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sunk into their arms. Then taking 
off himself the cross of the Legion 
of Honour, he said. “There it is, 
Mr. President, no one shall take 
it from me. I am dying. As my 
last consolation I declare, that I 
never attempted the life of any 
person.”” The blood flowed copi- 
ously from the wound; a surgeon 
was Sent for, and the prisoner was 
carried back to the prison of the 
Abbaye.—Journal de ’ Empire. 
15.—At Manchester, the chil- 
dren, in connexion with the esta- 
blishment, to the number of 7,976, 
went in procession to the Old 
Church in that town. The juve- 
nile crowd having entered the 
church, the Warden was about to 
commence the service, when, sud- 
denly, a most distressing accident 
arose from unfounded affright. It 
appears that one of the windows 
in the Trafford Chapel having been 
accidentallybroken on theexterior, 
a simultaneous rising of the chil- 
dren upon a form to ascertain the 
cause wasthe consequence. The 
form springing up at the lightened 
end, and falling againinstantly, the 
noise created an alarm, shrieks 
ensued from the women, who 
were possessed with indescribable 
emotions of dread and alarm, and 
a precipitate rush of the children 
toescape, producedthecatastrophe 
which spread a general gloom in 
that quarter of the town the re- 
mainder of the day. One youth 
perished in the confusion, five 
others sustained various injuries, 
and were conveyed to the infir- 
mary. This equally unforeseen 
as unha event put a stop to 
the eeuinied aes aca 
the intended collection was lost 
to the Charity. 
The last standing 
Vor, LVIL. 
remains 
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of Bolingbroke Castle, in Lin= 
colnshire, the birth place (in 1367) 
of King Henry IV., crumbled 
over their base last week, and 
came to the ground. 
The following is a copy of a 
letter from Captain Osborne, giv- 
ing an account of the loss of the 
Clifton, of Workington, and the 
melancholy fate of her unfortunate 
crew :— aT 
“ Sidney, Cape Breton; 
20th May, 1815. 
“I am sorry to inform you. of 
the loss of the Clifton. I left 
Chaleur Bay on the 21st. of No- 
vember, and got on shore on the 
25th about six a.m. eighteen miles 
to the N. E. of Cape St. George, 
Newfoundland. The first stroke 
she gave knocked the rudder off, 
and we all got on shore in the af= 
ternoon, where we remained until 
the 28th, without any thing to eat 
or drink. 
‘*¢ On that day it was more mo- 
derate, and wegot on board again ; 
got the boat ready, and provisions, 
to look for inhabitants. It came 
on to blow very strong that night, 
and we had to remain on board till 
the 30th, when I thought it best 
to get all the provisions on shore, 
for fear the vessel should go to 
pieces. a 
«On the 12th of December the 
mate and five hands took the boat 
to seek inhabitants. On.the 16th 
they returned without finding any. 
«“ Atthe same time W. Gile and. 
W. Hailwood, apprentices, went 
off unknown to me. I expected 
they would find inhabitants, as I 
have since beeninformed there are 
some at the head of St. George’s 
bay. MG : 
_ “ Finding it impossible to tra~ 
vel, and not knowing where to 
