52 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1818. [Mar. 



by the returns fVom thence, that 

 the houses of the undermentioned 

 persons, in the town of Notting- 

 ham, were, on the 10th day of 

 June last, searched for arms, 

 viz : — 



" Alexander Amos 



" Jeremiah Brandreth 



" Dennis Rhodes 



" Samuel Haynes 



" Francis Ward 



>' John Holmes 



" William Handby 



" Charles Merrey." 

 Then follow the names of the 

 persons arrested, amounting to 

 249. Of these none were ever 

 brought to trial. Thie great bulk 

 of them were discharged on the 

 20th of March, and some even 

 before that period. 



A shocking accident has 

 plunged the inhabitants of Vil- 

 liers-le-Bel (Seine et Oise) into 

 the deepest distress. On Wed- 

 nesday the 25th, between 4 and 

 5 in the evening, some workmen 

 were employed in lowering from 

 the steeple a large cracked bell 

 of 6,000 weight. About 60 

 persons had assembled in the 

 belfry to witness the operation, 

 and there were in the church 

 about four hundred women, who 

 had also been attracted there by 

 curiosity. A cracking of the 

 vault soon began to be heard, 

 and In a moment the church was 

 filled with enormous masses of 

 stone, which fell from the height 

 of 80 feet, with a horrible crash. 

 The women rushed toward the 

 door, and wishing to get out all 

 at once, pressed against each 

 other. On hearing their cries a 

 great number of the inhabitants 

 ran to the spot. On entering the 

 church they found 25 mortally 



wounded : three died within a 

 few minutes after. The next 

 step to be taken was to assist the 

 unfortunate persons who had 

 remained, as it were by a miracle, 

 in the belfry, some suspended by 

 the ropes, others among the 

 timbers. Zeal and courage tri- 

 umphed over every obstacle, and 

 they were all saved. It appears 

 certain that this accident was 

 occasioned by the fall of the 

 bell, which broke the rope by 

 which it was suspended, and fell 

 on the key of the arch, instead 

 of keeping the direction which 

 had been given to it. The 

 damage is estimated at 50,000 

 francs. The whole Commune is 

 in mourning. Every one has to 

 lament the fate of a friend or 

 relative. 



27. IVarsaiv. — Yesterday, hia 

 Majesty the Emperor our King 

 opened the Diet with the follow- 

 ing speech, which was spoken by 

 his Majesty in the French lan.- 

 guage, and afterwards read in the 

 Polish language by his Excel- 

 lency the Minister Secretary of 

 State:— 



" Representatives of the king- 

 dom of Poland ; 



" Your hopes and my wishes 

 are receiving their accomplish- 

 ment. The people, to represent 

 whom you are summoned hither, 

 enjoy at length a national exist- 

 ence, secured by arrangements 

 which time has matured and 

 sanctioned. The most sincere 

 oblivion of every thing that has 

 passed could alone produce your 

 regeneration. It was resolved 

 upon in my mind, the moment 

 that I could calculate upon the 

 means of effecting it. Proud of 

 the glory of my country, I have 

 endeavoured. 



