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    • TO 'ME ELECTORS AXD SON-ELECTORS OF SOliTHWAHK.
    • IE4J Bsaftersf. & Com»ponetat&
    • Stctortfii, (BiUmtg, & fovmz$i&
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      .The Prospects Of The Harvest. Tins, Too...

      _brtnight sooner than com on undrained land ; bclidcs the yield—both in bulk and in nollaviiir . proportion to milk—being much greater , with a similar amount of labour and manure . Is this fact of no moment , in such a -variable clime as ours 1 _What is the main cause of apprehension in the northern dis- i tricts now ? that even , if fine weather should uccccd to thc " horrid bad" wc have , there is not time for ( be com to ripen before mnUr sets in . Yet we hear of no joint stock companies , with their

      capitals of £ 3 , 000 , 000 and £ 5 , 000 , 000 , io _rnuix ran iasd ! Kor of joint stock schemes to get thc people on to the lasd _, that their labour may cause food to abound ! Nay , instead of these legitimate and _IJicssinj-scattcring modes of applying cajiital being resorted to , wc find the efforts of the poor people _themselves , to obtain a small portion of thc soil " for iloir own kindly use and enjoyment , " sneered at , laughed at , and " attempted to be thwarted . Sever mind . " Every dog has its day : " and thc day is not far distant v . Ucn the _canital of tuft country win be employed in inercasins _tiie food of the country by ihe most " cheap , ' mast legitimate , and mast natural means—the labour of thc people .

      'flic latest accounts from Liverpool thatwc have seen , dated _Tuesfev afternoon , state that ' . — The wea & cr to-dav is most deplorably bad . It _Itasbaea raining theVholc of the past night , and _during to-dav t & re has been no intermission of a sieadvrai « , " a ; cliasismo ; t injurious to the corn . "VVckardryneed ss \ that such weather is causing awfaliy long faces amongst the folks ou 'Change . The ' "ion 3 faces" will not be confined to Liverpool , _snoukHhe _^ resent weather last ten days longer ' .

      ^H2h!Ljl2^^ ',.'¦ T-Fie Northern Star. "...

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      To 'Me Electors Axd Son-Electors Of Solithwahk.

      TO 'ME ELECTORS AXD _SON-ELECTORS OF SOliTHWAHK .

      Ihtthiexps,— It Is A Fact, •Which No Man...

      _IHtThiexps , — It is a fact , which no man can deny , _£ iat as laws ave made by a majority of the House of Commons , which may affect our lives , our liberties , and our properties ; and as one may eon-Etitv _^ c that majority , every man , woman , and child in _fiic kingdom , nay , in tho ihreekingdoms , has a distinct Interest in the character of every individual ¦ number . I make this observation to meet the foolish

      old twaddle , about strangers interfering in local ; affairs . I will give you a striking illustration cf this fact . In 1 S 41 , nearly 300 political prisoners were retained in illegal custody by the castiug vote of the Speaker of the _Uouseof Commons ; therefore we , at all events ( for I was one of them ) , liad an- interest in the principles of even the member for _Hampshire . Perhaps this right of interference will bathe more readily conceded to vote , as it is not my _inteution to use it for mvself . There are now three candidates

      before yon asVang for the representation of your _Zwrougk ; Sir "William _Molesworth , a Whig and something less ; Mr . I'ileher , a . Te _< y and nothing more , acd Mr . Miall . a Chartist and nothing else . I shall briefly scau the pretensions of those three gentlemen . 1 heard Sir _"Will _' iaia _Molcsworia , at three several periods , iu 1336 , proclaim himself an advocate for Vnisersal Suffrage and Annual Parliaments ; while now , in this age of progression , he profeses ignorance as to " the extent" to which thc suffrage may be safely extended ; and he also pleads for Triennial _TarTiamenis . In 1 S 30 , he had no political principle , although possessed of a very

      _capacious poKtical conscience . In ISio , he has neither conscience nor principle . In 1535 , onr principles were not so generally accepted ; and therefore many ofhis class saw bo danger in avowing them to suit their individual-interests , and promote their selfish ambition . _InlSao , our dauntless courage and unrivalled perseverance has made them a portion of thc national political creed . This man wonld , in my _opiniom profess himself a Chartist raw , if the avowal -was likely to serve him . He has _retrograded waiie the _werluhas been progressing . Me canvasses yea for his own persona ! service ; he canvasses you npon

      your prejudices , and not upon his own character . He certainly _liasHic condescension to tell you that he will respectfully Lear all that you have to say on the 6 C 7 cral interesting topics of the day . He is a renegade from what he once professed—a mere political prig ; and his indistinctness of character renders hini unfit to represent tho steady mind of Englishmen . Tc sura-up : he is a Corn Law Repealer ; and upon that single crotchet he rests his claim to your support-: hut Ihave yet faith enough to hope that the electors and _non-ckctovs of SowtuwaTk have not mergedall manly feeling and political principle into o- ? mall _; a compass .

      jtfr . 1 _'Heher appears t be resolved that ef mm wo shall know nothing , save and except that he is thc drawing-room candidate . "Mr . Miall , on the other hand , comes before you with a bold and distinct avowahof -a bold and distinct principle . He has the capacity tc see , itnd _& e prindplc to own , that great mental " revolution which points to those social aud political changes , which are admitted to be now a mere question of time . He truly belongs to the army of progression . I think , my friends , that our support of Mr . Miall will prove our preference of " measures" to " men ; " and will give as a noble _opperfunitv-of proving to the world that we arc only

      " obstructives" _wltcveobstructiou is a virtue : and that , where the common interests of the whole people are concerned ,. ™ :, can not only foigrve , but forget our differences and onr personal guarrels . If Mr . Miall and mvself have belonged to two separate parties , each thicldngthemselvcsright _^ ul consequently each looking for _ascendancy in ihe msvemeat ; and if we have abused each other heartily _faring our struggle , we musr ,: wlien _opposed by the common enemy , forget that we cvcr . have quarrelled . Mr . _Miallis .-in " obstructive ;" . and I honour his obstruction , because he

      is an obstructor < cf evil . _Ei 3 oppositien to Sir \ _fiHiamMoic 5 wortii _. who is a mere Free-trader , is the carrying oat of that great principle wLieb I have ever advocated ;' namely , that ths _existenee-cf three political parities in a -State is incompatible with the peace , happiness , " and _proi _^ erity cf thc State .: and that , therefore , wc must not _alicw Whiggory to merge into mere _Frec-tradeism , but must compel every shade of Liberalism to enlist iu the gteat movementcrmy , to hattlein one united body against what is called I _^ _sitimaer—the principle of Toryism .

      Jlr . Sturge , _in-dehanee of-tncold tanntof" dividing thc Liberal interest , " set a brilliant example of the value of ihis _system _, of _^ _rarfarc at _Nottingham and _Bu-mingham . £ cgardie = _s-of the taunts of faction and its press , he has _thtswn all the onus of "Jirision" npen _ifce sfand-stilJ party , and endeavoured to limit the struggle to ihe national party and the Tory party . Moreover , our support of Mr . _liiall will prove that we are neither narrow nor higottcd in our vie ws ; tliat we do _notobject to a candidate because he is a Free-trader , bat we object to him because he is not a Chartist , We are always _readv to merge the lesser in the greater principle .

      Mr . Miall is a gentleman whose return would do ns credit . Above , and almost before all ; at least before all . except thc Charter ; he is for free trade in religion , lie is a " voluntary" in the fullest sense ofthe werd-. while Sir William Molesworth ware the double badge of two churches . As the qncstion of _ajnooth is likely to create some bigotted prejudice in the minds of my own countrymen against Mr . _Jffial ) _, and in favour of the "double churchman , " 1 think it right that there should be a perfect _nnder-? tasdin « upon that question , Mr . Miall , I presume , regards the Maynootli Grant in thc same light as all sensible men ; as the wedge to he driven to thc extent

      _of-uinistcrialcxpcdicncy ; as a baittolurc bad koman _Catholicclcrgynicnfromthepursuitoftlieircoiintry ' s liberty in quest of Government patronage . I do noi speakdisrespcctfullyof the Roman Cstholicelergymen of Ireland . I could not do so if I was inclined . 3 have ever characterised them as the most pious , moral , frugal , flock-loving priesthood in the world ; ss the best patriots , because taken from the ranks of * fcc people , and in thc Government measure I see the mit & km of rendering them less pious , moral , and irngal , by _selecting them from the luxurious ranks ;

      and less patriotic , by selecting them from the aristocracy . Itisa ' chain in . ' flint " golden link" hy which lay Catholics looking for political power have attempted to bind the Irish mind to the existing Gorernment . Let Irishmen remember that all men are bom with propensities which may he nourished into virtues or thwarted into vices , according to their _totting ; and let them remember that the present training of tlieir priesthood nourishes them iu virtue ; _' hile the trainingnnder acorrupt Government would « _ducc them into vice . Let them also remember that their lav leader ins made opposition to provision

      Ihtthiexps,— It Is A Fact, •Which No Man...

      for the Catholic priesthood one ofthe leading features ofhis life ; and let them also remember , that however small the first speck of Government _oontroui may appear to be , that it is the first slop in vice that is dangerous aud irretrievable . Ireland has achieved her present glorious position through the indomitable courage of her priesthood ; and her brave and valiant r _. eoplo , whose blood lias flowed ill streams ; whose homes have been rendered desolate ; whose portion lias been perpetual martyrdom ; whose country has been made a howling wilderness—a sea-bound dungeon ; whose laws have

      been proclaimed by the camion and the sword ; this people is called on to saeriticc a position , achieved by _ceuturies of unparalleled _siuTcritig and perseverance , at thc shrine of Government necessity ; of that Government , which must yield at last to a nation ' s union what it has refused to justice . As to the taunt of _"lettinga Tory iu "—for an . answer to rtat old bagabooism , I would refer my countrymen to Mr . 0 _'ConncllY letter to thc Repeal wardens of Cork , wherein he says : " We must bc prepared with Repealers at the next election ; and where wc cannot find a Repealer I wokld _pri-. _i-eu a Tubx in the present crisis . "

      Thc electors and non-clcclors of Sonibwark havo failed to test Mr . Miall ' upon one of the ' most important subjects co . _'iiiec-icd with thc welfare , the happiness , and prosperity of all classes of society—I mean the Short Time PAH . Upon this I entertain every hope that Mr . Miall _' s avowal will be satisfactory . Under these circumstances , then , my friends , let the non-electors aad electors place "Miall , and the Charter ; Miall , and voluntary church support . Miall , and less labour ; Miall , and more freedom . Miall , and no Whig ; Miall , and no compromise , " ou their banner : and if the return of a Tory should bc the consequence of his standing , let ns console ourselves with the reflection that thc open foe is preferable to the concealed enemv . Molesworth is no

      man for ihese times . Pitcher is no man for any time ; Miall is the manferthc coming times . Hurrah ! then , for Miall , the independence of Soathwark , aud the liberty of the people 3 Ever your faithful friend , _Feakgjjs O'Co . _v . vor . A sufferer from thc vote of a majority of OXE »

      Ie4j Bsaftersf. & Com»Ponetat&

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      Uu'ortaxt. To I.Axd Seckt.Taiuks. To Tbe...

      _UU'ORTAXT . TO I . AXD SECKT . TAIUKS . TO TBE SEVERAL SECRETARI & S OS THE LASD _SOCIETT . ?> Iv _I ' _l-ciids , —Again I liavc to call your attention to Mr . Roberts's direction as to the mode of paying your monies . So class of men require _, mure punctuality in money matters _, iu the _managctneut-of their affairs , than Use working classes ; and therefore _tfiMS who undertake the trouble of _ma : ; : ig < _-i ] ieiit should insist upon _thcsivmc exactness . Xow , ivlist 1 have to observe is , that thc double entries of money paid to the secretary , and the donlie Usti published _hj bun and nie . have tlie inevitable effect of £ _ocoaii > ticatlllg Olll " accouuts that I cannot , and v . iil not longer act as Mr . Roberts ' s _dermtj _.-wiiluiil tlie _. troublcas my re _« uril _. _unlcts all ths atonies for shares , _mles , and cants , arc sent direct to me , as recommended' by Mr . Huberts . If this rule is not observed . I must _aiifi will resign uiy post as deputy treasurer . _Faithfully curs , Feabces _Q'Coxkob .

      RECEIPTS OP CJIIE CHARTIST _CC-OPERAT 1 YE I _. ANU SOCIETY . rER j £ 3 . o ' cossoa . £ s . d From Dodwortb . « car Barnsley _> . .. - 1 G 0 _llradford .. .. .. .. .. 600 Halifax .. .. .. .. .. 4 1510 Manchester , Aug . 10 th , per Murray .. S B 7 Ilitto .. .. .. .. .. 13 10 U Ditto , per Murray , An * . 11 th .. .. 296 Ditto , ditto , Aug . 17 th 24 18 _S Todmorden . per William .. .. .. 2 0 o C < _jlne „ i > er _Uolgate .. .. .. 16-8 Preston .. .. .. .. .. 41 G 0 llochdale 3 lG ' 8 lower Warlev .. .. ~ .. 528 Mottrais .. 2 16 0

      _Staleybrid-e . -2 6 9 BelfieldllallUlock-nrinters .. .. Id O 0 ItatcIuTe Bridge 2 0 0 llebdcn llrid _^ e .. .. ., .. 151 P . . _Vaydon . Oldham .. .. .. 014 ¦ \ V . lUitciiffe , Xliddtotan _« 1 4 Amos Smith , Heywood ¦ .. .. .. 014 James Duckworth „ ., .. 030 _llichawl Beeslcy , Oldliam .. .. o 1 2 James llaslaiu , Jlidtllcton ., ., 014 Abraham Taylor , ditto ., ,, .. 014 Thomas _llardmvu , _Manchester .. .. 0 15 0 T . Baitwell _, llochdale . 013 JIaifax , 2 nd instalment , -per J . _lleald .. 6 14 G Huddersfieid , per . lolm Stead .. ..-5 0 0 _Oveadesi , near IWlfax , ner J . Heap .. 3 10 8 Dodworfli .. - .- .. a o 0 Barnlcy .. .. .. ,. .. 10 0 0 " 1 ' eovrt 2 0 0 Greenock .. .. 200

      John _Sidaway , Rouen .. .. .. 10 8 6 Sheffield , per GeorsoCavill .. .. 4 2 11 _Bu-uiiugiiain , per Walter Thorn .. .. 4 0 0 Bradford , per George Mansfield .. .. 013 0 _^ Holinlirth , per Joseph Clegs .. .. 9 0 0 _^ _UruSfuitl , per John Lurdlev .. .. 7 0 0 . AVakeScld , per Thomas Lazcnby .. .. 500 Glasgow , per James Smith .. ... 4 7 6 _ArticliokeLocaliry , l > r % liton , per \\ T . Flower 3 4 4 _^ Sheffield , rules and cards .. .. .. 115 6 !| Darnslev , ditto 0 8 6 Bradford , ditto 2 4 8 Tdle , ditto .. .. 025 Manchester , ditto n 0 8 2 _J JIuddersfield , ditto .. .. .. 0 !) 8 llalifar , ditto .. .. 0 W '•> Clitheroc , ditto 0 . 2 0 Blackburn , ditto 0 C 10 Yreston _, ditto .. -. 13 4 _Itoclitlalc , ditto .. .. ., .. 0 il (! ¦ _Burnlov . ditto .. -. .. ... o 4 . 2

      PEE CESER . VL _-SECHETinr . _JSSTAliSENTS . £ s . d . . . ¦ £ s . a . SomersToivn .. 054 _Cullumpton .. .. IU . 8 T . Sniith , Green & rd 0 14 Uraiittrce , IV . _Tfin-J . Sonts , ditto .. 014 bolt < fc II . _KnopJ * 028 _Pcrsliore , ilv . Conn 0 14 T . Grimths , Shrews-Chorlcy .. .. 070 bury .. .. 014 Kewcastle-on-Tync 0 8 0 Arbroatli .. .. 0 9 4 \\~ . Tenant .. " .. 014 _Audiughsnu .. 0 C 0 B . Tenant .. _„ 0 1 4 _SUiUES . _SomcrsTomi .. 200 Mr . _Vfyatt , sen . ... 0 2 0 Westminster ., 1 0 0 J . _Causjhlan -. 100 lVosion , O'Connor J . 'Walker .. .. 0 3 0 _Brfeade .. .. 0 17 1 Mr . Walsh .. .. 040 _Newcastle - upon - Mr . J . Cordery .. 2 12 0 Tyr . e .. .. 0 19 0 Mrs . Waring ; .. 0 II 0 Lecds _^ . .. ..-If-10 o . lames Dickson ... 0 4 0 Oldhara .. .. 500 _hamhxtli 14 00 J . wvatt .. .. 010 T . B . C . and Sons 110 0 Mr . livesav .. ,. 0 7 0 Mr . Bcannnn .. 2 11 0

      CAMS A 5 D _units . Chorlcy 4 0 Bacup .. .. .. 3 4 ItatcMtib 10 Heywood .. _« .. 3 4 Mr . Dear .. . .. ... 0 _loj Manchester .. .- -8 8 _Ebeatvil—The £ 2 acknowledged in my _Iastlist from Pudsey should he £ 1-The snb-Eceretavics of tlie land Society arc requested irmnediate / y to transmit me an account of the nanus of _* M parties wlw-liave joined the society since the last list . of July 14 th , stating distinctly tlie amount of money paid by cadi person .. and tlie rate per week at which it is to bo paid ; such list must be made up to thc end of the quarter , August ISth , and all monies received up to that date must bc sent to tlie _treasurer . No sccount of money must be sent to me ivbich has not been remitted to tbe treasurer . All monies must be sent in full to the treasurer , and no deduction ! made for expenses . These instructions must bc particularlv attended to , as the balance sheet will be _ijnmediattlv issued . AH the districts are hereby requested to calf a meeting of the shareholders on or before _Monday , September Stb , aud at such meetings to propose what tsdditions or amendments they think proper to the present rules , and remit the result io mo , Thomas Maktix Wheeled ,

      Uu'ortaxt. To I.Axd Seckt.Taiuks. To Tbe...

      _TnmE . ' my friends . In tiic above lists vou _nill behold a substantial" resurrection of Chartism ! " " From that-tho sunders will take an uuswev to , _tfwiw _gr _iwlings ; from that thc nation ' s voice may bo learned ; ami from that Daniel O'Connell will see that this week _Cluwtisrahas beaten iho last week ' s receipt f oe hutubugLsin by _i ' tlo ! If ail the money spent for the last _twwitv-ioui' vcavs in _Ivdanil , upon feeding briefless barristers " lawless attorneys , old _clothcsmeii _, and _punch-drinking _spoutcrs , had _beeii spent on the purchase of lnn . 1 for the Irish people , there might have been nearly UlO _. _uOO acre : ! of good land purchased , _which , at two _acves for each head of a fatuity consisting of live , would have made 1 , 080 , 08 ( 1 ofthe Irish peoplehappy for life , and would have produced an annual revenue of nearly a million per year . And this ii not taking any account of the millions fruitlessly spent in _tithe-liti-L'ation , _clectioneerinij squabbles , nnd " local _elucli . nioerin ? jobbery . After three years' slumber let us shout "ffiit'ru / i ¦ for tbt Charlc _. ' , una the _JLaiulfjr the people !" Yijur faithful servant , _1 ' KAHGHS O'COKSOIt .

      Xatioxax Chakter Association. Executive....

      _XATIOXAX CHAKTER _ASSOCIATION . _EXECUTIVE . P _5 _U K 2 . O ' COSXOB . From Sheffield - - - 1 12 6 Barnsley - - . 114 0 Leeds - - -420 JIuddersfield ' . - - | 10 * Bradford - - - 3 410 Halifax - - ' I I Manchester , August 10 - . 500 Ditto , an Old Emiiskillen - - 0 2 6 Ditto , a friend - - - 0 2 6 Ditto , Mr . Scliolcfieia - - « \ < j George Marsdcn - - 2 , 7 Matkburn - - ' III Jk Preston . - ¦ - 81 G 10 _Burnlev - - . S 0 0 Rochdale - - " o _Manchester , August 16 - - - ° 8 George _Marsden - - 2 i 2 liiddleton - - ¦ " ? , i' 2 Manchester , I rth - - i \ ° Macclesfield - - ' i » % liiddleton , per Thomas Bennett ¦ ' « ¦ » Africnd ' . - - » 5 A Chartist widow ' s mite - " 2 » J Manchester , a friend - " „ " n Misendcn Stones - ' ' ' » Idle - - "J Oldham , per Taraiey- - , * . " ' " _tUN'COHBE TESTiaCSIAti . Leicester , per James Hewitt- . -930 FEB _GEXEBil SECRETABT . _scnscBirrioKs . Preston , O'Connor Marylehone - - 3 0 Brigade - - -CO Southampton - - -i J Dr igliton - - -SO Halifax - - ¦ - J " Dundee - - - 7 0 Lower _TTariey - - 1 0 Do ., donation - -13 0 Bradford - - - 6 0 Mrs . Waring - - 1 3 _Littlctown - - - 0 _VhittunrtonandCat 1 3 Dewsbuvy- - - 3 * A friend , Melbourne , Sowerhy Jlrfm - - 3 oi _Hatae - - - 0 3 CABDS . . Dundee - - - -0 a 0 VICTIM FUND . . ¦' - Brichton - - - 2 O Southampton - - 1 0 Dundee - - - 4 7 Mr . Wells - - - ° 3 ' _BCSCOITBE _TESTlJIOSlAi . "Manchester , Mr . Molyneux - - . * Ditto , W . White - . - 0 * _Tnoius Mahtis _WnEEita , Secretary .

      Cimktist Hra.V Boos.—Vi'e Are Desired To...

      CiMKTisT Hra . v Boos . —Vi ' e are desired to state that any locality of the _National Gliarter Association wishing to liave the Chartist Hymn Kool ; , should send their orders to llichard _liailiVird _, No . S , Yiok't-s ! _r- > et , Chester-street , Manchester , stating the _linnilit-r they rcmiirv . The _delegates of Suutii Lancashire have arranged that the book * shall be rwuly for deliver ; by Tucsduv fortnight . J . T ., LOSSOS . —Thicrs's Historv of tlie French * ltevolution is the most " perfect" and the must " c < ivvii « t" ot " any _imhlishcd in _England—though it has to be taken Willi tremendous allowances . A " People ' s KJitiou " of this work is jmWisliwl bv _Viclu-rs , lloljivell-street ; and may lie had of ail liberal booksellers . ISAAC " Dawsos , _Daovtsorw . —Vi'e cannot ansiver liis query - _, hut it is one that the _^ collector o £ the . _assessed taxes for the district will toon solve far him . E . Wh . ks , Cheltenham . —If Mr . Willis will but visit Mr . Thornton ' s " smallfarm , " situate at Paddock , in ' thc immediate neighbourhood of Ilmhlersiiehl , he will find what can he , what has _lioen , and what is being done on _te . ' s ihun _oue acre and three quarters of land , lie will find that Mr . Thornton can grow food enough , and to spare , for four _coies . Dur ing thc summer unmihs he had food foef . ee . _$ qw this is not theory—it is practice ; it is not assertion as to what cun he done ; it is fact . T . Sew , fsix or Whiie . —AVe tear the sale of the tract he _suggests would not cover cost . i . I ' . attve , SiiELtEV . —The General Deer Act was introduced in the year 1830 , by the Wellington Administration ; and whs strenuously ;[ supported hy _Brougham , during his _ _electioneering canvass for the county of York in that year . Jons _CoLQiraox , Glasgow . —Tlie address of the _"Operative Cotton Spinners next week . T . D ., Helper , —Any opinion we could give him in the case he so imperfectly sets forth , would not he worth a straw . He should consult a solicitor on the . _« 2 > ot , who can make himself aetniainted with ail the facts of tlie case . Jacob TRUSTr . —liis letter is in type , hut _c-b _' . igcd to be kept over .

      Stctortfii, (Biumtg, & Fovmz$I&

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      Destttcctivc Coxi-'U.«!Tatiox.—On Monday...

      _DestttccTivc _Coxi- 'u . «! tATiox . —On Monday evening , about twenty minutes before eight o ' clock , a destructive cimilagrntion , involving tlie loss of property to thc amount of nearly £ 20 , 000 , broke out on the . premises of Messrs . livadbury , CilClltOVCX , and _rieitle , French , Scotch , and Manchester warehousemen , oi" . No . 0 , Aldermanbury . Tiic premises in question are considered as almost tho largest in that line -of business . in the _t ; ily ot London , extending in the _roir from _AldermaJibm-y to tho western end of thc'Guildbal ) , and abutting on Dycr ' s-eourt , ou thc northern side of ihe church of St . Lawrence Jewry . The fire was first discovered by the porters employed hi thc basement er cellar ' of the buil < lin < r , ami although an immediate alarm was raised , so ranid . in

      ' _jonseipicnco oi the combustible nature , of thc stock , were iho flames , that before _any assistance could -arrive , the whole oi' the lower portion of thc premises was on fire , which spcediiy caught thc warehouse on the ground floor , nnd extended to the upper rooms . In less than a quarter of an hour the entire area of those extensive warehouses was in flames from tiic basement to the root and the light created thereby was such , that in every part'of London fears were entertained that some great public building must have fallen ? . victim to thc "devouring element . " Thc bridges were crowded with spectators , and Bow Church , the church of St . Lawrence Jewry , aud tiro surrounding edifices were thrown out in bold relief from the objects of lesser elevation more immediately surrounding them . The fiames continued to increase ,

      and from tbe lurid pare on the turrets of Guildhall shortly after eight o ' clock the greatest apprehensions were entertained that tliat ancient edifice was involved in thc conflagration . So rapid was the progress of the fire that thc whole building was one mass of flame before _an-cngittc arrived , tlie lirst being that of thc parish of St . Lawrence Jewry . This was speedily followed by thc brigade from tbe Watlingstreet and other stations , and also the County and the V _/ est of England . Notwithstanding the exertions of thc firemen , under the orders of Mr . Superintendent Braidwood , the fire continued to progress , and ct one time tho whole of Aldormanbury , Guildhall , and the church of St . Lawrence Jewry were considered in imminent danger , aud but for thc extraordinary exertions of the Hremeii thev must havo

      fallen a prey to the flames . The loss is far greater than was at fust _atitieinuted . A man named Diamond was in the top floor at the time the alarm of fire was given ; and so rapid were thc flames that he was forced to escape without his coat , whilst it was with no 6 mall degree of difficulty that those on the ground floor were enabled to escape . By strenuous exertions of thc firemen the fire was prevented from extending beyond the adjacent premises of Messrs . Stone and Co ., grocers and tcadcalers , No . 5 , Alderniaubury , seriously damaged by water and fire . The . flames were got under by half-past nine o ' clock . By iiaif-pasfc ten o ' clock the fire was extinguished , but the ruins wore still smouldering . In consequence of thc early period of the lire and the brilliancy of the flames , thousands of people were attracted to the

      _epot , and it required all the exertions'of the city _jioltce , under the orders of Inspectors Wallis , Wooilroffe , andChadwiok , to preserve anything like order , and to keep the populace back at a sufficient distance to enable the engines , at least twenty in number , to work . The sacrifice of property lias " not been equalled for a number of years . Instead of a loss of £ 20 , 000 , as at lirst reported , it will fall little short often times that amount . The early hour at which it broke out may be considered truly providential , for had it taken place in thc dead of the night the consequences would have been frightful . " Upwards of eighty persons in the employ of Messrs . Bradbury , Greatorex , and Co ., would have been at rest on the premises . In consequence of the immeuse quantity of goods recently taken in for the

      autumn season , the warehouse , to -use the expression of one of thc firm , " was chuck full , " and only on the morning of Monday upwards of £ 24 , 000 worth of rich silks were received , the whole of which was consumed . Tlie warehousemen were engaged later than usual in sorting goods , wlien , at a few minutes to eight . o ' clock , a cry of "Fire ! " was raised , and on their rushing down to the basement floor the stores iu the cellars , consisting of linen , were found to be in flames , and scarcely had they time to cflcct a safe retreat before the destructive element burst forth throughout the building . The greatest fears were entertained for the security of the Guildhall . The persons connected with the numerous corporation _ofhees immediately adopted the proper steps for thopreservation ofthe valuable city records , which are kept near the

      Controller s-oihee , and had them salely deposited m thc Town Clerk ' s office , at a more distant part of thc hall . The Lord Mayor , accompanied by Mr . Alderman Sheriff Sidney and Mr . Alderman Moon , reached the scene in less than a quarter of an hour after the discovery of the fire , and immediately held a cou * ultatioiv with Mr . Braidwood on the security of thc hall , for the flames were rapidly extending to the rear ot" the Controller ' s residence . The beautiful stained glass of the . eastern window was also being shattered by the intense heat , threatening thc speedy destruction of thc well-known colossal figures , Gog and Magog , that stand on each side . There being an excellent supply of water flowing from the mains in front of the hall , several powerful engines , well manned , were _brought to bear on that noytion of the

      fire . By ten o clock the salely ot the ball was secured , but not for many hours afterwards did the firemen cease playing upon the walls which abutted on the ruins ; in fact , during thc whole of yesterday an engine was in full operation , throwing a vast body of water from the Controller ' s olh ' ce . —Tlie following is a correct account of property destroyed , and the extent of insurances thereon : — The warehouse of Messrs . Bradbury , Greatorex , and Co ., silk-uicrcers , and Manchester _. _' Scotch , and Irish warehousemen , 0 , Aldermanbury , totally destroyed . Besides the premises facing Aldernianbury , there worcsevcral houses at the rear , some 200 feet to the western extremity ol the Guildhall , the wholo of which were thrown into one , and were literally crammed with merchandise of every description . . Not a vestige remains of any of the buildings , excepting the walls . The firm arc insured nearly as follows : —Sun Fire-office , £ 10 , 000 ; Royal Exchange , £ 15 , 000 ; Manchester , £ 10 , 000 ; Phoenix , £ 9 , 001 ) : Globe , £ 1 , 0 ( 10 : Alliance . £ 0 , 000 ;

      Union , £ 5 . 000 ; London , £ 5 , 000 ; Norwich Union , £ 5 , 000 ; Scottish Union , £ 5 , 000 ; Kent , £ 2 , 000 . Total— £ 85 , 000 . Thc above-mentioned offices declare thc above insurances to bo a total loss ; that sum , however , will not cover tlie loss ot the firm by £ 20 , 000 . Thc next sufferers are Messrs . Coster and Co ., the extensive warehousemen at the corner of Fountain-court , AWeriuanbury . The back part of their warehouse has sustained much injur }' . A large portion of their valuable merchandise was saturated with water , part of the roof on the back warehouse burnt off , aad several bedrooms burnt out . They are insured in ( lie following offices : —Sun , Manchester , Liverpool , Royal Exchange , Phoenix , Alliance , Globe , _Hand-in-IIond , Westminster , Norwich Union , London , and Union ; total , £ 171 , 000 . The exact amount ofthe firm ' s IoSa _eannrt-as yet bc arrived at . The third important damage is that of Messrs . Oliver and Co ., Manches tor warehousemen , whose premises adjoined Messrs

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      Bradbury and Co . ' s , in Aldernianbury . The stock is injured b y water and removal , part of the roof carried away , ami several apartments'at the top of tne building seriously burnt . "Wc understand the insurance effected ou this propcrtv to be , —Sun Fireofliee , Royal Exchange , and Phoenix ; total , £ 3-5 , 000 . Respecting the entire loss of propcrtv , it is feared Mint it wiU extend to from £ 1 » 0 , 0 U 0 to £ 200 , 000 . Up to ten ( i clock on Tuesday night thc lire had not been ejttetjutlly subdued , large volumes of smoke continually pouring forth from the ruins . To prevent the possibility of any further danger occurring to any of the adjacent property , several of the brigade engines were ordered to remain for thu nurht . _During

      the raging of the fire a young man named Stephen Cttndnek ,-twenty-seven years of age , sustained a serious injury . It appears that thc poor fellow was on his way home , and had reached tho church in Aldcrmaiibury , around which the crowd had become exceedingly dense , and in order to avoid thc latter he tried to enter the churchyard by climbing over the iron spikes ; in attempting this , however , he missed his _footing , and fell heavily upon the spikes , one of which entered the thick part of his ri & hUlu « u , and he became literally impaled ; lie was , with some difficulty , removed , and conveyed in a deplorable state to St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , where he remains in great a » onv .

      _^ Infamous _Ootiugk . —Informations were sworn this day at the Bridewell , before the mavor _, _against . Michael Fitzgerald , of Dublin-hill , FdVard Walsh , of Cat-lane , and Daniel _Crouin , ot the Mallow-road , by the wife ofa young man , a teacher in the citv . The particulars , us detailed in tho statement of tlie voting woman , were ofthe most disgraceful description . It appears , by the statement of thc complainant , that she was at thc races on Wednesday , and that she remained there until nine o ' clock ' in the evening in company with her brother and two young women . She was standing near the ear which they had , and was speaking to a young gentleman , tlie son of a respectable merchant of this city , when a stranger that stood near the ear all the evening tapped Iter on the

      shoulder . The gentleman who was with her said she was under his care , and that she was a respectable married woman . Tiic other person then struck him , her brother came up , a crowd gathered , and while they were standing there several _moii whom she saw about thc ear during thc evening carried her several fields off , where they severally perpetrated the offence and detained her till near eight o ' clock in the morning ; she fainted several times , and before thu outrage was perpetrated saw thc gentleman who was near thc car , and who struck the person she was speaking to , in thc middle ofthe field , and ran to ior which tie io uiu

      nun protection , pronnseu give , was not allowed , for she was followed and taken Hiv . iv from him . She resisted as well as she could , and bit one of those who assaulted her on thelip and cut him . One of the party brought her some water in his hat , which she asked for on coming to herself after having fainted ; and about eight o ' clock in the morning she was conducted home by Fitzgerald , after the parties had quarrelled amongst themselves about her . Somo of them said they would murder her if she gave any alarm , and two of them said she could transport them . There were nine persons present , and they all committed the outrage on her several times . —Cork A ' c-¦ porter of Saturday .

      Aiibupted RowiEP . y axd MuiiDsn . —On Saturday a person , who gave his name Edward Long , and who represented himself as the son of a laundress in Bayswater , was examined before the sitting magistrates at Uxbridgc , on a charge of attempted robbery and murder . It appeared that on Friday week , between eleven and twelve o ' clock at night , " ho entered the house of Mr . Solomon Harris , Uxbridgc , whore he attempted first to commit robbery , and afterwards to murder Mrs . Harris by means of a bludgeon . Mrs . Harris , who appeared to bo still iu a very weak state , and suffering severely from the injuries the prisoner had inflicted on her , and was accommodated _ivitlia chair while giving her evidence , deposed that she was the wife of Mr . Solomon Harris , an inhabitant

      of Uxbridgc . On Friday , the 8 th inst ., between eleven and twelve o ' clock , she observed from an upper window a man , who afterwards proved to bc the prisoner , in the back yard of the premises . He seemed to bc begging , but she did not take much notice of him at the time . About ten minutes afterwards she went iuto thc front parlour , when she was thunderstruck at seeing the same man whom she had before seen in the back yard standing in the room , into which he must have got through one of the windows . That man was the prisoner . She immediately demanded what he did there , when the _psisoner passed her , and directly shut tho room door , aud told her that his object was plunder or even murder . Witness , being dreadfully alarmed , began screaming violentlv ,

      upon which the prisoner instantly pulled out a large bludgeon and commenced beating her over the head , arms , and neck , and dreadfully ill-treating he * . Witness ' s screams brought one of her women servants into the room , aud she had very little recollection of what afterwards took place . Maria Luckitt deposed that she was servant to the last witness . On the forenoon in question , hearing her mistress ' s screams , she ran iuto tho front parlour , whence she found they proceeded . On entering , she saw the prisoner standing by the centre table , with a large stick brandish ing in his right hand over her mistress , who was lying on the floor between two chairs . The prisoner was at that time threatening her mistress with further violence . -Witness assisted Mrs . Harris unon her

      feet , who then attempted to jump out of the window into the fore court ; and , although witness tried to prevent her , so alarmed was she that she succeeded m getting out , and most fortunately fell upon her feet . Thc screams of another female servant , who had run Into thc garden , whero Mr , Harris and the man-servant were at work , brought them and some of the neighbours to their assistance , when Samuel Powell , a journeyman tailor , in thc employ of Mr . Shanoriii , living in the lane near Mr . Harris ' s premises , got into the window , and seized the prisoner , who , seeing others coming in , said , " Don't hurt me , though I am a housebreaker . I will surrender myself . " Sergeant- Roadnight _, T 11 , deposed that on thc day , in question , in _consequence of information he received , Jte went about twenty minutes to twelve to Mr . Harris's house , and received the prisoner from

      Samuel l'owcll and others who liad secured him . Tlie prisoner , was without his shoes ; and as witness was taking him to thc _station-honsc at _Ilillingdon-EinV-hc pulled tho silver fork and the ornament now produced , out of his pocket , which witness took , and he said , " There , that is enough for you . " The prisoner also said be was not sorry he was taken . He had wanted money , and finding the window open , he took off his shoes and got in , and at first sat himself down in a chair . The stick produced ( a tremendous bludgeon ) witness found in the parlour . It further appeared from the admission ofthe prisoner himself , that he had gone out on the evening in question with the stick in his hand , with the full determination to rob some one or bo transported for thc attempt . The prisoner , whose appearance is most ferocious , was committed to Newgate for trial .

      Simioos Accident . — On Wednesday morning about nine o ' clock , a serious affair occurred to ono of Brewer ' s omnibuses , which plies between _Notting- ' nill aud Mile End-gate . The omnibus had just passed Waterloo-bridge , going eastward , when cue of the fore-wheels came off , and the passengers on thc top were thrown to the ground . Assistance was immediately rendered . One gentleman was picked up bleeding dreadfully from the forehead , and had his leg or thigh broken , and another was also seriously injured . The others escaped unhurt . One gentleman was promptly conveyed on a shutter to Cliaringcross Hospital , and the other in a cab to his residence . From inquiries made at the Hospital , we find tliat the gentleman who is so much injured is a Mr . Mortlaunt , a linen-factor , who was going to his offices , situate at No . 1 , Sambrook-court , Basiiighailstreet , and that tho nature of the injuries is a compound fracture of the kg , besides several severe infernal bruises .

      MELXSCHOI . V axd Fatal Occuu . ur . scE ut _Ilpjucombk . —On Wednesday morning between seven and eight o ' clock an aiarm was raised on thc Quav that a lady was in the sea , and drowning , at the back of the houses on the Quay , and a general call for ropes and parties who could swim , in order to endeavour _, to savo her . Thc wind was then Wowing _strongly from the N . W ., and about high tide , tlie water being nearly twenty feet deep atthe backs of the houses , with the sea beating violently against the walls . Mr . hdward Stephens , a respectable shoemaker of the town , happening to pass by , went through the house , stripped off his clothes , and dashed into tho foaming waves , w & succeeded in coming up with tho lady . A rope was then thrown to her , which she missed , UwUn being thrown out a second time , she succeeded in _eccuvuiz it , and was safelv twemnht t _*

      the steps . Mr . btenhens , when lie found that tlie lady had secured the rope , let go his hold of her , when a wave took him out to sea , and a _subset _guent wave was seen to strike him ; which is supposed to liavc stunned him . He immediately went under water , ami was drowned . He has Jeff a widow and two children . —It appears that three ladies , of thc name of Bailer , from 1 eterborough _, have been staying at Martin ' s Boavdlng-houso , on the Quay , for some time , and that tlicy have been in the habit of bathing in the sea fena the back of tho house . The mode of approach to the beach is by a flight of steps , but when the tide is up there is no beach to land on , so that any person bathing at such time must plunge into deep water _, these , Mies being most expert , extraordinarv , and beautiful swimmers , have been in the habit of plunging into deep water ; but this mnrnino- the win , ] nnrl

      sea being both high , Miss Fawrv Bailey ventured to batne , but from the sea beating against the wall she was not enabled to beat against the receding waters , in ouler to recover the steps from which she had plunged , and was at thc mercy of the waves ; she did not lose her self-possession , and kept herself nobly on the surface of tlie waters ; she was much exhausted on being brought to shore , and was put to bed instantly , and is now going on favourably . Tbt Misses _^ Bailey arc Mw of good -property j Miss banny ; Bailey ' s sisters have been with the disconsolate widow , and have assured her that neither she

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      nor the fatherless children shall be allowed lo waul any necessary comfort . The body of poor Stephens is not yet found .

      MORE RAILWAY ACCIDENTS . _AxOTntK _AcClUKST OX TUB _KoilllIKliX , _AXU _KlSTKlt . V Kailwav . —Tho rccoiuly-ouciied portion of the Isorlhcrn and Eastern ltailwuy , on which the late appalling accident took place , was tiic scene of another frightful occurrence on Tuesday afternoon , of a samewhat similar character ; and , although it was not attended with such a deplorable loss " of life as marked the previous one , yet several ofthe passengers have received serious contusions , and tho _escape of human life may be considered trtilv inir . icu \ oni > . It

      is necessary to oascrvo , that since General _I'asley stated , at the recent coroner ' s inquiry us to the death ofthe stoker who lost his life by the engine miming o ( t die Hue a . few weeks since , -that ' it was highly dangerous for trains to pass over the _iiewiy-c-oustru ' -t-od part ofthe road , viz ., _bt-t _lvcoii Bishop ' s Stortford and Ely , atthe rate of thirty miles au hour until it was properly consolidated , the company very promptly lessened the spued , which has been adhered to up to the present lime , making ; t difference in fhe arrival of trains of about an hour ; _st tlu » several

      stations . On the . morning of lummy the usual day mail train left flic Shoreditch terminus at half-past eleven o ' clock , and proceeded with safety ami ease to Cambridge . After the necessary stoppages at that station , the train renewed its course , aiid , ou arriving about two miles beyond Waterlwaeb , seven _nii't-s from Cambridge , ami tlie same distance this side of Ely , the engine van oft thc rail on t lie off or left side , dragging the tender and the whole of the c _'<\ yrhij | es itftcv it . To convey any idea of tlie shock . that instantly took place cannot be attempted . Fortunately this particular part of the line is devoid of anything like embankment , being a perfect level , and tho engine had not travelled more than thirty or forty vanls over the ballast , before it cownletcly turned

      topsy-turvy with the tender into a kind ot ditch , partly full of water . Tlie luggage van , hy the sudden jerk . " apparently , became ' - 'detached , and from this , added to the loose character ofthe soil , caused by the late heavy rains , the wheels became perfectly embedded , a * ud this brought the remainder of tlie train providentially to a stand-still . The aiarm that immediately ensued auumg ' M . _Uw _passinger _* , who were well knocked about by the ' concussion , may be well conceived under the circumstances . The head guard , who was in his usual seat oil the top of one of thc carriages , perceiving that the engine bud run off ( he line , and fearing such a death an one of hU fcl _. ' uwservants met with by thc late accident near Chester _, ford , iunnied from his nlace on to thc road : and if he

      bad not done so he most certainly would have lost his leg by tho clashing of the carriages together , for the step of his scat was driven through tha plate glass windows of a first-class carriage , in which were seated three ladies , one of whem was much cut by the glass . During the confusioii a painful alarm was created for thc safety of the engine-driver and the stoker , as tbey wercsconto baou the engine when it _capswed . To tho s urnrisc and gratification of all , however , the poor fellows , - evidently much' tevrtfied _, were to bo seen wading through the water in tbe ditch unhurt . It appears that as the engine turned over they were thrown some distance from it into the pool , and were accordingly preserved . As soon as thc nllVigiltcd passengers were removed from the carriages , _mcssengeis

      were despatched to Ely and Watorbeach for the aid of one or two pilot engines in order to replace the train . In tho wean while most of tiic passengers posted on to Ely . On the guards making au examination as to what was likely to havo caused the accident , ( hey found about three inches of metal cut off ono ofthe outer rails at a joint , and on searching about found the piece , which they took charge of , brought up to town the same day , and given into tlie hands of Mr . Bowling , thcsuper-inteiideut ofthe line , in order to further the official inquiry which will be instituted relative to thc occurrence . On the arrival of the pilot engines and a number of assistants , active measures were adopted to raise and place the carriages on the line , which in the course of two hours

      was accomplished , and at four o'clock the train resumed its journey to Norwich . - To remove ihe engine nnd tender Irom the ditch by the means then available was perfectly impossible , and they were accordingly left . They arc both embedded to a considerable extent in the soil , and before they can be extricated and put in proper working order a serious loss will be incurred . As regards the cause ofthe accident , it is evident from the piece of metal that lias been out front thc main rail at the joint , that it must have shot out from the straight lino ; and the flange ofthe wheel passing or rising over it , tho engine was thrown oft ' the rails . This opinion is ' entertained by many competent persons , and that thc recent flood of rain might

      have cased thesoil and so moved the rail . Thc _guuvd of the train informed thc writer that tho speed ofthe train at the time of the accident was from about twenty to twenty-five miles an hour , and theinferencc is , th-it had not the wheels become so deeply fixed in the ballast by its looseness , and which so eucctualiy blocked their progress , one or two ofthe carnages would have followed the engine . The carriages were shattered by thc shock , but not to any extent , as they were capable of resuming their place in thc train . It is worthy of remark that the company's servants afforded every facility in order lo colket correct particulars of the unfortunate . event , and did not evince the lcast desire to "hush it up . "

      _SlIOCKlXO ACClIim O . _VTHB LA . VCASTER AND CARLISLE Railway . — An inquest was held on Tuesday last , before Mr . R . Wilson , coroner , at Borrowbridge , on the body of an unfortunate man named Todd , who met his death by a melancholy accident whilst working on that line of railway , at a : viaduct near thc above ' place . Jt appeared from the evidence that there is attached to thc works a small _stiico , beneath which there are conducting rods for the purpose of moving it to different parts as the operation ! , require . On this stage is placed a small crane , used f ' w : drawing up stones for the erection of the viaduct . From some cause or other not ascertained these rods broke , and the stage , being weakened , gave way with tho crane , from which was suspended by a rope a greatblock of stone . There were two men on the _staire ,

      and thoy were precipitated to the ground , and there were three others below , some of whom it is supposed were crushed by thc stone . Surgical aid .. was immediately sent for " to Kendal and Scdbtrgh , when it was found that the five men were all very _s-ci'lously injured . The names of the surviving sufferers are-Robert Whitehed _, William Brown , George Appleby , and William Grant . Todd ' s ( the deceased ) arm was dreadfully lacerated , his left thigh fractured , and his loft ankle-joint dislocated . lie died , after the most extreme suffering for three days , on Monday morning last . Brown had sustained " a compound fracture of flic log , the muscles and integuments being dreadfully torn ; and amputation above the knee was found to be immediately necessary . Every possible cai'e has been bestowed on the surviving sufferers .

      _Accror-XT ox the _Nohtii Mim , _axt > Riji . ir . -ir . —An accident occurred hist Sunday , at the Derby station , V _> the mail train from Leeds , ' which , though fortunately not attended with fatal results , was productive of serious injury and alarm to the passengers . The train had reached tho ticket platform iu safety , when tho highly-reprehensible ' practice of detaching thc engine from thc front , and placing it at tho back of the train , to propel it into the station , was adopted . The engine not having been stopped in time , or the break not apnlied _, tbe train was forced into the stationJiouse with great violence , smashing the first carriage and throwing it up on the platform , and breaking the strong iron and wood balustrades that are placed there to keep off tho passengers . All the passengers were tin-own from their seats by the violence of the shock . Fortunately no bones were broken , but many

      persons received severe cuts and contusions —heads and faces were dreadfully disfigured , and one ladv sadly shaken by the concussion . Several mhmtc t elapsed before sny attention was paid to thc injured individuals , who were at length taken to tlie infir . niary , where their _^ vounds and bruises were dressed , after which thoy were enabled to proceed by the next train . In this accident not thc sli ghtest palliative presents itself for the recklessness of the railway people . . The practice of placing an engine behind the train has been so repeatedly condemned b y _public opinion , that it seems an act of wanton trifling with the lives and limbs of the passengers . to" resort to such a dangerous mode of propulsion . Wo trust that a good inquiry will be made into the affair , and that the culpable parties may be dismissed from the company ' s service .

      Axotjieb and Fatal Accident ox tub iSwmr Midlaxd Railway . —An inquest was held at the PnnceofWales Hotel , _Masborough _. beforc Mr . Badgcr , on Monday afternoon , on Francis Dean ,. who had been killed on Saturday . Henry Kinucrly , guard of the goods train from Derby , proved having arrived at the Masborough station about one o'clock , and unhooking six carriages from thc train . Immediately afterwards another e ngine was used to push the carriages into the siding . Witness saw Francis _Veas walking on one side of the metal on the line , and just before the six waggons , when he shouted to liim to get out of the way ; but before he could do so thc bimerhad knocked him down , and two or three of tlie waggons went over both his legs ; he then dexterously withdrew himself from under the carriages . Turner , the engine-driver , was shunting ( or backing ) the carriages slowly and steadily , and deceased was

      looking towards the down train , and did not seem to sec or hear fhe waggons that were close to him , and upon him before he was aware of it . Witness was sure no one was lo blame . Many persons connected with the station had complained of want of room , where there was a great deal of shunting , and therefore further and much extended . accommodation was much wanted . Verdict— " Accidental death , " with a request that the coroner would write to the secretary of the Midland Company , and say that it was tiic opinion of thc jury that a man should be always _statioaed on the last carriage of the train when shunting . Thejury were also of opinion that fhe Masborough station was too _crowmed and limited for thc business done there , and ought tobe enlarged . _SSBIOTJS AoOH ) ENT 0 N . IHB NORTH Mmi . AND RaII . - _wat . —An accident of an , alarming character , but fortunately not attended with any fatal results , occurred

      On The Noiih Midland Iuilwaymi Moni.Ayr....

      on the Noiih Midland _IUilwaymi Moni . ayr . venmg last , about a _niwrter-past _** oclock , the . Manchester and Leeds _Knilwtf Company s , express tram , which consisted of the Humbercngme _, its tender and three _carriHgcs ( one of them quite " _^ _'"If / X _^ carrincc ) kfi Leeds at . six o'clock , and bat . reac c a point between thc _Wowilcfilord and the Mctliley stations , near the latter and about _hre miles Irom Leed s when the engine suddenly ran off the fine . in < t down the embankment , dragging after it the cavriases . There were onlvcight paFscieers in the tram , amongst whom were Mr . Thomas Clegg , rottonspinncr , _iNeivm . _'irkcl-Iane _, with Mrs . and Miss _L-iecg , who were returning home from Harrogate , where they had been for the licneiit of Mrs . _Clei-s ' a health . All

      three were much cut and _bruiwd _, and when extricated were lilccdin « _profnsrlv ; but they were not onlv sensible but able to walk . * Mr . Clrgg was bruised about thc sluuiLLcr ami cut about the head . The two ladies wciv injured chiefly about the head . They were conveyed , we believe , ' to the Leeds Infirmary , and Mr . J . A . llanr : ome , surgeon , their medical attendant , proceeded to Leeds on Tuesday morning U \ ascertain liic extent of tlieir injuries , and whether ii ' . ey could hear lh . ' . removal home . Another pi _' . SSCll-Hev _' was Mr . Firth , of the firm of Messrs . Alexander Henry and Co ., of Manchester , but who resides in I _' ortl . ind-crosecnl , _Leetk He received some severe bruises and contusions , from the effects of which hois still _euffcring . AnumgRl the passengers who were less seriously hurt were Mr . H . 11 _tihni's , a commercial traveller , who is now alike Scarborough Hotel , Leeds ; Mr . LoftliOii _:-T , of Leeds , who is at 811 , _Cuburg-strcct ,

      _Manchester ; Mr . llw & t , _vthoisntpmcntni Sanulurft--street , Leeds ; aud another commercial traveller _,, whoso uaiuc we . could not icarn , but who _tsstayiug au the Royal Hotel , Leeds . The . guard , whose name is Kinnciiv , the encino man , named Joseph Kay , and the stoker , named John Lull }' , were all considerably hurt . As soon as all the pa > _- . « engers had been extricated , one of them proceeded to the nearest station to stop the trains that might bc coming _forwavd , till thc rails could be cleared and the } ii : e repaired . This was done , and at one period no fewer than seven trains were stopped . In _coirccqucncc of this delay , the two trains which leave Leeds in the evening , after the express train—viz ., that at ten minutes past six , and that at a . quart ' . r before eight- o ' clock , arrived in Miinchosfcr together ; but instead of reaching the Victoria , station at ten minutes after nine , and ft quarter-past ten , it wanted only _tivouty-four minutes tu one o ' clock in tho morning when they arrived . On . . in _inrcsfi- ' _.-i / io : ! « f lite rails where the accident

      occurred , the cause was scon discovered . It seems tiias one of thc iron <' jhaivsonwhielil . be joints of the rails arc secured , had been split or broken , and this had allowed ihe end of one of the rails to become detached at the joint . The flange of the engine-wheel having forced the- loose rail outwards , the engine ran oil ' tho rails aiid over the embankment . The ; train having no stoppages on th . it part of the line , usually traverses it at the . rate of "> 0 to 50 miles an hour : so that the impetu . j would he very * great So far as wc can Jeara there docs not appear to be ihe . slightest blame _allributablo io the cngiuc-maii or guard ; thc accident

      being solely owing to the broken ciiaiv . My . _luunssm ., superintendent of the Manchester and _l _. ccih lla . ilw ; iv Company's locomotive _depai-tmcut at Leeds , took possession ofthe broken chair , aiid it is said ( li . it the fracture appears ' fo be an aid one . No doubt a full inquiry into this fact will bo made . The engine was found lying bottom upwards and much damaged ; and the carriages arc totally destroyed . Joseph Kay , tho engiuo-maii , who keeps a _pvovixici _^ _sktm in Garrattstrect , _Oldliani-road _. _^ Iiini _' _licstei _' , _i- _; at home , and it is slated ( hat two of his ribs are broken . The lireman , ' _JoIih Liitiy , is iiiucli hurt , and is now lying in the . Leeds lnlirmarv .

      ' _Exi'LosKW or a I . ocoMonvrc Boiler . —As the halfpast eight Parliamentary train , cr tliat which critics passengers at a Id . a mile , was standing at the Walton station on ( he South-western Railway on _itsctowa journey on _\ _Yt'dnssday , thccnginchcingthriitakingiit water / and the engine-man beneath examining _liiseiw gine , as is customary during a ' stoppagc _, a sudden explosion took place , nnd the steam rushed out at this lire-door in a direction so Unit the engine-man was severely scalded . Tho fireman escaped unhurt . The only other person who sustained injury was not a , passenger , hut a bystander . He was struck on Ihe back ofhis head by a p iece of coke , but with no great _foivo .

      . . _AccniKXT at Tin ; Hmckuvhus _Ams _Statiox ok tiik _DoviiK ii . ui . irAr . —On Wednesday afternoon , about half-past four o'clock , an accident , occurred at the _Jlriekhiycrs' Arms station of the Dover railway , by which a man named Richard Smith , aged thirty years , sustained a fovcre injury . Ho was engaged in removing one of thc iron tables , a machinery used for shifting carriages from one part of Ike line toanother , and whilst so employed his left hand became jammed between the chains by which such movement is ciVcctcd . Vrom appearances it was feared that the whole of his fingers were cut off , but an being _convcyen to Guy ' s Hospital , it was { isrcilaineil tliat the thumb and middle linger had been injured , but from thc nature ofthe injuries Mr . Forstcr , thc house surgeon , deemed it necessary to remove a portion of tho bone of each member . The poor fellow suffered excruciating torments . He in , however , doing well .

      Gum \ Vj : steiix Railvay . —A Sbhies of Mjsluvs . —On Monday morning , shortly after the arrival of the tram , which JeYt Heading at half-past seven o ' clock , at tho Maidenhead station , one of the titbeii of the boiler exploded , rendering it impossible for the engine fo proceed onwards to IV . _ddington An express was' immediate ! v : scut to ah ; Howell , at Slough , who lost no time in hastening to Maidenhead with another engine ; but , unfortunately , just as this engiiie was starting , with tho delayed train and passengers , towards town , an accident , precisely similar to that of tho firmer one , occurred , thus rendering the engine from Slough also useless ; and it was not until the Oxford train arrived at Maidenhead , upwards of an hour and a half afterwards , that thc

      _nasscngei's were enabled to proceed on their journey . No trains , therefore , arrived at _Paddingfon until half--past ten , instead of one at nine , and smother at . 1 quarter to ten , the engine which ought ( o have taken the nine o ' clock Slough train to Paddington having become disabled at Maidcnlica ' . ! . _—dus-t ' ns the day mail train to Fxcter , which leaves Paddington at ; _i quarter-past ten , was on the eve of _startiiig ° lhc samo marning , from tho Paddington terminus , a similar accident to thc foregoing ones occurred to its engine , nnc . _tfthtt tubes Df the- boiler suddenly bursting , and thus completely disabling thc engine , attached to ( he wail train , and delaving its arrival at Slough , tho

      first station she stopped at , nearly an hour . This train , aud the one which left IV _. _ddincton an hour afterwards , both arrived at Slough atthe same time . _^ _Yc are happy to state that , notwithstanding thc bursting ofthe tubes of three engines , no injuries , in any _tme case , were sustained hy the engine drivers or stokers , nor indeed by any poisons connected with the Company . Considerable , aiarm prevailed at Paddington in consequence of the non-arrival of the fiiat _up-tiaiu from Heading ; which , however , was allayed as soon as thc superintendent of fhe telegraph arrived , and a communication , by this mean , opened between Slou'd : _tind thc terminus .

      Tiik Spitaifii:I,Ds Weavers.—The Silk Ac...

      Tiik _Spitaifii : _i , ds Weavers . —The Silk Act . — On _Thwivilsiy _ni-ht at eight o ' clock , a _erowilcd meeting - of the board of silk hand-loom weavers of Spitalficlils ana its vicinity was held in the Uarc-strcefc ocbooJ-rooni , {' ur the purpose of hearing the report of tho deputation appointed to _waU'Iithc progress of anil to introduce additional clauses into a bill iir ; = tbrmi < d 1 f . into tiic House of Lords hy Lord _l . ilford relating to silk weavers , and which bill baa now become tbe Jaw of tbe land , the act having made further regulations respect ii : *? tne ticket of work to be delivered to the weavers . Mr . Vendomme in tlie cJiail ' Mr . Stewart , the secretary of Die union ' , commmmueatotl the steps taken bv tbe dclHitiitiou by waiting mi -Lord _LUfoi-a and other members of . 1 amaiuent , in order to obtain thc passing of tbe bill , which l : o observed would bc of the greatest advantage to the weavers , the greatest opuoucntsol winch were found to bc sonic of tho most ; active of the Freetraders . The report was unanimously received and adopted .

      Dnr . _* OTvji , Exvlosiox _xeaii _DunLv . v . —On _MoYutov morning : Jast , between S and 9 o ' clock , a most dreadful accident from fire damp-took place at tho coal pits belonging , to Messrs . Wngstaff and Skidmore , situate at Tivhhlc , about a mifc from Dudley , and between that town and _OJdbury , by which 18 men were most dreadfully burnt , and cigfit of wlioin have since died . It appears that tbe men were at their usual work in the pit , and a boy having occasion to go to sonic part of the pit , took alighted candle with him , and incautiousl y ventured where ho ought not to have gone ; the candle having caught thc firedamp the whole of it was instantly one mass of iire . and all I Ho men at work were blown about in several ' directions , [ and more or less scvcrclv injured . As ' soon as the awful calamity could be made known , immediate assistance was rendered , and the whole of the men ( JS m number ) were got out of the pit . Mr . VI .-K Johnson , _sw-gcon , of Dudley ( who is the _surgeon of the works ) , and bis assistants , hastened with all despatch to the scene of the accident . The poor sufferers were conveyed in earls to their respective homes , ami Mr . Johnson and assistants havo been unremitting 111 tlieir attentions to them ; but notwithstanding all that medical skill could _nfiovd _. cight have since died , and so dreadfully are the remaining ten burnt , that but slight hopes arc entertained of their being able to survive . Most of tlie unfortunatc men liavc wives and numerous families _, ibis melancholy event has cast a deep gloom over the inhabitants of Dudley . On Friday an inqnest was bad on . the bodies of six of tho eight who have died ; and the usual verdict of " A . _ccidkstai _. Death" was returned .

      Mr. Rnxos's Smcn._We Have The Speech Of ...

      Mr . _rnxos _' s Smcn . _ _We have the speech of Mr . Dixon at the liiddleton meeting—thc one referred to in lUv O'Connor ' s letter—in type , hut arc _olliged tc withhold it _ till _next week .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 23, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_23081845/page/5/