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MILITARY PROMOTIONS.

r-Of re, October 15, 1824.
4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant George G. Shaw,
from the 17th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice John
Hart, who retires upon half-pay 17th Light Dragoons.
3d Regiment of Foot boards—Captaln Honourable J. C. Nres-
lento, front the 75th Foot, to be Lieutenant and Captain, vice
Forster, who exchanges.
2d Regiment of Foot—Captain Redmond William "trough, from
the 96th Foot, to be Captain, vice Roden, who exchanges.
31st ditto—Captain Robert Thomas Greene, from the 53d Foot, to
be Captain, vice Reed, who exchanges.
41st ditto—Ensign Henry t7hurehill Tathwell to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Smith, who retiree.
5341 ditto—Captain Thomas Reed, from the 31st Foot, to be Cap-
tain, vice Greene, who exchanges.
60th dittn--Lieutenant Thomas Wood, front half-pay 7th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Frederick George 'tartlet, who exchanges,
receiving the difference.
75th ditto—Captain William Frederick Forster, from the 3d Foot
Guards, to he Captain, vice Wesienra, who exchanges.
83d ditto—Lieutenant Richard Itrough„ from half-pay 99th Font,
to be Paymaster, vice Alexander tirelg, who reverts to his for-
mer half pay.
96th ditto—Captain Charles Borlase, from the 2d Foot, to be Cap.
min, vice Itroogh, who exchanges.
sth West India Regiment—Lieutenant William Spence to be Ad-
jutant, vice Currey, deceased.
Royal African Colonial Corps—Ensign James White to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Swaney, killed in action.
John Anthony Gordon, Gent. to be Ensign, Mee White.
Veteran Companies for Service in Newfoundland—Captain Mat-
thew Willock, from hairline 103 d Foot, to be Captain, vice
Pilkington, appointed to the 3d Royal Veteran liattallone

BANKRUPTS.

Charles Pearson, late o( Brentford, Middleaex, but now of
Grosvenor-place, Southwark, grocer, to surrender, October 25, at
one, 26, at ten, and November 27. at twelve, at the Bankrupts'
Court. Solicitor, Mr. Draper, %Vann-place. Lambeth, Surrey.
ilenjatuin Walton l'owpwr, ll'mxham, Ikmbigh, spirit-merchant,
November I, 2, and 27, at twelve, at the 11'ynnstay Anna, AVret.
ham. Solicitors, Messrs. Long and Austin, Gray's-Inn, London ;
and Mr. Browne, Wrexham.
George Vincent, St. Margaret's-hill, Southwark, jeweller, Octo-
ber 23, 30, and Noventber 27, at ten, at the Dar,knipts' Court.
Solicitor, Mr. Nihlett. Cheapaide.
James Nicholas Waylett, Fish-street-hill, and Cranked-lane,
London, cordwainer, October 23, 3(1, and November 27, at eleven,
at the Bankrupts' Court. Solicitor, Mr. Carter, Lord Mayor's
Court-office, Royal Exchadge.
John Wainwright, Manchester, merchant, November 3, at five,
4, and 27. at eleven, at the offices of MMUS. L. and E. N. Alex-
antlers, Halifax, York. Solicitors, Mr. Walker, Lincoln's Inn-
fields, London ; and Messrs. 1.. and E. N. Alexander, Ilalifax.

James Iltimpliries, late of Westbury, Wilts, woolstsphr, No.
vember 4, IS, and 27. at eleven, at the George Inn, Tnialiridgc,
Wilts. Solicitors, 3lessrs. Egan and Waterman, Esscx-stzeet,
Strand, London; and Mr. l'inniger, IVestbury, Wilts.

DIV]VENDS.

November 9. R. Dodd;, Iligh-street, Southwark, linen-draper,
at one, at the ►lankrupti Court.
November H. .1. I, ley, loston 31i11s, East Riding of York,
corn-factor, at eleven, at the Neptune Inn, Kingston-upon-Bull.
November B. W. Tresent, Pembroke, draper, at a..•, at the
Bush Tavern. Bristol.
November IL R. tirimsh‘w, Gorton, Lancaster. and J. birim-
shaw, Manchester. merchants, at nine. at the star Inn. Manchester.
November 6. W. Fearman, New Band-street, 311ddlesex, book-
seller, at eleven, at the Bankrupts' ('ours.
November K. A. h, lame-street-aquare, London, merchant.
at eleven. at the B nkrupts' Court.
October 30. IL Prichard, Ku gent Circus, Oxford-street, Middle.
sex. dressing-case-manutactuunr, at eleven, at the Bankrupts ('Dort.
October In. W. Iliekman and IL Timothy, Leicester-aquare,
iddlt,ex, hosiers, at twelve, at the Bankrupts' Court.
November 9. %%'. l'araley, Lute of Balgbasion, Warwick, dealer,
at twelve. et the !loyal Ilunel, Birmingham.
Novemb. r 11. A. 1 ;nelson, late of Duuley, ‘Vorrester, draper,
at ten, at the Star Inn, Manchester.
VERT! FIC .ITES--Novs miry ft.

W. ('ock i'r;ci:Cantertury, wine.merchants.—R. lien-
br, v, l'roydon, Surrey, arm-merchant..-_T. bmobero. Livery:lol,
groccr.—T. Alveppaitl, late of Ports ..... orb, boot and shoe-maker.—
J. Richardson, laic or boats, count.un-:/rva Iburison and

Mary Dewhirst and Mary. Hay, both aged 26 years, now in the
Infirmary, and very seriously Injured.
George Hares, aged 18, • turner in the service of Mr. Cough;
at home, near the Salfonl Police (Kee, with a dreadful Gavot of
the skull, and other injuries.
James Lee, aged about 40, a mechanic, in Old6eld Road;
severely bruised, but no bones broken.-LThe life of this man
has been unusually eventful. When a boy he was nearly drowned;
afterwards he most narrowly escaped being burned to death : he
was the only one of four men who escaped from the diving-buss
which was exhibited • few years ago in Anima's: on this =mice
one fluor fell upon him, as he was at work in the fifth room, and he
was precipitated along with the floor on which he stood into the
fourth, where he lodged on the top of the engine house.]
John Beck, a tinplate worker, in the service of Mr. Gough,
who was at work in the fourth room, when the Hoer fell upon him.
He received some very severe injuries, but of what nature we
have not learnt.
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Hannah W , a girl about 14 lean of age, in Davies-street,
Broughton-road; her thigh broken.
lieorge Rawson, a lad about 13 years of age, who was doffing a
throttle on the ground floor when the accident happened. lle was
buried a considerable depth beneath the ruins, and remained under
them two hears and a half. Moat providentially an iron beam,
which had fallen against the wall in a sloping position, had pre-
served his head and hotly from injury ; one thigh was broken, and
his legs severely bruised, but he is expected to recover.
When those persons who were near the surface of the wreck, had
been extricated, a nomber of hands were procured, who began to
remove the rubbish with all possible despatch, in the hope of still
finding book, who, though covered with the ruins, might still sue-
vire. In this hope they were nut entirely disappointed. Two or
three were found alive, though severely injured ; but the greater
majority of those who were dug out were quite dead. -These
amounted to sixteen on the ground-floor, which was find cleared,
and one, an elderly woman, on the top of the engine house, which
was examined afterwards. The search, though proceeded in with
great spirit and activity, lasted four hours—the last body being
found about one o'clock. Eluting the whole time the factory was
surrounded by an immense crowd, who evinced the most lively
anxiety for the result; and as each successive victim was found,
and borne away to an outhouse in the yard. the strongest feelings
of horror and commiseration were manifested by all the bystand-
ers; whilst parents, whose son or daughter was employed at the
factory, and had not yet been seen, fancied that every corpse which
they heard of, or indistinctly saw, but were not then allowed to ap-
proach, was that of their miming relative. Many of these melan-
choly anticipations were of course grour.dless, the parks whom
they sought being uninjured, and mixed with the crowd which
surrounded the building. Many of them, however, were but two
well founded. After all the rubbish had been removed, persons
who mimed relatives were admitted into the yard ; and most dis-
teeming scenes w re exhibited, when these recognised amongst the
mutilated and disfigured corpses the remains of those whom they
had so anxiously bought. IVe were particularly struck with one
old man, whose name we understood to be Kay ; lie had a daughter
remarkable for her steady, industrious, and ecommical habits, who
had saved (as we have been infurtnedi from her wages as a reeler,
upwards of leo. Hearing of the calamitous occurrence, he went
to seek his daughter, and found her a mangled corpse. We never
saw distress more forribly depicted on the countenance or in the
gestures of a human being.
After the bodies were all dug out, a detachment of the Scotch
Greys was obtained from the barracks, and was very serviceable in
keeping eft the crowds of people whom curiosity had drawn to the
riot, and who were far too numerous to he controlled by the police.
The behaviour of the people was, however, solar as we observed it,
perfectly orderly and decorous, except when stimulated by a natural
anxiety to see what was going on, they made their way. into the
buildlng and the yard in greeter numbers than were consistent with
the safety of the property, and the due progress of the operations
which the accident had rendered necessary.
After the arrival of the military, the bodies were all removed
from the factory lodge, in which they were deposited when found
(with the es eeption o f discovered, which was taken away
by the friends ,e toe deceased). They were arranged In a stable
in the yard, in such a manner that the fares of all might he
e...y,eted to view, in order that such of them as had not
.yet been
claimed might he seen by the r relations : and we believe they
were all identified in the course of the afternoon. Their names,
residences, and the rooms in which they worked, were as follows: j
James Greaves, I hum-erect, aged 14; Richtnall Gresves, aged
IN, sister to the above; V. 51•Kinxie, Rowell's Court, Rank_
parade, aged I • T wn as Clarke, Hope-street, aged 13; Ann Kay,
fildtield-road. aged.
34 ; Susannah Hamilton, Urged-lane, aged'
18 ; Mary Alarm. hombaribstreet, aged 1G; Alice Hallam, 5,
Back Park-street, age! 30; Mary (Mmes, Irwin's-court, Ohltield-
road, aged 30, a stranger Imo' Derby, no friends ; Mary Aun
Punter, Davies-street, Broughton-road, aged 14.
THE I !NV ES'f.
At ten o'clock on Thursday morning the Coronets Jury as-
sembled at the Angel Inn, in IVltiteetoss Bank ; and, after
basing been sworn, proceeded with the Coroner to view the bodies.
17 in number, lying in the stable at the factory, and which, of
course. had not been ilicurhell since they were deposited there.
I hi their return, the Coroner proceeded to examine witnesses; the
tiro of glean was

J.unes Henry, a mechanic, in the service of :.IT. Gough. Ile

' CAUSES Of THE ACCIDENT.
We have now to enter upon the roost difficult and unpleasant
part of our duty, in investigating the causes which have led to this
most dreadful calamity —it is unpleasant, because, in the course of
out inquiry, we shall have to detail facts which may be thought to
reflect serious blame on very respectable Individuate. This task
ought not to have been left to its: it was the duty of the coroner to
perform it; to inquire most strictly and rigidly into the origin of a
calamity by which at leant eighteen individuals have been destroyed.
It would have been his duty to do this under any circumstances ;
but how much more was it his duty, when a very general—we may
say an universal,fseling prevailed-that grow and culpable negligent*
to the lives of the work-people had existed in some quarter or other I
We do not, at present, say how fir this feeling was well or ill
founded, but, as we have already timed, it was universal ; and it
was the bounder duty ot die Coroner. in justice to the parties con-
cerned, and in justice to the public, to ascertain, by evidence on
oath, open whom, if upon any person, the blame ought to rait-
Hut what wse the course which that gentleman thought proper tq
pursue? We will venture to say, that a more slovenly and unsa-
tiefactor_y proceeding was never dignified with the name of an in-
quest. There was not even a witness called to prove that the bodies
which the J ury saw in the stable were those of persons who had ph-
rishecl by the accident ; and, with regard to the witnesses who were
called to explain the nattier of the calamity, it almost seemed as if
(with the exception cf Mr. (lough) especial care had been taken th
select those persons who knew the least about the matter. No man ,
of skill and experience in the construction of buildings (of whom
there are plenty to Manchester) was called to give his mature and
deliberate opinion as to the cause of the accident ; but the whole ot
the afair was left in the µme obscurity in which it was at tint in-
volved.
Very soon ailer the accident. a fragment of • beam which 1)44
been removed from the surface of the rubbish on the ground floor
the mill, and thrown into the yard, attracted the notice of
individuals, on account of the fractured part exhibiting a int
which, at that point, pervaded full one-third of the substance of
the beam. From the mere inspection of this
i flaw, many peados
did not scruple to attribute the accident entirely to t ; end it will
be seen that Mr. Gough, in his evidence on the inquest, stated a
belief of thin kind. fly many persons, however, the calamity was
attributed so the giving way of the outer walls, which caused the
ends of the beams to slip out, and thus lee down the mhos. This
notion' which:mold not be entertained alt a roomed by shy Intel-
ppm porno who examined the prorahos, wo howl son advanced
in a Livrepent paper. If this had been for man, elto bekii-work
would have been but very little distarbed : it was *dm. however,
to the most ensoal observer, that the beam had Whoa lisle the
middle, whilst the ends were fixed in the wall I firtheYbaini-
dently forced up the bricks immediately *We than wide wry Ind •
violence. In short, nothing but the breaking of the beams could
have produced the appearances which were exhibited. No doubt
could, therefore, be entertained, ihat one of the beams had broken,
and that the adjoining beam, being suddenly relieved from the
pressure of the arch on one side, whilst that on the other side re-
mained in full force, and being forcibly acted upon by the iron rad
which connected it with the falling beam, had also given way.
We understand that it is usual to prove boa beams intended
for fire-proof' factories, by applying at one point In the centre a
weight about equal to what is expected to be placed upon
when in use. A beam of proper shape, which has been tried in
this manner, should snppnrt at least double the weight, when
applied equally upon its whole length. If the beam which gave
way on this occasion had been tried with ten tons, It ought to
have supported at least twenty tons when In use in the
Whether at was properly tried, or whether it was ever tried at
all, of course It is now impossible to ascertain. If it was net
tried, the parties who neglected that precaution have • heavy Tr:
aponsibility to bear—As a good deal has been said with vegeta
to the insufficiency of the brickwork of the building, we think
it right to say, that, whatever faults there might be in that work,
(of which we know nothing) they cannot have had the slighteeref-
feet in producing the dreadful catastrophe in question ; and, in-
deed, the way in which the external walla have supported so rude
a shock, shores that they possessed no ordinary degree of dimness.
A very few pounds will endue to repair the whole of the injutut
they have sustained.
It has been stated, also, that the ends of the beams were not
put for enough into the walls, and that they ought to hart. been
clamped to the wall. For all this there is not the slightest founda-
tion : not one beam-end, from the top of the factory to the bottom.
had slipped out of the wall g and if they had been clamped. the
only effitet would here been to throw down the walls ; certain) it
would not have saved the beams, or, in any degree, have tended to
lessen the coliwilty.

UNIVERSITY and CLERICAL INTELLIGF ATE.

The following Gentlemen were ua Tuesday Appetit:X.4l the Capt.t
for the year ensuing:—
The ; Rey. 11. (Jaffrey, PD. President of
Queen's, Divinity ; Rev. J. W. Geidset. I.L. D. Trinity-hall, JAW ;
Thomas Ingle, M.D. St. Peter's College, Physic; 11.-v. J. C.
Ehden, M.A. Trinity.hall, Sen. Nun-Regent; Rev. W. F.
Wilkinson, 111 A.. Corpus Christi, Sen. Reg.
Wednesday, Marmaduke Ramsay, M.A. of Jesus College. and
the Rev. Henry Kirby, ALA of Clare Hall, wore appointed Pro-
Proctors.
The same day the following Gentlemen were appointed Exami-
ners for Classical Honours in the Lent Term. IttlX t— Rev- John
Graham, 51. A. Yellow of Christ College; Rey. T. Shelford, M.A.
Fellow of Corpus Christi College; Rev. James Schoktield, M.A.
Fellow of Trinity College; Rev. Henry Law, M.A. Fellow of St.
John's College.
BATCHELOR, OF ARTC—JMIPFI Parke. Feline of King's
College; Peter Still, Fellow of King's College; J. H. Puget.
of Trinity College; Henry Rich, of Trinity Colic', ; J. A.
Trenchsrd, of St. John's ollege: Robert Ousby, of St. John's
College; Rice Davies Powell, of St. John's College; Edward
Ventns, of St. Peter's College; John Ward, of Chili:College ;
John de la Condamine. of Christ College; Rev. Robert William
Scurr of Magdalen College; B. Weaver. of Sidney Sussex Col-
lege; John Ormond Deakin, Downing College; henry 14011150
Long, of Downing College.
The following Gentlemen were arrointed to conduct the previous
examination of Junior Sophs in the ens .in bent Term :—Rev. J.
Graham, M.A. Fellow of Christ College ; Rev. T. Sliellunt M.A:
Fellow of Corpus Christi College; John Hutton Fisher. M.A. Fel.
low of Trinity College ; Her. E. Uushby, Fallow of Sain.
John's College.
On the same day the following degrees were conferred t
MVATER OF Aare.—COhn Aka. Campbel, of Trinity College.
Racer:A:as err Pursic—Ettwd. Reek, Esq. of Jesus Collier.
Lord Viscount Fordwich, eldest son of Earl Cowper, the 11w,.
Charles Dimas, son of Viscount Melville, and the lion. F. Ryder,
son of die Earl of Harrowby. are admitted of Trinity Collett*.
The lion. Horatio Powys, son of Lord Liked. sad the Haa.
Richard Le Poet Trench, son of the Earl of Clammy, arc admit-
ted at St. John's College.
The admissions of must of the Colleges exceed those of last year.
Os.rown, Ocv: Ilk

The 9th instant, tfeerge Hawkins, MLA. *bait of Comm
Christi Collette, was admitted Fellow.
31coulay. the 10th instant. di, lot day at Michaelmas Tent, the
following Iregrres were con:nrcil:-
3iASTERE or Fsnning, ot Nlagtialtst Hall;
John Horatio I.loyd, Fellow of Irraseanost College; John Jeneph
Ellis, Fellow of St. Jahn's CJlleg-; Benjamin Holtord.Basner,
Fellow of St. John's Colkge; Henry Arthur Woodgaze, Fellow
of St. John's College.
Ilacu LLCMS or Awes—James Walter Cary. AlliteJalesi Hall;
Charles James Minor.. Magdalen Hall ; Thomas tviart Lyle Vo-
, St. Edmund Hall ; Thomas 31imely, St. Edmund Hall;
Mom= Eallibury, St. Edmund 11411; tleorge Etutitlut,
Queen's College limey Walk Jesus College.