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S = _^^^ not u _ndeata _^ d how you , or any ofter 2 * _£ & whoml do _busing can be called _^ _toex _plak matters over which you can exercise _j-ocontrd-7 _^^ _^ _e _^ to hearing Sag testimony to yonr character as an em-* J - _Onring vour somewhat long connection _^ _Vttfs _establishment both during my time and -ft of my v _* _**** _™ ' your conduct _* " always that of a honourable man and a gentleman ; _** f 1 know of no person with whom , up to the 50 orind I have done business with more presen t periw > _safis lac _^ obedient servant ,
D . _M'Gowax . p _O'Connor Esq . " _-j-jjj professed Liberal , ami Editor of arank Jo- * - _j- _^^ nm , fpaper _^ „ ron jneahing cur , read Hie _afawe simple _i > off ' 1 _^ d the n see whether your Tory -master , _^ f _etches his men for fear they should drink the This paid the sum of £ 820 for composition alone - the "Leeds Times''in double the time ( forty-six wi that that amount has been paid for the Xonltirn Star . Hind your quack medicines and _rail-! _ , _^ u brainless cub , and don't again interfere _Cith the _richts of those whom yonr grinding master _jrews inhls vice . Whathaveyou got by the lie ? lam ,
The friend of the employed and of the fair employer , Feargus O'Cxxxor . P . s . —Now , young gentleman , so much for the defensive , and just a word upon the attack . The -Town Council of Leeds recently issued an order to _jeceive tenders for doing their printing work . A -meeting of all the printers of Leeds was , in consequence , held at the office of Mr . Bakes , printer and prop rietor of the Leeds Mercury . The meeting was numerous , and . amongst others , Frederick . Hobson ,
jour master , and the proprietor of the Leeds Times . a ad Mr . _WatKEB , printer , attended . The result was ihe adoption 5 F a , certain scale of prices which every one , -with the exception of Mr . _Waiker , signed , - -aider a pledge not to render a lower estimate . In violation of this contract , your master , the proprietor of the Leeds Times j who had signed , tendered his estimate , and so did ilr . _Waikeb , who had not signed . Walker was perfectly justified , and put in 3 , lower estimate than had been agreed upon ; but your master underbid WjiKER by veiy , -very much ; _2 nd . as cheapness was the order of the day , he
{ heated himself into the job . How , what do you sa v of that ? But here ' s worse for you . Mr . Tan-set , 2 hig hly respectable manufacturer of Leeds , of the jinn of Beacock , _Tasxet , and Co ., inserted an advertisement in one of the earliest numbers of the _ftorthern Star . In some short time afterwards your master , who had crimped the advertise ment , without any order , sent Mr . Tasket in a bill for the amount . He refused to pay , denying that he had ever ordered its insertion . Your master served him with a "writ , and , rather than defend the action he paid the money . Some days
snce your machine broke down , and Mr . Taxnet , being the most experienced mechanic in Leeds , was applied to to make the repairs , as the job was a very critical one . _Mt . Tasxet , to his honour , refused the job , because the proprietor of the Leeds Times had cheated him . And now , as to the opinion of —crkimj men themselves , as to the two establishments . _Wuxum Simmoses left yonr employment last week and came into Mr . M'Gowax ' s to better himself . Tour foreman left and came to me , and
remained with me for seven years ; he afterwards came , at his own request , to London , and remained In Mr . M'Gowax's employment till within the past fortnight , when he left to better liimself upon a railway paper . Eight compositors , you see , receive full journeymen's wages upon the [ Star , while the Leeds Times is got up for £ 115 s . a week . Tou should not have thrown stones , as every ' one in Leeds and in Yorkshire knows that the proprietor of the " Leeds Jtmtt' _- 'istfie worst employer of any _newspaper _proprietor in the kingdom .
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~ IMPORTANT NOTICE . Henceforth all communications for the Northern Star must bt addressed simply thus : — To tiie Editor , _-Xbrttern Star Office , 16 , Great _WindmiU-street , London . I request particular attention to the above notice . _Feabgds O'Conkok .
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Bisk Hunt ' s BiMH-DAi . —ite . O'Coknob witt / eelpTeat _ptauure in attending _tftepuWic supper ot the Clock Souse , Westmiiister , on Thursday next . Ut . O'Cojjsob _^ will also lecture at the South London Chartist Ball on "Wednesday evening , the 5 th instant . Subject , " The Land abroad , the Landathome , and the inevitable consequence of a repeal of the Corn Laws at the present time . " Lecture to commence at eight o ' clock . Jons Brai . —Wemnchiegret that an overwhelming press of matter compels us to postpone the publication ofhis well-timed strictures on the base and infamous conduct Of the French Government towards the Polish eales and their holy cause , John Ball ' s letter shaU appear
next week . irXoaeB _JBicbabdson , Kehsisgxos . —Your letter shall appear nest week : no room this . The Exiled Patbiois . —I was much pleased with the Star of last Saturday , seeing that it contained an energetic appeal on behalf of tlie exiled Patriflts , and also a spirited resolution passed b y the _lletri-pulitan District Council on the same subject . I f « el deeply _inxerestedin the restoration of these men , and therefore hope you will permit a plain working man to offer the foUowing ( among the many ) inducements that shou'd stimulate ns in this good work . In the first place , I am of opinion that we are indebted to these men toa very large amount , whieh debt we are able to pay , and those who can and wont pay ought to be ashamed of themselves , and cannot boast of their honesty or principle ; the debt as been standing against ns a long time and it
is high time it was paid . Agam , when 1 see that arch _imposter , prince of humbugs , and tang of blarney , with his cojnartyrs (?) liberated , and the Canadian " rebels " pardoned , I ask why are not these exiles free ? Your correspondent , tir , has honestly and truly stated that it is because wehave neglected them . ShaU we not _jioio exert ourselves and wipe out this disgraceful stain . I would aUude to an article which appeared in the Weekly Dispatch atthe time the Canadianrebels were pardoned . Ihe writer , after describing in strong language the black enormity of the " Canadian insurrection" as con-¦ aasted with the " _JXewport riots , " concluded by saying , tbat if the Chartists would get up a properly directed
agitation forthe rest nation cf the men implicated in ihe " riots" it must be successful ! Think on this brctiier democrats . Finally , we have had many appeals on behalf of the bereaved widow and orphans of theaimable "William JEllis , _^ vheii , by a firm and determined resolu tion we could restore the affectionate husband to the loving wife , the kind father to his beloved children , and ihe ivilling supporter to his family . I do , therefore , hope , sir , that every one will exert themselves as though the return of these patriots rested on their own responsibility . Let there be no lack of petitions ; go round irom house to house lor signatures ; send them to the noble Duncombe and he will finish the good work . A Plain AVokkisg Mas ,
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RECEIPTS OF THB CHARTIST C 0-QPBRATIY 2 LAXD _SOCIETX . tss . aa , o ' cokkob . £ s . d . Alva , per J . Robertson 3 6 _4 Halifax , per C . W . Smith ., 16 6 Dewsbury , per J . Rouse .. .. „ .. 411 9 Derby , per W . Crabtree .. 200 Oldham , per "W . Hamer .. .. " " Z 0 0 Barnsley , per J . Ward .. .. " " 5 0 0 Worcester , per _JM . Griffiths .. .. . _" 0 0 Stockport , per T . Woodhouse .. .. ' - » 0 0 Radcliffe , near Manchester , per _Thcs . Bouker .. 400
CSty of London , per J . Dunn .. .. it 3 19 4 Staleybridge , per J . Durham .. .. " 4 g u Glasgow , per J . Smith .. .. .. ___ 3 jg g Todmorden , per S . _Wnbam „ .. / 2 10 0 Hull , perJ . Welburn ' 0 12 0 Bolton , per £ . Hodgkinson .. .. „ 5 _jj 7 _5 rewcastle-upon-Tyne , per 5 I . Jude .. .. 9 0 5 _JManchester , per J . JMurray .. .. „ _. _j 0 q q Sheffield , per G . Cavill .. .. .. .. 469 Cheltenham , per _W . _JMelson 2 0 0 Bradford , per 3 . Alderson 5 0 0 Mr . Tordofij 'Waterloo , Pudsey _, near Bradford .. 200 Ashton-nnder-Lyne , per E . Hobson .. .. 2 17 0 Huddersfield , per J . Stead .. .. .. 452
_PEli _GENERAL _SECBETAaT . 1 _SSTALMEJJIS . £ s d . £ B . d . Campsie .. .. 094 Todmorden .. .. 0 2 0 Trowbridge .. " * .. 054
SHAKES . _JSacnp .. .. 300 Mountain .. „ 3 yj 5 Merthyr Tydvil .. 200 Cockermouth .. 2 0 0 _Xambeth .. « 312 2 Dudley .. .. 266 _"Whittington & Cat 3 1-5 8 CAiDB ASD S . VHXS . Bath .. .. 038 Arbroath .. .. 020 Trowbridge .. .. 008 Manchester .. .. 150 Ateto . ' » 01 ? f Hank J _* " " •* ° ° "Dundee _.. 0 _* i 6 The sum of -62 ls . 7 d . announced from Brighton in Mr . _lYr . nnnor'slist some weeks backshotdd have heen No . 2 _-SSKSr _** . Kest , and the sum of « 37 s . lOd . from
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Artichoke locality should havebeen Irom the Artichoke locality , Brighton . TH 0 HA 8 Mamiu _"Wheoeb , Secretary . J LEVY J _* 0 K THE LiND CONFEBEHC _*" . TER UK . O ' cOraOB . Dewsbury _. - perJ . Rouse .. .. .. .. 083 Alva , per J . Robertson .. .. .. .. 023 Gty of London , per J . Dunn .. .. .. 029 Bolton , per E . Hodgkinson .. .. .. 056 PEE GENERAL SECBETABT . Dudley _.. .. 029 M .. .. .. 016 South Shields .. O 2 o Hamilton .. .. 036
Boulogne . . .. 0 5 6 Newcastle-on-Tyne 0 2 0 Radcliffe .. .. 034 Bacup .. .. .. 053 Greenwich .. .. 039 Littleborough .. 00 6 The sub-secretaries are requested to hasten the _coUection ofthe levy , as the districts cannot be arranged until this is completed . All persons who living in isolated districts have paid their instalments , either to me or to the Lambeth district , are requested to remit their levy to me in postage stamps . Mr . Murray , of 109 , Travis-street , Ancoats , Manchester , is appointed agent for the Co-operative Land Society for _Lancashire , and will supply all persons needing them with cards , rules , bill * ., Ac . Thomab Mabtin Wheeleb , Secretary .
NATIONAL CHARTER _ASSOCIATION , PEE _GEMESIL SECBETABT . 8 _DBSCBIPT 10 NS . -Westminster .. 0 3 0 Heywood .. .. 0 6 0 Somers Town .. 030 Huhne , per Mr . J . Rotherhithe , a son Keighley .. .. 030 of Crispin ., .. 010 Arbroath 0 4 C EXECUTIVE . Mr . J . CocMn , Staleybridge 0 0 6 Note . —The £ 118 s . acknowledged from Alexandria , in the Star of the 13 th of September , should have been JE 118 s . 9 < L The error will be corrected in tlie secretary's next balance-sheet .
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_Buutai . Outrage asd Darixg Highway Robbery . —On Monday information was forwarded to the -various metropolitan and city police offices and stations , of a most daring outrage . It appears that at about seven o ' clock , on the night of the 20 th inst ., Mr . William Gold , of Charelton Mackerel , was proceeding on horseback along the high road , at a place called Batleigb Wotten , when he was suddenly and brutally attacked by tliree ruffians , who , after dragging hhn from his horse , tied together his legs , and nearly suffocated him with mud and filth , wliich they
forcibly stuffed into liis mouth , in order to prevent him Irom calling for help . They then proceeded to rifle his pockets , and succeeded in getting off with the following _property—yiz ., a cheque for £ 32 , drawn by Mr . Thomas Eades , of Bristol , and payable by Messrs . Stuckey _* s banking company , five £ 5 notes ' a silver hunting watch , maker , William _^ Tyas , No . 9 , 685 ; a pair of silver spectacles , two knives , and , a silver pencil-case . The unfortunate gentleman was subsequently found in an almost exhausted state by some rustics , and still feels the effects ofthe brutality of his cowardly assailants . A reward is offered for the apprehension and conviction of the villains .
_Deiebiiined Suicide . — Late on Monday night , Mr . W . Payne held an inquest at the Bakers' Hall , Harp-laue , Tower-street , on the body of Thomas Cooper , aged twenty-eight , tide-waiter in the Customs . It appeared from the evidence , that about a _w-eek ago the deceased had been reprimanded by his superior officer for absenting himself from duty without leave . This appeared to have a great effect upon his mind . On Saturday last he reported _^ himself " sick , " and on the same day took a lodging at the King ' s Head Tavern , Harp-lane . On the following morning , the servant went to call him at ten o'clock , when he replied that he would be down in a few minutes , but not making his appearance at eleven o ' clock , he was again called , and his door was found to be fastened . The police was called in and the room door burst open , when the deceased was found suspended by a piece of rope from the rail of the bedstead . —Verdict , " Temporary Insanity . "
Coroner ' s Inquest . — Love aiid Suicide . — On Tuesday Mr . Baber held an inquest at the three Crowns , East-road , City-road , on view of the body of Mrs . Elizabeth Hounson _, aged sixty ,, widow ofthe late Mr . Honnson _. who was tlie surveyor of the East India Company ' s navy . It appeared that deceased resided at No . 7 , Wentworth-place , City-road , and that she was in the possession of an independent income , a portion of it being a pension from the East India Company . She had been a widow about twenty years . A Bhort time ago she formed an attachment to a gentleman , a resident at Gravesend , who broke off his engagement with her in consequence of a disagreement about pecuniary matters . Since then
her manners , whieh were formerly eccentric , became still more so , and she exhibited a great depression of spirit . On Sunday last she breakfasted with the family of Jir . William Hockley , amedical gentleman , with whom fhe resided . About two o'clock , upon his return home , finding her bed room door fastened , he caused it to be burst open , when deceased was discovered suspended by a piece of tape from the bed post . She was immediately cut down , but there was no sign of life . Amongst the papers ofthe deceased was a printed circular from a railway company , which had been addressed to her , and in which she was requested to put down the number of shares she was in want of . - Verdict , Temporary'insanity . "
_TDisgusmxo Outhage . —Arthur _M'Gill , a private in the Goth Regiment , and servant in the employ of Captain Black paymaster of that corps , was brought before the county magistrates , at Rochester ,. on Monday , charged with assaulting and biting Harriet Scartifield , the wife of a fisherman residing at Chatham . She stated that as she was passing through Watts ' -place , having a child in her arms , she saw the prisoner lying on the pavement with his hands bound , which some men had been compelled to do in consequence of his riotous conduct ; he bit her foot , and then jumping up , he knocked down the constable and others who attempted to secure him , and then
also knocked her down , and seizing her hand thrust it into his mouth , and bit off the top of her forefinger , wliich he took out of his mouth and threw at her . Her medical attendant had told her that he feared she must undergo amputation . Captain Black , who was present during the investigation , described M'Gill as one of the mi _! dest _* of men , except when he had been drinking , ne said he had , when at Dublin about four months since , thrown himself into the Liffey , and being a Catholic had been to his priest and made a promise not to drink again . He was fined £ 5 , which sum his master paid for him ; and the magistrate orderedtwosovereignsto be given to the poor woman Scartifield .
Serious Charge of Mutiny . — -Liverpool , Tdesday Afierxoos . —The royal mail steamer Cambria , which arrived" here last night from Halifax and Boston , with the North American mails , brought seven seamen in irons , part of the crew of the British barque _Champlain , belonging to Cork , who liad been given up by the United States authorities , under the treaty with tliat country , for examination in England , upon a charge of aggravated mutiny , andof attempting to sink the vessel they were navigating . Onthe arrival ofthe steamer , the prisoners were given into the charge ol Captain Bevis , R . N ., « whoforthwith handed them over to the civil authorities , and at twelve o ' clock to-day the charges against them were investigated before ilr . Rushton , the stipendiary
magistrate . The names ofthe prisoners are Thomas Sheazel , John Cockleston , Hermann Hincker , Henry Matthews , Thomas Bovle , Job M'Cann , and Henry William Matthews . * The despositions taken before the British consul for the state of Maine andthe authorities of the United States were produced . They were most voluminous ; but only one witness was . examined to-day namely , the steward . From what we here , the history is this : —A few days after the prisoners had shipped with Captain Peaton _, there arose a scarcity of seamen in St . John's , and wages advanced considerably . They could not _pursuade the captain to release them from the terms oftheir articles , and therefore , it is said on good evidence , that _Ihev consDired to comDelhim _ionut them ashore
after they had been a few days at sea . The first mutinous symptom was shown by the prisoners commanding one of tlieir body , Hincker , to put the ship about , and steer a course quite opposite to that directed by the captain . The captain , however , sue- _, ceeded in causing the vessel to keep the right course , and then it was suddenly discovered that the vessel was makingwater . On this the prisoners in a body refused to work . It is said an augur was found upon one of them , and that with thisaugur they kept continually boring holes , until at one time there was eig ht and a half feet of water in the bold . Being in danger , the prisoners just pumped suffieientlyto keep the ship afloat , then they "knocked off . " This conduct-was repeated for several hours . At last a brig Jiove in sight . The captain immediately _hoiked signals of distress , which were fortunately observed , and boats sent to the relief of the Champlain . The
two captains communicated , and the result was , that the seven prisoners , after a long struggle , were placed inhvmsandconveyedto the first port , which happened to be on the coast of Maine . . Death _Acceishated by Foul Am .-On Wednesday evening Air . Bedford held an adjourned inquest atthe icing's Head , Crown-street , Soho , on the body of Daniel Harrington , aged fifty-four , a . masons labourer , who inhabited a miserable cellar in ialconbridge-court , Crown-street . It appeared from the evidence that about a week since the deceased ffl down a flight of stairs , in a state of intoxication , and was confined to his bed . He never rallied , and died rather suddenly on Sunday morning last—Dr . lvenny said , from disease . of the lungs , no doubt , consequent upon the noxious _atmosnliere of Ms _inferable abode . Thejury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony .
Se-gui _^ r Accident . —On Wednesday morning a loaded coal-waggon was proceeding down _Fleet-street towards Chancery-lane , when it suddenly fell over sideways in consequence ofthe sewer ( just completed ) bursting in , the mortar not being dry enoug h . The ground fell three feet below the level ; the cost ol the repairing damage will be very great . Melancholy _Occuruesce . —An awful calamity occurred at a place called Bogside , near Borrisokane , on Tuesday night last , about ten o ' clock . __ A man named Patrick Farrell and Ms family , consisting of his wife and four children , retired to rest at about nine o clock , and they were not in _% ed more than an
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hour when the eldest son called to his father , and said there was smoke iii the house . The father and son instantly got up , and thought to get to the door , but were so bewildered that they could not for some time make it out ; by this time the ' house was in flames over their heads , the father , mother , ' _andithe two eldest childred succeeded in getting out , but , melancholy to relate , the two youngest children were burned to ashes—one seven , and the other nine years of age . It appears that Farrell was scutching wheat on 'I ' uesday , and placed the scutched sheafs in such a position that they came in contact with the fire . Poor Farrell is almost distracted , having lost all he possessed in tMs world , except bis life and that of his wife aod two children , as above stated . —iVenas _* Guardian .
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AWFUL AND DESTRUCTIVE FIRES . LOSS OF LIFB ASD FRORERIT . Dreadful Fire and Loss of Life at Norwich . —On Sunday morning , about half-past eleven , a fire broke out in the farm buildings of Mr . Furber , a farmer , at Shipbrooke , about three miles from this town , which ended , we regret to say , in the deaths of three children , and the destruction of the whole of the barns , stables , and other outbuDdings on one side ofthe premises , with the hay , straw , _andgi-ain , the whole ofthe produce of the late harvest , and implements of husbandry . The fire had evidently been burning in the barn for some time before it was discovered , for on Mr . Furber going to the spot on the first alarm , he found the whole of the contents in a
blaze , and , melancholy to relate , he could hear his children within , but from the intensity of the heat and smoke , was unable to reach them . It was some considerable time before search could be made for their bodies , and then nothing but charred remains were discovered . Mrs . Furber , the mother of the children , who has been for some months in a state of ill-health , has by this blow lost all her children ; and it is feared that her own death will speedily follow . It seems that the children , having obtained some lucifer matches , had gone to amuse themselves in the barn , where they set fire to the straw . The premises are about a mile from the parish church ( Darenham ) , the service in whieh was stopped on the alarm being given , and the neighbours hastened out to render assistance .
GnEAT FlKE AT _GltAVESENn AND LOSS OP LlFE _.- _»* On Sunday morning at half-past five o'clock , a fire broke out in High-street , Gravesend , at the house of Mr . King , the Black Horse , and that house , together with five others in front and three in the rear , were speedily reduced to a heap of ruins . - It appears that tbe first intimation of the fact of a fire raging upon the premises was given by a man named Calcraft , a lodger , who , while in bed , observed a strong smell of fire . He immediately got up and iound the lower part ofthe house in flames . He then gave the alarm , and heard some of the parties stirring in the rooms overhead . Mrs . King , thewifeof the occupier ofthe house , instantly threw up the sash of her bed-room window , and jumped into the street . The poor
creature was much bruised by her fall , and was conveyed immediately to the Five Bells Inn , where every attention was paid her , and we are glad to state that she has sustained no serious injury . Another man , named James Ford , who was working at Mr , _Simmons ' s , the blockmaker , and whowasalodger at the Black Horse , was so alarmed that hejumped out of the third floor window , and was taken to the workhouse apparently in a dying state , but upon calling at the union this day ( Monday ) our informant found the poor fellow able to give him an account of the occurrence , which is as follows : He states that he wasawakened by Thomas Mee , a man who is lost in the ruins , who aroused him by calling out— "For Gods sake get up , as the house is on fire , and I can't tell how
we are to get out , as the flames are coming up stairs . " Ford jumped outof bed , and upon looking down the staircase he saw the flames mounting with the most frightful rapidity , but thinking it would be better if he could get into the floor below , he and Thomas Mee attempted to descend the stairs , * but they could not do so . He begged Mee to follow him into the bedroom . again , and jump after him into the street , as there appeared no other chance of escape . Ford having jumped out , saw no more of Mee , nor has he since been seen or heard of . A servant girl was saved by being taken through a side window into an adjoining house , and several other parties escaped over the roof . Cleveland , one of the Gravesend fire police , states that when he arrived the lower part of
the premises were alight , and the screams of the people in the house were heart-rending . He obtained the engine ladders and climbed into the first floor of the Catherine-wheel public-house , forthe purpose of rendering assistance . He got upon the landing just in time' to rescue the servant of Mr . King , who was standing at a window . ' He then went on to the gutter of the Catherine-wheel , and after he had had the hose hauled up to him , the heat became so intense thatit melted the lead , which ran in a stream at his feet , and compelled him to quit the spot . At this moment a man named Aldridge came to his assistance , and succeeded , in saving another female in a similar manner . They then ran along the
parapet , and Aldridge saved himself by sliding down a E icce of iron used as a stay to tne stack of chimneys , y which he was much burned , and he now lies at the Five Bells veiy ill . The engines were worked most effectively , and the police arrangements , under Superintendent North and Inspector Oxley , were well carried out . Search was made for the body of the unfortunate watchman , Mee , during the whole of Monday , but up to five o'clock only a small bone of an arm was found , supposed to be a portion of the poor fellow . It is said that an Italian is also missing who was lodging at the Black Horse at the time of the outbreak . The following is a copy of the official report of the damage caused by this disastrous event , as far as can at present be ascertained : — .
"Sunday , Oct . 26 , half-past five ; a . m . —A fire broke out upon the premises belonging to Mr . Thos . King , licensed victualler , the Black Horse , 52 , Highstreet , Gravesend . The cause unknown . Dwelling house , stock in trade , furniture ) and other effects entirely consumed . The ball-room , tap , kitchen , and a workshop at the back of front premises also destroyed . Insurance unknown at present . " No . 63 , High-street . —Mr . Tallis , butcher . Stock in trade , furniture , and building consumed . "No . 54 , High-street . — Mrs .. Smith , grocer . Buildings gutted , front walls pulled down . The furniture and contents" of shop destroyed . Insurance unknown . "No . 51 } , High-street . —Mr , Needham Henry , boot-maker . Contents of building consumed , furniture and house destroved . Uninsured .
" No . 51 , High-street . —Mr . Hollandell , draper . Ruilding burned down . Stock in trade destroyed , - and furniture burned . Insurance not known : "No . 50 , High-street . —Mr . Hall , china-dealer . First and second floors burned out . Contents of do . destroyed . Stock in front shop extensively damaged by fire and breakage . "No . 25 , _High-street . — Mr . Parsons , perfumer and hair-cutter . Front of house severely burnt . Furniture and stock in trade damaged by water and removal . " No . 26 , High-street . —Mr . Taylor , baker . Front of premises destroyed by lire . > "No . 2 i , High-street . —Mr . M'Donald , licensed victualler , the Rose Tavern ( adjoining the Townhall ) . Front of building severely scorched . " No . 1 , Globe-yard . —Mr . Hollandall . Building burnt down .
"No . 5 , Globe-yard . —Mr . Blackman . Building and contents partly consumed . Insurance unknown . "No . i , Globe-yard . —Mrs . Murray . Front of building and furniture seriously injured by hasty removal . Uninsured . " Back of . Globe-yard . —Mr . Tallis . Slaughterhouse and kitchen-burnt down . Mra . Smith : a large warehouse and contents destroyed . ¦ ¦ " No . 55 .. High-street . — Mr . W . Dawson , the Catherine-wheel / Tavern . Roof of the building damaged by fire and water . " Fire at Nohthfieet . —The above fire was preceded by one at Northfleet Green , on the farm of Mr . Smith , an extensive farmer , which broke out at halfpast seven last evening , when all the stock of-grain , outhouses , < fec , in fact , everything but the dwellinghouse , and the cattle ( whicli were driven away ) , were destroyed .
Destructive Fire .-Clevedon , Oct , 27 . -Testerday ( Sunday ) afternoon , about three o'clock , hre broke out in the thickly studded rick yard of R . _&• Graburn , Esq ., Walton Park Farm , Clevedon . The fire originated with a rick of hay which was put together too early , and the consequence was that ignition took place . Notwithstanding the exertions ot the neighbours the fire spread to the next rick , and so on , till six were in flames . At this juncture ( nine o ' clock ) the "West of England fire-engine arrived from Bristol , and by the exertions then made , the fire was prevented spreading . The damage done is estimated at from £ 600 to £ 700 .
Fire at BARROW .-On Sunday morning , between nine and ten o ' clock , a barley stack belonging to Mr . John Place , of Barrow-hill Farm , standing in the fields , -with a pea stack only near it , was discovered to be on fire . The Suffolk and Norfolk engines _being fetehed from Bury , with the active assistance ot all present , extinguished the flames , and the pea stock was preserved , though within fifteen feet of the other , but the barley , the produce of about seven acres , waa nearly all consumed . Major Griffith attended in the course of the day to inquire into the origin ot the fire .
_AzAnmxo Fire at _NorrxurcHAM . —A fire of a very fearful character broke out , about two o ' clock on Friday morning , sOctober 24 th , npon the premises occupied as a warehouse and chandlery , in the Robin Hood yard , Nottingham , by Mr . William Baldock , grocer and tallow chandler , Hoekley , which terminated in the destruction of a large portion of stock and other property . A female living as neighbour first perceived the fire , and gave an alarm to a workman employed in the manufacture of candles , and he instantly ran to alarm the family of Mr . Baldock . This gentleman being seriously iff , having been confined to hia bed several days , was unable to get up ,
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and one of his shopmen , Haakne , instantly went to the warehouse , , where he found that the flames " were mirsting out ot an upper room window . Some estimate may be fonriedof the imminent danger of . the are from the circums tances of all the rooms _on ; the lS K _* _^ _a' oor ' to . ™ extent of _Sft ) yards in length , being _fifled with tallow , cotton , and candles ot every size and description , ready for sale , and at an early hour when no one was near to lend a helping nana , ihe young man on seeing the mischief likely to ar « e , instantl y ran to the watchhouse , and with incredible _sneed , in less than twenty minutes from the alarm being given , ah engine and two pipes from bre-plugs were got into full play , pouring torrents of water in the heart and seat of the fire . Whilst this course was being pursued , the firemen , nolice . and
such inhabitants as had collected together , entered the premises , and in the most hurried manner threw hundreds of dozens of candles , many hundred weight in hogsheads of tallow , and all combustible and portable materials , out of the windows , forming heaps in the yard of many tons weight . Fortunately , this proceeding proved successful , and was the means of preserving the building and many houses . adjoining iromenjireaesttuction i for had the fire once been ted bythese articles , no exertion could have saved property to the extent of many thousands of pounds , Irom the ravages of the devouring element . As it was , the fare was confined to the room where it originated , and consumed only the property in that room , consisting of an immense number of bags of cotton , which lay piled upon each other .
Fire at Leeds . —Between three and four o ' clock on Saturday morning last a fire broke out at the warehouse of Messrs . Stocks and Sons , wool merchants and Spanish leather manufacturers , situate in _Trmity-street , Commercial-street , Leeds , which proved very destructive in its consequences . Immediately alter the discovery of the lire an alarm was spread , and several engines were quickly on the spot ; they were got to play on the devouring element without loss of time , but the conflagration baffled all attempts to stay it , until the roof and every floor in the building ( which was four stories high ) , except the lower one , had been destroyed , with the whole of the contents , consisting of wool , leather , & o , The origin ot the fire has not been ascertained . The damage is estimated at about £ 400 .
Fire at Battle-bridge . —On Tuesday night , a few minutes past eight , an alarming fire broke out in the varnish arid colour manufactory belonging to Mr . Wallis - in Belle-isle , Maiden-lane , Battle-bridge . It appears that a large copper of varnish _suddenly boiled oyer , and flowing into the stoke hole , communicated to the copper fire . The premises soon broke into flames , messengers were despatched to the nearest stations , and the engines promptly arrived ; but on account of the combustible nature of the stock the flames had gained such ascendancy , that all attempts to save any of the valuable stock or premises were unavailing . The workmen on the premises had considerable difficulty in effecting their escape . The stock and premises are uninsured .
Semous Fire . —A disastrous fire has just happened at Severn Stoke , Worcestershire , through theignition ofa beam of wood in a chimney , which has resulted in the total demolition of four houses . It is supposed that the beam had been smouldering for some time in the chimney , but it broke out into active flames on Friday night or early on Saturday _, morning , and spread so rapidly as in a short time entirely to destroy the house in which it originated , as well as three others adjoining , and which were under the same roof . On the first outbreak of the flames despatches were sent to Worcester and Upton ( about four miles ) for the engines , and in about an hour and a half the Upton engine , and the Phoenix and Birmingham engines from Worcester , were on the spot , but the flames had in the interim entirely gained the
ascendancy . There was great scarcity of water , inasmuch as the only engine which could be used to pump upon the flames was the Upton , the Phoenix and Birmingham being employed in bringing water from a distance . Very little of the furniture was saved . One of the sufferers is a hard working tradesmen named Fowler , a tailor , who , in addition to the loss ofhis goods , has had his cash-box , containing a £ 5 note and some loose money in a box , destroyed . The burning houses were opposite to the Boar ' s Head , the principal inn in the place , and at one time it was rumoured that this house had ignited . This however , proved to be a false alarm . The exertions ofthe inhabitants in endeavouring to subdue the flames were very praiseworthy , but the four houses were burnt to the ground . There was no injury occasioned to life or limb .
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RAILWAY ACCIDENTS . The Late Fatai _. Accident ox the Midland Railway . — Isijuest on the Body of Mr . Botei-er . _t—The death of Mr . Boteler , which occurred on Thursday morning at half-pasteighto _' clock , when it became publicly known , threw a gloom over the populous neighbourhood of Doneaster , Leedsi and other towns in which the learned gentleman had a large circle of friends . Immediately on the fatal event taking place an express was sent to Mr . Bell , the secretary ofthe Midland Railway , who lost no time in apprising General Pasley of the melancholy fact . Thomas Wheatley , the engine-driver at the time of the fatal accideilt , who had on Wednesday last appeared before the magistrates at Sheffield to answer the charge of negligence , but discharged on bail , was forthwith
brought from Leeds by a special tram to Derby , and underwent a long examination before the General in the board-room in the presence of some of the directors ; the result has not become known . Notice was immediately given to the coroner , who directed the inquest to be held on Friday afternoon last , on the body of William Fuller Boteler , Esq ., late of Oulton-green , near Leeds . Sir Isaac Morley and James Murgatroyd , Esq ., two ofthe directors of the company , accompanied by their solicitor , witnesses , & c , proceeded to Woodlesford by special train to attend at the inquest . After the jury had returned from the painful task , thc coroner said thc most searching investigation would be gone into , and for that purpose , to afford time for the necessary witnesses he should adjourn the inquest until Monday morning at nine o ' clock .
The Adjourned Inquest . —Oulton , near Leeds , Monday , Twelve o'Clock at Noon . —The . inquest oh Mr . Boteler was resumed at nine o ' clock this morning . Mr . Sangster , solicitor of Leeds , attended on behalf of the family of the deceased ; Mr . J . A . Ikin , town clerk of Leeds , on behalf of Police Sergeant Stubbs , whose leg , it will be remembered , was broken' by the accident , _* ' and Mr . Palfreyman , solicitor of Sheffield , on behalf of Thomas Wheatly , the driver of the assistant engine , which ran into the train , and whose conduct was likely to be inculpated by the inquiry . John Porter was the * first witness called . He said : I am a railway guard . I reside at Derby . I have been about two years employed by the Midland Company as a railway guard . I was enea < _- _* ed in that capacity on the mail-train which left
Derby for Leeds at ten minutes past ten o ' clock on Monday morning last . Betwixt Wath and Darfield the piston broke . After that occurred , we stopped for twenty-two minutes .: We stopped a luggage train Which was going up . and told the guard to send a pilot-engine from Masbrough to assist us . After we had uncoupled one side of the engine , we proceeded towards Barnsley . When we arrived at Barnsley station , we told the watchman there , whose name was Ilaslon , that the Masbrough pilot was coming , and to tell him , when he arrived , to keep a good look out . 1 told him I was not sure we could get up the bank * . After we had got about half-way up the bank , about a mile-and-a-half from the _station the occurrence took place . At the time when it occurred
I was in the " break carriage , " next to the tender . I jumped out of the carriage . I found that the Masbrough pilot-engine had run into our train . There were nine carnages in the train . The next carriage to the tender was my '' break . " The second one was a parcels' van ; the third was a second class carriage ; the fourth a first class ; the fifth a first class , * the sixth was the travelling post-office ; the seventh was the post-office van , or tender ; the eighth a first class , and the ninth a second class . After the accident occurred , the first thing that I did was to look for my companion , the otlier guard , whose name is Blackmoor . I found him picking up Thomas Wheatley , the driver of the pilot engine . Wheatley appeared to be much stunned : but 1 did not go up to
them . Blackmoor was holding him up . I then went to look after the passengers . As soon as Blackmoor came up , I sent him forward with a signal to stop the in-coming train from Leeds ; and I sent a passenger , whom I knew , with another signal to stop the trains from Derby . After the concussion , I found the buffers ofthe last carriage in the train on the top of tho engine buffers . One of the second-class carriage buffers—the off buffer—was driven through the back pannel of the first-class carriage , which was in advance of it , and which was the eighth carriage inthe train . The first-class carriage referred to was the one in whieh Mr . Boteler was seated . The next carriage was the mail _yan , which was broken . A window was also broken in a couple . The last carriage on the train—the second-class—was also damaged , especially at the end which struck against the first-class carriage . On opening the door of the eighth carriago I found Mr .- Boteler sitting on
the right-hand side of thc carriage going from Derby to Leeds , with his back towards the engine . The buffer had jammed his legs against the seat . We were a long time before we could get him out . I cannot say exactly how long we were , but we sliould be more than half an hour . We had to remove the damaged parts of the carriage from the inside . Both Mr . Boteler ' s legs were broken below the knee . He spoke to us . He said a good deal about his luggage , and desired us to take care of it . That was after we had placed him on the bank upon some cushions . He lost a deal of blood . We had a surgeon in the train , who attended to him . I think it was Mr . Chorley , of Leeds . We placed cushions in a van , and put Mr . Boteler on them . I asked the surgeon to ride with him , and he did so . It was about five o ' clock when we were at the Barnsky station . We went very slow from thence to the place where the aceu 3 entea / 'a ) Tedf When tlw pilot engine ran into
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us we were proceeding at the rate of . about eight or ten miles an hour . It was a fine morning , but there was a strong wind blowing from one side , which retarded our progress , considerably . I do not know whether the moon was shining or not . I cannot say whether it was twilight . or not . It did not rain , lt was a very fine morning . We had three li ghts to our last carriage , forming the points of a triangle , attached to the rear of the last carriage . Thoy were red lights , We had no permanent lights besides those three . We have hand-lamps as signals , which we use to stop any train . These lights are red , green , and white . Tlie red light means "to stop ; " the green , " caution ; " and the . white , "to show all ' s clear—to go on . " We had used these hand" lamps , before the accident occurred .
to stop the goods train , which was going towards Masbrough . I did not use one ol these lamps after lea-ring the Barnsley station , and before the collision took place , nor did I see any other person use one . I neither heard nor saw the pilot engine till it came upon us . I was inside the break carriage . By the light of the morning , without the aid of the lamps , aperson might have seen a train a hundred yards dktant , or more . I have known Wheatley , the driver of the pilot engine , for sometime by sight . —By the Jury : 1 suppose we sliould be going about eight or ten miles an hour when the accident took place . It is usual for one guard to be inside . The engine had varied very much in its speed , after leaving the Barnsley station . —Mr . Sangster , solicitor , here
stated that he appeared on behalf of the family of the deceased , and with the consent of the coroner , and those who appeared for other parties , lie would put a few questions to the witnesses . The consent asked for was immediately accorded ; but Mr . Sangster _' s questions elicited nothing of importance . By Mr . Pall ' reymanj Ihave niy book of rules with me . ( Witness produced the book ) . I cannot say ho \ v long it was exactly from our leaving Barnsley station to the time when the accident occurred . We had gone a mile and three furlongs ftom Barnsley station . I have been on the Midland line ever since it was one . Mr . Palfreyman here read the fifth rule , wliich is as follow : — " When an engine . is stopped from any cause upon the main line ( except at
stations ) , the guard , or m his absence the ioreman , or some other competent person , shall immediately proceed half a mile back , with a red signal to stop any coming train . " In answer to Mr . Palfreyman ' _s questions , after reading thiB rule ; the witness said : Before the concussion we did not send any person back , according to the Sth rule . I had sent word for the pilot-engine to come cautiously . We did not use the whistle after leaving Barnsley . The second witness was Mr . Williom Hey : He said , I am a surgeon , residing at Leeds . I was sent for on Monday morning last to the residence of the deceased . I arrived at Oulton between ten and eleven o ' clock . I found the deceased there in bed . He was in a state of great exhaustion . lie had received a severe injury on both
his legs . They were both very badly fractured , 'lhe injury extended from three or four inches above the ancle to the knee joint . The fleshy part was very much bruised and lacerated . The right leg was amputated the same day , immediately below the knee . He was too much exhausted then to bear a second operation , although that was thought necessary . He ever rallied sufficiently to be able to undergo a second amputation . From that time he gradually sunk , and expired on Thursday morning . He died from exhaustion brought on by those injuries . He did not lose a great deal of blood after I saw him . The exhaustion was _causod by the shock to the system , and not so much by the hemorrhage . Isacc Blackmoor was then called , and said : I am a guard on the
North Midland Railway , and reside at Derby . I was put on as regular guard on the 14 th of last January . I was engaged with the mail train on Monday morning last , and started from Derby at ten minutes past two o'clock : Our engine broke down between Wath and Darfield about ten minutes past four o ' clock . The place is from six to seven miles from Barnsley . We stopped there twenty-two minutes , and then went on . _Wljile we stopped 1 went out with a signal about half * a mile , and when the engineer whistled I returned to the train . We got to Barnsley about five o ' clock . It was a beautiful light morning , and very windy . The light proceeded from the moon ; at least I should think so . I thought the moon was ud . It was a eood clear morning . The wind . I
should say , retarded our speed up the embankment . We saw the watchman named Ilaslem , and a boy , at the Barnsley station . We pulled up there , and took in water ; and I got my lamp trimmed with oil . I told the watchman to keep a look out . We expected the Masbrough pilot up , and wc told liim to look out for us . I told the watchman to tell the engineer of the pilot to be cautious . We then went on . Wc had two side light and a tail light . They were red lights . There were no other lights to be seen from the tail end of the train . I waB outside the last carriage . My back was towards our engine , and my face towards the pilot . I perceived the pilot coming . Ijudgeditwas half a mile off when I first saw it . I saw the light from the fire-box . We were then going up the embankment at the rate of eight to ten miles an hour .
From the time of first seeing the pilot engine 1 continued to see it until it ran into us . The pilot was not long in overtaking us . When about forty yards off I perceived he was coming , and I showed him ft green signal to come steady . The same lamp will show other signals—the red one and the white one . My lamp was in my box when I first saw the pilot engine coming . I took it out immediately on first seeing the pilot , and turned a green light on . This was a very short time before he overtook us . The time was so short I cannot speak to it . I cannot tell whether it was one minute . I could get my lamp out ofmy box , and turn the green light on in a moment . { The box and _kmp'in question were here produced ) . I have never had the lamp in my hand since . Before I showed the light I looked to see that T was correct . I could not have made a mistake and
shown a white light . When a green light is shown the others are blinded . —Blackmoor ' s examination continued : He had the signal before him from the half mile end . He was coming so quick I judged be was forty yards off when I showed the light , 1 heard the engine beating , and saw the steam coming from the chimney . I expected from that the steam was on ; and then I jumped on the top of the carriage on my hands and knees . The collision then took place . When on my hands and knees , I turned round , and he bounced right into us , and sent me into the air . I fell on the same _carriage . I was cut on the face , but not seriously hurt . I did not see Wheatley as the engine was coming upon us . Tlie _riffht-hand eear was clear . I could see into the
tender . I did not see him at his post . I did not see him when the engine wasforty yards off . I didnotsee either him or the stoker at all . I looked both to the right hand and the left hand of tlieir engine . After the collision , I saw Wheatley lying en the ballast betwixt the rails , from fifteen to twenty yards from the engine . 1 descended from the carriage on which 1 was , and went to him and lifted him up . _^ He could not stand . Wheatley might be on the engine . I cannot say where he was . He might be there for what Iknow . Mr . John Lee , of London , gentleman , formerly a solicitor of Leeds , was then called . He said the deceased came down with me as far as Derby in a second-class carriage . He took a carpet bag out of a earriase with him at Derby . The next time Isaw him
was after the accident , in a first-class carriage , with a buffer against his legs . I was laid all my length on the seat , and asleep , when the collision took place . The same moment as the collision took place I heard a dreadful scream . I think I must have turned a summerset , for I was thrown between the seats , and was slightly bruised . I thought the engine had burst , but on looking out I saw it close to the carriage in which I was . I got out , and then swooned away . On recovering , I went to the next first-class carriage , and saw Mr . Boteler , the deceased , sitting with his face to the pilot engine . He was jammed in . Some persons were trying to extricate him . I then asked a man to go into my carriage for my carpet bag , cap , and umbrella . When they got Mr . Boteler out , they
carried him on to the bank . I saw something sticking out of one of his legs , wliich I thought was a splinter , but I was told it was a bone of his leg . The man who liad got me my _luggage then came up , and he turned out to be the driver of the pilot engine . I said to him , " You scoundrel , do you see what injury you have caused that unfortunate okl old man ; you must have seen our lights . " He answered " You had none . " I then went forward to the train , and while talking with Sir J . II . Lowther , Bart ., I saw the driver of the pilot again and said , "Yoa rascal , there were lights ; " and he replied , "They were very dim . " I said , " If there had been no lights you might have seen us ; a sailor _wouhl see any object on the water half a mile before him . "
Joseph Sunter deposed : I am an engine driver , ana resided at Derby . I drove the engine of the mail train from Derby to Leeds , on Monday morning last . Between Wath and Darfield the left-hand piston broke off the rod , and bnrst off the cjlinder cover . After uncoupling that side of thc engine , we proceeded to Barnsley station . We had sent word , by a luggage train , for a pilot engine to be sent from Masbrough . It ran with our train about a mile and a half from the Barnsley station . I saw little of the consequences of the accident at that time . I know Thomas Wheatly . I have known him four or five months , during which time he has been an engine driver in the employ of the Midland Company . 1 consider that he was canable of managing an engine . 1
have heard him well spoken of . ' He has frequently assisted me with a pilot engine ; and his conduct was always satisfactory to me . The morning was cloudy aiid dark , but free irom fog . It was what we call a clear morning , on the railway . I could _haw seen a train of carriages half a mile from me . There was a little moon . _After some further unimportant evidence , Mr . Palfreyman stated that Wheatly was ready to answer any question that might be put to him , or to mak e a statement , if desired . Wheatly then deseribed that he saw a white light , and then a red one . That on finding he was approaching them , he told his stoker to put on the break . He immediately reversed the engine , but it was too late , and just as he was preparing to jump off , the collision took place : He was thrown on the ground . The Coroner then read over the whole of the evidence ,
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and made some observation !) as he ' proceeded / The jury were then locked up for half an hour , after which thev returned a verdict of ' _MansUughter ' against Thomas Wheatley . Wheatley had been present during the inquiry , but when the verdict was delivered it was found that he had decamped . Fatal _AcciDEj-r on tbe _Crowon ( Atmospheric ) Raiiavat . —On Sunday morning an accident _occurred on the Croydon Atmospheric Railway , which has unfortunately been attended with the loss of life . It appears that between twelve and one o ' clock in the _inorning , a train of ballast waggons , propelled , by a locomotive engine , were employed in _removihg'loose earth from one part of the line to the other ,, and for that purpose were ru ' nnine _uuon the atmospheric
line , and when the engineer had proceeded _nearly to Sydenham he felt a sudden shock , as if the engine had run over some obstacle . As soon as he had deposited his loads of ballast , he returned to the spot to ascertain the cause , when he discovered the body of a man lying across the rails in such a position that , if he had not observed him in time , and reversed the engine , the wheek must inevitably have passed over his head . He found tlie poor fellow in a shockingly mutilated state , covered -vith blood , which flowed profusely from liis back and right leg . He was alive , but quite insensible . The sufferer was conveved , without loss of time , io the terminus at
_Lonilonbridge , and from thence to Guy ' s Hospital , ' whw c npon examination , it was found that his right leg ana foot were completely smashed , and that his back had been severely lacerated by the buffer of the engine , with which it was evident he had been struck and knocked down . The unfortunate man died in abou fl an hour after his admission to the hospital ., His name is at present unknown . He was dressed in the garb of a labourer , and apparently about , thirty-eight years of age . His face was rather disfigured ; by a broken nose , and he wore a green shade over his left eye . It is not known how he came upon the railway , but it is supposed he had either strayed , or had trespassed to make a shortcut to Sydenham .
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SHIPWRECK OF A HULL AND HAMBURG STEAMER-TWENTY LIVES LOST . By the General Steam Navigation Company ' s _steam-Bhip , Neptune , Captain Whittingham , commander , whicli arrived at Blackwall , yesterday afternoon , from Hamburg , intelligence was received in the city ofthe shipwreck and Joss of one of the Hull and Hamburg steamers , called the "Margaret , " commanded by Captain Rawlinson , accompanied by an awful loss of life . From the few particulars that have been brought over , it appears that during the whole of last week the coast has been visited by a most fearful storm , the wind blowing a continual gale from the north to the north-west since the 20 th , and the destruction among the coasting trade and human life is stated to be very great . Tlie Margaret
steamer lett Hamburg lor the port of Hull on Friday , the 19 th instant , having her usual number of passengers , and a full cargo of merchandize ; the weather , at the time of her departure , being what is termed moderate . By the period , however , she had arrived off _CiKhayen , near tlie mouth of the Elbe , a breeze had sprung up from theN . W ., brit the Captain thinking it would not be of any duration , thc pilot left the vessel at that port and she proceeded on her passage , and was last seen from Heligoland , passing through the usual track . Nothing further was lieard of her until Sunday morning last , when the General Steam Navigation Company ' s steamer , Neptune , on the point of starting , onthe receipt of the mails from Norben , learned that the unfortunate steamer had
been wrecked off that coast , and that sixteen of the passengers and three ofthe crew perished with her . From another source it has been ascertained that the ill-fated vessel , after leaving Heligoland , on account oftlie gale , could have only made lee-way . ' and eventually it is supposed she was driven on a dangerous sand , called the Mewmeth , near Jnist , at the eastern entrance oftlie River Memm . According to the accounts she struck before daybreak on the morning of the 22 nd , consequently she must have been encountering tbe gale for three _d-ys . It appears the moment she took the shoal / the " sea , which was running terrifically high , swept several overboard . The longboat being launched , attempts were made to reach the shore * but owing to its crowded state and the boisterous state of the surf it was capsized , and every soul in it met a watery grave . Those Avho remained on board the vessel , being exposed to the most severe privation for a number of hours _, were saved . The steamer , however , became a
complete wreck , but as the tide receded , considerable quantities of her cargo were got out of the hold . . The Margaret was thc property of Mr . Prince , of Hull , by whom she was built some years ago .. She was about 250 tons burthen , rigged as a three-masted schooner , and was worked by a screw , proyell . br , being the first vessel of the description thai has . been engaged in the passenger traffic from that port . Shehad a very rakish appearance , and owing to the quantity of canvass she carried , she was considered a perfect clipper . Within a few miles of the spot _, where the Margaret was lost , viz ., off Novderney , a ship foundered about the same time ' , and every soul belonging to her was drowned . Another vessel belonging to St . Petersburg , named the Mehala , was lost on _thejH'eceding day on tlie same sands , ancl the captain and one of his crew perished . Iii addition to these deplorable disasters , the Hamburgh mail announces the loss of no fewer than nine other vessels on the Dutch coast during the storm .
( From ihe Manchester Guardian . ) We have received , from a friend at Hull , intelligence of a tremendous hurricane on Monday afternoon and Tuesday in last week , which seems " to have been more violent and of greater duration than . any experienced in the German Ocean for the last twenty years . Wc give the following from our . _correspond dent ' s letter : — "The Transit , Hamburg steamer , arrived at Hull on Sunday morning last , after enduring one of the heaviest gales perhaps ever : expe rienced ; having been obliged to throw overboard all the cattle she was bringing to Hull , thirty-six in number . The hurricane continued from Monday afternoon to Tuesday ; but the gale was of muchlonger duration . It also appears that the Transit , having proceeded to sea the second time , thc weatherbecame so tempestuous that the ship was obliged to _iiicethe storm , there being on this occasion no possibility of returning . I cannot , however , do better than send you a copy of the letter transmitted homo by the very intelligent engineer ofthis ster _. mer : —
¦ Cuxliaven , Oct . 32 , 1815 . " Dear , —It is with feelings of thankfulness I am enabled to send you a line to ease the suspense that I know you will . be in , witli us being so late . 7 I scarcely thought I should ever see you again ; but , thank _Godj . we are all safe and well . , But , oh ! we have passed throughan ordeal indeed , Never did any one imagine there could be such a sea running . When we left here on Friday . we had a very heavy gale , and had to bear up or * . ' Saturday night , and got coaled on Sunday night ; . ir . d ,. as : tha weather was more moderate , we proceeded to sea on Monday forenoon ; then in the afternoon came on the hurricane , sueh as has not been known here for above twenty years . We kept her head to the sea , as it was impossible to turn back ; but when the storm-sail gave way , - . then commenced the work of destruction . The poor beasts
wo had on board ( thirty . 6 ix in number ) we were obliged to throw overboard to save ourselves : and fortunate we werein accomplishing this work when we did , or none would have been left to tell the tale . The poor animal seemed to have a foretaste of what we were obliged to do . Some went away like Iambs to the slaughter , with a pitiful look as they went over the side ; others resisted nith all their might , clinging to us till the following sea smothered the ship and all . We passed a fearful , night . We lost our best boat , and everything off the deck . We could not tell where we were , but the following day we were obliged to run , when fortunately , God he thanked , we found the island . Had we got near the lee shore , we could not have escaped , the sea running so high that we could not see the length of the ship . There is a fearful number of wrecks even in the river . Cuxbaven is nearl y washed away . . " Yours affectionately , . . . ; . ¦ ¦ _. . "
t Such is the description given of this most destructive gale , the results of which may be anticipated . Losses , perhaps the most numerous for a long period ; , may be certainly looked for . The ( iueen of Scotland steamer , from Hamburg , arrived here on the 23 rd inst ., having thrown eighteen beasts overboard . The Margaret , Archimedean screw steamer , whieh left Hamburg on the 9 th inst ., has not been heard of . It is feared that , unless she has succeeded in making the coast of Norway , she has foundered .
Opexing Of Ins New Hall, Ijncoin's Iss.—...
Opexing of ins New Hall , _IjNCOin ' s Iss . —On Thursday last the New Hall erected by the Benchers of Lincoln ' s Inn was opened by the Queen in person , accompanied by Prince Albert , the Duke of Wellington , the Lord Chancellor , Lord Cottenham , the Earl of Aberdeen , Lord Campbell , ; Sir James Graham , and other notables . The usual crowds assembled to sea the Queen pass through the streets , and the usual loyal fuss was made at the ceremony ofthe opening ; of the hall . r
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