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EXTENSIVE AND FATAL ! CONFLAGBAT1ONS.—FIVE LIVES LOST.
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" Mr. Stevenson's valuable work on ' Throat Deafness,' the various forms of which he was the first to notice, name, and cure—will add greatly
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to the well-earned proieaBionai reputation me author haa long sustained , a 9 one of the most scientific and successful practitioners in the treatment of Ophthalmic and Aural Diseases . " —Bath Herald . ' Fourth Edition , price lg . ON THROA . T DEAFNESS , with numorous cases , showing tbat this frequent , but little suspected disease admits of easy and effectual relief , without cutting out the tonsils , blowing air , or thrusting instruments through the nose or month into the eustaohian passages . By John Stevenso * . Esq ., M . R . C . S ., 38 , Conduit-street , Hanover-Fquare , many years Surgeopi to the Royal Infirmary for Cataract , Lecturer on the Structure and Diseases of the Eye and Ear , Oculist to bis late Majesty . Oculist and Auriat to other Members of the Royal Family , and to the King of the Belgians . S . Highley , 32 , Fleet- street . Of whom may be bad , the Sixth Edition of tbe Author ' s work on Cataract , 3 * . Seventh Edition , on Deafness , its Causes , Prevention , and Cure , 3 d . On Weakness of Si « ht , Third Edition , 3 * . 6 d .
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Just Published , Price 2 s 6 d . ( Or sent free to tha ntoat remote partB of the Kingdom , in a sealed envelope , on the receipt of a i post-office order for 3 s 6 d . ) THE SECRET MEDICAL ADVISER BEING apraotioal Treatise on the prevention and care of the VENEREAL DISEASE , ami other affections of the urinary and sexual organs , in both sexes , with a mild and successful mode of treatment , in all their forms and consequences ; especially Stricture , Crleets , affections of the Bladder , Prostrate Glands , Gravel , &o . shewing also the dangerous consequences of Mercury , such as eruptions of the skin , pain in the bones , &c , with plain directions for a perfect restoration ; embellished with engravings . An ample consideration of the diseases of women ; also nervous debility ; including a comprehensive dissertation on tbe anatomy of Marriage , impuiseance , celibacy , eterillity or barrenness , and various other interruptions ofithe Laws of nature . 1 ; Also some Animadversions on the Secret Sin of Youth , which entails each fearful consequences on its victims . ( fS » This Work is undeniably the most interesting ana important that has hitherto been published on this subject , imparting information which ought to be in the possession OP every one who is labouring under any secret infirmity , whether male or female . BY M . WILKINSON , CONSULTING SURGEON , &o . 13 , Trafalgar Street , Leeds . Of whom they may be obtained , or from any of his : Agents . MR . M . W . having devoted his studies for many years exclusively to the various diseases of the generative and nervous system , in the removal of those distressing debilities , arising from a secret indulgence in a delusive and destructive habit , and to the successful treatment of VENEREAL AND SYPHILITIC DISEASES , Continues to be consulted from nine in the morning till ten at nigbt , and on Sundays till two , —and country patients requiring his assistance , by making only one personal visit , will receive Buch advice and medicines as will enable them to ol tain a permanent and effeotual cure , when all other means have failed . In recent oasea of a certain disorder , a perfect cure is completed in one week , or no charge made for medicine after that period ¦ , and in those cases where other practitioners have failed * a perseverance in his plan , without restraint in diet , or hindrance irbm baBineee ^ will ensure to the patient a permanent and radfcal sure . ' , A compete knowledge of the symptoms and treatment of tWse insidious ; and dangerous djseftses , can only be acquired by those who are id daily practice , aad have previously gone through a regular course
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j Messrs . Perry and Co have removed their Establishment Jroni Hirmingham to No . 19 , Bernersstreet , Oxford-street \ London . 1 THE THIRTEENTH EDITION . Just Published , Price 2 s . 6 d ., in a sealed envelope , and sent Free to any paf t of the United Kingdom on the receipt of a Post Office Order for 3 a . 6 d , TBE SILENT FRIEND , A MEDICAL WORK on the INFIRMITIES of the GENERATIVE SYSTEM , in both sexes ; being jan enquiry into the concealed cause that destroys physical energy , and the ability of manhood , ere vigour has established her empire : — with Observations on the baneful effects of SOLITARY INDULGENCE and INFECTION ; local and constitutional WEAKNESS , NERVOUS IRRITATION , CONSUMPTION , and on the partial or total EXTINCTION of the REPRODUCTIVE BOWERS ; with means of restoration ' - the destructive effects of Gonorrhsea . Gleet , Stricture , and Secondary Symptoms are explained in a familiar mauner ; thejWork is Embellished with Engravings , representing the deleterious influence of Mercury on the skin , by eruptions on the head , face , and body ; with approved mode op cure for both sexes ; followed by ^ observations on the Obligations of MARRIAGE , and healthy perpetuity ; with directions for the ( removal of certain Disqualifications : the whole pointed out to suffering humanity as a "SILENT FRIEND" to be consulted without exposure , and with assured confidence of success . Bt R . and ! L . PERRY , and Co .. Consdi . ti «« i puwivnr i " xnMiucMi . Published by the' Authors ; sold by Heaton , and Bucktou , Briggate , Leeds ; Estrange , Paternosterrow ; Field , 65 , Quadrant , Regent-street ; Purkis , Compton-street , Soho , London : Guest , 51 , Bollstreet , Birmingham , ' and by all booksellers in . town and country . THE CORDIAL BALM OF SYR 1 ACUM . Is a gentle stimulant and renovator of the impaired functions of life , and ieexclusivelydireoted to the cure of such complaints as arise from & disorganization of the Generative System , whether constitutional or acquired , loss of sexual power , and debility arising from Syphilitic disease ; and is calculated to afford decided relief ( to those who , by early indulgence in solitary habits , have weakened the powers of their system , aad fallen into a state of chronic debility , by which the constitution is left in a deplorable state , and that nervous mentality kept up which places the individual in a state of anxiety for the remainder of life . The consequences arising from this dangerous practice , are not confined to its pure physical result , but branch to ( moral ones ; leading the excited deviating mind into a fertile field of seducive error , — into a gradual but total degradation of manhood—into a pernicious application of those inherent rights which nature [ wisely instituted for the preservation of her species ; bringing on premature decripitude , and all the habitudes of old age . Constitutional weakness , sexual debility , obstinate gleets , excesses , irregularity , obstructions of certain evacuations , total impotency and barrenness are effectually , removed by thisjinvaluable medicine . Sold in Bottles , price lla . each , or the quantity of four in one Family bottle for 33 s ., by which one 11 s . bottle is saved . Prepared only by Messrs . PERRY & Co ., Surgeons , 19 , BoVnera-street , Oxford-street , London . None are genuine without the signature of Rl and L . PERRY and Co . impressed in a ! stamp on the outside of each wrapper to imitate which is felony of the deepest dye . The Five Pound oases , ( the purchasing of which will be a saving of one pound twelve shillings ;) may be had as usual at 19 , Bsrners-street , Oxford-street , London , Patients in the country who require a course of this admirable meiiiciue , phould send Five Poundg by letter , which will entitle them to the full benefit of such advantage . May be had of all Booksellers , Druggists , and Patent Medicine Venders in town and country throughout the United Kingdom , the Continent of Europe and America , of . whom may be had tbe " Silent Friend . " Messrs . PERRY expect when consulted by letter the usual fee one pound , without which , no notice whatever can be tafeen of the communication . Patients aro requested to be as minute as possible in the detail of their cases . PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS , Price 2 a . 9 d , 4 s . 6 d ., and 11 s . per box , ( Observe the signature of R . and L . PERRY and Co . on the outside of each wrapper ) are well known throughout Europe and America , to be the most certain and effectual cure ever discovered for every stage and symptom of a certain disease , in both sexes , including Gonorrhea ,, Gleets , Secoddary Symptoms , Strictures , Seminal Weakness , Deficiency , and ail diseases of the Urinary Passages without lossrof time , con 6 nement , or hindrance from n ^ f ^ ' * ^ E . have effected the mo 8 fc surprising cures not only m recent and severe cases , but when salivation and all other means have failed ; they remove Scorbutio Affections , Eruptions on any part ot > he body , jUlcerationa , Scrofulous or Venereal iaint , being calculated to cleans © the blood from all toulnesB , counteract every morbid affection , and restore weak and emaciated constitutions ta pristine health ana vigour . Messrs . Perry and Co ., Surgeons , may be consulted aB usuaU , at 19 , Berners-street , Oxford-street , London , punctuall y , from Eleven in the Morning until 61 ii A m Evening , and on Sundays from Eleven till Oae . Only one personal visit is required from a country patient , to enable Messrs . Parry and Co . to give suph advice as will be the means Of effecting * a perminent jand effeotual cure , after fcil other means have proved ineffectual . . N . B . Country Druggists , Booksellers , Patent Meaicme Vendersi &o . can be supplied with any quantity of Perry's Purifying Specific JPills , and Cordial Balm of Syriacum , with the usual allowance to the Trade , by most of the principle Wholesale Patent Medicine Houee 3 in London . Sold by Mr . Heaton , 7 , Briggafce , Lews .
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THE BEST MEDICINE IN THE WORLD !!! BEAD ! AND JPDflB FOR YOUBSEiVES ! ! rpHE following statement of facts lias-been com-X mumcated to the Prorrietors of PARR'S LIFE PILLS :-Messrs . T . Roberts and Co . . Malton , Jan . 30 , 1843 . Gentlemen , —Though it is but a very short time since I last wrote for a supply of Parr ' s Life Pills , I find that owing to an astonishing inorease in tha sale of them , I am again compelled to request you to send me twenty dozen of the small , as also a supply of the targe size . I should wish you to forward them by railway to York , thence by carrier , as oariy a 3 possible , as I am afraid my present stock will be exhausted before they reach me . I enclose you the case of a persou who resides in Malton , and whose testimony may be relied upon as being strictly oorreot . This is but one case selected from an almost incredible number of others , which have come nnder my notice , in whtoh cures have been effected by the use of Parr ' s Life Pills . Many highly respectable persons in this neighbourhood , who previous to the introduction of Parr ' s LifePills had a decided dislike to Patent Medicines , are now thankful that they are able to add their testimonials to the beneficial effeeta of these pills . By forwarding me , without delay , the quantity of pills as ordered above you will oblige , Gentlemen , yours , respectfully , J . WRANGHAM . Gentlemen , —When I consider the very great relief 1 have experienced from the use of Parr ' s Life Pills , I think it not only to be my duty to you bnt to rvery one who may be suffering from similar complaints with which I have beeri afflicted , to make my astonishing case as public as possible . For along time past I have been greatly troubled with ^ a most severe nervous complaint , giddiness , and swimming in the head , which increased to such a degree that at times I was compelled to leave off from my work t being unable to bear the least fatigue or excitement . At tao suggestion of many of my friends , I was iaduced to try various medicines , but found that my complaint instead of diminishing , was daily growing worse . Having fortunately heard of the benefioial offects of Parr ' s Life Pills , I resolved to give thema fair trial , though 1 must confess with bat little hopes of deriving benefit from them , after having tried so many other medicines without success ; I immediately purchased a small sized box of Mr . Wrangham , chemist , the only agent for the sale of them in Malton , and Fortunate indeed has it been for me that I did so , for though I have just finished ' - taking * -this one box , I find myself bo far relieved that instead of daily , nay hourly , suffering from that dreadful complaint , nervousness , with its attendant miseries , I ani restored to my former good health ; my nerves are strong—the giddiness and swimming in my head are totally removed , and I am now able to attend regularly to my trade . Allowing you to make whatever use you may think prpper of thia statement aid eling truly graceful for the benefit I have obtained from taking Parr ' s Life Pills . I am , Gentlemen , your obedient Servant , THOMAS PATTISON , Painter . N . B . I shall be glad to answer any enquiries respecting the good the pills have done m * To Mr . T . Roberts and Co ., Crane Court , Fleetstreet , London . A most extraordinary Case of Cure communicated , by Mrs . Moxon of York . Mrs . Mathers , of that City , had for many years been affected with a most inveterate disease , which her medical attendants pronounced to be Cancer . Ii originated in her breast , and continued to spread nearly all over her body , defying every effort of surgical skill . Parr's Life Pills being recommended to ler , she resolved to give them a trial ; and , speaking of the result * she says she cannot express the inconceivable advantage which she haa already derived from them . She further states that she is now almost well , and ascribes her convalescence solely to the persevering use of that sovereign medicine Parr ' s Life Pills . From . Mr . R , Turner , Lewton . To Messrs . T . Roberts & Co ., Crane Court , Fleetstreet , London . Lenton , near Nottingham , Dec . 12 , 1842 . Dear Sir . —I beg leave to tender you my ¦ warmest thanks for the great benefit which I have recieved from your valuable Parr ' s Life Pills in the cure of a distressing species of fluttering , or palpitation of the heart , which I experienced some years , and which has now , by the use of three small boxes of your invaluable medicine , entirely left me ; and , indeed , I now enjoy better health and spirits than I have done for some time . Hoping you will , for the benefit of the public at large , make my case known , I reuuhio , Geatlemen , yours , very gratefully , _ ^^^ EIGHA JBLDjnJJX * aK" » - «;« . —Any pgfson wnomay ^ not credit this statement may , by referring to me , obtain satisfactory answers to their enquiries . R . T . From F . Mattheisz , Jaffra , Ceylon * Jaffra , October 17 th , 1842 . Sir , —I beg to inform yon that having undertaken the small supply of the celebrated Parr ' s Life Pills , lately received here from you by the Rev . P . Percival , they have met with a very rapid sale , and the constantly increasing demand from every part of the province ensures to a very large extent success to the dealer , and good to the people at large . May I therefore take the liberty of requesting you will be good enough to send me 1000 boxes , by the very first opportunity , making , if you please , the Usual discount to purchasers of such large quantities . I beg to remark that the value of the above will be given by me into ' the hands of the Rev . Mr . Percival , whohas kindly offered to be responsible to you for tho same . I remain , your obedient ervanfc . F . MATTHEISZ . Please address me F . Mattheisz , Jaflrs , Ceyfoa . To Messrs . T . Roberts and Co ., Proprietors of Part ' a Life Pills , Crane-Court , Fleet-street . "Communicated by Mr . H . Foster , Chemist , Winchester . East Stratton , near Winchester , Dec . 13 th , 1842 . Sir , —You will remember I sent to your shop for a bottle of medicine round which was a paper containing testimonials of cures effected by the use of Parr ' s Life Pills . Amongst many others Iobserved one ; a case of Rheumatism , which appeared to me similar to my own case , and seeing it sasaftcessCally treated , simply by the use of Parr ' s Life Pills . I resolved upon giving that invaluable medicine a fair trial . I had been afflicted with Rheumatism many years , and at the time to whioh I refer was suffering acutely . I determined , as I have said , on giving Old Parr ' s remedy a fair trial ; aud accordingly sent for a box of the Life Pills . By the use of these pills I am enabled to say that I am now as well as ever I have been during the whole of my life . Thank God , I can now walk as well as ever I did . At the time when I first tried Parr ' s Life Pills , I coals scarcely walk during the day-time ; and at night I couidget no sleep . " lam now enjoy ing excellent health , and sleep soundly , and I am free from pain of every kind . I am , Sir , yours , Ac . JAMES DANIELLS . ( aged 50 years . ) Mr . H . Foster , Chemist , Winchester . Parr ' s Life PiJJs are acknowledged " to be all thai is required to conquer disease and prolong life . No medicine yet offered to the world ever so rapidly attained such distinguished celebrity ; it ia questionable if there now be any part of the civilized world where its extraordinary healing virtues lave not been exhibited . This signal success is not attributable to any system of advertisings bnt solely w the strong recommendations of parties cured by taeff use . At this momeut the Proprietors are in possession of nearly ^ O letters from influential , respectabk * and intelligent members of society , all bearing testimony to the great and surprising benefits resultm * from the use of the medicine . This is a mass of evidence in itafavour such aa no "other medicine ever , yet called forth , and places it in the proud distinct tion of being not only the most popular but the most ^ valuable remedy ever discovered . CAUTION—BEWARE OF IMIZATKWSf In order toproteot the public from imitations , the Hon . Commissioners of Stamps have ordered tke words Parr ' s Life Pills to bo engraved on the Government Stamp , which is pasted round the sides of each box , in whitjb letters on a ssd ground . Without thia mark of authenticity they are spurious and an imposition 1 prepared by « be Proprietors , T , Roberta and Co .,. 9 , Crane Court , Fleet-street , London ; and sold wholesale by their appointment , * by E . Edwards , 57 , St . Pauls * also , by Barclays and Sons , FarriDgdon-street , and Sutton and Co ., Bow Churchyard ; Sold by Joshua ¦ Hobson * Northern Star Office , Leeds ; and a * 3 , Market Walk , Huddersfield ; and retail by at least one agent in every town in the United Kingdom t and by most respectable dealers iu medicine . Prioe Is . lid ., 23 . 9 dn and family boxes Us . each . Full-directions are gifen with each box .
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of Medical Instruction ; for , unfortunately , there are hundreds who annually fall victims to the ignorant use of Mercury and other dangerous remedies , administered by illiterate men , who ruin the constitution by suffering disease to get into the system , whioh being oarried by the circulation-of the blood into all parts ( of the body , the whole frame becomes tainted with venereal poison , and most unhappy con * sequences ensue , at one time affecting the skin , particularly the bead and face , with eruptions and ulcers , closelyjresembling , and often treated as scurvy , at another period producing the most violent paina in the limbs knd bones , which are frequently mistaken for rheumatism ; thus the whole frame becomes debilitated and decayed , and a lingering death puts a period to their dreadful sufferings . What a grief for a yonng person in the very prime of life , to be snatched out of time , and from all the enjoyments of } life , by a disease always local at first , and which never proves fatal if properly treated , as all its fatal results are owing either to negleofcor ignorance . 1 Mr . VV . ' s invariable rule is to give a Card to each of hia Patienta as a guarantee tor cure , which he pledges himself to perform , or return his fee . For the aocomodation of either sex , where distance or delicaoy prevents a personal visit , his ( PURIFYING DROPS . price 4 s . 6 d . J can be had of any of tbe following agents , with printed directions so plain , that they may cure themselves without even the knowledge of a bed-fellow , f They are particularly recommended to be taken before persons ^ enter into the matrimonial state , lest the indiscretions of a parent are the source of vexation to him the remainder of his existence , by afflicting his innocent but unfortunate offspring with the evil eruptions of the malignant tendency , and a variety of other complaints , that are most assuredly introduced byjthe same neglect and imprudence . AGENTS . Hdll—At the Advertiser Office , Lowgate , and Mr . Noble ' s Bookseller , Market-plaoe . Leeds . —At [ the Times Office , and of Mr . Heaton 7 , Briggate . , Wakefield 4 Mr . Hurst , Bookseller . Halifax—Mr . Hartley , Bookseller . Hudderefielcl—Mr . Dewhirst , 39 , New-street . Bradford—Mr . Taylor , Bookseller , near to the Post-office , j Londou—Mr . Butler , No . 4 , Cheapside . Barnsley—Mr . Harrison , Bookseller , Marketplace . | York—Mr . Hargrove ' s Library , 9 , Coney-street . Ripon— Mrj Harrison , Bookseller , Marketplace . , Knaresboro' and High- Harrogate—Mr Langdale , Bookseller . Manchester- —Mr . Watkinson , Druggist , 6 , Market-place , j ¦ . Beverley—Mr . Johnsoa , Bookseller . Boston—Mr . Noble , Bookseller . Louth—Mrj Hurton , Bookseller . Liverpool—At tho Chronicle Office , 25 , Lord-street . Sheffield—At the Iris Office . Mansfield—Mr . S . Dobson , News-agent , 519 , Belvedere- street . | Pontefract-j-Mr , Fox , Bookseller . Gainsborough—Mr . R . Brown , Bookseller . Nottingham—Mr . Button , Review Office . Newark—Mr . Bridges , Bookseller . Mr . W ., is to be consulted every day at his Residence , from Nine in . the morning till Ten at Night , and on Sundays from Nine till Two . OBSERVEJ-13 , TRAFALGAR-ST . LEEDS . Attendance over Thursday in Bradford , from Ten to Fire , at No * 4 , George-street , facing East Brook Chapel .
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^ HE 9 ATI-ORAL BENEFIT SOCIETY TTTR XECESSITT , ADTABIAGES , TXV 1 . TS , XSJ > IMXITICIKKCIK 8 OS XRXDX SOCIETIES . TO fTTR CHARTIST PUBLIC . SlEXTGGlKfG BBOIHKBS TOB . THE BIGHTS OP "IaboiiB , — "Wlxeniheiriaster mechanic and mere emyiojer of labourers , arose among onr-das 3 , the divided interest of the two cfaujses became ao apparent . as to suggest the mcessttyof establiehiBg a society of each tade , toeheek anaoa ^ hframtai ba ~ < oar daily tread ; and to take adTactage of a rise in prices of xnspnfactuxea and provisions , to obtain for tbe producer a lair , share <» T the x&cre&se ; mw ^ tj jig these Tx&tle Sstablisbme&ts "became larger , fee increasing ^ ncroaehmente rendered ¦ the jrrevenUtrre societies iRere necessary , and ibeiz thrflBi the more arduous .
: Among- the struggles against the wealthier and VesHh-seeiiBg class , those of trade societies have "been the most Iraporiant Often lave they attempted to increase the-wagea of labour ; oflenei hays they troggled with the oremreachlng employer , whose avarice led him to aeefc rJehea by "irathhoidii > g fho fcire of "the labourer ^ " in other -words , cut ^ own -wages Often haTe they , in tfcelr endesronn to obtain and -maintain a "fair tia . j " a -wages for a fair day ' s -work , " t < een obliged to strike work , "witfa a * riev to induce the oppressor to forego hia 'wicked pnrpose ; and hnt too often 2 » ys -they , -for the -wast of some substantial yt > perty to fall hack -upon , "besn oUigecl to return to their laborious occupations -worse slaves than the ; came *»«
These "were , howerer , only the more prominent attempts of Trades TJaioni . They hare many and tqnaUy' praiseworthy funcfiona . Their existence have leea one © ontinacd straggle against the numerous attempts of the employer to reduce prices In all trades have H » y often saved thtir respective members cr particaJar shops , from suffering xeductioni , by taking « m $ the indmdiisl on ^ whom reduction -was attempted , and alivwinglum 'weekly payments according to the aJse of hiafsinDy tni he eonld get employment elee-• wbere . This indeed ii one of their chief benefits ; the * ± &ef direct lor triach they are associated . TVhen a aember is obliged to leave a town through vant of emplcynient , heisfnrniahed with a traTelling card , on -whichho isTeiieved In all towns -where there is such a
society , except Xondon . They also award a certain sum * t tiie death-of a member or wife to decently inter them ; and in some Indies they insure their mtmben * tools against loss hy fire , which they can do at a much cheaper sate' thsm the members could do it * Individually . Ul ibese advantages accrued to members and trades under Hie old plan-of local bodies j but as the local ljodleswerefrsquently-uniblB to ¦ m » iti ^ in strikes with - out appealing to other local bodies for pecuniary aid , the idea suggested itself of eonsolidaiixff all . the local Indies-of a trade into one national body . Several Ixadea attended this , in "Tsxions -ways ; but tlie nearest approach to a perfect system of national trade society , Xthini , is the ManchesterTJnion of Operative Cabinet Hikers ^ th » plan of which was drawn up by a meeting of delegate * from various towns , and amended by a
• ecend-delegate meetiEg . These have ms . de great improvements on ordinary trade societies , to wij , the eata > Klfihing of a nnrrersal system of relief for their tramps « Ttme penny Twrizalej and the equalising all the expenees according to the number of members . But this kodyj Srongb . faults tint have been removed and faults flat still erist , has been much reduced . And it is to he lamented that when their rules set forth the simple way in which all faults may be rectified , many lodges ahcfcld have withdrawn without taking advantage of ibe isles and their otrn right to seek amendment . However , several lodges still remain in Union ; and ethers-are gradually falling in , being , by 'dear expetiEoee , brought to see that " the ITtdon , " with all its faults , confers greater benefits than any local body can do .
Some of the most prominent faults of these bodies are fi » fines fornon-attendanee on certain lodge sights and committees ; fines for refusing to serve on committees , and other offices ; fines lot neglecting to dear the "bookm an certain nightsj fines for being in arrears ; fines to ^ o to the secretary for sumfeoning to pay arrears- } thereby increasing a poor zma ' t arrears , instead of devising sxnne means to prevent arrears , or ¦ ome -cheap and easy method t » get them inj and lastly ,- wbsn -yon Jes-re Hiem and -wisti to return , fines far rs-eotering . The primary fault of these bodies has JeeJi , that they have' not been suf&dently brotherly ; altbonghin meeting , "brother" has been continually tsa their Hpa . Althoug h they had great and good 43 lyect » in Tiew , their plans were not sufficiently extenaive to effect their ^ ftMrw .
The trades , then , have established local bodies , and proved them Inefficient ; seeing that they conl * not get a sufficient number of their brother operatives into them to make a sascessful stand against encroachment They have tried national bodies ; and though they bavB improved on the old plans , they are still inefficient -, aeeinglhEyare not auffietently adapted to the wants , " wishes , and feelings of the nnmersns-and varions opera s 3 osa in their xesjwctrre trades . They all need great "H' ^' j and to xoehamendaSoBs Jet s * turn our attention , and proceed toj&hew , hj * rpunentlroin sound precuises , -what alterations and additk » cs are Becetsary .
. That these wdeUes have done a great amount of good , 2 n that they hava prevented so rapid & rednctieoa of tbe price of labour , as the employers sougkt to efioct ; and ftilot they have JBliaved a great many of their fellows fcom the heavy scourge of tyranny and poverty , is a jfearing fact ;_ and go « s to shew the much greater aragmt of good that cenld i » done by an eztensrva wwdatian and a larger sphere of action . Most members of trade societies argue z "It every xaan knew his own interest . ; if all of thetzade would unite with us , we ahoaM be able to maintain the pike of laboux . " This « bserration is true , yet tbo » e who thai argue seem not to have the inclination or abiliiy toinvestimte , aod
aaoertalD -whetha the real fault is sot more in the constitu tion of their own society than is the individuals who keep oat of it For instance : there is the ' " entrance lee . " I know it for certain that the inability to save even a flve shillings " entnnee fee" have been the only thing that has kept some men ont of a society they desired to . join . Other men may uy that such men woald -be" no gopj m any society . I have had good < mpwrtunity of knowing to the contrary . I have known poos ^ nembers -who could not save a shilling frem their families ; yet the best members of societies to "Which they and I have belonged . They have worked hard for it . ; stinted themselves of pence , aad subscribed freely and willingly ; but shillings they could not
It ii-almost surprising that with soch noble , generous precepts as we have before us continually , and with ; apeh apparent desire to form Associations for the benefit of the -working classes ; with such professions of *¦ Srpthediooa' * os onr lip * , vaA iavltation to union ; Bring amongst ear order , xni -witaesasg ibeir pnrafiDDi ,: a&d ^ eeling occasionally the pinch of poverty ouraelves , we should so far forget all these things as to enact anch restrictions as tike terBis of Association . Come , Brotfeer Operatrres , let % new light dawn upon HI . 3 Let these » old things pass away . " let us begin the work anew . Away with all restrictions , except those that are necessary to the maintenance of order . 3 > s > end ont if an « « ntrance fee" or fines - keeps a
£ < K > d brother from ^ your Association , yoa lose tbs aaoont of his weekly -subscriptions ; and if the removal of the " enbance fee" will admit more members , you win g&in the amount of their weekly or monthly subaeripiioBS , and the services and brotherly bonds ef the -aen . 2 > apend on it , ioo , that he -srho seeds a " fine " to be held as a rod over him to keep him to hit duty , will never make a jood servant ; neither will he who is forced into-office to avoid a fine . Bwerj man is not fit fer cfiflej andJt is theieight of folly to force men into < sSoes ^ er which theJ _ are imfit . Jio -wonder fovr busiEfiss i »« oatetimes ill dose or neglected , when ye set '" pressed '' mes to do it . 1 c fatnre let it be oar rale to " jfiek * - ^ mr-ofSeenr , not "pie » " them .
Brother -CharCsts aad operatives , in conclusioD , 2 would draw yoar Attention te the following facts : — It tha Trade &scietic » , witis all their faulcs , have Denefitted to scgrett an « xteotTtbe woiting-class ; if , in their narrowed apieres , ihey -ban done so great an amtantof . good , or jisyed -aosseh evU ; how greatly ^« y their benefits be etteaded by larger assotia" ^ ind snore extentive Tpbewe of action . If . local S- * ° ?< « Bi »* e done good to Aeir trades and mem-ZSlJru * * J ' wanr <* wvt ^ ral aocalitiea , imder one * ieetea head extends and inert *** 4 he benefits j what anintaienlaele amonnt of advi vtagp would be tierived Sft f > Jf ~ liaaHQn - <* « 1 fe ^« *» d ocenpatioaB , * £ !™ i * 2 ? Iate « Mn = « KeeB V > arrange tteir own P « e » L * bushMBj with one « u *» fi men rt ^ 2 S £ « * " « eDeral ^^ ^^ ^ hat immense advantage would accroe from the cc « oEdation of their
fands , to make purchase of proper ^ % » d employ the of OTRloyiromaay otter cause , Thns "wtadd be saved toihememtesthevastraiMofjnonBy t ^ nov ^ ally goforstnkes and tramps . Consider-too . feii the turnoutana tramp would T » placed in imnu ^ diifte comfort and independence . In time , we eould gj -uiasUy saiae -wages and prices to an -eqiial remuneration ~ "iSx what we could get tnoui own eatahlithments . CK ^ pittxacal knowledge in on seveial bnEtoesses , woul ^ jisduce « lBmate ^ a general preference to our prodncti , via , and ensure to us a large share of -the home market- a&d if we felt inclined to seek it , of the foreign im > y « i ^ ¦ And Have we not a right to all these things ? i ^ liall we not saex by anchs union * part of ^ tt > e advantag ^ s I have enumerated ? Is it not worth our while to attempt aucha union ? " ¦ ¦
Whxt we want now is a plan embracing all these points . We-conld not bring the whole into operation arnmeSBately , but we ma / hy ** 2 itae and by litUe ,- ttie society increaBes and the ftmds admit We should , however , have the whole road marked oat clear , lhat we may commenre fee Journey knowing HiS sod thereof . In anxious longing , I remain your devoted GkacChus ,
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TO THB KDITOB OP TBS HOiTHEBH STAE . i Sib—The once-believed fate of Zsphaniah Williams cannot Ml to have drawna sigh from every breast , espe cially where the principles with which he and his com-, patriots had identified themselves are known . . : What direful suSering must that be which « an produce such a reckless disregard of life ai was . said to have been evinced in his unhappy easel Why , in the same of heaven , should it be inflicted or endured 3 Over and over again , these tales of misery reach our ears—time after time the sigh of
suffering is home across the extended ocean ; no one dares to deny the amount of wretchedness therein conveyed ; and yet nothing is done to rescue human beings —onr fellow creatures—our countrymen—from , its horrors ! Why was tender compassion and fellow feeling implanted in oar nature , if not on occasions like these to manifest themselves ? No pestilential scourge produces this suffering , nor lack of returning seasons with their fruita . The cause of the evil man may remove ; for he himself gave birth thereto , and what he creates he can destroy . f
Hear what an eye witness says of the sufferings -endured at Port Arthur and Marquarrie Harbour—** The Inquisitions in Spain were nothing in atrocity and diabolical sacrifice of human life to these earthly hells . The prayers and groans of the dying creatures are drowned in the bustle of renewed tortures , and the rattling of chains attached to their -unfortunate companions . Some wreak their vengeance on the instruments of hell , * o as to be sweated inBobart town , hoping then to have an opportunity of disclosing the sickening cruelties practised towards them , f This is , however , denied them ; the clergyman frequently putting his hand to the month of the dying man to prevent the assembled multitude from hearing his last words ; and making the signal to the executioner many seconds before the appointed time , lest one word should escape from the lips of the murdered victim . ** ;
A . writer in the Colonial Hagense , after detailing the sufferings of eight run-away convicts , who , having betaken themselves to the bush , had been forced to eat each other , in order to sustain life , till only tme remained , exclaims , " Can mertali sufferings—mortal debasement—be presented in- more abject , more heartrending colours ? A ron-a-way convict—a felon murderer—forced to support life by cannibalism—hopeless to preserve it by flight—nay , even unable to offar it in atonement of an uncontemplated offence . Such was the awful position of Pcarse > the man who alone out of the fight remained ? The writer goes on to state that Pearse was afterwards taken by some Busb-xasgen , to whom bis melancholy adventures being unknown , be was merely sent back to Marquarrie Harbour : from
which , notwithstanding all that he had endured , such was the horrors of his situation , he again fled ; urged thereto by a person of the name of [ Cox , and induced -by the powerful apprehension of corporal punishment for the loss of a shirt which had been stolen from him ; the horrors o ? the bush being less than his dread of remaining where he was . The same dreadful hunger was again endured , to which Cox fell a victim , and Pearse was shortly afterwards arrested , sent to Hobart To-kd , ssd executed . Murder , we are informed , in the above-named publication , is of frequent occurrence at the penal settlements ; and the perpetrators have almost invaiiably declared that " they committed the deed , la order that they might be rid of a hopeless life .- f
Countrymen , is it not enough to banish a man . for ever from his home witbont following him to the distent land to which he is exiled , there to persecute and render life thns unbearably wretched ? Would a wise and good parent thus treat his offspring , however wayward and abandoned they had shown themselves ? But do our rulers ever act like just 1 and wise parents , either at house or abroad ? Few , Were they to do this , would ever stand in need of banishment for their crimes ! and how different would be their conduct toward ! these who were so driven ! " We have , "
they -would say , " exiled yon for your crimes ; with your banishment the law is satisfied ; this strange land is now before you , make the meat which nature will « £ ford you here ; cultivate it ; erect your own dwellings ; be honest and industrious , and we will protect you from rapine and plunter ! But instead of such noble bearing towards unfortunate beings sent , see our rulers dividing the land « nt of which every necessary and comfort of life hath to be made amongst their own profligate tribe ; and dooming all who are banished , or forced by poverty to emigrate , to alife of slavery and unrequited heartstrickening toil !
Bestir yourselves , then , fellow workmen ; remember that it is your own class which thus suffer—thus endure these grievances , soul-bebasing wrongs—aad swear by all that ' s sacred , that they shall be known and felt no lenger . jl ours , && , Richard Marsdek .
Extensive And Fatal ! Conflagbat1ons.—Five Lives Lost.
EXTENSIVE AND FATAL ! CONFLAGBAT 1 ONS . —FIVE LIVES LOST .
London has not in our recollection been visited by such disastrous calamities in to short a period as those which occurred at an early hour on Saturday morning last , when two most destructive conflagrations burst forth almost simultaneously in Tooley-atreet , near London-bridge , and in Fetter-lane , [ Fleet-street . The former being attended with an enormoru sacrifice of property in the total destruction of Topping ' s Wharf , St . Olive ' s Church , Watson ' s telegraph station , several warehouses and vessels noored alongside- the wharf , and the latter resulting in a most i deplorable loss of human life .
The fire near London-bridge began in Tooley-street , adjacent t » Fenning ' a Wharf , and was discovered at abont five minutes before two o'deck . From the statement of the first person who gave the alarm , police-constable M 105 , it appears that he was on duty in Tooley-street , in that ] part near the bridge , when he noticed a glimmering light proceed ing from the ( ear of the warehouses and stores belonging -to Messrs . Ward and Col , oil and colour merchant * , situate on the north side of the street , between upper and lower Topping ' s Wharf . They extended to the water ' s edge , a distance of several feet , and abutted on the shot factory and telegraph station . Topping ' s Wharf occupied an immense area of ground , and was considered to have been one of the principal ware and store houses along that side of the river Thames . The policeman ! upon seeing the
light , instantly sprang his rattle , and gave the alarm to somejoThls comrade * on dnty in the adjacent neighbourhood . They directly proceeded to arouse the occupiers of the wharfs and warehouses , bat , ' finding they could make no one bear , they broke openlthe doors , and on entering the premises of Messrs . Ward , found one of the clerks and his wife in the act of dressing themselves In their bed-room . The fire j by that time was making its appearance through the windows from the back warehouse , and the police , seeing the very great danger in which they were placed , instantly dragged them oat of the building into the } main street . Although but a few minutes had elapsed , the fire had gained a most awful ascendancy , and the messengers who had been despatched to the various brigade stations ¦ with the intelligence , had scarcely gone a hundred yards before the horizon was illuminated by the flsmea . i
The consternation that now tooki place was painful in the extreme ; the occupants of the several adjoining tenements were to be seen rushing out of their dwellings in a state of the most pitiable alarm , whilst the crowd of persona , which had by this time become very great . Were running to and fro , it being expected that every moment a dreadful explosion of gunpowder would take place . Within ten minutes an engine from the brigade station in Sonthwark-bridge-road reached the spot , escorted by a strong body of ] the M division of police , under the command of Mr . Inspector Mason , who immediately forced the crowd back and blocked up all the avenues leading to the flre , thereby keeping a dear spice for the operations of the firemen . Other brigade engines from Watlinz-street , Xx > wer Tooley
street , and Waterloo-road , in the mean time had come down with wonderful celerity , and ' not a moment was lost in getting them in order for working . That belonging to the Sohthwark-bridge-road station octianed a ready supply of water , but on the others arriving the anxiety fox them all to get into operation was so great that the draught of water from the mains alongside Fcnning ' s Wharf was not sum * ' dent to supply the whole ; the consequence was , that they wei e scarcely of any avail until other plugs in the neighbourhood had seen drawn , which caused considerable delay . At the 'time that the file broke out there were several coasting vessels lying along-side , some loaded and ready to sail at daybreak ; and it was with some difficulty that the crews could be made
sensible of the imminent danger in which they and their vessels -were placed . Many of them , however , managed to haul their crat into the centre of the river , beyond the reach of the fire ; bnt four were aground , a&d , it being low water , consequently immovable . These were the Fleece , schooner , Mr . Croft , master , of Exeter , laden with a general cargo ; the schooner Cornwall , of Tr&ro , Mr . Worth , master ; the Theisa , of Weymontb ; and a brig trading vesseL The crews mounted ibe rigging , and for a length of time prevented by gneat exertion the ships from taking fire ; but the iLimea rapidly increasing soon forced them to quit their situations , the heat being so oppressive that their lives w « re in jeopardy . An attempt was made by several « f the brigade men to force * stream of water from the wharf of Messrs . GoodcMld , which adjoins Penning * Wharf , o& to the vessels , the hose of one of the
la » a engines having been taken through the premises for that purpose ; but after most strenuous cxer-&on it was found ineffectual from the violence of the flMnea . Shortly afterwards the large floating engine , j- ^ tongiBg to * he brigade from the fiouthwark-bridge station , arrived alongside the burning premises , and ieing already manned by 120 hired ( auxiliaries , not a momentwaaioBt in Bringing her to anchor , and also Mto operation . Active measures were then resorted to Se- ^ SLS S f tt '*> t openaous machine towve hS Kk ' Jf * ** * they were ao ' engaged the tide aanK'L *^ sufficiently to enable three of B& 5 ^ t 23 sx&xr WUI ^ Tw ^ ^ nSt e ^ hSTl , " 7 . iDCrea 8 ed ^ attSsSRfSsgrsSSS
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Melons . Scovell , were likewise in flames , and from their confined situation it was apparent that there was no ckance of saving them from destruction . ' These premises ; almost surrounded Messrs . Ward ' s warehouses , and communicated fey a narrow passage . Tbe ; conflagration now . became terrific ; every now and then loud explosions were" heard to proceed from the cellars under Ward ' s warehouse , which [ Subsequently proved t » - have been occasioned by the barrels of oil and turpentine bursting . Mr . Braldwood , finding that the fire was likely to cross Tooley-street from Topping ' s Wharf to the extensive warehouses of Messrs . Cox , Brothers , and Co ., Messrs , Ruck and Co ., and Mr . Bloydj wholesale merchants , on the opposite side , directed the branch of the floating engine to be brought
into the road , and its power directed against the abovenamed buildings , the land engines being still unprovided -with a good supply of wat « r , an evil which is only felt ' at this particular part of the metropolis , and to which alone is attributed the destruction caused by the fire ( which occurred at Fenuing ' s Wharf in 1836 . At about half-past two o ' clock the Lord Mayor arrived on th « spot , a special messenger having been sent to him at : the Mansion-house , apprising him of the danger his Lordship ' s warehouses were in . He immediately held a consultation with Mr . Braid wood upon the propriety of having the hose of Eevetal engines conveyed on to the roof of F . enning ' a Wharf , to prevent the fire extending in that direction . The wind was in a contrary quarter , and a strong party-wall divided the
premises , the latter gentleman , however , considered it unnecessary , as the wharf was well protected , but he erdered several of bis men on to the roof to clear away the burning fragments as they fell on it . It was here found that Watson ' s Telegraph Tower , which stood between Mr . Ward ' s premises and Lower Topping ' s Wharf , had taken fire , and that the devouring element Was making rapid progress in the direction of St . Olave ' s Church . At the same moment the otber floating [ engine of the Brigade establishment from Rotherhithe came np , and was got into play as near these buildings as practicable . Towards three o ' clock the land ' engines succeeded in getting an ample supply of water , . all the plugs in the neighbourhood having ibeen opened , and the turn-cock
belonging to the water-works having turned on the principal main at the Brixton reservoir , and shut off all the different service-pipes which were attached to it , excepting those which led to tbe scene of destruction . By this time the concourse of persons who bad been attracted ij the extraordinary light in the atmosphere was immense , and the duty the police had to perform In keeping the pressure back was arduous in the extreme . From all tbe bridges , which were fprlioura lined with spectators , the whole action of vhe fire could be distinctly traced . The numerous towers and steeples in the metropolis and tbe houses and wharfs which lined the river side were perceived with even more distinctness than when standing out in the : noonday sun ; St . Paul ' s Cathedral and the Monument had a most beautiful appearance , their summits appearing as if sheathed with the brightest copper . Tht flames at intervals rose to an Immense height , and there was not a portion of the metropolis which was sot
brightly illuminated , while the whole scene along the Thames , as far as the eye could reach , assumed , from the intensity of the illumination , an appearance brilliant beyond description . In the lower Topping ' s Wharf there was an inamenaa quantity of paper , the flames from which , as the floors fell in , rose to a very great height , and the wind being rather strong , wafted portions of the Burning matter for a considerable distance round . In fact , some portion set on fire the house of Mr . Jones , tea-dealer , In the Borough , full 600 yards from Topley-Btreet , and considerable loss of property took place ere the firemen could stop the progress of this newi calamity . Althongb upper Topping ' s Wharf was separated from Mr . Child's glass warehouse and dwelling-bouse by a party wall , yet the flames overtopped it , and descended to the other side into the glass warehouse , and set it on flre , notwithstanding the firemen were on the roof with their branch pipes ; nor were they able to check the flames until the property had sustained serious damage .
The telegraph tower was an object of great attention during the progress of the fire , owing to Its peculiar construction and great elevation above all the surrounding premises , being nearly 150 feet in height . It was formerly | used as a shot factory , bat recently it has been purchased by Messrs . Watson , of Cornhill , who had used it as a telegraph station for tbe communication of intelligence from the Downs and other parts of the coast . For nearly half an hour , though it was situate in the very centre of danger , singular to state , it withstood the ravages of the flre . At last , however , about half-past two o ' clock , dense volumes of tmoke were seen issuing from all the windows from the basement to the summit In an instant almost the whole of the building burst into a -vivid mass of Same , -which shot
above the burning wharf and premises to a considerable height The appearance of tbe conflagration at this moment became of surpassing brilliancy , and we very much doubt whether a more sublime but awful sight was ever witnessed by tbe oldest inhabitant of the metropolis . I The moraing being perfectly dear , the reflection was seen to a considerable distance , every one of the publio buildiogB on the banks of the Thames being lighted up , and , viewing the conflagration from Blacfcfriara or Waterloo-bridge , it seemed as if the whole range of wharfs along shore at Horselysown and Rotherhitbe was in fltmes . The tower being composed of wood , It continued burning furiously for an extraordinary length of time . The floating engine ofjtbe brigade , the operations of which excited considerable praise ,, attempted to play npon it , but the intense mass
of flre on the wharf rendered it impossible to auWne the flames , while tt was equally Impracticable for the land engines to force water up to Its summit . About half-past ] three o ' clock the whole of the tower fell with a tremendous crash to the ground , sending forth a most terrific cloud of dust and burning fragments . This event was for some time wished for , as the principal danger to the surrounding wharfs was removed , and more particularly as the firemen , from the great height of the tower , bad not the least command of it . Daring the period that it was in flames a report was current that several persons were observed in tbe tower , and that they had been seen to disappear amongst the ruins . We havejmade inquiries &b to the truth of this statement , but we cannot find any foundation for it No one slept in the building .
Immediately on St Olave ' s Church being observed to be in danger , seven engines were brought to play on to that part of lower Topping ' s wharf which adjoined the tower of tbe church , -while tbe brancbet of others were taken through the church to tbe burial-ground by the water ' s side . From Tooley-street there appeared to be a substantial party wall between the sawed edifice and the wharf , which was afterwards found to be but a mere screen of lath and plaster , with a layer of bricks outside , ' : TJpon this giving way , which happened about four o ' clock , the whole of the church tower was exposed to the full violence of the conflagration . The firemen , who were cheered on by the Lord Mayor arid several of the mpstinfluential inhabitantsof the borough , exerted themselves most strenuously to prevent its
reeeivlngiany damage . The fire , however , still raged on with terrifio fury , and In the course of five minutes it had gained the tower , and forced the brigademen from their stations on the roof . This , as may be readily supposed , increased the consternation in the neighbourhoo € to a most painful extent , and loud cries were heard from different parts of tbe multitude , "For God ' s sake , save the Church , save the Church . "' Alas ! it iwas beyond human power to do so , for within a quarter of an hour tbe roof and the ceiling , which was eoniiaered , with the exception of that of St . Stephen ** , Wallbrook , to be one of the most beautiful works of art to be found In the metropolis , was In ruJns . The roofi was similarly constructed to St Stephen ' s , being arched , elaborately adorned with costly mouldings , and supported by twelve fluted columns with Corinthian capitals . The firemen atill exerted themselves vigorously ; they continued in the aisle ,
scattering water in all directions , more particularly up to the roof as the flames kept bursting forth . The churchwardens , Mr . Langley and Mr . Carver , as well as the parish officers , seeing that the destruction of tbe sacred building -was ; inevitable , commenced saving the deeds , registers , ' < kc , as well as the communion plate from out of the vestry-room , which , we are happy to state , they accomplished without the least injury being done to them . ; The steeple before them , was enveloped in flames . ' and in the subsequent quarter of an hour the beautiful peal of bells fell from the belfrey , the greater part of them having been melted by the intense body of fire which surrounded them whilst they were hanging . Within the hour the destruction of St Olave ' s Church was complete , nothing remained but tbe outer walls and steeple , tbe interior being completely gutted , The loss occasioned by tbe destruction of the church is stated to be at least £ 12 . 000 .
In thei meanwhile the whole of the walls of Topping ' s wharf and Mr . Ward . s premises fronting Tooleystreet fell ; down , and completely blocked np the carriage way . The warehouses on the oppesite side of the street ; were exposed to increased danger , and it was only by the rest of the engines playing on them that they were saved . The conflagration was sot finally arrested until near seven o'clock ; the engines still remained throwing torrents of water on tbe ruins throughout the whole of Saturday and yesterday , and even up to a late hoax last evening flames were seen to rise from the immense mass of rubbish . The total lOBs is reported to exceed £ 70 , 000 , of which only a portion is insured .
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: After the lapse of a few moments they discovered Mr . Newberry getting out of the second-floor window . He bitterly aried out to the constables below to render him some assistance , in order to save his life ; scarcely , however , had the ; { considered the -most available means to do so , before , ha suddenly precipitated himself into the street , and fell with much force on his back in the road ; The police instantly picked the unfortunate man up , when it was-found that he bad received such severe injuries that he was evidently dying . A litter was procured , and he ' was conveyed on it to St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital ; but on bis arrival be had coased to exist Within a few minutes after several females made their appearance at the upper part < ot the house . By
this ( tme » large number of persons had assembled , and | wbo state that the piercing cries of the females for help were frightful in the extreme ; but explosions constantly taking place , from the fire-worka shooting from the burning building in all directions , and otber combustibles blazing forth , kept the police from rendering any assistance . A few moments afterwards the poor creatures had < disappeared , and were not afterwards seen , the whole of them perishing in the flames . A short time before the engines could begot to tbe spot a large quantity of gunpowder exploded , and blew tho back part of the premises on to the houses in Barfclett ' s passage , occasioning jthe greatest destruction of property , and throwing the inhabitants into a state of the wildest confusion . Immediately on the Intelligence of this sad calamity being communicated to Mr , Braid wood , superintendent
of the London Fire Brigade , who was directing his force at the large fire at London-bridge , he Instantly dlspatehed as many engines as be could spare te this fresh Scene of misery and woe . On their arrival the firemen saw that to savo any portion of Mr . Newberry' premises would be a matter of almost complete impossibility , as they were nearly enveloped In oae bsdy ot fire . Tbe flames were progressing rapidly , and the whole of the brigademen brought their . sole exertions to bear upon the surrounding dwellings , to save them from destruction . The populace worked the engines most laboriously , and at seven o'clock , the firemen pronounced the pleasing intelligence to the inhabitants , that the ( favouring element bad been conquered , and that all thoughts ef danger might be appeased . Still , however , a great mass of flre remained in Mr . Newberry'a premises , which are totally destroyed .
> It is with the dtepest regret that we announce the following liBt of the persons who have fallen victims to this terrible calamity : —Mr . Newberry , Mr . Rise , Mrs . Rose , Miss M'Crindell . Miss El zi M'Crindell . i This party were to have embarked for Bamsgate in the morning , and had made preparations accordingly . Mr . Rose was for many ' years a clerk in the Law Institution , Chancery-lane ; he bad from a previous perilous accident suffered amputation . He was well known and universally respected . ' I Miss Etiai M'Crindell left her lodgings at Mr . Lewis ' s , bookbinder , in Gough-square , and slept In Fetter-lane , in order to be in time to see her sister off to Hamsgate , and thus fell a victim to the common calamity . ; The jury , on the inquest on the bodies of the unfortunate individnala who perished by the dreadful fire in Fetter-lane , returned a verdict of " Accidental death , " but joined with it a strong censure on the parties having toe custody of the fire escapes .
" Mr. Stevenson's Valuable Work On ' Throat Deafness,' The Various Forms Of Which He Was The First To Notice, Name, And Cure—Will Add Greatly
" Mr . Stevenson ' s valuable work on ' Throat Deafness , ' the various forms of which he was the first to notice , name , and cure—will add greatly
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Jjlie trsro jo-lowing eommunieationa appealed in a portion of eur impression but week ; and had-then to ba removed to make way for articles of news . We give them here * gBia , Uut all the leaders may . see tbem , though Bcms of them will have the same matter twice over . This , however , we are sure they will excuse snder the circumstances ^
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ANOTHER DREADFUL FIRE . EXPLOSION OF A CHEMIST ' S "WOBKS IN FETTER-LANE * FIVE ilVES LOST . At about four o ' clock on Saturday morning , whilst the great fire was raging at Topping ' s Wharf , another Bie , attended , we regret to say , with a melancholy loss of human life , took place on the premises of Mr . Newberry , Fetter-lane , operative chemist and firework manufacturer . They were situated on the east side of the street ,: at the comer of Bartlett ' s-passage , and consisted of a' substantial brick building three stories hfgh , and front shop . The first alarm given to the police in the neighbourhood was by the report of a very loud explosion , and Upon « ity police constable Waters , 150 , accompanied by several of his brother officers on duty , running up the lane they found the shop front and all its contents completely thrown into the street , end flames bursting forth with extreme fury .
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Firk in High street , BoeoCgh . —Whilst the flre was raging with the utmost fury in Tooley-street , Borough , and the blazing embers were literally failing iu showers upon the High-street , a considerable piece of ignited timber was seen to fall into the chimney of the house of Mr . Robert Jones , grocer and tea-dealer , 268 , High-street An alarm , was instantly raised by a passer by , but the family could not be roused before tbe shop was discovered to be on fire . An engine was sent for from the Soathwarfc-brldge-road station , which very quickly arrived . The doors having been broken open ,
it was discovered that the flre which was spreading rapidly , had caught several bags of foreign fruit which were stowed In front of a closed fire-place at the rear of the shop ; and that the woodwork of the chimneypiece was on a blaza as well aa upwards of fifty sugar loaves , which were lodged upon a shelf . The water which was very copious , the mains having been turned on in consequence of the former conflagration ^ was poured upon the flames , and happily they were soon extinguished , but not before considerable damage was done to the stock and the windows of the shop . We hear Mr . Jones is insured .
Destructive Fire in cam bridge-square . — Shortly after one o ' clock on Monday morning , a fire of an alarming nature broke out on the premises , No . 14 , Cambridge-square , Hyde-park . In a short time the West of England , and several engines belonging to the London Eiru Brigade , arrived on the spot , and though the flames speedily communicated to the adjoining bouse ( the corner of Cambridge-street and Norfolkcrescent ) , the firemen being aided by an excellent supply of water , Buoceeded in gaining a mastery over the devouring element by four o ' clock , bat it was not udtil past five o'clock that all fears for the surrounding buildings were at an end . The house was untenanted , but we understand it was filled with planking and floorii'g , being dried for building purposes . How the fire originated is unknown .
The Latb Calamitous Explosion m Fettfrlane . —Ii is stated by a neighkour of the ill-fated Mr . Newberry , that he was constantly cautioned & gainst making pyrotechnic experiments , and that he ad been fined more than once for having on his premises a larger quantity of gunpowder than what the law permits to be kept in & private house . AbOUt Six mohthB Bison , * firo hroho oak , U Jo ° » pposed from these experiments , in the back part of the house , which excited considerable alarm . On that occasion he closed his doors , and would not admit within them cither the police or the firemen . In consequence of the watch that was lately kept upon the experimental wotks , both by the authorities and bis neighbours , he always deferred them to night time .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 26, 1843, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct665/page/2/
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