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      OASTLER LIBERATION FUND . LONDON COMMITTEE FOB PROMOTING THE LIBERATION OF MB . OASTLEB . AT a Meeting of the Friends of Mr . Oastler , held in London , on the 23 rd of December , 1843 , for the purpose of taking into consideration the best means of effecting the release of that gentleman from prison , where he has been confined for the period of three years , and for providing for his future oomtort , It was Resolved , — That theoan who by his indefatigable exertions during the best portion of his hfe in the came of suffering humanity—the cause of helpless children employed in the manufacturing districts—and in advocating the- rights { of ( the ( poor in general , has earned tbe noblest of titles , that of the " Poor Man ' s Friend , " deserves the warm and energetio support of the British poUici That the Committee now formed do take all necessary steps for raising by suscription a fund , to be called " The Oastfer Liberation Fund , " to effect that object . In the discharge ef this pleasing duty the Committee respectfully announce to the * British pabJte the resolution of the meeting , in the sanguine hope that , irrespective of party feeling , the appeal wiU be cordially and generously responded to in behalf of one of England ' s best patriots—Riehard Oastler . The Secretaries of the Committee will attend daily from ten to five o'olook , at the Committee Roomr No . 424 , Strand { opposite Messrs . Coutts anc Co ' s Bank ) , to receive Subscriptions , and to acknowledge Donations from the-country , to whom allcontribution * are requested te- be addressed . John 6 ouu > B . D ., J H . _ e ^ ,, Wh . BAiun , ' } Hon . Sees . $ 5 * Subscriptions ! are also received by the Treasurer , Matthias Attwood , Esq ., M . P ., at the Banking Houses of Messrs . Spooner , Attwood and Co . * 27 , Gracedmreh-street ; Sir Claude frcott , Bart , and Co ., 1 , Cavendish-square ; and by Mr . Cleaver ,. Bookseller , 80 , Baker-street , Portman-square . # Gentlemen inj Town- or Country desirous of taking Colleoting Books mo ; be supplied with the same , in due form , on application to the Secretaries personally , or by letter .

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      THE NATIONAL ; HISTORY OF IRELAND FOR THE MILLIONS ! 1 TRANSLATED PBOM THE FRENCH OF THE ABBE MAC GEOGHEGAN . Bt Patrick O'Keily , Esq . A SPLENDID PORTRAIT OF GENERAL il SARSFIELD , and a Vignette Title , engraved by Mr . M'Dowaix , Dublin , is given with No . V . The Publisher of this National Work has the pleasure of announcing to bis Subscribers that , through their kind patronage , he is enabled to give with the 10 th number a Splendid Portrait of BRIAN BOROIHME , Engraved by Mr . M'Dowall . Dublin : Dufpit , ; Anglesea-street . London : J . Cleave , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street ; and all the Agents for the Star , in Town and Country .

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      THE LAND ! THE LAND !! Now Publishing , complete in One Vol ^ neatly Bound in Cloth , Price 2 s . 6 d . A PRACTICAL i WORK on the MANAGEMENT OF SMALL FARMS . By Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., Barrister and Farmer . ; The desire of the author has been to furnish a valu'able compendium at such price as would enable every ¦ workingman to become possessed of it . No . It contains all the practical instructions , together with Plates , describing Farm House , Offices , Tank , Farm Yard , &o . ; with particular information requisite for carrying out all the operations . N . B . —The above Work may still be procured in . Numbers , price 6 d . each . " I have , within the last few months visited every part of France , and I declare that I have seen more misery in ono street in Dublin , than in all France ; , the people are well ojad , well fed , and merry ; they , are all employed on Shall Farms of their own , ot on equitable takings ]!" Vide Lord Clonourry ' s Letter in Morning Chroni ' cle , Oct . 25 < A , 1843 . , | THE LANCASTER TB . IA 1 S . Now ready in handsome cloth boards , price 5 s . 6 d . A FULL AND COMPLETE REPORT of the TRIALS OF F . P'CONNOR , Esq ., and Fifty Eight others , at Lancaster , on a charge of Sedition , Conspiracy , Tumult , and Riot , with Preface , and Remarks , by f . o ' connob , esq . And Illustrated with a Splendid Portrait of the M Just Judge "—Baron Rolfe . The Publisher acquaints those who have purchased the Trials in Numbers , that the cloth cases will be sold to them at Sixpence each , or the numbers bound and put into the Cases for One Shilling each . Should there be any neglect in supplying the Cases , the Publisher ] will feel under an obligation if the Parties complaining will make him aware of it , and it shall be remedied . Parties desirous to perfect their sets of this valuable Work , will do well to apply immediately , as there is but a limited quantity of some of the numbers now , on hand . < j Every Chartist ought to be in possession of this Record of the great Chartist Triumph over the Tory Government . It was the best and most successful legal fight the Movement party ever had . The example then afforded may be followed , with advantage , by the Defendants in Ireland . ; A few Copies of that excellent Work , THE STATE OF IRELAND , BY ARTHDB O ' CONNOR , remain on hand , and may be had in two Numbers , at Fourpence each . < No Man can understand the position of Ireland , or the bearing of Irish Questions , who is not conversant with tbia perfect picture of Ireland ' s Condition ; the oauses of her degradation , and the Remedies for her manifold evils . Also , just published , A Letter from Foargos O'Connor to the Rev . William Hill , being a Reply to sundry Letters published by the latter gentleman . The Letter consists of thirty-two pages , same size as Lancaster . Trials . Price Fourpence . | 1 Also , A Letter from Feargus O'Connor to John Humffrey Parry , In reply to one recently published by Mr . Parry , and addressed to Mr . 0 Connor . Price Threepence . -: London : —Cleave ^ Shoe-lane , Fleet-street ; P-ur kess , Compton-street , Heywood , Manchester ; Hobson , Northern Star Office , Leeds ; Guest , Birmingham ; Paton and Love , Glasgow ; and all Agents of this paper .

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      1 HOBSON'S POLITICAI , AUHANACK 1 NOW READY , and in the handsof tbe Publisher PRICE THREEPENCE , THE POOR MAN'S COMPANION FOR 1844 . ' pONTENT *—The Calendar . —The Eclipses fa' 1844 , \ J Table to calculate Wages , and other Payments—Coki of Yeomanry Cavalry for every Year from 1816 tc 1843 . —A Beturn , showing tbe total Number of Mem . ben sent to the House of Commons by the evewl Counties , Cities , Towns , and Boroughs , in England , Wales , Ireland , and Scotland respectively ; with tbe Population ot the Counties , Cities , and Boroughs . — An aeeonnt of the Duties payable on the Importation oi Foreign Wheat , when the Price of Wheat has boen ir this Country at 60 s ., 55 s ., 6 Qa ., 65 * , 70 s ., 75 s ., 80 s ., and 85 s-, under the various Acts which have been passed from the Reign of Charles II . to the present time : or a legislative history of English Com laws from the yeai 1660 to 1843 . —The Population Returns , from the Parliamentary Papers just published ; setting forth the entire Population of the three Kingdoms ; the number of Houses , inhabited , uninhabited , and build ing ; tbe number of Males and the number of Females , under , and above , twenty years of age ; tbe Coontj ot Birth , Bhowing the number born in England and Wales ; in Schotland ; in Ireland ; in tbe Britiat Isles ; in the British Colonies ; and the numbei ot Foreigners and British subjects bom in foreign parts . Tbe Namber of Persons living in England and Wales , distinguishing males and females . Under fin years of age ; five and under ten ; and from ten np tc one Hundred , rising five at a time . —Number of yearlj committals for Workhouse Offences , in every Count in England and Wales , from 1836 to 1842 . —Return of the number of Aets of Parliament passed from 1834 to 1842 , Publio , Local , and Personal ; setting forth the number passed In each year for England and Wales , Scotland , and Ireland . —Taxes on Land , compared with tbe Taxes on Dwelling Houses , Mills , and Factories . —Amount of Military and Naval Forcaa ; with the number of Ships of all classes of the Royal Navy , and a Return of the Namber of Officers and Men in each class . —Quantity of Foreign Wine and ! Spirits Imported during the year ending January 5 tb , 1843 , distinguishing tbe quantity frsm each conntry ; —Population of Ireland , France , and United States of America . —Return of tbe Average Prices of Wheat , ia the months of June and July respectively , as compared with those in the months of August and September , in each year , from 1774 to 1793— Return of tbe Sums expended for Education in 1842 , out of tbe Taxes , in each County of England and Wales . —Statement shaving tbe Total Amount of Taxation reduced or repealed since Jan . 1 st , 1814 . —Namber of Private and Joint Stock Banks registered in each year from 1820 to 1843 . Number of Emigrants who have embarked from the various Ports of England , Ireland , and Scotland , daring tbe year 1842 ; showing to what pzrt of the world they have Emigrated . —Numbei of Quarters of Malt made in the respective years of 1840 and 1842 , in the United Kingdom , distinguishing thequahtity made in each country , and the quantity used by Brewers and Victuallers , and Retail Brewers . —Tbe . Statistics of Mortality in England . —Number of Depositors in the Savings' Banks , and tiie amount of deposits , on the 20 lb November , 1842 . —Namber of Waste Land Inoloaure Acts passed during every ten yean from 1800 to JL 840 . —Rental of the Metropolis as assessed to the Police Rate . —Number and cost of tbe Metropolitan Police . —JusticA Tindal ' s Judgment on the question of Church Rates . —Statistics of Cbihe for 1842 , showing the increase and decrease in the respective connties ; tbe number of Capital Sentences Ia 1840-41-42 , with tbe specified crimes ; the number of Executions ; tbe namber of sentences of all sorts , death , transportation , imprisonment , whipping and fining , for the years 1840-41-42 ; the ages ot the Persons committed ; the Degrees of Instruction of the Persons committed for each year , from 1836 to 184-2 ; and a Comparative Table , showing the Namber of Persons Committed for Trial or Bailed in each of the last four years ; and distinguishing tbe numbers for each County . Cost of Republican Government , / is America , both in the several States , and tbe Federal Union . Emigration during tbe last seventeen years , —Effects of the New Takiff ; or , FREE TRADE in Practice ; who has it beta fisted ? fOBODY , but the Tax-eater ! Returns relative to Foreign Trade ; great depreciation of prices ; Manufacturers forced to sacrifice one-twelth of the value of the Export Trade t the farmer " mined" ; the landlord forced to reduce bents ; the shopkeepers withonfc custom ; and the workers without wages : glorious e&cts of Free Tbade ! The whole compiled from authentic sonrora Bt Joshua Hobson . Only Three Pence I Only Three Pence ! London : J . Cleave , Shoe-lane ; Manchester , Hey . wood , Oldham-street ; Birmingham , Guest ; Leeds and Haddenfield , J . Hobson ; Newcastle , France and Co . ; Glasgow . Paton and Love .

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      THB ARTISAN-, With which the ARCHITECT , ENGINEER , and SURVEYOR is now incorporated . THE Number tor January , completing the Volume , ia this day published , price One Shilling , and contains Title-page , and Analytical Index The First Volume may now be had bound in CUotb , price 139 ., with Atlas Plate of Direct Action Engines ( gratis ) . All the Artioles in the Abtizan are Original , and are contributed by some of the first Writers and most skilful Practitioners of the day . Sihpkin , Marshall , & Co .

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      Co . tdkxnkd to Death . —At fteaalzs , at Stiaf- i ford , Sarah Westwood , aged 42 , Tras arrsinged upon j a charge of haying murdered her husband , John \ "Wesiwood , by the administration of arsenic . The j evidence was conclusive , and she was found gui ty , and sentenced to death . Upon being asked whether } Ehe had anything to urge in Btay of execution , she affirmed that she was pregnant . A jury of matrons 1 was therefore empannelled to ascertain the trath ofj this assertion , and a medical man was sworn to j assist them in their investigation . Oa returning into court in about twenty minutes , they negatived the allegation . i

      . Anotheb Queks Shootek . —Edward Armstrong , 1 the man charged with using threatening language , in J reference to the Queen , and who gave himself up to i the police for fear he should be induced to do some- j thing desperate , " was re-examined at Clerkenwell on ] Friday . Minute inquiries have been made into his ! case , and it appears that his wildness of manner was \ » 1 I assumed . He was sent to the House of Correction i as as imposter . - I TBS BRUTAL StaTPOBBSHIKB CASE . —At the Staf- ford Assizes on the 30 th uk ., Samuel FeDows , aged 19 , Robert Pnrslow , 21 , John Perry , IS , and Dan . ; Webb , -who were acquitted at a late hour on Thurs- ! day night of the murder of Mary Jane Wild , were indicted for assaulting the unfortunate girl , with \ jnteni to commit a rape upon her , and found guilty . The Judge , Mr . Baron Rolfe , sentenced them to eighteen months' imprisonment with hard labour .

      Bigamy . —Joseph Parnell , a re 3 peetable looking man , and by trade a butcher , was indicted in the ; New Central Criminal Conrt for marrying Mary ' Ann Maria Wood , on the 16 th of January , 1839 , bis wife beiag then and now living . The Jury returned ' a Terdict of gnilty , with a recommendation to mercy . Mr . Commissioner Bullock said that he would not , for the sake of his children and his wife , to whom i he had made Borne reparation , inflict a long impri- amxDent . The sentence was imprisonment for three calendar months . > A Scocxdbbl . —At Queen-square polise--court , i * n Monday , James Strachan , a well-dressed young j ttan . was committed on a charge of inducing chil- i -oren of a tender age to issue ooaoterfeit coin .

      Rrj-PUJasM . —At Warylebone , George Patmore * na Kpbert Jerran , two canal boatmen , were charged witfc improper condnct towards a married woman between SO and CO years of age , and afterwards committing a brutal assault upon her when she remonstrated . The former was ordered to pay a fine of £ S , and the latter 40 s , Being nnable to pay they were locked np . Mobs RurriAJasx . —At the Clerkenwell Policevm' ^ oa Monday , a weU-dressed man , who was Described on . the police-sheet as George Bromley , grocer , 103 , Tottenham court-road , was chatged witL the following ontragebus conduct .

      Tfie complainant , a mild-looking young man named Gibbon , deposed that on the previous night , about ten o'clock , he was passing along Cross-Btreet , Hatton-garden , in company with Miss Waisne , a yonng hvdy who was present , when the ' prisoner came np and seirsd her in an indecent 1 manner . Witness desired him to desist ; the pri-BOiier was again advancing , evidently with the intent of repeating the insult to Miss Walshe , when jntness pushed him a scuffle then ensued

      away ; , but on the interference of the young lady the matter ended , and all three shook hands and parted , uney had net proceeded more than twenty paces wnen the prisoner suddenly rushed upon witness , knocked him into the kennel , jumped upon him . intplMiBg his knee on witness e s chest , seixed his left haud between his teeth and bit him shockingly , maton * bis teeth almost meet in the flesh . Witness roared fromihe pain , and , police cEeers coming up , toe prisoner was arrested .

      m complainant had his right hand bandaged and riasiing . The prisoner , who treated the charge with the most d : sgnstiag levity , was ordered to pay £ 5 or be sent - o prison for six weeks . He refused to pay the fine , and was locked up . Doi > gs op a Police Sit . —At a Special Petty Fissions of the Magistrates for the Hundred of Blackburn , held at the Pickerel Inn , Tiworth , on the 2 < kh inst ., a person , who gave his name and address , j « Henry John Parker , sergeant of the Metropolitan Detective Force ; ana who stated that he had been sent forand employed in the

      neighbour-, hood , hy the Magistrates , for the purpose of detecting felons , incendiaries , Jtc ^ appeared before the Rev . George Bidwell and Henry Wilson , Esq ., for the Sirpo-a of supporting a charge against Mrs . J . rewington , of the Horse Shoes Inn , Stanton , for fcaviiig bought a hare of Barman George Marsh , of Stanton ; and also a charge against Marsh , for having sold the hare to Mrs . Brewington . The fellow stated the charge , at the conclusion of which , Mrs . Brewington , whose feelings appeared to be highly excited , exclaimed , * 1 really wonder you are no : afraid that the Almighty God should strike you down dead for telling such a falsehood I "

      Mi-b . Brewington ' s servant , and fonr men who were in ; he house at the time Parker was there , who saw Marsh come in , and were witnesses to all that passed during the time of - Parker in the house , gave evidence contradicting point blank every . tittl » of Parker ' s charga . It was also stated that fovx or five more witnesses could be produced , if the magistrates wished it , who could have confirmed the downright falsehood of the charge . The Magistrates , after a few minutes' consultation , decided in favour of Mrs . Brewington , and Marsh , of course , also was acquitted . ' Parker attempted to vindicate his character , by saying that he aid not stand there as a common

      infottaer ; that he should sot have received any part ( of the fines , if the parties had been convicted ; and . that his character was of fourteen years' standing , j He left the neighbourhood the following morning . — j Here is a precious expose of the secret workings \ of fee Gend' -d ' -armie . Here we have fully borne j oat all that , at the outset , was predicted of the working of the system . Who set him on , we should J like to know , to do 1 Mb infamous job ! Was it one of the gentry who sent for him to look after j incendiaries , and who probably bore some grudge . towards Mrs . Brewington and Marsh ! Or , failing to hunt np incendiaries , was the miscreant just ,

      trying to keep his hand in , that he might Bhowhi 3 J nBgfnlnwgft to Mb worthy employers . Why was he i allowed to depart without being first punished tor hiB atrocionB perjary 1 Is he one of the preciouB j three , we should like to know , belonging to the same j gang who have this week been sent into Bedford-Ihire to ferret ont incendiaries ! After this we shall j not be surprised to hear of incendiary fires ; for \ wretches who could play fee part this miscreant j has done , are every way capable , for the sake ; of Wood-money , of setting fire to property them- ] Eelves " : and then swearing the outrage to the account of the innocent . Englishmen ^ tchen icill the End come ?

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      CABX 1 SLE . PuWic Meeting of the Hand-Loom Weavns , held in in the Town Hall , btf permission of ihe Mayor ; for the purpose of laying before the Public their Miserable Low Rate of Wages ; and rebutting certain False Statements , wMch had appeared in the * CarTtsle Patriot" of December 22 ndpurporting to have been taken from ihe Master Manufacturer ^ Books . In consequence of a very erroneous statement having been put forth by a correspondent of one 9 f the Carlisle newspapers , respecting the earnings of

      this patient but degraded body of men , it was deemed expedient on their pan to call a public meeting , for the pnrpoae of removing any wrong impression which might have resulted from the statement above referred to . On New Year ' s Day , a deputation waited on Robert Bendle , Esq ., Mayor , to ask permission to hold the meeting in the Town Hall . The Mayor , after hearing the object of the meeting , very readily granted the use of the Hall for that purpose . The meeting was called for tnree © 'clock ; and , though there were only a few hours' notice , there -would not be fewer than from four to five hundred persons present .

      On the motion of Mr . J . B . Hanson , Mr , James M'Kenzie was nnanimonsly called to the chair . The Chairman , after briefly stating the object of the meeting , called , upon Mr . Joseph Brown , who moved the following resolution ! : — -Thi 3 meeting has observed , with feelings of rnrprise and disgust a statement of the earnings of the hand-loom weavers of Carlisle , as pnt forth by a correspondent of the Garlisle Patriot of December 22 nd , 1843 ; and purporting to be taken from the master manufacturers' books , to the following effect : — That twelve weavers , working on an average of

      sixty-eight hours per week—( being twelve hours ^ aeh for five days , and eight hours on Saturdays)—rxn earn , after all necessary deductions are made , ihe Bum of eight shillings and tenpsaoe half-penny per week i ** —* statement which ib wholly untrue , and calculated to make an erroneous impression on the public mind respecting the real condition of the hand-loom weaver . This meeting strongly repudiate the foregoing statement as altogether incorrect as to their real earningB , which will not average more than from fife to six shillingspeT "week $ and which this meeting are prepared to prove before any Com * xnittee of Inquiry that maybe instituted for that purpose . *'

      'ilie resolution was seconded by Mr . John Young , when the Chairman called upon any person who wished to address . the meeting on the subject to come forward , and he should have a patient hearing . Mr . Hanson—If any ^ of the twelve persons , who , he / understood , had signed a paper to the effect of keing able to earn the Bum set forth in the Carlisle Patriot . wei 9 present , they had better . come for-

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      A person named John Leach , then came forward and said , that he had been called upon to sign the paper alluded to ; but he only signed to the effect that the work might be done for a week or a fort * night . Bnt when he was asked if he could not keep it np for twelve months ; he said no ! it was utterly impossible . He had done it for one week , working fourteen hours a day , bnt could not keep it up " When we saw through the trick , said Leach , I and two other persons named Saunderson and Routledge , who had also signed the paper , under a wrong impression , went and wished to hare our names withdrawn from the paper .

      John M'Mekin then came forward and said , that it was only about an hour ago he knew anything about the present meeting taking place . He then looked back at his earnings for the last seventeen weeks , and ascertained that his net earnings did not average more than / our shillings andtenpence a week . He had worked very hard for fourteen hours per day during that period , and he did not believe there was any weaver in Carlisle conld average more after he paid the various deductions , which were very heavy on the weaver in thfe part of the country . He had worked in Glasgow , and the same stroke of work was three shillings a week better than in Carlisle .

      The resolution was then put to the meeting and carried unanimously . Mr . J . B . Hanson then came forward to move the second resolution , which was to the following effect : — " That it is important that the immediate attention of Government should be drawn to the miserable and wretched condition of the hand-loom weavers of this district , and that they be respect fully memorialised to take the case into their most serious consideration , with a view to afford some speedy and permanent remedy to their degraded condition '

      Mr . Hanson addressed the meeting at great length on the subject of the resolution , and the present state of the country . Mr . James Hurst seconded the resolution , which , was also spoken to by Mr . Henry Bownan , after which it was put by the Chairman and carried unanimously . A committee of five persona were then chosen to prepare the memorial , and lay the same before a public meeting as soon as possible for its approval . A vote of thanks was then given to the Mayor for the use of the Town Hall , which was carried by j three hearty cheers . A vote ot thanks was also given to the chairman , and the meeting dispersed .

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      THE GREAT NATIONAL CONFERENCE AT MANCHESTER . This important Conference commenced ita tittingv on Tuesday . The delegates , to the number of « sventv or eighty , assembled in Carpenter ' s Hall , Gt&ratt road , about haif . pajrt nine o ' clock in the morning , and forthwith elected Thomai Weakenshaw to preside over the meeting ; aad John Tulip was appointed ? ice-chairman . At a subsequent period , Mr . Hubert * , solicitor , sf Bath , and Mr . Win . Beesley , of Accrington , entered the room , and v « e receivrd with enthnslssUo applause . The first business was the examination of the credentials of the different delegates by the secretary ; and a resolution was passed to the effect , that those delegates who had come without credentials should write for them as speedily as possible . It was next resolved ,

      that the proceedings of each day ' s conference should be printed ; and a cop ; famished to each delegate on the following day , to be inspected by tben > . A abort discussion then took place , in reference to the Jarrow Colliery ; a delegate named George Charlton stating , that every means had been resorted to bj the ooal masters to break np the association at that place ; and now the men were compelled to descend by a wire rope ; and they wished to know from the Conference whether they were to work or strife * . It was stated , that the subject of wire ropes was now nsder the consideration of the legal adviser of the association ; and eventually It was resolved , on the motion of James Rawling , that the matter should stand over until the delegate meeting to be held for the counties of Durham and Northumberland : a delegate remarking , that he

      saw uo means of bringing about the diseontlnuanc 3 of wire-ropes , except by petitioning the legislature . These matters being disposed of , the Chairman in a short speech introduced the general business of the meetisg , remarking * , that , they bad had onions before , which had been productive of no permanent good to the miners ; bat be was led to believe , that then * was suoh a union amongst them now as had never yet existed under the canopy of heaven—( bear , hear ) , —and that there was do union which was to much calculated : to relieve them from the misery in which they were placed u the union of coal miners of Great Britain and Ireland . —It was then resolved , that John Hall , the general secretary , . should " be famished by the delegates with the total namber of members ef the association in each district Tb * lollowin * numbers -were then given Id : —

      Members Members Wingate ... ... ... 3009 Fawdon 776 Shindiffa ... 1372 Yorkshire 89 G Great Hetton „ . ... 1345 Derbyshire < Sc Notts . 169 West Auckland ... 1509 Bolton 540 Oxhill € 19 St . Helen ' s 1000 WaldridgeFell ... 496 Oldham 200 BeektegtOT ... ... 1086 Asbton-under-Lyne e « i North £ lswick ... 315 Bacup ... 200 Wallaend 669 Bradford & Clayton 141 Bocbdale ... ... ... 363 Blackrock ... ... 659 Bury ... ... ... 315 Workington 349

      Wigan 940 Flintshire 534 Pemberton 409 Denbighshire 400 Little Leven 419 Poyton 679 Chodey 303 Holly Town ( Scot-Worsley 400 land ) 800 North Staffordshire 3000 Coatbridge ... ... 600 Sonth Do . 1978 Mid Lothian 200 Whitehaven 153 Airdrie 1000 Earsdon 519 Heywood & Middle-Jarrow 6 o 7 ton 182 Bedlington ... ... 1339 Halahaw Moor ... 768 Duncan Park 242 Dean Church ... ... 300

      It wm stated that the above were all payable members , with the exception of those in Denbighshire , who were too pooi to pay . The first resolution , in a printed programme of subjects for the consideration of the meeting , was then moved by Wm . Richardson , and was to the effect , — " That the Executive be a permanent committee . "— In answer to a qnestion , the Chairman stated that what was meant by a permanent committee was a committee permanently Bitting ; but , according to the rules of the society , they had to continue in offlca six months , and to sit continually daring the six months . —A delegate asked whether the permanent committee would be stationary or ambulatory , and the reply w » that it was generally understood that they

      would be in office tor six months , and be in one place during that time . —A question was then snbmitted to Mi . Roberts , at the request of one of the delegates , as to whether permanency would make the election of the Executive Committee illegal or not . In reply , Mr . Roberts said a similar question was asked of him at the delegate meeting at Newcastle ; and he then told them , as he would tell the present meeting , that their proper course , with regard to this question , was to take the opinion of counsel on the subject . He did not believe , that making the committee a permanent one or otherwise had any effect in the matter . All he knew was , that they most have only one society , and should that be not the case , then the whole would become illegal ; nad they weuld stultify themselves on

      a question of such momentous importance as thu was , if they did not take the best 'opinion that they coold obtain . He would recommend them to obtain the opinien of the attorney or solicitor-general , or of some one of the highest members of the bar . After Borne farther discussion , the motion was decided by ballot ; the majority being in favour of the permanency of the committee . At a quarter before one o ' clock , the meeting was adjourned to two , when the delegates again met ; and a long discussion took place as to whether the -wages of the members of the Executive should be S 5 s . oi 18 a . per week j and it was ultimately decided , by a considerable majority , that the smaller sum was sufficient , toting into consideration the low wages » f the colliers at present On the motion of Mark pent ,

      seconded by Moses Robson , it was then resolved , that the Executive should consist of five members , including Martin Jude , general treasurer , and John Hall , general secretary , who were to represent the counties of Northumberland and Durham . —A protracted discussion ensued , as to the districts from which the other tore members of the committee Bhould be elected , and as to ¦ whether or not paid lecturers were eligible for election—In the midst of this , David Swallow , a lecturer , rose and stated that he understood that there was a policeman in the room in disguise , and who , he thought , ought to take his seat , like other people . —The Chairman remarked , that they were highly honoured in having both a policeman and an attorney amongst them ; and he thought they could not go on better

      than they were doing *— -David Swallow— ' Yes ; but I think it would have been as well had he come in his own clothes . " The person Bald to be a policeman was then pointed out ; on which one delegate declared him to be a collier , whilst another asserted that he was a policeman from the Potteries . The matter was at length set at rest by the door-keeper stating that the supposed policeman had informed Mm that he had been sent to the meeting by the authorities ; and the Chairman then invited him to walk into the gallery , where , the rest of the spectators were sitting . The man , however , withdrew , the doer-keeper afterwards announcing that he bad declared his intention to give information at the Town Hall that they were holding a secret meeting . The bcaiasa of the meeting then proceeded ;

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      and John Stoker wei appointed to reprerant the colliers of'Wales and Comtsrland in the Executive , and Henry Berrlll and William Woodward to reprerant those ef Lancaah ' re , Yorkshire , Nottinghamshire , Lei ?; st 9 rshire , Derbyshire , Shropshire , Staffordshire , and Cheshire The delegates from Scotland said , they were at present unprepared to make choice of any one to represent their brethren in that district in t * ie Executive . A resolntlon was afterwards moved and seconded to the effect , " That memt : rs of the c-aodation be desired to refrain from aeeking employment in those collieries where the men were standing ont for a redress of grievances . ' *—George Harrison said , they had agreed to that long ago in the Aahton-under-Lyne district . The resolution passed , the chairman stating that he wished it to be understood , that all they meant by the resolution we * simply a recommendation . The meeting then adjourned at half-past five o ' clock , to nine o ' clock on Wednesday morning . wednbsdat ' s bittings .

      At nine o ' clock , the Chairman took his seat . The minutes of the previous sittings were read and confirmed . Mr . Thornton moved , and Mr . Young seconded " That Mr . Rowland take the Vice Chair . " Mr . Pratt moved : " That we unite a benefit scstetj with the Union , in order to be better able-to keep the memeets together . " Tbe resolution-was ably seconded by Mr . Waters . Mr W . Richardson morei } : " That it be denominated Death Fun < V " Mr . Roberts , being applied to for bis opinion , said be was at all times ready to give hiB advir ? when abla

      On looking over tbe programme of buslnecs be found that all the questions in it were merely affecting tbe consolidation of the movement , but this wri one of progression , and on that account he was pleaded with it . Mr . R . said that he wished to give a word of explanation n te the expence . They had a Treasurer and a Secretary already ; and as to tbe tenefit it might bs jost what they thought proper , ten shillings or one penny ; and he would advise that it be called " The Miners Benefit Societyfcfgr tbe purpose of raising a fund to fca paid at the desJHfef any of its members . " The Mover and Seconder of the amendment adopted Mr . Roberta' recommendation , which was finally carried unanimously .

      Mr . Waters moved and Mr . Harrison sr oondrd , — " Thai tbe torn paid on tbe death of a member be £ 1 . Mr . Mann moved , and Mr . Bowring seconded— " That tbe payment to members commence on the 1 st of April , 1844 . ° Mr . Sharton moved "That all members be in the Association twelve months before they ere entitled to the benefit of tbe Funeral Fund . '' Mr . Waters moved , and Mi . Elliot seconded— " That the drawing - up of tbe rules be left to Mr . Roberts and the Executive , and to have them ready by tbe next Conference , and that a copy be sent to each coal work . " On the resolutions being put from the chair , they wen carried un&nlmoualy . Mr . Young moved , and Mr Bell seconded— 41 That no mm money be lent to any member or members of onr Association , with tbe exception of two weeks ' wages to the lecturers . " Carried unanimously .

      Oa the Motion of Mr . Pratt , it was resolved that tne Editor of the Mir : rs' Advocate be allowed £ 1 per week . " Mr . Kooefcs sored , and Mr . Richardson seconded" That the EdHer be provided with a convenient office , and » lso a subscription to one of the pnbiionews rosms of Newcastle . Both resolutions were carried . The Conference then adjourned until too o'clock .

      AFfzanoon sittings . Tbe first question brought forward was whether tbe General Secretary ' s wages should be eighteen shillings , the same as the other members of the Executive , or twenty-one shillings . On tbe Ballot being taken tbe majority was found to be for twenty-one shillings . After the consideration of several articles of the pro * gramme , tbe 19 th was taken into consideration . " That the next Confenaee be held in Glasgow . " A very pleasing discussion ensued , in whlcb Mr . Roberts took part Tbe Ballot wri then taken , when it wn egreed by a very large majority that Glasgow sboald be tbe plaeeof meeting of tbe Conference . The 21 Bt article in tbe programme was then takes into consideration . " " That It is tbe opinion of thb meeting that a farther redaction in the hoars of labour would be beneficial to our association . "

      Mr . Jade here read from tbe Miner's Advocate an address from the men to tbe masters ; after which tbe Conference on the motion of Mr . 6 . Harrison resolved " That the reporter of the Manchester Gvirdian Id presented with a copy , and requested to use his influence with tbe Editor to obtain its insertion in that paper . " Mr . Batty moved " that the debate be adjourned until to-morrow morning . " Agreed to The Conference then adjourned until nine o'clock on Thursday morning .

      THURSDAY SITTING . The Chairman took bis seat at nine o ' clock . On the motion of Mr . Harrison Mr . O'Connor was invited to address the members of the Conference and Colliers generally , on Friday evening . Agreed to by tbe unanimous vote of the Conference . The debate on ; the restriction question was resumed and terminated in a ballot on the question whether the get should be testricted to 2 » . 6 d ., ot 3 s . worth daily , when the former , 2 s . 6 d ., was carried . Mr . Charlton moved and Mr . Rayland seconded , — " That the restriction commence on Monday , tbe 15 th instant . " Carried . Mr . Hau , tbe General Secretary , announced through tbe chairman , that as tbe men had redncc 1 their wages to 2 s 6 d per day , and they bad yesterday agreed to give him 21 s per week , be would be content with 18 s until they got an advance to their own wages . The thanks of the conference was given to Mr . Hall for thi « generous

      Mr . Thompson moved , and Mr . Waters seconded , " That the Lecturers to appointed as they have hitherto been . " Carried . Tbe next question brought before tbe Conference was whether the " Miners' Advocate" should or should not become a stamped paper . Adjourned to one o'clock . afternoon ' s bitting . The Chairman took bis seat at one o ' clock . Tbe first motion was , " That Daniel Thompson do remain at home for tbe future ; and , further , that be receives no pay for the time since leaving his station in Scotland . " Also , " That Mr . Fleming be called in from lecturing ; and that be have bis travelling expences home allowed him . " Carried . Mi . Sean moved , and Mr . . Koox seconded—" That tbe speeches which baf e been delivered in this Hall during the sittings of the Conference , be inserted in tbe Miners Advocate . " Carried .

      The Strike question was next brought forward . It was moved " that tbe Strike question to postponed until tbe next Conference . This called forth an animated discussion , in which Mr . Benny defended , in a very energetic manner , tbe necessity of Striking at once . Mr . Beesley , in an able manner , repudiated the idea of a strike at present . The delegates from South Staffordshire , stated that they were determinedly opposed to a strike under present circumstances The delegate from Derbyshire stated that be represented several thousand Miners who were opposed to a strike . One of the Lancashire delegates from tbe neighbourhood of St . Helens , said that he would not support a general strike , but be thought that something

      cenld be done in Lancashire . Mr . Tulap , from the North , approved the strike . Mr . Auty said that be was one of the agents for the Association for Lancashire , and stated that they were organised even in Lancashire . The delegate from Darweu nid that he considered that a strike was either the salvation or destruction of the movement , and a strike under present circumstances would be tbe most destructive . Mr . Lomax said that before they talked about the strike , they ought to take this into consideration ; that in Great Britain there are 370 , 000 miners , and tbe namber in the Union is only Bome 70 , 000 or 80 , 000 , and how could a general strike be accomplished under those circumstance .

      The Delegate from Bury said that he was instructed to vote against the strike . Mr , Charlton moved , and Mr . Morgan seconded : " That tbe Strike Question be postponed until next Conference . " Agreed to . Mr . Dent moved : " That Mr . Koox take the Vice Chair daring the absence of Mr . Tulap . " Agreed to . A discussion on the Lecturers' wages was before tiie Conference when oar report left .

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      Barnslei . —A public meeting of the Miners of Bamsley , and its vicinity , was held on New Year's Day , on May-day Green . About twelve o ' clock , the men from Crane Moor and TTlverston , came in with a band of music . Tbe men from Silkaton also came in , joined by the men of other districts , and the Bamsley men , all formed a procession , beaded by the band , and marched round the town to the place of meeting . There could not have been less than 2 , 000 Miners present . Mr . Wm . Holdgate mounted the hustings and gave out the Miners' bymn , which was sung by tbe meeting with Boul-stirring effect Mr . Ephraim Sillers was called to tbe chair , and briefly opened tiie business of the meeting . Mr . John Herbert moved the first resolution— " That it is tbe opinion of this meeting that it is the duty , as well as t * te interest of the Miners of this locality , who have , sot as yet entered

      tbe Miners'Union , to do so . "without delay . " Tbe resolution was seconded froin the body of the meeting , and carried unanimously , as were all . tbe resolutions . The second resolution was moved by Mr . Joseph Gaacoigne— " Thai the long boors which tbe Miners labour are injurious to their moral and social Interests , and destructive of their lives . " The speaker made an eloquent vjpeech in support of the resolution , which was warmly applauded . Mr . Joseph Alford moved the thlr . u resolution in a very cool and argumentative speech , at the conclusion of which he was warmly applauded . The fourib resolution was moved by Mr . Jacob Rindle . The speaker dwelt at some length on tbe suffering and the dangers which the Miners have to endure . He made a deep impression on the meeting by describing the burnings and the drowningB which bare befallen thousand * .

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      WlBSBT-SLACK , NEAK BRADFORD . —Mr . William Holdgate lectured to a good meeting of Miners , Dec . 26 , at the Black Dog , A voti « f thanks were given to the Proprietor and Editor of the Northern Star . Thirty- one took out cards of membership , and thirtynine more were enrolled . Okley , near HunDBRSFiELD . —The meeting was addressed by Mr . Holdgate , Deo . 27 . MJSLTHAM , NEAR HUDDER 8 FIELD . — -The men of this pie « are threatened by their employer to be dismksed from their employment if they join tbe Union ; bat every one of them were enrolled , notwithstanding . Lockwood . —A few took out cards here . Miners Union . —Two Lectures have been delivered in the Carpenters Hall , Manchester , this week . The first on Tuesday evening , by Mr . Wm . Dixon , of Manchester , and the second on Wednesday evening by Mr . J . Leach , of the same place .

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      Destructive Fires—On Wednesday evening last , shortly before Bix o ' clock , a destructive fire broke out at No . 7 . Fore-street , Limehouae , belonging to Mr . Duncan Dunbar , bottle-merchant , &o . The fire , when first perceived , was burning furiously in the first floor of the building , and owing to the highly inflammable nature of the upper stock , the flames were not long in forcing their way into the upper floor . Information of the outbreak was speedily conveyed to the various engine stations . A plentiful BuppW of water was fortunately flowing from the premises in the neighbourhood , and a portion of the engines wero got to work . A body of water being copiously caBt upon the flaming premises , the fire was confined to the building in which it commenced , and by half-past eight o ' clock was entirely extinguished . Nothing positive could be learned as to the origin of the fire , but the supposition is , that it

      was occasioned through a defective flue in the next house . No sooner bad the engines arrived at their stations from the fire in Limehouse , than intelligence was received that another fire had broken out in the neighbourhood of Leicester-square . In that direction several engines were despatched ; on reaching which , it was ascertained that the outbreak had taken place in the extensive range of premises belonging to Messrs . Elam and Co ., woollen drapers , of 63 , Leicester-square . The fire commenced about nine o ' olook , from some unknown cause in the . second floor front , and when it was first seen it had obtained a strong hold of the furniture , &o . in it . The County , St . Ann ' s parish , several brigade , and the West of England engines , were on the spot in less than half an hour after the fire waBjdisooveredl ; but the firemen managed , by great exertion , to put the fire out by means of the buckets , and without calling the engines into requiBitioD .

      The Weather . —The weather , says a Newcastle journal , was so remarkably fine at Alnwick on Christinas-day , that a number of boys were seen bathing in the river Aln , near that town . Several persons were engaged in angling , numerous insects were on the wing , the Bong of some of the warblers was heard , and the whole bad more the appearance of spring than winter . —The cold last night was intense , the thermometer having fallen twelve degrees below the freezing point . The frost still continues , but it is not severely felt , as there is little or no wind . The ground is covered with snow . Within a week or ten days , the temperature during the night has fallen twenty degrees . —Swn , Wednesday .

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      Fall op Snow in thb Country . —So deep was the fall of snow yesterday morning in the country that the Dover train , which left Folkestone at seven o'clock , was fifty-six minutes behind time in reach * ing Ashford , a distance of only fifteen miles . According to the guard's statement , it appears that the snow was in some places eighteen inches deep oa the metal , and completely solid , from the severity of the frost . It was ten minutes to twelve before the train arrived in London . The Weather . —The sharp frost which set in on Tuesday evening continued till about noon yesterday , when the sky became overcast , and a partial

      thaw took place . Daring the night , the frost had been pretty severe , the ice on the ponds in the neighbourhood of the metropolis baviug been frozen to the thickness i > f nearly two inohes . At eight o ' clock yesterday morning , the thermometer at the entrance of the superintendent ' s office in the London-docks Btood at thirty degrees , being two below the freezing point . ! At noon , it had risen to thirtyfive , and at six o'clock last evening , it remained at thirty-four-and-ahalf degrees . Daring the morning , the wind veered from about W . N . W . to about S . E ., at which point of the compass it remained at eight o ' clock last night , when the atmosphere indicated another fall of snow . —Times , Thursday .

      Death . —At Shoe-lane , on New Year ' s Day , in the ordinary course of nature , the double sheet of the Morning Herald . —Post .

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      rpHE CENTRAL COMMITTEE for the Coun-X ties of Lancaster , Chester , and Derby , in order that oonfusion may not occur in collecting the said fund , and that imposition may not be practised in the name of the friends of Mr . Oastler , have directed—1 . That no collecting books be used by any person within the said counties except the same be issued by the said Central ; Committee , and contain a number , tbe name of the collector , and a written or printed authority to collect , signed by the Secretary to the said Central Committee : and subscribers are

      warned to be cautious in paying money to persons who do not produce a book containing suoh authority . ' 2 . That all District Committees formed , or which may be formed , within the said Counties , do forthwith , or immediately on their formation , appoint a Secretary , and inform the said Central Commitee Of the name and address of such Secretary . 3 . That every District Committee inform the said Central Committee , once in every fortnight , of the amount collected within the District , of the numbers of suoh books as may be full , and what ncv 7 books are wanted .

      For Collecting Books application must be made to Mr . Cobbett , 5 , Marsden Street , Manchester . Signed , on behalf the Central Committee , THOMAS DANIEL , Chairman . Committee Room , Old Swan , Manchester , 2 nd Jan ., 1844 .

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      Lkeds Cobtt Market , Jan , 2 . —We have at last a change of weather , a slight fall of snow last night with frost . The demand for wheat to-day is healthy , and we are enabled to quote an advance of Is . per quarter upon the best dry qualities , —damp descriptions can hardly be called dearer , although they are more freely taken . Barley is Is . per . quarter higher and in good request . The sale for oats , shelling , and beaas has Blightly improved , prices remain much the same as last reported . THE AVERAGE PRICES OF WHEAT , FOE THB WEEK ENDING JAN . 2 , 1844 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Bye . Beans . Pec * Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qit . 4171 2227 360 — 358 15 £ 8 . d . £ 8 . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ 8 . d . 2 11 5 1 13 8 i 0 18 9 0 0 0 1 10 1 1 15 5 *

      Leeds Woollen Markets . —Oh Tuesday , the first market in the year , there was a more lively inquiry for manufactured goods , and the market was aa improvement upon the Saturday ' s one . Taereis quite as much doing as can be anticipated at this Beason of the year . Bradford Market , January 4 th . —Wool— Since onr last , more business has been done in most kind 3 of Combing Wools , and anything offered at late prices is freely removed from the market . Notwithstanding the quantity that has changed hands , still the market is very abundantly * supplied ; but chiefly held by those who will not sell except at higher rates , which , in some oases , have been realized . The country dealers appear to be impressed with

      the idea , that the opening of the New Year will tend to still further increase the demand , and they are fully expecting still higher prices . — Yarn . —This being the first market in the month , the Spinners generally make contracts with the power-loom houses , but there are none disposed to sell at December prices , nor contract for distant deliveries ; and what business has been done to-day is at advanced rates . —Piece . —The attendance at our market to-day is fully an average , and doubtless a larger amount of business would have been done , had not tbe manufacturers been firm in having an advance . « Ve have much more pleasure

      in furnishing our report of the first market in this year thaa was afforded us last . Then all was gloomy and dark . Manufacturers on every hand struggling with large stocks and a cheerless prospect . This year opens better , the prospect better , and the stooks , of a very small character ; yet still the manufacturers are not without their difficulties . Wool and yarns have been gradually increasing in value for three months past , and have still an upward tendency ; gooda have not kept pace in the same proportion , but we hope ere long to find the demand will be such as to enable them to receive an adequate reward for their toll and enterprize .

      Malton Corn Market , Dec 30 . —We had only a limited supply of grain offering at our market this day , the trade for the best qualities of which was moderate at the following rates . Wheat 54 a to 62 i per quarter of 40 stones . Barley 30 s to 33 a per qr . of 32 stones . Oats 8 Jd to lOd pet atone . Richmond , Dec . 30 . —We had a tolerable supply of Grain in our market to-day . Wheat sold from 6 s 6 d to 7 s 6 d ; Oats , 2 s 3 d to 3 s 3 d ; Barley , 4 a to 4 s 6 d ; Beans , 4 s 9 d to 53 per bushel .

      Leeds :—Printed For The Proprietor, Feargus O'Connor, Esq. Of Hammersmith, County

      Leeds : —Printed for the Proprietor , FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq . of Hammersmith , County

      Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , at hir Print ing Offices , Nos . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Btlggate I and Published by the said JOSHVA HOBSpN , ( for the said Feargus O'Connor , ) at his Dwelling-house , No . 5 , Market-street , Briggatei \ as internal Communication existing between the said No . 5 , Market-street , and the said Nos . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Briggate , thus , constituting the whole of the said Printing and Publishing Offlo one Premises . All Communications must be addressed , Post-paid , to Mr . HOBSON , Northern Star Office , Leeds . ( Saturday , Janu&r , 1844 . )

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      Ripe Black-Berries at New Yeabs' Day—A sprig was plucked from a bramble bush at Exley Baiik , near Halifax , on Monday last , containing three ripe black berries , the largest nearly the size of a child ' s marble , and perfectly ripe ; the other two were rather smaller , and sot quite so ripe as the other . I raw the above myself . They were taken to the Halifax Guardian Office . —Correspondent .

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      GREAT FIRE AT LIVERPOOL . Further Particulars . Most of the men were oat by the glass in making their way through the windows , and , with scarcely an exception , they have lost all their olothing . This , with the loss of their employment , will , we fear , make them great sufferers by this lamentable occurrence . The fire was first discovered in the old stove-house , which ia near the centre of the premises , immediately below the sugar warehouse , and near the large chimney in the centre . As soon as it was perceived , a message was sent to James Doyle , the Excise officer , to open the stove door , whilst a messenger was despatched to acquaint Mr . J . Branker of the calamity . He was coming down Duke-street , on his way to the office , at the time the lamentable intelligence was communicated to him . But a few

      minutes elapsed after the opening of the stove door before the fire extended to the whole length of the building . The flames spread completely along the warehouse , running from the one street to the other , and also up Harrington-street , as far as the low shed . For a short time only they were confined to the centre stories , from the windows and doors of which the volumes of flame roared with intense fury . No doubt the rapidity with which the fire spread and communicated to every part of the building may be accounted for by this circumstance : —The racks upon which the sugar cones rested were made enirely of wood , and the heat of the place , and the oily nature of the substances with which they came in contact , rendered them particularly inflammable ; so much so , indeed , that if the building had been fired in different places , the bursting out of the flames could scarcely have been more simultaneous .

      Before nine o ' clock several of the engines were got into play , and there was a good supply of water in the main . In order the more effectually to reach this , the street was broken up , and tbe hose from the engines placed in the opening , so that the water was supplied in great abundance . Passing into the yard , the sight was one of the most awful yet magnificient , appalling yet sublime , we ever remember to have witnessed . From upwards of 100 windows the flames were * bursting forth with fearful intensity . Each story seemed like a blazing avenue , extending from one end of the building to the other , the consuming timbers were cracking with aloud noise . ; and tbe machinery was

      falling with tremendous crashes into the cellars beBeatb . About half-past sine , what are called the "blow-pans" fell from tbe fourth story .. On the instant a lond explosion was- heard , and the roof of the centre warehouse in Harrington-street fell ra . As soon as tbe materials reached the bottom of tbe building , the flames burst but with a noise resenvbling the rearing of a mighty hurricane , and immense volumes of fire ascended nearly 100 feet above the warehouse . Shortly afterwards a similar effect was witnessed at the falling in of the roof nearest Matbew-street . Story after story gave way until , at about half-past ten , it begaa to be apparent that the fire would not extend beyond its limits at that time .

      From the quantity of water thrown- en the building , the streets , especially inside the yard , were completely deluged with a liquid resembling thin molasses , and in some places the sugar was seen in a crusted or toffee state . Considerable quantities of the former were collected in barrels . Molten lead ran from the roofs down the aides of the buildings , and even iron itself was melted by the intense beat . About a quarter to one o'clock , the gable end fronting Mathew-street gave way , but , fortunately , although a portion of the materials fell oatwards , no one was injured .

      The reports bb to ihe Bomber of lives lost vary from five to nine . Some imagine that , from the number of men seen at the top windows , even more must have perished , bat , of course , it is impossible , at this early period , to ascertain this fact correctly . The loss sustained , including the buildings , machinery , goods , &c , is estimated under £ 70 , 000 . A considerable portion of this is insured . So far as we can learn , the following are the sums underwritten by the various offices ;—Phoenix , £ 800 ; Liverpool , £ 3 , 000 ; Alliance , £ 4 , 000 ; Yorkshire , £ 3 , 000 ; West of England , £ 3 , 000 ; London , £ 2 , 000 ; Sun , £ 3 , 000 ; Imperial , < 3 , 000 ; North Britain , £ 560 ; Scottish Union , £ 3 , 000 : total , £ 32 . 500 .

      Another Fibk . —About eleven o ' clock , just as hopes were entertained that the above fire was eo much subdued that its limitB were then defined , the are bell again rang , and the alarm of fire in Dalestreet was given . Immediately several of the engiues were despatched . On . reaohing the spot , flames and smoke were iaauioK ia d « na » quantities from a small warehouse , over the Bhop of Mr , W . Conway , toy and basket dealer , next door to the shop of Mr . Hignett , tobacconist , corner of Crossball-street . The warehouse , being stocked with baskets , toys , and other light combustible articles , tbe flames would no

      doubt have rapidly extended to the adjoining premises , but even before the arrival of the fire-police engines , the small fire engine from the gas works was in play , under tbe direction of Mr . King , the manager , whose men laboured energetically in working the engine and supplying it with water . A short time elapsed before water was obtained for the larger engines , but as soon as that was accomplished the flames were subdued ; but not before the stock is the shop and warehouse was seriously damaged , if not entirely destroyed . The inmates of the adjoining hou&e will also suffer considerably by the removal of their furniture .

      The Recent Fibe at Liverpool . —White . the man who fell from the building at Messrs . Brancker ' fli and was so much injured , though a fearful spectacle ^ is not dead ; he labours under oonoussion of tne brain , injury of the spine , and many other disasters , yet his medical attendants at the Northern Hospital entertain hopes of his recovery . Cassidy , who was in the lorry when White fell , is perfectly sensible , and is able to converse with the medical officers of the hospital . His recovery is almost a matter of

      certainty . Jones is fearfully burnt ; he is wrapped up iu clothes , and looks like a mummy . Michael Enniesey , who was carried home to his friends dreadfully burnt , has been conveyed to the Northern Hospital , where he lies in a very precarious state . No doubt exists as to the fate of poor Woods ; that he s under the ruins is unhappily too trae . The o pinion of the surgeon at the Northern Hospital is , that all his patients will recover , notwithstanding their present state ; so that Woods , it is hoped , will be the only victim .

      Local Markets.

      LOCAL MARKETS .

      Oastler Liberation Fund.

      OASTLER LIBERATION FUND .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 6, 1844, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1246/page/8/