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joy by the inhabitants, and the 

 troops who were assembled for his 

 reception. The day following, 

 his Majesty, accompanied by 

 several Generals, went to meet 

 his Majesty the Emperor of 

 Austria, and their Majesties en- 

 tered together in the same car- 

 riage. These Sovereigns were 

 welcomed with testimonies of 

 love and respect by the entire 

 population of the city, and by 

 the military, who formed the line, 

 before which they proceeded to 

 their palaces. 



" About ten o'clock at night 

 his Majesty the Emperor of 

 Russia arrived, accompanied by 

 our King. Notwithstanding the 

 lateness of the hour, all the in- 

 habitants went to meet His Ma- 

 jesty's august Ally, whose pre- 

 sence has excited the liveliest 

 transports of joy and satisfaction. 

 Numerous salutes of artillery and 

 a brilliant illumination celebrated 

 the arrival of the Sovereigns 

 within our walls." 



29. Nottingham. — A dreadful 

 accident occurred yesterday at 

 the Canal Company's wharf, by 

 the explosion of gunpowder in a 

 boat. The vessel was lying in 

 the basin under the arch of the 

 Company's warehouse, and some 

 men were employed in landing 

 the cargo, when in an instant an 

 explosion took place which threw 

 the whole town into consternation, 

 and spread the most extensive 

 devastation throughout the 

 neighbourhood. The report was 

 so tremendous as to be heard at 

 a distance of many miles, and 

 every house in the town was 

 shaken as if by an earthquake. 

 The Company's warehouse, with 

 all its contents, wa« completely 



blown into the air, and not a 

 vestige of the building remains. 

 The fragments were scattered 

 over the meadows to a consider- 

 able distance, and the boat was 

 in part shivered to pieces, and 

 the rest sunk. Several roofs 

 were carried off from the adjoin- 

 ing buildings, lead and tiles torn 

 off, window-frames blown out, 

 and hundreds of windows demo- 

 lished. But the most dreadful 

 part of the calamity is the exten- 

 sive destruction of human life, 

 no less than eleven persons, 

 already ascertained, having been 

 precipitated into eternity, besides 

 two taken to the hospital, who 

 are not expected to survive. 

 The mangled remains of eight 

 men and a boy had been collected 

 last night, and two more were 

 known to be buried amongst the 

 ruins. The bodies presented a 

 shocking spectacle ; two men 

 were found lying on the edge of' 

 the boat, with their heads com- 

 pletely taken off; two others lay 

 near the gateway of the yard, 

 with their skulls dashed to pieces, 

 and otherwise disfigured ; two 

 other bodies were found in the 

 meadows, having been blown 

 across the canal, one to a dis- 

 tance of about one hundred 

 j'ards, and the other more than 

 three hundred yards, and the 

 limbs and flesh scattered about 

 in different directions : another 

 was taken out of the ruins a 

 complete trunk, with both legs 

 and arms blown off: and the 

 remaining two mangled in a 

 manner equally shocking. Most 

 of them were married men, and 

 had families. The accident (^as 

 related by a boatman belonging 

 to another vessel lying near, and 



who 



