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«• I retain the opinions respecting the Charter , which I expressed upon Mr _ Sharmaa Crawford's motion , sad certainly conia uOfc fcave voted wi& Mr . Dancombe had I conceived hia motion to be synonymous ¦ with Universal SuSrage , according to the interpretation put np on it by Mr . Roebucfc and Mi . O ConnelL "I voted ^ jnply for hearing at tie bar of the House of Commons ths representatives of three millions of my fello'w-e'jantrvnieD , wko say , and say truly , that they are n ' jfc adegnately represented there now ; and the enly doubt , or difficulty , that I felt ia supporting this 4 ? inand , was the fe&r that , by so doing , I might be held l support Borne of the monstrous propositions , which ¦ ftieir leaders have thought proper to connect with their o-wa acquisition ol political power .
" These propositions are not new to sie . I have re * peatedly comb&tted them at Sheffield , and I cannot express in too strong terms my regret that they should hare keen mixed up in any way , with the demand for an extension of tfee franchise . Your own petition was the armoury of yeur opponents . All their arguments ¦ were drawn from it ; and no man could gainsay those arguments -without convicting you of having signed , lightly and unreflectingly , a document professing ter represent the delibeiate opinions of the working classes upon matters of vital importance to tfce community and themselver .
" I myself believB you to be better than you say you are . I do not conceive the working classes generally to be in favour of a subdivision of property , or cf the destruction of machinery , er of a national bankruptcy , whatever some of their leaders may be ; and I gaveyou the benefit of my donbts . But I should not satisfy my own conscience if I were not to add that a more crnel libei upon Universal Suffrage than your petition . I never saw , lad that nothing but my sympathy for sufferings which I know to be real , and many of which I believe
it to be in th § power of better legislation to remove , enabled me to support its prayer . 1 tnow at least thirty members , and smongst them some of the most liberal men now in Parliament , who were deterred from taking the same course , by tie Saint Simonianism of your leaders . 3 can call it nothing else ; nor can I wonder at their decision , judging by the doubts , whieh I felt as to my own . " 1 remain , Sir , " Your very obedient ,
" H . G . WARD . " " 33 , St . James ' s-place , May 4 th , 1842 . " Mr . Ward has published a copy of the foregoing , in the Weekly Chronicle and the Sheffield Independent . At & meeting of the Council of the National Charter Association , Fig-tree-lane , on Monday , May 9 : h , the following reply to Mr . Ward ' s letter was unanimously adopted , and ordered to be sent to the Northern Star , the Shfffieid Independent , and the Weekly Chrvnkle , for i ublicaticra : —
" TO H . G . WARD , ESQ ., M . P . " Sir , —We have received your letter of data May ¦ 4 th , in reply to one sent to you by our Secretary , re ^ ^ nesting yoor sn rport of Mr . Dtmc . imbe ' s motion , that the three millions and upwards of Chartists who had signed the National Petition , should be beard by their counsel or agents at the bar of the House ef Commons . " In your letter you state the ground upon which you thought proper to comply with our request ; this was not yow approval of the Charter , but simply that the petitioners should be heard at the bar in exposition of their grievances more fully than those grievances were Bet forthin the allegations of their petition ; and notwithstanding your non-support of our views and principles ,
we should have been satisfied with your conduct , and have felt much pleasure in publicly recording our Slants to you for your vote , waB it not for the extraordinary , and we mnst add , insulting letter which has accompanied it , sod which it appears to us has been written with the view of showing your ' respectable' supporters that whilst you voted for Mr . Dunoombe ' B motion you had no feeling in common with the petitioners , that is to say , your vote was for the Chartists—your letter for the Whigs . Whether you . Sir , can aerve two masters with credit to yourself , time will tell . " You say " that a more cruel libel upon Universal Snfiraje , than yaw petition , I never saw . " Yen add - that it jthe petition ) was the armoury of oar opponents , that all their arguments were drawn from it , ic . &c We are aware , sir , that the leaders of the Whig and Tory factions—more particularly the former , have , with
a reckless disregard of truth , quite becoming their well known characters , twisted and distorted several of the allegations of t&e petition into every odious form their own cerrupt hearts and frenzied imaginations could invent ; this does not astonish us ; but that you , sir , who affect to feel for th © suffering people—acknowledging that they are not represented in the House of Commons , that you should join in the calumnies of unblushing tyranny , does a little surprise us . Yon insinuate thai some of our leaders are in favour of " a subdivision ef property' — ' the destruction of Trutffrt . Bfiry * — a national bankruptcy , ' -fca . You insinuate what you must know to be false ; but suppose it to be true—suppose any of the people ' s leaders to be guiSy of entertaining such idiotic nations , we ask , are ssch TifiWB advocated in the petition ? We deny it—we challenge our enemies to show it . *
"We have read-with Mtorashment and indignat ion fhs speeches of Mr . Macaslsy and others in the House of Commons ; and we cannot express in -too strong language the disguBt we feel at the calumnies cast upon us and our countrymen by the licensed slanderers , who , living and ruling by force and fraud , dare—insolently dare—to impute to us a desire to commit the -crimes of which they , as the legisletors and masters of society are dcily and hourly guilty . How dare these men , in their haughty arrogance , charge us with meditating anarchy , confusion , bloodshed , and spoliation ? What is there in the past history of &e working classes of this country to lead the aristocracy to infer tkat such are the objects
sought to be -attained by the ferae millions who signed the National Petition ? Were we disposed , it wonld be an easy taatter to turn the tables upon onr detractors , and show that by taxation , monopolies , and & thousand and one different schemes , the ruling few have plundered the enslaved many - of their " property "; that to far as the working classes are concerned , " national bankruptcy" has already overtaken them ; witness the statements of ± be almosi :- unendurable misery put fsrth by Mr . Duncombe . and the endless accounts of revolting destitution that have been published during the lass six months ; snd then , Sir , say whether any state of society could be worse for the wealth-predueers than the present ?
Mr . Mac&ul&y , and others like him , base their support of the existing legislative system upon the assumption that under that system all property is secure Nothing can fee more false than this ; the wretchedness starvation , aod fearful despair of the industries classes loudly proclaim that their property— their laNoar and its fruits , aie not secured to than ; but , en the contrary , are the csmmon prey of ail toe legal plunderers of ssciety . " You say , you believe us to be better than we say we are , and therefore gave us the btatflt of yonr Aoxxi ts . "We are extremely sorry that we cannot return the -compliment " We are , Sir , " Thz CorxciL op the Xatiqsal Chapter Association , Fig-t 2 se Lane . " Sheffiel d May 9 th , lSi 2 . "
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HOUSE OF ' -COMMONS , Tuesday * Ma * 10 . Mr . Philip Howard moved a new writ for Nottinghani in consequence ot the " rethreineiifc of Sir G Larpent ,: " , - . " ;¦ : ¦ ¦' ,.. ' : ¦'¦ ¦¦ .. '¦ : ¦ '' ¦• " - . . - . V ' ¦ Mr . Roebuck opposed the issuing of the writ , on the ground ofthe inquiry which bad been ordered . After same observations from Mr . Godson in favour of the issue , and from Mr . Ward against it , ¦¦ Sir R . Peel thoughtthataa the House had determined on an inquiry , it would be inconsistent to issue the writ , at least immediately . Sir R . EL Ingmsdid not think there were sufficient grounds for the suspension ; but Mr . Wynn thought there were , and recommended the adoption of a suggestion of Mr . Ward ' s that the committee of inquiry should be instructed to go into the case of Nottingham first . Several Members addressed the House , and strangers were ordered to withdraw for a division ; but
Mr . P . Howard said he would not press it fro a division , but only object being to protest against any interference with the freedom of representation . However another and rather warm conversation arose before the motion was permitted to be withdrawn , Mr . Roebuck gave notice of his intention to introduce a bill of indemnity for witnesses who might be implicated in his proposed committee of inquiry . Lord John Russell also gave notice of his intention to bring in a bill on Friday to prevent bribery at elections . :
Mr . Rbdington then moved for leave to bring in a Bill to exclude the borough of Sudbnry from Bonding burgesses to serve in Parliament He was perfectly aware of the importance of the franchise , which ought not lightly to be taken away ; but the facts connected with the last Sudbury election ( which he detailed ) , combined witti its past history , ' . . sufficiently evinced the corrupt character of the constituency , and ita ' unfltness io ex 9 icisa the right and privilege of electing Parliamentary representativea . . Toe motion was seconded by Sir James Graham . After some observations from Colonel KUSkBROOKE , vindicating the general character of the Sudbury constituency , and aflirming that it was only one class of voters , the weavers , who were tainted with bribery , it was agreed to .
Sir Roberi Peel then rose to move the order of the day for the Committee on the Customs' Acts . Ht regretted the delay in the consideration of the tariff ; but it had at east enabled patties affected to make such representations as they deemed necessary to the protection ef their interests . Those ttprestntationa , when reasonable , had received the attention ef Government , however small the political influence of the parties urging them : where representations had been made without reason , no political influence bad prevailed with the Government to give way to them . The great objects of himself and his colleagues had been to abolish prohibition , by reducing inhibitory duties ; and to reduce the duties on raw materials , and on materials partly manufactured . By these means , he hoped to
diminish the general expence of living in this country ; not , indeed , that any individual article would be so cheapened as to afford any great relief , but that , oa the aggregate of consumption , the relief would be consider able ; and therefore it was that the Government had made its reductions on a- great Variety of articles , so as to give to almost every one of those classes which might invariably Buffer from some one or more of the reductions , a compensation upon others . For instance , the reduction of the duty on various kinds of seed might , by letting in a supply from abroad , impair the profits ef particular dealers : but the benefit thereby conferred upon agriculture in general would be an important one . Again , in respect of furniture-wood , the high duties had greatly discouraged the industry of
cabinet-makers here * and induced importations of foreign furniture . He trusted that the reduction of duty would establish an export trade in that manufacture , and lead to the extensivts use of mahogany in some branches of ship-building to which it was peculiarly applicable . Next , as to foreign ores ; for example , copper . ; At ptesent that metal was smelted abroad , and copper could there be sold , and applied to the sheathing of vessels and to other purposes , at rates litucb below those at which the same objects could be executed in England , not withstanding our coal and our manufacturing advantages . Spermaceti and other whale oils ' we ' re important articles in out nianufacturea , and it was now proposed to reduce the duties upon them , because whale oil had been one
hundred per cent , dearer in this country than in the United States , which had manufactures extensively consuming this article and successfully competing with ours He reminded the House of Mr . Deacon Hume ' s dictum , that this country having plenty of untaxed iron and plenty of untaxed coal , wanted ouly plenty of untaxed wood to give ample employment to her industry ; aDd this was the principle on which Government now proposed the reduction in the duties on timber . He now came to articles of foreign manufacture , on which it was cbntsmplatedso to induce duties , that they should in ho case exceed the maximum of 20 percent . It was said that such a reduction , unless accompanied with a repeal of the Corn Laws , was a great injustice to the
British operative . But , in fact , there had been , as the amount of duties in this very week evinced , a very great reduction in the duties on gvain . Salt provisions , too , which bad been hitherto under a total prohibition , would , under the new system , be admitted at a penny a pound . So , as to live animals , about which he trusted he should be able to make a fully satisfactory explanation . So likewise as to fish , particularly the fish in which the poor were mote interested—namely , herrings . The Irish peasant now paid 20 s . per barrel ; henceforth he would get that barrel from Norway for 10 a . ; or would procure herrings off his own coast , by means of that improved craft which the reduced duty on timber would enable him to obtain there . Tho duties were also to be reduced on
the importation of potatoes , rice , and bops ; on the last of which articles the reduction of duty would be frotn £ 8 lig . to £ \ JOn . He trusted , therefore , that a full disposition had been proved on the part of Govornmeht to lower the prices ef those articles of food which are principally consumed by the poor . Ho exposed the error commonly prevalent about the coirt parative cheapness of living- ' in the great manufacturing towns of the continent , where , although food waa indeed produced cheaply , the workman had always to buy it dear , by reason of the octroi duties payable at the gates of evory city . He then argued as to tha straw plait and otto . *! n \ am \ factTutfca , thai under the present ext 3 nt of smuggling as induced by high duties , there was in actual practice no protection at all .
JVow , he came to the great question t' > uc ] iing the importation of live cattle : He had been atrongly pressed to defer to the apprehenBtons entertained on this subject ; but he believed it to lie a groundiees panic . Advertisements ; had been published for . supplying English towns through a firm at Hamburgh with meat at 3 d . a pound , and people had been frightened by those offers into selling their cattle at a sacrifice . If they had waited to inquire , they would have fauna that no such firm existed at Hamburgh , and that meat in that city itself was at 6 d . a pound . He . would not say that there would be no reduction in the price of meat —there would ^ e some ; and som e there ought to be , for the price of meat in England was now too high . The influx of cattle from Scotland and Ireland by
steam , within the last fifteen years , had been immense ; yet the price of meat had still gone on increasing . All this , it must be remembered , went to swell the Navy Estimates . The meat consumed by Greenwich Hospiial alone cost £ 4000 more in 1841 than in 1835 . The chief objection made against the intended admission of cattle was , that the duty was proposed to bb uniform per heud , oh the fat as well as the iean . Now , the admission of the lean cattle was of course an advantage to the grs aier , whose business was to buy them for fatting j and ao far there was a clear benefit to one important class of agriculturists , which benefit would be diminished if lean cattle of a large s : za were made to bear a hoivier duty tlian lean cattle of a small size . But now as to the fat
cattle . The great protection on fit eattle waa hot the amount of duty , but the length and rorighiitsa of the voyage : no fat ox could ever pass the Bay of Biscay . France , however , was nearer , and the agriculturists feared an inflnx from her shores . But France , for many years , instead of exporting cattle had , en the balance , been importing thttn , and thepiice of all sorts of meat bad been rising throughout the country . He showed that the danger was equally chimerical of importation from Belgium , Holland , Germany , and the Prussian Lsague . England had another security in the quality of her meat So great was its superiority , thftt he did not despair of seeing Eugland an exporter of that article . He was asked , why not impose the duty by weight instead of per head ? He would answer fairly , that he
wished to have meat Bomewhat cheaper in London ; but atill the increase of our population , a ^ d the iscarcity of cohtinential stock , gave a complete security against any very great diminution of price . We were exporting horses even now ; and he saw no reason why we should not hereafter export other cattle likewise . Oa the whole , the tallest communication and consideration had strongly confirmed the Government in their intentions as to the duty npon cattle . He would not revive the discussion on the Corn question ; tft * t he considered aa decided by Parliament : but , at the proper time , he waa prepared to state the reasons why the Government did not consider the general principles of free trade ( whioa they fully admitted ) as applicable to the present state of the sugar and timber questions . They had endeavoured to act
jn the spirit of Mr . Huskisaon , and to do aa much general good , with as little Individual hardship , as posBible . Even for individualfl , they truated , the measure would provide compensation ; and they believed that for the people at large the benefit would be extensiva He regretted that other nations had hot entered into their views , and he had reserved some subjects for arrangement with them ; but let them take what course they might , it wonld atill be onr interest to bny cheap and sell dear . The day would come when those nations also would see their intereet : their perseverance in high duties would be met by that inevitable corrective — -thesmuggler ; and the example of England , contrasted with that of states pursuing opposite principles , cou ? dbardJyfi » il of ( ulttmate effect , and of reefprocal beneflt
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After mttch" talk . " on the question that theSpeakor should leave the chair for the purpose of going into committee , . . ¦ - .- ¦¦' : "' ¦¦ - - . ' -: - ' .. - - :- ¦¦ ' ' . '¦ . ¦ : ¦ . ' - - . >¦ ¦ . - ; ' Major Vivian moved for some information wnicn tie nnderstobd to have been supplied to Government by Mr . Meek respecting the importation of salt provisions and ottier articles , and which Major Vivian suggested that the Government withheld through fear of alienating their agricultural supporters . JAoi ^ ' ^ talk" followed , and the House divided , refusing the motion ; and , midnight being now past , the committee was pastpoued . The orders of the day were thea disposed of , and the House adjourned . : Wednesday , May 11 .
Sir J . Graham asked leave tp bring in the longannonnced . bill for the continuation and amendment of the Poor Law . He shortly adverted to the statutes preceding the present law , and to the practice which arose under them of making up wagea out of rates . Earl : Grey ' s Goycrnment met that evil by the new \ subsisting act , which was founded on the report of a committee , and was permanent in all its provisions , except ; the authority for regulating the administration of the syetem ; The Commission had since been prolonged by act of Parliament until the 31 st . of July nexl ; and the Government now intended to propose that it should be further continued for five years from that day and until the end of the Session succeeding . In support of the principle- of tho commission he cited a
speech of . Lord Brougham , pnrporting tlia « the variety of the cases to be adminstered required a discretionary power somewhere . He himself believed that the same necessity existed how which existed when the Commission was constituted . The Duke of Wellington also had expressed his concurrence in Lord Brougham ' s opinion , when the measure Was first adopted ; and Sir james Graham himself saw nothing in the experience of the bill which should induce him to change his own per * suasion of its necessity . If the old powtr were restored to tho Magistrates , they must cease to be members of the board of guaTdians : and if the board of guardians yrere to be broken up , ypa mast dissolve your unions : so that the discontinuance of the Commission wonld be the abrogation of the law . He believed that the board as
now composed was such as to possess and to deserve general coiifidence . The cuxnier of its members had varied ; at present there were ten ; but ho proposed to ask , henceforth , for only aine , the experience now acquired haviDginoreased the facility of transacting the business . Regulation by general orders had not at first been practicable ; but he and the Commissioners had thought that the time was come when general orders might usefully be issued ; and such orders bad accordingly been prepared , and would be laid oh the table , affecting , the principal questions upon which difference of opinion had arisen . On one of these questions , that of out-door relief , there had been much error .: In only very few of the manufacturing
districts had it been absolutely prohibited . Upwards of one million persons had received relief during the last year : and inoro than half of these Ha-d received it at their own homes . The general rule against out-doprroiief , ' which had been represented as so ic flexible , was subject to no fewer than seven fixed exceptions , which he enumerated ; and the . Board of Guardians bad , besides , a discretionary power to give out-door relief in Bpecial cases , even though not within any of these exceptions . It was intended to abolish by tbia bill the Gilbert Unions . He believed the existing act had intended , to do so . ; but as there seemed to be some ambiguity , he now proposed to effect euch abolition in express terms , the principle of those unions being wholly
inconsistent with the principle of the general Poor Law . The Gilbert principle was to relieve the ablebodied at their homes , and the iiifirm in the workhouses ; whereas the principie of the general law was to relieve the infirm at their homes , aud apply the workhouse test to the able-bodied . It was also proposed by the new Bill to prevent the enlargement of Uniorisah'eady containing 20 , 000 persons ; bntto allow combinations of parishes for the purpose of district schools within such short distances as would leave the children easily visitable by their parents or friends , asd with such regulations ; as should allow the access of the ministere of all religious denominations . Local Committees would be appointed in large Unions for those parts of them which should be
inconveniewtly remote from the place of the Guardians' meeting . Poor persons , having been long raidont in . any pariah far distant from their places of settlement , would in cases of sickness be relieved without incurring the liability to be removed as persons chargeable . With respect to bastardy , a remedy against the putative father not maintaining his child would be given in the shape of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months . These wore the main outlines of the Bill ; and he assured the House he would not have undertaken the responsibility of it , had he not been persuaded that it-would conduce , not only to the comfort of the sick , aged , and infirm , but to the advancement of honest industry and the increase of its just remuneration .
Mr . T . Duncombe regretted to hear that the Commission was to be continued six years longer . He wished to see a body of guardians , duly elected , and invested with complete povrere . He protested against the abolition of the Gilbert Unions . Mr . Waklev accused the Govcnimeufc of' - ' acting uncaudidly in these temporary renewals of a Cbmniission , which it was plain that they meant in reality to make perpetual ; Some of the present proposals were ' . certainly very good OLes , but he believed they wtre contained in that Bill of last year which gentlemen opposite had so resolutely obstructed . To the general principle of the measure he was decidedly opposed . If a discretion was to be exercised on the subject of out-door relief by any body , by whom could it bo exercised so properly as by the local SHardiaiis I . He advised the people to pour in their petitions akainst the . Bill .
eaptaiaPECHELL would do his utmost against the measure ^ He particularly objected to the dissolu tion of the Gilbert Unions , Mr . F . Maule priised the tone of Sir James Graham , and gave him credit for the deliberation which his speech denoted him to have bestowed on this important subject . He eulogized several of the proposed regulations . : Mr . Stuart Wohtley rejoiced to find from Sir James Graham's speech that the impracticable notion of uniformity was at length fairly abandonded . \ Mr . BoRTiiwiCK expressed his disappointmsnt at the proposed measure .
Mr . Shahman Cuawford declared his hostility to tho principle of the whole law . Sir James GRAHAsr , in ansprer io a quesciori froza General Johnson , intimarted his intention to move the second reading on Monday se'nnight or Friday ibrtnight . Mr . Hardy wished for longer time . lie strenuously condemned the general system ; aud , though " ho was f-lad to find there were likely tQ be some Valuable aiterations , he strongly objected io a law which took away from the ratepayers the discretion of applying their own money ;
Mr . Gbimsditch objected more particularly to the large extent of many of the unions . Mr . AIijntz thought pesuliar injury tvas done by the intetierenee of the Commissioners where local acts were in force . Ho believed : the real objeofc of the preterit and of former Poor Laws v / as to spare the poc ! set 3 of the rich . Pormeriy few were paupers but tlie idl ' ft and profligate ; but now great numbers of respectable persons were driven to seek parochial relief . . .. Lord Sa ^ don thought it important that a considerable discretion shouldbp lodged with the boards of .-guardians , indtpene ' entiy of ; the Commissioners , whose lease he was deakous to shorten as mdeh as possible , " Sir James Graham and Mr . : Grimsp ; tch exchanged" a lew words , * and leave was given to introduce . the bill . The other orders of the day were then disposed of , and the House adjourned .
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Meniben of the Convention pledged themselTes , collectively and individually , to increased exertion , 1 hate made up my mind to be redeem the pledge I hate made by going out , for a few - weeks , to rally the friends ; and confront the enemies , of tho peopie ' j causa . The lectures I purpose delivering will be of a character likely to advance our principles , by clearly nnfolding them to public view , and by exposing exists ing abuses , and showing the wrongs to which the majority of the people ara subjected . I have designed the following route , -which I hope will nteet witb approbation : —
Leicester , Monday , the 26 th instant ; Nottingham , Tuesday , 17 th ; Salton-Jn-Aahfleld , Wednesday . 18 th ; Sheffield , Thursday , 19 th ; Barnsley , Monday , 23 rd ; Leeds ; Tutsiay , 24 th ; Bradford , Wednesday , 25 th ; HuddersSeld , Thursday , 26 th ; Halifax , Saturday , 26 th ; Todmorden , Monday , 30 tb ; Rochdale , Tuesday , 31 st ; Oldham , Wednesday , June 1 st ; and Manchester , June 2 nd . It will be seen that I have allotted to myself no idle task ; that I have marked o&t quite as much , as any one person could posaibly accomplish ¦ within the Bame limits . I trust the Members of the General Council ¦ will , in these several places , make early arrangements for the lectures , " in order that good aitendancss may be secured .
A small ebarze for admission must , in each case , be made , ? s the Execntive is ¦ without funds , and my expenses cannot posaibly be defrayed from that quarter . I shall particalarly urge upon the people to join the National Cinrt-r Association ; therefore cards should be at each place , ready for the enrolment of new converts . With tcig parting announcement of my intention , I mutt conclude .
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AWFUL CALAMITY . DESTRUCTION OF THE CITY OF HAMBURGH BY FIRE . ( From the Times of Wednesday . ) The steamer Caledonia , Captain Cbeesman , from Hamburgh , has brought the afflicting account of the destruction of that ancient town . A letter , dated Saturday , 9 30 a-ra ., says" The prisons are » n fire . " Three o ' clock p . m . —St . Jacob ' s church is on fire . All the hotels are down , and 1 think at least one-half of the city will be lost , most of the mercantile part being already gone . The Senate have ordered every body to leave the town . Supplies of powder have been received . From all parts of the town Hanoverian , Danish , and Prussian troops have marched in , and are blowing up and knocking down houses with powder and cannon as fast as they can .
" It is almost impossible to describe in a few 9 ords the great misfortune which has visited our town Yesterday morning , about one o ' clock , a conflagration broke out in the Diechstrasse , n ? ade its way into Use the Kodingamarkt , consumed everytking in its propress thence to the Hopfenniarkt , destroyed the St Nicholas Steeple and Church , New Burg , Burstah , Nuienwall-Btreet , Alte Walle-street , the Old Exuhangs , the Senate House , Jobanis-street , Jungfeustiog , and Bergstra&se . While I write we cannot imagine or tell where it will end . Such a calamity as this none of us ever experienced , and to give any idea of the amount ef loss , either of goods , houses , or furniture , is quite impossible . " Hamburgh , May 8 . I sent you particulars of the dreadful catastrophe which has overwhelmed this ancient Hanseatic city , up to the thirty-sixth hour of the fire ' s progress , and I beg to return to the euHect again .
After taking a few short hours of rest and some little refreshment , I left my frknd ' B house in the country , about one English mile from the Datntaor gate , and proceeded in his company to have a minute inspection of the whole scene of destruction before us , aud which presented a moat awful spectacle . About half-past three o ' clock , p . m ., on arriving in t&e immediate vicinity of the Damtbor , we observed some hundreds of families encamped and engaged in the same operation , and surrounded by their ¦ weeping families and relations . Seme portion-of their furniture accompanied a few , and others again were seen lamenting their fate in being deprived , by so sudden and unexpected a calamity , in so short a space of time , of all they prebabiy possessed in the world .
Myself and friend , a gentlemen long resident in Hamburgh , and to whom I am in a great measure not only indebted for my present home , but for the assistance he rendered me in making good my retreat from the city before my iouse was completely burnt down , after taking a hasty survey of all we could outside the city , entered the Damthor gate , and proceeded along the Damthor-Btrassa and the isplanade , as far as the Jungfern&teig . Wherever we passed , nothing was to be seen but loaded waggons and carriages with furniture , and families busily employed in packing and handing out their property , amidst the most feaiful solicitude and anxiety for their safety . The streets were HterrJly crammed with them , And it took us considerable time and great caution to make good our passage through the mass of unfortunate beings , presenting the picture of despair , and a fearful certainty that the worst was to come .
On arriving at the end of the Neuer JungfarnsibJg we had a full view of the scene of devastation , from the further end of the Jungfemsteig all along that once beautiful promenade to the spot where we wtre standing . The whole specc was nearly occupied with furniture from tho houses burning , and those clearing out , the whole cf which has shice becomb fuel to the dreadful element . The Neurwall , tbe Grasee Bleicfcen , were oil ia flimes in rear of the Jungfernsteig , and several houses had commenced burning in the latter place , —among them the Hotel St . PeterBburgh , Stadt Paris , Stadt London , adj lining Salamya Heine ' s residence , ( since blown up by his own request ) , and Streit s magniticient place , so well known of late years to all English t avdk-rs
I immediately saw that the Gausenmkt and the Ntuer Jungfernsteig jiust follow in the line of destruction , and my prediction would too soon have been realiz-d even if the wind bad not changed ; for at the hour I am writing ( eleven o ' clock p . m . ) these lines , the whole of those beautiful buildings along the JuQgfernsteig have been been totally destroyed , and little or nothing has been saved by the inhabitants . The wind up to the present hour has changed about from S . S . W . to W ., at which point it is now blowing rather strong , with every appearance of a storm . This direction of the wind has changed the appearance of the fire , which has now commeuced raging with renewed Tigour towards the St . Peter ' s Church , which superb ornament to Hamburgh stands at
present in imminent danger . Sume artillery sent over from Harburg , in Hanover , ut the urgeui request of tho Senate , and which arrived about six o ' clock this afternoon , has already knocked down a row of new houses leading from the Jungfernsteig to the churoU in question . Upon the clearing of the street called the Bergstrassa mainly depends the safety of the church ; but which I have given all hopes up of the firemen being able to save . In short , the whole building is surrounded by flames on all sides , and as the wind is bo strong , there cannot be any possibility of saving it , however strenuous the exertions used . God only knows where the flre will end , and to his Divine interposition alone must the termination be left All human power to control its fury has proved
hitherto of no avail ; and I may say , Hamburgh has lost in forty-eight hours , already , that value in proptrty which will take upwards of one hundred years to replace ; and there ia now every appearance of the fire consuming nearly as much again , having taken so sudden a turn towards the Steinthor districts , where the houses are closely buiit together . On a rough calculation from £ 3 , 000 , 000 to £ 4 , 000 , 000 sterling worth of property has been sacrificed up to this hour , twelve o ' clock , and to describe the appearance of the flimes is impossible . The picture of the destruction of Nineveh can alone give a somewhat adequate idea of the awful
magnificence of the scene . The wind being from the west , and the night completely dark , and of a stormy appearance , renders the picture dreadful in the extreme ; and I again repeat , that nothing short of Divine interposition can prevent the total destruction of at least one-half of the city , one-fourth of by far the best houses of the place , and many -of them princely buildings in appearance , being already sacrificed to the flames . One-half of the population has left the place , and are seated in the surrounding villages and in the ftelda , and the utmost misery that can be fancied prevails throughout . I shall take another turn about three o ' clock , and report further progress .
Half-past twelve , May 7 . —I and my friend have just returned from a tour throughout the whole scene of I devastation , and I again return to report progress . I We passed through the Esplanade and Nenet Jungi fernsteig again , and found that the wind having changed from S . S . W . to W ., bad fortunately turned the direction of the flames towards the Jungfernsteig , and those sheds surrounding the St . Peter ' B Church Only one house , therefore , in the line of the Gausemarkt has been burnt , and this has been prevented from communicating with the other houses by a good supply of water from tfc ? river Alster , and the blowing i ! ! ;
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THE EXECUTIVE . TO THE EDIXOB . OF THE > ' 0 KTHEXS STAB , 6 , Liule Tale Place , Hammersmith Road , May 10 ib , 1842 . Sra , —The Star is the recognised organ of the body fcovrn as the National Charter Association , an if therefore the proper medium of communication wiih my brother Chartists . Sir , I perceive , by the Maacbes ? er plan of organisation , or , in other words , by the Chartist constirntion , "Which by every democratic rnl ? none but the body that made it can alter—namely , . a delegation or Convention elected by thevrhole Chartist body appertaining to the IS ' atioca ] Chart r Association , that tre are withont an Executive Committee , and have been so since the first day of March last .
I-do not knovr if the sub-Secretaries forgot to nominate candidates in February last , or if the late General Secretary , in the multiplicity of his communications , forgot to apprise them tho time was come when they should do so j and us the bess "way to enre an evil i 3 at occe to set about applying tbe remedy , perhaps the late _ Secretary to the late Executive will be kind enough to state 1 : 3 opinion , if the various sub-secretaries should at once nombaie candidates for an Executive Coicmnttee ; or , if he fail to do so , would the Editor of the Star oblige by expressing Ms opinion of the matter . It is very important thai the election should he proceeded with immediately , because the Scotch Chartists are desirocs of drawing closer the bonds of union , which can be more effectually done through the means of * a Executive Committee than otherwise ; but which , in accortiacce -with onr truly democratic constitution , we lack at the present time . 3 |
Very truly your ? , Edmitjsd Siau / wood . N . B . —I have forwarded a copy of this to Mr . John Campbell , the l&te Secretary to the late Executive , in time for him , should he think fit , to insert * reply in the same Star with the queries . ^ E . S .
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TO THE FRIENDS OF JUSTICE . FE 1 L 0 W Citizens , —The Convection having dissolved , I have determined t » make a brief tour , to aAvoc&te , by public lecture * , the cause of the People's Charter . The Parliament having again imtf . tingly rfj&cted the people ' s elaims , and shown evtn more clearly than before , that every hope for justice at the hands of the present Government is fallacious , it becomes us all to display double energy , and to show that we are nothing daunted by the netting triumph of faction . Every insalt added to onr wrongs shonld make us more salons , determined , and ptreevecing , wd rs the
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^ ^ DREADFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT NEAR PARiS .-IMMENSE LOiS OF LIFE . ( From a Correspondedent of the Times . J Paris , Mat 9-I have this day to announce to you one of t . e most frightful events that has occurred in modern times . __ Yesterday -was fixed for the celebration of the King ' s , fete at Versailles by the display ( or play ) of the great waterworks , fireworks , &c . On such occasions Versailles is , 1 need hardly say , crowded beyond conception , by the Parisians , " and by foreigners resident for the time in Paris . The waterworks were over at half-past five . An immense number of persons , immediately repaired wthe terminus of each line of railroad , and took their departura for towa .
The tram of tne left bank was unusually long ; it consisted of 17 carriages , impelled by three engines , and conveyed from 1 , 500 to 1 , 890 passengers . Ou arriving between Meudon and Bellevue the axletree of the first eDgine broke . The body of it , the fire , < ke ., fell to the ground . The second engine , so great was the impetus , smashed it in pieces and passed over it , and the boiler burst , throwing the unfortunate stoker fifty feet into the air . Tho carnages arrived of course , and passed over the wreck , ¦ when six of them were instantly set in fijmes by the fire : being newly painted , they instantly ignited . Three "were totally consumed , and three others partially , without the possiDlity of escape to their unhappy inmates , who were locked up according to the dreadful practice of snob ,
establishments .-At six o ' clock this morning , the mutilated remains of thirty-two persons , men , women , and children , were removed from the station to the adjoining c metery of Mout Parnasse , where I saw them , and where they continued exposed under a shed , and covered with a coarse cloth , during the entire day . But they were so mangled and disfigured , that it was impossible to Discover the vestige of human features , except in a young girl of about
eighteen , the lower part of whose body was entirely consumed . The number of the sufferers conld only be ascertained by that of the limbs or portions of limbs found . Five other ? , who still retained some human shape , and whose faces could lead to their recognition , were transported to the Morgue , where theasands of persons were drawn up in a queue , at three o ' clwk , waiting to be admitted to view the bodies . There was among them a lady , whose body was partly burned , but whose face was intact . She was richly attired , and still wore her bracelets .
The number of the killed is varionsly estimated . Early this morning , the Prefect of Police sent a retarn to the Minister of the Interior , in which it was set down at forty-two . Another report stated it to be seventy-seven , and the parish priest of Sevres who repaired to the spot immediately after the fatal occurrence , and stopped vhere during the whole night ,- administering the consolations of religion to the dying and wounded , computed the dead at no fevrtr than eighty . Among these are said to be several persons of distinction , including two deputies , but this I only naeBtkm on hearsay , for many who could cot procure vehicles to return to Paris , and were afraid to venture home by the right-bank Railroad , slept at Versaille ? , and had not returned to-day when their friends went to inquire for them .
( From the Papers . ) The Rive gauche Versailles Railway was yesterday evening the scene of a deplorably fatal accident , by which many lives have been lost , aud a great number of persons dreadfully maimed . This sad catastrophe took place near Meudon , tne train which experienced the accident being that which started at half-past five o'cloek from Versailles , and which , being crowded to excess with persons returning to town . from the fete , rendered the event more calaititous than it would have been at any ordinary period .. Our informant is & gentleman who was a passenger by the train , and who was happily in one of the carriages which escaped tbe collision . He describes the velocity with which the train was
proceeding some minutes previous to the accident as extreme , so great as to have suggested in his mind the . idea that the slightest obstacle on the road encountered by the wheels of the engine at such a moment as dangerous to excess . The thought had scarcel y occurred to him , when a frightful shock to the entire train , a fearful crash , mingled with horrible shrieks from all the carnages in a-dvaace of that in which he sat , Ehowed that some dreadful accident had occurred , but the doors of the carriages being locked at the exterior , it was not until our informant and the other passengers in the earriage , and in those which were placed behind it , were able to make their egress by the windows , that the Irightful extent of the accident they had so providentially
escaped became known to them . The seen * whieh presented itself was truly appalling . It appeared that the engine had by eome fatality got off the line and run up against the embankment , when , from the alarming rapidity with Trhich the heavily-laden train was then running , hx or seven of the carriages wtre Jiterally dashed to pieces , and were lying in amass of fragments piled upon the engine . Numbers of the outside passengers h ^ d beeu thrown off by the shock , but of the unhappy sufferers who had taken their places in the interior , and who still survived , the fate was even more drradlul than those who had been killed , for to make the calamity still more horrible , the fire of the to the
tL ^ ine almost instantly extended brokeB mass -which wa 3 above it , and several of the snfferers were actually burnt to death on the spot . Our iniorniant describes the shrieks of the victims ( whom it was impossible to aid and more particularly of two unforiunate ladies , who were vainly calling to the Jast for water ) as inexpressibly dreadful . The agitaiion inseparable from such a moment , and the confusion which necessarily existed , rendered it impo 5 = ible to obtain any account of the loss of life , or other particulars relative to the sufferers , tut these ¦ Will doubtless reach us in the course of the day . We entertain a hope—a faint one—that they may show this accident to be less dreadful in its results
than we have described it , almost from the lips of ihe gentleman to whom we owe the information . But we have rather under than over-stated his description , and his coolness and presence of mind Ic-dd us to fear that his narrative will be more than burne out when the full details are made public . — Galiffnim . * Messenger . Thj SHclc publishes the following particulars : — " The train was returning from Versailles at halfpa ?! five o ' clock , impelled by three locomotives , and consisted of from fifteen to eighteen waggons . Between Bellevue and Meudon the first locomotive , the . Mabhew Murray , a machine with four wheels , stopped suddenly , one of its axles haviDg brakeu . The second locomotive drove against the Matthew Murray , crushed the stoker , and actually drove over ' the &is ' . engine , and crushed it to pieces . The ; fire of the Matthew Murray fell in a mass between j the rail ? . I
"In the mean time the train , conducted by the I '• two remaining locomotives , proceeded on its course . j The wind blowing the fire against the under part of ! t > . e \ rag " gons , which had been freshly painted , they ] ignited . The scene then became horrible ; the unfortunate travelers confined to the waggons , the ; doors of which were locked , fell victims to the j raguig . flames . Their bodies were conveyed to ! Pans iu the course of the evening , and deposited in j the vraitiag-room of the station-house , but they pre- ! sented a mere mass of calcined flesh and bones , de- i i formed and disfigured so as to be perfectly undis- !
tinguishable . Even their number could not be ascertained ; some were of opinion that there were twelve , others said seven or eight . As to the number of wonnded , we were only able to learn that a multitude remained at Meudon , many were con- ! veyed to the hospital Necker , and others were conveyed to their own residence ? . j " One of the employes of the company had an arm j and & leg broken . When the horrible event became known ^ o the authorities , a battalion of the line and a company of the Municipal Gnard were drawn up before the entraLte of the railroad asd the gates clesed . The Prefect of Police proceeded at midnhh : to Meadon to collect iufoimztion relative to
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the cause of the said calamity . It is said that the boiler of one of the locomotives exploded , and that the stoker , whose body has not since been discovered , wa 3 blown sixty fett into the air . Seven waggons were either completely burned or crushed to pieces . The number of wounded is said to be not less than one hundred and sixty ; tbe killed thirty or forty . The Commerce publishes the following in a second ed'tion : — " It was at the passage over the parcel road , called Ohemin des Gardes , that the dreadful accident occurred . The train was drawn by ' . hree locomotives , and the rapidity with which they moved was such , that a few seconds before the catastrophe the persons who saw the train pass expressed their fears that an accident would happen .
"It is believed that the first engine in crossing the paved road was driven off the rails , and the shock was so violent , that the three first waggons were broken to pieces and consumed by the fire of the lo comotive . The column of fire was more than twenty yards high , and consumed all the unfortunate travellers who came within its focus . ' The excess of precaution taken by the directors to confine the travellers to their carnages was fatal on th s occasion Many of the victims would have been saved if they could ODly have opened the doors of the carriages . The inabitants of Beleville , and Meudon rendered every assistance in their power to
' ¦ he unfortunate sufferers , but a sufficient sapply of water could not be procured to extinguish the fire , which spread wi h appalling rapidity , and consumed the passeDgers before relief could be afforded . "All the authorities of Meudon and of Lower Sevres , together with the enrgeons and physicians of the neighbouring villages , tendered their aid . The Governor of the Castle of Meudon , M . Amanton , a veteran , who was mutilated at Lcipsic , waa unceasing in his efforts to remove the wounded , and give them an asylum at the chateau . The avenue of Meudon was transformed into a perfect hospital , and the view of so many human beings disfigured , burned , or bleeding was truly terrific . " .
The National adds the following to the above : — " On going to examine into the cause of the accident the two engines were found one resting upon the other ; tbe t-mder of one of them had been completely turned round , and in the directly opposite position ; a little on one side was a waggon overturned , and half burnt ; at a Bhort distance some of the rails were cut asunder , and others driven deep into the earth . The noise which preceded tho accident was not that of the explosion of a bursting boiler , nor wore there any traces of violent rupture iu the bodies of the engines ; but it was astonishing to find that the sentry-box of oae of the watchmen near at hand shewed all tho appearance of having been blown up . "
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up of Solomon Heine ' s hoase and ' - . Strait ' s hotel . At the farther end of the Jungfernsteig the fire was allpowerful , and wa saw the Belvedere hotel , which had escaped up to twelve o ' clock laat night , in full flames , and in a line with it all the houRea were burning . On the opposite Bide of the Neuer Jnnsfernateig the Holy Dam is situated , and there the fire was raging to a fearful extent , and communicating with the Pferdemarkt , and thence through the narrow etrcsts towards the StelneetraBse . The St . Peter ' s Church Ia atill standing , but with little Lope of being saved . Tbe artillery men are being employed in undermining the building ; and should it ; catch fire , it is to be blown up to prevent the influence of the flames . from operating on the other houses left untouched . The following are the names of the streets destroyed almost totally , and those where the firs ia raging at this moment ( nine o ' clock ) :- —' Th » Daistrasse , half
the houses destroyed ; Kodingsmarbt , about twenty-five houses ; Hopfenmarkt , totally / along with Nicolai churchyard , the dwellings of the clergy and the beautiful church ; the Grossa and Kleine Bbrstah , Graskelier , AttewaU-strasae , Monkedain , totally ; the Johanneestrasse nearly ; Grosse and Kleine Beckeratrosse , Mublenbrucke , Bohnenstrasse , Newburg , totally ; Schmeidestrasaa burning , and several other minor streets ,, courts , atid alleys ^ which it waa impossible to approach . Of the public buildings , the folio wing are completely destroyed : —The Senatehouse and the Bank of Hamburgh adjoining , the treasury of which , consisting of silver and gold bars in tire-proof vaults underneath , io perfectly safe , and the books are removed , go that no obstruction will be caused , to the public acconuts , and of "which a public notice has been given to ease nerBoQB' minds aa to the Bank ' s solidity .
1 Twenty minutes past nine o ' clock . —I have jast this moment been called away to view tho St . Pefere ' s Church in flames . It has one of the finest spires in Europe , being 445 feet high . The district that must fall now is inhabited by a class of the poorest people , and all the open spaces around the town axe already covered with people having ho home * , now to go to . I wiil continue sending you accounts as T can . Hamburgh , half-past nine o ' clock , May 7 , 1842 .
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( From another Correspondent . ) Thursday morning , Twelve o'clock . tara writing these lines in the inidBt of scenes of heartbreaking calamity , such as never have been ¦ witnessed in the hitherto prosperous city of Hamburgh , and I assure you that it is au impossibility to describe the panic which has taken possession of every man ' s mind throughout the pface . However , I will endeavours to do the best I can in giving yon the particulars of the circumstances . This morning , at one o ' clock , I was awoke by the
watchman in my district , the Neuenwall , hear the Stadt-haus , springing his xattle and giving the alarm of flre , audatthe sametinie heard the bells of the churches sounding the tocsin . On Inquiry I found the fire to have broken out in the Deichstrasse , in which a great number of warehouses are situated , and in which some of the first merchants of the place have their countiogbouses . A number of engines were very soon on the spot , but froin the want of water , the tide having receded about this time , they Were unable to etop the flimes .
Towards four o ' clock several houses were burning fiercely , aid alao several warehouses , stocked with the most combustible matter ; and so strong "was the wind , tnat the firemen found it impossible to stem the torrent of flimes . Since this period up to the present time neaily fifty bouees have been burnt , and there is nothing to be Been but moa , women , and children leaving the houses , and endeavouring to save a small part of their furniture , which ' is being placed hv the celebrated Nicolai Church , one of the oldest and most splendid churches in the city . Haying written so far , I find the flames increasing to a fearful extent ; and , as I am endeavouring to gain the most certain information , and to render all the aid in niy power , I will give yon a brief hourly account of the progress of the fire .
One o ' clock . —The flames are rapidly Increasing . I learji that nearly fifteen houses in the Deicbstrasse are completely burned down , and to ascertain the fact , I navu just been to see them , Among them , the countinghouse of the celebrated firm of Parish and Co ., whose grandfather transacted his business in it , of C . T . Bahre , Ross , Vidal and Co ., L . Bebreus and Sons , and many others of great repute in tho mercautfio Ifne , bat whfch it is impossible to name here . Houses are being pulled down in the Hopfenmarkt to make room for the engines to play , and to prevent further progress , but I find to no purpose . Half-past one o ' clock . —The Nicolai Church appears to be heated , and emits a degree of smoke rather alarming on the tipper dome ; water is being carried up , and the smoke increases . Two o ' clock . —It is quite evident that the dome and spire have caught fire . '
Three o ' clock . —Tbe firemen are compelled to leave the platform under the upper dome , which is in full flame . Four «' clock . —The fite increasea on all Bides , and the Hopfenmarkt , the Kodingsmarkt . the Deichstrasse , and the Stenstwich , present one complete mess of flame , to stem which the engines and firemen are prevented by the momentary fear of the falling down of tbe spire of the Nicslai Church and the bells . Half-pwt four o ' clock . —I believe there never was a more awfully magnificent Bight witnessed than the appearance of this beautiful structure , presenting one complete mass of fire , and surrounded by the houses in fearfnl flaming array , bidding defiance to human power to assuage . Five o ' clock . —Now one of the most superb buildings in Europe and the most ancient of all churches in Hamburgh has lost its spire and upper dome , leaving a wreck of ita former grandenr still burning .
Six o ' clock p . m . —The wind haa shifted suddenly to the S . W ' ., ami the fice is uncontrollable . The Hopfenmarkt , in which is situated throe of the principal hotels of the place , and is tho principal Riarket fornieiitof every description , likewise for vegetables—in fact , the Covent Garden o ^ Hamburgh , and somewhat similarly arranged , is in full flames . In the mitfst of all is to be seen the burning min of the Nicolai Church , pouring forth volumes of fire , and emitting amidst the flames portions of furniture which people had been permitted ta lodge within the building for security only three hours befere the church took fire itself . The streets are crowded with carte , waggons , cabs , carriages , conveying people and goods away , and nothing but dreadful suspense is to be observed on all sides .
Seven o ' clock . —The Borsenballe is nearly burntdown , and the flames spreading in all quarters . People have lost all hopes of seeing the fire got under , and nothing can be seen but people packing up , their goods and leaving the city . Eight o'clock . —The Senate House on fire , which joins the Bank , the latter is said to be fire prot > £ The Se ate are doing all that men can be expected to do under such awful circumstances . They are to be seen on all sides encouraging the firemen , and seeing the poor people ( hundreds of whom have now lost their all ) placed with their families in security , Two of the ttnators have themselves been already burnt out , and , itltve merely seeing their families in security , have returned to their dreadful duty .
Ten o ' clock—There are now 300 houses burnt down , and fears are entertained for the safety of the Pestoffice and Hotel de Ville . In the former they are packing up , and ah I myself reside close by , I am beginning ; to be anxious for my own house and furnitnru ; and although insured , have some idea ; of preparing to pack up , in consequence of a rumour now spread that the Insurance Companies have intimated that they cannot pay the whole arnouuts insured for from so . fearful a saerifice having been made . Twelve o ' clock . —People seem frantic , and nothing is lo bo seen but goods iu the public streets . I have begun myself , ; aud expect my houee to be soon cleared , towards which direction tbe names aro approaching with fearfully awful striiice . The infirm : iry for the poor is opposite to the entrance of the Cuurt-yard in which I reiide , and tbe master has received orders from the authorities to remove them away .
Two o ' clock . —The Neuenwall present a picture of despair . I have just seat away one waggon load of fuiniiure , and my peopla are packing up whilst the house is covered , with large flakes of fire from the opposite building . ' ' Five o ' clock . —The fira bas gnined the Neuenwall , between which an < 1 the Burstah-street , there is a very wide canal . I have been more fortunate than many of my heighbaura ; for having a good servant ,, he has procured nit- both men and wagons to remove my things into the country to a friend ' s house .
Six to ei ^ hl o ' clock . —Tho wind having increased , has caused the who'e of the NeuenwaVl to be ' clearetl of its inhabitants , and the fire rages with furious violence Up to the present time it is impossible to give an accurate account of the number of houses destroyed , but on a moderate estimation , I have no doubt there are five hundred , including the Old and New Exchange , only recently opened . Nor can I say what lives have been sacrificed , but from foity to fifty is the number mentioned , seven of whom were sacrificed in nobly endeavouring to save the church ; nor could they be brought away until it was too late for them to escape from the immense height of the building which they had been vainly attempting to presewo . The Nicolai Church was upwards of 370 feet high .
May 7 , eleven o ' clock . —The fire pursues the same destructive course , rather worse than better ; and on all the roads leading away from the city are to be seen strings of carriage ? , waggons , and carts conveying the inhabitants and their furniture away . Houses are being continually blown up ; and in this service there are Englishmen from the factory of Messrs . Gluchman and Basse , engaged under the superintendence of Mr . Thomson , their manager . Explosions are continually sounding , yet the fire seems to increase , and where it will end God only knows . The loss ie at presseut incalculable , and business of course cannot be thought of nor- ¦ ; even entertained for days to come . ¦ There is , scarcely a family in the place which has not suffered in some way or other . I deem it a mercy afforded me by Providence to have saved tbe lives of two poor old people and one little chilrt a very ehort time before the church fell in ; and was revrarded by having been fortunate in losing very little in moving my furniture in tfce midst of volumes of etuoke and misfortune itself , i
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