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mention in particular the article " Palmer v. Wiseman," in
which the doctrines of the Romish church are ably stript of

the disguises under w

h Jesuitry has endeavoured to cloak

their deformities from the eyes of the world ; and the article
entitled " Historical Sketch of the explaining away system of
Interpretation." In the latter the Puseyite heresy is ably
and most convincin gig handled, its doctrines being submitted,
one by one, to a searching examination ; and the remarks of

the various members of the epi.copal bench, in condemns-

tion of each, quoted from recent charges delivered to the
clergy of their respective sees. This article, we should sug-
gest might, with great benefit to the church, be printed sepa-

rately for circulation as a pamphlet
The review of Captain Basil Hall's " Patchwork.'
santly written, and agreeably relieves the reader of the more
solid and more valuable articles by which it is preceded and
followed

The Ancient Egyptians" is also a pleasant arti-
cle, displaying considerable taste and learning. " The Vo-
luntary Principle at a Discount" is atrenchant and deservedly
severe exposure of the Reverend mountebanks, whose reli-
gion consists in hatred towards all church establishments ;
and in the number of whose accomplishments and virtues
learning, disinterestedness, and modesty are seldom found.
We strongly recommend its perusal to the Reverend Anti-
Corn-Law schismatics throughout the country. The opini-
ons of the writer of the article, entitled " The Church in Ire-
land," we cannot coincide in ; and we shall probably refer

to them upon an early occasion. Those, however, on
"Colonization" and "the State of the Nation" are quite to

our taste

The latter, in particular, is a slashing affair, and will tell,
as, indeed, it deserves, upon the public mind.

COURSING-MEETINGS TO COME

JANUARY.
Altcar (Waterloo Picture) Mr. M`George .
Morpeth (Cresswell-park) Mr. Nightingale
Spelthorne, (Epsom and
Leatherhead

20, 21, and 22

24 and 25

26, 27, and 28

Clydesdale

Mr. Nightinrile

27 and 28

FJBRUARY

Fleetwood-on-Wyre

Mr. M`George

Ashdown Park....
Osterley Club (Osterley)

and b
Mr. Kimber.... 8,9, 10, and 11
11 and 12

Fleetwood Champion
Tarleton

Mr. M'George
Mr. M'George

18 and 19

Mr. M`Georie
All England (Lancashire).. Mr. M'George

Altcar

2-1.:21i2, aann?l 23

MARCH

Waterloo (Liver,
A rdrossaq

Nightingale 1 and 3
Nightingale lO and 11

STEEPLE CHASES TO COME.
—St. Aiban's (middle of the month)
—Aberystwith Hunt (two chases) .. Closed
2.—Aberystwith Hunt Closed
February 10.—Hereford (three chases) Close Feb. 9
February . Aylesbury (latter end of the month) .. Closet
March 2.—Liverpool
March 14.—Worcester...
March 30.—Northampton

Februtti• 1
Y

Februftr

Close Feb. 15 and March 12
Close Feb. 1

RACES FOR 1842 ALREADY FIXED
MARCH.
9 I
Pytchley Hunt ....
ICuttcrick Bridge ..
APRIL.

Coventry

Warwick Spring

Bibury Old Course
Newmarket Craven

5 Bath and Bristol
11 I Newmarket First Spring,
MAT.
Chester
Plymouth and Devenport. 4 Gorhambury
Newmarket Second Spring 10 Epsom

Hampton
Bibury Club,

7 Stockbridge
13 Winchester
21 or 22

Newmarket
Liverpool .

JULY.
... 5 Dudley and Tipton
I ... 13 Gnodwood
AUGUST.
... 3 I Lewes
... 8 Hereford
SEPTEMBER.

Brighton

Wolverhampton

Warwick..
Doncaster

6 I Liverpool Autumn
12 1 Newmarket

Newmarket

OCTOBER.
.. 10 1 Newmarket

21 or 22
21 or 22

Many persons inform Mr. Oastler that it is asserted, by
the Leaguers, that he assisted the deputation from the West
hiding Short Time Committees to draw up their " Report."
The assertion has no foundation in truth. The first time
that Mr. Oastler read that " Report" was in the Times
xwwspaper. He communicated to the readers of the Fleet
Papers all that he knew about the " Report" in Vol. I, No.
46, of the Fleet Papers. He is not surprised that the Lea-
guers are vexed that, for once, the Ten Hours' Bill Men have
told their own tale to the Queen's ministers, and have re-
ported the same to the public without the intervention of
One or two more such interviews, and

commissioners

" Reports" would, to use a vulgar phrase, " Knock the wind
out ot:_the Leaguers." They would have wished "De big
to have had " a finger in the pie."—Fleet Papers.

EXTRAORDINARY OccuauzNcE.—A few days ago as Mr.
Butler, farmer, who resides near Whitwell, was returning
home from York in a spring cart, he was accosted by an ap-
parently well-dressed lady, who wore a muff, veil, &c., and
who desired him to let her have a ride as she was benighted.
Mr. Butler agreed to do so, and after they had proceeded
some distance, and ►iad arrived at a rather secluded spot, the
lady desired him to gee out of the cart, as she had lost her
glove. The farmer, however, declined, be being suspicious
that all was not right. The fair one then alighted from the
vehicle, and Mr. Butler immediately put his horse into a
gallop. He had no sooner done so than several shots were
tired after him, but without teking effect. On arriving at
home he found the muff in his cart, and discovered within
it a brace of loaded pistols and a clasp knife.—York Courant.

EXTRAORDINARY INVESTIGATION.—About three weeks
since, a perfect male skeleton was discovered in a field near
Devises. It was by a young man whilst digging for clay,
who at first attached no importance to the subject, and re-
interred the bones. The fact, however, was communicated
to the clergymen of the neighbourhood, who had been pre-
viously informed that murders had been committed near the
spot, and they caused an inquest to be held. It appears that
about SO or 90 years ago, there was a public-house called the
Shepherd and his Dog, kept by Thomas Burry,
le stone on near the
the Salisbury road; that Burry himself
three-ml
was of ill-repute, and his house of worse ; that at that period
large numbers of pedlars travelled the road ; that many of
shelter at the Shepherd and Dog, but that few
them sought
left the house alive, or if they did, it was only to be mur-
dered on the road,
and that the road then ran near the brick-
field.man near Sutton, of Urchfont, 88 years of
An old
when--, be was a shepherd boy, three-score and
sliaats
at the house, overheard some persons concerting the murder
of a Scotch pedlar then there ; and that Withers went to
Urchfont and gave information of the fact, when the Urch-
font people came and rescue)the pedlar through the window.
The cry of " Murder !
ti3's old man said, was then very
"
frequent in the neighbourhood of the Shepherd and Dog;
the
died, b r itehketi
bell
There he has known several personsa dugoid oßuutrort;
There is also a tradition that when
wcre such noises as had
would not sound, and that there
license was afterwards with-
never before been heard. The Edwards, said he
drawn from the house. A person named
gg and a'friend of
knew an old man named Mower,
Burry's, and that some time befoareslhnius-
i the Charlton
death he heard him
say that he had killed many a marl betweer
Cat and Wedhampton, and buried them at Wroughton Folly.
used to
Edwards also said that when he was a boy, persons
be afraid to pass the corner at the Shepherd and Dot The
owner of the brickfield said that soinc years ago tii
its.
covered a skeleton in the same field, and from its position
was evident that it had been pressed by force into a bole not
large enough to contain it: ana .1.... .. ......1.--anth ago

years ago, that a

another skeleton was ''
old man verging upon fonrsc

dvscendantof an

but nothing could be elic—it-e-crfryears. was also examinea,
he was not answerable for what otherhim, farther than that
people did. lie was
repeatedly asked whether there ~, as
notnot a trap door to the
cellar, and whether he himself hadvery recently tilled
the cellar with gravel, but he evaded the
give no direct answer. Ile lives in the(Tieeati"
house that was
, and would
the Shepherd and Dog. W. D. Barker, Z
~e surgeon of
of a male
Devizes, examined the skeleton, and said
perforation,
no doubt,
from the size of the thigh bones. that it was thathad
ons.rment,
person. On the top of the skull there was
which must have been effected by some sharp
and which was sufficient to cause death. In his
perforation was made prior to interment, and the person this
son a
whom the skeleton was the remains, came to his death h •
violent means. The jury, therefore, returned ave •
edict to
that effect.

The forenoon of the day of our ;;ival at Klima! w
cloudy with occasional rain, and a brisk and rather chi',

ward and westwarci

ever, with whom I wa.

ssociated on board the

several of whom were like myself strangers in

country, were anxious to avai,

ae remarKaDle and highly interesting bathing-place of
:ee, about thirteen miles distant, to pay it a visit, and

after awaiting for some hours a favourable change, the day
becoming rather brighter, though still cloudy and menacing,
it was ruled by the ladies—who on this occasion exhibited a
more adventurous spirit than their ruder companions—that
we should proceed in a car, taking our chance of the weather.
A machine, of the class peculiar to the country, of very hum-
ble pretensions to elegance, and, from long tear and wear,
almost guiltless of paint or decorative trappings, was accord-
ingly procured, in which we contrived to pack ourselves, in
such numbers as would have subjected the owner of a similar
vehicle in England to a heavy fine for imposing so ponderous
a weight on a single horse. The animal, moreover, was com-
paratively small, rough and shaggy, apparently in but sorry
travelling condition, and giving no promise to an English eye
of sufficient power to accomplish,a third of the journey. In
Ireland, however, they manage these matters without being
scrupulous to a shade; and there is a vivacity and stamina
both in man and beast, peculiar to their clime, which enable

them to overcome difficulties in the attainment of a desired
which we, in our refinment (if I may so term it) would

scarcely venture to encounter

To our regret, our worthy and entertaining friend Captain
Kennedy, being officially engaged on board, against his re-
turn voyage on the following day. could not accompany us.
How he could have disposed of himself, had it been
otherwise, puzzles conjecture,—for, though the regular
complement was but five, we mustered seven in number,—
namely, Mrs. Kennedy, Mr. Sibthorpe, (one of the agents of
the steam company at Limerick,) and Mrs. S., Captain and
Mrs. Christie, my redoubtable self, and the " jarvey." On
one of the lateral seats of the car sat the two eentlemen

d ; on the other the three ladies, or rather

ustice and becomin

3llantry

say, the

" three graces

a lovelier constellation either in mind or feature Could scarcely
be conceived. Your humble servant contrived to stow him-
self in the little cock-pit behind, between the rails at the back
of the seats, and with his feet, extended, through a small
hatchway in the hold, in a somewhat comical but not un-
comfortable position, facing the horse, or rather the back of
the driver (who was perched on a little dickey over our
Rozinante's tail), but with the advantage over my companions
of seeing the country on both sides, without every moment
.g my head to the rightabout. One of the lively dames
trout, playfully bestowed upon me the not inapt cognomen
at "jack in the box." Our driver, with a face betokening
the greatest good-nature, and muffled up in a drab great coat
copiously patched, had some difficulty, by inclining his body
forward, in keeping the machine,•with our accumulated pon-
clerosity behind, from lifting his nag from the ground, and

" kicking" us in a heap into the highway ; but no such acci-
dent took place, nor would its occurrence have been very
disastrous, our feet being at a very humble elevation from the
ground. When we were all "on board," and the driver got

the reins in hand, his countenance assumed a comical aspect
of surprise but not dismay, when Mr. Sibthorpe, who wits
waggishly inclined, told him, with imperturbable gravity, not
be hurrying himself, as there were three or four more pas-
sengers to be accommodated. Off we, however, started with-
out waiting for such poetical accession to our numbers, drove
to and partly through Kilrush, and diverged from the market
square westward on the Kilkee road. Our pace was at first
very moderate, and after passing a handsome new School-
house. and the new Workhouse, and encountering the ac-
clivity of Broom-hill, it gradually slackened until we were
almost at a standstill. My friends began to apprehend that
we should have a tedious journey ; and, for myself, 1 had no
hope of our accomplishing a league of the road, my estimate
of the hardiness and endurance of an Irish horse being un-
justifiably low. We all, however, enjoyed that buoyancy of
spirits which, I verily believe, is inhaled with the very air of
the sister kingdom, and cared so little for the result, that our
delay only furnished new food for joke and merriment.
" Don't be afther running off with us at this railway
rate," said Mr. Sibthorpe, " only consider the ladies. Sure
and he's a fine handsome horse that of years, and I
shouldn't wonder but ye'll be selling him to the lord
lieutenant before long, for his own private use." Paddy,
however, took all this, and much more badinage, in good
part, and remarked, " If the gintlemen'll only walk up the
hill, ye'll see how he'll go when he warrums a bit." We ac-
cordingly alighted, and walked leisurely to the top, enjoying
the fine view of the wide estuary of the Shannon, with its
islands, headlands, and indentures, and the diversified coun-
try for many miles on its banks. And, sure enough, Paddy
was right; for, after resuming our seats, the " cratur" began
to " warrum," and trotted along with his unconscionable load
at a brisk pace all the way, with the exception of a momen-
tary abatement at the top of an occasional brow, his master,
after allowing him a short breathing space, again effectually
urging him on by a kindly and familiar " Get along wid ye.
The road between Kilrush and Kilkee is for the most part
through uninteresting tracts of bog, which, though cultivated
to a considerable extent, and sprinkled with small cottages,
and an occasional erection claiming the distinction of a farm-
house, in the more elevated and productive spots, has, during
the greater part of the year, a bleak and comfortless appear-
ance. The route is, moreover, circuitous, in order to avoid
a deep indenture of the Shannon on the left, properly a minor
arm of the sea, at the top of which a considerable brook or
small river disembogues itself. Here, close to the bridge
which we crossed, there is a small clingy hamlet, called Scagh,
rendered the more gloomy by its being a depot for turf col-
lected in the vicinity, which is piled on each side the high-
way, and amongst the cottages, in huge black stacks, in rea-
diness for the turf boats plying to Limerick, many f which
lle in the bay, and indeed in numerous little creeks along the
whole low shores of the estuary to the westward, as far as
Loop Head.
The boats pay from £5 to £lO each, according to their ton-
nage, for a load of turf, which is sold at the city by what is
called a kish, being the contents of a large oblong square bas-
ket, 5 feet 2 inches in length, 2 feet 11 in width, and 3 feet 6
in depth. This measure will contain from 6to 10 cwt., ac-
cording to the dryness and compactness of the article, the
heaviest, if dry, being esteemed the best. The price varies,
as the season may be propitious for cutting and drying this
cutting this national fuel, from 3s. to 55., and in the previous
year (though it is an unusual occurrence) it rose to 9s.
The cabins here are generally of the usual small dimensions,
built of clay, and rudely thatched—domiciles of slight pre-
tensions to neatness or comfort—the smoke ascending by a
hole in the roof, also thatched and wattled round with bands
of straw, ire humble outward resemblance to a chimney. Most
of them have a small low door, and a minute square window
in front, frequently out of plirn, and, as it were, squinting
upon the passer by. Some few cannot even boast of the
luxury of a single window. We observed many of them
partly denuded of their thatch, the effect of the violence of
the gale that had nearly proved disastrous to our vessel on
our voyage from Liverpool, and what remained stayed down
with straw ropes, tied to stakes in the ground, and forming
a rude net work. particularly over the more exposed and
rounded ends of the roof, giving them somewhat the appear-
ance of tents. The broken panes of those windows origi-
nally glazed were supplied with wisps of straw or rags, the
glazier being but little in requisition. On others large stones
and pieces of wood lent their friendly aid to the same object.
Here and there, however, a modern taste for improvement
was manifested, in better materials and construction, white-
washed walls, decorative enclosed flower plots in front, and,
in one or two instances, green painted doors and window
sashes.

The soil being almost wholly reclaimed from the moss, is
for the most part sterile, but a few fields have been so far
improved and enclosed as to produce oats and barley.
Potatoes is the general produce, and both men, women, and
children were busily employed in turning up the soil in nar-
row buts, with the long narrow spade or mattock generally
in use amongst the peasantry, and otherwise preparing it to
receive the seed. Here, as well as in other parts of the
neighbourhood of Kilrush, a species of large sea weed is sue-
eessfully used for manuring potato ground. This marine
plant is gathered in summer from the rocks—an often peri-
lous vocation. It has several large fist leaves growing from
the root, sometimes of from two to three yards in length. It
is laid on the top of the soil for a time, and in its decay loses
its dark colour, and, becoming
of a light hue, resembles large
wet shavings of deal timber- from a joiner's shop. The
traveller will also remark throughout this boggy district,
many roots of trees, and sometimes stems, that have been
dug up and thrown on the surface, where they are frequently
left for years. They are chiefly the remains of fir trees, that
once, no doubt, formed a stately natural forest, and are used
for firewood, rude fencing, &c.

nig Rug

subside aireic-ne siot

motion by the ne
some parts of the t

Huse r
t piled o.

having been undeimined, or

are rousad into cOffol com-

vassra of

rooted from t

heir preci

sites, by the fury of the billows. At other plaees, where the
shore is sloping, the smaller fragments, though of such size
and weight as to appear immoveable, have become worn to

contact in which they are held by the warring waves. The
whole, indeed, forma d a combination of the beautiful and the
grand in coast scenery, and formed an apt representation of
the ruins of a long line of the rocky fortresses of nature.
(conclusion of Kilkee in our next.)

MISCELLANEOUS

THE MARRIAGE ACT.—In the London Gazelle of Fri-

day last, it is announced that the Socialists' Institution in
John-street, Fitzroy-square, has been licensed for the cele-

bration of marriages

From this infidel measure extraordi-

nary fruits were to be expected, but it was scarcely to be
anticipated-that its privileges should have been sought by a
sect of reprobates who repudiate and denounce the institu-
tion of marriage as a pernicious restraint upon natural
liberty, If the law be really open to such an abuse—if

licenses for the celebration of marriage can be obtained by
men whose object can be no other than to convert the cere-

mony into a filthy mockery, it is high time that some change
were made to guard against the recurrence of such scanda-
lous profanation.

DISTRESSING CASE AND Loss OF LIFE.—On Sunday
afternoon, the 9th instant, a number of youths were sliding
on a sheet of water at Golden Valley, near Condor, in this
county, when it appears some thoughtless person passing at
the time, threw a pennypiece a considerable distance from
the bank for any one who had courage to fetch it. James
Grice, aged 18, son of John Grice, a collier, residing at
Golden Valley, eager to outvie his companions, darted after
the penny. In attempting to pick up the prize, the ice gave
should in
tritlhe was suddenly immersed in the water, a depth
I

of only six feet. The sufferer was struggling in the water,
ultimately under the ice and in sight, nearly a quarter of an
hour. After some loss of time, a rope was procured, and
thrown to him, which he seized ; but, al4s ! the terrified
companion let slip the end, and before a second could be
procured, the poor fellow, exhausted, sunk to rise no more.
DOMESTIC ETIQtTETTE.—The father, or chief of a family,
enjoys always a respect and an authority almost unlimited ;
the children are brought up in the most entire deference and
submission to the will of their father; they show him a
respect which neither age, nor social position, nor any cir-
cumstance of life, can lessen. The son cannot sit clown before
his father without permission ; he only speaks in his presence
when questioned, makes an honour of serving him and an-
ticipating his least wishes. The father begins.only to. forego
his paternal authority when his 'son is married and settled ;
but the respect and deference of the son remain invariably
the same. We have a singular example in Ibrahim Pasha
and his father Mehemet Ali Pasha. In the hierarchy of the
Ottoman empire, as Pasha of Mecca and the holy places,
Ibrahim is the greatest pasha in the empire, and all the
others ought to rise at his approach. In order not to be
wanting in what he owes to his son as dignitary, Mehemet
Ali Pasha, who, as father, ought not to rise at his approach,
always waits for him standing, enters at the same time with
him at any public ceremony or great presentation, as, for
instance, at lbrahim's return from a long campaign. With
the exception of these rare occasions, Ibrahim is always
completely effaced before his father; he fulfils towards him
all the duties of a submissive and respectful son, kisses his
hands, waits his permission to sit down, and, even with his
permission, lie rarely smokes in his presence from respect.—
Perrier's Syria.
MELANCIIOI:Y SUICIDE.—We are sorry to record the
death, by his own hand, of Dr. Glass, of Fourbires, near St.
Andrew's, on Monday, December 27. Early in the morning
the family were alarmed by the loud report of a gun, and on
attempting to enter the room from which it was heard the
door was found locked. On breaking into the room the un-
fortunate gentleman was found lying on the floor with his
head shattered to pieces. Both barrels had been heavily
loaded, and the trigger pulled by a measuring square, which
was tenaciously grasped by the hand of the deceased, who
had placed the muzzle of the gun in his mouth. Dr. Glass
had been some time in India, and had there a coup de soleil.
He had been only JO or 11 weeks married, and had since
then shown several marks of mental alienation. This event
has caused a painful sensation in the neighbourhood, where
the unfortunate gentlemen was greatly and deservedly re-
spected for his kindness of feeling and honourable conduct,
being a benefactor to the poor, to whom he was ever ready to
afford pecuniary and other relief, and to give them gratui-
tously the aid of his professional services.—Caledonian Mer-
cury.

EXTRAORDINARY INCIDENT.—A master of a vessel from
Hayle brought from that place to Swansea this week a pas-
senger, whom he shipped as a gentleman, but who at sea de-
clared herself to be a lady. Her account of herself is most
romantic. She states that she escaped from a nunnery at
Halifax. in America, accompanied by her lover, with whom
she embarked for England. They were wrecked on the voy-
age, and cast away on an island, where her companion died.
Here she remained for some days, when she was taken up by
a vessel and conveyed to England. She is silent on her sub-
sequent history, and refuses to give her name. She says that
she has numerous friends in Swansea, but does not intend to
reveal herself to any of them. She professes to have endured
much trouble, and her mind appears to be exceedingly un-
happy. Her person is beautiful, and her hands and feet par-
ticularly small. From her conversation, and some explana-
tory remarks she made on some passages in the Bible, (every
part of which she seemed conversant with,) the captain
judged her to be well educated. and of a superior turn of
mind. Her age is about 16. She has a liberal supply of
money, and asserted that she could draw from any bank in
England. On leaving the captain she remarked, "We shall
meet again at Cardiff," whither he was to sail hence. The
conclusion the writer draws from her improbable narration
is, that she has experienced some calamity which has affected
her reason.--Cambrian.
GLEANING IN CORN-FIELDS.—At the last sessions there
was a prosecution for felony—Samuel Raisher against Sarah
Taylor, of Kingstanley, in this county. It appeared that the
prisoner persisted in gleaning or leazing before the field of
wheat had been cleared, and thus clearly in law committed a
felony. At the trial the prisoner set up a defence that she
considered she had a right, and the jury, by the chairman's
direction, supposing she might consider such to be the case,
found her not guilty ; after which the chairman addressed
the prisoner as follows Prisoner, mind what you do for
the future ; if you are brought here again you cannot plead
ignorance. You have no right to leaze until the field is
cleared, and mind you tell your children and neighbours so."
\%e insert this notice not for the purpose of encouraging
prosecutions of this nature, but in order that poor people
may be aware what they are liable to for trespassing in fields
before they are cleared and contrary to the will of the occu-
pier.—Gloucester Journal.
DISTRESS IN PAurs.—The National states that the pub-
lic hospitals of Paris are completely filled with patients, and
that no assistance can he afforded to the numerous cases
which are every day increasing in a more than ordinary pro-
portion, in consequence of the distress prevailing amongst
the working classes, and of the typhus fever now razing in
an alarming degree. "In the space of two hours," conti-
nues the National, " we have seen 43 patients refused ad-
mittance at one hospital, all in a deplorable state, and, in
fact, reduced to despair. One of those invalids exclaimed,
If you do not receive me, I have no other alternative but
to throw myself into the river,' and the wretched man burst
into tears. We have to add, that yesterday, the 14th of
January, there was not a single place vacant throughout the
hospitals, and that the same scenes were renewed in our
presence. At the Hotel Dieu there was so complete a scarcity
of blankets that on Friday the Administration was obliged
to purchase 50 pair. It is said that additions are to be made
to the hospitals of St. Louis and La Pitie ; but as we observed
five years since linen, clothing, blankets, and even the apart-
ments are defective, insufficient, and bad."

AWFUL DEATH OF A CLERGYMAN.—On Monday an in-
quest was held at the Coach and Horses Inn, Ipswich,
before Mr. S. B. Jackaman, on view of the body of the Rev.
John Pyemont, curate of Eyke, Suffolk, who was found dead
at a house in Globe-lane. It appeared that the deceased
had been dining out on the previous Saturday evening. The
following evidence presents the material points in the case.
Elizabeth O'Brien said, I am a single woman. I live near
Miss Dallenger's in Globe-lane. I am a lodger. I went
into Miss Dallenger's a little after eleven o'clock. Went to
put a few coals on the fire by her request. as her servant was
busy. It was about half-past eleven o'clock, and Mr. Pye-
mont was sitting on the sofa in the lower room. I had
never seen him before. There was no one with him. He
did not speak to me. He was leaning his back against the
sofa. He did not appear to be ill. he was sitting still. He
gave a\violent groan, fell down, and died. He appeared to
have been drinking. I was not in the room more than two
minutes. There was a candle burning on the table. There
was not a large fire. He groaned and fell off the sofa. I
called Miss Dallenger, who said, " Don't be frightened, he
is only in a fit." I don't think lie hit himself against any-
thing in the fall. There was no glasses nor any appearance
of drinking in the room. Miss Dallenger was in an adjoin-
ing. house. She got some water and washed his temples
with it: He was quite dead, and showed no signs of life
after the fall. Mr. Sampson, surgeon was then sent for,
who came immediately and pronounced Mr. Pyemont dead.
Ipswich Express.

EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATION IN BELFAST.—WO regret
to announce the complete destruction by fire of Mr. Duf-
field's extensive provisio❑ stores in James's-street. The fire
broke out last (ThurSday) night, between ten and eleven
o'clock, and, at the time we went to press, presented a most
alarming aspect, the whole range fronting the street being
one mass of flame. The tire seems to have commenced in
the rear part of the store, and quickly extended over the
whole of this extensive and valuable building, notwithstanding
the exertions of the different fire-engines, which were speedily
brought to the spot. The part of the buildings facirq
James's-street is about 150 feet in length and three stories in
height ; and, when in full blaze, presented an appearance
much resembling, though on a somewhat smaller scale, the
late dreadful fire in the Tower of London. Notwithstanding
the torrent of rain which fell during the whole time thou-
sands of spectators were collected on the spot, watching with
anxiety and wonder the progress of the alarming scene. We
were informed that the store was full of hams and other pro-
visions ; but as to the pecuniary extent of the devastation
we have no means of knowing at present. We have not
learned whether the property was insured. The manner in
which the officers and men of the 29th Regiment exerted
themselves was beyond the highest praise which we could
bestow, and the police-force, ably directed by Mr. Coulson,
deserve similar praise. So much of the property as could be
removed from the premises was carried out and thrown into
the street, and the greatest precaution used to prevent any of
it being carried olf.—Belfast News Letter.

FOURTEEN VESSELS ASHORE AT SUNDERLAND.—OR
Thursday we had a tremendous snow-storm on this coast,
which nas been attended with very great destruction amongst
the shipping entering the harbour of Sunderland. About
four o'clock in the afternoon, when it began to grow dark,
it being then flood-tide, a great number of large vessels,
while endeavouring to proceed up the river (Wear), got foul
of each other, and a strong southerly wind then blowing
across the river, many were driven upon the potato-garth ;
and between that time and six o'clock vessels continued at
intervals to ground there, most of which received more or
less damage, by driving against each other. It is impossible,
into
particulars, the very late occurrence of this disaster, to enter
particulars, but we may state that considerable injury had
been done, masts, yards, bowsprits, booms, and quarter-
boards, &c., being broken, and the hulls of some of the
vessels being stove. There are certainly not less than twelve
vessels at present (twelve o'clock. Thursday night) lying ou
the potato-Barth, but it is most probable that the number is
even larger. Amongst those which arc reported to have
sustained damages are the Thomas Burdon and the Far-
nacres, both of which belong to this port (Sunderland).
About the same time the brig 'William, and the brig Thomas
Gales, attempted to take the harbour, but were driven on
shore between Hendon and the South Pier, where they are
now lying, but it is thought their situation is not very dan-
gerous. As it was not known on shore in what situation
these vessels might be, and they were supposed to be
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