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The Prospects Of The Harvest. Tins, Too,...
fort : fortnight sooner ttSta corn onundrained IRtuI ; heside sides the yiohl _^ -lioth in bulk and in pollftl'dinproportioi tion to bulk—being much greater , with a similar am amonnt of labour and manure . Is this fact of no mo moment , in such a variable clime as ours ? What is fh ( the main cause of apprehension in thc northern distri tricts now ? that eren , if line weather should H Hccced tothe "horrid bad" we have , there is no not time for Hie cent to ripen Before winter sets in . T < Tet we hear of no joint stock companies , with their ca capitals of - £ 3 , _* _3 eO , ( l ( lO and £ 5 , 000 , 000 , to films ihe u _iakd \ 3 _Sor c ? loint stock schemes to get thc people 01 on to the kind , that their labour may cause food to
a abound ! Nay , instead of these legitimate and b blessing-scattering modes of applying capital being r _resorted to , we find the . efforts ot the poor people t _therasrives , to obtain a small portion of the soil * * for i their ' own kindly use and * cnjoyinent , " sneered at , 1 laughed at , and attempted te be thwarted . Never l mind . "Every dog has its < Jay : " and the day is not : far-distant when the capital of tlie country will be * iep loycd in increasing we food of thc country by 4 he most " cheap / ' most legitimate , and most _natural means—the labour -ofthe people . The latest aecoaais from Liverpool thatwc have seen , dated Tuesday afternoon , state that : —
The weather to-day is most deplorably bad . It has been _raieing thc whole of the past night , and during _to-dt- v-there has been no intermission of a steady ram / _sach as is most injurious to the corn . Wc hardly need sav that such weather is causing awfully _iocg & ces amongst thc folks on 'Change . The " -lens faces" will notbe confined to Liverpool , _shostoihe-present weather last ten days longer !
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TG !> fi £ ELECTORS AND NON-ELECTORS I OF SOUTHWARK .
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_SItT-siesbs , —It is a fact / which no man can « cny ,-tbitas laws are made by a majority of thc 3 ouse _* oi Commons , which' may affect our lives , cur Sibeftics , and our properties-, r . nd as one may constitute that majority , every man , woman , and child -in the kingdom , nay , in tlic _thrccltingdoms , has a distiw : tinter * _istintliccbai _* aetcr of every _inJiriduul ¦ _Tnesfker . 1 make tliis observation to meet the foolish old twaddle , about strangers interfering in local _-afialrs . I will give you a striking illustration of this
• fact . In ISil _, nearly 590 political prisoners were xctained in illegal custody by the casting vote ofthe _'SpealierofthoHoaseef-ConiHions ; tliciefere we , at -all events { for I was one of them ) , had an interest -in the principles of even -the member for Hampshire . Perhaps this right of interference will be thc more readily conceded to me ,-as it is not my intention to use it for myself . There are now three candidates befor e you ashing for the _represcntatisii of your borough ; Sir William Molesworth , a Whig aud something less ; Mr . -Pileher , a . Tory and nothing more , ard Mr . Miall .-a Chartist and nothing else .
I shall briefly scan thc pretensions of those three gentlemen- 1 heard Sir William Molesworth , at three several periods , in 1 S 30 , .-proclaim himself an advocate fer Universal-Suffrage and Annual Parliaments ; while now , in this age of progression , he professes ignorance as to " the extent" to which the suffrage nsay be-safely extended ; and he also pleads for Triennial -Parliaments . In 1 S 3 G , he liad no political-princip le , although possessed ofa -very capacious political conscience . In 1815 , lie has neither conscience nor principle . Inl 83 G , our principles were not so generally accepted ; and therefore many ofhis class saw no dancer in wowing them -to suit their
individual interests , and promote then * selfish ambition . In 1 S _15 , our dauntless courage and unrivalled perseverance has made them a portion of the national political creed . This man would , in 4 ny opinion _, profess himself a Chartist now , if the avowal was likely to serve him . He ha 3 retrograded while the -world has -been progressing . He canvasses you for bis own personal service- ; he canvasses you npon your prejudices , _tind not upon his own character . He certainly has the condescension to tell you that he
will respectfully hear all that you have to say on the several _interesting topics oftlie day . He is a renegade from what he once professed—a mere political prig ; and his indistinctness of character renders him unfit to represent the steady mind of Englishmen . To sum up : _he-is _^ , Corn Law Repealer ; and upon that single crotchet he rests his claim to your support * . bntXluweyctfattli enough to hope that the electors _and non-electors of Southwark have not merged all manly feeling and political principle into o small a compass . __
Mr . Pilcher appears t be resolved that of him wc shall hnow nothing , save and except that he is the drawimr-room candidate . Mr . Miall , on the other band , comes before you with a bold and distinct avowaHf abold-and distinct principle . He has the capacity to sec , and the principle to own , that great mental * revolution wliich points to those social and political-changes , wHcb are admitted tobe now a mere _question of time . He truly belongs to the army of progression . I think , my friends , that our support of Mr . Miall will _i-rove onr preference of " measures" to " . men , " and will . give us a noble opportunity ef proving to the world that we are only
" obstructives" _whcreolsiructianis a virtue : and that , where the common interests of the whole people are concerned , _^ ve _^ can not only foi _* give -but forget our differences and oBi'personal quarrels . If Mr . Miall and myself have belonged to two separate parties , each thinking thomse . vesright , Gnd consequently each looking for ascendancy in thc movement ; aiid if wc have _auused-each other heartily curing our struggle , wc must , when opposed by the common enemy ; forget that _wc-everhave _^ uarrclled . Mr . Miall is an " ob-i _structive- " andlionourhisebstruction _, because he
is an dbslructor of evil . : Eis opposition to Sir " William _Mefesworfb , who is a mere Free-trcder , is the carrying-out of _that great principle which J have everadrocated ; namely , thatthe existenceojfthree political parties in a State is incompatible with , the peace , _happjuess / and _prosperity-of tbe State-: -and that , therefore , we mast not allow Whiggcry to mergciiitomereFrcc-itraieism , batinust compel erory shads of _Libera-ism to ; cnlisfc in the great _niovenieoi-. anny _, to battle ia one unUed body against what Is . called JJegit " naa _( _y--ihe principle of _Toryism .
Mr . Sturge , in defiance of _titec-ld taunt of' dividing - -ike Libera ! interest , " set * brilliant example of -ihe value of this system of warfare at _Nottingham ani Birmingham . Regardless of the taunts of faction and its press , he has thrown all the onus of " div / _ision" upon the stand-still party , and _endeavored io limit the struggle to the national party And the Tory party . Moreover , onr support of Jin Mali w 21 prove that we are neither narrow nor _liigoitedin onr views ; that we do _notobject to a _candidate because he is a Free-trader , but we object to htm because be is not a Chartist . Wc arc always raadv to merce the lesser in the greater principle .
3 fr , Miall is a gentleman whose return would do its credit . Above , and almost before all ; at Jeast . bcibreali , except the Charter ; he is for free trade in religion . Be is a " voluntary" in the fullest sense ofthe word : while Sir William Molesworth wears the double badge of two churches . As the question of _aynooth is likely io create some bigotted prejudice in the minds ofmy own countrymen against Mr . 3 Gall , and in favour of the "double churchman , " 1 think it right that there should be a perfect understanding upon tliat question , ilr . Miall , I presume , regards the Maynooth Grant in the same light as all sensible men ; as the wedge to be driven to the extent
of _Ministerialexpedicncy ; as a _baittolure bad Koman Catholic clergymen from thepursuit of theircouutry _' s liberty in quest of Government patronage . I do not _speakdisrespeetfullyoftheEomanGatholicclcrgymen of Ireland . I could not do so if I was inclined . 1 have ever characterised them as the most pious , moral , frugal , flock-loving priesthood in the world ; as the best patriots , because taken from the ranks of thepeople : and in the Government measure I see the intention of rendering them less pious , moral , and _fragal , by selecting them from the luxurious ranks ;
and less patriotic , bv selecting them from the aristocracy . It is a chain in that " golden link" by which lay Catholics looking for political power have attempted to bind the Irish mind to the existing _Government . Let Irishmen remember that att men ate born with propensities which may be nourished into virtues or thwarted into vices , according to their training ; and let them remember that the present training of tlieir priesthood nourishes them in virtue ; while the _^ _^ tminingunderacorrupt Government would seduce them into vice . Let them also remember that their lay leader has made opposition to provision
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for the Catholic priesthood one of thelcading features ofhis life ; and let them also remember , that however small the first speck of Government oontroul may appear to be , that it is the lirst step in vice that is dangerous and irretrievable . Ireland has achieved her present glorious position through the indomitable courage of her priesthood ; and her brave and valiant peoplo , whose blood has flowed in streams ; whose homes have been rendered desolate ; whose portion has been perpetual martyrdom ; whose country has been made a howling wil _* . _derncss—a sea-bound _dunacon ; _v * i . ose laws have
beeu proclaimed by the cannon and the sword ; this people is called on to sacrifice a position , achieved by centuries of unparalleled suffering and perseverance , at the shrine of Government necessity ; of that Government , whieh must yield at last to a nation ' s union what it has refused to justice . As to the taunt of "lettinga Tory in "—for an answer to that old bugabooism , I would refer my countrymen to Mr . O'Connell ' s letter to thc Repeal wardens of Cork , wherein he says : "We must be prepared with Repealers at thc next election ; and where we cannot find a Repealer I would pbefek a Tony in the present crisis . "
The electors and non-electors of Southwark have failed te test Mr . Miall upon one of the most important subjects connected with the welfare , the happiness , and prosperity of all classes of society—I mean the Short Time Bill . Upon this I entertain every hope that Mr . Miall ' _s avowal will be satisfaetery . Under these circumstauees , then , my friends , let thc non-electors and electors place "Miall , and the Charter ; Miall , and voluntary church support . Miall , and less labour ; Miall , and more freedom . Miall , and no Whig ; Miall , and no compromise , " on their banner : and if the return of a Tory should be the consequence of his standing , let us console ourselves with thc reflection thatthe open foe is pref .. r . ililA to tlio /• _nneftahil « nemv . Molesworth is no
man for these times . VucUev is no man lor any tunc ; Miall is the man for theeoniing times . Hurrah * then , lor Miall , the independence of Southwark , and the liberty of the people _i Ever your faithful friend , _Feauovb O'Co . _vyon . A smTerer from the vote of a majority of ONE .
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_IMPOKTAKT TO LAXD SECRETARIES . TO THE SEVES . il . SECRETARIES OF THE _tLASD SOC 1 ETI . 3 _Jy Fricuds , —Again I have to call your _attontion to Jir . Roberts ' s direction as to the mode of paying your monies . _J . ' o class of racmrequlrc more punctuality in money matters , in tlte management of tlieir affairs , Mian tin * _working classes ; and therefore those who undertake the trouble ot ' management should insist upon the same exactness . Xow , x _. _liai . I have to observe is , that tlie double entries of money paid to the secretary , and the double lists published by him and mc , have thc inevitable effect of so complicating -our _accounts "that 1 -cannot , and will not longer act as Sir . Roberts ' s deputy , withall the _. trouble as my rexvard . wilcss . all tie-monies for ¦ shares , rules , and eards _. _^ re senldirect to me , as recommended _&>} ' Mr . Roberts . Jf this rule is not _ohservc . _1 . I must -and will resign _myjiost as deputy treasurer . Faithfully yours , _IvEAHGITS _O'RONNOB .
RECEIPTS OF TIIE CHARTIST _-CO-OPEllATWE LAND SOCIETY . f EE MB . O ' _COSNOtt . £ s . d . _From-Dodworthjinear Barnsley .. -.. - 10 0 Bradford ™ .. ,. .. .. COO Halifax ... ± 15 10 Manchester , Aug . 10 th , per Hurray .. 597 Ditto .. ' .. 13 10 11 Ditto , per Murray , _Auj . llth .. .. 2 3 C Ditto , ditto , Aug . 17 th 24 18 3 Todmorden . perWitham .. .. .. 200 _Culiie ,. perl { oIgate .. .. ... 1 6 8 Preston ... . ' . .. " .. .. ± 16 0 - Kochflale „ 3 IC 8 lower Warley .. _„ .. ... 3 2 8
Mottram .. .. .. .. .. 216 0 _Staleyiridgs . ... 2 5 3 Uelfield Hall _Blocfc-printors .. ... VA 0 0 _Jlatelifte _Rrid-je .. - .. .. .. -2 Q Q Hcbucn-lSriilge .. .. .. .. 151 _F . Xaydon _. Oldham .. .. .. 0 i 4 W . Ratcliffe , Midaicton 0 14 Amos Smith , Heywood .. .. .. O ' 1 4 James Duckworth .. .. .. 0 3 -0 ltichard Beesley , Oldham .. .. 0 . 1 . 2 James Jlaslam . JUiddleton ~ - .. o 1 4 AbrahamTaylor _. ditto .. ... .. 014 Thomas Hardiuxn , Manchester .. .. 0 15 ' 0 T . Ilurtivcll , Rochdale .. .. .. 0 1-3 na ifax , 2 nd instalment , per J . Heald .. 6 14
John Sidaway , Rouen .. -. .. 10 ' 8 * 8 Sheffield , _per-George _CaVill 4 . 2 , 11 Birniingliani , per Walter Thorn .. .. 400 Bradford , per George Mansfield .. .. O _JT 3 . 0 _^ "llolmfirtli , per Joseph Clegg — .. 9 . G 0 _„ Uradford , per John iardley .. .. 7 0 0 . Wakefield , p « Thomas Lnzcnby .. .. 500 ¦ Glasgow , per James Smith ... . ... 4 . 7 6 Artichoke Locality , Brighton , p » r W . flower 3 4 4 _^ _Sfietfield , _ruU-s _. aud cards .. 115 $ 1 Barnsley , ditto .. .. ... .. 0 8 ( _i ¦ Bradford , ditto .. .. .. ... 2 4 8 Sale , ditto . 0 2 8 Manchester , ditto .. 0 8 2 J Suddersfidd , ditto .. .. .. 0 9 S Halifax , ditto 0 Ifi 9 Clitheroc , ditto .. .. .. .. 020 Blackburn , ditto .. .. .. .. 0 6 10 Creston _, ditto ... .. .. .. 13 4 itochilalc , ditto 0 < > 6 Burnley , ditto ... 0 4 2
FEK _UtNESAL _SECBbTABY . ISSTALUESTS . £ s . d . £ s . d . Somers T * r , * . YU .. 0 5 4 Cullumpton .. .. 1 10 3 T . Smith , Greenford 0 1 4 Braintree , W . \ _Tin-J . Souts , ditto .. 0 1-4 holt ifc B . Knopp 0 2 8 l _' ershore , _^ r . Comi 0 14 T . Griffiths , SJireus-Cliorley O 7 C bury .. .. 014 a _Ven-castle-oa-Tyne 0 S 0 Arbroath .. ... 0 0 4 W . Tenant ... .. 014 Addingham ... 0 6 0 B . Teuaut .. .. 0 1 * 4 SHAZES . Somers Town .. 2 0 0 Mr . Wyatt , sen . ... 0 2 0 Westminster ... 16 0 J . _CaugUUui ... ¦ 1 0 0 _iVcston , O'Connor J . Walker ¦ 0 3 0 Brigade .. .. 0 17 1 Mr . Walsh .. .. 040 Xewcastle-upcn - Mr . J . Cordery .. -2 12 0 Tvne .. .. 0 19 0 Mrs . Waring .. 0 11 0 teals .. .. ... IS 10 o James Dickson .. O 4 0 Oldham .. ... -5 0 0 Lambeth .. .. It fl 0 J . B ' vatt .. ,. 0 1 0 T . B . C . and Sons 1 3 . G 0 Mr . livesav .. „ 0 7 0 Mr . Bearman .. 2 J 1 0
_CAEDS IM BIU . ES . Chorley 4 0 Bacup 3 4 Ratclifle 1 0 Heywood 8 4 Mr . fear .. .. ... 010 _J Manchester .. .. -8 -8 _EaniTca . —The 4 $ . acknowledged in mylast . _listfroni _Fudsey-sliould be £ 1 Thescb-sccretavics * jf the Land Society are rcn , uestea immediately to transmit nie an account ofthe names of all parties . » dio have joined the society siuce the last list of July 140 _i , stating distinctly tlie amount of money paid uy each person , and the rate per week at wliich it is to he paid ; _suelt 2 ist must be made up to the end of the quarter , August lSfh , and all monies received up to that date must be sent to tiie treasurer . No account of-money must be seefc to me wfcich has not been remitted to the treasurer . AU monies wist be scut iu full to the . treasurer , and no .-d--duetio . il made for expenses . These instructions _mustie particularly attended jto , as the balance sheet will be _imtaediafcly * issued . AH the districts are hereby requested to call a yneeting of the eharcholders on or before Monday . September 8 fli , and at such meetings to propose what _additions or amendments they think proper to the present _yjules , andnanittheresultio me . Thomas Martin _Wuieleb .
_XATIOMTi CJIARTEI 1 _ASSOCIATION . _SXEC _03-IVB . PEE KS . O ' COSSOB . FromShefiield - - - _\ _\ -t e n Barnsley - - J } * Leeds - - " o , a i Huddersfield - - - 210 4 _Uradford - - ' „ r ., Halifax - - * 'IU Manchester , August 10 - ¦ 2 5 Ditto , an Old Enniskillen - ** ° 2 5 Ditto , a friend - - - _» ¦} _\ Ditto , Mr . ScholeficW - - ° f °
George Marsden - - « \ Blackburn - - - _«*> 0 1 ' reston - - ¦" _-. _„« Burnley - - " ! 2 ? llochdale - - ' -ill Manchester , August 16 - " „ ? 2 George Marsden - * J , J _Jiliddletou - " " _i in n Manchester , 17 th - " 5 io o Macclesfield - „ ¦ " „ „ F 31 iddleton , per Thomas Bennett - o o t . Africnd - . - A Chartist widow ' s mite - " n n P Manchester , a friend - * _¦« ' ?• _« Mixendcn Stones - ' " X
„ tii « - - 0 S 0 Idle - ¦ - ¦ n 7 n Oldham , per _Yatdtej - - - « < » JMJSCOHBE TEStMeXlAl . Leicester , per James Hewitt - -030
_TEB GESEBAI . SECBETAB _* _* . SOBSCBIPTIONS . Preston , O'Connor Marylehone - - 3 0 Brigade - - - 6 0 Southampton - - » * Brighton - - - 3 0 Halifax _^ - - - 1 « Dundee - - - 7 0 Lower Warley -. - 1 0 Do ., donation - -13 O Bradford - - - <> » Mrs . Waring - - 1 3 littletown - -J ' 0 _WhitangtonandCat 1 ? Dewsbury- - - 3 * A friend , Melbourne , gowerby Helm - - o 0 J Hulmo - . -03
CABDS . ft- r ft Dundee - - - - ° - * * VICTIH FOND . Brighton - - — 2 0 Southampton - - 1 J Dundee - - - 4 7 Mr . Wells - - - ° 3 BCSCOMBB TE 8 TIS 05 U ! .. Manclicster , Mr . _Molyneux - " 2 f Ditto , W . White - . - 0- * _Tnoias JUbtin _Whesieb , Secretary .
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TnniE ! my friends . In the above lists you will behold a substantial " resurrection of Chartism ! " From that the snarlcrs will take an answer to their gr iwlings ; from that tlie nation ' s voice may bo learned : and from that Daniel O'Connell will see that this week Chartism has beaten , the last week ' s receip t for liu _.-iibugisni by £ G 5 ! It' all tlic money spent for the last twenty-four vears in Ireland , upon feeding brieflvss _IsaTvisters , lawless attorneys , olu clothcsmcn , and _puncli-driukiin ; _RlK-uters , had been spent on the purchase of land for thc Irish people , there might have been nearly 400 , ( 100 acres of gnud land purchased , which , at two acres for each head of a family consisting of five , would have made 1 , ( 1 ( 10 , 000 oftlie Irish iieoplc happy for life , and would have produced an annual revenue of nearly a million ner year . And this is not taking any account uf the millions fruitlessly spent in tithe-Si * .-iration , _clcctioiiecrin- , ' squabbles , und local clcctiuneerini ; jobbery . After three years' slumber let us shout "Hurrah for Vie Charter , andthe Laud for thepeople !" Yuur faithful servant , Fkabcus O'Conxob .
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_CiutiTisT IItms Book . —We arc desired to state that any locality of the National Charter Association _xvishiug to have the Chartist Hymn Book , should send tlieir orders to ltichard liadford , _J * o . 8 , Vjolet-6 treet , Chester-street , Manchester , statin ' , ' the number they require . The delegates of South Lancashire have arranged that thu books shall be ready for delivery by Tuesday fortnight . J . T ., London . —Thiers _' s History of the French Revolution is the most " perfect" and the most " correct" of any published in England—though it 1 ms to be taken with tremendous allowances . A 'People ' s _EJithm " of this work is published b y Vickers , Holywell-street - , and may be had of all liberal booksellers . Isaac Wawsov , Diiovlsoex . —We cannot answer his query ; but it is one that the { collector of the _asse-i-ed taxes for the district will soon solve for him . E . W * _ir-Ks , _CuEtTEvVHAJr . —If 3 Ir . Will's trill but visit Mr . Thornton ' s " small farm , " situate at Paddock , iu the immediate _neighbourhood of Huddersfield , he will find
what can be , what has been , and what is being done ou less than one acre and three quarters of land . He will find that Mr . Thornton can grow food enough , and lo spure . _forfortr coics . During the summer months he had food forjice . _Jfoiv this is not theory—it is practice ; it is not assertion as to what can be _dono ; it is fact . T . Self , _Isue of WnnE . — -We fear the salo of the tract he suggests would not cover cost . J . _Kattve , Shehev . —Tiie Gcueral JJeer Act was introduced in the year 1830 , by the Wellington Administration { and was strenuously , _^ supported by Brougham , during his . electioneering canvass for thu eoutity of York in that year . Jons _CoiQuuoN , Glasgow . —The address of tho'Operative Cotton Spinners next week . T . D ., Belpeb . —Any opinion we could give him in lhe case he so imperfectly sets forth , would not be worth a straw . He should consult a solicitor on the spot , who can make himself acquainted with all the facts of the
¦ case . Jacob Trust ? . —Ills letter is in type , but obliged to be kept over .
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Destructivi . _CojiFuuiiuTiox . —On Monday _evening , about twenty minutes before eight o ' clock ,- ' a destructive conflagration , involving the loss of property to the amount of nearly £ 20 , 000 , broke out on tho premises of Aiessrs . _Ui-jMlbury , Grcatorcx , and lleale , French , Scotch , and Manchester warehousemen , of Ko . C , Aldermanbury . The premises in question are considered as almost the _largest in tliat line of business in thc city ol London , extending in the rear from Aldermanbury to tlio western end of thc Guildhall , and abutting on Dycr ' s-court , on the northern side of the church of St . Lawrence Jewry . The lire was first discovered by the porters employed in the basement er cellar ofthe building , and although an immediate alarm was raised , so rapid , in consequence of thc combustible nature of the stock ,
were the flames , that before airy assistance could arrive , the whole ofthe lower portion of thc premises was ou fire , wliich speedily causbi the warehouse on the ground floor , and extended to the upper rooms . In less than a quarter of an hour the entire area of those extensive warehouses was in flames from , the basement to the roof , and the light created thereby was such , tbat in every part of London tears were entertained that some great pul'lic building must have fallen a victim to the "devouring element . " The bridges were crowded with spectators , and 13 ow Church , the church of St . Lawrence" Jewry , and the surrounding edifices were thrown out in bold relief from the objeots of lesser elevation more immediately _BurL-oundinjr-tuom . - The flames continued to increase , and from the lurid clarc on the turrets of Guildhall
shortly after eighto ' clock thegrcatestapprehensions were entertained that that ancient edifice was involved in the conflagration . So rapid was thc progress of the -fire that thc whole building was one mass of flame before an engine arrived , the lirst being that of the parish of St . Lawrence Jewry . Tliis was speedily followed by the brigade from thc Wfttlingstrect and other stations , and also the County and the West of England . Notwithstanding the exertions of the firemen , under the orders of Mv . ' Superintendent Braidvvood , tho fire continued to progress , and at one time the whole of Aldermanbury , Guildhall , and the church of St . Lawrence Jewry were considered in imminent danger , -ami but for the extraordinary _exertions of the firemen they must have fallen a prey to the flames . The loss is far _greafcr .
than was at lirst anticipated . A man named Diamond was in the top floor at the time tlie alarm of fire « as given ; -and so rapid were the Haines that he was forced to escape without his coat , whilst it was with no small degree of _dilficultythat those on the ground floor were enabled to escape . By strenuous exertions of the firemen the fire was prevented from extending beyond the adjacent premises of Messrs , Stone andCo ., grocers and tcadcalers , No . 5 , Aldermanbury , seriously damaged by water and fire . The flames were got under by half-past nine o ' clock . By half-past ten o ' clock the fire was extinguished , but the ruins wore still smouldering . In -consequence of the early period of the fire and the brilliancy of tlie flames , thousands of people were attracted to the snot , and it required all the exertions of thc city
police , under tlie orders of Inspectors 'l \ alhs , Woodroffe , aud Chadwick _. to preserve anything like order , and to keep the populace back at a sufficient distance to enable the engines , at least twenty in number , to . work . Tlie sacrifice of property has not been _equalled for it number of years .- Instead of a loss of £ 20 , 000 , as at first reported , ifc will fall little short of ten times that amount . The early hour at whichit broke out may be considered . truly providential , for had it taken place in the dead of the night the consequences would have been frightful . . Upwards of eighty persons'in the employ of Messrs . _Jlradbury , _Greatoi-ex , and Co ., would have been at rest on the _premisee . In consequence of the immense quantity of goods recently taken in lor the autumn season , the warehouse , to use the expression
of one of tlie firm , was chuck full , " and only on the morning _« f Monday upwards of £ 24 , 000 worth ol * rich silks were received , the whole of which was consumed . The warehousemen were engaged later than usual in sorting goods , when , a * a few minutes to eight o ' clock , a cry of " Kre ! " was raised , and on their rushing _dtwii to tlic basement floor the stores in the cellars , consisting of linen , were found to be in flames , and scarcely had they time to effect a safe retreat before the -destructive clement burst forth throughout the building . The greatest fears were entertained for the security of tiie GuMiall . __ The _nernons connected with thc numerous corporation _oflices immediately adopted -the proper steps fur the _preservatioaofthevaluablccitvi-ccords , which arekeptnear the Coutroller ' s-ofliccandhad them safely deposited in the
Town Clerk's ofiiee , aia more distant part ot tne hall . The Lord Mayor , accompanied hy Mr . Alderman Sheriff Sidney and Mr . Alderman Moon , reached the scene in less than a quarter of an hoar after the discovery of tke fire , and immediately held a consultation with Mr . Braidwood on the security of the hall , for the flames were rapidly extending to the rear of the Controller ' s residence . The beautiful stained glass of the eastern window was also being shattered by the intense heat , threatening the speedy destruction of the well-known colossal figures , Gog and Magog , that stand on each side . There being au excellent supply of water flowing from the mains in front oftlie hall , several powerful engines , well inauned , were brought to bear on that portion of the fire . By ten o ' clock the safety of the hall av . is
secured , but not for many hours afterwards did the firemen cease playing upon the walls whicli abutted on the ruins ; in fact , during the whole of yesterday an engine was in full operation , throwing a vast body of water from the Controller ' s office . —The following is a correct account of property destroyed , and the extent of insurances thereon * .--The warehouse of Messrs . Bradbury , Greatorex _, and Co ., silk-mercers , and Manchester , Scotch , and Irish warehousemen , b , Aldermanbury , totally destroyed . Besides thc premises facing Aldcrmanbuiy , there weroseveral houses at the rear , some 200 feet to the western extremity ot tho Guildhall , thc wholo of which were thrown into one , and were literally crammed with merchandise of every description . Not a . vestige remains of any of the buildings , excepting the walls . Thc firm arc insured nearly as follows : —Sun Fire-office , _^ i _^ ; Royal Exchange £ 15000 ; Manchester , £ 10 , 000 ;
, , Phoenix , £ 9 , 000 ; Globe , _W _. OOO ; Alliance , £ 6 , 000 * , Union , £ 5 , 000 ; London , £ 5 , 000 ,- Norwich Union , £ 5 , 000 ; Scottish Union , £ 5 , 000 ; Kent , £ 2 , 000 . Total— £ 85 , 000 . The above-mentioned offices declare the abovc insurances to be a total Joss ; that sum , however , will not cover the loss of thc firm by £ 20 , 000 . The next sufferers are Messrs . Coster and Co ., the extensive warehousemen at the corner of _Fouulain-court , Aldermanbury . The back part of their warehouse has sustained much injury . A large portion of tlieir valuable merchandise was saturated with water , partof thc yoof on the hack warehouse burnt off , and several bedrooms burnt out . Tliey are insured in the following offices : —Sun , Manchester , Liverpool , Royal -Exchange , rhecnix , Alliance , Globe , Iland-in-Hand , Westminster , Norwich Union , London , and Union , _* total . £ 171 , 000 . The exact amount of thc firm ' s loss
cannot as yet be arrived at . The third important damage is that of Messrs . Oliver and Co ., Manches t « r warehousemen , whose premises adjoined Messrs
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Lradbury and Co . ' s , in Aldermanbury . The stock is injured by water and removal , part ' of the roof earned away , and several apartments atthc top of the liui _/ ding seriously burnt . We understand thc insurance effected on this property to be , —Sun fireoffice , Royal Exchange / and Micenix ; total , £ 35 , 000 . Respecting the entire loss of property , it is feared that it will extend to from £ 100 , 000 to £ 200 , 000 . Up to ten o ' clock on Tuesday night the fire had not been effectually subdued , large volumes of smoke continually pouring "' , forth from the ruins . To prevent the possibility of any further danger occurring to any ofthe adjacent property , several of the brigade engines were ordered to remain for the night . During
the raging ot the fire a young man named Stephen Cuudnck , twenty-seven years of age , sustained a serious injury . ; lt appears that the poor fellow was on his way horii ' e , and had reached the church _in'Aldei'ihanbury , around which the crowd had become exceedingly dense , and in order to avoid the latter he tried to enter the churchyard by climbing over the _h-on 8 pikc «; ' u \ attempting this , however , he missed his footing , and fell heavily upon the spikes , one ofwhich entered the thick part of his right thigh , and he became literally impaled ; lie was , with some difficulty , removed , and conveyed in a deplorable state to St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , where he remains in great agony .
Infamous OuinAOK . —Informations were sworn this day at the Bridewell , before the mayor , against Michael _l-ittgerald , of Dublin-hill , Edward Walsh , of Cat-lane , and Daniel Cronin , ot the Mallow-road , by the wife of a young man , a teacher in the city . The particulars , as detailed in the statement of tbcroung weman , wero of the most disgraceful description , lt appears , by the statement of the complainant , that she was at the races on Wednesday , and that she remained there until nine o ' clock in tlie evening in company with her brother and two young women . She was standing near the car which they had , and was speaking to a young gentleman , the son of a respectable merchant of this city , when a stranger that stood near tlio ear all the evening tapped her on the
shoulder . Thc gentleman who was with her said she was under his care , and that she was a respectable married woman . The other person then struck him , her brother came up , a crowd gathered , and while they were standing there several men whom she saw about thc car during the evening can-ie .. lier several fieids off _^ where they severally perpetrated the offence and detained her till near eight o ' clock in the morning ; she fainted several times , and before tho outrage was perpetrated saw the gentleman who was near the car , and who struck the person she was speaking to , in . the middle of the field , and ran to In in int . _iM'nfnnfmn tii |) i / lll Im _i \ n /\* -i * . _td _/ i / l + /\ _rrt- \ 'f \
_Iml-J'lllt *\/» J *» _« v * _uv _»« w _.. | , .- _»* _. _•* .. w ¦ ' _« _VlHl'IbU IV _fjtllfl MUV was not allowed , for she was followed and taken away from him . She resisted as well as she could , and bit one of those who assaulted her on the lip and cut him . One oftlie party brought her soma watev in his hat , which she asked for on coining to _herself after having fainted ; and about eight o ' clock in the morning she was conducted home by Fitzgeraid , after the parties had quarrelled amongst themselvesabouther . Some of them said they would murder her if she gave any alar m _, and two of them said she con W transport thorn . There were nine persons present , and they all committed the outrage on her several times . —Cork lieporter of Saturday .
_Aiiempibo _ItounKRY and _MuiiDEU . —On Saturday a person , who gave his name Edward Long , and who represented himself as the son ofa laundress in Bayswater , was examined before the sitting magistrates at Uxbridge , on a charge of attempted robbery and murder . It appeared that on Friday ireek , between eleven and twelve o ' clock at night , he entered the house of Mr ; Solomon Harris , Uxbridge , where he attempted first to commit robbery , and afterwards to murder Mrs- Harris by means of a bludgeon . Mrs . Harris , who appeared to be still in a very weak state , and suffering - severely from the injuries-the prisoner had inflicted on her , and was accommodated with a chair while giving her evidence , deposed that she was the wife of Mr . Solomon Harris , an inhabitant of Uxbridge . On Friday , the 8 th inst ., between
eleven and twelve o'clock * , she observed from an upper window a man , who afterwards proved to be the prisoner , in the back yard of the premises . He seemed to be begging , but she did not take much notice of him at the time . About ten minutes afterwards she went into the front parlour , when she was thunderstruck at seeing the same man whom she had before seen in the back yard standing in the room , into which he must have got through oneot tbe windows .-That man was the prisoner . She immediately demanded what he did there , when the piusoner passed her , and directly shut tlie room door , and told her that his object was plunder or eveu murder . Witness , being dreadfully alarmed , began screaming violently , upou whicli the prisoner instantly pulled out a large
bludgeon and commenced beating her over tlie head , arms , and neck , and dreadfully ill-treating her . Witness ' s screams brought one of her women servants iuto the room , and she had very little recollection of what afterwards took place . Maria Luckitt deposed that sho was servant to the last witness . On the forenoon inquct-. tU-. vi , heaving her mistress ' s screams , sho ran into the front parlour , whence she found they proceeded . Gn entering , she saw the prisoner standing by tho centre table / ' with a large stick brandishing in his right hand over her mistress , who was lying Oil the floor between two chairs . The prisoner was at that time threat . cuing her mistress with further violence . Witness assisted Mrs . Harris upon her ieet , who then attempted to jumn out of the window
into the tore court ; and , although witness tried to prevent her , so alarmed was she that she succeeded in getting out , and most fortunately fell upon her feet . , The screams of another female servant , who had run into the garden , where Mr . Harris andthe man-servant were at work , brought them and some of the neighbours to their assistance , when Samuel Powell , a journeyman tailor , in tho employ of Mr . Shanorm , living in the lane near Mr . Harris's premises , got into the -window , and seized the prisoner , wiio , seeing others coining in , said , " Don't hurt mc , though I am a housebreaker . I will surrender 1113 ' - self . " ' Sergeantlloadnight _, Til , deposed that on the day in question , in consequence of information he received , lie went about twenty minutes to twelve to Mr . Harris ' s house , and received the prisoner irom
Samuel Powell and others who had secured him . The prisoner was without his shoes ; and as witness was taking him to the station-house at Ilillingdon-Entl , he pulled the silver fork and thc ornament now produced ,, out of his pocket , _irtliich witness took , and he said , "There , that is enough for you . " The prisoner also said he was not sorry he was taken . Ho had wanted money , and finding the window open , lie took off his shoes and got in , and at first sat himself down in a chair . The stick produced ( a tremendous bludgeon ) witness fouud in the parlour , it further _appcarcdjfroin the admission of the prisoner himself , that he had gone out on the evening in question with the stick in his hand , with the full determination to rob some one or be transported for the attempt . The prisoner / whose appearance is most ferocious , was committed to Newgate for trial .
Serious Accident . '— On . Wednesday morning about nine o ' clock , a serious aftair occurred to one of Brewer ' s omnibuses , whieh plies between _Notting-hill and Mile End-gate . The omnibus had just passed Waterloo-bridge , going eastward , when one of the fore-wheels came olf , and the passengers on the top were tin-own to the ground . Assistance wns immediately rendered , One gentleman was picked up bleeding dreadfully from the forehead , and had his log or thigh broken , and another was also seriously injured . The others escaped unhurt . One gentleman was promptly conveyed on a shutter to Charingcross Hospital , and the other ' in a cab to his residence . From inquiries made at the Hospital , we find that the gentleman who is so much injured is a Mr . Moi'daunt , a linen-factor , who was going to his offices , situate at No .-1 , Sambrook-court , Basinghallstrcet , and that the nature of thc injuries is a compound fracture ofthe leg , besides several severe internal bruises . ¦ .- ¦ ¦¦
Melancholy and Fatal Occunni ; xcE at Ilfiucombe . —On Wednesday morning between seven and eight o ' clock an alarm was raised on the Quay that a lady was in the sea , and drowning , at the back of the houses on the Quay , and a general call for ropes and parties who could swim , in order to e ndeavour to save her . The wind was then blowing strongly irom the N . W ., and about high tide , the water being nearly twenty feet deep at the hacks of the houses , with the sea beating violently against the walls . Mr . Edward Stephens , a respectable shoemaker of the town , happening to pass by , went through the house , stripped oft his clothes , and dashed into the foaming waves , and succeeded in coming up with the lady . A-rope was then thrown to herwhich she
, missed , hut on being thrown out a second time , she succeeded in securing it , and was safely brought to the steps . Mr . Stephens , when he found that the lady had secured the rope , Jet go his hold of her , when a wave took him out to sea , and a subsequent wave was seen to strike him ; which is supposed to have stunned him . He immediately went under water , and was drowned . He lias loft a widow and two children . —It appears that three ladies , of the name of Bailey , from Peterborough , have been staying at Martin ' s Boardlng-houso , on the Quay , for some time , and that they have been in the habic of bathing in the sea from the back of the house . Tlie mode of approach to the beach is by a flight , of steps , but when the tide _uicro
» u £ * s no ueacli to land ou , so that any person bathing at such tune must plunge into deep water _, these ladies being most expert , extraordinary , and peautifui swimmers , have been in tho habit of plunging into deep water ; but this morning the wind and sea being both high , Miss Fanny Bailey ventured to bathe , but from the sea beating against the wall she _vyas not enabled to beat against the receding waters , 111 order to recover the steps from which she had plunged , and was at the mercy of the waves ; she did not .-lose ' her self-possession , and kept herself nobly on the surface of the waters , * she was much exhausted on being brought to shore , and was put to bed instantly , and is now going on favourably . The Misses Bailey arc ladies of good property ; Miss Fanny Bailey ' s sisters have been with the disconsolate widow , and have assured her that neither she
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_^ . ** _TT' . ~ . ¦ "* " _!¦ _¦ ' ' _¦ ' .-U _»» n WW H . _«¦¦—¦¦— MM _^ _MMMUMMMMlV nor the fatherless children shall be allowed to want any necessary comfort . The body of poor Stephens is not yet found . . . . . . _ . _ _ „_ ... .
MORE RAILWAY ACCIDENTS . Another Accident ox thu _Nouthekn and Eistekx Railway . —Thc recently * opened portion of thc Northern ' and Eastern Railway , on which the late appalling accident took place , was the scene of _aiiotliei-friglitful occurrence on Tuesday afternoon , of a somewhat similar character ; and , although it was not attended wilh such-a deplorable loss of life as marked thc previous one , yet several ofthe passengers have received serious contusions , and thc escape of human life may be considered truly miraculous . It is ' necessary to observe , tliat since General Tasley stated , at thc recent coroner ' s inquiry as to the death oftlie stoker who lost his life by the engine running off the line a few weeks since , ' that it was highly
dangerous lor trains to pass over the newly-constructed part of the road , viz ., between Bishop ' s Stortford and Ely , atthc rate of thirty miles an hour until it was properly consolidated , the company very promptly lessened the speed , which has been adhered to up to the prcsciit time , making a difference in the arrival of trains of about an hour at the several stations . On the morning of Tuesday the usual day mail train left the Shoreditch terminus at half-past eleven o ' clock , and proceeded with safety and ease to Cambridge . After the necessary stoppages at that station , the train renewed its course , and , on arriving about two miles beyond Walerbeach , seven miles from Cambridge , and the same distance this side of Elv , the engine ran off the rail ou _thcoffor left side _.
dragging the tender and the whole of tne _carnages after it . To convey any idea of the shock that instantly took place cannot be attempted . Fortunately this particular part of the Vine is devoid of any tiling like embankment , being a perfect level , and the engine had not travelled more than thirty or forty yards over the ballast , before it completely turned topsy-turvy with the tender into a kind of ditch , partly full of water . The luggage van , by the sudden jerk apparently , became detached , and from this , added to the loose character of the soil , caused by thc late heavy rains , the wheels became perfectly embedded , and this brought the remainder of the train providentially to a stand-still . The alarm that immediately ensued amongst the passengers , who were
well knocked about by the concussion , may be well conceived under the circumstances . The head guard , who was in his usual scat on the top of one of tlie carriages , perceiving that the engine had run olf the line , and fearing such a death as one of his fellowservants met With by tlic late accident near Chesterford , jumped from his place on to the road ; and i flic liad not done so he most certainly would have lost his leg by thc clashing ofthe carriages together , for the step of his seat was d"ivcn through the plate glass windows ofa . first-class ' carriage , in which were seated three ladies , one of whom was much cut by the . glass . During the confusion a painful alarm was created for the safety ofthe engine-driver and the stoker , as they were seen to be on the engine when it capsized . To the s urprisc and gratification of all , however , the poor fellows , evidently much terrified , were to be
seen wading through the . water 111 thc ditch unhurt . It appears that as the engine turned over they were thrown some distance ftom it into thc pooi , and were accordingly preserved . As soon as the affrighted passengers were removed from the carriages , messengers were despatched to Ely and Watcrbeuch for the aid of one or two pilot engines in order to replace the train . In the reean while most of the passengers posted on to Ely . On thc guards making an examination as to what was likely to have caused thc accident , they found about three inches of metal cut off one of the outer rails at a joint , and on searching about found thc piece , wliich they took charge of , brought up to town the same day , and given into the hands of Mr . Dowling _, _thesupr-rinlcndeiit oftlie line , in order to further the official inquiry which wilt be insLit . iili-. tl relative lo the occurrence . ' On the arrival
of the pilot engines and a number of assistants , active measures were adopted to raise and place the carriages on the line , which in the . course of two hours was accomplished , ami at four o ' clock thc train resumed its journey to Norwich . To remove 1 he engine and tender from the ditch by thc means then available was perfectly impossible , and they were accordingly left . They are both embedded to a considerable extent in the soil , and before they can be extricated and put in proper working order a serious loss will be incurred . As regards the cause ofthe accident , it is evident from the piece of metal that has been cut from the main rail at the joint , thatit must have shot out from thc straight line ; and the flange ofthe wheel passing or rising over it , the engine was thrown ofi
the rails . 1 Ins opinion is entertained by many competent persons , and that thc recent flood of rain mi ght have cased tlicsoil andso moved the rail . The guard of the train informed the writer that thc speed of the train at the time of thc '' accident was from about twenty to twenty-five miles an hour , and the inference is , thit had not the wheels become so deeply fixed in the ballast by its looseness , and which so effectually blocked their progress , one or two ofthe carriages would have followed the engine . The carriages wove shattered by the shock , but not to any extent , as they were capable of resuming tlieir place in thc train . It is worthy of remark that the company ' s servants afforded every facility in order to collect correct particulars of the unfortunate event , and did not evince the least desire to '' hush it np , "
SnocKisa _Acapmr _oxriic Lancaster and Carlisle Railway . —An inquest was held on Tuesday last , before Mr . R . Wilson , coroner , at Bon'owbridge , on the body of an unfortunate man named Todd , who met his death by a melancholy accident whilst working on that lino of railway , at a viaduct near the above place . It appeared from tho evidence that there is attached to the works a small staec , beneath which there are conducting rods for thc purpose of moving it to different parts as the operation :, require . On this stage is placed a small crane , used fu . _< - drawing up stones for the erection of the viaduct , i ' rom some cause or otlier not ascertained these rods broke , and the stage , being weakened , gave way witli the crane , from which was suspended by a rope a great block of stone , Tliere were two men on the _staac ,
and they were precipitated to the ground , and there were three others below , _soiyie of whom itis supposed were crushed by tho stone . Surgical aid was immediately sent for to Kendal and _Sedk-rgh , when it was found thatthe five men ' were all very seriously injured . The names of tlic surviving ' sufferers arc-Robert "Whitchcd _, William Brown , George Appleby , and William Grant . Todd ' s ( the deceased ) arm was dreadfully lacerated , his left thigh fractured , and his left ankle-joint dislocated . He died , after the most extreme suffering for three days , on Monday morning last . Brown had sustained a compound fracture ofthe leg , tiie muscles and integuments being dreadfully torn ; and amputation above the knee was found to be immediately necessary . Every possible care has been bestowed on the surviving sufferers .
Accident ox tuk North _Midlasd Railway . —An accident occurred last Sunday , at tho Derby station , io the mail train from Leeds , which , though fortunately not attended with fatal results , was productive of serious injury and alarm to the passengers . The train had reached tlie ticket platform in safety , when the highly-reprehensible practice of detaching the engine from thc front , and placing it at thc back of the train , to propelit into thc station , was adopted . The engine not having been stopped in time , or the break not applied , the train was forced into the station-house with' great violence , smashing the first carriage and throwing it up on the platform / and breaking the strong iron and wood balustrades that ave placed there to keep oft' the passenger . * . ' . AU the passengers were thrown from their seats by the violence of the shock .
Fortunately no bones were broken , but many persons received severe cuts and contusions - — heads and faces were dreadfully disfigured , and one lady sadly shaken by the concussion . Several mimitct elapsed before sny attention was paid to the injured individuals , who were at length taken to the infirmary , where thcir _' wonnds and bruises were dressed , after which they were enabled to proceed by tlie next train . In this accident not thc slightest palliative presents itself for the recklessness of the railway people Thc practice of placing an engine behind the train has been so repeatedly condemned by public opinion , that it seems au act of wanton trifling with the lives and limbs oftlie passengers to resort to such a dangerous mode of propulsion . Wo trust that a good inquiry will be made into the affair , and that the culpable parties may be dismissed from the company ' s service .
Another and Fatal Accident on thk North _MiDusii Railway . —An ' inquest was held at the Princcof Wales Hotel , Masbovough , beforcMi ' . Badgcr , on Monday afternoon , on Francis Dean , who had been killed on Saturday . Henry Kinnerly , guard of the goods train from Derby , proved having arrived at thc Masborough station about one o ' clock , and unhooking six carriages from thc train . Immediately afterwards another engine was used to push the carriages into the siding . Witness saw Francis Deaa walking on one side of the metal on the fine , and just before the six waggons , when he shouted to him to get out of the way ; but before he could do so the buffer had knocked liim down , and two or three of the waggons went over both his legs ; he then dexterously withdrew himself from under the carriages .
Turner , the engine-driver , was shunting ( or hacking ) the carriages slowly and steadily , and deceased was looking towards the down train , and did not seem to see or hear thc waggons that were close to liim , and upon him before he was aware of it . Witness was sure no one was to blame . Many persons connected with the station liad complained of want of room , where there was a great deal of shunting , and therefore further and much extended accommodation was much wanted . Verdict— " Accidental death , " with a request that the coroner would write to thc secretary of the Midland Company , and say that it was the opinion of the jury that a man should be always stationed on the last carriage of the train when shunting . The jury were also of opinion that tlie Masborough station was too cramped and limited for tbe business done there , and ought tobe enlarged . Sbrious Acoment on tub North Midland Railway . —An accident of an alarming character , but fortunately not attended with any fatal results , occurred
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on the North Midland llaihvay on Monuay o _> ei ing last , about a _quarter-past _s . x o ' clock , ite - _bmchester and Leeds _Railway Company s express twin , which consisted of thc Iluinlicrciigme . in tender ana three carriages ( one of them quite new ,, » hrst-class carriage ) left Leeds at six o'clock , and had reached a point between the Woodlesford and the Mcthley stations , near the latter and about five miles from Leed s when the engine suddenly ran oil the line and down the embankment , dragging after it the carriages . There were onlv eight passengers in the train , amongst whom were ' Mr . Thomas Clegg , _cottonspinncr , Newmarket-lane , with Mrs . and Miss Clegg , who were returning home from Harrogate , where they bad been for tlie benefit of . Mrs . Cleeg ' _u health . All
tliree were much cut and bruised , and when extricated were bleeding profusely ; but they were not only sensible but able to walk . Mr . Clegg was bruised about the shoulder and cut about the head . The two ladies were injured chiefly about the head . They were conveyed , wc believe , to the Leeds Infirmary , and Mr . J . _* A . _Raiisome , surgeon , their medical attendant , proceeded to Leeds on Tuesday morning to ascertain the extent of their injuries , and whether they could bear the removal home . Another passenger was Mr . Firth , of thc firm of Messrs . Alexander Henry and Co ., of . Manchester , but who resides in Portland-crescent , Leeds . He received sonic severe bruises and contusions , from the effects of which he is still suffering . Amongst the passengers who were less
seriously hurt .. were Air . h . Ilulmes ,. i commercial traveller , who is now at lhe Scarborough Hotel , Leeds ; Mr . Lofthouse , of Leeds , who is at 39 , Coburg-strcct , Alanchester ; Mr . Hirst , who is at present ill Sandfordstrcet , Leeds ; and another commercial traveller , whose name wc could not learn , but who is staying atthc Royal Hotel , Leeds . Tho guard , whose name is Kinnerly , the engine man , named Joseph Kay , and thc stoker , named John Lutty , were all considerably hurt . As soon as all the _passengers had been extricated , one of them proceeded to the nearest station to stop tlte traiiB that might be coming forward , till the rails could be cleared and thc lino repaired . This was done , and at 011 c period no fewer than seven trains were 1 topped . In consequence of this delay ,
the two trains which leave Leeds in the evening _,, afterthc express train—viz ., that at ten minutes past six , and that at a quart-l'hefoi'o eight o ' clock , arrived _, in Manchester together ; but instead of reaching the Victoria station at ten minutes after nine , and a quarter-past ten , it wanted only twenty-four minutes to due o ' clock in the morning when they arrived . On an investigation of the rails where the accident occurred , the cause wassooii discovered . It scents that one of the iron chairs on whicli thc joints of the rails are secured , had been split or broken , and this had allowed the cud of one of the rails to become detached at the joint . The flange of the engine-wheel having forced thc loose rail outwards , the engine ran off the vails and over tlic embankment . The ,, train , having no stoppages on that part of the line , usually traverses
it at the rate of 50 to 5-5 miles an hour : so thatthe impetus would be very great So far as we can learn there docs not appear to be the slightest blame attributable to the engiiic-nian or guard ; the accident being solely owing to the broken chair . Mr . Johnson _,, superintendent of the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company ' _slocomotivc department at Leeds , took possession ofthe broken chair , and it is said that the fracture appears to be an old one . Ko doubt a full inquiry into this fact will be made . The engine was found lying bottom upwards and much damaged ; and the carriages arc totally destroyed . Joseph Kay , the engine-man , who keeps a prorision _^ shop in Garrattstrecf , Oldham-iaad _^ Afaiichestcr , is at home , and iu is Stated that two of his ribs are broken . The fireman , John Lutty , is much hurt , and is now lying iu the Leeds Inuimarv .
Explosion- ofa I . ocomotivk Bonxn . —As the halfpast eight Parliamentary train , or that which carries passengers at a Id . a mile , was standing at thc Walton ' station or . thc South-western Railway ou _ittuloAvu journey on Wcdussday , thccnjiiiic bciiigthen taking in water , aud the engine-man beneath examining his engine , as is customary during a stoppage , a sudden explosion took place , and the steam rushed out at thc iivc-doov ip a . direction so that thc engine-man was severely scalded . The fireman escaped unhurt . The ouJy other person who sustained injury was not a passenger , but a bystander . He was struck on the back of his head by a piece of coke , but with no great force .
Accidkxt at _tiif . Bricklayers AnMS Statics 01- thk _Dovjiit Railway . —On Wednesday afternoon , about half-past four o'clock , an accident occurred at the Bricklayers' Arms station of the Dover railway , by whicli a man named Richard Smith , aged thirty years , sustained a severe injury , lie was engaged 111 removing one of the iron tables , a machinery used for shifting carriages from one part of thc line toanother , and whilst so employed his left hand became jammed between thc chains by which such movement is effected . _^ From appearances it was feared that tlic whole of his lingers wetc cut off " , but on being conveyed to Guy ' s Hospital , it was ascertained that thc thumb and middle finger had been injured , but from the nature ofthe injuries Mr . Forster , the house surgeon , deemed it necessary to remove a portioii of the bone of eaeh member . The poor fellow suffered excruciating torments . lie is , however , doing well .
Great Westers" Railway . —A Semes op _AJjjSihaps . —On Monday morning , shortly after the arrival cf the train , wliich left Reading at half-past seven o clock , at the Maidenhead station , one of thc tubes of the boiler exploded , rendering it impossible for tlio engine to proceed onwards to I _' . 'iddiiigton , An express was immediatel y sent to Mr . Howell , at Sleugh , who Josfcno time in hastening to Maidenhead with another engine ; but , unfortunately , just as this engine was starting , with the delayed train and passengers , towards town , an accident , precisely similar to that of the _lernicr one , occurred , thus rendering the engine from Slough also useless ; and it was not until tlio Oxford train arrived at Maidenhead , upwards of an hour and a half afterwards , that the passengers were enabled to proceed on tlieir journey . No
trains , therefore , arrived at Paddington until halfpast ten , instead of one at nine , and another nt it quarter to ten , the engine which ought to have taken the nine o ' clock Slough train to PtuliUugton having become disabled at Maidcnhca : ] . —Just as thc day mail train to Exeter , which leaves Paddington at a quarter-past ten , was onthe eve of starting thc same _mc-rning , from the Paddington terminus , a similar accident to the foregoing ones occurred to its engine , one cf the tubes ofthe boiler suddenly bursting , and thus completely disabling thc engine attached to tlic mail train , and delaying its arrival at Slough , tlie
first station she stopped at , nearly an hour . This train , and the one which left Paddington an hour afterwards , both arrived at Slough at the same time . We are happy to state that , notwithstanding tho bursting ofthe tubes of three engines , no injuries , in any one case , were sustained hy the engine drivers or stokers , not- indeed by any persons connected with the Company . Considerable alarm prevailed at Paddington in consequence of the non-arrival of the first up-train from Reading ; which , however , was allayed ns soon as thc superintendent of thc telegraph arrived , and a communication , by this mean , opened between Slough and the terminus .
The Sritai.Nei.Ds Weavers.—The Sjlk Act....
The SriTAi . nEi . DS Weavers . —The Sjlk Act . — On Thusrday night at eight o'clock , a crowded meeting ofthe board of silk hand-loom weavers of Spitalfields and its vicinity was held in thc Ilarc-strcct School-room , for the purpose of hearing the report of the deputation appointed to watch the progress of and to introduce additional clauses into a bill first brought into tlic House , of Lords by Lord Lil / brd relating to silk weavers , and which bill has now become the Jaw of the land , the act having made further
regulationsrespecting the ticket of work to be delivered to the weavers . Mr . Vcndomme in the chair . Mr . Stewart , the secretary of the \ mion ,, commmunieatcd the steps taken by tlio deputation by waiting on Lord Lilfovd ami other manners of Parliament , in order to obtain thc passing of thc bill , which he observed would be of thc greatest advantage to the weavers , tbe greatest opponents of which wore found to be some of the most active of the Free-traders . The report was unanimously received and adopted .
_Daj-ADFi'L F . xvLOsiox . vear Dt _/ DLEr . —On Monday morning last , between 8 and 9 o ' clock , a most dreadful accident from fire damp-took place at the coal pits _belonging to Messrs . _Wagstaff and Skidmore , situate at Tividale , about a mile from Dudley , and between that town and Oldbury , by which IS men were most dreadfully burnt , and eight of whom have since died . It appears that the men were at their usual work in the pit , and a boy having occasion to go to some partof thc pit , took a lighted candle with him , and incautiously ventured where lie ought not to have gone ; the candle having caught the firedamp , the whole of it was instantly one mass of fire , and all the men at work were blown about in several directions , _jand more or less severely injured . As soon as the awful calamity could be made known , immediate assistance was renderedand the whole of
, the men ( IS in number ) were got out of the pit . Mr . AV . E . Johnson , surgeon , of Dudley ( who is the surgeon of the works ) , and his assistants , hastened with all despatch to thc scene of thc accident . The poor sufferers were conveyed in oarfs to their respective homes _. and Mr . Johnson and assistants have been unremitting in their attentions to them ; but notwithstanding all that medical skill could afford _. eight have since died , and so dreadfully are the remaining ten burnt , that but slight hopes arc entertained of their being able to survive . Most of the unfortunate men have wives and numerous families . This melancholy event has cast a deep _gioom . over the inhabitants of Dudley . On Friday an inquest was hem on the bodies of six of the eight who have died * _andthcusuai verdict of" Accidental Death" was returned .
Afn. Dixon's Speech. —We Have The Speech...
_Afn . Dixon ' s Speech . —We have the speech of Mr . Dison at the Middleton meeting—tho ene referred to in Mr . O'Connor ' s letter—in type , but are obliged te withhold it till next week _.
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 23, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_23081845/page/5/
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