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      OS THE LATE DEMONSTRATIONS . wvgBe b « a certain proof that folks are waking ftoffl » Ion * soporific mental nap ; ypj } o ! in countless thousands they an taking jbeir hut farewell of the too drowsy fop nf tame forbearance . Tyranny is quaking : 1 , 6 ft tmth should grow for them some dire mishap goeh »¦ soar morally invert their nature ppjm m unfeeling to a gracious creature . rag sen of Birmingham came forth to show So * much they prize the patriot O'Connor , tpfl , fl the oe » ven-bom precepU that do flow jinn bu oatiriog lip . Thus truth is on her ytngi of agitation—far from the claw

      Of Ranted judges . Manchester did honour TjyBa other town * to him—the People "! ehoioe , ^ gfr geoUand euhoes to his free-born voice . / ajggow , which is in point of peace a . fomb , gjth shown herself to be of mighty power , 1 ^ 3 , gke the countless throng of Birmingham , Stre met to tell Injustice that the hoar Of its foal reign mast shortly end in shame ; The clouds already speak the coming . Tp ward a drenching twill be best to barter 33 * present blind misrule for freedom ' s Chattel jjg middle class , -who long haTe stood apart , Are coming forth to lend a helping hand , Became they see that every trading mart jfgjsly depends on the iidustrions band . If labour is unpaid only in part ,

      The tadesman feels the lectric wand—I » ean in like proportion . He ' s an ass ^ Tio * Mnfr « to rob none ssre the lower class . T& just as if a man would lop a tree Of a ll its branches , and expect fee trunk yould thrive as well without them , as twould be ghorn of inenmbranees . O how sank igd bound in Ignorantia's fetters , be qfbo deems it -would not wither sad be shrunkI 1 r * ± fe « tfrfaV the roots vroulA abort )? - kno-w jfcj loppert are was like an unwise Jaw . Bfetrmk and root might not find instant death , Bit then their health would meet with a detraction ; And , ffthey were not strong , the cypress wreath Woald shortly overshadow them ; for action Depart * with respiration , as with breath

      Taairlires are indiruible—know no subtraction . Tbe tank , the root , and branch are so united Bat to KB one the others must be blighted . Itf htTe the roots In fntnre make no laws Utit mar the peae * of either trunk or twigs . Bstoagh trunk and branch alone their life-blood flows , Ai true as place , and pension suit the Whigs ; Soot sbooM not bort or bate the branch—because They are more close allied than hats and wigs , go eksae , that rich and poor are understood By god hr ""«»* f as made of all one blood . Til best lor each to bsre the general good In fie-w- The rich , the middle class , the poor , gsooki Ht « in amity , sad not imbued With bitter feuds , nor bate a menial ' s door BecMseit screens unletter * d servitude .

      The poorest man is an unvalued store . Ihe pople * voice unitedly invite * To ask and get the Charter of man ' s rights . 32 m risrious , countless myriads lately met To celebrate O'Connor ' s liberation , ShoTi that the sun of freedom cannot set Ere he attains his high meridian station . Be brightens fast , and Trill be brighter yet , And lighten up this dark , benighted nation . Then will they ask , with one unmingled voice , And hare the Charter of the People ' s choice , James Ve& > ok Oct 29 th , ISU .

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      O'CONNOR'S * LAMENT . ( "Toiex , frith some alterations , from an old Irish Magazine . ) Erin , mavourneeh , a cusfela maehree ! Ide of the Ocean—sweet land of the West , Oh . ! could I only but gaz-J upon thee , Hope -would be brighter than aught it has blest , Ban , mavourneen , a cushla maehree . Erin , msTocrseen , a cushU maehree ! Why are thy children so loTely and brave ? Wiy must thy ralour and beauty still be 33 k boms of the traitor and haunt of the stare , Erin , msTourneen , a cushla maehree ?

      Ena , mavoarneen , a enshla mnchree . ' Lad of my fathers ! though life is still fleet , It smiles on the spot where it dared to be free , Though it pines for the hearts it never can greet , Erin , msTourneen , a cushla maehree . Erin , mavourneen , a cushla maehree . ' Fvfrom your tyrants , who drove me from home , Jtf from the dear ones I never shall see , Fh from your hills and your rallies I roam , Ikm , oavoumeen , a cushla maehree . J . H . BochdaU .

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      * Arthni O'Connor , the bosom friend of the murdered Rtijerald , and uncle of Fearros .

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      OLDHAM . —On Saturday evening Jast , the teKhdaj of mat unflinching patriot and champion of tbe people ' s rights , the late Henry Hunt , Esq , was edebraied by a substantial sapper of gooa roast betf , nmtton , < fce , a ; the house of Mr . T . Smith , Buor , Fold , Greenacre ' 8 Moor ; the excellent Baaer in which the supper was served up conferred great honour on the host and hostess- The ek * n being removed , the Chairman took his seat and introduced a number of appropriate and patriotic w » sts and sentiments , which "were severally responded to and interspersed with a variety of lively Patriotic gong ? . The conririality of the evening wwkept up to a late hour , when all parted in good meadship , highly gratified with the evening ' s « nae » ent .

      KSGHLEY .-Clerical Doings . —The new * w « or of K-ighlcT , lately presented to the inha-£ a * Ks by the Dnka of Devonshire , is at present waij engaged in rousing up his dormant flock to a « n « of iheir duty . Th « late Rector , Mr . Dury , * & > , for reasons best known to himself , has lately KaoTed to another living ia the Souih , appears u > aif e kft a great deal of abuses for the good man to reswy . To open the eves of his parishioners to a "U nisti of a churcb-yard , and the funds it may produce if properly managed , he is now letting it off a tenements for the dead on the following terms : — e ^ J person desirous of having his remains enclosed a a Trailed pave , tan be iccommodited by paying «* expeaces of tie walling , and ihe extra depth of « egrare , bis own charge being only 5 s . for allowing »» B 6 60 : laving afilt stnne on a frrsvs 10 s .. and

      w » nngi ; a little above tie ground £ ¦ . Formerly , J ^ * person wanted a regiuer from the Church «** , U » parish clerk would have furnished it for «• « 6 d ., and someiimes for nothing . This evil is ** weaned bj a charge of 2 s . 6 d . Another depart-¦ w : of Wie business which the late Rector had very mtu neglected was Easter Dues . It is true the « ji asod to toll for people to come and pay ; but . SLj j - ^ " ^ tie exception of some'farmers , « WSQedto , t 3 call . To break through this gross SJ ^ W , demMdB of Mother Church , he has ^ nresabuEhed & i ^ thit gTerj ^^^ ^ cupyujg ii ^ JS ™^ lhe P" ^ . shall either pay , or have ^ SW ^ b Uten from him by force , unless he ( ihe SOTertx ° * * toT&T * ^ e Party through extreme r » cny . To carry thia law into eTtr > r-nt \ cm . he has

      tohnM- ?? l - J Church P » neip ! es , who appears »« W " the highest honour that could be conferred pra aortal to go from house to house , not with the saa tJdingE of salvation , bnt to tel ] the inhabitants «•* wuess they pay so much per head to ihe Rector , 3 * P ™»« « Ued Easter Dues , though he cannot fim-v ^ - " *• the J BaT depend upon it the SSw "" wiU bre * k iDto their hoases hy ^ iseai f 0 rcej ind i ? VT 0 ? T 1 &le lDeir g&ods ^ J ^ pa rposes . Thi s dr eadful threat has had the betT ^ r " ^ enmg sonie few , mostly old women ; r ^ . P"t « bulk of the inhabitants appear wisely SSSL , { ° the R ^ wr ^ ^ m his ^ f , ™ ^ ow , by giving him the opportunity of Erf * f e imposition by force . Messrs . Weather-J «« and Rhodes , two Cbartbts , who hare refused iarm . ' j ^ i L been ^ ec ^ ed as the first victims , each E ^ n ? Si 153- of le ^ « peDces added to the teSL ^" i . ey &re » constqoeiitly , in daily exfrv *** " Of cavinp tViorr K / ino . a Kmbo . n ;^»« « t ^

      , iffl E £ r Eei 2 sd ; ? et ' lr ^ unusual obstinacy , they ¦ jw renise to pay , and declare they would almost XJrf , ?* ? ' ^ Rotor ' s new-fashioned K 2 fi ? * the G *» P el . J breaking into their ^« j « ° « iBg , in their opinion , a raiher unusual tmi b > Si WU ) 8 everts . In addition to thiB , he is ^ ,- ^ wajy « b ployed in correcting another gross ? riBTnTw pTe ^ ent amongst hiB pariBhionere , their ^ w being that people of all denominations , of SSe £ ** $ ***? ** d Christian Tirtne , areequaUy SBtw , S ! ' !? J T ^ U ) his appears to be that Si ik ^ ^ nia fi& * EstablishedCaErcIi * re safe , titt ^ S ? K ** t < JniW > doubtful . Amongst wuj proofs he has already given of thiB belief , wm Bention the following -.-About a fortnight " £ i «» Went tO Visit a Vonn ^ wnroan « . t ») i « noint of

      • eea ^ nn A- <* ordlD 8 to his usual custom on nearly all * skin > wL f , «> nuaenced his pastoral mission by hhit LT ? rf * 0 / wo « hip 6 he had been ia the 2 Tt eW « < tu 1 * - She eMdid ] j told him that she *^ om attenced Mywhere , hanng been mostly * ShW a a omt £ lic dntles > on purpose to allow her ** fteT p ° lhtTB ? f the ^ m ^ y to go to church or *«• i lading , besides this neglect , that the girl

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      had had an illegitimate , or what is vulgarly called a " chance" child , he piously gare her to understand thai be could hold out no hopes for one who had been bo grossly negligent and sinfuL The poor girl , whose moral character stood very high , is since dead and buried , and the affair has been the subject of general conversation . The Rector haB tried hard to make the whole into a wilful fabrication , bat without effect , and he is now going through a course of three sermons on the forgiveness of sins , to prove his innocenee . No . 1 has been already given , and he has certainly made the road to heaven anything but difficult , at least for the members ef the Established Church . —Correspondent .

      IitiriuS 4—The Masons' Strike . — On Friday night week , the committee met for business , when Mr . T . B . Smith , was unanimously elected chairman ; Mr . W . Butler , treasurer ; and Mr . Melson , secretary . Sereral additional members were sddod , aad it was resolved that the secretary should correspond with the masons in London , in order to ascertain what general steps were likely to be taken , and what plans adopted for supporting the men in their demands for justice . The general opinion appeared to be that the various trades should be invited to oo-operate in this good work . A deputation was appointed to wait upon the society of machine makers , and after the transaction at some unimportant business , the committee adjourned till Monday evening , at nine o ' clock . About half-past nine ,

      on Monday night , the committee resumed its sitting , and the chairman having taken the chair , the minutes of the former meeting were read and confirmed ; after which four or five new members were added to the committee . The Chairman then stated that the deputation had attended the meeting of machine makers and had sent in a letter requesting the favour of an interview . They waited nearly an hour , when feeling it his ( the chairman ' s ) duty to attend the committee , he left his colleagues to transact the business of the deputation . It subsequently appeared that owing to a pressure of business the society could not receive the deputation , but they kindly aad promptly appointed a delegate to attead the meetings of the committee , and to assist in its deliberations . It IB earnestly hop&d tbat » U the other trades will lose no time in following this

      laudable example . Sereral deputations were appointed to wait upon various trade societies . The secretary reported that he had written to London and expected an answer in a day or two . The chairman read to ihe meeting a report of the great meeting held at the Crown and Anchor , on Friday , which called for th loud expressions of applanse . The conduct of T . Wakley , Esq ., M . P ., was loudly cheered . Eight shillings and sixpence were hauded in to the treasurer , as the contributions of a few working men , and it was resolved that the Secretary with two members of the committee should attend on Saturday evenings to receive contributions . The chairman was requsted to report the proceedings in such papers as he might deem exped ient , which he consented to do , and the meeting then adjourned to Friday evening .

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      A Fobtc-natb Reporteb ! — A Yankee Editor , describing the bursting of csnnon , by which several persons were badly wounded , says— " Our reporter , who had hb hand blown off , was fortunately on the spot , and h& 3 narrated to U 3 the fall particulars . A Cocple of Solons . —A few days ago , & couple of county constables attended before the magistrates in Kendal to have their accounts passed . The first of them had the following item : —'' To layin a county Rat is . " Said the second constable , " I was hev larned to spell before I 'd a brought my buik before

      the magistrates . A county rat , indeed ; why , mar , it should hev hed an e at latter end on ' t for sartin . " The second now presented his " buik" to be passed , wheD the following extract appeared : — " To summonzing a krooners conquest ! " *• Noo , " said the first constable . " Whaes ' t better speller noo . " * I think the grey meare is ' t better horse . ' " The two Solons now left the court , amidst laughter 5 the first with high delight at his victory , and the second with much chagrin at his ofSciousness . — Westmoreland Gazelle . '

      Fatal Coach Accidest . —About five o ' clock on Monday evening last , as one of the Bury coaches , the property of the assignees of John Ramsbottom , was proceeding towards Manchester , the horses took fright a little on this side of Roden-lane , Prestwich , and became intractable . Mr . J . Williamson , of the firm of Messrs . Williamson and Denville , hat-manufacturers , Canal-street , Stockport , was sitting on the box with the coachman , and in assisting him to pull np the horses the reins broke , and the horses ran against the ditch-side and upset the vehicle . Mr . Williamson was thrown headlong from his seat , and

      received in his fall a severe concussion of the brain . The coachman and two other passengers were severely bruised , and Mr . Daniel Williams , manufacturer , 14 , Stanley-street , Red Bank , received a severe wound on the forehead and nose . He and Mr . Williamson were conveyed in an omnibus to the Manchester Royal Infirmary , where they remained in a state of insensibility till the following day . llr . Williams has since sufficiently recovered to be able to attend to his business , but Mr . Williamson died at ten o ' clock on Wednesday night . A post mortem examination was made on Thursday , and it was found that a comminuted fracture on the base of the

      skull , with the effusion of blood on tha surface of the brain , were the cause of death . On Tuesday evening an inquest was held , on view of the body , before Mr . Chapman , the borough coroner , when these facts were stated in evidence , and a very high character was given of the driver for steadiness and sobriety . No blame being attributable to any party , the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " A few days sixca , as a young man ( T . Forrest , J an ., in tne employ of Mr . D . Nicholson , auctioneer , of Wandsworth ) was looking over an old chest ,

      which had been sent to the auction-room for sale , he noticed a peculiar joint in one compartment which excited his curiosity ; upon a closer search he discovered what appeared to be a block of wood , but which turned out to be several pieces glued , screwed , and nailed together , upon breaking open which out tumbled 100 sovereigns , supposed to have been concealed there fifteen or twenty years . Much to the young man ' s credit , he gave up the money to the owner of the chest , who handsomely rewarded him for bis honesty .

      The FOLLOvrisG epitaph on the late James Wood is a parody on a translation from Juvenal . It was inserted in the Gloucester Herald very soon after its birth ( 1794 or 1795 ) , and signed "Jacobus Silvia . " It appears to have given great offence to the singular individual to whom it alluded , for in the following number of ihe Herald & reward of £ 50 was offered for the discovery of the author , as it was deemed libellous : — " Beneath this stone lies Jemmy Wood , Who never thought an action good That brought no gain . Bsader ! if e ' er he thought Thou even read ^ st this stone for nought , T'would give him pain . " — Worcestershire Chronic / e .

      Tub A ems Destroyed ix the Tower . —The gun-making trade is all on the < jui v ve both ID London and Birmingham since the immense destruc * tion of arms in the Tower , and the Government authorities have already taken steps to repair the immense loss which has been sustained id the munitions of war by that unfortunate event . It is said , on good authority , that they have already applied to the East India Company for their stock of muskets , but this will be a poor snpply , their magazine of arms not containing at present above three or four thousand stand . The number of muskets said to be destroyed , 250 , 000 , is now ascertained to be much below the real amount ; and should the chests in the vaults below be injured by

      the fire , double that number of arms will be rendered useless . The latter , however , are well packed , and the locks kept constantly oiled , so that should the fire not have heated them and spoiled the temper of the lock-springs , no injury to them is anticipated from the immense flood of water in which they are immerBed ; and an error has also gone abroad that a great number of the new percussion guns were destroyed , the fact being thai all guns of this description which have been lately made , have been sent off to the different depots of troops almost as soon as finished . It is expected amongst the trade that nothing but percussion guns will now be manufactured , and that for them Government will issue an entirely new pattern .

      Highway Robbery axd Mdrdbr . —The celebrated chasm in the r * Ege of the Mendip-hills , known as the Cheddar-cliffs , which are situate about four miles east of the great turapike-ro * d leading from Bristol to Bridgewater . and about sixteen miles from the former , was on Monday week the scene of a brutal murder and robbery , committed on a farmer named Baker , who occupied Highnet farm , near Cheddar . It appears that in thfl afternoon of that day he left his bouse , with some corn to be ground at a neighbouring mill , the way to which is through the cliffs . He took a sovereign with him , from which the miller gave him change , on the corn being ground . Before dusk , Mr . Baker was discovered lying in the road in an insensible state , bis body and head dreadfully maimed and bruised , and robbed of bis money . The road through the cliff * , which at some places rise to the gigantic height of 400 feet , is

      comparatively but Beldom parsed by carriages ; and this loneliness , as well as the winding nature of the road , which prevents the view of objects approaching until they are very near , points out this Bpot as too favourable for the commission of such a crime ; while it is well known that the road is principally used by persons having money transactions at places in the vicinity . It appears from a comparison of the period when the deceased left the mill , with the time when he was found ( by a man who was returning from Paulton coalpits , ) that the crime waB perpetrated in broad daylight , about three o ' clock in the afternoon I Mr . Baker was conveyed home , and surgical aid procured , but he died after a few hours of acute suffering . The murderers are suspected to be two persons in the dress of navigators or railway men , for whom search is being made . —Hereford Journal .

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      Sir Charles Napier . —It is rumoured among the whiga of Marylebone , that the commodore has threatened jo accept the Cbjltefu . Hundreds if they continue to importune him for cash with which to assist in maintaining the supremacy of Wbiggtsm in the borough . The Whigs actually say ' the commodore is a very ungrateful old fellow . " Adultbratiok of Sdoak . —Daring the latier part of the past week it was discovered that the adulteration of sugar , by the admixture of farina or potato starch , had been carried on for a considerable time in Penritb . The grocers ( those who have traded

      honestly ) have in consequence issued a notice in which they have inserted the following easy mode of detection : — « Put a tablespoonful of Sugar into a wine glassful of cold water , stir it until the sugar is dissolved , and in a few minutes the adnlterating substance , if any , in the form of a white powder , will Fail to the bottom . " The farina , or potato Btarch , is purchased from l $ d . to 2 d . per lb ., and about 121 b . is , or was , used to the cwt . Besides giving the sugar a better colour , it enables the vendor to undersell his more honest competitors , and gives the fair trader no chance at competition . — Carlisle Patriot .

      The Limerick Reporter announces the conversion to the Catkolic faith of the Rer . Mr . Sibthorp . — What will his brother , the ultra-Tory member for Lincoln , say to this ? His very whiskers , we suspect , will bristle np , like a cat ' s back , with horror . Glodwick . —The birth-day of the immortal Hunt was celebrated by a Bupper here on Saturday last . The entertainment was provided in the School-room , and was such as reflected great credit on the provider . Forty-five Bat down ; the evening was spent in great harmony .

      State op Paisley . —The number of persons on the supply list of the relief committee is unhappily Btill on the increase . The number is now 1 , 170 , with 3 , 000 dependents . The number supplied with soup yeBterday , a separate class , amounts to 694 ; some of whom got two , or three , or four quarts of soup , according to the extent of their families ; a hilfpenny-seonoe is given with each quart of SOUP . Thft total number of quarts issued would be about 1 , 300 . It is a aost cheering feature in society to see those who are able showing themselves equally willing to extend their aid in relieving the exieting distress . We trust one and all of the kind donors will experience the truth of the axiom , that it is more blessed to give than to receive . Total number requiring aid , 5 , 902 . —Paisley Advertiser .

      A RKCE . vr Discovery of jewels in the Excheqneroffi q e has been the subject of much conversation daring the last week . The treasure found is said to be of considerable value , and according to all appearances it has been hid for 150 years—plainly for more than a century . The most probablo surmise is , that the jewels were pledged in the reign either of Charles If . or Jamea II ., princes who observed no remarkable regularity in their financial operations . We think it worth the while to say to much upon the subject , because the value of the discovery has , we believe , been exaggerated , and the circumstance made the subject of idle comments . —Standard .

      Chiha . —The accounts from China by the overland Indian mail tell of no more marked event than some of the preliminary proceedings of the new Plenipotentiary , Sir Henry Pottinger . If it is safe to judge from such brief experiences , a decided change had taken place in the conduct of affairs , and , therefore , in the course of events . Sir Henry Pottinger had reversed two of Captain Elliot ' s most fatal rules of policy : he had announced that no consideration for mercantile interests should hinder him in the prosecution of the '' war "—a plainspoken werd , unknown

      to the Elliot diplomacy—in order to ita termination in an hononrable and lasting peace ; and he had given the Chinese to understand that the tide of his activity would wait for no mau : he would see no subordinates at Canton ; he had sent a letter to the Emperor ; and in the mean time , proceeding Northward with a hostile expedition , he had directed that an answer should meet him at some place far in his progress . It is said that the Chinese showed manifest dismay at such altered bearing on the part of the British authorities , and had much abated their assuming behaviour .

      Distres 3 . —The master of the workhouse of St . Matthew , Bethnal Green , in consequence of the overcrowded state of the workhouse , is endeavouring to obtain accommodation elsewhere for children and aged paupers . The workhouse has at present in it above 800 paupers , and about 1 , 200 receive out-door relief . The applicants have been gradually increasing for the last few weeks , and it is expected that they will be Btill more numerous . Wages now also are much lower than they have been for years past . In the parish of Spitalfields the workhouse is in the same crowded state as that of Bethual Green . There is intelligence this morning from several places

      to a similar effect . A Worcester paper speaks of a meeting of the rate-payers of Stourbridge for the purpose of exempting from the payment of the current poor-rate those persona who , from their extreme poverty , are unable to pay . The number of applicants was very great ; numbers are already suffering privations of the most harrowing description . How the coming winter is to be got through by those who have already disposed of their pawnsble articles , God only knows ! At no former period in the last twenty years has there been such an amount of poverty and wretchedness in thi 3 country .

      Funeral op Wivell , th >? Fireman . —Frightful Accident . —On Sunday afternoon many thousand persons were assembled in the neighbourhood of St . Saviour ' s Church , Southwark , to witness the funeral of Richard Wivell , the fireman , who was unfortunately killed at the late conflagration in the Tower by a mass of brickwork falling upon him . The procession formed in the following manner : —Two mates . Mr . Braidwood , the superintendent of the fire brigade , and four ef the foremen dressed in the brigade uniform . The coffin , on which were placed the deceased's helmet and coat . The pall , borne by six engineers , followed by the deceased ' s aged mother , as chief mourner , and relatives , closed by thirty-six of the brigade men in full costume , with crape round their arms , and several men belonging to the County and West of England Fire Companies . The whole line ef road through which the

      procession passed was crowded . The following frightful accident occurred during the time the service was performed , to a fine young boy , 14 years of age , named Ambrose Collis , residing in Redcross-street , Borough : —The unfortunate boy had climbed up a tree in the churchyard in order to obtain a full view of the ceremony , when the branch upon which he was Bitting suddenly broke in two , and he fell upon some iron railing , which surrounded a tomb beneath the tree , and the spikes entering the fleshy part of his thigh , he waa literally impaled upon it , and so firmly was he fixed that it required the united force of two men to extricate him from the spikes . He was immediately conveyed to St . Thomas ' s Hospital , when ic was found that the bone of his thigh was smashed , and the flesh so torn and lacerated that amputation was resorted to as the only chance of saving his life .

      Fire in Manchester —On Saturday night about sir o ' clock , an extensive fire broke OHt in a large mill situated in Jersey-street , Manchester . . The mill was a very large one , and more than three hundred and fifty hands were employed in it , ani will in consequence of the fire be entirely thrown out of employment . The building was six stories high , and filled with valuable machinery for the preparation of cotton . The whole of the mill , with the exception of the two lower rooms , was in the occupation of the owners , Me ? srs . Copley , Barrow , and Co . We regret to state that considerable delay and inconvenience occurred in procuring a sufficient supply of water , and it was not till the whole building waa enveloped in fiame 3 , that the engine could

      be brought into full play . Such was the rapidity with which the flames raged , that all hope of saving the building was out of question . Mr . Rose finding this to be the case , directed his efforts to the saving of a portion of the building , which was separated from the mill by partition wall . This part of the building contained the steam engine , and a considerable quantity of machinery for the preparation of the yarn or warps , as it is called , before being sent to the power-loom . The mill is situated in the midst of a dense population , and Burrounded by small cottage ? , with but a very narrow street between them , and great apprehension was felt by the

      inhabitants as the lofty and massive walls of the factory came down with a tremendous crash at short intervals dnring the progress of the flames . As we stated above , the fire broke out soon after six o ' clock , and by half-past nine the whole of the large mill was completely gutted , and the walls and machinery mingled together in a mass of ruins almost levelled with the street . We learn that the estimated logs is aboofc £ 15 , 000 , and that Messrs . Copley , Barrow , and Co ., are insured for £ 10 , 500 . Mr . Pooley , by whom the two lower rooms were rented , is also injured , but to what extent is not ascertained . No serious accident occurred to any of the people engaged in extinguishing the flames .

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      FROM THE FEMALE CHARTISTS OF ABERDEEN , TO FEABGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . Respected Patriot , —We , the femalea of Aberdeen , hail with inexpressible pleasure and delight your appearance among us for the first time , in this " Northern City . " We hail yon as a patriot who has suffered and sacrificed much In the caute of freedom and the people— We welcdme thee across the Dee , As the friend of British liberty .

      Though yon have lost much worldly wealth in your struggle for justice , yet yon have gained a richer reward —a nation's gratitude—a people ' s fond regard . Wfcer is the woman among us , who loves to hear the names - 0 Wallace and of Muir , irhoie heart does not warm at t hi name of O'Connor ? If there be euch a one , we c wi her not as a sister , as a daughter , or as a compauio n ii our march for freedom . Though yon have been pet secuted and imprisoned by the enemies of freedor a , ye we rejoice to know tbat your heart is still mcb anged and that you have again come forth from prison' lite tin

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      lion from his den , refreshed from his slumbors , and prepared again to begin the work of human redemption . While wo are compelled to share the misery of our fathers , our huabands , onr brothers , and our lovers , we are determined to have a Bhare in their struggles to be free h and to cheer them on in their onward march for liberty . ^ We now , in conclusion , beg to assure you of our hearty cooperation and support ; and should you again be induced to vist this Northern Oitf , none will receive you with more joy than the female * of Aberdeen . No skilfal band wi' a' his art Can truly paint a woman ' s heart , When love is reigning there ; ¦ Not man below , nor saint above , Could e ' er poartray the ardent love We to O'Connor bear .

      In thee we Bee a patriot brave , Whose constant aim has been to save We poor tell-worn , starving slaves , And set the prisoner free , we welcome to our northern coast The tyrant ' s dread , the people ' s boast , The friend of liberty . Auld Scotia ' s daughters in the north Esteem thy patriotio worth Far , fir above reward ; Yet we most give the brave and good A mark of lasting gratitude , A pledge of fond regard . Then take this humble Scottish plaid On thee , the people ' s champion , laid By the daughters of the north ,

      ( Here Misses Chalmers and Barclay put the plaid on his shoulders and round him , amid the cheers of the audience . ) May the spirit of a Wallace cheer thee—May all that ' s good and true be near tbee , Thou man of noble worth . On earth may Freedom ' s Angel guard tbee . In Heaven may Freedom ' s Gad reward thee , With joy that never ends ; Then struggle on for equal law * , Amidst a nation ' s warm applause , While we remain , in Freedom ' s cause , Your Female Chartist friends .

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      GREAT , GLORIOUS , AND TRIUMPHANT VIC ' TORY OF O'CONNOR AND THE CHARTISTS OF GLASGOW , OVER BREWSTERISM , WHIGGERY , AND HUMBUG .

      ( From our Glasgow Correspondent . ) Thursday night , the 4 th of November , the birthday , I believe , of the virtuous and patriotic Henry Hunt , will long be remembered by ths true and gallant Chartists of the city and suburban districts of Glasgow , as a night when their united moral power crushed one of the most insidious , cowardly , and villarions conspiracies ever batched to injure the cause of liberty , and » Uln the fair and honest fame of one of her noblest champione . ' The meeting , according to previous arrangement ,

      and as announced by placard , took place in the large Bazaar hall , Candleriggs . The doors was to have been opened at half-past seven , and the chair taken at five minutes before eight ; and this requires me to notice , before geing farther in my narrative of the proceedings of this evenful night , one of the many brass-faced falsehoods of Brewster which appeared on Saturday , In the Paisley Reformer and Glasgow Post newspaper . He says there , that O Connor ' s committee opened the doors half an hour before the time agreed upon , in order that they might pack the house with their friends . Burns , our national poet , says ,

      " Ev ' n muiiaters , they have been kenn'd In holy rapture , A rousing whid at times to vend , And nail't wi' Scripture . " Bat this whid ( He ) of Brewster ' s , out whids all the the wbids ever uttered by all the surpliced hypocrites in broad Scotland ; because he deliberately wrote it , and sent it for publication , well knowing it to be a lie of the first magnitude , he being , previously in possession of the real facts of the case , which are as follows .

      In consequence of the extraordinary excitement which prevailed , and the great anxiety which existed in the minds of vast numbers to be present at the debate , and although it bad been stated that the doors would not be opened before half-past seven o ' clock , the hall and neighbourhood was surrounded by six o ' clock ; and by seven o ' clock all passage up and down the Candleriggs was completely blocked by the dense crowd then assembled ; and such waa the inconvenience thus created in the public thoroughfare , that the police demanded of the Committee to open the doors , whiob the Committee was very unwilling to do , because they knew that the great body of the working classes who were principally interested , were shut up in their factories

      and workshops , and could not get out before half-past seven , and many of them not before eight o ' clook ; ho wever . there was no alternative ; the doors were thrown open , and if any party were likely to be benefited by this result , it must have been the Brewsterists ; as a poof of this fact , two hundred O'Connellites marched into the Hall in a body , resolved , right or wrong , to vote against O'Connor . However , more of this fa the sequel . Such was the rush to get into the Hall , ami the pressure on the stair , that the iron railing gave way , carrying away part of the stone into which they were imbeded , while a considerable portion of the crowd was precipitated ever the staircase several feet into the passage below ; hence a number of persons were severely injured , though none dangerously .

      The Hall was crowded in less than fifteen minutes t © suffocation , by an anxious and excited mass ; a bench had been placed in front of the hustings for the reporters , but the pressure soon compelled U 8 to get upon the hustings . About a quarter to eight o ' clock , Mr . O'Connor ' s committee , consisting of Messrs . Gllksple , Colquhoun , Proudfoot , Moir , &c , made their appearance on the hustings . Mr . M'Crae , of Kilbarcban , who was recognised on the hustings by some of the audience was loudly called for , who stepped forward and commenced to address the meeting in order to keep the assembly in humour , and fill up the time until the arrival of the disputants .

      At this moment the large windows of the Hall were suddenly lighted up with & red glare of fire . This extraordinary incident caused considerable surprise , when all doubts about the matter was put to rest by the sound of the distant fire dram rolling through the streets ; the up-shot « f which was , that a large rag store in Shuttle-street , waa burnt to the ground , and one man lost bis life in the flames and several others were severely injured . Yet , notwithstanding this fearful fire in the neighbourhood , not a soul budged from hie post to witness its fearful ravages . Mr . M'Crae bad scarcely got the length of his third sentence , when loud cheering was heard on the outside , which was soon followed by a tremendous burst of cheering from those in tfce Hall , the cause of which was soon discovered to be the arrival of O'Connor , who mounted the hustings amid loud , long and protracted cheering . The meeting then proceeded to the election of Chairmnn .

      Mr . Gillespie proposed Mr . Ross as Chairman for the citizens of Qlesgow , which was carried amid applause . Mr . Proud foot was then proposed and carried as O'Connor ' s chairman . As it bad new passed the time of commencing the debate , cries of where is Brewster , proceeded from all parts of the Hall , while others responded , " he ' s cut , ' , " he ' s hen'd , " &c , &c , At last after nearly half an hour post his time , the Rev . Consistent made his appearance , along with his committee on the hustings amidst a few faint cheers from their friends . Mr . M'FarlaNE , Chartist Preacher , was then announced as Brewster's chairman .

      Mr . Ross then stated to the meeting that according to the terras of agreement Mr . Brewster was to speak first for an hour , Mr . O'Connor would follow for half an hour ; Mr . Brewster would reply for a quarter , and Mr . O'Connor wind up the debate in another quarter . He therefore hoped that no interruption would be given to the Reverend Gentleman , as he was determined t © claim time for any interruption which he might receive . Mr . Brewster thenatepped forward to the front of the hustings amidst a storm of cheers and hisses , aad

      delivered himself of a rigmarole undefined mass of nonsense which lasted for an hour and eight minutes , the minutes being given kirn for several interuptions which took place . He then sat down amidst a &fa » m of disapprobation , accompanied by a few cheers fvoai his friends . His speech throughout , to say the least of it , was ungentlemanly , scurrilous , malevolent , a » d illnatured ; he is , however , much indebted to the repeaters for the manner which they have dressed it up , aad the very tender way they have bandied the merited disapprobation which he received .

      Mr . O'Connor then rose and was received with tremendous cheering , waving of hats , handkerchiefs , and clapping of hands . After the cheering had subsided , he proceeded to address the vast assemblage i » a strain ef impassioned and commanding eloquence that Quitted through every heart and called into action the dormant faculties of his Bpell-bound audience ; for while he was speaking » nd tearing the ill-fated parson ' s accusations to atoms ., and casting them , with his giant powers , to the wins ' js , not a move was made , not a voice was beard , only w ' aen he was interrupted by enthusiastic bants of cb / aering . Mr . O'Connor concluded his masterly

      spear , b . by reading what Brewster called a circular letter , a cr py of which had been handed to O'Connor in Aberd » so . This letter bad been sent by Brewster amongst h ' ji teetotal friends throughout Scotland calling upon t hem to get np subscriptions to pay bis expencts while following O Connor . Tne reading of this letter called forth universal disapprobation against Brew * ter ; the statements which it contained were such glaring falsehoods , and the object for which it waB wrote so miserably mean , that his own friends hung their heads like bull-rusbea for very shame . Mr . O Connor resumed his seat amidst a tremendous burst of cheering .

      Mr . Bkewstee then stood forth , with a sardonic grin on hia well known malignant and ill-featured countenance , that would have out-done the devil himself , and attempted a reply , but it was no go-, he had lost his ownoelf-possesaioB , and any respect which

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      the audience bad personally felt for him ; in fact , be stood before them a convicted liar , and a mean sturdy beggar to boot ; wheahe opened hiB mouth he was assailed with taunts , jeers , hisses , and groans ; instead of a quarter , he continued for half an hoar , bandying words with all around him , attacking what he called the physicals in his front , flank , and rear , turning now and then to have a bark at O'Connor ; in fact , I have never seen , for the last twenty yean , any individual upon the platform make such a fool of himself as Brewster ; his conduct was more like that of a mountebank , or a

      comic singer , reciting the different parts of a comic song , than that of" a gentleman belonging to his sacred order , ana the professed advocate of a great principle . When he was told of the time which he had taken up , and that he most give way , he turned round , and with the bitterpatJ ! < j * -despair , denounced O'Connor as a traitor . Here followed a scene which baffles description ; the storm of groans and hisses was fearful , while a rash-was made towards the hustings , produced by a sadden burst of indignation at his last charge against O'Connor .

      Mr . O Connor stood forward t » wind up the debate , the sou » d of whose voice laid the raging storm in a few seconds . His reply to Brewster ' s attack was ealm , gentlemanly , and good natured . His satirical bits at Brewster ' i statements , called forth loud bursts of laughter , while his account of his sufferings and exertions in the cause of the people , found a sympathetic feeling in every gensrous bosom . As Brewster had occupied half an hoar , O'Connor was allowed the same space of time , -which he applied to excellent purpose , leaving the parson not a peg to hang his hat upon . When he sat down the cheering lasted for several minutes . Mr . Moir then stepped forward , and moved the following resolution : —

      Resolved , " That this public meeting of the citizens of Glasgow after having heard Mr . Brewster , deems it its duty to state that it has heard nothing to induce it to withdraw that confident which it has hitherto placed in Mr . O'Connor aa an able advocate of the People ' s Charter . " Xnk was seconded by Mr . GlLLEPSlE . Mr . B&BW 8 IER then got up for the purpose of moving an amendment , and in doing so attempted to make a speech , but they would cot hear him , and he had just to give up his intention of an hour ' * preface to hisamendment , amid general cries of " move your amendment ; we want no more of your sermons . " He then read his amendment , which was seeonded by a Mr . Mubchie , a bit of a Chartist preacher , in a squeaking voice , which could scarcely be heard thirtyseven inches distant The amendment was : —

      "That we will not cease agitating for the Charterthe whole Charter—until it has become the law of the laud /* Mr . M'Farlane , Brewster ' s chairman , then came forward to put the amendment . He also attempted a speech , but it would not do . He continued for some time to persist , amidst great confusion , during which a tall Irishman , in front of the hustings , shook his fist at Mr . M'Farlane , and told him to be off with himself , for hfi was another gingerbread Birmingham traitor , and only wanted to humbug them ; he at last reluctantly put the amendment , when about two or three hundred hands in the body of the hall were held up , and about fifty in the left hand gallery . In the gallery on the right , which contained from seven to eight hundred

      persons , not a solitary band was held up . This gallery has since been called O'Connor's gallery , and very likely it will retain that name until the ball itself is laid in ruins . Some of Brewster ' s friends claim at least 5 or 600 ; but what are we to think of Mr . Malcolm , the reporter of the Patriot , whom Brewster calls bis friend , saying in his report that Brewster had one third of the meeting ! that is , according to Malcolm ' s statement of the numbers present at the meeting , Brewster must have bad at leat 2000 hands held up for bis amendment . A greater piece of fudge was never attempted to be palmed upon a body of sensible men , with their eyes open . O ghost of Baron Munchausen , thou arf at last fairly eutdone l thy extraordinary flight to the world ' s end , on the back of an eagle is nothing when compared

      to this immense creation ef invisible hands which no body could see but himself . It is a pity that a young gentleman of talent like Mr . Malcolm should allow wounded vanity and private pique to carry him so far beyond the boundaries of honest truth , when that deviation is calculated U injure the cause which he professes to admire and advocate , and that too when it is calculated to keep in life and countenance an intriguing knave like Brewster , who is striking at the very root of its existence . After this miserable exhibition of bands for Brewster , Mr . Proudfoot put Mr . Moir ' s motion , when the whole meeting held up a forest of hands ; for the few who had previously voted for Brewster was not missed . For a few seconds , all was breathless

      silence , each man viewing the scene to the right and left . One ef theRepealers , or O'Connellites , mentioned above , —and wh « all voted for O Connor , their hearts having warmed to their countryman , —pulled off bis hat , and cried out " Come , boys ,, take off your tiles , and let us give three cheers for O'Connor and ould Ireland , " which was ne sooner said than done , and which was joined in by the whole meeting with a degree of enthusiasm I never before witnessed at any public meeting . The load huzzas , the stamping of feet , the whirling of hats , bonnets , and sticks round their heads , continued for at least ten ruinates , until a cloud of dust rose from the floor of the Hall , and hovered over their heads like a > Scotch mist .

      The scene from the hustings was of the most imposing and magnificent description . The dense mass of human beings before us appeared like the ocean foaming in a storm , while the galleries to the right and left appeared like two warlike vessels riding on the waves , with their gallant crews cheering on to battle and to victory . When this scene was going on , Brewster appeared like a man suddenly bereft of reason , or one who had unexpectedly received the last sentence of the law . He stood condemned—while his spiritual adviser , Murcbie , whispered in his ear comfort , I suppose , under his trying circumstances . When the cheering had subsided , Mr . Moir moved another resolution relative to the movement for the Charter , which was seconded by Mr . Cullen .

      Mr . Malcolm came forward and moved , as an amendment , part of the resolution previously brought forward by Mr . Brewster , which he did amidst great confusion and disapprobation . It was seconded by Mr . ROY , and put to the meeting , when not a hand was held up . Mr . Moir ' s resolution was next put to the meeting , and carried unanimously , which called forth another burst of cheering . Mr . M'G&ae next stepped forward , and moved a vote of censure upon Mr . Bre water , which was seconded by Mr . Proudfoot , and carried uaauimousiy . A vote of thanks was then given t- » Mr . Ross for the very able and praiseworthy manner he bad performed his duties as chairman , when the immense meeting dissolved at twelve o'clock .

      When Mr . O'Connor came down from the hustings , one of his countrymen seized his hand in both of his , and giving two or three leaps on the floor , exclaimed , •< O ! my countryman , my countryman ! " when his heart got too big for further utterence ; he turned away to hide a tear for his poor bleeding country . The Chartists returned home in small parties 08 they came to the meeting , in the highest Bpirita at tne glorious result Some of the parties beguiled their way to the respective villages to which they belonged , by singing in chorus " Scot's wha hae wi' Wallace bled . " ''

      O'Connor's welcome to Scotland . " and otbvr patriotic songs . With regard to the numbers present at the meeting , various opinions , of course , exist . The Glasgow Herald , a Tory paper , states the numbers at b \ x thousand , and that it was the largest in-door meeting ever held ia Scotland ; and it appears the Post and Patriot have taken their data from the Herald . The Bazaar Hall is calculated to hold about 4 , 6 ua when seated , with passages to allow the people to go out and in . The seats on this occasion was ail removed by the Committee ; and , considering the immense pressure within , tbere could not be less than seven or eight thousand persons within the walls ; while , at least , from two to three thousand were disappointed , who could not get in at all . In fact , it way be truly said tbos it was the greatest triumph the Chartists- of Glasgow have yet achieved .

      In relation to this important and unprecedented meeting , we have received tbe following letter from one of the Committee of Management , replying to some of the falsehoods circulated by Person Brewster since the meeting , and also complaining of the mis-statements and one-sidedneas . o £ the reporter of the Scottish Patriot : —

      TO THE EDITOR » B T 2 H . E . NO 1 THERN STAR . Glasgow , Nov . « th , 1841 . Sib , — -By giving the- following a plaee in your truly independent journal , you will confer a favour on your numerous readers in this quartet , on truth , and on the cause , as well as ontba thousands who by their coolness and decision on Thmtsday nigbt last shewed their determination not to be hoodwinked by any man . In the report given in the Scottish Patriot of to-day , of the debate between O Connor and Brewster , in reference U the first motion , which . Mr . Moir had found it hts duty to move—namely , a vote of confidence in O'Connor , the report says— "On the show of hands being taken , about one-third of the meeting voted for the principles of the Charter ; for the motion the rest of ¦ the meeting . " In the first place , tbis bears on the face of it a gross falsehood , and in the second place a base the sub

      insinuation . I have the opinion ol many on - ject ; and , with the exception of Mr . Ross , not one have given Bre water morethan 280 . Mr . Roes says there might be 400 hands . Let it be observed that Mr . Proudfoot , Chairman for Mr . O'Connor , previous to the vote being taken , requested the meeting on both sides to hold op both hantfs , and to a certainty the most part did so ; so that 200 is nearer the mark than anything else . The Whig and Tory press say there were 6 , 000 present The reporter , Mr . Sawers , says there were 9 , 000 . How tbe Patriot can tarn 200 into the third of 7 , 000 , or 8 000 , is best known to themselves . Does the reporter , in saying that the one-third voted for the principles of the Cnarter , mean to imply that these were all the real Chartists present , or that those who voted for Mr . Moir ' s motion compromised principle in doing so ? If thesa be hifl views of the subject , I need not tell him that tbe men of Glasgow are of a differen .

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      opinion . Such Insinuations may please WhfgB , yet will not deter others from doing their duty . It says that on moving the next resolution Mr . Moir feona it necesaaay to withdraw the latter part , which expressed a want of confidence in Brewster , " from good reasons . " The reason was , Mr . Cullen , who was appointed to second the resolution , having bees made aware that it embraced a vote ef censure on Brewster , hesitated to second it Mr . Moir at once withdrew that clause , leaving it to Mr . John M'Gres , Kilharchaa Mr . M'Crea moved , and Mr . James Proudfoot seconded , a direct vote of cenanre on Brewater , and it was carried unanimously . Tub !* not reported in the Patriot , for what reason I do nst know . The secret is now out . Honour to tbe men of Scotland , the viper is crushed . On Thursday night , a little before the hour of meeting . Mr . Charles M'Ewen ,

      by request , attended a meeting of Mr . Brewster ' s friends . Mr . M'Ewen introduced a resolution , similar to the one moved by Mr . Moir , at the meeting , viz ., pledging the meeting to use every legal , peaceful , and constitationai means , to carry the Charter into a law . Tola was being discussed among hia friends , when Brewster came in and saw the resolution ; he declared it would not do at aiL Mr . M'Ewen said he thought the reuolotion was everything any reasonable man could ask for . Brewster exclaimed , " BUT IT WILL SOT BEEAK tip their TJnion . " Hr . ' . M'E . said" he was in the first place -where he knew the Intention to be , to break np our union . He thought the intention was to strengthen , not to break our union . " Brewster cried , " There is more traitors amongst us . " " There are spies here also . " Mr . M'E . as a matter of course , told the Reverend Gentleman , he should have no more to do with him . Who is now the traitor ?

      Brewster now challenges O'Connor to meet him on tbe Qreen of Glasgow , on the grounds that Mr . O'C . ' s Committee packed the meeting in the Hall—that the Hall was opened half an hoar before the time agreed upon , and contrary to the public announcement Permit me to tell the Rev . P . Brewster , that he would do well not to place himself in tbe humiliating position of wilfully promulgating falsehoods to delude the public . Where were the arrangements 7 We never heard a word from him or any one on bis behalf till Wednesday night ( at midnight ) , nineteen hoars and a half before the meeting ; and even then they had nothing to propose , saying they hod not time to consult Mr . Brewster -when he called . They merely called to see what we had been doing , so that justice might be done to Brewster ; they

      were to meet us on Thursday evening : we told them we could be found in the Black Bull ; yet the first we saw of them was in the Hall , twenty minutes past eight o ' clock . Where are the arrangements here broken through ? True , the doors were opened earlier than was specified in the bills . Capt . Miller of the police sent for Mr Ross , and stated that unless the doors were opened the street would be blecked up from heed to foot Mr . Ross consented to open the doors . Is this like packing the meeting ? Thousands left the hall , from their inability to bear the pressure . I dare the Rev . Gentleman to deny this . Nay , at one time he spoke to his own Chairman , saying , " There goes the morals , ( meaning those who were leaving tbe room almost in a fainting state ) tout tne physicals will stick to the last" Was this packing the meeting ?

      We did him justice ; we did O'Connor no more ; and we did the cause justice . I trust we have seen the lost of this misguided man I hope Mr . OConnor will not condescend to accept any more of his challenges , but treat him with silent contempt . It must be evident to any one who reads bis letter in the Renfrewshire Reformer cf to-day , that he wishes to provoke O'Connor to a hostile meeting . So much for moral hypocrisy . John Colquhoun , One of O'Connor ' s Committee .

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      THE FIRE AT THE TOWER OF LONDON . The inquirv relative to the origin of the fire is Btill proceeded with , but nothing ef an official , or indeed of an authentic , character has transpired as to the evidence adduced . Parties of soldiers are busily employed at either end ef the Grand Armoury in removing the ruins of the inteiior . From the western end an immense quantity of tbe records destroyed has been removed and thrown up in heaps in frent of the Armoury . A considerable quantity has been brought out also from the eastern extremity . The writing of many of these records , although they are burnt to a cinder , is perfectly legible .

      Tbe attendance of visitors during the week baa been very numerous , and much interest was manifested throughout tbe Tower towards tbe afternoon of Monday last , by a report that his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge , and other illustrious and distinguished personages , were shortly expected to arrive . The report was apparently official , but his Royal Highness did not visit the Tower . The result ! of an inquiry before a military court into a charge made by a reporter belonging to one of the Sunday journals , against a serjeaut and sentry on guard on the night of the fire , was made known in the afternoon of Monday . He bad attempted to obtain admittance , was refused , and struck on the Bide of the head with tbe butt-end of a musket by the sentry .

      At two o ' clock the court of inquiry , consisting of Colonel Knollys ( president ) , and Colonels Yorke and Dixon , assembled in the orderly-room of the regiment , situate on tbe Devil ' s Battery . Colonel Aitcbison read the whole of the evidence adduced , and abn the judgment of the court , which waa that the sentry had acted in compliance with the orders he received from hia superior officers . la the very voluminous accounts which have appeared of the breaking out and progress of tbe fire , the fact of the very narrow escape which the whole of the buildings in the Tower had from total destruction , has not been presented in anything J ike ita alarming and striking truthfulness . The relation of a few incidents in proof of this observation , incidents which in the excitement that has characterised the melancholy occurrence fcave been either very slightly adverted to or altogether overlooked , will , it i 3 presumed , not be uninteresting .

      It may be premised that the wind on the night of the fire blew very gently from tbe north-east Had it been from the north-west no human efforts coald have saved from entire destruction the Jewel-house , as well , it is thought , of the greater portion of the jewels . The tames in the direction of tbe Jewel-house were , however , notwithstanding the wind was in the quarter mentioned , of tbe most fearful violence ; and it was only by judicious and great exertions that the houses of the Parade , funning south from the above precious depositary , were saved from destruction . The roof of the house at the north end of the Parade slightly

      projects beyond the aide wall , and underneath this the flames from the Grand Armoury played . They made their way into the roof , and , as the accounts bave already stated , it was in contemplation to blow up the house , as well aa the east wing of the Grand Armoury , with gunpowder , but , fipon cutting away the roof of the house in question , the firemen were enabled to direct the jet of the floating engine upon aad arrest the flames . By this time tbe wind had shifted to the souta , and tne exertions of the flro brigade were of course carried on with greater effect than when it was in the former quarter .

      The buildings of the Parade on the west were in equal danger of destruction , as will be perceived from the following details of what was going on in that quarter . Whoa the fire had reached the western extremity of the Grand Armouryy . much anxiety was manifested about the aafety of "St Peter ' s Church , where the" ashes of so many of our illustrious dead repose . A party of the fire brigade , under the direetion of Mr . Braidwood , made their way upo » the roof , the lead upon which was in a liquid state , and they found it necessary to lay it under water before they could venture upos it , and then , to hold the branches of the hose in an upright position , and- 1 st the wate play upon themselves , so intense was the bean from the Grand Annoary . While upon tha root ot the

      church , tbe brigade men perceived that great danger was to be apprehended from tbe vicinity to the Armoury of a pattern room , a two-storied brick building running along and adjoining the north side of the church , © reat difficulties arose at this point ; the tiled roof was becoming red hot , and the tiles , split by the heat , were flying about in all directions , added to which almost super-human effort * were necessary to procure a supply of water sufficient to beat back the flames ol the Armoury , the windows of which are within , ft few feet of those of the pattern-room alluded to . Tbe intensity of the heat from the Armoury prevented the tanks in front of it from being made use of , and the water was conveyed to the top of the Tower front tbe School-house-Iane engine , which worked oat of the moat , and played into the West of England engine , and from the latter tbe water was pumped

      into the engine of the Wellclose-square station Having rendered the roof of the patteru-room a tenable position , by playing upon it , and also again upon themselves , the brigade men cot a hole In the roof , through which Mr . Braidwood and others descended . They found the flames coming through the windows , and bat for their timely arrival the whole of the building womld in a few minutes have been in flunes . Had this bailding fallen a prey to the conflagration , there is modi probability that a great portion of the houses on the west of the Parade would have also been banted down ; indeed , the front windows of Mrs . Cooper ' s house , which is situated at the north-west angle , were all broken , by the heat of the fire , and the whtle of tbe furniture was moved as a precautionary measure , and a portion of the roof of the pattern-room cut away by the military for the purpose of interrupting the communication *

      It baa been barely noticed that the White Tower was in danger , but those who had opportunles of forming a correct judgment-are of opinion that it had a very narrow escape indeed from destruction . It was observed to smoke , and small portions ef the stone flaw from it with a loud cracking noise . So great , in fact , was the danger , that aix engines were directed to play upon it , which the brigade continued to do until driven away by the intolerable heat of the Grand Armoury . Immediately after this tbe wind providentially shifted round to the south , and to this , perhaps , is to be greatly ascribed the escape of the White Tower from e&ttre destruction .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 13, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct574/page/3/