The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-02-17 00:00:00

DUBLIN MASQUERAL►E.

On Friday se'linight the Private Fancy-Ball Mas-
querade, so look the subject of public converrition,
took place et the Mausiort-House, Uublin. In ad-
dition to the House, which, of itself, is capable of
affording accommodation to many. was a magni-
tivoitt tetnporory saloon, formed in the garden.
Three splendidly-adorned rooms received the guests.
The first—the small breakfast parlour, had a door
representing en alcove, twined of real orange trees,
in full bearing, and tastefully ornamented with
roses: u door opened into the rxienei:e ceutre-room,
carpeted, with large oval mirrors, appropriated to
dancing. At the further end, an excellent full-
length likeness of his ltoyel Highness the Duke of
Cumberland, painted by Sir W. !Way, had, ou
the right hand, a portrait of His Majesty. and, on
the left, one of the Queen, both surouuded by
stars of brilliantly variegated limps.
The saloon had, on the garden side, 12 pillars,
covered .with evergreens, representing orange.. le-
mon, laurel. and liburnum trees, loaded with real
oranges and lemons; on the side next the garden
and between the trees. were panoramic landscapes,
executed iu a few hours by the scene-painters of
Peter-street Theatre, under the directions of Mr. 11.
Jobnatoo.a—Between each tree. over the landscape,
were wreaths of evergreens, tied with branches of
Meet red. and orange ribbon, and ornamented
with various flowers; from the roof, which was or-
namented with festoons of evergreens, were suspend-
ed eight beautiful I mitts, and between each win-
dow of the eight which °petted into it from the
house, were large stars of variegated lamps, with
beautiful trauspareot devices in the centre ; each
window was arched over, fowling a bower of ever-
greens.

In the ball-room there we*, fronting. a hvatiti-
foil representation of the Tempk of Flora and. ou
the lett, at the cud facing the street. was a i iew of
• Ilk nit temple with a Gothic gate, through which
there-was a mooal:ght view ; on the other end was
the Temple of Mors; to the right, on entering,
was a long side-table or bench, covered with ices,
jellies, tea. coffee, sod various other refreshments;
to the left. was the bond of the Scots Greys, in full-
dress uniforms; these were seated in a kind of
rural bower ; the Misdealt Minstrels played in an-
other bower ; whitat a third was used for refresh.
menu. The whole or the decorative part was much
admited by the Duchess of Gordon, who called at
four o'clock in the afternoon ; Mr. 11. Johnston,
vrho weir •••ut far by the Lord Nlayor for tbat pur-
pose. skewed the wbole of the apartments to her
Grace, :.s al .co to several other Noble Personages.
A very numerous assemblage was collected about
twelve ; upwards of tt.elv.l hundred cards having
been issued l—The Lord Mayor was distinguished
by his gentlemanly and attentive conduct to each
ut the Mdtqllege There was a profusion of re.
fresliments. anti there was not the slightest con•
fusitin either within or without the Mansion-House,
and all, having played sketr several parts, retired
about seven, fully sausti..tl at the marked hospitality
and kindness of the Lord nod Lady Mayoress. The
supper was announced about half past two; there
was a %ariti y of est:dent sines, and abundance of
count fur all, nots ithstanding the crowd.

The Countess Dowager of ARRAN is on a visit
to the Marquis and 51arcliionesa of Assacoaa,
at Raron't-Court, county Tyrone.
Mr. MELVIN is rising fast into public favour:
his pert'ormince of Bras.', in the Confederacy. re-
ceived the most unbounded applause; nor ass hit
le,. successful to the part of Prif, in Mr. Simi'.
oar's admirable Entertainment of The Critic, on
Thursday evening.
Mr. Eruct sessitied, most successfully, in all the
musical performances of Madame CAT•LAIIII, St
Edinburgh ; and or now pertaining borieosort, and
all the other first-late parts in genteel Comedy. at
that Theatre, with the greatest applause.
Tuesday, Mrs. NEALE received, at Cheltenham,
• very large and fashionah:e party, of above 150
persons. Abant eleven o'clock the ball-room was
thrown open, and !he boll opened by
and Hits Nast*. About two o'clock. above 140
persoas st detail to a most elegant supper ; after
which the dancing recommenced. and was kept up
till past fits. Amongst the company were—
The !leo. Lord eastkrosse„ Mr. soil Lady Charlotte
Gould, lion. lino. Melissa, M.P Lady Elisabeth Mathew,
Sir Francis Gould, Sir Joseph and Lady Meredith, W.ll-
- and Mrs. Motive, Hai on Sternberg, ties. Mr. Ernie,
Mos. Col. mud Mrs. Plankett,Hoa. Mrs. Talbot, 11.. e„ &c. _

A History of Aticient'Priissia, by the celebrated
Kormsca, has bran lately ptilil.ahed iii Germain•.
It is very surprising that there are so many Cala
vinssts to this country, and that there should be no
method whatever of commemoration for the divine
founder, CA VII !

A violent shock of an earthquake was felt at
Vienna, on the night of the 13th last.
The. Prima of A uulisyssauan, now Prince
Rivil of SWKDRPIr, a 11111Crerded in the Govern-
ment of Norway. by Prmee Funsatck of Huss.
Whir-in-4w to the K.l)g of Mites/ARK.
Four thonisinel cheese of previous archives
orepetii, 1.. t inon:h, at Pans front Vienna. They
were sent down the Danube. in transports, as far
Cl

At the evacuation of Clageararth, in Carinthia.
the French destroyed the fortifications at Gnat and
linob. While employed iii destroying a rsvelin. a,
serpent, of ininie•ise size; was found. which wowed-
ird several persons before they succeeded in killing
it. Ibis reptile wei;hed 45 polled'.

SHOCKING ACCIDENTS.

at.Agsow, rrs. 6.

On Saturday, at eight k in the inorniug, •
dreadful accident took plane at Kilmarnock. John
Brown, shop boy to John 51• Andrew and Co. bud
gone into the shop to light the lire, In a few
tcs, a most awful explosion ituppened, sup-
posed to be from two jars of gunpowder, which
were stiniding in the shop. The boy was killed on
the spot, the sides of the building were blown
down, the roof fell in, and some of the inhabitants
stele buried in the rubbish, and others thrown into
the street. A servant-girl, who was passing at the
tinsF., with two pitchers in her hand, was blown to
the opposite side of the stre.l.sbout 20 yards, aid
very mulch bruised. Sotto: outer pattieulars wiil
be found in the following
-

Ektract of a Letter frost 1.04:4 the Sufferers, to his Ft lend is
Clusguvr :
. . . .

-..-
" You wiH, &mid, before this time, base heard of the
dreadful business whit(' took place here yesterday. I had
just left my wife and family shout Isieiity itiiiintes before the
awful explosion took place ; on hearing of which, l ran to
the place, mid saw toy house blow u down, nod, understandiuz
that all my family were crushed i.. the ruins, in distraction I
tore up the rubbish where f thought they most likely would
be found. I got iuto the kitchen, wbrrra found nip wife's
sister, little JOAO, and William, lyiug under n large beam of
wood, which, with a little assistance, I got them extricated
front, and (ultimately very little hurt. I next *cut amoug
the rubbish in floret of my wife lnd youngest child, but could
Dot find them. By this time I was almost suffocated with
amok and dust, and bad it sot been for some people who
were nigh me, I presume I would ham perished. I was
taken out, and, when I came to nay senses, i found that llly
wife and child were thrown from their bed late the street with
little injury dime then, i they are all as well as can be expect-
ed. John Brows, Mr. Ill'Andrew's lad, is killed. William
Smith's family ars very little kart. The explosion took place
just below us. W. hare lest must of our furuitare and
etlirta, but that gives toe no thought, stone thy family is
saved."

Further particulars of the dreadful accident,
which happened at Liverpool, ou Sins's), touruiug
last :

" Whilst the second peal was ringing at St. Nicholas's
church, anti as the congregation were assemblier fur 'Miriam
worship, the whole of the spire, and the north sad east
aides of the upper part of the tower, suddenly gam way, mid
the whole was precipitated threarh the roof, shag the
centre aisle, burytur beneath the immense rule* the greater
part of those who had unhappily entered the church. Pro-
videntially this number, owing to the aeewiarag caking rises
near tea initiates per:l46ooy to 11. usual the. of opening the
service, was comparatively *mall, het awfully Mere in the con-
templation of hiintanity. Not •. e perhaps than from tS to
to grown pee.••••• were to ti. .urett at the time, and either.
the grentt ; • escaped ; but the chattier. of the Moorlields
Charity school, who are regularly marched in procession
from the school to the church, somewhat earlier than the
time of service, had partly entered. The hays, followisig
lawn—all escaped ; but of the girls, who were either mitering
the perch or proceeding up the 'isle, we lament to stale
tl,At • great number were instantly overwhelmed beneath
t:,e falling pile. The whole number of bodies taken oat
the rains is twenty-seven. Of these twenty-two were
r if her dead or died almost immediately after their removal t
f .e were taken to the itifirsuary, and uncut these is since dead.
"1 he hideous crash of the steeple, and the piercing shrieks
'Mich immediately lamed (now those who escaped, ha the
church, or were witnesses of the estamrephe lu the htireli.
Ard, immediately brought a large emicounte of people to
the spot ; and we notice with pleasure the prompt exertions
which were immediately made for rescuing the notorious',
victims, by the immediate removal of the fall,. insatiary,
which were continued with usubated attention, until the
whole of the bodies were extricated, sototthatateding the
asenaciug appearance of the resnainieg part of the tower and
the roof of the church, which every momeat threateeted a se-
cond fall. The scene was, throughout the whole of Om fore-
noon, deeply affecting. The parents of the cimilitreu in the
school, and a cumber of others, burryiag from place to place,
inquiring the Cite of their children or 'datives, M the utmost
agitation, heightened in nib, eases by akar sad awful soa-
pier', and terminating in the extremes of joy or sorrow, as
they found the tritymts tithe* search in safety or smear the
sufferers"

Accidents of this kind usually give rise tomboy
hairbreadth and surprising escapes. We have eel.
leveed the following frnro suilicestic informatioa :•-•••
" The ringers, theigh apparently exposed to tie greatest
danger. were all fortuuate awash to ewer, with the eg-
ception of one, vilto ass r..gr.to in the tams, along with a
buy of 1 • years of lA', hu was in the steeple at the same
time. They us re, however bulb intotediattil extricated
b., the medicine of the other ringers. The seas was but
slightly wounded; hut the boy is dare dead The alarm,
it appears, was gives to the relieves by the falling td • nose
epee the Gfth bell, which prevented its swing, spas which
they 'immediately rea out. A moment did not elapse before
the bell,, beams, end the upper doers fell to tie beaten, of
the timer, and their escape would have bees impossible had
out the belfry beta epee the ground fleor."
The Roe 1.. Pugh,, the ollieistiug minister for the day,
entered tic ehurch.yud at 'thicken minutes pest ten, limpag
himself 'synced the cluck open his estranee. lie proceelled
immediately to the great south door, and was in the set of
catering it when he was stopped for • few seconds by the
rhildieu of the Mourbeld's school, uho were pressing into
the chetah at the same time. L'poit hisappeareasee a prime
woman, a teacher in the school, and ore of the unfortunate
sufferers, began to separate the children on each side w

furd Lim'a pimp, wheel lie beard n person excbtir., ••
God's sake, Mr. Nese, turd back." Ile stepped !..,t.. and
looking up, perceived Ike spire sinking du+'•i t,..s rids the
east. I rsuwdiately the wbide frit in.

" The Itre. R. Roughatdge, the itrr•-r. was at the floe
turning the north-west curlier of th• r, and proceeding
to the vestry, which is also at th, ,nd of the church
Ills lady was already in the v' •t} a were nlyv Mr. Coventry
the riot'', and the sexton. The uouthy Pectin, appear" to
have owtit his safety to the aw.iriustanec of his taking the
way on the outside of the church to Ilw vestry, is p►ef.rent•
to the MOM direct WIC thrones the metals deer and the west
aisle.

"Mr. Knowles, one ofihe °hutch wardens, was passing
from the vestry to the smith door, sad was within • kw
rues of being burisd in t►e rains.

" A person of the name of Martin expel lamed an escape
almost miraculous. 'f be pews around tom were ►keen to
atoms, and heaped with stones, but that in which he sat
sustained bat little injury, and he hissed( got nit of the
church unhurt. Ile returned public thanks to Almighty
(end for bin astonishing deliverance, at Si. Peter's Churc►a
in the afternoon of the same day ; very properly schwas.
!edging a superintending Provirkuce,osiumily conspicuune is
the most appurratly contingent event*, SA is directing lha
smooth and regular current of huMan affairs.
" John Demands, ono of the singers, was t►e only pelmet
in the organ gallery, which is placed in the south-west cor-
ner of the church, immediately joining the inside of the
tower. The organ and front of the gelkry were breves*
down and dashed to pieces, and Itrandreth was buried in the
wreck. The incumbent weight waa, however enstrilmsd by
the timber which ssiensuadad hi. in cram directions, and he
was dug oat within, other hurt than a slight cat Ns hie fore-
head.'

It is with the happitiees Bt&sscotts eta Cu. of
Coruhill. Holborn. &c. have invariably to expe-
rience. at the end of each Lotter', they now have
to announce they sold in that drawn 14th inst.
Ns 1,734,
4,8:4,
Five of soul, &c. &c. and where the fortanate
holders nix:. receive their money on demand, and
view their campaniles hits of aketah fur many
years.