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MONDAY . _^ . The Potatoe Chop . —Many of the _* raflM . lfc clergymen , who have a much more ***? _fc _T acquaintance with the people and their iot _r - on than the clergy of any other nation upon _^ i and who are much more efficient judges " ¦" the subject than all the Government comuiis-81 , 011 -have within the last week given it as their £ i 0 _" _^ that the total loss of what appeared sound of O 1 _' « otetoc crop is fast approaching . It must be i _*' _P jn m - md that the Roman Catholic clergy of _"""fnd _wn 0 si tm _^ ° P ' > receive their _un-Itf rl j ro nressions Irom a source from which no _Go-^ ment agent can expect it , and that so far from Ter y nonsense of the priests leading or misleading 1 ncople being true , itis the people who lead the - -ts to sound conclusions , the priests in turn _direct-•^ tbc necessary action , and especially on a subject _ATisu oi wnicu
HcJi is " ear ever J man , anu ne _iv therefore be supposed to have some knowledge J _^ _i cosmnox of his food ) . It may not be out of nee to state two facts here , which will account for i . at appears paradoxical to the English mind . The ne is th * _^ acfc tua _^ _-kku P _^ _Pfe ua _** * _l detest , jj _^^ ard and disrespect , and think it an hononr to vio _! at c » the Saxon laws . The other is , that tho £ 0 n _ -ui Catholic clergy have been thai * trainers in _« f _ s thought , and their abettors in resistance . Kow , e 3 dniit both facts , and honour the priests andthe people because they are sustainable upon every principle of kw aa _^ _justfc _* 5 - The triumph of England over Ireland was niarked by thc degradation , the coercion , the chastisement , the punishment , and _de-Iflsenient of the Roman Catholic priesthood _nx law .
3 } vlaws the most penal , the most savage , the most barbarous that ever disgraced a statute-book . This _ljarbarity , added to the indomitable courage of tbe Banian Catholic priesthood , served to make them olijects of admiration as well as of reverence , and to establish their double claim to popular sympathy and support . The shafts of the law were always aimed at tlic poor priest , while the most tender of the flock in turn became a little shepherd to guard the hunted pastor . Tliis state of things very naturally produced and knit the bonds of affection between priests and people , and rendered them mutually dependent upon each other for counsel and support . The priest was thc only man above his own station in life to whom the peasant could look for any consolation , and his
complaint being alwaysof tkelaw , and the law always being the priest ' s avowed and bitter enemy , the priest taught the people to hate the law , while the people consulted together how they could break the law made for the prostration of their religion and the humiliation of their pastors , and until time and the restoration of the Roman Catholic _clergy of Ireland to their proper position shall heal this old and deep wound , the priests and the people will hate thc Saxon laws as much as ever they did , and we honour them for it . As this is a very interesting subject , and one upon which the mind of England has been grossly misled and deceived , we sbalf further illustrate our position by indisputable facts , and we shall show that it is not so much to Protestantism , to Orangeism , or
Landlordism , as to tbe Saxon law , tbat the Irish people are opposed . For instance , then , we will suppose that the most griping clergyman , the most rackrent landlord , or the most bloody Orangeman , whose _jivas have been spent in nets of tyranny and oppression , to come within the fangs of the law ; that Is , suppose a judgment , or other legal process , to be executed against either landlord , parson , or Orangeman , the Tery parties who have been oppressed by both one and the other will watch night and day to take vengeance on the Saxon law through the miserable process server or sherifl ' s officer , whose only offence has been so far his connection with the administration of Saxon law . Hence we have solved another riddle , and one which required solution ,
because we honour both priests and people for their hostility , opposition , and courage . "We now resume the subject of the potatoe . ltappearstkatthespeculators _having laid in their stock , have now succeeded in _fordnji an illegitimate rise inthe price of the articie , and thus we have to face the double calamity of potatoe famine in Ireland , and low wages famine in England ; while it is a notorious fact that the culpable negligence of Government , thc iguorance of the _starchv Irish commissioners , the folly of the Irish landlords , the tricks of the Irish patriots , and tse speculation of the Irish "food forestallers , " have combined to _caose the consumption , the waste , and
loss of a scanty crop to an enormous extent , les , we aver that panic gave rise to thc notion , a correct one too , that the potatoes would not keep ; this notion created glutted markets , glutted markets created low prices , and low prices created waste , so that , in point of fact , panic has served its end ; and now die patriots are beginning to get afraid of tlieir own monster , and hence we- find some of those patriots , made dumb by Whig patronage , enforcing upon the Government the necessity of meeting an evil which they themselves might have prevented . We give the following as a specimen of what the Irish patriots propoBe as a meaus of staving off then
own trial : — "Resolved , —That tlie several commissioners which of late years Lave inquired iuto the state of Ireland , all concur in demonstrating that the misery , poverty , aud destitution of tlie people are extreme . " Tliat this unhappy state , mainly caused by want of _emitlujinent , will , we have reason to dread , he frightfully increased in the approaching season hy tlie progressively augmenting malady that has seized on the potatoe crop . " That to avoid the evils of the impending famine , every eiertiou should be made to procure employment for the people , aud that speedy legislation on the Irish railway bills , of which so many notices have been given , would great ! v promote such employment .
" That the facility for passing such railway hills would le greatly increased were the inquiries on them to take place in Dublin , much expense would thereby be saved to tlie promoters , much inconvenience avoided bythe witnesses , and much money retained to fructify in Ireland that , under the present system , is spent in London . " That therefore our respected chairman , Sir G . Tlodson , Bart ., he requested in the name of this board to lay these onr nnanimous resolutions before the lord Lieutenant , and to pray h _' s Excellency to use his influence wilh her Majesty ' s Government to induce them speedily to caU rarb _ mic . it together , and to adopt such measures as will enable all _inquiries on railway bills to sit without delay in Dublin . " Signed on behalf of the meeting , " _( _Jeobge IIodson , Bart ., Chairman ,
" Kathdown Union . . Now _letit be borne in mind , that this Mr . Christopher _Pitzsimon , the Clerk of the Ilanaper , a snug berth , is-Mr . _O'Conncll's son-in-law , and was llepcal member for the county of Dublin , whieh he sold for thc clerkship ofthe Ilanaper , and our conclusion is , that there must be something very tempting or very threatening in famine when it makes the _^ _a / _Jva _/** , who have been so long dumb , speak out . Q—Does 2 Ur . Pitzsimon consider his salary as a _sinecurtst any injustice towards Ireland ? and does it require the Repeal ofthe Union to induce him to surrender it to the Saxon Government ? Wc are now about to stale one other fact connected with Irish patriotism . Jt is a fact , whieh wc assert upon the authority of one ofthe highest _lesal functionaries in Ireland , and if not truewe shall be happy to receive a contradiction of
, it from the Nation or the Freeman ' s Journal . The fact , as stated to us , is this—that Mr . O'Dwyer , Repeal member for Drogheda , was sopped off , bythe Whins , upon a salary of _£ < 3 C 0 a-year , for which he had to do little , not much , —that his oifiee has since been abolished , and paradoxical as it may appeal' , we arc informed that Mr . O'Dwyer receives a compensation OF _THHEE _THOUSAND AXD SIXTY _POCXOS l * i 5 R Axxnsi for doing nothing , in lieu of six hundred a year for doing little ; and the question we HOW ask IS , whether thc three thousand and sixty pounds a year , or the three thousand and sixty pounds , was given to Mr 0 'l > wver for compensation , and in either _cass , will " the dumb patriot require the Repeal of the Union to induce him to surrender the _hewaud or tirtce * Oh 1 Ireland hasa terrible account to settle with her friends as well as her foes .
State of Ireland . —It appears that a special commission is to issue for the trial of theperepns charged with the attempt to murder Sir Francis Hopkins , in tke conntv of Westmeath , while we learn that Mr . _Llovd , of Longford House , xodocot the best _Lixnmbd ix the wonu ) , and the poor man ' s magistrate , has b » cn fired at in _^ he county Tipperary—that a man named Gailmariin has been fired at through the window of the house , and severely wounded in the head , and that a man named Molowney , also inthe countv Tipperarv , has been killed for taking land over the heads of parties that were ejected . This , we fear , _isonlvthebc 0 inningofthcend . . _ExGLixa . —Tl / e all-absorbing topic , in every circle , and in everv newspaper , is the timely conversion of
Lord John Russell to the principle of tree traue , ana thc nsrnEMEDiTATEncoixciDEXCE of onsiox between the noble lord and the ex-Secretary lor Ireland , Lord Morpeth . As far as we can learn from the most legitimate sources , HER JIAJESTT _* s suimects , we are happv to find that thev are perfectly alive to the Whig dodge and will be prepared to resist to the deatli- Some of our letters have such _sigmhcant passages as this— "Well , Fergus , isn't * that a sew 3 I 0 _TE ? Eh i bnt tou were right , and if they come oat at _, won't we floor them . You must be up and at them again , and never fear the people . ' Ue will be up and at them _again , and we never did tear don t
the people , the Whigs , nor the League , and we fear them now . , , ... The Stock _Exchange—The bloodsuckers and the _Gexevese Traveller who writes for the Tmms have got afraid of their own " thunder , " and are now _endeavouring to mitigate those fears created brtne Oro Son cloud , as their stocks have already suffered woel ' ullv from the apprehension of war . 'lhe majority ef English capitalists would just as soon trade in human blood , human suffering , and human misery , as in railway scrip ; and this is one of the greatest horrotsofanunconstitutionaloligarchy . Thealarmed bring the old trickster , Daniel Webster , to their am , as if this moueF " bawd" was America , and because Daniel Webster makes a speech _aaainst the uncon-
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ditional assumptionof the Oregonterritory _. themoneymongers have actually succeeded in getting stocks up a bit . We shall now put our opinion upon record With reference to this Oregon question . We hate war , nor do we look to the weakness of England , by which is meant the over-taxation of her industrious people , to bear the expense of war as a popular triumph . We speak not of the legitimate claim of the republic tothe _whole of theOregon territory in dispute ; we do not f , top to inquire whether or no the immediate casus belli is the apprehension least the English Hudson Bay Fur Company should take possession pending negotiations ot the most important posts of the Commanding positions of that territory ; we do not stop to inquire whether 900 Englishmen .
under the double protection of the bye-laws of an association and of Acts of Parliament , shall have committed depredation upon the rights of four thousana Americans ; nor do we stop to ask what the benefit to either country would be of the possession of more land than either of them can possibly want ; but we do hesitate to inquire of what possible benefit the war- can be to the people of the respective countries who will have to bear all the burthens . We fling frttin our minds the debasing expectation of any national improvement through the bloody process of " murdering , wherever it takes place . The long continuance of an European war created lewdness , presumption , and expense anions : our aristocracy ; while tlie power that war ever confers upon the great , has ,
above all other enemies , keptdown the rising genius ol political progression . War is a thing that may bc jocosely canvassed by those who have not to bear its horrors , to feel its wounds , or suffer its desolation . War may be a joke with those who fatten upon its fruits ; but war is a thing not to be thought lightly of by those who have to bear all its hardships . We hope that the day is not fa * distant when all national disputes will be submitted to the wise arbitration ol nations having a mutual interest in the preservation of peace , and , therefore , as we look to the inseparable interests of eveiy member ofthe American Republic to set us a wise example , in this instance we trust that rather than embroil brothers , _fathcrs /' and sons in an unnatural war , which is only to add an incumbrance of more land to already overstocked states , tbat we think the matter should be left to
arbitration , rather than to the sword and the bullet . War is to trade what the hotbed is to the plant , it forces it but strengthens it not in its growth ; while peace is as the pure air of heaven , which forces it not , but strengthens it till it arrives at a wholesome maturity . We conclude our comment upon this painful subject with the following extract from the letter of a Genevese traveller to the Times . Thc writer says ' . — "If , however , on this point I mistake the feelings of die British Ministry , _tlien war is inevitable , and a war in wliich every American , of every faction , loill cordially and zealously unite . ' Let the reader compare the above , which a peared in the Times of Monday , December 1 st , with the following passage from the Star of Saturday : — "Thus the leading journals of both sides would endeavour to foment strife between the Northern and Southern
States , and sow open their eyes to the abominations of slavery . "We will say merely a word here upon the relative destructive capabilities of the two nations . Our fire-ships may , in passing , pay their compliments to Sandy Ilook , and may bury _isew York in its ashes , it is true ; but if we consign their buildings to ashes , as the old women , in olden times , cast their tea to the dee - _, may not their successors consign their cotton to the same element ?* " " Pooh , pooh , nonsense , " responded the speculators who know not the meaning of patriotism , " the Southern States know their interest too well . " True , so they may ; but a war oi pride will absorb all personal considerations and private interests , and _tfie battle cry will not be " cotton and money , " but" liberty and vengeance . " "li their subjects were wise _. War is a game that princes would not play at . "
People of JEngland , avoid war as you would avoid plague , pestilence , and famine , if Napoleon had not been a tyrant looking for his own personal aggrandisement , and if a long war against his aggressors had not been undertaken , you would have had your land and your Charter long since . Therefore again we say , amid war .
TUESDAY . IiiELAsn . —Railway Speculation . —We take the following graphic account of railway affairs from the London papers of this morning , ' and Irom the Northern Whig of Saturday : — Railwas Speculations . — The recent failures iii Dublin , and circumstances connected with one in particular , to which it would not be prudent to allude , have thrown a gloom over the city , which , if but one-fifth of the curreut rumour , turn out to be well founded , it would be difficult to foretell the ultimate consequences . -Money is scarce and difficult to be obtained at any sacrifice . The _prices of provisions are rising every day , and owing to tbe suspension of business hy several large establishments a number of persons -will be deprived of
respectable and profitable employment . The panic in railway speculations must by this have nearly reached a crisis . Private sales were , I am informed , made within the last two days at a loss to the _scUers which a few months ago would be regarded as wholly incredible ; and these not the scrip of any of the numberless bubble lines which are just now worth so much waste paper , but shares in what were deemed legitimate and solvent projects , and which with a deposit of £ 2 10 s . paid realized a premium ranging from £ 7 to £ 3 and upwards . These very shares could only be go 1 _* id of no later than yesterday by the holders submitting to part with them at a discount of £ 3 each . The following melancholy statement bearing upon this subject appears in the Northern _Wliig of yesterday : —
"An English friend of ours , who called at our office yesterday on business , gave us the following account of the melancholy results of railway speculation . It was contained in a letter to him , from a friend in the north of England . The parties referred to are aU personal friends ofhis family ; and it is to be feared that the details but too faithfully represent a wide and extending field of misery and ruin brought about by the mania of railway speculation . The following is an extract from the communication : — 'Trade here is in an awfully stagnant state ; and we are expecting such a crash as has seldom or never heen known in Ii . You will , before this , have heard of poor H 's suicide . The family have wisely kept all as secret as possible ; but speculation bas left his widow and child dependent on
tlieir friends for everything . His widow will be confined of her second child in the ensuing month . A has stopped payment ; he has lost in speculation £ 12 , 000 . He is able to offer Cs . Sd . in the pound , wliich will be accepted . I * poisoned himself this morning , solely from the consequences of injudicious share-jobbing . He leaves a huge family witli sorry prospects . Twenty years of unsullied reputation have thus been blasted by six months of folly . P ¦ and Co . have shut up ; and they have told me themselves that they have not one penny left . Six months ago II came into the house with a capital of £ 5 , 000 , and it is all gone . "We have many more minor cases of suffering ; and perhaps no family iu this district can say that , individually and relatively , they are unscathed by this devastating mania . "'
Is not this horrible ? In our summary of last week we stated that three shocking suicides had occurred within the week in Liverpool , aud here we have two of them accounted for . The other case was as follows : — A person withawifeand family , who had gone beyond his depth in railway speculation , hired a boat for the ostensible purpose ofa pleasure trip , and as soon as he found himself in a convenient situation , he threw himself overboard , exclaiming , in agony , "The railways have done this ; oh , my poor wile and family !" Consequences of _Fashxe , asd IiASDLOrb 1 ykaxxt . —The Limerick Chronicle of Saturday contains the following : —
" To show that no rank or station , from the humble cottier to the noble peer , is safe from outrage , which now is become a system in the country , we have to announce tbat on Thursday evening last , so earlyassix o ' clock , the gatekeeper ' s lodge at Mountshannon , the seat of Lord Clare , was entered by an armed party , who demanded a gun , and abused the inmates when they could not find ? lie prize they sought . The Earl of Clare has offered a reward of £ -30 for the discovery of the audacious miscreants . What tain be the object of such daring aggres-SlOUS as this indicates on a nobleman resident in Ireland , who expends a large f jrtune in labour and improvements upon his demesne and estate , all the year round , in which his tenants beneficially participate , and whose excellent private character is a theme for praise aud model of imitation in every circle of society ? We cannot believe the magistrates of Castlecounell will remain inert under this 'i oss affront to the highest and most esteemed member ___(• __! _u-. _ir order iii that district . In the neighbomlioadof
Newcastle , near tbis city , notices are posteddemauding an increase of wages and a reduction of rent . At Bridgetown , in the county of Clare , notices have been posted , signed * Molly Maguire , ' not to pay rents ; the tenants to keep the money in their pockets , and to have the fear of _Jlolly before them . On Thursday night a notice was served on a farmer named Arabill , at Erina , in the county of Clare , the estate of Sir Hugh _DiUon Massey , not to pay rent , and warning the other tenants to follow his example . Eight armed men were observed traversing that district a few nights before . " Such ever has been the result , and such ever must be the result of tvranny , oppression , and bad laws ; and had not Providence now aud then afforded opportunities such as the present famine presents , ior _bringing tlie foul deeds oUhe best landlords m the world , and thc poor man's _Justices to justice , we should still continue to hear of their great sacrijices and liberality , and of the foul and base i . _igratltude of the barbarous Irish people .
m _IIdnger will Break through Stose Walls . —The following is from the A'rtfccmiy Moderator : — MOTWr IS KlLKENST . _GiOL .-Mr . Duncan , the _go vernor of the citv prison , having lately received private infoimatiouthatan attempt to effect an escape was in contemplation amongst the prisoners , and that the acting liberty-man , a person named Quirk , under sentence for burglary , was concerned in the conspiracy , active measures were adopted to prevent the success of the project , and the liberty-man was changed . On Thursday morning , between ten and eleven o ' clock , Quirk having beeu sent into the yard to work with other prisoners , the conspirators at once perceived that their plot was discovered and their hopes of success destroyed ; where-
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upon , acting at the instigation of Quirk , some of them refused to work . The governor , -finding them thus engaged in a mutiny , directed the turnkeys to remove the ringleaders and to place them in solitary confinement . The mutineers , however , resisted , pelted the turnkeys with large stones , and knocked the governor down , Mr , Dnucan ' sson having given the alarm at theMaypr ' s-office , _Head-constable Lynn , with a party of police , was promptly in attendance , and after a desperate resistance , succeeded in placing the mutineers in irons . The Mayor andthe local inspector arrived almost immediately at the prison , and having investigated the ease , informations were sworn by their directions on Friday against the conspirators . —Kilkenny Moderator . Address of the Tipperary Magistrates to the British Public—We give the following puling appeal from the above worthies to the British public : —
From August , 1844 , to February , 1845 , there occurred in this riding of Tipperary sixteen murders , sixteen attempted murders , and fifty-two cases of firing into houses , robberies for arms , grievous assaults , and threatening notices . To each succeeding Government , bave representations and recommendations been forwarded from the magistracy of this county , similar to those contained iu our late address , and the answer received is in spirit still the same as though the day were gone by when measures of coercion for Ireland could be proposed to Parliament with any chance of success . We hold a different opinion . Jealousy may exist as to anything like an infringement on political rights . We confine ourselves as magistrates , to the reeommendation of extraordinary measures when all else has failed , to prevent the continuance of a _system of terror and assassination , and in this righteous cause
we deem ourselves entitled to call on good men of all parties , without distinction , for tlieir support and assistance . The measures which we especially recommend are as follow—first , that a modified insurrection act be placed on the statute-book , to be resorted to by Government only in the case of any particular barony of a county , which shall appear to the Lord Lieutenant and Privy Council to require the same ! and secondly , the creation of a law" imposing a fine on any district where a murder , or attempt to murder , shah have occurred , the proceeds to be paid over to the family ofthe injured party . The insurrection act to which we refer would empower the authorities to enter all houses by night . Persons absent from thoir homes , or strangers discovered in houses not their usual places of residence , will be obliged to account for themselves , and , failing to do so satisfactorily , might be brought before a
military tribunal or a special commission , and subjected to severe punishment . Such a measure would at least afford security during the night to the houses of the humbler classes , who might then be induced with less reluctance to come forward as witnesses in a court of justice . The bad characters , most of whom are well known to the police , would soon be expelled from the country , and detection would be more likely to follow the commission ofthe crime of murder , inasmuch as the perpetrators of such acts are usually strangers who come from a distance . In the sanguine hope that we have not in vain addressed this remonstrance to the British public , aiid that the majority of our representatives , of all shades of political opinion , may be prepared to advocate in Parliament the cause of true freedom , and fearlessly stand forward in defence of tbe outraged rights of humanity , We remain , fellow countrymen , your faithful servants , Dunallev , Chairman .
Let the English reader reflect upon the above appearing simultaneously with the coercion Whigs attempt to regain power . Think of their modesty . The measures which they specially recommend are , firstly , a modified insurrection act to be placed on the statute book . Ah ! you tyrants , your Liberator has placed one there already ! Secondly , the creation of a law , imposing a fine on any district where a murder , or attempt to murder , shall have occurred , the proceeds to be paid over to the family of the injured party . Aye , aye , we'll agree to that ; but , firstly , let us have a measure placed on the statute book to discover who the murderers are ! and we wager our existence that all the money in your coffers would not atone for one-half of the murders you have committed within the last forty-live years . The worthies goon
— 'the insurrection act to which we refer would empower the aut / torities to enter all houses b y ni ght . " you burglars , that was the worst part of your Coercion Bill , and then they proceed thus— "Persons absent from their homes , or strangers discovered in houses not their usual places of residence , would be obliged to account for themselves , and failing to do so satisfactorily , might be brought before a military tribunal , or a special commission , and subjected to severe punishment . " Here we have the military courtsmartial again in 1815 . If we were dubious as to the real condition ofthe Irish peasantry , and if we were at a loss for any justification for their acts of revenge , we find both the one and the other in the exordium of the address to the British publie , which was too lengthy to publish ; but from which , however , we
select the following landlord _condemnation . They say , " the Irish peasant occupies a thatched cabin , in most cases with a frail and ill-fastened door , and without the probability of escape ( now how you would snaffle them ) , he and his family are exposed , during the long nights of winter , to the vengeance of thc ruffians , against whose laws he mav have offended , " Oh ! horrible , here ' s a state for a people to Jive in . in mud cabins , with a frail and ill-fastened door , and ¦ w ithout the probability of escape from the laws of tlie ruffians who hunt them like wild beasts . This document is signed by the _nobms chairman nnd _ fifty of his brother nobles , and as they ask for a response from the British public , we give it as follows : — "Noble Lord a _« d Gentlemen Tyrants—We , the British public , having read and carefully considered your address ,
beg leave to express our horror at the acts ot vengeance to which your unmitigated acts of tyranny have driven a brave , a generous , and confiding people . Are you aware , my lord and gentlemen , that your heartlessness has become a by-word with the British public , and are you aware that we , the British public , have entered into a solemn league and covenant with the Irish people to secure for tliem houses with wellhistened doors , and from which there will be no necessity for them to fly in the dead hour ofthe night , and into whicli there will be no possibility of your entering without being subjected to that penalty which the law inflicts upon thieves who break into other people ' s houses at night . —We remain , my lord and gentlemen , your uncompromising friend , _x John Charter , Chairman .
The Potatoe Cnor . —An Irish gentleman writes to the Times , stating that its commissioner knows nothing at all about the potatoe disease , but , at tho same time , stating that his own crop is all either gone or going . We also learn that provisions of every kind are getting up to an enormous price . England . —The Russell Dodge . —Thomas Wakley , M . P . for Finsbury , and coroner for Middlesex , seems determined to lose no time in tendering his allegiance to the Russell dodge . ' Now , this is scarcely fair , as Mr . Wakley ' s brother , anil some more of his family , have tasted the sweets of office under Tory patronage . We should like to know what pickings above £ 1 , 200 a year Mr . Wakley , official assignee for the Newcastle district , receives ? And when this is answered , we have a few more clumsy questions to
ask . "Last night Mr . Wakley , M . P ., attended at the George Inn Coffee House , ilolborn , to meet thp overseers ofthe several metropolitan parishes , whom he hud invited by advertisement , to discuss the propriety of calling upon the Government to throw open the ports , or repeal the Corn Laws . " A ' ow , this uotice is very significant , but unfortunntely the number who accepted the invitation being si few , only eight or ten , the meeting separated without coming to any other resolution than to try another go . Our friends will bear in mind tbat during the last days of Whiggery , we _designated Tom Wakley , Joe Hume , Arthur Roebuck , William Henry Ward , William
Molesworth , John _leinpic Lender , anil some lew others , as the _rottex _statf of Whiggery , who , although they now and then proposed what they considered popular measures to secure their position with the people , that _neverthelesss they were ever ready to fly to the rescue when the Whigs were in danger . We have no doubt that those worthies , every one of whom are yet unfortunately in Parliament , will endeavour to get up some other new move , professing to go beyond Whiggery , and determined to push Whiggery beyond the mere principle of free trade when _raEV get i . _vto office . Against these , our old , our implacable , and most wily foes , we must be prepared to take the field , for if we let them they ' ll
SELL US AGAIX . The Oregon . —The Times of this morning has discovered what we announced in our yesterday ' s summary , that Air . Daniel Webster not only is xot America , but that he is only the puny leader of a puny minority . The question of the Oregon , notwithstanding the desire of the press of both factions to modify American feeling towards England , is still doing its work on 'Change , although the improvement we noted yesterday has rather increased to-day . Irish Hatred of Saxon Law . — The I _/ _mics of this morning favours us , with an article upon the above subject , but is unable to discover the causes from which we traced the xatukai _. _avsrsiox in our summary of yesterday . We wish we could spare room for the article from the Times . Really the London press is daily establishing the character of prophet for the Northern Star .
Tuk Whig Press axd the New Dodge . —The managers of the 31 orning Chronicle have been taking vast pains to have the tirst pluck at the new pigeon , The breath of the little Lord has fanned into new life special trains , and " extraordinary expresses , " and all the old appliances of Whiggery . Its columns teem with the most absurd and ill-reasoned calculations upon industrial support , and in order to strengthen our assertion , that the working classes are to look for nothing more than the increased profit of capitalists from the Russell coalition , we
give the following silly admission from a leader of the Chronicle , whicli concludes thus : "The great and terrible league itself is a mere transient association , of the most heterogeneous political elements , by the way , for a specific object , which object being attained , it dies a natural death . That object it will achieve ; but its leaders would , evidently , prefer achieving it with the slightest possible disturbance of existing social and 2 ) olitical arrangements , that they may have their hands free again for those pursuits of quiet and profitable industry in which monopoly
Monday. ^ .The Potatoe Chop.—Many Of The...
obstructs and injures them . This is , surely , not a temper which even a Tory aristocracy need hesitate about propitiating , for fear of ' ulterior objects , ' the usual 1 ory bugbear . An organisation of the industrious classes having no earthly purpose than to sweep away an obstruction from the path of in . dustry , is really one of the very last things that any just-nnnded Government need dread . The League neither has , nor can have—so far as we can understand—any other ' ulterior object' than to go about its business , and make up for lost time abstracted trom . the commerce and industry whieh it represents . " Here , then , is a pretty significant hint as to the people s share of the ' coalition ' triumph . We
quite agree with our __ friend that the leaders would evidently prefer achieving their victory with the slightest possible disturbance of existing social and political arrangements , that they may have their hands lice once more for those pursuits of quiet and profitable _riLLAou in which _topolak _mema would obstruct and injure them . Our friend then says , " This is , surely , not a temper whicli even a Tory aristocracy need hesitate about propitiating . " What , then , so the working classes and the Tory aristocracy are to be propitiated by one and the same means ? Ah , Mr . Chronicle , your dodge served for 1832 , but thirteen years of experience has taught the working classes the value of your professions , as well as the fact you admit , that there is no difference between a Whig and a Torv Government .
" 1 auta , ra , ra , ra , Rogues all , rogues all . " _ WEDNESDAY . lKEiiAsn . —This morning ' s post has brought us a lull account of the Platonic battle between the Liberator and the Gutter Commissioners , in which the pugilists mill each other to their hearts' content , and the battle finishing hy the Liberator crying enough . He says "he'll never again mention the name of the gutter commissioner , " while the gutter commissioner invites all travellers in Ireland to visit _oahirciveen , and judge for themselves . Mr . Fitzgerald , the chairman , amused his audience with an account of his travels , and Mr . Smith O'Brien told the meeting , amid cheers , that he had no objection to a war in which English soldiers may be shot , but that he had a great objection to a war in which Irish soldiers wero to he shot .
The New Move . —The Liberator , amid deafening cheers , in responding to tlie appeal of Lord J . Russell , said that the Irish would never unite with the Whigs , or any other party , except for a Repeal of the Union . Well done , Dan ; stick to that ; but we fear the young Hannibals have already heen well provided for under the desolating union . The Liberator again announced that , on the next ( lay of meetipg , he would be prepared with an act to enabie her Majesty to summon her Irish Parliament . We were promised that three weeks ago . 1843 was to have been the Repeal year ; 184 i the clenching year ; and 1845 , now drawing to an end , was to have been the " Give me but one year of perfect tranquillity , and the Repeal is sure . " It should always be borne in mind that Dan ' s greatest exertions for Ireland are to he
found between the time of his return from Dcrrynanc ( after he has gained strength ) and the tribute day . From the beginning of August to the beginning of Oelqbei' Dan trains , and from tlie beginning of October till the tribute day lie does his work , anl from that till the beginning of August in the next year he prepares his puppet and machinery lor the ensuing season juggle . We oannnt dismiss this weekly notice of the Irish tragedy without directing the pointed attention of our readers to the letter of that real philanthropist , brave patriot , and true Christian , Patrick O'Higgins—a name that will _eyer live in the hearts of tlie English Chartists , because they know that the greater portion of his suffering hasbeen a consequence of his steadfast adherence to their principles . Is it not a melancholy and
heartrending reflection that an Irish Catholic , whose country ' s struggle for centuries has been for liberty of conscience , should , in Catholic Ireland , be compelled to celebrate mass for himself on the top of a cold bleak hill , lest his attendance at a place of worship should subject him to the taunts and revilings of his misguided countrymen ? Is this the fruit of that religious Jiborty which the Liberator says lie has achieved for his country ? And is the brave O'Higgins to be driven from the sanctuary for no otlier reason than putting the Liberator ' s theory ond pledge into practice and effect ? Ireland demanded Repealers . She had struggled through two contested elections—the elections of 1833 and 1835—upon
the single principle of Repeal . That principle had grown into the one all-absorbing national affection _, in 1837 , O'Higgins said that he would go witli Ireland ' s young love , and would vote for no man who did not pledge himself to support the Liberator ' s national injunction—the injunction to vote for none but Repealers . The Liberator had a country and a family to sell , and met thc stern obedience of his pupil with a tyrant lash of the detested apostate _, lie , who had pledged Ireland to Repeal , said , " Whoever asks for _furtlier pledge from a candidate than the support of the base , bloody , brutal , and coercion Whigs , is Ireland ' s enemy . " " Alas , poor country , Almost afraid to know itself . "
But fear not , brave O'Higgins ; you have manfully maintained your ground amid the pelting elements , and each day ' s increased _knowledge will lead to increased discovery and give you an increased Strength . The Rent for the week was announced to be £ 202 7 s . 3 _* d . The Potatoe Crop . —As we announced in our last , the _forestalled of the people's food are _getting afraid of their own monster , and are now beginning to assure the country , through their organs , that
there is no fear of scarcity , and that there never was a better crop . This is done in order that the ignorant people should abstain from glutting the markets , from an apprehension that tlieir potatoes won't keep , and that the speculators may thereby have the full benefit of scarcity in the certain rise that must take place . Upon the other hand , the patriots who meet at the Mansion-house , publish weekly accounts of the increasing malady . They , as a matter of course , are guided solely by thc effect that excitement ever has upon the Conciliation money-market .
State op Ireland . —We have this day received awful accounts of attempts to murder , as well as frightful instances of popular determination not to dig their potatoe crops , unless the landlords consent to give them free of rent . The poor fellows who found the seed and labour wili have paid more than double rent when they have completed tho operation of digging . SnARE Market . —This new channel of industry is now pretty nearly closed , and thepigcons who have escaped with some feathers , are seeking a new outlet for the remnant in a little bit of home consumption , through the patronage of Irish railway committees , all sitting in Dublin , and entailing an expenditure , merely upon the working hands , of no less than one million of money . What fat picking for the vermin !
E . nglaxd . —The English press is like the dog that dropped the substance to grasp at the shadow . As if by mutual consent , our journalists have this morning abandoned the Oregon i ' or little John , the shadow of Whiggery . Mr . Cayley , one of the Yorkshire members , has addressed a long letter to Lord John Russell upon liis sudden conversion ; and the Times , alter belabouring the Corn Law question in every shape , except fixeclduty , which is now thought to be too late , indulges in a running comment upon the respective merits of the manifestoes of the lordly anti-monopolist and tlie monopolist . The Times , jumping to certain and permanent conclusions upon the most fantastical presumptions , and all through dealing with the present scarcity as if it was to continue to everlasting and world without end—tbe
Times , instead ol dealing with Mr . Cayley's arguments , would put a fringe to his curtain . We give one instance of our friend ' s sophistry . The Times says— " Compared with gold , wheat is as scarce now at 70 s . a quarter as it was at 90 s . during the war . Compared with tlie price of clothing , that is , with those commodities which tlie Manchester operative has to offer in exchange for food . " Now , although the comparison between the relative value of gold and wheat is admissible , yet we aver tliat the price of clothing and the price of food is an absurdity , inasmuch as the price of clothing never does regulate the price of wages , which is the thing that regulates the labourers' ability to buy food . The rimes launches out of its depth by plunging into an amount of presumptive sequilurs . For instance , the Times dissolves the view that many people take of the effect
that the importation of foreign corn would have upon domestic cultivation , and also tells us that population is increasing beyond the power of the land , under its present management , to furnish subsistence . Well , we admit the first ; that as a matter of course , the laud of England would not go out of cultivation after the question had been finally adjusted , but , then , wc also contend that so i ' ar from the change inducing a better system of cultivation , it would bring about a more slovenly cultivation ; and hence the second argument ofthe Times may be _considerable- strengthened , as the people would thereby be _left _' dependent upon a still more scanty subsistence . Upon the second proposition we aver , that although the present system of cultivation does deny the necessary amount of subsistence , yet an improved system of cultivation would at once dissolve all thc hobgoblins of the Times .
Ihe Morkixo Chronicle . —This worthy Whig coadjutor has a very lunny article this morning , in whicli an attempt is made to force Sir Robert Peel into the Russell " consistency" trap ; and let the reader just mark the virtue of our public instructors . The Chronicle says " that Lord John Russell has been so inconsistent that Peel need not now be afraid ofthe charge of inconsistency ; and that if Hansard is used as an evidence against the little lord , it may be quoted with double effect against the right honourable baronet ,
_ , _ _, . " ° Temporal O Mores !" 0 Murther ! 0 Chronicle !" The Dodge . —As yet the dodge goes bravely on . _i . ike Lord Ross ' s cocks , the combatants are all on one side ; but next week the grey gingers will be ready lor thc pit m " main" or a " shake . "
Monday. ^ .The Potatoe Chop.—Many Of The...
The Markets . —From all parts of the country the declining markets and stoppage of mills bear unequivocal testimony of the power of the capitalists to starve the working classes under the present system We will now put one question for the philosopher to answer : — "How many years of idleness could the capitalists sustain without the dread of starvation upon their profits during the last three years of prosperity , and how many years of idleness could the working classes sustain upon their share of the profits ! We pause for a reply . The Moxey Market . — _Thojobberg have contrived to give " the thing" a momentarily favourable hoist , and stocks and shares are looking up a bit ; but still all is gloom and despondency , as no temporary improvement can make amends for the permanent injury that delusion has sustained .
Court Circular . —We have not been well enough to visit the court this week , and not wishing to rely upon the reports of our contemporaries , wc abstain from any notice of royal movements , other than we have the satisfaction to know that our dear friesds are all well , or we should have heard from them . Thk Government . —A Cabinet Council was held yesterday , when nothing was done ; another will be held to-morrow for the same purpose .
THURSDAY . Ireland . —The Potatoe Cnor . —Lord Mountcashel , a very extensive Tory proprietor , residing in the county of Cork , writes to his friend , Lord Bandon , a brother Tory , announcing the fact that he fears that the whole ofthe potatoe crop is lost to the people . These are parties who are likely rather to suffer than to gain from excitement . Molly Maguire in the Capital . —We learn that tho Castle officials have been busy in investigating the placard that we published three weeks since in the Star , and which has been extensively circulated in Dublin . The officials proceeded in their work with closed doors , and it appears they have discovered the printer , It will be remembered that the Liberator tendered the services of the Repeal Association as a " detective force" to aid the inquiry . We really saw nothing inthe placard to warrant all this
circumspection , and were at a loss for an assignable reason for the Liberator ' s alarm , until we read his character asalandlord , publishedby the' Gutter Commissioner . ' England . —A Cabinet Council was held yesterday , at which it was unanimously decided that Parliament should be called together early in January , for the purpose of repealing the Corn Laws—and thus poor little John has been baulked of his triumph . Peel is not just the man to stand over nice points when office and the distribution of the loaves and fishes . are at stake . What will the little Lord bid next ? Perhaps as he has swallowed the landlords at a gulp , he may wash them down , with nun _Majustv ' s subjects , and bid the Charter . The noble Lord has certainly reserved an extensive field of consistency in llis CAUTIOUS AND PRUDENT CONCESSIONS AND EQUITABLE _adjustment . Will he have the boldness to say that the Charter was one of them ?
Ihe & TOCK . Exchange . —We have heard of over twenty suicides , recently committed , arising out ot the mad railway speculation . The public never hears of those things , as coroners are very credulous , and very easily deceived . There is no better plaister for an awkward wound than oold dust . Upon the whole the money and share market begins to look upwards , and the jobbers look cheeringly upon the prospect of diminishing their losses . The MoffiHffff _Oiibomicuj , —The _Mc-ming Chronicle has another long yarn upon free trade , and refers to an able document enforcing the principles that was
published twenty-five years ago by the merchants oi London . Does our contemporary forget at that very same period the working classes assembled at Peterloo , in Manchester , for the very same purpose , and were butchered and cut down by the merchants ol Manchester ? Then the people wero _justified in looking for a repeal of ihe measure , and now they are equally justified in opposing it . Then machinery and capital had not assumed that ascendancy which would nave converted all the benefits of change to the purposes of their owners , while now the working classes understand full well that every extension of trade has been promptly followed by a reduction of
wages
FRIDAY , Ireland . —The Roman Cotholic bishops are at complete war concerning the gigantic scheme oi godless education . England . —The Premier ' s determination to repeal the Corn Laws is no longer a speculation . Tlicy are doomed ; and it is our business to try for oar share in the change . The poor little Standard of last night , and the Herald of this morning , are in fits at tht notion that thc Times should bc made the organ ol Government , and are jealous that the first intimation didn't come through tlicm . If it had , the country would have thought it a joke .
The 'lAnRiGRADE Coalition held a meeting at Leeds on Wednesday , at the little Court Ilouse , in the day time , when the working classes were engaged , when William Brook , Chartist , moved an adjournment to thc evening , and to a larger place . Gardiner seconded him , and although they had justice upon their side—the anti-monopolists and dissenting parsons nearly devoured the poor working men wlio had time to look in . Tht Stock Exchange . —Securities of all kinds , and especially exchequer bills , have a downward tendency , owing , it is supposed , to private letters from America breathing a warlike _determination . We again repeat then , that Peel knows all this , and has merely exchanged the sliding scale for a war scale , to silence the League and tickle the landlords . America . —The news from America is condensed , but will be read with intense interest .
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Savage Assault.—At The Thames Poiioe Cou...
Savage Assault . —At the Thames poiioe court , on Monday , James Goggin , a brutal-looking fellow , was charged with assaulting and wounding Anne Butler . The complainant , who was far advanced in pregnancy , and had the mark of a severe wound over her left eye , stated , that on Saturday night her husband , who was a sober , quiet man , and seldom frequented publichouses , was drawn into a row with the prisoner and his brother at the Lord Nelson public-house , Robin Hood-lane , Poplar . Being an Englishman among a number of Irish she was apprehensive that he wmiM be killed , as they treated him in a very savage manner , bit at his head , and tore the hair out in inouthsfulwith their teeth . She succeeded , however , in getting him home , and afterwards went out to procure some supper . In doing so she passed thc
prisoner , who was m company with , two women . One of the women , as she passsed , made an allusion to complaint ' s situation , and , at the same time , made a kick at her . The prisoner , with many imprecations , swore he'd have some one's life that night , and then putting his hand in his bosom , he took out something , with which he struck her near the left temple , and _neaily stunned her . He was about to repeat the blow , when two men came along whistling , on which one of the women cried out , " Uncle , there is somebody coming . " and the three of them ran away . She could not say whether the weapon she was struck with was a poker ; but if it was it was a very short one . She was , however , quite satisfied that it was a _p iece of Iron , and tho blood llowed copiously . The chief-clerk . —Have you any witnesses ? Complainant .
—No ; they took care of that . Had I had the other blow and been killed , no one would hare been aware ofit but himself and the woman . Howe , 107 K _, was called to the complainant ' s house , 45 , Well-street , Poplar , and found the blood flowing from a fearful wound over the eye . He then went to the prisoner's lodgings at Bnilcts-coiirt , _Itobinhood-lane , wheio-he found him sitting in a chair , and took him into custody . He said nothing at the time , but he afterwards swore vehemently at the station-house that he was Innocent ofthe charge . The prisoner , in his defence , again vehemently asserted that he was not the party , but complainant , being recalled , said she was quite certain he was the man . The prisoner , in demit of bail , himself in £ ' 10 and two sureties of £ 20 each , was committed for trial .
Extraordinary Death . — On Thursday morning great excitement prevailed in the vicinity of Doctors ' Commons , from the extraordinary death of a gentleman named Rice , who lived close to the PrerogativeolKce , in Doctors' Commons . He had for some time been employed in the Prerogative-office as clerk , but his habits , itis said , have been lately very dissipated . He went home late on Wednesday night to his lodgings , but was heard in the course of yesterday morning to go down stairs , as it was snpposed to the privy . As he was not seen at the usual hour , some went to his
persons bedroom , but received no answer to their knocking , and at last they forced the door . The deceased was not there , but every article of his clothing was lying about the room , even to his shirt and flannel waistcoat . Search was made for him in the privy with a lioathook , and in a few minutes the body was grappled with , but life appeared to bc quite extinct , and it is supposed he had been there for some hours . He was quite naked , and must have forced himself head foremost into the soil , which is about ten feet deep .
Quacks axd Quackery . —On Saturday night Mr . Bedford held an inquest at the Plough , Carev-street , Lincoln s Inn-field * ., upon the body of Mary Iloskin , aged 60 , late of No . 2 , Vere-street , Clare-market . In consequence ol a report that the deceased had lost her life through quack medicines , the inquest-room wns crowded with medical men , parochial officers , and inhabitants , anxious for the result . An unusual number ot jurors having been sworn , the coroner stated that he lelt it his duty to have the body disinterred and examined by the surgeon of King ' s College
Hospital , inconsequence of written and other communications which he had received respecting the cause of the deceased ' s death . Mr . Samuel Sumner Dyer , house surgeon , King ' s College Hospital , stated that he opened the body , which in all its parts and organs was healthy , with the exception of . the right side , which was inflamed , and contained 34 oz , of fluid , which pressing upon the lung , caused death That lung was congested , and contained cancerous deposits . Cancer in the breast caused tlie inflammation which caused the effusion that terminated in
Savage Assault.—At The Thames Poiioe Cou...
death .-By the coroner : He had not analysed the stomach as he did not deem it necessary , having found the cause of death . _I- ' _^ _rSrf not detect the _slightest trace ol either mineral or vegetable poison . Mr . Welsh , licentiate surgeon , from Dr . Walker ' s , Drury-lane , said that about ; a a fortnight ago he was suddenly summoned to attend deceased , whom he found stretched upon her bedia her clothes , and quite dead . Upon _inquiringwi <> was her medical attendant , he was informed that _i woman named Burdett had persenbed ior her , ana that all hcv remedies had been mysteriously applied , The woman Burdett , and another woman who wasitl criniinationsani
the room , commenced a series of recriminations , in which each accused the otherwitli having given deceased wrong medicines , and Burdett said , ' That ail was not right . " Her son , who entered the room atthe same time , said that his mother had not been fairly dealt with . The medicines were also thrown away , and these facts , coupled with the tact that she had been buried without a medical certificate , her deatli being reg istered as tho result of cancer , whereas it followed trom the effusion upon the chest , raised in liis mind strong suspicions that her death had been hastened by thc application of improper medicines . Mr . Fitch , the district registrar , said that he obtained thc best certificate he _couldof
_her'death , and that he had acted in perfect accordance with the Act of Parliament , and that he would again , if aa opportunity presented , act similarly . The coroner , Dr . Walker , and the other medical gentle _^ men , and thejury , having consulted for a short time , they arrived at the conclusion that an analysis ofthe stomach was indispensably necessary . The inquest was accordingly adjourned for a week , in order that the analysis may be fully performed .
DREADFUL FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE . On Friday morning , between the hours of twelve and one , a tire , attended with serious destruction of property , and it is feared with fatal consequences to an aged female , broke out upon the premises belonging to Messrs . Cooper and Willard , hoot and shoe manufacturers , carrying on business at No . 9 , Bedford-place . Commercial-road East . At the time of the outbreak there were nearly a dozen persons in the building , the majority of them being in their beds asleep , One of the lodgers first discovered the fire . It appeared that his intention was arrested by heaving a noise resembling the fall of some heavy substance from the lower part of the premises . lie immediately opened his room door , andpe rcoiving the smell of lire , he raised an
alarm , and having procured a pail of water he hastened to the front shop , which he found wrapped in flames . He endeavoured to extinguish the flames , but he soon found , from their increasing vigour , that he was unable , and he forthwith hastened to the upper part of thc dwelling to arouse his wife and the rest of the inmates . Scarcely , however , had he got into the apartment that he had but a few seconds before quitted , than flames and smoke , with an immense body of sparks shot up the staircase with such rapidity as to cut off all chance of escape by the regular means . In this extremity he succeeded in procuring a rope , which he fastened round the waist
of his wife , and after much trouble he managed to lower her out of one of the upper windows . Several of thc other parties living inth . 5 place were , however , not so fortunate , and to escape being burnt 4 o death , thoy wero forced to resort to numerous expedients . Ono of the females threw her infant out of the window , and pitching upon the window-blind , the canvass gave way , and the child fell through , but was , fortuuately , caught in the arms of a spectator , and received no personal injury . Several other parties eil ' ected their escape hy leaping from thc upper casements , at the period the flame ' s were breaking through the front window shutters , and extending nearly half across the carriage road .
On thc arrival of thc engines they were instantly put to work from an abundant supply of water furnished by the East London Works . Such a ' firm hold , however , had thc destructive element obtained of every part of the premises , that it at once appeared certain tbatnothing could save tliem frem destruction . The fire still progressing , it caused several other brigade engines to be turned out , and also tho ono belonging to the West of England Company , with Mr , Connorton , the chief ollieer . The Bremen , from their first arrival , set to work most vigorously , and by judiciously distributing the water , they happily succeeding in preventing the tire from extending to the numerous contiguous buildings , and by a quarter-past two o'clock the conflagration was safely subdued . At that time the whole of the valuable slock in trade , belonging to Messrs . Cooper and Co ., was destroyed , and . the furniture of the lodgers consumed .
For a considerable time it was feared a bed-ridden female , eighty years of age , named Lea , had perished , she having been in bed at the time of the outbreak , on thc first floor . After much inquiry , it appeared but too true that the poor woman had perished , as not the slightest tidings could be heard of her , and from the fact of her being bed-ridden , she was unable to help herself . This , coupled with the fury of the lire , makes it but too probable that she had fallen a victim to thc destructive element . The Late Fire is the _Commercial-roab . Re-MARKAlSLE PRESERVATION OF AN A . GED FEMALE . —The recent fire at Messrs . Cooper and Wellard ' s , in the Commercialioadcast
--, which occurred vesterday morning ( Friday ) was attended , happily , " with no latal results ; but the preservation of Mrs . Lea , an aged and blind woman , who lived on the first floor was most remarkable , she having heen missed for upwards oi two hours alter the outbreak , and given up . or lost by all the inmates who escaped from '* the burning _building . It appears that between two and three o clock , when the ruins were cooled , Mr Braidwood , the superintendent of thc London Fire-en"ine Lstabhshment , having heard that the old ladv was missing ordered his men to ascend by means of the hre-kddors to the interior of the nearly consumed building , that they might explore the narts of th *
nooring wnicn remained untouched by the action of men discovered that it was only partially burned , and J _^ -J _edwaaBtiUstonding inac _^ er . l _' _eTOiTKJe _" _^ » g » wei > pon tLoM . aiid iinagining thii ? St be the poor blind creature , a desperate effort was made to reach it ; but this was found no ? to be a human being , buta eat in the agonies of death whfch S n ? i n _. d 0 Wn tl _^ _, cl 0 , thinSt 0 _escaped _S cating influence ot the smokr > . The _firennn thpn AcnT , _S f db _^ _r _iadllcl- t 0 thl _*¦* _^ r ™& ck K « 7 i WM comilkti ybuwied th - _'o _» sh ' _* lie l e a Singular scone presented itself . The firemen , _K cf l \ \ _H _i ndow * t _^ ned on their lamp , and tbo _^ n ed _. at sc _? _. lns something move . This was the poor creature pt whem they were in quest . Perceiving the hght , she said faintly , " Oh dear ! here I son . lam very poorly . Is the fire out ? ive drop ot water ! " The men brought her down the ladder neighbour _^ house . She was remarkable how she endured _£ tueh S 1 e must have been b-ours which the lire was 5
Fall Of Tiiret; Iiouses.-Loss Of Life. O...
FALL OF TIIREt ; IIOUSES .-LOSS OF LIFE . On Tuesday night , about eight o ' clock , an occurrence that at the time caused great cxeitcnicnt , and has since spread a gloom over the neighbourhood , took place in Cavendish-place , Wandsworth-road . It appears from the inquiries made by the reporter that Mr . Corrall , a builder , had recently erected four sixroomed houses with shop fronts , in Cavendish-place . They had been covered in , and the lathing and flooring had been completed , but tliere yet was some plastering , and oilier matters to be done . On the night in question Oliver Carroll , tbe son of the builder , who was only iu his twentieth year , his brother , and a labourer , were at work on one of the
basement-floors of the houses , laying concrete , when , as it is supposed , the end wall of the house nearest the Cavendish Arms , bulged out , and in less than a minute the three houses separated from the fourth , which was apparently much more strongly built , and fell with a loud crash , burying in the ruins the' two brothers , the labourer escaping with a few bruises from the falling bricks . An instant alarm was given , and in an incredibly short space of time a large body ot" men assembled , and commenced removing th * bricks and timber with the sanguine hope of preserving the persons buried . In a few minutes one of the Carrolls was discovered , and brought out ; he was alive , and owed his preservation to two pieces of timber falling crossway , aud thus preventing tho rubbish
suffocating him . lie waa carried home by two men , suffering from some very severe contusions . In about ten minutes after the accident occurred , Sergeant Emmcvson , 1 G V _. with a number of constables , arrived , and cleared away the mob that had assembled , so that the men might pursue their work uninterrupted . The men laboured unceasingly for threequarters of an hour , when a sufficient opening was made for a man to creep in , who reported that he saw the deceased Oliver Carroll in a sitting position , about three yards distant from where he was . The men redoubled their energies , and in another ten minutes they cleared an enormous mass of timber and brick which were on the deceased , and Sergeant Eminerson dragged liim out . His head had been driven between his knees , and his back was
apparently broken , lie was , to all appearance dead , but , nevertheless , was conveyed with the utmost celerity to the Cavendish Arms , where Mr . Palmer , a surgeon , had been in attendance since the accident , so that he might be of service to the unfortunate sufferers . Mr . Palmer resorted to bleeding , the application of stimulants , & c , but although ' one or two drops of blood came there was no sign of life manifested , and thc surgeon gave it as his opinion that the deceased must have been suffocated some time . One or two carpenters were in the act of leaving the building at tbe time of its falling , so that their escape may be considered miraculous . The materials of the houses were evidently of a very common description , the mortar especially seemed to have been made without that great essential , lime , for there was scarcely a brick to which it adhered .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 6, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_06121845/page/5/
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