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      ' The "Leeds. Times" And The \ " Norther...

      _vseif and cannot onderatand how you , or any other _JXian _wtb whoml do business , can be called opon-to _^^ matt ? I 8 0 Terw : hIcl 1 _W ** _- _?*™ ? n can , of" course , have no objection to bearing -jlli _no- testimony to your character as an _em-^ paring yonr soniewhat long connection _** _-fli this establishment , both during my time and ? tat of my pr _*^ _ae 8 S 0 IS ' yonr conduct _^ alwa ys _t _on that of a honourable man . and a gentleman ; , j know of no person with whom , np to the _^ _sent period , I have done business with more satisf action . _/ I am , your obedient servant ,

      D . _M'Gowas . F . O'Connor , Esq . 5 . Vr . Smiles , Professed Liberal , and Editor of a rank Tory newspaper . Now , you sneaking cur , read the above simple statement , and then see whether your Tory master , _jj 0 _-etches his men for fear they should drink the _jnt . has paid the sum of _£ 820 for composition alone for the " Leeds Times" in double the time ( forty-sk weeks ) that that amount has been paid for the Aortkra Star . Mind your quack , medicines and railway puffs , you brainless cub , and don't again interfere with the rights of those whom your grinding master screws in his vice . "VYhathaveyougotbythelie ? lam .

      Thefriend of the employedand of the fair employer , Feahgus O'Cxsson . _P . S . —Now , young gentleman , so much for the defensive , and just a word upon the attack . The Town Council of Leeds recently issued an order to _icceive tenders for doing their printing work .. A meeting of all the printers of Leeds was , in consequence , held at the office of iff . Bakes , printer and proprietor of the Leeds Mercury . The meeting was numerous , and , amongst others , Feeberick Hobson , vour master , and the proprietor of the Leeds Times

      and Mr . "Walkeb , printer , attended . The result was the adoption of a certain scale of prices which every one , with the exception of Mr . _Waisek , signed , under a pledge not to render a lower estimate . In violation of this contract , your master , the proprietor of tiie Leeds Times , who had signed , tendered Ms estimate , and so did ilr . Walker , who had not signed . "Walker was perfectly justified , and put in a lower estimate than had been agreed npon ; but vour ma _*? _der underbid W __ i _ ke & by very , \ ery much aud , as cheapness was the order of the day , le cheated himself into the job . Now , what do you

      sav of that ? But here's worse for you . _Mt-Takset , a highly respectable manufacturer of Leeds , of the Erm of Beacock _, Tasxet , and Co ., inserted an advertisement in one of the earliest numbers of the Northern Star . In some short time afterwards your master , who had crimped the advertisement , without any order , sent Mr . Tanxet in a bill for the amount . He refused to pay , denying that he had ever ordered its insertion . Tour master served him with a writ , and , rather than defend the action he paid the money . Some days since yonr machine broke down , and Mr . Tanset ,

      being the most experienced mechanic in Leeds , was applied to'to make the repairs , as the job was a veiy critical one . Mr . _Tasxet , to his honour , refused the job , because the proprietor of the Leeds Times had cheated him . And now , as to the opinion of working men themselves , aa to the two establish ments . William Simmokcs left your employment last week and came into Mr . _M'Gowan ' s to better himself . Yonr foreman left and came to me , and remained with me for seven years ; he afterwards

      came , at his own request , to London , and remained in Mr . M * Gowas ' _s employment till within the past fortnight , when he left to better himself upon a railway paper . Eight compositors , yon see , receive full journeymen's wages upon _theater , while the Leeds Times is got up for _£% 15 a . a week . Tou should not have thrown stones , as every ' one in Leeds and in Torksliire knows that the proprietor of the " Leeds Times" is'thc worst employer of any newspaper proprietor in the kingdom . . :

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      Important Notice. Henceforth All Communi...

      IMPORTANT NOTICE . Henceforth all communications for the Northern Star must be addressed amply thus _z—To the Editor ,. NorUiem Star Office , 16 , Great "Windinffl-street , London . I _requeslparticular attention to the above notice . FEA __ GB 3 O'Cossob .

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      Herat Host ' s BrBTH-nAT . —34 a . _O'Gonson um / eeigreat _plctuure in attending the public supper at tlie Clock Souse , Westminster , on Thursday next . Hi . O'Cosso * will also lecture at the South London Chartist Hall on Wednesday evening , the Sth instant . Sulgect , . ** Tie Land abroad , the iandat home , and the inevitable consequence of a repeal of the Corn Law- * at tlie present time . " lecture to commence at eight o ' clock . Joas _Bdu , _—TVemuchregretthatanoverwhelmingpreES of matter compels us to postpone the publication ofhis _weU-timed strictures on tbe base and infamous conduct of the French Government towards the Folish exiles and their holy cause . John Bull ' s letter shall appear next-creek .

      _Ceohoe Ricbasdsos , _ K __ ji 3 « _fGioif . —Your letter shall appear nest week : no room this . The Exiled _Patkiois . —I was much pleased with the _5 f ar of last Saturday , seeing that it contained an energetic appeal on behalf of the exiled Patriots , and also a spirited resolution passed by fhe Metropolitan District Council on the same subject . I feel deeply interested in the restoration of these men , and therefore _faope _joutoU permit a plain working man to offer the following _( amang the many ) inducements tbat shou d stimulate us in this good work . In the first place , I am of opinion that we are indebted to these men to a very large amount ; which debt we are able to pay , and those who can and wont pay ought to be ashamed of themselves , and cannot boast of their honesty or principle ; the debt as been standing against us a long time and it is high _tiine it was paid . Again , when I see that arch _« " * i > 05 ter , prince of humbugs , and king of blarney , with his co-inarms (!) liberated , and the Canadian " rebels " _par _ * _imea _, i ask why are not these exiles free ? Your correspondent , sir , has honestly and truly stated that it

      _« Because we have _neglected them . Shall we not now _^ ttt ourselves and tripe out this disgraceful stain . I would allude to au article ivhieh appeared iu the Weekly D _^ _l-atca at the time tiie Canadianrebels were pardoned _jb e write-, after describing in strong language the Maei enormity of the " Canadian insurrection" as contrasted with the ' _Newport riots , " concluded by saying , taut if the Chartists ivould get up a properly directed agitation for the _restoration of the men implicated in f _te " iioU"it _aiert be successful . ' Think on this _broker danocr-rts . 1 ? inallv . we have _hadmany appeals on _f _^ ialfof thebe _.-eaved widow and orphans ofthe aimable _\> imam Ellis , when , by a firm and determined _resolut _* oa we could restore tbe affectionate husband to the wring wife , the Mud father to his beloved children , and _^ e _vmiAa supporter to las family . I do , therefore , * _jiw . sir , that every one will exert tfiemselves as though " _wer-tuni of these patriots rested on their owu respon-! _"* % . let there be no lack of petitions ; go round _troni house to house for signatures ; send the si to the noMe Duncombe and he will finish the good work . A Plain _Wobkixg Man .

      Receipts Of The Chartist Co-Operative La...

      _RECEIPTS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAXD SOCIETr . KB MS . O _' COSKoB . Aha . perJ . Bobertson .. _^ _c 4 ' _Hahfax , per C . _W . Smith .. " " " ? 6 6 _Bewsbur _^ _-perJ . _fiouse .. . " 4 if § _^ per . W . _Crabtree ., 0 J 0 Oldham , pa- W . Hamer .. „ " 2 0 0 Barnsley , per J . Ward .. " " f „ 0 _£ orcester , per JI . Griffiths .. 2 0 0 Kl _^ _^ r mou 3 i - ** » " I _Jgathfie , near Manchester , per Xfios . Bouker .. 400

      s _&! i Mw- ' _* _'J l > umi 319 4 _^ fr . _bnJ e , per J . Durham 4 511 _W _^ gow per J . Smith .. ..... .. 3 19 6 nuu . lK _ rJ . Vielbuni 0 12 0 _fc _^ _' ° _3 Mn 50 « " « - 512 7 ne « ea 5 _4 e-npon-Tyne , per _ LJude .. .. 9 0 5 Sh _?*^ _' parJ * 3 Iurray .. .. .. 10 0 0 _thdtenhaaj . _per-nr _.-jrdso n 2 0 0 - _" _^ rd , per 3 . Alderson „ „ .. 500 - _^ _-Twdus ; _Waterloo , Pu & ej , near Bradford .. 2 0 0 _^ _lUou-TOaer-iyue , per E . Hobson .. .. 2 17 0 U _uddersneld . perJ . Stead 4 5 2

      P £ S GESEEAL _secretabv

      _IXSTAXMEXTS . & s . _d . £ s . d . _Tt" ? _¥ ? , 0 9 4 Todmorden .. .. 020 frowbnage _ .. 054 0 6 _HASE 8 . U _zcup .. _¦; .-- .. 300 "Mountain .. .. -317 5 Merth yr _Tjdvil _~ 2 0 0 Coekermoutb .. 200 _^ aibeth „ . .. 312 2 _Dufllev .. .. 266 nhittington & Cat 5 15 8 . CASUS AS » BCIEB . Bath .. ' .. .. 038 Arbroath .. ., 020 Trowbridge .. .. 008 Manchester .. .. 150 Aberdeen „ -. 013 8 Hanley . 0 5 0 Dundee .... 0 5 6

      The sum of sE 2 Is . 7 d . announced from Brighton in Mr . O'Connor ' s list some weeks back should have been Ko . 2 district , per Mr . F : est , and the sum of £ 3 7 s . lOd . from

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      Artichoke locality should have been from the" Artichoke locality , Brighton . - - - THOKiS Martin _Wheeuer , Secretary-MVY- ? 0 & THE LAND _CONFXBENCE . FEB HB . O _' CONNOB . Dewsbury . per J . Bouse .. .. .. .. 083 Alva , per J . Robertson .. .. .. ... 0 2 3 City of London , per J . Dunn .. ., .. 029 Bolton , per E . Hodgkinson .. . .. .. 056 FEB GENERAL SECBETABT . Dudley .. .. 029 M— .. .. .. 016 South Shields .. 020 Hamilton .. .. 036

      Boulogne .. .. 056 _Newcastle-on-Tyne 020 Radcliffe .. „ 0 3 4 Bacup .. .. .. 053 Greenwich .. .. 039 Littleborough .. 006 Tbe sub-secretaries are requested to hasten the collection of the levy , as tbe districts cannot be arranged until this is completed . All persons who living in isolated districts have paid their instalments , either to me or to the Lambeth district , are requested to remit their levy to me in postage stamps . Mr . Murray , oflOJ , Travis-street , Ancoats , Manchester , is appointed agent for the Co-operative Land Society for . Lancashire , and will supply all persons needing them with cards , rules , bilh , Ac . Thohas Maetin " Wheeeeb , Seeretaiy .

      "NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCUTION . _P £ _E GENEBAL SECBETABT . 8 _UBSCRIPIIOM 3 . Westminster .. 030 Heywood .. .. 060 Somers Town .. 030 Hulme , per Mr . J . Rotherhithe , a son Keighley .. ,, 030 of Crispin .. .. 0 1 0 Arbroath .. 046 EXECUTIVE . Mr . J . Cockin , Staleybridge .. .. .. 006 Note . —The £ 118 s . ' acknowledged from . Alexandria , in the Star of the 13 th of September , should have been £ 118 s . 8 d . The error will be corrected in the secretary ' s nest balance-sheet .

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      Brutal Outrage Axb Dasikg Highway Robber...

      Brutal Outrage axb Dasikg Highway Robbery . —On Monday information was forwarded to the _various metropolitan and city police offices and stations , of a most daring outrage . It appears that at about seven o ' clock , on the night of the 20 th inst ., Air . William Gold , of Charelton Atackerel , was proceeding on horseback along the high road , at a place called Batleigh "Wotten _, when he was suddenly and brutally attacked by three ruffians , who , after dragging him from his horse , tied together his legs , and nearly suffocated him with mud and filth , which they forcibly stuffed into his mouth , in order to prevent

      him irom calling for help . They then proceeded to rifle his pockets , and succeeded in getting off with the following property— "viz ., a cheque for £ 32 , drawn by Mr . Thomas Eades , of Bristol , and payable hy Messrs . Stuckey ' s banking company , five £ 5 notes , a silver hunting watch , maker , William Tyas , No . 9 _. G 85 ; a pair of silver spectacles , two knives , and a silver pencil-case . The unfortunate gentleman was _subsequently found in an almost exhausted state by some rustics , and still feels the effects ofthe brutality of bis cowardly assailants . _^ A reward is offered for the apprehension and conviction oi the villains .

      Determined Suicide . — Late on Monday night , Mr . W . Payne held an inquest at the Bakers' Hall , Harp-lane , Tower-street , on the body of Thomas Cooper , aged twenty-eight , tide-waiter in the Customs . It appeared from the evidence , that about a week ago the deceased had been reprimanded by his superior officer for absenting himself from duty withont leave . This appeared to have a great effect upon his mind . On Saturday last he reported himself " sick , " and on the same day took a lodging at the King ' s Head Tavern , Harp-lane . On the following morning , the servant went to call him at ten o ' clock , when he replied that be would be down in a few minutes , but not _making his appearance at eleven o ' clock , he was again called , and his door was found to be fastened . The police was called in and the room door burst open , when the deceased was found suspended by a piece of rope from the rail of the bedstead . — -Verdict . " Temporary Insanity . "

      Coroner's Ixqubsi . — Love and Suicide . — On Tuesday Mr . Baker held an inquest at the three Crowns , East-roadj City-road , on view of the body of Mrs . Elizabeth Hounson , aged sixty , widow ofthe late Mr . Hounson , who was the surveyor of the East India Company ' s navy . It appeared that deceased resided at No . 7 , Wentworth-place , City-road , and that she was in the possession of an independent income , a portion ofit being a pension from the East India Company . She had been a widow about twenty years . Ashort time agoslie formed anattachment to a gentleman , a resident at Gravesend , who broke off Ms engagement with her in consequence of adisapeement about _pecnniaiy . _mattew . Since then

      her manners , which were formerly eccentric , became still more so , and she exhibited a great depression of spirit . On Sunday last she breakfasted with thc family of Air . William Hockley , a medical gentleman , with whom she resided . About two o ' clock , upon his return home , finding her bed room door fastened , he caused it to be burst open , when deceased was discovered suspended hy a piece of tape from the bed post . She was immediately cut down , but there was no sign of life . Amongst tlie papers ofthe deceased was a printed circular from a railway' company , which had been addressed to her , and in which she was requested to put down the number of shares she was in "want of . Verdict , _Temporary-insanity . "

      Disgusting Outrage . —Arthur SFGill , a private in the 65 th Regiment , and servant in the employ of Captain Black paymaster of that corps , was brought before the county magistrates , - at Rochester , on Monday , charged with assaulting and biting Harriet Scartifield , the wife of a fisherman residing at Chatham . She stated that ' as she was passing through Watts ' -place , having a child in her arms , she saw the prisoner lying on the pavement with his hands bound , which some men had been compelled to do in consequence of his riotous conduct ; he bit her foot , and then jumping up , he knocked down the constable and others who attempted to secure him , and then also knocked her down , and seizing her hand thrust it into his mouth , and bitoffthe top of her forefinger , which he took out of his month and threw at her .

      Her medical attendant had told her that he feared she must undergo amputation . Captain Black , who was present during tiie investigation , described M'Gill as one of the mildest oi men , except when he had been drinking . He said he had , when at Dublin about four months since , thrown himself into the Li ff ey , and being a Catholic had beeu to his priest and made a promise not to drink again . _^ He was fined £ 5 , wliich sum his -master paid for him ; and the magistrate ordered two sovereigns to be given to the poor woman Scartifield .

      Serious Charge of _AIutInt . —Livebpool , Tuesday Afibbxoox . —The royal mail steamer Cambria , whieh arrived here kst night from Halifax and Boston , with the North American mails , brought seven seamen inirons , part ofthe crew of the British barque Champlain , belonging to Cork , who had been given up by the United . States authorities , under the treaty with that conntry , for examinationinEngland , upon a charge of aggravated mutiny , and of attempting to sink the vessel they were navigating . On the arrival ofthe steamer , the prisoners , were given into the clmrge of Captain _Bevis . R . N ., who forthwith handed them over to . the civil authorities , and at twelve o ' clock _tonlay the charges against them were investigated before Air . Rushton , . the stipendiary

      magistrate . Thc names ofthe prisoners are Thomas Sheazel , John Cockleston , Hermann Hincker , Henry Afatthews , Thomas Boyle , Job M'Caun , and Henry William Matthews . The _depositions taken before the British consul for the state of Maine and the authorities of the United States were produced . They were most voluminoHS ; but only one witness was examined to-day namely , the steward . Erom what we here , the history is this : —A few days after the prisoners had shipped with Captain Peaton , there arose a scarcity of seamen in St . John ' s , and wages advanced considerably . They could not pursuade the cap tain to release them from the terms of their articles , and therefore , it is said on good evidence , that ihev conspired to compel him 10 put them ashore after they had been a few days at sea . The first mutinous symptom was shown by the prisoners commanding one of their body , Hincker , to put ' the ship

      about , and steer a course quite opposite to that directed by the captain . The captain , however , succeeded in causing the vessel to keep the right course , and then it was suddenly discovered that the vessel was making water . On " this the prisoners in a body refused to work . It is said an augur was found upon one of them , and that with thisaugur they kept continually boring holes , until at one " time there was eight and a half feet of water in the hold . Being in danger , the prisoners just pumped sufficiently to keep the ship afloat , then tbey "knocked off . " This conduct was repeated for several hours . At last a brig hove in sight . The captain immediately" hoisted signals of distress , "ffhich were fortunately observed , and boats sent to the relief of the Champlain . The two captains communicated , and the result was , that the seven prisoners , after a long struggle , were placed inironsandeonveyed to the first port , whichhappened to be on the coast of Maine .

      Death Accelekaied bv Foul Am . —On Wednesday evening Mr . Bedford held an adjourned inquest at the lung ' s Head , Crown-street , Soho , on the body of Daniel Harrington , aged fifty-four , a masons labourer , who inhabited a miserable cellar m __ Falconbridge-court , Crown-street . . It appear ed from the evidence that about a week since the deceased tell down a flight of stairs , in a state of intoxication , and was confined to his bed . He never rallied , and died rather suddenly on Sunday morning last—Dr . Kenny said , from disease of the lungs , no doubt , consequent upon the noxious atmosphere ofhis miserable _^ abode . Thejury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony .

      SixGUiAH Accident . —On Wednesday morning a loaded coal-waggon was proceeding down Fleet-street towards Chancery-lane , when it suddenly fell over sideways in consequence of the sewer ( just completed ) bursting in , the mortar not being dry enough . The ground fell three feet below the level ; the cost ofthe repairing damage will be veiy great . - AlEiAxcHOLT Occurrence . —An awful calamity occurred at a place called Bogside , near Borrisokane , on Tuesday night last , about ten o ' clock . A man named Patrick Farrell and his family , consisting of his wife and four children , retired to rest at about nine o ' clock , and they were not ir . _^ d more than an

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      hour when the eldest son called to his father , and said there was smoke in the house . The _fether and son instantly got up , and thought to get tothe door , but were so bewildered that they could not for some time make it out ; by this time the house was in flames over their heads , the father , mother , and the two-eldest childred succeeded in getting out , but , melancholy to relate , the two youngest children were burned to ashes—one seven , and the other nine years of age . It appears that Farrell was scutching wheat on _1 _' _uesday , and placed the scutched sheafs in such a position that they came in contact with the fire ; Poor Farrell is almost distracted , having lost all he possessed in this world , except his life and that of his wife aod two children , as above stated . —Nenagh Guardian .

      AWFUL AND DESTRUCTIVE FIRES . loss OF upe and property . Dreadful Fire and Loss of Lipb at Norwich . —On Sunday morning , about half-past eleven , a fire broke out in the farm buildings of Mr . Furber , a fanner , at Shipbrooke , about three miles from this town , which ended , we regret to say , in the deaths of three children , and the destruction of the whole of the barns , stables , and other outbuildings on one side ofthe premises , with the hay , straw , and grain , the whole of the produce of the late harvest , and implements of husbandry . The fire had evidently been burning in the barn for sometime before it was discovered , for on Mr . Furber going to the spot on the first alarm , he found the whole of the contents in a

      blaze , and , melancholy to relate , he could hear his children within , but from the intensity of the heat and smoke , was unable to reach them . It was some considerable time before search could be made for their bodies , and then nothing but charred remains were discovered . Mrs . Furber , the mother of the children , who has been for some months in a state of ill-health , has by this blow lost all her children ; and it is feared that her own death will speedily follow . It seems that the children , having obtained somelucifer matches , had gone to amuse themselves in the barn , where they set fire to the straw . The premises are about a mile from the parish church ( Davenham ) , the service in which was stopped on the alarm being given , and the neighbours hastened out to render

      assistance . Great Fire at Gravesend and Loss OF Life . — On Sunday morning at half-past five o ' clock , afire broke out in High-street , Gravesend , at tbe house of Mr . King , the Black Horse , and that house , together with five others in f ront and three in the rear , were speedily reduced to a heap of ruins . It appears that the first intimation ofthe fact of a fire raging upon the premises was given by a man named Calcraft , a lodger , who , while in bed , observed a strong smell of fire . He immediately got np and lound the lower part ofthe house in flames . He then gave the alarm , and heard some o f the parties stirring in the rooms overhead . Mrs . King , the wife ofthe occupier of the house , instantly threw up the sash of her bed-room

      window , and jumped into the street . The poor creature was much bruised by her fall , and was conveyed immediately to the Five Bells Inn , where every attention was paid her , and we are glad to state that she has sustained no serious injury . Another man , named James Ford , who was working at Mr , Simraons _' s , the blockmaker , and who was a lodger at the Black Horse , was so alarmed that he jumped out of the third floor window , and was taken to the workhouse apparently in a dying state , but . upon calling at the union this day ( Monday ) our informant found the poor fellow able to dye lum an account of the occurrence , which is as follows : He states that he was awakened by Thomas Mee , a man who is lost in the ruins , who aroused him by calling out— " For God ' s

      sake get up , as the house is on fire , and I can't tell how we are to get out , as the flames are coming up stairs . " Ford jumped out of bed , and upon looking down the staircase he saw the flames mounting with the most frightful rapidity , but thinking it would be better if he could get into the floor below , he and Thomas Mee attempted to descend the stairs , but they could not do so . He begged Mee to follow him into the bedroom again , and jump after him into the street , as there appeared no other chance of escape . Ford having jumped _ontj saw no more of Mee , nor has he since been seen or heard of . A servant girl was saved by being taken tlirough a side window into ah adjoining house , and several other parties escaped over the roof . Cleveland , one of the Gravesend fire

      police , states that when he arrived the lower part of the premises were alight , and the screams ofthe people in the house were heart-rending . He obtained the engine ladders and climbed into the first floor of the Catherine-wheel public-house , for the purpose of rendering assistance . He got upon the landing just in time to rescue the servant of Mr . King , who was standing at a window . He then went on to the gutter of the Catherine-wheel , and after he had had the hose hauled up to him , the heat became so intense that it melted the lead , which ran in a stream at his feet , and compelled him to quit the spot . At this moment a man named Aldridge came to his assistance , and succeeded in saving another female in a similarmanner . They then ran along the

      parapet , and Aldridge saved himself by sliding down a piece of iron used as a stay to tne stack of chimneys , by which he was much burned , and he now lies at the Five Bells very ill . The engines were worked most effectively , and the police arrangements , under Superintendent North and Inspector Oxley , were well carried out . Search was made for the body of the unfortunate watchman , Mee , during the whole of Monday , but up to five o ' clock only a small bone of an arm was found , supposed to be a portion of the ' poor fellow . It is said that an Italian is also missing who was lodging at the Black Horse at the time of the outbreak . The following is a copy of the official report of the damage caused by this disastrous event , as far as can at present be ascertained : —

      "Sunday , Oct . 26 , half-past five , am . —A fire broke out upon the premises belonging to Mr . Thos . King , licensed victualler , the Black Horse , 52 , Highstreet , Gravesend . The cause unknown . Dwelling house , stock in trade , furniture , and other" effects entirely consumed . The ball-room , tap , kitchen , and a workshop at the back of front premises also destroyed . Insuranceunknown at present . "No . 53 , High-street . —Mr . Tallis , butcher . Stock in trade , furniture , and building consumed . "No . 54 , High-street . — Mrs . Smith , grocer . Buildings gutted , front walls pulled down . The furniture and contents of shop destroyed . Insurance unknown .

      "No . 51 * , High-street . —Mr . Needham Henry , boot-maker . Contents of building consumed , furniture and house destroyed . Uninsured . "No . 51 , High-street . —Mr . Hollandell , draper . Building burned down . Stock in trade destroyed , and furniture burned . Insurance not known . " No . 50 , High-street . —Mr . Hall , china-dealer , First and second floors burned out . Contents of do . destroyed . Stock in front shop extensively damaged by fire and breakage . "No . 25 , High-street . —Mr . Parsons , perfumer and hair-cutter . Front of house severely burnt . Furniture and stock in trade damaged by water and removal . "No . 26 , High-street . —Mr . Taylor , baker . Front of premises destroyed by tire .

      "No . 24 , High-street . —Mr . M'Donald , licensed victualler , the Rose Tavern ( adjoining the Townhall ) . Front of building severely scorched . "No . l , Globe-yard . —Mr . Hollandall . Building burnt down . "No . 5 , Globe-yard . —Mr . Blackmail . Building and contents partly consumed . Insurance unknown . ' "No . 4 , Globe-yard . —Mrs . Murray . Front of building and furniture seriously injured by hasty rcr moval . Uninsured . _„ , ' ., * "Back of Globe-yard . —Mr . Tallis . Slaughterhouse and kitchen burnt down . Mrs . Smith : a large warehouse and contents destroved . " No . 55 , High-street . — Mr . W . Dawson , the Catherine-wheel Tavern . Roof of the building damaged by fire and water . "

      Fire at Northfleet . —Thc above fire was preceded by one at Northfleet Green , on the farm of Mr . Smith , an extensive farmer , which broke out at halfpast seven last evening , when all the stock of grain , outhouses , 4 c , in fact , everything but the dwellinghouse , and the cattle ( wliich were driven away ) , were destroyed . Destructive Fire . —Clevedon , Oct . 27 . —Yesterday ( Sunday ) afternoon , about three o ' clock , a fire broke out in the thickly studded rick yard of R . S . Graburn , Esq ., Walton Park Farm , Clevedon . The fire originated with a rick of hay which was put together too early , and the consequence was that ignition took place . Notwithstanding the exertions of the neighbours the fire spread to the next rick , and so on , tUl six were in flames . At this juncture ( nine O ' clock ) the West of England fire-engine arrived from Bristol , mi bv the exertions then made , the fire was prevented spreading . The damage done is estimated at from £ 600 to £ 700 .

      Fire at Bahbow . —On Sunday morning , between nine and ten o ' clock , a barley stack belonging to ' Mr . John Place , of Barrow-hill Farm , standing in the fields , with a pea stack only near it , was discovered to be on fire . The Suffolk and Norfolk engines being fetched from Bury , with the active assistance of all present , extinguished the flames , and the pea stack was preserved , though within fifteen feet of the other , bnt the barley , the produce of about seven acres , was nearly all consumed . Major Griffith attended in the course of the day to inquire into the origin of the fire .

      Alarming Fire at Nottingham . —A ' fire of a very fearful character broke out , about two o ' clock on Friday morning , October 24 th , upon the premises occupied as a warehouse and chandlery , in the Robin Hood yard , Nottingham , by Mr . William Baldock , grocer and tallow chandler , Hoekley , which terminated in the destruction of a large portion of stock and other property . A female living as neighbour first perceived the fire , and gave an alarm to a workman employed in the manufacture of candles , and he instantly ran to alarm the family of Mr . Baldock . This gentleman being seriously ill , having been confined to his bed several days , was unable to get up ,

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      and one of his shopmen , Haslane , instantly went to the warehouse , where he found that tbe flames were _worsting out oi an upper room window . Some estimate may be formed of the imminent danger of the _ r _* . i he ¦ •™ n » fw » M of all the rooms on the ffii , _u g ? ro _2 S ; _^ t 0 an extent of Aft ) yards in length , being filled with : tallow , cotton , and candles ot every size and description , ready for sale , and at an early hour when no one was near to lend a helping hand- ; The young man on seeing the mischief likely to _arise , 'instantly ran to the watchhbuse , and with incredible _sjieed , in less than twenty minutes from the alarm being given , an engine and two pipes from fire-plugs were got into full play , pouring torrents of water in the heart and seat of the fire . Whilst this course ; was being pursued , the firemen , nolice . and

      such inhabitants as had collected together , entered the premises , and in the most hurried manner threw hundreds of dozens of candles , many hundred weight in hogsheads of tallow , and all combustible and portable materials , out of the windows , forming heaps in the yard of many tons weight . Fortunately , this proceeding proved successful , and was tho means _' of preserving the building and many houses adjoining from entire destruction ; for had the fire once been fed by these articles , no exertion could have saved _ESffi t ° extc _lnt _, of many thousands of pounds , from the ravages . of the devouring element . As it was , the hre was confined to the room where it originated _^ and co nsumed only the property in that room , consisting of an immense number of bags of cotton , which lay piled upon each other .

      Fire at Leeds . —Between three and four o ' clock on _Saturday morning last a fire broke out at the warehouse of Messrs . Stocks and Sons , wool merchants and Spanish leather manufacturers , situate in _Irimty-street , Commercial-street , Leeds , which proved very destructive in its consequences . Immediately after the discovery of the fire an alann was spread , and several engines were quickly on the spot ; they were got to play on the devouring element without loss of'time , but the conflagration baffled all attempts to stay it , nntil the roof and every floor in the building ( which was four stories high ) , except the lower one , had been destroyed , with the whole of the contents , consisting of wool , leather , « fcc . The origin of the fire has not been ascertained . The damage is estimated at about £ 400 .

      Fire at Bathe-bridge . —On Tuesday night , a few minutes past eight , an alarming fire broke out in the varnish and colour manufactory belonging to Mr . Walks , in Belle-isle , Maiden-lane , Battle-bridge . It appeara that alarge copper of varnish _suddenly boiled over , and flowing into the stoke hole , communicated to the copper fire . The premises soon broke into flames , messengers were despatched to the nearest stations , and the engines promptly arrived ; but on account of the combustible nature of the stock the flames had gained such ascendancy , that all attempts to save any of the valuable stock or premises were unavailing . The workmen on the premises had considerable difficulty in effecting their escape . The stock and premises arc uninsured .

      Serious Fire . —A disastrous fire has just happened at Severn Stoke , Worcestershire , through the ignition . of a beam of wood in a chimney , whieh has resulted in the total demolition of four houses . It is supposed that the beam had been smouldering for some time in the chimney , but it broke out into active flames on Friday night or early on Saturday morning , and spread so rapidly as in a short time entirely to destroy the house , in which it ori g inated , as well as three Others adjoining , and which were under the same roof . Oa the first outbreak of the flames despatches were sent to Worcester and Upton ( about four miles ) for the * engines , and in about an hour and a half the Upton engine , and the Phomix and Birmingham engines from Worcester , were on the spot , but tho flames had in the interim entirely gained the

      ascendancy . There was great scarcity of water , inasmuch as the only engine which could be used to pump upon the flames was the Upton , the Phoenix and Birmingham being employed in bringing water from a distance . Very little of the furniture was saved . One ofthe sufferers is a hard working tradesmen named Fowler , a tailor , who , in addition to the loss ofhis goods , has had his cash-box , containing a £ 5 note and some loose money in a box , destroyed . The burning houses were opposite to the Boar ' s Head , the principal inn in the place , and atone time it was rumoured that this house had ignited . This however , proved to be a false alarm . The exertions ofthe inhabitants in endeavouring to subdue the flames were very praiseworthy , but the four houses were burnt to the ground . There was no injury occasioned to life or Smb .

      RAILWAY ACCIDENTS . The Late Fatal Accident on the Midland Railway . — Inquest os tub Bodt of Mn . _BonciiEn . — The death of Mr . Boteler , which occurred on Thursday morning at half-pasteighto ' clock , when it became publicly known , threw a gloom over the populous neighbourhood of Doncaster , Leeds , and other towns in which the learned gentleman had a large circle of friends . Immediately on the fatal event taking place an express was sent to Mr . Bell , the secretary of the Midland Railway , who lost no time in apprising General Pasley of- the melancholy fact . Thomas Wheatley , the engine-driver at the time of the fatal accident , who had on Wednesday last appeared before the magistrates at Sheffield to answer the charge of negligence , but discharged on bail , was f orthwith

      brought from Leeds by a special tram to Derby , and underwent a long examination before the General in the board-room in the presence of some of the directors ; the result has not become known . Notice was immediately given to the coroner , who directed the inquest to be held on Friday afternoon last , on the body of William Fuller Boteler , Esq ., late of Oiflton-green , near Leeds . Sir Isaac . Morley and James Murgatroyd , Esq ., two ofthe directors of the company , accompanied by their solicitor , witnesses , & 0 n proceeded to Woodlesford by special train to attend at the inquest . After the jury had returned from the painful task , the coroner said the most searching investigation would be gone into , and for that purpose , to afford time for the necessary witnesses he should adiourn the inquest until Monday morning at nine o ' clock ,.

      Tire -Adjourned Inquest . —Oulton , near Leeds , Monday _^ Tw elve o'Ciock at Noon . —The inquest on Mr . . Boteler was resumed at . nine o ' clock this morning . Mr . Sangster _/' solicitor of Leeds , attended on behalf of the 'family pf the deceased ; Mr . J . A . Ikin , town clerk of Leeds , on behalf of Police Sergeant Stubb 3 , whose leg , it will be remembered , was broken by the accident ; and Mr . Palfreyman , solicitor of Sheffield , on behalf of Thomas Wheatly , the driver of the assistant engine , which ran into the train , and whose conduct was likely to be inculpated by the inquiry . John Porter was the first witness called . He said : I am a railway guard . I reside at Derby . I have been about two years employed by the Midland Company as a railway guard . I was

      engaged in that capacity on the mail-train which left Derby for Leeds at ten niinutes past ten o ' clock on Monday morning last . Betwixt Wath and Darfield the piston broke . After that occurred , wc stopped for twenty-two minutes . We stopped a luggage train which was going up , and told thc guard to send a pilot-engine from Masbrough to assist us . After we had uncou pled one side of the engine , we proceeded towards Barnsley . When we arrived at Barnsley station , we told the watchman there , whose name was Haslon , that the Masbrough pilot was coming , and to tell him , when he arrived , to keep a good look out . 1 told him I was not sure we could get up the bank . After we had got about half-way up the bank , about a mile-and-a-half from the station , the At the time when it occurred

      occurrence took place . I was in the " break carriage , " next to the tender . I jumped out of the carriage . I found that the Masbrough pilot-engine' had run into our train . There were nine carriages in the train . Thc next carriage to the tender was my " break . " The second one was a parcels' van ; the third was a second class carriage ; the f ourth a first class ; the fifth a first class ; the sixth was the travelling post-office ; the seventh was the post-office van , or tender ; the eighth a first class , and the ninth a second class . After the accident occurred , the first thing that I did was to look for my companion , the other guard , whose name is Blackmoor . I found him picking up Thomas Wheatley , the driver of the pilot engine . Wheatley

      appeared to De much stunned ; but 1 did not go up to them . Blackmoor was holding liim up . I then went to look after the passengers . As soon as Blackmoor came up , I sent him forward " with , a signal to stop the in-coming train from Leeds ; and I sent a passenger , whom I lcnew , with another signal to stop the trains from Derby . After the concussion , I found the buffers ofthe last carriage in the train on the top of the engine buffers . One of the second-class carnage buffers—the off buffer—was driven through the back pannel of the first-class carriage , which was m ad-TB _^ _-9 Ci _* i . ? ffl '** J . n' _^ W _$ f > _ejgtyli W iittgc inthe train . The first-class carriage _inferred to was the one in which Mr . Boteler was seated . The next carriage was the mail van , which was broken . - A window was also broken in a coupee . The last carriage on the train—the second-class—was also damaged , especially at the end which struck aeainst the

      first-class carriage . On opening the door of the eighth carriago I found Mr . Boteler sitting on the right-hand , side of the carriage going from Derby to Leeds , with his back towards the engine . The buffer had jammed his legs against the seat . We were a long time before we could get him out ., I cannot say exactly how long we were , but we should be more than half an hour . We had to remove the damaged parts ofthe carriage from the inside . Both Mr . Boteler ' s legs were broken below the knee . He spoke to ns . He said a good deal about his luggage , and desired us to take care Of it . That was after we had placed him on the bank upon some cushions . He lost a deal 01 blood . We had a surgeon in the train , who attended to him . I think it was Mr . Choiiey , of Leeds ., We placed cushions in a van , and put Mr . Boteler on them . I asked the SUl'geon to ride with him , and he did so . It was about five o'clock when we were at the Barnsley station . We went very slow from thence to lhe place where the _accMtentec purred . When the pilot engine ran in to

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      I us we were proceeding at the rate of about eiglit . or ten miles an hour . It was a fine moriiingi but these was a strong wind blowing" from one side , which retarded onr progress considerably . " I do not know whether tho moon was shining or not . I cannot say whether it was twili g ht or not . It did not rain . It was a very fine morning . We had three lights to our last carriage , forming the points ofa triangle , attached to the rear of the last carriage . They were red lights . We had no permanent lights besides those three . We have hand-lamps as signals , which we use to stop any train . These lights are red , green , and white . The red light means "to stop ; " the green , " caution ; " and the white , "to show all ' s clear—to go on . " We had used these hand lamps , before the accident occurred , to stop the goods train , which was _goine towards

      Masbrough . I did not use one of these lamps after leaving the Barnsley station , and before the collision took place , nor did I see any other person use one . I neither heard nor saw the pilot engine till it came upon us . I was inside the break carriage . By the light of the morning , without the aid of the lamps , a person might have seen a train a hundred yards distant , or more . I have known Wheatley , the driver of the pilot engine , for some time by sight . —Bvthe Jury : I suppose we should be going about eight or ten miles an hour when the accident took place . It is usual for one guard to be inside . The engine had varied very much in its speed , after leaving the Barnsley station . —Mr . Sangster , solicitor , here stated that he appeared on behalf of the family ofthe deceased , and with the consent of the

      coroner , and those who appeared for other parties , he would put a few questions to the witnesses . The _cwiafintasked for was immediately accorded ; but Mr . Sangster ' s questions elicited nothing of importance . By Mr . Palfreyman : I have my book -of rules with me . ( Witness produced the book ) . I cannot say howlongit was exactly from our leaving Barnsley station to the time when the accident occurred . We had gone a mile and three furlongs from Barnsley station . I have been on the Midland line ever since itwas one . Mr . Palfreyman here read thefifthrule , which is as follow : — " When an engine Js stopped from any cause upon the main lino ( except at stations ) , the guard , or in his absence the f oreman , or some other competent person , shall immediately proceed half a mile back , with a red signal to stop , any

      coming tram . " In answer to Mr . Palfreyman's questions , after reading thisrule , the witness said : Before the concussion we did not send any person back , according to the 5 th rule . I had sent 'word for the pilot-engine to come cautiously . We did not use the whistle after leaving Barnsley . The second witness was Mr . Williom Hey : He said , I am a surgeon , residing at Leeds . I was sent for on Monday morning last to the residence of the deceased . I arrived at Oulton between ten and eleven o ' clock . I found tho deceased there in bed . He was in a state of great exhaustion . He had received a severe injury on both his legs . They were both very badly fractured . The injury extended from three or f our inches above the ancle to the knee joint . The flesh y part was very much bruised and lacerated . The right leg was

      amputated the same day , immediately below the knee . He was too much exhausted then to bear a second operation , although that was thought necessary . He , » ever rallied sufficiently to bc able to undergo a second amputation . From that time he gradually sunk , and expired on Thursday morning . He died from exhaustion brought on by those injuries . He did not lose a great deal of blood after I saw him . The exhaustion was causod by the shock to the system , and not so much by the hemorrhage . Isacc Blackmoor was then called , and said : I am a guard on thc North Midland Railway , and reside at Derby . I was put on as regular guard on the 14 th of last January . I was engaged with the mail train on Monday morning last , and started from Derby at ten minutes past two o ' clock . Our engine broke down . between Wath

      and Darfield about ten minutes past four o'clock . The place is from six to seven miles from Barnsley . We stopped there twenty-two minutes , and then went on . While we stopped I went out with a signal about half a mile , and when the engineer whistled I returned to the train . We got to Barnsley about five o ' clock . It was a beautiful light morning , and very windy . The light proceeded , from the moon ; at lcast I should think so . I thought the moon was up . It was a good clear morning . The wind , I should say , retarded our speed up the embankment . We saw the watchman named Haslem , and a boy , at the Barnsley station . We pulled up there , and took in water ; and I got my lamp trimmed with oil . I told the watchman to keep a look out . We expected the Masbrough

      pilot up , and we told him to looh out for us . I told the watchman to tell the engineer of the pilot to be cautious . We then went on . We had two side light and a tail light . They were red lights . There were no other lights to be seen from the tail end of the train . I was outside the last carriage . My back was towards our engine , and my face towards the EHot . I perceived the pilot coming . I judged itwas alf a mile off when I first saw it . I saw the light from the fire-box . We were then going up the embankment at the rate of eight to ten miles an hour . From the time of first seeing the pilot engine I con _^ tinued to see it until it ran into us . The pilot was not long in overtaking us . When about forty yards off I perceived he was coming , and I showed him a green signal to come steady . The same lamp will

      show other signals—the red one and the white one . My lamp was in my box when I first saw the pilot engine coming . I took it out immediately on first seeing the pilot , and turned a green light on . This was a very short time before lie overtook ; us . ; The time was so short I cannot speak to it . I cannot tell whether it was one minute . I could get my lamp out of my box , and turn the green light on in a moment . ( The box and lamp in question were here produced ) . I have never had the _aamp in my hand since . Before I showed the light I looked to see that I was correct . I could not have made a mistake and shown a white light . When a green light is shown the others are blinded . —Blackmoor ' s examination continued : He had tho signal before him from the half mile end . He was coming so quick I judged he

      was forty yards off when I showed the light . I heard the engine beating , and saw the steam coming from the chimney . I expected from that the steam was on ; and then I j umped on the top of the carriage on my hands and knees , The collision tnen took place . When on my hands and knees , I turned round , and he bounced right into us , and sent me intollv ? m _, J fell on the same carriage . I was cut 6 ii the face , but not seriously hurt . I did not see Wheatley as the engine was coming upon us . The right-hand gear was clear . I could see into the tender . I did not see him at his post . I did not see him when the engine wasforty yardsoff . I didnotsee either him or the stoker at all .. _ I looked both tothe right hand and the left hand of their engine . After the collision , I saw Wheatley lying on . the ballast

      betwixt the rails , from fifteen to twenty yards from the engine . I descended from the carriage on which I was , and went to him and liftedhim up . He could not stand . Wheatley might be on the engine . I cannot say where he was . He might be there for what Iknow . Mr . John Lee , of London , gentleman , formerly a solicitor of Leeds , was then called . ' He said the deceased came down with me as far as Derby in a second-class carriage . He took a carpet bag out ofa carriage with him at Derby . Tho next time I saw him was after the accident , in a first-class carriage , with a buffer against his legs . I was laid all my length on the seat , and asleep , when the collision took place . The same moment as the collision -took place I heard a dreadful scream . I think I must have turned a summerset , for I . was thrown between the seats , and

      was slightly bruised . I thought the engine had burst , but on looking out I saw it close to the carriage in which I was . I got out , and then swooned away . On recovering , I went to the next first-class carriage , and saw Mr . Boteler , the deceased , sitting with his face to the pilot engine . He was jammed in . Some persons were trying to extricate him . I then asked a man to go into my carriage for my carpet bag , cap , and umbrella ; When they got Mr . Boteler out , they carried him on to thc bank . I saw something sticking out of one of his legs , which I thought was a splinter , but I was told it was a bone ofhis leg . The man who had got me my luggaee then came up , and he turned out to be the driver 01 the pilot engine . I said to him , " You scoundrel , do you see what injury you have caused that unfortunate old old man : vou

      must have seen our lights . " He answered "You had none . " I then Went forward to the train , and while talking with Sir J . H . Lowther , Bart ., I saw the driver of the pilot again and said , "You rascal , there were lights ; " and he replied , " They were very dim . " I said , ** If there had been no lights you might have seen us ; a sailor would see any object on the water half a mile before him . " Joseph Sunter deposed : lam an enginedriver , and resided at Derby . I drove the engine of the mail train from Derby to Leeds , on Monday morning last . Between Wath and Darfield the _lefthand piston broke off the rod , and burst off the _cylinder cover . After uncoupling that side of the engine , we proceeded to Barnsley station . We had sent word , by a luggage train , for a pilot engine to be sent from Masbrough . It ran with our train about a mile and a half from the Barnsley station . I saw little of the consequences of the accident at that time . Iknow Thomas Wheatly . I have known him four or five

      _mo - 'tlis , during which time he has been anengmo driver in the mviC ? of . the Midland Company . 1 consider that he was _capabfb of managing anengine .. ¦ 1 have heard him well spoken of . l > f has fi _^ ntfy assisted me with a pilot engine ; _andaiScoi . _5 u "' _" _? _= always satisfactory tome . . The morning was _clouaj and dark , but free from fog . It was what we call a clear morning , on the railway . I could have seen a train of carriages half a mile from me . ' 1 here was a little moon .. Ai ' ter some further unimportant evidence , Mr . " Palfreyman stated that Wheatly was ready to answer any question that might be put to him , or to make a statement , if desired ; : Wheatly then described that he saw a white light , and then a red one . That on finding he was approaching them , he told his stoker to p _\ it on the break . He immediately reversed the engine , but it was too late , and just , as he was preparing to jump off , the collision took place . He was thrown on the ground .- The Coroner then read over the whole of the evidence ,

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      and made some observations as he praceeded . Tha jury were then locked np for half an hour , after which they-returned a verdict of ' - " Manslaughter against Thomas Wheatley , Wheatley . had been prfl « sent during the inquiry , but , when the verdict . was deliyered . it was found that he had decamped . . _Fstal Accident ok the Crotdo . v . ( Atmospheric ) _Railwav _/^ _Oh Sund ay morning an accident occurreo on the Croydon Atmospheric Railway , which has unfortunately been attended with the loss bf life . It appears that between twelve and oiie o ' clock in the morning , a train of ballast waggons , propelled by » locomotive engine , were employed in removing loose earth from one part of the line to the other , and for that purpose were running upon the atmospheric

      Ime , and when the engineer had proceeded nearly to Sydenham he felt a sudden shock , as if the engine had run over some obstacle . As soon- . 13 he had deposited his loads of ballast , he returned to the spot to ascertain the cause , when he discovered the body of a man lying across the rails in such a position that , if he had not observed him in time , and reversed the engine , the wheels must inevitably have passed oyer his head . He found tie poor fellow in a shockingly mutilated state , covered with blood , which flowed profusely from his back and right leg . He was alive , but quite insensible .- The sufferer ivas conveyed , without loss of time , to the terminus at

      Londonbridge , and from thence to Guy ' s Hospital , _whpr e upon examination , it was found that his right legata foot were completely smashed , and that his back had been severely lacerated by the buffer of the engine _, with which it was evident he had been struck and knocked down . The unfortunate man died in about an hour after his admission to the hospital . His name is at present unknown . He was dressed in the garb of a labourer , and apparently about thirty-eight years of age . His face was rather disfigured by a broken nose , and he wore a green shade , over his left eye . __ It is not known how he came upon the railway , but it is supposed he had either strayed , or had trespassed to make a short cut to Sydenham .

      SHIPWRECK OF A HULL AND HAMBURG

      STEAMER-TWENTY UVES LOST . By the General Steam Navigation Company ' s steam-ship , Neptune , Captain Whittingham , commander , which arrived at Blackwall , yesterday afternoon , from Hamburg , intelligence was received in the city ofthe shipwreck and loss of one of the Hull and Hamburg steamers , called the "Margaret , " commanded by Captain Rawlinson , accompanied by an awful loss of life . From the few particulars that have been brought over , it appears that during the whole of last week the coast has been visited by a most fearful storm , the wind blowing a continual gale from the north to the north-west since thc 20 th , and the destruction among the coasting trade and human life is stated to be very great . The Margaret

      steamer left Hamburg for the port of Hull on Friday , the 19 th instant , having her usual number of passengers , and a full cargo of merchandize ; the weather , at the time of her departure , being what is termed moderate . By the period , however , she had arrived _offCuxhayen , near the mouth ofthe Elbe , a breeze had sprung up from the N . W ., bnt the Captain thinking it would not bc of any duration , the pilot left the vessel at that port and she proceeded on her _passage and was last seen from Heligoland , passing tlirough tbe usual track . Nothing further was heard of her until Sunday morning last , when the General Steam Navigation Company ' s steamer , Neptune , on tne point of starting , on thc receipt of the mails from Norben , learned that thc unfortunate steamer had

      been wrecked off that coast , and that sixteen of the passengers and three of the crew perished with her . From another source it has been ascertained that the ill-fated vessel , after leaving Heligoland , on account . of the gale , could havo only made lee-way , and eventually it is supposed she was driven on a dangerous sand , called the Mewmeth , near Juist , at tha eastern entrance of the River Memm . According to the accounts she struck before daybreak on the morning of the 22 nd , consequently she must have been encountering the gale for three days . It appears the moment she took the shoal , the sea , which was running terrifically high , swept several overboard . The longboat being launched , attempts were made to reach the shore ; but owing to its crowded

      state and the boisterous state of the surf it was capsized , and every soul in it met a watery grave . Those who remained on board the vessel , being exposed tO the most severe _prlyatlon for a number of hours , were saved . The steamer , however , became a complete wreck , but as the tide receded , considerable quantities of her cargo were got out of the hold . The' Margaret was the property of Mr . Prince , of Hull , by whom she was built some years ago . She was about 250 tons burthen , rigged as a three-masted schooner , and was - worked by a screw propeller , being the first vessel of the description that has been

      engaged in the passenger traffic irom that port . She had a Yery rakish appearance , and owing to the quantity of canvass she carried , she was considered a perfect clipper . Within a few miles of the spot where the Margaret was lost , viz ., off Norderney , a ship f oundered about the same time , and every soul belonging to her was drowned . Another vessel belonging to St . Petersburg , named the Mehala , was lost on the preceding day on the same sands , and the captain and one of his crew perished . In addition to these deplorable disasters , tho Hamburgh mail announces tbe loss of no fewer than nine other vessels on the Dutch coast during the storm .

      { From the _Manchester Guardian . ) . We have received , from a friend at Hull , intelligence of a tremendous hurricane on Monday afternoon and Tuesday in last week , which seems to have been more violent and of greater duration than any experienced in the German Ocean for the last twenty years . We give tlie Mowing ' from our correspondent's letter : — "The Transit , _Hamburg steamer , arrived at Hull on Sunday morning last , after endur _* ing one of the heaviest gales perhaps ever expe rienced ; having been obliged to throw overboard all the cattle she was . bringing to Hull , thirty-six in number . The hurricane continued from Monday afternoon to Tuesday ; but the gale was of much longer duration . It also appears that the Transit , having proceeded to sea the second time , theweatllet _* _!??«?? f ? £ _& 0 US that tlio _ehinwaaobliwdto f ace the storm , there being on this occasion no possibility of returning . I cannot , however , do better than send you a copy of the letter transmitted home by the very intelligent engineer of this steamer ; - _^

      _ " Cuxhaven , Oet . 22 , 1845 . " Dear —— , — -it is with feelings of thankfulness I am enabled to send you a line to ease tbe suspense that I know you will bo in , with us being so late . I scarcely thought I should ever see you again ; but , thank God , we arc all safe and well . But , oh ! we have passed through an ordeal indeed . Never did any one imagine there could bo such a sea running . " When we left here on Friday we had a very heavy gale , and had to bear up on Saturday night , and got eoaled on Sunday niglit ; and , as the weather was more moderate , we proceeded to sea on Monday forenoon ; then in the _afterneon came on the hurricane , such as has not been known bore for above twenty years . We kept her head to tbe sea , as it was impossible to turn back ; but when the storm-sail gave way , then _, commenced the work of destruction . Thc poor beasts

      we had on board ( thirty-six in number ) we were obliged to throw overboard to save ourselves : and fortunate we were in accomplishing this work when we did , or none would have been left to tell the talc . The poor animal seeiuedl to have a foretaste of what we were obliged to do . Soma went away like lambs to the slaughter , with a pitiful look as tbey went over the side ; others resisted with all their might , clinging to us till the following sea smothered the ship and all . Wo passed a fearful night . We lost our best boat , and everything off the deck . Wc could not tell where we . were , but the following day wc were obliged to run , when fortunately , God be thanked , we found the island . Had we got near the lee shore , we could not have escaped , the sea running so high that we could not see the length of the ship . ¦ There is a fearful number of weeks even in the river . Cuxhaven is nearly washed away . ———

      " Yours affectionately , , " Such is the description given of this most destruc tive gale , the results of wliich may be anticipated . Losses , perhaps the most numerous for a long period , may be certainly looked for . The Queen of Scotland steamer , from Hamburg , arrived here on the 23 rd inst ., having thrown eighteen beasts overboard . The Margaret , Archimedean screw steamer , which left Hamburg on the 9 th inst ., has not been heard of . It is f eared that _,-unless she has succeeded in making the coast of Norway , she has foundered .

      Opening Of The New Hall, Lincoln's Ins.—...

      Opening of the New Hall , Lincoln ' s Ins . —On Thursday last the New Hall erected by the Benchers of Lincoln ' s Inn was opened by the Queen in person accompanied by Prince Albert , the Duke of Wellington , the Lord Chancellor , Lord Cottenham , the Earl of Aberdeen , Lord Campbell , ; Sir James Graham , and other notables . The usual crowds assembled to see the Queen pass tlirough . thc streets , and the usual ] 7 h h S ir aSmade at the cereiaony of tlie opening

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 1, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_01111845/page/5/