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« Ana I will war , at least in words , ( And—shonld my chance so happen—deeds , ) WithaU who war with Thought !" "I think I hear a little bird , who sings The people by and by wfllfce the stronger . "—Brae * .
PARTIES IN FRANCE . The following essay recently appeared ia the Bien Public , from the pen of the celebrated poet and deputy for Macon , M . Alphosse de LiMis-nsK : — God has placed the head higher than the heart , in order that reason might rule orer feeling . This is why we venture to say " the Revolution of July was a great day , " although the Revolution of July lacerated habits existing in our soul , and saddened what feeling there was in us . Fetish our feelings rather than a p rinciple ! The expression of Baraave is the expression of great convictions . It was our own .
The devolution of July , well-assumed and well-conducted , might be the reign of the liberal and popular p rinciple , the revival of liberty—the second advent of the people—no longer of the people recently emancipated from aristocracy and despotism , making an irruption , with their broken chains in their hands , through waves of Hood , into the unlimited field of their tumultuous sovereignty , mistaking disorder for belief , and delirium for strength , but of the people—free , organized , instructed by experience , prudent against themselves , corrected of tlieir prejudices by their favourites , cured of war , and disabused of conquest by the severe glory of the empire , and preparing to reign on the conditions of every durable reign ; a great idea—a great will—a great moderation .
What has become of that great dav ! "What have the people become ! "What has become of this reL , Ti in ex . pectation % The Revolution of July was no sooner cooled down than it no longer knew where its principle was , and was alread y seized upon by parties . They have since increased and multiplied , and they are now so subdivided that they rather deserve the appellation of coteries than that of faction *; and it is difficult to know with whom and against whom one lives . We are incessantly inquiring of ourselves , " To what party do you belong 1 "We cannot reply ; and we remain , apparently , ashamed and confounded . . Is it our shame , cr that of parties ? 'Time will show .
It is true that we do not despise parties when they are the well-defined and well-resolved agglomeration of a collective idea and will , which groups itself , thinks , writes , speaks , acts , and votes , to insure the triumph of what they believe to be political truth . But we do not honour frith that same these who know not what they wish , or ¦ what they say , or yet what they do . If either do we include those who have the candour to avow aloud that they desire nothing butdomination , and who jumble ideas together as they shuffle cards at play , in order that good lock may issue from them .
Thus there are three great parties in France that we , recognise , and to which we have always done justice , sometimes honour , at the same time that we differ from them in several respects . There is one honourable party —the possessor of a great part of the soil , illustrious from its names , respectable from its antiquity , powerful from ite fortune , deriving authority from traditions , resting upon religion , the natural ally of the old Church , dear to the armybecause it has always handled arras , monarchical as the old French soil which it has a thousand times watered with its blood—this party , royalist by nature , says to the country , "You wish for two things—mo itarchical government and liberty . We , and we alone , can give you both . Monarchy has two condition ;—right and presti ge . You do not supplant theright—you do not
braak the legitimatf of the hereditary succession to the throne by a caprice of three days ' . You do not substitute a new branch for the old monarchical trunk without the people perceiving it ; and without justice raising a cry in their hearts . A dynasty is not made in an instant . Monarchy has only one root in the soil ; if you cut it out the tree will flourish a few days longer , and will then dry up . It is we who possess the true monarch y , in principle , in reserve , and in exile . Take it , and it wHI restore you , with the sympathies of Europe , tlie choice of alliances which have been alienated from you for the last fifteea years . By such alliances you will double the strength of your nationality ; and , moreover , legitimacv
alone is sufficiently indisputable to ba able to support , without staggering , the assault of parties ' and the storms of the press and the tribune in a representative government . The ground must be solid beneath the tumultuous tread of a democracy . It is the antiquity of the light to the throne and the innate respect for dynasty that consolidate the soiL What prestige canyon expect from a dynasty which is younger than the yonngest of your children , and of which your very sons have witnessed the birth % What eyes can be dazzled by a crown which was yesterday a hat ? Without doubt i ; is the coronation of the people , bat , in the imagination of mankind , the consecrator of things is timt . '"
Hsre is one party ; it knows what it wants , aud says so plainly . It is for you to judge . There is another party , composed of men the most youthful in opinion , the most logical in reasoning , and the most intrepid in conviction , who derive their intellectual descent through the sentiment , or through the idea , of the great popular names of the Revolution , and who precede , in thought , the ever slow and erer hesitating inarch of the people . They say to France , " Why do you halt in a blunder ? You are , and you wish to in , more and more of a democracy . What is democracy ? It is the negative of the principle of hereditary succession , and the application of the principle of election to government in all its degrees . It is the sovereignty wrested from a single individual and restored to all . It is a pwple of citizens , or rather a people of kings , all equal , aad reigning themselves by their own magistracy , instead of giving a procuratnn to reign for them . The unique
and permanent depository of power will abuse the deposit . He will create for himself differeat interests from those ' of the people ; a crowned exception in the state , he will i have thoughts exceptional like the situation ia which you - place him . He will be tempted to profit by the privilege of one alone to upset the right of all . Why create this permanent danger to the constitution ! What is an hereditary head upon an elective bod y ? What is this dynastic power invented and armed by your own hands that you may have the dangerous amusement of struggling against it ? Either this hereditary head is strong or his weak . If it is strong , it subdues or corrupts you ; if weak , you restrain and domineer over it . Cut bono this superannuated wheel-work in mechanics ? Be consistent . There is no nation that resists a logical defect in its institutions . Either declare yourselves deposed from the sovereignty ol the people or consent to call democracy by its proper name . There is no middle course . "
Here , again , is a party which speaks out Reply , if you know how to reply . If some of its unworthy and false apostles had not written its theories in red ink—if it had encouraged instead of menacing the future , the future would perhaps draw near to it . Finally , there is a third great party in France . It is that of the present Government—thst of the numerous , laborious , intelligent and opulent middle class of the country which made the Revolution of July without knowing it , which accepted this inconsistency without wishing to do so , and which endeavours to justify it without being able .
"What do we care , " say they , "for the antiquity of same and the theories of others ? Perish theories , and Qod save the Government of July ! The Revolution daunts as , and with some reason ; it . showed us its phantom for three days , and that is enough . We courageously rallied to crush it in its faubourgs and its clubs . We were compelled to constitute a monarchy in a great hurry . We took what we had at hand—a fact instead of apriiiBJple . We made a lucky choice ; our Prince has been the good genins of our Revolution . His patience
and wisdom have worn-out everything . It seems as if Goa had granted to him , as to Joshua , the power Of stop , ping the course of the sun , not to exterminate , but to tire out , parties . We did not pretend to invent new forms of government . We have a monarchy , such as it U ; it protects oar lives , our property , our children , our frontiers , our commerce , public orders , the securitv of our homes , and the peace of Europe . We are far from disputing your logic But , with us , the first logic is , to Kse . Our ideal is the public safety , and our own in the first instance . "
But without the sphere of these great ^ nd serious parties there are , in the press aud in the Chamber , I know not how many parties who have called themselves for the last fifteen years , Opposition , dynasty left , constitutional left , moderate left , left centre , tiers-parti , entire Opposition , demi-Opposition , quarter-Opposition , shade of Opposition , and , lastly , and this is worse than all , —semblance of Opposition 1 How is one to know where one is in the midst of them ! We except a great Dumber of Opposition members who , like ourselves , have always disliked these tactics . And these you call parties ? And you condemn serious men when they enter the Chamber to range themselves , necessarily and irrevocably , under one of these thousand little banners , or rather these ragged pocket handkerchiefs without breadth and without colour , and which , far from being able to float over the policy of a great nation , are not even large enough to conceal the miserable ambitions of the groups by which they are borne . Ho , no ; keep your votes to yourselves if you put . them up at this price .
We are well aware that there has existed for the last fifteen years a numerous " constitutional opposition " party , called the "great left , " which borrows from the conscientious men of whom it is composed , from the name , the proverbial probity , and the unrivalled talent of its orator , an authority , a respect , and an eclat , whidi have for a long time formed the hope of liberal opinions in France . One would like to join it , but to do that one must know upon what ground this party will be found . That is not so easy as people think . It does not remain firml y enough , or long enough on the same spot , to render you sure of finding it again where you ' eft it . You
always arrive at the place of rendezvous for its opinions an hour , or a year , after it has left Thus it demands tlie English alliance , and a war for the European cause of Poland . You arrive ;—and , lo : it is furious with -Anglephobia , and intent ou peace and an alliance with Russia . It demands electoral reform . You run to the spot ; but it says nothing more about it , and , at the must , will only allow you to hear a very low sigh for the annexation of a few juroB to the list of a few electors of a nation which is said to be sovereign . It fulminates a ; ai--st the d .-iadied forts with which a distrustful j oaer dreams of * -iel « jsing tlie capital . You arrive , and you ire ju > t hi time te finJ it voting en mam ilie forts , the emink , t ! c
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bastions , the guns , the powder and the bullets , of the fortifications of Paris ! You think to recover yourself on the Regency question , and that it will , conformably with ltsprinciplesanditSpopularinstincts , reserve to the ™ tion the choice of its intermediate King ! You arrive and find it separating from its leader to vote with the Ministry , for . a presumptive and VmtlcS tory regency-that is to say , two Kings ' for Te It sttgmataes corruption in one of its dirtiest sources -the secret-sernce money . You arrive , and find it voting the secret-service money with the Ministrv of the istofMarch- At las * you firmly boj ! S 5 S ££ ground of the complete revision of the September law ^! iST " ^' 1110 " Preventive measures . * Lf 2 Zff 0 ™** P 0 l 5 c - ^ nst which it hJ tlmndereda hundred times « it 3 journalsat its oan .
, quets and in its tnbnnes ! You arrive , and find it aUied with the very Minister who has gained over it all these victories , inspiring itself with the counsels of its natural enemy and its conqueror , and intrenched immovably and self-satisfied upon the ground of " accomplished facts !" In truth , this party seems to have set itself this problem to solve—" Howfar can the long-suffering of an opposition of honest men be carried V The future will award it great praise and great surprise as well . It possesses ; enereus and liberal principles—it has right and pure intentions—it has ancient disinterestedness—it has voices resounding through the country and worthy of resounding to posterity . What does it do with them all ? Its orators ascend the tribune , burst forth in a volley of pa . triotic indignation , se vere threats , prophecies of nun
against the government of intimidation and corruption , whichlistensto them , their chins upon the palms of their hands . That resembles an opposition solfeggio to exercise the t-qices of the speakers . The notes are superb , the airs are suWime , the intonation surprising , but there are ao words set to these fine airs , or , if there are , those words manifest no will , llaiarin said , " the nation sings—I am tranquil . " The government of July may say , " the coalition talks ; let us pursue our course fearlessly" And you call this a system of tactics ! This is the use which a party calling itself political makes of so much patriotism , talent , and public virtue , shining uselessly upon the country ? What has it done ? What has it prevented ? Oh , happy government , to have before it
such merciful opponents ! Name a single monarchical dream of July which has not been realised , either in spite or through the concessions of this part ;! Eminent members of the constitutional opposition , awake ! arise ! it is high time . Ba a' party ! be a will ! be yourselves ! Separate yourselves from the allies who denaturalise you . It is the warning of the country ; it is the presentiment of the future ; it is the voice of a disinterested friend , which cries out to you . K you hesitate any longer , you will not only lose your principles , you will even lose your popularity—you will even lose your name . You will not be called , in the page of history , the "Opposition of fifteen years ; " you will be called the "Patience of a reignl "
For ourselves , afflicted by the errors of such parties , we deem it a safer , more glorious , and more useful course to attach ourselves to that which does not decline , to that which does not bend , to that which does not enter into compromises—viz ., to principles .
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[ From the Augsbura Gazette . ] Sir Robert Peel i 3 again Prime Minister of England . In reality it was too much to expect Peel to support the measures of the Whig Government in posse , even if they were in accordance with his views . Peel has , during the last two years , seen often enough that he can constantly rely upon the support of the liberal middle classes so long as he proposes theirnieasuresand protects their interests . Let the reader remember the votes upon the Ten Hours ' Bill and the sugar question in 1 SA 4 . If , again , tke Cora Laws must be abolished , Peel will much iather claim the honour of having carried through such a measure for himself than allow it to accrue to the Whigs by lending them the influence of his support
as a single member of Parliament . But a question arises , whether the repeal of the Corn Laws will be effected by him . Since the great Revolution of 1633 , the Ministerial power has alternately appertained to two parties only—the Tories and the Whigs . Since the year 1831 ( the period of the Reform Bill ) , and especially since 1842 , three new parties have , oh the other hand , been formed . First , the decided ' •' economical" Liberals , who , since 1339 , have been carrying on a campaign of free trade against the old English system of tax and duty legislation , under the banners of the Anti-Corn Law League . This party chiefly consists of the manufacturers , with a considerable portion of the mercantile body ; whilst the old Whigs are paitially opposed toit . it has torelv
upon the support of the entire Radical party . This League party is the peculiar representative of the interests of the middle-classes . It does not merely look to an abolition of the Corn Laws , but also aspires to political dominion . John Bright , the Quaker , has on this headdeclared , that "they must not rest until the aristocracy are removed from the Government . " Secondly , there is the Radical party , which principally consists of the small middle-class . It entirely accord s with the Anti-Corn Law League as regards its commercial politics , but is distinguished from the latter by the circumstance that it desires an electoral reform upon the basis of universal suffrage and democracy . Its members vote on all decisive questions with the Whigs , and have generally , on account of
their weakness , never been able to effect anything of consequence with their Radicalism . Until after the insurrection of 1 S 42 , this party was connected with the Chartists by bonds alternately tightened and relaxed . After this outbreak , however , it separated itself in the most decided manner from the Chartists , and attached itself more closely than ever to the Whigs ; but more especially to the Anti-Corn Law League . Thirdly , come the . Chartists , the purely democratic party , which almost exclusively rests upon the working classes . This party equally wishes for universal suffrage , but not , like the Radicab , as an end , but as a mere means to an end . It claims political power for the working classes , in order that these classes may be placed in a position themselves
to carry the measures by means of which their social interests may be rendered more secure . " Political power the means , and social happiness the end" such is the motto of the Chartists . As a matter of course , Chartism contains In itself numerous " communist" elements , and , in fact , the majority of the spokesmen of this party are communists of the Owen school . The leader of the first party ( the Economists ) is Richard Cobden ; that of the second ( the Radical ) , Joseph Stiirge , the Quaker ; and that of the third ( the Chartists ) , Mr . Feargus O'Connor , The Cobden party is strong , because it ' possesses the whole money power and the entire influence of the industrial burgess class , exclusively of which it exercises an almost unlimited" dominion over the
Radicals . The Sturge party reckons but few supporters , and , separated from the Anti-Corn Law League , it would sink into a mere cipher ; The O'Connor party is powerless in Parliament , because it is almost wholly composed of the non-electors ; but strong without its walls , because the great mass of the population in all the manufacturing districts and large towns belong to it . The question now is , whether it will be possible to carry the repeal of the Corn Laws without making weighty concessions to these three parties—concessions which , as regards the first two , consist in the invitation of their members into the Cabinet ; and , as regards the third , the extension of the suffrage . The reply to this question will depend upon the behaviour of the English aristocracy
inis aristocracy consists of a few hundred peers anp a few thousand landed proprietors of a lower grade in the ranks of the nobility—the gentry—whose incomes are all derived from their landed possessions , and whose land , generally speaking , is very deeply mortgaged . The repeal of the Corn Laws would considerably narrow the incomes of all members of the aristocracy . AH the measureshitherto carried against the aristocracy were less fearful in their eyes than the abolition of the Corn Laws . The repeal of the Test Act and Catholic Emancipation certainly attacked the leading principles of the English constitution , but theydidnottouchthedirectinterestsofthearistocracy The Reform Bill destroyed the immediate influence of the aristocracy upon the election of members to
the House of Commons ( and this not . in all cases , witness the instance of Woodstock , wlricb . is still a close borough in the hands of the Duke of Marlborough ) , in order to replace it by an indirect influence , by the so-called " Chandos" clause , by means of which the franchise is conferred npon a class of £ 30 tenants-at-will—these modern " yassak" of the aristocracy . These two measures still allowed the social power of the landed proprietor to remain , and with it his political influence . The Reform Bill undermined the power of the House of Lords , by introducing the modern French principle of representation into the English constitution ; but it allowed in some degree this power to continue , inasmuch as it hardly touched the influence of the landowners in the Lower
House . An evidence of this was afforded by the restoration of the Tories to power in the Peel Cabinet of 1341 . The repeal of the Corn Laws , on the contrary , wi'l reduce the power of the landowners almost to nothing , as it will , on one side , greatly limit the fonndationsof their power—viz ., their incomes , whilst on the other it will abolish the feudal relations between farmer and landlord . The landed proprietors will be compelled to give up their contracts with the farmers from year to year , and to grant them a lease for a series of years , by which the fanners will become independent of the landlords . Herewith also the influence of the aristocracy over the elections of the members of the House of Commons , which rests upon the dependence of the
farmers , will cease . Whatever party may carry the repeal of the Corn Laws in the Lower House , that measure will always encounter a warm opposition in the Upper . Twice was the Reform Bill carried through the House of Commons , and twice was it rejected by the House of Peers . When it was carried for the third time through the House of Commons , the threat of a wholesale creation of Peers alone succeeded in silencing the opposition of the House of Ltrds . And even this would net have been possible had not an alarming excitement at that time prevailed amongst the people . These same conditions are now repeated . Whigs as well as Tories have admitted—have conceded—the fact that the Com Laws will be abolished in the forthcoming session .
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The question ui no longer , " whethe r these laws ghall be repealed ? " but merely , " who will repeal them ?" . We have seen that both Tories and Whiga are destitute of the power to effect it . Each party will be compelled , rf it wish to repeal the Corn Laws , to lean tor support upon a third party . The first ( the League ) has eertamly considerable pecuniary resources at its command ; but , on the other hand , it is so wanting in popularity among the working classes ' Ln ? w "" iP ""* numerous in England ) , that it cannot hold public meetings in any single manufacturing town , and far fewer m the country . The art * sans in the towns as well as in the country have constantly opposed the League . We have seen , that , at Manchester itself the League has not been ab e to hold any one public meeting since 1 ) 343 , without being outvoted hv tl * a gsa&ffasjwfe
, Uiartists or compelled to dissolve the meetin" The Radicals are wholly powerless , as soon as ever they appear separated from the League . On the other hand the Chartists have a power at their command , which is assuredly for the moment the deciding one -the power of the great masses . The repeal o ° f the a ™ t Z ' -7 7 SaiJ ' ? , ot k carried without a great excitement amongst the people . This excitement , however , it is not in the power of the Liberals or Radicals to produce ; the Chaitistsalone cancommand the people . Neither Peel nor Russell however can enter into an alliance with the Cha * tbts . lhe Ministry that carries the repeal of the £ H ™/ 4 obtain new men yl 0 mines novos ) it cannot be formed without Cobden ; and Cobden himself cannot repeal the Corn Laws , if he has not the people with him . He will , however , only have them with him by making concessions to them Tim
concession desired by the people is this :-The entrance of Mr . Duncombe , M . P ., inte the Ministrysi concession that must be made sooner or later ! But Duncombe once in the Ministry , the English " Constitution is shaken from its summit to its foundation ; a new epoch lor England will be ushered in with the Democratic Minister , and we will form no further conjectures respecting what will then follow . ' There is a party struggle like those of ancieat Rome
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EXECUTION OF MARTHA BROWNING FOR ^ THE MURDER AT WESTMINSTER . The execution of the above unhappy criminal took place on Monday morning at the usual hour in front of the gaol of Newgate . Contrary to the general custom ( probably owing to the cold weather , or it may be that , the public have less appetite for such spectacles ) , the spectators did not congregate so early or so numerously as on previous occasions , and it may bestdl more gratifying to state that there were not only less respectably dressed persons present , but comparatively few females—such as were on the spot belonging to the most degraded class . There was , however the same callous levity , with ribaldry , and disgusting merriment , accompanied bv several fiaht * ae ic , « . „ , »_
rally to be round on such occasions . The . preparations were made at the accustomed time and with the usual form . She slept well during the night , and in rising yesterday morning , had lost none of the firmness she had previously evinced , n hen she made her appearance on the scaffold , not the slightest groan or ebullition of feeling was expressed by the assembled crowd . She was dressed in deep mourning , and ascended the scaffold with a firm step , without betraying the slightest symptom of fear , or requiring the least support . She evidently paid the greatestattention to the Reverend Ordinary , and on the way , to , as well as on the scaffold , repeatedly declared , " I deserve it—I deserve it "
The cap having been drawn over her face , and the rope adjusted round her neck , the bolt was withdrawn , and she passed from this-world to the next , though not without more . than ordinary suffering , perhaps partly arising from her being of light weight , though from some cause or other the rope was evidently , more slack than usual on such occasions ; as , although the executioner was performing the task of hastening death by holding the legs tightly down , it was several minutes ere the convulsive movement of the hands upwards and downwards had subsided , so as to show that life was entirely extinct . Soon after the great bulk of the crowd began to disperse , a great portion of whom- we regret to say , proceeded with great speed to the next sad scene of action at Horsemonger-lane .
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EXECUTION OF SAMUEL QUENNELL AT HORSEMONGER-LANE . On Monday morning Samuel Quennell , who was convicted of the murder of Daniel Fitzgerald , underwent the extreme penalty of the law , the scaffold being erected as usual on the top of the gaol . A t an early hour a vast concourse of persons assembled in front of the gaol , as early as seven o clock , many being unaware of the alteration of the hour for execution , which was rendered necessary in consequence of the execution of Martha Browning , at Newgate . By nine o ' clock a dense mass of persons had assembled , every avenue and house top where a glimpse of the awful proceedings could be obtained being literally crowded , and as the awful hour approached the crowd came pouring in , many of whom had been to witness the previous execution . As is usual on these occasions , a vast number of the mob were womfcn , girls , and boys , and their language and conduct was most disgraceful .
Precisely as the clock' struck ten the unfortunate culprit appeared on the top of the gaol , attended by the chaplain , and surrounded by the prison authorities , and he walked with a firm step and ascended the scaffold without any assistance , followed by the chaplain . The executioner , Caleraft , having placed him under the fatal beam , proceeded to place the cap over his head and adjust the rope , some little delay being occasioned by the executioner having to fasten the rope round the beam , instead of the usual manner adopted at Newgate of fastening it to a hook ; when all was completed , and whilst the unfortunate culprit was engaged in prayer , the signal was given and he was launched into eternity . His struggles appeared to be very slight , and after hanging the usual time the body was cut down in the presence ot the authorities . The body was interred in the evening in the yard leading to the prison chapel .
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LTOTAL DESTRUCTION OF A COTTON MILL AT MANCHESTER .. . ; ,. About half-past five o'clock on Friday evening a " ™^ discovered in tae sixth story of an old niillin Little Peter-street , Hulme , a building seven stories i " gn , wi . hout the attic , and now in the occupation of Messrs . Holmes and Roberts , manufacturers , who were about removing thither from the GarrattMill , in consequence of the South Junction and Altrincham Kail way Company requiring the site of the latter for tlieir line . ^^ TmcTlos o , mo ^
The mill is known by various names , and has been successively called Jordan ' s Mill , Fogg's Mill , Waddmgton ' s Mill , the "Skp-up-Mill , " &c . It is the same mill , or rather it occupies the site of the mill , io , ^ mch attacue 4 a Painful notoriety in the year 1817 , when it was in the occupation of Mr . Brown , or taptain Brown ( who , we believe , was-the owner . of Mr . Stones , Mr . Sholiek , Mr . Thomas Armstrong , Mr . Stubb and Mr . Frost . On Sunday morninl the 16 th of March , in that year , it was totally de-SlV ' \ . daiaage being Estimated at ^ 0 , 000 . ihere being strong grounds for believing that it was wilfully set on fire , Mr . Thomas ArmtH ' fn ? tb S occu ie a young man about thirty-tour years ot age , was apprehended , convinted
?' ™ ° " ™ flowing summer assizes , and was forX nln ° aa - f ° ? the 20 th <> f September , 1817 , £ u I w Jhe last ^ "P" * of t »» mil was Mr . James Waddington , who held a lease of it for a ™ f fourteen years , and Messrs . Holmes and Koberts having about three months ago taken the remainder of his lease , and purchased some machinery ot lam which remained in the building , had since , nat time been engaged in removing their machinery ; hitner from the GarrattMill ; and , when the fire broke out on Friday evening , the following was the condition ot the mill : —It was an old , ill-constructed building , having probably been erected shortly after the catastrophe of 1817 , and was about thirtv-two yards in length , by fifteen vards in breadth . " Th is
situated , with one gable end , four or five windows in breadth , next Little Peter-street , and the other next togg s-laue ; one side , eleven windows in length , adloinmg Jordan-street , and the other in the yard of . i ' m , at with an entrance gate from Greavesstreet , ihe first or ground floor was full of carding machines and machinery for preparing cotton ; only part ot the second floor was furnished vith looms , brought trom the Gairatt Mill , which were in progress ot being " gated , " or made ready for setting to work ; the third floor was full of looms , removed from the Garratt Mill ; the fourth was full of mules ; the nHh was only about half full of mule 3 ; and the ' sixth and seventh floors were full of mules , left there by Mr . Waddington , and purchased of him by Messrs . Holmes and Roberts .
About fifty operatives were employed , and the greater part of the hands had been absent from work the whole of the day ; many of them , in fact , were drinking at the World ' s End beer-shop , Little Peterstreet , at the time . Between live and six o ' clock in the evening , William Breeze , the engineer , stopped the engine , in order to allow those who were at work to leave . About half-past five , or twenty-five minutes before six o ' clock , the engineer states that he was leaving the mill , when , in going along the yard , ' he observed a light in No . 6 room , the highest story except one . He remarked to Roger Wardie , the lodgekwper , that he had not turned the gas off , on ' which Wardie tried to light the gas in the , lodge , and , finding that there was no gas there , he , of course , concluded that the light in the mill could not arise from liis having neglected to turn the tap of the service pipe . -Both the engineer and Warille then returned
into the mill to examine the metor in the bottom roeni ; and while there , James Pepper , a warper employed at ihe mill , came in and gave an alarm of fire , Having observed the light from the outside . All three then ran up stairs , and on coming to No . 0 room they saw the floor on fire nearly in the centre , and between two mules which ran from one gable end to the other . The engineer states , that if he could have procured a bucket full of water the instant he saw the fire , he could have extinguished it . He ran down stairs as quickly as possible for water , and on arriving in th » yard he learned from two policemen wlw had heard the alarm and come into the yard , that information of the fire had been sent to Mr . Rose . Before the engines arrived several of the workpeople and other persons ' endeavoured to extinguish the flames , by throwing water upon them ; but , fed by the cotton in process of manufacture , tha conflagration spread with gieat rapidity .
ihe alarm reached the police yard about a quarter before six o ' clock ; aud Mr . Rose instantly proceeded to the spot with the Thames fire-engine , followed rapidly by the Mersey , the Niagara , and three other engines . By the time they reached the mill , not only the sixth , but the seventh story , and the attic , or the cockloft , were on fire . There being a cistern of water in the yard ^ of the premises , the hose wero attached ; and the firemen , under the direction of Mr . Rose , proceeded up the stairs of the mill to the door of No . 6 floor , with a branch . On opening the door , which unfortunately faced Jordan-street , instead of Fogg ' s-lane —( in other words , it opened to the side of the mill , instead of along its length )—tlie men were not only unable to rake the flames in their full rage , but from these rushing in great force around the doorway , they were utterly unable to endure the intense heat , and were driven back , and obliged to retreat more than once .
About half-past six o ' clock the roof and part of a wall fell in with a tremendous crash ; and at this time Mr . Rose and a number of his men were in one ot the upper floors of the building . He distinctly tclt the stairs and the building generally shaking ; and one of his men at the same time reporting to him that the building was very badly constructed , and the upper part of the walls very thin , Mr . Rose thought it unwise to risk the lives of his men in so perilous a situation , and he accordingly directed them . to descend the stairs and , quit the building . Not long afterwards the upper floors of the building being then burned down to the fourth story , one or more floors fell in , aud the beams being inserted in the outer walls , these were drawn inwards , and fell with a
tremendous crash , about a quarter or twenty minutes before eight o ' clock , leaving only small portions at each gable end standing . At this time there was no fire in the three lower stories , which were also swept down with the weight of the superincumbent materials . The fall of these walls being so sudden and simultaneous , produced a feeling of terror amongst the crowd , and , for a few seconds afterwards , a perfect ' stillness prevailed , many persons fearing that some of the firemen had been buried in the ruins . At the time of this tall of the greater part of the building , seven or eight firemen were oh the rool of a low building in the yawl of the . piemises , directing the three branches from the engines upon the burning mill . That smaller'portion of the outer walls which fell outwards , struck the roof of the boiler house , where the men were ; but , as they perceived
the fall coming , they all leaped off upon the ground , and , fortunately , escaped without serious injury , with one exception , a man named Abrahams , who , in leaping , slipped and sprained , or otherwise hurt his knee-joint so seriously , that it was nccesaavy to convey him home . Up to this time the firemen were rapidly mastering the fire , which from the first had never burst into a clear mass of flame , but smouldered and > moked under the deluge of water poured on it ; and it is the . opinion of Mr . Rose that the flames would soon have been got vmder but for the sudden fall of the greater part of-the building , which left little standing that was worth preserving ; indeed , all that remained to be done was to extinguish the burning timbers , and to prevent the hre from extending to adjacent buildings . To this end it was necessary to continue working the engines for several lours .
Ihe origin ot the fire seems to be enveloped in mystery . There had been no hands working in No . 0 room siuce breakfast time on Saturday morning , but one of the men employed in the mill states that he lighted the gas in that room and took a man into the room with him , but the man would not begin work , and the gas was put out about a quarter of an hour afterwards . The valnabJe machinery and stock in the jnill is estimated at about £ 0 , 000 , and the whole of it , with the exception , probably , of the engine , has been destroyed . Messrs . Holmes and Roberts are insured in the IMironix and Norwich Union ollices , in the former for £ 3 , 500 , and in the latter for £ 2 , 81 ) 0 ; and we understand that they received the policies only last week . The lease was to have been transferred from Mv . James Waddington to them on Saturday last . Their books were all saved , being got out at the commencement oi the fire . ?¦
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The " Great Moral Lesson" of as Execution ! —At the Southtvark police eftice on Monday , Charles Perryman and William Harvey , two well-dressed young men , were brought before Mr . Cottiugham , charged with attempting to steal a ' gold watch from the person of Captain Randall , of Holies-street , Cavendish-square , at the execution of Quennoll , that morning , at ilorsemoriger-lane gaol . Captain Randall , stated that lie went . to witness the execution of Quennell , that morning , on the top of noracmongerlane gaol , and that while he was standing in a position immediately in view of the gallows , he was soon surrounded by a great number of perspns . lie had not long taken up the position , which was near the corner of Swan-street , when his attention was excited
by observing the prisoners , who were in the company of two other men , all of whom stood immediately in front . * . pf him . They began with what is termed " larking" with each other , during which the two prisoners were designedly pushed by theircompanious ¦ against him , and at the moment he felt Ferryman ' s hand at his fob pocket , attempting to pull his watch out . The latter made three dill ' ercut attempts to obtain possession of the watch , and would unquestionably have succeeded in his object , had not the chain been twisted tightly round complainant ' s braces ; The complainant finding that the object of the fellows was to rob him , called out for the police , upon which Harvey ejaculated , "Let ' s be off , Charley , " and they were in the act of making their way through
the crowd , . when ho ( complainant ) pointed them out to policeman 272 M , who , witli another policeman , managed to take them into custody after a stout resistance , during which Harvey struck 272 M a severe blow on the side of the head . The magistrate then proceeded to make some inquiries into the characters of the prisoners , and was informed by Kent , one of the policemen attached to the court , that Harvey was tried and committed some time since at the Central Criminal Court , and sentenced to bo transported , which , however , was afterwards commuted to a lengthened imprisonment . The other prisoner was also known as the associate of thieves . A Mv . Austen stepped forward and stated that ho was present at the execution , and stood near the spot where the above attempted robbery took place . That while his attention was directed towards the scaffold , in a moment his watch was drawn from his pocket , but the
act was so instantaneous that lie hail no opportunity ofperccivingbywhom tho robbery was committed . Mr . Cottingluvm said that it was fortunate for the prisoners they had not succeeded in robbing the complainant , lot jf they had he would assuredly have sent them to the , Central Criminal Court , and the sessions being then , on , it was probable they would have been tried , committed , and sentenced to transportation within forty-eight hours . The magistrate then sentence ! £ hc prisoners lo tlireo mouths imprisonment and hv , vd labour ; and previously to . Captain Randall leavi a « the court Mv . Cottiugham expressed his disapproval that a gentleman in his situation of life , bearing her Majesty's commission , should have att , ended such a spectacle . is the public execution of an unfortunate malefactor , and have expused himself to the consequence of being robbed by the rabble which j usually congregate ou such occasions .
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The iate Case of Ootiuoe and Robbery . —0 urtion to Families is Skiecti . no Skrv . vsts . —At the Lambeth Police-office on Monday Mr . Kerby , the superintendent of the Northampton police force , attended before Mr . Henry to give some facts relative to the prisoner Smith , alias Eales , who had been committed from this court on Friday last on a charge of going to the house of Mr . Hambiin , and by threats —presenting a pistol and dagger , extortini ; a £ 10 note . Mr . Kerby stated that Smith , alias Eales , had , in the year 1842 , been tried and convicted of a burglary and robbery near Towcester , and sentenced to ten years' transportation , but had managed to effect his escape from on board one of the hulks off Portsmouth . Besides this he ( Mr . Kerbv ) i . eld in his
hands a warrant for his apprehension on a charge of daring highway robbery ; but he supposed there would be no use or opportunity of serving it on him , as the charge upon which he had been committed appeared so conclusive as to leave very little doubt of his conviction . Since the commitment of the prisoners Smith and Jones , a discovery of a singular kind as connected with their case has been made . On the discovery of the robbery Inspector Campbell called at the house of Mr . ilarablin to make the necessary inquiries about it ; and , while proceeding with those inquiries , lie expressed a wish to examine the servant . His desire was met by a docided declaration that there was not the slightest necessity for doing so , as they received the highest
character with the young woman , and that there was not the slightest ground for such a suspicion . Indeed , some members of the family expressed themselves very strongly upon the subject , and said it wa 3 too much the practice with officers to cast unjust aspersions upon the characters of servants the moment any thing improper occurred , and appeared really very , very angry . Since the commitment of the prisoner circumstances came to the knowledge of Mr . Campbell which induced him to question th& servant , aud after some hesitation she acknowledged that she uas the niece of the female prisoner named Jones : that Jones had called upon her at-the house
of her master on the Sunday night preceding the robbery ; that she had left the house with her under the pretence of going to church , and that finding Smith waiting close to the house for them they all then walked together as far as the Elephant and Castle , when they had something to drink . On the evening of the robbery and outrage the servant left home to go to church , anil Mr . Campbell ascertained that she did attend divine service . Smith , since his apprehension , and subsequent to his first and second examination , sent a letter to Mr . Henry , in which he acknowledged that the woman Jones was his wife , and expressed his sorrow for denying the fact when it had been stated to his worship by his wile .
Determined Suicide from Destitution . — On Saturday an inquest was held in the board-room of the Gray's-inn-lane workhouse , by Mr . Wakley , M . P ., upon the body of Rachel Tate , aged & > , who committed suicide under the following circumstances : —It appeared from the evidence of Hannah Fisher that the woman was brought to the workhouse with several wounds about her person , and was evidently suffering under the influence of laudanum . She resisted the efforts of the surgeon in applying the stomach pump , and alter declaring that she was in a dreadful state of destitution , she expired . Mrs . Charlotte Devergh , landlady of the King ' s Head , Leather-lane , stated that the deceased obtained a bed at her house on Monday , and the following
morning asked tor some gin , which was refused , as it was thought she was then intoxicated . Maria Lamborne , her servant , deposed that the unfortunate woman was sickly when she entered the house , and as she ( the servant ) was clearing out her room , she observed a bruise upon her side , which induced her to make a further examination , when she discovered several wounds upon her breast and arm , and the bed was saturated with her blood . Upon raising an alarm the deceased would not allow herself to be attended to , and she told witness that she was in great distress and did not wish to live . Susannah Osbornc , widow , and sister of the deceased , gave a truly heart-rending description of the privations and sufferings of herself
and sister . She said that , although , through the kindness of Mr . Ackland , of Gray ' s Inn-road , they had plenty of work at shse binding , yet that , although they worked from morning till night , their united exerti ons ' produced only nine or ten shillings a week . Her sister became qui ' . e melancholy and heart-broken , and frequently declared that she was weary of life , and from being kind had latterly assumed a sullen demeanour . Witness in vain endeavoured to keep up her spirits with the hope of bettor days . Deceased left home on Christmas Eve , and witnessdid not see her aftenw ds until she found her dying in the workhouse . Tuej try returned a verdict of insanity .
Melancholy Accident . —Thkks Lives Lost . —It is with much regret we stair that if two market-boats which left Falmouth on i atuc lay afternoon last , on . their return to Porthalla , St . Kevernc , one of them ' unfortunately went down in a squall , and the three men in it were drowned . The accident happened in Falmouth Bay , no great distance from Bendennis . The deceased were named Sampson Hill , and William and John Tripconey , brothers . Hill was about to be married . John Tripconey was unmarried , but his brother has left a widow and two children to bewail his loss . When the boat missed its companion , it was immediately put about , but nothing of the lost boat could bo seen but a loose spar or two . Twowomen were in the boat which weathered the squall , who became so alarmed that they were landed at Crab quav , on Pendinnis , and they walked home .
Six Men Drowned at Crookhavex . — Six fine young men belonging to this locality went to take spiller Mi m a boat called the Mary , yawl , rowing six oars , out of Gaily Cove . They were not far from land , when a sea struck the boat , upset her , and all hands met a watery grave . No assistance could be venueml at the time it occurred . The names of tho sufferers are , Daniel Donovan , Garret Barry , jun ., Garret Fitzgerald , of Liiiiane , leaving a wife and four children to deplore his ioss ^ Denis Driscoll , Timothy Sullivan , jun . The hius and town two thronged with all their friends weeping for theic 093 .
Funeral of the late Colonel Gumyood . —Oa Saturday morning the mortal vemstins of the late Cal . John Gurwood were buried in the vault of the Tower Chapel , Tower-hill . Joseph Charles llowett , Esq ., architect , who is married to the colonel ' s only surviving sister , was the chief mourner ; aud amongst the private friends of the deceased who surrounded his bier in the chapel , we noticedj . ord Frederick Poiilett , Colonel Grant , Colonel Hume , Major llethcrington , Major Clarke , Major-General Brewer , Colonel Rowan , Dr . Hume , Mr . Hall , and the Spanish Ambassador . The gallant colonel was m his 5 Sth year .
La Prem states that the accounts ' rcei'iveiHrora . tlie iliffovent provinces of France as to tho state ot the growing crops are satisfactory .
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THE MILITIA . Two or three spirited individuals connected with a newspaper-office in Newport , have drawn up the folowing petition , which has already received a lar » e lumber of unsolicited signatures : — ° IO THE QHEEN ' S MOST EXCELLENT HAJESTr . May it please your Majesty , We , the undersigned , loyal inhabitants of the borough of Newport , in the county of Monmouth , having heard with serious alarm that an crderhad been issued for the speedy raising of the militia of this country , do hereby offer our most solemn but respectful protest against such an unconstitutional and tyrannical mode of providing for the defence of these countries .
We feel assured that your Majesty cannot be perfectly acquainted with the misery and unhappines 9 such an act would occasion—the ruthless severing of family ties , tearing tke husband from his wife , the son from his mother , and sending them to Ireland , or some other place , far distant from their home , to the complete overthrow and ruin of all their worldly prospects ; and this without even going through the Sunn which is necessary to enlist the free soldier , but forcing them , against their will , to do that which a free nation should do from choice . Your petitioners feel assured that the safety of these realms could be efficiently secured without causing such wide spread misery , and they confidently trust , that in
your Majesty ' s humane endeavours to ameliorate the condition of your subjects , you will set your face against this remnant of heartless oppression , andv « U uot allow the French conscription system to be retained in our envied island . Let England still be the boast of the free ; and let not her shores be defended by men dragged unwillingly from their families and friends ; for rest assured , your Majesty , should foreign invasion or domestic treason ever threaten our native land , brave hearts and willing hands would be found to battle in her defence , without having recourse to oppressive measures ; and a band of free and hearty -volunteers would be of far more efficient service than a dispirited and oppressed militia .
Trusting to your Majest y ' s kind consideration for the welfare and happiness of your loyal subjects , "Xour petitioners will ever prav , i'c .
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Suspicious Case of Poisoning at Bromley . —Our readers will remember that about eighteen months ago the body of a young woman , named Harriet Monkton , was found in a water-closet at the back of a Dissenting chapel in High-street , Bromley ; that a- coroner ' s inquest was summoned , when it was proved that she had been a governess , and had proceeded that very day from the house of her mother in London , in order that she might take leave of her friends before she undertook another situation at Arundel , Sussex . Upon a post mortem examination , t was discovered that she was far advanced in pregnancy , and that there was a very large quantity of prussic acid in her stomach , which was the cause of her death . The jury , on taking into consideration that there was no weapon of any kind near the corpse —no bottle or other vessel for containing the
poisonnaturally were suspicious as to the question whether it was a common case of self-destruction . They considered that she might have had the poison administered to her , and then to . have been taken to the place where she was found ; and from time to time Miey haveexpressod a wish to go on with the inquiry , uut have received no attention whatsoever from the county cuoner , who treated the matter as if it were settled altogether . As a last resource , the jury have now memorialised Sir James Graham upon the subject , who has answered them to the effect that necessary steps will be taken to have a full inquiry into the circumstances of the case , and that no fm ther delay shall take place ; so that Mr . Carttar , the coroner , will now be obliged to proceed with the investigation , which is . at present wrapped in obscurity , and the inhabitants of Bromley will bo relieved from their present state of excitement .
Thirty-one pounds of Shropshire iron have been made into wire , itpivards of tone hundred and eleven miles w length ; and so line was the fabric , that a part Of it was converted , in lieu of the usual horsehair , into a barrister ' s wk !
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RATING OF PRINCE ALBERT'S FARM AT , WINDSOR . In consequence of a memorial addressed to Prince Albert on the subject of the alleged claims of the parish upon his Royal Highness for arrears of poorrates , amounting to £ 228 , due unon Flemish Farm , sjghedbythe whole of the parochial authorities , the Prince commanded a case to be drawn up , setting lorth the . nature ; . of his Royal Highneas ' s occupation ot the farm , in question , as well as the grounds upon which the . payment was resisted , and submitted to the law-officers of the Crown for their opinion thereon . ^ „ PRmnE . „ , „„ ...
On -Tuesday morning Mr . Darvill , solicitor ( who naa been professionally engaged in the matter on the partot the parish ) , accompanied by Mr . Thomas Adams , the Mayor and Vicar ' s warden , Messrs . John vS ft . and J" § alt ° n , churchwardens ; and wXi " LO fe A - Noke ' and Chishohn , overseers , muted upon Mr . Anson , the Prince's private secre-Irti * ' agreeably to the request of Mr . A . pm / i , !' - purp ? - , 1 h , av inS communicated to them the opinion which had been obtained by the Prince from the law-officers of the Crown , as well as to be informed of the final determination of his Royal Highness . Mr . Anson informed the parochial au thonties that cases had been submitted to Sir Frede r ick Thesiger , aud also to Sir Thomas Wilde . ami
that _ both tkose eminent legal authorities agreed in opinion that the Prince Consort , under the circumstances which had been brought before them , although tne iarra was tilled and a large portion of it used for attenmg the cattle of his Royal Highness , was not liable to be rated , inasmuch as the property in question belonged to the Crown . It was further stated u « i * ?*™ Vfficer \ tnat the Crown had granted no lease ot the farm to the Prince Consort , and that his Royal Highness occupied the land rent free . It was also denied by Mr . Anson , that the Prince had beneficially occupied the farm : and the parish officers , it was submitted on the part of the Prince , must prove that his Royal Highness really had a beneficial occupation before they could legally recover the amount claimed by them for arrears of rates . Mr . Anson declined to furnish the parish with a of the
copy case submitted to Sir Frederick Tkesfrer and Sir Thomas Wilde , together with their opinion thereon , in consequence of the parish , on their part , not being provided with a case and opinion also . It was stated , that if the parish had submitted a case to counsel , and obtained an opinion , there would have been no objection , on the part of the Priiice Consort ' s adviseis . to have exchanged copies of the same ; but this not having been done , no copies could bo furnished to the parish of the case and opinion by which his Royal Highness would be guided ia resisting the claims of the parish . It was also stated that it was the opinion of Sir Thomas Wilde , that if the parish proceeded to extremities in enforcing the payment of the alleged arrears , and any future rates that might be made , by levying upon the property upon the tarm , it would find itself in great error .
A vestry meeting has been called by tho parish omcers to make another rate ( a large sura being demanded immediately by the guardians of the Windsor Union ) , when the whole of the correspondence which has passed between the legal adviser of tlie parish aud the Prince Consort , as well as the determination which has been come to by the Prince , will be laid before the inhabitants , in order that they may decide upon their future proceedings in the matter . There are several persons who hare not paid the last , rate , made as long since . as September last . Summonses against the defaulters have not been applied for , it being considered advisable , before such a step was resorted to , that the intentions of the Prince Consort should be fiv 3 t ascertained .
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DRE ADFUL AC 0 . 1 DENT-. THE JbBRRK . AlAiL , The particulars of the following fatal accident , w , {| lcn happened to the Londonderry mail coach , on Ihursday night , have been communicated to us bj James Cahill , F , 3 qi ) of 7 ^ 'falbot-street , who was a passenger , and who , we are happy to say , escaped with only some slight bruises :-The coach left the brogheda terminus of the Dub . lin and Drogheda Railway , after the arrival of the mail tram , at the usual hour on Thursday nisht . Ihe vehicle was occupied by a young lady , named Wherfather , and two other gentlemen inside , and Mr . Cahill , the only outside passengor The coach was driven by Patrick Shanley , a well known whip and a very civil , obliging personwho was „
, much esteemed by all who travelled on his road . Everything went on well until' about two o ' clock , when the vehicle had arrived within two miles of Castleblaney , where it was upset , and Shanley was killed on the spot . Mr . Cahill gives a truly horrifying description of the accident . He says that at the stage before they came to Castleblaney , four blind nurses were put to the coach , and as the night was very dark it was with considerable difficulty that Shanley managed them . On approaching the spot where the accident occurred , there is a curve in the road , and then a straight line . Just after passing the curve there was a large heap of stones on the side of tho way , and to avoid coming in contact with that , Shanley kept the opposite side , and on this portion of tne road there was a deep cut of which he wa 3 ignorant .
The wheels of the coach came into the cut , the leading- horses plunged into the ditch and were knocked down , the wheelers fell on them , and the coach was instantly upset with great violence . It would have been completely overturned but for the i 1 j 1 Cahill wno « fortunately for himself , sat behind the coachman , although he was several timea during the night solicited to take the box-seat , . was thrown with great force over the hedge into a ploughed held , wher « he lay for some time quite insensible trom the effects of the shock . On recovering he made his way out , and a shocking spectacle presented itself to his sight . Ail was still as death ; the horses , coach and all , lay there in one contused mass . The coachman was quite lifeless ; tha coach had fallen on and crushed him to death instantly . The guard lay against the ditch quite insensible , and not a sound issued from the inside .
Mr . Cahill concluded that all were kilted . He crept up the side of the coach and took down the remaining lamp . He then dragged poor Shanley out from where he lay , but the poor clay did not return even a pulsation . His next attempt was to extricate the guard , which he did , and finding some signs of life in him he placed him in a convenient position , aud proceeded to climb up the coach . Having opened the door , he found the four inside passengers completely stun ' ned . With great difficulty he succeeded in extricating Miss Knox from the perilous position , m which she was jplaced , and the others were subsequently extricated . Messengers were sent off at once to Castleblaney , and twenty men , with the Catholic . clergyman and medical man , were promptly in attendance . The guard recovered after seme time . The coach was taken into Castlebaney . Freeman ' s Journal .
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FIRE , AND LOSS OF TWO LIVES AT PADDINGTON . On Saturday morning a fire , which was attended with disastrous consequences to both life and property , took place upon the premises occupied by Mrs . Pryer , a laundress , situated at 23 , Cambridgeplace , Junction-road , near the Great Western Railway terminus at Paddington . It appears that police constable D 179 , on going his rounds early on Saturday morning , observed an unusual light in tho first floor of the building , which induced him to raise the alarm of fire ; but unfortunately it was some time before the . inmates could be roused from their slumbers , and not until the flames were bursting through the front windows , as well as up the staircase , with the greatest impetuosity . Several
of the lodgers managed to escape from . the blazhig building , as did Mrs . Fryer , and another female , who was severely burnt upon the bod / aa she descended tlie stairs . The scene shortly afterwards was of the most heartrending description , for not only theinhabitants of the burning house , but also those adjoining , were to be seen either at the window or huddled together in the street in their night dresses . Upon the first alarm information was speedily conveyed to the different stations , and the Baker-street engine was soon upon the spot , as well as neighbouring engines . The parish and West of England were also early in arriving , and so was a tire escape belonging to the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire . Mr . Staples , the superintendent of the fire brigade , set the men to
work , but unfortunately , before the engines began to play , the fire had reached the second floor , and after piercing through the windows of that story , they made their way through the roof , and burst out with redoubled fury . The Grand Junction Works furnished asiifficient supply of water , which wasspeedily discharged into the midst of the burning property , and by the most praiseworthy exertions of the lirementhey were enabled to cut oft any further communication , but it was past five o ' clock before the fire was extinguished . For some time afterwards it was imagined that all the parties had made a safe retreat from the premises , and when they were congratulating each other that such was the case , a discovery of a most melancholy character was made upon the ground of the back parlour . On further examination . It was found that two human beings , man and wife , had been sacrificed to the fury of the devastating element , who had rented that room , and
whose remains were so mutilated that no likeness was discernible , although no doubt remains that they aro the unfortunate parties referred to . Their name was Wane , and their remains were conveyed from the . scene , in order that a jury may arrive at a verdict . We . regret to add that not one of the inmates was insured to the amount of a single farthing , so that they have lost everything , but they have been kindly lodged since the occurrence by their neighbours . From inquiries , made up to the latest period , there is no doubt that the two unfortunate persons were suffocated in their beds , as they were not seen or heard by any of the other inmates , and if it had been known that they were in the building they could have been saved by the firemen , as well as with the assistance of the fire-escape from the Royal Society . Since the fire , and after it became known that the two lives had been lost , vast crowds have collected round the ' ruins , and it required the aid of the police to keep them away from danger .
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Atrocious Cruelty to a Child . —At the Quarter Sessions for the city of Rochester , held on Saturday , Mary Ann Vigo , aged thirteen , was tried on a charge of putting Sarah Gould , an infant three years of age , into a tub of boiling water , whereby she was so severely scalded that the skin fell from the soles of her feet . The prisoner and the infant sufferer wero inmates of the North Aylesford Union Workhouse , and the offence was committed on the 25 th of November last . The prisoner pleaded guilty , and , having done so , the evidence of Amelia Litchford , who witnessod the transaction , was taken to confirm the fact . Aftev being duly admonished as to her future conduct , she was sentenced to one year ' s imprisonment in Maidstonc Gaol .
| Tub Bkotiibr of Kiuke White accidentally DnowNED . —A melancholy accident occurred lately at Tivcrton , to the Rev . John Melville White , the rector of the parish . It appears that he had for many months past been suffering from defective vision , and on Tuesday week , iu the afternoon , he had occasion to go into a plantation on his premises , where he had some poles felled , for tho purpose of looking at them before they were sold . These poles were l ying close by the pond , and it is supposed Mr . White stumllcd against the stumps of some of the treea iu his path , and was precipitated into the water . Hia body was not found for several hours afterwards . The rev . gentleman bore a most amiable character . lie was brother ef the poet , llcnry Kirke White , and was in the sixty-liv . it ycav of his age ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 10, 1846, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1349/page/7/
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