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      blown dewa , and put carried into the river F&w . A cow was in it at the time , but it w « wred . The ve&ther-cock » f St . Crux church , in Pavement , inu blown off . A . Urge door , wbick had been forced by the wind from the top of the church , penetrated Mr . Isaac Taylor's grocer's window , aad Drake & square of glass ; the whole window nari » Vlj escaped . Church-street and Petergate , were covered with tiles aad rmbbish , and in the former-street , the roof ef an old warehouse next to Mr . Lyth"s linen-draper was partly taken off . The other honjeshad evidently received eonsiierable dwsage . In St . Andrewfftte the devastation wag great . The first house that suffered was Mr . linfoot ' r , builder

      , who had his sob killed . About ei ^ ht o'clock , the back part of the house of Mr . Botterill , the dealer in f inger beer , who reside * nearly opposite to Mr . Linfoet ' s -was . thrown down b y the chimneys falling , and which slightly damaged Mr . HawksweU ' s house next door . The entire of the first floor and beams , were carried to the bottom "Unfortunately at this ime , Mr . Botterill ' s daughter was toasting some bread ; the ruins forced her head aad face against die fire , and along with her mother m covered with them . They were taken out much exhausted , the mother being terribly bruised , and t * be daughter severely burnt and otherwise hurt . The daughter wa » conveyed t * the Hospital , where she was properly attended to , and thev are now in a

      state of convalescence . Mr . Botterill escaped with some slight bruises . The roofs of . the houses sn Barker Hill , Peasholme Green , St Sariourgate , part of Layerthorpe , HuHgate , . and Hover-Lane , are damaged to seme extent . The Union Gas Works , situated at the bottom ef Hung ate , fell ia far their share of the general destruction . The roof was Walker ' s patentcorrogated one , « aade of wrought iron p lates . The wind gathered nnder a part which projected a little aver the wall of the building , at the west side , and lifting the roof up , it went down with great force and broke it in at the t » p . The roof being of a circular form , and the the feet on the west ride having given- wav , it was

      consequently stretched , and now hangs . over the wall three or four feet The damage at first appear * to be very great , but the apprehensions that may be entertained on thi * subject will be considerably allayed when we state that the loss is- estimated at about £ 50 or £ 60 , this conclusion being come to frem the fact that nearly the whole of the old materials can be efficiently used ever again in forming the roof . The iajury was done to the building at rather an early hour m th « morning , and as soon as the day dawned , a number of spectators watched the high chimney expecting every moment that it ¦ would have been brought to the graand . It , however , withstood the fury of the elements , and fortunately so because on three sides it it TOTrounded by honses .

      Oae » f the most serieus disasters of the day happened in , the Water-lanes , from the falling of a chimney to Messrs . Kasa and Bidding's mustard mill , which was 103 feet high , and had only been lately erected , when the premises underwent great mprovements and repairs . It wag nearly as high as Mr . Swales ' s factory chimney , -which it bow the largest in er near the citr . 11 was between five and ax o ' clock that the crash of the chimney was heard . It was first heard by Mrs . Clarkson , who lives in the second Water-lane , and opposite the mill and warehouses ; she instantly alarmed her own family , imploring them , for God ' s sake , ' to come down directly ; and while they were in the act , the chimney fell , on which she said , that everv one of Mr

      Hanson ' s family would be killed , which providentially was not the case . Mr . Hanson , who is waiter at the Robin Hood Inn , keeps a public house in that lane , immediately aajnining the premises of Messrs . Nash aad RiddiBg . The house is three stories high , beades the a « ac * . Mrs . Hanson , who was standing at the bed side in the second floor , with her children in her arms , heard a crack , wnich she says was aboat as loud as a gun ; on her hearing it . Mr . Hanson went down stairs to obtain & light , and , while doing so , she net knowing what to co for shelter , ran t » another part of the room ; in a moment , the chimney fell , and went through the reof and every floor to the ground , carry with it chain " , tables , bed * , chests of drawers , boxes , wash-stands , and every article of furniture—amongst which was the bed in which she had been sleeping , and the side of which she had just left . The portion of the buildi :: g to which she had-repaired for refure

      was scarcely touched , bnt a child which she had xn herarms was injured by the falling of same rubbish on its head . It cried for a long time ' , and it was found that the head was swollen in sue part , but not in any serious degree . The part immediately below , where was the dresser and delf-Tack , and to which her husband bad gone to strike a light , was also uninj&red . The work of destruction which the fall has occasieaed to this the building can scarcely be conceived ; the house was a complete ruin , and nearly erery article of furniture was mere or Ies * damaged , from the quantity of rubbish which had fallen upon them . It is most remarkable , that in the room on the third story no person slept that night , which had not beea the case fur many months previous . A youBg man . who had slept in it for gome time , had only just left his lodgings , and a wom < m , who wished to sleep ia the room , had been happ ily , and as it would * eera pruviden . ti . ally , prevented by Sirs . Hanson .

      The warehomses immediately contiguous to the mill have escaped comparatively uninjured . The seed-rooms have been partially nnro * led , and the working-rooms have been broken in by portions of the chimney , the bulk of which , however , bad fallen on the adjacent bouse . In tins warkingrooms no stock of coosequence was kept ; and it is fortunate that neither the goods in the wholesale dreg warehouse nor the machinery have been at all damaged by this catastrophe . It will require *» me hundreds of pound * to repair the loss which the fall of this chimney has caused .

      On gomg overOose bridge , we were informed that a vessel had been sank near the King ' s Staith ; we ascertained that it was a keel belonging to Mr . Booth , and which was laden with coal . The vessel was laying outside of several other * ; and by being forced against them with the wind , a hole had been made in its side , which had caused it to jpring a leak . In Skeldergate the damage is but trifling . A tret ; opposite the Albion Chapel h . is been shattered ; an iron chimney , belonging to Mr . Wilkinson , the nail-maker , broken off ; and the roof of Mr . Pr&tt ' s house , on Cherry-hill , entirely taken away . The most extensive damage to . property in this Ward of the city was at the Old City Gaol , which has lately been adapted ior the purpose of a House

      ef Correction . The walla are eighteen inches thick , and ten yards high ; and large portions ef two of these walls were swept dewn by the violence of the wind about half-past tax o ' clock . The wall fronting Gaol Lane was thrown outwards , and taken from the north east corner to the massive entrance ; the end of the wall , near the Moat , was forced into the inside of the yard . The bricks were laid on the ground like cards carefully spread out , without being m most instances , separated from the- mortar . At the time when the accident occurred , MY . Collinson , the gate-keeper , had come down stairs , and the other officers ef the priaon got out of bed .. Scarcely any noise was heard ; indeed we understand that many persons who reside in Gaol Lane , -within a few

      yards of the prison , did not hear any crack or report before this extensive wreck was occasioned , rorunate ) y , the prisoners were all in bed at the time ; because had it occurred a little later , many ef them would have been breaking stones . The Lord Mayer was shortly at the Gaol , and gave orders for two policemen to be stationed at the plac « , te prevent confusion , or the entrance of . ^ persons ( numbers of ¦ whom were drawn there by curiosity , ) into the yard . The property belongs to the city , and is under the management of the Council , who will no doubt shortly be _ called together to decide what steps shall be taken in consequence of this unfortunate event . The ' damage is estimated at £ 500 . In the meantime Mr . Gawthorp , the act ive governor , obtained

      men to place supports against the remainder of the adjoining walla , and thus prevent further devastation . The old prison is entirely unscathed ; but a trifling damage has been done to the new buildings . We observed considerable damage done in High Onsegata , particalarly to the premises of Mr . Sweeting , linen draper . In this house a most singular escape from premature death occurred . The servant girl had to get up at six o ' clock to wash ; and Mr . S wee ting having awoke early , and thinking it past ax , went asd called her np . She arose , and on going down stairs , found it wag only fire o'clock . She did not like to go to bed again ; aad before ax o'dock a part , of the roof fell in . carrvina with it the b « d on which the

      servant had slept , and part of the floor of the room . Had she been in bed , there can be no doubt she would have been killed . Thu * * T . trifling mis take effected a most providential delivery . Some very remarkable incident * connected with the extensive destruction at Mr . Sweeting * deserve particular notice . A piane forte had been carried into the cellar , the feet were broken and otherwise slightly damaged , bnt it still retained it * delicious notes . Two or three rwewood work boxes were carried into the cellar , bnt were not in th « least injured , and , singularly enough , on Tuesday several wine glasses' were found uninjured . The inhabitant * of the house of Mrs . M'r ^ eH

      butcher , situated at the ead of Three Crane Lane , and faring into Swinesate , fortunately rose from their beds about five o clock , a * shortly after the chimneys fell through the roof into the . room which ¦ they had so lately quitted . JJearly the whole of the houses at the back of tha- Shamble * , and in Jfewgate , were stripped of the-chimney pot * and tiles , and it was exceedingly dangerous , especially in these narrow streets , for foot passengers . One tree of large dimensions , near the r iver Foss , was torn up by the roots , and another was severed in two . We cannot help , in this place , again referring to the protect ing hand of an Omnipotent Beine . About half-past five o ' clock ia the morning , Mrs .

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      Logan , who was lodging in the King William public-how , kept by Mr . Thomas Darky , nearly eppeate BUton-rtreet , in the suburbs of this city , arose from bed in a back room , leaving two children till she returned with a light . The moment she had entered the room , the roof , only a few feet rom where she was standing , fell in with a dreadful crash . Tha children , who were asleep , were taken out , and fortunately they were not much the worse , most » f the rubbuh having missed them . The top of the wall was cracked , and the cause of this accident was that » stack of chimneys in the adjoining house of Mr . Glorer , the landlord , had laUen . A workshop alongside the room above mentioned , and above tb « cellar , was almost entirely destroyed , and the house occupied by Mr . Darley has sustained some damage from the severe shock then felt .

      An old nan named Wisker , a joiner , residing in Goodramgate , went , on Monday night , with his wife , to visit a friend . They staid so late that they were persuaded to remain where they were , and they Bhould be provided with a bed . They objected at first , alleging : that they must go home , but at length their objections were surmeunted . Next morning , four chimney pots were found upon the bed in tbeir house , the roof being broken through by a stack of chimneys . Amongst all the providential escapes that h ^ ve occurred in thin city , none more tfean this , we think , demands the heartfelt gratitude oi the parties , to Him , who is the ruler of all events . The roof of Salem Chapel was sliehtlv iniured .

      About eight o ' clock in th « morning , the brewer at Mrs . Penrose ' s , who keeps the Yorkshireman Coffee House , in Coppergate , entered the brewhouse also in her occupation , when he heard the building crack , and fearing the worst consequences would ensue , immediately ran out , He thus but just escaped a premature death , for the hrewhonse fell in skortl y afterward * . The man throughout the day was ib a state of great alarm and fright , resulting from the circumstances above mentioned , his miraculous preservation being attributed to his seasonable forethought . »« n % near to Heslington , in the occupation of Mr . P . Lazenby , a lamb wag killed by the falling of a tree . A stock-dove , which had taken shelter in the branches , was also killed , which shows that the fall

      must have been instantaneous . Three corn-stacks belongiHg to Mr . Wilberfoss , which , were all the farm-yard contained , were scattered in all directions . A shed in Mr . Poppleton ' s bleach-field was blown down , but the valuable property contained therein aid net sustain any material damage . On the sails ef the mill belonging to Mr . Hodgson , situate in HesJington Field , being put to the wind , they were blown to tatter * , and the mill itself slightly injured . The sufferer ie an industrious man , and his loss is about £ 20 . But the mo * t extensive destruction of property at Heslington , connected with the providential escape of human life , happened at the house of Mr . John Dixon , farmer . The stack of chimneys fell upon the roof about seven o ' clock , which fell in and carried with it e \ ery opposing obstacle , breaking

      tbe bed te pieces . Mr . Dixon's two daughters hac but a short time before arisen out of bed , and consequently narrowly escaped being killed . A bnru belonging to Mr . Dixon was blown down , and a thrashing-machine much damaged . Some cows which w « re inside of the barn escaped with the chains round their necks by which they had been fastened . Mt . Dixon was a ' bout to proceed to the barn only a short time before it fell . He had also two valuable apple-trees uprooted , and the loss altogether that he un sustained it is calculated , as much as circumstances will allow , will amount to about . £ 200 . The house . * , barns , and stables generally in the viHage have suffered to a very considerable extent , besides the blawing down of some tree * < fcc . &c .

      At Skiptoa , the sails of tb * mill , belonging to Mr . Jackson , were blown off , and fell upon the mill , so far destroying it as to renoer it necessary that it should be taken down . The gable end of the Independent chapel , in which the Rev . J . L . Armstrong officiates , is totally demolished ; and two barns belonging ; o Mr . Wm . Hopson , brewer , were entirely blown down , and the wall of one of them falling against a valuable cow , in calf , broke its thigh . Two corn stacks belonging to Mr . Stabler were blown down . Nearly nil th « house * and outbuildings were unroofed , and several hay and corn stacks squandered about the fields and blown into the tre ** . * . In fact , scarcelv any person in the neighbourhood has escaped withou t some lo * s .

      At the little village of Rawcliff , about two miles from York , thft stables and barns on the farm in the occupation of Mr . Francis Ward were blown down , and he consequently had no shelter for his cattle . They were , however , subsequently placed in Mr . Snow's stables . Mr . Pratt and family had a very narrow escape from death . Early in the morning they were considerably alarmed at the rocking of the old house which they inhabited , and therefore thought that a ? the barn was the stronger building they would take refuge therein . They had got within a few yards of the door when the barn was blown down . A most singular deliverance !

      Two servants of Dr . Criffan , the rector of Escrick have been seriously injured . A « tack of chimney ? fell on the roof , which broke through on the bed . where the unfortunnte y » ung women were laid ! The farm-heuses , < fcc , have also been slightlv damaged . The gable end of a house belonging to Mr . R . Arntnt , of Skelton , was blown down , aud other injuries sustained is the village . There are no lees than seven bams blown down , within a mile and a half of this place . Upward * of fifty valuable trees were uprooted on the estate of T . H . Place , Esq . In proof of the strength of the wind , we give the following , which we hrwe on undoubted authority . As Mr . Thomas Sparling , bricklayer , of Shiptoii , was coming from that place to York , when near Skelton Spr ing , about half-past nine o'clock , he was carr ied off his feet a considerable distance , kd < 1 landed safe in a hedge bottom , none the worse for his jeril trip ! He weighs upward * of 17 stones .

      The houses in Bilton-street , Redeness-btreet , Duke of York-street , and Hart ' g Terrace , have been injured , but not to a very serious extent . The wind flour-mill , on Hewortk Moor , occupied by Mr . John Bilton , miller , was nearly altogether razed to tbe ground , it presenting a complete wreck . This took place about balf-patt five o'clock , and it has been computed that it will take about £ 300 or £ 400 to rebuild the mill , a serious loss to the owner , Mr . Scawin . THE 1 KOUESTS . Thenuraber of deaths oeeasioDed bv thii dreadfa ] and hpartrending visitation formtd one of tbe ' principal topics of conversation throughout the d » y , and manj exaggerated reports go frjto circulation . We pneve to a ; , however , that a iew have fallen riatims to the afflict jve hand of divine Providence , and

      others hare been mott » eriou * ly w . unded . We now proceed ¦ to give the particulars that trauipired on theinquenu held b ? Mr . John Wood , the coroner . The fir » t took plac « at th ? house of Mr . Hawkiwell , tbe » ign of tie Turk ' * Head , in S :. Andrevr ^ ate , when a moat re-» peclaWe jory waa mnuu . neJ . The window shutter * were closed , a » d candle * were lijrht-d for the prosecution of btwinetn this course being adopted to prevert tne noueroui miasilea that were firing about frf m penetrating into the room . It appeared from the evidence gWen b y Henry Creasor , junior , who reside * with Mr . Liufoot , hii brother-in-lavr , in St . Andreweate , be » lept in the same bed with , the deceased , Robert Liofoot , his employer'i son , who was eight year * of aye last April . That morning about « ix o ' clock , the adjoining stack of chimneys fell upon the roof of the hoove where ' . he deceased * u » leepine , and it fell in . Wiuieas had cot out

      of Wd about five o clock and g « ae down stair * , aud the deceased got up at the same time but went to bed shortly after . VN hen the roof gaTe way witneM immediately ran up ( tain and found the other two boys naked , endeavouring to remote the rubbiih . Th « witn » 6 g went fur a surgeon , and aal stance having been procured , the poor boy was taken out of the mini , by Wm . Coison , ( oue ot the jury , ) but he h- * d ceated to exist , and did not give the least signs of life . His nose was a little bruised , but , with thu exception , he was not mutilated . It also appeared that the bed feet were driven completely through tbe ceiling , and certainl y the boose altogether , though situated backward , presented an awfully rainon * aspect . It appears that the unfortunate » ufferer a death w »» almost instantaneous , as he was only heard to mourn once . Th * jury returned a verdict that the deceased wm " Accidentally killed by th « falling ia of the roof occasioned by the wind . "

      SECOND INQUEST . The second inquest was held at thr » e o'clock , at Mr . The * . Beckett ' s the Bay Horee public-house , at Healing ton , near this city , on view of the body of William M ' Lear , who fell » prey to the fury of the « orm , by the falling of » tree m » i Major Yarburgh ' s Hall . The following particulars transpired : — Moses Winterbottora , Whacker , at the grounds of Mr . Poppleton , linen manufacrorrr , who lodges at William Whiteley ' f , at Heslington , dewwei that the deceased wan forty yean of age on the tth of last October ; he wm a \» o » bleacher for Mr . Poppleton , and resided at Heslington . About a quarter before seven o ' clock that morning he left witness ' s hou » e to go to work , although witness attempted to penniade him to the contrary , it was so rough . Witness and John Fall went to work a little before eight o ' clockand

      , they remained in the bleach-fieli about an hour . Witness was returning to Heslington , and as there were several trees laid acrojM the road near Major Yurburgh ' s , he adopted the most likely means to effect a passage by creeping under the branches , whm to his astonishment and alarm , he beheld hU unfortunate companion laid extended flat upo » his face on the road , and one of the thickest branches was pressing on his kack . The deceaaed ' i face was black and his nose was forced into the mud . It was dark , but witness instantlv gave the alarm , and with assistance got the deceased out by cutting the tree ; he was quite dead but not cold ; his head was cut and he was otherwise mutilated . Witness then showed the position in which he found the deceased , of whom he gave a good character , and his feelings apparently were labouring under much excitement . °

      The jury had no hesitation in delivering their verdict that the deceased wm " Accidentally killed . " ' The deceased had only been about three weeks in the employ from which he has thua been prematurely called .

      THE THIRD INQUEST , Wm held at five o'eWk in the afternoon , at thfi house of Mr . Wilbertbree , in Walmaate , on view of th « Udy of a child , which had been killed of the name of VVm . Wise . Ann Butler , wife of . Mr . Francis Butler , cowkeeper , in Walmgate , deposed that she knew th » deceased ; he was npwardt of two yearn of age . That rooming about eight o ' clock , witness went into Mrs . Brown ' s , the keeper of a email shop near the Bar , where the deceased lodged , and which is next door W witness ' ji house , when the chiarueys fellnpon thereof .

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      TK « deceased , herself , and three or four others , were covered with the ruin * . Witness got out m w « 11 u she eeuld . aad then gkva an alarm . She did not tee the deceased . John Simpson , labourer , ef YValmgate , deposed that he assisted in getting the deceased out of tke ruin *; he wm dead at the time or died immediately afterward * . The deceased wm covered with the ruins . It appeared likewise , that surgeons had been callad to the the deceased , when the pinion « U expressed that the breast bontshad been crashed in , so as to cause the poor child's

      eath , and that some ether of the iainaten of the b « UM were dangerously hurt . Tue verdict of thejury was " Accidentally killed . " The Minster did not pass uninjured in thin tremendous gale . Indeed , from its great height and exposed position , the wonder is that some of it * kfty piunaclss were not dashed to the ground . We are glad to nay that nothing occurred to injure this venerable edifice , bnt the faffing of some slates and other portions of the roof , aad a . few small stones on the south-west front .

      The Edinburgh mail , which arrived in this city in the morning , was very much impeded in its progress by trees being laid across the road , and it had to remain stationary till they were removed . This , was the case particularly on this side of Easingwold . Oue of the passengers during the morning counted no less than thirty stacks that were blowing about . York Castle has come in for but a small ghare of tbe disaster * of the morning . The roofs of some of the old prisons were partially stripped , and the ceiling of the Grand Jury Room injured ; but other damage was probably prevented , by precautionary measures being immediately taken , by having the weak parts supported by wood pillars , which was done early in the mornins .

      Low Cvtton . —During the storm on Monday morning , ten elm trees , of Jorge size , « ome of which measured nine feet round the trunk , were blown down on the farm occupied by Mr . John Lazenby , called Grange Farm , at Low Catton , upon the estate of Colonel George Wyndham . —At "Wilberfo ** , the wind-mill belongiDg to Mr . Kotvntree , was blown down .

      Driffield . —In this town , the storm was attended with a serious lo « s of life . Mr . Thompson , an extensive corn miller , at Nafferton , near Driffield , has lately been erecting large corn warehouses , several stories high , adjoining his premises . The roof had just been covered in , and the windows not jet glazed . By this means the wind had an inlet , and it unroofed the building , the roof falling upon Mr . Thompson ' s adjoining dwelling-house . Part of the materials came on the bed ' pom , where three children and the nurse maid slept—all of whom were killed . Added to this melancholy accident , is the circumstance that Mrs . Thompson , who is far advanced in pregnancy , had her le ^ broken ; and her husband is now in Ireland , but will be at home in a few days .

      Swinton Park . —In no part of the North-Riding , probably , wa « the awful storm of Monday morning more tremendous in its fury or more destructive ia its consequences , than at Swinton Park . At five o ' clock in the morning , although the wind was then high , no damage had beea done . The gale gradually increased till six o ' clock , about which time the work of destruction commenced . The first etlects of its fury were among tbe forcing-houses and stoves in the gardens , from which tbe lead was stripped like ribbons , chattering the glass as it was driven along the roofs ; several ef the lights , too , were raided by the wind and dashed to pieces . But this kind of iujury , as well as that amongst windows

      , roofs and chimney * , war trifling when compared with the irreparable and devastating effects of the hurricane in tbe beautiful park and pleasure groundsnumerous trees , of value from their rarity , their beauty , or their size , alike fell vietims to the storm ; as well as many fine evergreens and other shrubs , and several of the ornamental structures in the flower garden . In the Park the scene of confiiMon baffles all description ; sturdy oaks torn up by thyir roots , majestic elm , lime , and ash trees , prostrate amid « t the wrecks of the beautiful thorns , which rendered the scenery of this well-known park so highly pieturexque ; Scotch fir * , which had (< tood the storm * of age * , at last laid low ; beechashand

      , , elm , and other jingle trets of great beauty and magnitude , one after the other fell before the bla « t , some carrying with them portions of the park wall : another falling acrow the deerbou ^ e , severed it into two diHtinct portions The surface of the park generally , as the wind abated , was strewed with limbo , branches , and even whole tops of treea , scattered like atoms before the fury of the storm . W « refy « t exceedingly to hear that a remarkable larch , ' of which a portrait was published by Burgess " , has shared tbe fate of its majestic neighbours . Throughout the whole of the finwly wooded estate of Mashamshire , the destruction of timber , and also amongst the

      extensive plantation * , is inconceivable . The farmhouses and buildings , and tbe cottapes , and also tbe houses in the town of Masharn , have all suffeied severely , and in the l-. vtter place dome ornamental poplars , which stood near the church , are much to be regretted . The Ions r . y b ; iy and corn stacks stripped , blown down , &c ., we lament to add , ia v « ry extensive and « riou * . Happily , we hear . , of no loss <> f human lift-, but amongst the dter and sheep several have been killed . The gale was preceded by a deep fall of snavr on Sunday , which entirely disappeared , but to-day ( Tuesday ) the country is again some inches deep , and the air perfectly still .

      Liverpool . —On Sunday nighr , about eleven o ' clock , the wind , which had been south-east all day , and which induced a Lumber of vessels to put to sea , suddenly veered Tound to the south-west , and afterwards to the west , blowing a eomplete hurricane . Immense destruction has been made in the building * in tbe town and iu vicinity , while on the adjacent coast the number of wrecks was truly awful . Bootle Bay is covered with wrecked-vessels . Twelve are on ehorein the space of a mile , and several icis feared , are wrecked on the banks . '

      ( From the Liver / xwl Allion . ) ^/ tiow-ofhce , Monday , 9 , a . in . Last night , abour , eleven o ' clock , the ' wind , which had been blowing strong all day from the S . E . which induced a number of vessels that had been windbound to put to sea , suddenly veered round to the S . W . About one o ' cleck the wind blew a complete hurricane , having , in the meantime , veered round to due W . The effects of this dreadful storm have , as might have been expected from ita extreme violence , been truly awful in the destruction both of me and property . Innumerable buildings in the town and the vicinity have been seriousl y damaged while , at tbe moment we write , not less than six persons have been ascertained to have lost their lives by the fall of ruins ' .

      The house at the corner of Great George-square in Nelson-street , fell with a tremendous crash soon after four o ' clock . Two females and two gentlemen were buried in the ruins . Fortunately , through the exertions of the police , these were extricated after an hour ' s labour , very little hurt . "While the police were at work in Great Nelsonftreet , wor , d was passed that the house of Mrs . Lawrence , the mother of Mr . J . Lawrence , in Cornwallis-street , had fallen in , burying in the ruins five persons , amongst the others the old lady herself Mr James Lawrence was soon « n the spot , and his men and the police were , after two hours * exertions , successful in extricating all alive but Mrs . Lawrence she merely breathed and expired .

      While she was being carried to the house of a fnend , the house of Mrs . Marsh , nearly opposite Dr . Raffles ' s Chapel , fell in . Tw 0 young ° gSe _ men and a servant-maid were , in the fall , crushed to death , being taken out of the ruins lifeless . In the early part of tbe night , the roof of a house in Clavton-square fell in , injuring a gentleman asleep in an upper story most seriously . About the game time , a house in Shannon-street fell in killing a man in the fall . A kou ? e al » o in Rodney ' street , fell in , and seriously injured a gentleman A house iu the Park aUo / we " have hear * felT ? n , kill , ng a female . Mr . Quolter , of Sydney-street !

      The disasters in the river , the docks , and the adjacent coast have , we lament to say , been numerous and awful . At daylight , not lets than fifteen vessek , several of them large ships and brigs , were on shore in ^ Bootie Bay , within the short space of a single mile . At 8 o ' clock , mort of them were hiKh and dry , but , at the time we write , we have not been able to ^ ascertain their names or the extent of tbe loss of life , which we fear mu « . t have been serious . Several vessels which were at anchor in the bay rode out the gale till about 8 o ' clock , when O a %° f ^ "V * , ged their"ch ° n ,, and could with difficulty be kept from running on a lee shore We greatly fear that tbe list of disasters b y this temble storm will be increased by the intelligence win received in

      wmen De the course of the dar At Darlington ' s public-house , top of Leanderstreet , a chimney was blown down , and a lodger , who was m bed m the room underneath , killed The larpe eotton-mill on the canal bank is onehalf unroofed . The cotton , which was in the upper roonv , has whitened all the space betwixt the canal and Everton , as if there had been a heavy fall of snow : even tbe trees are covered with it Part of the « pire of St . John tbe Baptist's church , ioxteth-park , has been blown down . The wall of at . James s Church , has been completely levelled and the trees uprooted , go as to expose the coffins . '

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      Chorley . -Early on Monday morning thig HttW town like other places , was visited by the hurricane , which raged with impetuous fury , accompanied , occa * ionally , with the most vivid flashes of lightning The damage to property wa * very considerable though no lives were lost that we heard of . Chimneys were Mown down in every direction ; honsw . unroofed , and the inmates obliged to seek refuge in the dwellings of their neighbours . Every one

      manifested th » greatest anxiety for the safety of life and property . The st « rm continued during the greater part of the day , the violence of the wind ceasing about four o ' clock in the afternoon . Tuesday morning from six to eight o ' clock was very « tormy , the hail descending in very heavy showers . At about half-past seven there wart one of th « most vivid flashes of lightning , and loud peals of thunder we ever remember to have seen or heard .

      WAvroj « .---This village was a scene of dire destruct i on yesterday morning . Amongst the many narrow escapes from the violence of tbe storm we may mention that of the children of Mr . J . Holmes , who were only removed from bed a few minutes before a stack of chimneys fell through the roof of the house , and would , most certainly , have killed them had they remained . Haystacks , large trees , walls , robfe of houses , and out-houses were swept away .

      [ Chester . —The storm of Sunday night appears , from all the information we have been able to collect , to have spread its ravages in eyery direction fcround , several houses in Chester having been onroofed by its violence , and partly reduced to ruins ; and the road from that city to the ferries on the opposite side of the Mersey , is , in many places , so thickly strewed with trees , lying across it , as to render travelling on it not only tedious but extremel y dangerous .

      Bebbinoton and the Rock Ferry . —In the village of Bebbington and in the neighbourhood of the Rock Ferry scarcely a house has escaped more or les . < damage , chimney-potn swept away in masses , wlates and portions of roofs carried off , and in some ca .-ie . s the sheet lead of the gutters rolled up like paper , and removed to some other more conspicuous position , where it hung in festoons like ribbons .

      "Woodsiuk and Birkenhead . —Almost every house in Birkenhead has sustained more or less damage in glass , slates , and chimney-mug * , presenting in every direction tke moit fearful effects oi the violence of the storm . In Bridge-street ,

      Portland-place , and Cunuiiig-atreet , whole lines of houses , without scarcely one exception , are unroofed , and the leads torn up in huge masses , and the slates hurled in several ia « tances to the distance of one hundred yards . A house in Portland-place is left a perfect skeleton only tbe outer wall standing . To the great regret of all persons ' interested in Wood - side , is the entire demolition of the " Old Barn , " situate in the centre of the town , and occupied lately as livery stables by Mr . Watts . The whole building is levelled to the ground , and Grange to say , out of twenty-eight horses in the utablcs at the time of the fall of the building , twenty-seven were taken out

      without having received any injury , and only one bruised a littlt * . Mrs . Watw , in the adjoining house , very narrowly escaped with her life , the house having fallen in with the other building . The very handsome church , now building at " Woodside and nearlv completed , has had its full share of the ctorm . Nearly the whole of the north side has been levelled to the ground . Tbe damage done cannot be repaired for perhaps less than £ 200 . The Albion Hotel has been stripped of a great portion of its roof , and Mr . Puole's stables have suffered considerably . A stack of chimneys at Woodside ., next to the Post-office , alao fell in and carried * with it the roof and flooring of Mr . Scwell ' s workshopa .

      ¦ and njairs . Some of the sustaining links are also broken . Mr . Churchill , the Post Office Surveyor , was , fortunately , in the neighbourhood , and arrangements were quickly madis for ' the . ' . transmission . ' . ixf the mails in a large barge . Some considerable damage has been done to the shipping ' -craft . -in-the neighbourhood ; and a schooner , i ) i ^ Ttii ) maiAfkfon , hun drifted to sen without ckw , and u supposed to be lost .

      London . — Notwithstanding the tremendous gale which commenced ubout eleven o ' cloek on Sunday night , and which raged furiously until five o'clock on Monday morni / ig , when it moderated , the ifhipping on the river sustained but little damage . A number of vessels were driven from their moorings in various parU of the river , but with the exception of the loss of a few bowsprits , spars , and bulwarks , no material damage was done . We nave not heard thac any fatal accident occurred . The disas-tefs on the coast have doubtless been numerous , and from the great number of vessel * that sailed coastwise , early on Sunday morning , when the weather was fine , with a higb breeze from W . N . W .

      the , strongest apprehensious are entertained for their safety . Throughout the earlier part of Monday , there was a strong br « eze from S . W ., with squalls ; about three o'clock there was a hail and rain shower , and as the night advanced , the wind increased to a gale , with heavy squal ' ja . There in too much reason to fear that in a day or two disastrous tidings will be received from ' sea . Th « account given of the storm by policemen who were on night duty is , that it was so tremendous that they could scarcely keep upon their legs . In the ¦ asMJShbourhoods of Islington , Camden-town , Holloway , and Kentish-town , numerous chimntys , &c , were blown down , and considerable damage sustained . —Morning Chronicle .

      Bradford . —The damage it has done is very extensive . Chimneys blown down , houses unroofed , windows smashed and blown out , are innumerable . Two house * in Manningham-iane , which were in the course of building , And ready for roofing , were blown down ; they belonged , we understand , to Mr , David Keighley . Several other houses in that quarter were partly blown down , and very few have escaped unhurt . The * chimney of Mr . Cannon ' s mill , at Horton , was blown down , Mr . Beecroft ' s , joiner and cabinet-maker , chimney fell upon a stable , in which were several coach horses bulongibg to . Mr . Lee , of Leeds , coach proprietor , and one was killed and two others very much hurt . In the morning , stones frqm the house tops were flving m all direction * , so as to make it extremely dangerous to pass along the streets , but we have heard of no accidents to passengers /

      ^ Keiohlby . —On Monday morning last one of the most tremendous storms of wind ever known in the memory of man , commenced about two o ' clock m the morning , and continued with unabated violence during a great part of the forenoon . Tbe damage upon property , as might be expected , has been of an unprecedented nature , and will be long remembered as a proof of the powerful nature of wind . With the exception of some few buildings of uncommon strength , or favoured by low situation * , very few escaped uninjured ; aud the wreck of roofs , windows , and chimneys , was greater by far than we ever recollect seeing on any other similar occa-81

      on Jhe great elevation of engine chimneys exposed them in a peculiar manner to the power of the Wast , and the fall of three of them has been attended with serious loss of property , and in one instance with loss of life . The engine chimney of Mr . John Clough , worsted manufacturer , of Ingrow Mill , was the first that gave way , and fell about five o ' clock in the morning , with a tremendous Crash , upon the warehouse , a large Hew building , which it smashed entirely to the ground , carrying roof , floors , and everything before it . Fortuuatelyy the earliness ol the hour , in all probability , saved the lives of the warehousemen who would have Wen at work abaut an hour afterwards . The loss by the accident may , upon a moderate calculation , be estimated at about £ 200 . About half an bonr afterwards , the large engine chimney of Mr . John

      Blakey , corn-miller , Low Bridge , fell in with its whole weight upon the middle portion of the mill , which it also entirely destroyed , forcing a great part of the building into the water , and demolishing everything within down to the foundation . At the time of the accident , a great quantity of flour and corn was in the mill , the most of which was cither buried in the rubbish , thrown into the water , or entirely blown away . Tbe escape of the workmen was quite providential , for some of them , unconscious of their danger , were just preparing to go to their work when the accident happened ; and there no doubt that had the fall of the chimney taken place about five minutes later , some of them would have lost their lives . Mr . Blakey's loss on this occasion is estimated at about £ 800 . The large engine chimney of Mr . John Smith , maenine-nnikpr , at Low Bridge , about forty yards high , was the next

      Menai Bridge . —We lerrn from Bangor that the intercourse by land with Anglesey i » temporarily susj-eaded , by the damage done to the wooden road * construeted'On the Menai Bridge . The violence of the storm of Motiday night caused the bridge to vibrate bo considerably , that the wooden roadway , which appears to have been considerably decayed , was broken up and carried away by the winds so as to render the bridge totally impassable for carriages

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      that gave symptoms of falling , having been observed severely the whole of the morning . As tbe fall of this chimney was certain to be attended with disastrous consequences , and oven loss of life , if the utmost precaution was not used , Mr . Smith very consideratelygot vp by four o ' clock in the reaming , and caused the removal tf the inmates from the houses most exposed to danger , who had to leave thwr furniture behind them without daring to run the risk of taking it out . A number of woolcombers , employed in a wash-house directly under the chimney , very inconsiderately continued washing their wool when its fall was expected every momentand

      , Mr . Smith had to force them out of the place by turning the steam off . This prudent step had the effect of driving them all from the wash-house with the exception of two , who with blind infatuation declared that they would finish their wool but at all hazards . All remonstrance being lost upon them , they were left to their fate , none daring to run the risk of taking them out by force ; when , at half-past eight , while they were still busy , the long-expected fall of tbe chimney took place , crushing engine-house , wash-house , and dwelling-houses like stubble with iu ponderous weight . The first object of the spectators was to ascertain the fate of the two infatuated

      men , who were after some difficulty discovered amongst the ruins . Ont of them , though severely bruised , happily saved his life by sheltering behind the rings used in washing wool ; but the other , named John Stowe , and considered the more obstinate of the two , was taken out entirely dead , a portion of the chimney having forced him through the stone floor into a bottom apartment , and divided his head nearly in two . He was a young man , and has left a wife and child to lament his loss . Besides this destruction amongst buildings , a number of trees have been blown down , amongst which is one at Rushworth Hall , near Bingley , the residence of Frederick Greenwood , Esq . ; it measured eight or ten yards in circumference , and has loug been admired by passengers for its beautiful and majestic appearance . AtDenholme , a large new factory , four

      stones high , belonging to Mr . Fowler , of that place , has been completely levelled with tbe ground . The loss , which is estimated at several thousand pounds , is supposed to have been chbifly owing to the unfinished state of tbe building , in being left without windows ; the wind having gained , free access through the empty holes and burst the whole of the edifice entirely asunder . Considering , the extent of the damage , the loss of life , and personal accidents have been very moderate ; and it is to be hoped tbitt in future millowners and persons requiring long chimneys , will be cautious in making their encroachments upon the regions of jEoIus , and not attempt to carry stones and mortar fifty yards . into the air , without laying a substantial earthly foundation , as by so doing they are placing their own property , and the lives of the innocent workpeople in constant danger .

      Manchester . —The ravages of the hurricane in this town aud its neighbourhood seem to have been as paintul as ia York . The Manchester Guardian has six columns tilled with details of its distressing ^ fleets , from which we extract the following : —The house of Mr . Joseph Peel stands on a little eminence , and seems to have been a mark for the fury of the gale . _ Two women-servautts , who slept in a front room in the attic-story , were so much alarmed by the noise overhead , that they arose about four o ' clock in the morning , and went down stairs . In their way they called the man-servant , and requested him to get up , as tht » y were sure the upper rooms were not safe . He declined , howevtr , saying that he thought himself as safe where he was an below stii

      rs . He arose about six o ' clock , wentdown stairs , and , on * opening the door of the kitchen , which is a low attached building at the back of the house , he was am ; ized and alarmed at iinding it without either roof or flooring ; the former having fallen or being forced in by the fall of a chimney at the back part of . the house , and having in its fall borne down the flooring of the kitchen with it , to the cellar b r elow , which , was arched , mnd wag used as a laundry . There was a good fire in the kitchen , and a long piece of timber from the roof having fallen close to it , and ignited ; and , by the light of this blazing wood , the man was enabled atoiicc to perceive the rainons effects of tho wind . Becoming Hlarmed for the safety of his fellow-servants , he called out , and was answered by a cry . He asked who it wasand was

      , told " the cook , " aud the poor woman begged him to get her but . He descended into the cellar , extinguished tlw tlamea -which' would otherwise hav ^ set fire to the p lace , and making his way ever the heaps of bricks and rubbish which nearly'filled it , he found the cook lying near the wall , covered up to the breast with the materials which bad fallen from the roof , aud one of the fl&g-Btones of the kitchen lloor l ying upon her head , so as to prevent her from making the slighte * t i'tfort to rise . She implored him to be cnreful how he extricated her , aud he succeeded at last in getting her out -without her sustaining any additional injury . Durine this time the tnsk was one of no small risk to himself ; for the kitchen chimneywhich had

      , broken from its stay , was vibrating to and fr

      migni sne was beneath . Haviog acquainted ma master and the family , he sought assistance : and we understand that Mr . George Ashley , a neighbouring farmer , was shortl y afterwards on . the spot , and rendered the roost efficient aid and service , together with one or two of his labourers , and other men who had by this time been drawn to the place . At first , such was the very perilous nature of the work , from the rocking of the kitchen chimney immediately over their heads , that the men repeatedly desisted , from a reasonable apprehension that tlu'ir own lives would be the sacrifice if they continued to clear away the rubbish during the raging of the gale . The men went to work a third time during the temporary abatement of the

      storm , and , after removing several cartloads of bricks and rubbish , between nine and ten o'clock , they found the poor woman , dreadfully crushed , nnd quite dead . She was under the centre ot thekitehan , in a sitting posture , her face turned upwards , her feot towards the door ; her head was severely fractured , nud there were other large woiitids nnd bruises about her neck , brenst , and limbs . Une hand was much crushed . A great quantity oi bricks , soine flag-stones , pieces of niftem , laths , &c ., were lying over her ; and her death must have been almost iustantaueotu ) , from suffocation , if she could have survived , for n moment , the dreadful injuries sustained in the fall . The cook states that they were both standing by the tire , ' when the crash .: was

      heard overhead , and she ran instantly towards the door , and believes the deceased was also seeking , to mnke her escape , when the roof carnu down upon them , and carried them both ( as it appeared ) down with the kitchen floor into the cellar below . The floor is swept down close to the fire-grate , and the whole of the back of the kitchen ; portions of the flooring remained on both sides , near the outer walls , supported apparently by the springing of the arches in the cellar below . Near the centre of the kitchen , the flooring was supported bjr a cast-iron beam resting on iron stanchions , fixed in the stone sills of the cellar windows , and extending quite across . This beam had been snapped by the weight which had fallen npon and borne down the floor . We have

      said that tne two servants had quitted their bedroom , from a fear that the roof would fall npon them . About half-past » ix o ' clock , a stack of chimneys in the front pnrt of the roof , facing the west , were blown down , actunlly falling towards the wind . The chimney was covered with mastic or cement ; and thfc , with the cobesivo quality of the mortar , teem * to have - held together , in one mass , the greater part of the brickwork that fell . It forced its way through the roof * into the chamber which the servants had quitied—one of them only to meet the fate she sought to shun—and part of it struck and broke away a portion of the foot of the bed in which they had slept . The falling mnss , consisting 01 two 01 tde

      proDaojj ynras emmney , burst through the floor ot this room into the one beneath , which was occupied an a bedroom by the governess , wha had shortly before quitted it ; bnt the nurse , wishing to give her assistance below stairs , under the painful circumstances above narrated , had juitbefore brought into this room one ofthe children , alittle boy between three and four years of age , and placed him in one bed , and in another bed m tne same chamber Were two other children . The falling chimney struck a pnrt of the bed in which the little boy was lyinjr . and by soma means doubled or crushed it together so as to press his legs between the bedding , mm

      which a quantity of the bricks fell / The bulk of the chimney iorced its way through th ' e floor and through thecaihngofthe hall below ; the mass remaining "' » Perpendicular position in the governess's room ILither the man-servant hastened , accompanied by Mr . George Aihley , and one of his labourers ; and , Zt ^ L w 1 him b * name ' child answered h .. i Tu $ I ™ vmce , fcey wereunableto findhim ; bu at length he was djscovere d and extricated . He 1 been so effectuall y preserved by the bedding , * c , that he had sustained-no Rreater injury than a browe on the head , occasioned by . some rubbish striking him while being extricated . The chimney had not tallen near the . bed where the other children were lying , and they weiv removed , much alarmed , but unhurt . '

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      ODD-FELLOWS' HALL . THE Committee Meet in a Private Room , at Mr . Ayre \' 8 , Old George Inn , BriBgate , eve - ry Evening , ( Sundays excepted , ) from Halppast-Seten o'clock till Nine , for the purpose of taking SUBSCRIPTIONS for Shares . The Plans may be Viewed at the Committee Boom . WM . PBINCE , T . ¦ _ . Secbetart . Leeds , 9 lh January , Ig 39 .

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      MABBIAOS 8 . On Saturday lost , at Northallerton , Mr . J . S . Taylor , sadler , to Misa Norton , daughter of Mr . Thomas-Norton , of North Kilvington , near Thiwk . . On Thursday , at St . Mnry ' * church , Barnslev , b » the Rev . R . Willan , Mr . EiyaU Sotcliffe , collecdnc clerk for the Gawber coal works , to Elixabetk thiri daughter of the late Mr . B . Strait , of the Whit * Bear Inn , Bnrnsliv . On Wednesday lnst , at Prestwich , Mr . John Lew , merchant , of Leeds , youngest son of Samuel Lees , Esq ., of Soho House , Oldham , to Sarah , » econd daughter of thu lute Mr . Miles May all , cotton spin - ner , of that place . -. On Tuesday last , at -St . Margaret ' * church , Walmgate , by the Rev . G . CooplaiiJ , Mr . Alex ! Bean , merchant , Liverpool , to Mary , youngest Hjimving daughter of the late Mr . Wilberforce , oi York . t On Saturday last , at the Holy Trinity church , ¦ b y . the * Rav . Mr . Ward , Mr . L . Bishops , ef the Public Rooms , Kingston-square , to . Elizabeth , eldest daughter of Mr . Hardwick Spurr deputy registrar , New Malton . On Monday last , at the parish church of St . James's , Westminster , by the Very Rev . the . Deaa of Carlisle , Rowland Emngton , Esq ., second son of Sir Thomas Masse j Stanley , Bart ., of Hooton , Cheshire , eldest daughter or "'Lieutenant-General 5 > ir John Macdonald , Adjutant-General of ibe Forces .

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      Board of Guardians . —The Guardians i met at the Board-room , on Monday , as / aaual , expecting the Commissioners approval or disapproval of the officer * elected , but none arrived , only ' one to say they were under consideration . The Guardians appear anxious for them to reject some of the appointments , as it would cause it to be .-. prolonged a little longer , and bopp they may finish their service for the year , without putting the law into force ia thig Union . ' . . .. j Sudden Death . —On Thursday evening week , Mrs . Hiram Fearnley , aged about forty-five years , at New Pellon , near this town , had been out to pay her rent , about four o ' clock in the afternoon , and on returning , whilst at tea with her daughter , she complained of a pain at her breast , and died shortly afterwards . She was buried on Tuesday last . Peaceful Dote . —On Wednesdayj the 26 th of December , the No . 11 Lodge of the honourable order of the Peaceful Dove , in the Halifax district , celebrated their anniveesary at the King's Arms inn , Halifax , when thirty-two sat down to a most excellen dinner .

      Highway Robbery . —On Sunday night , the 6 th instant , Mr . Joseph Tasker was stopped in the New Bank , Northowram , by two men , one of whom held him whilst the other rifled his pockets , and robbed him of 17 s . 6 d . A person happened to come up about the same time , when Tasker seized the fellow who had robbed him by the coat laps , oa which finding himself likely to be secured , he threw the money into the road ; however , they did not let him go , but gave him into the custody of the police . The fellow ' s name is Wm . ' vVhiteley , but better known as the "Billy Spinner , " in Shibden , where he lives ; he has been committed to "Wakfcfield House of Correction for the offence . After delivering him over to the police , they got a light and examined the road about where the offence wag committed * and found 6 s . which was squandered about .

      Liberty of the Subject . —On Wednesday evening , the 26 th ult ., as Mr . John Crowther , a respectable man who lives in Northowram , was bringing home his work to his employers , Messrs . Hutchiusons , card-makers , King Cross Lane , in this town , he was stopped by a man called a police officer , named Joseph Seed , who , without inquiry , commenced feeling at his bundle ; and then said he was employed to look after such suspicious-looking characters as him ; on which Crowther immediately a < tked who he was , and said that hitherto , for any thfng he knew to the contrary , he had always maintained an honest character . The efficious

      fellowthen explained who he was ; and Crowther said if he would go into a public-house and pay for a glans , he would show the whole of what the bundle contained ; they then went into the Waggon and Horses , Northgate , and he opened the bundle before the whole company—many of whom knew him very well , as be sometimes calls at the house when in the town . After examination , this shark in office finding there was no fish for him , skulked out of the house , first paying for the glass , amidst the scoffs and sneers of the company then present . If this line of conduct be consistent with the discharge of their duties as public officers , what man is safe ?

      BSABFOSS . Northern Union . —We are informed that in consequence ofthe Public Dinner to be given to Mr . P . Buaaey , at the Odd Fellows Hall , on Monday eveniag next , the various meetings ofthe Northern Union in the villages will be given up on that evening . The committee have also determined that sixpence shall be charged as admission to the Hall after dinner . Public Dinner . —It will be found in our advertising columns that a Public Dinner to Feargus O'Connor , E * q . will take place at the Queen ' s Head , on Tuesday next , the 15 th day of January .

      TO THE EDITORS OF THE NOUTHBRN STAB . Gent . —A report having appeared in your paper to the effect'that a gentleman had been robbed of thirteen sovereigns , at the house of Mary Rhodes near the Church steps , in Bradford , and as my house has been distinctly pointed out as the identical one in which the transaction took place , I hope you will do me the justice to insert these few brief observations : — About ten o ' clock on the night of Wednesday the 16 th last December , a gentleman , accompanied by a female fashionably attired , and who represented herself as his wife , called at my house and enquired for lodgings . Not doubting the respectability of die parties , 1 introduced them to an apartment and wished them good night . About an hour after the

      lady called for supper , and I immediately seut a . servant for > ome meat , and she had no sooner opened the street door than the ladjr followed her under pretence of ordering something additional , itml nothing more was heard of her till found in charge of the watchman . Finding she did not return with the servant , I became alarmed , and immediatelv called the gentleman who also seemed surprised " , and said he must go to the house of one Mary Woods , where he had been about an hour before with the same female , and where he had left his coat . As he was about to depart , I asked , if he missed anything since he entered » iy house , to which he replied in the negative and politelT took his leave . ¦¦' ,, ' : . ¦ - - ,

      Such are tbe facts of the case , which therev » nbmit to the judgment of every candid and upright individual . The house in question has beeii many years used as a boarding and lod ging-hountj , ^ uriug the life time of my motherland since tb , e period of her decease , by myself rather more than a year , and not a single instance of robbery or misconduct of any kind has ever yet taken place in it . ^ the , gentlemnn positively declared in thes presence of several creditable persons that he had not been robbed in my house . Indeed , there are at the present time , several respectable commercial travellers , lodging at my house , and they have repeatedly lodged there ueioreDesides

      , many others , who can testify that they have never lost anything , or seen any improper conduct therein . Persons endowed with the least share of common sense or discernment , must b * aware of the impropriety as well as absurdity at lodging-house keepers putting a string of question ! to persons applying for lodgings , as to whether they are married . < fec . Such conduct , to say the least of it , would be deemed insolent , and impertinent , and defeat its own object . The case u different when permanent private lodgings nre required Respectfully yours , „ ,.,- * H . SuiTHSOM . Bradford , January 3 rd , 1839 . BUU » Hull Female Association . —At the usual weekly meeting of th « Hull Female Patriotic Association , held at the Royal Oak , Blackfriargate , on Monday , January 7 tb , 1839 ; Mrs . Suggitt in the chair ; the following resolutions were passed . Moved by Mrs . Whitehead , seconded by Mrs . Lundy , "That this meeting views with diogust and ineffable disdain , the conduct of Whig Ministers nnd their underlings , in the recent prOwcution of that patriotic defender of the poor , the Rev . J . R . Stephens . " 2 . —Moved by Miss Dobson , seconded b y Minn Thorpe , " And that the females of this Association hope he will persevere in that incessant support and able advocacy of the working man ' s rights , ia which he has earned for himself an imperishable renown as long as patriotism is considered to be an inherent principle in all Englishmen . "

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 12, 1839, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1040/page/5/