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eleven more than those with one 
arm. Next morning the match 
was played out, and the men with 
one leg beat the one arms by 103 
_runnings. After the match was 
| finished, the eleven one-legged 
men run a sweepstakes of one 
hundred yards distance, for twenty 
‘guineas, and the three first had 
prizes. 
ioth. On Wednesday morning, 
about eleven o’clock, one of 
the Dartford powder mills, about 
half a mile distant from the place, 
blew up with a dreadful explosion. 
Four persons lost their lives, 
Vib This afternoon, a gentle- 
* map going down Gray’s-inn- 
lane in a whiskey, the horse. took 
fright and set off full speed ; his 
Servant, seeing his master in such 
a situation, unfortunately for him, 
Came up tothe horse, and seized 
the bridle, but was not capable of 
Stopping him. ‘The beast turned 
up a narrow passage by ChadsWells ; 
the servant still running and hold- 
ing In turning round the passage 
the near shaft caught the man in 
the body, which it clearly run 
through, and was stopt by the wall. 
The gentleman was thrown vio- 
Tently from the carriage, but not 
much hurt. The servant was killed. 
12ih A dreadful earthquake has 
* nearly destroyed the city of 
Lattaique in Syria. The first shock 
was May 16th, which lasted about 
| eighty-six seconds. Upwards of 
| three thousand persons were buried 
| in the ruins of the houses. A great 
rt of the mosques are destroyed. 
he small town of Gibellet is also 
totally destroyed, and several houses 
throwm down at Tortosa and Tri- 
poli. 
This morning a duel was 
=e. fought in Hyde-Park, be- 
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tween Mr. William -Carpenter and 
Mr. John Pride, bi th Americans, 
‘in which Mr. Carpenter received 
his antagonist’s ball in the sidey 
which penetrated nearly through 
his body; and, notwithstanding it 
was immediately extraéted, he died 
on Monday morning. The coroner’s 
jury sat on the body, and brought 
in their verdiét wilful murder. 
Nantz. A fire took place 
27th. ; 
in our superb theatre during 
the third aét of Zemire et Azor; 
which caught the transparency in 
the apartments of Zemire, at the 
moment when the mechanist and 
his assistants were busy repair- 
ing the bust of Azor, which had 
met with an accident in coming 
up a trap not sufficiently opene 
The flames spread with such asto- 
nishing rapidity, that in five mi- 
nutes the whole theatre was in 
flames, and this superb monument 
of the decorative talents of Cruci, 
the town architeét, was soon aheap 
of deplorable ruins... The walls 
alone remain. The wardrobe and 
other decorations were totally con- 
sumed, and some persons lost their 
lives. Among the audience, how- 
ever, a few bruises, inevitable from 
the confusion, were all the damage, 
except a pregnant woman, who is 
stated to have been borne down 
by ‘the crowd, and shockingly trams 
pled upon. Those behind the scenes 
were in a dreadful condition. Three 
persons much burnt, have been 
drawn out from the flames. The 
tocsin was sounding at the moment 
of the accqunt departing, the in- 
terior part still burning, and the 
sight of new viétims was perpetual 
ly feared. 
This morning about four o’clock, 
some villains got into a house in 
Fludyer street,occupied by sir Rich- 
Dd ard- 
