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peneJ on Friday evening, near 

 Windsor. A large Henley barge 

 was on its way full of coals, and 

 dragged by twelve remarkably fine 

 horses, the property of Mr. Winch, 

 of Shepperton. There were two 

 men on the horses, one on the 

 second, and the other on the last 

 but one. The water being re- 

 markably high in certain parts, a 

 little before they came into 

 Datchett reach the fore horse 

 stepped too much to the right, fell 

 into the river, and dragged the 

 first man and eight horses after 

 him, who were all unfortunately 

 drowned. The other man saved 

 himself and three of the horses by 

 having the presence of mind to 

 jump off and unchain them from 

 the other. 



10. A stronger instance of the 

 severity of the season, and the 

 stoppage of communication in the 

 west of England, cannot probably 

 be exhibited than in the following 

 fact : Edward Bray, Esq., the port- 

 reeve of the borough of Tavi- 

 stock, set off on Monday, the 10th 

 of January, for the purpose of 

 taking the oaths as portreeve at 

 the Quarter-sessions, at Exeter, 

 on the next day, a distance of 

 only 32 miles. After crossing at 

 Dartmoor, the weather coming 

 on bad, he stopped at Moreton 

 Hampstead, an intermediate stage 

 of 21 miles from Tavistock, witli 

 an intention of proceeding early 

 the next morning ; in the night 

 the heavy fall of snow commenced, 

 and continued for some days, and 

 Moreton Hampstead being situated 

 between the high hills of that part 

 of Devon, the depth of the snow 

 and the ice, which completely 

 coated the moor and hills, ren- 

 dered travelling so impracticable, 



that it was not till Saturday the 

 5th of February, he was able to 

 return to Tavistock, and then only 

 by crossing the country, and at the 

 imminent danger of his life, being 

 a period of 26 days. The snow 

 was deeper in the west of England 

 than ever was remembered. 



12. About five p.m. a meet- 

 ing took place on the beach, at 

 Sandy-mount, near Dublin, be- 

 tween counsellor Hatchell, se- 

 conded by Mr. F — y, and 3Ir. 

 Morley, of Molesworth-street, an 

 attorney, seconded by Mr. C — y. 

 Mr. M. fired first without effect, 

 when his fire was returned by Mr. 

 H, and the ball hit Mr. M. on the 

 hip, took a direction through the 

 kidneys, and killed him instantly^ 

 The circumstances which led to 

 this unhappy event are as follows : 

 — In the hall of the Four Courts, 

 Mr. M. addressed himself to Mr. 

 H. requiring him to acknowledge 

 that part of the report of a trial 

 which took place in August last, 

 which appeared in a public print 

 of that month, and in which both 

 parties were professionally con- 

 cerned> " was a falsehood." Mr. 

 H. would not comply with the 

 requisition : upon which Mr. M. 

 called Mr. H. by a very oppro- 

 brious name, which drew from 

 Mr. H. a retort that Mr. M. was 

 a liar. Mr. M. immediately struck 

 the Barrister, and a challenge en- 

 sued. 



This morning, about six o'clock, 

 a dreadful fire broke out in the 

 Custom-hon^e, in Lower Thames- 

 street, which burnt with great 

 fury, and in a few hours destroyed 

 that old but useful pile of build- 

 ing. The fire is supposed to have 

 originated in a flue belonging to 

 one of the rooms in the eastern 



