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The Tories seeing tie feribditj pf the Whigs , rSa attempt was made by the Whigs , winch £ en SI away with the clause ^ providing that wetenth of the tithes shouldbe given to the poor . The till as thus altered was ropported by O Canndl , TThHi everr tog * at could be ofthe least service to Ir ishmen was effec ^ y ^ destroyed by those alterations , » d fliTJS ^ hen the provision f or abo-Kshine the sinecures , and that for appropnafang one-tenth of the tithes to the snpport ofthe poor , it was thus passed absolutely destitute of ' every m > od quality . The next was the Corporation Bill . Thev had bronght . in a bill for Corporate Tieforms ,
including sxty-seven towns , and possessing similar Tirovisions to the English Corporation Bill . The Tories ^ intr tried the perseverenee of the "Whigs in their measure * did not fear to spoil that bill also . They trapesed it and rejected it , when the Whig ? made a 4 cond attempt and brought in a bill providing Reibms for fifty-four towns . This was also rejected . A third bill was attempted , containing forty-seven towns , ( twenty less than the number first proposed , ) which the Tories also Tejected ; and thus ended the efforts of the Melbourne Administration on behalf of the inih Corporation Qnestion . It was well known , however , that these questions were raised merelv because the TThigs and Tories were agreed
on all important English questions , and as Ministers cannot be supposed to be in office without doing something , they directed their efforts towards Irer land , which however they never intended to improve hv their Legislation . —( Cheers . ) He begged their attention to the Coercion Bill which was passed under Melbourne ' s government . It was first provided bv that Bill that the Lord Lieutenant might call a Court of Special Sessions in any district in Ireland he might think , fit : that he might appoint to preside at that sessions aking ' s Serjeant , or a council at law , , of course ^ would be paid by government , and to him was given the power to try all cases , except felonies , which were punishable with
death . And thus , a hired judge was likely to cooperate with the government in oppressing the people . ( Shame . ) Another provision of that Bill is , that the grand jury who were summoned to the conn might apply to the Lord Lieutenant , who could sive that court fotrer to issue orders to the following effect : — " That every individual in the district should remain in his house from one hour after son-set to sun-rise , and 'that if any man be found out of Ms house during these hours , he might be detained in prison for trial , and convicted of a misdemeanour . " ( Shame , shame . ) But that , though bad enough , was not the worst . This court could order , that all the inhabitants should return a list of all the inmates of the honse . This list being returned , the court mav order the magistrates to
domiciliary visits . They may go to any house , in the middle of the nipht , order the inmates to be dragged out before them , and if the ) - did not appear ¦ within xen minutes they were liable to the following penalties : —•* Por not appearing outside their doors on these occasions they were liable , for the first time , to be imprisoned one month and fined £ 1 ( Shame , shame ) ; and for the second , three months and £ 5 . '" ( Cries of shame . ) Be it remembered that this is the mlticated Coercion Act and is ^ till in fcrv .-f . ( Continued cries of shame . ) Mr . Crawford here entered into an affecting relation of the miseries to ¦ which the poor Irish people were subjected by this provision , many of them being almost without clothes to cover them , were obliged to come out of their ¦ bosses-, and from their miserable beds into the cold
or rain , or whatever may be , to aaswer to their Barnes . ( At this relation the meeting expressed a deep srmpathy with the sufferings of their Irish brethren , and expressed their loud disapprobation of the proceedings of that base and mischievous government . ) Mr . Crawford then adverted at great length to tie Constabulary Bill , for the purpose of consolidating the constabulary' laws in Ireland . Those laws , ¦ which armed the constabulary in Ireland , -were originally framed by the Tor ies , on a far less scale , were not entirely in the hands of Government .
The bill passed by the "Whigs rendered that force permanent , and gave the Lord Lieutenant power to increase it at his pleasure . This force was disci ^ ¦ p lined in" the same manner as the soldiers of the nandins army . It was in fact a standing army , lept up ^ in thfi country , neither subject to the Mutiny Act nor to Parliament . —( Shame- ) That bill too placed an enormous patronage in the hands of Governtaent ^ it pai d a general inspector of this force £ 1 , 500 a year ; two deputy inspectors £ 300 a rear each ; one hundred and twenty-eight county inspectors , each having £ 500 a year ; thirty-five ? nb-mspectors at £ 250 a year each ; eighteen pay masters with £ 100 a year each ; chief eonstablts in great numbers having each £ 150 a year ; deputy or as > i > tant chief-constables £ 70 each : some other
officers having £ 50 a year each ; and the policemen cenerally from £ 35 to £ 25 a year each ; thus thereVas -vested in the hands of the Crown by that bill sn amount of patronage enough of itself to subvert the liberties of any country . —( Here the burst of cheering and execrating was deafening and terrible ; and at the statement of these simple facts without comment the feelings of the meeting seemed to ~ ba raised to such a pircb . , as to be ready for the most desperate action . ) The Lord Iientenant could appoint magistrates with a salary of £ 400 a jear , who bein ^ thus-subject to the Crown w ere cot iiielvtobe impartial in the - administration of justice , * but who might reasonably be expected to be the tools and slaves of whatever Government thev
aicht be appointed tinder . —( Hear , hear . ) VTas it possible that the people could have justice under these cirucmstances ?—( No , no . ) Magistrates no doabt were both nseful and necessary , bnt they should be appointed by the people . —( Loud cheers . ) Another specimen of TThig Legislation was that the people were taxed by grand juries who were no : the representatives of the country . He had given them some specimens of bills whieb the Legislature had proposed for Ireland , but had not been able to pass : they had also specimens of those which they had passed , and he would just briefly touch upon another measure before he dismissed the select . The people of England had complained and justly aboct the Poor Law Amendment Act , fci if the English Poor Law Amendment Bill for
England was bad , that proposed for Ireland was ten tiiztzs worse . There was no discretion to be given to the CommissJ 3 sion 2 r 3 with regard to out-door re-Etfin Ireland . Nc man could be permitted to re ceiTf relief withr . at going into a bast ile . ( Shame . ) The Whijrs had said that the poor man had no claim * " the soil , " and they would mate him a- wanderer on the face of the earth , without any claim upon Ae k ^ d in which he was born : but he maintained that iie poor man had a claim upon the soil ; and that no nan whowas an nnwiHinc idler should be deprived of s- But this bill gave to Irishmen no chance of re-Hrf except by emigration ; and thus the miserable
inhabitants of that unhappy country had . no other Koleethan expatriation , imprisonment , or death . ( Scam ? , shame . ) This was not the Bill he wanted fa Ireland , but one that would give employment to those who were willing to work without going Kfo a pr ison house to obtain it . ( Loud cheers . ) People should not T > e punished for their poverty , * iich they could not avoid . ( Hear . ) PoTertywas often created by bad regulations of society , and especially by such laws as the Corn Laws . ( Loud cheers . ) Such were the specimens of "Whig legislation for Ireland . ( Shame . ) Mr . Crawford then eamhated the fashionable doctrines of the over
population of the country ; but ha thought if justice were equally administered , there was not only room « K > ogh , but there were also intelligence and Industrr , and means , on which these might operate amply sufficient , not only to procure comfort for our present population , but to make a considerably greater population perfectly happy , so far as tie means of comfortable subsistence could enable & « n to do so . The executive proceedings of the Melbourne Ministry were then taken into consideration by Mr . Crawford , who proved that they had Wu equally as absurd and oppressive . He ad-Terted to the circumstance of Wexford gaol being Sfflde a receptacle for cattle that were seized for
fc&es ; a ! 1 ( i w } jen btryers conld not be found , of the * 2 nnonj of government appropriating them to their ° * a use . He therefore wished the people of Eng-* sd to make a stand , and insist npon their reprefestatives br inging forward such measures as would ^ productive of general good . ( Hear . ) He knew the ^ % s too well to give them any longer trial ; but « _ wished the people to try them that they might ^ ° ? a greater force to demand their rights . Mr . Crawford continued his address for nearly two hours , ^ after stating the "facts above recorded , inter-^ e raang them with remarks suitable to their characfer ; he amnmed up the whole by an impressive
'i'pealxo Englishmen bs well as to the men of Leeds , 10 ** determined in their clamour for their rights—*> ~ * e united in their operations—muted in their de-^ ads—BBited in their Tieaxts , and he doubted not -f t they wooldnltiiBately achieve a glorions triumph , r *^ cheers , ) [ We had prepared , a much more **? % report of this excellent speech , bnt finding ** - OfMr . Crair&rd' s speeches , delivered at a dinner ^ taley-bridgB , in wbieh there is a considerable ^? knty , so far as tise statement of facts and the ^ sssioB of sentimgfit ore concerned , that we refer Readers to that report to make up any deficiency ^ i laav be oiaiaed in tbij . ]
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£ -Mr . Beatjmokt then addressed the meeting , in a long speech , which was loudly cheered . He was afraid that little good -would be done by moral force , and that & 9 end of the whole matter would be an appeal to physical force . Indeed , the constitution recognised the right of that appeal whenever the people were under a tyranny . Mr . Cbawfobd again replied . He admitted that the constitution allowed that appeal ; but he would only resort to that appeal as the dernier alternative . The Chatbman gave the next toast , which was " The five great Radical principles and . the democratic Press . "
Mr . O'Consok , in a long and very animated address , replied to the toast . He characterised the Press as the sovereign of the country , and as having the sole dominion . He regretted that an engine which might be made so powerful an auxiliary in the people's cause , should be so shamefully corrupted — for it waa a well-known fact that some who professed to be Tories , for-the sake of pelf , were the proprietors of Radical newspapers ; and others who professed to be -Radicals , were the proprietors of Tory papers . He illustrated his assertion of the sovereignty of the Press bv a great variety of facts ,
and by the exhibition of certain objects which would necessarily be obtained by a free and uncorrupted press . The speech was listened to with great attention , and was received with the loudest approbation . Dr . * Taylor , from Glasgow , then addressed the meet ing . He delivered a long and humorous address , which was full of important truths , as well as replete with interesting jokes . Never was a man more enthusiastically received at a meeting than was Dr . Taylor : and we do deeply regret that we are so cramped for room that we must not at present proceed a Single step further .
' The neit toast was " The memory of William Cobbett , lateM . P . for Oldham , and a speedy repeal of the Poor-law Amendment Act . " It was drunk in silence . Mr . Cbabtbee , from Barnsley , replied in a very able speech , not forgetting to dress the gentlemen of the press ( the reporters ) who , he said , had more time to laugh and square their shoulders , than to tell truth . He expressed his readiness , on any occasion , to render any assistance in his power either to the Radicals . of Leeds or any other place wherever they mieht-require his services .
" The Health and Prosperity of the "Working Men ' s Association of Leeds" was next given by Mr . O'Connor , seconded by Dr . Taylor , and responded to by Mr . "SYhite , after which the party retired te- their respective habitations , much delighted wi th \ he entertainment .
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BRADFORD . "Working of the New Poor Law . —On the 14 th of December last , twenty-nine paupers belonging to Darlington , were removed from Bradford , at an expense of about £ 20 , in obtaining ^ orders of . removal , conveying them , meat , &c . The reason of their being- removed was on account of the Board-of Guardians , of Darlington , refusing to allow . any relief whatever to able-bodied paupers , although they might be in temporary distress only ; and in answer to applications for relief for them , they said remove them . Among the paupers removed was one Richard Wilkinson ; on \ Vedne « dav , " 3 rd instant , he was brought before the
magistrates , at the Court House , charged with vagrancy , in having returned to Bradford , and his wife having applied for relief . He stated that he haa received £ 2 from the Board of Guardians , at Darlington , to leave the place ; and this statement was strengthened by his having plenty of money in his pockets , and having been drinking two or three days . His wife , too , told the same story . "Wilkinson also stated that the Board had given other persons ofthe names of Heslop and Simpson , £ 2 or £ 3 each , to leave Darlington . He was committed for a month . —He has a wife and four children , who are in great destitution , and Bradford mos £ likely will have to incur other expense in again removing them . Truly thii is a fine system , and works well
Bkadt ' obd Uxiox . —An order has been received by the Board of Guardians of this Union from the Poor Law Commissioners . "We shall give a short digest of it . It recites that the Poor Law Commissioners did , by an order , dated 21 st Jan . 183 7 , order that the several townships set forth hi the margin , should , from the 10 th of "February form an Union , and that the several parishes or townships ^ included in such Union , should contribute and . be assessed to a common fund for purchasing , building , hiring or providing , altering or enlarging , any- workhouse , or other place for the reception and relief ef the poor of such Union , and for maintaining and upholding the Tror ] cbouse , payment of
officers of the Union , and providing utensils and materials for setting the poor to wort therein , in such proportions as on the average of three years , such relief had cost such parishes and townships separately . It is then stated that the Commissioners bad ascertained the annual average expense for three years ,, sustained by each parish or township in the relief of its poor , and that it was as follows : — Bradford , £ 3236 ; Allerton , £ 252 ; Bowling , £ 476 ; Bokon , £ 142 ; Calverley with Garsley , £ 590 ; Clajtton , £ 42 G ; CletkheatOD , £ 271 ; Drighlington , £ 269 ; Heaton , £ 214 ; Horton , £ 1035 ; Hunswortt , £ 146 ; Idle , 1151 ; Manningham , £ 343 ; North
Bierley , £ 880 ; Pudsey , £ ilrf 4 ; Shipley , £ 186 ; Thornton , £ 680 ; Tongj £ 421 ; "Wike , 143 ; "Wilsden ,- £ 265 ; and It is ordered that they shall be assessed in a common fund for the purposes before mentioned , In proportion to their respective averages . It is ordered , that where the Board of Guardians shall appoint an assistant overseer , his salary shall -be debited to the account of the place for which-he shall act ; and thu * the person employed to collect the rates of any township shall be paid by tie allowance of a certain ratio per cent , on the sum collected , to be determined by the Guardians , * ubject to the approbation of the
Comers . Ax Incorrigible . —At the Court House , on Monday , Mary Dixon was committed to Wakefield for three months as an incorrigible disorderly . Moses Sudden stated , that on Sunday morning he found her in front of the Sun Inn very drunk , about two o ' clock , mating an uproar , and stopping all she met . She had been forgiven several times by the magistrates before , on account of her years , being elderly . She seemed to have no taste for the " icy precepts of respect , '" ' but was as pert as a grasshopper before them , and thanked them with her best curtsey when thev committed hs-T .
The Ixfirhaby . —The election of a surgeon in the Toom of the late Mr . Lister , will take place on the 15 th . The whole of the candidates have withdrawn ,- except Mr . Illingworth , so that his success is , we should think , certain . Axti-Slavery . —There is noplace in the empire more alive to the cause of humanity abroad . than the inhabitants of Bradford , but , like long-sighted people , they can discern objects accurately afar off ; but when the \ are brought home to them , they see partially : and indistinctly . ^ Nothing illnstrates this observation more than the fact , that while the
negro ' s wrongs have claimed a large share of the sympathy of the ministers * of Bradford , hardly one has ever thought it worth his while to denounce the wrongs of the poor an 5 unprotected at home . At the late meeting , in Salem Chapel , a person in the gallery asked whether those on the platform would come forward * and endeavour to emancipate the slaves at borne—the factory children . This question was met by the quibble , that slavery did not exist in England . We wonld ast is tee factory system in accordance with" the- Christianity and the common dictates of humanity , and quote the inimitable Cowper , who says that Gen
" disclaiming all regard Kor inerrr and the common nghts of man , . Bn 2 & factories vith Hood . " Again we would ask in the words of the same poet , is it right ; . ¦ " TLaf man shonld wactorJr encroach on fellow man , -Alirldjre Mm of his just and natire rights , Krsdicate him , tear Mm from "his "hold , Upon the endearment of domestic life , " by shuttingliim np in Poor Law Bastiles , and separating him . from his wife and children . "We say that the ministers of Bradford , of all denominations , have given ju > t cause of . complaint , by their total silence on the Poor Law and Factory questions , and rendered their zeal in the cause of humanity abroad verv questionable . They can see great faults in the
"West , Indian planters ( and justly ) , but none in the task-masters of Bradford , of a great part of whom it mayie * aid ^ in the words of Burke , " The desk is their altar , the ledger their Bible , and money their God . "—York Courant . The Distress caused by the late Flood . -As we were the first to point out tha sufferings inflicted upon many of the poor by the late flood , and to call for the exertions of the more wealthy towards Its amelioration , we feel it our pleasing duty to acknowledge that something has , thongh tardily , been done . The balance of a subscription- for the relief of the unemployed poor , amounting to £ 44 . 14 ? . has just been devoted to that humane purpoB ^ ; and a noble example to others of his class has been set by Charles Harris , Esq ., who has subscribed one hundred pounds to the fund in question .
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Mechanics' Institute . —The sixth annual meeting of the Bradford Mechanics' Institute , was held on Tuesday evening , last , in the Exchangebnildings- The Eer , James Ackworth , A . M . the president , occupied the chair . Amongst other business transacted , it was agreed to connect the Institute with the "West Hiding Union of Mechanics ' Institutes , and also to petition Parliament for a reduction in the postage of letters . Subsequently a subscription of £ 50 from Charles Harris , Esq ., towards the building fund , was announced . There haa been a slight decrease in the number of members during the past year .
A Climax of Generosity . —Charles Harris , Esq ., banker , aged 63 , has this week given £ 50 to the Mechanics' Institute ; £ 100 to the relief of the poor sufferers from the late flood ; and Voiidit his hand to his house-maid , who is a maid of 23 . Serious Accident . —Last Friday , as William Ripley , of "Wellington-street , foreman to Mr . Crabtree , joiner , was in the act of putting up a ladder on some hooka in a passage , in Bowling-lane , the steps on which he was standing slipped from under him ; the ladder fell on his neck b and so severely injured the spinal marrow , that he now lies iu great danger .
Slavery . —The adjourned meeting on the subject of the "West India Apprentices was to be held last sight , ( Friday ) in the Friends' Meeting House , George Thompson , Eso ., the abolitionist , was pledged to attend . The Tables Turned . —Man- Howard was charged at the Court House , Bradford , by Henry Cunningham , with stealing . his watch . The parties are bothidealers in pots . On Thursday night last , the complainant sent a message to the defendant , who was in the Market-pinc ? , requesting she would go to the Nelson fnn , a < he wanted to sec her . She accordingly left her pots , and went to the
place appointed . The complainant is a cousin of defendant ' s husband , and she thought it would be wrong if she did not go to see him . - They had a noggin of rum together , and she was going to leave him , as he was intoxicated at the timej and his horse and cart were standing at the door . As she was coming away , he missed his watch , and immediately charged her with having taken it . He sent for the constable , and had her taken to prison . Not satisfied with this , he followed , and conducted
himself in so violent a manner , that he was himself locked up . It was proved that the defendant was perfectly sober , and she was searched , but no such thing as the watch was found upon her . It was also found that he ( complainant ) had struck the defendant ; and that he was in such a state oi intoxication as to be incapable of knowing what he was doing . Under these circumstances the magistrates fined him 5 s . for being drunk , and to pay expenses , which were also 5 s . The woman was discharged .
An Impostor . —A young man calling himself , when at Bradford , "William Pilkington , is traversing the country with a recommendatory letter , to which the name of the Key . G . S . Bull is fraudulently attached . The police are requested to look out for him—he is about 22 years old , light hair and complexion , and about five feet three inches high . Haworth . —The Rev . M . Saunders , of Haworth , having completed the fourteenth year of his pastorate over the second Baptist Church in that place , members of the society , to the number of " , about 150 , commemorated the event by taking ten together on New Year ' s Day , in the school room connected with their place of worship . Several interesting addresses were delivered bv the minister and some of the
member * , and also by the . Rev . Joseph Harvey , of Cullingworth ,. and "W . Tetk-y , Esq ., of Asenby Lodge , wh « were present on the occasion , and groatly contributed to the interest txcited .
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GREAT MEETING AT BRADFORD On Wednesday night last , one of the largest indoor meetings ever held at Bradford , took place in the Great Room of the Odd Fellows ' THall , to consider the best means of obtaining emancipation for the working classes . JVIr . Clarkson was iu tht chair , and a more glorious display of patriotism was never exhibited . The large room , which accommodates nearly 3 , 000 persons , was crowded in every corner , and many hundreds who could not gain admission , went away disappointed . The . chairman opened the business ofthe meeting by congratulating the people of Bradford upon their present position , He insisted upon the right c . f lhen thus constitutionally to meet and speak in language not to be
mistaken . He then introduced Mr . Feargus O'Connor to the meeting , who was received with long and hearty cheers and clapping of bands . Mr . O'Connor addressed the meeting at considerable length , bearing upon the general policy of the Whigs , and showing the absolute impossibility of three political parties existing in the state . He explained the means by which one of those parties was to be disposed . o , namely , by allowing them to adjust their own differences , while the Radicals laugh at the - quarrel . He entered into a most interesting detail of the effect which our foreign policy had upon our domestic concerns . He showed most clearly and ingeniously the reference which the Canadian question had to the
Poor Law Amendment Act , and the whole system x > f machinery . Mr . O'Connor made a deep impression upon the meeting ; and , after introducing Dr . John Taylor ,--of-Glasgow , he sat down amid thunders of applause , which lasted several minutes . Dr . Taylok next presented'himself , and was received with the most rapturous enthusiasm , the great mass rising and giving nine hearty cheers . Dr . Taylor went into a history and review of the whole system of taxation , -showing- 'the ; . ' effect which monopoly haa upon the well-being of the peor
pie . He particularly instanced the timber and sugar duties ; and showed how those imposts pressed only upon the people . He gave a very interesting account of the state of parties in Scotland , and said that he and the cause were upon the eve of being crushed for ever , when Feargus O'Connor arrived amongst them , revived their drooping spirits , and placed the Radicals at the top ofthe tree . The Dr . expresed himself more delighted than he had ever been with any public meeting in bis life , and after a very long ~ and instructive speech he sat down loudlv cheered and rapturously applauded by the meeting .
Mr . Peter Bussey was then called upon to address the meeting . He said it was very hard after they had heard the sledge hammer reasoning of the gentleman who had preceded him , to call upon him to disgrace himself by attempting to make a speech , but he felt an interest , as they all well knew , in the Radical cause , and he was ready to support it whenever be was required . He had often attended that place when meetings were held for similar purposes to that for which they had then assembled , and he had often regretted that they were so thinlv attended . On some occasions it was
true they had bad the attendance of the gentlemen of the black cloth , and tb ^ se of the legal profession ; bnt they were never to be expected where any measures were to be taken to promote the good of the people . He rejoiced however to see such an assembly , and if they had had occasion to complain that their attendance on former occasions was limited , that meeting amply compensated for any past indifference that might have been manifested towards the people's cause . And if they had not the attendance of those black worthies , they had , he was sure , the spirit which fired the Canadians with the love of liberty , and which only wanted the match applying to it by some skilful hand , to set it into a
tremendous blaze . —( Loud cheers . ) Dr . Taylor had told them a very pretty story about a political tree overgrown wit * Ivy , in which the "Whigs and Tories had nestled , and from which the Whiga had cropt some pretty slips of that ivy to distribute amongst the people ; but for his part instead of plucking up the ivy by the roots , he would take the tree by the middle and turn it upside down . —( Cheers . ) How would things be then ? Why the Queen and her Ministers would be where they ought to be ; they woald beat the bottom of the tree , and John Bull would be at the top of it . Her Majesty would then have to look imploringly to the people and ask them for their support , and he was sure it would be given her . He had heard about the President of America having £ 5 , 000 a year , he would allow the Queen £ 10 , 000 , and with that be thought she might satisfied
be . —( Cheers . ) He wa < . " no advocate for the adoption of physical force when they sought their rights ; but if moral force would not " , physical force was then neeessary , and if the people were at last unwillingly compelled to have recourse to physical force , he was sure they would triumph in the end . He , for this purpose , advised every Englishman to provide himseif with a musket . ( Cheers . ) Hehaddoneit . ( Cheers . ) He now came to another part of his subject , arid one minutely bearing upon the object of the meeting , namely , emancipation . To emancipate themselves they must be represented . —( Hear , hear . ) Feargus O'Connor had pointed out to them the manner in which that was to he accomplished , and with the assistance of that gentleman and under hi « guidance , he would offer himself a * a candidate for their suffrages upon the first opportunity ? ( Indescribable manifestations of feel-
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ing m the meetings-cheering arid waving of hats . ) The speaker , then entered into the state of Canada , and recoraihended the people to subscriBe to back the Canadians it their : glorious struggle . Mr . O'Connor imm ' e . diatelyfse ' t the example by placing a shilling upon a tray which stood before him , and in an instant the whole jneetihg moved to the platform , to subscribe each his mite . Mr . Bussey addressed the meeting at considerable length and in a very happy strain . He sat down amid thunders of applause . ,-
Mr . Squire Farrar , next presented himself , and was received with loud cheers . He repudiated the attacks which had been made upon .-the Malthusi an-Radicals , who were ehe and all for the suffrage ,, the only real protection for them was their liberties and their properties . Mr . Farrar ; showed the fallacy of dividing upon crotchets and recommended a union of alii ( Loud cheers . ) . Mr . Jackson also addressed the meeting , but more in connexion with the proceedings of Thursday , than with reference to the rQeetin-r . The Chairman thenjadjourned the meeting ^ after three hearty cheers for O'Connor , Taylor , and the Canadians . ;! ' ' ;
When th , e proceedings were over , Win . Bussey stood at the door to receive subscriptions for the Canadians , and actually got a large coal box full of silver and copper . We never saw such enthusiasm , every man ran cheerfully with his mite . Thus ended the most glorious meeting we ever witnessed .
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MEETING AT BRADFORD IN SUPPORT OF THE CANADIANS . On Thursday evening last , a Public Meeting of the inhabitants of Bradford , convened by a requisition , signed by 160 householders , was held in the Odd Fellows' ijtal ! , '"' . expressi .. their opinion on the unhappy differences ' that niivv ex ' st between this country and the Canadas and for determining , upon the best means of giviii ' g effect to such ; expression . " At . seven , o'clock , -the large room , which will hold 3 , 000 persons , was filled : and , on . the motion of Mr . John Jackson , Mr ... Thomas Hill , maltster , was called to the chair . He operied the business of the meeting in an animated speech , in which he condemned the policy of the government , ahd
expressed his hope that the Canadians would succeed in their noble efforts for . emancipation . He announced to the meeting / that Mr . Lister , M . P . for their borough , had sent a note to him , as chairman , stating that Vie should not be able to attend the meeting , though he had promised to do so . This announcement wa . s received with th ^ most unequivocal marks of disapprobation , by the assembled thousands ; ana which we sincert'ly wish the non est invent its M . P . had been present to have heard , as it would have taught him how the people appreciate those characters who " vote against their : conscience /' ¦ ' ¦ and , who have not the courage manfully to avow their fault and ask for forgiveness . The Chairman concluded by calling upon Wm . Byles , Esq ., of the Bradford Observer , to move thefirst resolution , which i was-r— .
RESOLVE !) , 1 . —That this meeting regarding w * r a » one of the greatest calaimitiea which can betal a nation , deeply reprts to . finil the J 5 ritish Oovt-nuuent engaged in hostilities \ rith the people of the Canad&s . . ' Mr . Byles said , that ,. - though he was no speaker , he could not refrain from coming forward on this ocer . sion . He was ¦ an enemy to war . One of our poets had well said , "that " War is a game , which , Were their subjects wise , :. i Kings would not play at . "
He thought he could adduce 800 , 000 , 000 reason ? , why v . e should not go to war , independent of the horrors of war itself . Some held that war was , un ^ der all circumstances , opposed to the principles : of eternal justice . For himself , he confessed , that he did not imbibe that principle . He thought there were times and circumstances which justified war . He , however , admitted , that in ninety-nine cases war Avas impolitic : and , while he lamented that the Canadians : had taken up arms ) , he also lamented that the English Government had given them cause to do so . - . -. - . ' - .. - .. - ¦ - _ . .. ¦¦ . . . ; : . ¦ ¦ ¦' ¦ ' : ¦ , ' Mr . Caulile , tailor , seconded the resolution , which was put by the chairman , and carried by 200 to i . '¦¦ .. ; . ¦ ¦' ¦ ¦' ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦' . ¦ : ¦ ¦ : ¦ : ¦ . ¦'" •¦ ... v .
Mr . S . Bower moved the second resolution ,- ^—2 . —That this meeting consider * the object nought by the people of the CamuluR \ m be only their jvvat Tight * , and cannot therefore refuse them iu cordial sympathy and well wishes ; while oil the other hand , it views the cgurse pursued b y the hritish Government an complrtely at variance with the . principles of justice and sound policy and with their own professions , and therefore as deserving unqualified , condemnation . Mr . Bo-WER gave a history ofthe struggle of the Canadians , through their House of Assembly , for some degreo of liberty . 'He described the House of Assembly as a rnirror of the , wants and wishes . of the people of Canada , inasmuch as it was called into bein g by a Suffrage , more nearly approaching to Universal , than was that which was .. generally sought
by the major part of the English : Radicals , as . it was a Suffrage which embraced ! the female population . ( Cheers . ) The Keforms sought by the Canadian people ought to have been granted ; : because there were , in the House of Assembly , 70 to 9 in favour of them . The grievances under , which the Canadians groaned were intolerable ; but Lord John Russell's resolutions was the climax—the cape-stone of all . And we were now , if the people would permit it , to be engaged in a-war for the sake of supporting rnisgovernment , both at borne and abroad . The Canadians having only taken up arms in selfdefence , they had his best wished * while the government , who were attempting to coerce ; therfy had his bitter condemnation .
Mr . Bower , who ' was secretary to the meeting , here proposed to read the note received from Mr . Listeu , referred to in the chairman's opening speech . The proposition was received with hisses ^ and groans , and cries of " shuffler , "/''' shuffler . ' !" " why did not he come himself p" u Sneak f " " coward , " and such like expressions of disapprobation . ' .. The note was at last 'read , and it \ vas to the effect , that , "it would be inconvenient for Mr . Lister to attend , because his brpther had just come over on business !" : \ . This shallow excuse was received by the meeting as it deserved— -and we would advise Mr . L . the next time he shuffles off an engagement , to frame a more plausible one , if he wishes it to be received , Mr . Bower , in explanation , said ,
that Mr . Lister had expressed himself when called upon , very sorry that hey when Lord John Russell ' s resolutions were before the Commons , had voted for them " against his conscience : " and that . he had pledged himuelf to do his utmost to give expression to , and " carry out , " the wishes of the people of Bradford , whenever the subject again came before Parliament . He had also promised to attend that meeting , in order to acquaint himself with the feelings of the people upon the subject . They had heard Mr . L . ' s excuse ^ -and were able to judge whether it was satisfactory or not . For himself , he must say , that he thought the consideration of private ¦ ¦ " business" ought to have given way to those of public duty . the
Mr . ClarksoN , solicitor ^ seconded resolution moved by Mr . Bower . The resolution was carried unanimously . Mr . J . DouTHWAlTE in moving the third resolution , said , that it was rather curious that they should be met to talk of right and justice ^ when we had a Reformed Parlia ?) ient which dealt out right and justice by shovel ' s-full ! But it . was more curi * ous still , that our Reformed Parliament should be so very fond of the people's money—indeed , as fond as any of their i predecessors . Of that fondness they had given ample proof in the affair , of ihe Duchess of Kent ' s allowance of £ 30 , 000 a-year ; Mr . J . Jacksok seconded the resolution in a few very apposite remarks . i J
3 . —That it is the duty of the House of Commons to refuge to grant any supplies of men or money demanded by-the Executive fur the purpose of making war upon the peoole of thti Canadaa . ? '¦" . "• " r * It was carried unanimously . Mr . P . BusseV moved the fourth resolution , which was seconded by Mr . Rouse , and then carried unanimousl y . It wasi as follows : — ; /¦ — Th " » n 7 demand of independence made bv the people of the Canada * ought to be most promptly conceded as being an- . -tict- of justice towards them , and relieving this countrv from hea v v pecuniary ... charges annually Bustabed In conse " - quence of its connexion with that Colony . ,-. ¦ . •" The following Petition was then moved by Mr . A . Hr RD , seconded by Mr . J .: IbBetsOn , and supported (?) by the Rev . J . Glvbe , in a speech , which , for its cold , and freezing qualities , beat all we ever before heard . ,
" To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of ; Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled . f */ The Petition of thelrihabitarita of Bradford m the County ! ofYork , in PubUc Meeting assembled , : •• •) .. ;¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ "Sheweth j V . ) / ;¦ ¦ ¦ . > r- '" - ' :: ' : . "' " That your petitioners , considering war as one of the greatest calamities which can befal a nation , and the object songht by the people of the Canadas to be only their just right , cannot refuse them their sympathy and good wishes . *
t , ¦ JK your pentioneK f deeply regret to iiad the British Government engaged in hostilities with the peo ? l ~ Canadas , aud vifew the course pursued by the Government as completely at variauce
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with the pnhciples of justice and sound policy , and with its own professions , and therefore deserving of unqualified cpndempation ; = V . ¦ ..-, That your Wtititidners being of opinion that any demand of independence made by ^ the people of the Canadas ought to be promptly conceded , as beiug an act of justice towards them , and a relief to this countrv from heavy pecuniary charges annually sustained in consequenceof its connexion ^ with that colony ; theriefore entreat that your Honourable ¦ 'House , asadiity incumbentiipoii . you , will refuse to grant any supplies of men or money demanded by .. ' the Executive , for the purpose of making wip , r on the Canadas ..: ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' . /¦ . . ¦ - . " : '' :: . . ; : "' " And your petitioners will ever pray , &c . "
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¦ ¦¦;¦ .. HAIiIPAX . . ¦ ¦ ' ., ; .. ¦ .. ' . Hand Loom 'WeavebS . — " In the parish of Hf . lifax , an immense quantity of stuff goods are made , called lastings ; that great bodily exertion is required in weaving them , will hi p evident from the following statement ; yet , notwithstanding thig , the wages of the weavers hasbeen reduced upwards of serenty per cent , during the -last fifteen years . The length and weight of ; the weft , which a weaver has to bear , in weaving a five-in-a-rced striped lasting piece : viz . 560 yards in hanks , and 120 hanksiin a piece , will amount to 07 , 200 yards of Weft , Multiply
this by 36 , the inches in a yard , and divide the productby % 9 , the breadth inches of a piece , and there will be 83 , 420 picks in apiece . 44 lbs weight is required in . treading down the treadle to its proper distahcei Multiply the picks by the weight , and it will amountto 3 , G 70 , 480 lbs , 1638 tons . 12 cwt . Oqrs . 161 bs . to be borne by a weaver in a piece , exclusive of the performance of the slay boards ; 30 lbs on hand in the , performance ofthe slay boards to every pick will amount to 2 , B 02 , 6001 bs ., or TlJ ' tbns . " 4 cwts . 2 qrs . 161 b . " Tons . cwts . qrs . lbs . By Slay Boards .... 1 , 117 4 2 16 By the Foot .. . ' . 1 , 638 12 0 16 Total 2 , 755 16 3 4 Money has been described aa the " the true privium mobile '' of this our globe , which sheds astrological , that is , insirtable influences on every scene of human existence . " The present times are strangely at variance with those in / which it was said there was a thousand ' ways of getting money , but only one way of saving it ; which was , not to spend it unnecessarily ; for in the trading districts there appears not to be one way of getting it either to spend or to spare ! " Now in the winter of our discontent , " and the great barometer of life , money is 30 degrees below the freezing point , so that we have eviery reason to calculate upon a Kamschatkan winter .
Narrow Escape . —On Saturday last , as a man , named John Hey , in the em ploy of John Rayner , Es ^ ., of Old--lane mill , neiir this town , wa ? incautiously standing with lju ' s back to a burning lamp , his coat , which was of a cotton fabric , caught fire , and before he was aware of his danger he was enveloped inflames . At this juncture a young man named Joseph Ogden , providentiall y came in , and immediately rendered the unfortunate man tho most prompt and effective assistance in subduing the flames , but for which , the man would doubtless have been burnt to death .
Independent Chapel , Ovenden : ——This chapel has been lately erected and cost £ 1 , , thousand pounds have been raised by subscription , leaving the place £ 800 in debt . A meeting Was held on the 1 st of January , to consider of the best means of liquidating it , a few friends from the Square Chapel , Halifax , attended , when the company then present agreed to raise what they could on thatoccasion , and , considering the numbers and circumstances of the party , they evinced a liberality scarcely it ever equalled . The sum of . £ 650 was subscribed , and ere this it : i fully expected that the whole will have been paid off .
HUDDEFvSFIELD . Poor Law at HuDDERSFiELb . — The adjourned meeting of the Guardians of the Huddersfield Poor Law Union will , we understand , be held on Tuesday , the 29 th instant , - at which most likely , the Poor Law party will attempt to get a clerk appointed by some means or other . Every effort on the part ofthe people and their own Guardians must be made to prevent it . RoBBERY .- ^ -During the last week , some person or persons stole from the yard , at Lock wood House , near Huddersfield , ( which is at present unoccupied , ) a large leaden water cistern . A reward of five pounds has been oftered for the discovery of the thieves .
Colliery Accident . —On Thursday afternoon ^ an explosion . of fire . damp took place in a colliery belonging to the Bierley Iron Company . There were four men in at the , 'time ^ all of whom are much injured . One of them is dreadfully scorched ; another had the presence of mind to lay down flat on his belly , and had he notdone so , he was in a part of the pit most exposed to danger . He escaped the least hurt . The explosion , it is reported , was attributable to a lad , who either in a Ireak or through carelessness , took off the top of the safety lamp .
Robbery at Raistrick , near Hudders flELD . —The Loyal United Free Mechanics' Club and a Female Club , both held at the White Hart ¦ Inri ' j Raistrick , near Brighouse , had to close the year 1837 , with the discovery of the club boxes having been forced open and the cash extracted . From the Mechanics' box about £ 11 , arid from the Females' box about £ 23 . The Female Club met on Christmas day , when all was right . The robbery was not discovered until about one o ' clock on Sunday , the 31 st December . Diligent search was made to trace out any circumstance which might lead to the apprehension of the depredators , but without effect .
Juvenile Concert . —A grand concert took place In tho large room , Star Inn , Linthwaite , on Monday , . January 1 st , when Master Wood , aged ten years , and Master Sykes , aged eight years , made their first appearance in public , to a numerous and respectable assembly , and performed several favourite duets , rondos , &c ., on the piano-forte ; the principal vocal performera , Miss Sykes and Mr . Bradley ; the glee singers , Messrs . M ilnes , Starkey , Kay , and Wilkinson ; Mr . Horn presided at the piano-forte . The performance ofthe two Masters
Wood and Sykes , was astonishing to all present and reflects great credit on their tutor , for having brought them to such perfection at so early an age . The vocal performers displayed their abilities" in a masterly n \ anher , particuiarly Miss Sykes and Mr . Bradley . Taking the performance altogether , it reflects great credit on all parties concerned ; for it waa such as is seldom surpassed out of London . The two juvenile pianists , Master Wood and Master Sykes , intend giving a concert to the inhabitants of Bradford , in a few weeks time .
Coroner's Inquest . —On Tuesday week , an inquest was held in the committee room , at the Infirmary , Huddersfield , before G . Dyson , Esq . coroner , on view of the body of W'illiam Shaw - lying dead in the Infirmary , from , the injuries he sustained by being caught with the fly wheel , in Messrs . G . Crowther and Brother ' s mill , at Padi dock about seven weeks ago . Verdict—Accidental death . A KaiLbr . —A person has lately been in Huddersneld , at Messrs . Henry Brooks and Sons , proto be black
iessmg a dyer , at the same time putting up at the Dog and Gun . He called fcr ham and eggs to his . breakfast , and must have a hot dinner every day ; ham or beef to his tea ; the cloth t-pread for supper , and steaks or sausages in double quick time , but in a few days left without saying a word or paying a farthing . He has since been at Lfinel dyehouse , carrying on his gormandizing propensities , and is now supposed to be gone back to his native place s Leeds . The public will do well to guard againist this epicurean , as he may be easily known by his pot-bellied appearance .
DEWSBtJRY . ¦ .. Skriovs Accident . —A person of the name Wm . Walker , of Whitley , while at his work In one of the pits of J . » L . Radge , of Grange Moor , on Saturday , morning last . The unfortunate man had neglected to efficiently prop his works with puncheons . Two boys who had gone into the pit at 10 o ' clock the preceding Evening , were forced to stay with the man till the workmen came at the regular hour next morning . : Robberies . —Oh the Night of Friday week ^ some villaitis entered the shop belonging to Mr ; Watson Lister , boot and shoe ) maker , Dewsbury . and j stole therefrom
, a quantity of shoes , ' clpga , pattens , and working tools . —Also the same evening two sacks of malt were taken oiit : of the brewhouse of . Mr . Ockerbyj the New Inn—owing to some holes being in the sacks , the villains were traced to a considerable distance , but not no far as to lead to their ' . detectJon . i T-Also the same evening ten listing pieces , in an unfinished state were taken from the shop of Mr . Samuel Chadwick , Brook Hole , Dewsbury . It is supposed that owing to the weight of the pieceSj the thieyes ^ rere obliged to leave four of them behind , which were found at the door of Mr . Tong , Earlsheaton ^ the next morning , the remainder hare not yet ) een heard of ,
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V : V v : ¦ ¦ ' " * .. ; i ' ¦; wAKBPiEiiD * . X . ' ; v ¦ ¦ ¦ - .: ; v . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦; Fatal AccipENT . —On Saturday morning ^ about four o'ciock v a " man named Walker , met with his death in > coal pit , in the township of Middlestown , by "the roof of the pit falling in the placewhere be was at work . The deceased was 32 yearsof age , andlhas left a wife and four children . : Mb . GaskelL's PLATE . % At the ; Petty Sessions , on' Monday , Mr . ; Kershaw applied to the-Magistrates for use of the ; Court House , for tbe purpose of presehtini ? to the late honoured member .
for Wakefiejd two pieces Of plate , which have been subscribed for by his friends . Mr . Maude , the ; chairman , stated ; that it was not the customof the-Beneh to" Jend . the building for political purposes j but as Mr . . Gaskell was a brother magistrate ^ and was so generally respected on account of his excellent private character , they should , on this occasion , venture to deviate from their general rule . We undetstand the yVate vfftl be piesented on Mondaynext . ¦ ' ¦ " : ' ¦¦ : ¦ ' ¦ -.. ' : . : . ' ' * " ¦' ¦ \ . ^ - '¦• '• ¦' . ' ' ¦ ' ' ; ¦ " ' - ;
; - . ¦;• HIPOK . ;¦ . ' : . ; - . . -: . - , ; . ¦ ¦; RiPON Sharpers Outdone . — Aperson callinjg himself Riohinson , waited upon : many of the inha--bitahts of Ripon , chiefly in the outskirts , but moreparticularly in the adjoining villages and farm-houses ^ exhibiting' a list of clocks , watches , &c . which he was going to dispose of by lottery , on the 1 st :-day ot January , at airespectable inn , in ^^ Ripon ; The ^ tickets being one shilling each , he succeeded in duping the credulous to the amount of £ 8 and upwards . On the . appointed day numbers were seen hastening to the Lottery Office Inn , with their tickets , full of anxious hope , " . ; ' . . ' . ' •' -. - . . "A prize to catch , An , eigtt 3 ays ' clock , or else a silver watch ;"
but their astonishment and dismay may be betteir cpneeived than £ escribed ^ when on enquiry there was no Mr . Robinson , ' no clocks , no watches ; this Ton * Tick with . his human nature and soft sou'der ^ had decamped , leaving a message behind : him , that as soon its he arrived at Newcastle , he would there make known how he had outdone the Ripon sharpers . . ¦ ' ' ' TflAXiTON / ¦ ¦ ' ' .- . ¦¦ ¦ - .. " - : ' .. '¦ . '¦
Malton Tee-Total Meeting . — "We understand that there vras . a public rheeting of the advocates of Tee-tbtalism , held in the Boys' School Room , at Malton , oh Tliursdaj ' jast , which was yery numerously -. attended . A correspondent says , that three itinerant advocates addressed the meeting . ; , but that tney could not , be heard , owing to the bad conduct , of several loose -characters who had gone merely to disturb the meeting , and cause a riot . A pigeon was let loose in the room , arid the lights were put outj ; and other outrages were perpetrated .. Nothing can more satisfactorily prove the necessity of Temperarice Societies , than the misconduct of " these drunken blackguards . .
HULL . : Working Men ' s Association .- —Last : M ^ oudas night , a very numerous and respectable meeting of the association was held at Mr . Scbrgie ' s room ^ in Dagger-lane , Hull , for the purpose of taking into . ¦ consideration' . ' . the present , state of affairs in , Canada . Mr . Wilde was . in the chair , and themeeting \ vas addressed by several members of the association .: A number . of resolutions vvere passed ^ and it was-agreed that a petition should be presented to the Hou . se of Commons against prosecuting the . war in Canada . , . "
Hull Police .--Charge against a PoLicE iNSPECTOR .-rMr . William Martin , a curious mixture of conceit and vulgarity , appeared to sus ^ - tain a charge of assault , which he had made on : a previous day against Inspector Richard Potter . M ' r . Harvey , solicitor , appeared for the defendants Martin , who described hiniself as a cordwainer , hot suhsequently ' ¦ ¦ confessed' that he followed likewise thepolite profession of a dancing master , stated that himself , and four other friends came out of the White Hart j . in Salt Hcuse Lane , at about half-past twelve o ' clock on Thursday hwrning : week , and stood upon the flags , looking at . one Mr . Harrison getting his cab into the couch house . Harrison was
making a disturbance , and the police seargent came up and told them to move on ; and they bade each other good night and separated , when fie ( complainant ) felt some one push against his shoulders , and , on " skewing " himself on his heel , he saw a man in d cloak , and looked him up in the face , upon which ' the latter said , " You'll know me again when you see me ? " and Martin said , " Perhaps I shall /' . The officer then shoved him oft' th& flags , and' he came away , and told him hut should hear from him in the morning , and he wa » again twice shoved off the flags . " And , " said the sprightly cutter of capers , "I will have justice . " Martin then called Mr . Mason and another as
witnesses , both of whom were , it appeared , parties to the disturbance ; : but the only effect of this testiniony was to show , that there was a disturbance , and that Martin and therhselve . - * were in some degree implicated in it . The conduct of the parties before the court went to prove that education had :. been * bestowed upon the heels , to the entire exclusion of the head , 'rhepharge wa « J most decidedly disproved by the evidence of Sieargent Culan and other witnesses called for the defence . . The court . dismissed the case , the Mayor observing that a more paltry one never came before him . Martin , as he left the court , made , -use of some ¦ insulting expressions , which cautrhtthie ear of Mr . Parker , who ordered hiin to come ; back , and told him he ought to be ashamed of himself . Did he know what a flagged footpath was made for ? People had no right to
stand and obstruct the path , and any body had aright to shov-e them out of the way . He . often did so himself ; and-if at any time he ( the magistrate > so far forgot himself as to stand on the path , he hoped that some one would shove him out of the way , for he- shonld deserve it . It was clear the police had nol done their duty ; they ought to bare taken both him ^ and his friends to the station honse , and then they ^ the magistrates , would have done them justice , by binding them over to keep the peace . The dancing master retired Completely chop fallen . Wesleyan Sabbath School . —A powerfal : and eloquent appeal , oil behalf of ihose schoolswas made in'Waltham-street chapel , on Wednesday evening , Janiiary 3 d , by the Rey . R . Newton , of Leeds , after which a collection was made on behalf of the institution .
Religious Destitution ^^ of Upper Canadav —Powerfuland affecting diseoureeaweredeliveredon Sunday last , in the morning , at Sculcoates churchy in the afternoon , at St . John ' s , and in the evening at Christ church , by the Rev . W . Bettridge , froii Upper Canada , on behalf of the Episcopal churcit * in that distant colony . Mr . B . stated , that he wasBfl deputed by thelate Bishop of Luebeck , to visit the- ^ church of the mother country , and make known to . her members the religious destitution ; of 100 , 000 of
their fellow churchmen oh the province of Upi per Canada . Many of them for years had heen altogether deprived Ofthe celebration of divine worship ,, and had not even the opportunity of getting their children baptised . If they could only have , a visit from a ministeronce in six months , they would esteem it a high privilege . A , meeting on ; the sainV subject was held in the public roonii , on Monday evening , which ' vre bad not the Opportunity of . attending . ,- ; ' . V , ¦ ';
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DREADFCli GO ^ FLAailATIO . N : ' : * . ¦¦ ' : ' ;; : ¦ <>¦ . . '* * . * .. . : . ' ¦ ;¦ DESTnUCTIOiV OF THE BOVAL EXCHANGE . ( From the Morning Chronicle of Thursday . )' An event , which may be regarded as a national § alamity r occurred last night—the Royal Exchange is a heap pfrmns-T-a destructive tire has laid waste this extetisive commercial building , oiie of the most magnificent in Europe . Soon after ten o'clock last night the fire broke out in Lloyd's Cpffee-room , ai the north-east corner of the edifice ^ opposite the Bank of England . It was first discovered by one of the Bank watchmen , who gave the : alarm at the gates , and the Bank engines were immediatelybrought . A strong bod y of the City police ; andnight watchmen , and -the soldiers ou duty in the Bau"k »
immediately repaired to the spot , and expresses were sent off . iii all directions to the fire * engine stations , at which . period no signs of any : fire could be « een from the - street . Considenibj » difficulty was ; , experieuced in obtaining any entrance to the buildings and when this wa » accomplished the" flanius broke through the W ) ndpw 8 ; with great fory , and drove the people back .. The scene whicK eusued was a most extraordinary one ; the whole , iieigubpurhood was alarmed , and the tradesmeiiw"ho held the small shops around th * exterior of the buiidiDg instantly commenced the removal of their goods . It wias at once predicted that ; the whole building would be d | e » troyed , and thiB forboding- was realized too correctly . The JefferiesrsquareWhiitecross-streef , Far-street , Southwark-bridge-road , Holb 6 rrj , Chandos-street j Schools ineE
Louse-liine , and Wellclpse-squareeng , with tbos © belonpngtp the West prEngland , the Couiity-oiriceand several otheri , were all on the spot , with 63 of . '¦ . '" . the fire brigade merij within an hour after the firi&-was discovered ; Before any water could be throwa on the building it was nipcessary : to thaw the hose ; -, and works of tne engines bypbaring hot water npon them , and thiskcausiii some delay * For some tim * afterwards , oyriiig to the . intense frost , there was great difficulty in vdrking the engines , and the firjp ^ je 1 *** , ; . continued extending ' in asoath-west direction , j < s ^^ i ^^ N ^ suining the whole ofthe ^ ong ^^ range of officesMiS ^^ feiv ^^ . pr , tn thM Ttov 6 lF . Kchanap Agraraiice CoinpB ^ n '~ K ^ 7 ^ J - ^ ¦ ; . . . ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ; : ; ¦ • ¦ ¦ ¦¦ . , : " ^^^ pK ^ lJ
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 13, 1838, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct337/page/5/
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