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      ON THE LATE DEMONSTRATIONS . 5 hese are * certain proof thai folks are »» Hng From a long soporific mental nap ; For lo ! In eountleBs thousands they are taking . Their last farewell of the too drowsy hp Of tame forbearance . Tyranny is quaking Lett truth should grow for them tome dfre mishap gnen as m « r morally inverttheir nature Pfom an unfeeling to a gracioos mature . « Efaeman of Birwragnain oat forth to show How muh they ftfcft the patriot O'Connor , And all ttofcaasw-baat ^ tvoBpHi that do flow yroat ttt «* t «» rH * v Haw truth it oe her Tn «» ofagit » lioBr-irte « ibe d « w Of learned jaigas . Msaehetter did honour T ^ other toWM to hinv—th * People * thoice , And Scotland echoes to nk free-born voice ,

      © atgow , which i « in point of peace a l « mb , H » th shown herself to be of mighty power , And , like the countless throng of Birmingham , Hate nut to teQ injosttee that the hone Of its foul reign mut shortly end in shame ; The clouds already apeak the coming . To ward a drenching twffl be . best to barter The present blind misrule for freedom ' s Charter The middle etas , who long h * Te stood apart , Are earning forth to lend a helping nand , Becxnse they see tb » t erery trading mart y « jT »^ y depends on t&e industrious band . If labour Is to paid only in part , The tradesman feels the Tectrie wand—I mean in lBce proportion . He ' s an ass Who thinks to rob none tare the lower daw . Tis just aa if a man would lop a tree

      Of all its branches , and expect the trnnk yroold ttoireas well without them , as twonld be - Shorn of incumbnxtoeu . O bow sunk Aa * boa » d is Itjrariatia * fetters , he Who deems tt would aot wittier and be shrank ! X lather think -& rooto would shortly know The loppert ax * was like aa unwise law . gaytwma- aid wm * aright not find tatMtaat death , Bit then their health wtmli xaeet with a detraetioa Asd , ff they wes » not jtrosg , the cypress wreath Would shortly overshadow them ; for action Departs with respiratioa , as with breath Their lives an indirisible—know no subtraction . 5 b * trunk , the root , a&d branch are so xnrtted Hut to kill one the others must bablighted . Td have the roots in future make oo laws

      That mar the peace of either trunk or twigs . Through trunk and branch alone their life-blood flows , As true as place and pension salt the Whigs ; Boot should sot curt or hate the branch—because They are more doee allied than hats and wigs , So dose , that rich and poor ace understood jy god himself as made of all one blood . 7 ii best for each to bare the general good Is view . The rich , the middle ehss , 1 i » poor , Should lire in amity , a&d not imbued With Utter fends , nor hate a meniahs door Beeanse it screens anletterM servitude . The poorest man is an unvalued store . The pvpkft votee unitedly invites To ask and get the Charter of man ' s rights .

      Toe glorious , countless myriads lately met 7 « celebrate OtJonaors liberation , Shows fiat ttie sun of freedom cannot set Ere he attains his hlgb meridian station . He brightens fart , and win be brighter yet , ABcVSghtao np this dark , benighted nation . Then win they ask , with one unmlngkd voice , Asd hare the Charter of the People's choice . JaHES Yee > OX Get 29 th , 1841 .

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      O'CONNOR'S * LAMENT . fTates , viih tome aiteratiou , from a * aid Irish Magazine . ) nrfn TBtTi'ir ^ i **!'! a fiwhift machree ! Isle of the Ocean—sweet land of the West , On ! eould I only bat gxxe upon thee , Hope would be brighter than aught it has blast , Erin , ruvouxBeen , a cajfrla xaaehree . Tgyfaj Tn « yrttl | i ^ iUm , a rHUrtla Xfiachree ! Why are thy children ao lovely and brave ! Why matt thy valour and beauty still be The home of fo * traitor ** fl V |> ti «^ of th * slave , Erin , mavoumeen , a coabla machree ?

      Kn T > lBKTCRIXISflBj % CBMalM XBftC 2 tFBO ! land of my father * ! though fife is still fleet , It smiles on the spot when it dared to be free , Though it pistes Sat tbn heart * it never can greet , Erin , maTnwmwiB , a eaahla machree . TErHij Tti ^ yw i f m ^ i i j £ ffMnla machree J Far from yon tyrants , who drove me from home , Tar from the dear ones I nsrer shall see , Far from your MDa and your Tallies I roam , T ^ rtHj BLaYonxneen , a cuafala machree . J . H . Bochdale .

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      OLDHAK . —On Saturday exenin * last , the bmhd&j of thai DaflinchLng patriot and champion of the people ' s rights , the late Henry Hunt , Esq ., was celebrated by a substantial sapper of good roast bee f mutton , &c , at the house of ilr . T . Smith , tiilor , Fold , Greenacre ' s Moor ; the excellent manner in which the supper was served up conferred great honour on the host and hostess . The cloth being removed , ths Chairman took his seat and introduced a number of appropriate and patriotic toasts and sentiments , which were severally responded to and interspersed with a variety of lively patriotic songs . The conTmafity of the evening was kept up to a late hour , when all parted in good friendship , highly gratified with the evening ' s amusement .

      _ KEIGHLEV . —Clerical Doutgs . —The new Sector of Keighley , lately presented to the inhabitants by the Duke of Devonshire , is at present voslj engaged in rousing up his dormant flock to a -sense of their duty . The late Rector , Mr . Dury , who , for reasons best known to himself , has lately "removed to another living in the South , appears to hire left a great deal of abases for the good man to ; tectify . To opeu the eyes of his parishionera to a *» 1 value of a church-yard , and the f unds it may produce if properly managed , he is now letting it off "a teaements for the dead on the foDowing terms : — Abj person desirous of having his remains enclosed ni * walled grave , can be accommodated by paying the expeaees of the walling , and the extra depth of

      ine grave , his own charge being onW 5 s . for allowing it to be so ; laying a flat stone on a grave 103 ., and deratingH a little above tae ground £ 1 . Formerly , when a person wanted a register from the , Church book , the parish clerk would have furnished it for 41 . or 6 < L , and sometimes for nothing . This evil is also rectified by a charge of 2 s . 6 d . Another department of the business which the late Rec ' . or had very ranch neglected was Easter Dues . It is true the bell used to toll for people to come and pay ; bat "very few , with the exception of some fanners , attended to its calL To break through this gross contempt of the demands of Mother Church , he has *» w established a law that eTery person occupying pWne or hut in the parish , Bhall either pay , or have

      & » goods taken from him by force , unless he ( the ** ttcr ) chooses to forgive the party through extreme l ^ er ty . To carry this law into execution , he has « "m < J a man of true Church principles , who appears w h old it the highest honour that could bs conferred BPea mortal to go from house to house , not with the giad tidings of Balvation , but to tell the inhabitants w * t unless they pay bo much per head to the Rector , wr something called Easter Dues , though he cannot wal-what they are , they may depend upoo it the GtoMfi mutant will break into their houses bj physical force , and appropriate their geods to its own purposes . ThiB dreadful threat has had the effect of frightening some few , mostly old women ; bot the great bulk of the inhabitants appear wisely

      aetenained to make the Rector honest as far as his ; »> ogn « ss will allow , by giving him the opportunity of ; ** king the imposition by force . Messrs . Weather-1 aead and Rhodes , two Chartists , who have refused i » pay , have been selected as the first victims , each j having had about 153 . of legal expesces added to the j ** stor Dues , They are , consequently , in daily ex- j PeeUtio& of having their houses broken into and toeir goods seized ; yet , with unusual obstinacy , they still refuse to pay , and declare they wonld almost grre the amount to see tue Rector ' s new-fashioned *» 7 of preaching the Gospel , by breaking into their fcOMes , it being , in their opinion , a rather unusual way of making converts . In addition to this , he is now bttalj employed in correcting another gross « rw quite prevalent amongst his parishionera , their O PUUOD Dong that people ct all desominatioss , of ¦ Oral character an < i Chriatiaa virtue , are equally uable to salvation ; while his appears to be that only those attending the Established Church aw safe , * 11 others being at best quite doubtful . Amongst the aany proofs he has already given of this belie f we will mention the following : — About & fortnight * go , he went to visit a young woman at the point of Death . According to his usual custom on nearly all occasions , he commenced his pastoral mission by asking what place of worship she had been is the aibit of itteneMng . She candidly told him that she had seldom attended anywhere , having been mostly engaged in domestic duties , on purpose to allow her mother and others of the family to go to church or chapeL Finding , besides this neglect , that the girl

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      had had an illegitimate , or what is vulgarly called a M chance' cnild , he piously gave her to understand that he could hold out no hopes for one who had been so grossly negligent and sinful . The poor girl , whose moral character stood very high , is since dead and burieoVaetd tb » affiir has been the eubjeet of general cojmmtton . The . Rector has tried hard to make thB whole into a wilful fabrication , but withwrt effect , and he u now going through a course of three Bermons on the forgiveaeaB of Bins , to prof e his inaooenee . No . 1 has been already given , and he has certainly made the road to heaves anything bat difficult , at least for the members of the Established Charch . —Correspondent .

      U 5 ED 84— Thk Masons' Steikb . —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 . Several additional members were added , and it was resolved that the secretary should correspond with the masons in London , in order to ascertain what general Bteix 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 Bheuld be invited to co-operate in this good work . A deputation was appointed to wait upon the society of machine makers , and after the transaction of 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 confinned ; after which four or fi ? a new members were added to the committee . The Chairman then stated that the deputation had attended the meeting of machine makera and had sent in a letter requesting the favour of an interview . They waited nearly an hour , when feeling it his ( the chairman ' s ) dpty 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 and promptly appointed a delegate to attend the meetings of the committee , and to assist in Us deliberations . It is earnestly hoped that all the

      other trades will lose no time in following this laudable example . Several deputations were . appointed to wait npon 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 the meeting a report of the great meeting held at the Crown and Anchor , on Friday , which called forth loud expressions of applause . 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 eyeningB to receive contributions . The chairman was requsted to report the proceedings in such papers as he might deem expedient , which he consented to do , and the meeting then adjourned to Friday " evening .

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      A Fobtunatb Rkportbb ! —A Yankee Editor , describing the bursting of cannon , by which several persons were badly wonnded , says— Our reporter , who had his hand blown off , was fortunately on the spot , and has narrated to us the full particulars . A Covplk o ? Solons . —A few days ago , a couple of county constables attended before the magistrates in Keadal to have their accounts passed . The first of them had the following item . — " To lay in a county Rat 4 s . " Said the Becond constable , " I was her larued to spell before I'd a brooch * rav buik before

      the magistrates . A county rat , indeed ; why , map , it should her hed an e at latter end oa ' t for sartin . " The second now presented his buik" to be passed , when the following extract appeared : — " To summonzing a kroonere conquest ! " M 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 ; the first with high delight at his victory , and the Becond with much chagrin at bis ofSoioasness . —Westmoreland Gate tie .

      Fatal Coach Accident . —About five o ' clock on Monday evening hut , as one of the Bury coaahes . the property of the assignees of John Ramsbottom , was proceeding towards Manchester , the hones took fright a linle on this side of Roden-lane , Prestwich , and became intractable . Mr . J . Williamson , of the firm of Messrs . Williamson and DenvUle , hat-manufacturers , Canal-street , Stockport , was sitting on the box with the coachman , and in assisting him to pull up the horses the reins broke , and the horses ran againBt 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 . Mr . Williams has Binoe 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 the surface of the brain , were the cans © of death . On Tuesday evening an inquest was held , on view of the body , before Mr . Chapman , the borongh 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 dats siscb , as a young man ( T . Forrest , jun ., 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 op » n which ont 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 his honesty .

      The following epitaph on the la to 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 iDaividnal to whom it alluded , for in the following number of the Herald a reward of £ 50 was offered for the discovery of the author , as it was deemed libellous : — " Beneath thia stone lies Jemmy Wood , Who never thought an action good That brought no gain . Reader . ' if e'er he thought Thon even read'at this stone for nought , T'would give him pain . " — Worcestershire Chronicle .

      The Abms Dzstb . oted in the Tower . —The gun-making trade is ail on the qui v ve both in London and Birmingham since the immense destruction of arms in the Tower , and the Government authorities have already taken steps to repair the immense loss which has been sustained in 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 supply , 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 immersed ; and an error has also gone abroad that a great number of the new percussion guns were destroyed , the fact being that 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 .

      Highwat Robbkht amd Mttrdeh . —The celebrated chasm in the range of the Mendip-hills , known as the Cheddar-cliffs , which are situate about four miles east of the great turnpike-road leading from Bristol to Bridge water , 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 Bighnetfarm , near Cheddar . It appears that in thn afternoon of that day he left his boose , 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 , his body and head dreadfully maimed and bruised , and robbed of his money . The road through the cli ff s , which at some places

      rise to the gigantic height of 400 feet , iB comparatively but seldom passed 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 spot 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 appeare 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 P&ultoo coalpits , ) that the crime was perpetrated in broad daylight , about three o ' clock in the afternoon ! Mr . Baker was conveyed home , and surgical aid procured , but . he died after a few hours of acute SKfiering ^ . The murderers are suspected to be two persons in the dress of navigators or railway men , for whom search is being made . —Heref ord Journal .

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      Sin Charles Napier . —It is rumoured among the whigs of Marylebone , that the commodore has threatened to accept the Chilton Hundreds if they continue to jmportnne him for cash with whicfi to assist in maintaining the supremacy of Wbiggism in the borongk The Whig * actually Bay « the commodore is a . very ungrateful old fellow / Adtjitkhatiow of Stjgab . —During the latter part of the past week it was discovered that the adulteration of sugar , by the admixture' of farina or potato starch , bad been carried on for a considerable time in Pennth . The grocers ( those who have traded

      honestly ) have in consequence issued * notice in which they have inserted the following easy mode of detection : — "Pnt a tablespoonful -of sugar into a wine glassful Of cold water , stir it until the sugar iB dissolved , and in a f ew minutes the adulterating sabstanee , if any , in the form of a white powder , will fall t » the bottom / 1 The farina , or potato starch , is purchased from l $ d . to 2 d . per Ib ., and abont 121 b . is , or was , used to the awt . Besides giving the sugar a better colour , it enables the vendor to undersell his more honest competitors , and gives the fur trader no chance at competition . — Carlisle Patriot .

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

      Statb op Paislet . —The number of persons on the supply list of the relief committee is unhappily still on the increase . The number is now 1 , 170 , with 3 , 000 dependents . The number supplied with soup yesterday , a separate class , amounts to 69 i ; some of whom got two , or three , or four quarts of soup , according to the extent of their families $ a halfpenny-sconce is given with each quart of soap . The total number of quarts issued would be abont 1 , 300 . It is a most cheering feature in society to see those who are able showing themselves equally willing to extend their aid in relieving the existing 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 racR « r Disco vest of jewels in the Excheqaeroffioo has been the subject of much conversation during 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 probable surmise is , that the jewels " were pledged in the reign either of Charles II . or James II ., princes who observed no remarkable regularity in their financial operations . We think it worth the while to say &o much upon the subject , because the value of the discovery has , we believe , been exaggerated , and the oiroumstance made the subject of idle comments . —Standard .

      China . —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 Ppttinger . If it is safe to judge from Buoh brief experiences , a decided change had taken plaoe ia the conduct of affairs , and , therefore , in the course of events . Sir Henry Pottinger bad reversed two of Captain Elliot ' s most fatal rules of policy he had aanonneed th » t no consideration for mercantile interests should hinder htm in the prosecution of the ** war "—» plainspoken werd . unknown

      to the Elliot diplomacy—in order to its termination in an honourable and lasting peace ; and he had gives the Chinese to understand that the tide of his activity would wait for no man : 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 Borne place far in his progress . It is Baid that the Chinese showed manifest dismay at ench altered bearing on the part of the British authorities , and had much abated their assuming behaviour .

      Di 8 tbes 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 iu 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 still more numerous . Wages now also are much lower than they have been for years past . In the parish of Spitalfielda the workhouse is in the same crowded state as that of Bethnal Green . There iB 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 persons 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 pawnable articles . God only knows ! At no former period in the last twenty years has there been such an amount of poverty and wretchedness in this country . FDNBBAX C-P WlVBlL , TH * FlKBMAK . —PaiGHTFUl 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 mutes . Mr . Braid wood , the superintendent of the fire brigade , and f our of 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 Une of 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 Collie , residing in Redcross-street , Borough : —The unfortunate boy bad climbed up a tree in the churchyard in order to obtain a full view of the ceremony , when the branch upon which he was sitting 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 was 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 it was found that the bone of his thigh was smashed , and the flesh so torn aad lacerated that amputation was resorted to as the only chance of saving his life .

      Fibe in Manchester—On Saturday night about six o ' clock , an extensive fire broke out 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 , an 4 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 room ? , was in the occupation of the owners , Messrs . 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 was enveloped in fiames , 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 pavt of the building contained the steam-engine , and a considerable quantity of machinery for the preparation of the yarn or warps , as it ib called , before being sent to the power-loom . The mill is situated in the midst of a dense population , and surround' ; d by small cottages , with but a very narrow s » jeet between them , and great apprehension was fe' it b , Y the inha-7

      bitants as the lorty and maseive wal . g of the factory came down with a tremendous crasb at short intervals during the progress of the flame 8 . As we stated above , the fire broke out soon aft er six o ' clock , and by half-past nine the whole o '; the large mill was completely gutted , and the * . falls and machinery mingled together in a mass of ruins almost levelled with the street . We learn * ' nat the estimated loss is abo # £ 15 , 000 , and that 7 Messrs . Copley , Barrow , and Co ., are insured for ? £ 10 , 500 . Mr . Pooley , by whom the two lower ro- jm 8 were rented , is also injured , bot to what ext < nt j 6 not ascertained . No serious accident ocoorr ^ ^ mj of the people engaged in extinguishing tne flame 8 .

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      FROM THE FEM * iLE CHA . RTISTS OF ABERDEEN , TO FF ( ARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . Respected Pa' ... riot , —We , the females of Aberdeen , hail with » expressible pleasure and delight your appearance amo » # , » for the first time , in this " Northern City . " V e hall you an a patriot who has offered and sacrificed r jmch in the cause of freedom and the people— " We welcome thee across the Dee , As the friend of British liberty . Though y have i 08 fc much worldly wealth in yonr struggle f or justice , yet you have gained a richer reward —a natk , * gratitnde—a people ' s fond regard . Where i * the r 0 HJan among um , who lores to hear tne names o / Walla / e jmd of Muir , whoBe heart does not warm at the name of O Connor ? If tfiere be such a one , we own her r . ot as a sister , as a daughter , or as a companion in our march for freedom . Though you have been per-BW ated and imprisoned by the enemies of freedom , yet w j rejoice to know that your heart is still unchanged , t _ nd that you have again come forth from prison lite the

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      lion from his o , ' en f refreshed from his slumbers , and prepared anin to begin the work of human redemption . -While weJaMKconV PeUed to share the misery of onr fathers , our huabana ' ' our brothers , and our lovers , we are determined to ha ?* * aharein their struggles to be free , and to cheer tht m on in their onward march for liberty . We . now , in s •• onelgsion , Jbeg to assure you of OM hearty co-operation * nd support ; and should you again be induced to vist tk ^ Northern City , none wffl iBwvo yon with more joy than the females of Aber deesu ^ ,. ,, ; . . ' . . ; .. . ¦ . ; Notkilfulhand wi ' a ' hig art Can truly paint a woman ' s i > eart , . When love la reigning there ; :: Not man below , nor saint abo » e , Coui ^ . e ' ei pourtray the ardent love .. . _ ... - ¦ ,,, W f ^ p ^ nnor ' -beitr . ' - ; . ' In thee we « e a patriot brave , Whose , coiutant aim haa been to save We poor tail-worn , starving slaves , = ¦ . ¦ And aft 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 patriotic worth Par , far above reward ; Yet we must 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 ail that ' s good and true be near thee , Thon man of noble worth . On earth may Freedom ' s Angel guard thee , In Heaven may Freedom ' s God reward thee , With joy that never ends ; Then straggle on for equal laws , Amidst a nation ' s warm applause , While we remain , in Freedom ' s cause , Your Female Chactiat friends .

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      GREAT , GLORIOUS , AND TRIUMPHANT VIC ' TORY OF O'CONNOR AND THE CHARTISTS OF GLASGOW , OTER 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 the true and gallant Chartists of the city and suburban districts of Glasgow , as a night when their united moral power crashed one of the most insidious , cowardly , and villanous conspiracies ever batched to injure the cause of liberty , and stain the fair and honest fame of one of her noblest

      champions . The meeting , according to previous arrangement , and as announced by placard , took plaoe in the large Bazaar hall , Candleriggs . The doom w&rto have been opened at half-past Beven , and the chair taken at five minutes before eight ; and this requires me to notice , before gsing farther in my narrative of the proceedings of this evenful'night , one of the many brass-faced falsehoods of Bt&watev which appeared on Satvwday , 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 h « use with their friends . Burns , our national poet , says ,

      " Evii ministers , they have been kenn'd In holy rapture , A rousing whid at times to tend , And nail'twl * Scripture . " Bat this whid ( He ) of Brewster ' s , ont whids all the tbe wolds ever uttered by all the surplioed hypocrites in broad Scotland ; because be deliberately wrote it , and sent it for publication , well knowing it to be a lie of the first magnitude , fae being previously in possession of the real facts of the case , which are as folows .

      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 had been stated that the doors would not be opened before half-past seven o ' clock , the hall aoil neighbourhood was torrouuded by six o ' clock ; and by seven o ' clock all passage up and down the Caudleriggs was completely blocked by the dense crowd then assembled ; and such was the inconvenience thus created in the public thoroughfare , that tbe police demanded of tbe Committee to open the doors , which the Committee was very unwilling to do , because they knew that the great body of the working classes who were principally interested , were shut np in their factories

      and workshops , and could" not get 6 uS before half-past seven , and many of them , not before eight o'clock ; however , 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 ; ias a poof of this fact , two hundred O'Connellitea marched into the Hall in o body , resolved , right or wrong , to vote against O'Connor . However , more of this in the sequel . Sach -was the rash to get into the Hall , and 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 over 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 te suffocation , by an anxious and excited mass ; a bench had been placed in front of the hustings for tbe reporters , but the pressure soon compelled us to get upon the hustings . About a quarter to eight o'clock , Mr . O'Connor ' s committee , consisting of Messrs . Gillespie , Colqahoun , Proudfeot , Moir , &c , made their appearance on the hustings . Mr . M'Crae , of Kilbarcban , who was teeognised on the hustings by some of the audience was loudly called for , who stepped forward and commenced ! to ^ addresa 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 a red glare of fire . This extraordinary incident , caused considerable surprise , when all doabts about the matter was- pat to rest by the sound of the distant fire drum rolling through the streets ; the up-shot « f which was , that a large rag store in Shuttle-street , was burnt to the ground , and one man lost his life in the flames and several others were severely injured . Yet , notwithstanding this fearful fire in the neighbourhood , not a soul budged from , his post to witness its fearful ravages . Mr . M'Crae had 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 tbo Hall , tbe cause of which * was soon discovered to be the arrival of O'Connor , who mounted the hustings amid loud , loag and protracted cheering . The meeting then proceeded to the election of Chairman .

      Mr . G i llespie proposed Mr . Boas aa Chairman fiarthe citizens of Glesgow , which was carried amid applause . Mr . Pboudfoot was then proposed aud carrle&aa O'Connor ' s chairman . As it bad new passed the tim » of commencing the debate , cries of where is Brewstar , proceeded frosa . all parts of the Hall , while others- responded , " he's « ut , ' , " he ' s hen'd , " &c , &c At last after nearly hal £ an hour past bis time , the Rev * . Consistent mad * 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 ' a chairman .

      Mr . Ross then stated to ( the meeting that according to the terms 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 qnarter , and Mr . O'Connor wind up the debate in another quarter . He therefore hoped that ao interruption would be given to the Reverend Gentleaian , as he was determined to claim time for any interruption whieb he might receive . Mr . Buewsteb . thenstepped forward to the front of the hustings amidst a storm of cheers and hisses , and

      delivered himself of a rigmarole undefined mass of nonsense which lasted for an hour and eight minutes , the minutes being given him for several interaptions which took place . He then sat down amidst a storm of disapprobation , accompanied by a few cheers from hiB friends . His speech throughout , to say the least of it , was ungentlemanly , scurrilous , malevolent , and illnatured ; he is , however , much indebted to the reporters for tbe manner which they have dressed it up , and the very tender way they have handled the merited disapprobation which he received .

      Mr . O'Connor then rose and was received with tremendouB cheering , waving of hats , handkerchiefs , and clapping of hands . After the cheering had subsided , he proceeded to address the vast assemblage in a strain of impassioned and commanding eloquence that thrilled through every heart and called into action the dormant faculties of his spell-bound audience ; for while he was speaking and tearing the ill-fated parson ' s accusations to atoms , and casting them , with his giant powers , to the winds , not a move was made , not a voice was heard , only when he was interrupted by enthusiastic bursts of cheering . Mx . O'Connor concluded his masterly

      speech by reading what Brewster called * circular letter , a copy of / which had been banded to O'Connor in Aberdeen . ThU letter had been sent by Brewster amongst bis teetotal friends throughout Scotland calling- upon them to get up subscriptionB to pay his expencw wLUe following O'Connor . Tbe reading of this letter called forth universal disapprobation against Brewater ; the statements which it contained were such glaring falsehoods , and the object for which it was wrote so miserab / y mean , that hia own friends flnngr their heads like bull-rushes for very shame . Mr . O'Connor resumed bis seat amidst a tremendous burst of cheering .

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

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      the audience had personally frit for him ; ia fact , he stood before them a convicted Jiar , and a mean sturdy beggar to boot ; when he opened hia mouth he was assailed with _ ta . unt ( u _ jeers ^ iUss 88 , and gxaaos ; instead of a quarter , he continued for half an how , bonifying words with all aroand him , attacking what a * eallid the physicals ia hU front , flank , a&d rear , tarofa * aow and then : to have a bark at-O'Connor ; in fact , f have never seen , forthe last twenty years , any individual ufoa the platform make sach a fool of himself a * Brewstwv his conduct was mow like that of a mountebank , or *

      oomlo ringer , netting the distant part * of a comic song , than that <* a gentleman belonging to his sacred order , and the professed advocate of a great principle . When he was told of the time which be had taken np , and that he most ghre way , h « totned round , and with the bitterness of despair , denounced O'Connor as a traitor ; Hew « oUoweda » e « i&whkb bafflw description the storm of groan * and hisses was fearful , while , a rash was made towards the hustings , produced by a jsnddentawtof ladJgoation at bis last charge against O'Connor . < - . £ ;• : " ,- ! . *¦ ¦ ¦ ¦;¦ : . ¦ ' ¦ -- •¦¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ .. - . ¦• ¦ - . ¦¦¦ .

      Mr . O'Connor stood forward te wind « p the debate , the soumd of whose voice laid the raging storm in a few seeondsi . His reply to Brewater ' a attack was calm , gentlemanly , and good natured . His satlrkal hits at Brewster ' s statements , called forth loud barsts of laaghter , while his account of his sufferings and exert ion * in the cause of the people , found a sympathetic feeling in every geherons bosom . As Brewster bad occupied half an hoar , O'Connor was allowed the same space of time , which he applied to excellent purpose , leaving th » parson not a peg to hang his hat DfKML When he sat down the cheering lasted for several minutes . Mr . Moir then stepped forward , and moved tie following resolution : —

      . Resolved , " That this public meeting of the citizensof Glasgow after having heard Mr . Brewster , deems it its duty to state that it has heard nothing to induce it to withdraw that confidence which it has hitherto placed in Mr . O'Connor as an able advocate of the People ' s Charter . " This was seconded by Mr . GillepsIB . Mr . BKSW 8 TBR then got up for the purpose of moving an amendment , and in doing so attempted to make a speech , bat they -would not feear him , and he had jut to give up his intention of an hoar ' s preface to bis amendment , amid general cries of " move your amendment ; we want no more of your sermons . " He then read his amendment , which was seconded by a Mr . Mvbchie , 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 land . " Mr . M'Fahlank , Brewster's chairman , then came forward to pat the amendment . He also attempted a speech , but it would not do . He continued for some time to persist , amidst great confusion , daring which a tall Irishman , in front of the hnstings , shook bis fist at Mr . M'Farlane , and told him to be off with himself , for he was another gingerbread Birmingham traitor , and only wanted to hnmb>hem ; he at last reluctantly pat the amendment , when about two or three hundred hands in the body of the ball were held np , 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 hand was held up . This gallery has since been called O'Connor ' s gallery , and very likely it will retain that name until the hall itself ia laid to ruins . Some of Brewster ' s friends claim at least 5 or 600 ; bat what are we to think of Mr . Malcolm , the reporter of the Patriot , whom Brewster calls his friend , saying in bis 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 had at lest 2000 handsheld up for his 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 , thon art at last fairly eQtdone 1 - thy extraordintry flight to the world ' s end , on the back of an eagle is nothing when compared

      to this Immense creation « f Invisible hands which no body could see bat himself . It iff 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 t « injure the cause which he professes to admire luid 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 hands for Brewster , Mr . Proudfoot put Mr . Moil ' s motion , When the whole meeting held up a forest of hands ; for the few Who had previously voted for'Sirewater was not missed . For a few seconds , all was breathless

      alienee , each man viewing the scene to the right and left One ef the Repealers , or O'Connellites , mentioned above , —and wh « all voted for O'Connor / their hearts having warmed to their country man , —pulled off bis hat , and cried out " Come , boys , take off your tiles , and let us give three cheers fox . O'Connor and oold 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 hozzas , the stamping ef feet , the whirling of hats , bonnets , and stick * round their beads , continued for at least ten minutes , until a . cloud of dost rose from the floor of the Hall , and hovered over their heads like SootchmiaL

      The scene from the hustings was of the most imposing and magnificent description . The dense mass of human beings before as 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 wh * had unexpectedly received the last sentence of the law . He stood condemned—while his spiritual adviser , Marehie , whispered in bis ear comfort , I suppose , under his trying circumstances . When the cheering had subsided . Mr . Moir moved another resolution relative to the movement fer the Charter , whish was seconded by Mr . Cuexen .

      Mr . Malcolm came forwardand moved , as an amendment , part of the resolution previously brought forward by Mir . Brewster , which he did amidst great confusion and disapprobation . U was seconded by Mr . Rob , and put to the meeting , when not a hand was held up . Mr . Moir's resolution was nest put to the meeting , and-carried unanimously , which called forth another burst of cheering . Mr-M'CuAB next steppedforward , an « moved a vote of censure upon Mr . Bee water , woieh was aeconded by Mr : Provdfoot , and carried : unanimously . A vote of thanks-was then given t » Mr . Rosa for the very able aad praiseworthy manner he had performed his duties athobakman , when the immense meeting dissolved at twelve o ' clock .

      When Mr . O'Connor came dowa from the hustings , one ot hia countrymen seized his band in both of his , and giving two or three leap * oa the floor , exclaimed ,. " 0 , 1 my countryman , my coaateymanr when b . ia heart got too big for further utterance ; he turned away to hide a tear for his poor bleedimg country . The Cbactlsta returned home in . small forties as they came U > the meeting , in the highest spirits at the glorious result Some of the parties begviled their way to the respective villages to whioh . they belonged , by slngjng in chorus Scot ' s wpa , hae wJ'Wallace bled . " " O'Cj > n . nor ' s welcome to Scotland , " and other patriotic aoags . With regard to the-numbara present at the meeting , various opinions , of course , exist The Glasgow Hemld ,

      a Tory paper , states , the numbers at six thousand , and that it was the laxgest in-door meeting ever held ia Scotland ; and it appear * the Post and Patriot have taken their data from the Herald . The Bazaar Hall 1 b calculated to hold abont 4 , 000 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 pressur * within , there could nob be less than seven or eigbJk thousand persons within , the walls ; while , at least , bom two to three thousand were disappointed , who coald not get in at alL Ia fact , it may be truly said that it was the greatest triumph the Chartists of Glasgow have yet achieved .

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      opinion . Such insinuations may please Whin , vet will not deter others from doing their duty , It says that on moving the next re * auaon Mr Moir feand it neceasaay to withdraw the latter past which expressed a want of ccufidenet in Brewster ' "froniiiwd reatons . " Tbe wa « 0 » i wat , Mr . CultaJ who was appointed to second the resolution , having been made aware , that-it embraced -a vote ef censareoa Brewster , hesitated to second ft Mr . Moir at once withdrew that clause , leaving H to Mr . John M'Crea , KOharcoanv Mr . M'Ona moved , and Mr . Janes Vroudfoot seconded , direct vote of censure on Breweter , and ft Was carried wtatnimemBj * Thte is not reported fe > th * Patriot , tor what reason I da not know . . Tie secret is now out Heneatto- the men of Scotland , the Tipisr to crushed .- Oil-Thursday night , av little before tke hoar of meettaw : Itf . Charles M'Bweo ,

      by reqoest . attended a meettagcF-MrvBreivstert friends . Mr . M * Kwen introduced a teftkMJbnv similar to tte one moved by Mr . Moir , at the- MeetiagV vie ., pledging the meeting to « se every legal / peaceful , ? and eonstitationai ms&aas to carry the ^ har t er into a law . This was being dtasMscd wauagifSBVtmd ^ when Bob water came in and saw the resolution ; hr declared it wouW notdoatalL Mr . M'Ewen said he thought tbe resolution was everything any reasonable man xould ask for . Brewster exdataed , " But it Wlitii not break up . their Unios * . " Mr . M'E . said " he was in the firsfe place where he kaew the intention to be , to break op our onion . He tho « gbt the intention was to strengthen not to break our Hnfem . " Brewster criedj * ' There to more traitors amongstvs . " " Xftere are spiBrhere 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 the . Green of Glasgow , on the grounds that Mr . O'Cs Committee packed the meeting in the Hall—that the Hall was opened half an hour Before the time agreed upon , and contrary to the public- announcement Permit me to tell the Bev . P . Brewster , that he wonld do well net to place himself in the humiliating position of wilfully promulgating falsehoods to delude the public Whet * were the arrangements t W » never heard a w « rd from , him or any one on his behalf till Wednesday night ( air nridnlght ) , ntaeteen hoirn and ¦ half before the meeting j and « Tea then they had nothing to propose , ayingr they had not time to consult Mr . Brewster wben b *> catted . They merely called to see what we had beeat doing , so that justice might be done to Brewster ; they

      were to meet us on Thursday evening .: we told them we couli be found in the Black Bull ; yat the first w » saw of them was in the Hail , tw « sty minttte » paat eight o ' otoek . Where are ^ ^ th e . arrangements here broken throngh 7 True , the doors were opened earlier than was * specified in the bills . Capt . Millerofthe police sent forMr Ross , and stated that unless the doors wen opened the street would be blocked up from head to foal Mr . Ross consented to open the doom . Is this like packing the meeting ? Thousands left the hall , from their inability to bear the pressure . I dare the Rev . Gentleman to deny thla . Nay , at one time he spoke to his owa Chairman , saying , " There goes the morals , ( saeaning those who were leaving the room almost in a fainting state )> but the physicals will stick to'the last" Was this packing the meeting ? ' '

      We did him justice ; we did O'Connor no mow ; and we did the cause justioe . . I trust we have seen the last of this misguided man I hope Mr . O'Connor will not condescend to accept anymore of his challenges , but treat him with silent eontempt , It must be evident to any one who reads hia letter in * tate Renfrewshire Reformer of to-day , that her wishes-to provoke O'Connor-to a hostile meeting , ggt much f ob moral hypocrisy . ' ~ John Coiqsunovk , One of O'Connor ' s Committee .

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      THE FIRE AT THE TOWER OF LONDON . The incpriry relative to the origin of the fire Is still proceeded with , but nothing ef an official , or indeed of an authentic * character has transpired as to tbe evidencs adduowb Parties- of soldiers axe busily employed at either end ef the Grand Armoury in removiag toe rain of the interior . From the western end . an- immeiue-quantity of the reooids destroyed baa been removed and throwa up in heaps in front of the Armoury . A considerable quantity bat been brought out also from the- eastern extremity .. The writing of many of these records , although they are burnt to a cinder , is perfectlylegible .

      The attendance of visitors daring the week ha been , very numerous , and much interest was manifested throughout the Tower towards the afternoon of MoHday 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 hi » Royal Highness did not visit the Tower . The result of an inquiry before a military court info a charge ^ made by a reporter belonging to one of tbe Sunday journals , against a Serjeant and sentry oa guard on the night of the fire , was made known is the afternoon of Monday . He bad attempted to obtain admittanoe , was refused , and struck on tbe side of the head with the butt-end of a musket by the sentry .

      At two o'clock the court of inquiry , consisting of Colonel Ktoolly * ( president ) , and Colonels Yorke and DiXon , assembled ia the orderly-room of the regiment , situato-on tbe Devil's Battery . Colonel Altcnfaon read tbe whole of the evidence adduced , and . also the judgment ot the court , which was that the sentry had acted in compria&ce with . the orders he received from his superior officers ^ In the very voluminous accounts which have appeared of the breaking out and progress of the 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 la anything like its alarming and striking truthfulness . The relation of a few incident ! in proof , of this-observation , incidents which in the excitement that has characterised the melancholy occurrence have been either very slightly adverted to or altogether overlooked , will , it is presumed , not to uninteresting .

      I * . may be premised that the wind on the night of the fire blew very gently from the north-east Had it been , from the north-west no human efforts could have saved from entire-destruction the Jewel-house , as well , it is-thought , of the greater portion of the je we ta . She flames in the direction of tbe Jewel-house were , however , notwithstanding the wind was in the quarter mentioned , of the most fearful violence ; . and it was only by jndicioaa and great exertions that tbe houses of the Parade , running south from the above precious depositary , wer * saved from destruction . The roof of the home at the north end of the Parade-slightly

      projects beyond the aide wall , and underneath , . this the ames from the Grand Armoury played . They made their way into the roof , and , as the accounts have already stated ,, it was in contemplation to blow up the house , aswelbasthe east wing of the Grand Armoury , with gunpowder , but , upon catting away the roof of the house in question , the firemen wore , enabled to direct the jet of the floating engine upon and arrest the flames . By this time the wind had' shifted to the south , and the exertions of the fire brigade were ot course carrisd on with greater effect than when it was in the former auarter .

      The buildiagB of the Parade on the west were m equal danger of destruction , as will be perceived front the following details of what was . going on in that quarter . When tbe fire had reached the western extremity of , the Grand Armoury , much anxiety was manifested about the safety of St Peter's Church , where the ashes of so many of our illustrious dead repose . A party ot the fire brigade , under the direction otMr . Braidwood , made their way upon the reof , the lead upon which was in a liquid state , and they found it necessary to lay it uader water before they could venture upon it , and then to hold the branches of the hose in an upright position , and let the water play upon themselves , so intense was the heat from ; he- Grand Armoury . White upon the roof of the

      cbwch , the 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 aide of the church . Great difficulties , arose at this point ; the tiled roof was becoming red hot , and the tiles , split by the heat , were flyiag about in all directions , added to which almost superhuman efforts were necessary to procure a supply ot -water sufficient to beat back the rUmes of the Armoury , the -windows of which ar * within a few feet of those of the pattern-room alluded to . The 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 from the Scbool-house-lane engine , which worked out of the moat , and played into the West of England engineand from the latter the water was pumped

      , into ihe engine of the WeHclftee-jquare station . Having rendered the roof of the pattern-room a tenable position , by playing upon it , and also again npon . themselves , the brigade men cut a hole in the roof , through which Mr . Braidwood and others descended . They found the fiames coming through the Windows , and but for their timely arrival the whole of the building would in a few minutes have been in fi jmes . Had this building fallen a prey to the conflagration , there is much probability that a great portion of the houses on the west of the Parade would have also been burned 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 whele of the furniture was moved as a precautionary measure , and » portion of the roof of toe pattern-reom cut away by tbe military for the purpose of interrupting the

      communication . It has been barely noticed that the White Tower wa » In danger , but those who had opportunies ot forming a correct judgment are of opinion that it had a very narrow escape indeed from destruction . It was observed to amoke , and small portions of the stone flew from it with a lead cracking noise . So great , in fact , was the danger , that six 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 the wind providentially shifted round to the south , and to this , perhaps , is to be greatly ascr ibed the escape of the Wbite Tower from entire destruction .

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      In relation to this important and unprecedented meeting , we have received the following letter from one of the Committee of Management , replying to some of the falsehoods circulated by Parson Brewster since the meeting , and also complaining ef the mis-statements and oue-sidedneas of the nporfer ot the Scottish Patriot : —

      TO THE ED 1 T 0 & OF TBE NOR . THEBN STAR . Glasgow , Nov . 6 tb , 1841 . Sib , —By giving the following a place in your truly independent journal , you will confers favour on your numerous readers in this quarter , on truth , and on tbe cause , as well as on the thousands who by their coolness and decision on Thursday night last shewed their determination not to be h oodwinked by any man . In the report given in tne Scottish Patriot ot to-day , of the debate between O'Connor and Brewster , in reference to the first motion , which Mr . Moir had found it his 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 therest oi the meeting . " In the first place , this bears on the face of it a gross falsehood , and in the second place a base b

      Insinuation , I have the opinion of many on tbe suject ; and , with the exception of Mr . Ross , not one have riven Brewster more than 260 . Mr . Ross says there might be 406 hands . Let it be observed that Mr . Proudfoot , Chairman for Mr . O'Connor , previous to tnevote being taken , requested the meeting on both rides to hold up both bands , 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 turn 200 into the third of 7 , 000 , or 8 . 600 , is best known to themselves . Does the reporter , in saying that the one-third voted for the principles of the Charter , 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 bo ? If these be his views of tbe subject , I need not tell him that the men of Glasgow an of a differen

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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-ncseproduct869/page/3/