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      UKITER 5 AL BROTHERHOOD . LiTTER XXIV . TO THE EDITOB OF THE JtOKTBERS STAB . SIB—Tcnr papers of the last two -weeks . are now fcefore Ee , and they bear strong testunony of the rapid progress a-hich is "being made in tbe public mind ; and » re batt fiJled ^ rtth e-ridtiDee of & rising po ^ er in the people th £ » "VJil soon coirnoee those in authority , of tke policj acd teeessity of justice . 3 conld cteira to derete this letter to an explanation ef my -views of the importance of the present Co--ferer . ee , sod there is also matter in this day ' s paper of ihe most to the

      T = lnaK 9 kina , to ^ bich 1 shonld c ~ ll especial notice of your readers ; bnt as I see your columns are IVtely to he more and more encaged , find I cannot fairl ? expect even tke recular insertion of ay own part'esifer sesjts , I * haH content myself with advising all T » ho read these letters , diligently ta make themselves acquainted -with the other impr > rt * ot matters that are row teing developed in the Star ; sud to tais care that the information tisey therthy acquire is vrell circulated tirough the sphere of their irflnecce , be it large or

      In saeb a -work as the people of this country are ndw engaged in , each individual Fhould consiiier himself xeligiocaly bound to perforaj his own particular part of it , in such & manner , as though the success of the -whole depended npan his doing his part welL If one are so important that they are to at « m . e to themselTes the attributes of divinity , and believe their unassisted knowledge can accomplish the task ; bnt each must actively employ ihs talents committed to his charge by that power to whom all things belong .

      In my last letter I reviewed the mevement of R bscca in Wales ; tliat of the AnU-Com Law Leasua ; and the changes that axe taking place in tbe churches of England , Scotland and Ireland ; in order to shew the remedies that they respectively propose for the removal of ¦ what has been found oppressive in tbe affairs of British Society ; and I shall now proceed by making & lew lenarks on ths subject of dissent ; as the dissenters have during the past session , shewn , in tfce case of ths Factory Edupation Bill , that they possess very considerable strength when they act -unitedly .

      Knowing -well , is all must , who eartfuily reflect upon the subject , that whenever the li ^ ht cf truth shall be fully manifested , dissent , division , « &d discord -of all kinds , will cease and be heard of no more , 1 have no ¦ Seat that in delating there is anch , very much of good in erery sect that is now endearenrin ? to enlighten the public mind upon their particular views of theology , that I shall be so far misunderstood on the one hand as to be supposed to be speaking ironically ; or on the other , that I . stall be considered as wishing persons to become at the same time Wtdejsns aad Gsivinists , or Baptists and " Unitarians . What 1 consider is , that fee greater portion are in pursuit of goodness and trnth , and it is not for us to jodge or condemn or brethren ; for the truth that is in every individual bticg , will , if carefully submitted to , sdod decide for him whether he acts in accordance -wi& the highest impulses with -which he is imbued j and if this be done , none can for the time de more-.

      2 s looking at dissent ZX a remedy tor tbe removal d -what lias been found oppressive , we shall find it has been do trifling one . To the dissenters , as a body , mast * we attribute that general instruction of tlie people in the elements of education , which £ nt began to cultivate the immense field of human intellect that is now about "to bring forth such an abundant harvest . It is certain all cannot Save taught troth on all sutg&cts , for truth is eoBsfr ^ ent in all its parts , and -will therefore always be found in nnity under every variety ; bat the imptrfection of their efforts Is lather to be attributed to the want of a further manifestation « f tha divine light than to any other cause ; and Trhat is so much calcu lated to increase tbia light as the cultivation of the luman intellect , the chief agency through -which it has teen developed to mac in aU zge& *

      I may be told fiat fljere is mnch of hypocrisy in many teacher * of theological subjects , and that they thereby enslave and lead away captive the minds of the people , bnt even if this be true , those in whem the truth is much Hiore . developed , -and who are able to set on it , never need fear the opppsxtJon . It is true that in past ages millions have perished for believing things which by the eea-Jfictions made upon tbeir senses thtyTFero compelled to relieve ; it is also boa that in this Our day many have to suffer for coEEciecce sake ; bnt the balance of satisfaction has always been is favour of free exquiry ; and eTery mode or variation of dissent is an evidence of a determination oa the parts of the fol-j-wers to assert this claim , as £ » as they have been enlightened respecting it .

      Th * proceedings of many of the dissecting bodies may veil be referred to on the subject of Organization ' , and more especially those of tbe Wesleyan Hethodista . If -we consider the dark and unenlightened state of tbe feneral body of the public , when John Wesley commenced his career ; if we look to the energetic manner in which he pursuei it , and at the gradual hold which as a body his successors have taken on the people , by a food Organization , and by rinding out even the most ignorant , and teaching them to think and to feel that they -were at the leasi bora Sot »^ jtf ^ destiny than merely to eat and drink , to work ^ 5 i # aleep ; we shall see in this movement a most pewerful one towards that universal change which is speedily to unite us as one family , and make brethren of all nations on earth . Passing from the Dissenters , I must not forget the fthare that is being taken in providing a remeey for the TtraoTal of Trhat has been found oppressive by those -who have been termed the Infidels and Atheists . In

      all ages and in all countries , to express thoughts far in advance of the spirit of the sge , has been to incur the liability of being branded -vita these terms ; and thus ite greatest and "wittst of men ; those "srfco have been " themoa strictly consrientiocs , and the greatest benefactors of their times haTe been subject to all sorts of reproaches , persecutions , sod sufferings under this 4 ± arge , The Infidelity ef one age is tbe orthodoxy of another ; and -whilst it bolus tbe former same there can be very little temporal good derived from it , we may be -veil assured that among this class there will always be found honest and zealous men , persons ready t * submit to tbe sternest privations for the purpose of establishing ¦ what they believe to be the truth .

      With regard to Atheism , I cannot think that any one c ? n disbelieve there is s power in and throngh -which all things exist ; and this is the greatest enlightenment on the subject of deity , to which any of us can arrive at . All Scriptnres agree in declaring this power to be incomprehensible ; and if the evidences on the . znind of any individual bring him to say that in his belief there is no G-: x 3 , although 1 can ~ bj no means feel as he does , yet 1 can see , even in this dc-claratioB , a honesty of purpose , that claims my respect , and that enlarges the mind to a more diligent inquiry into the trnth that is -within me ; aad ii it acts ibn 3 generally xm humanity , it muE * assist in proTiaing the true lemegy .

      Baving ro-w reviewed at some length this branch of my sul ject , I shall proceed rather out of the order in "which I intended to bring it forward , " to look at the Hew Pi « r LsvSU }; but this deviation is induced by the document "which appears in your -paper cf to-day , addressed by the Poor J&w Connnjssioiiers to the Swansea Board cf Gnardians , on which yoa have bo ably commented in a leading arSde . ilucb has been said and "written against the New Poor Law Bill ; but I have al-srsys itgaced it as one of the greatest causes cf pregress we possessed , as I saw it could BOt fail to reuse into activity all the latent powers of the people ; snd stimulate them to use snea exertion as should noi-only give them ineryidnal relief , twt place tbe "whole fsTsric of «> eiety on such a basis , that "we siotld nsTer again £ sve to fear , that man should become the slave of his brother man .

      It is certainly painful to "Jritness the sufferings throngl which the people cf this country are now passing ; it is painfnl to tli ™ fc that * ne portion , revelling In -wealtb and Inxnry for which tfcty have no need , ihall drive into the aiiEerable depths of poverty , which they do , the main body of their fellow creatures ; but this is necessary , to produce among all cf us those changes of mind 2 Ed feelings which can alone prepare us for that mivtrsal lovt which will absorb us all , as it "were , inte one being ; and teach us tlse bsppnitss , the joy , the pleasure , of an entire sympathy , not only with onr

      fellow-creatures , tut -with everything that has life . It is "Wtll to cry out against tke franifers cf such an act ; and certainly , vrbiM locking at it with ^ reference to immediaie tffccU , nothing can be , to qnote from Mr . O'Conntll on another Eufjcct , mere " base , brutal , and bloodj ; - but , -we must row look beyond tMs vie ?? of it , sad take a ecziprfebensva jsssp of tee part it performs in esKghtensns the mieds of the sefferers cf all classes , ^ btiher payers or receivers ; to tee conviction of the impoaabmty of the system , as & system , bting much longertmrsufcd .

      On this select perhaps more tkan on any other has the press done its duty , on the common gronnd of bnmamty ^ and the ame rt »« k will , J ttint , tasome exsent apply to ttie ciergy . Tbe measnze ^ b ronbtless brougtt in by the TThig ,, £ Bd ^^ ed to by ^ ?^ 1 v wj . fflttM « f Preserving tte rental cf that land which ftej are at pme-t l « 8 « j to « li tbetf Tided for the people , no vn * would bra ittaniBted them in the possession cL Tery f 6 w fears haTa however " «^ nght wonderful chacgea iu tbe public mind , altbtmgh - »^ t bas yet uk . n place , is as nothing , to the changes that will speedily occur ; for « hfcn ^ re iDdi . Trinsiiy begin to do oar duty to ourselves , fcy pttlormmz it to cur poorer brethren , Vhea siaOl -we reap an abmT ^ ant r = Eard .

      Asjon truly observe , the invasion made npon the riehts cf tte poor , has bow tome to the door of the Eiiedle disses , and Kust Uircugb tbwa perrtde all ethers . It -will be UEeltss to Haci » any for the , course they have hitierto pcrinwi , fat a ! i have been scinated by tte Sims motives , namely , t&l preservatifffl ; vn& ¦ wbiUt Etrivirg to 16 Mb Those above tfcea Uiej have eartfl bat Irttle fer tcoee below . TFfclirt ifce -wants ef man have been multiplyicg by iheiaJE 6 tnnlsticn cf tbe past century , every individual fcis bect « se poor , -whatever »» y be tbe amount of iis pc& ^ sicss ; acd escb cne 'will remsin poor until ie is j-itpiacd to do bis thare in providing for other ? equally srAh biniftrlf . We ibbj stiil aee a little more £ ttife hid corrttntJcsc to aappott as iadividttt ] and ccm p « i : ii * * j . staai -wa Jtaj , f 6 xcy we wfll by Ibis or ? bat ccuiEir ctntrive to pseaerve our own positiers ; but each cne "vLq letds this nay dtptid > batuntO be lotes his iti ^ teor £ 5 himself , M& fcw sot peifcrmtd the j » w

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      of QoAt and consequently can be entitled to neither peac * or rest . It -would be easy to point ont & mode wheteby through ( be agency of the New Poor Law Bill ; bad as it is , all those who at present letain for themselves ibe elements from -which , tbe great creating universal power has declared by eternal and immutable laws that human subsistence shall be provided may be speedily made to desire to give them up for the general good ; bnt we are not yet prepared to acton it . We have bo far deviated from the true path , and are thereby become so scattered and dispersed , that a little more pain and snffering must be borne , whilst the sheep are being collected together , before they can be brought in and folded in more pleasant pastures .

      When I proceed to tie third division of my subject , namely , to show that it ia incumbent on us to introduce a new ordf-r of things , and to point out the mode in -which this is to be tffected" , I shall have much to Bay respecting the Tooi laws ; but for the present I would only further remark , that no one shonld neglect to give the greatest publicity io every instance of cruelty that comes to his notice- and above all , no one should forget that every poor man is bis brother : and if be can give him nothing else , he can ; et the least give him kindness and sympathy in his enaction ; and these will soon provide the requisite conditions for universal love to tffect a change .

      Tbe next remedy that I shall notice , suggested to me also by the document in your paper , from the workmen of Wingate Grange Colliery ; and also by the remarks of your Welsh correspondent respecting the copper men , is that of Trades' Strikes . We hats often seen many learned and abstruse calculations made "with regard to the cost of Strikes , and the money that has been mis-spent in them ; but these calculations are generally made by persons who feave little conception of their moral virtue . It is true , and it is an evident sign of progress , that this mode of procuring redress is less resorted to than it was some yean ago ; for experience hag

      convmeed tie great body of operatives that a strike is not the trne mode of accomplishing the object which all ol us are in search of . Bnt because this conviction has been derived from experience , we are not entitled to oppose those who are travelling the same path to coaie to the same ealigbtment Strikes , as well as all other means , "will serve to enlarge the minds to further progress ; and we may depend that there will be no going backward in tbe aggregate , whatever may be tbe case with & few individuals . The mighty stream of free inquiry is daily enlarging itself ; and those who would at all desire to dam it up , will only serve to exhibit , by their attempts , the futility of waning against the Divine Power .

      Let ua then not fear or fee dismayed , at the prospect before ub ; it is trne that we have much to do , but we are -well armed for the struggle ; and there is every indication of its being speedily and peacefully made . If we look at the progress of the various movements , they ara as satisfactory almost as we conld hope for , and certainly faT more bo than -we ceuld reasonably expert . The Government is calmly preserving order without bloodshed . Father Ma the if is proceeding quietly , but effectually , in his temperance mission ; the people ot Ireland and of Wales are eniojicg every leisure and opportunity for placing their grievances before the civitzad wnrld ; the Anti-Corn I * w League , although not exhibiting perhaps as much as thty could ¦ wish hero-worship to their leaders , is effectually preparing for tte removal of the heavy taxation on the first necessaries of life ; tflevarioua churches , dissenters , infidels , atheists , and others , who deal in opinions , are all fast leading their respective followers up to high

      and serious thought , which wiil end in the discovery of truth ; the Poor Law Bill . is heavily operating upon its victim * , cf all classes , to point ont to them the etern necessity of another course ; the trades' strikes are teaching both masters and men the extent to which they caa annoy each other , and tbe little good that results frosi it ; -whilst many other movements that I have not yet alluded to , will be found operating in tbe same beneficial manner ; and the whole question of tbe condition of the people ef this country ; the luxury of the aristocrats on tbe one baud , and tbe misery of the operatives on the other , is exciting an interest among all other nations that cannot fail to go far towards accomplishing the universal salvation and redemption of man . I am , Sir , your obedieni Servant , "William Ga . l ? im . Concordium , Ham Common , Surrey . August 21 , 18 * 3 .

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      ail speed aud broke open one of tbe doors . He then found that his fears were too well founded , for the watchman was in the interior of the building struggling with the flames , which were rapidly gaining round him . Mr . Cleverley geeiag the very great danger the unfortunate man was in , managed to crawl on his hands and knet b into the oven , and after some pain , succeeded in seizing hold of the watchman , and dragged him out of the burning building , wben he was found to be so seriously burst , that no time was lost in removing him to St . Thomas's Hospital , where he now lies in a very bad way . We are sorry to say that Mr . Cleverley is much burnt about the hands and knees . Instantly on the outbreak of

      the names , the inhabitants of several tenements adjoining the premises destroyed , turned out and exerted themselves to the utmost in suppressing the fire , by throwing buckets of water on it . This , however , they failed in accomplishing , for the devouring element still progressed most rapidly , and within a quarter of an hour after the alarm , the range of buildings , 60 feet long , and about 25 in breadth , were enveloped in one common blaze . On the opposite side to the burning property was a large skeleton building , used for drying floor-cloth , and which was full at the time . At one time it caught tire , and would inevitably have been levelled to the ground , bui for the unwearied exertions of the workpeople

      and inhabitants , who , seeing the very great danger the building was in , tor <» down tho whole of the cloth , and by continually throwing buckets of water on the timbers and flooring of these premises , preserved them from destruction . Oa the engines arriving , the only supply of water that could be obtained was from a narrow black ditch , whioh is made a depositary for ihe contents of several neighbouring cesspools ; and although the firemen and bystanders suffered the greatest inconvenience from the dreadful stench which it sent forth , still it had the desired effect of subduing the flames , the engines not only forcing the etagnant water on the fire , but also the filth which completely smothered the ruins .

      By tsvo o ' clock all danger w& 3 at an end . The buildings above-named are destroyed , and it is understood that the firm are not insured . There are also several ( five or six ) dwelling-houses much injured by the burning embers and by water , as also by tho removal of furniture . While the brigade engines were employed at this fire , several others belonging to the force , and stationed at the west-end of the town were required at another , whioh had broken out at nearly the same hour on the premises of Mr . Cropper , hatter , situate in High-street , New Brentford . It originated at the lower part of tho building , and at one time it was fully expected that tho whole house would have fallen a sacrifice to the flames . However , by the judicious exertions of tho

      firemen and police , it was prevented extending further than the . shop . The two adjacent houses were slightly ipjured . In the course of Sunday morning , tho engines of the brigade force in the cast cud of the metropolis attended at three iires which oocuiTed in thatatai of London , but which were of no particular inap ^ RBnce . At an early hour yesterdny morning a fire occurred on tho premises of Mr . Crawcour , tobacconist , situate in Surrey-place , Old Kent-road , and was not subdued before the whole of the building was destroyed . Singular to state , it was situate immediately opposite to another factory , belonging to Mr . Cleverley , whose premises on Walwortn-common were partially congumtd on Saturday ni ^ h t . It is gratifying to etate that no lives were lost in connexion wiih the above fires .

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      Messrs . Perry and'Co have behoved their Establishment Jrom Birmingham to No . 19 , Berners-street , Oxford-street , London .

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      Balance S ? ieet of the National Victim Fund Committee . ikcome . £ s d Northampton Chartists 10 0 Mr . Wm . Tatlow 0 5 0 Collection in Carpenters'Hall ... ... 0 3 2 Mr . T . Bennett 0 0 9 A few friends 0 0 6 Mr . Jacob Hughes 0 16 A balance from the Manchester Local Fund Committee 0 15 1 \ Collection in Carpenters' Hall 0 10 2 Carlisle Chartists , per Mr . Wm . Tatlow ... 1 0 0 A few friends , per Mr . Edward Clark ... 0 1 6 Da . per Mr . Wood 0 * 0 Mr . Tnomas Koberts 0 12 Mr . Wm . Hughes 0 13 Collection in the Rev . Mr . Scholefield's

      Burying Ground ... 1 6 11 Speeial Collection in Carpenters' Hall ... 0 12 II Barton and Knightsbridge Localities , London 0 10 0 Mr . David Appleton , per Mr . Grocott ... 0 10 From Siar Office 6 17 0 Richard Wilham 0 0 6 £ 13 13 11 ^ Sowerby Bridge Chartists , per Mr . Mitchell 0 10 Total Income £ 13 14 IU

      EXPENDITURE . £ s . d . To Mrs . Cooper , of Leicester 1 0 0 To Mr ? . Duffay , previous to her husband's death 0 10 0 Paper and postage 0 0 5 One dozon of Memorandum Books ... 0 1 4 Paper and postage 0 0 7 To Coffin for Mr . Dufftsy 1 J 2 0 To Shroud 0 4 10 Pall and batbanda ... 050 To Grave 0 13 0 To band 0 12 0 To Mrs . M'Cormick 0 5 0 To Mrs . Dnffey 0 5 0

      Total expenco £ 5 9 2 £ s . d . Total income ... 13 14 U £ Ditto , expended ... 5 9 2 Balance in hand ... £ 8 5 9 . J Sir , —The above balance our Treasurer is ready to give up to Mr . Cleave i or any other committee , that may be called into existence ( for national purposes ) , for the relief of those who are suffering for the advocacy of our principles , at any time that a demand may be made on him , through the medium of the Northern Star . M . D . Manchester , Sept . 11 th , 1813 .

      CBy a reference to the Report of Proceedings of the Birmingham Conference , it will b # seen that the General Treasurer of the Association was appointed Treasurer ef the Victim Fund ; and that they recommend the appointment of a Committee in Manchester to aid in disbursing the funds . Our friends in Manchester had therefore better at once appoint such Committee , and to it the funds can be transferred . ]

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      TOTAL DESTBT 7 CT 1 OS OF THE UNITED STATES STEAM-FB 1 GATE , 'MISSOURI , BT FIRE . CadiI , Fbidxt , Sept . 1 . The sp ! endid new steam-ship Bentinck arrived here from Gibraltar yesterday , confirming the intelligence which had previously reached the consulate , of the total destruction by fire of one of the finest veaseli of which the United States navy could boast . The following is the official notification forwarded to Her Majesty ^ Consul at Cadiz : — " Port of Gibraltar , 27 th of August , 184 S .

      " The Araerican steam-frigate of war , Missouri , nnfortunatly caught fire in tbe course of the past night , and burnt down to the water ' s edge , between the Orange and Montague batteries , in four fathoms of water ; and ae it is impossible to remove her now , tbe having gone to tbe bottom , and being anchored there , all captains of vessels who may eBter the bay at right are thus advised , less it should happen that througa bad -weather or any other incident the light should be extinguished , which -will be fixed over tbe placa where she is ioxk . " W . TBOuysoii , Acting Captain to tbe Port " The opportune arrival of tbe Bentinck enables me to forward full additional particulars . Tbe Missouri carried 28 guns , aad was pierced for 44 . She was

      admirably equipped , and in all respects one ef the most perfectly appointed ships in the American navy . The crew was entirely saved through the active intervention of Her Majesty ' s steamer Locust , which immediately repaired to the spot , attracted by a spectacle of such extraordinary and disastrous brilliancy . The burning vessel threw a glare over the entire rock , illumining in tbe midst of the night the various points and batteries , snd throwing its reflection over the bay as far as Algesiras . The black hulk and daik spars and rigging stood out in the midst of the intense glare of light with a fine but portentous tfiect , and the roar of tht . fire was inte mingled with tbe discharge of guns of distress ,

      which soon , however , ceased in despair , created by tbe a-srful rapidity with which tbe flames increased in their ravages , and made all human tfivrts unavailing . The Locust got up bei steam immediately , and arrived just in time to rescue tbe crow from the fate which awaited them . So rapid was the progress of the flsme from the moment it burst forth , that by the time tbe Locust reached her side she had burnt down nearly to the water ' s edge . Tbe Missouri had un board a very large quantity of gunpowder ; and to prevent the dangerons tffects of explosion , it was judged advisable to scuttle her , which was successfully accomplished without delay , when she instantly disappeared .

      Tbe Missouri -was bonnd for Canton , with tbe new Ambassador sent from the United States to the Emperor of China , together with the gentlemen of his embassy and suite . The Ambassador will thus be compelled either to return to the United States , or to proceed as be best can by an indirect course to bis destination . Tbe fire was occasioned by combustion of the large cargo of coal which ths Missouri was obliged to carry . This combustion had been going en for a considerable time , and upen its discovery a quantity of water -was thrown upon tbe coal , which had tbe effect of apparently extinguishing the name . But it was , in fact , zn&rely

      smothered ; and upon its breaking out a second time , it -was found to have gained such bead that no tffoits could arrest its progress . How the fire -was firjt communicated to the mass of coal has not been ascertained . The fire engines were "worked with great vigour , and other Beans resorted to to throw a quantity of water on the flames , but in vain . It . communicated itself rapidly to tie remaining p 3 rts of the magnificent vessel . B ? aint of considerable exertions many valuable effects were saved , acd pnt on board the Locust , including £ 0 . 000 dollars of specie . Tbe vessel wbs of immense capacity , her register being of nearly 2 , 000 tons , and her crew -was very numerous .

      Ekteksjvb a * d Destructive Fibes . For several hourB on Saturday night last , a general alarm prevailed throughout the metropolis owing to the oatbreak of numerous fires in such rapid Enccession , as to keep the brigade force aDd tbe engines in one continued service during the whole night ; and what renders this circumstance somewhatmore remarkable is , that for tbe last four or five Saturday nightB the brigade have been similarly engaged . Tha first

      information that they received was about a quarter to ten o ' clock on Saturday night , of a fire raging in the City road . Mr . Braidvroori , the superintendent of the force , with four of his engines and a strong body of men , instantly proc ^ edtd to the spot , and on their arrival it was found not to be of euch an extensive character as they anticipated , the damage being merely confined to the burning of some furniture in a private house . While the firemen were preparing to return home with their engines , notice was given that another fire tad broken ont in the Old Kent

      road , to which the brigade started at a most tremendous rate . This however , turned out to be of no consequence , sb their assistance was not required , tbe fire having been of bo trifling a character , that a few buckets of water subdned it . Within a short time , however , after the brigadercen had returned to their respective stations , expresses arrived announcing a serious fire raging at Walworth- Five of the brigade engines were sent off with all despatch to the scene of destruction , but owirg to the dense fog that prevafled at the time , the firemen were unable

      u > see any reflection until th « y arrived witein a hundred jaidj of the tpo ^ ^ when ifr proved to hav » troien ont on the flooT-cloth and table-cover manufactory beloBgm g to Mr . Cleverley . citaateon Waiworth-common . The premises occupied a Jarge area ? £ VS ?' » *^ fi * e originated in . what is termed SotSma ^ ^ I fc * i * paaning , about one Sfel ^ ? * «« ral . A broker hfaJmfl ^ TfSS * ' ! r \ IeEi < kd near the factory , ^ XSttrJ araj S the alarm , hastened to the spot and Eotino - icg a waichman , who was lef t in charge of the premiss , a thought struck him that he nSS bs- » o » of ih » building cdltd on * -, Ld&wfc

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . 3 iB—Ab the National Victim Fund Committee , resident in Manchester , has now ceased to act , I send you tho following account of the sums received and expended during their time of holding ofiLie , which I hope yon will insert in this week ' s Star . Yours truly , Maubice Donovaw , Sec .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 16, 1843, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct499/page/2/