The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-09-08 00:00:00

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PERILOUS FIRE AT S

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Cove of
CENTLEMEN,—TiIiS day, at two P
here in the Orbit, of Liverpool, Capt.
havt.4 picked me and my ship's company
It is with heartfelt grief I have to annow
of the Mars (by fire) on. Thursday nigh
instant, Waterford hearing N. N. E.
leagues distance. While silting in. tilt
M r. Kelsey (passenger), the Mate cline down
o'clock, and said thew—was a strong oven -
instantly went on deck, and found the
was below in the forecastle had come
most suffocated ; and at that timethere
from any otht,r .part of the vessel.
ately began throwing • water down
and cutting a hole in the deck, to tr
find where the kre!.was, wren the smoi
the steerage in sufk/olosnes that we
to be suffocat‘id, and conk' scarcely see
on deck. I instantly concluded the' tit
the main hrild,"and immediately Ordered
he got out and. to break the main hatches
1 if we could find the fire there, as it.'
1 for any person to go below in the steel
castle ; and such was the vapidity of thi
i before we could get the long boat out,
I suing six feet high through the main '
! it was with the -greatest !dilTtitity'iii
getting the boat out over the side, as
in a few minutes after in flames from 1
1 Weft° the cabin doors. It is imps's
.describe the horrors of the sight of ti
Ithe frantic state of the female paisersA
i oat of bed on the first alarm, and came
1 There was no time to get either web
or any thing in the boat : and ha<l it
1 Providence threw a vessel in our way,
been turner' on the sea without any kind.
some without covering, in an open hoafi
!Capt. Peer*, of Liverpool, hove in ellghi
our distressed situation, immediately.”
took xtg onboard, it ;then being about
1 The attention of ciptain Peers and ~
board the• Orbit; to 7every individual, merit
sincere thanks.
. ,
1 In calling the people over by their
quitting the vessel, I found there was
1 and judging he might be down in the (et,
to get some of his clethest and not able
Ngtiin on account of 'the smoke, one of
the risk of his own life, went down and
made a rope fast rouudiltim, and he
without any sensation, but we succeeded
him to life on board !the Orbit. •
By what means .the 'vessel took fi
knows, as there oo.been• • sio. light w
in the forecastle or steerage that nig!
was no fire in either of tlibse laces
broke through the main hatChway ; am
son to have commuttication., with then ,
possible, without being' known., as the
bulk-headed up fore and aft. . .
,Lhave saved scarcely any eletblng—on,
wear. Shall return to Liverpool as i
ble.—lf remain, Gentlemen, your obedien'
(Signed) JOSE'PIi ill'-
': 7iiessrs, Ellis 'llO Iti•Neill„ , _

'" irTrestarday
was in Ihquest.heid etßobert Walker's,
the White 1..1bu, leireather-lane, before
sottcr4q; Coroner for tire county of
vieOt: of tllB bet!" of ,Mrt.:'ilarriet Ca' r,
epect*ble old widow Ladyv•whose death was occa-
sioned by•her clothes eitchling fire. 11.-r month, bet
breast, her right 6tiontder, one a her arms earl her
legs were much burned.. The. Jary,returne:tl a Ver. •
'4 diet of Accidental Veath.4,:i) nqa Mit i was taken
on Wednesday everriug,:ieiove the-same Coronet; on
the body of Foster, a watchttily t!wr.St2Giles,s,
who was found hinging in George,court, Coal-yard,
St. Giles's, on Monday. The tiquest sat.• at th-
Workhouse ; and it appeared by the evideoce.atl-
duced, that the deceased had not been, sober for a
fortnight, and that he was Right y in the had 'at th,y
latter part or the time. • Verdict-71ustartiti..
Magi') ASSASSINATION.-101 eremitic;
last, :at Bryan O'Reilly, Esq. of Ryfti.tki,, county
'of Cavan,' was riding into tows; :for tho., purple of
receiving .rents, as agent to Mrs. Tathot, on the fol-
lowing day at the fair, he was bat barebsly. e tiritery
by a discharge from a pistol,. the ball from woic.
went completely through 'his body. It appeared o;1
the Inquest, which wat.,immediately ..held on the
body by Mr. SHEA, Coroner for this county, thtt
the assassin was observed, a ihort time previmat "0
the .perpetration of the foul deed, leadisg a her,'
;:immediately after the deceased, which he mount( 1
on committing • the horrid act, and galloped in t(,-
wards tovrir, announcing to several Lwople whom la
met on the way, that 44 there was a man murdered or
the road !"—On reaching the catial.bridge, he puma '
his retreat along the bank of the Canal, and therehy.
effected his escape for the present. Mr. O'Reilly •
was a Gentleman esteemed by all who knew him,
and in his necessary intercourse with landholders
and peasantry, had always proved himself an indal.
gent friend. Indeed the general and just indigr .
tion excited by this murderous transaction 10-
town and neighbourhood, in which Mr. Olteilir
was well known, is not to be surpassed ; and we
confidently anticipate the speedy visitation of offend-
ed justice on the head of the inhuman monster. Tte
fatal instrument (which appeared to be a dragoon
pistol) was found in a gripe a few yards from hit
body. A most respectable Jury were sworn oa h 4:
Inquest, to whom it clearly appeared, that Ildr-
O'Reilly came by his death by a pistol.shot woo,
fired by some person unknown, and the VertiCt
was accordingly. We hear that a man nattP
Clancy was last night committed.to our gaol, chary.'
on suspicion with the above 1111611er.—( Westose
Journal.)

What can or ought to be the reason, that in
tabling a passport to go to France, at our offictl,
you are obliged to ply 21. 12s. 6d. for it, while, 11
applying for the same at the French Amblvsado:
you have one delivered to you for nothing? 1 '5
is an abase that ought to be enquired into for g
national character. It is a lame excuse that
money goes towards the expence of the offices,
to raise money in such a way is unbecoming
[ Government. They know that the passport is use!.

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SEA.
r Cork, Aorm
P. M. I arritA
;apt. Peers, be
twiny up at
thounee the lap
night, the
. E. about six
tilt cabin with
le down at nit*
11.1 ell
tth ow:af' fi re
deteheltti i
rtt
:
.e woe no
. We imme•
the forecast:,
,
ry if µe coud
nke issued fmts
were all
Lee one auothNr
fire Must lie in
red.the boats t„
.Iles to see
'WiSirapoesible
eernge or fore.
the Haines, that
t, they were i..
hatchway, so;
✓e
socc,"•Metlit
the ve..el was
the fore Ilan*.
ible fo• n,e 10
the vessel, and
144..4, oho got
os on &w k.
ter, proviiinnS,
tint been that 1...•
tse most base •
LI of sustennnce,
Lt, The ( • bit, •
;Wt, and seeing
hove to, and
, passengers on
on
merit my most
• names before
is one mksing,
Irecastle trying
able to get up
of the men, at
slid found him,
was hauled up
Jed in bringing
are, GOD only •••
whatever eithet.
fight, and thin*
s until after
lid for any per.
✓ hold was ilia: .
he vessel .44
,_„.t.ft
soon as pa,
*client serval
, a
evening. there
.r's, the sign of
DM G. (lone.
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retie* was oects,
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ha, .
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