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EXTENSIVE AND FATAL CONFLAGRATIONS.— FIVE LIVES LOST.
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to the well-earned professional reputation author has long sustained , as one of the most scientific and successful practitioners in tho treatment of Ophthalmio and Aural Diseases . " r-Bath Herald . Fourth Edition , price Is . ON THROAT DEAFNESS , with numerous cases , showing that 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 eustachian passages . By John Stevenson , E ^ q-i M . R . C . S ., 38 , Conduit-street , Hanover-equare , many years Surgeon to the Royal Infirmary for Cataract , Lecturor on the Structure and Diseases of the iEye and Ear , Oculist to bis late Majosty . Oculist and Auriat to other Members of tho Royal Family , and to the King of the Belgians . S . Hifthley , 32 , Fleet-street , Of : whom may be had ,: the Sixth Edition of the Author ' s work on Cataract , 3 * . Seventh Edition , on Deafness , its Causes , Prevention , and Cure , Si . On Weakness of Sight , Third Edition , 3 * . 6 d .
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T _ Tae two following communications appeared in a portion of enr 3 mpxsExion 3 sst'WBek ; and bad then to be TenwYed to make -way for articles tif news . - We gjve ftem here zg&in , that all the readers ma ; see them , tfcongh Bcms of them "will liave the same matter twice cnrer . Thia , hoversr , -we are sore they .-will excuse nnder the circumstance * j
Extensive And Fatal Conflagrations.— Five Lives Lost.
EXTENSIVE AND FATAL CONFLAGRATIONS . — FIVE LIVES LOST .
London has not in cur recollection bsen visited by ffueb disastrous calamities in so short s period as those ¦ which occurred at an early hour on Saturday morning last , when two most destructive conflagrations burst forth almost simultaneously in Tooley-street , near London-bridge , and in Fetter-lane , Fleet-street . The former being attended Kith an enormois sacrifice of property in the total destruction of Topping ' s Wharf , St . glare ' s Cbnrch , Watson ' s telegraph station , several warehouses and vessels moored alongside the 'wharf , and the latter resulting in a most deplorable loss of human life .
The fire Bear London-bridge began In Jooley-street , adjacent to Pennine ' s Wharf , and "was discovered at sbont five minutea before two o ' clock . From the statement of the first person vha gave the alarm , police-constable II 105 , it appears that he -eras on outy in Tooley-street , in that part near the bridge , when he noticed a glimmering light proceeding from the tear of the warehouses and stores belonging to Messrs . Ward and Co ., oil and colour merchants , situate on the north Bile of the street , between npper and lower Topping's Whart Tney extended to the water ' s edge , a distance of several feet , and abutted on the shot factory and telegraph station . Topping ' s Wharf oecnpied an immense area of ground , and was censidered 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 somejof his comrades on duty in the adjacent neighbourhood . They directly proceeded to arouse the occupiers of the wharfs and warehouses , but , finding they could make no one hear , they broke open the ioors , and on entering the premises -of Messrs . Ward , found one of the deika and his wife in the act of dressing themselves in their bed-room . The fire 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 mala 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 flynM . ;
The consternation that now took 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 persons , which had by this time become very great , woe running to and fro , it being expected that every moment a dreadful explosion of gunpowder would take place . Within ten minute * an engine from the brigade station in Southwark-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 avennes leading to the fire , thereby keeping a clear space for the operations of the firemen . Other brigade engines from Watling-street , Lower Tooleystreet . 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 Sonthwark-bridge-road station obtianed a ready supply of wat ? r , but on the others arriving the anxiety for them all to get into operation -was so great that tke draught of water from the mains alongside Penning ' * Wharf ; wks not sufficient to supply the whole ; the consequence was , that they weie scarcely of any avail until other plugs In the neighbourhood had been drawn , which caused considerable delay . At the time that the fiie broke out there were several coasting vessels lying along-Bid e , some leaded 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 nnd their vessels were placed . Many of them , however , manned to hanl their era t into the centre of the river .
beyond the reach of the fire ; but four ' were asronnd , and , It being low water , consequently immovable . These were the Fleece , schooner , Mr . Croft , master , of Exeter , laden -with a general cargo ; the schooner Cornwall , rf Ttbio , Mr . Worth , master ; the Theisa , of Weymouth ; and a brig trading vessel . The crews mounted the rigging , and for a length of time prevented by great exertion the Bhips from taking fire ; but Uie aunt * rapidiy increasing soon forced them to quit their situations , the heat being mo oppressive that their ii » ea -were in jeopardy . An attemptj was made by several ol the brigade men to foice a atream of water from the wharf of Messrs . Goodchild , Iwhich adjoins Fenning - a wharf , ob to the vessel ? , the hose or one of tSLJ . ™ & *** *"">« been taken through thepremues for that
purpose ; but after most strenuous * xerfiW * S Jwad iM&ctual from thelviolence of the SsSSr ? ?* MsstjA r « 3 = ^ JL-tesjfc saS ^ sra S 5 £ « rs ? 5 S ? g * : ££ a . sss ra 4 % sr 3 l :-
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Messrs . Scovell , were likewise in flames , and from their confined situation it was apparent that there was no c&ance of saving them from destruction . These premises almost surrounded Messrs . Ward ' s warehouses , and communicated by a narrow passage . The conflagration now became terrific ; every now and then loud explosions were heard to proceed from the cellars under Ward ' s warehouse , which subsequently proved te have ; been occasioned by the barrels of oil and turpentine bursting . Mr . Braidwood , finding that the fire was likely to croBS Tooley-street from Topping's Wharf to the [ extensive warehouses of Messrs . Cox , Brothers , and ' Co ., Messrs . Buck and Co ., and Mr . Bloyd , wholesale merchants , on the opposite side , directed the branch of ibe 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 water , 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 Fenning ' a Wharf in 1836 . At about half-past two o'clock the Lord Mayor arrived on the spot , a special messenger having been Bent to him at the ManBion-house , apprising him of the danger bis Lordship ' s warehouses were 1 b . He immediately held a consultation with Mr . Braidwood upon the propriety of having the hose of several engines conveyed on to the roof of Fenning ' 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 , jas the wharf was well protected , but he erdered several of his men on to the roof to dear 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 other floating engine of the Brigade establishment from Botherhithe came up , and was got into play as near these buildings ' as practicable . Towards three o ' cloek the land engines succeeded in getting an ample supply of water , all the plugs in the neighbourhood having been opened , and the torn-cock
belonging to the water-works having turned on tho principal main at ! the Brixton reservoir , and shut off all the different service-pipes which were attached to it , excepting those which led to the scene of destruction . By thlB time the concourse of persona who bad been attracted by tbe extraordinary light in the atmosphere -was immense , and the duty tbe police had to perform in keeping the pressure back was arduous in the extreme . From all the bridges , which ¦ were for hours lined with spectators , the whole action of \ he fire could be distinctly traced . The numerous towers and steeples in the metropolis and the 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 tbe Monument had a most beautifal appearance , their snmmits appearing as if sheathed with the brightest copper . Tht names at intervals rose to an immense height , and there -was not a portion of the metropolis which was not
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 immense 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 Tooley-street , and considerable loss of property took place ere the firemen could stop the progress of this new calamity . Although upper Topping ' s Wharf was separated from Mr . Child ' s glass warehouse and dwelling-house by a party wall , yet the flames overtopped it , and descended to the other side into the glass warehouse , and set it on fire , notwithstanding the fl .-emen were on the roof with their branch pipes ; nor were they able to check the flames until the property had sustained serious damage .
Tbe telegraph tower was an object of great attention during the progress of the fire , owing to It * pecnllar construction and great elevation above all the auneundlag premises , being nearly 150 feet in height It was formerly need ] as a shot factory , bat recently it has been purchased by Messrs . Watson , of Gornbill , who bad used it as a telegraph station for the 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 dancer , singular to state , it withstood the ravages of tbe fire . At last , however , about half-past two o ' clock , dense volumes of smoke were seen issuing from all the windows from the basement to tbe summit . In an instant almost the whole of tbe building bant into a vivid man of flame , which ' saot
above tbe 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 . The morning being perfectly dear , tbe rrfl-ction wui&een to a considerable distance , every one of the public buildings on tbe banks of tbe Thames being lighted up , and , viewing the confl-igra ? tion from Blackfriara or Waterloo-bridge , it seemed as if the whole range of wharfs along shore at Horsfcly-< Jown and Rotherhithe was in fhmes . The tower being composed of wood , 4 t continued burning furiously for an extraordinary length of time . Tbe floating engine of jtbe brigade , the operations of which excited considerable praise , attempted to play upon it , but the intense mass
of fire on the wharf rendered it impossible to subdue the fhmes , while it was equally impracticable for the land engines to force water up to its summit . About half-past three o'clock tbe whole of the tower fell with a tremendous crash to the ground , sending forth a most terrific cloud of dust and burning fragments . Tnis 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 the tower , and that they had been seen to disappear amongst the ruins . We have made inquiries as to the truth of this statement , but we cannot find any foundation for it . No one slept in the building .
Immediately on St O' . ave's Church being observed to be in danger , seven engines were brought to play on to that part of lower Topping ' s wharf which ad jbined the tower of the church , while the branches of others were taken through tbe church to tbe burial-ground by tbe water ' s side . ; From Tooley-street there appeared to be a substantial party wall between the sacred edifice and tb 6 wharf , which was afterwards found to be but a mere screen ; of lath and plaster , with a layer of bricks outside . Upon this giving way , which happened about four o ' clock , the whole of the church tower was exposed to the bill violence of the conflagration . Tbe firemen , who I were cheered on by the Lord Mayor and several of the most influential inhabitants of the borough , exerted themselves most strenuously to prevent its
receiving any'damage . The fire , however , still raged on with terrific fury , and in tbe course of five minutes it had gained the tower , and forced tbe brigademen from their stations ob the roof . This , as may be readily supposed , increased the consternation in the neighbourhood to a most painful extent , and loud cries were beard from different parts of the multitude , " For God ' s sake , ! save the Church , save the Church . '' Alas ! it was beyond human power to do so , for within a quarter of an hour the roof and the ceiling , whieh was considered , with the exception of that of St Stephen ' s , Wallbrook , to be one of tbe most beautiful works ot art to be found in tbe metropolis , was in nvna . The roof was similarly constructed to St Stephen ' s , being arched ) elaborately adorned with costly mouldings , and supported by twelve fluted columns with Corinthian capitals . Tbe firemen still exerted themselves vigorously ; they continued in the aisle ,
scattering water in all directions , more particularly up to the roof as the fl lines kept bursting forth . The churchwardens , Mr . Lapgley and Mr . Carver , as well as tbe parish officers , seeing that the destruction of the sacred building was inevitable , commenced saving the deeds , registers , &c , as well as the communion plate from out of the vestry-room , which , we are happy to state , they accomplisbed without the least injury being done to them . Tbe Bteeple before them was enveloped in flames , and in the subsequent quarter of an hour tbe beautiful peal of bells fell from tke belfrey , the greater part of them having been melted by the intense body of fire which surrounded them whilst they were bang , ing . Within tho honr the destruction of St Olave ' a Cbnrch whb complete , nothing remained but the outer wallsand Bteeple , tbe interior being completely gutted , The loss occasioned by the destruction of the churcb iB stated to be at least £ 12 000 .
In the nieanwbile the whoie of the walls of Topping ' s wharf and Mr . Ward a premises fronting Tooleystreet fell down , and coaipUtely blocked up tbe carriage way . The warehouses oh the opposite side of the street were exposed to increased danger , and it was only by the rest of the engines ploying on them that they were Baved-The confhgra'ion was not finally arrested until near seven o ' clock ; the engines still remained throwing torrents of water on the ruins throughout the whole of Saturday and yesterday , and even up to a lato hour last evening flames were seen to rise from the immense mass of rubbish . The total Joss 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 . NewDerry getting out of the second-floor window . He bitterly cried oat to the constables below to reader him soina assistance , in order to save his life ; scarcely , however , had they considered the most available means to do so , before he suddenly precipitated himself into the street , and fell with much force on hia back in the road . Tbe police instantly picked the uofortunata man up , when it was found that he had received such severe injuries that he was evidently dying . A litter was procured , and he was conveyed on it to Si Bartholomew's Hospital ; but on his arrival be had ceased to exist | Within a few minutes after several females made their appearance at the upper part of tbe house . By this time a large number of peraoaa had assembled , aad
who state that tbe piercing cries of the females for help were frightful in the extreme ; but explosions constantly taking place , from the fire-works shooting from the burning building in all directions , and other combustibles blazing forth , kept the police from rendering any assistance . A few momenta afterwards the poor creatures had disappeared , and were not afterwords seen , the whole of them perishing in the flames . A short' time before the engines could be got to the spot s large quantity of gunpowder exploded , and blew the back part of the premises on to the houses in Bartletfa passage , occasioning , the 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 . Braidwood , superintendent
of the London Fire Brigade , who was directing his force at the j large fire at London-bridge , he instantly dispatehed as many engines as he could spare td this fresh scene of misery and woe . Oa their arrival the firemen saw that to save any portion of Mr . Newberry' premises would be a matter of almost complete impossibility , w they were nearly enveloped in one body of fire . Tbe flames were progressing rapidly , and the whole of tbe brigademen brought their sole exertions to bear upon tbe surrounding dwellings , to save them from destruction . The populace worked tbe engines most laboriously , [ and at seven o ' clock , the firemen pronounced the pleasing intelligence to the Inhabitants , that the devouring element bad been conquered , and that all thoughts ef danger might be appeased . Still , however , a gre&t masa of fire remained in Mr . Newbeirj ' s premises , which are totally destroyed .
ft it with ( he deepest regret that we announce tbe following list of the persons who have fallen victims to thia terrible calamity : —Mr . Na ^ berry , Mr . Rose , Mrs . Rose . kiss M'Crindell , Mbs-jEliai MCrindelL This party were to have embarked for Rumsgate in the morning , and had made preparations accordingly . Mr . Rose was for many years- a clerk in the Law Institution , ; Chancery-lane ; ha had from a previous perilous accident suffered amputation . He was well known and universally respected . Miss Elijsi M'Crindell left her lodgings at Mr . Lewis ' s , bookbinder , in ( Jough-square , and slept in Fetter-lane , in order to be in time to see her sister off to Ramsgate , and thus fell a victim to the common calamity . The jury , on the inquest on the bodies ot the unfortunate ; individuals who perished by tbe dreadful fire in . Fetter-lane , returned a' verdict of " Accidental death , " but joined with it a strong censure on the parties having the custody of the fire escapes .
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TOE UATIGSAL BENEFIT SOCIETY 1 HB XECESS 1 TY , -ADVASTAGES , PAUITS , AXD- IKEPJJCIEKCrES OF XEADE SOCIETIES .
TO THT ? CHABTIST PBBLIC . - SiKtrGGiasG Bboihkbs tos the Rights op Xjlboitb , —When the master mechanic and mere employer of labourers , arose among our class , the divided interest of the two classes becaiBe so apparent as to suggest the necessity of establishing a scdety of each -trade , to cheek encroachments on « nx daily bread ; and to take advantage of a rise in prices of maxnfactmei and provisions , to obtain for the producer a fair share of the increase ; and , as these Trade Establishments teams larger , the increasing Encroachments xesdered the preventative societies more necessary , and their fintes the more arduous .
Among the struggles against the wealthier and Wealth-seeking clasa , those of tra £ e societies ^ . haTe l > ten the most important . Often have they attempted to increase ; the -wages of labour ; oftener have they struggled Kith the over-re » cbiBg employer , whose svarioe ted him to jeek riches by " withholding the lire of the labourer ; " in other words , cut down wages . Often io . TB they * in tbelr endeavour * to obtain and vn « ir . ^ Ti a ""fair dayTs wages . ior a fnfo day ' s work , " fcetn obliged to strike tori , with a view to induce the oppressor to forego Ms wicked purpose ; and but too often lave they , for the want of some substantial property to fall back " upon , "be * n obliged to return to fear laborious occupations worse slaves than tkeyxame « ntJ ; JM . These "were , however , only tbe more prminent
attempts of Trades Unions . They have many and « qaaBy praiseworthy functions . Their ixistence have been rone continued struggle against the numerous attempts of the employer to reduce prices . In all trades have they often saved thtir xespectave members ¦ or particular shops , from Enfikring reduction * , by taking out the individual on -whom reduction was attempted , and allowing him weekly payments according to the ess ofhia family till he could get employment dee--where . This indeed is one of their chief benefits ; the chief object for which they are associated . When a member is obliged to leave a town through want of employment , he Is furnished with a travelling card , on "which \ he is xeSevedJn all towns -where there is xoch a society , txcept London . They also sword's certain sum
at the jdeala ola member ox wife to decently inter them ; and 3 d some bodies the ; ininre their members * tools against less by fire , which they can do at a much cheaper late- than ^ T" * members could do it individually AH -fri ? f ** f » advsnia ^ es tt rr iiiptT to T F Tn' ^>** rit and t rs des under the oia plan of local bodies ; but as the local Twdrea were frequently unable to maintain stnkefl with out appealing to o'ier local bodies for pecuniary aid , the ices suggested itself of consolidating all the local bodies of a trade int « one national body . Several trades attended this , in various ways ; but the nearest approach to a perfect system of national trade society , 1 think , is the Manchester Union of Operative Cabinet Makers ; the plan of which was drawn up by a meeting of delegates from various towns , and amended by a
* eeond tielegate meeting . "Xfcese have msAe great improvements on ordinary trade societies , to wit , the esta 2 G&nmg of a universal system of relief for their tramps of one . penny per mile , and the equalizing all the txpences according to the number of members . Bnt-this body , throngh faults that have been removed and faults that s&H exist , has been tobcd xeduced . And it Is to be lamented that when their rales set forth the simple way in - which all fenlts may be rectified , many lodges zhcnld have withdraws without taking advantage of iEe " rnles and their own right to seek amendment . However , several lodges still remain in Union ; and others are gradually falling in , being , by dear expedience , brought to see ftat *^ &t Vmoa , ? wiih all its faults , confers greater benefits than any local body can do .
Some of tke Jnostprominent faults of these bodies are the fines for nan-attendance on certain lodge sights and -committees ; fines for lefnsing to serve on committees , and other offices ; fines far neglecting to clear the tuoks on certain sights ; fiaes for being in arrears ; fines to ; go to the secretary for summoning to pay arrears ; thereby incresuing' a peor man's arrearsi in-* tead-of devising soioe mean * io prevent arrears , at ohlb cheap and easy method l » gel them is ; and lastly , when yon leave them and wish to return , fines for re-entering . The primary fault of these bodies has > een , that they lave not been sufficiently brotherly ; although in meeting , " ^ brother" has been continually « a _ -UMsMIpB . Although they had gr&st and good cibjecia in -new , their plans "were not sufficiently extensive to tffjet their desires .
The trades , aen , have established local bodies , and proved them intffident ; seeing tbat they « mU not get a sufficient number of tbp fr brother ^ operatives into then ) to male a successful stand against encroachment . They have tried national bodies ; and -though they taveimprovedon the old plans , they are stDl ' inefBcient ; seeing they are sot sufficiently adapted to the wants , -wishes , and feelings of the sumerens ssd various opera . fiosB in tbeir respective tzades . They all need great arne&da&mi , and to inch amendatians let ns torn oni attention , and proceed to shew , by argument from sound premises , what alterations and additions are necessary .
Tkat these societies have done » great ainountof good , in that they have prevented so rapid a rednctien of the price of labour , as tbe-employers sought to effect ; and in that they have relieved a great many of their fellows from the heavy scourge of tyranny and poverty , is a pleasing fact ; and goes to shew the much greater amount of good that could be done by an extensive association and a larger sphere of action . Host members of trade societies argue ; " if eTery nan tne-w bis ' interest ; if all of the bade would unite with us , we should be able to -m ^ T » Ht ^ r > the price * f labour . * ' This observation is trae , jet those who thus argue seem sot to have the inclination or ability to investigate , and ascer tain -whether the zeal fault Is not more in the
constitution of tbelr own society than is the individuals -who keep out of it 7 or instance : there is the " entrance lee . " 2 know it for certain that the inability to save even a five shillings " entrance fee havs been the only thing that has kept some men oat of a scdety they desired to join . Other men may say that such men would be no good in soy society . I have had good opportunity of knowing to the contrary . I have known poor members who could sot save a shilling frem their fngrTliPH ; yet the best members of societies to - which they and I have belonged . They have worked hard for it ; stinted themselves of pence , and subscribed trestj and willingly ; but BbUliDgs " they could Jiot pve .
It is almost surprising that -with sucb . noble , £ enerons precepts as we have before ns continually , sni with each apparent desire toform Associations for the benefit of the working classes ; with such professions of "Brotherhood" ononr lips , and invitation to nnion ; living amongst ear order , aad witnessing their privations , and feeling occasionally the pinch of poverty ourselves , we should * o far forget all these things as to enact snch restrictiona as the terms of Association . Come , . Brother Operatives , let a sew lighl davn upon ss . 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 Depend on * t if an " entrance fee" or fines" keeps a
£ ood brother from your Association , you lose the ainojmt-of . bis -weekly snbsexipiiozs ; and if the removal of the " entrance fee ** will admit more members , you will gain the amount of their weekly or monthly subacripfions , and the services and brotherly bonds ef the men . Depend an it , too , that he who needs a " fine " to be held as a tod over him xo keep hiss to hia duty , will never make a good servant ; neither will he who is forced into offise to avoid a fine . Every man * is not fii for office ; and it is the height of fefiy to force men into offices for wbich they are nxfit . No wonder your bnsinesaiaaaTnffhn ^ 21 done or neglected , -when ye aet pressed ? ' men to oo it . ln f = tnre let it be onr xnle to * ' p ? ck- oar officers , not" pres * » them . Brother
Chartists and operatives , in conclusion , I % mm £ wm sJSZzmzs . sjbFkS Ktfrisarj& ^^ JK KSsasssyssSaS ^ from a consolidation of all t aJte Ld oc ^ T m tteir separate committee , " . XjBKX « S ^ JS ? 5 L * « - . ****** « S » P * £ i ^ *? «»«« Seneral hnsinea
« ? ^ ; ^ t ^ ^^ advantage would accrueirom the msmSm TS * fends , to make purchase of property , and emrtav £ 1 hands that may be called oux on strike , or SSS ? * f employ from any other cause . Thus would beaaved to the members the vast sums of money that no-ty wura aBy goforstnkesana traaps . Consider too , that the turn ' « at and tramp would be placed in immediate comfort and independence . In time , we could gradnally raise -wages and prices to an equal xemuseiation-with -what ire jconld get in our own establishments . Oar practical knowledge in onr several businesses , would produce ¦ alfimately a ^ enaalpieference to our prodneaenB , ana « nmre to as a large share of tbe home market ; * a& if ¦*» Jettindinedtoaeek it , of tbe foreifn market also . And have we not a . right to all these tbinss ? Shall
-we noi * etfe by sucb . a nnion a part of the advantages I have encEierated ? 2 s it not-worth oar while to attempt aichaan ion ? What ws" want now is a plan embracing all these ^ ointaT ^ -We conld not bring- the whole into operation inunediately / lKit we may by ¦ " little and by little , " as 12 ie Ejcietyincrtases and the funds fidiciL We iiould , hcT 6 Ter , have the whole read marked oat clear . ihat we may commence the jortrcej ksowing ^ 9 * nd tSJW ^ of . Is Hzadons lodging , I MSaiiJ your devoted
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TO ^ SE KDIIO * OF T HB HOBTHEHN STAB . Sib—The once-btlieved fate of Zjphsmab Willianas caanot faQ to have drawn a sigh from every breast , especially where U » principles with which he and his compatriots had identified themselves are known . What direfnl suffering must that be which can prodHce sach a reckleM disregard of life as -was said to have been evinced in his unhappy case ! Why , in tie came of heaven , should it be inflicted or endured ? Over and over again , these tales of misery reach our « ars—time after time the sigh of Buffering is borne across the extended ocean ; so 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 1 Why was tender compassion and ! fellow feeling implanted is our nature , if not on occasions like these to manifest themselves ? JJo pestilential sconrge produces this suffering , sor lack of returning seasons with tbeir fruits . Tbe cause of the evil man may remove ; for be himself gave birth thereto , and what he creates he can destroy . 1
Hear what an eye witness says of the sufferings endured at Port Arthur and Marqaarrie Harbour" The Inquisitions hi Spain were nothing in atrocity and diabolical sacrifice of hnman life to these earthly belis . The prayers and groans of tbe 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 , so as to be executed in Hobarttown , hoping then to have an opportunity of disclosing the sickening cruelties practised towards them . This ! is , however , denied them ; the clergyman frequently , putting hia hand to the month of the dying man to : prevent the assembled multitude from bearing Mb 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 Masaxtne . after detailing the sufferings of eight run-away convicts , who , having betakes themselves te the bush , had bees forced to e * t each other , in order to sustain life , till only one remained , exclaims , 4 I Can mertal sufferings—mortal debasement—be presented in more abject , ! more heartrending colours ? ; A xus-a-way convict—a felon murderer—forced to support life by cannibalism—hopeless to preserve it by flight—nay , even unable to cff < r it in atonement of an uncontemplated offence . Such was the awful position of Pearse I the man who alone out of the eight remained ! The writer goes on to state that Pearse was afterwards taken by some ^ nib-rangers , to whom bis melancholy adventures being unknown , he was merely sent back to Uarquarrie Harbour : from
which , notwithstanding all that he had ensured , such was the horrors of his situation , he again fied ; urged thereto by a person of the name of Cox , and indnced by the powerful apprehension of corporal punishment for the Iobs of a shirt which had been stolen from him ; the horrors of 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 after wax&a arrested , sent to Hobart Town , and ex tented . Murder , we are informed , in the above-named publication , is of frequent occurrence at tbe penal settlements ; and the perpetrators have almost invariably declared that "they committed the deed , in order that they might be rid of a hopeless life . ™
Countrymen , u it not enough to banish a man for ever from his home withont following him to the distant land to which he is exiled , there to persecnte and render life thus unbearably wretched ? Would a wise and good parent thus treat his offspring , however wayward and abandoned they bad sho-ero themselves ? But do our ruiers ever act like just and wise parents , either at home or abroad ? Few , were they to do this , would ever stend in seed of banishment for their crimes ! and how different would be their conduct towards those who were so driven ! We have . "
they -would say , " exiled you for your crimes ; with your banishment the law is satisfied ; this strange land is sow before you , make the most which nature will afford you here ; cultivate it ; erect your own dwellings ; be honest and industrious , and we will protect you from rapine and plunder l But instead of such noble bearing towards unfortunate beings sent , see our rnlers dividing the Land eut of which every necessary and comfort of life hath to be made amongst tbeir own profligate tribe ; and dooming all who are banished , or forced by poverty to emigrate , to a life of slavery and unrequited bearUtrickening toil ! i
Bestir yourselves , then , ftllow workmen ; remember that it is your own class which thus suffer—tbns endure these grievances , soul-bebasing wrongs—aad swear by all that ' s sacred , that they shall be knows and felt no lsnger . yours , &c Richard Mxbsdek .
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ANOTHER DRKADFUL FIBE . EXPLOSION 05 A CHEMIST'S W 0 BKS 1 M PETTER-LAHEFIVE LIVES LOST . At abont ffour o ' clock on Saturday morning , whilst the great fire was wging at Topping ' s Wharf , another flre , attended , we regret to say , with a melancholy loss of human life , took place on the prea-isefl of Mr . Newberry , Fetter-lane , operative chtniist and firework manufacturer . They were situated on the east aide of the street , attfee corner of Bartletl's-past-age , and consisted of a substantial brick building three stories high , and front shop . The first alarm given to tbfl police in the neighbourhood was by the report of a vary loud explosion , nnd np- n city police eoi . stsblu Watarfl , 150 , accompanied by several of li ' . s bru ' . Ltr ifficers on duty , running up the bee they fonc : ] : J- _ ¦ shop front end Ml its contents rcwpletcly thio ^ vn lst-i tho street , and flames bursting forth with extreme fury .
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Fire in High street , Borough . —Whilst the flre was raging with the utmost fury in Tooley-atreet , Borough , and the blitzing embers were literally falling in Bbowersupon 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 the shop was discovered to be on fire . An engine was sent for from the Southwatk-biidge-Toad station , which very quickly arrived . The doors having been broken opes ,
it was . Jdiscovered 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 tbe woodwork of the chimneypiece was on a blses as well as upwards of fifty augar loaves ; which were lodged upon a ehelf . The water which was very copious , * tbe mains having been turned on in consequence of tbe former conflagration , was poured upon the flames , and &n ppily they were soon extinguished , but not before considerable damage was done tjo the stock and the windows of the shop . We hear Mr . Jones is Insured .
Destructive Fire in Cambridge square . — Shortly after one o ' clock on Monday motuing , 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 Firo Brigade , arrived on the spot , and though tbe flames speedily communicated to the adjoining house ; ( the corner of Cambridge-street and Norfolkcrescent ) , the firemen being aided by an excellent supply of water , succeeded in gaining a mastery over the devouring element by four o ' clock , bat It was nut until past five o ' clock that all fears for the surrounding buildings -were at ah end . The house was un ' . enanted , but we umierstatKi it was flifed with planting and doortig , being dried for building purposes , How the fire originated is unknown .
The Late Calamitous Explosion in FkttfrtANE . —It is stated by a neighbour of the ill-fated Mr . Newberry , that he was constantly cautioned against making pyrotechnic experiments , and that he bad been fined more than once for having on his premises a larger quantity of gunpowder than what the law permits to be kept in a private house . About six months since , a fir <) broke out , it is supposed from these experiments , in the back part of the house , whiohexcited 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 works , both by the authorities and his neighbours , he always deferred them to night time .
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To Messrs . T . Roberta and Co ., Proprietors of Parr ' a Life Pills , Crane-Court , Fleet-street . Communicated by Mr . H . Foster , Chemist , Winchester . East Stratton , near Winchester , Deo . 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 man ; others I observed one ; a case of Rheumatism , which appeared to mo similar to my own case , and seeing it so successfully 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 manyyears , and at the time to which I refer was suffering icutely . I determined , as I have said , on giving Old Parr ' s remedy a fair trial ; and accordingly sent for a box of the Life Pills . B / the nee of these pills I am enabled to say tbat I am now as well as ever I have been during the whole of my life . Thank God , I can now walk as well aa ever I did . At the time when I first tried Parr ' s Life Pills , I could scarcely walk during the day-time ; and at night I could got no sleep . I am now enjoying excellent health , and sleep soundly , and I am free from pain of every kind . I am , Sir , yours , &c . JAMES DANIELLS . ( aged 50 years . ) Mr . H . Foster , Chemist , Winchester . Parr ' s Life Pills are acknowledged to be all that is rt quired to conquer disease and prolong lite . No medicine yet offered to the world ever so ra « pidly attained snch distinguished celebrity ; it is questionable if there now be any part of the civilized world where its extraordinary healing virtues have not beeu exhibited . This signal success is not attributable to any system of advertising , but solely to the strong recommendations of parties cured by their use . At this moment the Proprietors are in possession of nearly 5 ^ 0 letters from influential , res pec ; able , and intelligent members of society , all bearing testimony to the great and surprising benefits resultini from the use of the medicine . Thig is a mass of evidence 'n its favour such as no other medicine ever yet called forth , and places it in tho proud discinct tion of being not only the most popular bnt tho most valuable remedy ever discovered . CAUTION—BEWARE OP IMITATIONS . la order toproteot the publio from imitations , the Hon . Commissioners of Stamps have ordered tk « words Pake ' s Life Pills to be engraved on the Government Stamp , which is pasted round the sides of each box , in white tetters on a red ground . Without this mark of authenicity they are spurious and an imposition 1 Prepared by the Proprietors * T . Roberts and Co ., 9 , Crane Court , Fleet-street , London ; and sold wholesale by their appointment ^ by E . Edwards , 57 , St . Pauls , also by Barcitiys and Sons , Farringuon-street , and button and Co ., Bow Churchyard ; Sold by Joshua Hobson , Northern Star Office , Leeds ; and at 3 , Market Walfi , Huddersfiold ; and retail by ai least one agent in er&cj town in the United Kingdom , and by most re&i » petable dealers in medicine . Price Is . ! $ <} ., 2 . - ) . 9 » ., and family boxes 11 s . each . Full direction * aro # ven With each box .
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