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sang) oe Let cotton-mill, belonging to Mr. J. Whit 
ntirely destroyed. .Severalen- 
almost e 
8 nes were soon on the spot, and every exertion was used 
to subdue the flames, but for along tim without success; 
and it was with difficulty that the adjoining mill, be: 
to Mr. Opens aw, was saved. The cause € of the & fire is not 
known. It is saidthat a boy, who oe on the premises, 
mes ae ed in the ruins. About 250 hands have been 
n out of work by the qoweniea of thie mi i. 
at the preliminary meeti 
held in this town a 
another public m 
held “ for 
of tradesmen and shopkeepe 
evil. 
detail at great length 
ood by the 
2 itt a 
g a aoe i, 
farm 
o have been ce, an 
bout a siboed - — on the road, and considerable injury 
i done by th om pee 3 plantations and to hot-houses 
and all garden “ther be nerally. 
‘oln th inst., about two o’clock in the 
morning, the cotton spinning mill belonging to Mr. Sagar, 
of bea y Bridge, near this town, was discovered t 
pid was the progress of the faines, that the 
cabin 
e on the preceding afternoon, and th 
diy ond) at half-past 
who passe 
di act Several Chartist mcenitige 
een held in the 
t the cprceiings im hitherto been cond 
eat m the ope erative, it is said, 
g a syste 
Qa 
fo 8 
sn 
d 
y: e latest accounts, howev m 
and t Neighbouring districts inform us chat! no further 
Aisturbances had taken plac 
—It is stated that arent progress has been made i 
ee sermasieat undertaking of erecting a aes on the ists still’ perseve n pressing: it, a was ultimately ar- 
Goodwi will per ed by our ranged that miner the resolution thi ent 
readers that several attempts, noticed in aa I per at t should be put to the ting, which aca broke up.—It is 
time, were made last year to effect object, and that | stated that a number of gentlemen have proceeded’ to 
the undertaking was at length obliged to be suspended, in | [.ondon from this town and other ing in 
consequence of the stormy Sout and the approach of | the north of England, for the purpese of placing before 
winter. It a that son has been Government and the Legislature facts connected with the 
perfectly air and water tight, at low-water » and resent serious state of this portion of the kingdom. It 
as soon as the tide will allow, it will be soe. io: its eae is added, that they have already had interviews with Sir 
-—On Wed aeeteens Bree ‘Members on both sides 
7 eee 
the 27th, the r 
enters at great Jonge into the general policy adopted by the 
He states that 
re whole financial scheme ae Garecsent.” Fi 
ceived the’ consti 
oe © Seite 
seg 3 aor eee jupeede of 
i re 7 n 
mae to the a elfare and “a of, th 
 -Manchester.—In pursuance of the resolution adopted 
the ew 
followed by Mr. Heyw aga a long speech, 
etailing the seriouely distressed circumstances of many of 
the s t moving the following 
k rs 
i 
and man is well nigh destroyed ; and that w 
reasonably anticipate, without an imm 
interposi 
ct 
is 
cr 
assembled shorty afer in et place 
were then res and Mr. Mo ody 
move the second eckanen “ “That we attribute the great 
Te 
to the laa 
population ; unera- 
tion of those yet in partial nas 3; and, thirdly, 
to the deficient sap 0 of food, sequent 
high price.” He: then delivered a long speech on 
the reduced conltion of the t — classes and shop- 
keepe , after rer a similar 
char. ers nh the hivd ndiddad firm] 
convinced that sted is wen remedy for this ‘oppaling sr 
tress but in the remov ll prnccaneoo 
commerce, and (its inevitable conseq mae ee 
of the mar th d forei stent ‘our man safe 
tured goods, and’an abundant — of the necessaries of 
life from.the best: and arkets in the world. 
The Rev. W.V. Jackso e fo to 
amendment. e said he fully agreed with all that the 
wa a speakers had stated, and wit 
jon | town ea stopped payment; t! 
holga ae rah 
ressed a long and 
rs of this Porous which he | T 
a far enou His amendm 
solemn opinion ‘of this rmectng, om ee only pire oy 
which the present alar distress can “be em oved, 
0 i nee 
mit 
Ctahagilaiae to the for- 
mer one ; andvafter a — debate, renege rey was stated 
hatvall the of 
toil with by the ‘doytio of the amendment, the Chart- 
R. Peel, 
of the Hovse of Commons ; ; and that a committee has been 
formed t 
factory in the ee of ‘this 
-engagem said to 
,0007,, one or he focal banks 
2 Ssoale number of hands will 
ay night, 
sig a by some person or 
persons to set fire to a deposited in th 
Mr. Chi 
that a large paper 
upwards of 
wateas ees 
rk by th 
| 
rs | united'to the'tree, and quite sound, and overgrown 
wn by the 
bark, so as to render them entirely hid from sight. 
adnor.—On Sunday this county was visited by a 
storm of thunder, lightning, peer rain, which has. been 
ts. The lightning is repre- 
the rain, which 
me ratte i 
truck by the aye and shive 
the he beast aca on the spot. Several similar 
a rted : the seed i 
a lage quantity of glass 
injury done to gardens and conserva aries 
was wae grea 
msey —The I local papers i inform u ve 
rred in the neighbouroo! af of this town 
ife. It seems tha 
y 
oe 
lightn 
owen and the other severely in- 
jured. ame pte state, as a singular an that 
there has het ‘no storm in Hampshi ire for many rs past 
whic 
of this place than in any other part, and that in every in- 
stance some ae oct resulted, or some cohsider- 
able destruction of prope 
Stamford. aoe local Dect are — with long ac- 
counts of t age occasioned by a re thunder- 
storm, which occurred in this town on ‘y4th instant. 
When ed * orm was at “ste height, the lighting struck 
t . Mary’s Church, about si m the 
pet tepacng nearly 2¢ wt. of the Saotock which fell 
in ents, efaniealy rw J no ene 
is thought tint it wll ha aes ry to remove and rier 
some feet of the wu f the sire, the expense o 
will be ite ot e. The lightning oe struck 4 
house the roof, 
down t 
It is stated that fo 
was me height, the atmosphere was tainted wit 
phurous effluvium. Fortu nately no Joss of human life was 
ratained, but the gardens in the town and neighbo urhood 
he meeting would be inter- | 
— considerably from the hail. 
—On Sunday etn town and neigh- 
paueboba were ¥ visited by a understorm, acco 
— by a de Th 
cr a in m 
we 
a 
Sold of the of the skip ad were fortunately drawn back again 
to the oabath the wet Some of them, however, were 
so seriously ge that pharoned are en i of their 
very. ident was owing to “y ges gos of 
common endian’ in place of the safety-lam 
Railways—The following are the rece a reg the prin 
pal ways during the past week Pec lack well, 1 HOU 5 ; 
Greenwich, 827/. ; Croydon, 523/.; Brighton 3.4 
Pies. 
. 
- 
proceedings as yet 
Ngo tors and it is aid th chit die 
pers attending i $s not 60 numerous as was 
. —A local paper states, that a few days since, 
ed in betting a log of rough 
— ted. 
whilst two 
this dockyard, ee wer aie nes I 
about two inches thick by four ches wed a 
eae foot in Leni See 
NES of the log 5. 
ut 6,3957.; London and Birmingham; 
16,6377. ; Manchester and Birmingham, 474/,; Birming- 
Gloucester, 1,7337. ; Birmingham and 1968. ; 
Hull and Selby, 9137.; North Midland, 4,057/.; Mid- 
and Counties, 2,558/. ; York and North Mid 1,5247.; 
and Edinburgh and Glasgow, 2,018/.—Itis the 
orks on the tern Counties Railwa in a for- 
ward state. The bridge at Widford, said to be one of the 
most perfeet works on the line, is finished, and the Chel- 
mer viaduct is completed, and the earth waggons are ex- 
pected to over itina s. A number of men 
are employed in erecting the viaduct over the river Cann, 
i feel 00 
bridge ¢ os ~e road 5 re ast 
and wi it is ssid, be pat ) 
