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      Juat Published , price bae Penny , { LETTER , addressed to Rlr . Pitkethly , of xl »" . Huddersfield , Yorkshire , " By Dr . John Smyi . es , Twelve Years resident in that Country ; Containing the Writer ' s Opinion of the People , Gbyercmentj Education , &c . ; also , Remarks on tho Fitness of the Territory of Wiscoa&in as a Residence for English Emigrants . ; - \ ; ¦> ¦ ¦;¦ . ' . '¦ ; ... , . ; ¦ . / . v ' . ' ' ; . . '¦ . -. - . / . ¦ ¦; - . . Just Pablished , N 03 . 1 to 6 , price Twopence , and Parta I . and IL , price Sixpence each j ENQUIRY CONCERNING POLITICAL JU 5-TlCE i AND ITS INFLUENCK ON MORALS ; AND HAPPINESS , ::, By WiiiLuM Godwix . Reprinted from the last Edition ; corrected by the Author , unmutilated and unabridged . London ^ J . Wat son , 5 , Paul ' s Alley ; Paternoster Row . Sold at 15 , City Road ; Cleavo , Shoe Lane and Heiheririf , soii , \ Vino Office Court , Fieet Street ; Heywobd , Manchester ; Hjbaou , Leeus ; Guest , Birmingham ; Stewart , Liverpool ; Pat , on and Love , and Barhoa , Glasgow ; Robiiisoas , Edi 2 ibui ^ h ; and all Booksellers .

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      : , ; : •; JAMES . . GXJEST ; . ; ' : , ' :-. ; WHOLESALE STATIONER , PKRIODICAL , BOOK , AND PRINT SELLEH , AKi > . GENERAL NEVVSPAPEil AGENT , BEGS to inform his Friends and the Public , that hff-haa REMOVED from SiEtLHousK-LANEj to more commodious Premises , No . 51 , BULLSTREET , three doors from Steelhi > use-iane , where he will continuo every branch of his Business on aa extended soaie , and liopes by the same atttntion to all orders intrusted to his care , to xeceive a continuance of the favours saliberiily bestowed upon him during ; tho Tvyelve Years ho resided in Steeliiouselane . ¦ - . " ¦ ' ¦¦ ' ¦ . . ' ¦ " ¦ - '• ¦ , ' . . ' •' - . ' / : ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦/ The Trade supplied on the most Liberal Terms , for , Cash ouly . Printing Cards , at the Maker's prices . . . . . ¦ . ' . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' V . ' ; ' . - ' . ¦ - . ' . ¦ ' } : . '¦ . - ¦ $ Sjr Three doors from Sleelhouse-Une , in Bull street . . ' ' ¦ ¦; ¦¦' . ' . ' : ¦'¦' ,- ' AGENT FOR JOHN MILL'S PATENT PORTABLE LEVER BALAKCE . Warranted to weigh correctly Letters , Sovereigns , HaHV Sovereigns , Silver Com » &c ., coatiiniag a superior ever-pointed Pencil , Penholder , Tooth-pick , and ' 'Letter ¦ S ^ al , forming as univer 3 alJy U 3 tfiul a Pocket Corapanion as any jet pioduccd . —Price , Two Shillings each . ' : & ? F , The Tradtf supplied on Liberal Terms .

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      Truck System . —A system of truckcry is carried on at a printworks in the nei £ ; hbottrhood of Carlisle , which I think would bo a proper case tor Mr . Ferrand ,- The foreman of the priutv / oriis has a few years since commenced giving printers and toarers clotbing , a . t so much per week , but as hts is beginning to make money by it , he hasbe ^ un of 'la to to act the petty tyrant . Ail under him are compelled . ; 'fo get goods iroin him , if they do not ha punishes them by giving them bad work to do , bo as " tliey cannot make so rauaft money » 3 other men whjo de ^ l \ yuh him ; aild tnen are thu 3 compelled to purchase from him or to go off-in search of work elsewnere ; And the master coincides with him , as he sells to the workmen the damaged goods , sueh as no draper would purchase . Poor tearers come trom Carhsld for one ishiliiEg and sixpence per week , and all of them gefc pan of their wages in go ^ oa . And men of principle are forced to it , because interior workmen make it their study to be still 111 arrears to him , as they arei still sure .-of the easiest aad beet payintr jobs . I remain ono who has suffered . —Correspondent . Magistrate Superseded , —Tho Lord Chancellor has ordered , under date 4 th of May , 1842 , that a supersedias ' ot' the cemmission of the peace for the King s County be isaued to Francis Harrison Biddulpli , Esc £ It is understood that this step was deemed necessary in consequence of evidence disclosed at the recent assizes at Tallampre , upon the trial of Colgan and Dohetty , charged with an attempt to jnurder Mr . Biddulph The evidence alluded to w&a to tho effect thai Mr . Birfdulph had sew his steward to the lrieads of the prisoners , reoomraendihg that they shpuul quit tie country ia order to escape justice . —Dublin facket . Distressing Consequences of a . \ Ei . oP £ MExr from Df . Vii . NPORT . —About three weeks sinco the wife of Mr . Smithy of Pembroke-street , retail brow « r ran off with a man named Hancock , a forage dealer , also a married man , both leaving Jarge families . The woman was upwards of fifty years of age , and her inamorato , also past tha meridian , was not possessed of any great personal attractions ; but to add to Mr . Smith ' s troubles , his wife , who had at all times his unbounded confidence , carried off £ 2 Q 0 in money , , and the lit tie articles of plate which the family possessed , as well as every article of value .. ia the house . ' , One of the children , between thre 8 and four years of age , who had been in ili-health , literally cried itself to death at the Joss ol its mother , and tho poor , father , deprived of the mean 3 of meeting his pecuniary eugagements , added to the :, distresses of his family , became bareft of his senses , and thismorning ( Friday ) died raving mad . —Z )^ 'onportTelcgraphi . ; ;¦; iMPORTANf to ELEcroRs . —To avoid the disfranchiisementvot : electors in cities and boroughs , all the poor-rates and window-tax ( if any ) payable from them in respect of their premises preyii-usly to . the 6 th of April must be paid on or before the 20 ih _ of July . J'h ' e ¦ win . U'b . w-iax'is payable 'by Act of i'arlialoeiit , vvhether ( itmanded or not . As niany electors remove . in tho month of May from-. ono pait ' of a Parliamentary Borough to anoti . ei , thosa persona should take care to iulbrm the oYcrsetrtf or the collectors of the poor-f aits of their rcrauval , and require to be fated for the .. ' p ' reaiises to wiiich they remove , to avoid , being left out of the list ot voters when next made , and to prevent any objection made against them ... from , being gubsiautiateiJ , if taken to their vote iuth 8 i'egittration court .

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      " I re tain the opinions respecting the Charter , which I expressed upon Mr . Sharmaa Crawford's motion ., and certainly could sot have voted witi Mr . Duneombe had I conceived Ms motion to be Bvnonymoua ¦ with Universal Suflrage , according to the interprefcation put npon it by Mr . Boebnck and Mr . OConnell "I Toted simply for hearing at the bar of the House of Commons the representative * of three millions of my feUov-conntryinen , -who say , and say truly , that they are sot adequately represented there nov ; and the enly donht , or difficulty , that I felt ia supporting thia demand , was the fear that , by so doing , I might be held to support some of the monstrous propositions , which their leaden have thought proper to connect "with their own acanMtion of political power .

      " These propositions are not new to sie . I have re-!> eatedly combatted them at Sheffield , and I cannot express in too strong terms my regret that they should bare been mixed np in any ¦ way , with the demand for an extension of the franchise . Xonr own petition was the armoury of year opponents . All their aJ ^ gnments ¦ were drawn from it ; and no man could gainsay those arguments without convictiiuj you of hating signed , lightly and unreflectingly , a document professing to represent the deliberate opinions of the working classes npon matters of Tital importance to the community and themselves .

      "I myself belisre you to be better than you say yuu are . I do not conceive the working classes generally to be in favour of a subdiTision of property , or of the destruction of machinery , er of a national bankruptcy , whatever some , of their leaders may be ; and I gave you the benefit of my doubts . But I should not satisfy my own conscience II I ¦ were not to add that a more cruel libel npon Universal Suffrage than your petition . I never saw , aad that nothing bnt my sympathy for auffarinjjs which I know to be real , and many of which I believe it to be in the power of better legislation to remove , enabled me to support its prayer . I know at least thirty members , and amongBt them some of the most liberal men now in Parliament , who were deterred from taking the same course , by the Saint Simonianism of your leaders . I can call it nothing else ; nor can I wonder at their decision , judging by the doubts , which I felt as to my own . " I remain , Sir , " Tour very obedient ,

      "H . G . TTabd . " " S 3 , St James ' s-place , May 4 th , 1842 . " "Mr . Ward has published a copy of the foregoing , in the Weekly Chronicle and the Sheffield Independent . At a meeting of the ConccH of ihe National Charter Association , Fig-tree-lane , on Monday , May 9 ; h , the following reply to Mr . Ward ' s letter was unanimously adopted , and ordered to be sent to the Northern Star , the Sheffield Independent , and the Weekly Chronicle , for publication : —

      " TO H . G . WARD , ESQ ., M . P . " Sir , —We have received your letter of date May 4 th , in reply to one sent to you by our Secretary , requesting your support of Mr . Dancombe'S motion , that the three millions and upwards of Chartista who had signed the Xatienal Petition , shonld be heard by their counsel or agent ) at the bar of the House ef Commons . " In your letter yon state the ground upon which you thought proper to comply with our request ; this was not your approval of the Charter , but simply that the petitioners shonld be heard at the bar in exposition of their grievances more fully than those grievances were setforthinthe allegations of theirpetition ; and notwithstanding your non-support of our views and principles , ¦ we should have been satisfied with your conduct , and

      have felt much pleasure in publicly recording our thanks to you for your vote , was it not for the extraordinary , and we siust add , insulting letter which fea * accompanied it , and which it appears to us has been written with the view of showing your ' respec table' supporters that whilst you voted for Mr . Duncombe ' s motion you had no feeling in common witb the pet itioners , that is to say , your vote was for the Chartists—your letter for the Whigs . Whether you , Sir , can Berve two masters with credit to yourself , time will tell . " You say " that a more crnel libel upon "Universal Suffrage , than your petition , I never saw . " You add that it ( the petition ) was the armoury of our opponents , that all their arguments were drawn from it . . kc &c We are aw 3 re , sir , that the leaders of the Whig and lory factions—more particularly the former , have , with

      & reckless disregard of truth , quite becoming their well known characters , twisted and distorted several of the allegations of the petition into every odious form their ewn csrnrpt hearts and frenzied imaginations could invent ; this does not astonish us ; but that you , sir , who affect to feel for the suffering people—acknowledging that they are not represented in the House ef Commons , that you should join in the calumnies of Hablushing tyranny , does a little surprisa us . You insinuate that some of our leaders are in favour of " a subdivision of property '— the destruction of machinery—' a national bankruptcy , ' &-- . Yon insinuate what you mast know to be false ; but suppose it to be true—suppose any of the people's leaders to be guilty of entertaining such idiotic notions , we ask , are such views advocated in the petition ? We deny it—we challenge our enesrieB to show it .

      "We have read with astonishment and indignation the speeches of Mr . Macaulay and others in the House of Commons ; and we csjmot express in too strong language the disgust tre feel at the calumnies cast upon us and our countrymen by the licensed slanderers , who , living and ruling by force and fraud , dare—insolently dare—to impute to us a desire to commit the crimes of which they , as the legislators and masters of society are daily and hourly guilty . How dare these men , in their haughty arrogance , charge us with meditating anarchy , confusion , bloodshed , and spoliation ? What is there in the past history of the working classes of this country to lead tbe aristocracy to infer tkat such are the " objects

      sought to be attained by the three millions who signed the National Petition ? Were we disposed , it would be an easy matter to turn the tables upon our detractors , and show that by taxation , monopolies , and a thousand and one different schemes , the ruling few have plundered the enslaved many of their " property "; that so far as the working classes are concerned , " national bankruptcy" has already overtaken them ; witness the statemen t * of the almost unendurable misery put forth by Mr . Duncombe , and the endless accounts of revolting destitution that have been published during the las " : six months ; and then , Sir , say whether any state of society could be worse lor the wealth-producers than the present ?

      " ilr . 3 l 2 . caulay , and others like him , base their support of the existing legislative system npon the assump tion that under th 3 t system all property is secure . Kothing can be more false than this ; the wretchedness , starvation , and fearful despair of the industrious classes lccdly proclaim that their property—their labour and its fruits , are not secured to them but , on the contrary , are the ceinmon prey of all the legal plunderers of society . " You ray , you believe us to be better than we say we are , and therefore gave us the benefit cf yoar doutt * . We are extremely sorry that we cannot return the compliment . " We me Sir , " Ths Covscil or ihe National Charter

      Association , Fig-tree La >~ e " ShtffielJ , May S : h , 1842 . "

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      TO THE FRIENDS OF JUSTICE . Fellow Citizens , —Ths Convention having di 2-solved , I have determined te make a brief tour , to aSvocste , by public lectures , the cause of the People ' s Charter . The Parliament having again invitingly rfjecUd the people ' s claims , and Bhown even more clearly than before , that every hope for justica at the hands of the present GorermaeEt is fill- * clous , it becomes us all te display double energy , and to show that we are nothing daunted by the fleeting triumph of faction . Every insalt added to our wrsags should make us more zsaloua , determined , and persevering , atd as the

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      DBEADFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT NEAR - PARIS . —IMMENSE LOSS OF LIFE ' . ( From a Correspondedent of the Times J Paris , Mas- 9 . I have this d « v to announce to yon one of t ae most frightful events that has occurred in modern times . Yesterday was fixed for the celebration of the King's fete at Versailles by the display ( or play ) of the great waterworks , fireworks , &c . On such occasions Versailles is , I need hardly say , crowded beyond conception , by the Parisians , aad by foreigners resident for the time in Paris . The waterworks " were over at half-past five . An immense number of persons immediately repaired to the terminus of each line of railroad , and took tieir departure for town .

      The train of the left bank vras unusually long ; it consisted of 17 carriages , impelled by three engines , and conveyed from 1 , 500 to 1 , 800 passengers . On arriving between Meudon and Bellevue the axletree of the first engine broke . The body of it , the fire , < fcc , fell to the ground . Tha second engine , bo great was the impetus , smashed it in pieces and passed over it , and the boiler burst , throwing the unfortunate stoker fifty feet into the air . The carriages arrived of course , and passed over the wreck , ¦ when six of them were instantly set in fhmes by the fire : being newly painted , they instantly ignited . . Three were totally . consumed , and three o ; her 3 partially , without the possiblity of escape to their unhappy inmates , who were locked up according to the dreadful practice of such

      establishments . . At six o ' clock this morning , the mutilated remains of thirty-two persons , men , womeD , and children , were removed from the station to the adjoining" ctmetery of Mont Parnasse , -where I saw them , and where they continued exposed under a shed , and covered with a coarse cloth , during the entire day . Bnt they were so mangled and disfigured , that it was impossible to ciscover the vestige of human features , except in a young girl of about

      eighteen , the lower part of whose body was entirely consumed . The number of the sufferers could only be " ascertained by that of the Iimb 3 or portions of limb ? found . Five others , who still retained some human shape , and whose faces conld lead to their recognition , were transported to the Morgue , where thousands of persons were drawn up in a queue , at three oVlock , waiting to be admitted to view the bodies . There was among them a lady , whose body was partly burned , but whose face was intact . She was richly attired , and still wore her bracelets .

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

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

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

      escaped became known to them . The scene which presented itself was truly appalling . it appeared that the engine had by some fatality got off the line and run np against the embankment , when , from the -alarming rapidity with which the heavily-laden train was then running , ^ ix or seven of the carriages were literally dashed to piece 3 , and were lying in a mass of fu ^ ments piled upon the-engine- In umbers of the outside passengers had been thrown off by the shock , but of the nnhappy sufferers who bad taken their places in the interior , and who still survived , the fate wa 3 even more dreadful than those who had been killed , for to make the calamity gtill more horrible , the fire of the engine almost instantly extended to the brokea mass which- was above it , and several of the sufferers were actually burnt to death on the spot . Our

      informant describes the shrieks of the victims ( whom it was impossible to aid aud more particularly of two unfortunate ladies , who were vainly calling to the last for water ) as inexpressibly dreadful . The agitation inseparable from such a moment , and tho contusion which necessarily existed , rendered it impossible to obtain any account of tha loss of life , or other particulars relative to the sufferers , "but these will doubtless reach us in tho course of the day . We entertain a hope—a faint one—that the ? may show this accident to be less dreadful in its results than we have described it , almost from the lips of tbe gentleman to whom wo owe tha information But -we have rather under than over-stated his description , and hi 3 coolness and presence of mind lead us to tear that his narrative will be more lhan borne out vTaen . thevtull details are made public . — Galwnini's Messenger ,

      The Siecle publishes the following particulars : — " The train was returning from Versailles at halfpast five o ' clock , impelled by three locomotives , and consisted" of from fifteen to eighteen waggons . Between Bellevue and Meudon the first locomotive , the Masthew Murray , a machine with four wheels , stopped suddenly , one of its axlea having broken . The second locomotive drove against the Matthew Murray , crushed the stoker , and actually drove over the first engine , aod crashed it to pieces . The fire of the Matthew Murray fell in a mass between the rails .

      "In the mean time the train , conducted by the two remaining locomotives , proceeded on its course . The wind blowing the fire against ths under part , of the waggons , which had been freshly painted , they ignited . ' The scene then became horrible ; the unfortunate travellers confined to the waggons , the doors of which were locked , fell victims to the raging flames , Thtir bodies were conveyed io Pans in the course of the evening , and deposited in the waiting-room of the station-house , but they presented a mere mass of calcined flesh and bones , deformed and disfigured so as to be perfectly nndistinguishable . Even their number could net be ascertained ; some were of opinion that there were twelve , others said seven or eight . As to tbe number of wounded , we ware enly able to leam that a multitude remained at Mcudon , many were conveyed io the hospital Necker . and others were conveyed to their own residences .

      , '" Ose of the employes of fhe company had an arm and a leg broken . VV'hen the horrible event became knovm to the authorities , a battalion o ' tho line and a comrany of the Municipal Guard were drawn up before " tha entra . ee of " tbe railroad ard the gates closed . -The Prefect of Police pvoi ? eedcd at miiaight to Mc-Tidca to collect infe-rmntio : ! restive to

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      the cause of the said calamity . It is said that the boiler of one of the locomotives exploded , and that thsstoker , whose body has not since been discovered , was blown sixty fe * t into the sir . Seven waggons were either completely burned or crashed to pieces The number of wounded is said to be hot less than one hundred and sixty ; the killed thirty or forty . The Commerce publishes the following la a second edition : — " It was at the passage over the parcel road , called Chemin des Gardes , that the dreadful accident occurred . The train was drawn by three locomotives , and the rapidity with which they moved was such , that a few seconds before the catastrophe the persons who saw the train pass expressed their fears that an accident would happen . ;

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

      " All . the authorities of Mcudon and of Lower Sevres , together with the surgeons and physicians of the neighbouring villages , tendered their aid . The Governor of the Castle of Meudon , M . Amanton , a veteran , who was mntilated at L ^ ipsic , was unceasing in his efforts to remove the wounded , and give them an asylum at tho chateau . The avenue of Mendon was transformed into a perfect hospital , and the view of so many human beings disfigured , burned , or bleeding was truly terrific . "

      The National adds the following to the above : — "On going to examine into the cause of the accident the two engines were found one resting npon the other ; the tsnder of on& of them had been completely turned round , and in the directly opposite position ; a little on one side was a waggon overturned , and half burnt ; at a short distance some of the rails were cut asunder , and others driven deep into the earth . The noise which preceded the accident was not that of the explosion of a bnrsting boiler , nor were there any traces of violent rupture in the bodies of the engines ; but it was astonishing to find that the sentry-box of one of the watchmen near at hand shewed all tho appearance of having been blown up . "

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      up of Solomou Heine ' s honse and Streifc ' a hote ) . At the farther end of the ' Jangfernsteig . the fire was aik powerful , and w » saw the Belvedere hotel , 'which had escaped up to twelve o ' clock last nfght , In full flames , and in a line with it all the houses were burning . On the opposite side of the Neuer Junufernsteig the Holy Dam is situated , and there tho fire wa 8 " . raglnjj to a fearful ext « nt , and communicating with the Pferdemarkt . and thence through the narrow streets towards the SteinestraaseV The St Peter ' s Church is still standing , but with little hope of being isaTed . The artillerymen are being employed in undermining the building ; and should it catch fire , it is to be blown up to prevent the influence of the flames from operating on the other houses left untonched . The following are the names of the streets destroyed almost totally , and those where the flw is raging at this moment . ( nine o ' clock ) : — -Th * Delstrasse , half

      the houses destroyed ; Rodingsmartt , about twenty-five houses ; Hopfeninarfct , totally , along with -Nicolai churchyard , the dwellings of the clergy and the beautiful church ; the i&rosae and Kleirie Bbrstah , Graskeller ; rAttewaU-Btrasse , Monkedain , totally ; the Johaunesstraase nearly ; Grosse and Kleine Beckeratrasne , Muhlenbrucke , Bohnenatrasae , Newburg , totally ; Schmeidestrasse burning ; and several other minor streets , courts , and alleys , which it was impossible to approach . OT the public buildings , tie following are completely destruyed : —The Sanatehouse and the Bank of Hamburgh adjoining , the treasury of which , consisting of silver and gold-bats in fire-proof vaults underneath , is perfectly safe , and the books are removed , so that no obstructioh will be caused to the public accounts / and of which a public notice has been given to case persons' minds as to tho Bank's solidity .

      . Twenty minutes pasti nine o ' clock . —I have jnst this moment been called away to view the St . Petre ' s Church in flames . It , has one of the finest spires in Europe , being 4 J 5 feet high . The district that must faU now is inhabited by a class of the poorest people , and all the open spaces around the town are already covered with people having no homes now to go to . I will continue sending you accounts as I can . Hamburgh , half-oast nine o ' clock . May 7 , 1842 .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Toesday , May 10 . Mr . PHitiP Howard moved a new writ for Nottingham in cooseqvL&iica of the retirement of Sir G . LarpentV /; ¦¦ : /} - - ' ¦ :. ]¦ -: ' : : /\ - . '' . . ¦ ' ¦ . ¦'" : ''¦ ; - ' : v ' . ' ., ;'¦ Mr . BOEBUCK opposed the issuing of the writ , on the ground of the inquiry which bad been ordered .-After seme observations from Mr . Godson in favour of the issue , and from Mr . Ward against it , Sir R . Peel thought that as the House had determined on an inquiry , it would be inconsistent to issue the writ , at least immediately . ¦ ' . -. Sir B . H . Inglis did not think there were sufficient grounds forthe suspension ; but V Mr , W " tNN thoucht there were , arid recommended the adoption pf a suggestion of Mr . YVard's that the committee cf Inquiry should be instructed to go into the case of Nottingham Srat .

      ; Several Members addressed the House , and strangers were ordered to ^ withdraw for a division ; but Mr . P . Howard said he would not pres 3 it to a division , but only object being to protest against any interfereiica with the freedom of representation . However another and rather , warai conversation arose before the motion was permitted to be withdrawn . Mr .- ' . RdE-BUCK gave notice of his intention to introduce a bill of indemnity for witnesses who might be implicated in his proposed committee of inquiry . Lor ** John Russeil also gave notice of his intention to bring in a bill on Friday to prevent bribery at elections .

      Mr . Redingtgn then moved for leave to bring in a Bill , to excludethe borough of Sudbttry from sending burgesses to serve in Parliament . He was perfectly aware of the importance of the fraucbise , which ought not lightly to be taken away ; but tbe facts connected with the last Sadbury election ( which he detailed ) , combined with its past history , sufficiently evincad the corrupt character of the constituency , and . its unfltness to exercise the right and privilege of electing Parliamentary representatives . The motion Was seconded by Sir James Graham . After some observations from Colonel Rusiibbooke , vindicating the general character of tbe Sudb . ury constituency , and affirming that it was only one class of voters , the weavers , who were tainted with bribery , it was agrsed to .

      Sir Robert Peel then rose to move tho order of the day for ^ the Committee on the Customs' Acts . He regretted the delay in the consideration of the tariff ; but it had at east enabled parties affected to make such representations as they deemed necessary to the protection iaf their interests . Those representations , when reasonable , had received tha attention .- ' ef Government , however email the political influence of the parties urging them : where represent ¦ ittons had been made without reason , no political influence had prevailed with the Goyfcin ' . ueiit to give way to them . The great objtcts of himself and his colleagues had been to abolish prohibition , by reducing > ranibiiory . duties ; - and to reduce the duties on raw materials , and on materials partly manufactured . By these meana . he hoped to

      diminish the general expence of liviug ia thia country ; not , indeed , that any individual article would be bo cheapened as to afford any great relief , but that , pa the aggregate of consumption , the relief would be considerable ; and therefore it was that the Government had made its reductions on a great variety of articles , so as to give to almost every one of those classes which might invariably suffer froin some one or more of the reductions , a compensation upon others . For instance , the reduction of the duty on various kinds of seed might , by letting in a supply from abroad , impair the profits of particular dealers : but tlie benefit thereby conferred upon agriculture in general would be an important one . Again , in respect of furniture-wood , the high , duties hcdgveatly discouraged the industry of

      cabinet-makers here , and induced importations of foreign furniture . He trusted that the reduction of duty would establish an export trade in that manufacture , and lead to the extensive use of mahogany in some branches of 8 hJp-building lo wliich it was peculiarly applicable . Next , as to foreign ores ; . for example , copper . At present taat metal was smelted abroad , arjd copp&r could there be sold , and applied to the sheathing of vessels iKnd to other ^ ur ^ odca , at rates uiuch below those ut which the same objects could bo executed in England , not rr'itb&tanding our coal and our manufacturing advantages . Spermaceti and othor whale oils w cie important ; articles in our manufactures , and it was now proposed to reduce the duties upon them , because whale oil had been one

      hundred per cent , dearer ia this country than ia tho United States , which had manufactures extensively consuinsug this article and succe 3 sf ulJy competing with ours . He reminded tbe House of Mr . Deacon Hume ' s dfc / am , that this country having plenty of untaxed iroe and plenty of untaxed coal , wanted only plenty of untaxedWdod to give ample employment to her industry ; and thia was the principle on which Government now proposed the reduction in the duties on timber . H « now came to articliis of foreign manufacture , on which it was contsmplated eo to reduce duties ,. that they should tn no case exceed the , maximum of 20 per cent . 1 b wua said that such a reduction , unless . accompanied v > ith a repeal ef the Corn Laws , was a great injustice to the British operative . But , in fact , there had betn , as the

      amount cf duties in this very week evinced , a wry great reduction in the duties on grain . Salt provisions , too , which bad been hitherto under a total prohibition , would , under the new system / be admitted at a penny a poiiiid . So , as to live : animals , about which" he trusted he should be able to make a fully satisfactory explanation . So likewise as to fish , particularly the fish in which the poor were more interested— -namely , herrings . Tbe Irish peasant now paid 20 s . per barrel ; henceforth he would get that barrel from Norway for 10 a . ; or would procure bertings off Iris own coast , by means of that improved craft which the reduced duty on timber would enable , him . to obtain -. there ' .:. ' The duties were also to be reduced on the importation of potatoes , rice , and hops ; on the

      laet of which articles the reduction cf duty would -be from £ 8 lls . to £ l 10 s . Hts trusted , therefore , that a full disposition had been proved on the part of Government to lower the prices ef those articles of food which ara principally consumed Ivy the poor : He exposed the error commonly prevalent about the comparative cheapness cf living in the great manufacturing towiis of the coutincpt , where , although food waa indeed produced cheaply , the workman had always to buy it :-- 'dear , by reason of the octroi duties payable at the gates , of every iSity . He then argued as to the straw plait and other manufactures , that under the pretent ' extent of smuggling" as induced bv high duties , there was in actual practice no protection at all . Now , he came to the great question touching the

      importation of live cattle . He hart been strongly pressed to Utfer to the apprehensions entertained oh this eubj act ; but he believed it to bo a groundless pauic . AdvertiEfcinenls had been published for supplying English towns through a firm at Hamburgh wiih mtat at 33 . a pound , and people had been frightened , by those ofi \; rs into selling their cattle at a sacrifice . If they had waited to inquire , they would have found tliut no . suchfivin existed at Hamburgh , and that meat in that city itself was at Gil . a pound . He would not say that thtve vvoulii be wo reduction in the price of meat —there would be some ; and some there ought to be , for the price of meat ia 12- ; g ! :: nd ' . was now . too high . Tha influx of cattle from Scotland and Ireland by steam within the last fifteen years , had been immense ;

      yet thepiice of ineat ba'V still gone on increasing . AH this , it must bo remembered , went to swell the Navy : Estimates .- ¦ ' The meat consumed by Greenwich Hospital alone cost £ -t 0 O () more in 18 il than in 1835 . Tha chief objection liiade against the intended admission of cattle was , that the duty was proposed to be uniform ¦ pe r ' . head , on tbe fat as well as tbti lean . Now , the ndmission of the leau cattle was of course an advantage to tire grez ' er ,- ' whose , business was to buy them for fatting * and eo far thera wjis a cle . ar benefit to one important class of agriculturists , which binefit ... would' be diminished if le : iu cattle of a iurge s . za were made ta bear a heavit-r duty tli . ' tn Jean cattle if a small e ' zi . But now as to the fit cattle . The great protection on ft c ? . ttlc vras not tUo

      jinioiint-o ' v c ' u-: y , but the length and roug ? : ntes of the voyage : no fat ox could evt-v pasa the Bay of Biscay , rriincu , however , was nearer , and the ngriculturista feared an influx from Ler sho ; c . ° . But France , for many years , inattaii of exporting cattle bad , on the bal .-ince , been importing them , and the price of all sorts of meat tiail betn rising throughout the country , lio showed that ' the danger was Jqaally ehiraerical of importation from . Belgius'i , Hollai - il , Garninny , s ; Ed the Piusaian Lsague . -England-had- ; rnothtr security in the quality of bev meat . So great was its Euperlt > rity , that he did not despair of seeing . 'England an ixpoiter of thutartir cle , He' v ^ as asked , why not impesatae duty by weight instead of per head ? He wouM auswer fairly , that he wished to have nitat soniewlM clitnperr in London ;

      but still tho increase of our population , and the ' scarcity of contir . ential stock , g ; ive a complete security against any very great ; diminution of price . We wcM exporting horsss even now ; and be saw no xcason why we shoulil not . ' horeottei : ' -ts-gos ' t other cattle" likewise . Oa the whole , the 'fullest commuiucatioa and consideration had strongly , coBfinned the Governinent in their intentions as to the duty upon cattle * He would not revive the discussion on the Corn qu-stion ; that he ci > ii 3 i (! &red sis decided by Parliaaieiit : but , aVtlie pyoper time ,, he was pvepayed . t * stateAhe reasons why tlie Government did not consider the general principles of free trade ( wliich they fitiiy admitted ) as applicable to the present , 8 tatv ; of the sugar and timber questions . They had endeavoured to act

      in the spirit of Sir . Huskisspp , end to do as much geaeral good , with as little individual bardstip , as Vossible . Even for individuals , they trusted , the rr . easure wpnld provide compecsatioii ; and they belitved that for tlit- people at large tbe i > en ^ fit vrould be estensiye , Heregvetted that other Nations had not entered into their views , and he had reserved Boine subjicts for arrangement -with them ; but let tLem take whiit couraa they might , it wor . liVstill be our interest to buy cheap aiid sel \ dear . Ths diy would come when those .-aatlciis a ! sb woKld see thtiv interort '• . ; their peigaver ^ nca in iiigU-datka ' . wooia be met by that , iucvitajjie co . mctiyo —the siawgglor ; ' and the example of England , eoatrastfetl-with ' thai of states pursuing opposite pdiielpU ? , couWUaTilly fail of ^ Itimato eftept , and of fech fc ^ l beneSt , " " ¦ " .. . " ' ¦ . / ; , :. ; . .

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      Af cer much " talk , " on the question that tho Speaker should ' leave the chair for the purpose of going into committee . . '¦' . ; ' -- . ¦' - . -. ;¦ ¦';¦ ''' -. ' . ' . : : ' ¦' - " . ' . ' ¦' . ¦' ..-.- '' " .. " . ., . '; - ¦ -. _ ' . -- . Major Viv Ian moved for some information which he understood to have been supplied to Gayernment by Mr . Meek respecting the importation of salt provisions and other articles , and which Major Vivian suggested that the Government withheld through fear of alienating their agricultural supporters . More" talk" followed , and the House divMedi refusing the motion ; and , midnight being no v ? past , the committee was postponed . : The orders of the day were then dispossd of , and tha House adjourned .

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      Duly registered on the 11 th instant , " WuHani Peai-gusj son of Mr .. Thotn ^ s Simuets , of Mewaik . : () ii the 23 rd instant , at Hudderslii '! 'i , Feargu 3 O'Connor , son of John and paroliuo H ^ l ) , Taylor Hill , Bear that town . ¦ A few jvel'ks a ^ o , Mr ? . Hannali AiiUieny , wife of James Anthony , of ArEold , was safeiy delivered of a son ,. "which has been duly registered Jjhiss O'Connor Frost . On Sunday last , the dau ^ Uteif of Thonias and Eiizabeth B > oror was Christened , at . Uio vndAichurch ,. As !; tori-uuder-Lyno , Anu : Fearyiis Fi ' OsZ fii'Douall iStoror . •¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' . '"• . . . ¦' :

      Bora the iirsi of March , registered the 2 aSl 2 , Maiin ' ah " Frort O'Connor , 'laughter ot" Tuowias and lliuiiith Carey , No . 6 , Vnneeb' Court , Commercialliuaol , L « . Uifaech . ' Mary Garten , tho wife of John Gortciij of Pendleton . wadLsafely delivered of a sorv , pa November 10 in , 184 'L ; ho waa . chriitehiid ac Mulbsrry-sLreat ltoniau Cathoiic chapel , Manchester , iu the nauie of Alfred O'Connor Gorzon .

      On Tuesday , last , at Ss . Leo » ard ' s , Xew Mallon , Mr . Johc liobinsou , luilor , to Elizabetli Itevis , th 8 youngest daughter pf Mrs . Coultas , the ( Jrowo . and Anonor Inn , all of the above place . ¦ ' ' " " -nr Same day , at the Parish Chnrch , Bradford , W . M . Harris , Eiq , banker , to . Miss , ivjaun , daughter of J . Manii , k , iq ., of Span-Hall , Cleckhcatoi . ' , and niece of John Mann , E ^ q ., of Spricg House , Brad-On Saturday last v at Coxwoidi , Mr . Wm . Ciiihora , of Suttoti-o « -tiie-Fore 3 t , iarmer , to Miss Fe&tbststone , of 0 al 3 ton .. ¦ ' - . ¦" . ,. ¦ ,, " , '¦ ' " Vit ' Same day ,-ia Loudou , Mr . R . 1 . Pow : ey , cr the firm of - 'Po'wley and Son , tailors , Scajbcroagh , -to Miss Hoiiid ^ y , daughter : of Mr . Johu iloUvcJay , block and mast maker . Wapping , Loa'J jn ,

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      THE EXECUTIVE .

      TO THE EDITOr . THE KOKTHEB . X STAB . 6 , little Yale Place , Hammersmith Road , May 10 th , 1842 . Sie , —The Star is the recognised or « an of the body known as the > atioEal Charter Associatioiij and therefore the proper medium of communication with my brother Chartists . _ Sir , I perceive , by the Manchester plan of organisation , or . in Giber words , by the Chartist constitution , which by every democratic role none but the body that Blade it can alter—nameiy , a delegation or Convention elected by the whole Chsrritt body appertaining to the National Crarter Association , that we are without an Executive Committee , and have been so since the first dav of March last .

      I do not knew if the tub-Secretaries forgot to nominate candidates in February last , or if the late General Secretary , in the mdtzpiieuy of his com-CJUBicatJons , forgot to apprise them the time was come when they should do so ; and as ihe best way to cure an evil 13 at once to set about applying the reiredy , perhaps the late Secretary to the late Executive * oij be kind enont-h to state his opinion , if the various sub-seerersries should at once nominate

      caaaioaiea for an Executive Commiutee ; or , if he fail to do so , would the Editor of the Star oblige py expressing his opinion of the matter . It is very iniporant that the election should be proceeded with immediately , becauss the Scotch Chartists are aasrous of drawing closer the bonds of nnion , which can be more effectually done through the means of an Executive Committee than otherwise ; but which , in accordance with cur truly democratic consiitnuon , we lack at toe present time .

      Very truly jour's , Edmukd Staxtwood . t ^ " % r * ^ aTe ftraarded a copy of this to Mr . John Campbell , tbe ] ate Secretary to the late Executive , in time for him , should he think fit , to insert a reply in the Eame Star with the queries . E . S ..

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      ( From another Correspondent . ) Thursday Morning , Twelve : o'clock . I am writing these lines in the midst of scenes of heartbreaking calamity , such as never have been witnessed in the hitherto prosperous city of Hamburgh , and I assure you that it is an impossibility to describe the panic which has taken possession of every maD ' s mind throughout the place . Hawever , I will endeavours to do the beat I can in giving you the patttculais of the circumstances . This morning , at one o ' clock , I was awoke by the

      watchman in my district , the Neuenwall , near tho Stadt-fcaus , springing his rattle and giving the alarm of fire . andat the sametinie heard the bells of the churches sounding the tocsin . On inquiry 1 fpund the . fire to have broken out in tha Daichstrasse , in which a great number of warehouses are situated , and in which some of the first merchants of the placa have their countinghouses . A number of engines were very soon on the spot , bnt from the want of water , the tide having receded about this time , they were unable to stop the Q lines . ¦' .. '¦ 1

      Towards four 0 clock several houses were burning fiercely , and also several warehouses , stocked with the most combustible matter ; and so strong was the wind , tbat the firemen found it impossible to stem the torrent of flames . Since this period up to tho present time nearly fifty houses have been butnt , and there is nothing to baseen but men , women , and children leaving the houses , and endeavouring t&aave a small part of their furniture , which is being placed in the celebrated Nicolai Church , one of the , ol ( lest and siost splendid churches in the city . Having written so far , I flnij the flames increasing to a fearful extent ; and , as I am endeavouring to gain the most certain information , and to Tender all the aid in my power , I will

      give you a brief hourly account of the progress of tho fire . One o ' clock . —The flames are rapidly increasing . I learn that nearly fifteen houses in the Dcicliatrasse are completely burned down , and to ascertain the fact , I have just been to see them . Among them , the countinghouse of the celebrated firm of Parish and Co ., whose grandfather transacted his business in it , of 0 . T . Bahre , Koss , Vidal and Co ., L ; Behrens and Sons , and many others of gre ? . t repute in the mercantile line , but which it is impossible to name here . Houses are being pulled down in'the Hopfenmarktto make room for the engines to play , and to prevent further progress , but I find to no purpose . .

      Half-past one o'clock .-i-The Nicolai Church appears to be headed , and emits a degree cf smoke rather alarming on the upper domo ; water ia being carried up , and the smoke increases . Two o ' clock . —It is quite evident that the dome and spire have caught fire . ' Three o ' clock . —The firemen are compelled to leave the platfonn under the upper dome , -which is in full flame . Four e ' clock . —The fire increases on all skies , and . the

      Hopfcnmarkt , the Rodingsmarkt . the JDaichstrasse , and the Stenstwich , present one complete mosB of flanio , to stem which the engines and firt men are prevented by the momentary fear of tbe falling down of the spire of the NicVlai Church and the bells . ' Half-past four o ' clock . —I believe there never was a more awfuiiy magnificent sight witnessed than the appearauce of this beautiful structure , presenting one complete mass of firp , and surrounded by the houses in fearful flaming array , bidding defiance to human power to assuage . : , ¦ ' - . :

      Five o ' clock . —Kow one of the most superb buUdings in Europe and the moat ancient of all churches in Hambuigh has lost its spire and upper dome , leaving a wreck of its former grandeur still burning . Six o ' clockp . m . r—The wind has sffifted suddenly to the S . W ., and the fire is unQontroilable . The Hop / enmarkt , in which is situated three of the principal hotels of the place , ap ! d is . . . tho principal sntiTket for meat of every description , likewise for vegetables— -in fact , the Covent Garden of Hamburgh , and somewhat similarly arranged , is in full flames . In the midst of all is to be seen the burning ruin of the Nicolai Chnrcli , pouring forth volumes of fire , and emitting amidst the flames portions of furniture which peaplp had been permitted to lodge within the building for security only three hours before the church took fire itself . The streets are crowded with carts , waggons , cabs , carriages , conveying people and goods , away , and nothing but dreadful suspense is to be observed on all side ? .

      Seven o'clock . —The Borsenballe is nearlyburntdowii , arulthe names spreading in all quarters . People have lost aU hopes of seeing the fire got unflfr , and nothing can bo seen but people packing up their goods and leaving the city . Eight o ' clock . —The Senate House on fire , which joins the Batik , the latter is said to be fire prof f . The Se ate are doing all that men can be expected to do under suchlawful circumstances . . They are" to bs seen on all sides encouraging the fm-. nu-n , and sooing the poos peoplu ( hundreds of'whom iiava now lost their all ) piacfd with tbeir fivmilhs in security . Two of the senators have themselves beon already burnt out , and , after merely seeing their families ia security , have returned to their dreaaful dcty .

      Ten o'clock- —There arc now 300 houses burnt down , and fears are e . nttrtaiusd for tho safety of the Postf-fflce aud Hotel de Ville . Ia the former they are packing up , and as I rnyaelf reside close by , I am beginning to ba nnsiou ? for my own house and furnitur . j ; and although insured , have some itfea of preparing to pack up , in consfqiienee of a rumour now spren . A that the Insurance Companies have intimated that they cannot pay the whole amounts insured for from so fearful a sacrifice having been made . ¦ 1 Twelve o ' clock . —People seem frantic , and nothing is to bo s ? en lut goods in the'pnblic 8 trett 3 . I havo begun myaalf , ttnil expect my h < juse to be soon cleared , towards -which direction-the flames are approaching wi-. h ftarfully awful slrideF . The- iufirraiii-y fov tlie poor is opprsjto to the entrance of tho Ci . 'urt-yard in which I lvsirte . . and tho iriastsr haa received orders from thn au-liorities to remove them away .

      Tra o ' sioclr . —The Neuonwall presents a picture ot dtspair . i have just sent away oae waggon load of furniture , raid my psople are pickiug up whilst tho Li'U'o is ceverod with large flukes of fire from the opp site buliding .. , Five o ' clock ^—Tho fire has gained the NeueiiWB . ll , between which and the Burstixh-streut , there is a very ¦ wide cana ! . I have been niore fortunnte than uiany of my ntigbbv > ur 3 ; for having a good servant , bo has p ? ociirrd mo both men and wagirons to removs in-y things into the country to a friend ' s house .

      Six to eight o ' clock , —Tto wind having increased , has caiiS ; d the whole of the Neuenw ;!!! to be cleared of its inkabitaats , arid the fira rages with furious violouce . lip to the present time it is impossible to give an accurate account of the number of houe ^ a destroyed , but on a moderate estimation , I have uo doubt there are five hundred , including the Old and New Exchange , only recently opened . Nor can I say what lives have been snerifioid , biit from forty to fifty is the number mentioned , saven of whom were sacrificed . in nobly endeavouring to aave the cburch ; nor could they be brought away until it wa 3 too late for them to escape from the immense height of the building % vhich they had been vainly attempting to presuVYt ' . The Nicolai Church waa upwards of 370 feet high .

      May 7 , eleven o'clock . —The firo pursues the same destructive course , rather worse than better ; and on all the roads leading away from , the city are to be seen strings of carriages , waggons , nnd carts conveying the inhabitants and their furniture nway . ' ¦ .. ¦ - . Houses are being conthmully blown « p ; and in this sirvice there are Englishmen from the factory of Messrs ; Glvicbmnn andUusse , engaged under iho superiutsndanca of M' - Thomson , their manager . Kxplosibna aro ' contiisvaU ? Eounding , yet the fire aeems to increase , iindwjiere it will end God ocly knows . The loss is at present ihc * vlea ! able , ai : d busuiess or course cannot be thought of Eor bven entertained for days to coipf . There is scarcely -a fumilyin the place whicft has not soiFered in some way or other . I deem it a mercy afiovded me by Pfovitlence to h > ve saved the : Iivt' 3 of tvro poor old peo . -la and one little ctiki a very Bhorfc tinic before the churdiftll in ; and -was rcT 7 artled by having been Fortunate ia losing very Htt ! a in moving ray furniture in tive niivibt oJ volume ^ of 9 mok ©; aa 4 ttn& ? ott' « Tie U 3 elf .

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      ¦¦ :. .-. ¦¦ . ' , ¦' . . . ¦'¦ - ¦ -deaths . ¦ : ::::. ; / .. ¦ ¦ ; . ;/¦ ; ;¦ •" . On Tuesday momiDg last , very suddenly , of apoplexy , at' Kilham , greatly respeciedj Mr . William : Crauswick , of Shai plaeej lai-aiar , ^^ iii tke Clsfc year of ¦ - 1 Sime day » ascd 66 , Mr . ; Samuel Kuowlee , Wheat- ¦ ' " street , Bxac \ f « ril . ; . ; .. ' . :: .. ; ¦ . ¦ ¦'¦ .. : : , . . / „ ' ¦ ,:. '¦ .. ' : On-Sa-tusday , the 1 th iustatit , at ; Use aous ^ i of het ; grand . 'athSr , ^^ ^ Mr . "Rijcliffc Son-eiby VTert-auV , near .. ; Thirtk , Mary Ecse , a-Red U ' years » oaly daushtec of Uy . S . B ,.: Eawoysh , Z ! o . G , Ciiarks-s : re / 5 ? , ; HuiI . - v : ;; ¦ - ' . Same . ' 'day , ' . 'ia" the 3 i 5 S year of ^ 'gilji ^^^^ ffli ^ i ^ Hesbort , ot the tord ^ ckon luu , Y | j ^ rap [ J&l ^ ¦ . ; Oa the : 9 th iasta ^ . at Ki-jhraoiia , in f ^ pli <^ ff « OTj ¦ of her asCj-Jixa . E ^ ayue , "" ' ^ ir ~ *^ ^ fcwi-Lr ^ . a * Etlem ^^ i a % u oinco of : 0 / Tor ^^^ R ^^ J \ place . - "; -v :: ; . ; . > ¦ ' ::: ¦ " . ;/ ¦ . - ^ S ^' t ^^^^^ SCA .

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

      " It is almost impossible to describe in a few a ords the great misfortune which has visited our town . YeBterday morning , abont one o ' clock , a conflagration broke out in the Diechstrasse , made its way into tho the Roclingsmarkt , consumed evcrytking in its progress thence to the Hogfenmarkt , destroyed the St . Nicholas Steeple and Cturca , New Burg , Burstah , Nuienwall-street , Alte Walle-street , the O ! d Exchange , the Senate House , Johanis-street , Juogfeustiog , and JBHrgstrasse . While I write we cannot imagine or tell where it will end . Such a calamity as this none of us ever experienced , and to give any idea of tbe amount tf loss , either ef goods , houses , or furniture , is quite impossible . " Hamuvrgh , May 8 .

      I Bent you particulars of the dreadful catastrophe which has overwhelmed this ancient Hanseatic city , up to the thirty-sixth hour of the fire ' s progress , and I beg to return to the subject again . After taking a few short hours of rest and some little refreshment , 1 left my friend ' s house in the country , about one English mile from the Damthor gate , aud proceeded in his company to have a minuto inspection of the whole scene of destruction before us , and which presented 3 most awful spectacle . Abont half-past three o " clock . p . m ., 0 : 1 arriving in the immediate vicinity of the Damthor , we observed some hundreds of families encamped and engaged in the same operation , and surrounded by their weeping families and relations . Seme portion of their furniture accompanied a few , and others again were eeen lamenting their fate in being deprived , by bo sudden" and unexpected a calamity , in so short a space of time , of all they probably possessed ia the world .

      Myself and mend , a gentleman long resident in Hamburgh , and to whom I am ia a great measure not only indebted for my present home , but for the assistance he rendered me in making good my retreat from the city before my house was completely burnt down , after taking & hasty survey of all we could outside tne city , entered the Darathor gate , and proceeded along the Djmthor-stras&e and the Esplanade , as far as the Jungfernsteig . Wherever we passed , nothing was to be seen but loaded waggons and carriages with furniture , and families busily employed in packing and handing out their property , amidst the most feaifol solicitude and anxiety for their safety . The streets were literally crammed with them , and it took us considerable time and great caution to make good our passage through the mass of unfortunate beings , presenting tbe picture of despair , and a fearful certainty that the worst ¦ was to coma .

      On arriving at the end of tbe Neuer Jungfernsttig we had a full view of the scene of devastation , from ihe farther end of the Jungfemsteig all along that once beautiful - promenade to the spot where we were standing . The whole space was nearly occupied with furniture from tho houses burning , and those clearing cut , the whole of which has aince become fuel to the dreadful element . The Keurwall , the Grasse Bleichen , were nil in flunes in rear of the JuBgferosteig , and stveral houses had commerced burning in the Litter place , —tuning them the Hotel S . . Petersbnrgb , Stadt Paris , Stadt London , cuj > ining Salamya Heir . e ' o residence , ( since blown up by his own request ) , and Streifc s magiiificiei . 't place , so

      well known of late years to . all English t avellers . 1 immediately saw that Ihe Ghusemarkt and tho Neuer Jaiigfemsteig n . u ? t follow in the line of destruction , aud my prediction ¦ wo'a ' . d too soon bavs been realized even if the wind hud not changed ; for at tho hour I am writing ( eleven o ' clock p . m . ) these lines , the whole of tbeso beautiful buildups along the Jungfernsteig have been bten totally destroyed , and little or nothing has been saved by the inhabitants . The wind up to the present hour has changed about from S . S . W . to W ., fct which point if is now blowing rather strong , with every r-. ppcarance <^ f a storm . Tais direction of the wind lias changed the appearance of the fire , wliich has now commenced raging with

      renewed vigour towards the fet . Peter ' s Church , wliich superb ornament to Hamburgh stands at present in iinmirifr'it danger . Sena artillery seut over from Harburg , in Hanover , at tbe urgent request 0 * the Senate , aud vciiich arrived about six o ' clock this afttrnoon , has already kcocJred down a rove of new liousts lendiDg from the Jungfernsteijj to the church in quesllon . Upon tne clearing of the htmt culled tbt . Uci-gSirairf * mainly deptnds the ssfj ' . j of the cLurch ; but which I have given all hopes up of the firemen being able to srv ^ e . In short , the whole building is airrounded by flimts on nil sidvj , and as the trind is so strong , there cannot bo any possibility of saving it , howevtr strenuous the -exertions

      used . God only ino . rs where the fire will tnd , aud to his Divine interposition alone muei the tertuiuatton be left . Ail human power to control its fury has proved Mtherto of no avail ; aud 1 may say , H : \ mburgh has lost in forty-eight houiy , already , that -value in property which will take upwards of ono hundred years to replace ; ami there is now every appearance of the fire consuming iicaily as much again , lniviog taken so sudden a turn towards the Stc-iuthor districts , where the houses are closi-Iy buiit togethtr . On a rough ca' .-culation from £ 3 , 000 , 000 to £ 4 , 000 , 000 sterling worth of property has been sacrificed up to ttis hcut , twelve o ' clock , and to describe the appearance of the fl imaa is impossible . Tfce picture of the destruction of Nineveh

      con alone giva a somewhat adequate idea of the awful magnificence of the scer . e . Tbe wind b&iDg from the west , aud the night completely dark , and of a btormy appearance , renders the picture dreadful in the extreme ; and I again repeat , tint nothing short of Divine interposition can prevent the total destruction of at least ons-half of the city , one-fourth of by far tha best houses of the place , aiid many of them , princely buildings in appearance , being already s&criflcid to the tlimea . One-half cf the population Uas left tbe place , and are seated in the surrounding villages and in the fie 2 da , and the utmost misery tbat can be fancied pievails throughout . I sba'l take another turn about tbree o ' clock , and report further progress .

      Half-past twelve , 31 s ? 7 . —I an « i ruy friend have just returned frotu a tcur througl / oui the whole scene of devastation , ana 1 again i . etuin to report progress . We passed through the F ^ plariado and Neuer JuDgfernste-ii , ' .-. 'fcin , and frumd tbat the * wind having changed from S . S . VT . Vo W .. had fortunately tnrned the direction of the flames towards tbe JungfernBteig , acd those sbeds lurronnding the St . Peter ' s Church . Only one horse , therefore , in tno lir . e of the Gaus 9-matkt bsB been b-arnt , and this fcr > 3 be ^ n pre vented from commmucavin ^ ¦ wlilillis otb er boasos by a good £ upp ) y ui" watet from the river Al&ter , and the blowing

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      ~ — ¦ - - — 1 ' 1 Members of the Convention pledged themselves , collectively and individually , to increased exertion , I have made op my mind to be redeem the pledgo I have made by going out , for a few weeks , to rally the Mends , and confront the enemies , of the people's cause . The jectures I purpose delivering will be of a character likely to advance our principles , by clearly unfolding them to public view , and by exposing existing abuses , aad showing the wrongs to which the majority of the people ara subjected . - I have designed the following route , -which I hope will meet with approbation : —

      Leicester , Monday , the-16 th instant ; Nottingham Tuesday , 17 th ; Sutton-in-Ashfield , Wednesday , 18 th j Sheffield , Thursday , ISth ; Bamsley , Monday , 23 rd ; Leeds , Tuesday , 24 th ; Bradford , Wednesday , 25 th ; Haddersaeld , Thursday , 26 th ; Halifax , Saturday , 28 th ; Todmorden , Monday , 30 th ; Rochdale , Tuesday , 31 st ; Oldham , Wednesday , June 1 st ; and Manchester . June 2 nd . It will be seen that I have allotted to myself no idle task ; that I have marked out quite as much as any one person could possibly accomplish within the same limits . T trust the Members of the General Council will , in these several places , make early arrangements for the lectures , ia order that good attendances may be secureds

      A small charge Tor admission must , in each case , be made , as the Executive ia without funds , and my expenses cannot possibly be defrayed from that quarter . I shall par ticularly Bige upon the people to join the National Chart « r Association ; therefore cards should be at each place , ready for the enrolment of new converts . With this parting announcement cf my intention , I must conclude . Ever a devoted Chartist , Kobem Kemp Philp .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 14, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct598/page/5/