The Sun.
London, England, 1829-05-16 00:00:00

ANOTHER FALL OF ROCK.

(From the Nottingham Review of Friday.)
On Sunday morning, at half-past two o'clock,
Mr. Samuel Eyre, of the White Swan public-house,
Snenton Hermitage, near this town, was alarmed by
the fall of about half a ton of earth through the roof
of the back part of his house, into a room adjoining
the one in which be slept. On entering the room,
he immediately ascertained the cause, but entertain-
ed no apprehensions of further mischief; nor did his
examination with a candle induce him to be alarmed
for the safety of the house. He proceeded, how-
ever, to the next house, occupied by Mr. Flinders,
where the family had been alarmed by the loud
barking and yelling of the dog; and found that Mr.
Flinders was already up, and searching the house,
under the impression that thieves were breaking ha;
they had heard some earth fall, and imagined that
some person was getting in at the window of a room
which was excavated from the rock.
The rock under which these houses were built,
may be considered as a continuation of the cliffy
range on which Nottingham Castle, and what a re-
cent tourist has designated " the upper town," are
built. Behind these houses was the greatest eleva-
tion of the cliff, called Snenton Hermitage, being
about forty feet above the level of the meadows ; and
though the precipice somewhat hung over the
houses, it had never been considered dangerous, as
there was no weight of soil, or houses to overbalance
it. For some time, both families continued to hear
a loud rumbling noise, but entertained no alarm for
the fall of the rock ; when, on the approach of day-
light, a recent fissure was discovered, completely
across the rock chamber of Mr. Flinders's house,
and Mr. Eyre also found a similar one in his rock
dairy, wide enough to admit his arm. Apprehen-
sions were now entertained, and the families from
both houses were removed in a state bordering on
nudity. Almost immediately after, and a few
minutes before four o'clock, as they were looking at
the :rock from a short distance, it was observed to
give way at the bottom, and a mass, from four to
five hundred tons in weight, fell at once, burying
under it Mr. Flinders's house, and destroying some
outbuildings and the bar of the White Swan.
Both families were out of the reach of the ruins,
and the only animal life destroyed, was, we believe,
that of a ferret. It is a remarkable fact, that the
first fall of earth was upon the bed which had, till
that night, been occupied by Mr. Eyre's brother,
and had he been then in bed, he must have been in-
evitably killed.
_

Immediately after the first alarm was over, assist-
ance was obtained; and during the whole of Sunday
work-people were employed in cutting down such
parts of the rock as were considered dangerous. A
mass of the rock is now being cut away; and when
that work is completed, the possibility of the recur-
rence of such a fall will be obviated, as it will have
a considerable inclination backward. Workmen are
still busily employed in removing the rubbish.
Yesterday, we examined the rock at the• back of
the Loggerheads public-house, in Narrow-marsh,
and from the numerous cracks in the pillars which
support it, there is little doubt that, ere long, another
portion of the rock will fall ; indeed it is evident,
that but for the solidity of the various buildings,_ it
would have fallen along with the other mass.We
trust that as the danger is evident, proper means
will be taken to remove it.

About six o'clock on Tuesday evening last
Mr. Joys, landlord of the Pack-horse inn, Boston, was
standing conversing with Mr. LANE, druggist, of Worm-
gate, when he was suddenly attacked by a female named
ANN TRACER*, who struck at him with a pen-knife, and
stabbed him near the right shoulder. Fortunately the
blade of the instrument was turned aside by the interven-
tion of a bone, or the effect must have been immediately
fatal. She then stabbed him in three other patio of the
body, and made a large incision in his thigh. The wretch,
it is said, was excited to this pitch of frenzy by jealousy.
During Tuesday evening she uontrived to elude the vigi-
lance of the person in whose custody she was placed, and
has not since been heard lA—Stamford Mercury.
The stagnation in the manufacturing districtscombined with other curses, is at present rendering emi-
gration from our shores very Vnecal7 and the direction
taken is not confined to one route, but embraces yarions
points, though
a member
chikly tbe British 'North American Co-
lonies, the Pnited States, and New HOii4lld, To Canada
th"P M of emigrants 14ays already 404 Q frO hence with
spring ships, and ohm Pro'oaring to follow ; the
, for Picttou, tva
miners and understand, takes out a number of
- artisans for works in Nova Scotia. Thc
Camillus, for New York, sailed yesterday, with 140 emi7
grant passengers. This vessel is now almost exclusively
employed in this branch of trade. For the same destivz.
tion, the chip Robert Stewart is now fitting 9'4;4 awl will
sail in a few days With a full complement: th‘stlVw-
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