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~ - " ~ "" ITALY . . -. ' t ^ itrreciios . —V * e react in the Consti" ' , -iS 3 « packet Eurotas ' on Ler * " * f' ~\ f £ Stc ivita Vccchia , audLegliom wav from Malta , . v « £ ^ . ^ t 0 Tou , on by s . _ ft M ^ elllCi "S ^ her parser * were about a of weatben Amon F ^ ^ hnndred Ro ^ mj « tf ia ' ining the Grand Duchy their arras , sura ** ^^ ^ mbarked flt of Tuscany , luey ^ ^^ ^ wJjo iegliorn ^ ta ti . e ffl fo ^ ^^ T -rS % 2 to « n « on t 0 M ^ aii : »' d ° n J Wn r tint Purt tUe unfortunate refugees hope ; ? r ^ ching ttot puit j butth wcveimnic they had found an ^ . aCiO 1 , ii ' ns to a Mar"W ftnrSeui have not been allowed to have ttlltolcl im £ ions bevond it . Such a measure ^ rr ^ Weh ended ; but it appears disavowals uie urciwb ieu
I * r ,, 4 iif «; edavs of u . w ^ - ? Sb » most prudent for him to « k for inttatituwM ^ " ^ aceorfiagly to sct the frSi ^ rk . It is said at Marseilles that £ S& * •*• embarked at Rimini have been * i , v -i % torni on the Adriatic coast , and thus S tati . I ?* " * of the Pontifical authorities Tt Is to be hopea this report will not be confirmed . " VUeSudoi Marseilles slates that the imprisonment f the refugees is a temporary measure , and that + J pt will " be speedily sent into the interior . Sa umer , Ch ateauroux , and Locke * arc stated to be Ap towns fixed on for their residence , lhis journal states that most of the refugees are young men of the porting class . ^^ The agitation against the new system of taxation mes on'Vreasiog , and bids fair to bring about a
sneedv aud universal explosion . letters irom jjufjao o ' f the 13 th of October state that a disturbance occurred in that city on the previous day , which at one time threatened to be Tery serious . On the 12 th the Costom-kmse officers of Bilbao , in taking their rounds in the neighbourhood of the town , succeeded in seizing some smugglers from the mountains in the neighbourhood of Santander . On their arrival at Kibao , the wife of one of the smugglers , wue was also a prisoner , set up a loud howling , arfd called on the peopleto" rescue them / 'The people immediately took part with the prisoners , and as the Customlocse officers had not on their official costume , they pretended not to believe tlist they were really persons in authority . A tumult ensued , in the midst of which the male smuiijrlera ran off in one direction ,
and the females in the other , the Custora-housc men following them as they best could . Upon this the mob seized hold of the officers , thrashed them unmercifully , and tore their clothes to shrcefs . All this happened in the public market-place . The troops ¦ were immediately called out , and the political chiel of theplacd and magistrates repaired to the spot , but it was a long time before tranquillity was restored . Fonunately no lives were lost . State of Babcelosa . —The comi . no Stohm . — BiRCELOXA , Oct . 14 . —The Government has ordered another contingent conscription to be levkd in C-ata lonia . It appears that the quota corresponding to thevear 18-13 has not been filled up , and ths Governmentnovf demand it ? completion . It would be
dtflicult to describe the sensation produced here by _ this order . The deepest state of excitement has existed for several months past , as I detailed to you in my communications , and it now assumi-s a deeper ami more dangerous character , because it begins to be universally believed that the Karvaez Administration is resolved to measure its strength with Catalonia , and force on them all those measures which have -been so long obnoxious to the province , In this impression the Catalonians begin to be confirmed by the tone assumed by the Madrid press in Us continued demands for the repeal of the restrictive system and the lowering of the " araiic-eles , " or tariff duties , which , if carried oat , would , without doubt , considerably affect their manufactures . The difficulties of
Government in Catalonia were considered by peuple extremely well informed on the state of the province as very considerable . The new contributory system Is being opposed at every step , and all ths dispositions of the local authorities to carry it cnt have been successively evaded , and collectors cannot be procured , even at a considerable remuneration , because the passive resistance plan has been brought to act in all the details of the measure . The conviction beginning to be felt that the Government had seriously taken into consideration the question of tariff duties and prohibitions on cotton goods , with a view to the repeal of the one and a modification of the other , awakened fresh discontent , in which the manufacturers participated , and which
they are now preparing to foment with all the influence they naturally possess . Add to this now the decree to raise another " quinto , " vbiie the iicrce struggle of Jast July is still fresh in the memory of the people , and this proud , turbulent race , still brooding over what they cherished as an ancient privilege ¦ wrested from them on that occasion by violence and ; force of anna . The coercive measures of the niili tary authorities have in no way ceased , and persons of great respectability are continually being arrested , not only in this city , but in the principal towns of the district , and thrown into noisome dungeons in the Citadel , where they are left for months without even a charge being made against them , or any motive assigned for their arrest . All these causes combined , lam led to believe , fioia an authority whose viewsof
passing events I have ever found to be moat correct , must lead to a serious crisis in Catalonia , which will require all the energy anil firmness of the President of the Council to combat , and the result of which may be very doubtful . All this while the enemies of the Administration and of the party in power are not idle . They contribute by every means to keep alive the discontent , and are preparing to avail themselves at a fitting opportunity of tlie state of public feeling fertile furtherance of their own political principles and the overthrow of the present order of things . Same of the military posts by which the city continues to be occupied were doubled this eveaing , for the night , as if some uisturbanees were apprehended . Up to post-hour , half-past twelve o'clock , all is , howevcr , tranquil .
Resistance to the Kew Taxes ix Cataloxia . — Serious Costuct near Gieosa . —London , Thuesw , Oct . 23 . —Private letters from Barcelona of the 1-jth inst . announce thai a serious conflict had taken place near Girona between the populace and the Civic Guard , on the occasion of the latter having attempted to protect the levying of taxes under the new system . Many lives are said to have been lost < m both sides .
GERMANY AND SWITZERLAND . FERSECCTIOX ASD EXPIHVSIOX OF COMMC . VISTS . 3 £ ~ An important article , the first of a series ofletters by our German correspondent , on the " State of Germany , " will he given in the Star of next week . The letter is lengthy , and press of general news prevents us giving it this week . ( From our oiwi Con-espondcnt . J Gebjust . —On the lltli instant , the authorities of tic Grand Dukedom of Hesse , seized at Dannsfcult , at the publisher ' s premises , the first number of a Communist Magazine , the Jihaiisli Annals , edited by I ' uttniann . There were , however , only fifty-five copies found , the remainder of tlie edition having been previously sold . The publisher , Mr . Leske , was
at the same time informed that the Magazine was placed under the control oi the police , he Laving to produce every number before it was issued , to the Police , and to procure a license for issuing ^ the same , wider a penalty , in case of non-compliance , of 500 florins ( forty-five pounds sterling ) , or , according to the merits of the case , imprisonment . This blow aimed at the communists , and at the sanis time at that little bit of a free press we have in Germany , trill , however , prove useless . There are hundreds of means to elude tins unconstitutional interference , which , no doubt , has been proceeded to at tlie instigation of the hated Prussian Government . This same Prussian Government has procured Irom the Saxon authorities the expulsion of several public authors from Leipsic , among whom is Mr . YV . Marr , one of the heads of that Young German Conspiracy in
Switzerland mentioned in my last . In his case , as ^ ell as that of "ffeitli pg last year , the authorities were afraid of imprisoning and bringing to judgment the party , although they had every legal pretence ; they were satisfied -with driving them away . SwiTZEHtAKn . — -The Democratic Government of « if a ? s da Vaud lias ^ Pdled from the canton Mr . A . Becker , a talented German Communist writer , as veil as Mr , S . Schmidt and Dr . Kublmann belonging to the same party , and dissolved the German Communist Club at Lausanne . The Radical Go-TeramemVof Zurich has likewise expelled Dr . Puttmann , editor of the above-named PJiaiuh Annals , and belonging , too , to the Communist party . [ A German friend informs us that the above announcement , as regards the expulsion of Mr . S . Schmidt , is premature . That , as yet , Mr . Schmidt has not been expelled from the Pays deYaud . —Ed . jv r . S . I
The Pcxbbe rs Gehmast . —A writer in the Ami de la Reli gion , in the course of an article written against Range and his friend ^ , and written principally for the purpose of showing that a still more "dangeroW party exists in Germany , whose object is the entire subversion of the existing order of tilings in ihe course of Us remarks says : —It is no longer from them that danger _ comes , and it is not against them that the main effort of resistance has been directed . In these German heads , so predisposed to an excess of systems , social radicalism sprang with a bound to the very last consequences . According * the day when the King of Prussia will give to his kingdom that constitution so long promised and solon ^ deferred will satisfy the Liberal party , but will achieve notbingto content that other party whicn growls and works secretly in the -very depth of the vitals of Germany . A Constitution . '—these men will Hone of it , as they will have nothing to do with religion I have seen cited lately some pagta from oneoftne writers of this school , and I therein read the following words of a ferocious eloquence . "Of what value to U 3 would be your Pietist or Protestant constitution ? It would afford an opportmiiy to some of four middle class wen to make
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trial of their oratorical powers ; they would then cry out against corruption for the purpose of getting themselves corrupted by the nobility and royalty . jNow we desire not any longer a Christian state ; we have already decided ou that to our own satisfaction . What we insist on is , a state based on philosophical principles , on the rights of the people , on liberty and equality , both in presence of the law of heaven and of the law of earth . No more hypocrisy for us ; no more priests , no more pretenders ! Call us , if you will , impious , atheist , heretic—no matter still You feel it well that yoar empire bslongs to us , the representatives of reason and philosophy . Your violence is but a proof of our power . As Jong as we were not dangerous , you allowed us to preach en in
the chairs of universities , thinking we had no understanding on that subject whereon we spoke . And now we fling far from us your cumbrous old theoretical _ mantle , for the purpose of entering , arrayed in elegant and light costume , into the practical ways of life , now that philosophic truth has begun to make its voice heard clearly even from Christian pulpits , and as low down as in the ale-houses , in order to translate itself into political facts . You begin to fear us—you persecute us , and you martyrise us ; but it is too late . Germany now bears in her womb a future whereof she hath yet but formed a vague knowledge . As for you ,
robbsrs of the rights of all , this future shall to you 1 ) B terrible , and it drawoth nigh with the jvaee of & giant . Ton feel it keenly ; alas ! all your palliatives will not succeed in arresting its progress . The political movement hath metamorphosed itself into a religious movement for the purpose of bursting forth anew with mightier intensity . There shall be no lonffer any safety . Pcrcat mundua ct fiat justitia . " We take the following from the London papers : — Letters from -various parts of Germany speak of a financial crisis as inevitable , and state that several failures to a large amount are expected . At Leipsic some failures have already been announced , but the amount i . s not stated .
We learn from Leipsic , Oct . 15 th , that the ministerial account of the events of the 12 th of August has created groat irritation , and that a memorial is getting up for presentation to the Second Chamber of the States , praying for an investigation , which the memorialists declare will show the incorrectness ol the official statement . The authorities of Breslau , in Prussian Silesia , have issued a . rigorous order against meetings of any description without the sanction of the police . Hitherto only meetings of a political character have been strictlv prohibited .
POLAND . Accounts from St . Petersburg state than an ukase is about to be published which will do away with the last remaining boundary between llussia and Poland , and incorporate the latter entirely in the Russian empire . The custom-houses between Russia and Poland arc to baput down on the 1 st Jan ., ISiC , so that the produce of the two countries will circulate freely .
PORTUGAL . Taxation and Disaffection—Lisbon , Oct . 12—In the country the pressure of the taxes is producing a general spirit of disaffection , which , unfortunately , seems to bs taking a turn of a very marked feeling of regret for the full of the usuvpivig government ; and the comparisons that are constantly heard of the lightness of the taxes under the latter , and the grievous pressure of tliem under the restored monarchy , bode ni ) good to the existing older of things . In the neighbourhood of Ciildas , in the Caticelho of Obidos , a farmer was
summoned before the authorities , and menaced with the seizure of Ills crops , if he did not pay a largo demand for imposts called foros , claimed since the year 1 S 33 , which the people believed had been abolished . The man told the authorities they might seize his property , but hejwould not live to witness the ruin of his family—lie went home and hanged himself at his barn door , Cut in Lisbon , though the distress is very great and the augmentation of taxes since the restoration has amounted to nearly treble ivhat it was previously , their majesties are kept in profound ignorance of the actual state of things .
The palace of the Necessititules has undergone of late very extensive alterations , and is now fitting up with new and more costly furniture than any former sovereign of Portugal could boast of . Yet the 3 razils and its wealth , tlie possessions in India and Africa , are no longer available and tlie treasury is exhausted , and the people are impoverished by a rapacious government , Roxce Threatened . —Fuetbubg , Oct . 12 . —The Gazette of the upper Rhine says , in a letter from Freyburg , " the authorities of this district have given orders , and directed the gendarmes to arrest the refurnuic Rouge , if Ue should come into that district , and deliver him up to justice . "
HOLLAND . Opening op the States-Geneiut ,. —Tub IIaotjb , Oct . 20 . —This day at one o ' clock his Majesty the King left the palace , accompanied b y their liuyal Highnesses the Princes and a brilliant staff . A salute of artillery announced his Majesty's departure , He was received with every mark of respect and affection by the multitude collected on the way . On arriving" at the palace of the States-Gonaral , the king was received by a deputation of the members of the two chambers and introduced into the assembly . Tiic royal speecli presents no point of general interest
save tha lolloping paragraph in relation to the failure of the potatoc crop : — To prevent the misfortune arising from the deficient crop of one of the most important articles of food , measures have already been taken , and in concert with you they will soon be extended . By the aid of these measures , in conjunction with the charitable spirits which characterise the nation , and which has never failed , and by the progressive creation of works for the employment of the indigent classes , we may hope to obtain an alleviation of the fatal consequences of this calamity . The reports which have reached my Government on tlieerops of some other agricutlural productions justify this hope .
TAHITI . Reported Sinking of jlv Exglish Steamer nv a Fresch Frigate , —By the Indus , wliich arrived at Liverpool on Saturday last , advices have been received from Valparaiso to the 2 Sth of June . A letter , dated the 21 st of Jnly ^ addressed toamercantile house in this town , contains the following rather startling announcement :- — " We have a report hero that her Majesty ' s steamer Salamander has been sunk by a French frigate , the TJranie at Tahiti ; but we have not been able to trace the report . " We need hardly say , that if this rmnonr should prove correct , the occurrence which it describes would , indeed , be " an untoward event , " and might lead to very serious consequences ; but , in the absence of any information as to the source of the report or the channel by which it had reached Valparaiso , we cannot consider it entitled to credit , particularly as a letter of the 2 Sth gives no further imorwation respecting it .
ANOTHER BATTLE IN KEW ZEALAND . The following is an extract of a letter received at Llovd ' s , from their agent at Auckland , uuder date the ' 24 thofMay;—" The blockade of the port at ihe Bay of Islands is still in force . "Another engagement has taken place between the natives and the soldiers , in which the latter have been partially successful . About 14 soldiers and marines were killed , and the large number of SI wounded . The natives , on the other hand , have about 100 killed , and a large number wounded . " Hostilities have for the present ceased , and the troops are on their way returning to this place ( Auckland ) . "— Times .
THE RIVER PLATE . PROGRESS OF THE LNTERVENTI 0 N . Liverpool , Oct . 22 . —The following important advices hare been received from the River Plate : — Buexos Ayrks , Aug . 19 , 1845 . —The advices from Montevideo are up to the 17 th . Several of Brown's vessels are fitting out under the French and English flags , audtheMontevidean flotilla of boats , Ac , was getting ready , it was supposed , for a cruise up the Uruguay . The French corvette Expeditive , and the
English schooner Dolphin , returned this morning . We do not know what the plans of the Admirals may he . Apparently Oribe will not evacuate the Monte-Tidean territory unless compelled by superior force , and the Admirals , although supreme by water , are very weak on land . In Buenos Ayres everything remains quiet , but the Gaceta , lias become very violent in its leading articles . Yesterday the Sala ( House of Representatives ) met , and all the documents were laid before them i-egai'ding tlie negotiations , l'hese are very voluminous . .
August . 18 . —Two hundred English marines have landed at Montevideo . Several English and French vessels have gone up the Uruguay to reconnoitre , andit is now supposed that all amicable negotiations are at an end . Rosas makes a merit of showing the utmost protection to all the English on shore . It will , in all probability , be a long affair with the forces nowm the river , but it is supposed they do not wish to push the matter , in the expectation of the arrival of additional vessels . The Sala was occupied yesterday in reading the correspondence between this Government and the forei gn Ministers , which it is supposed will occupy them three < J ? fS more ; after which the discussion will take place . " August 20 . —It is said that the French and EuglMi forces intend taking immediate possession of Golonia , and placing a garrison there ; aud thi 3 , being a eenbriil point , will prove a rendezvous for tlie dis-
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affected of Oribe ' s avnry . The feeling gains grouad here to-day that Rosas will resist to the last , so confident is lie iu his means of resistance . It is said that he intends putting the town under martial law , and turning every male out to drill each day , and keening at least 15 . 0 U 0 men under arm ? in the town .
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11 ULTON , UCT . ' 21 . —A very numerous nitetiilff Of the factory operatives of this district was held -. it the Swan Hotel , for tlie purpose of presenting ; an address to Lord Ashley , M . V ., for liis zealous ex-. 'i-tions to shorten the hours of labour in factories . The noble . Lord was ' enthusiastically Cheered upon his entrance into the room . Mr . J . Gregory , a spinner , who presided , briefly esplaiued the object of the meeting . Mr . Turner , after a very nuat and appropriate speech , proceeded to read the address , which , alter . refering in grateful terms to the noble Lord ' s humane , disinterested , and persevering efforts in behalf ef the whole body o factory operatives , expressed a confident hope that those efforts would be eventually crowned with success . Mr . J Roberts having seconded the address , it was carried by acclainattan .
Lord Ashley , in reply , obsor / ed , that much as lie valued that unaffected approval of Iris liumble efforts , it was still more gratifying to hi . n to find that the factory people were resolved to persevere in their most righteous CaUSe , manifesting at thu ! & \ UU time a conciliatory course of conduct . towards their employer ' s . lie would take that opportunity of explaining to the meeting why it had been thought uuadvisable to introduce thu question to Parliament during the last session . It would lie rccol > lected , that iu ISii he had attempted to get the insertion of a clause into tlie Government measure , the effect ot which clause would have been to limit tlie hours of
labour t » ten . lie had contended for ,. that with much earnestness , but had been defeated after two divisions . In the succeeding session , he had not met with tlio support he had . anticipated . On tho contrary , he ^' ound a great deal ol reluctance amongst members , of all shades of opinion , to allow the ten hours' clause to be inserted , uutH , as it was saul , Uie ' oill had a fair trial . However , iu another session tin ; same impediments would not bu presented , not at least to the same extent . He had good hopes that they would ultimately succeed . Tlie noble lord then proceeded to reiterate his opinion on the Ten Hours' question , as set forth by him at the preceding meeting at Manchester , a report of which appeared iu this paper last week . The noble lord conclude ! his speech as follows : —Great efforts had been lately made to improve the education of the people , but so long as the whole time of the working man was devoted to labour there could be wo practical moral
improVOlllUllt . The moral and physical condition of the people must keep pace witn each other . Exertions were making to provide parks aud grounds for healthful recreation ; but of what value were they to a man who had not one hour of the day to pass in them ! Kot one of these improvements WU 9 available to those -vvho were doomed to never-ending and exhausting toil . The agitation had been con d ucted throughout in a manner highly creditable to tlie good sense of the working men . It was that which enabled him to take up their cause , and he felt confident , that he the issue of the straggle what it might , those whom he represented would never allow themselves to be betrayed into improper courses . If they did not succeed in the next session , it would vertainly be another trial of their patience ; but of final success he cxtcrtained no doubt whatever , if they adhered to the same course of constitutional agitation . The noble Lord s ; it down amidst deafening plaudits .
several operatives then addressed the mealing upon various poiuts beariug on the short hour question , ; i ; k 1 a vote of thanks having been passed to tha supporUrs of the Ten Hours' 15 ill in and out of Parliament , the proceedings terminated .
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LONDON . City Locality . —Mr . Cooper ' s eleventh lecture , last Siindny night , was , by far , the most numerously attended of any of the course . Mr . Wheeler , our generalsccviitavy , v * as chairman ; ami after "Swell the full chorus in freedom ' s high name" Lad been sung , introduced the lecturer in < i brief but very appropriate manner . Mr . Cooper first glanced at the feudal system of France , and the power acquired by Louis XIV ., under tlie mnsteriv . but tyrannical
administrators of tho Cardinals Richelieu and Mazsrin . The profligacy of Louis XV ., and tlie easy nature of Louis XVI ., with the evil ascendancy . of his queen , Marie Antonette , introduced the appalling theme of tlie revolution . Tho assemblies of the States General , the Legislative Assembly , and the Convention , were severally described—the characters of Miratcau , Lafayette , Sieycs , Condorcet , Marat . Danton , Kobespierre , and many other celebrated actors in tlie terrible drama were sketched , and the reign of terror depicted , very briefly , but in such a
moue as to rivet the most earnest attention . Mr . Cooper only conducted tlie story to the formation of the . Directory , and the Councils of ancients and o ! the five hundred , \ yhcn Napoleon * begins to slai'tupon the giowiug historic canvas : the first lecture of Mr . C ' s next course being intended to pourtray Buonaparte more iuliy . The lecturer ' s concluding observations on the value of liberty and tlie necessity of more energetic union for it among Chartists drew forth warm assent . Wkstmisster . —The Chartists of this locality on
Tuesday evening , October 21 st , held a meeting at the Sun and Thirteen Cantons , Castle-street , Leicestersquare , for the benefit of that veteran compatriot of John Frost , " Llewellyn ; " and we arc happy to say they had a bumper . The managers had adroitly combined for the occasion , chance of gain , vocal music , dancing , benevolence , and patriotism ; ami we think wo may safely say , that our patriot friend Llewellyn will from this source derive the means of commencing to manufacture hat 3 on his own account , per order , for his brother democrats .
Metropolitan Delegate Cou . vcil . —A meeting of the above body was held on Sunday , Oct . 10 th , at the Hall , Turnagain-Iane , when the following resolutions were passed unanimously : —! . •' That the delegate council meet once a fortnight only , lor the remainder of the year , unless bnsme s of importance should present itself in the interim . "—2 . "That this Council vccommend to the metropolitan localities to elect delegates forthwith , to co-operate with this Council to carry out with energy the restoration of exiled patriots ; but , should the localities neglect their duty , this Council is resolved , though few in number , to exert themselves for that object .
LAJiBEiir . —TmeJLasd . —A shareholders meeting to discuss the rules took place on Sunday evening last . Several excellent suggestions for the revisa ) of the rules were passed , and the collection for the delegates' expenses commenced very favourably . The discussion stands adjourned until Sunday evening next .,, the 2 Gth inst ., when it is hoped tlie shareholders will attend and do their own work , so that it may be well done . Country subscribers , whose names are down in this district , are requested to remit to Mr . AYhcQloi 1 their delegation money and suggestions for the amendment of the rules .
MANCHESTER . Lasd Society . —At an adjourned meeting of the shareholders of the Chartist Co-operative Land Association , held in Carpenters' Hall , on Sunday , the 19 th insfc ., the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — "Resolved that , for tlie better securing the interest and success of this society , the Land , for the first crop , shall be cultivated by exper ienced cultivators , under the superintendeney of the board of directors , or some person competent appointed by them , and that the £ 15 lGs . 8 d . allowed to each occupant , shall be placed at the disposal ol the board of directors , for the purpose of defraying the sundry expenses of cultivation , purchase of Land , manure , and all other matters connected therewith ; but that should any of the shareholders ( having a
perfect knowledge of agriculture ) apply to the board of directors for the necessary implements of husbandry , such shareholders shall have the preference over any other parties of being employed . " " Resolved that , in order to establish that confidence so essential to the success and the carrying out this grand undertaking of the National Co-operative Land Association , this meeting is of opinion that nn effort should be made to get this society enrolled , under the designation of the National Co-operative Land and Building Benevolent Association ; and that we do request the different branches of the society to give expression of their opinion on the foregoing resolutions , " ( Signed ) , John Murray , agent and sub-treasurer to the Manchester branch of the above associatkn , 109 , Traver-street .
GLASGOW . The Land Society . -The weekly meeting of the members of the Land society was held on Monday evening , m the new Chapel , Kelson-street , Mr . Colquhoun in the chair . The ordinary business being disposed of , the chairman called the attention of the meeting to the explanation given by Mr . Wheeler , as to the item in the ballancc sheet , under the head—Expence of Local Committees-v / hich explanation he ( the chairman ) considered anything but satisfactory , inasmuch as he considered that the full amount of £ 2123 . 4 d . per share was to bo remitted to the general treasurer , clear of all expense . Glasgow had acted upon that understanding up to this period , but ll the explanation given by Mr . W ^ -clcr was to belaid down as a rule , he hoped the members mthis locnlity wuld set their foeo against such a
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mode of conducting their business , which , to say tlie least of it , was a very clumsy modo of doing business . After several members had expressed their opinion upon the subject , it was agreed , that Glasgow should act the same as oilier districts , while all agreed that the full amount of each share , £ 2 12 s . 4 d ., ought to be forwarded , to the , general fund .. A lengthened conversation . took place as to whether members lidding inoi' 6 thaw one share should be allowei to draw for tiie whole at once , er . whether they should be confined to one share at a time . It was ultimately
moved byllr . Smith , seconded byfclr . John Cameron , and unanimousl y agreed to , that in the event ot Glasgow sending a delegate to the ensuing conference , that he . be instructed to -use every endeavour to get a clause inserted in the rules , providing that those members holding more than one share should lie allowed , on drawing a prize , to get their whole snares , together : It was likewise agreed , unanimously , that the delegates be instructed to move on support a motion , providing that no member should be allowed to hold moreithat / o » r acres . . :
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CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND-SOCIETY . p Retinas fbrtllO purpose 6 f . enrolling members an <) t j ^ iw !^^ Kher \ bu . siiiei 8 . - Cbnnected . therewith art held every week on the following days and places : —
SUNDAY KVENIN'G . South London Chartist / fall , 115 , Blackfriars-roadj at half-past six o ' clock . —City Chartist Ilall , 1 , Turnagiiin-luuc , at six o ' clock . — Westminster : at the Parthenium Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin ' s-Iane , at halfpasfc seven . —Somers Town .: at Mr . Dmldrege ' s , Bricklayers'Arms , Tonbriuge-strcet , New-road , at half-past seven—Tower Hamlets : at the Whittijigton and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-green , at six o ' clock precisely . —EmmctCs Brigade : at the Rock Tavern , Lissohgrove , at eight o'clock precisely—Marvlebone : at the Coach Pointers' Arms , Circus-street , at half-past seven .
MONDAY EVENING . Cambcrwell : at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , at eight o ' clock precisely . Ncivcastle-upon-Tune : This branch of the Chartist Co-operative Lund Society meet in tlie house ol Martin Jutle , Sun Inn , Side , every Monday evening , from seven until nine o'clock , for the purpose of receiving subscriptions and enrolling members . Mr , M'Grath has been lecturing here , and has done good service to the cause . TUESDAY EVENING . Toiuer Hamlets : at the Whittington and Cat , Church Row , Bcthnal-grccn , at eight o ' clock . — Greenwich : at the George and Dragon , Blackhcathhill , at eight o ' clock .
WEDNESDAY EVENING . Marykbone : at the Painters' Arms , Circus-street , at eight precisely .
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< Loxno . v . —Chartist Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lano , Farringdon-strcet . —The public discussion" will be resumed on Sunday morning next , Oct . 20 th , at ten o ' clock precisely . —In the evening , at seven precisely , Mr . l . Cooper , tlie Chartist poet , will deliver the twelfth and Jast of his first course of lectures . Subject , "Byron and modern literature ; views of progress aud prospects of the future . " CjIAUTlST Co-O 1 'BBAT 1 VJE LAND SoCIETV . — WeSTMixsTjiit L \ istiuct . —A general meeting of the shareholders will be held at the Partlieniuin , f 2 , St , M « tt '« tih ' s-lane , on Sunday evening next , Oct . 215 th , to consider the rules with a view to an early conference . The attendance ol members is requested at seven o ' clock precisely , . as the discussion of the rules will take pveeeiluiieu oi' every other business .
CAMBEmviiLL AMD Walwokth . —A meeting will be held nt the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , on Monday evening next , Oct . 2 * 7 th , at eight o'clock precisely . . . Hammersmith . —A meeting will be held'at the Dun Cow , Bi'ook-green-lant ; , on Tuesday evening next , at eight o ' clock precisely . VjsrERAK Patriots' Fund , asd Exiles , Widows , asd Cmildkexs' Fusd . —The committees of these two funds met again jointly , on Wednesday week . Thirty-five shillings were disbursed for the relief of sufferers , and twenty-two shillings for the circulars , memorandum and minute-books , &e ,, ordered at tlie former meeting . —Thomas CoorEn , Secretary , 13 £ , BliickfViars ' -road .
Discussiox . —An adjourned discussion will take place at the Hall , Turnagain-Iane , on Sunday morning next . Chair taken at half-past ten o ' clock . Subject : "Are the _ letters written and published by the Times' commissioner calculated to lead to the impvovement of the Irish people ? " Mr . J . Dale , an Irish Ilcpeal warden , will open the debate , and take the negative of the question . Admission free . Henry IIuxt ' s Birth-Day . —Democratic Suiter . —The Democrats of London are informed that a public supper to commemorate tho birth-day of Henry Hunt , *• tho champion ni" Universal Suffrage , " will bu holden ou Thursday evening , November Cth , at the Sun and Thirteen Cantons ( Clock Ilouse ) , Castlesti-cct , Leicester-square . Fcargus O'Connor , Esq .,
is invited to preside oil the occasion . The conductors of the Northern Star ; Thomas Cooper , the Chartist poet ; and several distinguished Democrats of this and other countries will be present . Supper on the table at eight o ' clock precisely . Tickets may be had of W . Rider , Northern Star office , 17 , Great Windmill-strcet ; Mr . Dymmoek , 1 , Mellick-place , Russi'll-stvect , Bermomlsey ; Mr . Edwards , Wcstonstreet , Bermondsey ; Mr . Keen , 8 , St . Patrick ' s , terrace , Brunswick-street , Dover-road ; Mr . Dron , Oaldey-strcet , Lambeth ; Mr . Shaw , 24 , Gloucesterstreet , Commercial-road East ; Mr . lllingworth-Epping-plaee , Mile-end-gate ; Mr . Overtoil , 14 , Tabernacle-row , City-road ; Mr . II . Ross , Hammersmith ; Mr . Ford , Ivnightsbridge ; and at tlie bar of the Clock-House . Castle-street , Leicester-square .
A Democratic Supper , in honour of the birtiMllly of Henry Hunt , will be held at the Whittington and Oat , Church-row , Bethnal-green , on Wednesday , Nov . 5 th , 1 S 43 ; several distinguished English and Foreign Democrats will attend . Thomas Cooper , the Chartist poet , ¦ will preside on the occasion Supper Oil the table at eight o ' clock precisely . Tickets may be had of tlie following persons . ;—Mr . Shaw , 24 , Gloucesterstreet ; , Commttvcial-voad , East ; Mr . lUingworth , 9 , Epping-place , Mile-end-gatc ; Mr . Blight , 11 , Thomas street , Stepney ; Mr . Drake , Standard of Liberty , Brick-lane , Snitalfields ; Mr : « Mitchell . 15 .
Church-row , Bethnal-green ; Mr . lurby , 25 , Underwood-street , Mile-end New Town ; Mr . Davis , 18 , Appleby-street , Pearson-street , Kingsland-road ; Mr . Mills , 1 , New Inn-street , Shoreditch ; Mr . Randall , Church-row , Bethnal-green ; and Mr . Lefever , ] 1 , Dunk-street , Mile-end New Town . Emmett ' s Brigade , Rock Tavern , Lisson-grove .- — Tho members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , and the members of the Charter Association , are requested to attend on Sunday evening , at seven o ' clock , for . the purpose of reorganising the above locality .
Makyleboxe . — Mr . Linden will lecture at the Painters' Arms , Circus-street , on Sunday eveninc , October 2 Cth . Subject : — " The advantages of union and co-operation amongst the producers of wealth . " To commence at half-past seven precisely . Somers Tows . —A meeting of the Somei' 3 Town btauch of the Chartist Cooperative Land Society will be held at Mr . Doddridge ' s , Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road , on Tuesday evening , October 21 , at eight o ' cleck , for the purpose of moving the instructions for delegates for the forthcoming meeting . Bilstox . — -The members of the Co-operative Land Society are requested to meet on Sunday next , Oct . 2 bth , at six o ' clock in the evening , at the house of Mr . Joseph Linney , sign of the White Horse , High-street , Bilston .
Siockpout . —Mr . Ambrose Hurst , of Oldham , is engaged to lecture in the Chartist Association Room , Bombar s W on Sunday , the 26 th instant , on lie rights and wrongs of labour , " at six o ' clock m the evening . Mr . J . R . Cooper , of Manchester , will lecture here , in the above room , on Sunday , the 2 nd of JSoTomber , at six o ' clock in tlie eveiuni ? Subject j "The moral and intellectual advance ™ 2 ; oi the people . " The singers willmeet and p- n ; -: nt tor Christmas at two o ' clock next Sunday af - *' Lancashire Mineks . —The next geiv - «« r aoon . meeting of Lancashire Miners will ' f ^ ael ? S ate day , November Srd , at the lvva * w » i t i head-green , Pemberton , nea- wIr tV J be ? ftaken at eleven o ' clock in ' . " ' e g ' „ J * to also be a public meeti jti ^ Z /; p ere , f " \ Y . P . Roberts , Esa "' JT ch w U > a ^ essed by The levy for the f I'rf *^ ° ther SentleraensociaUoT o ^ SiTeJfel 8 ^* «»»»* * the Asdustry meet at tl ?» l 0 r the D P «> tection of In , fiiEof b ^ etS fe , nG e f Sgat 6 ' ** i » jr-p «» t » mo'fijM ^ ewiuIIB » rt J n 5 s . ™ r—A general meeting of « , « n ™» i ™ . « i iircsion
, no - oranch c { + i , nL-7 n * 1 iml ^ ooJofv v" \ * V , Uiartwt Co-operative S ^ t ^ -asgasraaa with the forthcoming Conference . Chair to be taken at eignt o cleat precisel y . A branch of the United Patriots Benefit and Provident Society will be
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formed on Tuesday evening next , Octo ) jer 23 tli , 1845 , at the house of Mrs . Walmsley , Old I ) og Inn , Churchsfcreei , Preston . Land Sociktv . —The members of the City district are respectfully requested to meet at the Hall , 1 , Turnagain-Iane , on Sunday next , 2 Gth hist ., at five o ' clock , on business of importance , and also to take into consideration the objects of the ensuing Conference . Mr . Doyle will visit the following places on his route to London ^ -Sunday , 27 th instant , Macciesfield ; Monday , 28 th , llanley , Staffordshire Potteries ; and Tuesday , Longton . Dkwsbcry . —A meeting of the members of the Cooperative Land Society in the Dewsburv district will be held on Sunday , Oct . 2 Gth , when the members in tho district are particularly requested to attend , . 'is business of importance will be brought before the meeting .
Manchester . —Carpenters' Hall . —Mr . J . It . II . Baii-stow , of Leicester , ' will ' lecture in Carpenters ' Hall on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , in the afternoon , at two o ' clock , and in the evening at half-past sis . Mr . Henry Dorman will lecture in the same place on Sunday , Nov . 2 nd , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , on " Tcctotalism ; " and iu the evening , at half-past six , on tlie "Social and political commotion of nations working for the millions a purer and happier state ol being . " " . ¦ ; " Tub South Lakcashirk Delegate Mbetixg will be held on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at ten o ' clock in the morning , in the Chavtist Association Room , Millstrcct . Rochdale .
AitiaiiT , near Leeds . —This branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society meets in the house ol Mr . W . Oates , shoemaker , Towngate , every Monday evening , from seven until nine o ' clock , for the purpose of receiving contributions and enrolling new members . Barssley . —The members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society arc requested to meet at Mr . Thomas Adam ' s , on Monday evening , Oct . 27 th , on business relative to the forthcoming conference . — 'Ik friends of equality in Barnsley contemplate holding ; a public supper at Thomas A clam ' s , on Monday evening , Nov . 10 th ( instead of Thuvsdny , the 6 th ) , in honour of that " man of men , " the immortal lk-in-v Hunt !
DODWOUIH . —A public meeting of this district ol the Chartist Co-operative Land Society will be held on Sunday next , October 26 th , at the hour of two o ' clock in the afternoon , at the Masons' Arms , to appoint a delegate to the ensuing West Riding Conference , and transact other business p fimportanee . Clithero . —Chartist Co-operative Land Society . The committee meet every Monday evening , at Mr . Joshua Stowell ' s , Ilydc-squarc , to issue cards of membership aud receive subscriptions .
The Fraseu Family have this week been delighting numerous audiences by their musical and literary evenings . The poetry selected was all by the celebrated Eliza Cook . This poetess gives every vnvai scene , and everything connected ivith home , a " double charm from the beautiful language in which she conveys her thoughts of things associated with our early years . "The Old Clock" is a beautiful production ; but we thought ^ the melody rather monotonous , bettci suited for a nursery song than to be made the vehicle I ' oi * conveying to the mind the sublime ideas
embodied in the poetry . " The Old Ann Chair , " "The Old Water Mill , " "I Miss Thee , my Mother , " and ' The Poor Irish Boy , " are all pieces that do ci-edii to the head and heart of the author , fliul arc calculated to Improve all who hear them ; they whisper to the minds of all , that , bad as the world is , it has yet in it many things worth . living for . The "Song ol the Haymakers , " and " Summer is nigh , " forcibly remiml us of the evils that need remedial measures to alleviatu the sufferings of the aged , the infirm , and the poor , but unwilling idler . Such lines as thu following are of little avail to those parties : —
" Hold fast ! " cries the waggoner , loudly and quick , Ami then comes tlie hearty " Get ' -wo !" While Uie cunning old timm-liorses manage to pick A em > i > fc ninulht ' iil to munch as they go . The tawny-faced children come rouu ' u us iu i **? , And bravely they scatter the heap ; Till tlie tiniest one , all outspent with the fun , Is curled up with the sheep-dog asloqv . Old age sittuth down on the haycock ' s fail- crown At the close of our labouring day ; And wishes his life , like tlie grass at his feet , May be pure at its " passing away . " Then it song and a cheer for the Lomiie green stack , Climbing up to the Sun wide and high For the pivchers and rakers , and merry haymakers . Aud the beautiful midsummer sky .
The association of ideas suggested by tho above are pleasing—nay , more than [; , Vasjnjr . 'Tis a pity they should be marred by the thought of how lnm they would serve to fill an empty stomach . Also the following from the " . Summer is JS'igh" : — The richest of perfumes and jewels arc mine While the dog-. roses ulow , and the dew spangles shine , And the softest of music is wakened for me , By the stream o'er the pebble—the wind in the tree . Nature , kind mother , my heart is content " With the beauty and mirth thou hast lavishly sent : Sweet summer is uijrh , and my spirit leaps high As the sun travels further along the blue sky . I see tho rife buds on the wide spreading bough , Soon , soon they will shadow my thought-laden brow J I see the bright primroses burst whore . I stand , And I laugh like a child as they drip in my hand . Nature , kind mother , thou hearcst me breathe
Hy devotion at altars where wild flowers wreathe ; None other ere knows how my warm bosom glows , As I watch the young daisy-fringe open and close . I see the blue violets peep from the bank ; I praise their Creator—1 bless and 1 thank ; And the gossamer insect at play iu the beam Is an atom that bids me adore the Supreme . Nature , Uiud mother , my heart is content With the beauty and mirth thou hast lavishly sent ; Sweet Summer is nigh , and my spirit leaps high , As the sun travels further along the blue sky .
Such sentiments do honour to the female who penned them , and Mi « . jFmer ' s method of bringing them before the public is calculated to impress them lastingly upon the minds of his audiences , but neither the gay and laughing manner of Miss Fraser , nor the melodious and rich tones of Miss M . Fraser , nor tlie powerful bass of Mr . Fraser , nor yet the harmony produced by theniceiy mingling and evenly-balanced voices of the three , could prevent us from thinking what a farce it would be to sinsj tlie two last named pieces to the bone crushers of the Andovei- Union ; their song should be—The rielest of perfumes and jewels are mine When old bones with the meat or the marrow do shine .
Tis precious little soft music which they hear there , melodies being strictly confined to the harsh gratings of the devil Kings' minions . Tlie freedom Oi " the str eam o ' er the pebble , " or " the wind in tlie tree , " serves only to make their imprisonment more apparent and more galling . . Nature is not a " kind mother" to them , or , if she is , their kind friends have robbed them of her blessings ; but , after all , the contrast of the happiness we might CHJoy with the misery endured by the many , will eventually have a beneficial influence . Those of our friends who have the chance may safely avail themselves of the opportunity of passing a rational hour in listening to such holy sentiments as those contained in the poetry ol Lliza Coolt , and conveyed to the mind by the delightful singing of tho Erasers .
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# Expedient to Escape from Robbers . —Some , time since a party of gentlemen travelling in a lon < % part of the country , were relating to each ot »; , er in the stage coach tales of escapes from robbe rs , and expedients for safety in case of an attack , a n old gentleman of the party said that he always deposited his money in his boot , keeping only gome silver in his waistcoat pocket to pay hiscomni ^ nexnmisfvj . Almin midnight , as they were pass '" l . * . ~ robbers made their p- --S lonely moor , some coach , and fin * - . tf l *? P < & who attacked the ii' . — .. ng but little in the pockets of the old B . uKtn , cursed him ag an unprofitable prize . liter rifling all the others , they came to a young man who had been amusing the company for some
hours by the tales before named , and demanded his purse . " I never carry any money , " was his reply . "We will not take your word for that , " said the thievea . He , repeating his former assertion , added , " my uncle always pays for us both , aud there he is with the money in his boot , " upon which he pointed to the old gentleman in the corner , who upon this unfortunate expose was dragged out , his boots pulled off , and thirty pounds discovered . He again took his seat and the coach drove on , while imprecations were poured on the head of the treacherous traveller , who appeared abashed , but said nothing . Upon reaching
the inn , many miles distant , the travellers Were ushered into the same room , when the betrayer of the secret approachiug the old gentleman , said , " I have indeed to ask your pardon , my dear sir , and to thank you for the fortunate expedient with which your confidence furnished me . I now return JOU thirty pounds in place of that which the robbers took . You will excuse what I have done when 1 tell you that I had a note-ease in my pocket cont . iimn £ 5 , 000 in bank notes , the loss of wliich would have completely ruined me . " U pon the disclosure of this happy device the wide was not a little pleased with his nephew . and afterwardstookhimintohisspccialiavour
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DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENTS . Fatal Accident os tue Shkffield asd IIoxhkr iM 5 i llAiLWAr .-On Sunday ni » ht last , about ten o'clock , after the mail train had arrived at the bfteiiielu staiwn , the cnaine » ' » s detached , ami alter yoing on to the turn-table wa 3 driven on to another ine of rails , preparatory to being attached to one ot the morning trains . At that time ft man named Matthew Jessop , a plate layer , in the employment of tlie contractor of the Hue from Sheffield to Rotlierliam , was engaged in shunting several carriage ? , and amongst them was one heavily laden with iron . It was no part of the man ' s duty to do this work j but he was employed that evening to supply the ? pSacc of another man who was ill . For the purpos © of sliiintinir the sioods train toward * the S hdKeld
station , he had hooked a lung chain on to the centra hook of the hind carriage , the other end of . thechiuabcing attached to the tender which was going in thosame direction down another line , lie placed hi * back against tlie carriage , for the purpose of unhooking the chain when the goods train had been shunted sufficiently far ,-and when it was too late " found that he had placed himself on that side of the ? hook nearest the line of rails which the engine W 8 S " jjohig ( . ' . own upon . The consequencoTrWiiS ^ tJliiVI *]**' chain was drawn in a direct-line across-: the > pogir man ' s breast , and he was dragged along tilltl ^^ p ^' - ping of the engine relaxed- the . hold - of the rchajn-Ho then fell , and was iiimiediate ] y " . ' aft . crward | . fpun $ in a sitting position . ' "¦ ¦ . On being spoken to , "he merely paid he should be better if he could cough , and died in about three minutes afterwards . :
Serious Accidents ' : ^ os the - Nobth . Miw . an » Railway . —Lkeus , Ocx . 22 . — "We . are . sorry ; to recordanother \ cvy serious accident , whic . h 5 J *}; e . c . uri « tJ oft Monday on the Midland Railway ,, noarSBafnsley , which has resulted in . several-. . of ; . thev na 8 S . engeis having received very fearful injuries * yAs the Leeds and London mail train , which is , due , ]> cve jvt aboHu five o ' clock in the morning , wa 3 running ,: betweca the Masborcugh and Gudworth stations , ' some part of the engine became out of order , " owing to . which , the train was unable to travel beyond the rate of eight or nine miles an hour . In ' . consequence of this messengers were ' . ' " sent back : ' to tlie j Masboi ; pugJ * l . station in order to ; : pVocu"i ^ , : &ii otha ^ ragu ^* jt ^>^| £ X the train on to I . eeds ; . In the meantime the'trann
proceeded at a slow pa ^ with ihe usual signal lights iixed behind , and when passing between the Vratfo . and Diiniicld stations , the assistant engine came up behind at a rapid p « co , and ran with immense force into tlie train . The concussion was of course a tremendous one . The last carriage , which was secondclass , « vas forced up from the rails , and the buffers were driven through into the first compartment of a lii'st-ckus carriage ! wliich preceded it . In this comparimcnt were William Bolder , Esq ., one of thecommissioners of the Leeds Bankruptcy Court , Inspector Child , and Sergeant Stubbs , of the Leeds detective police force , two of whom have sustained iujui-ies , the issue ot which it is impossible to anticipate . Mr . Lotckr , who is a gentleman between sixty aud seventy years of age , had one leg bvokca close to the knee , and the other severely bruised ;
and Air . Stubbs received a compound fracture of the left leg , and other material injuries . Mr . Child , was much " shocked , but not otherwise hurt . All the other passengers in the train were more or less " injured by the violence of the collision , but we are happy to say that they have escaped with a stun and some slight contusions . Sir John II . Lowther , Bart ., M R , for York , was one of the passengers . Mr . Botelcr has been taken home to his residence , which is at Oultonc , a few miles from Leeds , and Mr , Stubbs was . conveyed to the Leeds Infirmary . The cause of tho ftccidcmV is stated to be that the driver of Iho assistant engine had anticipated that the train would be considerably further in advance than it w ; is , that he was unaware of being near it until it was too late to slacken his pace and avoid a ' collision .
Another Account . —The following letter was received in Liverpool on Monday evening : —My Dear Sir ,. —I have this moment arrived home , having met with , a most serious accident on the railway ; both my legs are much hurt , and I can with difficulty walk . My escape nas the most miraculous thing that can be imagined . Alma and self went yesterday to Chatsworth- ; and , with a view to get home at an early hour in the morning , determined to take the London ivmi Gloucester train on the North Midland Line , at Barns-ley , which passed there at half-past two in the morning . The train was a very lengthy one , and crowded with passengers . In consequence of some trifling defect in one of the valves , the engine was only enabled to go at a vei'y slow pace , but rather
than lose tlie entire time-by waiting at Barnsley ,. they determined to proceed quick , previously sending for an engine , with directions to follow . About an-Iwuv after starling , the engine in puisuit came vq > , ami it beinj ; dark , ov from negligence somewhere , it . run with all its power into the train , smashing the e-ivriages to atoms , and throwing them off the line ' » this verce of a steep embankment , where , provl « dcniially , the wheels liucainc © ndjeililpil . To describe the scene wliich ensued is impossible . I have often read of such casualties , but could imagine nothing like it . l- ' our or five persons had their legs completely severed from their bodies , and were thrown on cither side screaming in agony . One gentleman ,, upwards of CO years of age ( judge of the Court oi Bankruptcy at Leeds ) , had hislcgs crushed to mum * my . 'I'Jiu buffers of the engine tender came througk the catriage where he was sitting , and so firmlypinned him to his seat that it was at least . an hour
before he could bu extricated ; he was left at the first . station , where , I have no doubt , he has since expired . A little child remained in one of the carriages , left , in cue fright , by its lather , and _ was found unhurt . A laily , who was in tlie coupe with her father , had her head cut frightfully . How Alma and myself escaped I know not . 1 was asleep , and thrown with , great violence against the edge of the arms of the opposite seat , cutting the knee of my pantaloon * completely through , and hurting both my legs scvcrclj . Alma escaped unhurt . . During the whole time tho vain was pouring in torrents , and tlie winds piercing cold , which , coupled with the bodies of the sufferers lying on the ground , supported on the cushions from the seats , made me feel as I shall never forget . I cannot be too thankful to IVori * . dence for this wonderful preservation , and I assure you it will be long ere 1 expose myself to similar danger .
Further pAimcci , Ans . —The following letter k Irom the son of Matthew Hill , Esq ., the eminent barrister , who was a passenger by the train : —Don't be alarmed , I am all safe , life and limb , but I had the navrowest escape 1 ever met with . Soon after we passed Sheffield our engine burst one of its cylinders , and broke the piston rod . This was cleared in about a quarter of an hour , and with the other cylinder wo proceeded about four miles beyond Bourslcy , at a foot pace , sending word by a luggage train that passed its for a fresh engine : this overtook us at such a violent pace as to crush up the last carringc , a second class , and drive it bodily into the one 1 was sitting in ( a first class ) . Fortunately I was in the centre compartment , and not in the last . I was thrown furiously forward , and pitched head '
first into the opposite scat . I lost no time , you may be sure , in picking myself up and getting out , when a horrible scene presented itself . The compartment immediately behind mine was filled with shrieking and groaning victims , calling for assistance . The guard aud I soon opened the tloe-y , and dragged one man out , who the moment he reached the ground fell . We soon had him up , and I led him to the bank , seated him , felt his leg , and pronounced no bones broken , ltctuniing to the carriage I saw a horrid sight , an old gentleman with white hair was sitting with firm determination , bis legs being both jammed between the buffer of the second class , whielt had penetrated into the centre and his own scat—one leg cut completely off , except a small ' piece of flesh , and the other dreadfully smashed ; and what was worse , so fast were the carriages stuck together , that it was nearly an hour
betore he could be released . A poor man with one leg escaped by a miracle losing that one , aud aa it is , is much hurt ; a lady is much cut , and bruises are like blackberries . As soon as I saw sufficient people attending the wounded , I sent an old gentleman , with a tembly crushed hat , one way with a ved lamp , whilst I went the other with another ; by this means we stopped a down-train , which might have rushed in upon all the passengers . Soon after ; daylight an engine came and fetched us away . My carriage was forced off the rails and the rest oi the train before it broke away , and went on for 100 yards , in which we went on . I luckily saved my level at first , and fortunately found everything rjglit at last , with the exception of a slight hurt on the , calf of my leg , and my nerves a good deal ahalron I am all ritrhf : —tt <""> ' TT ' ... „„ „_ .. .. * ,, „! Aioiei , Leeds , Monday mornin
g . Later Particulars . —Leeds Tuesdat . After Mr Botdcr was eomrcjrcd to llis own residence at Oulton near Leeds , medical attendance was sent for front Leeds , and after a consultation between Mr . S . P Tealo , Mr . S . Smith , Mr . Hey , and Mr . Chor ey & surgeons ot Leeds it was decided that the immi , diate a mputation Of ODG Of the legs was necessary Pmm L ? f t tl ? n W ^ P ; ™ ed the sam e evening ! Fj om the latest inquiries , I learn that Mr . Botelerfa only just alive , and cannot be expected to survive beyoHd a few hours . The learned gentleman is about ! <}) years ot age , and his conduct in his judicial capacity has gained for him the highest respect here , vi lien this sad occurrence took place , he was returning from Kent , where he had been on a visit with his family for some time . He was returning home alone ; but his family have had information forwarded them of this melancholy disaster , and they are expected home this evening . . ¦
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VOL . VIII . NO . 415 . ¦ LONDON . SATURDAY ; OCTOBER 25 , 1845 . Z ^ Z * SZ" ^ £ « , ¦
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