Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-11-18
FOREIGN NEWS.

FOREIGN NEWS.
From ENGLAND. The Silvanus Jen-
kins, which arrived this forenoon, has
brought Liverpool papers of the 18th of
Oct. the morning of her sailing. There
does not appear to be much political news.
Letters from Varna state that the siege of
Shumla is raised, and the Russians in full
retreat.
The blockade of the Dardanelles ex-
cludes only the contraband of war, and
has been recognised by the British gov
ernment.-N. Y. EUe. Post Of Saturday.
LONDON, Ger. z. A gentleman who
has just arrived here from Dublin, de-
scribes the state of that city as fearful.
We learn from a quarter on which we
place great reliance, that the Cabinet
Councils held on Friday and Saturday
were occupied in deliberations on the
state of Ireland that these deliberations
were caused by dispatches received from
the Lord Lieutenant, in which he notion
ed that considerable alarm was excited by
the publick meetings of the peasantry in
large bodies and in military array in the
southern counties, and requested instruc-
tons from government for the regulation
OF his conduct; that proclamation was
in consequence drawn up, prohibiting
those meetings, and was Immediately sent
off to Ireland and that Sir Anthony Hart.
who was in the country at some distance
from London, was summoned to town on
b'"ia~y "'SLt, s-..~ed on Saturday, urd
departed for his post in Ireland on Sun
day.-LiUerpool Adoertiser.
he state of Ireland becomes daIIy more
alarming. Catholicks and Protestants are
respectively making the utmost efforts to
intimidate each other, and to influence
Parliament. The two parties may almost
be said to be drawn up in military array,
and only an occasion is wanting, which a
mere accident might furnish, to plunge
the country into civil war. We have not
been accustomed to use this tone con-
corning Ireland, but the accounts of the
last week from that country detail facts
which excite much more serious appre-
tensions than we have ever before felt, or
than the British publick generally enter
tain, concerning the tranquility of the sis
ter island.-ibid.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT IN EXETER ST.,
LONDON. About halfpast 2 o'clock, on
Wednesday morning, creaking noise
was heard by the neighbours, and, in
moment after, the houses Nos and 5
were seen falling down in one mass half.
way into the street. 1t was known that
the house No. 5 was inhabited by large
family, of the name of Stokes, and the
most serious apprehensions were enter
tanned that the whole of them would fall
sacrifice. Fortunately the excavations
in Catharine and Bridges streets, for the
construction OF new common sewer.
were going on, and, in few minutes. up-
wards of so men were on the spot. The
first body taken out was that of carman
of the name of Neaves this poor fellow
had been engaged in carting gravel and
soil, for the purpose of the excavation.
The attention of the workmen were i'm
mediately turned to him, and he was found
in the middle of the street quite dead.
The horse was also very much injured.
Under the cart, or rather, by the near side
OF it, was found man, by trade carpen-
ter, who escaped in manner miraculous
seeing the walls falling, he had the pre-
sence of mind to place himself under the
cart, which was very strong; and though
upwards OF ton weight must have fallen
on and against it, he escaped with very
slight injury. A poor woman, Mrs. Edge
ly, whose age is so, was found, at the
back of the premises, with one of her arms
broken. This poor creature, who lived
IN one OF the upper rooms, was immedi-
ately conveyed to MiddIesex Hospital.
where the limb was bound up and splin-
tered. At little after o'clock, two
children, the one Z years old, the other 9
months, were taken out and conveyed to
the house of Mr.. Callahan, in Essex street,
The infant died in few moments after
beng taken into the house, but the other
was found to have received no material
injury, and, after being washed, was put