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      Livbnrooi. Cimu M.Wikkt, Iloxdat, August...

      DREADFUL DISASTER HE AR ROUEN . FCBTHEB PABTICOXABS . Kouen , August 22 . The Boucn papers wi ll liave informed you of an occurrence on Tuesday last , without parallel , I believe , in Europe . Three large cottou factories were on that day , in the space ofoue minute and a quarter , levelled to the ground , and the wliole of the persons employed m them , amounting to two hundred at least , buried in the rnius . I have read of battles , hurricanes , and storms , but the fetal event of which I write is unique . I feel perfectly unequal to an adequate description of it . Those who have passed from Itoucn to Dieppe , or from Dieppe to Kouen , will remember that before arriving at the first xelav , or place for changing horses , going from Itouen to Dieppe , at a distance of three or four leagues from the

      former town , and of course before ascending the hill over it , tlie road takes an abrupt turn to the left , and crosses a little bridge . At the same spot ( the place is called _Malaunay ) a branch _roadto the right ascends and continues midway along a range of hills somewhat precipitous , cevered with forest and other trees for a mile or two . A beautiful valley lies beneath it , on which there existed on Tuesday last half-a-dozen cotton factories , ¦ with as many comfortable dwe ling-houses ofthe proprietors . A small river runs tlirough the valley , nearer , however , to the hills , which rise on the western side , and the waters of whieh served to turn the wheels and machinery in those factories . About a quarter of a mile irom Malaunay the heights to the right are divided "b y a sort of ravine , which runs ( at that point at least )

      north and south . In front of and below it -in the -valley stood ihe factory of a M . Ncveu , whose dwelling Louse was contiguous to it . The whole ofthe forc-• aoen of Tuesday , August 19 , had been stormy . After twelve o ' clock the wind increased , and by one o ' clock blew a hurricane , with the amount of rain that usually accompanies a thunder-storm ere the crisis arrives . A few minutes after one o ' clock two flashes of lightning , followed by loud thunder , were observed . Immediately afterwards a spectacle presented itself so unusual and so appalling tliat tliose who witnessed it were struck mute with terror . Thc clouds , which w « _.-re low , scarcely rising above the tops of the hills at each side of the valley , commenced turning or revolving within each other . A low moaning was heard in the air , which presently increased

      to a scream loader than thunder . A whirlwind rose and rushed up the ravine above described . On thc top , or at the issue of it , the trees were large , thick , and numerous , but the wiud , which came from the south , cut them as if with a scythe . It descended , tearing up tlie roots or snapping like wands the trees that clothed the side of the hill ; crossed the road diagonally , burst through a fence , opened for itself a passage through a high embankment , destroyed cabins , fruit andornamental trees in its course , = nd arrived atthe factory of if . Xcveu . It overthrew aud razed it literally to the ground . It unstated tlie _adjoining dwelling-house , and proceeded to the factory of a Si . Mare , a distance of GOO orSOO yards , ra--raging the intervening grounds . This latter factory fell before it as if a house of cards . "Walls , roof , machinery ,

      inmates , were destroyed and mingled by its resistless force . The dwelling-house of M . Mare was spared , like that of 31 . Nevcu , hut the unslating of the roof and walls -was more complete . Hitherto the storm had followed its direct course from south to north . After passing over the house and factory of M . Mare ., and reaching that of 3 L _Picquot , it wheeled suddenly to the right and passed a distauce of a couple of hundred yards to the cast , hut returned from its abrupt detour ere it reached the road . Then , like a huntsman who takes ground sufficient to put his steed iu full speed ere lie attempts a great leap , and like him making itself up for the feat , it rushed upon the factory of M . l * icquot ( a splendid new aad solid structure of brick , presenting a front of about - 00 feet in length . Thc building consisted

      ofthe _fcciory _jtroper , four stories in height , and occupying hree-Sfths of the frontage . At each side was a wing of about 40 feet , aud of only one story . It would seem as if the whirlwind gained strength in the valley , or reserved itself for the grand blow at this factory . In the first thirteen people perished ; in the second fifteen . If it had proceeded In a right line afterwards , it would next have encountered the gable end of the fine building of M . Picquot , but iusteadof doing so it made tlie sharp turn to the right , took breath , and coming back , made its irresistible assault upon the body of the factory . So _extraordinary was its force at this point that a stack of _thimneysou the left wing was broken across a few feet above its low roof . Portions of it were , with the zinc covering of tlie roof , blown over the mill stream , a

      distance of forty or fifty yards . Disdaining Hie wings ( although in its previous course it had descended to crush Tery humble shrubs ) , and concentrating its force , the whirlw n which , as every appearance suggests was about the csact breadth of tlie factory , rushed upon it , and literary blew it from its foundation . Hardly checked by the opposition of brick walls , it essayed the mountain in therein Here the resistance was real and effective , although the wrecks of trees ou the sides of the hill show that tlie onset was furious . Rallying and making a sudden turn to therightitresumedits original direction , * and tore along the valley nearly to its termination , and then rose up the side ofthe western mountain , destroying or maiming trees In its way . Atthe summit it blew down many , and a little on fhe descent at thc other

      side it demolished a barn , rushed down tlic lull , and before pursuing its way along that valley unroofed aud damaged tlie paper-mill of a il . Duval . The time _occupied hy the devastation I have so faintly depicted was , irom its reaching the top of the ravine on the eastern side oftlie valley ( at St . Maurice ) until the _roaipletion of its disastrous mission , a minute and a quarter . The distance through which I have followed it is somewhat more than a mile . leaving out of view the aspect ofthe valley after the departure of the whirlwind , the _szenv of desolation it had produced was almost indescribable . Three immense buildings , crowded from the ground to the roof with machinery , materials , and hundreds of human beings , reduced to one confused mass of wreck . The sight was horrifying . The workpeople

      of the other ( adjoiuing _) factories , who had been struck mute with _apprehension , turned , after tlie passage of the hurricane , their regard towards the parts of the valley where had stood the neighbouring buildings , and were appalled by the vacancies that offered to tlieir view . This sensation ivas only momentary , however , for they at once took in the whole disaster and ran with one accord to the ruins in tlieir respective nei ghbourhoods . The report of the calamity , fled almost as swiftly as its cause , for _iuraiediatclyafter it had passed the whole rural population of the country and the thousands of _jteople employed iii the factories which lie at intervals for eight or ten miles along the _roael from Itouen to Malaunay , aud the garrison aud inhabitants of this city , caught the rumour and ran to the scene of desolation , and witli

      common accord commenced with zeal and earnestness the work of rescue I am told that the rapidity with which the timber , stones , bricks , machinery , and ponderous implements were caught up and thrown aside , in the search for the sufferers in agony , or dead beneath the wreck , was magical . It is true that they had not to _mouutliijih to seize the uppermost wreck , for all was laid low . The masses of brickwork , beams , some of them 50 feet long and 16 or 18 inches square , bags of cotton , iron bars , portions of steam-engines , weighing many hundreds of pounds , were instantaneously caught up and removed . Beneath them were found , as well as I can learn , nearly 2-30 _liumxin beings of all ages , aad both sexes . A few—a very few , alreadydead . The rest were bruised , wouuded , crushed ,

      disfigured , mutilated . Either the storm that continued to rage , and the rain that now began to pour , drowned the groans ana moans of tlie victims , for tliey were -unable to utter a cry ; but true it is tliat few cries were heard , although tlie labours of tliose who toiled to relieve them were carried on in almost deathlike silence . The description of their appearance , which I had from many of those _en-raged in rescuing them , is too horrible io repeat . Nearly two hundred of the wounded were removed in carriages to tlie hospital of Rouen . A few still remain in tiie cottages iu the nei ghbourhood of the disaster , some cf them mortally wounded . Aheady 65 are dead—( 51 positively , and four still missing , supposed to he buried under masses of wall thrown into the river . This visitation was attended by some interesting and

      extraordinary episodes . M . Marc , a young man , the proprietor of the first factory attacked , was alarmed by the supernatural noise in the air that preceded the Wow , and , Imagining that fire had occurred , ran out ofthe building , and thus escaped death ; but his health is visibly impaired by the shock . Several meu who followed or were thrown out of the factory were kilicd by the mass of matter tliat fell , or was blown upon them . In the factory of M l'ic'inot eight or ten men were , with the walls of the building , blown many yards off , and escaped with only some bruises . Twenty-four hours after the disaster , a little girl , of eleven years , was found iu a basket under the ruins , fast asleep , and almost unhurt , the poor child having , from the fatigue of crying , possibly fallen asleep .

      ( From Vie Memorial de Rouen of Friday . ) The clearing away of tlie ruins of the three manufactories is completed , and the detachments of the troops of the line returned into the town yesterday : — Thc final number of tbe dead bodies dug out from the ruins is 75 . The number of the wounded , as wc said yesterday ,. i 3 , from 150 to 170 . Besides the 75 dead bodies dug out from among the ruins , we hare to add a certain number of wounded who have died , and many others are so dangerously hurt that thereis little hope of saving them . It is impossible to praise too highly ST . Slaweski , the civil engineer belonging to the administration of the mines at Itouen . lie directed the labours of thc workmen and soldiers at JU . Picquot ' s manufactory with the greatest zeal . He was forty-eight hours on the spot , and did not go away until it was ascertained that no more victims could be found among the ruins .

      The search Was not finished until three p . m ., when , upon reference to the registers of the establishment , it was ascertained that no more persons were missing . The examinations having been most scrupulously made , it was found that at the moment of the misfortune there were 163 persons at the time of the disaster in H . Picquofs establishment . Among the details of this melanchol y calculation are the following : —33 dead , * . _™ ? were found on to n _-S"t of the 19 th , four Z L _> f _* ° J _««* y ; 58 were severely wounded , anatkerest saved ; or at least few of them _^^ t w ° Ddap 0 r _^ " _** _*""¦• _-Mring the 2 _£ a _£ _~" . fat 3 sUed * J * 0 " ™ * ' _«*» ™» _W * * ° §» _f > _«* . ; He rose however iaon , and

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      accompanied by M . Tougard , counsellor ofthe prefeture , visited all the points of the disaster . He gave orders at his hotel to furnish everything for the service of the unfortunate sufferers . Just as he got upon the ruins two victims were found . He afterwards visited the sufferers in their beds , and spoke to them with the greatest affection . Accompanied by Doctors Blanche and Hellot , he visited all tbe private houses to which the wounded had been carried . He then visited the owners oftlie destroyed establishments , and promised to interest the Government in their favour . He begged fhe mayors of Malaunay and ilouville to spare nothing for the comfort of the sufferers , and told them he would obtain thc sanction of the Government for defraying all the expenses . On his return to Itouen he found a letter from the Ministry approving aii bis proceedings and promising prompt succour . Subscriptions for the relief of the sufferers have _baen opened at Monvillc and all the neighbouring towns .

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      8 _^ THE NORTHERN STAR . August 30 : 1845 .,

      * I Now Recollect That After Passing Ove...

      * I now recollect that after passing over the body of the building it had levelled , and after its impotent attempt upon the hills in the rear , the wind appears to have returned aud passed round a corner of the factory , aud unroofed an adjoining building .

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      _JS'OItTnERN CIRCUIT . _IlVEEPOOl , AVGVST 22 . —CHAECE OF HCRDER . — noBumLE CnuELTt . —George Uiil was indicted for the murder of Ben _Jon-on , an African or Krooman , on the night between tlie 1 st and 2 d of May , on hoard the brig Challenge . Mr . Brandt and Mr . Patchett prosecuted ; the prisoner was defended by Mr . "WillrinsandMi _* . James . The prisoner was the commander of the brig Challenge , which had proceeded from Liverpool to the coast of Africa ; on the return voyage , in February last , in consequence of a want of hands , and the impossibility of obtaining Europeans , tlie deceased , lien Jonsou , was shipped . In 3 Iay , on the night between tlie first and second , the deceased was in a night-watch , of which his companions were Wm . Angus , seaman and cooper , the second mate , and Wm . Lyons , an apprentice . At that time , about fouriu

      the morning , the _jirisouer was in his bed . The deceased , wiio was about thirty years of age , being tired , shirked his duty , went and sat down on the coomhings of the companion stairs and fell asleep ; while asleep he overbalanced himself and fell down the stairs _^—a height of about seven feet Making a great noise in the descent , his fall was lieard by tliose on deck , and also by the captain , who immediately called out to inquire the cause of it . Holmes , the second mate , called out to Angus to come aud lend a hand to pick Ben up . Angus , fearing chastisement of the deceased on account ofhis neglect of duty , went to thc top ofthe companion-stairs and called hhn to come up quickly . Ile rose from oft the boards and went up , but proceeding slowly Angus took hold of the collar ofhis jacket and assisted him . When he got ou deck he

      leaned against the companion , and then went to the larboard side and lay down again , apparently in sleep , under the hurricane deck . Shortly afterwards the captain came on deck , in great anger , and called out , "Where is that fellow 1 " Angus pointed to tlie Krooman , and the pri * soner then went , got the rope ' s end , whicli was kept for die express purpose of flogging those of the crew tc / io incurred tte « ij > faui ' s displeasure , and commenced flogging thc deceased ; at the first blow he wheeled himself round , and tried to get away from under the hurricane-deck , but was hauled down by theprisonerand again flogged and kicked iu a most ferocious manner for about a quarter of an hour , during which time the deceased had several times screamed , ns if in agony . The prisoner afterwards saying tliat the rope ' s-end was not strong enough to make

      him get up , went and got a canoe-paddle , an implement lengthy and strong , which tapers at one end , and is flat at the other , aud returning te the place where deceased _stilllay , beat him with the paddle , and so violently , that it broke in his hand into several pieces . He then , seeing lus efforts were useless in causing deceased toget up , called to Angus , and told him ' * to drag him outof that , " andhe himself walked away forward . Angus got a bucketful of water aud threw it over thc deceased , who was lying witli his face on the deck . The moon was not out , butalantern which was brought and the light in the binnacle enabled Angus to see that the body and the deck around it were covered with blood . He also heard a gurgling noise as if tlie blood was spurting out . There was also " a snorting noise as if tliere was sometliing in the nostrils , " and

      hearing tliis tlie captain shouted , " If you don't stop that 111 give you some more of it . " Angus lifted deceased up , and carrying him laid him down forwards , mar the windlass . At about eight o ' clock in the morning the captain asked thefirstmate , "IIow Ben was after his rope ' s ending ?" The captain ordered Friar ' s balsam and spirit of hartshorn to be applied . The cook , Daniel Phillips , a man of colour . expressed his fear that tlie deceased was dying , but the captain said , "Tut tut ; how many men do you see in Liverpool without noses ? " During the morning all the crew , as well as the captain , saw the body , and life being unquestionably extinct , it was at about twelve o ' clock thrown overboard . It was covered with blood , the hair matted , the jaw broken , a fearful gash on the throat , and the nose cut in two—all the natural results of

      theprisoner having struck him with the edge of the flat end of the paddle . Before the deceased bad been thrown overboard , there was a conversation between thc captain , Win . Ritson , the first mate , and several of the erew , as to whether deceased had died from the effects ofthe injuries inflicted by the former ; and then the captain had declared tliat he was sure that thc neck was broken by the faU down thc companion stairs . The captain directed Uic Cook to feci in deceased ' s neck to see if there was not a bouc sticking out . Thc cook said , " Xo , sir , I don't think it is . " Thc captain answered , " O , d—n it , say it is , for fear they might haul me up when I get to Liverpool . " Kitsou , the mate , some time afterwards , madeoutthelogonthcslate , and thenhadhalfcopicditinto the log-hook , as usual , when the captain stopped him ,

      took tlie slate , rubbed out what had heen written , and substituted another statement of his own , commanding his mate to copy tliat and no other . This Ititson did . It stated what appeared in the evidence , that " A Krooboy , named Ben Jonson , having fallen asleep on the companion ladder , feU headlong down into the cabin : _"' this was written hy thc first mate , and the captain ' s dictation went on to say , that he had been picked up groaning aud taken on deck ; that in the morning the captain had given him three or four lashes with a rope ' s end , as a punishment ; tliat afterwards he had unfortunately died , and tliat the captain had said he must have broken his neck in the fall—as a proof confirmatory ofwhich , his

      neck bone had been starting from the skin . Mr . w llkins addressed thejury for the defence . His Lordship summed up . The jury left the court to deliberate upon their verdict , and after an absence of an hour and forty minutes returned a verdict of—Guilty of Manslaughter . The prisoner , on being called upon to say why judgment should not be passed upon him , according to law , said : — " It appears pretty evident it will be of no avail what I may say . You arc about to punish a man as free from the guilt of the charge as any one in court . " His Lordship said : —The sentence of the Court was , Ihat he should be transported to sueh place as her Majesty , by the advice of her _Trivy Council , should think lit for the twin of his natural life .

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      COMMEMORATION OF THE _LIBERATION OF FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., FROM YORK CASTLE . On "Wednesday evening last a numerous party of the Deptford and Greenwich Chartists , together with some friends from London , sat down to an excellent supper in commemoration of the above event , at the George and Dragon , lllackheath-hill . Mr . JcLiiN Haeseyivascalled to the chair , and presided on the occasion . The supper having been disposed of , and the cloth removed , the _Ciuiinu . ** said—It was customary when the aristocracy or tlieir partisans assembled together on festive occasions to commence tlieir toasts with "Church and Queen . - * ' The Church was , no doubt , an excellent

      church fir hungry vicars , bishops , and archbishops , but a very poor church for those who had nothing to do with it but to pay church-rates and Easter dues . ( Hear , hear . ) One of their excellent friends of thc Deptford locality was at . the present time engaged in resisting those odious imposts . ( Cheers . ] Such a toast , then , would meet with no favour in their eyes . ( Hear , hear . ) With respect to monarchy , when persons reflected how ably a people could be governed by such meu as the late General Jackson , for a few thousands a year , they would be quite willing to be rid of the follies and fopperies of monarchy . ( Loud cheers , ) The House of Commons was the real ruling power in this country ; but its members did not pass their nefarious acts in their own

      names , but in those of the Queen , or the tliree estates . As to tlie Queen , she could do ho wrong—and , he would add , of course she could do no right . ( Cheers . ) Ministers were responsible for the acts of the Sovereign ; but when you came to inquire as to tlieir responsibility , Sir 11 . Peel said "he was responsible to God and his own conscience . " For his own part , he had uo objection to full-grown babes being amused twice a year with the gilded glittering processions of royal puppets ; hut he did object to sensible men being called ou to pay for them . He called on them , therefore , to respect themselves , to honour their own order ; and to that end to accept as their first sentiment , " The Sovereignty of the People . " The toast was drank with all thc honours .

      The _Chaiema _** * said the next toast was the toast of the evening—it alluded to the liberation of Feargus O'Connor from York Castle . He had the honour to be appointed as the delegate representing the people of Sheffield on the occasion ofthe release of Mr . O'Connor , andthe welcome that gentleman received at the Castle gates of York . The true friends of Mr . O'Connor were not sycophants , who were always ready to fawn and flatter—hut the honestmen who would set him right when they thought hewas wrong , but would meet his enemies in sternest opposition . The men of independent souls were the true friends of Mr . O'Connor ; and that truth that gentleman knew , A long experience had taught him who were his real friends . This was a most happy

      commemoration , not only of Mr . O'Connor ' s liberation from a Whig dungeon , but of his glorious triumph over the atrocious slanders , invented by the false frieuds of equality . One of these slanders was , that Mr . _O'Counor betrayed John Frost ; thc authors and abettors of that lie , knew it to be a lie , a wicked , abominable , foul , and damnable lie , ( Cheers . ) But these assassins had their meet reward in the detestation in which they were held by the true and unfaltering democrats . Mr . O'Connor had been recently lecturing through Yorkshire on the Chartist Land plan , and they knew with what glorious results . WeU , he was not opposed—none of his enemies and ours encountered him in fair discussiondid not attempt to set him right if they thought him wrong—nothing of this sort , for they were not capable

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      of playing so straightforward a part * . but one of them , the chief of these unscrupulous assassins , crawled after Mr . O'Connor , and when Mr . O'Connor had left a town wherejie had heen lecturing , then iu crawled the prime delusionist nnd mischief-maker , and announced his lectures on the "fallacies of Feargus 0 'Counor ' s Land Scheme . " ( Cries of "That ' s Jemmy O'Brien . " ) These arch-enemies of Chartism pretended to ground their dirty opposition on what they called "firstprinciples . " He ( the chairman ) was a first-principle man . lie abhorred land-robbers , profitmongers , and every other description of pestiferous plunderers and usurpers . His creed was — and Thomas Spence had taught it him—that "the Land is the people ' s farm , " and that it belongs to the entire nation , not to Individuals or classes . But what a fool he should be if he could not

      get entire justice at one grasp , that , therefore , he would be coutent to snarl and get nothing . The Charter was not all in the way of political reform he wanted ; but the Charter was the great means to greatir ends . The Chartist Land plan was not all that would contcut him ; hut it was calculated to teach the people the value of the land , and wou'd , if properly carried out , hasten the time when the people would insist on a return to first principles . He had much pleasure in giving the toast as placed in his hands— " Feargus O'Connor , the victim of Whig misrule in York Castle ; the dread of all tyrants ; the friend of all patriots ; we meet to celebrate the fourth anniversary of his liberation . " The toast was drank with immense applause .

      Mr . II . Ross , in responding , said he thought every sensible man would give his meed of praise so justly due to Mr . O'Connor for his consistency and perseverance in his manly attempts to establish the sovereignty of the people , without any dread of being called " tool" or "worshipper . " He thought it the duty of the people to support Mr . O'Connor in JiL _« righteous course and noble undertakings . The _CuiiEiiiN next gave " The Charter , may we all live to see its blessings enjoyed throughout the British Dominions , and its principles established throughout the world . " ( Great cheering )

      Mr . T . Cooper , in responding , said he had been much pleased with the former toasts , but . he was still more pleased with the present , as it was for the Charter he had suffered imprisonment—for _recommending the people to cease work uutil they obtained their Charter ; aud sure he was that it would bring blessings in its train . The aristocracy did not like the word Charter , because there was power in it . Well , theu , let the people toast the Charter at all convivial meetings , speak of it everywhere , and give it more power still . ( Loud cheers . ) It was the people that must carry the Charter . Bishops or kings would uot do it , for they knew that when the Charter became law , away went all their tinsel , glitter , and gewgaw . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) Let them stand fast hy the name of the Charter , and never desert it . There is no hope for the millions save in thc Charter . ( Grcatchcering . )

      The _CnAinsiAN then gave— " The Chartist Co-operative Land Society—may it produce all the good which its founders and supporters anticipate . " Drank with great enthusiasm . Mr . CniM . ES Bolweli . responded in a lengthy address , descanting on the excellencies of the Laud plan and its perfect accordance with thegreat object ofthe agitationthe Charter . He showed the advance of democratic principles of late years , and predicted a speedy triumph for those principles . Mr . _Bolwcll ' s address was warmly applauded . The next sentiment given by the chairman was— " The Ladies , " to which Mr . Shaw responded in a humorous and happy address . The _Chaiiisiax then gave "the speedy restoration of Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis . "

      Mr . Shaw said he had received a letter from Mrs . Ellis , complaining of great distress . Mr . Cooveii said he had seen thc letters alluded to , and would wish to see a veteran Patriot Fund established , lie was also determined to use all his endeavours to procure thc means of support for poor Mrs . Ellis . Mr . T . M . Wheeler then responded to the toast , and said they would indeed be wanting in gratitude did they not exert themselves to the utmost to obtain the return of those who had done and sacrificed so much for father _, land . ( Loud cheers . ) They had indeed kindled a fire of patriotism which still continued to burn in the breast ofthe millions . No one would experience greater pleasure than himself in seeing a Veteran _Patriots' Fund established , and the wi'ows of the exiles supported , ( loud cheers ); and he would give such a project all the help he could .

      The _Ciiaikjtan , after some appropriate remarks which were received with much cnthuiasm , gave— " The immortal memory of Wat Tyler , and all who have perished in prison , in exile , on the scaffold , or the field , for the establishment of thc rights of man . " Thc toast was drank with repeated rounds of applause . The next sentiment was— " The health of T . S . Duncombe , JM . P ., the people ' s friend and champion . " Thc "health of the chairman" concluded the toasts . In the course of the evening a number of patriotic songs were sung . At an hour somewhat advanced towards cock-ciow the proceedings terminated , all being highly gratified with the night's entertainment .

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      Fatal Accimsnt. —Tlic Messager (Paris Pa...

      Fatal AccimsnT . —Tlic Messager ( Paris paper ) gives an account of a lire which broke out at Bordeaux , on the 22 nd inst ., at six o ' clock in thc evening , at the rue Boric-aux-Chartrous , at a Mons . Tastet . A store full of brandy was consumed , and the fire spread to the neighbouring houses . In three hours it was got under . The following morning , by the lulling in of thc roof of one of the burned houses a commander , an adjutant-major , a lieutenant , aud three firemen were killed , and a fireman aud two soldiers wounded . Tlie loss of property is estimated at three millions of francs .

      The late Shocking Accident ox boaud TnE _MooxLiGni . —On Monday evening an inquest was held by Mr . Bedford , the coroner , at the St . Martin ' s public-house , Duke-slrcet , Adclphi , on thc body of James Purcell , aged 13 , who met with his death from a frightful accident on board the Moonlight , on Monday evening week , at Ilungcrford Market , having bad his foot twisted off by a rope . Several witnesses of the accident were examined ; and the surgeon detailed the sufferings and death of the poor boy at the Charing-eross Hospital . After much conversation it was agreed to adjeurn the inquiry .

      Maxslaughter . —At thc Central Criminal Court on Monday a powerful young man , named Michael Carroll , about 30 or 35 years of age , was indicted for feloniously killing or slaying James Bristow , by striking him on thc head with an iron poker , and iniiicting an injury whereof he lingered and died . From the evidence of a number of witnesses , it was proved that the prisoner , who is a labourer , working at St . Mary , Stratford , had a quarrel on the morning of the 10 th August , about one o'clock , with another labourer named Williams , which , after an exchange of hard words , terminated in a fight . Several persons of Williams ' s party came to his assistance , and amongst them the prisoner suffered a severe beating . As soon as he could get away he went in search of a

      weapon , and having procured a poker , he returned to the scene of action , loudly vowing vengeance . Thus armed and raging , he walked about for some time brandishing the poker , until the unfortunate deceased , who was peaceably going home , and had nothing whatever to do with Carroll or the previous row , came in the infuriated man ' s way , and was struck twice upon the head with the poker . Of these wounds lie died at eight o ' clock on the same morning . Thejury found thc prisoner Guilty . The Common Serjeant , in sentencing the prisoner to seven years' transportation , expressed his opinion tliat he ought to have been indicted for wilful murder .

      The Alleged Murder at _RomEnniTnE . —The inquest , adjourned from Thursday last , on the body of tho unfortunate woman , Ellen Tyrrell , who was found in the Grand Surrey Canal under such circumstances as led to the apprehension of a man named John White , and his remand iu llorsemonger-lane gaol , was resumed on Monday . Several witnesses were examined , the principal part of whose evidence did not throw much light on tlie affair . Upon the court being opened , Bridget Mahony , a little girl , was called , who , upon being questioned by the Coroner regarding the nature of an oath , answered very satisfactorily : but on the Coroner telling her she must be sworn she burst into tears , stating that she must not be sworn , as lier father had threatened to turn her out of doors if she took an oathShe

      . said she saw her father on Saturday last , when he so threatened her . The Coroner said he had been informed that violence towards the child had been threatened if she gave any evidence . There was no doubt the child had been tutored . He ( tlie Coroner ) would , however , not examine her until flip last . Michael Shea , residing in Green Bank , Wapping , deposed that he is a _coal-whippcr . Had known White for four years . On Monday , the llth instant , witness , White , and two others , were drinking together in a publie-housc in Wapping . wall , W by a person named Halfpenny . Witness liad a tobacco-box . White asked him for a smoke , which witnessrefused . White attempted to snatch the box *

      when a jostle occurred , but whether he scratched his face witness could not tellt > He did not observe any scratch , although lie was in his company for two hours afterwards . White , however , did not complain of having his face scratched . Witness did not see him again until the following Friday , when , observing his face scratched , asked him how he got it . White said , " By the button of your coat , whilst jostling for the tobacco-box . " The witness subsequently admitted that if White had scratched his face injthejostle , although he was not sober at tlie time , he must have observed it . Police-constable Wm . Keeley , 175 K , deposed , thaton Tuesday week the person in custody named White was given in charge to him for

      murdering Jbllen Tyrrell . On the road to the station-house White said , that on thc previous Wcdncs day he met the deceased with Hogan and wife and two other persons , strangers to him . After bavin" three pints of gin he crossed the water with deceased and the two strangers over to Rotherhithe . On landimr they went to the Royal Oak , where they had half a pint of gin , when a quarrel arose relative to a broken glass , during which deceased and himself left On coming out , White directed her towards the ' Blue Anchor , when . deceased said she did not want to go

      Fatal Accimsnt. —Tlic Messager (Paris Pa...

      that road as she lived towards' Deptford ; they then turned towards Deptford , and that he accompanied her about twenty rods in that direction , when he left her * she was very drunk , and could hot walk more than half a dozen yards without staggering . —P . C . Wiseman , 15 G K , deposed that he accompanied thc last witness to the Rotherhithe . police-station , having White in custody . When there he repeated the same story as stated by the last witness Keeley . Witness has since measured the distance from the Royal Oak to the Red Lion public-house , being a distance of five furlongs twenty poles , * from the lied Lion to Knocker ' s-lane-bridge being four furlongs eight po cs , and thence to where the body was found sixteen poles . Witness had also measured the fence at Jerry Style ' s in

      liouse , and found it to be seven feet three inches height ' . At the station-house witness observed two scratches on White's face , which he said were occasioned in a struggle to obtain the possession of a tobacco-box from one ofhis mates named Shea . The total distance from the Royal Oak to where the body was found was one mile two furlongs four poles . Charles Varrow , a brass-founder at Burnett and Copes ' , at Deptford , deposed that he resides in London . On Tuesday morning last , about a quarter past four , witness was coming down to his work by the side ofthe Greenwich Railway , when having occasion to go underneath one of the archways , No . 52 G , he found a white straw bonnet without ribbon , and a little broken in the front . There was no blood upon it , and the young man who was coming down the road with witness took the bonnet . Witness does not know his name , or where he works , but ho

      had the appearance of being an engineer . The bonnet , in witness ' s opinion , had evidently been placed there for concealment , and had evidently not been in tlic water . The room having been cleared , after a consultation of about half an hour , was re-opened , when the Coroner stated that , in conseqnence ofthe finding of the bonnet , and other little matters , which would throw considerable light on this suspicious case , thc inquest must stand further adjourned until Friday . Tlie adjourned inquest was resumed on . Friday , at the New Cross Inn . John White , the man suspected of the murder , on being cautioned by the Coroner , entered into a long detail of circumstances similar to what he had stated before thc police magistrate , which did not tally with the evidence given by several of the former witnesses . There being no further evidence , the jury returned a verdict of "Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown . "

      _Anotoeu Fatal Railway Accident . —An accident , resulting fatally , occurred on Tuesday night on the Newcastle and North Shields Railway , the particulars of whicli , as far as we can gather , are as follow : —When the train , whicli left Newcastle at half-past nine o ' clock , was proceeding at the usual pace , it came in contact with a man , apparently a labourer , but totally unconnected with the railway , between the Wallscnd and Walker Stations , and knocked liim down , nearly severing the legs from the body , and killing liim on the spot . The unfortunate sufferer , it appears , had been trespassing on the line , and did not observe the engine tiU loo late to escape . The body , which was sadly mutilated , was soon afterwards brought to the station-house at Newcastle , to be claimed by the relatives . No blame , we believe , is attachable to thc engine driver , as , owing to the darkness of the night and thc position of the deceased , the melancholy occurrence was unavoidble . — Tyne Mercury .

      Accident asd Narrow Escapk on tiieIork akd _ScAKimo' Railway . —Thc 12 . 15 train , consisting of about fifteen carriages , and occupied by upwards of 300 passengers , left the York station at about thc usual time on Monday at noon . The train was drawn by the Duncombe engine , and in addition to thc passengers' carriages , there was a covered waggon , or road parcels carriage , which was placed next the tender . The train proceeded at its ordinary speed , and nothing unusual transpired until within from two to three hundred yards ofthe Kivkham station , where there are sonic very awkward curves , and where the line is exceedingly dangerous from the looseness of the soil forming the embankment , which is _principally composed of sand . —This part of the

      railway , which is at thc foot of thc Whitwell estate , is exactly opposite Kirkhani Abbey , from which it is separated by tlie river Dement . In endeavouring to to pass along this part ofthe line , the engine and tender , together with the luggage waggon before alluded to , and a second class carriage ran off the rails , and were partly embedded in the adjoining embankment . The greatest alarm and confusion immediately ensued , in the midst of which heart-rending cries for assistance of some one was heard . Attention was immediately directed tothe broken carriage , when it was discovered that a plate layer , who had been travelling in it , had received very serious injury . Ue was immediately removed to the house of a neighbouring farmer named Warwick . —Mr . Cabrey ,

      the resident engineer in York to thc above company , was close to the engine-driver at the time of the accident , and was thrown on to the side of the embankment , hut froni tho soft state of the soil , he escaped with trifling in jury . —Thc guard , whose name is Cowburn , and who had been merely put on as extra guard , sustained a slight fracture of one of his legs , but after a short delay at the Kirkham station-house , he was removed to Mall on . No other personal injury was occasioned by the accident , and a messenger having been despatched io Malton withiiitclligenccofthe occurrence , another engine was procured , End the passengers proceeded on their journey . In tho meantime it had been asccrfcaii . cdthat the unfortunate individual taken from

      the luggage waggon was very severely hurt , and Mr . _Sigston , of Wclburn , and Mr . Bartliff , of Malton , surgeons , were sent for . The sufferer gave his name Joseph Strong , of Shildon , near Darlington , and stated that he had been in thc employment of the railway company in ' question , as a plate layer , for about five weeks , having been engaged in a similar capacity near Darlington , for a period of upwards of seven years . On the medical gentlemen before named arriving at the house of Mr . Warwick , they discovered that Strong had eaeh of his thighs fractured in two different places , besides one of them being much contused , and from which a very considerable quantity of blood was taken . Thc usual remedies available under thc circumstances were applied , and on visiting their patient on the following morning the surgeons declared thc appearances favourable . It is very providential that the engine did not run

      off thc line on the contrary side to where the occurrence took place , as in that case the greater part , if not the whole of the train , must inevitably have been precipitated down the declivity into tlio river . Immediately after the departure of the train for Searbi'o' active preparations were commenced for remedying the defects in the rails , etc ., and also for removing the broken carriages , engine , and tender . Wc understand that when Strong completed his week ' s labour on Saturday last , he proceeded to York , where he had previously arranged to meet his wife , and that in returning " to his employment on Monday , he had concealed himself in tho luggage waggon in order to avoid paying the usual fare , although , we are informed , such charge would liave been dispensed with providing he had made proper application , on account of his being in the service of the company .

      Distressing Occurrence at Duxbar . —A most distressing catastrophe occurred here yesterday ( Wednesday ) , by which ten individuals have been drowned . The Red Rover fishing-boat , of Buckhaven , with a crew of six men , William Thompson , master , in taking the old harbour , about midway , was driven among the rocks and totally wrecked . Three of thc crew were instantly drowned . Thc master got oil to a rock and was saved . His brother reached a small rock , near the iron pole , whicli is surrounded by deep water , and covered at full tide , against whicli thc sea was fearfully breaking . Many fruitless attempts were made to rescue him . As a Jast attempt Lieutenant Wyldc , of the preventive service ; Mr . Lucas , chief boatman , with four

      seafaring men belonging to tlic town , whose names were David Darg , Peter Darg , William Miller , and William Clement , volunteered their services , and in a fishing-boat ] boldly ventured out . They had nearly reached the rock when the poor man was washed off , but he kept up for a short time and neared the boat . The crew had almost succeeded in catching his hand , when a sea struck the boat and drove it among the rocks behind the pier , where , melancholy to mention , it was dashed to p ieces , andthe whole crew drowned . Tlie object of their solicitude was carried to sea , and met tho same fate . It is distressing to think of the extent of affliction wliich this fearful event lias occasioned . Lieutenant Wylde , Mr . Lucas , Peter Darg , and William Clement , were married men , and

      all of them , except Mr . Lucas , have left families . Thc two former were excellent seamen , and much respected in Dunbar . Thc state of excitement and gloom which this melancholy occurrence has occasioned among all classes is very great . It is not known what caused the Red Rover to attempt Dunbar with such a fearful swell in shore . She had not been fishing there for some days , and not more than six boats belonging to the station had ventured to the fishing-ground on the preceding evening . It is thought she was well fished , and from thc circumstances of few Dunbar boats being out , expected a more ready market for her cargo . —Edinburgh Herald . Explosion at _Bisuopwearmoutii Ironworks . — On Thursday , the 21 st inst ., au inquest was held at Sunderland , before Mr . Maynard , coroner , on view

      of the body ot a youth named William Irving , who had met with his death under the following circumstances : —It appeared that Messrs . Richardson and Co ., the proprietors of the above extensive works have lately purchased a quantity of cannon , bomb * shells ,. Ac , no longer fitter naval service , from the Board of Ordnance , for the purpose of melting them down to metal . It was the practice ( and strict orders were given by the manager to the workmen that this should always be done ) , before patting these shells into the furnace , to break them with large hammers but on Wednesday morning , contrary to . these express directions , a large shell had been put into the furnace whole and without being carefully examined Unfortunately , it contained part of a charge of powder , and almost immediately exploded . The furnace was blown to atoms , and the above-named youth who was only fifteen years of age , struck by be

      Fatal Accimsnt. —Tlic Messager (Paris Pa...

      materials and killed on the spot . Two of tho workmen , named Joseph Shaw nnd Edward Pollard , who were some distance from the place , wero also seriously injured . They were removed to Bisliopwearmouth Infirmary , and now lie in a very precarious state . Had any other persons been near the furnace , they must have been killed by the explosion . The jury , after hearing the above facts , returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " Dreadful Suicide . —On Friday week Dr . M'Carthy , county corouer _, held an inquest at Rathmincs , near Dublin , on view of the body of Mr , Frederick Howard , a gentleman of property , who resided there , and who liad shot himself that morning about twelve o ' clock with a gun . The greatest excitement prevailed in

      tlic neighbourhood , and a large crowd of persons was collected about thc place . The body presented an awful appearance ; the head was almost literally blown oh' the shoulders , and the gun was certainly placed in a curious position under the side-board . The circumstances caused some difficulty to thejury , as they could not well account for the position of the gun . It appeared that the deceased pushed tlie trigger with the ramrod , and so violent was the shock , that the stock was torn from the piece , and a quantity of shot ( with wliich thc gun was loaded ) entered the ceiling . Death must have been quite instantaneous . Deceased was well known in the county and city , and was a grand juror in both . A number of witnesses were examined , who deposed , apparently with sufficient clearness , to the fact of the deceased having been for some time of unsound mind ;

      that he imagined that a conspiracy existed against him ; and that he had stated in the previous week that he did not think any man safe from the " spying system" that was practised by the police . Thejury , however , found the following verdict : — " We find that the said Frederick Howard was found dead in tlie back breakfast parlour , on Friday , August 22 , with the brains of his head fractured on tlic right side , and several blood-vessels ruptured , then lying in his liouse at Rathmines , in tlic county of Dublin , * that liis death was caused by leaden shot , No . 5 , fired from a gun or pistol , but whether said shot was fired by deceased in an unsound state of mind , or by the hand of another person , said jury cannot say . " It was half-past two o ' clock when t ' . \ e jury were discharged . —Dublin Paper .

      Incendiary Fire at Folkinoiiam . — At three o'clock on Sunday morning tlic inhabitants of Folk * ingham , in the county of Lincoln , were suddenly alarmed by a cry of " Fire ! " and great _number rose from their beds aud rushed to the extensive stack-yard and premises at the back oftlie Greyhound Inn , occupied by Mr . Casswell , where they found a large granar y filled with oats enveloped in flames , threatening inevitable destruction to the several surrounding stacks of newly got in hay . Water from a neighbouring well , supplied in abundance the excellent engine provided for the town by Sir G . Heatlicote ; and to this circumstance , combined with the wet state of the stacks , owing to the heavy rain whicli had been falling without intermission for two hours , may be attributed the preservation of property

      amounting in value to several thousand pounds . The fire for a considerable period raged with unabated fury , reflecting an immense light for miles around , but happily it was confined to thc building and the materials inside it . How this mischief occurred is not known , but from the circumstance of the building being locked up it is very strongly conjectured to have been theact of an incendiary . Suspicion fell upon some Irish labourers in the neighbourhood , with whom some unpleasantness had taken place a day or two before ; there , however , was no proof sufficient to warrant their apprehension . The alarm was given by Thomas Burrows , keeper of tho New Inn tap , which is contiguous to flic stack-yard . This is the second fire that has taken place upon nearl ; thc same spot within a few months .

      Destructive Fire at _Peckiiaji . —On Monday night , between the hours of eight and nine o'clock , a fire broke out in thc back premises belonging to Mr . Wm . Walton , corn-dealer , situate in High-street , Peckhara . It originated in the stabling , immediately at the rear of the dwelling-house . Owing , however , to the great scarcity of water and the highly combustible nature of the stock , it was with the utmost difficulty that thc horses could be rescued ; as it was , one of the animals , a very spirited

      and valuable one , was severely burned . From Mr . Walton ' s buildings thc flames extended to the outhouses of Mr . James Learc , and from thence to thc stabling in the occupation of Mr . Howard , a carpenter and __ joiner , thc whole of which at one time were blazing away with thc greatest fury , threatening destruction to thc front dwelling-houses . The inhabitants and firemen at length succeeded , with the aid of buckets of water , and by pulling down some contiguous sheds , in extinguishing the flames . The damage , however , is very considerable .

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      With Saturday's News, Police, Legal And ...

      WITH SATURDAY'S NEWS , POLICE , LEGAL AND GENERAL . _MANSION HOUSE . Saturday . —Smashing . — . William Haines , a youth of eighteen , was charged by Richard Cable , shopman at Mr . Jackson ' s , chemist , _ClieapsiclD , with offering in payment a piece of bad coin . At half-past eleven that morning ,

      prisoner had gone into the _sliop and asked for a box of pills , for wliich he tendered the base coin now produced . Baines said ho was a tailor , and lived in Pimlico . lie had worltcd at his trade up till Saturday night last , wh n his employer paid him with a five shilling piece . lie went to the Bull Inn and had a pint of beer , and received the half-erown produced in change . He had done nothing this week , save looking about tor work . He was troubled with asthma , and found relief from cough b y taking bilious pills . He was remanded until Tuesday , for the attendance of ilr . Powell , the Mint solicitor .

      BOW STREET . Saturday . —Young TniEVES . —William Joyce and George Itccgan , two little boys about nine years of age , were placed at the bar before Mr . Twyford charged with attempting to steal two pieces of timber from Thomas William ltecd , a cabinet maker engaged upon tho wood work of the new buildings atthc corner of Bloomsbury . street and Broad-street , Holborn , The prosecutor said that shortly beforo ten o ' clock he was in the temporary counting-house , ercctedin the building ground atBIoomsbury-strcct _, when he 6 aw the prisoners carrying the two pieces of wood towards the fence . He immediatel y ran after them , but before he could overtake them they had

      thrown the logs over the fence ; two bigger boys wore waiting on the other side to receive the booty , but as soon as they saw him tbey ran away , leaving their companions . Mr . Twyford told the prisoners he wanted to have the power of whipping them , but he could not have that pleasure under existing circumstances . Ho Was unwilling to send such young children to gaol , but would give the prisoners a shortiuiprisonmcnt by detaining them till five o ' clock-, assuring them , however , that they would not be let off so easily another time . The prisoners , who seemed horrified at the mere idea of their punishment , were then taken back to the station , there to he confined until the rising of the court .

      Forgery . —Howard Augustine Style , who stood committed upon two charges o { forgery , was brought up again this day upon a third charge . It appeared that the prisoner , accompanied by a respectable man named Diamond , called on Mr . Toinliiison , a pawnbroker , in George-street , _Bryanston-square , and requested him to discount a bill of exchange for £ 8813 s . Cd ., purporting to be the acceptance of Mr . Withers , the confectioner . It may be recollected also that one of theprcvious charges against tlie prisoner was for forging the name of Mr . Gunter , of Berkeley-simare , confectioner . Mr .

      Tomlinson knowing Mr . Diamond , had no hesitation in discounting the bill , and it appears that after he discovered it was a forgery , he was not desirous of prosecuting , but was brought forward by thc police . The prisoner was formerly a chemist in Regent-street , and bore a good character . In tiiis case he had actually commenced repaying by instalments the money of which he defrauded Mr . Tomlinson , and a letter was found upon liim when he was arrested , stating amongst other things , that he had hoped to have taken _^ up _tlie'bill beforeit was due—He was fully committed for trial .

      Cojimittino a Nuisance in me Park . —A decentl y dressed young man , who would not give his name , was charged with exposing his person to a young lady named Miss Jones , in St . James ' s-park . Ranger No . 3 stated the offence , which he himself witnessed , and the young lady corroborated his evidence . —Eliza Hall , aged 11 , said , that at a little before seven o ' clock , she was on the north side of the ornamental water , anil the prisoner was there lying on tho ground exposing himself . The ranger came up , and on the last witness informing him what had happened , the man was taken into custody . The scoundrel denied having exposed his person , but he confessed having exhibited something else , in such a way as to mislead the young lad y . He trusted the young lady would read the llth chapter of Romans , and thc motto over his worship— " lloni soit qui ' maly pense'V--and perhaps she would not then mako a similar mistake . —Mr . Twyford seemed for a moment taken aback hy this rhodomontade , hut ultimately sent the moralising geutleman for three months to tho House of Correction .

      Southwark Election.—The Birmingham Pilot...

      Southwark Election . —The Birmingham Pilot of this day ( Saturday ) has thc following . How far it is warranted we have no means of knowing , * but , _judging from the declarations of Mr . Miall of a determination to go to tke poll at all risks—a declaration repeated last night—we incline to the opinion that the announcement is without authority : "Withdrawal oftlie Liberal candidates in favour of Mr D W . Havvey . —Wc are gratified to learn that Sir Wm ' Molesworth and Mr . Edward Miall are both to withl draw from the contest for the representation of the borough of Southwark , on the assumption that Mr D . W . Harvey , who has consented to stand , unites in himself the great principles of civil and religious freedom , around which the real Liberal and independent feeling of the borough will rally . Mr . Harvey , in coming forward , gives a first plaoe to the question of the Suffrage , "

      Southwark Election.—The Birmingham Pilot...

      United Trades' Association _; tor the Empiotmest of Labour in Agriculture asd Manufactures . —A meeting of the board of directors waa held on Mondav morning , August 25 th , at thc office , 30 , Hyde-street , B'oonisbiiry ; Mr . Hobson , vie * _, president , in the chair . Arrangements were entered into for the prodr , _iion of a periodical ( weekly ) , under the title of tho "Trades' Weekly Register . " The correspondence read shows the country io be quite alive to the Land movement . In one letter , from a single society , application was made for ono hundred shares . United Trades' Association for the Protection of Industry . —The central committee met at their / office , 30 , llydc-strcct , Bloomsbury , on Monday , August 25 th ; Mr . Booth , vice-president , in the chair . Various letters of a chcerim * character were read from numerous provincial Trades , and deputations appointed to wait on the several Metropolitan , Trades' Societies .

      Bmnrort Hall School, Edmonton.—The Annup...

      BmnroRT Hall School , Edmonton . —The Annup t Festival of this increasing popular Scliool commenced on Wednesday , tlie 20 th instant , and did not terminatc till Tuesday last , when R . D . Markham , Esq ., thc principal , delivered a lecture in the Lecture Room of the Institution . Tlie attendance this year has been unusually great , many ofthe gentry and nobility being among thc distinguished visitors . % Oldham . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) a lecture will be delivered in the Working Man's llall , Iforsedgcstreet , at six o ' clock in the evening . On Oldham Wakes Monday , September 1 st , a Chartist Tea Party plain and fancy dress ball will take place : n the above Hall . Tea on the table at five o ' clock .

      Ihe Mining Districts . —Thc mining districts of the north of this count y and of Staffordshire are at _present in a state of great commotion . At a meeting ofthe coal and iron masters at the Talbot IloteJ , Stourbridge , last week , wc understand it was determined to blow out twenty furnaces , preliminary to a general resistance being made to the demands ofthe men . Other meetings have been held at Stourbridge and _Birmingham ; but several of the masters have , wc learn , given the men an advance , contrary to the resolution come to amongst themselves last week , and there is every probability that the colliers and

      puddlcrs will eventually resume work at the old prices . Thc chairmakcrs of Stourbridge have also resolved on forming a trades' union , and their meetings have been attended by delegates from thc stono masons , the wire drawers , and the file cutters . Tho gun-lock filers of Darlcston have agreed that a general niicting of the whole trade be called on Wednesday ( to day ) to adoot measures to ensure thc prosperity of the trade , aim also to put an end to the truck system . __ Tims it will be seen that things arc coming " to a crisis among our mining and maiiufacturingpopulation . —Worcester Journal .

      The Miners of Blackburn . — Mr . Beesley delivered a lecture at Belthorn , to the turn-out colliers , on Sunday evening last . Ho spoke upwards of an hour ; after whicli a resolution was come to by the men , to thc effect that sooner than go to work on the terms of their masters , they would leave the colliery and seek employment elsewhere . A most excellent feeling prevailed ; and several at once determined to go elsewhere and obtain work . Mr . Beesley will attend at Be'thorn every Sunday until the strike terminates . —A Trades' Delegate Meeting took placo at Mr . Nurton's , Temporanae Hotel , King-street , Blackburn , on Tuesday , the 26 th inst ., to take into consideration the case of Mr . Simpson ' s colliers . Resolutions were agreed to that every exertion should be used to get the men supported ; and that circulars should be printed , calling a delegate meeting of all descriptions of Trades , to be held at Mr . Nurton ' s , Temperance Hotel , next Tuesday evening , and on every subsequent Tuesday , until the men return to work .

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      Shakspeare's Magnificent Tragedy Of Macb...

      Shakspeare ' s magnificent tragedy of Macbeth was repeated at __ this theatre on Monday and Tuesday last , and will , wc understand , be repeated on the Monday and Tuesday nights of every week for some time to come . Of these opportunities for witnessing one of the sublimest productions of out national poet , wc hope our theatrical-loving friends -will take advantage . Those of them who have before witnessed the performance of this tragedy at other houses , and by other actors , will confess that , on tho whole , they never saw it more effectively played , nor the characters therein more faithfully represented . Those who have not already seen this tragedy acted elsewhere , will , we can assure

      them , reap an intellectual enjoyment , and receive impressions which they will never forget . Mrs . Warner ' s performance of Lady Macbeth no description can do justice to , and no praise can sufiiciciiily express our conscientious admiration of . From first to last , her acting appears a fearful reality , wanting nothing to make perfect this dreadful embodiment of female ambition and crime . Mv . Phelps' performance of Macbeth is almost as faultless and excellent , * so excellent that we must decline noticing one or two not very important imperfections . In thc banquet scene Mr . Phelps is truly great , and in tho concluding scenes generally , lie performs the character with that truthfulness and talent which fairly entitle him to unbounded praise . Mr . Mansion

      ably plays the part of Macduff . His alarm and horror upon discovering the murder of the king is a most able piece of acting . Mr . G . Bennett always plays well , and his performance of Ranouo does him no discredit . Duncan is also well played by Mr . Mellon . Indeed , the entire company perform their parts in a manner deserving all praise . Next the excellent acting , thc scenic appointments and dresses , particularly all that relates to the supernatural part of thc play , are most appropriate and judicious . —Ou Wednesday evening _Massingcr _' s play of the Fatal Dowry was produced with triumphant success . Thistragedy , one of thc oldest and best of the English school , and , previous to the Parliamentary resistance to Charles I .,

      one ofthe most popular and most oftcn-pcrlbrmcd , was proscribed after the Restoration , and made to give way to Iiowe ' s Fair Penitent , which , in idea and language , was , to a great extent , stolen from the Fatal Dowry , The Fair Penitent kept the stage for a great length of time , to the exclusion of Massingcr ' s tragedy ; but " time work ' s wonders , " and with time's changes , a change lias come over the public mind as to the merits of the rival productions of Mnssingcr and Rowe . Now the Fair Penitent is consigned to oblivion , while the Fatal Dowry has resumed its legitimate position amidst universal applause . This play was revived at Drurv Lane some few vears ago , when Wallack appeared * as Charalois . Its production at Sadler ' s Wells , on Wednesday evening , was attended with thc most gratifying marks of success ; the house wa 3 crowded in every part , and the unanimous applause of thc audience was

      most enthusiastic . Mr . Phelps played the bold and honest Romont , and in no character that wc have at present seen him perform has he appeared more natural than in this one ; it is a part well adapted for his peculiar qualifications , and iic admirably performed it . Mr . Buckingham personified young A _' ovall very effectively . Mr . G . Bennett , as Rochfort , was excellent . Mr . Marston played Charalois with great judgment and feeling . Thc other parts were filled as follows - . —Nouall ( thc elder ) , Mr . II . Mellon ; Beaumdle , Miss Cooper ; lkllupert , Miss Lcbatt ; Florimel , Miss Iluddart ; who each and all well acquitted themselves . The scenerv was most effective ; the concluding scene of the churchyard is especially striking ; and altogether the getting up of the Fatal Dowry fully deserved the applause the audience so liberally bestowed . The revival of these excellent old English pieces entitles the management to the public ' s gratitude and support ; and both , wo are pleased to sec , arc not wanting .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 30, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_30081845/page/8/