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      ^ —IaTSSSSsBJaTBl —^^^^ Srelfim ( From the afcrntiio- Post ) EMiaiiTI-JN . Bdbld ? , August 30 : 2 k—Two hundred and twentyor free emigrants sailed by the Shannon , Captain ^ mpstou , from the North Wall , yesterday for Iyaoaft , to ba shipped therefrom Lt Australia ; 19 of them were orphans from various of the tor Law Unions in Iieland . They were veil and imfortably dad , and attended to by the emigration jenta . ^ ^ St * # Iflr % ft&

      TISir O ? LORD OSOCOE B 3 STTKCKDa&us , Friday , September 1 st . — The Fbkbuah ' s otjhsaIi , oa the authority of its London corresponlent , announces that Lord Gavrge Bentinck comes o Ireland immediately after the recess .

      HR F . I JttAOHBE . The Coek Rbpouteb is authorised" to state that kfr M « agher has retaimd as counsel for his defence Hr Whiteside , Q , C , and Sir Coimsn O'L ^ hlea . CUBICAL FKiCB 4 U £ ER 3 . It is not ganetally known , that dorin ? the progress if the arresting mania warrants were in the hands of iepo ' ioefor the apprehension of two Roman CaihoHc clergymen in the archdiocese of the Most Rev . 3 r Mufray ; and who , owing to the urervention of ihe latter , narrowly escaped companionship , with the insurgent leaders now lying prisoners in her Majesty ' s gaols of Kilmainhamand Newgate . The names t > f the reverend disaffected are the Rer . Mr Meehan , pfSt Michael and John ' s Chapel in this city , and Father Thaddaus O'Malley , who having by their speeches acd writings rendered themselves obnoxious to the authorities , orders were issued for { heir arrest . Before , however , they were put into

      execution , their mends strongly advised them to absent themselves uatil the storm blew over . Both gentknen having resolutely declined taking this course , Mr O'Malley ' a capture was effected . In the meantime their diocesan interposed in hi * behalf , « od after befog two hours in custouy , the rev . gentleman was . set at liberty , but upon what eonnitioos is unknown beyond the precincts of the lower Castfeyard . la Mr Meeban ' e c we the warrant , it is said , was absolutely suspended . Ddbuh , Septeisber 2 . —The Premier of England arrived at Kingstown yesterday , at twenty minutes pastfonr o ' clock . The Prime Minister having landed there was a slight cheer . A special train was in jraiiicg , and the party at oacs proceeded to Dublin , in Westland-row one of the Lord-Lieutenant ' s car-« a * es . was in waiting , ' and Lord John and suite J ) R « eeded at once to the vica-regal lodge , Phoenix Park . - "

      Lord Lansdowne , was expected to arrive this evening .

      THE SPECIAL COMUS'IONS . A weekly paper ( the Mbboastils Advbbtiseb ) supplies the Mowing information with respect to the approaching political trials : — There will be a special commission for the count ; o Limerick as well as Tipperary . The commtislon for the latter county is toopsnatNenagh , the assize town of th ; North Biding , on Tuesday , the 19 ( h instant , before tha two Cnlef Justices , B aokborae and Doherty . ' Oa that day tho grand jury will be ¦ worn in , and after an address from Chief Justice ' : Biackbume , bills of Indict nrat for high treas « n will be sent before them against

      Miisrs Smith O'Brien , Meagher , and the other parsons in castody charged with being implicated intheinsur-TecttflBary proceeding * in Tippcrary . As soon ai the biUi are found , copies of the iadictment , with the names trf ihe witneisei for the crown , will ba given to the agents of the prisoner ! , and the sittings of the eaurt will leatjsuraed , in order to tffard time to ihe acensed parties to plead , as prescribed by law . We believe the time flxrdby the . Irish Treason Act , between tke delivery of the indictment end the arraignment of the prisoners , is five clear days , at the least ; aadthns Mid arraignment could not take place before Tuesday , the 26 tb hat :

      The Warder of to-day saya : — It is not , we believe , finally settted what prisoners are to be pnt upon their trial at the special commission . Mr O'Brien and Mr Meagher will certainly be among the number . Ho'hlng has as yet baen determlntd with Rgird to Mr Daffy . It is nst as yet filially known by what counsel the prisoners an to be defended . Mr Henn , Mr Whlteslde . Hr Batt , ami Mr Holmes , havebeen all ntBined , we understand , for the defence both of Mr O'Brien and Mr Me » gber ; bui aU tha rataineri have been glvea for a trial at Dublin , It is , of course , in the pow « r of each prisoner to select separate counsel to defend him . The following additional arrests are reported from Kilkenny : —

      ta Wednesday night Reginald Greene , Eq , sub-Inspecter , acJlng on private information which he h « d received , proceeded from his district to Casdcconur . and jroBcriog tke assistance of the Johnstown police , atrfchedtoPtnner . in lha counts af Tipperaty , w&tre he succeeds * in . arresting one of the rebel letdera at the battle of Farrenrory . namedPatrick O'Donndl , who had fc : en sinee harboured and eoaesaled at the house of a man aimed Dunn , there situate . O ' Dinnell is said to tavebeen sUghflywoandedfa the shoulder by the fire Cfthe police from widow M'Cormack ' s house Sunn Is hia brother-in-law , and was also aweste J by Mr Grane for tosing harboured a proclaimed felnn , an offenoa punishable by transportation for life . Bjth the prl . ontri wtra on Thursday morning brought befere JjBe i * Greene , E-q ., B . H ., and committed to our eonn ^ gaol .

      T < -terday , Patrick Doogem , one of the prisoners oharsed with having been concerned in the affray at BaUinjarry , and who had been confined in Newgate , -was removed nnder a warrant from that prison to Richmond Bridewell . The cause of this man ' s removal is not known . m Tha following mysterious and dr 3 adful occurrene 9 is reported from the county of Monaghan : — A most appalling accident happened on Sunday tte 27 snutt .: neartaeUwntfMonagian . B . Limerdne GraV :. n , Esq , and his lady , to whom he was married on the 22 ad « f M * y , were takiog a drive in a pony phaeton * bov . four a ' clock , p . m ., la the direcuon of Eismore ParK . when , lamentable to relate , the two ponies toek fcfgi :, end hounded orer a bridge that eroases the Ulsttr

      CiDs :, » nd feU into the canal , about 120 feet deep kiLlng Mr £ Dd Mm Graton , and Miss A . Graham , sister-in-law to tts nafortonate young gentleman ' . There was an inquHtnddonMonday morning before B . D . Turtle Bsq Conner , and a respEetaMe jury , w&ea It aayMr ^ d by the evideaoe « f the two doctors , Mitchel aad Jm- Smi * tha * tha gendanan , his Udy . and his slster-inJaw died ' of ccnsnsioa on the brain , caused by the fall ; the doctor ( Miiftse !) also stated that Mrs Grason was pregnant . Mr G .-= aoa '« butler stated before the' Coroner , on o » th that tfr Grason and the two ladies were ueder the influrr-i-e of liquor on leaving the hons ? , and would not aUo ^ th s co achman to drive . Mr Grason has l eft ne rdv . ire to inherit his large property , about £ 18 ODD per ann > m . Mr Grason is greatly lamented in this town and neighbourhood .

      The psp = raannonnce the death of the Rev . Charles Berarord , Rector of Ballieborongh . in the diocese of toisore , of malignant typhus fever , caught in the cbBcaaTge of his ministerial duties .

      VBM ' JUKDS . The Cobk Examnbr , of Sept , 1 st , says :-It i > said that there is evidenoe to prove that Mr M'Mvjos was present not only at BilUngerry , but also at M + previous erecHou of the barricaJe in the town of Xa-3 Mi'e , and that he wasintmsted to convey a sum of £ 5 OOJ , contributea by the BagHsh Cbartigts , for the put rose of aiding the insurgents . Pursuant ta instruc tion = Ti-om the magislrates , head constable Crowley proce----J w Cove yesterday for the purpose of ernsting the Car s . in ; but It appeared that this Individual did not den . - i it convenient to delay ' any unnscessary length of tin ? * , f or he had weighed anchor and takmhis departure eir . ¦ in the morn ' ng . The missloa of the constable , the : *?; . « , was not attended with success . HuRMBM AND I 5 HCM 4 N 8 CKHE Ef IHK CODNTT OF ISltaiH . The folbwing letter appears in the Fbkeman ' s / obhhai . of Sept . 4 th : — ^^

      TO THB EDITOB OF THE PIEEH 1 K . Gartllttera , Angust 30 , 18 i 8 . Hi t * S » ,-Tou will exceediagly oblige the undersjge-u Rarnm CithoUc curate of Gortlittera by puO lafc ; 2 r' « he foUowing facts In jour valnaWe Jonraal : —I wat .. iled on the 30 i to administer the last sacrameats to 4 ; viaj man , and hardly had I performed my duty wb * 5 i ! was annouaoea to me that I ehonld make haste or th * Vene would be thrown on me . On leaving the ho «« , I fonndthe place crowded to excess , and , fa fact the sir rent asunder with the shrieks of women and

      children . The destroy fag angel had by th ' . B ttmo levelled to t ^ . e ground six houses ; U hurried on to tha seventh « res < aa forth the expiring victim , John EsjnoWs , to perish o * the duag-hin , as I hare been credibly inf . rued . Tb * following are the names of the persons dispossessed : 0 * ea Reynolds , and wif » and eight children . . 3 * n-Gtaty # sSidwife , and six children . Put Cjrrigan , and wife , and firaohildrtn . John Reynolds , and wife , and four children . P « t Reynolds , aud . wife , and four children . E-iward Fljn , and wife , and three children . Jafcn Pox , and wife , and three children .

      P « t Reynolds , and wife , and Iwo children . Michael GUroy , and wife , and one child . * 6 t « l -Pifty . foar souli . • Tni « asenrrenoa took place in the townland of An . tt- ^ ri , fceromy of HohiU , county of LUtrhn . T « Ae traA of which I sign nysrf yours , &e . Patiick M'Givket , K . C . O ., QartUtttra . { From the Morning Chromck ) Dmus MoroAY .-The LaaacK Exumnsa hae iSSSfSSS ° d 6 PIOtab ! e d ^« on , nd

      Muttt in KiKEnKss ^ A fe * dB , 8 . go , as Cspt . KeBne , 1 y , RwrJaw lospsctsr , was proceeding on an oacultourarooghthe western division ofthe KHrusa Umvn , he met a woman literally naked and unable t a fl » vtf f «> a utter exhaustion . Pram ths gestures and oth-r signs exhibited bye tha wretcfied being , Captain K ^ Mfci y regarded her as a maniac ; and it was onlj when ha had conversed with her , and learned her Rlfrtrftil condition , that he found she was a beinic but too « MHfl » aHvet » the horrors of her situatta , and 2

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      pangs of hunger . He Immediately relieved the pocr woman ' . wanu , andmort humsjly prestnted UZ he S ' * **?« " hU *»" ' w"owS the poor woman as a blanket , Captain Kennedy will have to encounter many similar spectacles , should ^ hls lot be winter ! ** " * ***** ** "PProaching The MUltown Malbsy AtlanHc Hotel h In the course of being purchasod by the Poor-law Commissioners , to convert It into a temporary workhouse for the use of tV paipersoftheMalttowa Malbaydlstriet of theBaala ^ mon Union . Nothing more requisite for th « g « od of tbe dUtriot could be done . Depreda « ons on the potato gardens are constantl y taking place owing to the utter destitution of the po » r . I oonld not describe to you the misery and poverty of this losality . Thousands crawling from door to door , craving alms from rainy who are nearly as destitute as the craven . Though the Eanlsty mon workhouse is full , yet there is no absence ofcrav . ing creatures from one ' s door . PW 3 SS 0 " uQIlff&r * Ha lmraajltna ^ . i ^ —« ii * . •__

      The sentence of Danoghae , who was to be hanged onthefchinst , at Galway . for murder , has been c Mnmuted . The culprit is to ba sent to the Lunatic Asylum at Ballinailoe . Dr White , inspector-general , depHted by tho Lord-Lieutenant , held an irquiry into the alleged sanity of DjBoghue , and it clearly appearing he was a dangerous idiot , an order was forwarded from the Castle commuting the sentence to confinement in an asylum .

      SHI CLSABAKCB BTBTEM . The Liuebick ExAitniKB contains farther sod most sffl cunn accounts of the clearance system is Clare . That journal says : — ' Three hundred houses more , besides tha one thousand already torn down in the union of Kiirush , have been levelled since our correspondent ' s last excursion . Will any limit be put t » these ravages t L » st week twenty-three families , comprlsleg over oae hundred human beings , were evicted from their homes , which were levelled with the ground ; in Scariff . The Sub Sheriff superintended the operations . In the name of tha God of mitcy \ will any ttop ho put te thsie dseds !

      Furthe * Eviciuot . —A correiponaent , « pon wh « ro we can place tbe fuUest rellanop , has Just sent us ! the following : — Over one bnndred human beings have baen cast out on the world ' s bleak eommm , from L ' goannor . ' Tfta hooses are tumbled : the unfortunate peeple ' are quattedfcy the road-slda In huts . They were undertrnants to a middle-man , named Sneahan , who was ej ^ ctedfor non-payment of rent , ' ¦ ' i

      BEMOVAL OF il M 4 HUS . Dobun , Toeiday - Morning . —Testerday . Mr M'Maqus was put on board a war steamer at Cork which tailed for this city . There were upwards of 200 conviois for transportation on board . ¦¦ THB HDHtFOBMa D 0 HHST » N A COUTSHI . The Cohk ExausiB of yesterday has the following : — The pious comsaunity of the Mill street Convent was flang into the utmost coasternatlOB , on tharslay last , sy tha appearance of a deteotive , backed by the available police force of tbe district , wboinsbted on searching tha

      ouUding fer Mr Doheay , who was supposed to be icon , otalei within its peacsfnt walls , probably from the' faot that a sister of that gentleman happens te be a member of the community . It was fortunate ' that the Bight R « v . Dr Egan , the respected Bis epof Kerry , wu in tbe consent at tho time , administering the Sacrament oV Coofirmatlon to a number of female children . We un ^ derstaod bis lordship ' s presence had a salutary influence upon thetdalof the detective , who yet Insisted . on search in ; every portion of the building , iuchidlng the cells , or sie- ping apartments of the nuns . The search' however was fruitless . '' ' ' '

      DISCHAHGJ OT MR JAMBS UASTI 5 FBOII ODSTODT . Mr James Msrdn , woe was committed ta priion by the judges presiding at the late commusiea for having been guilty of contempt of court , was brought up before Mr Tyndal , at College-street Psliee-office , on Monday , for the purpose of entering into his own recognisances to keep tha peawi previous to his being discharged . Mr Martin entered into his own recognisances in £ 4 ) to keep the peace towards Mr Waterhouse and all her Majesty ' s subjects for a period of seven years ; , and Messrs Bernard : Fulham aed Maxwell Sampson became security far him in the sum ef £ 20 each . Mr Martin was the * liberated .

      8 EASCH ¥ <» ASUS IH WATXOT 0 SD . On Friday evening a search for arms was made by Captain Gunn and % party of constabulary , on the premises of the Fever Hospital , in Waterford . The leBult proved the correctness of the information which led to such a place being examined , as the f < h hce discovered , in the yard , two riliS , two pikes , and a sword . The medical officer of the estabiishment alleged he was ignorant of the existence of the weapons . lie was at the time suffering himself from fever , whioh was greatly aggravated by the excirement consequent upon tbe proceedings of the police , who ransacked his own room previously . In order to prevent tbe renewal of a proceeding , however necessary , attended with danger to the patient ' s life ; the Rev . Mr Ryaa called on Captain Guun , and entreated of him to desist frora any further search , which was intended to be made . Captain Guan promised , on account of the state of the physician , not to pay another visit to the hospital .

      DESTRUCTIVE nRK IK UMERICK On Saturday night a fire broke out ia Blackwater Mills , near this city , the property of Mr Buroatyne , and destroyed the white mill . The concerns and stock are insured . It is not five years since another of the mills was burned down . , DI 8 BA 8 R IK CATTLE . The Amosx Sekiinel eays that a disease in cattle of a virulent kind has made its appearance in the neighbourhood , and many poor persons have lost their cattle by it . . : ¦

      ( From the correspondent of the Timu . ) tHE pbbmibr ' s vtit . Dobun , Sipt- 6—Lord Juhu Russell remains at the Viceregal Lodge , acd Saturday is said to be tbe la « t day of his visit to the metropolis , whence he proceeds to Belfast . - The Freeman ' s Joubnal of this morning gives an accsunt of a deputation which waited upon his lordship yesterday for the purpose of laying before him a plan f « r converting poor-rate into capital . Mr BeBz ' ey . of the county of Tipperary , a gentle * man who some time since pubHshtd a pamphlet , suggesting a plan for tha purpose above expressed , had an interview with Lord Clarendon , —the Premier being occupied with other poblio business . Mr Beaz'ey presented a written abstract of his plan .

      which the Lord-Lieutenant said he would read attentively . His Excellency did not hold but any hop * of a loan or advance being made for the purpose referred to . He said the state of the public revenue precluded that tnodeef proceeding , aad commented in strong and indeed severe terms on the waste , plunder , jobbing , snd misapplication of public funds recently in Ireland when advanced from tha ' ceffara of the state . Public liberality and private benevoence were alike in most cases grossly abused or wholly perverted in their application . Landlords had npplied for and obtained immense sums for the alleged purpose of improving ttoir ' lands and affording employment , neither of whieb they did ; and thus the intention of the Legislature was not carried into

      effectEortbeoondltionof tha agricultural population in any degree improved . Then , with respect to boards of guardians , they had not in most eases administered the Poor Law with such efficiency as was desirable ; and nnder the system which in many cases prevailed the most flagitious abueeft had sprung np . Thus , for instance , within the laat few days the government had ascertained , that in one district there weresome hundreds more persons chargeable for oat-door relief than the whole numerical population of the district . Lord Clarendon ' s condemnation of the conduct of landlords who obtained money under the Land Improvement Act , and then set their wretched tenantry to work in discharge of arrears of rent without giving them a farthing of what was iBtended for them , is described to us as having been emphatic and unreserved , as it was , in justice and mercy to tho poor , most deservedly called for . Neitherwasheat all sparing in his strictures oh the

      vile abuses which prevailed , and still prevail , in many districts WHHieeted with those-caWed relief of : digtress . The deputation , having . thanked bis Excel-Ienoy for the great courtesy and patient attention with which he had favoured ( hem . then withdrew . A letter from Billingarry , dated Monday , Baya : — All this neighbourhood continues quiet , and the only fact that reminds a ' penon of the la te rebellions BToceediriga U the absence of nearly all tbe male population in the district . Every person who had anything whatever to do with these proceedings , on the reappearance of the police , fid ; the principal par . tionof the labouring class have , it is eaid , gopeto England , where tkey expect employment at th& haymaking and harvest . Several , it is tree , have been arrested , but though the exettionB of tbe local magistrates have been incessant , not one eighth of tbe number charged have been made amenable to juBtice . I

      ARRIVAL OF CONTIOTB AT KIN 8 TOWff . | Yesterday morning , the Birkenhead war skamer arrived in Kingstown harbsur from Cork with 179 convicts on board . The prisoners wate guarded by a body of constabulary , and on tbe arrival of the steamer in the harbour , the convicts were pnt on baard the Pestangee Bomangee transport ship , which lies at ancher off the east pier . The veaBel will sail ia a few days for New South Wales .

      THB FI . BBI . Early oa Saturday morning , the Channel fleet , under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier , vnexpeotedly returned into Cork harbour after a cruise of nearly a fortnight towards Cape Clear . In the csnrse of the crime they were augmented by a large number ot iteam frigates and other vessels . THE O 9 BP 0 BATI 0 H . Mr Francia Morgan , one of the law agents of the Corporation , but at present a fugitive from the hands of justice , fearing tbst his situation may be filled during his absence , has written a letter to that body in which he-sayB : — ' In asking for a reasonable mea-Gure of indulgence on the present occasion , I feel that it is dae to the corporation and to myself most solemnly to assure the town council that I am not guilty of My moral or political crime unbecoming .

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      their offioe or inconsistent with the righta and duties ofafreeeittan . I have determined , go soon as I can ascertain the psrtf solars of any alleged charge , to meet it boldly before a jury ef my countrymen ; but in the meantime , I am unwiliiag to leave my par * Bensl liberty at the dispoatl of official caprice or dotjotiveiavention . ' ( From ths Daily News . ) OONFEDBRATB CLUBJ . Dobun , September 6 th , —Is is stated , on good grounds , that the arrests of parties connected with late Dublin clubs will not be pursued any farther , unless new circamitances Bbould seem to demand it . There ate , however , yet in suspense several soores of warrants . MIRK ABRB 1 T ! . . * •_ m * • . -.- . . . __ . »*

      A . Mr Keaie has been arrested at Monktewn , Cork , on suspicion ef being one of those whose names appear in the Hoi asd Cht . Mr Keane ( ao he gives his name ) says he is from KilruBb . A person named Nolan , who had come over from . New Orleans to visit Ireland , has been arrested in Tipperary . The camp atTurtalla , Bear Thurles , will be struck to day , and tho 'flying column' will be broken up . Most probably this step is taken in order to enable the authorities to concentrate troopi at Clonmel or Nenagh , if such a step should be desirable . Taero is now every reason to conclude that the special commission mil open at Clonmel . Outrages against life have commenced in Tippe * rary—the initiative this time havine been at the

      landlords ' side . OntheSOthinst . Captain Scully , a relative of the M . P . for Tipperary , and brother , I believe , or uncle , of the Mr Scully i » ho was shot some years since near Cashel , together with Mr James Scully , his son , and a person named Carroll , a servant , drove twenty-five head oi cattle into a farm , the property of the late MrE . Scully . The possessicnof this farm was in dispute , and a care-taker , who held it for the other claimant , attempted to prevent the entrance of the oattle . lie was fired a * , wounded , and his life ia despaired of . Informations have been taken against all the above-named parties . It is said that , but for the presence of the polios , more lives would have been lost . : Mr Scully , it is said , claims v administrator and receiver in succession to Mr E . Scully , J . P ., deceased .

      SKIZUBBiFOR POOR RATE . Dcbus , Tuesday . —The Tippbrart Vindicator of this day says :- > 'The most extraordinary . and sweep * ing seixure for rate ever perhaps attempted , teok place in Nenagh . yesterday .: The newly appointed ratecoHector , Mr RiohardFalkiner , repaired , without giving toe usual six days notice , to Pound-street , in the morning , and entered every house , demanding the new rate struck on the 24 th of last month . In many of tha houses the moat abieot muerv was visible :: vet

      pots , kettlos , Dan 8 ,, even the most trifling implements of household furniture , were pounced . pu ana . joarriBd in loads to the pound . Old shoes , cloaks , and grid - irons were among the article , seized ; and , what is etili more extraordinary , an eocentrio though poor old man aamedWolfe had four or five cages of canaries taken from him . ' While making thiiforay he was surrounded by an immense crowd of wonien and boys , screaming , hooting , and yelling in the most uproarious manner . This is a now way to make the rate , popular . ' j iobd . mhhVtbitand RicirnoN—john o ' connell

      ' AMD CONCILIATION HALL—PBO 8 PICTS ,. OF A CONIIMMltAI . WAR—msICAL S 0 RCB CHARTISM , AHD BK- , 7 IALERS—ROTATORY . PARIIAMBNIS—0 BOABISATI 0 N OF THB ORANGE . PABTI—L 0 BD OEOKOS BSNIIN 0 K ' S PB 0 PO 81 D VISIT—IHK WBATBBR AND TSB CRCP 3 . ( & ** our « tm Ctrretpmdtnt . ) Dobuu . 5 th September . . Who could have believed it ! The waters of the Liffey have really Kfldrted tha features of Lord John Ruswll , —and the British Premier is , of a verity , a denizw . pro tern , of our hignly-favoureil ' ahd' lucky city of Dublin ! After all , there is something in store for us ! Providence blighted our potato held * , and England has sent us her Premier ! Who will now hare the impudence to prate about the bad timeB

      or the visitations which bring misery on our pBople , and threaten final ruin to the entire country ? If Ireland's , annals in this year of 1848 have a few extra black and blooly blotches , wont the record qf . Lord John ' s visit be that' green spot , ' which , to vbj the language of Corran- ' will bloom over the desert , ' and make her rou ; hplaoes level as a plate , and her crooked paths as straight as a bulrush ? But ho more of this . That shabby thokeen , Russell , is not worth a joke . ' * ' On last Friday evening Lord John landed in Dublin . A considerable number of persons , principally of the middling , and humbler classes , were awaiting his arrival at Kingstown pier . There wai no excitement , no battle : but there was

      considerable curiosity to catch a giimpBe of one , whoso name must be for ever odious to Irishmen . Bis Lordship was accompanied by his lady , and I believe , three children , one of whom he led by the hand , c » n < vereing gaily with it from , the beach , down , to the Railway Station . A slight murmur of disapprobation was all the hostile manifestation discernible , but as tor the cheers of welcome they were ' nowhere , ' the greater part of the people followed his lordshi p aid suite down to the special traia which tob waiting to convey them into town . There was more disposition to ridicule his mean appearance and unprepossessing features than either to applaud or insult him . In fact , ' the persons assembled seemed more surprised at the ridiculous style-in wbiohhe approached our 8 hores , thanenraged at the presence of . one . whom they regard as their deadliest and most , impracticable enemy . I . was at Westland-roir Railway

      terminus when the speoial train arrived in town . A ooDsiderable crowd . was collected here also , and his lordship ' s recaption was pretty much akin tu that whioh awaited him in Kiogitown . Here , however , there being numbers of the fawwon * of the city , there was a consequent accumulation of ill-manners , and the Dublin mob , always proverbial for tbtir ready wit and powers oT repartee , made poor Lord John the target of their badinage and vituperation . : Not only was his * bungling Imbecility , as a statesman , brought to bear on his unfortunate head , but his contemptible exterior , his very mean-looking countenance—and even the plainness and simplicity of his dreiB .. Lord John , constituted a ' regular windfall ' ( as themselves expressed' it ) to the merciless ' Jackeens * of Dublin ; and if anything could expiate the crimes of his political career , the drubbing he got at Weatlapd-row , last Friday , should * cover a mnltitude ef sins . ' .

      On entering the private carriage from the Castle , which awaited at the terminus , his lordship was driven to Cork hill . No groan , no shout , no curse was heard as he paned along , neither did one ' cheerful smile greet his progrevs—nobody saluted him kindly—nobody cried 'God bless him . ' Hidord&hip and Buite remain at the Lord-Lieutenanl ' s villa in Pbooaix Park . He takes an airing every day through town , in one of the vice-regal carriages , and is generall y accompanied by some of the vice-regal family . No insult is offered him , but his commonplace penon and vulgar appearance make him the . batt ef ridicule in , every street . Ontbfc oUht ( Tue » day ) , a large party is invited to meet him

      at the vice-regal lodge . The elitt of the city and its neighbourhood are to be there , and , of course , 'great doings ' are expected qn the important ocoadon . On Sunday . he attended divine service at the Castle chapel , and in another day or two , it is said , he will take leave of Dublin and its gaieties , to visit KiU lamey , and other interesting sceneB in the south of Ireland . Nobody can know the intentions or objects of Lord John in coming to Ireland . If it was on matters connected with state business , it is hardly to be supposed he would bring his 'rib , ' and a trio of the y 4 Bng Rnssells—if it was merely a pleasure trip he meditated , he has ohesen a very singular era for his fon-Beeking peregrinations .

      But the good things in store for as do not stop here . Lord John Russell ' s visit is not the only bleating we enjoy just now . There is another , and still a better item in my note book . John O'Connell bas ' cat' us , and Conciliation ball is shut , up as firmly as bars and padlocks oan bind it . The reign o £ humbug is terminated—the O'Connell dynasty ib scattered to the winds . "My son John' has surren deredtheeceptreof Burgh Quay ; the begging-box is flung aside as « jrfe « trnmpery ; and the race of delusion , oheatery . and ' moral force * fudge is over at last . The furniture , splendid library , and other movables of the ha 1 ideserted' are consigned to James Duffy , the publisher , of Wellington qua ) , who . is to bring them , one of these days , to tbe Bamper , to liquidate the debt due to himself and others by the deluaw establishment . John O'Cotmell has given up all notion of ever again coming into public life , and pwpom reeidiog henceforth in T . nnrtnn t «

      appy himteir entirely to tbe management of his * S « m a . Director di the National Bank ! Bravo I Here , at least , we take the ' consate' out of those Saxons . They eay we give them nothing in return for all the Indian meal , Soyer ' s saup , coercivelaws and other good things' they p eriodiSCbeSuJon us ! Now at least , we eangive them tho He to their teeth ! We give them John O'Contelll They lend us over Lord John Russell for a month or « o we butou , them John O'Connell ( we fiJJJ&t the term ot hw natural life I A precious bargain they will have , but we wish them joy of him ! At aU event " so far as the exchange of tho two ' Jaeks' is ooneeraed , the Ssxons are infinitely our debtors . They will paj os , nwyie . when they are olearing off all the' old scores V But with regwd to th " o ° Connell transMtion , wa would much rather remain for ever out of pocket' than that they should pay is S our own torn . " . We wuh them mueh joy of the fat young gentleman . '

      The rumours which , on yesterday and to-day reached i » from the continent , are of the most exciting and important nature . It appears that France is sending nut her legions against Austria , and some m that hosulities have alread y commenced . Italy wi not be trampled on without the interference of gallant Fran win her tavour , and England , aa the friend of both . pjuntnes , cannot keep oat of the > Wftpfc A bloodjaudproloDgid war throughout the leH fca and breadth of the European continent ia apparently inevitable , aad that' o pportunity' whioh Ireland w long , but too impatiently , watched for

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      seems very near us . England certainl y will toon be more aotively employed than atpreeent . She oaanot well avoid it . Had Irishmen been prudent and courageous , and faithful , what a glorious time was coming ! Without the loss of a squib of gunpowder , or one drop of human blood , they could have attained the redemption of their country . But we are ever unfortunate . Nothing could do for os but * war to the pike . ' Rebellion iostanter ! separation from England ! and an independent Irish Republio ! All these were maniao 8 ohemes , and even if effeoted tomorrow , would destroy instead of save the country . It is ro with the' physical force' Chartists of England . See what ruin these moa have entailed , on themselvep , whilst strengthening the enemy and __ .. u u _ i ? _'_ i ^ ' j _ *_ a t •¦¦ .

      weakening the cause which they pretend to advocate . Their rashness—their foolishness—their illegal proceedings—have effected more mischief to themselves and their interests , than all the coercion , and ' gagging , ' and tyranny of the Whi gu could bring about in a century .. The accounts from' the south' represent ( hat portion of Ireland in a state of profound tranquillity . Tne rising i 8 crushed , not a single rebel abroad on SHevenamon ; . not a , pike glitters on the Ballingarry heights ; not a single carbine rings in the glen of Aberlow . All is over . The camp at Turtnlla is scattered . A part of the force ( the li ft , and 60 th rifles ) , marching baok to Dublin , and . the remainder ( the 85 th light infantry ) , jroine to Waterford . The

      75 th encamped at Piltown , are for Kilkenny , and several detachments from various regiments quartered in the rural localities of the south , are orders d to join head-quarters . The war in Ireland is over for the present , but the war with Ire ' and will never end uttil the happiness and social amelioration of the Irish people are attained . Dablinisvery stupid at present : Only for Lord John Russell ' s arrival and the Italian Opera , the surface of the Dead Sea would not be duller than our Irish metropolis . The old agitation ia crippled , and with . the exoepMen of Lord William Fitzgerald ' s plan for a rotatory or Anglo-Celtic parliament and court in this city , there is nothing at all doing in the way of politics . Nor is this scheme

      making that progress which might be expected a ' -aongstapeople so fend of novelty and experimental ohange as the Irish . The Duke of Leinster ( Lord Wiilum Fitzgerald ' s brother ) , condemns the plan in tdio , and many of those who . were 'for U ' . a month age , are now' getting out of it . ' The project , however , is not abandoned . ' The committee holds its sittings on eaoh Monday , and the leaders are talkinz cf starting a daily and . a weekly newspaper to advocate the measure . Many of the most Tory papers in Ireland applaud , whilst the great majority of the O . d Repeal brawlers keep ' silent on'the businesi altogether . It is hard to form a correot opinion as to what may be the issue of this ' agitation . . The Orange party , however , are not sleeping during

      these days m Dublin . Now that the , ' Green' is trampled in the dust , the Orange is getting . aloft , and if the organisation now bo , rapidly extending be not crashed by government , wemay soon expectaretarn of the old daysof ascendanoy and ' . No Popery / Almost every Protestant in this city Is getting into tbe Orange ' Confederacy , and fevoral new lodges have withiii a fortnight been opened in different qoarten of town . The spirit of bigotry , and division is raising itself quickly amongst us , and if it be not kicked down again as' a vagabond , ' we shall have hot work before long amongst the people of Dublin . The Roman Catholics are not noticing this , but though the Proteatant party seem to think them prostrate , I beg to say the reverse ib quite the fact . The Catholic nartv

      are not dismayed b ; the discomfiture of' Young Ireland , ' and if the Orangemen should provoka retaliation , they will find tbemaelves far from being able to cope with their opponents . ; Lord George Bentinck is eaid to be coming over here in the wake of the Premier—with what object it w difficult to tell . Now that the great monopolist O'Connell is in Glasnevin , and the great bugaboo , Smith O'Brien , in Kilmainham , we may expect periodical visits from every state quaok and impostor who can afford to steam it' over from Saxon land , to thi * unfort unate country . Lord George is a bit popular in Ireland ; but if be was really serious about coming amongst ub , he bedeviled himself by hia "buBy-body-thabkless' soliditude about John Mitohelin parliament the other evenjhg . His conduct on that occasion 'was not dbly ungenerous and

      ungracious , but it was highlyunnecessary and impertinent . It will not be forgotten , should he ] intrude himself upon the people of Ireland . The weather during ths last week was as beautiful and propitious atr we could desire . The harvest affairs look oheeringly , and it is said that the short comings in any crop will not be so extensive as was first anticipated . I fear , however , that as we are always disposed to be premature in our opinions , that the national hopes have been too muoh influenced by the warm sunahine of the last ten days . Last night the air was gloomy and sultry ; there were incessant bursts of vivid lightning and frequent peals of distant thunder . To-day about twelve ' o ' clock it began to rain , and has continued pouring without intermission up to the present hour—half-past three . The sk y looks lowering , and a heavy fall of rain is apparent ,

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      The Chartists and Irish Conpjderatxs . —On Sunday , notwithstanding the recent wholesale arrests , and the precautionary measures adopted by the government to prevent the illegal assemblages of these bodies , who ' . have ; , for some time' paat , made themselves so conspicuous , . ' several meetings , both pnblio and private , wero held in various parts of the metropolis , the gatherings of the former being at the usual p laces of assembly—vis ., Cartwright ' s coffee-house , in Cripplegate : John-street , Tottenham Court-road ; and the South London Ckartist' Hall , Webber-street , Blsckfriars-road , &o ., &o . ; whilst secret meetings were held in . private houses belonging to different individual members of the Chartist body , in accordance with a resolution passed a few weeks since ,. in

      order to keep out' government spies' and' paid deteotives . ' At the meeting which took place at the Stmth Losdon Chartist Hall , in the morning , the subject that has been under discussion for the last three weeks was brought forward—namely , the establishment of a sohoei , libraries , & 3 ., for tho propagation of Chartist principles , as well as for the general improvement of those alread y connected with the body . After ; several speeches of tho usual oharaoter upon the subject , the meeting dispersed quietly , and in the afternoon another meeting , was held at the same place , oonvened ' by the 'South London Victim Committee , ' tb consider measures in aid of the 'Chartist viotimB , and their wives and fam ' lies . Owing to theremarkable paucity of attendance , little or no business was transaoteoYwiih the excebtion of a few

      pence gathered on behalf of the' victims . ' This meeting separated , like the other , peaceably , though ^ he palice were in ambush in tbe event of their services being required . At Cartwright ' s coffee-house , the muster of ChartistB and Confederates was of a somewhat more formidable character ; but had the slightest attempt been mado to disturb the peace of her M » jeaty ' 8 subjects , it would have been instantly repelled , as upon all former occasions , such were the arrangements of the authorities . —Morning Post . Fbiqhiful Death nr a Vicious Horse—An inquest was he \ d on Saturday last by Mr Bedford , the Westminster Coroner , at St George ' s Hospital , on the body of Edward Weaver , nged fifty-one . It appeared from the evidence of several witnesses that the deceased waB ooachman ts Colonel Sykes , andon

      tbe previous Saturday evening deceased was going to the btablesia Hyda Park-mews West , when one of the coaoh horses flew at him as he was passing the stall , and . caught him by , the arm ; the animal dragged him to the ground , where he oontinued : to bita and trample on the unfortuaate deceased until he became insensible , in . whioh state he was found some time after by his wife , and covered with blood . Assistance haying been procured , deceased was extricattd and conveyed to the above institution , where it was found he had received a , compound fracture of the skull , laceration of the brain , fraoture of boih legs , fracture of the righ . arm , and nearly all his ribs broken , lie never showed the least signs of recovery , and died in a . raving . Btata on the following Thursday . Verdict , 'Died from , injuries received by the violence of a vicious horse . ' '

      Saoacitt of a Spaniel . —On Monday an inquest was taken by Mr Baker at the London Hoopital , en view of tbe body of Eliza Sergeant , aged six year ? , whose death was caused from injuries by fire . It appeared that the deceased was left last Thursday week in a room on the ground floor at No , 1 , Ashtonplace , Poplar , with two younger children , by . their mother , who had gone out to pledge an article for the purpose of buying some bread . Upon hearing the soreamsof the children , a little dog jumped through a pane of glass into the room , and on their mother ' s return , whioh was in a few minutes , she saw the faithful animal tearing away the deceased ' s clothes with his mouth and paws . Upon Lia seeing the mother he went up to her and laid hold = of her gown to draw her towards tke child . She succeeded in extinguishing the fire , and the deceased was re * moved to the London Hospital , where she died on . Fridaylart from the effect of the injuries . Verdiot . Accidental Death .

      An'Ibisb Row at Macowbpkuj . —On Sunday night last , about twelve o ' olock , a quarrel tock place between Borne IrUh reapers , in Derby-street , Mac * olesfield . . The Bqise . attraoted the police to the spot , when the reapers immediately attacked them , beating them severely with weapons of the most dangerous description , such as reaping-hooks , pokers , walkingstick ? , &o . The police were driven from the street , but they immediately muBtered again with strong reinforcements , and in a Bhort . time Buooeedediucaoturing eighteen of the most active . Two polioejran ' were injured severely about the head , but fortunately not in a dangerous manner . Mr Harpy , the polioJ superintendent , received a contusion on the back of tbe head , but of a less serious character than the wouBUfj received by the two officers aoWng under his Sffih SS-J !? n ^ a ^ tfwe brought up to the Tovfn Hall oa Monday hat ; but the evi « denmuau Bk them not being complete , Mr Harper appliedi to have them remaned until Wednesday , when the whole affair will be inveatteated .-JtfanWs ter Jroptrt

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      AWFUL FIRE IN ALBANY , U . S . SETERAL L 17 E 3 LOST , —SIX HUNDRED BUILD . INGS BURNT , — THREE MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF FR 0 PERTY DESTROYED . ( From the New York Weekly BtraU , Aogust 19 , The Albany papers are filled with accounts of the disastrous soir . fligratloa which took , pi toe in that eity on the 17 th ult . We are Indebted to Captain Gorham , of the steam-bo . t Hendtl ' i Hadton , for Albany papers , delivered at an early hour on Friday afternoon , The Aib . kt Eifibss gires the foUowing acoount of the disaster : — _ _ . _

      We scarcely know how to dsscrlbs thefsar / ul oalamity that has befallen our doomed city . It is beyond adequate deicrlption-beyond at the time we write , tntelliglble detail . Soon after a fire was oheoked that broke out In Q'iackonbuih . Btn . ei , jast before noon , the alarm was again sounded , and fire broke out in a small stable adisialng the Albion House , between Bro&dwb ? and ihe Pier , « u Herklmer . streot , and occupied by J . 0 . Wnite . Of its origin we know nothing ; but It burst forth at a most unlucky moment . The fire department was weary , scattered , and disorganised . Some of the machines were disabled , and in consequence of a shameful fight

      one of them—No . 9 , we belleva—was lodged-in the City HsUyard , and unmanned , in the moment of danger . The heat was intense , tbe mercury ranging at 91 in the ih » de , the city dry as tinder , Is consequence of the dtought , and a gale of wind blowing from tho south . Ererythiag oonBpirod against us ; and tee destroying element immediately getting the upper hand , raged awfully and unoheoked far hours , swesptag away fnll six hsndred buildings , many of them new , and of great value , destroying about 2 , 000 , 000 of dollar , worth of pro . perty , and rendering hundreds offamllies houseless and homeless !

      Truly , this calamity li an awlul one—but God bs praised that it is no worse , At one time it seemed as if the desttuotion of our fair city was uuvl'able . The wind blew fiercely , the flumes spread ou all sides , tbe devoarlng element advanced from block to block and from street to street ; buildings ware taking fire In several parts of thbolty—all was terror , confusion , and dismay , and the efforts of nun seemed utterly poweriets . At this fsarful moment the wind lulled , heavy clouds rose In the north-wett , and a deluge of rain—grateful , needed , God « wnt rain—poured from the surcharged Olonds , and ' ehscksd ths progress ef the ' confltgratlOB .

      Amid the roar , Aarkntis , lightning , and thunder of the storm , glared the red flames , and rolled the vast colamns of smoke ; while occasionally tbo shock of a building blownm > with gunpowder , added to tbe terror and sublimity M tke indtseribabU scene . The fury and spread oftheflamei exceeded anything ever seen . The fire ran . leaped , flew , 'frombuUdingto building , with tke ipeea of the hurricane that bore it on its course of destruction , ' And as it advanced , and grew mere and more threaten ^ ing , the bills resounded the alarm , and the peoplt ; looked on with terror BUd almost witkdeipalr . There ' , were many narrow eioapei from death , and somf , sarious personal Injuries sustained ; among the latfen ' William Johnson , and his wife and daughter , w « -a badly burnt , while escaplBg from their dwclling , " 53 ? Llbtrty-itreat . ll Albaay has never before , in her 200 years'history , suffered se dreadful a local calamity as this .

      Ths first block burnt wai bounded by Herkimer . street , Broad nj , Bleeker-itreet , and the dock . The are then went np tbe dock and the east side of Broad , way , nsarly to Hudson-street , and ub the west side of Broidway quite to Hudsoa . street , It passed up Hudson , street to tbe P « rk , burnt both sides of : Liberty and C&arch . itrtetg , downtoLy . iui-. tMel , to Union-street , and'np tha east side of Union-street to Hudson . street Park , Over this large district every building is con . sumed , except Hagaman and Cowell ' s four story brick , corner of Broadway and the new Bteam-boat landing ; Bortle ' s new three story brick grocery store , west side of Broadway , aad adjoining the district burnt in June ; J . K , Wing ' afour story brick store , corner of Dock and new steam-boat landing ; C . gger ' s new ] three story brick buildings , running from the Djck to Broadway ,

      and occupied in . part by Tweddle and Barllngton . AH the rest are down Including the Fort Orange Hotel , Oowell ' s eating house , Qulon ' a tavern and bearding house , the United States House , the Eigle Tavern , a German , bsardlug . house , the TowDS « nd House , the Odeen , many small boarding houses &o ., and an immense number of stores . The fire crossed and burnt the HamlltoDattrect Bridge , and set en fire Bow ' s WeitaiB Hotel , the first building on the Pier . From this point , every building on the Pier , up to and across State street , and thence to tbe out at the foot ef Mulden . hne , was deslroyso , including the emigrant hotels , forwarding house ) , groceries , steam-boat , canaUboat , and freighting Una offloei , and all the floating oraft in the Basin , including from fifty t ) sixty osn&l and late boats , from fifteen to twonty large tQW-boat ., some sail veaath , and the steam-boat William Seymour .

      Burning vessels fluted against the Columbia-strict bridge and set it on fire . Thence the fire was common ! - cated to the Colombia-street market , which was burned , together with a number of dwellings in the vicinity . The exaot bounds of tbe dlstrlot burnt in this quar . er we have not been able to obtain ,. - Vessels of all kinds on tho outside of the pier floated out of harm ' s way . The less of household goods of all kinds is immense . Great quantities that were strewed in the streets were ruined by the rain . Cart" , waggons , drayt—everythlng on wheels—were in constant requisition , but conld not accomplish a tenth part of the work required . Five , ten , and twenty dellars were offered for carrying a single load .

      There was nothing like organisation of effort . The authorities , the fire department , and the citizens were soattered , Isolated , and aoted too muoh without eonoert . Still , ranch was done , Almast , superhuman . personal efforts were put forth , and thousands of citizens worked with all their might . : Our firemea , under the elreumstances , did all the ; could . We received timely and invaluable aid from Troy , Oreenbusb , and Scheneotady , Numbers of persons were rendered powerless by heat , fatigue , and cold water . Buildings , sheds , Ao . took fire repeatedly as far north as Wilson and Lumber streets . The whole city was in danger . Mr J Smith ' s Fiek Soil Bimmks office , and James Buffj ' s job priming office , wero burnt . At oae tima the offioes of the Atlas , Eniokhboceeb , and Exphis , as well as Van Beytbmen ' s and Mansell ' e extensive printing establishmenti , were threatened with destruction .

      Tbonsands of cit ! zBns packed up their goods , furniture , &o . and the stoies were everywhere closed . A number of buildings were blown up nuder the di . rectlon of the authorities , in the vlelnlty of Hadton . strset . It is impossible at the time we write to get at any correot estimate of the loss sustained , or the condition of the insuranos companies . Oar Albany companies have suff . rai territly . Individual losses roust be very great and there will bs mnoh dlssress and suffering . It will be a long time before Albany will recover from this awfol oalamity . Seventeen whole blooks , the pier , the Columbia-street market , two bridges , and near one hundred boats are destroyed . Most of tbo boats were heavily laden .

      We regret to leun that several lives have been IobI . Two men w . drowned in the Basin , near tbe foot of Maiaen-lane . They were floating on a raft , and In the midst of the sonflagration fell off and sunk . The owner of the steam-boat William Seymour , Banjamln Wakeman is miasiog . A man named Hardel y , an Irishman , died frem over exertion , A man named Johnson and several others art missing . Some eight or ten thousand barrels of flour were burnt on the pier . The Iobs of property in the Basin was Immense , The loss is rougbly estimated at two millions of dollars . We fear enr looal insurance eom . panles are overwhelmed . The property on the pier was insured abroad . The Swlftsure and Eckfjrd Towboat lines lose tremendously . Hundreds of our business men are utterly ruined , Fear buildings were blown ap with powdtr .

      At midnight tho fire was burning in forty plaoea , but it is completely under control . There is no wind , and the rain has ceased . The Aiqus says : — ' Ho estimate of the valne of pro . perty is yet attainable . Wa hear of two forwarding lines that estimate property under their charge to the amount of 90 , 009 dollars , all consumed . Another line suffers to an amount of from 00 , 000 dollars to 80 ; 000 dollars . The loss of flour afloat and in store is not lets than 10 000 barrels . The area of the fire comprises many aores , perhaps fifty or sixty , of tho most compact and valuable part or tha city . It inoludes at least twenty squares , Amldjt tha ratas which every whero meat , tb . « eyo it is difficult to traoetheoutllnss of the former state of things bat tuoie familiar with the city will peroelve the ex- ' tent of this most mlamUous visitation by a few generallths .

      ] ' ' Broadway , frim the intersection of Herkimer to the south earner of Hadson-street , ou tho west side and to an Sonaaol . * * variety stow , on the east side , nearly half a mile , is , wllb aU its structures and stores , inolud . ing tbe Eagle Tavwn , the Townshend House , and the Uaited States Hotel , level with the earth . From Btoadwe / j to tho river , inc \ u 4 lng ( he ranges of lofty stores on Qaay-streat , throughout nearly the en . tire spaoe above , mentioned , all is aheap ef ruins . All the cross streets entering Broadway , Herktmer , BUesker , Lydlm , Hamilton Division , and Hudsoa , west as far as Uaion and Dalllus-atreot , are swept away Ama «' JBg tffjrt preserved OooW ' s great carriage and ooaeh establlehmmt , enrjtbAng ' on the surrounding stmts beiag demolished .

      ! ! - North , the flying cinders ultb . wbAoh the air was filled CBBghtths Criumbla-Btteet Market , and of that largi Btruoture nothing remains . The adjacent buildings were saved by the prompt efforts of the two Scheuwtady Fire Companies . But th » soene of the moat striking . and absolute desolation is the plor . Scaroely a vestige I of it remains , Throughout its entire length , from Ha . : mllton-slreet to tbo out opposite tha Boston depgt , it li ! utterly consumed , inoludicg tho wharfs , warehouses : nearly all the shipping in the b&eln and outildo the pier * , tow . bo . ts , barges , eanal-Boato , huge floating warehouse atkj , with all their valuable and vastconUnts of goods and products , the throe bridges at Columbia , State and Hamllton-streets , lumber yards , flour stores—in short , everything that flaated or teemed with life and YalQQ I in that great mart yesterday mtfalng ,

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      Tke icsne in State-itreet beggars all description . Thousands , flying frem the cotfligration , Brassed every canoelvable vehicle into their service , depositing goods , furaltttre , families , children , everith ' ng animate aad Inanimate . Every point in ibat wide street—at the Etobange , at tho City Bank , at tbe corn * n of all the mtersectiog streets , in front of St Peter ' s Church , aU along the parks , and finally at the State Hall and City Hsll—were crowded with bales , boxes , fornltare , goods , of every description , &c . No point was deemed too remote from the devouring element . Tbe stores were evfrywhere closed , or were onl y opened to the flying oitlzinsjandeffiiOts . Two buildings were blown up , to Va » hope of arrest , ing the progress of the flre—one bslenging to MrJ I , Boyd , in Broadway , and the other to Mr John Knower corner of Hudson and Llberty-streets , but with little eff : ct . All the Insarance companies Buffer largely If not ruinously . '

      Thelossby the different firelasurance companies , as far as oan be learned , Is as follows :-Alb » uy , 175 000 doh . ; Fireman ' s , Albany . 75 , 800 dols . ; Mutual . Albany 60 , 000 dols , ; New York Mutual Safety , 60 , 000 dole . ' North American , N » w York , 25 , 000 dols .: National dltw , 15 , 000 dels . ; Equitable ditto , H 000 dols Citj ditto , 4 , 600 dols . ; Hartford , 30 , 000 doh . ; # : na and P / otectlon , Hanford , 25 , 000 dols . ; North Western , ditto , 15 , 000 dolB . ; Oamden , New Jersey , 30 080 dols .: Leiington , Kentucky , 8 , 000 dols . ; Columbus , Ohio , 2 , 000 dols . ; Protection , New Jersey . 9 600 dols — Total , 5 C 8 , . t ) 0 dols . ' ( From tbe Albany Alias , August 19 . )

      In viewing the scene of devaitatlon , one Is struck with tho power of the destroying element . How it was possible for such a mass of solid brick buildings to be swept away in a few brief hours , and which will require the constant labour of hundreds of men for years to replace , is a matter of astonishment . But at the time the fire broke out the wind wag blo-totf a gale from the south , the buildings in which it took were of tbe most combus . tlble material , and for eighteen days no rain had fallen in the city , and the roefs wero like tinder . The coals and cinders were wafted from block to block , and tho moment they struck the wooden roof of a building it was Ignited by the aotlon of the wind . We were witness to several instances of this kind . On the northern put of the city , more than h&U a mile from the immediate yiotnlty of tb » fire , no less than four buildings war * oa fire at the same time by that means . The moment a olnder lighted npon the roof a bltst was produced , as II a match had betn Ignited ;

      ( From the « 41 &any Knictobofcr . ) The fire orlghwted in & very singular manner . It appears that while a woman was-washing a ipuk set flre to her sun bonnet . Without a m jment ' s thought she jerked it from her head , and threw it , sbeknsw not > wbere ; unfortunately it alighted in tbe stable of Wm iJohnaou , which in a moment almost was enveloped la fl » mes . . A great portion of the goods , furniture , and , proB » rty saved from the fire , was afterwards wlshsd , into the river by the torrents that the rain poarad dawn all enr more lengthy streets , > ^ The latest accounts estimate the value of property 'destroyed at three million dollars ,

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      Murder of a Child or Clapham Comhoh . —On Saturday Mr W . Carter , the coroner for East Surrey held an adjourned inquest at the Falcon , Wands * worth-road , upon the body of an infant female child , about a month old , whioh . had been found drowned in the spring . well on Olapham-oommon , From tha evidence adduced at the two investigations which toak place , it appeared that the spring well is a bucket , well , about twelve feet ia citflamference . fourteen feet deep , and is situated a little out of the direct . iroad aoross the common from Clapham to Wandaworth . There is a very jabnndant supply of a peculiarly soft ^ wateryand a number of men ob > tain a living by carting and selling it to numaroui

      families in the neighbourhood . On Thursday morn * ing , about half-past six o ' clock , the body of the de . ceased child was found floating in the well . It was naked . It j hands were denoted and its body drawn uq , giving uudau , bted .. proaf . of its having been east into the water alive , and ite subsequent struggle f « existence . The bady was taken possession of by Sergeant Lanton ; 19 , and policeman Dindy , 93 , V division , and shown to Mr J . O . Parrotl , jun ., of Clapham , surgeon , who stated it was that of a child at least three weeks old , and that he had no doubt it had met its death by drowning . These were tha w ° r , w f j oka T he «*» n « 4 a mdiei of Wilful Murder against some person , or persona unknown , .:

      A VBapici of Wiuui . Mnw » Kbas been returned against Hannah Southgate , ouarged at Thorpe with poisoning hor first huabaud , Thomas Han . It will be remembered that tha aooused was the intimate triend of Mary May , weeaUy executed for murder , and the luspioion . 19 that the two women were engagad in more thatfone of the pouooings . When tho verdict was delivered the prisoner exclaimed , ¦ I am innocent , gentlemen , of the orime , ' and exhibited great composure . She was immediately removed , and conveyed by the train to Chelmsford county I gaol . It was eaid that application will ba made to Sir y ,. Grey , tho Secretary of Stato , to authorise I furVher ex . miaations of bodits of parties soj ^ ected I to have been poisoned , in the neighbourhoods ai lDoveroottrt , Bradue ! d , Tendring , andRsnuey . ^

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      DREADFUL FIRE AT CONSTANTINOPLE . THREE THOUSAND BUILDINGS CONSUMED - FROM THREE TO FIVE MILLIONS POUNDS WORTH OP PROPERTY DESTROYED — HU . MEROUS LIVES LOST .

      Constantinople , Acocit 19 —On Wednesday last , towards seven o ' clock in the eveniDg , a moat lamehUble fire broke out ia YemUh Iskelessi ( dried fruit baztar ) , situated between the two Bridges . The intensity of the conflagration acquired such force , on account of the surrounding inflimmable matter , that in a short quarter ef an hour it had extended itself in a fearful manner . In tbe immediate neighbourhood of the fruit bazaar wu the Yagh Kapon , or ell depot , the magazines and ware , houses being well ttocktd with that Inflammable matter * on the other side , towards tha arsenal , was an Immense timber yard , the greatest in the city , a quarter of a mils in length , one hundred feet in bslght , and fire hundred in breadth . Bj tight o ' clook both these places were In ,

      vadsd by the flimes , When the whols line of sphere on whioh the tlmbtr was piled was one blazing sheet of flime , the appearance wai that of one burning mass of liquefisd gold . What was still more grievous was , that a compact mass of shipping was moored opposite this Bpot , and the masting of several Turkish vessels , laden with oil , wheat , and Umber , soon took fire , and rendered the scene on the placid and tranquil water still more sublime than on land , The sbrill cries of the reapeotlv commanders of tbe menaced vessels , the long , contlnu . oub , and savage howls of tbe matlneri and sailors , in their endeavom to draw their crafts from tbe theatre of the conflagration , al tended to impress the spectator with the gi&ndeur o £ the dreadful calamity that had b « . falUn the city of Constantinople . Towards nine o ' clock

      the fire had spread out in an anful manner . In one dl . rectlon it was travelling at a rapid rate towards tha Gal . moumjilar , in another towards the Uzun Gbarskl , whilst on tbe other it was ragtag at tin Odan Kaponssl . Notwithstanding great < Sorts were made to prevent its spreading towards the hill , which gradually rises until H reaobes the crest , on which stands the Mosque ef Suley . manlh , and close te that the palaces of Mveral vlilrs the Shek ul-Ielam Knppoussl ( Porte of the Ulemaskand otVer extensive public and private buildings , with their hanging gardens and kiosks , it was all of no avail . Tke houses were destroysd , one after the other . The flimes rushed np the walls , and stoed like pyramids of fire in the air . At length , at about eleven o ' clsck , the pinnacle of ons of tbe minarets of SulevmBnieh , en the ex .

      tremo height , and fully one mile fiom tbe scene of destruction , caught fire . A singular speotscle Indeed it was to see this airy meteor burning and blazing away , whilst tha flimes in a vast body kept beating like waves against the aagle of tbe Shelk-uMslam ' s palacs , afttr having destroyed in rapid succession , all tbe Intervening buildings . At about midnight it had reached B * lok Biziar , In the immediate neighbourhood of the nsw bridge , and great anxiety was entertained respeotlng ths Drug Bazaar , wbloh is a splendid building , well known to tourists , whovhit this city . In tke opposite dlrec tton it had reached the Skemntgeisr , and was proceed . Ing at a rapid rate towards the Oan Kipan . The efforts made by tbe Turks to extinguish the fire were useless ; they everywhere ceased , and were mostly employed in

      pulling down buildings . With the poor inhabitants it was ageneral sauve qulpeut ' , indeed many were so sur . roundod by tbe flames , as to be unable to escape , and were burned to death . Near Oun Eapan a dreadfuldes > traction of lifd occurred , and it is said that upwards of twenty persons have perished . At two o ' clock in the moralng the fira had sensibl y abated in its vlolenos for the want of fo « l to aliment It , and at about half . past three no mor . danger was anticipated . Tho fire hat consumed , according to . a detailed estimate , about 3 5 M shops and 50 S houses ; about forty of the latter wen spleniSW palaces belonging to the Sheik . uMslam , Mous . tapha Pacfca , Said P . sha , Irrei Pasha , Hassan Pasha , and otters . The general loss is calculated at averaging from £ 2 , 000 , 600 to £ 4 . 009 , 080 sterling but soma have carried it to £ 5 090 . 000 . We should Btate it at , approximatel

      y , about £ ., 5 « Q , QQQ . To acetraut for this great loss , it must be carefully understood that vast depositaries of merchandise were kept there , bssldes whok bazaars of oil , fruit , wax rice , spices , sallow , coffee , sponges , &e . as well aB the establishments of tho knife grinders , wholesale grocers , nut sellers , Ac . In addition to these must be noted nineteen khans , seven mosques four baths , two public granaries , 15 , 000 barrels of riee belonging to the Pasha of Ejypt , a government steam mill and seventeen vessels , and among the rest an Aus . trlan and Russian vessel , &o , This fire exceeds that of Pera two monthsbsck , not only in the extent , but in tho value of the objects destroyed . Here people ara positively ruined , as their all was there . A fearful night of havoc indeed It was . The Sultan went incognito to tbe scene of destruotioB , and subsequentl y took up his posltloa in a steamer in tha arsenal .

      The alarm guns hava just been fired , and it Is said that a serious conflagration has broken out at Karagumruk , towards the Seven Stan .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 9, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1487/page/6/