The Sun.
London, England, 1836-01-30 00:00:00

UNION- HALL.

Henry Fish, a ri;;;Piloi, •residing in Cherry-garden.
street, kotherhithe, and .7ane, his wife, were charged will
having set fire to their house. After a lengthened exami.
nation the prisoners were remanded.

STORM AT GLASGOW.—EarIy on Saturday morn-
ing we were visited with a storm of wind and rain, which
continued with little abatement till late in the afternoon ; and
looking at the effects produced, especially by the wind,
which came in sudden and appalling gusts, we feel safe in
saying that there has been nothing to equal it in violence
here during the last 20 years. About half-past three o'clock
on Saturday afternoon, the stalk (110 feet high from the
base), attached to Mr. Wilson's four-story mill, used as a
weaving factory, was seen to vibrate, and before any alarm
could possibly be given, it came down on the roof of the
building, carrying along, in one general wreck, the flats
below, with the heavy machinery, and all the unfortunate
workers who happened to be in that quarter of the
building. After a moment of consternation, every effort
was made by those on the spot to save the persons
buried in the ruins. The first individual dug -out, we
believe, was Peter Barclay, the machinist of the mill. He
had been employed at the grindstone at the instant the
casualty took place. Even with the most incessant
labour, it was an hour and a half before this poor
man was extricated. He was very severely injured. When
discovered the grindstone was resting on his legs. Helen
Mathieson, a young woman, who we think worked in the
top flat, was next got, but she was quite dead, having been
killed at first by the falling of the stalk. It was now com-
municated by Ann Morrison, who had been fortunately
saved, that her fellow worker, a girl of the name of
M'Corkle, was buried deep in the ruins. After labouring
for nearly two hours they heard a slight moaning, and soon
after came to a foot, which was observed to move. Before
six o'clock she was released, greatly exhausted of course.
The Glasgow Herald, from which we have gleaned the
above particulars, gives a detailed account of several other
circumstances connected with the sufferers. It appears
that the mill is 150 feet long, and four stories high. It
contained about 300 looms, and employed 300-individuals,
who must all be thrown out of employment. Mr. Jackson,
one of the proprietors, had a narrow escape, as lie was not
five minutes out of that part of the mill where the accident
happened.—At a ifax mill near St. 11.
ollox, part of a gable
gave way, and killed a man. We wait in alarm for accounts
from the coast. The Herald concludes thus ;---"Yesterday
we observed the James Oswald steamer lying high and dry
on the Broomielaw quay. The river had Previously over,
flowed its banks, and it was suspected that the Briggate
would have been tiooded during the night between Satur-
day and Sunday, but fortunately this did not take place,
A CHEAP `VIBE.-..The 111011StrAtiS practi Of
selling a woman tool( place during the past week, A
man actually led forth and sold the one he had solemnly"
promised tQ
and to cherish, and to worship," for six-
pence and a quart of halter round her
''pro:7
neck, which cost .5d ! When will the Leeslature inter-
feredisgraceful to put down, or severely punish, such-
ceedings?,,,Sherborne Journal?