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BEEMONDSEV . A public conversational meeting was held on Tbnrrday Crerir . g - week , at the Ship Inn , Lcce Lace , Bermo ^ dsey . Sit . Snags vras called to the chair , and opened the proceedings by informing the assembly that it was an adjourned meeting from the previous week , endj-kat itB orjeei was to endeavour to effect a union between the Metropolitan Reform Associsuon and the Chartists . Mt . * jJat > aiid moved the following resolution : — " That this meeting cannst bnt feel , with horror and alar 3 , the present awful distressed state of the country , in ¦ which not only the working classes , but the manufacturer r . ad ifcs fEill capitalist , are alike upon the briiik of ruin ; a ^ J bricg convinced that the cause of this distr--ss is cliss legislation , tve feel assured that no penaan ; i . t good will arise m , tU U : e People ' s Charter bsconii .. tbe law of t !« land , which vfouM so : > n be sccospliEred by an honest ntiion of the middle and B-0 . -k . c 5 ciaaes directing their energies for this great ohj-ct "
He stood before then ; in rather a peculiar position , ar . his rE : tiTe . = = 'ero l : ; V : e \ & be miirvpresented ; but be glorkd in his poiition , and was determined to pursue an Bones : £ : r- _ i .-is : forvTiru coarse . ar > d hid no doubt their efforts f-- - prcnv .-tea nek a vr-nuld b 3 successful . To the resolution he was fet = eo Chzrtist could object . He Trai vrril aware the- cc ^ h : to en tertain a jealousy of the middle classes , if they doubted-th-ir sincerity ; but the ; - « hual-. ! also take into c--tiidc ? j : ; -jn their peculiar eircc-. r ^ t ^ ices . Tfcs ^ re-it cbj ^ -ct Th-:-y had in view -was the attsisn ' -sat of the Charter , = nj if they -were to obisic ii Ei .-rr .-iy , it v - & = bis firm .. pinion it c : ulu not fee toz-e TT ! " . h- ' . ut ths anl of tie 2 Buia ; e ciiss . Distress ¦ WI 3 rsnzr . r . s the cc-ontry ; tens of . thousands ics * hi the uicn : ins " uLknowi = gTt £ ie tl ^ y fchi . uld procure food for the d . y , -wLUst an-ther e ) a : s , who ntuher toilrd
Dcr £ T . im , vrre " cktLed in tr-fc use ::, ani ; fared sumpfejcc .-: y tr 7 £ ? 7 csy . " S ::: h e elate of thir . es - * . is enough to n-Jre a nian ' s bair t and en end . The creat cause cf this ** as tiat the Blisses vtre tmreprereuUd . Until the Charter ves cbtav . f ¦ . h : s c : uld i ^ vcr be removed . He was a " ¦ wlK-i i s bog' C ^ riirt ; he would not Jose oce o . " 11 " riv-ts . A r _^ n coi-ld net ics s an arm Tr iihcut ) iiE v .: - e bo . ij Kin ? ; - j ¦ red , Dtithtr ccuM o-e point o : . '_ - Ci-: Ur i- - abac . ' . ¦ L ed W . tbuut ac injury to the -Trhile a . acii :: try . He ; 'id net blarce them for btir . r j-r : oc ; tf i- _ ddtUs clatEc-s , they bad been so ofun dtCtlTcJ by tlit-Ui ; but some were ts hOLtst as the ^ sjlTf .-i Hi , rEO T-j'ke , Hat , C /' r tt , 0 C ; naor , and other £ ? = ¦ - £ sdTc-catis t > f their ? : jia , SHi ir : ? . ir =-A . t ' . j : s rr : £ n . If r tbo C-. aitsr tras
to be siictd m' -rallj , it Hinst t * or . t ^ ced m the Hoas * of Couxzozs . ' Their grand olject , lht-n , would be to Di-i-e on iii- ^ se - ^' r . o bv . d Toiea to giT 5 ttem to do mic trb-j - ? 7 onlc not p :-.-J e himsi-f to ibe Charter . He was TTcIlavsre trsmi-j'i-e ela ^ sfs ^ renjd oE ;> j-. iin thrci from ii . - .--rL .-t- T . -y Wt : be si ; ct pinch th--2 u , acd 7 » trcsri ' -. iv t > t'l ^ ovj its picssura A tri ^ .: liuycnitat was tei ^ c csr . -.-- ' ¦ 2 in t ? . ' £ t to-iy . " Thorn Cj ! a httie iiuii back xTouia have trusted ths Ciiartists cith disds : i ^ ¦ were ncrr se ; n c-. uiiDg amrrgst tLrm , s ^ irg it w .-is their las : resource from the l'custs Kt were di-To-jring the iand . liiey iciit all be a-rare they would get the Ci-irur so-. t : r by the aid of the middle class , and u * "tii they j-. iis ^ -i ih *; hearst porticn of them , in his < -n :: dc-a they Tcula EcTer obtain it
D .-. Black sccocdf > d the resolution . He ^ raa saffcriisg fi-ini injisposi-. ion , ard nothing lut the importance of the mtfctin ? wculd have induced burn to haye attended . Tiiey 3 r-ai a power : u' st ^ nsy to coetena r-iinst , an cr . emy ccmp' . ete ' y or £ , au E-d . It had vhat might be termed its i fficial organ Z 2 tion , perfect in all its de ' . iV . s , en . brs . iing every spot in the kintdc-m ; it ha ' , s . f : \ ts-ly orjrar /' zv . ion coTerirg the whale lard , zs it were ont great rac ; ai club ; it had another ptcul : ar oigzi . izz' ^ on , its geziltinm ' s clubs , uitsticg in tcsir ariitocrat ' - ; catabiL-biaeriv ? . £ cd perp-turi'ly ett : gEa in plottisg tie best meins to rftaiu their asc : n'zncy ortr the tec-pie ; they bad e !; o a powerful m ' . iitr . ry or ^ r . r . zition , well • S : cred , supplied with every description of the raunlti-iia of Trarfrie , and aflbrdirg « :: uat * oi ! s for the vru ^ rer ^ oss of the arstocrEty . vkoie saline they to
wcr 6 car ^ pelled pay ; there vras also ttV . r police ard ccnitilulatary force ; and this was uui a !; , tLt-y had also a great moral-ic-rce crgsrrz ^ tioB , not oniy among the xni ' . 'ils bnt also among the working clas-:-s—tho feelir . g ¦ nhich inducci : men to bow devrr . to a name and a title , wa = ose of the gT- ; -a : at eTilstbe > had to cocterd against ; it iencted all their prcceedir ^ s . The power thus es-jciitd by a priest or msgiatra ' c was ei . ormoua . He > Efcw an hentst Chir ' . ist , who recently told Lim that he could sot s ' . ond with the rarce ease iu tee pr .--sence of a L ; rd as of aisciher man . I ^ is power : ul opponent , r-criessed of these three complete orsau zitioi ^ , called tbemirlTes in addition their rna ^ t-rs . and the coustry their country , telling them this was law , and they must obey it—this was illsgal , and they must refrain from it—making lava by -cb : ch they could
scarcely meet together , anfi give Yent to their honest icdipcalioi ! , Trithcut endangering their liberty through the spy system . This "sras a picture of the tneity they had to cope 'frith , aL-d wh = t was their position ? B ; : d they eTea one compiets orjauizitioo ? Were they in possess en cf a physical f ^ rce p-jWtr effiserea and dkcii'lined like ttat of the c : ; i-niy ? H « Esid it fei ' -ltssly , but with an sching hejt , that they were Etaiidisg before tba Iwst prepareci enemy in the world , quarrrlliag among thfcH . Krl 7 es , ellowine jralcns petty iceY-z- ^ s to spoil tbe cjuso in which they were engaged , qiureliing e 7 > n in tbeir own locality . Goou G-dl - »? cr = they sj inse : iif ^ 3 to their o" ! m t > ositiDn that nothing could make v' -em look at their r = il piiition ? Were they longer io go on as HiadiLeE or boys , engaged in idle pp ^ r :. True , thi-y might tail tt = G-oT = r :: ment hard aanies . but they iruprisoEed or baiLiahed whom , they pleat . d . Thti raised subscriptions for their defsacfi and support , but -was
thit tu bo all ? Were they to go on sj to the end of the chanter . No ! la Epite of jralcany , in spite &f ¦ wrong thinking , he would net ¦ say .-wr .: ; = motives , the dawn of a union was bresk'i : ? over them ; and , before mBxy months the srzzi b ' - 'S 3 . ; e party throughout the land vculd , he believed , be uuit-j-1 as a batd of brcthtrs . Trutkhid only to be fe ^ rlesily proclaimerl , an i its uitimate triumph "wa ^ co : taic . They might be c lilsi ! di £ - hoc « t ; they might be suspected , but they ¦ woala still gs on , until tity cor-q-trcd them . Ha itlt that the middle classej vere liable to hs suspected . T- ' . e ¦ working men suffered under the sting of oppressors in that dass , and it xnaSethem irri-able . bnt ¦ ffbes ! h = y met in a friendly ETiniir : * . Lke lbs pieseut , error -was djs&i-¦ pated and friturliliip produc ; d . They baa unly been t rro or three mcutiis iu tcti ~ s operation ; and they had the satisfaction of seeing that thosa -who were then tile most susplciou 3 cf their intentions vrere hoy ? their greatest £ r ; sr is . This cave them encouragement to go on in endeavouring to t-2-rct a cordial unicn .
Mr . Faischild said the present appeared to him to be a moKsntous crisis . If a union could be honestly brought about , he should hail it , with dciight . It ~ as what he had been iookirg-for many a icug day . Tbe only question to consider was , vrc-uld it be consistent to unite with those men who had ev = r coerced the ¦ working ctasses . He thought they mitbt : EMy unite with any rc ^ n , ¦ arLethtr peer or peasant , ^ ho woul ;! go for tbe Charter ; but he would have tbe Charter whole and en tire , miie and all , or he would Jief .-r it . He asked the gentlemen , did they mean to gi ^ c them a Bubstauoe or a shadow ? if they meant to give them the substance , in God ' s naiuo he said to then ; Go on ana prosper . If they meant to deceive them be trusted they ¦ would fail ; but they must have Eonjotb-ii ;? more tLan ¦
words , they must have actions . The HidPie ciiis vere their most oppressive tyrants .- Feargus O C-.-ancr was a middle clato 2 : 3 . 11 , Lnt he cid not tbirk anv more t . f him for that ciroim = ti ^ c 2 , and if he dc ; -it-. d the rritciDle they wculd immediately buil t . ini to the wisdr . He for one Wvul > - f . iy , GiTC me the Charter , you Biay ro to ii—11 . They had no objectior : tc hold enc the hscd of fellowship , to let the two asEodsr-ions inn to ^ eiher and assist each other . They had the means at the-r connnaud , let them use those rnear . s to a ;«? : st the men now in prison , and he wcu "; J b :: ; l item as piUicts and brothers . As until they < 5 iJ > ist he cnld not belicTs the ? were honast or truitworthy ; be < iia not wish to throw cold wa ' . er on this att = ii-pt , for he knaw tliat if the middle classes honestly Uvit ° a ^ i : h them , tka Charter would be attained ir ; les * thau = ; x
months . Tho three per cent ., cosnn : s 10 : era were telling tVeir . s lesson they would nc - ier fv--tjet . P-rt-i was a Chirtlit to the back bout , ami "was making Chartists by wholesale . ' If it k-ad not been for : b « tarff r . nd tie income tax , t ' .: 6 y would hiTt- b- 'itu bnt liitls if Chirtism in that qaarter . He did cot expect , as Mr . I ^ 'aynard did , ax . y coed from r . H--r . ; u of Ciimni ' jas liia the present . Was it likeiy a H -use containing 132 bejs under twi-rtty-twe aci a half yc ^ ri of age would graLt them the Chu-e . ? Ee knew they would scout tie ices , a ' . tcr ths earner in whuh U 16 pc-tition w ?^ treated ; cTery rci a who siinoi that document , he i 3 sre et ^ -v , hid inore s . use U au tu . sc 1 S 2 boys , anT jet they taunted working men w : ih igacrarce . Was thit man ignorant who c-: u " : d cig a t tc
road unclcr the Thiuics ? A pretty ia ? a , uiy . c ^ tLst ntn jn-ncrr-Bl v . bo c ^ ula jnak a mrio ^ iues to trarsl si . y uiiles an htur . if a u :: ion b ^ sed on principV , could id fjrsieJ , he should rfjoios , fcr he ki-ew int Chaiter would be quicker obtained . The middle classes had Eore funds at their d . spc-3 .-J ; anu if tbey TPWT-t houestly , thsy would r . ot suff-r one indivi ^ iua . now in prison to ba lost ins want of fu ^ ds , but woula join in that merciful o bject with heart aid hands , anti hands too well pr&vided with the needful ; ana they would think more of their siaccrity than if they nia . ic profesiions f . r seveu years to come . He beli-. ve 1 Dr . Black to ba parfectiy sincere . He -. bought if the middle class were all like him they would ewd have ths Charter .
Mr . C . WESTEKTOK hailed with great pleasure the exertions of his friend Dr . Black , in endeavouring to procure a union among all sections of the Cuart'sts . The chief objection ke had heard advanced against a ¦ onion was , tiiat tbs middle classes , alter nuking many t " ¦ ¦ profeeioBs , aiwsys had deserted Uitni w . a their ' isMitasBe \ ras most wanted ; and as yc-cmanry cavairy , yw ^ Vn \ hft jsiry box , they had eTer beau their pfctsscu"torfi . - ' tSear . ) He admitted the miciula classe » had ' pw » ed'iraitor 3 ; that they had insuiBiied themsslTes . " imoogiheiD , and then sold them to thrir enemies . But " , - ** ^ ui \\ fast W s * y thas because some bad cone this that i -fofwere equally dishonest ? As well liiigut they say * thA , ' -jjacause ctrtedn working men Lid iurned spies . Oribe ^* ise some of them had dtstro ; . * - rt property , or -eoafadtted acts of Tiolence , that the whole c ' asa " V ^ 43 ^ usl : y ss guilty . They mnU , he knew , hurl ' Wsk the foul aaerticn upon lha party who made it
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and be , as a shopkeeper or middle class xnaa , eqnallj hurled bick the charge Bgainst his class . Many of the middle class were equally interested in abolishing clasj legislation , r . s themselves . They wanted a union netei : much for aloTe of them , but frem a regard for theu own interest They would find that some of the men now foremost in their ranks were middle class men . What were O'Connor , Frost , and that rterling and and high-mindsd patriot who was now forced to fij his home , Dr . 53 Itonall ? . Great cheering . ) He trusted they should be judged by their conduct and not by such idle imputations ; it was a libel upon the working men
to assert they would be betrayed . Could they rob then of their intelligence or of their prlnicple ? They did no ask them to give np their organization or to pin thei faith to their sleeves ; they dis not even want them t join their Association , nnless of their own whh ; thei oVject was to rally round them the true and honest 0 the middle class . He trnsted they would farm thei judgment by their acts alone (" and that of your commit tee . ") Hy thought that was a harsh remark . No asso ciation was free from some bad characters , there wa always some black shetp in the fl \> ck ; he was on !; ar . xioua for a good understanding that they might co operate together .
Rcffy Bidiet wished to ask Dr . Biack a question , la the pamphlets they had issued , one of the points was that " Parliaments were not to be larger though they might be for less duration , than three years . " He wished to know whether , having seconded the reaolntion for the Charter , he , or tbe committee acting wiin him , V 7 r . re prepared to expunge that rule , and place Annual Parliaments in its stead . Dr . Black stated that they had great difficulties to contend with amcBg the aiddle classes . If hU own feelings could have been consulted he would have come eat boldiy for the six pointa , name ami al : and he wa » cf opinion that if a sufficient number of nitn oi irflueEce couid be got to take that standing it would b ~ the best and most manly course . He had been a firm Chartist ever since the first Convention . Thty bad
& .:: sidei « $ d the point of Annual Parliaments , ami found li' . ny good rnea preferred Biennial Parliaments , and Sims few Triennial ; and to afford every facility for ths junction of those men they left the point open . Ha had no doubt whenever the Charter was adopted , it wculd be settltd to have Annual Parliaments ; yet Hi _ sy even tf the Chartists if they had to write the Ci . irter over sgain , and to consult their individual cticions , might make some slight alttratiocs in it ; but in a great combined movement it was ts 3 cutial they should cive way on all those little Eha-. its of opinion to eciure union on the whole . The great majority of his association were in favour of Annual Parliaments . Mr . RrFFT Ridlet stated that he had no doubt these ineiiv : dua : s were actu ^ t-. d ry good motives ; but it vras -he duty of ths public to Ecrutiaise whether
their acts would have the desired effect . Dr . 3 ack : n' ^ Lt , as au individual , tLink it prudent to give way en some minor point ; but be , as a member of the wotk-]'; : ? class , could not abandon one io ' a of the Charter . ( We don't want ycu . ) He thought that if the majority were for Annual Parliaments , it vras a delusion to have that rule on their pamphlets ; it was keeping a phantom before the public to delude- them , and would only hsve the result of producing disappointment when it was disccveied ttat their pamphlets and their professions we-re at variance . He considered three years too long for a member to be exposed to the temptation of the Government ; too long for a man's honesty to be
depenced on . He asked these gentlemen to come Rianfuily forward and advocate that complete measure of justice which would enEurs the salvation ef the country . One speaker had said that injustice had ever characterised the proceedings of the middle towards the working classis : of that tho Reform Bill W 3 s a fatal example . He requested them , for cc-r . si 3 ter . uy sake , to expunge that rale from their books . One man gained under the honest colours of Annual Paitliuments would be worth ten men gained by a delusion . Dr . Black explained ; in his ^ pinion if they pot the Suffrage , if the duration of PuJiiureent waa fixed to 3 , 5 , or even 100 years , if they fuund it did not answer , they could easily rectify it .
Mr . Wheelee briefly spoke on the necessity of the Reform Association givic . ; up such a minor point before any tiling like a firm union could exist . Mr . Refft Ridlsy said he still considered that rule a delusion , but ho should leave the audience to decide ; he should not have been doing his duty if he had not alluded to it ; he ^ 'ave them every creo . it for the manliness with which they had explained their views . He should be sorry to throw anything in the wav c f a reconciliation , but he thought they should first explicitly understand each other : if they went , on in their present straightforward manner he should wish them every success .
Hi . Stallwood entirely coincided with Mr . Ridley in his objections . Dr . B ' . sek seemsd to treat the question of Annual Parliaments litktly , but he could not have sufficiently considered the subject or he would have seen that Universal Suffrage could not exist without it , for the Charter said that every man of twenty-one should have a vote , but if Parliaments were Triennial , he ceuld not in thousands of instances have it until he vras twenty-four ; they were pledged to tie wkole Charter , n ^ me ana all , and any union not Vised on that would be a rope of sued . The Complete Suffrage men adopted the whole tif the Six Poinvs , eo did ths largest paity , tbe National Charter Association , ar . fl if the great majority of ths Ksforin Association were for Annual Parliaments he felt convinced they could e- £ i . ? . y convert- the miuority .
Mr . Morton rsade a very excellent speech in favour of a co-epcration of the two bodies ; he belorqed to every association which had for its object the destruction ; f tyranny , and allowirg of working men torn incse their own affairs . He knew that it was the thoe-pinching them which caused the middle classes to look to tee Cinrter ; but had not the case been the same with the working men ? did they care any thing about Reform until the shoe punched thtm ? they allowed one after a&othcr to be imprisoned in their causa ; they allowed tLe hand loom weavers to be peisecuted and starved ; why then reject the middle classes when the piiichia ^ of the shoe drove ! bem into their rauks ? He acreed with the previous speakers , that the middle classes sr . onld show tfceir truthfulness and love of justice by assisting the incaresrated victims
Mr . J . Duncan made a long anda = >! e speech in favor of a frif-ndly spirit of co-operation existing between the twn Associations , and concluded in the words of the bailie charge of a celebrated Vendean chief , "IfI avaneo , follow ms ; if I retreat , kill me ; if I die , avecg ? me . " He wculd say the same ; if they retreated , let taeai be consigned to that political death which they would richly merit Bat give them the English jastic ? to be accounted innocent until they were proved to be guilty . ilr . Ross was anxious to have a fair understanding . He did not like the terms middle cla ' ss and working class : the sooner they forget those distinctions the better . The middle men had ever looked down upon workirg men with contempt . They did not even deign to attci-d their meetings , but gathered into tSeir minda every pn jvidice which was sown by icterested
individuals , znd took no opportunity to dispel it . The speakers , especially the last , had spoken much about tbe working classes refusing to unite . When had they ever refused a union on tfee principles of the Charter ? It was the middle cla = s which stood aloof ia their pride Lnei prejudice . The Chartists had ever been srstefu " . for assistance , come from what quarter it would . But -shell they saw the names of persons on their council , the study of whose lives appeared to be to sow < M .-mm and division , it mpile thtsn look wiih a suspicions eya on the whole body . These men say they are Sturgites—they are moral men—and they will have 5 i - i . hi . -ij : to do with the FearguiiUs—this did not look like uiiion . He thought it was useless to have meetings -ik = the present ; if they wanted to ascertain the Bentiiiierits of the tvo bodies they should call a Jarge pablic meeting , or a conference , composed of an equal number of delegates from both -oaities .
Mr . vvheeleb agreed with the sentiments uttered by Mr . Ji <> ss . They had never declined tfee assistance of the middle class , but they wonid not desert those principles to which they were pledged ; he wished to understand what the gentlemen meant by co-operation ' . vith them ; if they meant they should bs members cf buth isaociatioLs he could frankly assure them they coulti do no such thing , for the working men uufsrtnra - . Uy had not funds sufficient properly to support their own orgau ' zition ; with the middle class the case was -widely different ; thsy peEseased the means , and if disposed to cooperate , could belong to all the associaticns . iiku their [ risnd Mr . Morton ; if by co-operation they meant assisting them by their numbers and
preseiice :-. t nay public meetings , be could readily assure taem it trouid be done provided they adhered to the pr . ac-pirs < f ihe Ctiarter . B . - . Black siitecl that they hid three means of ac-CviiipIlsLicg tbcirobject by petitioning , by the press , and t- public meetings ; petitioning was briefly useful as a . a ; : soi banding together public opinion . Tee press , u--i < --rtunately with a few exceptions , was under the it-& .-z :-3 of their opponents ; their chief strength lay in l > u : > iic meetings ; they had that evening had a good talk , and understood each other ; prejudice was disapye ^ risg , and it was only by sueh meetings that unanimity could be produced ; they wonid Ehoitly hold a laita public meeting for the same good purpose .
A vote of hhxnirfl was given to the Chairman , five shillings were collected for the victims , and Mr . Morton enrolled himself as a member of the National Charter Association .
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A MARE'S NEST . ( From the Times . ) " An investigation into circumstances of t ! i 9 most alarming character , connected with a Chartist conspiracy to destroy the Qasen , has been seeretly going on before the magistracy of Sonthampten for some time past We have taken all imaginable pains to obtain correct information on the subject We believe our acconnt to be correct in the main , thongh , from having been denied permission to look at the depositions , we may slightly err in tha details . The party through whom the notice of Government has been directed to the investigation is earned Peirce , a grocer , in Cmal Walk , Southampton . Peirce was considered some time back the loader if ths Chartists in this town , and from his having made himself very conspicuous in that character , was doubtless thought by the chiefs of the London Cbartists . as a fit persorj to enrol in their secret
band . This band , the existence of which has long been suspected by the London police , seems to consist of a select number of the most desperate characters among the great body of the Chartists . Thf-y direct the movements of the unitiated , arrange tho principal meetings , send delegates to disturbed districts , and , as it will be seen , are sworn to attempt the accomplishment of their treasonable designs , at all hazirdSj even if by the assassination of the Sovereign . It would seem that the secret conclave we have referred to considered that the destruction of the Queen would have the effect of overthrowing the Government , and that they should , in the general consternation and confusion that would ensue , be able to carry out particular ends . About five months since , as we are informed , three men called on Peirce at his shop in
Canal Walk , and after making themselves known to him as leaders of the London Chartists , and by communications which , to L-. im were convincing , and after going into details with which we are unacquainted , proposed to him tike the oath binding him to assist in the destruction of thb Queen ! Peirca was horrorstruck at tbe proposition , being one of the crowd of deceived persons who believed the acquisition of the five points to be the be-ali and end-all of Chartism . The parties lift Peirce with a threat of fatal consequences to himself if he divulged their visit to any party . He , however , did csramunicate hia secret to a brother Chartist , ami for the credit of that person , we hope it is trne , that it was owing to his counsul that Peirce communicated with the Government on the business . Peirea was sent for to London , and was
examined st the Secrttaj-y ol State's vi&oa , and being taken to Newgate to Eee Francis , the regicide , at onco pronounced him to be one of the three men who had paid him tha visit spokeu of I It was ileenied advisable by the Privy Couucii t let tha matter rest for a period , iu order to see if any further movements were in contcmplatioD . The fact , however , of Pierce ' s revelations had probably couio to the knowledge of the Chartist leaders , for on the evening of Friday , the 21 instant , as Peirce was returning to Southampton down the London-road on tbe Common , a fellow suddenly appeared before h . m from among the trees , and preseuted a pistol at him , uttering , at the same time , some expressions relative to his having ¦ betrayed somebody , but at that moment a carriage approached , which from the softness of road bad not been heard till
then , upon which thes ruffian ran off among the trees towards a place adjoining , called Hijjhfleld . Peirco made his way home , and was too much alarmed to communicate the matter to the police . On the following Tuesday Peircs was returning home across the Hound well fun open piece of ground near the Highstreet , Southampton ) about eiyht o ' clock in the evening , vrhen b 9 £ uud himself dopge-d by a man whom he recognized as tha rufnan wlo assaulted him on the Common . At a moment when no person was apparently Dear , the fellow flred a pistol at Peirce , and the bullet passed thr&uglr hia hat , doing him no injury . The asp . issin fled anc escaped . Peirce communicated
tue facts to the Home-offloe , and a gentleman ( Mr . Hay ) from thence , and subsequently , we believe , Sir Jauiea Graham , have attended tha examinations of Peirce before tbe borough magistrates . No clue has been at present obtained , but a Government proclamation , offering £ 100 reward for such information as may lead t ;> the apprehension of the assassin , will be issued forthwith . As before stated , we have been refused a perus ? . l of the depositions , or any information , by the magj . -tr 3 tes , who , however , seem fully impressed with a belief of the fact of Peirce having been shot at , a police constable and a woman in the vicinity having heard the report of tho pistol at the time . "
[ it monstrosities coming from certain quarters rwe generally reply , in significant monosyllables , such as , "B-.: i ! pooh ! boo ! fudge ! sham ! " or the like ; but to so grave a subject as the assassination of a monnrch , and coming from so respectable a source as the Times newspaper , we feel ourselves called upon to reply at greater length . And as the ^ above paragraph will be read with horror by al ) , and with surprise by the Chartists ; and as they especially will look not only for au answer , but for complete refutations , wo give that of which alone it is susceptible . One BJornirg , before
sun-rise , a little ait ' . r noon , in the middle of the day , toa-ar . ls evening , as I sailed over the mountain in my littie boat , with my stick on my heart , and niy ' iiat in my hand , I met the man I overtook . " Good morrow , ma ' am , " says I . "Good morrow , Sir , " says she . " Pray , Sir , " says I , can you tell me if tho little old woman is alive yet , that was hanged about five years ago upon RitCiiffi highway , for drowning herself in a shower of feathers V " Upon my word , Sir , I don't know , I am a stranger in this country , but if you go to Sir Gammer Vanga , he is a neighbouring magistrate , and he'li be morei accurate in his detail of the old
woman s demise , perhaps he can inform you . " " Sir , I ' m a stranger aii . o ; how do ycu go to Sir G-onmer Vangs ? " " Oh , it's very easy ; first turn to the right , then to the itft , then to the right again , always minding to keep straight forward , until you meet with a great large stone brick house , ali built of flint , in the centra of an open space , all alone by itself , encompassed by five , or sixanri-tweuty other honsts ; knock at the door , and there you'll see Sir G ^ muier Vangs . " So I accordingly went first to the right , then to the Itft , then to the right ag . iin .. always minding to keep straight forward till I met with the self-same ereat largo stone brick house , all built with flint , in tbe centre of the open Epace all alone by itseif , when I knocked at the door , and up came Sir Gammer ' s eldest daughter , a justice of
peace . Just as I was speaking to this damsel of s&Vcuty , up came her second eldest sister , a cinuohwardun to a troop of horse . " Guod morrow , Sir , " says I . "Good morrow , ma ' am" says he ; " pray , Sir , " says I , " can you tell me if Sir Gammer Vanga is at home ? " Just as I spoke , up leaped Sir Gammer himself , out of the neck of a half-pint bottle . " Good morrow , Sir Gammer , " says 1 . " Good morrow , ma ' am , kindly , " says he . " Pray , Sir Gammer , " says I , " can you tell m « if the little old woman is alive yet that w ? . s banged about five years ago upon Ratclifiehighway . for drowning herself in a shower of feathers ?" " Upon my word , Sir , I don't know ; but I don't think she was hanged , becaasb she was a near kinsman of mine , and if sho was , she'd certainly write me word ; but to ascertain , we'll offer tho following reward—1
Lost or iDia !^ . ; f 5 , stolen or strayed , eff the lands ol Bailyraggat in thb Queen ' s couwty , a little old woman , with three white hind legs before , a shorn mane , cocked tail , and jolly ivory eyebrow . Any person or persons giving tale or tidings of the said little old woman within six calendar months of the data horeof , will receive as a reward , the longest , and widest , and larg-jEt ridge of potatoes in old Garratfa town ; first paying the r 6 r . t , then the tithe and Income tax , and then dicing them . ' " Bravo , Sir , but you hav ' nt breakfasted . " ' ¦ Oh , thar ; k you , I ate five or six-andtwenty dtz ; n turkey egj , s , a whole parcel of bread and butter , and a proportionable quantity of tea . " " God Sir , you ' re starving ! So ho sent me in a round of beef , a hamper of vegetables , a garden of greens , a jackass Etufild with a f&ot soldier , and several other delicacies
t- 'gether with the London Times ; and I snt down , aud eat and read as if I ha 4 ' nt a moment to live . Just as I hail finished this gentle repast , up leaped a little * white grey blue mastiff lapdog , upon my white doe-skin breeches made of black velvet by the Manchester fustian-cutters . " Down , damn you , " aiys I . " Don't damn him , Sir , " says he ; " there's not a finer greyhound in existence ; it ' s not two houis ago since he killed as fine a hare as ever you saw ; if you don't believe me , coiuo into the garden , and I'll show him to yon , as alive as ever he was ; " so he took me iuto a round , square , triangular , hectagon , octagon , kind of a garden ; in one corner was a fox hatching rats' eggs , in another was an iron steel apple tree , all hung with roasted
pears ; in the third was the self-same little hare that waa killed about two feoura' ago , as alive as ever sue wa ? . The moment ahe 8 aw ms , she took fright , leagedover the garden wall ; I run after her , caught her by the scut , and turned her Inside out , aud she ran away to PrintiDg-houte-iquare ; to writs au article upon morality for the Times , as if the devil waa after her tail . Now wo pledge ourselves that tbe refutation ia just as true as tha allegation , aud that not a single Chartist inEngland . no not ons , ever entertained for one mosaent , the notion cf injuring the Queen , or the foolish idea that her death would put one more potatoe in any man ' s pot , or destroy the power of cotton lordi , whkh , if not esttoy ed , will destroy bet . —Evening Star .
The Moneieur publishes an order of the Minister of War , granting a free passage on board the Government packets to persons proceeding to Algeria I ^ v ? i ,. T 2 ; ? ' twenty-tm > in number , about to be established by General Bugeaud . * Iv « Samuel Bkowk , aged twenty-one , a clerk in the Monty-order-office ot the General Post-office , waa indicted at the Central Criminal Court , for forging money-or . ers , purporting to be drawn in Sittingbourne , npon the Cambarwell office , to the amount of £ 39 , 5 s . Sd . The defence waa insanity : Brown had
been absurdly ostentatious ; he had waked his sister at night to ask her if he was not beautiful ; had dressed in uniform , and signed himself "Colonel James Samuel Brown" ; had pestered a friend with consultations about marrying a countess ; had plunged his hand into boiling lead , Baying that it would not hurt him ; and had committed other absurdities . About twelve years ago he received an injury from au accidental blow with a brick , and he had been subject to fits . Medical evidence placed his insanity beyond a doubt ; so he was acquitted , but ordered to " be detained ia custody during the pleasure of the Crown .
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GREAT FIRE IN LIVERPOOL . ( From the Liverpool Times . J Early on Friday morning , the most destructive and calamitous fire which ever occurred in Liverpool broke out in the premises of Mr . Penlston , dryaalter , in Crompton-street . As Inspector Maasey and officer Hitchinough were goiDg their rounds , about five minutes before three o'clock , they discovered the fire , and on entering the premises , which are situated close to Mr . Isaac ' s oil and varnish mill , they found a bench on fire , which they supposed communicated the flames to the roof of the shed . The fire was alive u :: der tho engine boiler , and tbe door of the faraaca wida open . When they entered , there was no person but themselves upon the premises . The steam in the boiler was a so partly up at the time . Information was immediately conveyed to the Fire-police Station , and three engines , under the direct-ion of Mr . Hewitt , ioinsediateiy started off , and reached the scene of destruction Bhortly after three o'clouR . The wind at this period was blowing a strong
gale from the north , and the rain poured down heavily . The three engines were instantly got into play , and in a 'few miuutes v ? ere joined by the remainder of the engines , aud one belonging te the West of England Insiirance Company , making in all thirteen or fourteen . All thoir efforts , however , av . iiled little , for owing to the combustible materials of the premises , as well as the nature of the goods which they contained , the fire continued to gain head , and in about twenty minutes after its commencement , the warehouse in which it had commenced , and two others adjoining it , wero completely destroyed . Mr . Isaac ' s oil and varnish works next fell a sacrifico to the flames , and the combustible materials in this gentleman's premises , caused such a volume of flimes as excited in the beholders feelings of awe a . d admiration . Henceforth the fire set at defiance all tbe efforts of the fire-police , and the continued torrents of water which , without intermission , they poured upon the burning moss , did not appear to make the least impression upon it .
The sheds and cooperoge of Messrs . Taylor and Green were next assailed , and added fuel to the devouring elemeut . The wind being chiefly from the north , forced the flames towardBFormby-street , which , with the exception of a range of new cottages at the top , and a dwelling-bouse opposite , in the occupation of Mrs . Bar It , consisted of ranges of Bplendid warehouses recently built . It still advanced eastwavdly towards Great Howard-street , devouring in its onward course several yards aud sheds , and at length reached tbe yard of tbe Messrs . Molyneux , the front of which is in Great Howard-street , but it runs a considerable distance backwards in a westerly direction . Here again it received additional strength from considerable quantities of timber in the yards and sheds . The fire etill progressed onwards up Formby-street , and caught
some bonded sheds which front Great Howard-street . These , with the goods which they contained , wero in a short time added to the mass of burning and smoking ruins which now occupied the sites of the previous buildings , and left nothing but outward walla standing . All the sheds and yards between Crompton-street and Formby-street were , iu a few hours , either a mass of ruins , or in flames ; and the wind still continuing to blow freshly from the north , the fire was communicated about five o ' clock from the adjoining sheds to the rear of the fine warehouses and sheds on the north side of Formby-street . On this side of the street , in the course of about twa hours , four warehouses belonging to Mr . Nathaniel Riyner , oco ditto , the property of Mr . Taylor , and three bonded sheds belonging to Mr Gray , were destroyed . At this period the fire had assumed an awful magnitude , and burned with great fury . These warehouses and sheds
were chitfly filled with cotton , but contained considerable quantities of other kinds of merchandise . On the ground floor of one of these warehouses , there were uo fewer thau one thousand barrels of turpentine , to which , when in flames , no description can do adequate justice . As long as any of the turpentine remained , it burned with the fiercest intensity , and by its own mere force , aa its eiuation precluded the operation of tha wind , it safc fire to the ne * sheds on the opposito side of the street , in the occupation of Mr . MKfiight . The working of the various fire engines , the encouraging cheers of the mun aa they rapidly plied tho handles of the engines , the roaring of the vast volume of flime which ascended frarn the burning piie , the crashing of the timbers , anri the falling of the disrupted and destroyed walls , could not fail of impressing every beholder with the strongest emotions of terror and astonishment .
About six o clock the wind veered a little to the westward , and drove the flames over Formby-streefc to the warehouse aud sheds on the south side . Theso ware speedily in flames . The shods of Mr . M'Kuight , and the sheds and warehouses of Mr . Riyner -were rapidly enveloped in one fiery mass . Mr . M Knight ' s property was filled with sugar and rice , just landed from the Bland , from Calcutta . Much of . this was destroyed , and much , we are happy to state , was removed in time ; but ef the cotton which filled the warehouses and sheds of Mr . Rayner , little was saved . All these buildiDgs were entirely new , and such was the avidity of the fire , that in about two hours after they were attacked , they were one mass of flame from Formby-street to Neptunestreet Two iron warehouses , in Formby-stveet , owing to the incombustible nature of their materials , etcaped destruction ; but the warehouses aud sheds on each side are a nias 3 of utter ruin .
The ground upon which the flra took place forma an oblong square . To tha north it commences iu Crorupton-fctieet , and terminates to the south in Neptunestreet On the east it runs along a portion of Great Howard-3 tri ! 'jt , aud to the west it is bounded by Waterloo-road and Dock . Ia tbe interior of this square , ( the extent of which is about 30 , 000 square yards ) , the fire had now uncontrolled away , and consumed every thing within its reach , saving the two iroa warehouses already mentioned . That portion , however , which lies iutha neighbourhood of the Waterloo Dock escaped tho fury of the fire . From this time until about eleven o ' clock in the morning , the conflagration contined with
almost unabated activity ; but au expectation began to be entertained that the flames might be prevented from extending further , and about one o ' clock the expectation ripened into cp . rtainty . There was still , however , wi . hin the doomed limits , an immeuse mass of burning materials , tho heat of which was most intense , and when night again fell , the sky was ao brightly illuminated as to causa an apprehension that the devastating element had seized upon some fresh prey . This , fortunately waa an unfounded fear . Tha engiuea continued to play uninterruptedly on the burning materials during the whole of Saturday , by vhieh time gre . it progress had been made in the quenching of the flames . All apprehension had entirely vanished .
The loss of property has been immense ; hut a still greater calamity has been the serious Joss of life which has been sustained . On Friday morning , two of tae fire police engines , with a full complement of men , were hard at work , pouring a continued discharge of water upon the sheds of Mr . M'Knight , when , without any warning whatever , a great explosion or erash took place in one of the warehouses on the north side of tho street , and almost over where the engines wera being worked ^ simultaneously with the noLe , the wall of tbe warehouse fetf , partly into the street and partly upon a shed adjoining , belonging to Mr . Gray . Some of the men had the cood fortune to make their
escape ; but such as had not time were buried in the ruins . Of the number of those who were thus everwhelmed by the falling mass , were three man in the employ of Mr . M'Kaiglit , who , at the time of the occurreEca , were busily tngaeed in removing goods lowered from the sheds . Suveral of the fire-police were also buried ia the ruins . With every promptitude tho sufferers were released ; but many ot them without the least signs of animation . All the wounded were immediately taken to tho Northern Hospital , where every suitable attention was immediately paid to them . Amongst the number taken to the hospital wa 3 Inspector Riding , who had one of his legs broken .
In addition to this calamity we have to notice the death or a very ua 9 ful and active cffi : sr of the name of Samuel HodBon . The station of this officer , previous to his death , was in Castle-street , opposite the coach stand , and he was well known through his civility and the faithful dibcharge of his duty . About half-past six , he and officers Bates and Tuck wore holding their branches directing the water against the burning premises of Mr . M'Kuight . Tuck , it appears , had souie idea of the wail falling , and gave ir . tiruation to thai effect to the other ofiicars . A burning bale of cotton , however , fell into the street ; Hodson ran towards it to remove it out of the way , when the wall fell , and buried him in tho ruins . Tuck at . the moment seized hold of Bates , and gulled him from btiitath tb » failing mass , and thus happ ily saved both their lives . The body of poor Hodson still remains umisr the ruins , an ineffectual attempt having been made on Sunday to clear away the rubbish from it .
Several gentk-mea who were assisting and encouraging the men had aUu a very narrow escape . Amongst these , were the heai constable , Mr . Whitty , and > ir . Maxwell , sgent for the insurance companies . The following is a list of the sufferers , twenty-five in number , who were during tho Friday taken to the Narthern Hospital : — 2 ) Ead , Jr . mes Beil , labourer , dead when admitted ; Luke Smith , labourer , Westmoreland-street , and Juhn Martin , labourer , Chisehall-street , both of whom died two hours after being admitted . Dangerously Injured . —Robert Black , Newhali-Btreet , fractured skull . Eight others severely isjured , of which number Superintendent Riding is one , he having bis heel bone broken and a severe injury of the ancle . Bieidetke above , there were thirteen others slightly injured , but who were enabled to leave the hospital on being dressed , four of whom had lost their sight from the smokeflame , and dust of the fire .
, The following is a list of the buildings which have been destrsyjd : — Four warehonses , ( Grey ' s ) burnt . Oae ditto , ( Taylor ' s ) ditto . Two ditto , ( Bayner ' s ) ditto . Two ditto , ( Poole ' s ) ditto . Four ditto , ( MaWs ) ditto . One ditto ( Roger ' s ) ditto , fire-proof , partially burnt Two warehouses , ( Rajner's ) south , burnt One shed , ( Riyner's ) ditto . Two sheds , ( Horsley ' s ) Neptune-st ., dit ' . c . Two large sheds , ( M'Knight't ) west of the abo . e , burnt Taylor ' s cooperage > , . Moljneux ' s timber-jard , > l
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Cart-houses , stablea , a row of about sixteen houses , aud a iarge mass of property of various descriptions . The value of this property ia estimated at from £ 35 000 to £ 10 , 000 . The principal contents of the warehouses , &c , were cotton , flour , rice , turpentine , < fec Of cotton 48 , 000 bales have been destroyed , the value of which is afeout £ 400 , 000 . Including other articles , and the buildings , the loss will in all probability amount to about £ 660 000 . The total loss at the great firs at the Goree , in 1802 , was £ 323 , 000 . On Saturday , at one j'clock , a meeting of the agents representing the different fire iasnrance offices took place in the Underwriters' Committee Room , N . D . Boid , Esq . in the chair . After " comparing not s" on the engagements of each oflfco having liabilities in conneetion with this destructive event , the following was reported as the result : —
The San . ............. £ 47 000 Globe .... 40 . Royal Exchange 30 000 Pioeaix ... 30 000 iondon Corporation 30 000 Liverpool . 25 000 York and London 25000 Imperial 20 , 000 Scottish Union ..... 20 . 0110 West of England 20 , 000 Alliance 13 , 000 Atlas .. ' .... . - . ¦ 12 000 Manchester 10 . Guardian 7 , 000 Yorkshire .. 5 , 000 Norwich Union 3 000 County 3 300 North British 3 000 London Union .......... 7 , 000
Total Liabilities ... £ 350 . Some uncertainty , however , exists as to whether all the liabilities huve been ascertained , the meeting having been called so soon after the conflagration . No doubt , there would be much property uuinsured ; so that the result of the meeting tends to prove that the loss cannot bo far under what we have stated . The exertions of the flre police , and of all in connection with it , have baeu spokou of , and with truth , as praiseworthy in the highest degree . If we were to mention the named ol all the parties who were present at one period or another , and rendered valuable assistanee , either in the direction of the fire-police , the saving of property , the preservation of order , &o ., we might occupy at least half a column of our paper . It is only an act of justice , however , to state that great
praise is due for their exertions to his Worship the Mayor , Mr . James Lawrenca , Chairman of the Watch Committee . Mr . Rushton ,. the Stipendiary Magistrate , Lieutenant Maxwell , Inspector of S Llvaige , Mr . Whitehouse , of tbe West of England Fire Office , Mr . Richard Diwson , of the Manchester . Iniurance Offiw , Mr . Commissioner Dowliug , Mr . Highton , Governorpf the Borough Gaol , Mr . M'Koiaht , tbe owner of one of the warehouses , and many other gentlemen , inciuding several munbers of the Town Council . Mr . R . V . Yatss was also on the spot , not , howev ? r , with any intention of aiding in the extinguishing of the flames , but for the humane purpose of making inquiries aft r those who had been injured- Mr . Rushton wason the ground immediately after the commencement of tha fire , and did all that could be done to save life ,
for he saw from tho first that all was lost . At ona time , fesrs were entertained for the safety of the Borough Gaol , and Commander Ravan , RJf ., sent a corps of marines from H . M . S . Etna , to the assistance of the magistrates and police force , who , in the event of the gaol taking fire , would have been employed to escort the prisoner to another place . Happily their services were not wanted , ths danger to the gaol having been overcome . Mr . Whitty , Mr . Hewitt , and Lieutenant Maswell exerted themselves with an indefatigability and intrepidity which could inot ba surpass ^! , and were , in common with many others , subjected to great danger . There certainly never was a time at which esertion waa more
necessary on tha part of the fire police , and on this occasion they showed that too much reliance could not be placed on their discipline , skill and bravery . The heat arising from the volcano-like cocflugratlon , was during the whole of the Friday morninj ? so intense that it could be hardly boruo at a considerable distance , and in addition to this tho air was loaded with smoke , sulphureous particles , and other exhalations from the burning materials , which pained tha eyes excessively , und in many instances blinded the officers aud men for a short period . Even those &t the outskirts of the fire hud occasionally to lave their eyes ; but the poor fellows who held the hose , and were in close proximity to the flaming piles , suffered dreadfully .
When Mr . M'Knight's shed fell in , and Luke Smith and John Martin lust their lives , the sceno was most heart-rending . The two poor fellows were in the employ of Mr . M'Eniglit , and were most zealous and active in their exertiona to save his property . One . of them , when sinking in the flimes , called out in agony for Mr . Whitty , who Was near , to save him . Another , who was within Mr . W . ' a reach , stretched forth his hands for help , but , though an effort was made to siva him , which w ; is unsuccessful , from the fierceness of tho flames , he too sauk into the burning ruins . The boaes which were yestbrday dug out cf the ruins of the shed , and which wwo completely calcined , were doubtless those of these unfortunate men . Three othera were at the same time disabled .
Wo ought also to notice that through the great esertions of Mr . E . P . M-Knight , who hud a body of his workmen prc ^ eut , acting uuder his directions , there were saved , in good order , 3900 out of 4200 baijs of rica , and tbe whole of the sugar from tho Bland , which had on tha pracadiog day been stored in his promises . There was at first great difficulty in obtaining men to work the engines ; . but there was a st : ll more pressing and fatal waut experienced—that of au abundant and accessible supply of water . "Vast aa is the amount of property in thiit neighbourhood , there is not a maini in Great Howard-street , and though the neighbouring docks were had recourse to , the supply was insufficient during the wnoie of Fiiciay and Saturday , and Sunday morning . Mr . Cunniiighavn , surveyor of the Highway
Board , waa sent clown by Mr . Ashlin to open sewers , &c . This hia men did quickly , and a good supply was obtained from the overflow from the canal . On Sunday , however , this waa exhausted by the engines ; but in this emergency , Mr . Tatbani , of ths canal , kindly increased the ovtiflow , and furnished a further suppiy . Kad it not been for these sewers , the . , want of water would have been still more seriously felt . At the breaking out of the flro , Mr . M'Fadzsn thoughtfully recollected this overflow from the canal , and caused an opening in the sewir to be made in Great Ho wardstreet , from which a supply for two engines was drawn . D . fferpnt opinions prevail as to the origin of this disastrous flre . The more generally received statement is
the ona given above ; but another account is , that the five was most probably communicattd to Mr . Peni&toa's shed by some flakea of burning soot which fell from a chimney that was known to be on fire iu Slowart-strtet , at about half-past teu on Thursday night . Inspector Abraham , who visited Mr . Psniaton ' s works immediately after the fire broke out , maiie bis report to « th& Watch Committee on Friday . He confirms tho statement of Inspector Massey as to the flv .- ^ i appearance of tbe fira ; but he is of opinion that it did not originate from the furnace under Mr . Penlston ' s boiler . He ^ wea it as his opinion , that it was tilhtr the work of an iiicendiary or had been caused by some large flakes of burnipgBOot from tbe chimney above mentioned , which flakes were seea to drop into Mr . Peniatou ' syard .
The estimates of the loss vary frcm £ 435 , 000 to £ 715 , 000 ; but we shoull think , as our previous stataluuiit will show , that tha forimr is too low ami tho latter too high . The Albion says : — " Wo have received f ram an intelligent and accurate gentleman sn estimate of the quantity if pro-iucu destroyed , which , ns it is drawn from sources lik"iy to be correct , we avo disposed to plaza more coutiJence in it than in any of the rumours which v ? e havo heard on and off 'Change . This estimate makes it appear , that 45 , 908 bales of cotton have been consumed . ' We also learn , from the same source , that thera were in the warehouses 250 casks of tallow , 2209 barrels and 800
sacks of flour , 60 toes of coii oil , 8500 barrels of turpentine ; addition unknown quantities of flour , turpentine , and taliow ; besides < Iudi . a rubber , Indian corn , epernv . oil , fustic , rice , sugar , and bask . Amongst the cott * n is a considerable quantity of Sta Island , which is very valuable . It is considered a lov ? eniinata to value tbe cotton at £$ rer bale , . all round .. This will ytel-. } a i » H 9 , i . i thut ci : iaiofiity a ! on « , of £ 3 d 2 . 2 S 4 . Tc :- loss in mereh . u' . thso of otber descriptions , with this sma . !« bnildis / QB , is taken to be about £ 95 000 . Add to this £ . 'J 2 000 for tbe w ^ r-.-laonses , and we have en es' . irn : i >?< l toui . loss oE £ 489 / 284 , or , in round nnmbeiB , of Half a Million ' "
On Saturday , it was rumoured that a considerable number of psrscus , probably from twenty to Uiirty , were buried un (! fcri ; oati- the ruins of the fallen buildings , and it waa su&pecte < J that amongst the number were sotns few of the flre brigade . Whatever may be the case as to other individuals ( anil vo > hope the calamity has been greatly exaggcrajed , as is not uncommon in such casts ) , it 13 nsw known that the unfortunate Hoclwn is the only flre-polic-offlcer whose life has been lo .-t . On Sunday and yesterday , men were busily employed in clearing away the rubbish . In the shed belongirg to Messrs . Hoiek-y and Co . the labourers on Sunday
morning found on the ground a cotton hock add a penny . In clsajr ;;; g 3 little further , they found a quan tity of calcined bones , which had , donbtless . belonged to the owner of tbe hook and the penny . The stats cf these bone 3 gave evidence tit how intense must have been the heat . Not only has every particlu of flesh been dissipated , tut nothing save the earthy portion of the bones remains , and they are light as charcoal . The men cleared away more of the materials , and , in a short time , they fcuml another cluster of bones similar to the last , amongst which were several of tha epical vertebrae , aud some ends of the humeral and femoral bonea .
Part of the merchandise consumed in the sheds in Neptune-street had been s . ivtd from the fire in Galtonfctreet , only abr . ut two hundred yards to the south .- . The wcutideil men at tho Northern Hospital were yesterday all doing extrtnu-ly wall . Black , whose skull ' was fractured , is nosv considered to be-out of danger .
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Killed or i 2 F ° THE F """ E 8 OF IHK MBR S .. ° ! ^ JDEED at the FiaE .-Wo are happy Slfc ^ S some benevolent gentlemen have deter . SSfiLmiiWl ? ?! . 8 " ^ Ption for the destitute wives and families of the unfortunate men who tost their Jives , or sustained senous injuries In the late dhastrous flre . AH those who are dead perished whilst attemping to save the property of others , and of those who Buivive the injuries which they received , some are disabled for life , and most of them for a considerable time . The number of families and children Kft destitute by thesa aad events is very greai , and they certainly have every claim on the public , both on the ground of their own necessities and misfortunes , and the courage and devotedness of their connections , now dead or disabled . We hope that this subscription will be liberally sup . ported , and tbat everything that is possible will be done to relieve the misery and the destitution of these unfortunate creatures , thus awfully deprived of theii natural protectors .
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Gracs Darling , the heroine of tho Fern Islands LifthciiousL-, died a few days a # o . The Herring Fisheiiy . — The herring fishing sineo cur last notice has been extraordinarily successful , and the herrings were consequently selling at a very low price , ofcen at fivo a penny . At the fishing grounds they were bought by the . curern and coupers at Is ., Is . 3 d ., and Is . Cd . par hundred , and the price here ratted from Is . Cd . to 2 i . Gd . L ^ -t wsek the moon changed , aud , as was anticipated by tho fishermen , the fishing fell oil , and we are sorry to say ther « i 3 no better prospect this week . — Greenock Observer .
At thk Surrey Sessions-house , on Thursday , seven actions . ag : i nst tha Eirl of Uxbrid » e on account of several annuities , of f urns varying from £ 'J 0 to £ 239 , wr . re tried . Mr . Jones staled that the annuities wore duo 10 persons , many of them in humble life , who had advanced money to tha Eavl on the faith of the annuities boin ^ punctually p aid . " The Earl was heir to tha Marquisate of Au' ^ lespa , but bad been caiied to the Upper House during tho lifetirao of his father ; asomowhat unusual course , which min . ht leave a doubt , upon tho minds of the Jury whether tho defendant had been go raised to tha Piorage . in order that , aa a legislator , ho mi « ht
b-3-n-. fit his country , or that he might himself enjoy the privilege o ; freedom from arrest . At all eveiits , the plaintiffs would bo prevented availing themselves of a . remedy as against the person of tho defendant ; arvi they feared that he had very little proper ;)' . '" The Marqiii 3 of Anglesea was examined . He stated that he liclieved that ho was the father of the ivirl o : Uxbridge . He could not say where ihc Earl was ; J 838 : he had a house in Bruton-strcct , and the Marquis was told that he had take : ; a houie in ¦ Hcrt-• fenishire ; but as to what hia establishment was he hud not the slightest knowledge . Verdicts were fc iven for the sums claimed , with iateicsf .
Extraordinary Suicide of a Man Ninety-seven Years of Age . —An inquest wa ? held last Friday evening , before Mr . Baker , at the S ^' mon and Ball . B ' . thnall-green , onthebody of Mr . Joseph Farrer . a ^ ed 97 , who committed suicide as follows : —It appeared from the evidence taken that the deceased latterly , owing to his advanced age , had g ; vfen sign ? of deranqezaent , and laboured und « r ihet ? e ' nsioa tb&t the Devil was after him . On Wednesday he tco £ hi 3 dinner , and appeared in better rpirha than usual . Ho _ afterwards , according to his custom , went up stairs for the purpose of having a . nap , and remaining longer than usual , one of his daughters went up to
call him . On reaching the room door , she found it locked inside , and af : cr repeated calling ; without receiving an answer , a ladder was procured , and an entrance made by tho window . On getting into the room , tho deceased was found seated in a chair " quite dead , with his-head leaning aga : nst the bed-post . A cord was round hi-j neck , and ako round tho bedpost and chair , to the extreme end of which was fastened a 141 b . weight . The weight h-d , after being fastened to tha ropo , being thrown across the bedstead , thereby causing strangulation . He had also closed the shutter . - * baiore committing the act . Verdict , " Temporary insanity . "
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THE LATE INQUEST . The inquest upon the body of the murdered outlaw , poor Lyons , the weaver , has been holden , and & coroner ' s jury of Jnr new middle ciara nssociates , as we might have anticipated , has returned a verdict of ' JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE . " We . do not arraign the finding npon any general feeling of suspicion , which we may justly entertain , when the privileged are the . accused , and the unrepresented the accusers , because it may follow that weavers as well as masters may be puilty of violence in resisting , while , to protect life , the homicide of an aggressor may be perfectly jnstifi . able . In ninety Cjises in every hundred , however , where a poor man complains of any injustice done by one of the privileged order , the very fact of complaining is , " prima facie , " a proof of the charge-, Inasmuch as the poor man's case must be stronsf ini ! e- ; d , whtn he seeks justice in hell , where the Devil is jud * e . As tha
question now before us , however , rests noS upon " prima facie" evidence , but upon the sworn testimony of several unimpeached witnesses for tho prosecution , corroborated in the material points by witnesses produced for the defence , —Lifa having been lost , MUliDER , a'fouT MURDER , having been committed , —it becomes our duty to inquire whether or hot jtisticehas been done—whether or not the finding of the coroner ' s jury is calculated to give satisfaction , and to create a respect for ttm laws in the minds of those whe are told that they are equally administered to the rich and tbe poor , the privileged and the unrepresented . We claim the calm attention of the reader , while we criticise the evidence upon which our mHdie-cIass friends returned a verdict of "Justifiable homicide . " The evidence of Sullivan , Caasidy , 51 'Adam , aud Maria Beckett , uushaken by cro £ 3-ex-amination , la plain , simple , and convincing , and would of itself establish tbe charge of murder against the accused .
Beyond this , however , we have tho opinion of the Coroner , after the evidence of these four witnesses was given and it runs thus : "That 11 had been fully PttOVED THE DECEASED HAD MET HIS DEATH FROM BLOWS , AND THAT THEY HAD BEEN INFLICTED by Thomas Wrigley . " This ebservation was drawn from the Corouer , in reply to the solicitor for the prosecution , who stated that be had eight or nine witnesses to prove that the deceased was perfectly quiet when struck by Wrigley ; a moat important fact ; and especially , provided the farce of trying T . Wrigley be repeated upon the Lancaster stage , btf ; re twelve performers of tho order of masters . However , it becomes important , as we shall examine , firstly , tbe parties who were produced as witnesses for the man-killer . Old Morris , the first witness , is , with his son , owner
of the premises , and he saw NO windows broken ; he found some broken when he returned , but he saw stones throwD when his men ( that ia , his engineer , carter , overseers , and body guard ) , who had been previously armed , rushed upon the unoffending people . He we s the principal ; and it appears that he , unescorted , held parley with the MOB , and suffered no damage at their hands , —a strong , proof that there existed no intention of doing him , or anybody elsa , any bodily haim . But Old Morri 3 sweaTs to stones being thrown . Another Morris , one with a scriptural name , Scth , the son of Enoch , what does he swear ? He saw all . He corroborates the other Merria , whose evidence , with the exception of tho ston 6-throwing , corroborates the testimony ot the witaesses for tho prosecution . What does he say about the stone-throwinn ? "He said that HE
SAW NONE THROWN . " One Jaraos Boyle is then brought up to corroborate one of the Morris ' s , and to contradict the other , —thus destroying the whole defence so far . The case for the dtf-inca than commences again , and two girls , Anne Patter and Harriet Johnson , swoar that they saw Wrigley and others strike tha deooasad , but that Wriqley had been previously struck by the MOB . Mind , not by the deceased . Then one Diggles . a constable , as a matter of course , is produced as a kind of fiaisher ; aud -what doss he swear ? Why , he deposed to previous attacks which had been made by OTHER parties upon the mill of tho Morris ' s . Now sudi is the auui and snbscanceof th 9 evidence , —the wholo case for tha defence resting upoa the evidencs of the two girl 3 , Potter aud Johnson , and ' which goes for little , and would go for less , had Mr . Taylor produced
his witnesses to prove that the MUKDBRED man was qai-. t and unoffending . Bat how does the law stand ? If a man ia apprehensive of ilia life ba ' mg in danger , he has a perfect right to defend it , even at tho hr . z : ird of depriving his assuila : it of lify ; but bo tender is it on such points , that it requires the party attacked to usa all subterfuges for his protection , by flight , capture of the offender , or otherwiaa , before a homicide can be juitifiable . What , howaver , did Wrigley do ? Young Morris , * the acting manager , very properly ^ ives instructions that tha hands were not to be allowed out , unless the door 3 were forced open Yet , in the teeth of such order , Wrigley , one of the hands , and before any apprehsnsion of further injury than the mere stopping « f tlie mill could have been reasonably
entertained—regardless of cons ; quoDces , rushes eut with a picked guns ; of bloodhounds , before , as Seth says , any stones were thrown , knocks hia victim down , beats him inhumanly while down , follwws him again , knocks him down again and again , and then boasts that he has settled the b— -. Upon such evidence ' a jury of HnsUhhrnen return a verdict of " JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE , " instead of WILFUL MURDER , aa it ought to have been . Ths case is now fairly placed before the public ; and however parties may look tam « ly on , ¦ while tho owners of machinery are robbing , stripping , pillaging , starving , bullying , and ejecting Englishmen , women ,
and children , yet do we confidently hops that , m a country -where ntarly ten millions per a num is paid for civilisation , a COLD-BLOODED MURDER will not be allowed to pass as a necessary part of mammon ' s means for amassing treasure . Surely the blood of the murdered , all poor and naked aa he was , calls to Heavsn for veng-ance ; and those who hear thi sixth commandment THOU SHALT DO NO MURDER , " and to which they respond , "The Lord have mercy upon us und incline our hearts to keep this law ; " —surely , we say , those who so pray on Suuday , will not allow their eyes to bs defiled by the sight of the murdered on their roturn from the sanctuary of the true God . — Evening Slur .
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Lord John Russell , it is said , has been occupying his leisure hours , since his retirement from i / ffice , in preparing for publication selections from the eoiTe-H-ondence of Johu fourth Dake of Bedford , from the originals preserved at Woburn Abbey . — Times . The Waespitk , 50 . Captain Lord John Hay , arrived at tpithead on Saturday afternoon , bringing home Lord Ashbnrton from his mission in America His Lcrdship left the War-spite between two and three o'clock , and landed at Gosport , the ship saluting him when he left her , and the batteries upon his ianding . The Warspke has been seventeen days from America , having left on the morning of the 5 th instant . She was becalmed two days , or would have macie the ran in fifteen . Lord Ashburton , upon his landing at Gosport , immediately proceeded to his residence at Anglesey , where Lady Ashborton has been waiting his arrival .
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fi THE NORTHERN STAR
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 1, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct907/page/6/
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