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1 ORDER. REIGNS IN IRELAND !'
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Mr Thomas Po-Vil., Secretary Of The Late...
_q _.-opiou . —No : > ci- cimnot pur _. nase the allot-VI- - _* XyT rctitt . at _Lowb-. _iidt , _upoh the Conditions Illtlt . , nEd- The Company has a charge of more tbnn in < - D' ' 0 -inrt th-. it _allot-omt , which charge must b _"""" I ' _tfa b _tfire one single farthing can pass into the ViilUl _^ ' ' _^ " . , J ; _,, . fthe TtnJer . _yn received a letter from Mr Shaw apprising us t 7 £ " . _^ _. _jjii _atl ' i ) erty . andhcpehe will long niaain so vr . bic ' ct to tr Ive * Mr Shaw's letter , as he inTe _' _uhs -- •' list traitors without giving names , and such YagUS flen- n _<* is , ic _' ° " . T create n" _*" hie' - « _. _) ,. _% _ KESS OV THB CENTRAL llE _ E _ E _CfHJ-V-TEE _^" received too late for publication this week . _ _5 » ' _ _Sr O'Connor ' s tetters , & .. baring come to h . A vcrv late , has occasioned the postponement of several communications , rjE _M-DocalL ' s Defesce Fukd . —We have received a letter from Mr Aitkin , the treasurer of the _abovs _fuii'l , . v which it appears that the amount r «_ Te < 3 by him from the country _( Eot including _Ashton-underLjne ) amounts only to _ 2 ISs . 9 d- Mr Aitkin earnestly callon the Chartists to come to the rescue before it is too late . The list irf subscriptions shall appear next week .
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_Atjgl _^^ J _^ _L _ = _» . _ _ . _ _. THE NORTHERN -. TAR .- 5
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_RECEIPTS OF THE ___ _ 0- _& Z . __ K 3 _» COMPANY , FOB THE WEEK ENDING THURSDAY . _ATJGTJST 10 . 18 . 6 . _PES MB _O'CONKOB . 3 AEE-. £ 6 . d . j _ i _ .. 2 5 5 Clitheroe n 5 0 0 Lambeth .- 0 5 - Blackburn .. 270 _TThi-tingten and Holmfirth .. _U 17 0 Gat .. _ 3 10 Leicester , Astill 2 0 0 Westminster .. 12 " Falkirk .. 2 19 10 Ledbury .. 0 13 3 Newbury „ S 9 3 Mottram -, 2 18 0 _Birmingham ,
Salisbury n 1 16 0 Goodwin 10 0 ; Ovenden .. 15 0 Kidderminster-, 6 10 6 Dewsbury .. _. 6 5 Bristol .. 5 » 0 _JTottincham , Hu ! l .. 114 Sweet -. 2 9 3 Thos H _Sparro-sr o 1 O j Liverpool S 5 3 Thomas _JJevonport 0 5 0 , T , vnn _„ 2 ' 0 Edward Good „ 0 12 O Critg „ 0 7 0 John Key _ 0 5 0 - ' _^ - „ _ _« 0 _Villiam _HilliAS 0 1 _ 0 ' , T __ . ro - * 2 3 0 Th _ Tho __ r _ - 0 5 0 Oid ShMon : 5 0 0 William Bs , _• « _ 0 Rochdale « 1 13 6 £ U IS 1 _STPHNSE FUND . L _. ijh _" 0 2 H _Kottinghr-i , Whittington est Swe « t .. 0 .-54 Cat .. _Q 20 Liverpool m 10 " Westminster .. 0 4 0 Rochdale -, 0 2 6 j Led ' trary -. 0 3 0 Elackbcm .. 0 2 0 0 \ end _ .. Q 1 0 Hull .. 017 21 Dewsbury _,. 9 10 G Joa ____ T : Jaques 0 2 0 : £ 3 11 0
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KOTICE TO _DEPSSITORS . Herecfter , all Post-ofSce Orders should be made _rpayable at the Bloomshurj Money'OrderoSce , instead of St _ ar _ i s-2 e-Gran < . General Post-ofSee . T . Pbicb , Manager .
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THE LIBERTY FU 5 D . The oonies received for Liberty FuHd will be pnb _"_ Be _ in next-week ' s Stas . We onoe mor ? call on the Chcrtisis of England and . _Scotland to iorward their s _ . cr- . ions as soon as _possinle . Let no time be lost A political E-oveia-at without energy _is-wc-rse than useless . JoH . v il'CsAE . _Secretary .
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FOR FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . SSCEIVED £ . 7 _S . AKD _OtFICB . J . J ___ _, Esq . ¦• _>• •• n 1 e 0 FUS DE H _Double ' s DEF £ KCE . BECEIVED ET -W . KIDEH .. Mr _2-urray , Mr Battam , London .. 0 C 6 Lcn <_ cn ,. C 3 0
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IvOT . _CE . SALES OF AL _ OTJ-E * _N"T 3 . 1 am in-tro-ted by the Hoard of Directors to stile that tbey will nst recognise any sales of allotments tbat _ kep . se-without their knowledge ; _ eo ? will they allow any purchaser to take possession of an slioime 3 t , _nrlefs ssch pKrchs _. er h 3 s first __ smitted to the Office of the . _impany the purchase money in full , si that there may be deducted therefrom aJisuch cimand' ? _ s tee _Company may tare against _outgoing lenan's . _Attempts have he ? n recently msde to evade this _resul . Xion ; tre _Di-C'tor _., cfeerefore , publish rhis _cauticnarv i ctice . so _thst purchasers may _e'early understand _tb-t where the _raies of the Company Ere net complied , itb , thst possession wiil not be allowed . Thomas Claek , Corresponding Secretary .
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TO THE SECRETARIES Or THE BRANCHES OF THE LAND COMPANY . The folio-sing branches arid districts of ihe National Land'Company will be attended by deputations from ihe Directors , for tbe purpose of discussin _^ and deciding up on the important propositions comained in Mr O'Connor ' s letter , inserted in the St . _ of _tbk-day . All tbese branches and districts will therefore take the necessary steps for _convenins meetings , as they must be _visited within one month from Monday , the 14 th instant . One week ' s hotice of the districts and branches to be vi-. ited , will appear in the "Southern Star . Bv order of tbe Directors .
Northampton , Leicester , Derby , Nottingham , Birmingham , Bilston and Wolverhampton , Hanley and Longton . _iiaccle _. field , Stockport and . imslow , Manchester , Ashton , Hyde , D __ _ker _ eld _ td Mottram , Oldham . Rochdale and Bacup , Buiy aad Heywood , Todmorden and Hebden-bridge , Burnley , Colne . Padiham and Bur _ wfo rd , Blackburn and Oswaldtwistle , Bolton , Preston , Wigan , Sheffield and _Rotherham , Doncaster , Barnsley , Leeds , Bradford , _Sei - hlev , Halifax , Dewsbury , Huddersfield , Hull , _Newcastle-upon-T yne . Sunderland , South Shields , Carlisle , Glasgow , Edinburgh , Dundee , Aberdeen , I _ a < * _inz , Swindon , Bath , Bristol , Cheltenham , Worcester , Kidderminster , Merthyr , Bridgewater , _Eieter , _Nevston Abbott , Pljmontb , _Norwich , _Ip-sri-h Lynn . ..
, ,, _ , _ NOTICE . Two of the Directors wili attend meetings of the . _embers of the National Land Company at Manchester , on Mon day and Tuesday , August 21 st and 0 : > nd ¦ st Ashton , for its members and those of Mottra _ ' _Sialvbridge , _Daekiafield and Hyde on Wedreiday ; Stockp ort , _Thursday ; and Oldham on Friday . ____ .
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DEfl-- Nt _ tUMJ . Received by Wm Rxdsr . £ ¦ _» - ° _Amonnt-lreaiy published . 30 G 19 l P . Silio . Lon _. en ... ... ¦•• „ Birmin-h . m , PtoplA Hall , per H . _RodhBll 0 2 3 A . V . ner , Wa-ba-st ... — — 0 0 6 A Few Fritnds , E : « rhtad , Kent ... 0 14 J . Green , Gasgow ... ... — 0 4 0 Oldrury , per H . _Warword ... ... 0 11 0 Coventry fe r W . Ho _. ier ... ... 0 6 0 H & _uins ., pir E . Mas . .. 0 5 C Cr & _v T _ ie-iter mb-cn _Bridge , per i _.
, South 0 _W I A _Eifeeiington , _EasingtcalaEe ... ... 0 0 6 _ * -0 t _ _S _* c _ i , p . I .. _S-= t . t ... — 0 5 4 W . G-r . a-. an , South borough ... ... 0 14 G . _P-lnur _, ditto ... ... 0 18 Padiham , per Mr Thompson ... ... 0 15 0 l ) _t _ Lpoit , F-r J . Rogers ... ... 0 15 0 "V " _hi-. _ . _t _ _ d Cat Looality , pir Mr _BloomStld 0 2 1 £ 311 8 S
Real York*Hire—A Chap Went Up Stairs Wun...
Real York * hire—A chap went up stairs wun neet rakher mokv , an it bern dark , he put aght hi 2 airras ta prevent ' hiz runnin agean owt ; at last , he went full bang _^ e hiz noaze ageant t' bed-poast , an daan he tumald . When he gat up agean . he -eil _. _'Well , its t' fur _. t time at _ivrer ah know'd at me noaze vror longer than me airms . '—Poymoor _Ohnenack-Apf-ioach of the Chqlera . —The nnraber ef deaths in London during the week ending August 5 was 1 , 038 ; the average being 972 . Of this excess 21 deaths are ascribed to choleia , and 97 to scarlatina , —the average deaths from the latter beine only
37 . The most noticeable fact , however , in this last return of the _registrar-general is the _gieat increase of mortality from diarrhoea and dysentery . During the last three wetks in May the deaths from these disea . es were only 12 , 15 , and 16 , respectively ; durin g June they had increased to 37 ; and uow , for the week ending _August 5 , we find they have ri _ n to the serious number of 154 ; whieh is more than double the average of the season . It should be remembered that diarrhoea W 2 S the forerunner of cholera when that scourge made its last visit to London - , and no time should be lost in making -auitary preparations for the impending visitation .
1 Order. Reigns In Ireland !'
1 ORDER . REIGNS IN IRELAND !'
To The Working Cla.Sses .
TO THE WORKING CLA . SSES .
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Br' . theb Proletariat . Smith O'Brien hss bf en arrested , thc rebellion is ' suppressed , 'and ths ' tri-rapti of order' in Ireland has . xdled ene burst of ' 0 . ' be joyful ! ' from the t \ e gentry of tho Pre _ s-gang . Now that _wholesale lying and slandering haTe achieved the ends intended ; now that Smith O'Brien has been hunted down , and thafc there ia
nothing fanner to be gamed by holding that unfortunate gentl-man up to ridicule and execration ; now the _v _ al Pre ? _s-g » Bg begin to admit that the victim of their rascality is not exactly the fool and villain t hey represented . It is now admitted thafc Mr O'Brien permitted no plunder , nor attacks npon in _ ru __ _ual _ * , on _ 3 contrary , he supplied hia followers wit it feed at hia own cost ; and in the Ballingarry affair , when hs iad an opportunity of mastering the police by setting fire to a heap of straw and so burning them out , he refused to haTerecour _. e to suoh a mod of warfare . Contrast this with the brutal and bloodthirsty conduct of the police . Trant , according to the corre ? _pocdent of the Times , told his _janig _. aries , when abeut to _commrccethe work of blood , that he expected g man for _etcry cartridge ; and this expectation his worthy fel : ow-loyalists did their best to
gratify-It is r . E . erted that Mr O'Brien hrd taken scarcely sry precautions to disguise himself when attempting to get to Limerick by way of Thurles ; it is , therefore , inferred by some of the journalists , that , in coming _toThnrles , his intention wasito surrender _hi-aself to the Government forces . Be that -as it may , hiB bittmst enemies acknowledge one fact which redounds greatly to the honour of the unfortunate gentleman ; namely—that as soon aa he became aware that the Lord-Lieutenant had issued
proclamations threatening all who might _has-hour or E _§? ist the ' rebel chief with the penalties of high treason , he nobly determined to forsake the homes of those who had afforded him shelter , r . ber than subject them to the punishment their generons hospitality _wascalculated to draw down upon their -heads . This one act of the unfortunate O'Brien . 11 win him the approbation of all true men , in spite of tbe brutal _beffooneries of the truculent Times and the _vituperatiYe outpourings ef the rest of the base Press-gang .
The easy _suppre _. ion of the ' rising * must be attributed in & great measure to the exertions of the priest , on the Bide of tke "Government . The Canadian rebellion , in like manner , was crippled by priestly hostility . We are told in tbe newspapers that the _altara of Nenagh . Cahir , Clonmel . _Cajhel and _Carrick-OE-Suir , have rung with _de-mnciationB of the physical furce movement . The Rev . Father Kenyon , of _Templederry , renowned for his fierce and _furioo- detinnciati _ _s of O'Connell and * moral force , ' is reported to have beea foremost in repudiating the men he , Tery recently , was inciting to take the course they hate unhappily for themselves pursued . I am _cerious te learn the why and tte wherefore of the—it may be politic , but not very
honestpart played by the priesthood . Did they refuse to countenance Smith O'Brien , because of his _Piotestantifm ? Or , were they fearful that a 'Young Ireland ' revolution wonld bring about a ¦ diminution rather than an increase of their _influence over the m : _i ' es ? Or , have they swallowed the bait of ' Catholic En dowment , ' with which , of late , both the followers of Peel and Rus _ ell hare been anglingfor Irish priestly support againat the progress of ' revolutionary principles V I strongl y _ecspect that the whole of the motives imagined in the three -queries I have just put , have h 3 d no mean share in _guiding the recent conduct of tbe Catholic clergy . It is certain that vigorous efforts are eow being made by Ireland's _Eselish rulers to secure the co-operation of the Irish
priesthood by the ' golden link' of ' Endowment . ' But should thia scheme _snecaed . it dees not follow tbat the _iristt people will be thereby linked more closely to ' the institutions of tiie empire ; ' on the contrary , it Eay happen that the result will be the total destruction of the priesthood ' s influence , and the mental liberation of the masses . It is notorious that Roman Catholic priests are not everywhere popular witii the communicants of their own church ; the reverse is the case in more than one Roman Catholic couatry;—even in Rome , the priests are , at this very time , eurgected to _popu ' _ir suspicion and hatred . There is good reason for believing thafc tba influence of the Irish priesthood is already en the wane . If they unite -themselves with
tbe hereditary enemies of their _country and their creed , tbeir power will utterly perish . The trueu __ Press gang continue their appeals to the worst passions of the privi ' eged orders , and their incitements to the goverr : _ aect to rule Ireland by the sword . ' Nothing , ' . ays the _Tihec , ' but the heavy pressure of military government will now restore order among the people . More blood must bs _ahedand the peasantry must be taught that wretched as is tbeir present condition ' a worse thing may befal them . ' They must be aade lo feel hy dear experience lhat rebellion is no care for their misery . The Mobnikg tlBEALD bellows for martial law . * A jury of officers , ' _saje that paper , ' aided bv a provost marshal—or a
_serjeant of law , or one of her Majesty ' s judges , as _asseseor , would be the proper , and , indeed , the OD ) y tribunal to deal with rebels taken with arms in their hands . It is mere Whig-Radical drivel to > ay this is unconstitutional . ' ' We mutt adept a stricter and a sterner system—uie must put bit and bridle into the Jaws of the kernes , and break them into liabils _oftamesiess , docility , end perfect obedience lo whip and rein . ' Men ol England , I call upon you to _proiest against this horrible ruffianism . Were tke atrocious sentiments of the Times and Hekald acted upon by any government , that government would forfeit all claims to popular allegiance . I trust that the rulers of Ireland wil ! eschew counsels whicb , if . llowed , would drive the Irish people to deeds of desperation .
At present , Ireland's _trntn geem to hare no more cause to apprehend any evil to themselves from popular hostility , than they bave excuse for attempting the terrorism suggested by the Press-gang . The daily papers indeed chuckle amazingly at the fact , tfaa * _oo attempts were made to rescue Smith O'Brien by tbe people of ThurleB and Dublin ; or Dr Cane by the people of Kilkenny . 'Tip true . ' Alas for their ccuntrj ! her pride Ib gone by , And that spirit iB broken—which never would bend ; O ' _tr the raia her children in secret most sigh , For 'tis treason to love her , and death to defend ! Uopmed are t _ eodb , till they've learn'd to betray ; _Uadisticgaish . d they live , If they shame not their
_es : And tbe torch tbat woald light thero through dignity ' s w » y , Ifnst be eanght from the _pllo where IfceLr coantry expires . ' Still Ireland _promisei to be no bed of rose 3 to its conqueror ? . Either priestly persuasion , the want of proper leaders , or the decline of physical courage _^—the consequence of famine and long-continued misery iu every frightful form—one , or all of these _itflaences may have served to stifle the ' late rebellion , ' and may serve to prevent any formidable rebellion in the future , but will there be an end to that ' wild justice o f revenge , ' for which Ireland has become eo unhappily fame _ ? What will be the state of the south when the dai k nights come ? It is notorious that the _seizires of arms by the
government have been but trifling , compared with the enormous quantity oi deadly weapons known to be possessed by the peasantry . Thousands upon thousands of pikes a _ d _Srelecks are stowed away by the _pea _. _aiitry in places where the soldiery and police are not likely to _find them- Tbe raid at Abbeyfeall is regarded by the press , generally , as indicative of the ' troubles likely to be general when the winter sets in . Another famine , too , threatens a fearful addition to the existing distress and disaffection . The potato blight is evidently wide spread and rapidly estendirg . Frem the _extreme north to the extreme goutb , the _ ame gloomy rep _ t 3 attest the renewed mareh of that calamity , which two years ago mowed down thousands an . tens of _thousands , the victims ot hunger and pestilence .
The Government and parliament nave d _ e no thing to protect the Irish _peofle against the terrible scourge which once more threatens lo deeolate that unh . ppy laEd . Ucder these circumstances is it reasonable te hope for peace in Ireland ? The Times asserts tbat the struggle in Ireland is really between those who have something and those who have nothing . Who are responsible for that struggle ? Who commenced , and up to this hour bave continued that fatal Btrugg ' e ? TUE IRISII _LANl-LORDS . Veiy recently , _within two miles of the fashionable bithing place , Kilkea , nearly three hundred hwnin kings were expelled from their houses . In a part r . i Clare , one hundred and _thirtygix bouses were lately levelled , which made houseless upward * of five hundred human beings , many of whom
perished on the _r _. ad-side . A few days before Christmas last , a Mr Walsh in Mayo , ( see MrTuke's pamphlet and the report , ot Messrs Hamilton , Poor-law _Commiss-oneiB ) , levelled a whole village and parts of two others , ( one hundred and forty houses in all ) _, nnd m _ Ev of the expelled inhabitants perished i . f cold and hunger . I mav add . on the authority of G-orgo _Poulett Scrcp , M . P .. that there have bi en very _recently evicted 210 families from I _ _id Lucan's estates in Mayo ; and 2 . 0 families from Lord _Vettry * _. estates in Kerry . At least one thousand houses were rased to the ground in the union Ot _ i . Ubh fti-ne , cnun'y Clare , last , winter , between November acd March . The late Major Mahon evicted 600 families from his e ~ Ute m Roscommon . The official reports of Captain Wynne from the uni _* n of _CarricR-on-S _Oaunon and of the inspectors of tbe _naioiiB of Galway , Swinfoid , _Castlebar , and others ,
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relate similar instances of wholes _. _ie _clearan * _-.. The retusal of _tfee Earl of Lucan , Colonel Knox Gore , fair J . _Crofton , and a host of other titled and ' _honourable' _personals , to pay poor-rates lo keep life » n the victims of their _oppression , is but a minor feature of this war of the powerful . gainst the weak . Well might the Earl of Elleuborough in the House i fit a few _niPni 8 . " apo , deelar _. the state of Ire land to be * a scandal to this country , and a scandal to the age' "' G . Julian _Haiiney . August 10 th , 1818 .
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Thb Metropolitan Central Victim and Defbkce Committee r > thb Chartists op London and its Ent . __ . —B _ _ er Democrats — The law has once more laid its withering grasp upon the advocates of the rights of labour , as much as to say , serfs yoa are , and serfs you shall remain , and if you do not reseat the insult , _serfa you will deserve to hs To the sincere and enthusiastic , this appeal will not be made in vain . Shall it be said that the eloqaent advocates of your never _. dying principles Bhall be sub jeeted to the loathsome degradation of the felon ' s dress and fare and pick oakum ? In the name ot justice , Democrats , forbid it . But thiB is not all ,
triends . Shall the wives and children of the _viotims gloat the eyes of the unfeeling Poor-law _Commissioners , be taunted with their poverty , and upbraided with their husband ' s crime of seeking to alleviate your oondition ? We know your povertyi but we aUo know your ju _. _ice and your generosity . We therefore call upon you to organise _yourrelves for the purpose of succouring the noble martyrs and their bereaved families . We remain , brother labourers , yours , in the cause of human progression , on _bi-hab ofthe above committee , —Messrs Martin , Be _. er _, Colleit , Guest , and Sumner , —Jambs Grass * .., secretary , 6 , Noah ' s Ark-court , Stangate , Lambeth .
Barnsley . —The Irish Roman Catholic Chartists of Barnsley versus the O'Connell Bishops and Priests of Ireland . —At a public meeting of the Irish _Cathslie Chartists of this town , it was _resolved unanimously : — ' That it is an indisputable fact , supported by history , that the infamous D . rmod _M'Murrough , on his return to Ireland after selling his native country to the Norman Kirg Henry of England , was concealed in the Monastery of Ferns by the priests ot that place , Hntil the arrival of the Normans , and that the priestly ruffians knew full well that be was a traitor and an adulterer . ' ' That from that period to the present time , whenever the Irish people bad good honest leaders , acd endeavoured to a _. _aurne the attitude of men , numbers of luxurious and insolent mitred _andsurplictd hypocrites have interfered , and .
ly sophistry and blasphemous _liea , seduced the ignorant and confiding people of Ireland from the pash of manhood , honour , and nationality , aad sent _thvru back to their dens of misery and degradation , while the cant f ng villains lived on the fatof the land , taken from the sweat and toil of their poor deluded dup _?? . ' 4 That we have good reason to b 8 lieve that pampered bishops and ignorant idle priests are now bribed by the English aristocracy and middle class , who have promised to make them the established Church of Ireland if they get tho people to starve quiet y . ' ' That we hope every Irishman in England and Scotland will eend the Star to hie friends in Ireland _, and that we request the patriotic editor of the Star to insert theBe resolutions in his paper for two weeks '
_Wischbstbb . —At a meeting held a few days ago , a vote ot thanks was given to Mr O'Connor , on account of the resolution unanimously passed by tiie Committee upon the Land Company , which they hail as the best refutation to the lies of tbe press . Calumnies anb _Misrepbbsentations op thb ' Birmingham Journal . '—This paper is at its dirty work again—falsely and foully misrepresenting the " number ., sayings and doings of the Birmingham Chartists . As a proof of the accuracy of its report , the meeting alluded to in tke celumns of the Jgurnal to _ place on Monday night , and not on Tueeday .
At the meeting on Thursday night , neither women , boys nor girls were allowed to walk ; and , to give an idea of numbers , the procession occupied fourteeu minutes in passing any given poiat . The voracious ' Journal' says ' about a thousand persona were present , including women and children . ' Mr Mantle instead of making speeches calculated to excite the m _. Gds of hi 9 audience , did his utmost to preserve peace and order , and his conduct deferves the highest praise . The truth-telling Journal , however , has hounded on the authorities to arrest him , aud on Saturday week last a warrant was issued , the execution tf which he has avoided by flight .
Bcllwell —On Tuesday week , Mr George Harris n delivered a lecture on thc Green . After tbe meeting forty-tivo names were enrolled . Prb . ton . — A mee . ing of the Preston Cbartists was held in the News Room , Lune-Etreet , on Sunday evening last , Mr James Brown in the chair ; when the following resolutions were agreed to : —' That this meeting _congidrr that the money subscribed for the defence of Mr O'Connor ' s seat for Nottingham , bas no right to be appropriated for any other purpose than Mr O'Connor thinks fit to put it to ' 1 Thafc one pound be sent for the defence of Dr M'Djuall . ' ¦ That a committee fee appointed by this meeting , to Bee to tho collection of monies for the support of the Chartist victims . ' Mr Michael Ward then gave in his report from the North Lancashire district meeting .
_D-DLfiv . —At a meeting of thia branch of the National Land Company held at the Jolly Collier , Stamford-street , the following resolution waa adopted : — ' That we , in gratitude to Mr O'Connor , tender him onr sincere thanks , for hia Herculean efforts in the c . _use of humanity and justice , and assure him of our pride at his every victory over the factions , and the recent triumph gained b y hi * honesty and courage in the committee on the Land Plan . ' _NoB-rauMBBSLASD and Durham . —A district delegate meeting was held in the house of Mr Gilroy , Cross Keys , West Holborn , South Shields , on Sunday . August 16 th , Mr Richards iB the chair . The following resolutions were paesed : — ' That this district engage Mr John West as a lecturer , and that he commence his labours in this district on Sunday , Au-ust 20 _ , and it is confidently hoped that the
branches in this distriot will use their best exertions to obtain funds , to pay his expenses , and transmit them without delay to M . Jude , the district treasurer . ' 'That the friends at Newcastle and Northand South Shields engage a steam boat for an ex enraion to Seaton Delav _. l , on Sunday , August 20 th ; -he proceeds to so towards defraying the expense of bringing Mr J . West into the district . ' * That a camp meeting ba held at the Avenue Head , Seaton _DeJaval , on Sunday , August 20 cb , _ three o ' clock in the afternoon ; and that the secretary be instructed to write to the friends at Seaton Delaval , Seghill , & c , to request them to make the necessary arrangements . ' That the next district meeting " be held at No . 9 , Ropery-lane , Sunderland , on Sunday , August 13 th , at two o'clock in the afternoon . It is particularly requested that each branch in the district will send a delegate , as the perfecting the arrangements for Mr West ' s tour must be agreed to at that meet *
ing . _Metropolian Victim and Defence Committee . —Held at _Cartwright's Coffee-house , August fish , Mr Martyn in the chair . Delegates were in attendance from _fev . al localities , — ti ' z ., Globe and Friends , Messrs Knowles and Ramstead ; Washington Brigade , _Huskina ; Greenwich , Messrs Brewster acd Lomag . Mr John Milns was elected treasurer , It was then resolved ' That all monies above £ 10 be placed in the Land and Labour Bank . ' ' That 105 . per week be allowed to each of the Victim ' s wives , providing they are not in receipt of any other funds subscribed by the Chartist body , and that sixpence per week be allowed for each unproductive child belonging to each victim . ' ' That the Finance Ceramittee wait _uptn the Defence Committee to come to some proper understanding _respecting the families of the victims . ' ' That tho accounts of this committee
be audited quarterly . ' ' That Mr Merryman be one of the Finance Co ___ ait . ee in the absence of Mr B _. zer . ' 'That thi . committee stand adjourned to next Sunday morning , at ten precisely , at 83 , Dean-Btreet , Soho . ' The following sums were then handed in by the delegates , —viz ., 83 , Dean-street , Soho , £ 1 10 .. 7 _J- ; receipts of harmonic meetings , ditto , £ 1 7 .. ; G . W . Is . CJ . ; Mr Ford , 2 .. 6 d . ; Mr Dennis , is , ; Mr Sullivan , di . ; Marylebone , 10 s . ; Mr Daniel _Liaton , IOi . ; Star and Garter , 2 s . 6 d . ; Cripplegate , 8 .. 10 | d . ; a few friends , Suffolk Arms , Bo 3 ton _* street , Amy-wad , 7 a . 81 . ; Nottingham Arms , 10 _j . ; Ernest Jones locality , 5-. ; Wallace _Brigade , 10 s . ; Ollive branch , 9 .. ; Emmett Bn _« gade , 10 s . ; Greengate _, 10 s . ; Alfred Lodge locality , Is . Gd . ; cigar makers , two sawyers . _Minoriea . 5 .. ; Thomas Paine locality , 6 . Id . ; Hoxton . 43 . ; King's Cross , 5 s ; a friend , Is . Total , £ 8 17 s lOld . Jambs Grassby , secretary , 8 , Noah ' s ___ r-C _ -t _Stsngate , Lambeth .
Lincoln . —At a tteeting of Chartist and Land m rubers , held at the City Arms , on Tuesday last , j . vote of thanks and confidence was given to Feargus O'Connor , Esq , M . P .. for his able management of the affairs ef the Land Company . N £ WCASTLE--r . N- 'i _ KE .-Afc a meeting of this branch of the National Charter _Assooiatiofi , held at M . Jade * ., on Sunday , August 6 th , it was resolved , ' That each member of this branch , who is in employment , will , in future , be expected to pay one penny per week to the local fundi , so as to enable _ . be Association
council to carry out the objects of the . 'That this branch beg respectfully to suggest to other branches of the Charter Association , that a certain day should be fixed once every three _msntbs , when every man , friendly to the cause , shall contribute _sixpence to the Liberty Fund . ' * That the members of this branch do in future pay one hallpenny per week to the victims and their families , and all persons friendly to the cause are requested to hand in their subscriptions to M . Jude . ' Mr James \ V % tion will lecture in M . Jude' _0 L _( . g-Mom OH Sunda y , August 13 'b , at . even o ' clock .
Ireland. Arrest Ov Mr Fmith O'Brien. _ T...
IRELAND . ARREST OV MR fMITH O ' BRIEN . _ THE STATE TMAL 8 . _rHE 0 * JTLAW 8 . '_' _ AN KXKCUTIONER . '—TUB DUBLIN C 0 EP 0 I 1 AT 1 ON .- MR O ' CONNOR AND HIS CRITICS . — THE ITALIANS IN _IKELAND . ( From our own Correspondent . ) Dublin , August 8 _" -h . Before this communication will reach London , you will have learned that William Smith O'Brien is captured , and jou will also discover the how , the when , and tbe where , of his unexpected arrest . Tou will _seethathetrave'ledon _laBt Satarday from his hidingplace in the Tipperary solitudes , and came undisguised in the _evenim * into the town of ThurleB ,
abou 6 fourteen miles from the mountains . You will learn that he sent a peasant boy , who was bis constant attendant all through the period of his out lawry , to purchase a _aecond-class tioket to Limerick , intending to go from _tlu-nco to his own seat at _Caherpjo yle , with a view to rest there in quiet , and await the visitofhis captors . It 50 tbeing dak when ke entered Thurles , he was quickly recognised by several of the humbler classes of the inhabitants who were linger * , g around the station , expecting ' news from the hills' One old woman , a fruit seller , in particular , striking her breast and crossing her brow devoutly , _txcl-imed with a half . gmothered groan—« Oob , cross of Christ about ua ! There he is , and nobody _elaa ! ' Yet neither that poor creaturenor any
, ofthe other miserable beings who recognised the out law , would betray their favourite , nor pollute their soul with the * _blood-monoy' of the Saxons . There was a largo b _ y of ¦ _detectives' standing at the station atthe moment , but none of them were acquainted with his features , nor made any attempt to arreBt him . Having re . ived the ticket from the peasant , he was crossing the rail ? , when he was accosted by the station-guard or watchman , who is an Englishman named Hulme . Mr O'Brien asked hira which side of the rail was the proper stand for those awaiting the train to Limerick , and also inquired the precise moment of its starting . The guard answered
bim civilly , but noticing a certain wildne _. _s in his lo'ik , with much _uneasineus and trepidation in bis manner , he gaz at him narrowly , and immediately _discovered tbat he was no other than the watched of allwatchers—the fugitive rebel chief—O'Brien . He _icpraedistely pr _. ured assistance , and the gallant O'Brien , in five minutes , was a manacled prisoner _, lie was conveyed to Dublin that night , and after undergoing the usual , or rather unusual bungline formalities _pecul-ar to our Irish ' powers , ' was safely en sconced ia Kilmainham Gaol , where he now awaits the pleasure or displeasure of those whom he scorned , and hated , and defied .
Such is the termination of the gallant O'B . _iea ' s career—such is the end of Irish hopes and Irish ambition . Our enemies may indeed triumph—justly triumph—for Ireland is _cwquired without a blow _, and we are the scorn and byword of the entire world Well now may the old foes of the Irish name , and the Irish blood , wag their heads in ridicule , and point their scornful finger at the prostrate Lady Harpist , and the blasted , desolate Oak of _Shlllelas-h . I burn The _blojd drives madly through my veins . I could curse my race ; I am sick and ashamed of my country and my countrymen .
In many of my early letters to the Northern Star , I expressed my opinion that most of the leaders , or soidisant chiefs of' Young Ireland , ' were not the ' men for Galway '—not competent for tbe ta _ which they undertook . Many took . ff _. nce at _theee insinuations , and smiled at my ignorance of the true character of thesa mighty talkers . But events have proved that I was not astray in my calculations . John M tcbel waa a brave' and sincere man , and he was martyred ; Smith O'Brien was a hero , and he fell ; but where are the hundreds who swore to' remember Mitchel , ' and emulate his heroic conduct in the Newgate dock ? I am not ono of thote whe would probe the lacerated heart , or pour gall into the weunded bosom , but I cannot help declaring my opinion of the cowardice of certain fireeaters and _giant-tlarprs .
People blame the _O'Connells . Fudge ! The bun ? bio individual who pens these sentences would be as influential in leading public opinion in Tipperary as John O'Connell . 'I hat base fellow certainly did his utmost to defeat the cause , but he could not , and he did not defeat it . What fighting man wouH listen to the Conciliation Hall bantling ? Not ons in Munster would do ao . And _thoce ( and they are many indeed ) who blame the Catholic Clergy for tho defeat , are _equally _mistaken . The Catholic priests certainly flung a tolerable sprinkling of cold water on the matter , and spoke a good deal ' out of season . ' but even they could no . defeat Ireland . Had the leaders been prudent and cautious , and faithful , and brave bea-ted , John O'Connell and tbe priests mi _^ ht as well be preaching peace to the storms of Sliet __ n „ - mon , or tbe billows of thn Lower Shannon , aa to the dark-browed colliers of Kilkenny , or the 'tall mountaineers' of Tipperary and Limerick .
There are many who blame Smith O'Brien ' s temerity in approaching his enemieB _, and surrendering quietly to his _captora . But why should he b' _- blamed ? What could he do ? He saw the cause rained . He played the game , and found all was lost . The government , not satisfied with offering a high reward for his head , gave notice that any person who would shelter or a . ist or succour him , or give binfood or drink , or assistance in his privations , or who would be found in his _comp-iny , or facilitating hia escape or concealment , would by the faot commit HIGH TREASON , and be liable to the _puniihments and penalties attached to the guilt of that crime .
How , then , was the unfortunate O'Brien to act ? Was he to He down beneath tbe rains and windof Heaven , and perish Ike a wounded roe on the mountains ? He did wbat was best under the luckless circumstances . He formed the project of again seeking his own heme , and there calmly await his arrest ; exonerate others frca the dreadful chastise ments which any friendly connexion with his mined fortunes would bring upoD their head . O'Brien acted nobly from first to last , and when present prejudices will be softened down , and when all parties will ba capable of viewing things in their true colours , Smith O'Brien will be done justice to .
This day , the Commission opens in Green-street the Chief Baron and Baron Pennefather are the presiding judgeB . There is considerable apprehension and deep dejeotion amongst the people , but _nothinc ( as yet , at all evente ) like the bustle and excitement attending the trial of John Mitchel , In those days the people's spirits were up , and hope ran high . Now they are crushed , dejected , and mortified . Those committed for high treason will not , it is said , be tried now . it beinff the intention of government to appoint a Special Commission for their' business , ' in a few days after the termination of the present trials I am told Mr Martin will be put on his trial to-day , and C . G . Duff y will bi arraigned immediately afterwards . Nobody has any notion that a conviction will
not be had ; and , consequently , the unfortunate gentlemen _. ' will' ne 7 er again step en Irish ground . ' Of all the offenders within the fangs of government , it is thought that Dufly will have the worat chance . De is looked on by his prosecutors as tbe most dangerous man in Ireland , and eTen Smith O'Brien will have a better chance of mercy . Professor Butt and Sir Coleman O'LogMen arrived from Cork yesterday to conduct Mr Duffy ' s defence , in conjunction with the brave veteran , Robert Holmes . A better selection could not be made ; but I believe Mr Duffy , eo far a * regards success , might as vsell have put his case in the hands of three fi . _h-hawkera from Patrick-street , or a trio of John _O'Conneli ' a coal-heaving auxiliaries from the Burgh Quay .
With respect to Meagher , Dillon , O'Gorman , Doheny , acd the other prominent * outlaws , ' we bave no authentic account of their situation or their whereabouts . It is pretty certain , however , that they pre lingering in the dreary fastnesses of the Tipperary highlands . Rumour represents them as in the most melancholy plight—half-famished , worn out by fatigue and watching , and arrayed in tbe wretched _raus of the Tipperary m _ _atai _ eer _.-i . Ic i _» said in some _quarters tbat Mr O'Gorman is at tbe head of a large and well-armed band in the county Limerick , and that he led tbe _nttack on the Limerick and _Tralee mail coaches on last Saturday . This 1 hardly can believe . I do not think O'Gorman had anything to do witb thafc wild freak afc Abbej feale .
As for the minor _branohes ofthe ' rebel' force , n . body hears anything atout them . S . J . Meany , of the Tribune , and Joseph Brennan , of the _Fblin , have been arrested in Gorfc . in the county Limerick , and carried up to Dublin , where they were committed to Newgate on last Friday . I understand both these gentlemen are charged with _hii-h treason , and for conspiring to wage war with and deprive her Majesty of her kingdom of Ireland . The Dublin Corporators are particularly unfortunate . They long ago incurred the displeasure of ' Young Ireland , ' by tbeir adherence to Conciliationhall , and they are now in a hobble with the _Proteatantaand Conservatives . Their offence against those ! people is , that tbey would not nominate Alderman Kinaban ( _high church Tory ) to the Lord Mayoralty for 18 _ ; though , as it is alleged by that gentleman ' s party , the late Daniel O'Connell promised , and the Other Roman Catholic members of the Corporation
agreed with him , that , in order to _aatUfv all _olasaes , and do away with religious ascendancy _. _Protestants and Catholics should alternately fill the civic chairthe Catholic Lord Mayor of this year to be succeeded by _s Protestant ntxt year—he again to be _succeded by a Catholic , and so on alternately . A few days ago they had a meeting to nominate the chief magistrate for next year , when Alderman Kinahan was _ptoposed by the Tory party—who form a small minority in the Corporation , ile was _rejected by the Roman Catholics , who _accused him to nis face of bigotry and partisanship in every public matter in winch he has any influence . Thia has given deep offence te almost the entire Protei _ . nt population , and is the cause of a good deal of recrimination in the Conservative _presa of Dublin . Tbe person chosen to tha office is Alderman O'Brien , M . P . for Cashel , an Old Irelander , and a zealous Roman Catholic . This choice is certainly one of the best thpy could make , as , with ths exoep * tion of Alderman Keshan , there is scarcely any other
Ireland. Arrest Ov Mr Fmith O'Brien. _ T...
Catholio member possessed of the _qualificationa necessary to such a high and onerous office . _Iteesraa that a portisn oi tho most fiery of the English Chartists , and some also of the ultra-di * . affected in Ireland , have been complaining of Mi 0 'Conno )' . s inactivity during tho recent agitation , and acousini . him with want of ' pluck , ' because he did not at opce _mtnt down the _gs _^ e and proclaim war te the pike ngamBtthe Wbigs ! How very un reasonable thia is . How very inconsidera ? e and verj unjust is a large porti . n of mankind ! We al ) know Mr O'Connor is no lover of Engli _ government , _ d we are all aware that English injustice and English misrule has no more bitter enemy than the same
gentleman . But wo ought not to forget that he never waa a revolutionist , nor built his hopes on the overthrow of the British Constitution . There may have been a section of English Cbartists . as I am certain there was a large one of Irish _mal-contents _, full of revolutionary ideas , but certainly no man can fail ly say that Mr O'Connor ever entertained or preached such dootrine . Mr O'Connor , in common with every other practical and sensible man , knows tbat it is not to the fact of an English woman wearing an English crown , that the English peopio owe their miseries , and hence he does not meditate hostilities against tho pretty little Victoria . Mr O'Connor wars not against the monarchy or constitution of Great Britain—his campaign is against the robber _aristooraoy , and the _mal-administration of those laws
whioh were originally framed for the protection and well-being of the many . And even in waging battle with those evils , w hy Bhould he not rather adopt tho most prudent and practioal tactic 3 , in preference to empty bluster and mischievous bravado ? And . in estimating those things , why should not the public be just to Mr O'Connor ? What would he gain for himself , or fjr those who look to him as their guide and prophet , by a rash and ill-devised and ill-timed appeal to arms ? Alas ! we have only to look to thc gallant , but uafortuu .., Smith O'Brien , to learn a great and important leaaon . Poor O'Brien reposed trust in promises , and gave his life , his liberty , his property , his all , for those who did not respond to his heroism , or fulfil the solemn pledges they had pi ten . And had Mr O'Connor be _« n a revolutioni . t , and had he acted like O'Brien , are we sure that those who now inveigh _againsthim , would not hang back , and
leave him to breaBt the winds of adversity , and disappointment , and discomfiture , in soma gloomy coal mine , or on the peak ofsome wild and dismal mountain ? I am not sneering at Chartist prowess or at English honour , but in theso times bave we not cause to be prudent ? How the Whigs would gbry had they Feargus O'Connor an outlaw in glen or cavern , on craig or highland ; and how the ¦ Press-gang' —the lick-spittle blackguards of the Sunday Timbs , and the _Disfatce _, and L _ „ s , and the rest of tho pestiferous crew—would cock their crest , and crow over the extermination of the Chartist chieftain . But , 1 trust , he will net be exterminated ; Experience bus taught him what ho might hope for were he again in the clutch of bis enemies . He will disappoint them—and he will conquer them , too , without risk to his own peraonal liberty , or danger to the good cause in which he has ao long and bo manfully struggled .
It gratifies me to record , that whilst the gallant people of Italy are contending with their oppressor , their brethren at present residing in Ireland are not inactive spectators of the struggle , _eor unmindful ef the claims of their brave fellow-countrymen ; and though unable to poise the lance , or wield the _fiword , against' The Austrian ' s red hussar , ' are , nevertheless , determined net to stand by idle and useless , but to render to the glorious causa of national freedom all the aid which tbeir circumstances will admit . On last Thursday week a meeting of the Italians of this city was convened at Queen-square , when a resolution waa drawn up and a _eirenla . issued , calling on
all the Italians residing in Ireland ' not to remain useless spectators of the national strife with the Austrian invader . ' I have been favoured with a sight of that circular , which ie s gned by Signor Francesco Porro , P . Machei , B . Angeli , and many others . It is an excellent and well-written document , and had it not been for our own unhappy circumstances would have been warmly greeted by ten thousand Irish tongues , as well as by those to whom it is specially addressed . Indeed , the Italians _inhabiting Dublin , and Ireland generally , deserve tbe beBt wishes of the Irish people . In all our effort , we had their sympathy and aid .
THE BTATB TRIALS . _Doblik . Thursday . —Five or six persons pleaded guilty to being in p . as-- _ i _ of arms , and were sentenced to forty-eight hours imprisonment , except one who was committed for a month . _ E ' THIBUNE' NEWSPAPER . THE QUEEN V . WILLIAMS AND O _' _DDHEHT _? , PROPRIETORS OP THE ' TRIBUNE . ' TheBe trials are now on , The case for the Crown waa closed this evening , Counsel will plead tomorrow .
The Irish League. Another Victim Haa Bee...
THE IRISH LEAGUE . Another victim haa been added , within the last week , to tbe calendar of Whig despotism in the person of Robert Crowe ; but notwithstanding all the persecution the Whigs may pursue towards the leaders of the Clubs , the hearts of the expatriated sons of Er _. H in this metropolis beat high for the nationality of their own green land . The Clubs may be put down , but the spirit will -till exist-Trig ' Chakles Gavan Duffy' Club . —Large meetings of this Club have been held at the ' Sun ' Coffee-house , Long-lane , Bermondsey . On Wednesday , Friday , and . Sunday evenings last , agreai number of persons enrolled themelves as members of the Club , and the greatest enthusiasm waB displayed . The ' Red Hugh 0 'Dqnne _ ' Club . —A . crowded meeting of this Club was held on Monday last . Several persons were enrolled , and subscriptions were entered into for the defence of Robert Crowe . The ' Davis' Club . —The members of this Club
held a meeting on Monday last , in their room , S 3 , Dean-street , Soho , which was crowded to suffocation . Mr James Collins was called tothe chair . Mr W . Dowling dwelt at great length on the affairs of the Club , and warned the police to behave more kind to the people . They had arrested Crowe because he had told the police on Monday last that they wore tbe clot bos of other people . lie wa . surprised that be had been oommitted on suoh slender evidence Great excitement pervaded the meeting on account of the conflicting reports from Iteland . The meeting then adjourned . The ' Felon' Club —A large meetiDg was held on Sunday , at Cartwright's Coff _. e _. house , _Redcrosastreet . Several _aoul stirring appeals were made , and the greatest enthusiaum prevailed . The Robert Emueit' Club . —Crowded meetings of this Club continue to be held .
The * Bbian . Boru Club . —A crowded meeting of this Club was held at the Druid ' s Arms , Greenwich , at which subscriptions were freely entered into Ior tbe D _. fence Fund . The Irishmen of tbis borough are up and doing , and they are ably assisted by their brother Chartists in the good work . A large meeting at Denny ' s Coffee house , Great St _Andrew-streeti was also held on Sunday last . Meetings for the ensuing week : — Sunday , — Cartwright ' s Coffee-house , _Redoroesstreet ; Fountain and Still , Golden-lane ; Druids ' Arms , Greenwich ; Denny ' s Coffee-house , Great St Andrew-street-, Three Tuns , Moor-street , Soho . Sunday , Wednesday , and Friday . —Sun Coff . _ehouse . Long-lane , Bermondsey . Monday , Tuesday , and Thursday . —Washington Temperance-hall , Cable street , Wapping .
Monday , Wednesday , and Friday . —Temperancehall , Ruiford's-buildings , Islington Turnpike ; and Assembly-rooms , Dean-street , Soho . A meeting will be held on Sunday evening next , at Mr _Nagle ' s , Three Tun ? , Moor . strcet , Soho . to raise _sub . _criptions for tho defence of Rabert Crowe , anothor of the Whig victims .
A Lecture Will Be Delivered On Sunday Ev...
A Lecture will be delivered on Sunday evening , August 13 th , at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus street , New-road . Chair to be taken - „ t eight - ' clock . On Sunday , August 13 , a lecture will be given by Mr Salmon , at the Albion , corner of _Wilmot-street , Bethnal Green-road , on' The _cavi _. e of misery and the best means of speedily removing it . ' ' Tiib Charter , and now to obtain it . '—Mr Kydd will lecture on the above subject in the John-street Institution , on tbe evening ot Thursday , the 17 th of August . Chartists of all localities are invited to attend . Washington Brigade . —Mr Samuel Kydd will lecture on Sunday evening , at the King and Queen , corner of Foley street . Suhj __ t : ' Organisation ot Labiur . ' To commence at eight o ' elook .
The Central Registration and Election Com _< M _..--B will meet at ' 83 , _Doan-atreet , Sobo _. on Tue- ' day evening next , _Angust 15 th , at eight o ' elook pre _cisely . A _Couuittee wa » formed at Cartwright ' s Coffeehouse , for tbe purpose of disposing of a gold seal , te keep the incarcerated victims from picking oakum . The sale will commence on Monday , Aug . 21 st , at eight o ' clock . Persons desirous of taking shares to forward two postage stamps for eaoh Bhare to J . II . Shepherd , at Cartwright's Ctiffeehouse , _RedorosB-ttreet _, Barbican . Mr Paine will lecture at the Loyal Uuited Frie _. ds , _Tabernacle-walk , Hoxton , on Monday evening , at eight o ' clock . Mr Shhpherd will deliver an address at the Globe and Friends , on Sunday evening next , at eight o ' clock .
Pbk 30 ns holding books and monies for the Tower _Hasnle _:. ' Victims are requested to bring them in on Thursday next . Bethnal Green . —A publio meeting will bo held at eight o ' clock on Sunday evening , afc the Digby Arma , Digby- trett , Globe-lane . _Mabylhb-nk . —A publio lecture will ba delivered by Mr S . Kydd at the Literary and Scientific Institution , Great Carlisle street , _Fortmsn Market , on Wednesday evening next , August 16 . Subjeot : ' We _. lth versus Misery . ' Ciiair . to be taken at . igbt o ' olock .
Destructive Fire And I 0s3 Of Life. On M...
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AND I 0 S 3 OF LIFE . On Monday night the _met . ri . olis was visited by the oti .-r _ k of two tires , which , in a very short period laid ia ruin a vast amount of valuable pronertv _, snd doprired one , if n < _-. t nine . fen _pewms , of life The fire br & ka out upon thc premises belonging to Mr Iia ; fi-Jd , ,. Berlin wool dealer , situate in Albai _v-otrect , Regent ' _^ Park , next door to the Windsor _Caatle Tavern . The second disaster occurred upon the premises belonging to the __ _.. v . D : Dale , _Ameu-corner , Patorn oster-row .
The _circu-natanc . s connected with the former fire were of a very _distre ? siug ohuracter . It appears that shortly after the shop was clcsed the _mhabitants were aroused from iheir slumbers by a _boibo resembling the discharge of a piece of ordnance ; at the same time the greater portion cf Mr Hatfield 3 premises , which were four stories high , were blown into tho street , the floorings and roof were lifted into tho air , the brick wall was demolished and sent flying in sundry directions , breaking in the shop front- of several houses on the opposite side of the street , seriously injuring a great number in Ernest-street , forcing in the windows of the Windsor Castle Tavern and at the same moment , aa if by mugio , the whole of Mv Hatfield ' s premises remaining , burst forth into a general blaze . It was one o'clock before the tire was extinguished .
The origin of this oalamity is not precisely knowni but the prevailing opinion is that it was caused by an escape of gas . Ten persons were in Mr Hatfield ' s house , it is supposed , w ! __ n the explosion occurred ; out of that number three only can be accounted for ; one a young girl about sixteen jears of age , a servant in tbe establishment , waa blown through the shopfront on the op . site side of the atreet ; Bhe was found dreadfully mangled , her head being shattered _,, and her face burnt . She was removed tothe _ lice station , where she was seen by a _aurgi on , who pronounced life extinct . Two other patties , aroan and woman , were also forced by the power of the explosion into the street , and were so seriously injured aa fco . be obligtd to be removed to tho hospital . Whether sny of the other parties were in the house at the time of tho explosion is at present unknown . At one o'clock this ( Tuesday ) mcrning the firemen were busily engaged searching the ruins ,
_rUOTHEK PARTICULARS , This disastrous _occurrencs has been far moro de * structive in its consequences than was at first anticipated . Haopily the sacrifice of life has been greatly exaggerated , only one person being aotually dead and three others severely injured ; but the destruction of property occasioned by the explosion is most serious . Of the house itself , in whioh the accident originated , not a _vestige remains . That portion of the building not immediately destroyed by the explosion was wholly consumed by the fire which occurred subsequently , and not one brick remains upon _another The two adjoining houses—the Windsor Castle Tavern on the left , and a hosier and glover ' s shop on the right hand , are shattered to their foundations , and the front wall o' ihe latter wa _ expected to fall
during the whole ef Tuesday . The surrounding proparty is injured to an extent which would not be credible to any except an eye witness , and how so much devastation could have been accomplished without a greater sacrifice of human life is extraordinary . The surveyors who examined the distriot on Tuesday report that 100 houses have been more or lesa injured by the explosion , and it is certain thafc upwards of 2 , 000 squares of glass have been broken . Thirty houses on tho opposite side of tbe Btreet . and about a doz _ on eaoh side of the scene of the accident , are shattered : the damage also extends over a number of houses in _Ernest-Btreet and Little Albanystreet , and even so far as Chester-terrace , in the Rogent ' _s-park . There seems no reason to doubt that gas , and gas alone , was the cause of the accident .
It appears thafc Mr Loten , the owner of the premises , with his wife and child , had b . en spending the day in the country , leaving his brother and sister-inlaw , a young woman named Jane Bird , in charge of the premises . During the last few days a Btrong smell of gas had been experienced in the premises , and workmen had made repeated examinations of the main pipes , but without being able to trace out the cause . On Monday night _abeut nine o ' clock the house was closed , and Mr Loten and hia sister retired up-stairs . But there they found the smell of gas getting stronger , but it was of such frequent occurrence very little notice was taken of it . At a few minutea hefore ten o ' clock . Mary Beatly , tho nurse maid ( since dead ) , went to the upper floor , and
informed Mr Loten that the supper waa ready ; at the same time another _tervant went out to _purcbaaa some fire wood , leaving the nurse maid at the door whilst she went . Tho parties up stairs came down , and having entered the back-parlour they found a . candlo burning on the table , and everything appeared perfectly safe with tbe exception of the strong smell of _gaa . They went to the tront shop , and the moment tbey opened the door the explosion occurred , which blew Mr Loten and his sister through the back * parlour window into the garden . At the same time the nurse-maid , who was standing at the _street-dopr , was bl _ n completely over the road , and forced with _ ch violence _againstths iron railings round one pftha kitchen areas as to bieak tbo solid metal into piece ?;
A man , who was passing along with his cart , was forced out of his vehicle , and severely injured _; a lad , named James Stanlite , in the employ of Miss Warraker , the bookseller , of the same street , was blown across the carriage-way and also _severelyinjured . He is still remaining in the hospi . tal in a very precarious condition , At the same moment the iron gratings and window shutters of Mr Loten's premises , together with chairs , tables , and other articles of furniture , were forced over the road , and having carried away tbe ) hop front of tho premises opposite , belonging to Mr _GibbonB _, No . 103 , sundry piece , of furniture were carried into the
latter premises , and having made their exit afc tbo back struck the houses in Chester-terrace , a distance of nearly 200 feet , where a considerable Quantity of window glass was alao demolished , The floorings of the adjoining house , belonging to Mr Brown , linendraper , were lifted up , the walls were shattered , the furniture hurled into the street , and a female named O _.-rick , was thrown down and severely injured . Tbe whole of the windows and frames in the Windsor Castle Tavern were destroyed , and the bnilding in several places set on fire . Several of the inhabitants residing opposite were struck by the bricks and furniture entering their premises , but fortunately none of them were dangerously injured .
The moment Mr Loten b brother could extneate himself from the ruins in the yard , he succeeded , after considerable trouble , in getting hig Bister from beneath the rubbish , and , by scaling a wall ten feet high , he managed to draw up his relative . Both were considerably burnt , and were removed to the hospital . It has been ascertained that no other parties except the three alluded to were in the premises when the disaster _o-curred . During Tuesday afternoon , Mr _Toplis , the surveyor to the Sun Fire-office , and Mt _Hodg . aU , thft _asaesser of _loBses , viBited the ruin , for the purpo _. e of ascertaining the amount of ____ . hief done . They wero of opinion that no explosion of similar violence had ever taken place in the metropolis , and it was a matter of _aatoiiishmoiit bow so large a quantity of gas as must have accumulated in the shop oould have cccurred .
The moment at which the accident took place ia accurately marked by several clocks in tbe _neighbourhood , and _especially by a large dial at the _Wiedsor Castle Tavern , which stands precisely at Beven minutes past ten o'clock . Mr Loten is insured in the Sun Fire-office to an ext . nt which , it is understood , will cover his loss . Mr and Mrs Loten returned from the country about half-an-hour after the explosion , and while thei * house was in fhmes . The principal houses in _Albany-street which have suffered injury by the explosion are the following : —» No . GOa , the Windsor Castle Tavern , kopt by Mf Haines ; No . 59 . Mr James Horrex , hosier and glover ; No . 5 S , Mr Heyward , grocer ; No . 51 , Mr
GroBdona , fishmonger ; No . 5 G , Mr Francis , sculptor * No . 55 , Mr Clarke , lamp manufacturer ; No . 54 , Messrs Graddon _, pianoforte-makers ; No . 53 , Mr Boulter , fruiterer ; the Police station ; No . 61 , Misa Reynolds , milliner ; No . Ci , Savings Bank ; No . 65 , Mr West ' s private residence ; No . 60 , Mr Wilson surgeon : No . 67 . Mrs Huxley ' s private residence ; No . 68 , Messrs Clark , candle mould manufacturers On the opposite side of the Btreet : —The Chester Arms , hept by Mr Clarke _; No , 114 , Mr Bedmead i oil and Italian warehouse ; No 112 , 13 , Mr Bolton , corn dealer ; No . Ill , Mr Godson , dairyman ; Ne . 110 , Mr . Pitman , fruiterer _; No . 109 , Mrs Capon *
fancy repository ; No . 108 , Mr Limebeer _, cheesemonger ; No . 107 , Mr Tovey , arohiteot ; No . 107 . Mr Levy , jeweller ; No . 106 , Mr Wignell , butcher i No . 105 , Mr Lambert , apothecary ; No , Wd , Mrs Gibbons , haberdasher ; No . 102 , Mr Dennis , toy warehouse - , No . 101 , Mr France , plumber and glazier ; No . 100 , Mr Wells , saddler ; No . 99 , Mr Crabb , baker ; No . 98 , Mr Harris , house painter ; No . 97 , Mr Thomson , artist ; No . 9 G . Mr Harding , private residence ; No . 95 , Mr Willc . ck , artist ; No . 94 , Miss Myatt , _millintr ; No . 93 , Mr Drew , builder No . 02 , Mr Box , builder ; No . 01 , Mr _Gorfin , watch * maker .
The second fire broke out shortly after twelve this ( Tuesday ) morning in the upper part of Mr Dale ' residence . It was first seen by a gentleman named Stiff , who forthwith gave the necessary alarm , The Hame 3 at tbat period appeared to be raging in tho . cond floor , but shortly afterwards 6 hey penetrated the thiid floor , and bursting through tho windows , they illuminated the oity lor some distance . For * tunately the whole of the inmates succeeded in ef . footing a safe r _. treat , although there was some difficulty in removing the lady of Mr Dale , who had recently been confined . The flames were subdued about half . past one o ' elook . The fire was caused by the nurse , who had been attending Mrs Dale , wr leaving one of the rooms with a lighted candle -In I her hand , accidentally igniting the curtain of the ted _,, and in an instant the room became enveloped '_ _flamos .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 12, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_12081848/page/5/
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