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      The Law And The People. « We're Hungry, ...

      THE LAW AND THE PEOPLE . « We ' re hungry , Mother , give us bread ; The peasant children ery ; Tbe peasant ' s household laboureth hard For the hire of poverty . There is money on the _ehisxnay piece , Yet the mother may not see Her children fed : —What if they starve The Landiordbaa hia fee ! The rent it paid , the children pine ; The mother ' s heart is week ; _Ifcere is shelter but the hearth ii eold _, And " winter 'Winds sze bleak ;" Tie serf must sit with chained hands , Till the frozen earth is free : There is no money now;—Oh , shame ! The State demands a fee .

      « ' Wood from _asfoae "—a Tain excuse ; The labourer * bed is sold : What doth be forth in the stealthy night , Although hit home is eold ? He has snared a hare , for his children ' s food : — " Out cm the idle plea < Let him fee fined r—he lies in jafl : — The Law must hare its fee . Why is * t that famished working men In felon ' s jail are pent ? That thieves and pal & ced pensioners , Kay gorge themselves -with rent What ist that widows honest wires ? Thai _starves poor families ? What made them poor ? The landlord ' s Law ; Doth justice dais no fees ?

      To Erin. Taken (Vrifh A Fev Attentions) ...

      TO ERIN . Taken ( vrifh a _fev attentions ) from an old Irish Magazine . My country _l too ten * like the mist on thy mountains , Tt _» ck > od of affliction hath _saddenM thy brow , Too long bath the blood-rain empurpled thy fountains , _XB _& pity been deaf to thy cries—until now . _-W-rertdoomVi fora season in darkness to _langnhb _, ¦ e _nMg others _aroand ti » were basking in light ; _^ _aroa a sunbeam e ' er lightened the gloom of thy T « _tfis birthplice of Bmmett , an seemed to be night _.

      That Is past—and for aye let iU memory perish ; The Charter arises , while perfidy ends , Wake Erin ! forbear thy dark bodings to cherish , Thy tyrants are fallen , bright freedom ascends . let the past be forgotten , ssoa shalt _thou fair Erin , Fling off the base spells which thy spirit enslave , Thou shalt like the seabird _, awhile disappearing ; Emerge with thy plumage more bright from the ware Once mow * mong the verdure and dew of thy mountains , The shamrock shall opa its wet eye to the sun , While f _ondly the muse shall recline by thy fountains , And warble her strains to the rills as they run . And plenty shall smile on thy beautiful Talleys , And peace shall retnm—the long wandering doTe ; And freedom no longer a byeword of malice , _ghan spread out her wings o ' er an Eden of love .

      Then ioy to tbee , Erin ! thy better day breaketh , The long polar night of thy w _* speeds away ; And as , o ' er thy chill breast the warm sualigit awafcefch , Burl , blossom of liberty shines in the ray . Yet remember—the bloom _-wQl be barren and fteetini _,, If those act not with energy , constant and true ; Then rise . ' and proclaim like the -wild surges' beating , " The _miffiotJ no longer shall bleed for the few . " Rochdale . _^ - '

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      The British And Foreign Review, Or, Euro...

      THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN REVIEW , OR , EUROPEAN QUARTERLY JOURNAL . No 24 , Loadon : Richard and John E . Taylor , Red-Lion-Conrt , Fleet-rtreet ; _Galignani , Paris ; Aster , Berlin . 1841 . The polities of this Journal are those of the freetrade school ; bat more liberal , and based , to some extent , upon sounder _Tiews , than the generality of the Whig prints . The part before as opens with a long no tice and analysis of Mr . Thomas Cariyle ' _s recent work on Chartism , which we hare perused with considerable interest . One thing is clear , that neither Mr . Cariyle , nor his reviewer , know what Chartism is . They deal somewhat largely is misrepresentations , but without that low abuse , and evidently wilful _perrersion of facts , in which our

      opponents so generally indulge . The admission of distress , and of the right of the people to expect energetic measures to be adopted for its removal or amelioration , is freely admitted ; but they mistake totally the causes of the evil and the true Boarce of the remedy . They state that in an Englishman ' s opinion die remedy for ail evils is the extension of the suffrage ; that if he has that , he considers himself free , and if he has it not , he s a slave ; and they evidently consider this as a chimera © f the brain ; but they fail in showing cause for this their judgment . Mr . Cariyle is an original thinker , and has to \ d the higher orders very plainly that for idlers there is no place j ha save , in reference to the New Poor Law ;—

      " Nature mikes nothing in Tain—nek even a Toot law Amendment Act . For withal we are f _« from joining in the _oatory against these post Poor Law Commissioners , at if they were tigers in human shape . They are not tigers ; they are men filled with an idea of a theory -. their _Amendmest Act , heretical and damnable as a whole truth , is orthodox—laudable as a half-troth . To create men filled with a theory that refusal of oat-door relief was the one thing needful : 2 ?& tnre had no readier way of getting out-door relief

      refused . * * * In all ways it needs , especially in these times , to be proclaimed aloud , that for the idle man there is no place in this England of ours . He that will not work , and save according to his means , let him go elsewhere . * ? * He that will not work according to his faculty , let Mm perish according to bis necessity -. there is no law juster than that "Would to heaven , one could preach it abroad into the hearts of all sons and _d _^ _ng _htgra of Adam , for it is a law applicable to all ; ' and bring it to bew with pi _* etieal _obligstion , strict as the Poor Law Bastile , « n all . _' "

      Hera it will be observed , that something which has not _rery generally been supposed to be a result of the Poor Liw Act is at least hinted at . Mr . Cariyle profeeds to ths came effect : — " That this law of , No work ao recompense , shonld fnt of ail be enforced on the manual worker , and brought stringently home to hint and his numerous daw , while so many other persons and classes # tiil go loose from it , was natural to the case . Let it be enforced there , and rigidly made _good . It behoves to be enforced everywhere , and rigidly made good . * Work is the mission of man on this earth . A day la rrer straggling forward , a day will arrive in some

      approximate degree , when he who has no work to do , by _whatever name be maybe named , will not find it _gowi to show himself on our quarter ef the Solar System ; but may go and look out elsewhere , if there be any _idU planet discoverable . * * He that ran wotk is a born king of something ; is in communion * _itt Nature , is master of a thing or things , is a _pritsl _acfl _fcng ef Nature ao far . He that cm work at nothing is but an usurping king , be his trappings what ttKJ may ; he is the born * 3 _are of all _thicga . I « et a J _* an toDonr his craitmanship , his can-do and know _**¦** tiit rights of man have no concern at all with the Forty-third of "Elizibeth . "

      Speaking of the suffrage he says : — " Froa of old the English patient himself had a continually recurring notion that this was it . The English people are used to suffrage ; it is their _jwkooeo for all that goes wrong with them , they have a fixed idea of suffrage . Singular enough : one ' s tight to vote for a Member of _Parliament , to send one ' s ' _twentytfcoasandtb part of a master of tongue-fence to national _Palaver . " The Doctors asserted that this was freedom , sad do other ? ? * * . And how shall we blame toe unvoting disappointed millions , that they too , having still faith in what ao many had faith in , still eosat extension of suffrage' _tht one thing needful ; * od « y , id such manner as they can—Let the suffrage be still extended , then all will be well ? It is the indent British faith , promulgated in these ages by

      prophets and evangelists ; preached forth from barrelheads by all manner of rotn . He who is free and blessed has his twenty-thousandth part of a master of _tongue-fence in national palaver ; whosoever is not blessed but unhappy , the ailment of him is that he has U not Ought he not to have it then ? By the law of God a & d cf men , yea ;—and will have it with *! Chartum , _~« iUi its ' fire peint * , ' borne aloft on pike-heads * ad torch-light meetings , is there . Chartism is one cf the _moti natural phenomena in England . Not that Chartism > ow exists should provoke wonder ; bat that the _invited hungry people should have sat eight years at Euch table of _the Barmecide , patiently expecting _oaeUsiij from the name of a Reform ministry , and not _tiQ after eight yean have grows hopeless , this is the _tvpectable side of the miracle . "

      We ire glad to find that the rtvieww _rwogmw the intellect of the Basses as the only « ttrce from wtich real reform can emanate . He says : — " The people are running wild far want of guidance j hot they must continae ta run wild , if there be no _» e & _= s of _supplying it but by the wisdom of any class or bojy whsteTer . Let the teachers and governors be _« wise t » it is possible to conceive , they will not _jKonopelige wisdom , or the appearance of wisdom . Thty _yill tot meet with loyalty , " cr willingness to profit by _theii ( Urtctnig iiflutliCB . 1 « there then _~ no _fsi-* _ker _raocrce ? Admitting that the condition ' of the P _^ ple is utterly _waooad , most we _accQi . sce in the

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      belief that there is no power which can relieve the evil ? " Mr . Carlyls himself shall answer the question for as . " ' Twenty-four million labouring men , if their affairs remain unregulated , chaotic , will burn ricks and mill *; reduce as , themselves , *& d the world to ashes and ruin . Simply , their affair * cannot remain unregulated , chaotic , but mutt be regulated , brought into tome kind of order . What intellect were able to regulate them ? The intellect of a Bacon , the energy of a Luther , if left to their own strength , might pause in dismay before such a task ; a Bacon and Lather added together , to be perpetual prime minister over tts , _oould not do it No one great and greatest intellect can do it What can ? Only twenty-four million ordinary intellects , once awakened into action ; these , well presided over , may . '

      " In these twenty-four million intellects we also place our hope , and look for a substitute for the narrowed functions of the governing classes . It may not be practicable , or even desirable to produce in the mass of the people entire confidence in others ; but we know _thattbtreis a governing principle in every man , to which he may pay unconditional submission and reverence ; aad the more this is developed , the mere willing will be bis recognition of th « claims to partial or general obedience which others may possess in virtue of superior knowledge , or even of the possession of law authority . *'

      The article goes on to advocate emigration aad a general system of national education as the remedies for acknowledged evils , with much contained in it we cordially concur , and from much we as cordially dissent . But it is worth a serious perusal , and affords patter for the deepest and most unprejudiced investigation and inquiry . Besides this we have ao article on Labour , Dutch Colonies , and Colonial produce , and on the Corn Laws , from all of which much valauble information may be derived . The great fault is , all the reasoning goes to the support of a particular theory ; that of free trade directed to a specified end , that of increasing our foreign trade for the advantage of the trading and commercial classes at horn ? . The

      principles of Malthas and the Political economists are constantly kept in view , and the interests of the people are constantly overlooked . Bat though the reasoning is decidedly bad , the facts and tables are such as will afford most essential information on a variety of interesting and important subjects . The article on MUiman ' _s History of _ChristiauUJ IB extremely _valaatle , entirely free _fromranoour or intolerance . It is a candid , well-written epitome of the progress of Christianity , as operating upon the morals and manners of society , from the first preaching of the faith by the Apostles , until the decline of the Roman Empire . In this review of a most important event in human history , equal justice is done to all parties , and it is shewn that the various

      persecutions to which the early Christians were exposed had their origin in a supposed state necessity , and did sot so mach regard the tenets of the faith as the influence it was supposed to exercise over the wellbeing of society . In the notice of Dr . Mill ' s critique upon what he calls the application ef the pantheistic theory to the exposition of the history and criticism of the Gospel , the author receives a well merited rebuke for the careless and inaccurate manner in which he ha ? translated various passages of the German Philosophers , some of whose sentiments are evidently falsified . On the whole , the British and Foreigu Review may be considered a fair and candid work , conducted with considerable literary talent , and affording valuable information on a variety of subjects .

      "Royal Loyal" Liberality. Loyal Exchange...

      "ROYAL LOYAL" LIBERALITY . Loyal Exchange Repeal Association , Corn Exchange Rooms , Dublin , 13 th _Sjpt ., 1841 . _Deab Sir , —I beg to transmit a series of resolutions passed at our public meeting this day , expressive of our opinion at this Association , as to the real views of Chartists interfering with the Repeal cause , and the coarse which we recommend the Repealers to pursue towards them . It is deemed of importance that you be pleased to communicate the purport of the resolutions as widely as you can amoDg the friends of Ireland . I have the honour to remain , Dear Sir , Your faithful servant , T . M . Ray ,

      Secretary . At & meeting of the Loyal National Repeal Association , held at the Great Rooms , Corn Exchange , on Monday , the 13 th September , 1841 ; Edward Cleme . ms , _Barrister-at-Law , in the chair ; the following resolutions , moved by Daniel O'Connell , Esq ., M . Pn were unanimously passed : — Resolved—That Mr . Ray be instructed to write forthwith to the Repealers in Birmingham and other places ia England , cautioning them against any species of connection with the Chartists , and _begging of them to exclude all known Chartists from their meetings , and stating that otherwise they themselves most be excluded from being members of our Association , as we can hare no connection whatsoever with the Chartist body . Resolved , That Mr . Ray do state to the Repealers in England these reasons for exclndiDg the Chartists from any communication with them : —

      1 . That the Chartists have combined vmh the Tories in the recent elections , ia ail the towns where they had any influence , to support the Tory candidates , especially those most hostile to the religion and people of Ireland . 2 _. That the Chartists , as they ars the worst enemiea of Ireland , are , on the other hand , the best friends of the Tory principle of absolutism , making a pretext of being reformers , but , in reality being the most acti _? e opponents of practical reform . 3 . That by means of Chartist violence , in the disturbing of ptiblio meetings , rational Reformers , disposed to tranquillity and peaceable exertions alone , have been driven into silence , and , we fear , have fallen into apathy . 4 . That the base tyranny of the Chartists , in forcibly preventing the public expression of any popular opinions differing in any degree from their own , have been the means of securing Tory misrule and tyranny , by stifling the Balutary voice of public

      opinion . 5 . That the Chartists have completely succeeded in pntting an end to all Societies and Associations in England for Parliamentary Reform . The Reformers are disconnected and driven into silence . Under the auspices of the Chartists the Tories hare everywhere triumphed . 6 ih . That the Chartists having suffocated the cause of Reform in England now seem determined to try the Eame game with respect to the Repeal in Ireland . They affected to be Reformers in England , that they might injure the cause of Reform ; some of them now affect to be Repealers , with the ill-concealed determination to injure and destroy the cause of Repeal in Ireland .

      7 . That the attempt to produce dissension among the Irish Repealers , is made by the Chartists uniting vrith the most inveterate and bitter of the Tories , in false and atrocious calumnies , against the leaders of the Irish people . The Times and the other most nnprincipled Tory journals , are scarcely equalled in the malignant calamnie ? , against the leaders of the Irish people , by the equally fake and atrocious libels of the Chartist press . In short , the Chartists and the Tories are playing the same game , in the same way and by the same means as far as relates to the Repealers of Ireland .

      8 . That the interference of Chartists with the Repeal cannot be intended for anything bat evil , because the Repealers avow , and are ready to work out the same principles of Reform which the Chartist 9 pretend to adopt . The Repealers assert as their principles of Reform , that general right of voting which the Chartists most inaccurately call Universal ; that is , the Repealers insist that every msJe adult , arrived at the age of twenty-one , _ehoald have the right to vote ( unless he be ft lunatic , idiot , or convicted of any flagitious crime ) , whether he be householder or lodger , provided he shall have resided in the district in which be votes for six continuous months before voting . This we call * ' General " or Household Suffrage , and it is , in fact , identical with that which is by the Chartists mis-called " Universal . " Next . Toe Repealers are decided advocates for the Vote by Ballot—the only honest mode of

      voting . Next . The Repealers are for shortening the duration of Parliament ? , so as not by any _possibility to _exceed the term of three yaars . Next . The Repealers are for equalising the electoral districts Next . The Repealers are for abolishing the Property Qualification . Next . The Repealers are for allowing any constituency to contribute to the support of their representatives . This being the political creed of the Repealers , with respect to Reform , there is sot the smallest occasion for engrafting Chartism upon the Repeal _struggle , or for contaminating the pore And holy cause of Repeal with the torch and dagger turbulence of nnprincipled Chartism .

      Lastly . The Repealers will M little risk the danger as _capture the contamination of Chartist _violeoew Leading Chartists have proclaimed the toreh and dagger , m adjuncts to their agitation ; leading ChartUU have appeared in open battle array _agaiatt the Queen ' s troops ; aad now that the leaders of that insurrection have been npon the merits , « onvieted of high treason , although deprived of the benefit of a point of law ; yet though ihe conviction was npon the merits , these leaders are cried up as martyrs by ihe Chaxasts . Their names are invoked with applause at their public meetings , and thus Chartism becomes united with high treason The peaceable , temperate , moral , and loyal Re _» _pesJers of _lrel & zid can therefore hare no oonnexk a with practical Chartism . Edwaed Clekests , Chairman .. T . M . Rat , Secretary .

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      TRIAL OF BLAKESLEY , FOR THE MURDER OF MR . BURDON . At the Central Criminal Court , on Thursday Robert _Blakesley was tried before Lord Abioger and Mr . Baron Gurney , for the murder of James Burdon , the landlord of ihe King ' s Head _publichouee , in Eastohe & p . Sir George Carrol , Sir Chapman Marshall , and Alderman Hooper , were on the bench . Mr . Payne _na counsel for the prosecution ; Mr . Bodkin and Mr . Charles Phillips for the defence . Blakesley , in a subdued tone of voice , pleaded Not Guthy . " He looked pale and thoughtful , and for _tha most part kept his eyes fixed npon the ground . Mr . Payne narrated how Blakesley murdered Mr . Bardon bathe night of the 21 st of September . The first witness was Edward Bristow , a City Policeman ; who stated a conversation which had passed between the prisoner and himself on the morning of the 21

      st" I remember the prisoner making application to me early on the morning of Tuesday the 21 st of September . He said his wife was detained at the King's Head , and asked me if I could sot procure an interview with her . I said I thought I could ; and Inferred him to the Sergeant of our corps . The prisoner afterwards went with me to the Sing ' s Head . We went in together . Deceased was behind the bar . Prisoner said , * Now , James , I am come to demand my wife . ' Bardon said , 'Youhad better go about your business . ' Blakesley said , ' Youhearthis , Bristow . ' Iaaid , _BlakesIeyiiatendB to go before the Lord Mayor to claim hia wife . ' Bardon said , ' He had better go from here , ' and repeatedly added , 'I know nothing of him . ' I at length said , Blakesley , we had better go ; and we have done . ' We then went _away . Blakesley had previously told me that he had been unfortunate in business , and that his wife ' s friends had taken her away from him . "

      Bristow added , oa cross-examination , that Blakesley appeared to have been up all night ; and he showed » letter which he had received from his wife respecting her detention . George Harrold , a hairdresser , who shaved Blakesley on the 21 st , said that he told him all about ( he interview with Mr . Burdon ; he exclaimed that it was enough to make a man mad , and that if he had had any tiling in his hand he should have shot Burdon . William _Brandon , a policeman , was passing & butcher ' s shop with _Blakesley , whom he knew , when the latter , talking of the affair , and seeing a knife , cried " If I had had

      that in my-had " I should have ' used it . " Braddon said , _NonsenBfl" » and then Blakesky added , " By God , I think I should . " Charles Davis , a cutler's son , sold a batcher ' s knife to Blakesley , at his father ' s shop in Aldgate High Street , at one o ' clock on the 21 st : it was sharpened at the back , at his request . Mrs . Burdon related how the murder was committed . When asked if she saw Blakesley , she exclaimed— "I did see him— -1 see him now—the murderer I" Lord Abinger— " You must endeavour to calm your passions . " Blakesley covered his face with his hands , and sobbed aloud . Mr . Burdon

      proceeded" My busband was , at the time the prisoner eame in , sitting asleep on a chair near the table in the bar , and I was sittin * there with my sister . I heard something , and looking up saw Blakesley . He sprang to my sister , and stabbed her in the left side , saying , ' Your life , your life ! ' He then stabbed my husband , who was sitting in the chair . I then saw that he bad a knife in his hand . He next attempted to stab me , but was prevented by my sister . He then rushed out of the bar with the knife in his hand streaming with blood . My sister and my husband followed him as far as the bardoor , when my husband reeled against the bar-counter and felL The prisoner then turned round , with the knife in his hand , and looked at us . He came back half-way across the passage , when he threw the knife down and went out of the house . When'be had the door in bis hand to go out , he looked round a second time . I have never seen him again until now . "

      Some people who came to the assistance of the murdered man and the women , Mr . Cornelius Smith , the medical man who was called to tho spot and found Bardon dying , and Dunn , the constable who arrested Blakesley at Hitchen on the 27 th September , were the other witnesses examined for the pro-Becution . Blakesley told Dunn that he did mean to kill his wife , but not Bardon , if he had not interfered . 1 Mr . Charles Phillips addressed the Jury . He attempted to exculpate the prisoner , on the ground of insanity ; h \ s wandering about on the night before the murder showed that the separation from his wife had deranged a mind naturally weak . His whole life had been marked by visionary

      projects" He would quit home , be absent for a time , and then return apparently lost in thought , and tmable to give any account of the manner in which he had spent his lime . Sent into the country on business , he would return without having attended to it , and be utterly incapable of giving an account of himself . He would spend his time in wandering about and lying in the fields at night , instead of returning to the paternal roof , where all was comfort and happiness . If these acts did not prove _insanity , they were proofs of such a state of weakness of intellect as would be very likely to be driven to madness by cruelty . "

      Mr . James Blakesley , the father , a _Blackwellhall factor ( clothier ) , deposed , that when his son was four or five years old he was attacked by an illness which paralyzed bis limbs , bo tha" he would sometimes fall , and remain in that state for hours . That illness was considered to render his mind weak . He often remained silent , and refused to play with other boys ; and after he grew up and he was employed in the warehouse , he would sit at times with fixed eyes and quivering lips , as if he did not know what he was about . He had , however , » aid Mr . Blakesley , on cross-examination , never _bsen submitted to personal restraint , nor had he had medical attendance ; and the witness had never scrupled to trust _hib books to him to keep . His conversation

      was generally rational . Mr . Robert Bell Williams , a wine merchant in Suffolk-street , deposed to a project which Robert Blakesley once engaged in ; he took a house , which he chose because it was " pretty , " at Foot ' s Cray , in Kent , in order to convert it into a bakery ; and he proposed to hire a cart and horses at a livery stable to carry the bread to tows for sale as bread baked ia the country . Once , when his father refused to set him up in business in the country , he became violently convulsed , his face grew livid , and he said he would go and sell dog ' s meat in the street , or hang himself upon a lamppost . In his reply , Mr . Payne explained that Mrs . BlakeBley was only detained by her brother-in-law in order to provide for her vrhile her husband wsls unable to do so .

      Lord Abinger , when ho summed up , expressed an opiuion that no proof had been given that Blakesley " s mind was affected to that degree that he did not Know what he was about . The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty . " When B ' _akesley was called on to fay why sentence should not be passed upon him , he raised his right hand , struck it with violence upon hia breast , and in & loud voice cried , '" So help me God , I am innocent of the intent to murder Jame 3 Burdon . " Lord Abinger then put on the black cap , and sentenced him to death , amid deathlike silence . Daring the sentence he did not manifest any greater degree of emotion than at any other part of the trial ; but he kept his eyes steadily fixed upon the floor , and in that state he was removed from the dock .

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      ADJOURNED DISCUSSION ON SOCIALISM AND CHAUTISM , JOHN-STREET , TOTTENHAMCOURT-ROAD- FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER THE 29 TE . This subject continues to create more excitement than any other brought before the public at this HalL > _ir , _FliEHl _^ Q opened the ihe _diseu *» lon . Socialism was more deserting of support , because it was more comprehensive . If tke Chartists cbtained all they asked Universal Suffrage , fee . even this would not effect any change in th « _relatire position of intelligence and ignorance , of capital and labour ; the influence of class prejudices and class interests would still prevail . Socialism included in the field of its vision , man and his

      manifold wants , while Chartism contemplated man only as a political , as a hustings animal , as a Parliament aaimal , as a statesman , leaving out all the other great questions connected with his moral anil intellectual existence , or if it did not leave them out , it must take time to consider . They must first get the Charter , and then they would decide upon this subjtct ; but when will you get the Charter ? Who will get the Charter ? Surely not a body of men who are destitute of political influence , or who have no immediate _contronl on those who have votes—a body of men who are without propeity _, and who are inferior to other classes in numerical superiority , entertaining views of many subjects simil & t to those of Mr . Williams . He had proposed him as a candidate at the Leeds election . It was a most

      magnificent meeting ; but what was the result , apwards of 100 , 000 persons wire present . Yet the show of hands for the Chartist candidates , was inferior to that of either Whig or Tory . A similar result was shown at Wakefleld for the county election . What wealthy men—what wealthy corporations have you , advocating your cause ? What intelligence have you ? It must be admitted that wealth and intelligence would always sway the destinies _« f a country ; and that the Chartists had not the Intelligence necessary , was evidenced from tfieir staple subject of complaint , being a vote £ 30 , 600 _foredacatioa , aad . 470 , OM _. _Xor her Majesty * bones ; of what avail an your large puWio meeting *—you _pasrionats appeals—yo « eloquent addresses ? He did

      not wish to disparage : them , bat if Government was ware of its true _position . It would encoarage them as safety valves , fey which to get rid of the pent-up discontent which would be gathering . Again , in af _^ w months a OMettag would be called , strong _resolutions passed , _mttth eloquent speaking take place , and the spare steam fet & Bg thus let off , all would go on quietly . The Socialists take another mode ; they endeavour < to get landto _gtt influence in accordance with existing laws and institutions , and so go out armed with thfeii . own -weapons to nwet the enemy . Mr . Fleming , then , traced the history of Socia ism and Chutism . Socialism had only been four and a half years in existence , yet they wen in possession of 2000 acres of land , and bad ex-

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      pended upwards of £ 1000 in improving it They had halls like the present , and some much Iaiger all over _^ a _^** ' yhuax' they _htA wtpended _XoO _. OOO or _£ « 0 , 000 , and to " every element which _«/ nstttuted power _s _wenr stronger , than the Chartist * . Me then 5 \ I 2 t _l _^ _V _** 9 _fjb _»^ Cbartfets—to the _expencea oMheir _Cpmrenttoijis he ., and the division which ' _ex-^^ * fn »* ran _ks-plhow _^ the _prejudice wfclch existed against them , appealed to the _afetbodistt for example , and stated that from their conduct in the Potteries to Mr . Owen , Ac ., he _should be afraid to entrust political _jdwer late the hands of so powerful # ? _£ S 7 9 ; - * _^* ag pealed ; to Uar _«/< ir in proof « f * 5 _& 2 _» feeling whid _* existed In out ranks , and stated that Socialism was th < 5 only political remedy that like a muahmxMi it could not spring tip in anight , but was like a giant oak which took centuries to bring it to perfection .

      Mr . _Staliwood , the Socialists had both evenings the advantage of having half an hour to open the subject . All the speakers on the Socialist side have argued that the people were not intelligent enough for to obtain Chartism ; bat they seemed quite to overlook that , according to their own account , more Intelligence was necessary to form a Socialist than a Chartist , and consequently we were not intelligent enough for Socialism . ( Hear , hear . ) But of what materials do they suppose the Chartists are made ; do they imagine they are Hottentots or New _Zealanders ; do they know that the Chartists are a large part and portion of the Social body , who consider Chartism to be the steppingstone to Socialism ; do not the working classes produce all the wealth , build all the bouses , fabricate all the

      clothing . Does not Lord Brougham assure us that the working classes write the greater portion of our works on arts and sciences . Have not your Social lecturer sprung from the working classes ? and yet you tell us they are not intelligent enough to vote for a Member of Parliament . If you wanted to leaxn a youth to be a shoemaker , you wauld set him to work at the trade . Set as to work , and if we are Ignorant we will learn . Mr . Stallwood then replied to Mr . Fleming respecting the Chartists not possessing wealth or talent on their side , and showed that they possessed many advocates both talented and wealthy . He then contrasted the expense of their Congresses and our Conventions ; explained that the Hampshire estate , was only leasehold , and that the Social balls were not the exclusive property of the Socialists , but the property of the

      shareholders ; exemplified the uncertainty of Social prosperity without political power , by referring to the conduct of the Synod of Scotland against them , and Bhowed that , In the late persecutions , they had borne the brant of the battle , add thereby shielded the Socialists ; that if there was a _prejudice against the Chartists , there was much more against the Socialists , that millions openly professed their / adherence to the Charter , while few , very few , dare openly embrace the doctrine of Socialism ; that even Robert Dale Owen _acknowledged it was impolitic so to do , If the working classes were to wait a century for the attainment of Socialism , it was felly to ask for their support Chartism was more practicable ; the middle classes were fast joining our ranks , and therefore being the most likely to be obtained it was most deserving our support

      Dr . Bhotskie said some of the speakers contended for _onesidedness ; he was for _allaldedness . The plain English of the _question was—will you give your sixpence , one shilling , er two shillings and sixpence to the Chartists or to the Socialists . ( No , no . ) This was the truth ; and that made it a ticklish question . If Socialism could not be got in less than one hundred yeara , that was a longtime , they might not live so long . His Friend , _Lleyd Jones , wanted to make Socialism too big , to put too much in ; this was not rational , was hot logical . He would tell them a fable . A man bought a horse and cart , and wanted to make money by it ; so he loaded the cart so full that the

      horse could not draw it ; he asked his neighbour how he should manage , bis horse would not draw it , and he could not make money . His neighbour told him not to load it so heavy , and be might then get on . He thougV . t Socialism too heavy loaded ; he thought they had done wrong to take to farming Chartism ; and Socialism was a question of time and means- If they had plenty of time and means , take Socialism ; if not , according to their judgment , they should co-operate together ; at any demonstration they should unite . Look at this hall ; three months ago they never had above seven or eight hundred present ; now look what co-operation had done .

      Mr . Peat said their object was to see which system would produce the greatest amount of good to the greatest number ; most of the plans brought forth by the Socialists for the amelioration of the condition of mankind , are only adaptations of Radical principles , snd were first put forth by Robert Cowley , in the time of Henry VIII ., and yet some of the Socialists spoke _sneeringly of Radical principles , and asked what had they d « ne with the money , ice , they bid expended . What would the Socialists have done if they had happened to have five hundred of their active members to support in prison , —( hear , hear , )—and what was the reason they had not ; their principles were more levelling than the Chartists , but they bad acted with _more caution ; they bad leavened their proceedings w _} tb much hypocrisy . ( No . no . ) Was not their first toast , at their anniversaries . & c , " The Queen and the Royal Family ; " is not this hypocritical . I know that the Socialists entertain as ranch contempt for those idle

      mummeries , that they despise them equally with myself ; they had been taunted with the little progress they hod made , and the show of hands being against them at the Yorkshire elections ; there were many causes produced this result ; but would a Social candidate have obtained an equal number of hands held up ? Mr . Peat then alluded to the Buffrage in America , and showed that the Social experiments had succeeded better thero there , on account of her democratic form of government ; showed tha impossibility of the poor weavers , and others , of this country , ever entering ft community ; directed tho attention of the Chartists to co-operation , and the advantages arising therefrom-, showed that the Social establishment at Tytherly was only a co-operative establishment , differing but in kind from those established by the Chartists in the North ; showed that a Tory Government would not let them carry their operations in successful practice , and that the _Charter was most deserving of our support

      Mr . News was of opinion that a great deal that had been said by the Chartists was useless ; it was not whether the Charter would be beneficial , but which system would be moat beneficial . You have taunted us with the failure of our experiments in this country ; they were crude , undigested attempts , and the result was in strict accordance with the Social principle , either positive or negative ; have not the Caartiatafailed ; are they not divided amongst themselves ; and if you had your wish—a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s workwhat would ye bo bat a race of well-fed slaves : Mr .

      News then referred to the dUtresa in America , wbich arose from the inequality of the distribution ot wealth . They had been asked—what would Socialism do foi the poor ? Now , what would Chartism do _, for the poor ? Dare you say how many years will elapse before you get it The Reform Bill was a paltry measure , as compared with your Charter , and how many years were tho working classes combined with the middle classes In obtaining even that measure , once get ft community into perfect operation , and like our railways they would soon surmount opposition and cover the whole land .

      Mr . Parry _had not heard the Socialists advance one good reason why they preferred Socialism to Chartism . All their efforts bad been directed to show that they were in a _prospeions , while the Chartists were in an abject , condition . Mr . Parry , in a style of eloquence which completely carried the audience with him , showed the advantages to be derived from the Charter , and that it was the most deserving of support , because most adapted to our present circumstances . He exposed in a masterly manner the plea of our non-intelligence put forth by the Social advocates , and said that on the previous evening tie bad heard Air . Lloyd Jones dilate on the pride of the High Church party , on the affected

      pride of the _Quakers , on tbe arrogance of the Methodists , but ha seemed to forget tbe beam In their own eyes , the leading frailty of the _Socialists—tnelr own class pride . He ( Mr . Parry ) should wish the subject before them to be subjected to the test of the largest public meeting that could be procured in the metropolis , and they would then be able to ascertain which was most in favour with the public , Socialism er Chartism . Mr . _Parry throughout the whole of his address was greeted with tremendous applause , and was allowed by all to be the most eloquent defender of Chartist principles , who has yet appeared on tbe metropolitan boards .

      Mr . Lloyd Jones . —He was not opposed to an expression of public feeling , but he blamed the warmth with which it was manifested . Why shonld two patties , who approached so near to each other in their ultimate object and only differed in their mode ef carrying it out , be led by excess of feeling into apparent opposition . Mr . Jones , in bis usual calm and graceful manner , dilated on the principles at issue . He allowed that class pride was a fault into which , as a party , they might happen to fall ; be was thankful to be told of their errors , and he hoped their Chartist brethren would receive their hints in a similar manner . Mr . Jones , in conclusion , challenged Mr . Parry to discuss the question with him at some large place of public meeting , or Mr . Parry and one other , against himself and a friend , and be had no doubt if tbe audience were all Chartists , that he should convince them of the superiority of his principles . ' _,, '

      The meeting then adjourned , the feeling of the _an--dieooe decidedly preponderating in favour of Cbartisir ( . Mr . T . M . Wheeler will epen the subject on the ensmr ug Friday , on the Chartist side of the question .

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      THE TOWER OF LONDON AWFUL OONFLAGBATJOir . An event whioh will be- long remembered In the annals of English history , and which maybe . ' -regarded in every respect as a truly national calamity , visited the metropolis on _Sitnrday night last—vis , V m entire destruction , together with its contents , ottbr t magnificent building , forming so prominent a feature ir _, the far-famed Tower of London , denominated" The _Qr and Storehouse Small Armoury , " containing , in additior . to an almost and innumerable quantity of trophies , aw 1 other evidences of British glory , no less a number tb / _jn 200 , 000 stand of arms , &&

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      , In order that an adequate Idea _moT be formed of tbe - extent of this serious loss to the _eowftry * it may be as i well to lay before our wader * an aeeti » . « description of the buildings destroyed , taken from wthentic records , before entering into any of the fact ? connected wittut ¦ _-., < ¦ .. _; . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ; . ; , . _; : . . ;¦ . ... /;¦ ; _•; _- .. , ¦<¦ . . ¦ : > The Grand Storehouse Is north of the White fbwer , a floe building of brick and hewn stone ; It extends in . length 345 feet , and i » 00 feet broad j it _wasoommetwei by James II ., and finished by William III . On _tte first floor of this edifice Is that magnificent room called the , Small Armoury . On Ihe sooth aide of this

      _structure Is a stately door-earn , adorned with four columns , an entablature , and a triangafar pediment of the Doric order . Under tbe pediment asr » tbe Queen ' s Arms , with enrichments of trophy work , by the celebrated artist Gibbons . At the we _« t- « a « of this building is situate the church , founded by Edward III ., and dedicated to St Peter in chains , In whteh are deposited the remains ef many noble _andsomeroyalpersonages _. executed within the Tower , or on the hilt , and buried here in obscurity . On the east of this botHing is situate the newly-erected Jewel Tower , in which the regalia and all the Crown jewels are kept . "

      Tbe conflagration , which exceeded is grandenr even the great fire at the House of Commons or the Royal Exchange , caused the greatest consternation throughout the entire metropolis , and from the commanding situation of Tower-hill , many thousand persons had an opportunity of witnessing the progress of the devouring element From the great excitement and confusion which it may naturally be expected such a » event occasioned , it was Impossible that on Saturday night any . thing but a mere outline of particulars could be obtained . The following , however , being the result of diligent research in every quarter , and from _infor _matisn derived from the very highest authority , cannot fall of being as accurate va circumstances will admit of .

      The first outbreak of the fire took place precisely at half-past ten o ' clock , at which time the attention of the sentinel on duty on the terrace , near the Jewel-office , was attracted to what appeared to be a glimmering light under what is termed " . the Round Table , " or cupola of the Round Tower , which is detached from the Armoury on tbe north side , facing the Trinity House , _Towei-bill , aad eastward te the grand staircase leading to the Small Armoury . In the nrat instance tbe sentinel tOOk DO notice Of it but Shortly after _oWrrJoy that it became stronger , and being convinced that something was wrong , he fixed his musket to give an alarm , and in a few minutes the whole of the officers turned out , and the entire battalion of Scots Fusilier Guards , quartered in the Old Mill Barrack * , mustered

      to tbe sound of therappel . The flames in a few minutes began to burst forth from the windows of the Round Tower with fearful violence . To describe the excitement which prevailed , not only amongst the military , but the civil residents of the fortress , would indeed be an act of supererogation . Suffloe Ik to say , the instant the drums beat tbe alarm , the whole of the troops _, several hundred in number , were seen rushing out of their quarters In all directions , many in a state almost of nudity . The moment Colonel Auckland Eden , the officer commanding , was made acquainted with the nature of the alarm , he lost no time in despatching information to Major Elrington , the acting Governor of the Tower in the absence of Colonel _Cturwood , the Deputy Lieutenant He then directed the soldiers to turn out the Tower engines ( nine In number ) , which was immediately accomplished , and they were brought to the spot , and active measures taken to have

      them in readiness to meet any emergency ; for some time , however , sufficient water could only be procured to work one , which proved of but little service , in consequence of the tremendous height of the Round Tower , and the great difficulty of obtaining a position whereby it could be reached . Within a few minutes of the alarm being given the flames were clearly discernible on Tower-hill , and information was promptly conveyed to the various fire-engine stations throughout the metropolis , and thousands of persons were congregating from all directions . The first engine that made its appearance was that belonging to the parish of _Allhallowa , Barking , and it was speedily followed by three other engines belonging to parishes in the precincts of the Tower . On their arrival they found the western gate completely barricaded , and the officer in command for some time refused them admission , having received orders to admit no one .

      Shortly after the large engine and others belonging to the London Fire Brigade arrived , and subsequently , the order being countermanded , the engines were admitted , and at once made the best of their way to the Broadwalk fronting the White Tower and the Small Armoury , and took up their respective sUtlens fronting the ({ rand entrance to the latter building , whlcn bad previously been broken open , although no fears where then entertained that it would become a prey to the flames , the fire being at this time confined to tbe Round Tower , although it was burning with fearful violence . Under the direction of the warders tbe firemen procured water from tanks which are sunk in various parts of the Tower , and proceeded to get their engines to . work , the soldiers working them with the most praiseworthy

      alacrity . The hose , was in the first Instance conveyed through the lower port of the " Grand Storehouse ' and up the grand staircase to the roof of the Armoury , which was then untouched . Owing to the excitement , however , which the alarm bod occasioned , no immediate information could be obtained either as to the means of entrance to the clock tower , or to the erterior of the roof ; and had the firemen obtained their object , little or no service could have been effected , inasmuch as within a few minutes afterwards the water had sunk so low in the tanks alluded te that the hose of the engines could not reach it By this time , a quarter to eleven o'clock , the engines from Jeffrey * _8-8 qnare , Wbitecross-sfcMefc , Mc * - _gau _' _alane , _Southwark-bridge-road , and others -which

      were at the time at a fire raging in the Stmnd , arrived with Mr . Braid wood , the superintendent , as also those of the West of England and County fire-offices , an * the _Custom-hou ? e . By eleven o ' clock the destruction of the Round Tower was complete , and for a short time great hopes existed that danger was at an end , but subsequently a cry was raised that it had reached the Armoury roof nearest adjoining it This was found to be too true , and although it is needless to say that every effort that human power could devise was resorted to in order to save this magnificent and stupen . dons structure , or In some measure check the progress of the flames , it is to be regretted that they proceeded with a fury which baffled exertions almost superhuman , and which bas ended in its total destruction . On

      finding this was the case , a general tush was made by the soldiery in order to secure as many of the arms and other valuables as possible , and two of tbe brigade engines having again obtained a supply of water through _, the medium of others Btationed near the river , Maokay and Staple , their respective engineers , carried the branches Into the great Armoury-room , and get to work , managing to retain their position for nearly half an honr , playing upoa the ceiling wherever the fire made its appearance ; but a large quantity giving way , the whole of the interior between the roof and the celling was found to be on fire . This made them quit their position and moke their escape by tha grand staircase , and In an instant after the entire ceiling of the spacious hall gave way and filled it with smoke and

      fire . By this time , twenty minutes past eleven o ' clock , the flames were seen issuing from all parts of the roof of the building , and subsequently reaching to the Clocktower in the centre . Tbe scene which presented itself was at once terrible and awfully magnificent The flames , which shot up to a most alarming height , had so completely reddened the horizon , that it hod attracted to tbe neighbourhood of Tower-hill countless multitudes , and the lurid glare which the devastating element shed upon them , and upon tke various craft with which the river Thames was studded , was picturesque and appalling in tbe extreme . Crowds of people still continued pouring in to Tower-hill from every avenue that led to It , and several _tttnea it -was to be feared that an assault would have been made by tbe

      populace upon the Tower gates , and which would doubtless have been the case bat for tbe strong bodies of troops stationed there , and tbe arrival of between 200 and 300 of the metropolitan police under the orders of Superintendents _Paarce aad May , and Inspectors Maclean and Wallar , and also a strong body of the city police force , _asting under Mr . Inspector Bradley . The cries of persons for permission to enter the Tower who had friends resident therein were _ineessaat , and several conflicts took place . This state of things continuing , Major EIrinaton deemed it advisable to send for a reinforcement of troops , _aod about half-past one o'clock a

      battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards , 400 strong , arrived , and those who had bees working at the fire and had been on duty at the gates , were in some measure relieved . The gongs- of the large floating engines of the fire brigade announced their arrival from their respective stations of _Southwark-bridge and Rotherhltho off the Tower wharf , and added to the general din and confusion . _Havisg been moored dose alongside _Traitirsgate , number * ef _piursow flocked to their _asslstaaee , but having to l « _ss than 700 feet ot hose to lay dawn before the "watet could be brought to beat upon the now mass of Same , it had become too lata for them to be of any effectual service .

      "By haM-paat twelve o ' clock the conflagratio * had _reached to * frightful magnitude . It bad extended _? _ttaough the flooring of the Small Armoury _iato the lower compartment , occupied by the teain _^ of artillery , and those splendid trophies of England's glory so well known to the public From this period the _flanes continned to increase with * _och iaarfnl violence that apprei- _hensions were entertained that every part of the Tower would be overwhelmed and become a victim to them . Fire wa * to be k * d _gublog lorlhftoni every window of tbe buUdin * , which had all the appearance of the crater of some volcano . The beat became _ao Intense , that tt was _» tt « ri y impossible for a hnitau being to stand oa

      the _btosAwalk between the Armoury and the White To we * , and before _^ fc was possible to removethe _engises , tome of them were bunt very _eonitdeiabiy . At one o'clock the whole of the Clock Tower , whieu had stood tottering for tome time , together with a great mass of the roef , and some portion of the upper heavy stone work of the building , Ml in with a _treateedotu crash ; resembling the firing of heavy a » tillery . _Imcietliaiely after this , the flimes for some time increased . their height , but assumed a livid hue of _^ most unearthly description , and evidently blew over in the direction of the White Tower , for which great fears were now entertained , It is carious to remark , that , notwithstand-

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      ! ing the Intense heat which it had to sustain , the vane oa the top of the cupola of the Clock Towe * kept its point to . the north-east , at which It was pointing when thaflre commenced , even at the time the tower fell in . Alt attentions were now directed towards the White Tower and the Church of St Peter . Tbe leaden water pipe * , running from thereof of tbe former , were melted , and the frame * _oT the windows had already Ignited , bat » plentiful supply of water having been obtained , theexertioM of the firemen , soldier *; & c , were directed to it , and H was onl / by copious streams of water being prated _nfoxt it , that _^ was rescued . The _Chur « hl » also _indebted to tb _» praiseworthy exertions of tt » officers of the garrison and tfca soldiers under their _CDmroaad , for _IU preservation . ¦ ¦

      The Jewel Tower next attracted tbe attention of tbs authorities .- the wind having shifted , blew the fiimesla that direction , and its destruction appeared inevitable Oa this circumstance reaching tha ears of the Governor , Major Elrington , be instantly directed the warder * to break it open at aH risks , _seeare tbe regalia and Crow * jewels * , and bring them at once to him . To effect this crowbar * were found to be indispensable . Mr . Swift , the master of the Jewel Tower , who was sent for , wa * f _« nnd to be in possession of tbe key of ( he outer room _, only , the other key * to those valuables being In the

      possession : of the Lord Chamberlain . On gaining att entrance , much further difficulty presented itself in the removal of the strong lion _nittag with which the diamonds , && were surrounded . After a lapse of about twenty minutes-it was effected , and a most extraordinary scene presented itself , the warders carrying crowns , sceptres , and other valuables-ef royalty between groups : of soldiers , police , firemen , and others from the Jewel Tower to the Governor ' s residence , which is situated at the very further extremity of the green . None , bow * ever , sustained the slightest _injury , and by dint of most prompt exertion the Jewel _Toweritself was saved .

      At two o ' clock the fire was evidently at its greatest attitude , and a rumour spread abroad , even amongst the inhabitants ot Tbwet » biU , that a large magazine warn attached to the Armoury * and great fears were now entertained that a general explosion would take place . At time * it appealed that such was really the case ; for occasionally the flamea would vomit forth burning embers of Immense magnitude , again subside , and again repeat their dreadful thunders . This continued until about a quarter to three o ' clock , when the' fire showed symptoms of abating its tmj _§ and began' to expend

      Itself to far as to enable the firemen , together with the engines , to re-approach the ruins * Prior , however , to this taking place , a new cause of alarm arose in the Mapoffice , which contains some very valuable' maps , record * , < kc , catching fire . That , however , was soon got under , and all the property placed In safety . Attention was now . again directed to tbe maid building , and copious streams of water being poured into it in every direction , between four and five o ' clock on Sunday morning all danger of the flames spreading further bad ceased . Not long before five o ' clock a portion of the upper port of the Bound Tower fell down with fearful violence on .

      to the xeot ot the barracks opposite the King's Head , which it drove in , bub without _injuring any one . Notwithstanding , the further progress of the flames was not apprehended . During the entire of Sunday thecentre of the building presented one body of fire . It Is a complete shell ; . nothing whatever remains but tha walls and the splendid piece of architectural masonry at the summit of tbe building over the grand entrance , and they are in such a tottering condition that they ore momentarily expected to fall , and sentries are placed ia order to prevent persons going within a prescribed distance . The only relic of glory that meets the eye amidst this huge scene of desolation is an immense anchor taken at _Camperdows , whicb _steod on the left of the grand staircase .

      By the kindness of Major Elrington , who , in the absenca of Colonel _Qurwood , the Deputy-Lieutenant of the Tower , acts as Governor of the entire garrison , tho reporter was favoured with the following information ; —The gallant Major states , that Colonel Gurwood having occasion to leave England for France during Saturday , he , at six o ' clock that evening , assumed the post of Governor of the Tower of London . At half-past tea o ' clock he was at his official _reaidenoe , which ia facing St Peter ' s Church , when be was alarmed by hearing the beat ef the drams of the troops quartered in the garrison , which consisted or" a battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards and a company of Artillery . The rolling of the drums had scarcely subsided when he was informed that the Armoury was on fire . On going out he found

      the troops were mustering , and observed that fire was issuing just through the roof of the tower at the bade of the Armoury . He instantly gave orders to Colonel Auckland Eden , who was the Colonel in command of the troops , to employ the men as actively as possible in getting tho fire under , which _« rder was carried out with the greatest promptitude ,- but the fire had got so great a hold that before a sufficient supply of water could be obtained the entire roof of the Armoury was inflames . The fire engines soon arrived , but , netwithstanding the exertions of the soldiery , coupled with the assistance of 200 of the metropolitan police , and fifty ot sixty of the city police , the flames began rapidly to spread , and in tbe midst of them Captain . Delme Davies , of the Scots Fusilier Guards , rushed up /

      the grand staircase , and , with the assistance of hisr servant , succeeded in securing the sword and belt of bis late Royal Highness the Duke of York , and also the celebrated Maltese gun , whleh was taken from Malta by the French in 1798 , and subsequently captured by _Ctptaln Foot with the Sensible frigate . Finding tbat the _flimes , owing to the wind at that time , were extending in an easterly direction , he ( Major Elrington ) became alarmed for the safety of the Jewel Tower , and instantly gave directions for the warders , at any risk , to secure them and plactt the jewels in safety . They , however , with great difficulty accomplished their task , having to gain admittance to the jewel chamber by means of _crowbara and otber instruments , tae keys thereof being in the

      _posseseion of Earl Delaware , the present Lord Chamberlain . They were ultimately , however , deposited in safety in . tbe Governor ' s house . By four o ' clock on Sunday morning the entire of the Armoury was levelled to the ground , and there being no fear of a further extension of the flames , he ( Major Elrington ) felt it bis duty to convey the melancholy intelligence to his Grace the . Duke of Wellington , tbe High Constable of theTower , aad at that hour he despatched a messenger with a letter to his Grace ' s residence at _Apsley-bouse , and at the time of the _interview of ( he reporters with the Governor of the Tower his Grace ' s answer was received .

      It was expressive of , deep regret that so serious a loss had befallen the nation , and a desire to be informed if any further calamity had arisen , and whether his presence was at all required . At the period his Grace ' s letter was received a report had just reached the Governor that a man had been killed by tbe falling in of some portion of tbe building . Major Elrington , being desirous to obtain all tbe accurate information in his power , in order to furnish it to- hia Grace , states that he made application to Mr . Braid wood , the superintendent of the London Fire Brigade , and obtained from him the following statement , which he-with great courtesy handed to the reporters : —

      * 'London Fire Establishment Station , 68 ) Watling-atreet , Sunday Morning , Oct . 3 L . " Sir , —According to year request , Z beg to state that the alarm of tbe fire In the Tower was given at three-quarters post ten o ' clock , p . m ., of the 30 th inst Oa arriving there I found the circular building behind the grand staircase , leading to tbe small gun armoury , completely oa fixe , and the flames were extending along the main building on both sides . The height which the flames had gained , and the construction of the _bnUdingy with the scanty supply of water _/ prevented any hope of saving th & building itself . Every exertion was , therefore , mad * to save those adjoining , which were happily preserved . " The Map- Office was at one time in very great danger , which was averted by the exertions of the firemen , with the very efficient assistance of the troops .

      " Tha-- White To war was also at one thne in extreme danger , and the arrangements of the _effiww and exertions- ot the soldiers alone prevented its destruction . "Thofire appears to have commenced ia theworkshofs > bebind < the large Armoury , but I have not been able to ascertain the cause . " The engines present at the lire were t—Nine belonging te the Tower of various sizes : eight large engines- belonging to the _Iroudon Fire Establishment ; two powerful floating engines , also of the Fire Establishment _r one belonging * to the West of England . Insurance Company ; one from the County Office ; one from the Custom House , and four parish engines .

      " In conclusion , I beg to say , that the danger of the flee fuikher extending now no longer exists , but , notwithstanding , several of the Fire Establishment engines will _remain on the spot . " Sir , " I have tke honour to be , *• Your obedient servant ,. " James _Bbaidwood , " Superintendent of the London Fire Establishment' * . " To Major Elrington , _Offiwr In Command in the Tower . " Major Elrington also states that the workshops fa * question wen closed about the same time as tbe gates of the Armoury , five o ' clock , and from taquSt & a be bad caused to be made of tho persons whft were _Um last to leave , the buildings appeared . perfectly safe . With respect to the origin of the fire , he thought it was caused from the flues of the stoves . ~ \\ an

      About twelve o ' clock , o _^ _Soaday accident of * fatal nature occurred to one of the Fire Brigade , sained & . WiveL Tbe unfortunate man was engaged in throwing water from the branch of Ms engine oa to the _hsfldlny at the east « xtr « iatty , nsartae jewel-room , wheat lar j piece of coping bom thetop of tbe bnildia * feu enbJa , and killed _hloi on the spot . Several oth « ateWeat have occurred through a similar _clrcumstaaee _, some ef _ttim of a very serious character . - Throughout the whole day the vidalty of 4 he 7 _« w « r presented a most animated scene . Thousands crowded the gates of the fortress , anxious to gain admission , but the same rigid orders being adopted they were not successful , unless they bad an order bom the Governor or some high _ftuthority . __ . i ;; -. ' _~ _zn : : \"? . " -, " . ' _-i . -.

      In ihe course of the afternoon the scene Of devattfr . tion was visited by several Members of Her Majesty ' s Government , the Lord Chamberlain , Lord Hill , _Goffimander-in- Chief , the Lord Mayor , it Henry _Hardinge _* CoLWyse , &&

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 6, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06111841/page/3/