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TO THE SECRETARIES OF THE BRANCHES OF THE LAND COMPANY.
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ff 5 stauut-jn . —> o ; you cannot purchase ihe allot-• . ' tof Jfr Petitt . at Loivbaad * , opoH the conditions 2 € nuoned . Tlie Gumpanj has a charge of mere than % Y- s -ainst that allotment , which charge must b '"'' ,: iaf ' d tafore one tingle farthing can pass into the . - . ^ ds of the render . J 7 g . Yes . -is . each . qe ' xesses , Manchester . —The announcement is uc . ^^ idaWy postponed . S' ^^ pDSESS OF THK CENTRAL DEJEKCE CaHXITTEE * / received too late for publication tliis week . jj r O'Connor ' s letters , &c . having come to hand 5 * . jate , has occasioned the postponement of several cenroanicfitions . n _ . .. t-.. T » ««»^ Cn * YOU OH 11 Tint mit * pTln EP Tim ulinf
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« ECEIPT 5 OF THE NATIONAL LEND *^ COMPANY , * 0 B THE WEES ENDING THURSDAY , AUGUST 10 . 1 SJS .
PER MR O'COHITOR . * HA * ES . £ S . < 3 . r . ; trh «• 2 5 5 Clitheros H 5 0 0 KfbetU - OSS Blackburn .. 3 Jr 0 ffhitW « ° Holmfirth .. 2 17 0 Cat - 2 S 10 Leicester , AstUl 2 0 6 ^ . - ? minster .. 1 2 o Palkirk .. 2 19 10 T -dbnrr - 0 13 9 Xewbury .. 3 9 3 vottnm ~ 2 10 0 Birmingham , V- : -bary - 1 16 0 Goodwin 10 0 O-eaden ~ 15 0 Kidderminster .. 6 10 0 p ' wsbury ~ 4 6 5 Bristol „ 5 h 0 Vp » r iDS kain » Hull .. 114 sweet - 2 9 3 Thos H Sparrow o 1 0 i ireroool .. S 5 3 Thomas Devonport 0 5 6 7 T _ .. 2 O 0 Edward Good .. 0 12 0 £ l ; " g- „ 0 7 0 John Kej .. 0 5 0 r vretrv « 2 6 0 William Hilliar 0 IS 0 2 3 0 Thos 0 5 0
TTorksop •• Thornberry a- 5 « hMon .. 5 0 0 WillidTa Ba-. ley 0 2 0 Eocbdale - 1 13 6 £ H 16 1 SXPEN S 3 FUND . r :, } i „ 0 2 51 Nottingham , WTiitrinztonaad T . SffSet , - » « 1 / -.. e i 0 Liverpool - 10 7 Westminster : o i o Rochdale . o 2 6 Ledbury .. 0 3 0 Ekcktura - jj ^ 2 o Sl"tSy : 9 W G Jonathan JaquM 8 2 0 £ 3 11 0 Land Fnnd ... — •>• 74 16 1 Expense Fund 3 11 0 Rulei * " - 0 0 4 ~ 1 TT ~ 5 Bask ., US 11 2 £ 196 IS 1
W » , DlXOK . CEX 15 T 0 J 2 EX DoILI , Tboj . Cuu , ( Corres . Sec . ) Psilip i £ 'GaAT 3 , ( Fin . Sec . ) ESCE 1 VED AT BANK , STcriOfi Auxiliary .. .. „ .. 10 0 6 NOTICE TO DEPOSITORS . Hereafter , all Post-office Orders should be made payable at the Bloomsbury Money Order-oSlce , instead of ot Kartic ' s-le-Grand General Post-oSce . I . Pbice , Manager . THE LIBERTY FUND , The monies received for Libertj Fund will be published in next week ' s Stab . We once more call on the Chartists of England and Scotland to forward their subscriptions s = soon as possiole . Let no time be lost A political soreiflent without enerev is worse than useless . John M'Csae , Secretary .
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FOR FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . SECEIVED AT LiSD OFFICE . J . Jenkins , Esq . .. - 5 ° ° ros rs ji'docaix ' s defence . SECKIVED BY VT . EIDEB . 15 r Murray , iir Battaro , T&adoa .. 0 0 6 LonScn ., 0 3 0
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KOTICE . SALES OF ALLOTMENTS . 1 a-a instructed by tha Board of Directors to ftate -thai they will nat recognise any Bal » 3 of alto'ments tbat take place without tbeir knowledge ; tor will tbev allow any purchaser to lake possession of an sibirnent , nrle ? 3 such purchaser has firsi traDSEr . ied toiheOfSce of tae Company ike purchase Eiiiey in foil , so that there may bs deducted therefrom 31 I such demand ? ts the Compat-y may haw against outgoing tenEnts . Attempts have been recently maae to evade this reealsticn ; tbe Directors , therefore , publish this csuticnsry Eotice . so that lurehasers may clearly uuderctaad" that where the ruias if : be C 03 piHT are EOtcomplied ^ itb . that possession wi ! l not be allowed . Tsomas Cisus ., Corresponding Secretary .
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Tbe following branches and districts of « he National Land Company will be attended by deputations from the Directors , for the purpose of discussic 2 and deciding upon the important propositions contained in Mr O'Connor ' s letter , inserted in the Star of this day . All these branches and districts v . iil therefore take the necessary steps for convening meetings , as they must be visited within one month from Monday , the 4 th instant . One week ' s notice of the districts and branches to be yuited , will appear in the Northern Star . Bv order of the Directors .
Northampton , Leicester , Derby , Nottingham , Birmingham , Bilston and 'Wokerhampton , Hanley and Longtoa . Macclesfield . Stockport and Wimslow , Manchester , Ashton , Hyde , Dukerfield and Mottram , Ol'ibam . Rochdale and Bacup , Bmy and Heywood , Todmorden and Hebden-bridge , Burnley , ; Colne . Padiham and Burrowford , Blackburn and Oswaldthistle , Bolton , Preston , Wigan , Sheffield and Rotberham , Doncaster , Barnsley , Leeds , Bradford , Keiabley , Halifax , Dewsbury , Huddersfield , Hull , Jvewcastle-upon-Tyne . Sunderland , South Shields , Ca : lisle , Glasgow , Edinburgh , Dundee , Aberdeen , Reading , Swindon , Bath , Bristol , Cheltenham , Worcester , Kidderminster , Merthyr , Bridgewater . Eveter , Newton Abbott , Plymonth , Norwich , Ipswich , Lynn .
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DEFENCE FUKD . Received by T 7 h . Rideb . £ » - 6 , Ansount already published . 306 19 1 P . 3 iliot . sLo 3 < 3 en ... ... — 0 3 0 B-nmnsbam , People ' s Hall , per H . Sndball 0 2 3 A . Vmtr , WadhDist ... ... ... 0 0 6 A Few Frunds , Riverhead , Kent ... 0 14 J . GretB , 6 lB 5 fow o ^ o Oldtury , per H . WarwoEd ... — 0 It 0 Coventry , per W . Hosier ... ... 0 6 0 0 5 6
Ha'ttoB . perE . Msse »• Craig Tale , near Hebfltn Bridge , per J . Smith — 0 12 2 A . Etherington , SafinBtoB-lace ... ... 0 0 « ITottisgbani , per J . Sweet ... ... 0 5 4 \ t . GainatnaD , Soutbboroogh ... ... 0 14 O . Palmer , ditto 0 1 fi Padiham , per Mr Thompson ... ... 0 15 0 Dereaport , per J . Kogen ... •¦• 0 15 0 "ffbittiDsten and Cat Locality , ptr Mr Bioomfidd 0 2 1 £ 211 8 0
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NEWCi ? TLi-rp ; . v-TT . vE . —At a meeti p g of tins bracch r . f the National Charter AsfooiatioB , held at ii . Jcdft ' j , on SaDday . August Cth , it was reMlved , 'That each numberot this branch , who is in emphjmeni , will , in faiare , be expected to pay 0 D 8 penny per week to the local funds , so as to enable the council to carry oct the objects of tbe Association . ' ' Th « this branch beg respectfully to suggest to j other breeches of the Charter ABsOciation , that a ' certain d » y shonld be fixed once erery three msnths , ' wken everj man , friendly to the cause , shall contrifcate sixpence to tbe Liberty Fond . ' * That the members of this branch do in future pay one halfpenny per week to the victimi and their familiesi sod all peisODs friendly to the causa are requested to fcacd in their subscriptions to M . Jade . ' Mr James i W * t » on will Jecture in M . Jade ' s Long-room on , Surday , August 13 th . at eeYen o ' clock .
Coi-. stt or DcRHii * —At a district delegate meet-Icg , held at Goxhoe , on Sunday , Jnly 20 th . u ttm resoWed that the counties of Durham and Northnm . barland be amaJEamated ; that Hartkpool be the disrrict ; thstMr R . H . Robinson be district president > ad correspeBdiag Becr » tar ;; Mark V&rinnsoo , district Eecreatry ; and Mr Win . Byree , ot Newcast ' e . beeDgaged ashcturer for the said county . WHiTmGTOs A 5 D Cat . —The future meetings ef ths shareholders of the Nttion&l L » nd Company , will beheld every Saturday eTenicg . at eight o'clock . JJepibers are requested to bring their books and
BHmoL . —The members sf the National Charter Asiociation we requested t « meet at Snow ' s Coffee , ttonu , Temple-street , nsitlaesdaj evening at Eeren tfclwL i
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• ORDER REIGNS IN IRELAND ' . ' TO THE WORKING CLASSES . Bhothkr Proletariat , s , Smith O'Brien h&s been arrested , tbe rebellion is 1 sappressed , ' and ths 'triumph of order' in Ireland h » s excited sne burst of O ! be joyful ! ' from the the gentry of the Pres 3-gang . Now that wholesale lying and slandering have achieved the ends intended ; now that Smith O'Brien has been hunted down , acd that there ia nothing further to be gained by holding that unfort rvit nn «¦* t- » T * - ** - » - » Tr * t « t ~ r •¦« ¦ * -. - . . .
tunate gentleman up to ridicule and execration ; now the vesal PreBE-gang begin to admit that the rictim of their rascality is aot exactly the fool and villain they represented . It ia now admitted that Mr O'Brien permitted no plunder , nor attacks nponin dnriduais ; on the contrary , he supplied his followers wit h foed at his own cost ; and in the Ballingarry affair , when he had an opportunity of mistering the police by setting fire to a heap of straw and so burning i hem out , he refused to hare recourse to such a mod of wirfare . Contrast this with the brutal and
bloodthirsty conduct of the police . Tranf , aeee-rdiag te tie correspondent of the Times , told his janissaries , when absut to commence the work of blood , that he expected a man for ettiy cartridge ; and thie expectation his worthy fellow-loyalists did their best to gratify . It is asserted that Mr O'Briea bxd taken scarcely any precautions to disguise himself when attempting to get to LimBrick by way of Thurles ; it is , therefore , inferred by some of the jourBaliats , that in coming so Thurles , hi 3 intention wbb to surreader himself to the Government force ? . B 8 that as it mav . his bitterest eremieB acknowledge one fact
which redounds greatly to the honour of the unfortunate gentleman ; namely—that as Boon as he became aware that the Lord-Lieutenant bad issued proclamations threatening all who might harbour or a » sist the * rebel chief wiih the penalties of high treason , he nobly determined to forsake tbe homes of those who had afforded him shelter , r * tber than subject them to the punishment their generous hospitality was cslculated to draw down upon their heads . This one act of the unfortunate O'Brien will win him the approbation of all true men . in spite of tbe brutal beffooneries of the truculent Tjmes and the Ti ? upera * iT « outpouringe » f the re 3 t of * he base Press-sang .
The easy snppresion of tha ' rising' must be attributed in a great measure to the exertions of the i-fmti on the side of tie Govtrnment . The Canadian rebellion , in lik-a manner , was crippled by prie 3 tly hostility . We are told in tbe newspapers that the altara of Nenagh , Cahir , Clonmel , Caihel , and Carrick-en Suir , have rung with deauseiatioBB of the physical force movement . The Rev . Father Kenyon . " of Templederry , renowned for his fierce and furiou 3 denunciations of O'Connell and ' moral fores , ' is reported to have been foremost in repudiating the men he , very recently , was incitine to take the course they have unhappily for themselves pursued . I am carious t » learn the why and tbe wherefore of the—it may be politic , but not very
honestpart played bv the prieathood- Did they refuse to countenance Smith O'Brien , because of his Protestantism ? Or , were they fearful that a 'Young Ireland ' revolution would bring about a diminution rather than an increase of tbeir influence over the m £ l ? eg ? Or . h « e they swallowed the bait of' Catholic Endowment , ' with which , of late , both the followers of Peel and Russell have beeD angling for Irish priestly support agaiESt the progress of ' revolutionary principles ? ' I atronj ;]} 1 suspaet that the whole of the motives imagined in the three queries I have just put , have had no mean share in puidin % the recsnt conduct of tbe Catholio clergy . It is oertain that vigorous efforts are eow being made by Irehnd's Eeglish rulers to secure the co-operation of the Irish priesthood by the * golden link' oi ' Endowment . '
But should this scheme succeed , it dees not follow that tbe Irish people will be thereby J inked more closely to 'the institutions of the empire ; ' on the contrary , it may happen that the result will be the total destruction of the pritsthocd ' s influence , and the mental liberation of the masses . It is notorious that Roman Catholic priests are not everywhere popu ' . ar "ith the communicants of their o—n cuurcfc ; the reverse ia ths ca ? e in mere than one Roman Catholio country;—even in Rume , the priests are , at this very time , subjected to popular s-us :-icion aad hatred . There i 3 good reason for belieiing that the influence of ths Irish priestheod is already en the wane . If they unite themselves with the hereditary enemies of their country and tbeir creedtheir power will utterly perish .
, The truculent Press gang continue tbeir appeals to the worst passions of the privileged orders , and their incitements to the Bnvernaert to rule Ireland by the sword . ' Nothing . ' says the Tims , 'but the heavy pressure of military government will now restore order among the people . More blood must ba shedard the peasantry must ba taught that wretched as is tbeir present condition ' a wor .-e thing may befal them . They mu 3 t be Eiade to feel by dear experience that rebellion is no cure for tbeir misery . ' The Mormnq Herald bellows for martial law . A jury of officers , ' S 3 JB that paper i ' sided by a provost marshal—ut a serjeant of law , or one of her Majesty's judges , aa the
assessor , would be the proper , and , indeed , only tribunal to deal with rebels taken with arms in their hat . ds . It i § mera Whie-R » dical drivel to > ay this is uEcoaBtitntional . ' ' We tniul adopt a stricter and a sterner syttem—we must put bit and hridle into the jaws of the kernes , and break them into habits of tamtnm . docility , and perfect obedience to ivhip and rein . ' Men of England , I call upon you to pnnesi against this horrible ruffianism . Were the atrocious sentiments of the Tikes and Hbrald acted upon by any government , that government would forfeit all claim * to popular allegiance . I trust that the rulers of Ireland will eschew counsels which , if followed , would drive the Irish people to deeds of desperation .
At present , Ireland ' s rnle » seem to have as little cause to apprehend any evil to themselves from popnlar hestiiity , ¦ as they have excuse for attempting the terrorism suggested by the Press-gang . The daily papers indeed chuckle atnszingly at the faot , tbatno attempts were made to rescue Smith O'Brien by the people of Thurles and Dublin ; or Dr Cane by the people of Kilkenny . 'Tin true . AUb for their conntrj ! her pride U gone by , Ana that Rpirit is broken—which never would bend ; O ' tr the rain her children in secret must » igb , For 'tis trt'ivm to lore fur , anddealh to defend ! Unprized are her sons , till they ' ve leara'd to betray ; Undistingaishtd tbey live , if they ehame not their sires ; And the torca that would light tn ' . m tbroigb djgalty ' i way , Mast be caught from the pile where their coEntry expires .
Still Ireland promises to be do bed of roses to its conqueror * . Either prie 3 tly persuasion , the want of proper ie 3 ders , or the decline of physical couragethe consequence of famine and long-continued misery in every frightful form—one , or all of these influences may have served to stifla the 'Iat 9 rebellion , ' and may serve to prevent any formidable rebellion in tae future , but will there be an end to that ' wild justice of revenge , ' for which Irelaud has become 30 unhappily famed ? What will be the state of the south when the dark nights come ? It is notorious that the seizares of arms made by the government have been but trifling , compared with the enormous quantity ot deadly weapons known to be
I pogseisBu by the peagantry . Thousands upon thou-Eands of pike 3 and firelocks aro stowed . away by the peasantry in placeBwhere ths soldiery and police are not likely to find them . The raid at Abbeyfeall is regarded bj the press , generally , as indicative of the troubles likely to be general when the winter sets in . Another famiae , too , threatens a fearful addition to tbe existing distress and disaffection . The potato blight is evidently wide spread and rapidly extending . From the extreme north to the txtreme south ; the eame gloomy reports attest the renewed march of that calamity , which two years ago mowed down thousands and tens of thousands , the victims ol hunger and
pestilence . The Government and parliament have dme nothing to protect the Irieh people against tbe terrible scourge which onoe more threatens to desolate that unhappy land . Under theEe ciraumBtanesB ii it reasonable U hope for peace in Ireland ? ,.,,.,. The Times asserts that the ' struggle in Ireland is really between those who have something and those wao have nothing . Who are responsible for that struggle ? Who commenced , anduptothis hour b&ve continued that fatal Btroggle ? THE IRISH LANDLORDS . Very recently , within two miles of the faahionable bathing place , Kilkei , nearly thrte hundred human beings were expelled from their houses . In a part ot Clare , one hundred and thirtysix houges were lately levelled , which made houseless npws-d 3 of five hundred human beings , many of whoa before Christ
periihed on the road-side . A few days - mas last , a Mr Walsh in Mayo , ( see Mr Tuko s pamphht . and the reports ot Messrs Hamilton , Poor-law Commissioners ) , levelled a whole Tillage and parts of two others , ( one hundred and forty houses mall ) , and maDy of ths expelled inhabitants perished of cold and hunger . I may add . on the authority of George Poalett Scrope , M . P .. that there have been very recently evicted 240 families from Lord Lucan's estates in Mayo ; and 200 families from Lord Ventrj ' s estates in Kerry . At least one thousand houses were razed totht ground in the union of Kiirush alone , county Clare , last winter , betveea November and March . Tha late Major Mahon OTieted 600 families from his estate i » Roscomaifm . The effioial reports of CapUin Wynn » from th& union ofCarrick-on-Shannon , and of th * izapentera-of the asioni of Giiwwi Swiafttd , Ca& ^ sa&Q&sra ,
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re . ate similar instances of wholesale clearances . ' The refusal of tfee Earl of Lucan , Colonel Knox Gore , Sir J . Crofton , and a hoat of other titled and ' honourable- personages , to pay poor-ra { e 3 to keep life in the victims of their oppression , ia but a minor feaw n 18 war of tha Powerful against the weak . Well might the Earl ofElienborough in tke House i a I I a few ni S 8 l 8 go , declare the state of Irethe ' nandalt 0 this country , and a scandal to G . Julian Haiiney . August 10 A , 1948 .
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Thb Metropolitan Centra Victiu and Defsbcb COUUITTBK TO IHB CHARTISM OF LONDON AND ITS bsvisOKS . —Brother Democrats — The law has onoe more laid its withering grasp upon the advocates of tbe rights of labour , as much as to say , serfs you are , and serfs jou shall remain , and if you do not resent the insult , serfs you will deserve to ba . To tne sincere and enthusiastic , this appeal will not be mada in vain . Shall it ba said that the elcqaent adveoates of yonrnever-dyiBg principles Bhnll be subjected to the loathsome degradation of the felon ' s dreg * and fare and pick oakum ? In the name of justice , Demooratg , forbid it . But this is not all ,
triends . Shall the wives end children of the victims gloat the eyrg of the unfeeling Poor-law Commisssionera , be taunted with their porfrty , and up braided with their husband ' s crime of seeking to alleviate your oondition ? We know your poverty , but we also know your justice and ) our generosity . Wo therefore call upon you to organise yourselves for the purpose of succouring tli 8 noble martyrs and their bereaved families . We remain , brother labourers , yours , in the cause of human progression , on behall of the above committee , —Messrs Martin , Bbzer , Collec t , Guest , and Sumker . —James Grasbbi , seereiary , 8 , Noah ' s Ark-court , StaDgate , Lambeth .
Barsblxt . —The Irish Roman Catholic Chartists of Barnsley versut the O'Connell Bighcpa and Priests of Ireland . —At a public meeting ot the Irish Cathelic Chart ' iBts of this town , it was res ) lved unanimously : — ' That it is an indisputable fact , supported by bietqry , that the infamous Dirmod M'Murrough , on his return to Ireland after selling his native country to the Norman Kirg Henry of England , wag concealed in the Monastery of Feres by the priesta of that place , until the arrival of the Normans , and thai the piieatty ruffiam knew full well tbat he was n traitor and an adulterer . ' ' Tbut from that period to the present time , wbeeever the Irish people had good honest leaden , and endeavoured to Resume the attitude of men , numbers of luxurious and insolent mitred andsurplictd hypocrites have interfered , and .
ry ssphistry and blasphemous lies , seduced tbe ignorant and confiding people of Ireland from the path of manhood , honour , and nationality , and sent them back to their dens of misery and degradation , while the canting villains lived on the fatof the land , taken from the sweat and toil of their poor deluded dupes , ' ' That we have good reason to believe tbat pampered bishops and ignorant idle priests are now bribtd by the English aristocracy and middle class , who have promised to make them the established Church of Ireland if they get the people to starve quietly . ' ' That we hope every Irishman in England und Scotland will send the Stir to his friends in Irelaad . and that we request the patriotic editor of the Star to insert these resolutions in his paper for two weck 9 . '
Globb akd Fbibsbs . —Mr G . Barber delivered a lecture en Sunday , July 30 th , on the sigpa of the times . After a vote cf thacka to the lecturer and chairraaa , the meeting separated . ( We are sorry we cannot anawer the 'jury' question of our friendB . — Ed . N . S . ) Winchester . —At a meeting hela a few days ago , a vote ot thanks was given to Mr O'Connor , on account of the resolution unanimously passed by the Committee ap ? n the Land Company , which they hail as the best refutation to the iies of the press .
Calumnies and Misrepresentations t-r the ' Birmingham Joursal . '—This paper is at its dirty work again—falsely and foully misrepresenting the nuniberi , sayings and doings of the Birmingham Chartists . As a proof of the acouraoy of Us report , the meeting alluded to in the celumns of the Journal to . 'k place on Mosday night , and not on Tuesday At the meeting on Thursday night , neither women . boy » , nor girls were allowed to walk ; and , to give an idea of numbers , the procession occupied fourteen minutes in passing any gi-en point . The voracious ' Journal' says ' about a thousand persons were present , including women and children . ' Mr Mantle instead of making , speeches calculated to excite the minds of his audience , did his utmost to preserve peace and order , and his conduct deserves the highest praiee . The ttuth-telling Jourkal , however , has bounded on the authorities to arrest him , ap . d on Saturday week last a warrant was issued tha execution if which he has avoided by flight .
Arnold . —On Monday week , Mr George Harrison delivered a lecture at the Flying Horse , wh « n fortyfive members were enrolled . Bullwell —On Tuesday week , Mr George Harrison delivered a lecture on the Green . After the meeting forty-two names were enrolled . Bloomjburt . —On Sunday evening last Mr Merriman lectured on the ' Labour question , ' 8 t the Orange-Tree , orange-street . Red Lionequare . Pbf .= to ;« . — A meeiir-g of the Preston Chartists was held in the Newa Room , Luoe-itreet , on Sunday
evening last . t Mr Jarnss Br <_ wn in the chair ; when the following mtlutious were agreed to :- ' That this meeting consider that the money subscribed for tho defence of Mr O'Connor ' s seat for Nottingham , has no right to ba appropriated for any other purpose than Mr O'Connor thiaka fit to put it to . ' ' That one pound be sent for the defence of Dr M'Djuall . ' 'That a cummittee be appointed by tbis meeting , to sea to the collection of monies for tbe support of the Chartist victims . ' Mr Michael Ward then gave in his report from the North Lancashire district meeting .
Dcdlet—At a meeting of Una branch of the National Land Company held at the Jally Collier , Stamford-street , the following resolution was adopted : — 'That we , in gratitude to Mr O'Connor , tender him our sincere thanks , for bis Ilerculeaa efforts in the oiuse of humanity and justice , and assure him of our pride at his every victory over the factions , and the recent triumph gained by his honenty and courage in the committee on the Land Phn . ' Northcmbhbla > d and Durham . —A district delegate meeting was held in the house of Mr Gilroy , Crcs ? Keys , West Uolborn , South Shields , on Sunday , August 16 : b , Mr Richards in tbe chair . The following resolutions were passed : — ' That this district engage Mr John West as a lecturer , and that he commence hi 3 labours in this district on Sunday , Aujusi 20 th , and it is confidently hoped that the
branches in this district will use their best exertions to obtain funds , to pay hia expenses , and transmit them without delay to M . Jurie , the district treasurer . ' ' That tbe friends at Newcastle and Northand South Shields engage a steam boat for an excursion to Seaton Deiaval , on Sunday , August 20 tb ; : he proceeds to go towards defraying the expense of bringing Mr J . West into the district . ' That a camp meeting be held at the Avenue Head , Seaton DelavaJ , on Sunday , August 20 fh , nt three o'clock in the afternoon ; and that tbe secretary be instructed to write to the friends at Seaton Delaval , Seghil ] , < bs ., to request them to make the necessary arrangements . ' ' That the next district meetin * be held at No . 9 , Ropery-lane , SunderlaDd , on Sunday , August 13 iti , at two o'clock in tho afternoon . It is particularly requested tbat e ; . ch branch in tbe district will send a delegate , as the perfecting the arrangements for Mr West ' s tour must be agreed to at that
meetmg-Shobkditch . —A meeting of the Female Chartist 3 was heid at Chapman ' s Coffee-house , 177 , Church street , on Monday , July 31 . Mrs Newley in tbe chair . Mr Mantz delivered an e ' . cquent address to a numerous audience , after which several memben were enrolled . Seven shillings was voted to the Defence Fund . Metropolitan Victim and Defsncb Commutes . —Held at Cartwright ' s Coffee-house , August 6 th , Mr Martyn in the chair . Delegates were in attendance from sevpral localities , —viz ., Globe and Friends , Messrs Kuowlesand Ramstsad ; Washington Brigade , Huekins ; Greenwich , Mesars Brewsteraad Loroa * . Mr John Milns was elected treasurer , It was than resolved ' That all monies above £ 10 be placed in the Land and Labour Bank . ' ' That 10 s . par week be allowed to each of the Victim ' s wives , providing they are not in receipt of any other funds and tha
eubscribed by the Chartist body , ^ sixpence per week ba allowed for eacu unproductive child belonging to each victim . ' ' Tbat the FinaHce Cemmittee wait up&n the Defence Committee to come to some proper understands respecting : the families of the victims . ' ' That the accounts of this committee Da audited quarterly . ' ' That Mr Merryman be one of th » Finance Committee in the absence of Mr B zer . ' ' Thit this committee stand adjourned to next Snnday morning , at ten precisely , at 63 , Deanstreet , Soho . ' The following snms were then handed in by the delegates , —viz ., 83 , Dean-street , Soho , £ 110 a . Td . ; receipts of baTmonio meetings , ditto , £ 1 1 $ . ; G . W . Is . 63 . ; Mr Ford , 2 s . 6 d . ; Mr Dannie , Is . ; Mr Sullivan . 6 d . ; Marylebone , Wj . ; Mr Daniel Listen . 10 j . ; Star and Garter , 2 s . 6 d . ; Cripplegate , 8 s . lOJd . ; & few friends , Suffolk Arms , Boston-street , Anyroad , Is . 81 ; Nottingham Arms , 103 . ; Ernest JoneB bcahty , 5 s . ; . Wallace Brigade , 'IOs . ; Ollive branch , to . ; Emmetfc Bn-/
gade , 103 . ; Greengate , lOi . ; Alfred i ^ ege jow » , Is 6 d ; oigar makers , two sawyers , Minones , as . ; Thomas Paine locality , 6 s Id . ; Hoxton , 43 . ; King * CcoiB , 5 l . ; a Wend , Is . Total , £ 8 17 sl lOid . JiitEB Gbabsbt , secretary , 8 , Noah ' s Aj # -M 8 rc St » ngate , Lambeth . , Lincoln . —At a meeting of Chartist and Land members held at the City Arm& on Tuesday lsat , p vote of thanks and confidence was given to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., for bis able management of th&BSkJrsof tbe Laud CemBsoi *
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IRELAND . ARRKsr- OF MR tMITH O ' BRIEN . , Tllg STATE TTiI . W . 3 . IBS OUTLAWS . '— ' WANTED AN EXH 0 UT 10 NEH . '—TUB DUBLIN CORPORATION MS O ' CONNOR AKD BIB CRITICS .- THB ITALIANS IN IRELAKD .
[ From our own Correspondent . ) Dublin , August 8 th . Before this communication will reach London , you will have learned that William Smith O'Brien is captured , and jou will ahodiscover the how , the when , and the where , of his unexpeoted arrest . You will Bee that he travelled on last Saturday from hi 3 hidingplace in the Tipperary solitudes , and came undisguised in the evenim ; into the town of Thurlea , about fourteen miles from the mountains . You will learn that he sent a peasant boy , who was hiB constant attendant all through the period of his outlawry , to purchase a second-class ticket to Limerick , intending to go from thenoa to his own seat at Cahr-raoyle , with a view to rest there in quiet , and await
the visit of his eiptora . It not being dark when he entered Thurles , he was quickly recognised fcy ueveral of the humbler classes of the inhabitants , who were lingerieg around tbe station , expecting ' news from the bills . ' One old woman , a fruit seller , in particular , striking her breast » Bd crossing her brow devoutly , exclaimed with a haif-smothtred groan—• Oob , cross o Christ about ub ! Thcro he is , and nobiidy else ! ' Yet neither that poor creature , nor any of the other miserable beings who recognised the out law , would betray their favourite , nor pollute tbeir » oul with the ' blood money' of the Saxons . There w » b a largo bedy of ' detectives' standing at the station atthe moment , but none of them were acquainted with his features , nor mnde any attempt to arreat him . Having received the ticket from the peasant , ho was crossing the rail * , when he was accosted by
tbe station-guard or watchman , who ia an Englishman named Hulma . Mr O'Brien asked him which side of the rail was the proper stand for those awaiting tbe train to Limerick , and also inquired the precise moment of its starting . The guard answered him civilly , but noticing a certain wildness in his look , with much uneasiness and trepidation in his manner , be gazed at him narrowly , and immediately discovered that be waa no other than the ivatchedof allivatchers—tbe fugitive rebel chief—O'Brien . He immediately procured assistance , acJ tke g&ll&ttfc O'Brien , in five minutes , waB a manacle *! prisoner . He was conveyed to Dublin that night , and after undergoing the iiBual , or ratber unusual bungling formalities peculiar to our Irish ' powera / wassa / eJy ensconced ie Kilmainham Gaol , where he now awaits the pleasure cr displeasure of those whom he scorned , and hated , and defied .
Such ia the termination of tho gallant 0 Eneas career—sucb ia the end of Irish hopes and Irish ambition . Our enemies may indeed triumph—justly triumph—for Ireland is conquered without a blow , and we are the acorn and byword . of tbe entire world . Well now may the old foes of ths Irish name , and the Irish blood , wag their heads in ridicule , and point their scornful finger at the prostrate Lady Harpist , and the blasted , desolate Oak of Shillolagh . I burn . The b ! o !) d drives madly throuch my veins . I could curse my race ; I am sick and ashamed of my country and my countrymen .
In many of my early letters to the Nomherk Star , I expressed my opinion that moat of the leaders , or soi-disant chiefs of' Young Ireland , ' were not tbe ' raen for Galway '— not competent for the task which they undertook . Many took offence at thete insinuation ? , and smiled at coy ignorance of the true character of these mighty talkers . But events have proved that I was not astray in my calculations . John M tchel was a brave' and sincere man , and he was martyred ; Smith O'Brien was a hero , and he fell ; bnt where are the hundreds who swore to ' remember Mitchel , and emulate his haroio conduct in the Newgate dock ? I am not one of thoae who would probe the lacerated heart , or pour gall into the winded bosom , but I esjioot help deolaring my opinion of the cowardice of certain fireeaters and giant-slayer ? .
Ppopla blame the 0 Conrells . Fudge ! The hum bio individual who pens these eentencea would be as icfluential in leading public opinion in Tipperary as Juhn O'Connell . That base fellow certainly did his utmost to defeat the causo , but he could not , and he did not defeat it . What fighting man wouli listen to tbe Conciliation Hall bantling ? Not one in Munbter would do bo . And those ( and they are many indeed / who blame the Catholic Clergy for the defeat , are equa'ly mistaken . The Catholio prieBts cortainlj flung a tolerable sprinkling of cold water on the matter , and spoke a good deal' out of seascn ' but even they could noo defeat Ireland . Had the leacicrs been prudent and cautious , and faithfu 1 , a , v <\ braveheartrd , John O'Connell and the priests misht
as well be preaching peace to the storms of She ^ enamon , or the billows of the Lower ShnsnoD , aa to tbe dark-browed colliers of Kilkenny , or the ' tall mountaineers ' of Tipperary asd Limerick . There are many who blame Smith O'Brien ' s temerity in approaching bis enemies , and surrendering quietly to his cuptcra . But why should he b ~ hlanud ? What could ho do ? flo saw the cause ruined . lie plajed the game , and found all was lost . The government , not satisfied with offerings high reward for his head , gave notice that any person who would shelter or a-sist or succour him . or givo him f ) od or drink , or £ S 3 ig 4 ni ; c 9 in hia privations , or who would be found in bis company , or facilitating bis
escape or concealrarnt , would by the fact commit HIGH TREASON , and be liabla to tbe puni-hmenta and penalties attached to the guilt of that crime . How , then , was the unfortunate O'Brien to act ? Was he to lie down bsneath the rains and wind-i of IleaveD , snd perish 1 ke a wounded rook on the mountains ? He did what was be 3 t under the luckless circumstances . lie formed the project of again seeking his own hgmp , and thero calmly await his arrest ; exonerate others t ' tom tbe dreadful chasiiee ments which an ; - friendly connexion with his ruined fortunes would bring upon their head . O'Brien aqttd nobly from first to last , and when present prejudices will be Boftened down , and when all parties will be capable of viewiDg thingB in their true colours , Smith O'Brien will be done Justice to .
This day , the Commission opens in Green-street ; tho Chief Baron and Baron Pennefather are the presiding judges . There ia considerable apprehension and deep dejection amongst the people , but nothing ( aa yet , at all events ) like the buatle and excitement attending the trial of John Mitohel , In those days the people ' s Bpirita were up , and hope ran high . Now they aro crushed , dejected , and mortified . Those committed for high treason will not , it ia said , be tried now . it bein * : tbe intention of government to appeint a Special Commission for their ' business , ' in a few days after tbe termination of the precent trials . I am told Mr Martin will be put on his trial to-day , and C . G . Duffy will b ' . arraigned immediately afterwards . Nobody has any notion tbat a oonviotion will
not be had ; and , consequently , the unfortunate gentlcmQ ^ will' never again atop en Irish ground . ' Of all the effuDders within the fangs of government , it is thought that Duffy will have the worst chance . He is looked on by his proascutorsas the moat dangerouB man in Ireland , and even Smith O'Brion will have a better chance of mercy . Professor Butt and Sir Coleman O'LogMen arrived from Cork yesterday to conduct Mr Duffy ' s defence , in corj unction with the brave veteran , Robert Holmes . A better selection could not be made ; but I believe Mr Duffy , so far aa regards success , might as well have put hia cage in the hands of three fiah-bawkers from Patrick-street , or a trio of John O'Conneirs coal-heaving auxiliaries from the Burgh Quay .
With respect to Meigher , Dillon , O'Gorman , Doheny , and tbe other prominent ' outlaws , ' we have no authentic account of their situation or their whereabouts . It is pretty certais , however , tbat they ? ra lir . geiing in the dreary fastnesses of the Tipperary highlands . Rumour repro 3 « nta them as in the most melancholy plight—half-famished , worn out by fatigue and watching , and arrayed in the wretched ra = js of the Tipperary mountaineers . It ia said in some quarters tbat Mr O'Gorman ia at the head of a large acd well-armed band ia the county Limerick , aad that he led the attack on the Limerick and Tra ' ee mail coaches on last Saturday . This I hardly can believe . I do not think O'Gorman had anything to do with that wild freak at Abbey feale .
As for the minor branches of the ' rebel' force , nsbody bear 3 anything at out them . S . J . Meany , of the Tribune , and JoBeph Brounan , of tha Fbi /> n , have been arrested in Gort , in the county Limeriok , and carried up to Dublin , where they were committed to Newgate on last Friday . I understand both the 3 e gentlemen are charged with hijrh treason , and for conspiring to wage war with and deprive her Majesty of her kingdom of Ireland . Tha Dublin Corporators are particularly unfortunate . They long ago incurred the displeasure of ' Young Ireland , ' by their adherence to Conciliation , hall , and they are now in a hobble with the Proteatantsand Conservatives . Tieir offence agaicst those people is , that tbey would not nominate Alderman Kinahan ( highchurch Tory ) to the Lord Mayoralty for 1849 ; though , as it is alleged by that gentleman ' s parky , tha lato Daniel O'Connell promised , aud tbe other Roman Catholic members of the Corporation
agreed with him , that , in order to satisfy all classes , aad do away with Feligiona ascendancy , ProteataDta and Catholics should alternately fill the civic ohairthe Catholic Lord Mayer of this year to bo succeeded by a Protestant mxt year—he again to ba succeed by a Catholio , and so on alternately . A few days ago they had a meeting to sominate the chief magistrate for next year , when Alderman Kinahan wan proposed by the Tory party—who form a small minority in tbe Corporation . lie was n jeoted bj the Roman Catholics , who accused him to hia face of bigotry and partisanship in every public matten in which ho has any inflsence . This has given deap . offence to almost the entire Protentect poyulatioa , and ia tho cause ot a good deal of ree ? iraination in . the Conservative ptcbb of Dublin . The peraou chosen to the offioe is Alderman O'Brien ,. M . P . for Caahel , an Old Irelander , and a mbIow Robsa © Ca&olw . Tk » & ettoie 6 is oertwnIy one of the beat they could make , ai , with the exception of . &AW jb » KeghjWifchare » sv «« ely apy owes
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Catholic member possessed of the qualifications necesaary to auch a high aud onerous office . It eearns that a portisn ot tho most fiery of the English ChartibtB , and same alBo of tho ultra- di ^ - aifected in Ireland , have been complaining of Mr 0 Oonnot a mactir . ty during tha recent agitation , and aocusme him with want of « pluck , becausa he wnH ? Ahl - L . emna - d ? wn the e « a (? e and proclaim warte the pike . against the Whiga ! How very unreasonable this u . How very inconsiderate and >•?» unjust is a large portion of mankind ! We all know Mr O'Connor is noloverof English government and wo are all awaTo that English injustice and EnS tmnrule has do more bitter enemy than the same gentleman . But we ought not to forget tbat he never waa a revolutionist , nor built hia bones on ih *
overthrow of the British Constitution . There may have been a section of English Chartists , aa I am certain there was a large one of Irish mal-contenta full of revolutionary ideas , but certainly no man can faMy aay that Mr O'Connor ever entertnined or preached such doctrine , Mr O'Connor , in common with every other praotical and seasible man , knows that it is not to the fact of an English woman wearing an English orown , that the English people owe their miseries , and henoe he does not meditate hostilities against the pretty little Victoria . Mr O'Connor wars not against the monarchy or constitution of Great Britain—his campaign is against the robber aristooracy , and the mal-administration of thoae laws which were originally framed for the protection and
well-being of the many . And even in waging battle with those evils , why ehould he not rather adopt the most prudent and practical tactics , in preference to empty bluater and mischievous bravado ? And , in estimating those things , vihy should not the pubiio be just to Mr O'Connor ? What would he B »» n for himself , or for thoBe who look to him as their guide and prophet , by a ra 9 h and ill-d « vised and ill-timed appeal to arms ? Alas ! we have only to look to tho gallant , but anfortunnte , Smith O'Brien , to learn a great and important lesson . Poor O'Brien reposed trust in piomiaeB , and gave hia life , hia liberty , his property , his all , for thoae who did not respond to hia heroism , or fulfil the solemn pledges they had gnen .
And H' \ Mr O'Connor been a revolutionist , and had fee acted like O'Brien , are we sure that those who now inveigh against him , would not hang back , and leave him to breast the winds of adversity , and disappointment , and diaoemfiture , in some gloomy coal mine , or on tho peak of some wild and dismal aioun tain ? I am not sneering at Chartist prowess or at English honour , but in these times have we not cause to be prudent ? How the Whigs wauld gbry had they Feargua O'Connor an outlaw in glen or cavero , on craig or highland ; and how the ' Press-gang '—the lick-fipittle blackguards of tke Sukdat Times , and ( he Dispatch , and Liorcs , and the rest of the pestiferous crew—would cock their crests and crow over
the extermination of the Chartist ohieftam . But , trust , he will not b 8 exterminated ! Experience has taught him what he might hope for were he again in the crooks of his energies . He will disappoint them—and he will conquer them , too , without i-i » k to hia own personal liberty , or danger to the good cause ia which he has so long and so manfully struggled . Ic gratifies me to reoord , that whilst the gallar . t people of Italy are contending with their oppressor , their brethren at present residing in Irsland are not inactive gpeotateya of the struggle , eor unmindful of the claims of their brave fellow-countrymen ; asd though unable to poise the lance , or wield ths sword , against * The Austrian's red hussar , ' are , nevertheless , determined not to Btand by idle and useless , but to render to the glorious cauaa of national freedom
all tbe aid which their circumatsnoes will admit . On last Thursday week a meeting of the Italians of this city was convened at Queen-square , when a resolution was drawn up and a circular issued , calling on all the ItaIiaB 9 residing in Ireland ' not to remain useless Bprctators ot the national strife with the Austrian invader . ' I have been faveured with a sight of tbat circular , which is signed by Signor Francesco Porro , P . Maohei , B . Angeli , and caany other ; . It ia an excellent and well-written document , and had it not been for our own unhappy circumstances would have been warmly greeted by ten thousand Irish tongues , as well aa by thost to whom it is specially addressed . Indeed , tbe Italians inhabiting Dublin , and Ireland generally , deserve the best wishes of the Irish people , In all our efforts we had their sympathy and aid .
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THE IRISH LEAGUE . Another victim has been added , within tha last ireek , to tbe calendar of Whig despotism in the persou of Rob 3 rt Crowe ; but notwithstanding all the persecuti' -a the Whl ^ s ia »/ pursue towards Ihe leaders of 'be Clubs , the hearts of the expatriated snna of EriH in this metropolis beafc high for the nationality of their own green land . Tho Clubs may be put dewn , but the spirit will still exist . Thb 'Chakle 3 Gavan Duffy' Club . —L ^ rge meetings of thiB Club have been held at the 'Sun ' Coffae-housa , Lonsr-lane , Bermondsey . On WedneB day , Friday , and Sunday evsninga last , a great number of persons enrolled themslvss as members of the Club , and the greatest enthusiasm was displayed . The ' Red lluon O'Donnkil * Club . — , \ crowded meeting of : his Club w , ns held on Monday last . Several persons wore enrolled , and subscriptions were entered into for tho defence of Robert Crowe .
Ths ' Davis' Club —The members of this Club held a meeting on Monday last , in their room , 83 , Daan-street , Sobo , which waa crowded to suffocation . Mr James Coliins was called to t ); e chiti * , Mr W . Djwling dwelt at great Jensth on the affairs of tbe Club , acd warned the police to behave more kind to the people . They had arrested Crowe bocause he had told the police on Monday last that they wore tbe clothes of other people . lie waa . surprised that he had been committed on auch slender evidence Great excitement pervaded the meeting on account of tke c-uflioting reports from Irelacd . The meeting then adjourned . The 'Fslo . n' Club . — A largo meeting was held on Sunday , at Cartwright ' s Coffee-house , Rodorosastreet . Several soul Btirring appeals were made , and the greatest enthusiasm prevailed . The ' Rcbsrt Emmeit' Club . —Crowded meetings of tbis Club continue to be held .
Thb ' Brian Boru' Club . —A crowded meeting of this Club was held at the Druid ' s Arms , Greenwich , at which subscriptions were freely entered into for the Defence Fund . Tbe Irishmen of thia borough are up and doing , and they are ably assisted by their brother Chartists in the good work . A large meeting at Denny ' s Coffee house , Great St AHdrew-street , was also held on Sunday last . Meetings for the ensuing week : — Sunday . — Cariwrigkt ' s Cotfee-houEe , Rederoeastrett ; Fountain and Still , Golden-lane ; Druids ' Arm ? , Greenwich ; Denny's Cotfee-houBe , Great St Andrew-street ; Three Tuns , Moor street , Soho . Sunday , Wednesday , and Friday . —San Ceffeehoufe . Long-laoe , Bermondsty . Monday , Tuesday , and Thursday . —Washington Temperance-ball , Cable street , Wapping . Monday , Wednesday , and Friday . —Temperancehall , Ruilord ' a-builaings , Islington Turnpike ; and Assembly-rooms . Denn-street , Sobo .
A meeting will ba held on Sunday evening nest , at Mr Nagle'a , Three Tuns , Moor . street , Soho , to raise sub criptions for the defence of Robert Crow © , another of the Whig victims . AJ 1 announcem ents of Club meetings to be forwarded to our reporter , Mr T . R . Reading , 4 , Bridgestreet , Parliament-street .
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On Sukdat , August 13 , a lectuie will be given by Mr Salmon , at the Albion , corner of Wilmot-street , Bethnal Green-road , en' The cause jot' misery and the best means of speedily remavicg it . ' 1 Charter , and now ro obtain it . '—Mr Kydd will lecture on the abovo subject in the John-street Institution , on theeveniDB ot Thursday , the 17 &n ot Aueust . Chartists of all localities aro invited to Hull—A general meeting will be held at the Temperance-hotel , Blanket-row , on Sunday evesing , August 13 . —A general ur . eeting of the members ol the National Land Company will be held on Tuesday evening , Au ^ U 8 t 15 , in the Y / ilbeilorce Roome , at half-past stven o ' clock . meelin
County of Durham—At the delegate held a 5 Wingate grange Colliery , on Sunday , 6 th d August , all branches in this county were requested to sea * a delegate to the next delegate meeting , to be he' . d at Coxhoe Pottery , on Sunday , the 20 th of August , at Mr Rain ' s , publican , at half-past twelve o ' clock , when ft district kvy will ba made for defrayine the expeDBO of ' lecturers . Mr Wm . Byrnk ' 3 routo tor next week - .-Monday 14 th , Darlington ; Tuesday 15 th , Stockton , Wednesday 16 th . Middleabro ; Thursday nth , UarUepool ; Friday 18 th , Castle-Eden ; Saturday lOsh , Wmgate Wmhisotox BsK . ADE .-Mr Samuel Kydd will lecture on Sunday evening , at the King and Queen , corner of Foley utrest . Subject : ' Organisation ot Labour . ' To commence at eight o clock .
Thb Cbntbas . Registration and LLscaiox Commiitkb will meet at' 83 , Dean-street , Soto , on I uesday evening next , August lftbt at « g »» t o elwk p « - ^ SLrsLH .-The members of this branch of the National Laud Company are requested o attend theSeettog-rooin , No . ft , Jehn- ^ roet Ca dewgato . next Sunday . August 13 th , at two o ' clock ia the Enoon , to discuss the repori of the committee on theSovB Company . Mr Grauam will be » attendanoa from Minster Lovel , to give a description cf Keltete , and his opinion aa to the working of the pla icHKsiEn .-A Wend will deliver two lecjma in tho People ' s Institute , on Sunday , August 18 tll . First at two o ' clock in tfie afternoon ; Be « ° ni ^ half . past six o'clock in the evening .-A fema e members anting ot tbe National Charter Aaooiation will be held in the People ' s Institute , at two o'dolfe ID the if SSSioL .-A W ** ™! V < "WE ?* will tBke place on Monday evening , Avguat hw . MrFarrell ' 8 , 62 , RiournQBd ^ ow .
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TO THE SECRETARIES OF THE BRANCHES OF THE LAND COMPANY .
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NOTICE . Two of the Directors will attend meetings of the Metnters of tbe National Land Company at Manchester , on Monday and Tuesday , August 21 st and 22 cd ; at Ashton , for its members and those of MottMn , " Staljbridge . Dackinfield and HydeonWed-ESfday ; Stookport , Tn . ur = day ; and Oidaam od Friday .
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DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE .
On Monday night the metropolis was visited by tbo outbreak of two firta , which , in a very tbort period iaid in ruin a van ! arnuuet of vaiuai . le pro * perty , and dej rivEd ov . e , i / not cine or ten cersoug , of life . The h ' ro broke out upon tho premises belong" to Mr Ha field , a Berlin wool deakr , nituato in Albany-street , RegentVPark , next door to the Windsor Castfe Tavern . Tbe second dis . v-ter occurred upon the premises belonging to tbe Rev Be Dale . Amen-eorner , Paternoster-row .
The circumstances connected wjth the former fire were of a very distressing character . It appears that shortly after the shop was dosed the inUabi-Uats were aroaaed trow their slumbers by a noisa resembling the discharge of a pitce of ordnance ; at the same time the greater portion of Mr Haifield a premises , which were four stories bifch , were blown into the street , tbe floorings and roof were lifted into the air , tho brick wall wai demolished and sent Hying in sundry directions , bre 3 kiztg in the shop fronts of several hoirnes on the opposite side of tha street , eeriously injuring a grest Dumber ia Erne 9 t-street , forcing in the windows ot the Windsor Castle Tavern , and at the eame moment , as if by magio , the whole of Me Hatfield ' s premises remaining , burst forth into a general blaze . It was one o ' clock before the fire was extinguished .
I he origin of this calamit y is not precisely known , but the prevailing opinion ia that it wan caused by an escape of gad . Ten perarnB were in Mr Hstfield ' a house , it is supposed , when the explosion occurred ; out of that number three only can be accounted for ; one a young girl about sixteen y e ? ra of age , a seiTant in the establishment , was blown through the shopfront on the opro 3 ite side of the street ; she was found dreadfully mangled , her head being shattered * and her face burnt . She w ; u removed to therolice station , where she was seen by a aurgioa , who pronounced life extinct . Tvo other parties , a man and woman , were also forced by the power of tha explosion into the street , and were bo seriously iojured as te . be obliged to be removed to the hospital . Whether any of the other parties were in tbe home at tho time of the explosion is at present unknown . At ona o ' clock thiB ( Tuesday ) morning the firemen were busily engaged searching the ruins .
FURTHER rARTICULARB . This disastrous occurreaoe has been far more destructive in its const queccea than wa 9 at first antici * pated . Haopily tbe sacrifice of life h . is been greatly exaggerated , only one person being actually dead and ihree others severely injured ; but tte destruction of property occasioned by the explosion ia most serious . Of the house itseif , in which the accident oritinatfd , not a veatije remains . That portion of the building not immediately destroyed by tbe explosion W 8 H wholly consumed by tbe fire which occurred subsequently , and notone brick remains upon another . The two adjoining houses—tbe Windsor Castle Tavern oh the left , and a hosier and glow ' s shop on tbe right hand , are shattered to tfeei ? foundations , and tbe front nallo' the latter was . expected to fall
during the whole sf Tueaday . Tha surrounding property is injured to on extent which would cot ba credible to any except an eye witness , and how so much devastation could have been accomplished without a greater sacrifice of human life is txtraor * dmary . The surveyors who examiaed the districtoa Tuesday report that 100 houses have been more or less injured by the explosion , and it ia certain that up . wards of 2 , 000 squares of glass have been broken . Thirty houses on the opposite side of the .-treci , and about a dozon on each eide of the scene of the accident , are shattered : the damage aL-o extends over a number of houses in Erce 9 t-streetan ! l Little Albanystreet , and even so far as Cheater-terrace , in the Regent's-park . There seems no reason to doubt that gas , atd « as alona , was the cause of the accident .
It appears that Mr Loten , the owner of the pre mises , with hia wife acd child , had bten spending tha day in the country , leaving his brother and sister-inlaw , a joung woman named Jane Bird , in ch&yge of tbe premises . During the last few t ' ays a strong smell of saB had been experienced in the premises , and workmen had made repeated examinations of the main pipes , but without being able to traco out tha causa . On Monday nigh * about nine o ' clock tha house was closed , and Mr Loten and hi 3 sister retired up-stairs . But there they found the small of gaa getting stronger , but it was of such frequent occurrence very little notice was taken of it . At a few minutes before ten o ' clock Mary Beatly , the nurs 8 maid ( since dead ) , went to the upper floor , and
informed Mr Loten that the supper was reedy ; at the same time acother tervant went out to purchase some fire wood , leaving the nurse maid at tha door whilst ahe Went . Tllfi parties up stairs came down , and haviug entered the back-paricur they found a candlo burning on the table , and even thing appeared perfectly safe with the exception of tke strocg smell of g 33 . They went to the fronts-hop , aud the momentthey opened tho door the explosion occurred , which blow Mr Loten and his sister throEglithe backparlout window into the garden . At the Bame tixe the nurse-maid , who was standing at the street-daou , was btewn completely over the road , and forced witi auch violence against the iron railincsroutid one ot ' ihe kitehea areas as to bieak the eolid metal into pieces *
A mar > , who was passing along with his cart , was forced out of his vehiolo , and severely iajured ; a lad , named J . mes Stanlite , in tbe employ of Miss Warraker , tho bookseller , cf the sama street , was blown across the carriage-way aad alao severe ! yinjured . He is still remaining in tha hospi . tal in a very precarious condition . At tbe same mo « ment the iron gratings snd window shutters of Mr Loten ' s premises , together with chaira , tables , and other articles of furniture , were forced over the read , and haviDg carried away the -hop front of the premises opposite , belonging to Mr Gibbons , No . 103 , sundry pieces of furniture were carried into tha
latter premise ? , and having made their exit at tbe back struck the houses iu Chester terrace , a distance of nearij 200 feat , where a oansiderab . ' e Quantity of window glass was also dcmoliabed . The fl oringB of the adjoining house , beloDgiDg to Mr Brown , linendraper , were lifted up , the walla were shattered , tha fumitur 9 hurled into the street , and a female named Grrick , was thrown down aad severely irjured . The whole of the windows and frames in the Windsor Castle Tavern were destroyed , and the building in several places set on fire . Severa l of tbe inhabitants residing opposite were struck by the bricks and furniture entering their premises , but fortunately none of them were dangerously injured .
The moment Mr Loten ' a brother could extricate himaelf from the ruins in the yard , he succeeded , after considerable trouble , in getting his siscer from beneath the rubbish , and , by acting a wall ten feet high , he managed to draw up flis rolaJive . Both were considerably burnt , and were removed to the hospital . It has been ascertained that no other parties except the three alluded to were in the premises when the disaster o-curred . During Tucsdav afternoon , Mr Toplis , the surveyor to tbe Sun Fire-office , and Mr llodgsall , the » 33 f ss ? r of losseB , visiled tha rui ^ B for th e purpose of ascertaining the- amount of misrbief dose . _ They were of opinion tbat no explosion cf similar yio ' . enca had ever taken place in the metropolis , and it was 3 matter of astonishment how eo l&rge a quantity of gas aa must have accumulated in the shop could have occurred .
The moment at which the accid ? nt to . k place ia accurately marked by several olocks in tbe neighbourhood , and especially by a large dial at ' the Wisdscr Castle Tavprn , which stands precisely at seven minutes past ten o ' clock . Mr Loten is insured in the Sun Fire office to an extent which , it is understood , will cover his Ios ? . Mr and Mrs Loten returned from tho country about halt ' an-hour after the explosion , and while their house was in fhines . The principal housefl in Albany-street which have suffered injury by the explosion are the following ;—No . COa , the Wiadsor Caatla Tavern , kept by Mr Haines No . 59 , Mr James Harrex , hosier and glover ; No . 53 Mr Ileyward , grocer ; No . 57 Mr
, Grosdona , fishmonger ; No . 50 , Mr Fraacis , scelptor ; No . 55 , Mr Clarke , lamp manufiio'urer ; No . 54 , Messrs Graddon , pianoforte-makers ; No . 53 , Mr Boulter , fruiterer ; the Police station ; No . 61 , Mis 3 Reynolds , milliner ; No . G 4 . Savings Bank ; No . 65 . Mr WeBt ' a private residence ; JNo . GG , Mr Wilson nurpeon ; No . 07 , Mrs Huxley ' s piivate residence : No . 03 , Messrs Clark , candle mould manufactnien On the opposite aide of tbe street : —Ihe Lhestet Arms , kept by Mr Clarke ; No . Mr Bodmead . oil and Italian warehouse ; No 112 , 13 , Mr Bolton , onrn dealer ; No . HI , Mr Godson , dairy mm : No .
110 , Mr Pitman , fruiterer ; No . 10 O , Mra Upon , fancy repository ; No . 108 , Mr Limebeer , cheesemonger ; No . 107 , Mr Tovey , "ohrteM ; Ao . -10 u . Mr Lev L jeweller ; No . IOS , Mr Wisnell , butcher ; No . 105 Mr Lambert , apothecary ; N . ) . 103 , Mrs Gibbons ' , haberdasher ; No . 102 , Mr Dennis , toy warflhmiHB- No 101 , Mr France , plumber aud Ria-; No 100 Mr Wells , saddler ; No . 00 . Mr Crabb , baker No & 8 Mr IInriH . house punter ; IV * 97 , Sfc ^ -g-fc ^ . 'SSKX'S StfTSaTSuS" » V ^ "K No . 92 . Mr Box , builder ; ^ o . , Mr ^ » -a , wa .
cn-Tne second fire broke out shortly after Swelwftis ( Tuesday ) morning in the upper part oi Mr Dak ' residence . It was first seen by a gentleman named Stiff who forthwith gavo the Eece-aary aiann ^ 1 be Hame * at tbat period appeared to fco ragirg in the ; ecocd floor , but ihoitly alterwarda tney penetrated the third floor , and bursting through the windows , they illuminated the city for asine distanca . _ tor . tunately the whole of the inmates succeeded in effecting a aafe retreat , although then « a some dlfli . cultv in removing the lady of Mr Dale , * no naa re " ntly been confined . The iUmu were subdued about half-past ose o ' clock . The fire was caused by tUo nuree , who had b * en adding : Mw Djle , on leaving one of the rsoms with a lighted canme in £ hand , accidents ignitiug the "wj ^ jjjfjj and in ari ingtaafc t& « W > ra bmm ?^ lpP ? d w fcmu *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 12, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1483/page/5/
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