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nited, and a tremendous explosion followed.— 
There were at the time upwards of thirty indi- 
viduals (men and boys) in the mine, and out of 
this number, nine were killed on the spot, and 
eleven others dreadfully wounded ; most of these 
had their limbs broken, and were so shockingly 
scorched, that it is feared some of them will not 
survive. The explosion was so loud, that it was 
heard at a great distance, and so powerful, that 
it blew up the machine which covered the mouth 
-of the pit. Weare sorry to relate, that some of 
the unfortunate men have left large families to 
deplore their fate, and who, by this accident, are 
not only bereaved of their husbands and fathers, 
but of their only support. The men who fortu- 
nately escaped were only preserved by being in 
another part of the pit where there was an air 
pipe. The afflicted wife of one of the poor men 
who was killed (and also her son) had given birth 
to an infant only a day or two before. 
The effect of an earthquake was severely felt 
about ten at night of June 2, at Ishmael, about 
three miles from Milford; it continued twenty 
minutes, with a rumbling noise like distant thun- 
der, <A solid body of grey rock was entirely rent 
asunder, and separated into a thousand pieces, 
throwing large masses of it to a great distance; 
the adjacent rocks, and part of a hill, on which 
' there was a thriving plantation of timber over- 
hanging, were separated from the main land by 
this dreadful convulsion. 
Married.| W. Crawshay, jun., esq., of Cy- 
fartha-castle, Glamorgan, to Isabella, eldest 
daughter of T. Johnson, esq., Penmyarth, Bre- 
con.—At Llantrynach, near Brecon, W. H. West, 
esq., to Miss F. Clifton—At Llangunnon, W. 
Bonville, esq., to Miss E. Johnes.—W. Richards, 
ons of Kinnerton-lodge, Flint, to Miss P. G. Rus- 
sell. 
Died.) W. W. Jones, esq., of Gurrey, near 
Liandilo.—At Haverfordwest, Mrs. Colonel Phi- 
lips, of Williamston, grand-daughter of Dr. Ewer, 
bishop of St. Asaph. 
— SCOTLAND. 
On Thursday night, May 15, betwixt 11 and 
12 o’clock, the Clydesdale steam-packét took fire 
when crossing the channel from Glasgow for Bel- 
fast, about an hour and a half's sailing from 
Corsewall Point, on discovering which the master 
determined to run the vessel for the Light-house, 
where they arrived, and landed the whole of the 
passengers in safety, about 60, The fire was dis- 
covered aft the funnel, and, notwithstanding 
every exertion was made with the fire-pipe and 
boat’s buckets, it increased, and made rapid pro- 
gress towards the stern, which rendered the 
steersman’s situation very precarious ; he, how- 
ever, was true to his charge, and, notwithstanding 
bis dangerous situation, was most attentive to the 
master’s orders, who took his station at the bows 
ofthe boat, and directed the steersman how to 
Buide the vessel. A considerable time before the 
“packet reached the shore, the engineer and fire- 
men were driven from the engine-house by the 
violence of the fire, the engine was left by them 
plying, and fortunately it continued to ply till the 
‘vessel reached the shore. 
_ A gentleman in Liverpool has recently address- 
ed a letter to bis friend in the stewartry of Kirk- 
eudbright, on a subject which he deems of ‘vital 
Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. 
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importance to the inhabitants of Galloway. He 
incloses the last year’s importation of live stock, 
young and old, brought into the port of Liverpool, 
by steam, from Ireland (38,052 oxen, cows, and 
caves ; 132,531 sheep, and 138,574 pigs) the greater 
part of which were in condition for the butcher. 
“ These,” adds he, “are sold at our Smithfield 
every Monday; and the concourse of butchers 
from every part of the north and middle districts 
of England is immense. The cattie are sold by 
brokers for ready money; and the Irish droyer 
returns to Ireland in two or three days after his 
sale. Compare this with your wretched and 
ruinous system of droving; and advertise for 
steam-boats, and send your best cattle by them 
to Liverpool; one from Kirkcudbright every Fri- 
day, would arrive here on Saturday or Sunday; 
the cattle might be sold on Monday, and the seller 
might attend Dumfries market the Wednesday 
following with gold or bank bills in his pocket. 
This is no wild scheme—it may be made to work 
as soon as you have either cattle or sheep to send 
here in good condition. You have the best breed 
of cattle in the world, and you send them farther 
for a market than any other people do.” 
An earthquake was felt on the afternoon of the 
20th of May, at Wanlockhead (Dumfrieshire) ; it 
was heard and felt by the miners that were at 
work in the bowels ofthe earth. Several of them 
ran for their life, conceiving that the “ drift” had 
“rushed.” and that they had every chance of be- 
ing entombed alive. The account they gave of it 
was, that it much resembled the noise caused 
when a quantity-of stones or gravel is thrown 
downa “sump.’’ The sounds were twice repeat- 
ed, after an interval of five minutes. In the vis 
cinity of Dumfries similar motions were felt, 
which made the stones rattle against each other. 
Out of 700 parishes in Scotland, 490 have com- 
pulsory assessment; and the whole kingdom is 
assessed at £47,000, and yet the peasantry are 
much better off than in England. 
A dreadful accident has just happened at the 
church of Kirkaldy, at the communion Sabbath. 
When the clergyman was expected to'make his 
appearance, a part of the great range of galleries 
yielded to the pressure of the multitude, and fell 
with a terrific crash upon the hapless assemblage 
underneath, by which 30 persons lost their lives. 
One and twenty individuals have perished by 
the wreck of a passage-boat in a bay off Trisniss 
Isles, near Staffa, coming from Muli. 
Died.] At Edinburgh, Dugald Stewart, esq., 
the distinguished philosopher and metaphysician, 
IRELAND. i 
The boiler of the steam-boat Corsair, which 
plies between Belfast and Liverpool, lately burst 
with tremendous violence as it was about to start 
from the quay of Belfast. ‘The cause of the ex- 
plosion was owing to the pipe, which conveys the 
waste steam from the safety valve, being too 
small for that purpose. The engineer waa thrown 
down three times by the force of the explosion, 
and his body so dreadfully lacerated, that little 
hopes were entertained of his recovery. A pas- 
senger, who was below at the time, also suffered 
very severely. 
Died.) At Limerick, the Hon. R, Howard, 
brother to the Earl of Wicklow. 
