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%MESTER, Buxrox, MArLocr, AND MIDLA:qISI JIM).
'LWAY.—Return of traffic for the week: ending

'assengers, &c.
trchundise

▪ £ll4 13
• 57 4 7

Total ... .
.. 4:171 is 3
)rresponding week last year ... 272 4 2

DREADFUL ACCIDENT IN THE
COUNTY OF ANTRIM.
Wednesday's Belfast papers contain accounts of a
fearful disaster, by which the lives of three persons
were lost, 26 persons badly (some of them, it is feared,
' fatally) injured by fractured limbs, and upwards of
40 others more or less hurt by external or internal
contusions. The sad event occurred on the evening
of Monday last, in the old paper mill adjoining the
town of Ballyclare, in the .eouhty of Antrim, in con-
sequence of the giving way of the flooring of a large
loft, hi which upwards of s'oo persons were assembled
for the purpose of hearicg a lecture on Eleetro-
Biology.
The following account cf the deplorable casualty is
given in the .Newsletter:---
•' B inyclare is u pretty a; id thriving little town, situ-
ated in one of the most fertile tii,,tricls of Antrim, about
miles distant from the 3allypallady statien on the
allymcna iliilway, nod tea miles north of Belfast. To
e inhabitants of this town, and those of the surround-
itiet neighbourhood. it may ,asily be imagined the an-
nou.nectnent of a lecture on rile new, and marvellous
scietkce of eliTtro-biology, to be accompanied by the
usua„` experiments, was a talcs: attractive novelty, and
such was the inducement which collected them to the
nunener of upwards of 500 in the building which vvds
the scene of the accident we are about to de:cribe.
The ,lecturer on the occasion was Mr. John G.
Thor aley, an officer of Excise, stationed in the town,
who had previously exhibited in private with eonsi-
demi tie success. The object of giving the lecture, it is
right to state, was not with a view to Mr. Thornley's
own profit. It had been suggested that his services
might; be made available to aid a fund for the repairing
of thei second Ballyclare National Schoolhouse. A coin-
mitte, e of the townspeople had, it appears, taken charge
of tin 3 arrangements, and the place selected for the meet-
ing v ras thusaper mill adjoining the town—an old and
long unocledried structure, about the safety of which
then a had been considerable doubt before the people had
asse nbled. The mill is at present the property of Mr.
Job n Smythsstr White-park, and was formerly in tho
pos session of the Messrs. Archer and Co., of this town.
It is an extraordinary rambling structure, consisting of
two wings joining in a right angle, and surrounded by
a number of ruinous outbuildings, through which to the
lofn above both access and egress is exceedingly difficult,
esisecially at night. A couple of steep ladders, very hard
to climb, formed the means of communication to the
loft from the lower chamber, which had been used as a
store, and in which old cog-wheels and other pieces of
disjointed machinery were lying. The lecture on
electro-biology commenced at eight o'clock in the
evening, and occupied an hour and a half, after which
the lecturer proceeded to Mesmerize, or entrance, some
seven or eight young persons, who, at his request
came forward for the purpose. He succeded with a
few of these, and was about to exhibit his influence over
them, having removed them towards the back part of
the loft, when the curiosity of the spectators in the more
distant parts of the room became so much excited that
they rushed from all sides in a body to the central space
to obtain a better view. al sudden and ominous crack
beneath their feet gave but momentary warning of the
penalty of their rashness. The greatly increased weigh
on the middle of the flooring proved too much for its
utterly inadequate support to bear, and it gave way be-
neath their feet, opening downwards in a fearful chasm,
into which upwards of 300 persons, men, women, and
children, were precipitated. The scene which ensued
may be more easily imagined than described. Those
who were fortunate enough to secure seats on the back
portion of the loft, of which the flooring had nut given
way, were comparatively uninjured; but nearly all who
stood, at the moment of the accident, on that portion
which occupied the angle between the two wings, a
square of 30 feet, were engulfed in the horrible abyss,
and thrown, with the planks of the flooring and the
dislodged stonework of the dilapidated walls, to the
area beneath—a fall of no less than 16 feet—among
the hard, projecting, and scattered pieces of ma-
chinery which, as we have said, were stored
below. The shrieks of the suffering multitude, the noise
of the falling timbers, the clouds of choking dust
which instantly arose, the rush and frantic struggle for
escape, produced a scene which will be indelibly im-
pressed on the memories of all who survive it. The ac-
cident was occasioned by the breaking of the beam ex-
actly in the centre, and, when it gave way, the flooring
shelved downwards from both sides, sliding, as it were,
those who stood upon it into the store below. In some
places the planks prized up the masonry into which they
wore inserted, and in one spot a considerable mass of
stone and brickwork was detached, which, falling upon
the living heap below, caused the most fatal of the inju-
ries wo have to record. It has since been discovered
that if only two feet more of the wall at this part of the
building had been displaced, the whole of the wing would
have fallen in, and the calamity would have been
a hundredfold more disastrous than it was. Much time
was spent before the building was completely cleared of
the maimed and bruised, and, we are sorry to add, the
dead; for two persons, viz , Mr. Robert G. Howe, of Bal.
lynure mills, and a man named David Kennedy, were
taken out of the rains quite lifeless, and a man, named
John M'llwaine, in the last extremity of suffering.
John M'ltwaine was brought to the house of Dr.
Woodside, where in the course of a couple of hou s
after his removal from the mill, ho expired.
Mr. Howe—a fine young man, whose loss is
greatly lamented—was killed by the falling of
one of the broken ends of the beam on his neck, by
which the jugular vein was opened, and fatal hemor-
rhage ensued. Kennedy was killed by being buried
under a mass of stones and brickwork; and John
M'llwaine ditd from the effects of a fracture of the
thighbone, and it: jury of the pelvis. The following is as
accurate a list of the names of the other sufferers which
it was possible to obtain, not including a large member of
those who sustained less serious injuries:—Mr. John
Sherrard, railway clerk, Ballypallady; Mr. Gordon,
Ballyclare; Mr. Jackson, Ballynure; two sons of the
late Mr. Simpson, solicitor, Ballyclare; Mrs. and Miss
Woodside, Skilganaban; Mrs. Kilpatrick, Henry field;
Mrs. Smith, Ballyclare; Walter M'Broom, Bally boley;
James Dickey, Ballyeaston; William Martin, Thorn-
ditch; Samuel Thompson, Ballynure; M. Morgan,
Ballyclare; James Dempsey, ditto; James Marshall,
ditto; John Dickey, ditto; Lattimore, ditto; three
boys and two girls of one family named Murphy; John
R3SS, Ballyclare; Nelson Greer, ditto; James Stewart,
ditto. All of these have sustained severe fractures
either of the legs or arms. Among those dangerously
injured are Mrs. Woodside. W. M'Broom, and Latti-
more. It is impossible to predict the result of the
serious internal injuries sustained by several of the suf-
ferers. Mr. Thortiley, the lecturer, escaped without
injury. Yesterday inquests were held on the bodies of
the three persons deceased before Mr. J. K. Jackson, co-
roner, ant impartially selected juries. Verdicts—"
Ac-
cidental death."

SUIP NEWS.
NEW Yonx, AUG. 30.—The brig Eversdale, with
molasses and sugar, in endeavouring to make the harbour
of Wilmington, North Carolina, on the 25th inst., during
a heavy gale, was stranded near Main Bar, and will pro-
bably, with cargo, be a total loss. The brg Commerce
is on shore on Crstney Island. The brig Urgent, hence
for Wilmington, is ashore, dismasted, in Lynnbaven
Bay. The Harp, of Parsborough, from Portland for
Walton, Nova Scotia, went on shore on the 22d inst.,
during a thick fog, on Raged Island, and was wrecked;
sails and some merchandise saved, but in a damaged
state. The Conqueror, which arrived here on the 28th
inst., from Liverpool, was in contact on the 23d on
Georg fa Bank, with the Woodside, from Liverpool,
bound to this port, when the latter had her bowsprit and
cutwater carried away; the Conqueror sustained but
slight damage. A full-rigged ship was reported to have
been seen on there previous to the 22d inst. in Mace's
Bay.
GRAVESEND. SEPT. 11.—Wind S.S.E., light breeze
and fine clear sky.
Arrd,—Earl of Auckland, Rainbow, Burgermeister
Hyudekoper, and Attwood, from Rotterdam ; Diana,
from Amsterdam; Lord John Russell, from Har-
lingen; Fame, from Calais; Panther, from Ostend;
Baron Osy, from Antwerp; Tiger, from Tonning.n;
Columbine, from Havre; Von Nagler, from Riga; Ro-
bert Burrell, from Gottenburg; Hellespont, from the
Cape of Good Hope.
Sld.—Ann Robertson, for Swan River ; Propontia,
for the Cape of Good Hope; Sarah, for Trieste; Ma-
donna Della Grazia, for Trieste; Milan, for Bremen.
Francis Ridley, for Calcutta; State of Maine and Sir
Edward Bankes, for Havre; Lively, for Bordeaux ;
Menai, for Calais; Borussia, for Hayti;
Fyeuoord, for
, Rotterdam.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITIL
Theclalu!, from Falmouth, for Quebec, Aug. 29, in lat. 49
N., long. 12 W.
Mandell, from London for Adelaide, South Australia,
July 14, in lat. 6 N., long. 19 W.
Em
l at. ma, fro
S., m
long. Bordea
Wux for the Mauritius, July 15, in
34 5 .

THE THIMBLE-RIGGING NIIISANCE.—NOtWith°
standing all the warnings and cautions that have appeared
in our columns, and in those of our contemporaries, the game
of thimble-rigging is carried on with as much success
ever by the gang of swindlers who frequent the Queen's-
park. They dare not ply their nefarious calling with
theyb
boundaries of the city, as by a clause in the Police Actdthe
could at once be apprehended and punished.
boundaries of the city, however, they can pursuaepweiYheir eye.
tern of imposition with impunity, According
Scot-
land, as it at present stands, cannot reachf b
tthe Queen's-park,
to a record kept by one of the rangers
ofn no less than 2001.
people were in that locality cheated oouut,ever, of 1
last year. The actual amount, however'
been after being ,z) . h
because_ tehmemust f
ohlaisva
been much greater, as many persons, to
heard of
enough to play and to lose,
are
:re consequent y u
- f strangers
isay anything
about it • and all such
*1 an un-
'by the rangers. Of late, 7f,er,
ha" biesat four weeks, in
in. the city, the thimble
usual amount of ; a
•,„ •r;
Within q a
Imsinai;ou't jooL
arses
On-otarble cases was that
took out his watch,
to the numbedroong
fact, they have made
long the Morlest;:f id.
ay
done cut of
and staked it on L.
Cil and returned a person was
butil :
hmciitNizEenn
.of Edinburgh lost
o f a Frenchman,
itnooglfohtshitse2.
othri.e,taecalhnedar treacherous
noso A
mrceerae. r i
can
„.ker man.
most of all, a
3 t mos"
inhabitant of Portobello
1 u ,
5/., anti an
failed, of con
Courant. s
sitrrno. TAL ANhDit
course, Frenchman
121.—Edinfrurgh
s WOOLWICH,
al Arsenal in a few days
11.-1 sergeant, 2 corporals, and 16 privates of this
lece
royal
been placed under orders
branch of the OrdnanceAPPElS servicehas
of readiness to embark att
inf there Akbar freight ship for a passage tb China, wkere
they Ale tO In fitAtiClavi!