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      3 dEEIINQ OF WILTSHIRE LABOURERS . On Monday evening l&sV , a , meeting of ^ labourers and others was held in the Primitive Methodist Chapel , Cbcfc , in the pariah of Lynebun , for the purpose of giving the labourers an opportunity of mating known their distressed condition , and to consult as to the xeiDfcdy . Long before the hour of meeting the chapel , ¦ which is large , was densely fi ' . lsd , * ni numbers -were nnahle to x > btaia admittance . A working man from Calne having been called to the cb air opened the meeting with a brief address , showing ths necessity of a governmental inquiry into the " cscdition el the p # sjantry . He then said , that as the

      meeting was conTened for the purpose of giving the distressed labourers as opportunity of stating their own case , in their own "way , he should be glad to hear the statements ai . y of them might be disposed to make ; _ s £ -which suggestion BeTen men in succession came forward , and stated that seven shiliings per -week iras their traces » len fnlly employed , -which ¦* asno : the c * se with all ; that their families Wire large—four , fire , ana eTen aix children to live from it ; that they -were Buffering much , their -wages not fcei sg ELffidtnt to obtain the common necessaries of life ; that they -werenow reduced to a state of great Trrc ' tcbeiness , and that their prospects for the fntare vere eTen -worse , -unless a change scon took place .

      A deccBtly attired -woman , by the name of Ferris , who had spoken at a public meeting held at Spirthill , a short time since , stated that she had , during the last two years , bten straggling-with the greatest difficulties ; that herself , her husband , and children , " had endured Tery great privations : the said two of h .-r children bad often betn crying together for food , and she tu unahls to fapply them , and -was obliged to tell them , if thsy continued to do so , she wonldleavs them , -which bad the effect of quieting them . After this Mi . Archerd , a Tillage tailor , in a speech which did credit to his head ind to his hwsxt , proposed the following resolniioii ;— " Thai , in the j > phdon ol this meeting , It is highly desirable that an bumble address be signed by the working claues in Wilts , and presented to the Qaeen , imploring h « M » je * ty to urge . &t the opening of her Parliament , the necessity of instituting immediately an inquiry into the lUte of the working classes in the agricultural diitricts . "

      The -resolution -was seconded by Mr . Baad , Independent minister of Goatacre , -who confirmed the ltate-Eiena made by the labouwra , from his own inowledze , as he was almost daily an eye-witness to their Bsfferings . WHT SHOTTED TfORKI ? G MES FIGHT TOE QUEENS XSV AB . 15 T 0 CRATS ? It i » not often -we ind occasion to awaid praise to the W-etV . y Chronicle ; bnt -we do thank our contemporary for the publication of the following letter , -which appears to be really -what it professes—a genuine outburst of the feeling of an enslaved and trampled down -working man . George Jones iB evidently not one of the '' heddicated" civs , and Tery yrobably fcnows litlle or nothing of Toryism , Wbigism , Chartism , XaagtiEism . or any oil > ar ism ; » till he knows n -what * * what . * ' The shoe pinche * and he feela it Let the -rile oppressors losk to it ! When the Weekly Chronicle prints such " Jacobinism" as is contaln # d in Gsorge Jones's Utter , the " beginning of the end" is surely not far » 91

      "A Xu . x ot a Washiss-Ttb . —Sir , —I hear tell at our shop , the tother day , as how the Bishop of London and theiord Mayor is going to set up a Washous in the Fleet , -where all the poor people can wash theirseiTeB and their close and their children , ami haTe hot water sad » ope sna * t * xcOandthumbloo & > € IUl fireirenjs and firying-linea and coles fctad gra'is . Sir , this may be good noo » for the poor , or mnj be not : thats as happens j but one thing is fur certain—tis bad noos for the poor washerwiannin any how . Leastwise , tis bad noos for poor old Kitty Clark , who takes in and does for our Court . And what poor old Kitty isto do with them swelled legs of hers and Bishops and Lords taking in washing agen her I dont know ; but what I wonts to fcnow is this , Sir—who is to mind JDJ children and cook my dinner wMle my wife ii at the iard Mayor ' s wasbenj ?

      Sir , I dontwijhtobe ungrateful no-how to gentle-Ben as waats to act kindly by the poor . God knows £ U noos to find them caring at all about us . J never * ee a gentleman in our Court in my life—Dot even the landlord , who wont come hisself , the prirves is bo bad , and the wet do come in at the tile * uncommon . So nobody comes to see it bat the lawyers dark every Monday morning for the Rent , and all we can get from he is , as hes got no instructiosB axcept to take the sties . ! if thetinahi ' s Etompt up , he » ys , -which I calls hard cheese .

      Bat , Sir , I wish you to put in your paper which I hear » t our shop is a friend to the Poor that gentlemen may iaow how we poor people do do . Sir , I got 4 children and tha Wgg&et boy goes in ananda for the grocer at the end of our street for two and sixpence a "Week , and the rest is too little to do anything , and my wife takes in sowing . Sir , Trade is dismal bad wiih me and quite prQn . i « co&s . Bat I go * a every day to our ahpp and sometines I gets put on and sometime * I doesn't , and taking one week with another I -dont think -we geta 14 ihilling amoDgst xls and our biggist boy do ¦ wear out a dsal of ihoe-lEaloer . ThBn we p&ys 3 and szpened foe our Boom , and what is 10 and tixpencs t © 6 hungry souls to s * y ~ nothing of close .

      Sir , I got nothing to say agen my wife who does keep up her spirits uncommon well and is never so happy as when she got work enough poking at the needle making shirts and shifts to 12 o ' clock at night , and at it again by six in the morning . 7 heo the do mead and contrive for me and the Children , and when the work is slack do our washing at home , and the way she do do is t « put on a little water en one side of Ota are msd cook nd wash ssd mind the children together . Bat , Sir , how is she te do it at the Bishops washcit to say nothing of the gossiping , and the beat on em do love gossiping : tis in them ? And Sir what is to bseome of the children ; and what ia a poor man to do wfaea he comes home hungry from his work , and hU door locked and his children in the street and no dinner to eat and his wife two or three mile off standing at the Lsrd Mayors rub for the sake of having hot water and bod * Ioin » thiae ? Sir tis gammon .

      They lay ' tis all a long of the p » ice of eoal « and Abe water rate and the tax on soap . Sir , why don't they tax b = st Windsor and take it off yc-ller . And ant it a burning shame that the Lord Mayor aa can afford to spend thousands on processions , and dinners to them as doesnt w *» t ' em , and to give gold medals to fur-Tintra and noblemen , should tax colea when coles is to dear ? Sir , they do say that cleanliness is next to godliness , and I think godliness and sleanlineas is faxed more than anything except food , * Dd that don ' t * eem -rery goaly when six poor bloods has only got fourteen shiiiingB a week to live on and three and sixpence r « it to pay , and scores upon scores not that nor x half of that .

      And , Sir , seeming to me the G&Ternment should do something for the poor , and that a Christisn country ought n 3 t to let water fce said . It ant laid on in our court at all , and we has to go to the turncock or the waterman in the street , and beg for a pitcber-fnll for dear life ; r-r . d thoysayj li » TObbiDg the Company , and their consdfcBces won't let ' em unlesa we lips . Sir , if gentlemen would coxae among the pooT they would know the rights on ' t ; and then perhaps Bread wood be given and Water would be share as the Scriptures « sya ; bat Bread is Tery dear and Water is very scarce .

      Sir , I dont want to act prond to any gentleman a » oSered . me a khU'ios in iindneu : but I wood rather he wood give me eightteDpennorth of work to do for It- 3 ant ^ afraid o ! work I an't ; and Gtod keep me and mice from the Parish . I and my wife has rubbed ea to now together ; and I don't -want to be separated ! from her by Act of Parliament I leves that to the gentlefolk who " can pay the Parliament to dolt the way they likes it—that ant me . I had a job of work a little while ago down by "Windsor , where I see the Qaetn and her babbies . ( Sod Hess the Queen and her babbies—I woodn't hurt em "for the world nor ahouid any body else while I was *> y- Bat if the Prince John Tile shoald come and fake London , I want to know what we poor men is to \ £ ? ht for ? For the Qneen ? I an ' tso strong as I was , j bat I ood do a bit for her against the french poUy-voos ; ! bnt 1 tnppose the fine soldiers wood take care of the j Qasen asd the babbies and Windsor Castle . Sir , 11

      dont thiiik I'd fight for the Bishop of London and the \ lord Mayors Waahous , because I thinfcs it ' s gammon ;; aw fox tae Bich , for what is their money to me ; dot f « rshe grand Bhopi , I cant afford to dBal " with them ; j oar for the public buildings nor the parks , they dont let leather aprons i 2 to ' m ; andas to our Court I don ' t Bapposa the Prince John Tile wood rise our rent , and ; the sticks he wcoin't know ranch what to do with- ] ^ 5 ir , I don ' t Bee why pow men abood fight at all ; for j they can ' t be much worse off ; and if Bishops and j Noblemen has got nothing better to offar the Poar than ; Sope and Water miles away from their places I tkinfa j the Lera Mayor might jost as well offer me the nse of ; * billis io be blowed with ony at the Manshin Houa ; and if I can't get it any othar way , I intend * to remain j one of the grate unwashed . So no more at present- j Irom , . Bespected Sir , Tours hambJy , George Joses , Bellhanger , 7 Diils . -

      30 th October , 1844 . ; [ We haTe altered the more glaring defects of spelling . in the above letter , because ws do sot wish , in insert- ] lag it , to « xote mere idle laughter ; rut we have not ; tanitd onx correction * , either is spelling or in gram- ' Bur , to the fullest pouibls extent , because -we did not ; 3 ike to detract from the individttai force of the comma-: nieatToa . which is a tne exposition of feeling , not to be lighted or despised . —Ed . W . C ] 1 Bbead before Books—Libebtt bepork Liter- ' [ Xxxr&s . —Oar impression of Sstariiay last codtained tne ^ Port of a di&cnssion which lately ocenpjed the att ^ u- Con of the ^ Greenwich Board of Goardians , upon _ a motion made by the Tice-Chairman for the establish- ' meat of a lending library for the nse tf the inmates of , the anion-honsa . !

      In introducing his motion , ilr . Powle stated the anfenlablB tinih , that "it is the duty of guardians to provide for the mental as well as physical wants of the psorV Such proviiion is , indted , the imperative daiy , not of guzrdiiiis only , but of the Legislature—of society collectively and indiyidnaDy . -BatjTrs fetr tta , ^ be dtatal Lol is seldom felt by

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      the inmates of an union baatile . The appetite of the ! mind is overcome by the cravings of the atomach . ! The wish for the pleasures derivable from reading ia merged in the eager longing for tbe solace arising from the presence of husbands , wives , parents , or children . ; Even in the npper ranks of life , among those who ' never knew the absence of unnecessary comforta , mnch less ths want of necessary food , the " mens tana in cor- \ port sano" ia requisite to rendei the pursuits of literature interesting and usefnL Grudgingly as the present age will acknowledge such a truth , the poor are subjected to the influence tf like affections , physical and moral , to those which are experienced among the biaher classes—often the more bitterly felt by the former from the lack of those eternal sources ef oonsolation which the latter enjoy .

      Tears for the loss or the absence of children will blind the eyes of the pauper as well as of the wealthy mother , so that she cannot read . The wife of the labouring man and the ] ady of the mUlixmairt will alike miss the veice of her husband ; but the sconrge of hunger tortures the aorea of the one , while luxury ia salving the wounds of the-other . The books of the philosopher or the ascetic jnay become his deareat friends . & . Newton , as Newton is reported to have done , may forget to tat his dinner , and afterwards fancy that be has dined ; but we may safely

      venture to assert that in ninety-nine cases out of one buiidied , the poer man in a union workhouse would prefer " a pen ' orth or "bftckey" to the perusal of all tfae volumes of Sir Walter Ka . leigh a History of the World , one ounce of Captain . Pidding ' s tea to tbe pe » - seasion of Captain Pidding ' s Chinese Qlio , and a glass of ale or British gin even to Punch itself . A library , for tbe use of its inmates , in a union bastilo ! As well Claude ' s country landscapes , with their deep blue skies and pleasant pastoral images , for a convicted malefactor in his gloomy cell I

      Regarding the matter generally , atd the many cases of hardship , starvation , and death which we are daUy called on to record , of deprivation and every variety of suffering which can > ffllc » humanity without tbe walls of the union , and of equal suffering within , -we say that it is a cruel—ttioogh in the iii&lance before us oniiitentional—moctery of the poor to offer them the pleasures of literatwe , while no alleviation is held forth for theii menta 1 and physical sufleringa . — Times . Xoa-ElIPLOTMEUT OF AGBICVLICIIAL LaBOTJBERS . —It is painful to contemplate the amount of labour " thrown off" from the land , and the number of labourers that are , by its occupiers , told to go and do as taey can . On Thursday , a vestry was held at Long

      Crtndon , for the purpose of allotting the labourers then -wanting employment among the farmers , according te their assessment to the poor-rate . Thirty-fonr persons , we are informed , applied for vt wk . So little did the body of occupiers heed the meeting , that only the Guardians and Burveyors attended it , and the intended business was not done . It is stated , that there are three farms , of about 550 acres , that will not take a labonm in that pariih , and that it is mainly from this circumstance that labourers are not much better employed at Long Crendon . Such tenants cannot do thetuselTes any good ia the long run , but the misery they produce la greats The surveyora agreed to employ a number of the men . In most agricultural pariahea the turveyor ' a rate is now made , in a measure , to perform the unices of a

      poor-rate . A nuafcer of the poor fellows went into the house , and the remainder are , for the moat part , out of employment . A meeting has been called at Brill , for tte purpose of allotting the labourers the same as at Crendon . At Brill the scale adopted was , one miarried man to each £ 73 which the occupiers were assessed to tbe poor-rate , and for tbU assessment they would have from 60 to loo seres of land . Tbe unmarried men were left to do as they could ; they -were not taken coguiziBce of . They were to go to the Poor-house if they could not do for themselves ; and yet the Brill liat numbered npwards of forty labourers . The allotment took

      place , and twelve labourers were sent to the occupiers forthwith , the arrangements being intended to be still further carried out . Out of these twelve no less than seven were refused employment by the parties to whom they vere sent . This , « f course , prevented Ibe plan from being farther carried out—Jylaibury Nnc * . Destitute Condition of the L * boubik « Poor . —A special session of jasticea of the Bromley division was held on Monday , at the Ball Inn , Bromley , for the purpose of disposing of a great number of summonses against poor people residing in Bexley , Bromley , Cudham , and other parishes for non-payment of poorrates .

      Tbe ursi case gone into was a summons against a poor old widow named Evans , who said ahe was at this time receiving relief from the parish . The orerseer admitted that this was the fact , but added that the vestry had heard tbe old woman had a sen who was earning mosey , and they thought he ought to p * y for her . She received from the union Is a-week and a loaf of bread . Tbe Bench said they they tho&ght this was a case In which thB party ought to be excused paying the rate , ar . d Mr . Goodhart observed that tbe poor old woman ought to have an extra loaf given her for her trouble in coming to the Bench . The next case was that of another poor widow named M&rtin , who said ahe had no means of subsistence bnt doing » little needlework . Dnring her hub&nd's life ihej had paid rate * . in the paruU Cor twenty-one ytar * .

      The overset ! said , the parish authorities thought that , from the am unt of rent paid by Mra . Martin ( three shillings a-week ) , the rates should be enforced . Mr . Dyke—People who pay £ 7 or £ 8 a-year rent mnst pay tbe rates ; if not , they should take a smaller place , or else a room . Mrs . Martin—1 should have to pay as mnch for a room , and I have lived in tbe house -with my husband a good m » ny yesxa . and don's like to leave it . The Bench said , they would allow ker a fortnight to make up the money i 6 & ) The woman said it was of no use . Ske bad not a farthing in the world . Sir C- Farnsby said , tbe Bench had no alterative but to grant a distress warrant if she did not pay .

      Another poor woman said it was quite impossible for tbsm to pay the rates . She had left her children at home with nothing but a piece of dry bread to eat , and if they took ail they had got in the world they would sot msfce up the money . Mi . Dyke » aia , that if they were in inch a aestttnte state that they should have applied to the Board . See replied that it was ol no nse going there , tr if she did they would not give btr a loaf of bread for ber children . Tbe Bench said they would give her a month to pay the money . She said that if her husband got any work they wonld pay it , bat it he did not it Wis impossible for them to do 50 . Sheaddfid , that whan she weui bomesbeshtuld not find a morsel of food , and she had not a farthing in the world .

      Several other summonses were then gone into , and the parties were ordered to pay in fourteen dayi . Tney begged hard to be excused from tbe paymeDt of the costs , which in almost every case amounted to the sum claimed for the rate , bnt the Bench said they had no power to relieve them , and both the rate and the costs must be paid or there would be distress -rarrants . A poor decrepid old man waB summoned for four * bi ! lings . Tbe Benc > asked bow he g * t his living . He replied , by ib . cffl . ing about with a few coals and a cart and horse . Mr . Dyka—0 , if you keep a horse and cart yoa must pay . Tiie old man aaid the horse was not his . Itrwas OBly lent to him . Tae Bench ordered the payment in foarteen days . The next case was that of a cripple unable to do any work .

      The overseer said the vestry thought the rate ought to be enforced , because the old man had a son who was earning something , and they considered he should pay . The old man said , his son was a boy of nineteen , and he had oxJy done three week ' a work out of the last five . He added that 1 / his son had not supported him he must have goDe into tie "Union long ago . He had never received a farthing from the parish , and he did not want to have anything from them . Sir C . Farnaby inquired the character of the sou ? The overseer said , he was a very hard-working yonng man . The Bench thought it bad policy to enfore the rule from the father , becanse tbe s : > n was willing and able to work , and expressed their opinion that the vestry ODgbt to reconsider th « i > detBrmination .

      John Tippen , summoned for 6 a 6 < 3 , said he was in work , but the farmBrs had lowered the wages to 103 aweek . 5 * we ^ t for floor , 2 s for rent , and la ft j firing ; and he bad only 2 s left . The Beech said , they had no alternative bnt to order the payment of the rate , and is costs . Tippen said , be heped they would not make him pay any costs . . - . The Tnagi « Vrn > P- « told him it wss his own fanlt that there were coste ; ha should kave paid the rate . An order was then made for tbe payment of the whole amount in a month .

      I > FEtSAL TBEitKESI 01 THEPOOR . —SDICIDB . — On Monday Mr . Wakley held an inquest at Paddington on the b ^ dy of a boot and shoemaker , once in an extensive way of business , who committed cuicide under truly distressing circumstances . Deceased ' s son said he last saw his father on Friday evening , when he left him , having been at his hocss all day . He had latterly become much reduced . He had a lodging , and little ^> lace where tie worked , at tbe corner of Sonth Moulton Lane , Davies-atreet , which he rented of a broker named Skinner , living in the Whitecbapel Road . OnThuraday last , in coruaquence of bis being a little in arrear for rent , SkiMW came , and not only toc-k what small

      am Hint of goods he had , but actually tore his apron eff him , took his tools , and even the job he was at work npen out of bis bauds , and bis spectacles from bis faca Thin broker also took away his coat , but subsequently returned it on ths deceased consenting to sive him up the key . Daring the whole of the period the deceased was with him on the Friday be did nothing hnfc * p * ak of the harsh and cruel treatment to wbi « h be bad been subject- d , and appeared dreadfully distressed in mind in coustquence ; and it was only through witness promising that himself and brother would » te him righted that hfc was pacified . When be left be said he vras going home , and witness gave him a few halfpence , fcs he had . to money , Jle went hume , and was

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      accommodated by a lodger , but it was supposed he got up in the night , and walked to the spot where he hanged htmaeJf . n -was his opinion that the harsh treatment of the broker caused him to commit the act The Coroner and Jury expressed their indignation sad abhorrence of the haiah and inhnman aa well aa illegal conduct of the broker , and Mr . Wakley advised the son to take immediately legal prcoeedinga against him . The Jury Ultimately retnrned a verdict— " That deceased destroyed himiklf , but what his state of mind was at the time there was no eridence to tfiew . "

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      Dbeadfdl Occurrence . —On Friday night , the 25 : h inst-, a party of yonng men met at a dance in the townland of Djneen , in this county , witkin a few miles of Bailing . Some dispute arising , they attacked two men , brothers , named Foody , and beat them severely . Immediately after , another brother rushed into tbe party with a knife , and killed one of them on the spot , by atabbing hm in the heart . He aho wounded several Others , who are so dangerously ill that their U-rea are despaired of . It ia surmised that the meeting was an aBsembiy of Ribaodmen , s . B they had signs and passwords . Distressing Occcrrence at Sea . —On the l * th of October , the American trader , Llan Knmney , Captain Simpson , of Hu ; l , being on her way h » mo from St . John ' s , New Brunswick , was struck on the larboard quarter by a tremendous sea , which washed the caprain and the cook to tbe further ei ; d of ths ship with such violence as to cause their deaths shortly afterwards .

      PRESEhYATio . N PROM Fire . — On Saturday morning , during an alarming fire in Hatten-gatden , the fi&mea having attained such an ascendancy as corapeltely to cut off the e&oape of the workmen on the third flaur , there happened to be two who were deaf and dumb , and who immediately ran to the window , and one got out and let himself oat his -whole length , where he remained suspended and hanging on to tbe ¦ window-sill , at a frightful height , nntil rescued from hit PfcTiioUB position by tbe conductor of a ire-escape .

      SUSPECTED JSCENDfARY FlRE AT PLYMOUTH . — On Saturday , the 2 nd iustant , at half-past twelve o ' clock , a m ., a fire -was observed to burst out suddenly from the premises of Messrs . Beal and Foster , at Ck > xside , tthtre an fcxtensive buginess is carried on with their saw-mill , machinery , dtc . The fire originated in the turning loft , and by lbs exertions of the military and the civil powers , with the various fire engines , to this quarter it was happily confined . We regret to state that the fire is suspected to be the work of an incendiary .

      Dreadfdl Ocgurhekce at Oldham . — Twenty-OSE Persoks Killed . — ( From the Manchester Guardian . J —It becomes our painful dttty § to record one ot the most sxUnaively fatal catastrophes that has happened in this neighbourhood for many yesrs past ; —one , ind * ed , moie terrifio in its nature , and more fatal and disastrous in its contequanoea , than anything that has occurred since a similar catastrophe at the fire-proof factory of Mr . Natban Chough , near Oltiflald-rood , Salford , on Wednesday the 13 th October , 1824 , by Which eighteen or nineteen percent lost their lives . This dreadful accident occurred on Thursday aftsrnoon last , in a suburb uf Olob » m , named Lower House , Greenacres Moor , at the miih of Mr . Swnuel Radcliffe and Sons , called the Lower House Mills . Tbe firm , now

      consisting of Messrs . Josiab rUdcliffe and Brothers , the four sons of the deceased Mr . Samuel Radcl ffe , had recently built a new mill adjoining their old one , at one end ; and about half-past three o ' clock on Thursday afternoon , the whole of this new mill fell la with a tremendous c-asb , at a time when there were thitty-two persons in it , of whom there ia reason to fear that twenty-one have b « en killed , as tbe bodies of fourteen had been found and taken from tbe ruin * up to noon yesterday , and se » en others were misaiDg . Of the remaining eleven , five were were or less hurt , of wham one is not expttcted to recover and six escaped with little or no injury . The following , we believe , will be found a tolerably correct liat of tbe different class of snfffTer * : —

      Killeb . —The bodies ofthefollowing were taken out of the rains during Thursday afternoon and evenlDg : — Joseph Tweerfale , otljowei House ; a manager ; aged 48 years ; has ltft a widow asd five surviving children ; two of his sons being killed at tbe iswe time . 2—Robert Tweedale , of Lower House , a Bon of No . 1 ; a twister ; » ged 17 years . 3—James Tweedale , of Lower House , a brother of No . 2 ; a reacher or assistant in drawing-in ; aged 12 yeara . 4—Wm . Mannork . of Dirtcar-lane , one of the hands , an assistant , or reacherin , aged 12 years . 5—Susannas Wright , of HighstreeUhill , twitter , aged 40 years ; has left a widower and five children . 5—Edmund Wimpenny , of Fouleach , twistvr , aged 50 ; has left a widow and a large grown-up family . 7—Ann BuckUy , of North Moor , twister , aged S 3 years . She was the daughter of Joftjph Buckley , a blacksmith , ana waB unmarried . 8—John Kerahaw , of Bath Bank , drawer , aged 26 years ; has left a widow and one child . His brother J * iues is

      amongst the miauug . 0—Ann Ogden , of Fouleach , tw » ter , agtd 25 years ; unmarried . 10—George Taylor , of Lower Hou »«; fly denier , aHd also app » ritor at St . James ' s church , Greenacre * Moor ; aged 63 years . He did not work at the mil ] , bnt was coming !• fetch a key from his wife to got into his house- He has left a widow , who is hurt ; and his neico , Hussey , is killed . 11—Daniel Dunfcerley , of North Moor , or Maygata-lane ; a beam carrier and jobber for dr § asers ; aged 35 yeara ; has left a widow and a large family of small children . 12—Wm . or Robert Butter worth , of Greenacres Moor , weaver , Bged 24 years ; baa l . ft a widow . The following persona Wf re found yesterday morning and fortnopD : —13—James Ridgeway , of Lower House , assistant in twitting or drawing-in ; » gd If years . 14—Mary Ann Hussey , of Lovrer House , twister ; aged 28 years . She was ut married , and the niece of Taylor ( No . 10 ; , -with whom ( and his wife , Hannah Taylor , who is aumbered amongst those hurt ) she resided .

      Missing—Supposed to , be Killed . —15—Ann Hulme , of Hbnshsw-gtreet , Priest Hill ; a twiBter ; 26 years of ago ; baa left a widower ( Ralph Hulme , a power-loem jobber ) and oae child . 16—Hannah Slater , Rhodes Fi « ld ; a twister ; aged 26 years ; has left a widower and two children . 17—El « 4 beth Suiethurat , of North Moor ; a- twister ; aged 26 yeara ; unmarried , but Bbe has left a child . 18—James Kumb&w . of Lower Moot ( brother of Na 8 ); a drawer-in ; aped 30 years ; has left a-widow and four children . 19—Wm . Whitehead , of Lower House or Fuuleacb ; an engineer ; aged 25 years ; unmarried . 20—Sarah Watmough , of Lower Honse ; a twister ; aged 26 yeara ; has lef » a widower

      and three children . 21—Ann Anhton , of Priest Hill ; age not ascertained ; unmarried , and a sister to John Ashton , shoemaker . It would tbua appear , th-t at the time our reporter ieffc , about obb o'clock on Friday , there Were , b&cidea the fourteen persona known to DO killed , and whose bodies had been found , aeven others missing , being , in all probability , under tbe ruina . ami doubtless all dead—namely , two saen and five females ; so that the total number ol persons who have lost tbeir lives by this dreadful Occident may be stated to be twenty-one persons ; twelve maltja and nine females ; of whom sixteen were upwarda of twenty yeart > of age . Moat of the bodies were frightfully crushed acd mangled .

      Maimed and otherwise Hukt . —HannahT&ylor ; lived on tbe premuas ; a twiater ; about sixty years ot age ; ahe received a compound fracture of the leg , and ia otherwise very much hurt ; it was apprehended thai her shoulder was dislocated . She was tbe wife *> t No . 10 , who is killed . —Betty Dearden , of Lower House ; aged 40 yeara ; a twister . She wa > got ont about six o ' clock on Thursday evening , very much scalded and bruised ,- she was tafren from the top of the boiler . Ste is married , and baa several children . —Wm . Mills , of Pipe Row , or North Moor ; a bricklayer . He has

      received several cuts oa the head , and was on the roof when tbe bni-ding felL—Mra Rayner , of Lower Houae ; wife ef the carter ; bo much hurt tout ahe ia not likely to recover . She waa going j ant the stables when the accident occurred . —Joseph Travis , of North Moor ; bricklayer ; said to be maimed . —John Lees , of the Star Inn , Saddlewortk , who waa running out at the time ; cut in several places , and much bruised about the head , neck , and back . He is & brother of Thoa . Lees , plasterer , who had a narrow escape from tbe sixth story . — Thos . Mellor , Higgtashaw Lane , or Greenacres Moor , a bricklayer ; cliehtiy hurt .

      Escaped Without Serious Ikjury . —Joseph Mellor , of Dirt Car-lane , one of the engineer *; he was got out a few minutes after the accident . Robert Brietly , of G . ' -. enacres Moor , a painter ; his brush waa struck from his hand by aome of tae falling material . John Ruahworth a painter . Thomas Leea , of tbe Star Inn , SaddlbVfortb , plasterer . John and Thomas Whitehead ( brothers ) , of Manchester-street , millwrightf . Thomas Windle , millwright James Whitworth , a atoker , who had a narrow escape . He was mending the fire under the boilers , in the fire-hole , tefow the ground-floor of the new mill . Hearjjtt a tremendous crash and fall above him , he crepn 3 ong the fire-hole , which is arched under the yard , and ithis way escaped unhurt . It would be a vain atteaip

      to endeavour to depict the scene which ensued on the fall of the milL The hands of the old mill , afrmt eight hundreu in number , quitted it immediately , and commenced working with the greatest energy , to remove lhs mass of building materials , and iroB beams , pillars , 4 c , in order to rescue any of the sufferers who might still survive . One or two were tbw * rescued more or less hurt , and several bodies were also found ; and , during tbe afternoon and evening , twelve bodies were taken from tbe rains . On ths first alarm , which , u may be expected , spread rapidly throughout Oldham , hundreds of anxious relatives , chiefly women , might be Been hmrrying towards the premises , in order to ascertain if their relatives were amongst the suff . rcra . Several surgeons of the neighbourhood were promptly

      on the spot , and rendered every assistance in their power . They inspected several of tbe bodies a » they were discovered , and pronounced that life was totally txticct Ihey also examined several of tbe living sufferers , applied dres 8 inga to their injuries , and gave directions as to their being conveyed home . We hear that a subscription hus been commenced already for the bereaved f . amiii >« , and also for the living sufferers ; and the authorities i . f OMh * rn have convened a publio meeting f » r Saturday evening , to promote this » bject . We understand that tfcere is some intention to propose tbe transfer to this fund , of a considerable turn , report eays £ iOO , the balance of a subscription to-Jte yeara a « o , f _ , r the sufferers by the destruction of the Union Mill by fire .

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      The la te Suicide at KaMABNOCK . —The persona who committed the strange and awful act wbJeb Das excited so much sensation In this locality , were Mr . Joseph Barker , manufacture * . Birmingham , and his wife Catherine . Mr . Buker waa at one time inbnsiness in Manchaster ; but , for some time previous to June last , was employed aa clerk and traveller by a manufacturing house in Birmingham . In the month of June he left his employment , and , in company with a Mr . Archer , set up in butinesa in Birmingham aa japa&aed t&blt . cover manufacturers . In this speculation it » supposed he waa not successful which seems to have been tbe weight depressing and diaordering fch mind . About three montba sirscej Mr . Barker and his wife abruptly left Birmiaghamleaving their house

      , and furniture under the care of a servant . Shortly niter , he remitted to the landlord of his house ( from what locality we have not been able to ascertain ) payment of bia rent np to Michaelmas last Since then there were no tidings of them in Birmingham till the announcement ot their melancholy end appeared in the newspapers . Mr . Atkinson , wbdse adtlreia waa found in Mr . Barker ' s hat . and who is a manufacturer and calico-printer in London , was bo relative to either of the par ) ies , but merely a friend , and supposed to be conneoted in business transactions . This ia all we have learned regarding the history and movements of the parties previous to their appearance in Ajrshire . Tbeir longest , and to all appearance their first residence , waa Ayr , where they put up at Mr .

      DewarB , the Biack Bull Inn . Mrs Dewar informs us that they came to Ayr shortly before the Burns Festival < 6 th Augusts , and remained , as nearly aa she can recWlect , about six weeks . Their mote of lift , in Ayr waa precisely , similar to that in the Commercial Inn , Kilmarnock , as described last week . They hal no acquaintances , gave no name , aud ; received no letters ; they visited most of the cburcks in the town , and made excursions to tte places of note in the neighbourhood . Mra . Dewar , aa well as the servant who waited on them , reniatktd that they never saw a more cheerful pair , that they were continually chatting an * laughing , and using endearing epithets to iAih otb « r . The lady wore a rather shabby silk gown , but hnd a better one which she wore on Sundays . No attempt

      was made by any person in the town to ascertain their names , but one day a letter to a third party , addressad to Mra Dewar ' s care having arrived , she ir quired of Mr . Barker if it weia for him . He replied that no letters would come for him , and mentioned his uame , which Mrs . Dswar forgt&u , save tbat it began with a B . They seomeu to have plenty of m <> ney , paid their bills three times a-week , and u ere very liberal to the servants . The only circumstance of much impoitancu which we ascertained at Ayr waB thai tbe lady w « re a gold watch , waicb , it will be remembered , was not found on her person after death . On leaving Ayr , they said they were going tu Glasgow on tbeir way " home to Euglund " Maudiline ia the next place to which we traced them , where they artivtd on Friday ,

      tbe 13 th of September , ami put up at Liudtij'a Inn . Tbeir cheeifulness , their affection for each other , and their desire to save trouble to those around them were , here , as elsewhere , matter for remark . They left Mauonline by the'Kilmarnock coach on Tuesday the 17 th Wept . We here lose all trace of them for ten days , but on Tuesday , tbe 27 thof Sept ., they appeared at Mr . Holiness , Wheat Shuaf Inn , Irvine . Precisely the same remarks as in the cases of Ayr and Mauchline apply to their movements and department iu Itvine . They visited Eglintoua Caatle aud the tournament grounds , and passed their time in walks , excursions , and conversations . They gave no nauus , but were otherwise very frank and agreeable . On leaving , the lady gave Miss Holmes an , elegaut bead purae and a piece of money , for the attention she bad received . Taey left Irvine on Thursday , the 3 rd October , giving out that they were going to Ardrossan for the Fleetwood steamer .

      Ardrusaan was their next residence , where they put up at Mr . Ore ' s in ' n . It ia rumoured that the lady sold her gold watch here , bat we have not been able to verify the report . They came to Kilmarnock by the railway , on Tuesday the 16 th , and having applied to Mr . Herbertson , tbe manager , to recommend a quiet inn , were sent t « the Commercial . Their deportment here Up to tbe day of the catastrophe waa sufficiently detailed in « ur last . They appeared remarkably cheerful up to tte etd . On their departure to commit the fatal deed , the gentleman made some jocular remark about going "to conrt in moonlight like young people , ' to which the lady , though in no melancholy tone , replied that ber " courting . days were over . " The ill-fated pair were interred on Tuesday in tbe church-yard of Kilmaura . From the above statements , it will be aeon that ao far aa can be guessed , a deapocdeney induced by the state of hia pecuniary and business matters , was the cause which drove the male suicide to the fatal act . It

      sesms equally probable that the female , unable to shake his determination , had been led to sacrifice heruelf along with bim by that devoted affection which marked her conduct , not only bere but elsewhere , and in other days . The marvel still remains that , during the long { reuieditation of inch a fearful deed , a deportment of cheerfulness and content should have been preserved uniformly to the last hour . The various and powerful motives and feelings which we must suppose to have influenced twa minds so firmly to conceive , and so strangely to execute this awful duett ,

      oe « d not to be guessed at , and are now known only to tbe All-seeing One . The latest intelligence ws have on this Bvibject , is a letter { rum Birmingham , duled Wednesday evening . Mr . Archer , the late Mr . Birker ' s jartner , was to despatch Mr . Horton , his foreman , to Kitmaraock that night . Mr . and Mrs . Barker were cousins . When they left Birmingham , they sakl they werti to return on the following Monday ; anil Me . Barker ' s servant eaya she saw him , before leaving write tbe ticket with Mr . Atkinson ' s address , and fasten it in bia hat .

      Fall of a Stalk at St . Bollox -On Friday afternoon , a little past three o ' clock , a s ' . aik , 240 feet in height , litu&ted at the corner of the works of St . R » lU > x , immediately adjoining the Ghsgow and Ginbuk Railway , gave way at the foundation , and in aa instant scarcely one brick wbb left upon . mother . This stalk , we understand , was only finished a few weeks ago , aud about the same time it waa discovered that its base was not secure . Means were accordingly taken to insure ita stability , by propping and otherwise , ami little fear waa entertained bat that it wotlJ stand a while , when on Friday , aa h&B been stated , it fael with a most tremendous crash . Its descent wub almost perpendicular , and it therefore occasioned little additional damage , for although a portion of the bricks fell within tbe railway depot , and upon the rails , no farther accident waa the result . Several men who weie working close by the stalk heard it cracking a few seconds before it fell , and fortunately , having quickly lefc ita vicinity , escaped . — Glasaow Saturday Post .

      Singular and Shocking Accident—On Mo » 4 » y a plumber named Lawrence , assisted by another man , was standing on a wall about ten feet high , at a house in Sloane-atreet , Chelsea , pulling up , by means of a rope , a water-butt Ah the butt was ascending , however , taw rope snapped asunder , and tbe impetus thus given to the unfortunate man ' s body precipitated him with great force upon a coveted 'water-butt , tilled with -water , in the yard of tbentxt premises . The cover was broken to pieces , and the peor fellow ' s head and body became immersed in tbe water . He Was speedily removed , and subsequently conveyed to St . George ' s Hospital , where he was attended by the house-surgeon , who gives slight hopes of bis ultimate recovury .

      Fearful Conflagration at Strathaven — Forty Houses dustkoyed . —On Friday forenoon , about twtlvo o ' clock , a fire broke out in this quiet little town , about sixteen miles S . E . of Olaagow , by which upwai'da ef forty houses ; with a brewery and tan-work , were burned to the ground , nearly one hundred poor famiTes thrown destitute into the street , and the annihilation of the entire town seriously threatened . We have heard several versions of the origin of the fire —one to the effect that it waa occaioned by a poacher recklew ' y throwing a parcel of gunpowder into the fireplace of a bouse where he bad be n visiting ; another , that it arose from a child having lighted some chips of wood which communicated with the bedding in the hou « 8 of a person named Hamilton ; and a third ,

      that it occurred from a boy drying some gunpowder near a tire-place . Which of these versions ia the right , we are in the meantime at a . loss to say with correctness ; certain it is , however , that about the time we have mentioned , the conflagration commenced at tbe south end of the town , a little way beyond a place named Todd's Hill , where the bouses are nearly all covered with thatch , and where the population are chiefly weavers ; that tbe wind , being high fat the time , and blowing from tbe south-e&at , rapidly spread the flinieB from house to house on both aides of the street , until in the space of a few hoars , notwithstanding the efforts of a body of tke inhabitants who turned out to check the flames , about forty houses were completely destroyed , in addition to the brewery of Mr . Yallance , and the large tan-work of Mr . Sample , vhere it ia alleged not less than £ 2 , 000 worth of

      property has been consumed . The tire in its progress , which waa fearfully rapid , epead terror and dismay on all hands . As house by Louse crumbled before the devouring element , the inhabitants in the vicinity of the burning got out their furniture to the street , where it lay in ponfnaed heaps until the houses from which it bad just been removed shantd in the general catastrophe . So apprehensive were the shopkeepers that the , entire town would be burned up , that numbers of them at tbe Cross , which is some distance from the place where the fire originated ) emptied their atock of goods into the street and awaited with terror tbe approach of the flames . Tbe To * a of property by tbe Ire has been very considerable , and is tbe more to be lamented , as few of tbe nomies of the sufferer * weie insured , and the sufferers theiuaelves are mostly of tbe poorest and nwit industrions part of the community .

      Destructive Fire—Yesterday morning , between the hours of one and two , a very destructive fire was discovered b / Police-constable 162 C , raging on the premises used as a stable , in ttlo occupancy Of Mr . Thomaa Biegs , liveiy-atable-Jceeper , situate in Brickstreet , Park-lane , Piccadilly , immediately behind tbe Two Brewers Tavern . Such was the m flimmable nature of tbe stock , consisting prluoipaly of straw , that in leu than ten minutes tbe fitmsa had gained the complete possession of the building , and had also extended to the adjoining tavern . By half-past three , the fire was got under . The damage done ia vsrj considerable ; the whole of the sUbl ing talongiag to Mr . Biggs is consumed , and the roof of the tavern and b . ick rooms , together with the contents , are a ' so much bnmv d , t

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      Child Murder in Liverpool . —Another melaneboly cose ot child , mnrder—a crime raeeutly bo Ireqnent in this put of tbe country , and pwticu ' arlv amoa the Introduction ot the New Poor Liw—has taken place in Liverpool . An unhappy single woman , named Mary Baxter , wsidtng in Sidney-place , Edge-hill , having become pregnant , was induced , from tbe hopelessness of any appeal , to conceal the nature of ber situation ; and at * even ' o ' clock on the morning of Tuesday , October 29 th , ahe left the bed ia which ahe slept with another female , and went ont for tbe purpose of fulfilling aa engagement to assist a neighbour in the labourious occupation of washing for ttevt day . Her fellow-lodger , j however , in ( the course of tbe morning made such discoveries aa were calculated to eseite strong suspicions that aomething extraordinary had taken place , and at length she repaired to the boase at which the unfortunate woman was employed , and broadly charged her witk the fact Tbe

      poor creature at first denied the jasttce of the sccutation , but nature at length ; gave way ; exhaustion , produced by mental and bodily efforts of which tbe wretched victim was incapable , betrayed hex ; and eventually she reluctantly confirmed the evidence thus afforded , by confessing that she bad that morning undergone the pangs of obildbirth , that she had be' n self-delivered , and that she bad concealed the infant in the privy attached to the house in which she lodged ; solemnly adding , however , ' that such miserable offspring waa dead-born . The body of a male child waa discovered amongst the soil in the place described . A pice of string waa passed ; twice round the neck , and drawn so tightly aa to justify the suspicion that it had been used with murderous intent and fatal effect The body of the child also underwent Btrict scrutiny , the result being a conviction ttat it had certainly breathed at the period of birth . Aa inquest has been held , and a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against Mary Baxter has been returned . ' '

      Fatal Effects op 'JntoX'Catfon—On Sunday night a workman had been drinking with some at qaaiotancea until twelve o ' clock , when , finding liinise < f much intoxicated and incapable of proceeding home , he went to his employet ' a residence in SbortV . Gardens , and requested permission to [ lie down in tbe workshops until morning , which was granted . Next morning one of the apprentices discovered the unfortunate man lying at the foot of tbe stairs quite dead , from a dislocation of the neek , be having ; fallenfrom tbe second flight of steps to the bottom . He has left a widow and family to deplore the melancholy event .

      Explosion of Gas ajc astley's Theatre . —An explosion of gas , by which & young woman was seriously injured , occurred on Friday night list , in Aatlvy ' s Theatre . Shortly after six o ' clock tbe daaghter of Mrs . Chapman , tbe ketp * r of the saloon in front of tbe house , went into a small room adjoining the box lobby , for ths purpose of getting a basket of fruit , taking with her a lighted candle . Immediately an exploaion of a large body of jgat , which bad escaped from a pipe running through the room , took plaoe , and tbe poor girl ¦ mas severely burnt on the neck , arms , hands , and face . She was instantly removed home , ami still remain a ia a state of great danger .

      Ounibus Robberies . —These truly inexplicable rofeberi «« , notwithstanding the increased vigilance exerciaed iu order , at least , to check their fttqaency , continue it appears to be of almost daily occurrence ; and yesterday information was forwarded to the chief metropolitan police office ; that a lady bad feeea robbed in the Bays water omnibus , No . 3 . 115 , of oasb and notes aa follows—viz , a £ 10 Bank of E igland n » te , No . 86 , 746 , dated the 2 nd of September , as also of two or three soverelgna , in a long blua purge . Two m * n who were in the omnibus , are supposed to be the thieves . )

      Accident at the House of Mr J . T . Leader , M . P . —Saturday morning , bet * een nine and ten o ' ulocK , the domestics and others at the country residence of Mr . Leader , at Putney-bill , were thrown into alarm in consequence of tbe sudden falling in of the ceiling aud roof of a large ro « m or wing which " had lately be- n built , adjoining the premises , and intended for experimental and other scientific purpose * . It appears that the ceiling was an arched one , and composed solely of coinunt and tiles ; and the arch , which la formed upon what is termed « centre , or wooden frame , ia generally

      supposed to be sufficiently set to bear ita own Weight , aa wdl aa that of the tiles upon it , in half an hoar after its completion . On the present occasion , however , tbe frame waa allowed to remain upwards of forty-eight hours , but , notwithstanding the extended time , by some unaccountable meana , tbe moment the frame waa tak « u away , the whole ceiling and tiles came tumbling npon tbe beads of those beneath . The unfortunate individuals were all more or less injured , and one of them , Richard Daniel , a plasterer , so much so , that it was deemed r . quisite to lose no time in conveying him iu a coach to tit ( reorge ' s Hospital .

      Mrstsmova Suicide by a QiRL—On Monday night , Mr . Higgs held an inquest en the bo ly of Rosamond Clarke , aged fifteen years , whose brother stated that he last saw his sister alive on Friday evening at tea time . She refused to have any tea , but seemed in her usual health aud spirits . She , however , left home suddenly without ber bonnet and shawi , and never returned alive . Her body wm found tbe mxt morniug on a barge at Mr . Hubert ' s wharf ; her clothes were partly up , as if she bad walked into the water .

      There appeared no marks of violence on the body . Previous to her leaving home , she bad had a few words wiib ber mother . A witness of tbe same of Emma Rdevea was sent for , who saw tbe deceased on Friday morning in Peter-street ; her face waa greatly swolieu on the right aide , and she said ber mother had struck ber . DtfCdasud remarked at the time that she had no other friend ia tbe world but her mother , and if she evor struck her again she waa determined to miko away wi * b herself . The jury returned a verdict of •¦ Found unowned . " ) ^ fc

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      DREA . DFUL STORMS . Great Storm in Ireland . —Dublin , Nov . 2 — Daring the whole of last night and tb . i » day a storm , or hurricane rather , has been blowirg , far surpassing in violence that with which- the city waa visitad on the 23 rd ultimo , although providentially it baa not , so far as accounts have reacLe < i , been attended with the same disastrous consequences . ! The weather yesterday morning waa very boisterous ; but towards evening the tempest increased to a terrific pitch , the wind being east by south , the same point whence proceeded tbe fat " dreadful storm . The river Liffy , owing to the h gh tide , oveiflowed the quay below the Custom Houae , and , should there be many moire repetitions of auch an occurrence , it is greatly to be feared that this noble pile of building will sustain serious , if not irreparable , damage . The vessels moored along the North-wall wore knocked to and fro by a heavy ground swell , and serious apprehensions were entertained for their safety ,

      but no accident baa been reported . Throughout the nigbt there were occasional but brief lulls of tbe storm , while in tbe inUrvala the rain descended with such force as to threaten even more injury tban could b * dene by tbe Rale : several windows were broken by its violence ; and , notwithstanding that it fell in actual torrents , the streets and roads were aa dry aa powder in a fe iv minulea after each temporary cessation from the overwhelming power of j tbe Masterly wind . The two railways—the Kingstown and Drogheda— despite of their exposed situation , have weathered the hurricane without the occurrence of any casualty . The trains of the latter were last night each propelled by two powerful engines , one being considered insifl jient to make the journeys with safety to the passengers . This day tbe atorin baa been raging with unabated vigour ; the streets and thoroughfares are nearly deserted , while the river , additionally swollen with the flood * of the night , has risen to an immense height .

      The following ia a description of the ravages of the aterm about Kingstown and its vicinity : ¦ For the last two days a strong gale , aJcojmpanied with heavy rains , has been blowing into the bay from the east-south-east , which this day increased to auch an extent as to raise a tremendous sea along tb « coast from K'lliney hd to Dublin , forming a dead lee shore for nine miles ef most formidable rocks and breakers . Tbe sea at high water this morning broke across the Dublin and Kingstown Railway , to the great discomfort of tbe passengers in the open carriages , and fears are entertained that on the rise of the tide this afternoon damage may be r * one to

      tbe sea-wall and embankment , as at this time ( nearly ; two hturs before high water ) tha water cornea up as . high as it usually ia at tbo top of the flood , and occa- i sionaily breaks across tbe : wall and Q oda the raiiway . j No accounts have yet reached the city of the disasters and wrecks which must have occurred along the coast , but several casks of butter and partio ) a of wreck have been picked up at Killiney ; and the inner harbour of '< of Kingstown was the scene of no less than three wrecks J thi « morning , cne of a fine bark , wh eh will most pro- j bably be weighed off at the flood tide , and two of brigs , i which are completely shattered , masts gone , and aides ! « tove in . It ia feared that some of the numerous craft

      which have taken refuge in the harbour may drag their , anchoi * if tbe gale continue ; and there is a report that ' four persons have been lost in the wrecks mentioned above , whilst at sevsral j parts of the coast between Dublin and D » lkey dead bodies have been observed ' floating among tbe breakers , which have not been got 1 on shore , owing te tbe violence of the heavy surf . The i shipping in the river has also Buffered considerably . Her ' Majesty ' s malls were unable to face the storm this morn- j ing . The Holyhead steamer did not stir out at all , and that for Liverpool waa obliged to return after an ! ineffectual effort to make headway against wind , sea , j and tide . \ '

      . i i WBX * 0 RD .--It was blowing s whole gale of wind late last night Jrom the E S . S . when we went to press ; and we greatly apprehend that tbe shipping lying at the quays will Buffer . — Weitford Independent ot Saturday . | j THE Lite Galb . —We were visited on Friday ' , night , Saturday , and Saturday nigbt , by a terrific i gale from the aouth-eastj whiih , we fear , must hav e ; done some damage to tbe shipping in the Channel and on the coaat of Ireland . The floe first-class American ship Sea , Captain Edwards , for Now Yotk , | sailed about three o'clock on Saturday morning with i a full complement of passengers , and in about an hour ' after went on shore in Bootle Bay . She waa got off . at the flood of the tide , ! and was Draught baek to f Liverpool without having received any damage . She

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      T " Dublin , Nov . 3 . —The trite proverb , " after a storm eoinesacalm , " bas bean this day happily reallted—the frightful gale of the taBt two days having JttadaaUy subsided Since six o'clock yesterday evening . The moat alarming reports are in circulation respecting the loaa of lives and shipping along the coast ; and a noUo ' , in the London morning papers of yesterday , announcing tbe detention of the Irish mail at Liverpool , owing to the non-arrival of the paoket several hours aftur it became dua at that port , has given rise to the uwst painful fears for the safety of the Groverntnenfc steamer , which left Kingatown Harbour on Thursday evening conveying the mail and pasaeDgera . From such of ths provincial papers aa have reached town to-tlay , it would appear that the gale has been by no means general , aad that its effects have been almost wholly confined to tbe north-ea ^ eoaat of Dublin .

      The following casualties are reported in the Drogheda Conservative ot yesterday : —* On the morning , during the tremendous gale , which continued with tremendous violence from the previous evening , a Etesmer trtJ : og between Dublin aud Liverpool was totally lost vff Lura-% V !* and all hand * , we * -gret to aad , perished . A vessel from Qaebec laden with timber , was < ttivea i > ito the "Skerries . She is a large bark with fourteen tuuda on board , and had it not been for the superior seiiiiJUship of the captain she would have been lost . Aq nUaj vessel waa also driven on shore near Baibr ggan . considerably damaged . We h .- < ve beard of auotiicr vessel being wrecked on North Buil , near tbe mouth o' this harbour . We fear that the tremendous gale o' last nigQt and this morning has occasioned much loss of life and property . "

      The foilowing official notification of the damage dono at Kingstown harbour is lying at the Chamber of Cjrn-Hierce to-day : —ibont half-p ? st three o ' cleck yesterday afternoon , a large brig , timber larten , from Caiiii « la , which had suffered severely in the bay of Dublin , made way into the harbour of Kingstown , hut , beior . n Vile to drop her anchor securely , waa drifted by th- ~ ad into the old harbour , where she went aground b < --ids two of the vesg l 8 wrecked yesterdjy . About nine o ' clock last sight a fire waa discovered on board oa- of those vessels , the Kingstown , of Li ? erpool , a fin * bark , bound for the African coast , with a general caruo . The

      crew had left the vessel previously , and the exact c use of the fire has not been discovered . The alarm ¦ ¦ . * : ¦ - at once given , and tbe constabulary force , with the cr * a of aome vessels in the harbour , including the Stroibl jli war st « -imer , came te render asBiatance in extiniu ' iTr ' ng the fl imes . But all their efforts - ere unavailing "he Kngsitown burned to the water ' s edge , and . a small portion of ber cargo bas been saved . O -0-coant of the proximity of some of the othe Tec .: \ it was found extremely difficult to prevent the fl-m - extending to them ; bnt fortunately they wore s ^ ved by the persevering exertions of the gallant tars vt the Stroniholi and othar vaigulg . The devoted vessel waa

      in flames at midnight , and tbe scene in the old harbour , with the storm raging , was really an awful one . Up tp two o ' clock this day the fire had not been completely extinguished . Altogether there have beer , five wrecks in Kingstown . Lieut- Clarke , of the Strcinboli , met with a severe accident three or four tUys since , by failing into tbe engine room . Oaring to the rolling and pitching of the vessel it was deemed iiecessary to temuTe him to lodgings iu Kingstown this day . Two of the English mail pickets sailed between three and fguro ' ciscU this morning from K ' ngstotrn , having been detained since yesterday by the violence of the storm .

      The Irish Mails —The heavy gales that have recently prevailed from the east h * ve caused considerable irregularities in the arrival of the mails from Dublin . The mail steamers , in : . oier ;\ ble WttaU . tjr , make their , trips to aad from Kingstown with the greatest regularity is twelve hours and under . They have , however , within tae last few days , been bifflsd by boisterous head winds and other causes , which have interfered with their regularity . The Medina , which left Kingstown on Friday morning last , at a quarter past seven o ' clock , ought to have reached here , in ordinary course , between seven and eight on Friday ovening . Owing , however , to the Pormby llgbtsblp having been driven from ber moorings , she waa detained outuir ' e , and did not reach Liverpool till a quarter past eight on Saturday night , having heon . twenty-five hours on her passage . The Iron Duke , which left Kingatewn on Friday evening , at a quarter

      past seven o ' clrck , and which ought to have been here on Saturday morning , between seven and eight o'clock , ( lid not make her appearance till half-past two o ' clock on Saturday afternoon , having been nineteen houra aHd a quarter on her passage . She was retarded solely by the gule . Tbe Urgent , whose time of departure from Dublin was seven o ' clock on Saturday morning , and which ought , therefore , to have arrived here shortly after seven o ' clock on Saturday aisht , was not beard of till yesterday afternoon , when she was u-iegraphed jff Point Lynan , at two o ' clock . She arrived list night , shortly before nine o ' clock . We then ascertained , that , In consequence of the fury of the gaie , she did not take her departure from Kineatowu till half-past two o ' clock yesterday morning . The Princess was expected to put ont shortly after her . The gtie waa fearfully violent on the Irish coast . —Liverpotl Albion .

      Dingle . —The brig Mary Dick , of Kirkaldy , James Nj ' rmaa , betDg fifteen days out from Cardiff , bound to Constantinople , put into Dingle on the 80 th Octo b er , in distress , having experienced a loss of mainyariia » rigging , and b' Igarka . It was through the instrument * ality of tbe K « ils Coast Guard she waa brought in aad aavod from being a total wreofc . The boat ' s crew , under the command of Master £ Iward Jenkins , who , at the hazard of his life , boarded her , and succeeded ia taking her safe into Dingle harbour . —Trd . ee Chronicle . Valencia . —I have been just informed that a large timber-laden ship , from Quebec tj Waterf-jrd , waa driven in by iistruss to Ballinaktslletta Bay , aad that , through the gallant conduct of the Coast Guard there , unde * the command of Master Blike , she was saved . — 76 id .

      Killinby . —At this place , too , tbe storm raged wit& considerable power , and committed ravages similar to those described as having occurred at Dilkey . Oa Saturday some firkins of butter and a dead pig were found on the strand , and a piece of plank was driven ia by the Sia in the course of that mornh . g . I . bora the letters M A R , and evidently belonged to some illfated vessel . Immediately following the " R ther * appeared either the lower part of an E or a .: L , but here all clue to further surmise waa lost . Tremendous Storm . —Partial Destruction or

      Bihkenhead Market . —Bikkenhbad , Satuhday . — During tbe whole of yesterday the weatb « r was extremely boisterous here ; but as evening closed in the wind blew with tteat violence , and eventually became a complete Imrrioane , sweeping al « ng the Cheshire sb » r « s -with tne uMaost fury , to tbe grift * alarm of tbe inhabitants ef the several towns and villages which were txpnsed in succession to thia fearful visitationnamely , Runcorn , Easthara , BirlOnbead , Seac&mbe , Egremonk , New Brighton , Liscard , < kc ; but , with the exception of Birkeuhead , so recently the scene of high , festival , on the occasion of laying tbe foundation 8 t' ne of the new dock—with the exception of that rapidly improving place , little damage was sustained beyond the blowing in of a lew windows , and the eff ; ota of ao

      slightly-grounded apprehension . At about eleven o ' clock this morning , the storm then being at its greatest height in and around Birkeuhead , a large portion of the wall of a new market , now in the course of 6 rejtior » in , that town , gave way before the fury of the blast to which it was opposed , and fell inwards with a erasb so tefrible , that the shock startled many persons who were upwuiia of two miles from the spot at the time . It fortunately happened that moat of the workmen were occupied in the central avenue at this juncture ; the vast descending mass , however , reaohed two of them , who were severely injured ; and another man , who had ju » t mounted what is termed the second story of a BCKff'liting , was hurled amongst the fragments of the shattered structure , and literally buried

      beneath them . He was subsequently rescued , with great difficulty , but waa qui- e insensible , and for some time his case was considered bopelass . The sufferers wure promptly conveyed to the Dupensaryj were every a-tention was p » irt to them by Mr . Stephenson , surgeon , and tbe bouse sun e ; n , Mr . Evans ; when it was found that one of those first alluded to , named James Eiits , r < g « d 32 years , tad received a compound fraotnre of ibe leg , an 4 was otherwise much injured ; that the other , named Samuel Hugbea , aged 22 , was dreadfully contused on the head , loins , and other parts of the body . The unfortunate man who vtas thrown from tbe' scaffold , named John Cannon , aged 27 , was a ! so bruised in a shocking manner , but it was really wonderful that he escaped with life , considering the awful

      situation in which he was placed , with a weight of brickwork to sustain which seemed more than ( sufficient to crush the strongest mortal frame to atoms . The astounding nature of this fact will be gathered from a brief description of the edifice . All who have visited Liverpool must have seen 8 t . John ' s market ; the erection mutilated by the accident just recorded ia on the sains plan , and nearly as extensive . It tonai an oblong fquare , 430 feet long by ISO feet in breadth : the outer walls , however , were only nine inches , or the length of one brick thick ; and though this was atrengtheued by pilasters at intervals of thirteen feet ten inchea oa every aide , yet , considering » be height of tbe wall , which is nearly thirty ft « t , sach thickness , even with )

      the aid of the bolstering afforded by the pilasters , twenty inches ia pronounced by competent judgea tobe utterly inadequate for that assurance of safety which the public ha- » e a light to demand , and whicb the lamentable frequency of fatal accidents ef the kind renders it so necessary to exact . About 80 feet in length of this wa ll fell , and a large portion of it covered the unhappy victim to whom reference has lost been made . Tbe frac ' . ute , however extends to nearly the' whole length of the wall , on either side of the formidable breach ; it will , therefore , most likely be found &e « easary to rebuild the w ^ ole . Messrs Tors and Headers , it ia said , are % he parties with whom the contract tot the erection of the eo fl . ee waB made .

      SfflPWRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE . —HAP > ItEPO 0 t . —The brig Colia , of London , timber Is / Jen * came ia sight Bbout four o ' clock on gafurdftj evening last . Shu was driven on Bhoie , tss-tfiiiileB Borrtb . of Hattlepopl , when her masts fell £ ycrb < a « l . The life-boat was sent off , aud got mx 4 l J * e crow ; other six bad ui&t ' a / watery grave havi&jj beer , wasted overboard bt fo .-e she come to land . ( "Ufce earn * eveniK&p Danish vvshel came on shore a JitfEle soutn of HarUepool . On S ~ . xlny ( veiling , a Di . ' ch galliot came on snore , four — . - ' Ql ., * - ' " - . ¦ ¦ ¦• i T ^ WCtf ..

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      J Notb ^ eb 9 , 1844 . THE NQutHERjSf STAR I 7

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 9, 1844, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1288/page/7/