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from the north-west, ran down a 

 flat which was lying within it, on 

 board of which there were three 

 men, a woman, and her two 

 children : the men fortunately 

 escaped ; but the woman and the 

 children were drowned. On the 

 approach of the brig', the mother, 

 who was on the deck, flew to the 

 cabin to bring up her children ; 

 she succeeded in bringing them to 

 the top of the ladder, and, just at 

 that juncture, the shock of the 

 A essels took place, when the un- 

 happy mother and her children 

 were overwhelmed by the Avater : 

 her body was taken up after 

 being in the water a short time, 

 and every exertion was in vain 

 used to restore animation ; those 

 of the children were found at 

 low water. 



9. Newrtj. — Some time ago a 

 trunk of clothes was imported 

 into Belfast from some port in 

 the Mediterranean. Several, in 

 the house in which it was opened, 

 became very soon infected Avith 

 a malignant disease, and died. 

 A relation of those persons, who 

 was present at the opening of 

 it, and exposed to the effluvia 

 issuing from it, retm'ned to his 

 residence, near Hall's Mill, be- 

 tween Banbridge and Tandragee, 

 where, after ten days' sickness, he 

 also died. The disease was marked 

 with excessive swelling of the legs 

 and arms, copious expectoration 

 of putrid blood, yellowness of the 

 body, and extreme putrescence 

 of the whole system. The great- 

 est attention was paid by the me- 

 dical attendant to this patient, 

 and the country people having 

 been duly cautioned, and warned 

 of the infectious nature of the 

 disease, did not approach the 



place. The clothes which the de- 

 ceased wore were boiled, and the 

 apartment in which he had lain 

 fumigated with sulphuric acid and 

 nitre. ^Ve hope that the further 

 progress of the disease is arrested. 

 — ( Newnj Telegraph . ) 



The following letter from Dront- 

 heim (in Norway), dated March 

 10, gives the most particular ac- 

 coimt of the dreadful effects of 

 the removal of an immense tract 

 of land at that place; — " A sin- 

 gular occurrence took place here 

 on the 7th instant : a portion of 

 land, amounting to 120 English 

 acres, and 60 feet deep, slid, with 

 a tremendous crash, into the river 

 Nid, about a quarter of a mile 

 from Store Foss. This happened 

 during a hard frost (13'' Reau- 

 mur), without giving any pre- 

 vious notice ; and, from the quali- 

 ty of the ground being clayey, 

 with a moderate ascent fi'om the 

 river, appears quite unaccounta- 

 ble. Of Tiller church, dwelling- 

 house, and bridge, which stood 

 on this spot, not a vestige is now 

 to be seen — the ruins are either 

 buried or dispersed. You may 

 form some idea of the force with 

 which this mass of earth fell, 

 when I tell you, that a consi- 

 derable portion of it was thrown 

 several hundred yards distant from 

 the river on the opposite bank, 

 where it destroyed two houses 

 with some of the unfortunatfc 

 inhabitants. The owner of Tiller 

 farm perished by returning to the 

 house to look after one of his 

 children. It is not yet ascer- 

 tained how many lives are lost : 

 eighteen are known to "nave been 

 buried or drov,'ned, and 40 horses, 

 besides cows, &c. A very fine 

 lad of 17, who was to have 



worked 



