The National Register.
London, England, 1823-02-24 00:00:00

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DREADFUL AUCIDIINT,..We have this day to inform
our readers, that a great portion of that large tenement
five stories high, besides the garrets, situated in Silt-
market-street, and on the north-east corner of Prince's-
street, known by the name of Gibson's Land, Glasgow,
fell on Sunday morning last, from top to bottom, with
a most trennauluue crash. For same time past suspicions
hare been entertained that it was tiot in a sufficient slate,
which was indicated by the lintels of the doors and fire-
places ciriug way ; and on Friday afternoon the Frisco.
rotor Fiscal applied to the Dean of Guild, who ordered
tradesmeo to inspect the premises, and to give in a repots
of their proceedings. These gentlemen accordingly vi.
sited the whole property inimechately, and so convinced
were they of its insufficiency, that It was very. properly
condemned. No time was lost in giving notice to the
inbabitatits speedily to remove themselves and furniture,
and a person was sent round on Saturday, desiring them
to do so without delay, as there was every probability
the house would soot, conic down. During the whole
of that day, the inmates were busily employed carrying
away their properly; but in a land which contained so
many families, it could hardly be expected that the or-
ders of the Dean of Guild could be literally complied
with, and a few were hardy enough to remain in their
lotuses during the night betwixt Saturday and Sunday.
As was anticipated, a little after eight o'clock, the whole
tenement fell, p.snly into &halal art and partly into
Prince's.sueet. As the latter street is narrow, that por-
tion of it which came down in it fell on the tenement
on the south east corner, to which it has done consider-
' able damage, having nearly destroyed the whole front of
the building, anal in which several of the itiliabitants
who had moved tail taken refuge on the preceding day.
As snots as this melancholy disaster was cominuoicated
to Mr. Cleland, the superintendent of public works,
that gentleman was instantly on the spot, where he con-
tinued Ibiza% the whole of the day. Oat his arrival he
found the appearance of the.whole so awful, that he
instantly sent away for a number of tradesmen and other
skilled persons in order to consult what was best to be-
done with the ruining state of that part of the building
which had not fallen in ; and on their reaching the ap•
. palling scene, it was resolved immediately to set about
,propping the house wish logs of wood. and removing
the rubbish, in unt.er to ascertain whether of not, any
of the unfortunate tenants were buried in the ruins.
number of workmen were employed, carts and horses
procured. and they proceeded to business; but such was
the vast quantity of stones, timber, kc. that it was sonic
time, notwithstanding their best exertions, before they
could make much impression on them. Beffire one
o'clock, however, the voice of a woman was heard un-
der part of the ruins which it,wes highly dangerous to.
approach, and this was a period of great anxiety to-every
person concerned. At length, John Love, a carpenter,
with Messrs. Scott, and Grieve. courageously went in
quest of the woman, whom he found in a space just
large enough to contain her, with one of her arms jam-
med in between two pieces of wood. A glass of water
having been handed to her,. she was faint. Love pro-
cured a saw,anci after an hour's hard labour he succeed-
ed in exnicatitsg her from her perilous situation, a little
after two o'clock, when 'Se appeared to to a girl of the
name of Mary Hamilton, servant to one of the families.
—She was immediately carried to an &dr' • g house,
where she was attended by 1)r. Jeffrey of the College,
and Dr. Frazer of the 77th ; aisd after some cordials
bad been administered to her, she was conveyed to the
Royal Infirmary in the easiest manner, and we are happy
to say she is doing well, though her arm is broken.—
No other persons havc,yet been found.
About half-past eleven o'clock on Thursday night. a
young man anti woman. respectably dressed, were seen
walking together its Wellington-strt et, Waterloo-bridge,
seemingly differing with each other; the young woman
exclaimed she would drown herself, and, bursting Irons
her companion, raps down the steps of the bridge and
plunged into the river. The young man followed close
after, and, being an expert swiniiner. plunged in after
her, and secured her near the first barge and swans.
with her to the steps. She was taken to Dr. Stituion's,
its the Strand, where every attention was paid to lief;
she was afterwards removed to ilia Sun and Apple-tree,
White Hart-yard, and is in a fair way of recovery. The
young man is the sun of sit eminent stock-broker, and
he lady a dress-maker of the most respectable con-
tectiona.
Last week a shoal of fish of the whale kind appeared
to St. Ives bay, and approached very near to the land.—
Sotne boats put out and attacked them with file-arms,
and other weapous, and two were killed and brought on
shore. The largest, after having been exhibited. for a
day or two, was cut up, and 'produced a great quantity
of oil. Perhaps, with proper management, the whole
might have been driven into shoal water and captured,
which would have made a good prize for the fishermen.
At daysbreak on Wednesday, the 12th instant, a
small French fishing sloop was discovered on shore in
Rye-bay, soon after which a sailor was seen swimming
among the breakers, by Mr. O'Reilly, Admiralty Mid-
shipman, who, prompted by humanity. rushed into the
water, and brought him safe on shore. Two men were
then observed at the mast-head of the vessel, when Mr.
O'Reilly, assisted by Mr. Finch, Admiralty Midship
nisi), and four seamen, proceeded to the wreck, and
rescued them front their perilous situation. One man
was found lashed to the shrouds, and another hanging
to the dead-eyes, trite dead ; a boy, 15 years of age,
was drowned, and his body washed on shore. She
proved to be La Oaring, Louis Poitel, master, of
Dieppe. The unfortunate stiff-rers were Writ:Ll in the
church-yard at Rye, by 11,1 r. Clianerton, the French
Consul, and Mr. O'Reilly followed their remains to the
gra% e.
Several details of extraordinary shots have late ap-
peared ; but we pledge ourselves for the accuracy of what
we now state. A servant, in the employ of the very re-
apectable occupier of Hazell, at one shot last week
knocked down 17 crows and 13 magpits, a total of 30"
at oua discharge.—Briaa Mercury.'



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NORWICH NAVIGATION.,
A meeting of the owners of marsh land lying '
between Norwich and Lowestoft was held at the
Swan Inn, Loddon, on 'Thursday last, to take into
consideration the propriety of opposing this pro-
ject. The meeting was well attendee. On the
motion of the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Neville, Sir
Edmund Bacon was called to •the chair, and he de-
clared his opinion against the navigation, consider-
ing the property adjacent to the cut would be morq
sinecure, the price of wheat not improved, and that
of coals lessened, whilst Yarmouth would be almost
ruined. Mr. Neville spoke in favour of the desigrr
as an improvement of general benefit too great to
be relinquished on account of injury to a email part
of the country. He referred to the opinion given
at Norwich by Mr. Harvey, of Alburgh, that that
land adjacent would be worth is. an acre more per
annum. Mr. Farrow and the Rev. H. Wilson
concurred with Mr. Neville. Mr. Harvey addressed
acre in the neighbourhood would at least gain Is.
on every quarter of corn. J. J Bedingtield, E,q.
asked Mr. Cubitt whether any danger was to Ix
feared of the sea breaking through the works, and
inundating the marshes, when the work was finish-
ed Mr. Cubitt said the quantity of earth thrown
up would be a sufficient security. At the highest
tide the sea was never known to be more than five
feet higher than the water in Luke Lathing. The
sea many years ago had broken over the lands, and
caused considerable alarm ; but it was intended to
make a bank higher than the tide ever yet flowed,
so that the lands would be much safer than at pre-
sent. There was no danger of a bar forming, as at
Yarmouth, because there would be a means of sav--•
ing the water, and letting it out at low tides, which
would carry away whatever might have collected.
—Mr. Merry doubted whether any bank would las
strung enough to withstand the force of the sea,
and would oppose the plan, until there was suffi- •
cient security given. Mr. Cubitt said the same
water would run to Yarmouth as now. It would
be better if the sea should encroach four or five
hundred yards further—it would save the trouble of
making a harbour, and save at least 20001. expellee.
—The work would take two or three years, The
Rev. William Gilbert said there ought to be a food
tomake good injuries by accidents to mills, marshes,
&e. the projectors ought to find bonded security
against such injury. J. Harvey, Esq. proposed re-
solutions declaring that the navigation would be
highly beneficial,. and would afford the means of
drawing off the•water from the meadow lands ad-
jacent ; and that an addition should be made to the •
committee of several gentlemen of the landed inte-
rest. Mr. Gilbert urged the necessity of some pledge
for indemnity against injury. Mr. Harvey asked if
90,0001. was no pledge. The Rev. Mr. Gilbert
P proposed a series of tesolutions, declaring that the
district bad already a navigation of the best descrip-
tion, without locks, tolls, or impediments, that
Yarmouth Port was capable of much improvement,
that the present watermen would be deprived of
employmeht, and that the property adjacent should
not be endangered without the joint stock company
giving adequate security. Mr. Arnold and Mr.
Crisp Brown argued against them, and the original
resolutions were put and carried. Thanks were
voted to the chairman, who said a great many of
his objections had been removed by the present dis-
cussion.

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Rreoanza's aaPoaT.—On Friday List the Re. •
corder made his report to his Majesty in Council, of
the prisoners under sentence of death in Newgate;
when his Majesty was pleased to order the following
fur execution :—William North, convicted Septem.
ber sessions, on Monday morning; and Mark Herd,
William Watts, James Brown, Thomas Fuller, John .
Harris, and John Wait, on Wednesday next.

STAGX Coscuss.—The following is a correct
number of coaches which daily go out of; and come
nto, Brighton:—To and from London, 39; to and
irom Portsmouth, 2; to and from Southampton, .
fo Hastings, 2;. to Oxford, 1 ; to Tunbridge Wells
and Maidstone, 1 ; to Windsor, 1;. to and. from
Lewes, 6;, to and from Worthing, 11.—Total,. 62
The Gazelle of Saturday night contains an Order
in Council, dated Friday, Feb. 21, revoking a former
order, which. prohihited tor six months, from Nov.
15, the transportation of " arms and ammuqition to
any port or plat* within the dominions of the King
of Spain, or to any port or place on the coast of
Africa or in the West Indies."
Within a short period 25,000 musquets have been
purchased in this country fur the use of the Spanish
Constitutionalists. *1
On Tuesday last was shot, in the river idle, near Baw-
try, a penguin, a native of the southern tracts 01 the
Pacific Oce in, and rarely seen beyond the Cape of GAO
Hope; the penguins arc badly fitted by nature to navel
in the air, the water, or on land, a distance (roue home.
A gentleman in Bawiry, s great amateur in natural cu-
rios' les, purchased the bird for the purpose of shilling
it ; but his housekeeper, the next morning, asked hint
if he would have the wild (owl. for dinner, lor, says sun,
"1 hate pulled and hum! ittindy for
field Independent.

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