CHRONICLE. 



67 



to the navy board. The surviving 

 waterman is in St. Thomas's Hos- 

 pital, in a dreadful state, from the 

 bruises he received. 



30. A shocking accident occur- 

 red on Friday, at the Regent's 

 Canal, close to Chalk Farm. A 

 few minutes before eleven o'clock, 

 as the workmen were preparing to 

 load some waggons, twelve men 

 who were lately taken, not being 

 aware of the danger, ventured too 

 close in undermining the bank, at 

 a depth of 25 feet, when suddenly 

 the bank fell in, and completely 

 buried them ; eight of them were 

 dug out alive, but four with their 

 legs and arms broke, and the other 

 four much bruised ; six of the eight 

 are in such a state, that their re- 

 covery is not expected. After a 

 length of time, four more were dug 

 up quite dead, and their bodies re- 

 moved to the Canteen for the 

 coroner's inquest. 



Belfast, July 31. — On Monday 

 last a fatal affray took place at 

 <jarvagh, county of Derry. It 

 was the fair-day, and a large body 

 of those deluded men, styling them- 

 selves llibbon-nien, assembled in 

 that town, some letters say to the 

 amount of 1,500, with a determi- 

 nation to take summary vengeance 

 on a peaceable inhabitant (one 

 Davidson, a publican) who occa- 

 sionally gives admission to free- 

 masons and Orangemen. Two 

 lodges of the latter, and one of the 

 former, were in the habit of pe- 

 riodically meeting there. None of 

 these, however, were present on 

 this occasion; the meditated ven- 

 geance was, therefore, likely to 

 fall upon the house and its owner, 

 and upon the various insignia de- 

 posited there, as characteristic of 



the associations they represented. 

 Fortunately, the landlord of the 

 house got some previous intimation 

 of the visit intended him ; a few 

 friends were privately introduced, 

 who were prepared to assist in the 

 entertainment of so many guests, 

 and, if necessary, to give them a 

 warm reception. The assailants, 

 being individually decorated with 

 the distinguishing badge of a white 

 handkerchief tied round the middle 

 of the body, were not slack in their 

 approaches, little dreaming, it 

 would appear, of the preparations 

 that awaited them. On the attack 

 commencing, several shots were 

 fired over their heads, the contents 

 of which whistled among the trees 

 behind them, whose fugitive 

 branches indicated that they were 

 not blank cartridges. As usual, 

 however, this forbearance only 

 tended to exasperate the mob. 

 The pieces were then levelled to 

 do execution. Several then im- 

 mediately fell, and a general flight 

 and pursuit commenced. It is 

 said three persons were killed on 

 the spot, and several others have 

 since died of their wounds. Next 

 day a large body of Orangemen 

 and Freemasons asserfibled from 

 the adjacent country and villages, 

 and triumphantly paraded the 

 streets of Garvagh without the 

 shadow of opposition. Such is 

 the account we have received of 

 this disgraceful outrage upon the 

 laws of the country, and upon the 

 peace and good order of Society. 

 When will poor Ireland be free 

 from the madness of faction ? 



At two o'clock in the morning, 

 the house of Mr. Dadderige, button- 

 maker. Gutter-lane, was discovered 

 to be on fire. The family were 



