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stables and military, every mis- 

 chief that could be accomplished 

 was inflicted on the property, bj"^ 

 tearing up the seats of the gallery, 

 and throwing them at the lamps, 

 which were, with very little ex- 

 ception, broken to pieces ; and on 

 the stage, and into the orchestra, 

 which, however, escaped with much 

 less injury than might have been 

 expected : piec€s of timber were 

 also flung at the performers. It 

 was a command night, and his 

 Excellency the Lord Lieutenant 

 and the Duchess of Dorset, with 

 their suite, were in the theatre. 

 Notwithstanding the presence of 

 these exalted personages, who 

 might be expected to exact some 

 deference, the clamour to reject 

 the substituted after-piece prevail- 

 ed, without any diminution, and 

 his Excellency and her Grace, af- 

 ter no small exercise of conde- 

 scension and patience, quitted the 

 theatre. Uie most tumultuous 

 part of the scene occurred after 

 their departure — a large reflecting 

 glass, forming a pannel of the vice- 

 regal box, was broken by some- 

 thing thrown from the pil or gal- 

 lery. Some persons were taken 

 into custody by the sheriffs. About 

 a quarter of an hour after the row 

 began, the vice-iegal party, and 

 that of the commander of the 

 forces, retired. Neither the Lord 

 Lieutenant, nor her Grace the 

 Ducliess bowed to the audience. 

 Her Grace's chair was taken by a 

 gentleman in regimentals, who at 

 last was compelled to retire. The 

 mirror in the Vice-roy's box, we 

 believe, was broken by a shower 

 of penney-piecesfrom the pit. Mr. 

 Beresford, the Lord Mayor, kept 

 the house for about half an hour 

 after the Lord Lieutenant had re- 



tired. The house, after continuing 

 for upwards of two hours in a state 

 of great tumult, was finally cleared 

 at one o clock this morning. 



16. Paris. — 'The dry weather 

 had continued so long this season, 

 as to reduce the river in an extra- 

 ordinary degree ; in so much that 

 fears were for some time enter- 

 tained of an enormous increase in 

 the price of necessaries conveyed 

 by the Seine for the consumption 

 of Paris. Wood and ordmary 

 wine had already risen — the boats 

 were therefore embargoed here, 

 and not suff'ered to proceed further 

 down the stream, until the metro- 

 polis should be fully supplied with 

 these articles. The late rains hav- 

 ing raised the water above five feet, 

 all is quiet again, and matters 

 have taken their usual course. 



Greenock. Accounts of the Hur- 

 ricane The wind last night great- 

 ly increased, and has continued to 

 blow with unremitting violence. 

 In the morning there was a consi- 

 derable deal of thunder and light- 

 ning, accompanied by excessive 

 falls of rain. Shortly after mid- 

 day the quays overflowed, and the 

 title continuing to rise, the cellars 

 adjacent to the breast of the diffe- 

 rent harbours have been inundated, 

 and we are truly concerned to add, 

 immense quantities of West India 

 and other produce destroyed ; 

 much property has likewise been 

 swept away, or materially injured 

 on the quays. 



Those of the outward-bound 

 West India fleet riding at anchor 

 at the tail of the Bank, have drift- 

 ed considerably ; some have parted 

 their cables. The Hercules, which, 

 along with several merchantmen, 

 had anchored in Gourotk Bay, 

 slipped or parted her cables this 



