , the most severely injured .

      31 . liupouc l ) ehv > orte arrived from Eu during the night . He was very fatigued by bis journey , aud was obliged to go to rest He rose , however , soon , and accompanied by 31 . Tougard , counsellor of the prefcture , visited all the points of ihe disaster . He gave orders at bis hotel to famish everything for the service of the unfortunate sufferers . Just as he got upon the ruins two victims were found . He aftenrards visited the sufferers in then ? beds , and spoke to them with the greatest affection . Accompanied by Doctors Blanche and Hcllot , he visited all the private houses to whieh the wounded had been carried . Hi then visited the owners of the destroyed establishments , and promised to interest the Government iu their favour . He begged tho mayors of Malaunay and Monville to spare nothing for the comfort of the sufferers , and told them he would obtain the sanction of the Government for defraying- all the expenses . On his return to Rouen he found a letter from the 3 Iinistry approving ali his proceedings and promising prompt succour . Subscriptions for the relief of the sufferers have baen opened at 3 Ionv"lc and a'l the neighbouring tov , is .

      * I Now Recollect Tbat After Passing Ove...

      * I now recollect tbat after passing over the body of the building it had levelled , and after its impotent attempt uj . on the hills in the rear , the wind aj-pears to have relumed and passed round a corner of the factory , and unroofed an adjoining hi" ding .

      Southern Circuit. Liverpool, August 22.—...

      SOUTHERN CIRCUIT . Liverpool , August 22 . —Cuakge of JIoedek . — HoBBisiE Cruelty . —George Hil was indicted for the murder of Ben Jonson , an African or Krooman , on the night between the 1 st and 2 d of 3 iay , on board the brig Challenge . 3 Ir . Brandt and 3 Ir . Patchctt prosecuted ; the prisoner was defended by Mr . TVilkiusand Jlr . James . The prisoner was the commander of the brig Challenge , which had proceeded from Liverpool to the coast of Africa ; on the return voyage , in February last , in consequence of a want of hands , and the impossibility of obtaining Europeans , the deceased , Ben Jonson , was shipped . In May , on the r ' ght between the first and second , the deceased was in a night-watch , of which his companions were Wm . Angus , seaman and cooper , the second mate , and

      TVm . Lyons , an apprentice . At that time , about fourin ihemorning , the prisoner was in his bed . The deceased , who was about thirryyears of age , being tired , shirked his duty , went and sat down on the coombings of the companion stairs and fell asleep ; while asleep he overbalanced himself and fell down the stairs—a height of about seven feet Making a great noise in the descent , his fall was heard by those on deck , and also by the captain , uho immediately called out to inquire the cause of it Holmes , the second mate , called out to Angus to come and lend a hand to pick Ben up . Angus , fearing chastisement of the deceased on accountof his neglect of duty , went to the top of tiie compinion-stairs and called him to come up quickly . He rose from off the boards and went up , hut proceeding slowly Angus took hold of the collar of his

      jacket and assisted him . When he got on deck he leaned against the companion , and then went to the larboard side and Jay down again , apparently in sleep , under the hurrieaue deck . Shortly afterwards the captain came on deck , in great anger , and called-OEt , " Where is that felkrtvl" Angus pointed to ihe Kroeman , andthepri . soner then went , got the rope ' s end , xlikh was kept for the eKpresspurposc ojfogging those of the area tifio incurred tlte captain ' s displeasure , and commenced flogging the deceased ; at the first blow he wheeled himself round , and tried to getaway from under the hurricane-deck , but was hauled down by the prisoner and again flogged and lacked in a most ferocious manner for about a . Quarter of an hour , during which time the deceased had several times screamed , as if in agony . The prisoner aftfirp-ards saying that the rope ' s-end was not strong enough to make him get up , went and got a canoe-paddle , an inuylement lengthy and strong , which tapers at one end , aud is flat at the other , and returning to the place where deei'ased

      still lay , beat him with the paddle , and so violently , jthat it broke in his hand into several pieces . He then , seei . 'ig his efforts were useless in causing deceased to get up , callei i to Angus , and told him " to drag him out of that , " and he himself walked away forward . Angus got a bucketful of water aud threw it over the deceased , who was lying uith his face on the deck . The moon was not out , but a lantern which was brought and the light in the binnacle enabled Angus to see that the body and the deck aionwi it were covered with blood . He also heard a gurgling noise as if the blood was spurting out . There was also " a snorting noise as if there was something in thenostr ' s /' and hearing this the captain shouted , " If you don't stop that I'll give you some more of it" Angus lifted deceased up , and carrying him laid him down forwards , near the windlass . At about eight o ' clock in ihemorning the captain asked the first mate , "How Ben was after his rope's ending !" The captain ordered Friar's balsam and spirit of hartshorn to be applied . The cook , Daniel Phillips , a man of colour , expressed his fear that the deceased was dying .

      Southern Circuit. Liverpool, August 22.—...

      but the captain said , " Tut tut ; bow many men do you see in Liverpool without noses V During the morning all the crew , as well as the captain , saw the body , and life being unquestionably extinct , it was at about twelve o ' clock thrown overboard . It was covered with blood ,, the hair matted , the jaw broken , a fearful gash on the throat , and the nose cut in two—all the natural results of the prisoner having struck him with the ed ge « f the flat end of the paddle . Before the deceased had been thrown overboard , there was a conversation between the captain , Woi . Uitscn , the first mate , and several of the crew , as to whether deceased had died from the effects of the injuries insisted by the former ; and then the captain had declared that he was sure that tiie neck was broken by the fall down t & e companion stairs . The captain directed the cook to feel iu deceased's neck to see if there

      was « ot a bone sticking out Thecook said , " No , sir , I don't think it « s . " The cajrtain answered , "O , d—nit , say st is , for fear they might haul me up when I get to Liverpool . " Jlitson , the mate , some time afterwards , made out thelog on the slate , and then had half copied it into the log-book , as usual , when the captain stopped him , tcok the slate , rubbed out what had been written , and substituted another statement of his own , commanding his mate to copy that and no other . This Ritson did . It stated ichat appeared in the evidence , that " A Krooboy , named Ben Jonson , having fallen asleep on the companiou ladder , fell headlong down into the cabin : " this was written by the first mate , and the captain ' s dictation went on to say , that he had been picked up groaning and taken on deck ; that in the morning the captain had given him three or four lashes with a rope ' s end , as a

      puuisbuient ; that afterwards he had unfortunately ( ,: ed , and that the captain ban said he must have broken his neck in the fall—as a proof confirmatory of which , his neck bone had been starting from the skin . Mr . WilUns addressed the jury for the defence . His Lordship summed up . The jury left the court to deliberate upon their verdict , and after an absence of an hour and forty minutes returned a verdict of—Guilty of Manslaughter . The prisoner , on being called upon to say why judgment should not be passed upon him , according to law , said : — " It appears pretty evident it will be of no avail what I may say . You are about to punish a man as free from the guilt of the charge as any one in court . " His Lordship said : —The sentence of the Court was , that he should be transported to such place as her Majesty , by the advice of her Privy Council , should think fit for the temi of his natural life .

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      3 IASSION HOUSE . Daring Street Robberv . —Elizabeth Iladloy was placed at the bar charged with having robbed a gentleman connected with the Corn Market , of a gold watch-guard and chain , in the neighbourhood of Mavk-lanc , on the evening of Monday last . City police-constable John Cook , 527 , stated that , having received information of the robbery , and with a description of the person suspected , lie had been in search of the prisoner , but had not been able to meet her until last evening ( Friday ) , when , being in company with policr-constable Moore , 17 , both of them in plain clothes , they met the prisoner , evidently in a state of intoxication , importuning every gentleman that passed . Trey took Le i into custody . JS o portion of the property had yet been traced . Tho on ' cer stated that the prosecutor was at present in the country , but he would be in the Corn Market on Monday , and lie therefore asked for a remand of the prisoner . Remanded till Tuesday .

      GUILDHALL . Charge " op Attempt to Phoduce Abortion . — Mary Almond , a young woman who had been remanded on a charge of inciting and inducing a young lad in the employ of Mr . Elliott , a chemist and druggist , to procure for her certain medicines , for the purpose ot producing abortion , and also inciting him to assist her in producing such , abortion manually , was again placed at the bar before Sir Chapman Marshall , the sitting alderman . At the former hearing the prisoner had declared that she was not in the family way ; but in answer to questions put by the worthy alderman , she now stated that sho did not think she was , hut she was not quite certain . The alderman inquired if Mr . M'Murdo had examined her , but it did not npiear he

      had , although she had been remanded for the purpose . — Sir Chapman Marshall : That is very extraordinary . —Mr . Taylor , the former master of the prisoner , and in whose service she had been for some time , appeared on the prisoner ' s behalf , and stated that whilst in his service her conduct was most excellent , and she was all the time a well-behaved , regulated girl , and as for the present charge he could not understand it , and so satisfied was he that it was without foundation , that lie would readily take her again into his service if she was discharged . —Sir Chapman Marshall , after severely admonishing the prisoi . er on her conduct , on account of the excellent character she had received , consented to her being discharged , and remarked that he trusted it would be a warning to her in future .

      CLERKENVfELL . Mother asd Daughter . —Mary Morris was charged with stealing' a petticoat belonging to her mother , a poor woman residing in Corporation-lane . — The prisoner , who cried bitterly , is only 17 years of age . — The mother deposed to the theft . The prisoner pawned it , as the pawnbroker could prove . —Mr . Greenwood : Do you wish to prosecute her ?—The Mother : I do ; she has been constantly robbing me : she is always getting drunk . — Mr . Greenwood : What ! Getting drunk , and only 17 years of age ?—Mother : Oh , yes , your worship . She keeps the worst of company ; I don't know what to do with her ; she is always robbing me . —Mr . Greenwood : You wish her to be exposed and punished ?—The Mother It is very hard for me to be always robbed by her . — She was remanded .

      Commemoration Of Tiie Liberation Of Feaj...

      COMMEMORATION OF TIIE LIBERATION OF FEAJJGUS O ' CONNOR , ESQ ., FROM YORK CASTLE . On Wednesday evening last a numerous party of the Dcptford and Greenwich Chartists , together with some friends from London , sat dou . i to an excellent supper in commemoration of the above event , at the George and Dragon , Blackheath-h' " . Mr . Julias IIahnev . was called to the chair , and presided ou the occasion . The supper having been disposed of , and the cloth removed , the Cuaiuman said—It was customary when the aristocracy or their partisans assembled together on festive occasions to commence their toasts with " Church and Queen . " The Church was , no doubt , an excellent church for hungry viears , bishops , and archbishops , but

      a very poor church for those who had nothing to do with it but to pay church-rates and Easter dues . ( Hear , hear . ) One of their excellent friends of the Deptford locality was at the present time engaged in resisting those odious 5 mposts . ( Cheers . ) Such a toast , then , would meet with no favour in their eyes . ( Hear , hear . ) Willi respect to monarchy , when persons reflected how ably a people couM be governed by such men as the late General Jackson , for a few thousands a year , they wou'd be quite willing to be rid of the follies and fopperies of monarchy . ( Loudcheers . ) ThellouseofCommons was the real ru'ing power in this country ; but its members did not pass their nefarious acts iu tlieir own

      names , but in those of the Queen , or the three estates . As to the Queen , she could do no wrong—and , he would add , of course she could do no right . ( Cheers . ) Ministers were responsible for the acts of the Sovereign ; but when you came to inquire as to their responsibility , S v It . Peel said "he was responsible to God and his oua conscience . " For his own part , he had no objection to full-grott-n babes being amused tulec a year with the gilded glittering processions of royal puppets ; but he did object to sensible men being called on to pay for them . He called on them , therefore , to respect themselves , to honour their own order ; and to that end to accept as tlieir first sentiment , " The Sovereignty of the People . " The toast was drank with all the honours .

      The CiuisHAN' said the next toast was the toast of the evening—it alluded to the liberation of Feargus O'Connor from York Castle . Hehad the honour to be appointed as the delegate representing the people of Sheffield on the occasion of the release of Mr . 0 'Cor . uor , and the welcome that gentleman received at the Castle gates of York . The true friends of Mr . O'Connor were not sycophants , who were always ready to fawn and natter—but the honest men who would set him right when they thought he was wrong , but would meet his enemies in sternest opposition . The men of independent sou ' s were the true friends of Mr . O'Connor ; aud that truth that gentleman knew , A long experience had taught him who were his real friends . This was a most happy commemoration , not only of Mr . O'Connor ' s liberation

      from a Whig dungeon , but of his glorious triumph over the atrocious slanders , invented by the false friends of equality . One of these slanders was , that Mr . O'Connor betrayed John Frost ; the authors and abettors of that He , knew it to be a lie , a wicked , abominable , foul , and damnable lie . ( Cheers . ) But these assassins had their meet reward in the detestation in which they were held by the true and unfaltering democrats . Mr . O'Connor had been recently lecturing through Yorkshire on the Chartist Land plan , and they knew with what glorious results . Well , he was not opposed—none of his enemies and ours encountered him in fair discussion did not attempt to set him right if they thought him wrong—nothing of this sort , for they were not capable of playing so straightforward a part : hut one of them , the chief of these unscrupulous assassins , era tried after Mr . O'Connor , and when Mr . O'Connor had left

      a town where he had been lecturing , then in crawled the prime delusionist and mischief-maker , and announced his . lectures on the "fallacies of Feavgue O'Connor ' s Land Scheme . " ( Cries of " That ' s Jemmy O'Brien . " ) These arch-. enemics of Chartism pretended to ground tlieir <" rty opposition on what they called "firstprineiple s" 1 Ie ( the chairman ) was a first-principle man . He abhorred Jand-robbers , pron "( mongers , and every other description of pestiferous plunderers and usurpers . ^ creed was —and Thomas Spence had taught it hM ~ that" the Land is the people ' s farm , " ind that it belon . S 8 to the entire nation , not to lud ' viduals w classes . But v" * " ** a f ° ol he should be if he could not ; et entire justice at one grasp , that , therefore , he would be ' : ontent to snarl and get-nothing . The Charter was not ' ill in the way of poetical . reform , he wanted ; but the jharter wa * the great m'esn * io greater ends . The Charist Land plan ass not all tf & t would content him but it

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      w . . s calculated to teach the people the value of the land , a jid wou d , if properly carried out , hasten the time when the peop le would insist on a return to first principles . He had much pleasure in giving the toast as placed in his hands— " Feargus O'Connor , the victim of Whig misrule iu York Castle ; the dread of all tyrants ; the Mend of all patriots ; we meet to celebrate the fourth anniversary of his liberation . " The toast was drank with immense applause . Mr . II . Boss , in responding , said he thought every sensible rnan would give his meed of praise so justly due to Mr . O'Connor for his consistency and perseverance in his manly attempts to establish the sovereignty of the people , without any dread of being called " tool" or " worshipper . " He thought it tho duty of the people to support Mr . O'Connor in his righteous course and noble undertakings .

      The Chaiumjin next gave "The Charter , may we all live to see its blessings eiijcyed throughout the British Dominions , and its princip les established throughout the world . " ( Great cheering ) Mr . T . Cooper , in responding , said he had been much pleased with tho former toasts , but he was still more pleased with the present , as it was for the Charter he had suffsved imprisonment -for vecMnuicuding the people to cease work until they obtained their Charter ; and sure he was that it would bring blessings in its train . The

      aristocracy did not like the word Charter , because there was power in it . Well , then , let the people toast the Charter at all convivial meetings , speak of it everywhere , and give it more power still . ( Loudcheers . ) It was the people that must carry the Charter , Bishops or kings would not do it , for they knew that when the Charter became law , away went all their tinsel , glitter , and gewgaw . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) Let them stand fast by t he name of the Charter , and never desert it . There is no hope for the millions save in the Charter . ( Great cheering . )

      The Cn airman then gave— " The Chartist Co-operative Land Society—may it produce all the good whieh its founders and supporters anticipate . " Drank with great enthusiasm . Mr . Ciuiass Bolwell responded in a lengthy address , descanting on the excellencies of the Land plan and its perfect accordance with fhegveat object of the agitationthe Charter . He showed the advance of democratic principles of late years , aiiii predicted a speedy triumph for those principles . Mr . Bolwell ' s address was warn- ' y applauded . The next sentiment given by the chairman was— "The Ladies , " to which Mv . Shaw responded in a humorous and h ' appy adi ' -ess . The Chairman then gave "the speedy restoration of Frost , W ;! Hams , Jones , and EPis . "

      Mr . Shaw said lie had received a letter from Mrs . Ellis , complaining of great distress . Mr . Coopek srd he had seen the letters alluded to , and world w ' sh to see a veteran Patriot Fund csrab , ! shed . He was also determined to use aU his endeavours to procure the means of support for poor Mrs . Ellis . Mr . T . M . Wheeler then responded to the toast , and said they would indeed be wanting in gratitude rMdthey not exert themselves to the utmost to obtain the retr * . 1 of those who had done and sacrificed so much for fatherland . ( Loud cheers . ) They had indeed l- ndled a fire of patriotism which stPl continued to burn in the breast of the millions . Ko one would experience greater pleasure than himself in seeing a Veteran Patriots' Fund established , and the wilows of the exiles supported , ( loud cheers ); and lu would give such a project all the help he could .

      The Chairman , after some appropriate remarks which were received with much entliuiasm , gav — " The immortal memory of Wat Tyler , and all iriso have perished in prison , in exile , on the scaffold , or the field , for the establishment of the lights of man . " The toast was drank with repeated rounds of applause . The next sentiment was— " The health of T . S . Duncombe , M . P ., the people ' s t ' .-iend and champion . " Tlic " health of the chairman" concluded the toasts . In the course of the evening a number of patriotic songs were sung . At an hour somewhat advanced towards cock-cow the proceedings terminated , all being highly grafied with the night ' s entertainment .

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      The Natioxai . Victim Commute will meet at five o ' clock , on Sunday afternoon , at the Ilall , Turna < win-lane , to hear a repoi i . from the deputation appointed to advertise certain resolutions , and to transact other bvsiness . awuwntai , © mm * , # fiK [ ttcat &

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      F-ital Accidbst . —The Jlessager ( Paris paper ) gives an account of a fire which broke out at Bordeaux , on the 22 nd inst ., at six o ' clock in the evening ' , at the rue Borir aux-Chartrous , at a Mons . Tastct . A store full of brandy was consumed , find the tire spread to the neighbouring houses . In three hours it was < rot under . The following morning , by the facing 111 of the roof of one of the burned houses a coFi-wander , an adjutant-major , a lieutenant , and three firemen were killed , and a fireman and two soldiers wounded . The loss of property is estimated at three iniFons of francs .

      Ihe late shockixo Accident on bcaud the Moonlight . —Ou Monday evening an inquest was held by Mr . Bedford , the coroner , at the St . Martin ' s oublic-house , Duke-strcet , Adelphi , on the body of James Pnrcell , aged 13 , who met with his death from a frightful accident on board the Moonlit , on Monday evening week , at Ilungei . ord Market , having had liis foot twisted off by a rope . Several witnesses of the accident were examined ; and the surgeon detailed the sufferings and death of the poor boy at the Charing-eross Hospital . After much conversation it was agreed to adjstirn the inquiry .

      Manslaughter . —At the Central Criminal Court on Monday a powerful young man , named Michael Carro " , about CO or 35 years of age , was indicted for feloniously killing or slaying James Bristow , by striking him on the head with an iron poker , and indicting an injury whereof he lingered and died . From the evidence of a number of witnesses , it was proved that the prisoner , who is a labourer , working at St . Mai / , Stratford , had a quarrel on the morning of the 10 th August , about one o ' clock , with another iabonrer named Wil ' - ams , which , after an exchange of hard words , terminated in a fight . Several persons of Williams ' s party came to his assistance , and amongst them the prisoner suffered a severe beating .

      As soon as he could get away he went in search of a wcanon , and having procured a poker , lie returned to Lie scene of action , loudly vowing vengeance . Thus aimed and raging , he walked a ! rat for some time brant ' -shing the poker , until the unfortunate deceased , who was peaceably going home , and had nothing whatever to do with Carroll or the previous row , came in tho infuriated man ' s way , and was struck tsvice upon the head with the poker . Of these wounds he died at eight o ' clock on the same morning . The juiy found the prisoner Guilty . The Common Serjeant , in sentencing the prisoner to seven years' transportation , expressed his opinion that he ought to have been indicted for wiltr 1 murder .

      Tire Alleged Muhdeii at Koihei-hiihe . —Tho inquest , adjourned from Thursday last , on the body of the unfortunate woman , Ellen 'J > rrcJl f who was found in the Grand Surrey Canal uncer such circumstances as led to the appi \ ' lension of a man named John White , and his remand in Ilorsemonger-lane gaol , was resumed on Monday . Several witnesses were examined , the principal part of whose evidence did not throw much light on the affair . Upon the couit being opened , Bridget Mauoivy , a little girl , was called , who , upon being questioned by the Coroner regarding the nature of an oath , answered very sat ' sfactorily : but on the Coroner telling her she must be sworn she burst into tears , stating that she must not be sworn , as her father had threatened to turn her out of doors if she took an oath . She

      said she saw her father on Saturday last , when he so threatened her . The Coroner said he had been informed that violence towards the child had been threatened if she gave any evidence . There was no doubt the child had been tutored . He ( the Coroner ) would , however , not examine her until the last . Michael Shea , residing in Green Bank , Wapping , deposed that he is a coal-whippcr . Had knowH White for four years . On Monday , the 11 th instant , witness , White , and two others , were drinking together in a publie-house in Wapping . wall , kept by a person named Half penny . AVitness had a tobacco-box . White asked him for a smoke , which witness refused . White attempted to snatch the box , when a jostle occurred , but whether he scratched his

      face witness could not tell . He did not observe any scratch , although lie was in his oomnanv for two horn j afterwards . White , however , < lid not complain of having his face scratched . Witness did not sec him again until the following Friday , when , observinc his face scratched , asked him how he got it . White said , " By the button of your coat , whilst jostling for the tobacco-box . " The witness subsequently admitted that if White had scratched hisface in'the jostle , although he was not sober at the time he must have observed it . Policf unstable Waa Kecley 175 K , deposed , thaton Tuesday week theperson m custody . named White was given in charge to him for murdering Men Tyrrell . On the road to the station-house White said , that on the previous Wednesh t thdec with

      day e mee eased llogan and wife and two other persons , strangers to him . After havine ilirce pints ot gin he crossed the water with deceased and the two strangers over to Rotherhithe . On lantine they went to the Royal Oak , where they had Si pint of p , when a quarrel arose relative to a broken glass , durmg winch deceased and himself left On coming out , White directed her towards the Blue Anchor , when deceased said she did not want tnZ that road as she Jived towards Dentfnrd k ! \ l turned towards Deptford , and that KJS * J her about twenty is in tS « S £ , SS her ; she was very drunk , and could not walk ' mow tJhan half a dozen yards without staggering _ P C 7 jrTL ¥ h & 3 &»« *? . "Sootw the

      Eci ^ n ^ i- ^ ancemeasured the ^ distance from th ? R « S K to ite Bed Lion pahUeAanae , being a distant oS

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      furlongs twenty poles ; from the Red Lion to Knocker's-Ianc-bridge being four furlongs eight poles , and thence to where the body was found sixteen poles . Witness had also measured the fence at Jerry Style ' s house , and found it to be seven feet three inches in height ' . At the station-house witness observed two scratches on White ' s face , which he said were occasioned in a struggle to obtain the possession of a tobacco-box from one of his mates named Shea . The total distance from the Royal Oak to where the body was found was one mile two furlongs four poles . Charles Vauow , a brass-founder at Burnett and Copes ' , at Deptford , deposed that he resides in London . On Tuesday morning last , about a quarter past four , witness was coming down to his work by the side of the Greenwich Railway , when having

      occasion to go underneath one of the archways , No . 520 , he found a white straw bonnet without ribbon , and a little broken in the front . . There was no blood upon it , and the young man who was coming down the road with witness took the bonnet . Witness does not know his name , or where he works , but he had the appearance of being an engineer . The bonnet , . 'ii witness ' s opiron , had evidently been placed there for concca ' nient-, and had evidently not been in the water . The room having been cleared , after a consultation of about half an hour , was re-opened , when the Coroner stated that , in consequence of the finding of the bonnet , and other little matters , which would throw considerable lieht on this suspicious case , the inquest must stand further adjourned until Friday .

      Another Fatal Railway Accident . —An accident , resulting fatally , occurred on Tuesday night on ihe Newcastle and North Shields Railway , the particulars of which , as far as we can gather , are as follow : —When the train , which left Newcastle at half . past nine o ' clock , was proceeding at the usual pace , it came in contact with a man , apparently a labourer , but totally unconnected with the railway , between the Walk-end and Walker Stations , and knocked him down , nearly severing the legs from the body , and killing hint on the spot . The unfortunate sufferer , it appears , had been trespassing on the line , and did not ouserve the engine ti ' 100 late to escape . The body , which was sadly mutilated , was soon afterwards brought to the station-house at Newcastle , to be claimed by the relatives . No blame , we believe , is attachable to the engine driver , as , owing to the darkness of the night and the position of the deceased , the melancholy occurrence was unavoidble . — Tune Mercury .

      Accident and N . \ nnow Escape on the Ions ; and Scarbro' Railway . —The 12 . lo ' train , consisting of about fifteen carriages , and occupied by upwards ol 3 C 0 passengers , left the York station at about the usual time on Monday at noon . The train wasdrawn by the Duncombe engine , and in addition ta the passengers' carriages , there was a covered waggon , or road parce ' * carriage , which was placed next the tender . The train proceeded at its ordinary speed , and nothing unusual transpired until within from two to three- hundred yards of the Kirkham station , where there arc some very awkward curves , and where the ne is exceedingly dangerous from the looseness of the soil forming the embankment , which : nr icipally composed of sand . —This part of the

      railway , which is at the foot ol the Wlntwell estate , is exactly opposite Kirkham Abbey , from which it is separated by the river Dement In endeavouring to to pfs a ' ong this part of the . ne , the engine and tender , together with tho luggage waggon before {•" tided to , and a second class carriage rai ^ off the rails , and were partly embedded in theadjoining cmbanl-nent . The greatest alarm and confusion immc ('* a '' * ly ensued , in the midst of which heart-rend-- 'ig cries for assistance of some one was heard . Attention was immediately directed to the broken carriage , when it was c'iscovcred that a plate layer , wiio had been travelling in it , had received very serious injury . lie was immediately removed to the house of a nemhbominj ; farmer named Warwick .- —Mr . Cabrey ,

      the resident engineer in York to the above company , was close to the engine-driver at the time of the accident , and was thrown on to the side of the embankment , but from the soft state of the soil , he escaped with trifling in jui . ' . —The guard , whoso name is Cowburn , and who had I : en merely put on as extra guard , sustained a slight fracture of one of his legs , but after a short delay at the K'vkham station-house , he was removed to y-. itoii . No other personal injury was occasioned by the accident , and a messenger having been despatched to Malton witli intelligence of the occurrence , another engine was procured , End the passengers proceeded on their join . ley . In the meantime it had . been ascertained that the unfortunate individual taken from

      the luggage waggon was very severely hurt , and Mr . Sigston , of Welburn , and Mr . Bartliif , of Malton , surgeons , were sent for . _ The sufferer gave his name Joseph Strong , of Sl ' ildon , near DarMngton , and stated that he had been in the employment of the railway company in question , as a plate layer , for about five weeks , " having been engaged in a similar capacity near Dar ' -iif ^ on , for a period of upwards of seven years . On the medical gentlemen before named aniving at the house of Mr . Warwick , they discovered that Strong had each of his thighs fractured in two t'iftercut places , besides one of them being much contused , and from which a very considerable quantity of blood was taken . Tho usual remed ' os available under the circumstances were applied , and on visiting their patient on the following morning the _ surgeons declared the appearances favourable . It is very providential that the engine did not run

      off the line on the contrary side to where the occurrence took place , as in that case the greater pa :., if not the whole of the train , must inevitably have been precipitated down the declivity inio the river . Immediately after the departure of the train for Scarbro' active preparations were commenced for renrdying the defects in the rails , ifcc , and also for remoi ' . ng the broken carriages , engine , and tender . We undeio ' and that when Strong completed his wrak ' s la' ur on Saturday last , he proceeded to York , where he had previously arranged to meet bis wife , and that in returning to his employment on Monday , he had concealed himself in the luggage waggon in order to avoid paying the usual fare , although , we are informed , such charge would have I en ( " siensd with providing he had made proper application , on account of his being in the service of the company .

      DisinEssixo Occurrence at Dunbar . —A most distressing catastrophe occurred here yesterday ( Wednesday ) , by which ten individuals have been drowned . The Red Rover fishing-boat , of Buckhaven , with a crew of six men , William Thompson , master , in 'iking the old harbour , about midway , was driven among the rocks and totaVy wrecked . Three ol the crew were instantly drowned . The mniter got on to a rock and was saved . His brother reached a small rock , near the iron pole , which is sin-rounded by deep water , and covered at full tide , against which the sea was fearfully breaking . Main * frir . tless attempts were made to rescue him . As a v st attempt Lieutenant Wylde , of the preventive se ; .-ice ; Mr . . Lucas , chief boatman , with four sep

      taring men I 'longing to the town , whose names were David Darg , Peter Darg , William Miller , and William Clement , volunteered tlieir services , and in a fishing-boat' boldly ventured out . They had nearly reached the rock when the poor man was washed off , but he kept up for a short time and nearcd the boat . The crew had almost succeeded in catching his hand , when a sea struck the boat and drove it among the rocks behind the pier , where , melancholy to mention , it was dashed to pieces , and the whole crew drowned . The object of their solicitude was carried to sea , and met the same fate . It is distressing to think of tlic extent of affliction which this fearful event has occasioned . Lieutenant Wylde , Mr . Lucas , Peter

      Darg , and William Clement , were married men , and all of them , except Mr . Lucas , have left families . The two former were excellent seamen , and much respected in Dunbar . The state of excitement and gloom which this melancholy occurrence has occasioned among a" classes is verv great . It is not know . 1 what caused the Red Rover to attempt Dunbar with such a feaiail swell in shore . She had not l } en fishing there for some days , and not more than st boats belonging to the station had ventured to the hsbing-ground on the preceding evening . It is thought she was well fished , and from the circumstances of few Dunbar boats being out , expected a more ready market for her cargo . —Edinburgh Herald

      Dreadful Suicide . —On Friday week Dr . M'Carthy county coroner , held an inquest at Rathmines , near Dublin , on view of the body of Mr . Frederick Howard a gentleman of property , who resided there , and who had shot himself that morning about twelve o ' clock w tii a gun . The greatest excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood , and a large crowd of persons was co ected about the place . The body presented an hS ;; W T n the hcad ™» all « ost literally b own oft the shoulders , and the gun was certainly placed in a curious position under the side-board 1 he circumstances caused some difficulty to the im-v ' as they could not well account for the position of tiie gun . it appeared that the deceased pushed the trigger with the ramrod , and so violent was the shock that the stock was torn from the piece , and a quantity ot shot ( with which the gun was loaded ) entered the ceiling . Death must havc been quite instantaneous . Deceased was well known in the countv mi

      acity , anil was a grand juror in both . A number of witnesses were examined , who deposed , apparently with sufficient clearness , to the fact of the deceased having been for some time of unsound mind that he imagined that a conspiracy existed against him ; and that he had stated in the previous week that he did not think any man safe from the ' « US system" that was practised by the police . The iu " - / however , found the following verdict :- " We find thut the said Frederick llowaru was found laltthl backbreakfas parlour , on Friday , August 22 with thebrainsof his head fractured onthe rightsideS several blood-vessels ruptured , then lying ^ n h si ouse at Rathmines , m the county of Dublin that M « death was caused by leaden Io 1 & TIL ?? . ™

      gun or pistol , but whether said shot was fired by deceased in an unsound state of mind , or bv the hand of another person , said jury cannot say . " It was S ? i » W l 0 Ck WhCn thC JUry ™ < " « ff

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      iNCENnumr I * irk at FoLKiNoiiAM . — At three o ' clock on Sunday morning the inhabitants of Folkingham , in the county of Lincoln , were suddenly alarmed by a cry of " Fire . '" and great numbcio rose from " their beds and rushed to the extensive stack-yard and promises at the back of the Greyhound Inn , occupied by Mr . Casswell , where they found a large granary filled with oats enveloped in flames , threatening inevitable destruction to the several surrounding stacks of newly got in hay . Water from a neighbouring we ' , supplied in abundance the excellent engine provided for the town by Sir G . Ileathcote ; and to this circumstance , combined with the wet state of the stacks , owing to the heavy rain which had been fn ^ ng without intermission for two hours , may be attributed the preservation of property

      amounting in value to several thousand pounds . The lire for a considerable peri-d raged with unabated fmy , reflecting an ; nimense light for miles around , but happily it was confined to the building and the materials inside it . How this mischief occurred is _ not known , but from tho circumstance of the building being locked up it s very strongly conjectured to have been the act of an incendiary . ' Suspicion fell upon some Irish labourers in the neighbourhood , with whom some unpleasantness had taken place a day or two before ; there , however , was no proof sufficient to warrant the ' " apprehension . Tho alarm was given by Thorn . '" - Burrows , keeper of the New Inn tap , which is contiguous to the stack-yard . This is the second fire that has taken place upon nearly the same spot within a few months .

      Explosion- at BisnorwEARJiouin Iroxworks . — On Tlnr . day , the 21 st inst ., an inquest was held at Sunderland , before Mr . Maynard , coroner , on view of the bod <* of a youth named William Irving , who had met with his death under the following circnnistanccs : —It aipearcd that Messrs . Richardson and Co ., the proprietors of the above extensive works have lately purchased a quantity of cannon , bomb ! she " s , ifcc , no longer fit lor naval service , from the Board of Ordnance , for the purpose of melting them down to met . - ' . It was the practice ( and strict orders were given by the manager to the workmen that this should always le done ) , before putting these shells into the furnace , to break them with large hammers - but on Wednesday morning , contrary to these evl

      press directions , a large shell had been put into flic furnace whole and without being carefully examined Uniortunately , it contained part of a chai * "c of powder , and almostimnici'iafcly exploded . The fur . nace was blown to atoms , and the above-named youth , who was onl" fifteen years of age , struck by the materials am . killed on the spot . Two of the workmen , named Joseph Shaw and Edward Pollard , who were sonic dis * nnccfrom tlienlaee , were also seriously injured . They were removed to Bishopweannouth Infirmary , and now lie iu a very precarious state . Had any other persons been near tlic furnace , they must havc I . m ki' ' ed by tho explosion . The jury after hearing the above facts , returned a verdict of "Accident . " I death . "

      DiiSTituciivE Fire at Peckhasi . —On Monday night , ' tween the hours of eight and nine o ' clock , a fire broke out in the back premises belonging to Mr . Wm . Walton , corn-dealer , situate in Iligh-street , Beckham . It originated : n the stabling , immc d ately at the rear of the dwelling-house . Owing , however , to the great scarcity of water and the highly combustible nature of the stock , icwasuith the utmost i , ; fficulty that the horses could be rescued ; as it was , one of the an' nals , a very spirited and valuable one , was severely burned . From Mr . Wf ' . ton ' s buildings the flames extended to the outhouses of Mv . James Leave , and from thence to the stabling in the c pupation of Mr . Howard , a carpenter and joiner , the whole of which at one time were

      blazing away with the greatest fury , threatening destruction to the front dwelling-houses . Ti ) e inhabitants and firemen at length succeeded , with the aid of buckets of water , and by pulling dow n some contiguous sheds , in extinguishing the flames . The damage , however , is very considerable . Destructive Fiee at Liverpool . —[ From the second edition of the Liverpool Mercury of Friday . ]—Just as n » were going to press last night , word reached the fiio police station that the sugar-warehouse and premises of Messrs . Parry and Lightfoot , Ellenborough-street , were on fire . Mr . Hewitt , with his usual promptitude , immediately dispatched several engines , water-carts , anil a large number of the fire brigade . By the time they i ™ a reached the scene of destruction , which was about luilf .

      past ten o ' clock , the fire had made considerable progms , having completely destroyed the upper story , and was rapidly proceeding through the roof . Shortly after eleven o ' clock the roof of tho sugar house f 11 in , and the total destruction of the building teamed inevitable . The scene at this period was most distressing , the premises being situated in a densely , populated neighbourhood , and in the midst o- the poorest inhabitants . A general move was made oa the part of the inmates of various dwellings around to muvu their furniture and goods , and what with the hurry and bustle of the poor creatures , who were rushing to and fro , in a state of frenzy and desperation , aud the crying and scream , ing of the women and children , the scene can better be imagined than portrayed . In spite of all remonstrances the poor un f ortunate people eou / d not be prevailed upon to al'ow tlieir goods to remain in tho dwellings , iu

      consequence of which many of them lost portions of their furlrture and other articles . About a quarter to 12 o ' clock the fire had- cached its utmost limits in Ellenborough-street , but no sooner had the flames been got well under in this part of the premises , than it was discovered that the warehouse adjoining , fronting 'Wellington-street , had caught , two of the upper stories of which were ascertained to Le completely 011 fire . The rooms being partly empty , assisted materially the progress of the flames , and the tire spread rapidly for some time . The warehouse , width is six stories high , was filled in the lower rooms with cotton and molasses . The fourth story was soon emptied of its contents , as were the rest , to admit of room for the lirebrigade to act , and in about an hour and a half from the time of the discovery the flames were got under to so great an extent as to place all apprehensions of the further destruction of property beyond doubt . The total loss is roughly estimated at between £ 5000 and £ 0000 .

      Uxited Trades' Association for the Employmext of Labour in Agriculture axd JIaxufactures . —A m eting of the board of directors was held on Monday morn i ng , Augast 25 th , at the office , 30 , Hyde-street , Blcomsbnry ; Mr . Robon , vicenresident , in the chair . Arrangements were entered into for the production of a periodical ( weekly ) , under the title of the " Trades' Weekly Register . " The correspondence read shows the country to be quite alive to the Land movement . In one letter , from a single society , application was made for one huni ' -ed shares .

      U . yiTED Trades' Association for the Pjiotectio . v of Ixbustrt . —The central committee met at their office , 30 , Hyde-street , Bloomsbury , on Monday , August 25 th ; Mr . Booth , vice- - -resident , in the chair . Various letters of a cheerm- ; character were read from numerous provincial Trades , and deputations appointed to wait on the several Metropolitan Trades' Societies . Turx-out of Shoemakers at Hetwood . —Tlio Shoemakers of this town issued a statement to their employers for a uniformity of wages throughout the town , which we are happy to say lias been agreed to by all the masters , with the exception of one , of the name of Patrick Wall , who , although professing to be a friend to the working classes and a Chartist , sti'l continues to hold out against this just demand of the trade .

      Lancashire Mixers . —The next cc-neral delegate meet ing of Lancashire Miners will tanc place on Monday , September 8 th , at the sign of the Red laor , Blackrod ; chair to betaken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . There will also beapublicmeetiiiir , which wi'l be addressed by W . P . Roberts , Esq ., and several other gentlemen . The levy forthe fortnight , including general contribution and law fund , will" he Is . 8 d . per member . Persons calling themselves members of the Miners' Association , coming into Lancashire , will not bo recognised as such unl ess they produce printed credentials , properly attested by the secretary of the lodge or district to which they have belonged , ' and duly stamped with the district seal .

      Yorkshire Miners . —The next general delegate meeting of the Miners of Yorkshire will be held at the house of Mr . Samuel llowbottom , the Unicarn Inn , Adwalton , on Saturday , September Cth , toconi ' mence at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . _ The Mixers of Blackburn . — Mr . Bccslcy delivered a lecture at Belthorn , to the turn-out colliers , on Sunday evening hist . lie spoke upwards of a « hour ; after which a resolution was come to by the men , to the effect that sooner than go to wi-vk on the terms of their masters , they would leave the collici / and seek employment elsewhere . A most excellent feeling prcvai ' cil : and several at once determine })

      to go elsewhere and obtain work . Mr . Bccslcy « ' » u attend at Belthorn every Sunday until the strike terminates . —A Trades' delegate Meeting took place at Mr . Nurtoii ' s , Tcmperanac Hotel , King-stiw , Blackburn , on Tuesday , the 26 th inst ,, to take into consideration the case of Mr . Simpson ' s colliers-B -solutions were agreed to that every exertion should be used to get the men supported ; ami th at circu lars should be printed , calling a delegate meeting ot an descriptions of Trades , to be held at Mr . Kwto" > Temperance Hotel , next Tuesday evening , a" « ° " every subsequent Tuesday , until the men rctuva 10 work .

      Fate of a Specvlator . —Mr . John Raj ; , ot Lo " don , succeeded , sonic time ago , to a t 01 ' "' . 1 £ 00 , 000 . II c began speculating with it in the bto ^ Exchange , lost all , and died suddenly , the »' ctJ 1 before last , in a state of utter destitution .

      Printed By Dougal M'Gowan, Of 17, Great ...

      Printed by DOUGAL M'GOWAN , of 17 , Great Wiadffl ' ^ street , "eaymarket , in the City of Westmin » at Office in the same Street and Parish , for Hie prietor , FL ' -ARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., andpuWisne / William Hewitt , of No . 18 , Charles-stree t , Bw » street , Walwt tth , in the Parish of St . Mary , * w tov , in the Coi - "ity of Surrey , atthe Oftce , * Strand , in the Parish St . Aiary-le-Strand , CityofWestminste . ' ' ' isaturday , . August 3 ff » 18 «»

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 30, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_30081845/page/8/