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ADVOWSON.

WANTED to PURCHASE, the PER-
PETUAL ADVOWSON of a LIVING of the
Annual Value of about Ha—There must be a good Par-
sonage-House, and it will be preferred that the Incum-
bent should be a young life. There will, however, be
no objection, in case an Advowson with the prospect
of early presentation is offered to purchase it subject to the
next presentation of a young life, by another person.

Particulars to be sent (post-paid) to Messrs. Pemberton,
Fiske, and Hayward, Cambridge.

NATIONAL SILK WEAVERS' SOCIE

Established for the sole purpose of ;jiving constant Em-
ployment to the poor Weavers and their Families of
Spitalfields.
THEIR PATRONS, and the NOBILITY
and Public, are most respectfully informed, that they
have commenced Selling at their Warehouse, No. 15, De-
vonshire-square, Bishopsgate-street, opposite the Church,
previous to opening their Retail House, at No. 59, Oxford-
street. They cut at their Warehouse any quantity of Silk
from the piece, at one penny per yard on the cost price,
where they always keep ready manufactured rich Ducape,
plain and figured Gros de Naples, stout Lustring and Sarsuet,
Black and coloured Levantines, and Satins of every de-
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rich Silk Damasks, including, among a variety of others,
Thirty new Patterns of elegant Taberets, the designs of
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velty ever submitted to public inspection.
Ladies are most respectfully informed that it is not
profit they seek, but only sufficient to cover expellees, and
keep the men in constant employment. Those Ladies and
Gentlemen who will honour the Society by becoming yearly
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respective dwellings by one of the members of the Com-
mittee, with every new Pattern of Silk previous to their
being submitted to public sale.
The Subscriptions will go to the Fund of the Society,
to provide for the benevolent purposes for which it has
been established, viz.—at each member's death, 121. A
member's wife's death, 61. If any member sick, 12s. per
week, and if out of employment, 10s.
The purchasers, if they wish, may see rich Silks in the
progress of being manufactured.
Due notice will be given to the Patrons and Nobility,
and Public, the day on which they open in Oxford-street.

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MR. WILLIAM CLARK.

THE FRIENDS of Mr. WM. CLARK
aro desirous of testifying in the strongest manner
the;r approbation of his indefatigable and disinterested
exertions in investigating and exposing the extensive
FRAUDS which have been lately practised on the Public
in the formation of JOINT STOCK COMPANIES.

The good effects resulting from his manly and persever-
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to warrant the conclusion that the Public at large partici-
pate in the same feelings towards that individual.
It may readily be supposed that the unravelling of such
intricate and fraudulent schemes, could not have been ac-
complished without a considerable sacrifice of time on the
part of Mr. Clark, and to the detriment of his private affairs.
It is therefore for
to raise, by Public Subscription,
a Sum of Money to! the benefit of Mr. Clark, which may
serve in some degree to remunerate him for the losses which
his exertions in the service of the. Public have brought upon
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receive Subscriptions, and to whom it is requested that all
communications on the subject may be addressed.
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ACCIDENT AT THE THAMES TUNNEL.

Last evening, about seven o'clock, the water of the
Thames forced its way through that part of the work
which the labourers had been employed on during the day
in excavating, and in a short time the whole of the Tun-
nel, to the mouth of the shaft, was completely filled.
About 160 men were engaged in cutting the tunnel, when
the alarm was raised that the river had broken in. Tallatt,
the under engineer, and :Messrs. Brunel, jun. and Gravatt,
the principal engineers, remained, for several minutes, using
every endeavour, at the imminent peril of their lives, to
stop up the cavity through which the water oozed ; but all
their efforts proving unavailing against the increasing rush
of the water; they were forced to retreat towards the shaft.
The instant the accident occurred, a general consternation
prevailed amongst the workmen, and they simultaneously
rushed towards the shaft—sauve qui peut was the uni-
versal sentiment, and in their hurry several ludicrous
accidents took place. It is with pleasure we announce,
that no life was lust on the occasion, though the engi-
neers, and particularly Tallatt, narrowly escaped drown-
ing. It appears that at a quarter before 7 o'clock, the

12 shields, ur frame-works, were in the act of being pro-
pelled forward at the end of the tunnel, to enable the work-
men to excavate more securely ; and at that time, the tun-
nel extended SSO feet under the Thames. The workmen
employed in propelling No. 11 and 12 Shields, observed
the soil to give way between these shields, and in a few
seconds afterwards, the water poured in through an aper-
ture about six inches in diameter. Tallatt, the engineer,
screwed up three door-ways as he retreated towards the
shaft, and he was obliged to swim a considerabl,, distance.
A workman named Gutis was also in the water for some

time. Tal lot t being a good swimmer, remained at the top
of the water, about ten feet below the top of the shaft, till
Messrs. Brunel, jun. ana Gravatt, came to his assistance.
Mr. Brunel, junior, plunged into the water and affixed a

Tope round Tallatt, and he was drawn up in a state of
exhaustion to the top of the shaft. From the time the
water first broke in, till the Tunnel and shaft were
filled to the level of the River, twelve minutes elapsed.
—The Engineers are quite confident that they shall be
able to repair the injury, and that the only consequence
which will arise from it, will be the retarding the
work for about a fortnight. We wish they may not
be disappointed in their sanguine expectations ; but
we cannot help recollecting that a former attempt to
make a subaqueous tunnel by Mr. Dodd, failed in con-
sequence of a similar accident. A diving bell has been
sent for, and this (lay Mr. Brunel will descend in it, to
ascertain the extent of the injury, and to adopt means of
stopping the aperture caused by the influx of the crater.
Should the means proposed to be used be successful, the
water in the Tunnel will be drawn up by means of steam
engines in a few days. It must, however, be recollected,
that the former Tunnel projected by the engineer, Mr.
Dodd, succeeded to the point of working to the commence-
ment of a sandy stratum of the bed of the river, when the
water burst in, and no effort of art could devise a means of
overcoming the difficulty. Should the present evil be the
result of design, unless it be materially aided by the nature
of the soil, it can easily be overcome.
Since writing the above account, we have received the
following letter from Mr. Brunel:---
Mr. EDITOR.--.d feel it a duty incumbent upon me to
make known to the public an accident which occurred this
evening to the Tunnel, by the water from the river over-
powering the exertions which at the time could be opposed
to it. Although this circumstance will retard our progress,
I am confident that the accident will be soon overcome, and
the works resumed. I am, Sir, your obedient servant,

M. J. BRUNEL.
Bridge-street, Blackfriars, May IS, 1527.

AIfOTHER Accourr.—The consternation and alarm ex-
cited in the neighbourhood of Rotherhithe, by the rumour
of the bursting in of the Thames, can be easier imagined
firm described, and the screams and hysteric sobbings of
persons whose friends were engaged in the works were of
the most pitiable nature. At first, the cause from whence
they proceeded was quite a mystery ; but when the confu-
sion incident to the crowds collected on such occasions had
partially subsided, it was ascertained that the warning given
but a few days since, on the strike of the workmen, was
but too well founded, and that the prophetic assertion,
subsequently officially contradicted by the Secretary, had
boen Cassandra-like, though true, uncredited, and now un-
happily realized. The following are the facts :—lt was
said that several of the miners lead been drowned, and that
the sacrifice of life had been incalculable. Not a single
life has been lost, and, generally speaking, the main fea-
tures of the business, as indeed might have been expected,
have been grossly exaggerated and much distortd. The
first intimation of the catastrophe was given, as nearly as
possible, at six o'clock, Ivhen the excavators—only thirty-
five of whom, not above one-third of t 172 number generally
employed, were occupied in the shaft, the remainder hav-
ing gone to their tea—at that time working in a light
porous soil, the water burst in with the greatest rapidity ;
and notwithstanding the steam-engines were kept at their
highcat powe-f, and discharged at tile rate of 300 gallons a
minute, the influx was so overpowering that its executions,
if we may use the expression, were negative, and the work-
men, with some difficulty, effected their escape.
A few minutes before the increase of the leakage, a party
consisting of a gentleman and two ladies, had been visiting
the works, and were actually in the shaft at the time when
the great body of water rushed in—it is unnecessary to say,
that their retreat was most rapid. For the last two or
three days the water had been oozing into the Tunnel, but
not to so great an extent as to cause any apprehension.
Mr. Brunel, jun. was on the spot, and has been most active
in applying every remedy. He seems to think that the
work will be only temporarily impeded; and at a
late hour last night he had secured several barges of
clay to remedy the defects, and sent for the diving bell and
Harbour-master. In about a quarter of an hour after the
inundation was perceived, the entire of the shaft or works
were filled to the extent of high-water mark. The Direc-
tors, who were specially summoned on the occasion, sat at
their rooms, in Bridge-street, Blackfriars, until a late hour
last night, and received from time to time reports from
Mr. Brunel, jun.

On Wednesday Colonel Strutt and Lady
Rayleigh had a large dinner party ; amongst whom were—
the Marquis and Marchioness of Ormond, Lord and Lady
Gage, Mr. Hamilton, Lord Downe, Col. Trench; Sir Henry
and Lady Lambert, Alr, Beauclerk, and others.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, illmr Is.

The Lord Chancellor took hia seat on the Woolsack iv
a quarter-past five o'clock. _

Mr. Ti/orysoll and other Members of the lower house
brought up the Spring Guns bill, which the Commons
had passed, with only- one amendment. The messengers
also brought up thirteen private bills.

Lord TEYNHAM presented a petition from the owners
and occupiers of land in the neighbourhood of the City of
Lincoln, againit the importation of foreign wool. The
Noble Lord presented petitions against the proposed altera-
tion in the Corn Laws from a llundred in Sussex ; from
Ashford, and several other parts of Kent. In moving that
they be raid on the table, he expressed his earnest hope that
the numerous petitions presented on this subject would
make a proper impression on their Lordships.
Lord ARBUTHNOT presented a similar petition from
Kincardine.

Petitions to the like effect were presented by Lord YAR-
BOROUGIT, and by the 'Marquis of CAMDEN, from
Rochester, Dartford, and other places in Kent.
The Petitions were laid on the table.
THE CORN BILL.

The Marquis of SALISBURY said, that he had a peti-
tion to present to their Lordships upon the important
qnestion which was to come on that evening, but before he
presented it, he was anxious to know 'from the Noble
Lord opposite whether he would have any objection
that the Bill should be read a second time to-night
without a discussion, upon the understanding that the
Noble Lords who were opposed to it would not 4e preclu-
ded from urging their objections to the Bill at some future
stage. The Noble Lord was anxious for this postpone-
ment, in consequence of the unavoidable absence of a
Noble Baron (Lord Lauderdale, we believe) who had de-
voted much time and attention to the consideration of the
question and whose views must therefore render great assist-
ance to the House in coming to a decision. He would,
therefore, suggest that the second reading should pass
without a discussion, and that a sufficiently distant
day should he fixed for going into the Committee, so
as that the Noble Baron might have the opportunity of
attending when the preamble of the Bill was considered ;
perhaps that day week would be a convenient day for that
purpose. The Noble Lord, at the same time, expressly de-
clared that he was not to be understood as giving up his
objections to the Bill, in making the request for the post-
ponement.

Lord GODERICH regretted as much as any person
could that cirzumstances'should have prevented the Noble
Lord (Lauderdale's) attendance this day, and he would do
great injustice to his own feelings, and to the individual
in question, if he did not yield to the Noble Baron's con-
venience as far as his duty would allow him. The ques-
tion had already been postponed, and he was sa-
tisfied to put it off still further, provided it did
not materially interfere with its progress in the
House.

After some conversation, in which the Marquis of Salis-
bury, the Earl of Rosslyn, the Earl of Malinesbury, and
Earl Stanhope took a part, it was agreed that the Bill
should then be read a second time, and the discussion
should take place on the motion for going into the
Committee.

The Marquis of SALISBURY then presented the peti-
tion on which the discussion arose, which was from the
Hundred of Hertford, in the County of Hertford, praying
that no further alteration might be made in the Corn Laws.
Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from the
eastern part of the County of Cornwall, against any altera-
tion of the Corn Laws.

On the motion of Viscount GODERICH, the Corn Bill
was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on
Friday next.—Their Lordships were ordered to be sum-
moned on that day.