The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-08 00:00:00

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In the overflow of the Shannon tributaries,
County of Limerick, six men returning from the
fairs of Castle -Island, Were drowned. Two bridges
were carried away, and a great amount of family
:Lilal houbu ploporty dtroy ed.
Clonmel and Trean have suffered from the floods.
The body of the coach driver,who was lost at the
same time as Mr. Naylor, has not yet been dis-
covered.

THE VACANT BISHOPRIC.—The Daily Express
states that the Bishop of Limerick has declined
translation, to Derry,—aud assigns the appoint-
ment to the Rev. Henry Griffin, rector of Clonfar-
cle, and formerly fellow of Trinity College.•
THE LATE RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT STRAFFAPT.—
Gars,aud O'Hara, committed by the coroner, ax'e to
be admitted to bail.
DEATH OF LADY LANGFORD.—Au inquest was held
on this lady's body on Saturday, at which the fol-
lowing facts transpired :—About half-past twelve
o'clock on the day mentioned, Lady Longford, who,
it appears, had been recently- staying on a visit at
Ardgillan Castle, the residence of Colonel Taylor,

M.V., proceeded to the sea shore, accompanied by
a female attendant, for the purpose of bathing, at
a place connected with the demesne by a bridge
near the railway. The sea at the time, as is usual
at this period of the year, was high and rough, and
the lady, having unfortunately advanced rather
confidently into the waves, was carried off into deep
water, and before effective assistance could be pro-
cured to extricate her from her peril, was over-
whelmed by the violence of the flood, and fell a
victim to her temerity. The servant who witnessed
the tel.:Able disaster made two brave but fruitless
efforts' to rescue her, and. no succour being at
hand at the moment, the unhappy lady perished be-
fore her eyes. Intelligence of the calamity was soon
communicated at the Castle, where it excited the ut-
most consternation and and affliction, and measures
immediately adopted to recover the remains of the
deceased, which after some time proved successful,
and the body was conveyed- to the Castle. The
lamented lady, whose untimely death we have re-
corded with deep regret, was eldest daughter of
the late Colonel Conolly, M.P. for the' county
Donegal, and was beloved by all classes for her
virtues. In the district where her ladyship re-
sided, at Summerhill, county_Meath, her loss will
be severely and sorrowfully felt, especially by the
poor, to whom she had been much endeared by
the benevolent zeal with which she de-Voted her- •
self to the noble purl-.•. t of alleviating their wants
and providing for th.cir comforts. Lord Langford
has been a constant resident on his property since
his marriage in 1840, and to the considerate care
and attention of the deceased to the condition of
their tenantry, aiding and stimulating his lord
ship's efforts for their improvement, may be, in a
great measure, attributed the contentment and
comparative prosperity which they, enjoy. The
coroner's jury returned a verdict of " accidental
death from. droWning."
Wittex OF- A VESSEL NEAR WICKLOW HEAD.-7—WC
regret to be obliged to state, that the brigantine
Fire Ely, Kirkness master, registered at Yarmouth,
and bound from Liverpool to Hayti with a general
cargo, was wrecked near Wicklow Head, on Tues-
day night last. From information-, we have. re-
ceived, it appears that on Wednesday morning
the wreck of the ill-fated vessel was observed it:
about a mile distant • from the shore, opposite
BlaCkcastle, near Wicklow Head, and that Mr.
Walsh, the agent of Messrs. Lloyd, of. London,
having heard- of the catastrophe, he at once pro-
ceeded from Dublin to' Wicklow, and' ascertained
that a writing-case, the property of the master of
the above vessel, had been found on shore by; some
fishermen. It contained the name of the master
and that of the ship, and also a cargo-book in which
were entered several numbers corresponding 'with
those upon some bales of cotton which -had been
Washed on shore. When the tugboat approached
the wreck, it was discovered that alinost the
.entire
body was
,destroyed, and that nothing remained
with the exception of the bare sides and a Portion
of the masts and sails. The wreck was then
towed into Wicklow Harbour, where it now lies.
.No information has been yet ;received respecting
the fate of the captain or the crew.

The Right Hon. Benjamin and Mrs. Disraeli
are receiving a few select friends at Hughendon Manor House,

near Wycombe, Bucks.
BIRTH EXTRAORDINARY.—The wife of a butcher,
at Chesterfield, was, on Monday last, safely delivered of three
fine children, two girls and a boy.—Nottingham Journal.
THE FRANKLIN EXPEDITION.—.Accounts from the
Sandwich Isles state that the ship Plover, of the searching
expedition, was seen in'August last, in the Arctic Sea, bound
north. The whalers and Esquimaux had given up all hope
of Sir John Franklin.