CHRONECL E, 
two, as to get the fire under com- 
pletely, and by that means to 
quiet the apprehensions of the 
whole neighbourhood, which were 
till then alarming. In the con- 
fused and lamentable scene that 
presented itself on this occasion, 
the most distressing object was a 
woman, who ran through the 
crowd in a state of distraction, 
lamenting the loss of her child, 
which she understood had perish- 
ed in the flames. 
27.—William Baker, of Lisma- 
cue, esq. one of the most upright 
men living, was savagely murder- 
ed about five o’clock in the even- 
ing, in the middle of Thomas- 
town demesne, on his way home 
from the sessions. Of the parti- 
culars of Mr. Baker’s murder, we 
know no more than that about 
five o’clock in the evening, a shot 
was heard near the three gates in 
Thomastown demesne, by a man, 
who, on running to the place, 
found Mr. Baker murdered on 
the road, having been shot through 
the body, and also through the 
skull : the last shot must have 
been fired very close to him, as 
his cravat was burning, and his 
face covered with gunpowder ; 
he appeared to have received a 
desperate blow in the cheek, 
which was laid open to the bone: 
the murderer, or one of them, if 
there were more, broke his girth 
in remounting, and left his sad- 
dle behind him on the road. All 
the army in Cashel, with every 
gentleman in it, were immediately 
out, as were the troops from al] the 
neighbouring cantonments, but 
without effect.— Cork Paper. 
A reward of 5,000/. has been 
offered by the government of Ire- 
Vor. LVI, 
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land for the discovery of the mur- 
derers of Mr. Baker. 
-28.—This morning, at one 
o'clock, a dreadful fire broke out 
at an umbrella maker’s in High 
Holborn, between Featherstone- 
buildings aud Brownlow-street, 
In one hour six houses in front 
were entirely burnt to the ground. 
Two of the houses were of wood 
and plaster, and of course greatly 
hastened the conflagration. Two 
small back houses were also con- 
sumed, The inhabitants had no 
time to save any part of their 
goods, but (with the exception of 
Mr. Nutting, the umbrella maker, 
who is missing, and supposed to 
be burnt) no lives were lost. Se- 
veral of the inhabitants, who 
escaped, were unable to save even 
their clothes. A female in one of 
the houses burnt, had been de- | 
livered of a child only an hour be- ° 
fore the fire broke out, but both 
were safely removed. The houses 
burnt down are as follow :—l. 
Nutting, umbrella-maker ; 2. 
Phillips, ironmonger; 3. Hop- 
kins, toy-shop ; 4. Norris, uphol- 
sterer ; 5. Woollet, hatter; 6. A - 
Jew’s sale shop. Part of Hand- 
court, in the rear, was at one 
time on fire, but a strong party- 
wall prevented the further pro- 
gress of the flames. The dead 
body of a female, laid out for in- 
terment, was removed from one 
of the houses when enveloped in 
flames, and deposited inthe watch- 
house. 
Naples, Nov. 28.—Last week 
we had a dreadful storm here, 
during which a bomb-vessel sunk 
in the middle of the harbour. The 
English brig the Pegasus, which 
arrived the evening before from 
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