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At Musselburgh, Martin Kilquir, m.p. 
—At New Cawnmuir, Mrs. I. Robertson, 
wife of John Lawson, esq. of Cairnshuir, 
IRELAND, 
The benevolent Committee of London 
have ceased their anxious labours for the 
melioration of the condition’ of the Irish 
poor of the South; their and other English 
remittances, with native exertions, and 
the bounties of Nature, have done away 
the necessity of their further efforts. A 
numerous body of Irish nobility and gen- 
try have recently agreed to resolutions for 
the commutation of tithes, 
Muried.] M. B. Rutherford, esq. to 
Miss Jane Clarke, of Rutland-square ; J. 
$. Sullivan, esq. of the E. I. Co.’s service, 
to Miss €. Stett, of Stafford-street : all of 
Dablin.—Wm. O’Reily, esq. of Richmond- 
hill, Dablin, to Miss Jane Stringer, of Aun- 
gier-street, Dublin, 
Died.]} At Dublin, in Harcourt-street, 
28, E. Hatchinson, esq.—In Prussia-street, 
James Ogilby, esq. 
_ At Belfast, W. J.. Whitlaw, esq. 
Jn Galway, Capt. T. Staunton, of the 
9th Vet. Battalion. ; 
| INCIDENTS ABROAD. 
A fire broke out on the 11th of Septem: 
ber in the reof of the high church of the 
Cathedral of St. Bavon, Ghent; it conti- 
nued to spread for two hours and a half. 
Nhe most precious articles have been 
saved. | 
“A violent storm of thunder and light- 
ning took place at Rouen on the 15th of 
| Ireland—ITncidents Abroad. 
September. The lightning struck the 
magnificent cathedral, which continued 
burning till the evening, when the fire was 
apparently extinguished, but shortly after 
broke out again with redoubled fury. The 
flames had extended themselves over the 
greater part of this once splendid edifice, 
and the great dome fell in with a tremen- 
dous crash. Several houses in the vicinity 
have also been destroyed. The melted 
lead, which ran in torrents from the roof, 
rendered a near approach to the building 
very hazardous. +) ne 
On the 18th of September 4 fire broke 
out in the new Lutheran Charch at Am- 
sterdam, on the north-east side of the 
Singel. The fire commenced in the loft 
where the plumbers-had been at work, and 
spread so rapidly, that the church was all 
in flames in half an hour, and soon commu- 
nicated to the neighbouring houses . and 
warehouses, some of which being full of 
spirits of wine, and other inflammable sub- 
stances, added to the fury of the confla- 
gration. ‘The whole inside of the churcli 
is destroyed, the walls only remaining. 
‘Lhe books and papers were saved, as well 
as some valuable articles from the consis. 
torial chamber. Six dwelling houses and 
nine warehouses are entirely or nearly de- 
stroyed. The copper which covered the 
cupola flew in large sheets through the air. 
The heat was so great, that all efforts to 
save the nearest houses were necessarily. 
renounced. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
The intense interest created by certain Articles in our late Numbers having occa- 
sioned an extra demand,—from which in a few days they will be out of print,—it is 
proposed to reprint, as separate pamphlets, at 1s. Gd. each, the Papers and 
Bugravings relative to Water-boring and to Steam and Loco-motive Carriages. 
Our next Number will contain'an Engraving of the mechanism at large of Mr. 
Grirritn’s Steam Carriage, and we hope, at the same time, to be able to give the 
results of the experiments which he intends to make in the Artillery Ground, 
London. Some Correspondents, who have put us to the expense of Postage, to 
enquire about the engraved specimen of Mr. O’ConnxER’s Chronicles, are informed 
that it was given with the last Supplementary Number,—the non-receipt of which 
has avisen from the inadvertency of their Booksellers. The same Number contained 
ihe most piquant passages of O’ Mr ara’s “ Voice from St. Helena,” and we mention 
this circumstance for the information of Foreigners, who are unable to procure the 
work itself. The Engraving given in the present Number will, to Mechanics and 
Engineers, be not less interesting than others contained in our late Numbers have been 
to the Public at large. 
We have received some Communications relative to a Grape-forcing Scheme, to anew 
Tanning Project, and to the speci-nen of a supposed Mermaid just brought to London, 
of which latter anotice has appeared in a ys saa Number ; but they have reached 
us too late to enable us to satisfy ourselves in regard to their claims to the attention 
of our Readers. Some Papers on the New Marriage Act, on Capital Punishment, 
and other Communications, received since the 5th of the Month, will appear m our 
next Number. 
The publication of eight other Houses and Relics of Eminent Men enable us to 
complete another Number on fine paper,—which, together with the former, may be 
had at three shillings each. i 
