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      Mr Thomas Poweia, Secretary Of The Late ...

      - c , au : ti-n . —No ; jcu cannot pun-base the allot ^• t p- * vrl ' etittat Lowb . inus , upon the conditions r ; mmca . The Cvmpawj Us a charge cf more than ^ a » a '" n lhut - Uo , IDlDt ' which charge must L ^ -catfd before one single farthing can pass into tie . n a ac of ^ eveilder- ^ W- L ' e « hik . Manchester . —The announcement is ur . ^ vVldaWy postponed . S- ~^ rPEE 55 * P THE CEXT 2 . IL DFIEKCE COMMITTEE I F- . * receired too late for publication this w eek . C O'Connor's letters , & c . having come to hand 0 " l ^ late , has oceasiontd the postponement of several I ' jnn « inicarions . c 0 uiLl ' s Defe ^ c : Fcnk . —We have received a f ner from Mr Aitkin , the treasurer of the above funrt , 1 " which it appears tint the amount received hy him e \ n the countrv ( B » t including Ashton-under Ljne ) A mounts < mly to ; £ 2 ' 2 s . 93 . Mr Aitkin earnestl y calls « - ^ n the Chartists to com e to the rescue before it is too *? . The 1 st of surseriptions shall appear next week . , c , Mi :. ti-n . —So ; : jcu cannot pun-base the allot

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      Secs X2ts Ofthenationaiita.Kd *^ Compan'...

      SECS X 2 TS OFTHENATIONAIitA . KD *^ COMPAN'Sr , poB THE WEEK SSDISG THURSDAY , AUGUST 10 . ISIS . TEX MR O'COKKOS . SUiiES . £ S . 5 . T ,:-h ., 2 5 5 Clitheroe „ 5 0 0 j l lfflbeth - 0 5 3 Blackburn .. 2 ~ o Whittinetsn ari Hoimfirth .. 2 17 0 Cat - 2 3 10 Leicester , Astill 2 0 01 Westminster .. 12 " Falkirk .. 2 13 io j Ifdbnrv « 0 13 9 Xewbury .. 3 9 3 , Monram >• Slo 0 Birmingham , \ Silisburv « 1 16 0 Goodwin 1 0 0 I ( Henden «• 15 0 Kidderminster .. 6 10 r . ] D -w = b : inr « 4 6 5 Bristol « 5 <* 0 ' Vomng haa , HuU - 114 : ' Sweet « 2 9 3 Thos H > parrow 0 1 0 TireTPDOl » S 5 3 Thomas Devonport 0 5 0 1 tVnn „ 2 0 0 Edward Good „ 0 li o | r ' rii ~ " 0 7 0 3 ohn Key .. 0 5 0 ; riT-eHtr « 2 o 0 William Hilliar 0 16 0 VTnrk = oi .. 2 3 0 Thos Thornberry 0 5 Oj Old Shimon „ 5 0 0 William Bailey 0 2 0 Rochdle . 1 13 6 £ 74 16 1 MHHM I SXPSKSE ? tND . i ieifi l - 0 2 11 Kottjcgham , ¦ ^ Tiiangton and Sweet .. 0 3 4 j c t 6 2 0 Liverpool ~ 1 ft 7 ¦^ etniinster „ 0 4 0 Rochdale .. u 2 6 Le hary „ 0 3 0 BKckSurn .. 0 2 o Oeade ' s -. 0 1 0 Hull - 0 17 2 ftwsbury „ 8 10 6 Jonathan Jaques 0 2 0 £ 3 11 0 Land Fund ... ... ... 74 16 1 Expense Fund ... ... ... 3 110 Rule * ... 0 0 4 7 S 7 * 5 Bank ... ... ... ... 113 11 2 £ 196 IS 7 Ws . Diiok . Cebibtopheb . Doilx , Thos . Cubs , ( Cones . Sec . ) Philip M'Gkath , ( Fin . Seo . ) RECEIVED AT BAXK . Preston Auxiliary .. .. .. .. 10 0 9 NOTICE TO DEPOSITORS . Hereafter , all Post-office Orders should be made pay . able at the Blocmsbury Money Order oface , instead of St Uartin's-ie-Grand General Post-office . T . Peics , Manager . THE LIBERTY FUND . The monies received for Liberty Fund will be published in next week ' s Stab . We once more call on the Char lists cf England and Scotland to forward their subscriptions as soon as pc-ssiole- Let no time be lost A political soveinent without energy is werse than useless . Johs M'Csae , Secretary . FOR FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . EECEIVED AT LASD OFFICE . J . Jenkins , Esq . „ ~ .. „ I 0 0 EQ £ DS . K D 3 C & . LI / 8 DEEEKCC , EECE 1 VED B £ W . E . 1 DER . Mr Murray , Mr Battam , London . \ . 0 0 6 London . „ 0 3 8

      Notice. Sales Of Allotments. 2 Am Instru...

      NOTICE . SALES OF ALLOTMENTS . 2 am instructed by the ?> oard of Directors to state tbat they will net recognise any sales of allotments that take place without their knowledge ;' cor will they allow any purchaser to take possession of an allotment , ucle ? s snch purrhr . Eer has first transmitted to the Office of the C- mpany the purchase Eoney in fail , so that there may be deducted therefrom ail ? ccb demands es the Company may have against outgoing tenants . Attempts have been recently made to evade this regulation ; tbe Directors , there f ore , publish this eautianry notice , eo th ; tt rcrcha ~ ers rnr . y e ' eariy cnderstatid thst where the rules of ; ha Corapiny are cot compiiedjvf ith , that possession wiU not be allowed . Tbcmas Cube ., Correspcndicg Secretary .

      To The Secretaries O? The Branches Of Th...

      TO THE SECRETARIES O ? THE BRANCHES OF THE LAND COMPANY . The follovfing branches and districts of ihe National Land Company will Le attended by deputa . tions from the Directors , for the purpose of discussing and deciding upon the important propositions contained in Mr O'Connor ' s letter , inserted in the Stas of this day . All these branches and districts will therefore take the necessary steps for convening meetings as they must be visited within one month from Monday , ' . he 14 th instant . One week ' s notice of the districts and branches to be visited , will appear in the lioRTHEax Star . Rv order of the Directors .

      Northampton , Leicester , Derby , Nottingham , Birmingham , Bilston and VTolverhampton , Hanley and Long ton , Macclesfield , Stockport and Wimslow , Manchester , Ashton , Hyde , Dukesfield and Mottrarr Oldham . Rochdale and Bacup , Buiy and Heywood Todmorden and Hebden-bridge , Burnley , ' Colne , Padiham and Barrowford , Blackburn aad Oswaldtvfislle , Bolton , Preston , Wigan , Sheffield and E . otherham , Doncaster , Barnsley , Leeds , Bradford , Keighley , Halifax , Dewsbury , Huddersfield , Hull , Kewcasile-upon-Tyne . Sunderland , South Shields , Carlisle , Glasgow , Edinburgh , Dundee , Aberdeen , Reading , Swindon , Bath , Bristol , Cheltenham , Worcester , Kidderminster , Merthyr , Bridgewater , Exeter , Newton Abbott , Plymouth , Norwich , Ipswich , Lynn .

      NOTICE . Two of the D ' . reelors will attend Beefcinis of the Members of the National Land Company at Manchester , on Monday and Tuesday , August 21 st and 2 » nd ; at Ashton . for its members and those of Motbfiia , Sialybridge , Duckinfield and Hyde on Wednesday ; Stockport , Thursday ; and Oldham on Friday .

      Defence Fund. Received By Wh. Ridbe. £ E...

      DEFENCE FUND . Received by Wh . Ridbe . £ e . 6 " . Amount already published ] ... ... 3 C 0 19 1 P . E . liol . lLoTidftn 0 3 0 BinninehRin . People ' s Hall , per H . KudhaU 0 2 3 A . V . niTr , WadhciBt ... ... ... 0 0 6 A Few Friends , Riverhead , Kent ... 0 14 3 . GreiB , Glasgow ... ... .. . 0 4 0 Oldtnry , per H . Warpocd ... ... O 14 0 Coventry , per W . Hosier ... ... 0 6 0 Hettinis , p « r E . ilase ... ... ... 0 5 6 Cia : g Vale , ne & r Htbdcn Bridge , per J . Smith ... ... ... 0 12 - A . Etttiington , Easinstca-Iase ... ... 0 6 6 SotviEgham . per J . S « eet ... ... 0 5 4 w Gr . nam & n , SouTbbtircngh ... ... o l * G . Palmer , ditto 0 1 S Padinam , per Ur Thompson ... ... 0 15 0 Davenport , per J , Rogers ... ... 0 15 0 Whiitingtsn End Cat Locality , p ' . r Kr BiocmSsia ... ... 0 2 1

      £ 3 U 8 9

      Ctrsiy T? Drjbhim —At A District Delegat...

      Ctrsiy t ? DrjBHiM —At a district delegate meeting , held at Ctxhop , on Snndav , July 20 : b , u was resolved that the counties of Durham and Northumberland be amalgamated ; that Hartlepool be the district : thitMr R . H . Robmson be district pterident ecd corrtspGcding Becr ^ tary ; Mark ParkiuSOD , district secreatry ; and ilr Wm . Byrne , ot Newcastle , be engaged ssl ' . cturer for the said county . 1 ) Aasr . rs . —On Monday wesk . Mp Georg 9 HanUon delivered a lecture at the Flying Horse , when fortyfit members were enrolled . Bristol—Tbe members ef the National Charter Asjoci & tionare requested te meet at Snow ' s Coffeerooms , Temple-street , next Tuesday evening at seven o'clock .

      TiproN , sbah Dudley . —Mr Joseph Barker of Woolley , near Leeds , will deliver two lectures tn Sunday next , on ' The Curse of an Aristocracy , ' at three o ' clock in the alternoon , and at six o ' clock in the evening , No & wich . —An adjourned rneetine will be held next Monday , at , the Chartist Hall , St Edmunds , at eight o ' clock . " focHDiLE .-On Sucdaj evening next , August 13 , 3 Ir ^ £ mes Leao b , of Manchester , will lecture in the Chartist ro ^ m , top of Yorkshire-street , at half past * s o'clc "i in the evening . —A tea party and tall * iU te h ^ S in the Chartist room , on the Wake MondaT , A . TSMt 2 Ut , 1848 . Tea on the title at four o ' clock .

      « Order Reigns In Ireland !' To The Work...

      « ORDER REIGNS IN IRELAND !' TO THE WORKING CLASSES . BaoTHiH Peoletaruks , Smith O'Brien has been arrested , the rebellion is « suppressed , ' and ths 'triumph of order' in Ireland has cxaited ene burst of ' 0 ! be joyful ! ' from tbe t ' . a gentry of tho Press-gang . Now that wholesale lying and slandering havo achieved the ends intended ; now that Smith O'Brien has been hunted down , acd that there ia ' nunwa Di-mmc mrutM

      nothing farther to be gained by holding that unfortunate gentleman np to ridicule and execration ; now the veEal Press-gang begin to admit that the victim of iheir rascality is not exactly tho fool and villain t hey represented . It is now admitted that Mr O'Brien permitted no plunder , nor attacks upon in diriduale ; on the contrary , he supplied Msfollowers with foed at his own cost ; and in the Ballingarry affair , when he had an opportunity of mastering the police by setting fire to a heap of straw and so burning them cnt , he refused to have recourse to such a mod of warfare . Contrast this with the brutal and

      bloodthirsty conduct of the police . Trant , according to the correspondent of the 7 V »!« , told his janissaries , when absut to commence the work of blood , that he expected a man for every cartridge ; and this expectation his worthy fellow-loyalists did their best to gratify . It is asserted that Mr O'Brien hid taken scarcely ^• y precautions to disguise himself when atteapt - imr to set to Limerick by way of Thurles ; it is , therefore , in erred by some of the journalists , tbat in coming to Thurles , his intention was to surrender himself to the Government forces . Ba that as itmay , his bittertst enemies acknowledge one fact

      which redounds greatly to the honour of the unfortunate gentleman ; namely—that as soon as he became aware that the Lord-Lieutenant had issued proclamations threatening all who might harbour or aisist the ' rebel chief with the penalties of high treason , he nobly determined to forsake tho homes cf those who had afforded him shelter , nther than subject them to the punishment their generous hospitality was csleulated to draw down upon their heads . This one act of the unfortunate O'Brien will win hira the approbation of all true men , in spite of the brutal beffooneries of the truculent Times and the vitupera ' are outpourings ef the rest of tho base Press-garg .

      The easy suppresion of the ' rising' must be attributed in a great measure to the exertions of the priests on the side of tke Government . The Canadian rebellion , in like manner , was crippled by priestly hostility . We are t < -ld in the newspapers that the altars of Nenagh , Cahir , Clonmel , Caihel , and Carrick-on-Snir , have rung with deBup . ciations of the physical force movement . The Rev . Father Kenyon . of Templederry , renowned for his fierce and furious denunciatiens of O'Connell and ' moral force , ' is reported to have been foremost in repudiating the men he , very recently , was inciting to take the course they have unhappily for themselves pursued . I am curious te learn the why and tbe wherefore of the—it may be politic , bnfc not very

      honestpart played by the priesthood . Did they retuae to eounteranee Smith O'Brien , because of his Protestantism ? Or , were they fearful that a 'Young Ireland ' revolution would bring about a diminution rather than an increase of their influence over the m : i ? es ? O .- . hsve they swallowed the bait of ' Catholic Endowment , ' with which , of late , both the followers of Peel and Russell have beea angling for Irish priestly support against the prepress of ' revolutionary principles ? ' I etroncly suspect that the whole of the motives ireagined in the three queries I havo just put , have had no mean share in pnidinj thejeeent conduct of the Catholic clergy . It is certain that vigorous efforts are bow being made by Ireland ' s Esclish rulers to secure the co-operation of the Irish pmsthced hy \ h « ' golden link' ot ' Endowment . '

      Bnt should this scheme succeed , it does not follow that the Irish j ^ Eop le win be thereby Wnfeed mote closely to * the institutions of the empire ; ' on the contrary , it maj happen that the result will be the tafal destrnctioD oi the priesthood ' s influence , and the mental libera tion of the masses . Ills notorious that Roman Catholic priests are not everywhere 5 < 3 pa ' ar with the communicants of their own cturcE ; the reverse is the case in more than one Roman C & tholio country ;—even in Rome , the priests are , at this very time , subjected to pnj u'ar suspicion acd Laired . There ia gocd reason for believing tbat the influence of the Irish priesthood is sheady en the wane . If they nnite tbemselves with the hereditary enemies of their country and their creed , tfceir power will utterly perish .

      The truculent Press gang continue their appeals to the worst passions of the privi ! eged orders , and their incitements to the eovetiiRient to rule Ireland by the swerd . ' Nothing , ' fays the Times , ' but the heiivy pressure of military government will now rtstire order among the people . More blood must be shedand the peasantry must be taught that wretched as is their present condition ' a worse thing may befal them . ' They must he made to feel by dear experience that rebellion is no cure for their misery . ' The Mornikg LtEBALD bellows for martial law . * A jury of officers , ' says that paper , ' aided by a provost marshal—or & serjeant of law , or one of her Majesty ' s judges , as

      assessor , wonld be the proper , and , indeed , the only tribunal to deal with rebels taken with arms in their hands . It is mere Yr big-rtadical drivel to > ay this is unconstitutional . ' ' We tnutt adopt a stricter and a sterner system—we must put lit and hridle into Vie jam of the kernes , and break them into habits of lameness , docility , end perfect obedience to whip and rein . ' Men ol England , I call upon you to protest against this horrible ruffianism . Were tbe atrocious sentimentB of the TlHES and Herald acted upon by any government , that government would forfeit all claims to popular allegiance . I trust that the rulers of Ireland will eschew counsels which , if followed , would drive the Irish people to deeds of desperation .

      At present , Ireland ' s tuUrs seem to have as Utile cause to apprehend any evil to themselves from popular hestility , ' as they have excuse for attempting the terrorism euggeeted by the Press-gang . The daily papers indeed chuckle arDgzingly at the fact , that no attempts were made to rescue Smith O'Brien by the people of Thnrles and Dublin ; or Dr Cane by the people of Ki . kenny . 'Tintiue . ' Alas for their counlrj ! her pride is gone by , And thai spirit is broken—which never Vfonld btnd ; 0 '* the raia her childrEn in § ecret must sigh , For 'tis treason to lore her , arid death to defend ! TJDprizsd are her eons , till they ' ve leara'd to betray ; Cndissingnishtd they live , it they shame not their sires : And tbe torch tbat would ligbt them throagh dignity ' s way , Kustfce caught from the pile where their country expires . '

      Still Ireland promises to be no bed oi roses to its conquerors . Either priestly persuasion , the want of proper leaders , or the decline of physical couragethe consequence of famine acd long-continued misery in every frightful form—one , or all of these iifloences may have served to stifle the ' late rebellion , ' and may serve to prevent any formidable rebellion in the future , but will there be an end to that ' wild justice o revenge , ' for which Ireland has become so unhappily famed ? What will be the state of the south when the dark nights come ? It is notorious that the seizares of arms made by the government have b ? en bnt trifling , compared with the enormous quantity ot deadly weapons known to be thou

      possessed by the peasantry . Thousands upon - sands of pikes atd firelocks are stowed away by the peasantry in places where the soldiery and police are not likely to find them . The raid at Abbeyfeall is regarded by the press , generally , as indicative of the troubles likely to he general when the winter sets in . Another famine , too , threatens a fearful addition to the existing distress and disaffection . The potato blight is evidently wide spread and rapidly extending . Frc-m the extreme north to the extreme south ; tbe same gloomy reports attest tbe renewed march of that calamity , which two years ago mowed down thousands and tens of thousand ? , the victims ot hunger and

      pestilence . The GoverLmer . t and parliament have done nothing to protect the Irish people against the terrible scourge which once more threatens to deeolate that unhappy lard . Ucder these circumstances ia it reasonable te fcope for peace in Ireland ? # . The TiiiEB asserts that tbe ' struggle in Ireland is really between those who have something and those who have nothing . " Who are responsible for that Btraegle ? Who commenced , and np to this hour have continued that fatal struggle ? THE IRISH LANDLORDS . Very recently , within two miles of the fashionable bstbint' place , Kilkea , nearly three hundred human brings were expelled from their houses . In a part of Clare , one hundred and thirtyeix houses were lately levelled , which made houseless upwards of five hundred human beings , many of whom

      perished on ths r-ad-eide . A few days before Christmas last , a Mr Walsh in Mayo , ( see Sir Tuke ' s pamphlet , and the reports cf Messrs Hamilton , Poor-law Commissioners ) , levelhd a whole village and parts of two others , ( one hundred and forty houses in all ) , and many of the expelled inhabitants penthed of cald and hunger . I may add , on the authority of George Poulett Scrope , M . P .. that there have been very recently evicted 240 familial from Lord Lucan's estates in Mayo ; and 200 families from Lord Ventry ' s estates in Kerry . At least one thousand houses were raged to the ground in the union Of Kiirush alono , coun'y Clare , last winter , b e tween November and March . The late Major Mahon evicted 60 O families from his estate in Roscommon . The official reports of Captain Wynne from the union ofCarr ick-on-Sbannon and of the inspectors of the nebns ofGalway , Swinford , Castlebar , and others ,

      « Order Reigns In Ireland !' To The Work...

      X ? c ' f ? ^ ances wholesale clearances . * Tho retusal of tka Earl of Lucan , Colonel Knox Grrr , on « w , ofton ' » host of other titled and ' honin P . er 50 D « ees . to pay poor-rates to keep life InJl ^ k- 8 of their 0 PP" * si 3 n , is but a minor fea Woh ¦ SS . ihe P < "wfol against the weak , nf „ ffil ! , ' ? of EUenboroueh in the House WrflTi . . 6 W n , e : apo , declare the state cf Ikfa am . ' a eCan dal t 0 lhis countr y > and a mnm t 0 G . Julian Haukey . August 10 th , 1848 .

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      The Mbtkopolitas Central Victim And Depb...

      The Mbtkopolitas Central Victim and Depbkok Committee tj the Chaktisis op Losnou A » n its Lkvikons . —Bhothkb Democrats — The law has once more laid its withering grasp upon the advocates of the rights of labour , as much as to sav , serfs you are , and serfs you shall remain , and if you do no 5 resent the insult , serfs you will deserve to bi . to the sincere and enthusiastic , this appeal will not be made in vain . Shall it be said tbat the elcqaent advocates of your never-dying principles shall be subjected to the loathsome degradation of the felon ' s dress and fare and pick oakum ? In the name of justice . Democrats , forbid it . But this is not all ,

      friends . Shall the wives and children of the victims gloat the eyes of the unfeeling Poor-law Commissioners , be taunted with their poverty , and upbraided with their husband ' s crime of seeking to alleviate your condition ? Ws know your poverty , hut we also know your justice and your generosity . We theretore call upon you to organise yourselves for the purpose of succouring the noble martyrs and their bereaved families . We remain , brother labourer ? , yours , in the cause of human progression , on bfhalt of the above committee , —Messrs Martin . Bezer , Coixett , Guest , and Sumner . —James Grassbi , secretary , 8 , Noah ' s Ark-court , Stangato , Lambeth .

      Bahnslet . —The Irish Roman Catholic Chartists of Barnsley versus the O'Connell Bishops and Priests of Ireland . —At a public meeting of the Irish Cathblic Chartists of this town , it was resolved unanimously : — ' That it is an indisputable fact , supported by history , that the infamous Dirmod M'Murrough , on his return to Ireland after selling his native country to the Norman King Henry of England , was concealed in the Monastery of Ferns by the priests of that place , until the arrival of the Normans , and that the priestly ruffians knew full well that he was a

      traitor and an adulterer . ' ' That from that period to the present time , whenever the Irish people had good honest leaders , and endeavoured to assume the attitude of men , numbers of luxurious and insolent mitred andsurpliced hypocrites have interfered , and , ty sophistry and blasphemous lies , seduced the ignorant and confiding people of Ireland from the path of manhood , honour , and nationality , aad sent them back to their dens of misery and degradation , while the canting villains lived on the fatof the land , taken

      from the sweat and toil of their poor deluded dupes , ' ' That we have good reason to believe that pampered bishops and ignorant idle priests are now bribed by the English aristocracy and middle class , who have promised to make them the established Church of Ireland if they get the people to starve quiet'y . ' * That we hope every Irishman in England and Scotland will send the Star to his friends in Ireland , and thatwe request the patriotic editor of the Star to insert these resolutions in his paper for two weeks '

      Winchester . —At a meeting held a few days ago , a vote ot thanks was given to Mr O'Connor , on account of the resolution unanimously passed by the Committee upon the Land Company , which they hail as the best refutation to the lies of the press . Calumnies anb Misrepresentations of the ' Birmingham JoURNAt . --This paper is at its dirty work again—falsely and foully misrepresenting the numbers , sayings and doings of the Birmingham Chartists . As a proof of the accuracy of ita report , the meeting alluded to in the columns of the Journal took place on Monday night , and not on Tuesday .

      At the meeting on Thursday night , neither women , boys , nor girls were allowed to walk ; and , to give an idea of numbers , the procession occupied fourteen minutes in passing any given point . The veracious ' JocRKAr . ' says ' about a thousand persona were present , including ^ women and children . ' Mr Mantle instead of making , speeches calculated to excite the minds of his audience , did his utmost to preserve peace and order , and his conduct deserves the highest praise . The truth-telling Jovjssal , however , has bounded tn the authorities to arrest him , and on Saturday week last a warrant was issued , tha execu . tion ( f which he has avoided by flight .

      Bullwell —On Tuesday week , Mr Georgo Harrison delivered a lecture on the Green . After the meeting forty-two names were enrolled . Pke 4 toh . —A mee ; irg of the Preston Chartists was held in the News Room , Lune-ctreet , on Sunday evening last . " Mr James Brown in the chair ; when the following resolutions were agreed to : — 'That this meeting consider that the money subscribed for the defence of Mr O'Connor ' s seat for Nottingham , has no right to be appropriated for any other purpose than Mr O'Connor thinks fit to put it to . ' ' That one pound be sent for the defence of Dr M'Diuall . ' ' That a committee fee appointed by this meeting , to see to tbe collection of monies for the support of the Chartist victims . ' Mr Michael Ward then gave in his report from the North Lancashire district meeting ,

      Dddley . —At a meetinc of this branch of the National Land Company held at the Jolly Collier , Stamford-street , the following resolutien was adopted : — 'Thatwe , in gratitude to Mr O'Connor , tender him our sincere thanks , for his Herculean efforts in the c ? use of humanity and justice , and assure him of our pride at his every victory over the factions , and the recent triumph gained by his honesty and courage in the committee on the Land Plan . ' Northumberland and Durham , —A district delegate meeting was held in the house of Mr Gilroy , Cross Keys , West Holborn , South Shields , on Sunday , August 16 th , Mr Richards in the chair . The following resolutions were passed : — ' That this district engage Mr John West as a lecturer , and that he commence his labours in this district on Sunday , August 20 ; h , and it is confidently hoped that the

      branches in this district will use their best exertions to obtain funds , to pay his expenses , and transmit them without delay te M . Jude , the district treasurer . ' ' That the friends at Newcastle and Northand South Shields engage a steam boat for an ex cursion to Seaton Delaval , on Sunday , August 20 th ; he proceeds to go towards defraying the expense of bringing Mr J . West into the district . ' ' That a camp meeting be held at the Avenue Head , Seaton Delaval , on Sunday , August 20 ; h , at three o ' clock in the afternoon ; and that the secretary be instructed to write to the friends at Seaton Delaval , Seghill , & c , to request them to make the necessary arrangements . ' ' That the next district meeting be held at No . 9 , Ropery-lane , Sunderland , on Sunday , August 13 th , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . It is particularly requested tbat each branch in the district will send a delegate , as the perfecting the arrangements for Mr West ' s tour must be agreed to at that

      meeting . MET 80 FQWT 4 N VlCTIM AND DEFENCE COMMITTEE . —Held at Cartwright ' s Coffee-house , August 6 th . Mr Martyn in the chair . Delegates were in attendance from several localities , — viz ., Globe and Friends , Messrs Knowles and Ramstead ; Washington Brigade , Huskins ; Greenwich , Messrs Brewster aad Lomas . Mr John Milnswas elected treasurer , It was than resolved ' That all monies above £ 10 be placed in the Land and Labour Bank . ' ' That 10 a . per week be allowed to each of the Victim ' s wives , providing they are not in receipt- of any other funds subscribed by the Chartist body , and that sixpence per week be allowed for each unproductive child belonging to each victim . ' ' Tbat the Finaace Committee wait uprn the Defence Committee to come to some proper understanding respecting the families of the victims . ' ' That the accounts of this committee ba audited quarterly . ' ' That Mr Merrymau be one

      of the Finance Committee in the absence of Mr Bizer . ' ' That this committee stand adjourned to next Sunday morning , at ten precisely , at 83 , Deanstreet , Soho . ' Tbe following sums were then handed in by the delegates , —viz ., 83 , Dean-street , Soho , £ 1103 . 7 d . ; receipts of harmonic meetings , ditto , £ 1 7 s . ; G- W . Is . Gd . ; Mr Ford , 2 * . 6 d . ; Mr Dennis , Is . ; Mr Sullivan , 6 d . ; Marylebone , 10 « . ; Mr Daniel Listen , 10 s . ; Star and Garter , 2 s . 6 d . ; Cripplegate , 8 s . 10 | d . ; a few friends , Suffolk Arms , Boston-street , Amy ^ road , 7 s . 8 d . ; Nottingham Arms , 10 j . ; Ernest Jones locality , 53 . ; Wallace Brigade , ' 10 s . ; Ollive branch , 9 s . ; Emmett Bri » gade , 103 . " ; Greengate , 10 s . ; Alfred Lodge locality , Is . 6 d . ; cigar makers , two sawyers , Minoiies , Bs . j Thomas Paine locality , 6 a Id . ; Hoxton , 4 s . ; King ' s Cross , 5 s ; a friend , Is , Total , £ Q 17 s . lOJd . Jahss GB 488 BT , secretary , 8 , Noah ' a Ari ?« C 0 Br 6 Stangate , Lambeth .

      Lincoln . —At a meeting of Chartist and Land m ? mbers , held at the City Arms , on Tuesday last , p . vote of thanks and confidence was siven to Feargus O'Connor , Esq , M . P ., for his able management of the affairs of the Land Company . NEWCASTLS-rjpiN-TYHE . —At a meeting of this branch ot the National Charter AsEoaiation , held at M . Jude'a , on Sunday . August 6 th , it was resolved , 'That each member of this branch , who is in employment , will , in future , be expected to pay one penny per week to the local funds , so as to enablethe

      council to carry oat the objects of the Association . ' 1 That this branch beg respectfully to suggest to other branches of tbe Charter Asgociation , that a certain day should be fixed once every three msnths , when every man , friendly to the cause , shall contribute sixpence to the Liberty Fund . ' ' That the members of this branch do in future psy one halfpenny per week to the victims and their families , and all persons friendly to the canse are requested to hand in their subscriptions to M . Jude . ' Mr James Watson will lecture in M . Jade ' a Long-room on Sunday , August 13 h , at seven o ' clock .

      Ireland. Aruest Op Mr Smith O'Bmen. , Th...

      IRELAND . ARUEST OP MR SMITH o ' bMEN . , THE STATE TRIALS . TBE OUTLAWS . '— ' WANTl-H AS EXECUTIONER . '—THE DUBLIN CORIMRATION . - MS O ' CONNOR AND HIS CRITICS - THB ITALIANS IN IRBLAKD .

      [ From our own Correspondent . ) . Dublin , August 8 oh . Before this communication will reach London , you will have learned that William Smith O'Brien is captured , and jou will also discover the how , the when , and the where , of his unexpected arrest . You will see tbat he travelled on last Saturday from hia hidingplace in the Tipperary solitudes , and came undisguised in the evening into the town of Thurles . about fourteen miles from the mountains . You will learn tbat he sent a peasant boy , who was his constant attendant all through the period of his out Iawry , to purchase a second . class ticket to Limerick , intending to go from thence to his own seat at Carwraoy le , with a view to rest there in quiet , and await the visit of his captors . It not being da-k when he entered Thurlea

      , he was quickly recognised by several of the humbler classes of the inhabitants , who were lingering around tbe station , expecting ' news from the hills . ' One old woman , a fruit seller , in particular , striking her breast and crossing her brow devoutly , exclaimed with a half . smothered groan' Oob , cross of Christabout us ! There he is , and nobody else ! ' Yet neither that poor creature , nor any of the other miserable beings who recognised the out law , would betray their favourite , nor pollute their soul with the ' b' . ood money' of the Saxons . There was a large body of « detectives' standing at the station at the moment , but none of them were acquainted with his features , nor made any attempt to arrest him . Having received the ticket from the peasant , he was crossing the rail * , whea ho was accosted by the station-guard or watchman , who is an

      Englishman named Hulme . Mr O'Brien asked him which side of the rail was tbe proper stand for those awaiting the tram to Limerick , and also inquired the precise moment of its starting . The guard answered him civilly , but noticing a certain wildness in his look , with much uneasiness and trepidation in his manner , he gazed at him narrowly , and immediately discovered that he was no other than the watched of allwatchers—the fugitive rebel chief—O'Brien . He immediately procured assistance , and the gallant O'Brien , in fire minutes , was a manacled prisoner . He was conveyed to Dublin that night , and after undergoing the usual , or rather unusual bungling formalities peculiar to our Irish powers , ' was safely en-enncedis Kilmainhaoi Gaol , where he now awaits theplsnsure or displeasure of those whom he scorned , and hated , and defied .

      Such is the termination of the gallant O'Brien ' career—such is the end of Irish hopes and Irish ambition . Onrenemiesmay indeed triumph—justly triumph—for Ireland is onquered without a blow , and we are the scorn and byword of the entire world Well now may the old foes of the Irish name , and tbe Irish blood , wag their heads in ridicule , and point their scornful finger at the prostrate Lady Harpist , and the blasted , desolate Oak of Shillelagh . I burn . The biood drives madly through my veins . I conld curse my race ; I am sick and ashamed of my country and my countrymen . In many of my early letters to the Nohthern Star , I expressed my opinion that most of the

      leaders , or so » -disant chiefs of' Young Ireland , ' were not the ' men for Galway' —not competent for the task which they undertook . Many took offence at there insinuations , and smiled at my ignorance of the true character of these mighty talkers . But events have proved that I was not astray in my calculations . John M'tohel was a brave' and sincere man , and he was martyred ; Smith O'Brien was a hero , and he fell ; but where are the hundreds who swore to' remember Mitchel , ' and emulate his heroic conduct in the Newgate dock ? I am not one of those who would probe the lacerated heart , or pour gall into the wonnded bosom , but I cannot help declaring my opinion of the cowardice of certain fireeaters and giant-felavers .

      People blame the O'Connells . Fudge ! Tbe hurrble individual who pens these sentences would be as infkential in leading public opinion in Tipperary as John O'Connell . " l hat base fellow certainly did Viisntoost to defeat the cause , but he conld not , and he did not defeat it . What fighting man wouVl listen to the Conciliation Hall bantling ? Not odd in Miwfter won ) a do bo . And those | ano tnev we many indeed ) who blame the Catholic Clergy for the de / eaf , are equally mistakes . The Catholic priests certainly flung a tolerable sprinkling of cold water on the matter , and spoke a good deal ' out of eeason . ' but even they conld not defeat Iteland . Had the leaders been prudent and cautious , and faithful , and brave-hearted , John O'Connell and the priests might as well be preaching peace tj the storms of Slievenamon , or the billows of fcWft Lower Shannon , as to the dark-browed colliers of Kilkenny , cr the ' tall mountaineers' of Tipperary and Limerick .

      Thore are many who blame Smith O'Brien ' s temerity in approaching his enemies , and surreudering quietly to his cantors . But why should he ba blamed ? What could he do ? He » aw the cause rained . He played the game , and found all was lost . The govfrnment , not satisfied with offering a high reward for his head , gave notice that any person who would shelter or assist or succour him , or give him food or drink , or assistance in his privations , or who would be found in his company , or facilitating hia escape or concealment , would by the fact commit HIGH TREASON , and be Hablo to the punishments and penalties attached to the guilt of that crime .

      How , then , was the unfortunate O'Brien to act ? Was he to lie down beneath the rains and winds of Heaven , and perish 1 ke a wounded roe on the mountains ? He did what wae beat under the luckless circumstances . He formed the project of again seeking his own home , and there calmly await his arrest ; exonerate others fnnnthe dreadful chastise ments which any frien dly connexion with his ruined fortunes would bring upon their head . O'Brien acted nobly from first to last , and when presentprejndices will be softened down , and when all parties will be capable of viewing things in their true colours , Smith O'Brien will be done justice to .

      This day , the Commission opens in Green-street ; the Chief Baron and Baton Pennefather are the presiding judges . There is considerable apprehension and deep dejeotion amongst the people , but nothing ( as yet , at all events ) like the bustle and excitement attending the trial of John Mitchel , In those days the people ' s spirits were uo , and hope ran high . Now they are crushed , dejected , and mortified . Those committed for high treason will not , it is said , be tried now . it being the intention of government to appoint a Special Commistion for their' business , ' in a few days after the termination of the present trials . I am told Mr Martin will be put on his trial to-day , and C . G . Duffy will ba arraigned immediately afterwards . Nobody has any notion that a conviction will

      not be had ; and , consequently , the unfortunate gentlemen will' never again stepen Irish ground . ' Of all the offenders within the fangs of government , it is thought that Duffy will have the worst chance . He is looked en by his prosecutors as the most daneerous man in Ireland , and even Smith O'Brien will have a better chanco of mercy . Professor listfc and Sir Coleman O'Loghlen arrived from Cork yesterday to conduct Mr Duffy ' s defence , in conjunction with the brave veteran , Robert Holmes , A better selection could not be made ; but I believe Mr Duffy , eo far as regards success , might as well have put his case in the hands of three fish-hawkers from Patriok-atreet , or a trio of John O'Connell's coal-heaving auxiliaries from the Burgh Quay .

      With respect to Meagher , Dillon , O'Gorraan , Doheny , and the other prominent ' outlaws , ' we have no authentic account of their situation or their whereabouts . It is pretty certain , however , that they pre lingering in the dreary fastnesses of the Tipperary highlands . Rumour represents them as in the most melancholy plight—half-famished , worn out by fatigue and watching , and arrayed in tbe wretched ra ? s of the Tipperary mountaineers . It is said in some quarters that Mr O'Gorman is at tbe head of a large and well-armed band in the county Limerick , and that he led the attack on the Limerick and Tralee mail coaches on last Saturday . This I hardly can believe . I do not think O'Gorman had anything to do with that wild freak at Abbevfeale .

      As for the minor branches of ths ' rebel' force , nabedy hears anything atout them . S . J . Meany . of the Tribune , and Joseph Brennan , of the Fklon , have been arrested in Gort , in the county Limerick , and carried up to Dublin , where they were committed to Newgate on last Friday . I understand both these gentlemen are charged with high treason , and for conspiring to wage war wi ' . h and deprive her . Majesty of her kingdom of Ireland . The Dublin Corporators are particularly unfortunate . They Ion ? ago incurred the displeasure of 1 Young Ireland , ' by their adherence to Conciliationhall , and they are now in a hobble with the Protestants and Conservatives . Their offance against those people is , that they would not nominate A- ldermaa Kinahan ( high church Tory ) to the Lord Mayoralty for 1849 ; though , as it is alleged by that gentleman ' s party , the late Daniel O'Connell promised , and the other Roman Catholic members of the Corporation

      agreed with him , that , in order to satisfy all classes , and do away with religious ascendancy , Protestants j and Catholics should alternately fill the civic chair—; tho Catholic Lord Mayor of this year to be succeeded by b Protestant ni xt year—ho again to be sucoedad by j a Catholio , and so on alternately . A few days ago they had a meeting to nominate the chief magistrate ' for next year , when Alderman Kinahan was proponed by the Tory party—who form a small minority in the Corporation . He was rejected by the Roman Catholics , who accused him to his face of bigotry and par- tisanabip in every public matter in which he has any inflsence . This has given deep offence to almost the entire Protectant population , and is the cause of a good deal of recrimination in the Conservative press of Dublin . The person chosen to the office ia Alderman O'Brien , M . P . forCasbel . an Old Irelander , and a zealous Roman Catholio . This choice is certainly one nf the best they could make , as , wivh the exception of Alderman Keshan , there is scarcely any other

      Ireland. Aruest Op Mr Smith O'Bmen. , Th...

      Catholic member possessed of the qualifications necessary to such a high and onerous office . It seems that a portian ot the most fiery of tbe iingliah Chartists ., and same also of the ultra di > - affected ia Ireland , have besn complaining of Mr 0 Connor s inactivity during the recent agitation , and accusing him with want of ' pluck ' hocausa ht did not at once fling down the case and proclaim war to the pike against the Whigs ! How very un - reasonable this ia . How very inconsiderate and verv wpjo ? 4 » 3 a '" Re portion of mankind ! We all know Mr 0 Connor is no lover of English government and we are all aware that English injustice and English misrule hai no more bitter enemy than the same gentleman . But we ought not to forget that he never was a revolutionist , nor built his hopes on the overthrow of the British Constitution . There may havebeen

      a section of English Chartists , as I am certain there was a iarge one of Irish mal-contents , full of revolutionary ideas , but certainly no man can fairly say that Mr O'Connor ever entertained or preached such doctrine . Mr O'Connor , in common with every other practical and sensible man , knows that it is not to tha fact of an English woman wearing ^ an English crown , that the English people owe their miseries , and hence he does not meditate hostilities against the pretty little Victoria . Mr O'Connor wars not against the moaarchy or constitution of Great Britain—his campaign is against the robher aristocracy , aud the mal-administration cf those laws which were originally framed for the protection and well-being of the many . And even in waging battle with those evils , why should he not rather adopt the most prudent acd practical tactics , in preference to empty bluster and mischievous bravado ? And . in

      estimating those things , why should not the public be just to Mr O'Connor ? What would he gain for himself , or for those who look to him as their guide and prophet , by a raah and ill-devised and ill-timed appeal to arms ? Alas ! we have only to look to the gallant , but unfortunate , Smith O'Brien , to learn a great and important lesson . Poor O'Brien reposed trust in promises , and gave his life , hia liberty , his property , his all , for those who did not respond to his heroism , or fulfil tho solemn pledges they had given . And had Mr O'Connor been a revolutionist , and had he acted like O'Brien , are we sure that those who now inveigh against him , would not hang back , and leave him to breast the winds of adversity , and disappointment , and discomfiture , in some gloomy coal mine , or on the peak of some wild and dismal niouu

      tain ? I am not sneering at Chartist prowess or at English honour , but in these times have we not cause to be prudent ? How the Whigs would gbry had they Feargus O'Connor an outlaw in glen or cavern , on craig or highland ; and how the ' Press-gang '—the lick-spittle blackguards of the Sundat Timbb , and the Dispatch , and Lwtds , and tho rest of the pestiferous crew—would cock their crests and crow over the extermination of the Chartiat chieftain . But , 1 trust , he will not be exterminated . Experience has taught him what he might hope for wore he agait . in the clutch of his enemies . He will disappoint them—and he will conquer them , too , without risk to his own personal liberty , or danger to the good cause in which he has so long and so manfully struggled .

      It gratifies me to record , that whilst the gallant people of Italy are contending with their oppressor , their brethren at present residing in Ireland are not inactive spectators of the struggle , nor unmindful of the claims of their brave fellow-countrymen ; and though unable to poise the lance , or wield the sword , against' The Austrian ' s red hussar , ' are , neverthe less , determined net to stand by idle and useless , but to render to the glorious cause of national freedom all the aid which their circumstances will admit . On last Thursday week a meeting of the Italians of this city was convened at Queen-square , when a resold tion was drawn up and a circular issued , calling on all the Italians residing in Ireland * not to remain useless spectators of the national strife with the Austrian invader . ' I have been favoured with a sight ef that circular , which is signed by Signor Francesco Porro , P . Machei , B . Angeli , and many others . It is an excellent and well-written

      document , and had it not been for our own unhappy circumstances would have been warmly greeted by ten thousand Irish tongues , as well as by those to whom it is specially addressed . Indeed , the Italians inhabiting Dublin , and Ireland generally , deserve the best wishes of the Irish people . In all our efforts we had cheir sympathy and aid .

      The Irish League. Another Victim Has Bee...

      THE IRISH LEAGUE . Another victim has been added , within the last week , to tbe calendar of Whig despotism in the person of Robert Crowe ; but notwithstanding all the persecution the Whigs may pursue towards the leaders of the Clubs , the hearts of tho expatriated sons of Erin in this metropolis beat high for the nationality of their own green land . The Clubs may be put down , but the spirit will fctill exist-The * CdaiIles Gavan Ddffy' Club . ~ Large meetings of tida Club bare been held at the ' Sun ' Coffee-house , Long-lane , Bermondsey . On Wednesday , Friday , and Sunday evenings last , a great number of persons enrolled themelves as members of the Club , and the greatest enthusiasm was displayed . The ' Red Hvjoh O'Donhmj / Siajb . —A crowded meeting of this Club was held on Monday last . Several persons were enrolled , and subscriptions were entered into for tho defence of Robert Crowe .

      The ' Davis' Club . —The members of this Club held a meeting on Monday las ^ , in their room , 83 , Dean-street , Soho , which was crowded to suffocation . Mr James Collins was called to the chair . Mr W . Dowling dwelt at great length on the affairs of the Club , and warned the police to behave more kind to the people . They had arrested Crowe because he bad told the police on Monday last that they wore the clothes of other people . He was surprised that he had been committed on such slender evidence . Great exoitement pervaded the meeting on account of the conflicting reports from Ireland . The meeting then adjourned . Thb 'Felon' Club . —A large meeting was held on Sunday , at Cartwright ' a Coffee-house , Redorossstreet . Several soul-stirring appeals were made , and the greatest enthusiasm prevailed . The ' Robert Emmett' Club . —Crowded meetings of this Club continue to be held .

      Thb ' BauH Bonn' Club . —A crowded meeting of this Club was held at the Druid ' s Arms , Green wicb , at which subscriptions were freely entered into for the Defence Fund . The Irishmen of this borough are up and doing , and they are ably assisted by their brother Chartists in the good work . A large meeting at Denny ' s Coffee house , Great St Andrew-street , was also held on Sunday last , Meetings for the ensuing week ;—Sunday . — Cartwright's Coffee-house , Redorossstreet ; Fountain and Still , Goiden-lane ; Druids ' Arms , Greenwich ; Denny ' s Coffee-house , Great St Andrew-street ; Three Tuns , Moor-street , Soho . Sunday , Wednesday , and Friday . —Sun Coffeehouee , Long-lane , Bermondsey . Monday , Tuesday , and T / fawtey . —Washington Temperance-hall , Cable street , Wapping . Monday , Wednesday , and Friday . —Temperancehall , Rufford'a-buildings , Islington Turnpike ; and Assembly-rooms , Dean-street , Soho .

      A meeting will ba held on Sunday evening nest , at Mr Nagle ' a , Three Tuns , Moor . street , Soho , to raise sub criptions for the defence of Robert Crowe , another of the Whig victims . All announcements of Club meetings to be forwarded to our reporter , Mr T . R . Reading , 4 , Bridgestreet , Parliament-street .

      On Sunday, August 13, Alectuie Will Be G...

      On Sunday , August 13 , alectuie will be given by Mr Salmon , at tbe Albion , corner of Wilmot-street , Bethnal Green-road , on ' The cause jof misery and the best means of speedily remeving it- ' ' Thb Charter , ahd how to obtain it . *—Mr Kydd will lecture on the above subject in the John-street Institution , on the evening of Thursday , the 17 th of August . Chartists of all localities are invited to attend . Hull . —A general meeting will be held at the Temperance-hotel , Blanket-row , on Sunday evening , August 13 . —A general meeting of the members of the National L ^ nd Company will be held on Tuesday evening , August 15 , in the Wilberforce Rooms , at half-past seven o ' clock .

      County of Durham —At the delegate meetin . held at Wingate grange Colliery , on Sunday , Cth of August , all branches in this county were requested to send a delegate to the next delegate meeting , to be held at Coxhoe Pottery , on Sunday , the 20 th of August , at Mr Rain ' s , publican , at half-past twelve o'clock , when a district levy will be made for defraying tbe expense of lecturers . Mr Wm . Brawn ' s route lor next week : —Monday H ' . h , Darlington ; Tuesday 15 th , Stockton j Wednesday 16 th , Middlesbro ; Thursday 17 th , Hartlepool ; Friday 18 th , Costle-Eden ; Saturday 19 th , Wingate Grange . Washington Bbioads . —Mr Samuel Kydd will lecture on Sundav evening , at the King and Queen , eornor of Foley street , Subject ; ' Organisation ot Labcur . ' To commence at eight o'clock ,

      Thb Central Registration and Election Com mitteb will meet at ' 83 , Dean-street , Sobo . on Tuesday evening next , August 15 th , at eight o ' clock pre Cablislb . — The members of this branch of the National Lami Company are requested to attend their meeting-room , No . 6 , John-street . Caldewgate , next Sunday , August 13 th , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , to discuss the report of the committee on the above Company , Mr Graham will be in attendance , from Minster Lovel , to give a deecription of that estate , and his opinion as to the working of the plan . Manchester . —A friend will deliver two lectures in the People ' s Ins-tiiute . on Sunday , August 13 Cfl . Fiwt at two o ' clock in tfie aitemoon ; second at half . past six o ' clock in the evening A female members meeting of tha National Charter Association will be held in the Pebpk'a Institute , at two o ' clock in the afternoon .

      Liverpool A quarterly meeting of this b / anoh will take place on Monday evening , August 14 tb , at MrFarreU ' 8 . 62 , Richmond-row .

      De3truc11yis I ; Ilte And Loss Oh' Llt'b...

      DE 3 TRUC 11 YIS i IltE AND LOSS Oh' Llt'B , . On Monday n'i > ht the metropolis was visited by j ihoniithrcakof cwo fires , which , in a very short t period laid in ruin a vast amount of valuable pro- . net ' v , and deprived one , if trit nine or ten perming , , of life . The " firo broku out upon tho premises } bGloi ^ inato Mr Uatfie : d , n Berlin wool dealer , « tu- . ate in Albany-street , Rent ' s Park , next door to I the Win . lavr Castle Tavern , The second disaster r occurred upon the premises belong ing to the Kev . , Be Dale , Amen-corncr . Paternoster-row ,

      The circumstances connected with tho former fire l were of a very distressing character . It appeara I that shortly after the shop was closed the inhabitants were aroused from their slumbers by a noige i resstubUng the tlischarge of a piece of ordnance ; at the same time the greater portion of Mr Hatfi-ld ' s premises , which were fo \ K-stories high , were blown into the street , the floorings and roof were lifted into tho air , the brick wall ' wa . < demolished and sent flying in suudry directions , breaking in the shop front * of several houses on tbe opposite side of the street , seriously injuring a great number in Ernest-street , forcing in tho windows of the Windsor Caetle Tavern , and at the Fame moment , as if by magic , the whole of Mr Hatfield ' s premises remaining . burst forth into a gene , ral blaze . It was one o ' clock before the fire was extinguished .

      Ths origin of this calamity ie not precisely known , but tho prevailing opinion is that it was caused by an escape of gas . Ten persons were in Mr Hatfield ' s house , it is supposed , when the explosion occurred ; out cf that number three ocly can be accounted for : one a young girl about sixteen years of age , a servant in tbe establishment , was blown through the bhopfront on the opposite side of the street ; she was found dreadfully mantled , her head being shattered , and her face burnt . She vax removed totheiolice station , where she was seen by a surg ( on , who pronounced li r e extinct . T « o other parties , a roan and woman , were also forced by the power of the explosion into the street , and were so seriously injured aa to . be obliged to be removed to the hospital . Whether any of the other parties were in the house at the time of the explosion is at present unknown . At one o ' clock this ( Tuesday ) morning the firemen were busily engaged searching tho ruins .

      FURTHBR PARTICCLARS . This disastrous occurrence has been far more do » structive in its consequences than was at first anticipated . Happily the sacrifice of life has been greatly exaggerated , oily one person being actually dead and three others severely injured ; but the destruction of property occasioned by the explosion is most serious . Of the hou ? e itself , in which the accident originated , not a vestige remains . That portion of the building not immediately destroyed ky the explosion was wholly consumed by the fire which occurred subsequently , and not one brick remains upon another . The two adjoining houa-u- —the Windsor Castle Tavern on the left , and a hosier and glover ' s shop on the right hand , are shattered to their foundations , and the front wall o' the latter wat expected to fall

      during the whole ef Tuesday . Tho surrounding pro . pert ? is injured to an extent which would not be credible to any except an eye witness , and how so much devastation could have been accomplished without a greater sacrifice of human life is extraor * dinary . The surveyors who examitted the district on Tuesday report that 100 houses have been more or less injured by the explosion , and it is certain that up * wards of 2 , 000 squares of glass have been broken Thirty houses on the opposite side of the street , and about a dosm on each side of the scene of the accident , are shattered : the damage also extends over a number of houses in Ernest-street and Little Albany * street , and even so far as Chester-terrace , in the Kegent ' s-park . There seems no reason to doubt that gas , and gss alone , was the cause of the accident .

      It appears that Mr Loten , the owner of the premises , with his wife and child , had been spending the day in the country , leaving his brother and sister-inlaw , a young woman named Jane Bird , in charge of the . premiees . During the last few days a strong smell of gas had bees experienced in the premises , and workmen had made repeated examinations of the main pipes , but without being able to trace out the cause . On Monday night absut nine o'clock the house was closed , and Mr Loten and his siflter retired uo-staira . But there they found the smell of ga « getting stronger , but it was of such frequent occurrence , very little notice was taken of it . At a faw t & umAwj V *> fM « Unft ' ty * . Mmj Bfta . ll ? , the nutsa maid ( since dead ) , went to the upper floor , and informed Mr Loten that the supper was ready ; at the

      same time another tetvant vient ont to purchase some hre wood , leaving the nurse maid at the ( loot whilst she went . The parties up stairs came < 1 awd , and having entered the back-parlour they found a candle burning on the table , and everything appeared perfectly safe with the exception of the strong smell of gas . They went to the lrontehop , and the mo » ment they opened the door the explosion occurred , which blew Mr Loten and his sister through the buckparlour window into the garden . At the same time the nurse-maid , who was standing at the street-door , was blawn completely over the road , and forced with such violence against the iron railings round one of the kitchen areas as to break the solid metal into pieces , " A man , who was passing along with his cart , was forced out of his vehicle , and severely injured ; a lad , named James Stanlite , in the employ of Miss Warraker , the bookseller , of the same street , was blown across the carriage-way and also eeverelyiojured . He is still remaining in the hospi .

      tal in a very precarious condition , At tbe same moment the iron gratings and window shutters of Mr Loten ' s premises , together with chairs , tables , and other articles of furniture , were forced over the road , and having earned away the 'hop front of the premises opposite , belonging to Mr Gibbons , No . 103 , sundry pieces of furniture were carried into the latter premises , and having made their exit at the back struck the houses in Chester terrace , a distance of nearly 200 feet , where a considerable Quantity of window glass was also demolished . The floorings of the adjoining house , belonging to Mr Brown , linen * draper , weru lifted up , the walla woro shattered , the furniture hurled into the street , and a female named Orrick , was thrown down and severely injured . The whole of the windows and frames in the Windsor Castle Tavern were destroyed , and the building ia several places set on fire . Several of the inhabitants residing opposite were struck by the bricks and furniture entering their premiees , but fortunately none of them were dangerously injured .

      The moment Mr Loten ' s brother could extricate himself from the ruins in the yard , he succeeded , after considerable trouble , in getting his sister from beneath tho rabbieh , and , by aoaling a wall ten feet ; high , he managed to draw up his relative . Both were considerably burnt , and were removed to the hospital , It has been ascertained that no other parties except the three alluded to were in the premises when the disaster occurred . During Tuesday afternoon , Mr Toplis , the surveyor to the Sun Fire-office , and Mr Hodgsall , the assessor of losses , visited tha ruins for the purpose of . ascertaining tho amount of mischief done . They were of opinion that no explosion of similar violence had ever taken place in the metropolis , and it was a matter of astonishment how so large a quantity o $ gas as must have accumulated in the shop could have occurred .

      The moment at which the accident tot k place is accurately marked by several clocks in the neighbourhood , and especially by a large dial at the Windsor Castle Tavern , which stands precisely at seven minutes past ten o ' clock . Mr Loten is insured in the Sun Fire-office to aa extent which , it is understood , will cover his loss . Mr and Mrs Loten returned from the country about half-an-hour after the explosion , and while theis house was in flames . The principal houses in Albany-street which have suffered injury by the explosion are the following : — No . 60 a , the W iudsor Castle Tavern , kepi by Ms Haines ; No . 59 , Mr James Horrex , hosier and glover ; No . 58 , Mr Hey ward , grocer ; No . 67 , Mr Grofidona , fishmonger ; No . 56 , Mr Francis , soalptor ; No , 55 , Mr Clarke , lamp manufacturer ; No . 5 i Messrs Graddon , pianoforte-makers ; No . 53 , Mr Boulter , fruiterer ; the Police station ; No . 61 , Miss Reynolds , milliner ; No . 64 , Savings Bank ; No . 65 ,

      Mr West ' s private residence ; No . 66 , Mr Wilaon surgeon ; No . 67 . Mrs Huxley's private residence ? No . 68 , Messrs Clark , candle mould manufacturera-On the opposite side of the street : —The Chester Arms , kept by Mr Clarke ; No . 114 , Mr Bedmead , oil and Italian warehouse ; No 112 , 13 , Mr Bolton , corn dealer ; No . Ill , Mr Godson , dairyman ; No , 110 , Mr . Pitman , fruiterer ; No . 109 , Mrs Capon , fanoy repository ; No . 108 , Mr Limebeer , cheese , monger ; No . 107 , Mr Tovey , architect ; No . 107 a , Mr Levy , jeweller ; No . 106 , Mr Wignell , butcher ; No . 165 , Mr Lambert , apothecary ; No . 103 , Mra Gibbons , haberdasher ; No . 102 , Mr Dennis , toy warehouse ; No . 101 , Mr France , plumber and glazier ; No . 100 . Mr Wells , saddler ; No . 99 , Me Cr & bb , baker ; No . 98 , Mr Harris , house painter ; No . 87 . Mr Thomson , artist ; No . 06 , Mr Harding , private residence ; No . 95 , Mr Willcick , artist ; No . 94 , Miss Myatt , milliner ; No . 93 , Mr Drew , builder ; No . 93 , Mr Bos , builder ; No . 91 , Mr Gorfin , watch maker .

      The second fire broke out shortly after twelve this ( Tuesday ) morning in the upper part of Mr Dale ' residence . It was first seen by a gentleman named Stiff , who forthwith gave the necessary alarm , The flames at that period appeared to be raging in the second floor , but shoitly afterwards they penetrated the third floor , and bursting through tbe windows , they illuminated the city tor some distance . Fortunately the whole of the inmates succeeded in effecting a safe retreat , although there was some diffi . oulty in removing the lady of Mr Dale , who had recently been confined . The flames were subdued about half . past one o ' clock . The fire was caused by tue nurse , who had been atten ding Mrs Dale , on leaving one of the rooms with a lighted candle in her hand , accidentally igniting the curtain of the bed , and in an instant the room became enveloped io flames ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 12, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_12081848/page/5/