The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-15 00:00:00

at LLoybis.

NEW ENGLAND COFFEE-IIOUSE, OCT. 15.
liirrapoor., OCT. 13.—Wind variable.—No arrivals this
441 0? tailings. The report of last night, of the Cortez being
on short, Ihis not been corroborated. The wind since 10 A.m.
hal boon from the W.N.W., but this evening calm.

r°lll the Cork Southern Reporter of the 9th, received at the
New England Coffee-house.)
LATEST PllO5ll AMERICA.—The packet ship the nester'',
from New York to Liverpool, passed this harbour yesterday.
117 ers esteemed fellow-citizen, who landed from her, we have
l'eceiTed New York Papers to the oth ult., and ifraghiffition
Nutio Intelligenecr to the 2d instant, but they do not con-
tain lay political intelligence.

DREADFUI, ACCIDENT AT MANCIIESTKR.
vi
""NcHesTER., OCT. 14.—A most shocking
pentient has occurred here this morning, which will
it.sthe much grief to many families in humble life.
pr"
e4'nget the immense number of cotton factories
"ted this year in the town, one has been built
43near Ohifield-road in Salford, we believe, by r
batuinn", Esq. It was made fire-proof ; no tim-
er was used in it : the principal supports were
east-iron ; the floors consisted of iron beams,
u"r which were thrown arches of brick-work,
which were covered with flags. The building is
tbiout seven stories high. It has been a short
in% since completed and filled with ma-
and let to various tenants, one of
whoto „,hin is Mr. Gough, well known to many
,-buanics as an inventor of a steam carriage. Sr..
About hundred persons were employed in the mill.
which supported
nine o'clock this morning the iron beam
A "Ch supported the floor of the fifth story sud-
rill), broke in two. Instantly one half of the
Toy floor gave way, and in a few seconds a
c,`,141113 was made within the building from the
111th story to the cellars. Every floor was broken
th -rough, and machinery, iron, and bricks and
Nil all went in one congregated mass. The
unfortunate human beings who were at work
under the part of the building where this event
occurred were many of them buried in the
ruins, and instantly plunged into eternity. Those
in the other part of the mill appear to have
escaped without any material injury, though many
in their fright jumped out of the windows. The
state of alarm and confusion while the event oc-
curred was dreadful. Mothers and wives were
ri running about in every direction, anxious
to„ know the fate of their relatives, and
,-11n7 of them were hours before they could
"utaln information, and then probably they
Ut ertained they were lost for ever. On ac-
et of the threatening appearance of the outer
41110 short time elapsed before the workmen
l'intald venture to remove the ruins. They soon,
°waver, proceeded to work with considerable
b,:,1,
164ence, and by their exertions a number of
i" have been dug out of the ruins. It is yet
kineuit to obtain a precise statement of the
no et' and wounded. Seventeen dend bodies are
lying in an out-house near the mill. Two
tu°r°
have been known to be taken home by
their relatives, and yet it is currently reported that
t:: Other persons who were known to be in the
klutnrY are missing, making in the whole 21
Sera °id. About 13 or 14 are badly wounded : se-
' were got out of the ruins, after being there
some
time, without material injury. The indivi-
dualsb killed were principally females. The
_ uorough.reeve and constables of Salford, with a
fficers immediately repaired
ton robber of Police O
irntho place of this dreadful accident, but the
nieu 8 e concourse of people which gathered from
ll' Parts rendered it impossible for the Civic
oWer
, keep the ground and premises clear for
the nlbourers employed in removing the ruins.—
uligismounted detachment of the Scots Greys
I accordingly sent for from the Ilulme Bar.
I:,
Who rendered great assistance to the Civic

14
to COMMUTATION Or SENTENCE,---At m
At last old
Seasions, William Richardson, John Urigson,
.and
t"aNicholson, were convicted of stealing divers articles
440usehold-furniture in the vicinity of ‘Vhetstone. The
trim rd" immediately sentenced the former to seven years
the Pollution, and the latter to one year's imprisonment in
iierit.esouse of Correction and hard labour. Upon hearing his
the 2ce the boy Nicholson entreated the Learned Judge to altec
Iteh—ntence. and allow him, instead of going to prison, to be
den to sat for 2 or 3 years, and added that- be had nut had jartice
kfrulitint• The Court considered that this expression was the
ten nof a depraved mind, and therefore rescinded the sen-
heeef, and ordered the applicant to the same punishment as had
sie„'! !mauled to his companions in crime. It has appeared
clect; Ma conviction that the prisoner did not mean the comma-
who•Lwords apply to the judge or Jury, but the Barrister
triaLnad been retained to defend him, who was absent at his
Ler. This and other mitigatory circumstances have been laid
toe: his Majesty's Secretary of State for the home Depart-
*l, urn which Mr, PEEL sent an order to Newgate, con-
pa" the original sentence, and the lad 1V43 accordingly re-
p to the House of Correction,