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rwer. Every attempt to stop the 

 progress of the conflagration proved 

 ineffectual, and those two fine ships 

 were for the greatest part consum- 

 ed. The Piave frigate, whose bow- 

 sprit had taken fire, and all the 

 other vessels which were in the 

 vicinity, were saved. Many per- 

 sons were immediately apprehend- 

 ed, for the purpose of discovering 

 whether this misfortune was not 

 wilfully occasioned. The damage 

 is estimated at three millions of 

 francs. 



17. A most melancholy acci- 

 dent occurred on the turnpike-road 

 between Farringdon and Wantage, 

 Berks. Mr. Spicer, a farmer, re- 

 siding at Goosey, had loaded a wag- 

 gon with cheese for Wantage, and 

 his wife embraced the opportunity 

 of riding on the waggon to that 

 place : having arrived opposite the 

 farm, called Garlands, they were 

 overtaken by some men, with a 

 humber of loose colts, returning 

 from Leachdale fair; these, in 

 passing, divided on each side of the 

 waggon, and thereby frightened the 

 horseswhich were drawing it; in en- 

 deavouring to stop them, the driver, 

 JohnCombly, was beaten down, and 

 both wheels passed over his loins — 

 he expired in a few minutes after- 

 wards. The horses set off at a full 

 gallop; the waggon was overturn- 

 ed, and the cheese falling on Mrs. 

 Spicer, she was killed on the spot. 

 The boy who led the fore horse 

 had a narrow escape, having been 

 knocked down by it, but he fortu- 

 nately succeeded in rolling out of 

 the way of the wheels before they 

 passed. An inquest was held on the 

 bodies, when the Jury returned a 

 verdict of Accidental Death. 



19. The practice of frame- 

 breaking blill continues in Notting- 



hamshire : — On Sunday, the 11th, 

 about 12 o'clock at night, a party of 

 frame-breakers, supposed about20, 

 made a forcible entrance into the 

 house of Thomas Ford, of Basford, 

 and demolished 5 valuable frames; 

 from Ford's the depredators pro- 

 ceeded to the house of James Smith, 

 in the same parish, where they also 

 demolished five cotton-frames. — 

 After this, the frame-breakers pro- 

 ceeded to the house of Thomas 

 Garton, of New Basford, where six 

 frames were broken. One person 

 only has as yet been apprehended, 

 sujjposed to be concerned in the 

 above transaction. The Magis- 

 trates of Nottingham have ordered 

 a nightly parade of the military, 

 headed by police-officers, as pre- 

 ventive of the crime. 



A shocking accident happened 

 near the Gobowen, Oswestry : Ro- 

 bert Jones, a labourer, having gone 

 down into a well for the purpose 

 of cleaning it, when he reached the 

 bottom, the brick-work gave way, 

 and he was buried under a mass of 

 brick and rubbish, about 7 yards 

 deep. In expectation that he was 

 suffocated, no active and continued 

 endeavours were made for the re- 

 covery of the corpse. The wprk, 

 therefore, of getting the rubbish 

 out of the well, went on but slow- 

 ly, until Wednesday, when some 

 experienced colliers came from 

 Chirk, and worked till night. On 

 Thursday morning, about ten 

 o'clock, they were astonished by 

 the voice of the unhappy sufferer, 

 from the bottom of the well. Im- 

 mediataly the greatest exertions 

 were made to get him taken out. 

 At three in the afternoon, they had 

 so far cleared the well as to be able 

 to reach the man's face, and to ad- 

 minister, under a surgeon's diiec- 



