Star.
London, England, 1831-10-12 00:00:00

PUBLIC FEELING.

:;URNING OF NOTTINGHAM CASTLE,
The PROPERTY of tic DUKE of NEWCASTLE.
NO f'TIN G unsf, act. 10.—The news of the fate
.01 the Reform 13111 reached Notti.tgliatu by an ex-
;ass from Mor:dng CA.ron;tlc, on Saturday
~veniii2 last, and the consternation cannot be de-
oibed. On the following ioornieg Al was on the
4.100, of anxiety for the London oewspapers—
,;,:o hrought tidings of dismay, and exasperation
followe4 When the day was brougl: to a close. At
Irk, thousauds of persons peranfiulated the streets
,f (ittingitarn, and itutne,liately attacked the
;,,nises of dte enemies to Reform. This
the' did to an exten• almost without parallel in
that town in a few hours ; and at intervals they
sung in praise of his Majesty King William the.
Fourth. At nine o'clock, two troops of the 15th
111Psars, stationer in Nottingham barracks, drew
:II• in the Market-place, and they were hailed
with " i.ong live his Majesty and the brave
15th." Those veteran heroes, whose display of hu-
manity at the renowned Peterl'o will never las for-
gotten, had no sooner unsheathed their swords, than
they one and all advised the ;nob to disperse,
which they did, hut it was only to commit other acts
a similar description upon ai lar individuals.
Oe Monday morning, at eleven o'clock, a Requi-
,ition, which had been most respectably signed, and
.!creed to by the Mayor, on the preceding day,
brought toi;ether a larger meeting of the town and
county of Nottingham, in the public market-place,
than has on any occasion been witnessed. A
,tage was erected in the centre, which was speedily
tccupied ky some of the leading characters of the
neighbotL hood, tunonpt whom were Lord Rancliffe,
Col. Wildman, N. N. F. Norton, Esq. T. Wake-
field, Esq. the Mayor, several of the Aldermen, and
other leading Gentlemen. Resolutions were
adopted, and agreed to by the meeting, as was
also an Address to his Majesty, which, in unison
with the Resolutions, was most enthusiastically
cheered. The speakers, throughout, advised the
people to be moderate, and wait patiently for the
King's advice to his Ministers, which one of them
was prepared to say, would be generally satisfac-
tory to the country. Among the banners and flags
we noticed two particularly conspicuous—

" The more those crud tyrants bind us,
The more united they will find us."

This motto was surmounted by a bundle .f sticks,
and borne by a rugged staff. The other, decorated
with crape, and embellished with white rosettes,
!IA the following—" The Reform Bill, and no
Lords."

Shortly after the Meeting had dispersed, dif-
ferent bodies organised themselves, and taking
contrary directions, moved towards such places
as were considered most obnoxious. After nearly
destroying a mill near the Race-course, they pro-

ceedettiowerfs Ceiwitir, the meet of Masters,
Fag. which they etengleiely gutted, and after-1
wards burnt nearly to the ground. They tare
down the spiked rails, and having thus armed
themselves, returned to Nottingham, and there
they were determined to make an attack upon Not-
ti:igham Castle, an ancient pile, the property of
the Duke of Newcastle. The castle gates
were entered, and, armed with rough iron
ilustruments, namely, pallisading, they pro-
ceeded through the court-yard to the lofty pile,
and in a few minutes afterwards entered it—all
was anxiety, but suspense was not long delayed—
flames issued in abundance; and at nine (whilst
writing), it presents a flame of fire, amidst the
foliage of its beautiful trees, unequalled in pyro-
technical exhibitions. Nottingham is completely
agitated in town and country. Men without
employment children crying for their fathers,
and wives, anxious fur their future welfare,
and the fate of their husbands !!! The
15th regiment of hussars have acted through-
out this trying affair with ability, skill, and huma-
nity; and all that Nottingham has reliance upon,
is that King William the Fourth will avert the
mischief which threatens the country, and by so
doing he cannot, in their opinion, act a wiser part
than by retaining the present Ministry.
Since the writing the above, the flames have
burst from all parts of the Castle, and it is now
one body of fire, and the utter destruction of the
building is inevitable. The property is the Duke
of Newcastle's, but unoccupied. The spectacle,
as I have before stated, is awfully grand, and
it is the greatest consolation that no lives have
:I‘.(Tl lost.