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      Just Publiahedj price Oae Penny , A LETTER , addressed to Mr . Pitketiilv , of ¦ ¦;¦ Huddersfield , Yorkshire , By Dr . Jous Smyles , Twelve . Year 3 resident ia that Country . . Containing tlie Writer's Opinion of the People , Government , Educationj&c . ; also , Remarks on tbe Fituess of tha Territory of Wisconsin as a Residence tor English . Emigrauts . .. ;¦ ¦ ' - [ .. ' . ' ' . '•; . Just Published , N 03 . 1 to 6 , price Twopence , and Parts I . and II ., price Sixpence eacli , ENOjflRY CONGfiRNING POLITICAL JU 5-TlCE , AND ITS IN b ^ LUENCE ON MORALS

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      JAMES GUEST ; WHOLESALE SfATIONER , PERIODICAL , BOOK , AND PRINT SELLER , AND GENERAL NEWSPAPER AGKNT , BEGS to inform his Frieiids and the Public , that he has REMOVED from SxKtLiipusK-tANE , to more corBuiodious Premises , No . 51 , BULLSTREiiT , three doors from Sieelhouie-lane , where he will continue : every branch of his Busmeis on aa extended scale , aud nopes by the same attention to all orders intrusted to his care , to receive a confmuauce or thelavpurs so liberally btstovved upon him during the Twelve Years he resided m Steelhouselane . .

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      Truck SysTEM . —A sysiem of truckery is carried on at a . printworks . in the neighbourhood of Carlisle , which 1 think would be a proper case for Air . Ferraad . The foreman of the pridtworJis has a tew years Binee commenced giving primers and tearers olothiu ' ^ at-so much per week , bur as he is begiuning to make money by it , he has be ^ un of lute to act the petty ^ . yraii t . All under him ara comperiod to get gooas U'orn him , if they do not hs punishes them by giving them bad work to do , so as they caiinot uaake so mush money as other men who deil with him ;

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      " I retain the opinions respecting the Charter , which I expressed upon Mr . Sharman Cratrford ' a motion , sad certainly ooald sot have roted with Mr . - Dancombe had I conceived his motion to be synonymous with "Universal Suffrage , according to the interpretat ion pot upon it by Mr . Roebuck and Mr . 0 "ConneIL "I Toted limply for hearing at the bar of the House of Commons the representatives of three millions of my f enoTr-conntiyniea , -who say , and say truly , that they axe not adequately represented there now ; and the CBly doafct , or difficulty , that I felt ia supporting this demand , was the fear that , by so doing , I might be held to support some of the monstrous propositions , which their leaders haTe thought proper to connect with their o'wn acquisition of political power .

      " These propositions are not new to sie . I have repeatedly combatted them at Sheffield , and I cannot express in too strong terms my regret that they should have been mixed up in any way , with the demand for an extension of the franchise . Tour own petition was the arznonry of your opponents . All their arguments ¦ were draTrn from it ; and no man could gainsay those arguments without convictiijg you of having signed , lightly and unreflectingly , a document professing to represent the deliberate opinions of the working classes upon matters of vital importance to the community and themselves

      "I myself believe you to be better than you say you are . I do not conceive the working classes generally to be in favour of a subdivision of property , or of the destruction of mAchiceiy , er of a national bankruptcy , whatever some . ' of their leaders maybe ; and I gaveyouthe benefit of my doubts . But I should not satisfy my own consdeure if I were not to aa * d that a more cruel libel upon "Universal Suffrage than your petition , I never saw , sad that nothing but my sympathy for suffering which I knew to be real , and many of which I believe

      it to ba in tha po" « er of better legislation to remove , enabled me to support its prayer . I know at least thirty members , and amongst them some of the most liberal men now in Parliament , who were deterred from taking the same course , by the Saint Simoniamsm of your leader ? . I can call it nothing else ; nor can I wonder at their decision , judging by the doubts , which 1 felt as to my own . " I remain , Sir , " Tour Tery obedient ,

      " H . G . WAED . " " 33 , St . James ' s-place , May 4 th , 1842 . " Mr . Ward has published a copy of the foregoing , in the Weekly Chronicle and the Sheffield Independent . At a meeting of the Council of the National Charter Association , Fig-tree-lane , on Monday , May 9 : h , the following reply to Mr . Ward ' s letter was unanimously adopted , " and ordered to be sent to the Northern Star , the Sheffield Independent ? and the Weekly Chronicle , for publication : —

      " TO H . 0 . WARD , ESQ ., 3 LP . " Sir , —We have received your letter of date May 41 a , in-reply to cue seat to you by our Secretary , re--questing your support of Mr . Dancombe'S motion , that the three millions and upwards of Chartists who had Bgned the National Petition , should ba heard by theit counsel or agenU at the bar of the House « f Commons . " In your letter you state the ground npon which you thonght proper to comply with our request ; this was not your approval of the Charter , but simply that the petitioners should be heard at the bar in exposition of their grievances more fully than tho 3 e grievances were Betforthinthe allegations of their petition ; aug notwithstanding your non-support at our views and principles ,

      ¦ we should have been satisfied with your conduct , and feave felt much pleasure in publicly recording our thanks to yon for your vote , was it not for the extraordinary , and we must add , insulting letter which feas accompanied it , and which it appears to us his teen written with the view of showing your ' respectable * supporters that whilst you voted for Mr . Dancombe ' s motion you had no feeling in common with the petitioners , that is to say , your vote was for the-Chartasts—your letter for the Whigs . Whether you , Sir , can serve two masters with credit to yourself , time will tell . " You say " that a more cruel libel upon UnivErsal Suffrage , than your petition , I never saw . " Ten add that it ( the petition ) was the armoury of our opponents , that all their arguments were drawn from it , && i : c We are aware , sir , that the leaders of the Whig and Tory factions—more p&rticulariy the former , have , with

      a reckless disregard of trnth , quite becoming their well known characters , twisted and distorted several of theallegations of the petition into every odious form their ewn cszrupt hearts and frenzied imaginations could invent ; this does not astonish us ; but that you , sir , Who affect to feel for the suffering people—acknowledging that they are not represented ia the House of Commons , that you should join in the calumnies of anbluahing tyranny , does a little surprise us . Ton insinuate that some of our leaders are in favour of " a subdivision of property '— ' the destruction of machinery *— ' a national bankruptcy , * & ?¦ Tou insinuate what you must know to be false ; but suppose it to be true—suppose any of the people ' s leaders to be guilty of entertaining such idiotic notions , we ask , are such views advocated in the petition ? We deny it—we Challenge our enemies to show it

      _ " We have read with astonishment and indignation tha speeches of Mr . Maeaulay and others in the House of Commons ; and we cannot express in too strong language the disgust we feel at the calumnies cast upon us and out countrymen by the licensed slanderers , who , living and rniing by force and fraud , dare—insolently dare—to impute to us a" desire to commit the crimes of which they , as the legislators and masters of society are daily and hourly guilty . How dare these men , in their haughty arrogance , charge xu with meditating anarchy , confusion , bloodshed , and spoliation ? . What is there in the past history of tha working classes of this country to lead the aristocracy to infer tkat such are the objects

      Sought to be attained by the three millions who signed the National Petition ? Were we disposed , it would be an easy matter to turn the tables upon our detractors , and shorr that by taxation , monopolies , and a thousand and one different schemes , the ruling few have plundered the enslaved many of their " property "; that so far as the working classes are concerned , " national bankruptcy" has already overtaken them ; witness the statements of the almost unendurable misery put forth by air . Buncombe , and the endless accounts of revolting destitution that have been published during the lass six months ; and = then , Sir , Bay whether any state of society could be worse lor the wealtfc-predncera than the present ?

      " Mr . Macanlay , and others like him , base their support of the . existing legislative system upon the assump tion that under that system all property ia secure Nothing can be more filse than this ; the wretchedness , Btarvation , and fearful despair of the industrious classes loadJy proclaim that their property —their labour and its fruits , are not secured to than ; but , on the contrary , are the ceimnon prey of all the legal plunderers of s&ciety . " Tua say , you believs us to be better than we say we are , and thertfors gave us the benefit of your doubts . We are extremely sorry that we cannot return the eoEpHmeufc . " We are , Sir , " IHS CorsciL OF THE ^ ATIOSAL C&AETEB Association , Fig-tsee Lake . " Shtffielj . May &ih , 1 S 42 . "

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      Members of the Convection pledged themselves , collectively and individually , to increased exertion , I have m&de up my mind to be redeem the pledge I have made by going out , for a few weeks , to rally the friends , and confront the enemiea , of the people ' s cause . . The lectures I purpose delivering will be of a character likely to advance our principles , by clear ]? Tinfolding them to public view , and by exposing existing abuses , and showing the wrongs to which the majority of the people ars subjected . I have designed the following route , which I hope will meet witb approbation : —

      Leicester , Monday , the 16 thinstant ; Nottingham , Tuesday , 17 th ; Sutton-in-Aahfleld , Wednesday , 18 th ; Sheffield , Thursday , I 9 lb ; Bamsley , Monday , 23 rd ; LeedB , Tuesday , 24 : b ; Bradford , Wednesday , 23 th ; Huddersfield , Thursday , 26 th ; Halifax , Saturday , 28 th ; Todmorden , Monday , 30 lh ; Rochdale ^ Tuesday , 3 lst ; Oldham , Wednesday , June 1 st ; and Manchester , Jane Sad . It will be seen that I have allotted to myself no idle task ; that I have masked out quite as much as any one person could possibly accomplish within the same limits . I trust the Members of the General Council will , in these several places , make early arrangements for the lectures , in order that good attendances may be secured .

      A small charge for admission must , in each case , ba made , as the Executive is without funds , and my expanses cannot possibly b 8 defrayed from that quarter . I shall particularly urge upon the . people to join the National Charter Association v therefore carda should be at each place , ready for the enrolment of new converts . With this parting announcement of my intention , I must conclude . Ever a devoted Chartist , Kobeux Kemp Philp .

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      the cause of the said calamity . It is said that the boiler of one of the locomotives exploded , and that the stoker , whose bod y baB not since been discovered , was blown sixty fe > t into the air . Seven waggons wore either completely burned or crushed to pieces . The number of wounded 13 said to be not less than one hundred and sixty ; the killed thirty or forty . . The Commerce publishes the following in a second ed'tion : — . " It was at the passage over the parcel road , called Chearin des Gardes , that the dreadful accident occurred . The train was drawn by three locomotives , and the rapidity with which they moved was Buch , that a few seconds before the catastrophe the persons who saw the train pass expressed their fears that an accident would happen .

      w It is believed that the first engine in crossing the paved road was driven off the rails , and the shock was so violent , that the three first waggons were broken to pieces and consumed by the fire of the locomotive . The column of fire was more than twenty yards high , and consumed all the unfortunate travellers who came within its focus . "The excess of precaution taken b y the directors to confine the travellers to their carriages was fatal on th-3 occasion Many of the victims would have been saved if they crmld only have opened the doors of the carriages . The inabitants of Beleville , and Meudon rendered every assistance in their power to the unfortunate sufferers , but a sufficient supply of wa ' er could not ba procured to extinguish the fire , which spread wi h appalling rapidity , and consumed the passengers before relief could be afforded .

      "All the authorities of Meudon and of Lower Sevres , together with the surgeons and physicians of the neighbouring villages , tendered their aid . The Governor of the Castle of Meudon , M . Amanton , a veteran , who was mutilated at Leipsio , was unceasing in his efforts to remove the wounded , and give them an asylum at the chateau . Theavenue of Meudon was transformed into a perfect hospital , and the view of so many human being 3 disfigured , burned , or bleeding was truly terrific . " The National adds the following to the above : — " On going to examine into the cause of the accident

      the two engines were found one resting upon the other ; the tmder of one of them had been completely turned round , and in the directly opposite position ; a little on one side was a waggon overturned , and half burn : ; at a short distance some of the rails wera cut asunder , and others driven deep into the earth . The noise which preceded the accident was not that of the explosion of a bursting boiler , nor were there any traces of violent rupture in the bodies of the engines ; but it was astonishing to find that the sentry-box of one of the watchmen near at hand shewed all the appearance of having been blown up . "

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      up of Solomon Heine ' s bouse and Streit ' s hotel . At the further end of the Jungfernsteig the fire was allpowerful ; and we saw the Belvedere hotel , which had escaped up to twelve o ' clock last night , in fall flames and in a line with it all the houses were burning . On the opposite side of the Neuer Jungfernsteig the Holy Dam ia situated , and therei the fire was- raging to a fearful extent , and communicating with the Pferdemarkt , and thence through the narrow streets towards the Steinestrasse . The St . Peter ' s Church is still standing , but with little hope of being saved . The artillerymen are being employed in undermining the building-, and should it catch fire , it Is to be blown up to prevent the influence of the flames from operating on the other houses left untouched . The following are the names of the etreetsi destroyed almost totally , and those where the fit © is raging at this moment ( nine o ' clock ) : — -The Deistrasse , faaif

      the houses destroyed ; Bodingsmarkt , about twenty-five houses ; Hopfenrnarki , totally , along trith Nicolai churchyard , the dwellings of the clergy and the beautiful church ; the Grosse and Kleine Bbrstah ,. Graskeller , AttewaU-strasse , Monkedain , totally ; the Johannesstrasse nearly ; . Grosse and Kleine Beckerstras . se , Muhlenbrucke , BahnenstraEse , Newburg , totally ; SchmeidestraasB burning , and several other minor streeja , courts , and alleys , which it was impossible to approach , Qf the public buildings / the following are completely destroyed . —The Senatebouse and the Bank of Hamburgh adjoining , the treasury of which , cbnsistintf of silver and gold bara in fire-proof vaults underneath , ia perfectly safe , and the books are removed , so that ho obstruction will be caused to the public accounts , and of which a public notice has been given to ease Dersona' minds as to the Bank's Bolidity . > -. '* ' ... : "¦ V

      I * renty minutes past nine o ' clock . —I have just this moment been called away tp view the St . Pefcre ' a Church in flames ; It has one of the finest spires in Europe , being 445 feet high ! The district that must fall now is inhabited by a class of the poorest people , and all the open spaces around the town are already covered with pwple having no homes now to go to . ¦ I wiil continue senJiDg you accounts as I can . Hamburgh , half-past nine o ' clock , May 7 , 1842 ,

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Tuesday , May 10 . Mr . Philip Howard moved a new writ for JTottipgham in consequence of the retirement of . Sir G Larpent . \ .- * i ¦ * ' .: *** . ' "' ¦ ' .. ¦ J *; - * - ** '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦¦• . ; : . "¦ ¦ ¦¦ " ' Mr . Roebuck opposed the issuing of the writ , on the ground of the inquiry which bad beenSordered . After . 'jKHrie observations from Mr . Godson in favour of the issue , and from Mr . VVard against it , Sir R . Peel thought that as the House had determined on an inquiry , it would be inconsistent to issue the writ , at least immediately . Sir R . H . Jnglis did not think there were sufficient grounds for the suspension ; but ivir . Wynn thought there were , and recommended the adoption of a suggestion of Mr . Ward ' s that the committee of inquiry should be instructed to go into the casa of Nottingham first .

      Several Members addressed the House , and . strangers ware ordered to withdraw for a division ; but Mr . P . Howard said he would not press it to a division , but only object being to protest agaiust any interference ¦ with the freedom of representation . However another and rather warm conversation arose before the motion was permitted to be withdrawn . Mr . Roebuck gave notice of his intention to introduce a bill of indemnity for witnesses who might be implicated ia his proposed committee of inquiry . Lord John Russeil also gave notice of his intention to bring in a bill on Friday to prevent bribery at elections .

      Mr . Redington tben moved for leave to bring in a Bill to exclude the boron ? h of Sudbury from sending burgesfiea to aerve in Parliament . He was perfectly ivvare . of the importance ot the . franchise , which ought not lightly to bo taken away ; but the facts connected with the last Suubury election ( which he detailed ) , combined with its pa 3 t history , sufficiently eviucad tha corrupt charact ^ r of the constituency , aud its unStaesa to exercise the right and privilege of sleeting Parliamentary representatives . . The motion was seconded by Sir James Graham . After some observations from Colonel Rushbrooke , vindicating the general character of the Sudbury constituency , and affirming that it was only one class of voters , the weavers , who were tainted with bribery , it was ' agreed to . ' ¦ ' .

      Sir Robert Peel then rose to move the order of the day for the Committee on the Customs' Acts . He regretted the delay in the consideration of the tariff ; but it had at east enabled parties affected to maire such representations as they deemed uectssary to the protection of their interests . Those representations , when reasonable , had received tha attention of Government , however small the political influence of the parties urging them . where representJtions had' been made without reason , do political influence bad prevailed with the Govern ! uent to give way to them . The great . objects of himself and his colleagues had been to abolish prohibition , by reducing prohibitory duties ; and to reduce tho duties on raw materials , and on materials partly manufactured . By these means , - he hoped to

      diminish the general espence of living in this country ; not , indeed , that , any individual article would be so cheapened as to afford any great relief , but that , oa the aggregate of cpiisurnptioD , the relief would be considerable ; arid therefors it was that tlie Government had made its reductions on a great variety of articles , so as to give to almost every one of those classes which might invariably suffer from some one or more cf the reductions , a compensation upon others . For instance , the reduction of the duty on various kinds of seed might , by letting in a supply from abroad , impair the profits of p . artkular dealers : but the , benefit thereby conferred upon agriculture in general would be an important one . Again , in respect of furniture-wood , the high duties bad greatly discouraged the industry of cabinet-makers here , and induced importations of foreign furnitcro . He trustsd that the reduction of

      duly would establish an export trade m that manufacture , and lead to the extensive use of mahbgnny in some branches of Bhip-builUing to which it was peculiarly applicable . " Next , as to foreign ores ; for exaiuplH , copper . At present that metal was smelted abroad , and copper could there be sold , and applied to the sheathing of vessels and to other purposes , at rates iiiuch below those at which the same objects could be executed in England , notwithstanding our coal and our manufacturing advantages . Spermaceti and other whale oils , were impertant articles in our manufactures , and it was now proposed to reduce the duties upon them , because whale oil had been one hundred per cenk . dearer in this country than in the United States , whieb had manufactures extensiyely consumiug this article and successfully competing with olirsi He reminded the House of Mr . Deacon Hume's

      dictum , that this cauptry having plenty of untaxed iron and . plenty of untaxed coal , wanted only plenty of uutased wood to give , ampla employment to her industry ; anrt this 'was the principlo on which Government now proposed the reduction in the duties on timber . Hr now came to articles of foreign manufacture , on which it was conti-niplated so to reduce duties , that they should in no case exceed the 7 naxi 7 nuiK of 20 per cont . it was said tliatsuch a reduction , unless accompanied with a reper . 1 of the Corn Laws , was a great injustice to tlie British operative . But , in fact , there had been , as the amount of duties in this very week evinced , a very great reduction in the duties on grain . Salt provisions , too , which had been hitherto under a total prohibition , would , under the new system , be . admitted . at " a periny

      a pound . So ,, as to lite animals , about vrhich ho trusted be should be able to nuike a fully satisfactory explanation . So likewise as to fish , particularly the fish in which the poor were more interested—namely , herrings . The Irish peasant now paid 20 s . per barrel ; henceforth he would get that barrel from Norway for 10 s . ; or would procure herrings off his own coast , by jneana of that improved craft which the reduced duty on timber would enable him to obtain there . The duties were also to be reduced on the importation of potatoes , rice , and hops ; on the laM ; of which articles the reduction of duty would be from £ 8 118 . to d £ 4 10 s . He trusted , therefore , that a full disposition had been proved on the part of Government to lower the prices « f those articles of food

      which are principally consumed by tho poor . He exposed the error commonly prevalent about the comparative cheapness cf living in the great manufacturing towna of the continent , where , although food was indeed produced cheaply , the workman had always to buy it dear , by reason of the octroi duties payable at the gates of every city . He then aTgued as to the straw plait and other manufactures , tbat under the present extent of smuggling as induced bv high duties , there was in actual practice no protection at all . Now , he came to tho gre . U question touching the importation of live cattle . He had been strongly pressed to defer to the apprehensions entertained on this subjsct ; but he believed it to -be'a groundless panic . Advertisemehta had been published for supplying

      English towns through a firm at Hamburgh with meat at 3 d . a pound , and people bad been frightened by those offers into selling their cattle at a sacrifice . If they had waited to inquire , they would have found that no such firm existed at Humbwrgb , and that meat in that city itself was at M . a pound . He would not say that there would be tio reduction in the price of meat —there would be some ; and some there ouglit to be , for the price of meat ia B glund was no-. v too high . The influx of cattle from Scotland and Ireland by steam , within the last fifteen years , had been immense ; yet the price of meat ba ' -l still gone on increaiing . All this , it must be remembered , Went to swell the Navy Estimates . T ) io Meat consumed by Greenwich Hospital alone cost £ 4000 more in 1841 than in 1835 . Tha

      chief objection made ngninst the intsnded admission of cattle was , that tho duty was proposed to be uniform per head , on the fat as well as the lean . Now , the admission of the lean cattle was « . f course on advantage to tlse grezier , whose business was to buy them for fatting > uud so fitr tbero was a clear btnefit ; to one important class of agriculturists , ¦ which benefit ¦ would be < iiminisfced if lean cattie of a large size were made to bear a heavier ciuty than lean cattle if a small aizj . But now as to ihe fit cattle . The great protection on f . t cattle was ' not ' the amcuiit of o . uvy , but the length and youglmtss of the voyage : no fat ox couM ever pass the Bay of Biscay . France , licwaver , was nearer , and the agticuiturists feared an ictlux from her shore . " . But France , for many

      years , instead of exporting cattie bad , en the baltnee , been importing them , and the price of all sorts of meat had been rishsg thronshout tbe country . He showed that the danger was tquaily chimerical of impbrtation from- . Belgium , Holl . iuii , G"r : urlny , and the Prussian League . Eiigbntl had another security in the quality of her meat . So great was its superiority , that he did not despair of seeing England an txpe ) tor of that article . He was asked , why not impose the duty by weight instead of per head ? He wouM answer fairly , that he wished to havo meat somewhat cutaper in London ; but still th 0 increase of our population , and the scarcity of continential stock , gave a complete security against any very great diminution of price . Wo were exporting horses eveu now ; and he sa" ? r no reason why

      we should not hereafter txport other cattle likewise . On tho whole , the fullest communicatioa and conaitlevatvoii bad sitongVy contlriBed the Crovernmentia their intentions as to the «! uty upon cattle . He would not revive the discussion on tke Corn tiU . ? stion ; thai he csonsidered as decided by Parliament : but , at the proper time , he was prepared to state the reasons wl \ y the Govsrunieiit did hot consid r the general principles of free trade ( which they fully adiiiitteil ) '/ 8 applicable to the prsstat statfc of the sug ? . r and tiPjtjer questions . Tiiey had endeavoured to act in tb , , _ . spirit of Mr . Husbissoa , and to do as much gesyral good , with as little individual hardship , as

      P ' jssible . Even for . individuals , tbey trusted , the s : ea-/¦ A \ te would ptcwlde couipenaauou ; and they ' oelitved that for thf people at large the benttitwouid be extensive . He regvetted that other nationa badnot -entered into their views , and lie had reserved some su ^ cta for arrangement withtlieni ; but let them take what courso they might , it . wuuld . still bo our interest to buy ch « ap and eell dear . Thu d iy would come when those ' narlciia a ^ so would see their iutv'rest :, tbei . ' perserei-nnca in iiigh du'dea would be met by that iaevitabio Currtctive —the sraugglir ; and the example of Englaaa , _ cjjitrasU-il with that of states pursuiug oppusito . princip ^ -s * coulilhurvWy fail of iultimato effect , ami of recil ^ 'cc : bua ^ at .

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      Af : er much " talk , " on the question that the Speaker should leave the chair for tae purpose of goiug into comraittee ,- ¦ " : :. V- : , ¦ . '¦' : ' - ' ' ' ¦}¦' : ' : ' - ;; , " : . ' [ Major Vivian moved for some information which he understood to have been supplied to Goverriment by ^ r . Meek respecting the importation of salt provisions and other- articles , and which Major Vivian suggested that the Government i withheld through fear of alienating their agricUitural supporters . Mora " talk" followed , arid the House divided , refusing the motion ; and , midnight being noit pas > , the committee was p 38 tposea . The ordera of the day were then dispossd of , and the House adjourned . ,

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      Duly registered on the 11 ih instant , William Fcavsus , son of Mr , Thomas Simncio , of Newark . Oh the 23 rd in ^ tanS , at Kuddca-cliehi , Feargus O'Cionnor ,. son of John and Caroliue Hall , Taj lor Hili , i / ear that town . A tew weeks ago , Mrs . Hannah Anthony , wife of James Aiithoay , of Arnold , was safely tieliverad of a son , winca has betu duly registered Jyiaes O Cvn .-nor Frost . , ¦ On Sunday last , the daughter of Ihomas and . Elizabeih . ' Storov was christene 0 , a > tho pati .-uchurcb , Asritou ; uadef-Lyne , Ann Fcur ^ us Fro ^ i jVi'Douail Sioror .

      Bom the first of March , registers . ] the 25 th , llanaah ' Frost O'Connor , 'iaiiifihier of Thomas and ilaimah . Carey , No . 6 , Priuces' Court , L ' ommereialllaad , Lambeth . Mary Gorton , tha wife of John Gorton , of 1 ? endleton ; waa safely delivered of a so : ; , on NiiveEsbesr lOifa , 1841 ;' % vra 3 chrisUned at MulUerry-Sircet Il 6 uian % ' a : hoiic chapel , Manchester , ia the name of Altrea O Connor Goreovi . '" ijiAuRiaGss . On Tuesday last , at S :-. Leonard ' s , New HaUon , Air . John ' Kpbinsou , laiior , to Elizabeth- fteris , the youu ^ e&'t diiugiiter of ¦' Mi-a . Couliixs , the C ' rov / n and Ancnov Ii : uaii or the abovo placo , ¦ J . ¦

      , ; aauie . day , at , ihe Parish Church , Bradford , W . M . Harris , Etq ., banker , to Miss Man . ii ,, dau £ hter of J . Maini , Jbit-q ., of Spen-Hall , Cleckheatoti ^ and niece of JonniSiaun , Esq ., of Spriug ilouse , Braa-° t > n Saturday last , at Coswold ^ Mr . Wm . Ciitliora , of Suuoa-ou-the-Eorest , farmer , to Miss Fcatheretone , of Oiilston . __ ¦ _ T , 4 i . Barae day , in Loudon , Mr . R . \ ^ PoWiey , cf the firm of PoWloy and ban , tailors , bearboroughi to Miss Hollitiay , daughter of Mr . John klolii < ia . jt block and mast maker , Wapping , Loiidou .

      .. DEATHS . ; : ¦ : _ . ^ : r On Tuesday morning last , very suddenly , of apo ^ plexy , pt Kiiham , greatly respected , Mr . William Crauswick , of that , plaee , tUrmtr , in liio Gist year of Same day , aged 66 , Mr . Samuel Kuowles , Wheatstreet , "Briidford . . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦• .- ¦ . ¦ . ¦ . - . : ' . . - ¦ ¦¦ ¦• ¦¦; - , ' . '¦¦ ¦ On Satuxday , th 6 7 tn , mstciiit , ; at tua house Oi nor gTantiiatheiY Mv . Rocliifc , Sowciby Terrace , - near Thirbk . ' Maty Rose , aKetl U y-3 ar-, orvly daughter of Mr . S . R . Haworth , Ko . G , ^\} - * tGfWJ * W % KK Same Uiyj' iu tue Slst yoar oi ni * wSg ? ii * p * tterbcr 5 , of the Lord iS ' elsoaiua , Yoa ^^ lfA : « 1 > ¦ '__'_ ¦ ' Ou ihe 9 ih insiaut , at Kiiliiaoi ^ r ^ M ! J ! li ^§ v \ of her age , Mrs . Kouayae , wifoJ ^ S ^ is ^^ X . A aoatloniau in the oS ; o Of O . il ^^ M ^ H 1

      On S * mday , iti tho 23 A vea ^ fr ^^ l ^^ * -l aew-HuWeisMci . , : >^^ K ^ g / : ; : : •; . ; wmv&mx

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      THE EXECUT 1 TE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE SOBTHEKS STAB . 6 , Little Yale Place , Hammersmith Road . May lOih , 1842 . Srs , —The Star is the recognised orfran of the body known as the iSational Charter Association , and therefore the proper medium of communication with my brother Cfiartists . _ Sir , 1 perceive , by the Manches + er plan of or ^ anisv tion . or , in other words , by the Chartist consiitmion , which by every democratic rclp none but the body that made it can alter—namely , a delegation or Convention elected by the whole Chartist body appertaining to the National Charter Association , that we are without an Executive Committee , and have been so since the first day of March last . I do nos know if tfce snb-S ^ cretaries forgot to nominate candidates in February lasi , or if the late General Secretary , in the nauH : piicity of his cominuiiication 3 , forgot to apprise them the time was come when . they should do so ; and as the best way to care an evil is at once to set about applying the remedy , perhaps the iate . Secrc-cary to the Jate Executive will be kind en ^ u ^ a to state his opinion , if the "various sub-secretaries should a ; once nominate candidates for an Executive Commiucee ; or , if . he j ail to do so , would the Editor or" the Star oblige pj expressing Us opinion of the matter . It is very important that the election should be proceeded With immediately , because the Scotch Chartists are desirous of drawing closer the bond 3 of union , which can be more effectually done through the means of an Executive Committee than otherwise ; but which , in accordance wiih onr truly democratic cousiitation , we lack at the present time . Very truly your ' s , EdMC ? TD SlAIiWOOD .

      & . B . —I have forwarded a ct-py of this to Mr . John Campbell , the late Secretary to the late Executive , in time for him , sLonld he think Hi , to insert ft repiy in the same Star with the queries . E . S .

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      TO THE FRIENDS OF JUSTICE . Fellow Citizess . —The Convention having dij-Bolved , I have determined to mate a brief tour , to a ^ vocite , by public lectures , the cause of the People's Charter . The Parliament barring again insultingly rejected the people's claims , and siio-aro even more clearly than before , thsr every hope for justice at the hands of the present Govt-niEieEt is f Jladecs , it becomes as all to display double er-ergy , and to Eho— that we are nothing daunted by the fLfcting triumph of faction . . Every imalt zdd *< l to cur wrongs sht . u : Q make us more z ^ lous , determicea , and purseverins :, fiid as the

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      DREADFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT NEAR PARIS .-IMMENSE LOSS OF LIFE . - " ( From a Correspondedent of the Times . ) Pabis , Mat 9 . I have this day to announce to yon one of t ie most frightful eventa that has occurred in modern times .. Yeiterday was fixed for the celebration of the King ' s fete at Versailles by the display ( or play ) of -the preat waterworks , fireworks , &c . On such occasions Versailles is , I need hardly say , crowded beyond conception , by she Parisians , aad by foreigners resident for the time in Pan ? . The waterworks were over at half-past five . An immense number of persons immediately repaired to the terminus of each line of railroad , and took their departure for town .

      The train of the left bank was unusually long ; it consisted of 17 carriages , impelled by three engines , and conveyed from 1 , 500 to 1 , 800 passengers . On arriving between Mendon and Bellevue the axletree of the first engine broke . The body of it , the fire , &c , fell to the ground . The second engine , so gieat was the impetus , smashed it in pieces and passed over it , and the boiler burst , throwing the unfortunate stoker fifty feet into the air . The carnages arrived of course , and passed ever the wreck , when six of them were instantly set in ilmes by the fire : bein ? newly painted , they instantly ignited . Three were totally consumed , and three others partially , without the possiblity of escape to their unhappy inmates , who were locked up according to the dreadful practice of such

      establishments . At six o ' clock this morning , the mutilated remains of thirty-two persons , men , women , and children , were removed from the station to the adjoining cemetery of Mont Parnasse , where I saw them , and where they continued exposed nnder a shed , and covered with a coarse cloth , during the entire day . But they were so mangled and disfigured , that it was impossible to discover the vestige of hnnaan feature , except in a young girl of about

      eighteen , the lower part of whose body was entirely consumed . The number of the sufferers could only be ascertained by that of the limbs or portions of limbs found . Five others , who still retained some human shape , and whose faces could lead to their recognition , were transported to the Morgue , where thousands of persons were drawn up in a queue , at three o ' clock , waiting to be admitted to view the bodies . There was among them a lady , whose body was partly burned , but whose face was intact . Sue was richly attired , and still wore her bracelets .

      The number of the killed is variously estimated . Early this morning , the Prefect of Police sent a return to the Minister of the Interior , in which it was set down at forty-two . Another report stated it to be seventy-seven , and the parish priest of Sevres who repaired to the spot immediately after the fatal occurrence , and stopped there during tho whole -night , administering the consolations of religion to the dying and wounded , computed the dead at no fewer than eighty . AmoDg these are said to be several , persons of distinction , including two deputies ' , but thi 3 I only mention on hearsay , for many who could not procure vehicles to return to Paris , and were afraid to venture home by tae right-bank Railroad , slept at Yersaille ? , and had not returned to-day vrheu their friends went to inquire for them .

      { . From the Papers . ) The Rive gauche Versailles Railway was yesterday evening the scene of a deplorably fatal accident , by which many lives have been lost , and a great number of persons dreadfully maimed . This sad catastrophe took place near Meudon , the train which experienced the accident being that which started at half-past five o ' clock from Versailles , and which , being crowded to excess with persons returning to town from the fete , rendered the event more calam tou 3 than it would have been at any ordinary period . Our informant is a gentleman who was a , passenger by the train , and who was happily in one of the carriages which escaped the collision . He describes the velocity with which the train wa 3

      proceeding some minutes previous to the accident as extreme , bo great a 3 to have suggested in his mind the idea that the slightest obstacle on the road encountered by the wheels of the engine at such a moment as dangerous to excess . The thought had scarcely occurred to him , when a frightful shock to the entire train , a fearful crash , mingled with horrible shrieks from all ths carriages in advance of that in which he sat , shosved that some dreadiul accident had occurred , but the doors of the carriages being locked at the exterior , it was not until our informant and the other passengers in the carriage , and in those which were placed behind it , were able to make their egress by the windows , that tho frightful extent of the accident they had so providentially

      escaped became known to them . The seen- ? which presented itself was truly appalling . It appeared that the engine had by some fatality got off the line and run up against the emba ?) kment ,- when , from the alarming rapidity with which the heavily-laden train was then running , tix or seren of the carriages were literally dashed to pieces , and were lying in a mass of fr . iuments piled upon the engine . Kumbers of the outside passengers had been thrown off by the shock , but of the unhappy sufferers who had taken their places in the interior , and who still survived , the fate was even more dreadful than those who had been killed , for to make the calamity still more horrible , the fire of the esgine almost instantly extended to the broken mass which was above it , and several of the sufferers were actuallv burnt to death on the spot . Our

      informant describes the shrieks of the victims ( whom it-was impossible to aid and more particularly of two unfortunate Iadie 3 , who were vainly calling to the last for water ) as inexpressibly dreadful . The agitation inseparable froni such a moment , and the confusion which necessarily existed , rendered it impossible to obtain any account of the loss of life , or other particulars relative to the snSerers , but these will doubtless reach us in the course of the day . We entertain a hope—u fa : nt one—that they may show -this accident to be less dreadful in its result ? than we have described it , 3 lmost from the lips ot the gentleman to whom we owe the information . But we have rather under than over-stated his description , and his coolness and presence of mind lead us to fear that his narrative will be more than borne out v . hen tho full detaila are made public . — GaiiffninVs Messenger . '

      The Si hie publishes the followiijg particulars : — " The . traia was returair-g from Versailles at half-_ pa ~ t five o ' clock , impelled by three locomotives , and consisted of from fifteen to eighteen waggons . Between T 3 fclleTue and Meudon the first locomotive , the Mafihew Murray , a machine with four wheels , stopped suddenly , one of its axles having broken . The second locomotive drove against the Matthew Murray , crushed the stoker , and actually drove over the first engine , arid crushed it to piece ? . The fire of the Matihew Murray fell in a mass bzlxveeu the rail ? .

      " In the mean time the train , conducted by the two remaining locomotives , proceeded on its course . The wiaa blowing the fire against the under part of fee waggons , which had been freshly painted , they ignited . The scene then became horrible ; the unfortunate travellers confined to the waggons , the doors of which were locked , fell victims to the raging flames . Thtir bodies were conveyed to Pans in the course of the evening , and deposited in the warting-room of the station-house , but they presented a mtre mass of calcined fiesh and bones , defermed and disfigured so as to be perfectly uudistinguishable . Even their number could not be ascertained ; some were of opiaion that there were twelve , others said seven or eight . As to the number of wcundid , we were only ablo to learn that a rnultitude remained at Meudon , many wero conveyed to the hospital Keeker , and others were conveyed to their own residences .

      " One of the employes of the company had an arm and a leg broken . YVnen the horrible event became kupvrh to the suthoritks , a be ! £ 2 ] ion of the lias and a company of the Municipal Guard were drawn up bt-fore the entra-re of t ~ e railroad ard the gates closeti , The Prefect of Police proceeded at midnishi . xo lli-udta to coiieoi iufoimitloa restive io

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      Hamblkoh , May 8 . I sent you particulars of the dreadful catastrophe which has overwhelmed this ancient Hanseatic city , up to the thirty-sixth hour of the fire ' s progress , and I beg to return to the suWsct again .

      After taking a few short hours of rest and some little refreshment , I left my friend ' s honse in the country , about one English mile from the Damthor gate , and proceeded in his company to have a minute inspection of the whole scene of destruction before us , and ¦ which presented a most awful spectacle . About half-past three o ' clock , p . ra ., 0-1 arriving in the immediate vicinity of the Damthor , we observed some hundreds of families encamped and engaged in the » ame operation , and surrounded by their weeping families and relations . S ; me portion of their furniture accompanied a few , and others again were eeen lamenting their fate » in being deprived , by so suddtn and uaexpectad a calamity , in so short a space of time , of all they prabably possessed in the world .

      Myself and friend , a gentleman long resident -in Hamburgh , and to whom 1 am ia a great measure nut only indebted for my present home , but for the assistance fee rendered me in making good my retreat from tLe city before my house was completely burnt down , after taking a hasty survey of all we could outside the city , entered the Damthor gate , and proceeded along the Damtbor-strasse and the Esplanade , as far as the Jungfemiteig . Wheievei we passed , nothing was to be seen but loaded waggons and carriages with furniture , and families busily employed in packing and handing out their property , amidst the moat feaiful solicitude and anxiety for their safety . The streets were JiteralJy crammed with them , and it took us considerable time and great caution to make good our passage through the mass of unfortunate beings , presentiug the picture of despair , and a ftarful certainty that the worst was to tome .

      On arriving at the end of the Neuer Jungfernsttig we had a full view of the scene of devastation , from the further end of the Jungferr . steig all along that once beautiful promenade to the spot where we ire-re standing . The whole space was nearly occupied with furniture from tho houses burning , and those ck-aricg out , tho whole of which has since become fuel to the dreadful elemtnt . The Keurwall , the Qrasse Bleichen , Were all in flmie 3 in ieur of the Jungfercsteig , and stveral houses had coniniev . cud burning in the latter pluce , —muong them tho Hotel St . Petersburgh , Stadt Puris , Stadt London , adj . nning Saiamya Heine ' s residence , ( since blown up by his own request ; , and Streit s ruasfnificiert place , so well known of late ytars to all English t avollers .

      I immediately saw that Izio G-auserrwrtt and tbo Neuer JungferDsteig aiist follow in the line of destruction , and my prediction wou'd too soon Invj betu realized even if the wind bad not changed ; for at the hour I am writing ( eleven o ' clock p . m . ) these lines , the whole of tliow beautiful buikuccs along the Jungfemtteig havo been been totally destroyed , and liitle or nothiD ? has been saved by the inhabitav . ts . Th . 9 wind up to the present hour has changed about from S . S . W . to W ., at which point it is now blowing rataer strong , with every appearance of a sturm . T / ji ' s direction of the wind has changed the appearance of the fire , which has now commenced raging with renewed vigour towards the St . Peter ' s Church , v , hich supt-rb ornament to Hambnrgh stands ac

      present in iminiiitiit dancer . Suma artillery tent- over from Harburg , in Hanover , at tbo urgent request of the Senate , and which arrived about six o ' clock tbia afternoon , his already knocked down a row of now houses leading from the Jungfernsteig to the church in qaestioa . Upon the clearing of tha street called tbf Bergsirasse mainly depends tLe safety of the church ; but ¦ which I fcave given ail hopes up oi the firemeu being able to s . i \ e . In short , the whole building is Evarouwleil by flames on nil sides , and as the vinu is no swoDg , there caunot be any pussibiiity of saving it , howevti" strenuous the exertions used . God only knows where the fire "wiil end , and to his Divine interposition alone must the termination be left Ail human power to control its fury has proved

      hitherto of no avail ; nod I may Bay , H . imburjjh h : is lost in fcrty-ei ^ ht hours , already , that value in property which will take upwards of one hundred years to replace ; and there is now every appearance of the fire consuming Ecaily as much again , having taken so sudden a turn towards the Steintiior districts , where tlie houses : ire closily buiit together . Oa a rough calculation from £ 3 , 000 , 000 to £ i , 000 , GOO sterling -worth of property has been sacrificed up * o ttiis hour , twelve o'clock , and to describe the appearance of the 11 -. mea is impossible . The picture of the destruction of Ninevvh can alone giva a somewhat adequate idea of tho awful

      magmficerice of the scene . The wind being from the west , and the night cempletely dark , and of a stormy appearance , renders the picture dreadful in the extreme ; and 1 again repeat , tb ? . t nothing short of Divine interposition can prevent the total destruction of at k-ast one-half of the city , one-fonrtli of by far the beBt houses of the place , aud many of them princely buildings in appearance , being already sacrificed to the flames . Ooe-balf cf the population haa left the place , and art' seated in the surrounding viHages and in the fields , and the utmost misery that can be fancied preyail 3 throughout . I shall take another turn about three o ' clock , and report further progress .

      Half-past twelve , -May " . —I and my friend have just returned from a t : ur throughout ; tbe whole scene of devastation , and 1 again leturn to report progress . We passed tlro-igh the Esplanade Efid Neuer JungfernBteig : i ^ 3 . n , and found that tbo -wind ha-jin ? changed from S . S . Vf . to W ., had fortunately turned the direction of the flames towards the JungfernEteig , and those sheds iurrounding the St . Peter ' s Church . Only ono liorse , therefore , in the lire of the Giusemarkt has been burfct , sind this Ins bsen prevented fi'cm commnnicntinc v .-Hh ti . ' . e ether houses by a good supply of -prater from th . v river Alster , aad the blowing

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      ( From another Correspondent . ) Thursday Morning , Twelve o'clock . I am writing these lines in the midst of scenes of heartbreaking calamity , such as nevev have been ¦ witnessed in the hitherto prosperous city of Hamburgh , and I assure you that it is an impossibility to describe the panic which has taken possession of every man ' s mind throughouti the place . However , I will endeavours to do the best I can in giving you the particulars of the circumstances . This morning , at one o'clock , I was awoke by tho

      watchman in my district , the Neuehwall , near tho Stadt-baus , springing hisrattle and giving ; the alarm of fire , and at the same time heard the bells of the churches sounding the tocsin . On inquiry I found the fire to have broken out in tha Deiclistrasse , in which a great number of warehouses are situated , and in which some of the first merchants of tha placo have their couut ' . nghouses . A number of engines were very goon on the spot , but from the want of water , tha tide baying receded about this time , they were unable to stop the flimeg .

      Towards four o ' clock several houses were burning fiercely , and also Beveral warehouses , stocked with the most combuttible ' matter ; and ao strong was the wind , that the firemen found it impossible to stem the torrent of flames . Since this period up to the present time nearly fifty houses have been burnt , and there ia nothing to be seen hut me ; i , women , and children leaving the houses , and endeavouring to save a small part of their furniture , which is being placed in the celebrated Nicolai Church , one of the oldest and raost splendid churches in the city . Having written so far , I find the flames increasing to a fearful extent ; and , as I am endeavouring to gain the most certain information , rmd to render all the aid in my power , I will give you a brief hourly account of the progress of the fire .

      One o'clock . —The flames are rapidly increasing . I learn that nearly fifteen bouses in the Deichstraase are completely burned down , and to ascertain the fact , I hivve just been to sec them . Among them , the countiughouse of tho celebrated firm of Parish and Co ., whose grandfather transacted his business in it , of C . T . Bahre , Koss , Vidul and Co ., L . Behreus and Sons , and many others of great repute in the mercantile line , but which it is impossible . to name here . Houses are being pulled down in the Hopfenmarkt to make room for the engines to play , and to prevent further progress , but I find to no purpose . ¦ Half-past one o ' clock . —The Nicolai Church appears to bo heated , and emits a degree * of smoke rather alarming oh the upper dprue ; vsrater ia being carried up , and the smoke increases . Two o'clock . —It is quite evident that the dome and spire have caught fire . .

      Three o ' clock . —^ The firemen are compelled leave the platform under the upper dome , which is in full flame . Four e ' clock . —The fire increases on all sides , and the Hopfenmaikt , the Rodingsmarkt , the Deichstrasse , aud the Stenstwich , present one complete mass of flame , to stem wh ' ich the engines and firemen are prevented by the momentary fear of the falling down of the spire of the JN ic * Jai Church ; and the 1 bells . Half-past / our o ' clock . —I believe there never was a more awfully magnificent Bight witnessed than the appearance of this beautiful structure , presenting one complete mass of fire , and surrounded by the houses in fearfnl flaming array , bidding defiance to human power to assuage . , Five o ' clock . —Now one of the most superb bindings iu Europe and the most ancient of all churcbes in Hambm gh has lost its spire and upper dome , Jeavinga wreck of its former grandeur st ' . ll burrjing .

      Six o ' clock p . m . —The wind has shifted suddenly to the S . W ., and the fire is uncontrollable . The Hopfenmarkfc , in which is situated three of tee principal hotels of the place , and is the principal Nimrket for meat of every description , likewise forvegetables—in ¦ . fact , the Covent Garden of Hamburgh , and somewhat similarly arranged , ia in full flames . In the midst of all is to be Been the burning ruin of the Nicolai Church , pouring forth volumes of flre , and emitting amidst the flames portions of furniture which people had been permitted to lodge within tho building for security only three hours before the church took firo itself . The streets are crowded with carts , waggons , cabg , carriages , conveying people and goods away , and nothing but dreadful suspense is to be observed on all aide ? .

      Seven o ' clock . —The Borsenhalle is nearly burntdown , and the flames spreading in all quarters . People have lost all hopes of seeing the fire got under , and nothing can be seen but people packing up their goods and leaving the city . Eight , o ' clock . —Tha Sunata . Hpufse on fire , which joins the Ba . ak , the latter is said to be firo prof f . The Se . ate are doing alt that men can be expected to do uader such awful circumstances . They aro to be seen on all bides encouraging : the firemen , and seeing the poos peoply ( hundreds Of whom have now lost thuir all ) plscod with their families in security . Two of the senators hp . ve themselves beeu already burnt out , aud , after mtrtiy seeing their i ' amilit'S in security , have returned to their dreadful duty . .

      Ttn o ' clock —There are now 300 houses burnt down , and feats are entertained for' the safety of tbe Posttfike and Hotel de Ville . In the former they are packing up . and as > I myself reside close by , I am beginning to be anxious for ray own house and furniture ; jind although insured , bava somo idea of pro * paring to pack up , in consequence of a rumour now spread that the Insurance Companies have intimated that they cannot pay the whole amounts insured for from so fearful a sacrifice having been made . ' ¦ 1 ¦ ' Twelve o'deck . —People seem frantic , and nothing is to L . 5 s-en tut gooils in the public street ? . I have besun myself , and ezpuct my bowse to be soon cleared , towards which direction the flames are approaching with fearfully awful strides . Tho infirmary for tio poor is opjicsito to the entrance if tbo Court-yard in ¦ which I Trifle , and the master ha 3 received orders from tho authorities to remove them away .

      Two o ' clock . —The XV' euenwall presents a picture of d . spair . 1 have just sent away one waggon load of fun iUure , "' end my people are jjucking up whilst the hoii ;< o is ccVctad "with large nak , es of fire from the opposite -building . : - " five o ' clock . —The fira has pained the Nenenwall , between which , and the Burstali-street , there is a very ¦ wide canal . I have been more fortunate than many of my niigbl / aurs ; for having a good servant , he lias procured me both men and waggons to remove my things into the country to a friend's house .

      Six t > eiyhc o'clock . —The wind nrwing increased , has caus .-a tbe whole of theNeuonwail to be cleared-of its inhabitants , aud the fire rages who ... furious violence . Up to the present time it is impossible to give an cccurate account of the number of houses destroyed , but on a moderate estimation , I have no doubt there are five hundred , including the Old and New Exchange , only recently opened . Nor can I say what lives have been sacrificed , but from forty to fifty is the nuraber mentioned , Eeven of whom were ^ sricrifieed in npWy endeavouring to save the church . ; nor could they be brought away uatil it was tbo late for them to escape from the immense height of the building which they bad been vainly attempting to ¦ preserw . The Nicolai Church ¦ was upwards of 370 feet high .

      May 7 , eleven o ' clock . —The flra pursues the same destructive course , rather yprse than better ; and on all tha roaeis leading away from the city are fco be seen strings of carriages , waggons , and carts conveying the inhabitants and their furniture away . Houses are being continually blown np ; and in this service there are Englishmen , from the factory of Messrs . Glucliman and Busso , engaged under the superiutendance of Mr . Thomson , tfceir manager . Explosions aro contiimaliy sounding , yet the fire seems to increase , and where V will end God only knows . The loss is nt present Vncalculable f a ;; d buainee 3 of coursa caanotbe thoucl ;^ of nor even entertained for days to come . Tb ^ re js ecarcely a family in the place which has not suf / arcd : some way or other . I deerh it a mercy aflbrdf / J nie | , y Providenca to have saved the iivc-3 of tw j poor old peo ; la and one little child a very short tip j 3 bBfore tae church M \ is : and % ? as icv / arded by haVihg bsen fortunate in losing very iittio in moviag ' jay futnitUTr iu the midst of volumes of smoke ' aad in , * fortune itself .

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      . IV AWFUL CALAillTY . DESTRUCTION OF THE CITY OF HAMBURGH BY FIRE . ( From the Times of Wednesday . ) The steamer Caledonia , Captain Gheeeman , from Hamburgh , has brought the afflicting account of tbe destruction of that ancient town . A . Utter , dated Saturday , 9-30 a . m ., says" The prisons are en fire . " Three o ' clock p . m . —St . Jacob's church is on fire . All the hotels are down , and I think at least one-half of the city will be lost , most ot the mercantile part being already gone . The Senate have ordered every body to leave the town . Supplies of powder have been received . From all parts of the town Hanoverian , Dinish , and Prussian troops have marched in , and are blowing up and knocking down houses witb powder and cannon as fast as they can .

      " It is almost impossible to describe in a few ¦ n ords the great misfortune which has visited our town . Yesterday morning , about one o'clock , a conflagration broke out in the Diecbstrasse , made its way into tfee the Hodingsmarkt , consumed evcrytking in its progress thence to foe Hopfenmarkt , destroyed the St . Nicholas Steeple and Church , New Burg , BuraJah , NuienwaU-Btrect , Aite Wa'le-street , tbe Oid Exchange , the Senate House , Johmis-street , Jungfeustiog , aud iJergstraise . While I write we cannot imagine or tell where it will end . Such a calamity as this none of us ever experienced , and to give any idea of the amount tf loss , either of goods , houses , or furniture , is quite impossible . "

      Emigration To The United States.

      EMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 14, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct430/page/5/