On this page
- Departments (1)
-
Text (7)
-
#5 THE NORTHERN STAR. September 9, 1848.
-
Ireland-
-
(Frem tha Horning Post) BrjBira, Angost ...
-
Thb Chabiisis and Irish Conndbratss.—On ...
-
AWFUL FIRE IN ALBANY, U.S. SEYERAI. LIVE...
-
D-READFUL FIRE AT CONSTANTINOPLE. TriREB...
-
Mobobb or a Child or Ci,apham Commos.—Oa...
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
#5 The Northern Star. September 9, 1848.
# 5 THE NORTHERN STAR . _September 9 , 1848 .
Ireland-
_Ireland-
(Frem Tha Horning Post) Brjbira, Angost ...
( Frem tha Horning Post ) BrjBira , _Angost 30 £ h .-Two hundred and _twentyfcar free emigrants sailed by the Shannon , yap *** Kemoston , from the North Wall , yesterdayfor Bjmoath , to bs _ahipped therefrom fer _AnrtraUa . 119 of them were orphans from varwus of the Poor Law Unions in Ireland . They w » well and _ecmfbrfebly clad , and attended to by tho emigration agents . _VISET OF MM > OIOSGK _BKHHSCK . Dbbiis , Friday , September 1 st . - The Fremah ' s _Jobbsal , on the authority of its _London correspon dent announces that Lord _Giarge Bentmck cornea Id Inland immediately after tho recess .
UB F . T UEAQHBR . The Core _Rkfdetex ia' authorised' to state that Ur Meagher has retained aa counsel for his dtfence Mr Whiteside , Q C _, and Sir _Colman _O'Lbghlea .
_CLERICAL PIACE-MAKKRS . It ia not generally known , that during the progress ofthe arresting maaia warrants were in the hands of the police for tho apprehension of two Roman Catholic clergymen in the archdiocese of ibe Most R _« v . Dr Murray ; snd who , owing to the in _t ervention of the latter , narrowly escaped companionship , with the insurgent leaden now lying prisoners in her Majesty ' s gaols of Kilmainham and Newgate . The names of tha revereni disaffected are the Rev . Mr Meehan , pfSt Michael and John ' s Chapel in this _eisy , and Father _ThaddeusO'Malley , who having by
{ heir speeches acd writings rendered _tbemselvesobnotions to the authorities , orders were issued for their arrest . Before , however , they were pnt into execution , their friends strongly advised them to absent themselves _uetil the storm blew over . Both gentlemen having resolutely declined taking tbis ooaree , Mr O'Malley ' s capture waa effected . In the meantime their diocesan interposed in _hisbehal ' , snd after being two hours in enstooy , the rev . gentleman was set at liberty , bnt upon what conditions _tsunhnowa beyond the precincts of the lower Castlejard . In Mr Meehan _' _s c ue tha warrant , it is said , was absolutely suspended .
Dublin , September 2 . —The Premier of England arrived at Kingstown yesterday , at twenty minutes past four o ' clock * . The Prime Minister having landed there was a slight cheer . A special train was in _waiting , and the party at ones proceeded to Dublin . In _Westland-row one of the _Lnrd-Lieutensni ' s carsages was in waiting , and Lord John and suite proceeded at once to tha vice-regal lodge , Phoenix Park . Lord Lanedowne , was expected to arrive this _treniBg .
IHK SPECIAL _CPUUISnOKS . A weekly paper ( the Mkrcaktile _AnvtRtisBR ) ¦ _tpplies the following information with respect to tbs approaching political trials ' . — Tbere will be a special comminion for tbe csunty of _Kaaerick as well as Tipperary . Ths commission for the latter count ; is to _openatNenagh , the assise town of _ffceHorih Biding , on Tuesday , the 19 th initant , before tha two Calef Justices , B _ackburne and _Dohsrty . On Oat day the grand Jury will be sworn in , and after an _address from ChitfJustiea Blackburae , bills of indict _, _aeat for high treasen will be tent before them against
_Jfcstra 8 mlih O'Brien , Ueagher , and the other persons facastedy charged with being implicated in the fnsurjrectiosary proceeding ! in _Tipperary . As soon sa ths hHH are found , copies of-As indictment , with the names ef the witnesses for the crown , wilt be given to the -agents of the prisoner * , and tha sittings of the court will _-feaaijstiraed _, in order to afford time to the aerated par-. flea to plead , aa prescribed by law . Wa believe the time fixed by the Irish Treason Act , between the delivery of tbe indictment and the arraignment of the _nrUocere , htmro clear days , at ibe least ; and thus the arraignment could not take place before Tuesday , the 26 th
The Wabdeb of to-day Bays : —¦ ¦ It is not , we believe , finally aettlad what priasners are lobe put upon their trial at the special commission . Kr O'Brien end Mr Meagher will certainly be among the Bomber . _Hothlng haa as yet bsen determined with Rgwd to Hr Daffy . It is net aa yet finally known by what counsel the prisoners are to be defended , Ur Bens , Ur Whiteside , Hr Butt , aad Hr Holmes , have been aD retained , we understand , for the defence both of Hr O'Brien and Mr _Mesgber ; bat all the retainers have been ftaa & r a trial at Dahlia . Itia , of course , lathe power of each prisoner to select separate counsel to defend him The following additional arrests are reported from Kilkenny : —
t a Wednesday night Reginald Greene , _E-q , sub . inspector , acSng on private information which he had marred , proceeded from his district to _Casllecomer and proenring the assistance of the Johnstown police , _marehed to Earner , in the county ef Tipperary , where tosucceeded ia _arrestint-ona ofthe rebel leaden st the battle of Farrenrory , named Patrick O'DosneU , who had ken _aince harboured and coaoealed at the houta of a ¦ man named Dana , there situate . O ' _Donnell is said to B * Te been slightly _woandedia the shoulder by the fire af tbe police from widow _U'CormacVs house ; Daania Ka brother-in-law , ani waa also arrested by Hr Greene for having harboured a proclaimed _fetira , an offenc ? punishable by transportation for life . Both tbe pri . oners . wtra on _Thunday morning brought before Joseph Greene , Eiq ., B _. M ., and committed to our _etnatygaol .
' . Yesterday , Patrick _Doogem , one of the prisoners eJarged with having been concerned in tha affray at BalHngarry , and who had been confined in Newgate , wm removed under a warrant from tbat prison to Birinrmd Bridewell . The cause of this man ' s removal ia not known . _Thefollowing mysterious and dreadful occurrence is reported from the county of Monaghan : — A most appalling accident happened on Sunday the 37 th nit .. -near the town cf Monaghan . R . Limertlne Grown , Esq ., and hia lady , to whom he was married on tke 22 ad _« f Hay , were taking a drive in a pony phaeton abont foar o ' clock , p . m ., in the direction of R _« more Park , when , lamentable to relate , tha two ponies took fright , and bounded over a bridga that crosses tbe Ulster
Canal , and fell Into ths canal , about 120 feet deep , fell-fag Mr aadMrs Qratan , and Htsa A . Graham , « _Uter-ln . law to the _Tjofortaoate young gentleman . Thera was an _inesjesthslton Monday morning before B , D . Turtle , Esq ., Csroaer , tad a _rwpsetabla jary , whea it appeared hy tha evidaJBsa ef tbe two doctors , Mitchel and Jos , Smith , teat _the _' _gentlgnsn , his lady ,-, and hia sister-in-law , died « f contusion on the brain , caused by the fall ; the doctor _ftfitehtl ) alio stated that Mrs _Gr _ason was pregnant . Kr Grason ' s butler stated before ths Coroner , on oath , that _HrGraaon and tha two ladies were under tha injfaesee of liquor on leaving the house , and would not allow tha coachman to drive . Hr _Graaon has left na Etlative to inherit Ids large property , abont £ 18 , 009 per annuo . Hr _Grason Is greatly lamented in this town ad neighbourhood .
: Tha papers announce the death of the Rev . Charles _BeresfonJ , Rector ef Ballieborough , in tha diocese of _KSbnore , of malignant typhus fever , caught is the discharge of his ministerial duties .
MB M HANDS . The Cons _Eiamtnisr , of Sept . 1 st , says - . — ' Itia said that there Is evidence to prove that Hr B _^ Hanna was present not oaly at _Billlogarry _, hut also at the previous erection of the barrlcale in the town of Blknau ' e , aad that he waa intrusted to convey a sum of £ 5 , 009 , contributed by the English Cbart ' _ttj , for the _tjarpose of aiding the insurgents . Pursuant to _instrncttoaa trom the magistrates , head constable Crowley proceeded to Core yesterday for the purpose of arresting the Captain ; but it appeared that this individual did not efeemit convenient to delay any unnecessary length of _tfate _. for he bad weighed anchor and taken hia departure carry in the morning . The mission of the constable , _stunforo _, was not attended with _mcceif .
_aoasiBLs aud _nmmwi sens * ts xos comrrr OF _UEIIBTU . Tha following letter appears in the _Fhkhan ' 8 jorjENiL of Sept . 4 th : —
xo tbb inrroK or tbe _rtssxatr . _GonUttera , August 30 , 1848 . Bub . 8 » , —You will exoeedlogly oblige tha undersigned Roman Catholic curate of Gortlittera by _pnbt _lahiog the following facta ia your valuable Journal _—I was called on the _30-h to admialiter the last _sacrameata to a dying man , ud hardly had I performed my duty wben it waa _annoanoed to me that I should make haate ee the betas would be thrown on ma . On leaving the tease , I found the place crowded to exceaa , and , ia fact , _O * air rent asunder with the _ahrieka of women and _otfidran . The destroying angel had by this time levelled to tha ground ate houses ; ha hurried on to the seventh , drag-gad forth tbe expiring victim , John _Beynolda _, to perish on the _duog-hiU , aa I hare been credibly informed .
Tho following are tha aamea ofthe persons dispossessed 0 » ea _Baynoldf , and wife , and eight children . John Ginty , and wife , and six children . Pat _Corrlgan , and wife , and five children , John _Beyoolds , and wife , and four children . Pat Beynolda , and wife , and four children . Edward Flyn , and wife , and three children . Jehn Fox , and _wifa , . and three _children . Pat Reynolds , aad wife , and two children . Michael Gilroy , and wife , and one child . Total—Fifty . fonr souls . This _eccamnoe took plaee in tha townland of An abrt , baroay of _Hohill , county of Liltrim . To tha truth of whioh I sign mysa ' . f yours & c . _Patmw _H'Grvjnrr , B . C . C ., Gortlittera .
( Ffom ths _-mjrnty'CktmMt . ) Dmanr _MoahiY . —Tha Lwsbick ExA « n « a has _wfcUowmg » opunt of deplorable destitution and Bdhmng in Clara — HnnaT asm Hinonss . -A few days ago , asCspt . B » nedy t _PoorJaw lasptctor , was proceeding on an eSsial tour through the western division of the _Kilruah Unfcn , _ha metawomanUteraUy naked and unable te _sawa from ntter exhaustion . . Proa the gestures and otter signs exhibited bye the wretched being , Captain _Keaaeiy regarded her aa a maniac , and it was only whea he had _aonveried with her , aad learned her _fsighifol condition , tbat he found she wm a being but too _lawihly alivoto the horrora of her _altuaUoa , and the
(Frem Tha Horning Post) Brjbira, Angost ...
pangs of hanger . Ee immediately relieved the poor woman's wants , and most humanely presented her , en the instant , with the catering of hia horse , which setved the poor woman as a bhnket , Captain _Kennedy will have to encounter many similar spectacles , should his lot he oast in tbe Kilru 9 h Union daring the approaching winter . The MUltown _Malbay Atlantic Hotel is in the _courselof befog purchased by the Poor-law Commissioners , to c * nvert it into a temporary workhouse for the use of tb ' _pai-weoitheMalltown HaltaydiBtrict of tbe _Baaing mon _Udion . Nothing more requisite for the good of the district could be done . Depredations on tbe potato gardens ara constantly taking place owing to the utter
destitution of the poor . I conld not describe to you the _misery and poverty of this _losality . Thousand * crawling trom door to door , craving alms from many who are nearly aa destitute as the cravers . Though the _Ennlstymon workhonse is fall , yet tbere is no absence ofcrar . ing creatures from one ' a door . The sentence of Donoghue , who was to ba hanged on the . fch inst ., at Galway , for murder , has been _commuted . The culprit is to be sent to the Lunatic Asylum at _Ballinasloe . ' Dr White , inspector-general , deputed by the Lord Lieutenant , held an inquiry into the alleged sanity of _Djaoghue , and it cleat ly appearing ha was a dangerous idiot , an order waa forwarded from the Castle commuting the sentence to confinement in an asylum .
THE CLEARANCE STflTEM . The _LaiBBicK Examines contains farther and most _sfflotiDg accounts of theolearance system in Clare . That journal says : — Three hundred houses more , betides the one _thonitand _already torn down in the union of Kilruah , have been levelled since our correspondent ' s last excursion . Wilt any limit he put to these ravages ? List week twenty . three _famillef _, _comprisleg over one hundred human beings , were evicted from their homes , which were levelled with tbe ground , in Scarlff . The Sab Sheriff superintended the operations . In the name of tbe Gad of marcy ! will any ttop be put te these deeds 1
_FoETHua _EvicriJifs . —A _correspondent , upon wbem we can place the fullest reliance , has jast sent us tbe following : — ' Over on 9 hundred human beluga have been cast ont on the world ' s bleak eomrmn , from _Llscsnnor . The houses are tumbled : the unfortunate _peaple are i qnatted by the _road-sldo in huts . Tbey were undertenants to a middle-man , named Sheahan , who waa ejected for non-payment of rent . '
& EU 07 AL OF H HAHCS . Dontw , Tuesday Morhing . — Yesterday Mr _M'Manns was pnt on board a war steamer at Cork whioh sailed for this city . There were upwards of 200 _convios for transportation on board . ' THS _HUnr FOB UB _OOHBNT IN A C 0 HVSNT . ' The Cobs Exauihjsb of yesterday has , the following : — The pious community of the Millstreet Convent was flung into the utmost _coasternatloa , on Thariday lastj by thf appearance of a detective , backed by the available police force of tiie dlsriot , who insisted on searching th «
budding far Hr Doheay , who was supposed to ba concealei within its peaceful walla , ' probably from the faot tbat a sister of that gentleman happen * fa ba a member of the community . It was fortunate ihat tha Bight _Btv . Dr Egan , the respected Bis ep of Kerry , was in the convent at tha time , administering the Sacrament of Confirmation to a number of female children . We utt-j derstand his lordship's presence had a _aalutary influence upon the seal of the _deteotlre , who yet Insisted on aeareh j ing every portion oi tha building , including the cells , or sleeping apartments of tha nuua . The aeareh however waa fraitleii .
DISCHARGE OF UR JAMBS M 1 BTIN FROM CUSTOM . Mr James Martin , wha was committed ta prison by the judges presiding at the late commission for having been guilty ot contempt of contt , waa brought op before Mr Tynda ) , at College-street Police-office , on Monday , for tha purpose of entering into his own recognisances to keep tha peace , previous to his faing discharged . Mr Martin entered into his own recognisances in £ 40 to keep tha peace towards Mr _Waterhouse and all her Majesty's _suhjects for a period of seven years ; and Messrs Bernard Fulham and Maxwell Sampson became aeourity for him in tbe sum ef £ 20 eaoh . Mr Martin was then liberated .
SKABCH FOB ASUS IN WATEBFOBD . On Friday evening a search for arms was made by Captain Gnnn aud a party of constabulary , on tha premises ofthe Fever Hospital , in Waterford . The resnlt proved the correctness of tha information which led to such a place being examined , as the police discovered , in the yard , two _rifiss , two ' pikes , and a sword . The medioal officer of the establishment alleged he was ignorant of tho existence of the weapons . He wss at tbe time _sufferine ; himself froas fever , which was greatly aggravated by the excitement consequent npon tbe proceedings of tha police , who ransacked his own room previously . In order to prevent the renewal of a proceeding , however necessary , attended with danger to the patient's life , the Rev . Mr Ryan called on Captain Gnnn , and entreated of him to desist from any farther search _, which was intended to be made . Captain _Gunn promised , on account of the state of the physician , not to pay another visit to tha _hoscital .
_DESIBCCTlVa JIM IM _UttCBICKOn Saturday sight a fire broke ont in Blackwater Mills , near this city- the property of Mr Bannatyne , and _destroyed tha whale mill . The concerns and stock are insured . It is not five years since another of the mills wis burned down .
DISEASE U _CATTLI . The Aihlosx Skbtinei , says that a disease in cattle of a virulent kind has made its appearance in the neighbourhood , and many poor persons hare _losttheiroattlebyit .
{ From the correspondent of the Times , ) ihb _pbmub ' s _vint . Ocbus , Sbpt- 6— Lord J » hn Russell remains at the Viceregal Lodee , acd Saturday is said to bathe last day of his visit to , the metropolis , whence he proceeds to Belfast . The Fbbbhan ' s _Jourhai , of tbis morning gives an account of a deputation which waited npon his lordship yesterday for the purpose of laying before him a plan for converting poor-rate into capital . Mr _Beazley _. of the county of Tipperary , a gentleman who soma time since published a pamphlet , suggesting a planfor tha purpose above expressed , had an interview with Lord Clarendon , —the Premier being occupied with other publio business . Mr _Beasler presented a written abstract of his plan
whioh tho Lord-Lieutenant said he would read attentively . His Excellency did not hold out any hope ofa loan or advance being made for the purpose referred to . Hesaid the state of the publio revenue precluded that mode of proceeding , and commented in strong and indeed severe terms on tbe waste , plunder , jobbing , snd misapplication of pnblio funds recently in Ireland when advanced from the coffers of the state . Publio liberality and private _benevoeacawereal'ke } in most cases grossly abused or wholly perverted in their application . Landlords had applied for and obtained immense sums for tbe alleged purpose of improving their lands and affording employment , neither of whieh they did ; and thus the intention of the Legislature waB not carried into
effect nor the condition of the agricultural population in any degree improved . Then , with respect to boards of guardians , they had not in most cases administered tha Poor Law with suoh efficiency as was desirable ; and under the system which in many eases prevailed the most flagitious abuses had _sprung up . Thus , for instance , within tbe last few days the government had ascertained that in one distrio _* there weresome hundreds more persons chargeable for out-door relief than the whole numerical population of the district . Lord Clarendon ' s condemnation of the conduct of landlords who obtained , money under the Land Improvement Act , and then set their wretched tenantry to work in discharge of arrears of rent without giving them a farthing of what was intended for them , is described tons as having been emphatio and unreserved , as it was , in justice and mercy to the poor , most deservedly called for .: Neither was he at all sparing in his strictures on the
vile abuses which prevailed , and still prevail , in many districts connected with the so-called relief of distress . The deputation , having thanked his Excel lency for the great courtesy and patient attention with which ha had favoured them , then withdrew . A letter from Ballingarry , dated Monday , says : — 'All this neighbourhood continues quiet , and tbe only faot tbat reminds a percon of the late rebellions proceedings is the absence of nearly all tbe male population in . the district . Every penon who bad anything whatever to do with these proceedings , onthe reappearance of tbo police , fld ; tbe prinoipal portion of the labouring class have , itis said , gone to England , where they expect employment at the haymaking and harvest . Several , it is trae , bave been arrested , bnt though the exertions of the local magistrate have been incessant , not one-eighth of tbe number charged have been made amenable to justice _.
• _ABKTVAL CF _COifVICrS AT Kt . _VOSTOWff . Yesterday morning , tbe Birkenhead war steamer arrived in Kingstown harbour from Cork with 179 convicts on board . Tha prisoners were guarded by a body of constabulary , and on the arrival of the _stesmer in the harbour , the convicts were pnt on board the _Pestangee Bomangee transport ship , whioh lies at anchor off the east pier . The vessel will sail in a few days far New South Wales .
_ , MB HIR . Early os Saturday morning , the , Channel fleet , nnder the command af Rear-Adrairal Sir Charles Napier , unexpectedly returned into Cork harbonr after a cruise of nearlv a fortnight towardB Cape -Clear . In tha csurse ofthe _oruiie they were augmented by a large number ot steam frigates and other vessels . : ... ¦ .. IHB O 0 BPOBAT 1 OH . _> ' • Mr Francis Morgan , one of the law agents ofthe Corporation , bnt at present a fugitive from the hands of justice , fearing thst his situation may be filled daring bis absence , has written a letter to that body in whieh ha says : — ' In asking for a reasonable measure of indulgence on the present occasion , I feel tbat it is- due to the corporation and to myself most solemnly . to assure tha town council that I am not gdilty of _asy moral or political crime _onbscoming
(Frem Tha Horning Post) Brjbira, Angost ...
their office or incpnaiBto _^ itjwith _tpg _rightf _$ nd duties ofa free _oitlaen . '' I have _determined , so . flpon . » 8 * can ascertain the particulars of any alleged charge , to meet it boldly befere a jury of my countrymen ; but in the meantime , I' am unwilling to leave my parsand liberty at the disposal of official caprice or detective invention . ' ( From ths Daily News . ) C 0 NFEDKRATK CLBB 3 . Dublin , September 6 th . —Ic is stated , on good grounds , that the arrests of parties connected with late Dublin clubs < rill not be pursued any further , unless new circumstances should seem to demand it . There are , however , yet in suspense several scores of warrants r
MORE ARBRSTJ . A Mr Keane has been arrested at Monktown Cork , on suspicion ef being one of those whose names appear in the Hoa asd Cut . Mr Keane ( so he gives Mb name ) Bays he is from KilruBh . A person named Nolan , who had come over from New Orleans to visit Ireland , has been arrested in Tioperary . The camp at Turtalla , near Thnrles , will be _strnok to day , and the 'flying column' will be broken up . Most probably this Btep is taken in order to enable the authorities to concentrate troopi at Clonmel or Nenagb ; if such a step should be desirable , There is now every reason to conoludo that the special cotsmiision will open at Clonmel . Outrages against life have commenced in Tippe _*
rary—the initiative this time having been at the landlords' Bide . On the 30 th inst . Captain SauUy , a relative of tha M . P . for Tipperary , and brother , I believe , or uncle , of the Mr Scully who was shot some years since near Caihel , together with Mr James Scully , his son , and a parson named Carroll , a servant , drove twenty-five head ot cattle into a farm , the property of the late Mr E . Ssuliy . Thepo * fle 8-sion of this farm waa in dispute , and a care-taker , who held it for the other claimant , attempted to prevent the _entranca of the cattle . Uo was fired at , wounded , and his life is despaired of . Informations have been taken _agaiustall the above-named part fen . It is said tbat , but for the presence of the polioe , more Uvea would have been lost . Mr Scully , ' it is said , claims as administrator and receiver ih succession to Mr E . Scully . J . P _.. deceased .
SEIZURE ton POOR RATE . Dubijk _, ToeBday . —The _Tippbbabt Vindicator of this day says : — ' The most extraordinary and sweeping seizure for rate erer perhaps attempted teok place in Nenagh yesterday . The newly appointed rate _colleotor , Mr Richard Falkiner , repaired , without _giving the usual six days notice , to _Pound-street _, in the morning , and entered every house , demanding the new rate struck on the 24 th of last month . In many ofthe houses the moat abject misery was visible ; yet
puts , kettles , nans , even the , most tnHingimpleraents of household furniture , were pounced on and carried in loads to tha pound . Old shoes , cloaks , aud gridirons were among the article seized ; and , what is still more extraordinary , an eccentrio though poor old man named Wolfs had four or five cages of canaries taken from him . While making this foray he was surrounded by an immense crowd of women and boys , screaming , hooting , and yelling in tho most uproarious manner , ThiB is a new way to make the rate popular . ' whd John ' s visit and riokption--joes o _' connbll
AND CONCILIATION HAH—PR 0 _SPB 0 I 8 OF A COBTIMNTAL _WAR—PBTSIOAZ , FdRCE CHARTISTS -UD BB * PBAtEHB—ROTATORY PARIIAHBNTS—ORGANISATION OF THE 0 R 4 NOE PAMT—LOUD GEORGE _BSNIINCK b
: PROPOSED VISIT—IHE WEATHER AND TSB CROPS , i firwt eur wm CorretpondtntJ , _Dubuu . Sth September . Who could have believed it ! Tha waters of the Liffey have really _reflected the features of Lord John Russell , —and the British Premier is , of a verity , a denizen , pro tern , of our highly-favoured rand lucky city of Dublin ! After all , thera h something in store for . ns ! Providence blighted our potato fields , and England has sent ub her Premier ! Who will now have the impudence to prate about the bad times or the visitations which bring misery on onr people , and threaten final rnin to the entire country ? If Ireland ' s annals in this year of 1848 have a few extra black and _blooly blotches , wont the record of
Lord John _' d visit be that' green spot , ' which , to _vbi the language of Curran— ' will bloom over the desert , ' i and make her rough places level as a plate , and her crooked paths as straight as a bulrush ? But no more of this , That shabby shohetn , Russell , is not worth a joke . On last Friday evening Lord John landed in Dublin . A considerable number of persons , principally ofthe middling and humbler classes , were awaiting his arrival at Kingstown pier . There was no exoitementi no bustle ; but there was considerable curiosity to catch a glimpse of one , whose name must be for ever odious to Irishmen . Bis Lordship was accompanied by his lady , and I believe , three childrenone of whom holed by the hand ,
can-, versing gaily with it from .. the beaoh down to the Railway Station ; A slight murmur of disapprobation waa all the hostile manifestation discernible , but as tor the cheers of welcome they were ' nowhere . The greater part of the people followed his lordship aad suite down to the special train whioh was waiting to convey them into town . * There was more dispo ; sition to ridicule his mean appearance and' unprepossessing features than either to applaud or insult him . In fact , the persons assembled seemed more surprised at the ridioulous style in which he approached our shores , than enraged at the presence of one whom they regard as their deadliest and most impracticable enemy . I . was at _Westland-roff Railway terminus ; when the special train arrived in town . A
considerable crowd was collected here also , and his lordship ' s reception was pretty muoh akin to that whioh awaited him in Kingstown .: Here , however , there being numbers of the lazxaroni of the city , there was a consequent accumulation of ill-manners , and theDubun . mob _, always proverbial for their ready wit and powers of repartee , made poor Lord John the target of their badinage and vituperation . Not only was his bungling Imbecility , as a statesman , brought to bear on his unfortunate head , bnt hia _contemptible exterior , his very mean-looking countenance—aid _eyen the plainness and simplicity of his _dreis . Lord John constituted a ' regular windfall ' ( as themselves expressed it ) to the merciless ' Jackeens' of Dublin ; and if anything could expiate
tbe crimes of his political career , the drubbing he aot at Westland-row , last-Friday ,-should 'cover a multitude ef sins . ' On entering the private carriage from the Castle , which awaited at the terminus , his lordship was driven to Cork-bill . No groan , no shout , _noenrsa was heard as he passed along , neither did ono cheerful smile greet his progress—nobody saluted him kindly—nobody cried God bless him . ' His lordship and suite remain at tbe _Lord-Lieutenam ' s villa in Phoenix Park . He takes an airing every day through town , in one ofthe _vioa-regal carriages , and is generally accompanied by some of the _vioe-regal family . No inBult is offered bim , but his _oommon-place person and vulgar appearance make
him the butt of ridicule in every street . On this night ( Tuesday ) , a large party is invited to meet him at the vice-regal lodge . The elite of the city and its neighbourhood are to be there , and , of course , ' _greatdoings' are expected on the important occasion . On Sunday , ha attended divine service at the Castle chapel , and in another day or two , it is said , he will take leave of Dublin and its gaieties , to visit Killarney , and other interesting scenes in the south of Ireland . Nobody can know the intentions or objects of Lord John in coming to Ireland . If it wss on ' matters connected with state business , it is hardly to be supposed ha would bring his ' rib , ' and a trio of _theyaung Rnssells—if it was merely a pleasure ' trip he meditated , he has _ohesen a very singular era for his _fun-seeking peregrinations .
! But the good things in store for as do not stop here . Lord John Russell ' s visit is not the only blotting we enjoy just now . There is another , and still a better item in my note book . John O'Connell bas _cut' us , and Conciliation-hall is shot up as firmly as bars and padlocks can bind it . The reign of humbug is terminated—the O'Connell dynasty is scattered to the winds . ' My son John' has surrendered the sceptre of Burgh Quay ; tho begging-box is flung aside as useless trumpery ; and the race of delusion , oheatery , and 'moral force' fudge is over at last . The furniture , splendid library , and other movables of the ' hai deserted , ' are consigned to James Duffy , tha publisher , ef Wellingtonquaj , who is to bring them , one of these days , to the hammer , to liquidate the debt due to himself and others by thB detunct establishment . John _O'Couaell has given up all notion of ever again coming into publio life , and purposes residing henceforth in Londonto
, apply himself entirely to the management of bis affairs aa Director of tbe National Bank ! Bravo I Hera , at least , we taka the ' _oonsate' out of those Saxons . They say we give them nothing in return for all the Indian meal , Soyer ' s soup , coercive Jaws , and ottai * _gwd tnwg » they periodically bestow upon us ! Now , at least , we oan give them the lie to _tibeir teeth ! We give them John O'Connell I They lend ns over Lord John Russell for a month or so ; we bestow them John O'Connell ( we _hopr ) for the term of his natural life I A precious bargain they will have , but we wish them joy of him ! At all events , so far as the . exchange of the two 'Jacks' is con * cerned , the Saxons are infinitely onr debtors . Tbey will pay us , nay le , when they are clearing off all the' old scores ! ' Bot with regard to the O' Connell transaction , we Would muoh rather remain for ever ' out of pocket ' than thatthey should pay os with our own coin ! ' We wish them muoh joy of tha fat young gentleman 2 '
The rumours whioh , on yesterday and to-day reached us from the continent , aro of the most exciting and important nature . It appears * that France is sending out her Iegious against Austria , and some eav that hostilities hava already oommenoed . Italy will not be trampled on without the interference of gallant _France in her favour , and England , as the friend of both _countries , cannot keep out of the scrape . A bloody and prolonged war throughout the length and breadth of the European continent is apparently inevitable , and that * opportunity' which Ireland so long , but too _impatietrtk watohed fori
(Frem Tha Horning Post) Brjbira, Angost ...
f _& e ' rn ) very _nrar ' _os . England certainly will soon be . more _aotively employed than at present , Ska cannot well avoid it . Had Irishmen been prudent and courageous , and . faithful , what a glorious time was coming ! Without the loss of . a squib of gunpowder , or one drop of human blood , they oould have attained the redemption of their country . . But we are ever unfortunate . Nothing could do for us but ' war to the oike . ' Rebellion _iustanter ! separation from England ! and an independent Irish Republio ! All these were maniac sohemes , and even if effected to . i morrow would destroy instead of save the country . It is co with the ' physical force' Chartists of Eng . land . See what ruin these mea have entailed on I themselves , whilst strengthening the enemy and
weakening _theoause which they pretend to advocate . Their rashness—their foolishness—their illegal _proceedings—have effected more mischief to themselves and their interests , than all the coercion , and ' gagging , ' and tyranny of the Whigs could bring abont in a century . j The accounts from' tbe south' represent that portion of Ireland in a stato of profound tranquillity . Tue rising is crushed , not a single rebel abroad on _Slievehamon ; not a pike glitters on the Ballingarry heights ; not a single carbine rings in the glen of Aberlow . All is over . The oamp at Turtulla is scattered . A part of the force ( the _T-l _^ h . and 60 th rifle **) , marching back to Dublin , and the remainder ( the 85 th light infantry ) , going to Waterford . Tho
75 th encamped at ' Piltown , are for Kilkenny , and several detachments from various regiments quartered in the rural localities ofthe south , are ordered to join head-quarters . The war in Ireland is over for the present , but tho war with _Ire'and will never end until the happiness and aooial amelioration of the Irish people are attained . Dablin is Very stupid at present : Only for lord John Russell ' s arrival and tbe Italian Opera , the surface of the Dead Sea would not be duller than our Irish metropolis . The old agitation is crippled , and wilh the exception of Lord William Fits- _, gerald _' s plan for a rolatory or Anglo-Celtic parliament and court in this city , there is nothing at all doing in the way of politics . Nor is this scheme
making that progress whioh might ba expected amongst a people so rend of novelty aud experimental ohange as the Irish . The Duke of _Leinster ( Lord _Wjiliam Fitzgerald ' s brother )* condemns the plan in toto , and many of thoBe who were ' for it * a month ag 4 . are now' getting out of it . ' The project , however , is not abandoned . The committee holds its sittings on each Monday , and the leaders are talking of starting a daily and a weekly newspaper , to advocate the measure . Many of the most Tory papers in Ireland applaud , whilst the great majority ofthe Oti Repeal brawlers keep silent on _thebnsi _> nesi altogether . It is hard to form a correct opinion as to what may be the _iasue of this _agitation . Tha Orange party , however , are not Bleeping during
I these days in Dublin . Now that the ' Green'is trampled in the dust , the Orange is getting aloft , and if the organisation now so rapidly extending be not orushed by government , we may soon expect a return of the old daysof ascendancy and' N p Popery . ' Almost every Protestant in tbis city is getting into the Orange Confederacy , and several new lodges have within a fortnight been opened in different quarters of town . The spirit of bigotry and division is raising itself quickly amongBt us , and if it be not kicked down again as' a vagabond , ' we shall have hot work before long amongst the peopleof Dublin . The Roman Catholics are hot noticing tbis , but though tha Protestant party seem to think them prostrate , I beg to say the reverse is quite tbe fact ; The Catholic party !
are not dismayed by the discomfiture of' Young Ireland , ' and if the Orangemen should provoke retaliation , they will find themselves far from being _, able to cope with their opponents . , _Lord _George Bentinck is said to be coming over here in the wake ' of tbe Premier—with what object it is difficult to tell . Now that the great monopolist O ' ConneU is in _Glasnevin , arid the great bugaboo , Smith O'Brien , in Kilmainham , we may expect periodical visits from every state _quaokand impoator wbo can afford to ' steam it' over from Saxon land , to this unfortunate country . Lord George is a bit popular in Ireland ; bat if he was really serious about coming amongst ns , he bedeviled -himself by his' busy-body-thankless' solicitude about John _Mitohel in parliament the other evening . His conduct on that occasion was not only ungenerous and
ungracious , bntit was highly unnecessary and impertinent . It will not be forgotten , should he ] intrude himself upon the people at Ireland . The weather during tha last week was as beautiful and propitious as we-could desire . Tha harvest affairs look cheeringly , and it is said that the short comings in any crop will not be so extensive as was first anticipated . 1 fear , however , that as we are always disposed to ba premature in our opinions , that the national hopes have been too muoh influenced by tha warm sunshine of the last ten days . Last night the air was gloomy and sultry ; there were incessant bursts of vivid lightning , and frequent peals of distant thunder . To-day about twelve o ' clock it began to rain , and has continued pouring without intermission up to the present hour—half-past three . The sky looks lowering , and a heavy fall of rain is apparent ,
Thb Chabiisis And Irish Conndbratss.—On ...
Thb _Chabiisis and Irish Conndbratss . —On Sunday , notwithstanding tbe recent wholesale arrests , and the precautionary measures adopted by tbe government , to prevent the illegal assemblages of these bodies , who have , for some time past , made themselves so conspicuous , several meetings , both pnblio and private , were held in various parts oftbe metropolis , the gatherings of the former being at the usual places of assembly—viz ., Cartwright _* B . _poffee-houeo , in Cripplegate ; John-street , Tottenham Court-road ; and tbe South London Chartist HaU , Webber-street , Blackfriars-road , & c , & o . ; whilst secret meetings were held in private houses belonging to different individual members of the Chartist body , in accordance with a resolution passed a few : weeks since 5 , in
order to keep out' government spies' and' paid detectives . ' At the meeting which took place at the South London Chartist Hall , in the morning , 'the subject that has been under discussion for , the last three weeks waB brought forward—namely , the establishment of a Bohoei _, libraries , dso ., for tha propagation of Chartist principles , as well as for the general improvement of those already connected with the body . After several _speeohes of tbe usual character npon the subject , the meeting dispersed _quietly , and in the afternoon another meeting was held at the game place , convened by the ' South London Victim Committee , ' to consider measures in aid of the'Chartist victims , ' and their wives and _famUesY Owing to the remarkable pauoity of attendance , little or no
business was transacted , with the exception of a few penoe gathered on behalf of the' victims . ' This meeting separated , like the other , peaoeably , though [ the police were in ambush in the event of their services being required . At Cartwtight ' s _coffee-honae , the-muster of Chartists and Confederates was ofa somewhat more formidable character ; . but had . the slightest attempt been made to disturb the peace of her _Msjesty ' B subjects , it would have been instantly repelled , as upon all former occasions , such were the arrangements of the authorities . —Morning Post . _Fhiqetful Death by a Vicious House .. —An inquest was held on Saturday last by Mr Bedford , the Westminster Coroner , at St George ' s Hospital , on the body of Edward Weaver , aged _fifjy-ona . It
appeared from the evidence of several witnesses that tbe deceased was coachman ts Colonel _Sykss , and on the previous Saturday evening deceased was going to the stables in Hyde Park-mews West , when one of the coaoh horses flew at him as he was passing the stall , and caught him by the arm ; the animal dragged him to the ground , where he continued to bite and trample on the unfortunate deceased until he became insensible , in whioh state he was found some time after by his wife , and covered with blood . Assistance having been procured , deceased was extricated and conveyed to the above institution , where it was found he had received a compound fracture of the skull , laceration of the brain , _fraotura of baxh . legs , fraoture of the righ _"; arm , and nearly all hie ribs broken . He never showed the least signs of recovery , and died in a raving stato on the following _Thataday . Verdict , ' Died from injuries received by the violence of a vicious horse . '
Saoacht op a Spanbl . —On Monday an inquest was taken by Mr Baker at the London Hospital , en view of the body , of Eliza Sergeant , aged six years , whose death was caused from injuries by fire . It appeared that the deceased was left last Thursday week in a room on the ground floor at No . 1 , Ashtonplace , Poplar , with two younger children , by their mother , who had gone opt to pledge an article for the purpose of buying some bread . Upon hearing tho screams of the chUaren , a little dog jumped through a pane of glass into the room , and on their mother ' s return , which was in a few minutes , she saw the faithtul animal tearing away the deceased ' s clothes with bis mouth and paws . Upon his seeing the mother he went up to her and laid hold of her gown to draw her towards tha child . She succeeded in extinguishing the fire , and the deceased was removed to the London Hospital , where she died on Friday last from the effeot of the injuries . Verdiot , Accidental Death . _ .
Ah Irish Row at Macolebwbu ) . —On Sunday night last , about twelve o'clock , a quarrel took place between some Irish reapers , in Derby-street , Macclesfield . The noise attracted the police to the spot , when the reapers immediately attacked them , beating them severely with weapons of the meat dangerous description ) suoh as reaping-hooks , pokers , walkingstick ? , Ao . The police were driven from the street , but they immediately mustered again with strong reinforcements , and in a short time succeeded in capturing eighteen of the moat active . Two policemen
were injured severely about the head , but fortunately net in a dangerous manner . Mr Harpy , the police superintendent , received a contusion on tho back of the head , but of a less serious character than the wounds received by tha two officers aoting under his orders . The whole of the men captured were brought up to the Town Hall on Monday last ; but the evidence against them aot being complete , Mr Harper applied to have them . remanded until Wednesday , when the whole affair willd # toveatigatea .-J /«« c _, W ter Pmper ,
Awful Fire In Albany, U.S. Seyerai. Live...
AWFUL FIRE IN ALBANY , U . S . SEYERAI . LIVE 8 LOST .-SIX HUNDRED BUILDINGS BURNT , — T & REB MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OP PROPERTY _DESTROYED .
( From the _Nw York Wcclely BeraJd , Augoat 19 , The Albany papers are filled with aocounts of the disastrous sor . _fligratioa wbich took place in that city on the 17 < n ult , Wo aro indebted to Captain Gorham , of the steam-boat Bendrlk Hudioa , for Albany papers , delivered at an early hour on Friday afternoon . The AuuMT Eir-aiss gives the following accouut of tbe dliaiUr : — We scarcely know how to desorlba the fearful calamity that haa befallen our doomed city . It Is beyond adequate description—beyond at the time we write , Intelligible detail . Soon after a fire waa checked tbat broke out In _Q'lackenbuih-itrcet , _jaet before noon , the alarm was again _souaaeA _, and fire broke out In a amall stable adjoining the Albion House , between Broadway and the
Pier , en Herklmer . street , and occupied by J . Q . Woke . Of its origin weknow nothing * , bul it burst forth at a meat unluoky moment , The fire department was weary , scattered , and disorganised . Some of the machines were disabled , and iu _aonivquence of a shameful fight one of tbem—No . 9 , we believe—was lodged in the City Hall yard , and unmanned , In the moment of danger . The beat waa Intense , the mercury ranging at 91 in the shade , the city dry as tinder , la consequence ofthe drought , and a gale of wind blowing from tho south , Erery thing conspired against us ; and tho destroying element _immeolately getting the upper hand , raged awfully and unoheohed fer hours , sweeping away full sis hundred buildings , many of tbem new , and of great value , destroying about 2 , 000 , 000 of dollars worth of pro . party , and rendering hundreds of families houseless and homeless !
Truly , tbis calamity is an _awlal one—but God bo praised tbat it is no worse . At one time It seemed as If the destruction of our fair city was inevitable . The wind blew fiercely , the flames spread on all sides , the devouring element advanced from block to block and from street to street ; buildings were taking fire in so . veral parts of the city—all was torror , confusion , and dismay , and the efforts of man seemed utterly powerless . At this fearful moment the wind lulled , heavy clouds rose in the north-west , and a deluge of rain—grateful , needed , God-sent rain—poured from the surcharged olouds , and checked the progress of the confhgratioa ,
Amid the roar , darkness , lightning , and thunder oi the storm , glared tha red flames , and rolled the vait columns of smoke ; while occasionally the shock of a building blown _uj _. with gunpowder , added to the terror arid sublimity ol the indescribable scene , The fury and spread ofthe _flttints exceeded anything ever seen . The fire ran , leaped , flew from building to building , with the speed of the hurricane that bore it on ita course of destruction , And at it advanced , and grew more and more threatening , the balls resounded the alarm ; and tbe people looked on with terror and almost with despair . There were many narrow csoapes from death , and some serious personal injuries sustained ; among the latter , William Johnson , and his wife and daughter , were badly burnt , while escaping from their dwelling , 53 , Liberty-street . Albany has never before , In her 200 years'history , suffered bo dreadful a local calamity as this .
The first block burnt was bounded by Herkimer _, treet _, 'Broad nay , Bleeker-street , and tbe dock . The fire then went up tha dock and the east tide of Broadway , nearly to _Hadson-street , and up the west side of Broadway quite to _Hudsoa-atreet . It passed up Hudson _, street to' the Park , burnt both sides of Liberty and Charoh . streets , _downtoLyilus-street , to Union-street , and up the east tide ot Ualon . atreet to Hudson _> atreet Park . Over tbis large distriot every building Is con . tamed , except _Hsgaman and Gowell ' a four story brick , corner of _Broadway -vA the now _ateam-boati landing ; Bortle ' s new three story brick grooery store , . west aide of Broadway , and adjoining the district burnt in June ; J . E . Wing ' * four _stary brick store , corner of Dock and new _steam . boat landing ; Osggor _* s new ] three story brick buildings , running from the Dock to Broadway ,
and occupied In part by Twaddle and _Barllogton . All thereat are down including the Fort Orange Hotel , Oowall _' a eating house , Quran's tavern and beardlug house , the United States House , the _Bigla Tavern , a German bearding house , tbe _Towaaend House , the Odeen many small boarding houses _4 o „ and an immense number _^ of stores . The fire crossed and burnt tbe HamiltOD * street Bridge , and set on fire Don ' s Western Heiol , the first building oa the Pier . From thia point , every building on the Pier , up to and across State . gtreet , and thence to tbe out at the foot ef Ualden . Iane , waa destroyed , inoludlag the emigrant hotels , forwarding nooses , groceries , _steam-boat , canabboat , and freighting line offices , and all the floating craft in the Basin , including from fifty V > . slsty osnal and _laue boats , from fifteen to twenty large tow-boats , some sail vessels , and the steam-boat William Seymour .
Burning vessels floated against the Colombia-street bridge and set it on fire , Thence the fire was communicated to the Columbia-street market , whioh was burned , together with a number of dwellings in tbo vicinity . The exact bound * of the distriot burnt in this quarter we . have not been able to obtain _. Vessels of all hinds on the outside of the plar _floated out of norm ' s way . The less of household goods ef aU kinds la immense . Great quantities that were strewed in the streets were ruined by the rain . Carta , waggons , drays—everything on wheels—were in constant requisition , but could not accomplish a tenth part ef tbe work required . Five , ten , aad twenty _dauMa _wtieoSated for earning a tingle load .
There-was nothing like organisation of effort . The I authorities , the fire department , and the citizens were scattered , Isolated , and acted too muoh without _ooneert . Still , much waa done . Almost superhuman personal efforts were put forth , and thousands of _oltlzens worked with all their might , Our firemen , under the clrcumstanoes , did all they could . We reoelvad timely and invaluable aid from Troy , Oreenbusb _, and Soheneotady . Kumbers of persona were rendered powerless by heat , fatigue , and cold natari Buildings , sheds , ho . took firs repeatedly as far north as Wilson and Lumber streets . The whola olty was in danger . Mr J . Smith's Fan Son , _Sintnn office , and James Duffy ' s job printing office ; were burnt . At one time tbe offices ofthe _Atus , _KKicKUBOoasa , and _ExnsrtB , as well as Van _BeythoW * and Munsell ' s extensive printing establishments , wore threatened with des trao Hon .
Thousands of oltlzens packed np their goods , farnl tore & c . and tbe stores were everywhere closed . A number of buildings were blown up under ths direction ot the authorities , In the vicinity of Hudsonstreet . It is impossible at the time we write to get at any correot estimate of the loss sustained , or tbe condition of the Insurance companies , Our Albany companies have suffered terribly . Individual losses must be very great and there will ba muoh distress and suffering . It will be a long time before Albany will reoover from this awful _oalamlty .
Ssventeeu w hole Wooks , the pier , the _Columbia-street market , two bridges , and near oae hundred boats are destroyed . Most of tbe boats ware heavily laden . We regret to learn that several lives havo been lost . Two men wire drowned In tbe Basin , near the foot of _MaWen-lana . Tbey were floatta _* on a raft , and In the midst of tho _oonflsgration fell off and sunk . The owner of the steam-boat WiUiam Seymour , _Bonjamln Wake _, man is missing . A man Mined Hardely , an Irishman , died frem over _exeriion . A man named _Johnsea and several otbera ara missing . Some eight or ten thousand barrels of flour were burnt on tbe pier . The loss of property in the Basin was immense . The loss is roughly estimated at two millions of dollars . We fear aur looal insurance companies are overwhelmed . The property on the pier was insured abroad , Tbe _Srrifisnre and Eckfjrd Towboat lines lose tremendously . Hundreds of our business men are utterly ruined . Four buildings were blown op with
powder . At midnight tho fire was burning in forty places , but it is completely under control . There is no wind , and the rain has ceased . Tha _Aaeus says : — ' No estimate of the value of pro . perty is yet attainable . We hear of two forwarding lines that estimate property under their charge to tbe amount of 90 , 600 dollars , all consumed . Another line suffers teao amount ef from CO , 000 dollars' to 80 , 000 dollars . Tha loss of flour afloat and in _atore is not less than 10 000 barrels . The area of the fire comprises many acres , perhaps fifty or _altty , of the most compact aod valuable part of the city . It includes at least twenty squares , Amidst tha _rataa whioh every whera meat the eye , It ia dlffijult to _traoathtoutlinot ofthe former state of things ; bat those familiar with the city will percelva the extent ot this most oalamitous visitation by a few generalities .
Broadway , from the intersection of Herkimer to the sooth earner of Hadson-street , on the west side and to _anSooaack _' s variety store , on the east side , nearly half a mile , Is , wilh all its structures and stores , including the _lagle Tavern , the Towtuuend House , and the Uuited States Hotel , level with the earth . From Broadway to tbe river , _looladlng the ranges of lofty stores on _Qaay-ttrest , throughout nearly the en . tire spaoe above mentioned , all U aheap ef ruins . All the cross streets entering Broadway , Herkimer , _Bleecker , Lydics , Hamilton Division , aud Hudson , west _aafaraaUBioa and _Dalllus-street _, are swept away . Amazing effort preserved _Gaold ' _a great carriage and coaoh _estabUshsn-int , everything oa the surrounding streets being demolished .
North , the flying cinders with whioh the air was filled , eaaghtthe Columbia-street Market , and of that large _sttuotore nothing remains . The adjaoent buildings were saved by the prompt efforts ot the two Sohentotady Fire Companies . Bat the _saene ofthe most striking and absolute desolation is the pier . Scarcely a vestige of it remains , Throughout its entire length , from Hamllton- street to the out opposite the Boston _depet _, it ls utterly consumed , including the wharfs , warehouses , nearly all the shipping in the basin and outside tha pier , tow-boats , barges , _eonal-boati _, huge floating warehouse arks , with all their valuable and vast _cenUnte _otgoodB and prodnots , tbe three bridges at Columbia , State and Bamilton _. BtrectB , dnmber yards , flour stores—in short , everything _tkart r & _oeAei or teemed with life aad Value in that great mawt _yesterday miming _.
Awful Fire In Albany, U.S. Seyerai. Live...
Tha scene la _State-street beggars all _dsicriptiOQ , Thousands flying frem tbe conflagration , _prtssed every oonoetvable vehicle into their atrvlco , _depositing goods , furniture , families , children , everything animate aad Inanimate . Erery point in that wide street—at ths Eiohauge _, at tho City Bank , at the coram ol all tbe intereecting streets , in front of St Pater ' s Church , all along the parks , and finally at the State Hall and City Hall—wore crowded with bales , boxes , farnitare , goods , of every description , be . No point was deemed loo remote from tbe devouring element . Tbe stores were everywhere otosed , or were only opened to the flying _oitlzsnsjandeffeots _. . Two _buildings were blown up , in tbe hope ot arrest . log the progress of the fire—one belonglog to Mr J . I , Boyd , in Broadway , and tho other to Mr John Kuower , corner of Hudson aad Liberty-streets , but with little effdot .
AU the Insurance companies suffer largel y , if not ruinously . Tbe loss by the different fire insurance companies , as far as cau be learned , is as follows : —Albany , 175 , 000 doU . ; Fireman ' s , Albany , 75 , 900 dole . ; Mutual . Albany , 60 , 000 dola , ; New York Mutual Safety , 60 , 000 dols . ; Nsrtb American , New York , 25 , 000 dols . ; National ditto , 15 , 000 dots . ; Equitable ditto , 14 , 000 dols . ; City , ditto , 4 , 600 dols . ; Hartford , 30 , 000 _drli . ; J 3 ma and Protection , Hartford , 25 , 000 dols . ; North Western , ditto , 15 , 000 dols . ; Camden , Naw Jersey , 20 , 090 dols .: _Islington , Kentucky , 8 , 000 dols . ; Columbus , Ohio , 2 , 000 dols , ; Proteolion _, Naw Jersey , 9 , 600 _dolii—Total , 568 , 200 dols .
( From the Albany Atlas , August 19 . ) In viewing the scene of _devastation , one Is struck with the power of the destroying element . How It was possible for such a mass of solid brick buildings to be swept away in a few brief boars , and which will require the constunt labour of hundreds of men for yoars to replace , is a matter of astonishment . But at tho time the fire broka out tho wind was blowing a gale from tbo south , the buildings in wbich it took were of the most combustible material , and for eighteen days no rain had fallen
in the city , and the roofs wera like tinder Tbe _ooala and cinders were wafted from block to block , and the moment tbe ; struck the wooden roof of a building it Was Ignited by tbe action of the wind . We were witness to several instances of this kind . On the northern part of the city , more than half a mile from the immediate vicinity of thi fire , no leas than four buildings were on fire at tbe same time by tbat means . The moment a olnder lighted upon the roef a blase was produced , as tf a match had been Ignited , ( From the Albany Knlchetboher . )
The fire originated in a very singular manner . It appears that while a woman was washing , a spark set firs to ber tun bonnet . Without a moment ' s thought she jarbed it from her head , and threw it , she knew _tiot where * , unfortunately it alighted in the stable of Wm , Johnson , which in a moment almost was enveloped la flsmes . A great portion of tbe goods , furniture , and property saved from the fire , wat afterwards washed into the river by the torrents that the rala pourad down air eur more lengthy streets . f The latest aocounts estimate the value of property destroyed at three million dollars ,
D-Readful Fire At Constantinople. Trireb...
_D-READFUL FIRE AT CONSTANTINOPLE . TriREB THOUSAND BUILDINGS CON 8 TJMED . — FROM THREE TO FIVE .-MILL-IONS POUNDS WORTH OF . _- ; PROPERTY DESTROYED . — NU . MEROUS LIY . E 9 LOST . _Ce-MTiHTiHOPM _, _Acous t 19—Oa Wednesday last , towards seven o'clock in the evening , a most lamentable fire broke oat 1 b Yemith _Iskelessi ( dried fruit bazaar ) , situated between the'two bridges . The intensity of th * conflagration _acquired snob foroo , on _eccoant of tha surrounding _infiimmable matter , that in a short quarter ef an hour it _haoVextended Itself _; _in a fearful manner .
In the immediate neighbourhood ofthe fruit basaar was the Yflgh Kapan , pr . oil depot , the magazines and warehouses being wall stocked with tbat inflammable matter ; on tbe other side , towards the arsenal , was an immense timber yard , the greatest in the city , a qaarter of a mile in length , one hundred feet in height , and fire hundred in breadth . By eight o ' olock both these planes were In . vaded by tbe flames . When the whole line of sphere on whioh the timber was piled wae one blazing sheet ol flime , tbe appearance wat that of one burning mass of liquefied gold . What was still more grievous was , that a compact mass of shipping was moored opposite this spot , and the masting of several Turkish . vessels , laden with oil , wheat , acd timber , soon took fire , and rendered the scene on the placid and tranquil water still mora
sublime than on land . The shrill cries of the respectiv commanders of tbe menaced vessels , the long , continu . ous _, and savage _hotfls of the mariners and sailors , in their endeavoars to draw theu * orafts from the theatre of the conflagration , all tended to impress the spectator with tbe grandeur of tbe dreadful calamity that had be . fallen the city of Constantinople . Towards nine o ' clock tbe fire bad spread out in au awful manner . In one di > rectlon it was travelling at a rapid rate towards the Col . moumjllar , in another _towards the Uzun CQarskl , whilst on the other it was raging at th *) Odun _Sapoussi . Noti withstanding great _ifforts were made to prevent its spreading towards tbe hill , which gradually rises until it roaches the crest , on which stands the Mosque » f 8 uley > man ! h , and close to that tbe palaces of several vltlra _
the She k ul-Islam _Kappousti ( Porte oi theTJiemas ) , and otber extensive public and private _buitdiega , with their hanging gardens and kiosks , It waa all of no avail . The houses were destroyed , one after the other . The flames rushed up the walls , and stoedllko pyramids of fire in the air . At length , at . about eleveno ' cleok , the plnnaole of one of the minarets of Suleymanteh , en tha ez _> trem < s height , and fully one mile from the . scene of destruction , caught fire . A singular spectacle indeed it was , to see this airy meteor burning and blazing away , whilst tha flumes in a vast body kept beating like waves against the angle of the _Sheik-ul-Isiam's palaoe , after having destroyed in rapid auccessien , all the intervening buildings . At about midnight it had _reactud B & _lok _Bsziar , in the immediate neighbourhood of the new
bridge , and great anxiety was entertained respecting the Drag Bazaar , whioh is a splendid _building , well knows ta tourists , who visit this city . In the opposite direction tt had reached the Skemnegelar , snd waB proceed . Ing at a rapid rate towards the Oan Kapan , The ' efforte made by tbe Turks to extinguish tbe fire wera _nseleif ; they everywhere ceased , and were moBtly employed ia pulling down buildings . With the poor inhabitants it was a general saws qui pent ; indeed many were so but . rounded by . the flames as to be unable to escape , ani were burned to death . Near Oun Eapan a dreadful des traction of life occurred , and it is said that upwards of twenty persons _havs perished . At two o ' clock in the moralng the fire had sensibly abated in i : s violence for the _wantoffnel to ailment it , and at about _haK . past
thre 8 no mora danger waa anticipated . The fire hat consumed , according to a detailed estimate , about 3 , 600 shops and 500 houses ; about forty ofthe latter were splendid palaces belonging to the Sheik . ul-Wam , Uo \ u » tapba Facka , Said Pasha , Irret Pasha , Hassan Pasba , and others . The general loss is calculated at averaging frem £ 2 , 000 , 000 to £ 4 , 000 , 080 _sterling- but- some have carried it to £ 5 060 . 000 . We should state it at , appro * _, _imately _, abont 42 , 590 , 000 . To aceouut for this great loss , It mnst be _carefully understood that vast _depositaries of merchandise were kept there , besides wholebazaars of oil , fruit , wax rice , apices , ' tallow , coffee ,
sponges , & c _., aaw » U as the establishments of the knife - grinders , wholesale grocers , nut sellers , ka . In addition i to these must be noted nineteen khans , seven mosques , , four baths , two public graaaries 15 , 000 barrels of _rico » belonging to tha Pasha of Egypt , a government steam t mill and seventeen vessels , and among the rest an _Ans * ¦ triatt and Russian vessel , & o . This fire exceeds that of f _Feratwo months back , not only in tha extent , bnt in » the value of the objeots destroytd . Hers people are s positively ruined , as their all was there . A fearful 1 night of hovoo Indeed it was . Tbe Sultan went incognito O to tha scene of _destruction and subsequently took np p his position iu a steamer In the arsenal .
The alarm guns have ] ust been fired , and it Is said Id that a serious conflagration has broken out at Kara- _igumruk _, towards " the Seven Stars .
Mobobb Or A Child Or Ci,Apham Commos.—Oa...
Mobobb or a Child or Ci , apham Commos . —Oa h * Saturday Mr W . Carter , the coroner tor _EastSnrrey , y , held an adjourned inquest at the Falcon , Wands- lsworth-road . upon the body of an infant female ohild » d » abont a month old , which had beau found drowned ed in the spring well on _OJapham-oommon . From the he evidence _adduced at the two investigations which ch took place , it appeared that the spring well iB a > a bucket well , about twelve feet in-circumference , oe , fourteen feet deep , and is situated a little out of the feh < direct road aorosa the _jommoa from Clapham to k Wandsworth . There ia a very [ abundant _supplyipl ] of a peculiarly soft water , and a number of men _ob-ob tain a living by carting and selling it to _numerouaTOti
families in the neighbourhood . On Thursday raonwr ing , about half-past _sixo _' olook , the body of the de . d ceased child was found floating in the well . It wae w _naked . Its hands were oleh . oh . ed and its hody drawnai un , giving undoubted proof of its having _beeneasjei into the water alive , and ita subsequent struggle fete existence . The boidy waa taken possession of b j f Sergeant Lanton , 19 , and policeman Dindy , 93 , W 3 , division , and shown to Mr J . O . Parrott , Jan ., oi ., Claphasn , surgeon , who _stafefrit was that of a ohiliob at least three weeks old , and that he had no doubt inb had met ita death by drowning . These were the * whole of tbe faots . The jury returned a _verdicerc of Wilful Murder against some person or _penomn unknown .
A Verdict of Wilful Mannas has been _retarneiar against Hannah Sonthgate , charged at Thorpe wits - poisoning her first husband , Thomas Ham . It wilt be remembered that the accmed was the _intimaltin friend of Mary May , recently executed for _mutdeittt and the suspicion is that the two women were esre gaged in more than one of the poisonings . When then verdict was delivered _thepriwmer exclaimed , 'la ; 'I innocent , gentlemen , of the crime , ' and oxhibiHiit great composure . She was immediately removemo and conveyed by the train to Chelmsford coun coi gaol . It was said that application will be madenac Sir Q . Grey , the _SeerolaVy of State , to authorath further examinations of bodiea of parties _suepecbapc j to have been poisoned , in the neighbourhoods ood j _Dwrcourt _* , _Bradfield , Tendring , and _Rsmjev . jej .
-
-
Citation
-
Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 9, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_09091848/page/6/
-