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workmen employed in the niivnu- 

 factory, only three were siived. 

 About sixteen persons in all are 

 supposed to iiave been Ivilled, and 

 about four are dreadfully wound- 

 ed. All the buildings on the spot 

 Avhere the accident happened are 

 completely destroyed. The site of 

 the powder-magazine presents an 

 extensive excavation of about "20 

 feet deep and "200 broad. The 

 trees along the banks of the liver 

 were torn up by the roots, and 

 thrown into the stream. Enor- 

 mous masses of stone were car- 

 ried to a considerable distance ; 

 and several houses in the city 

 ^vere damaged by the stones fall- 

 ing on the roofs. The mills blown 

 up contained about 1220 quintals 

 of powder. 



20. The Rev. Thomas Read 

 Kemp (late Thomas Read Kemp, 

 Esq. a distinguished memVjer of the 

 House of Commons, and a gentle- 

 man of very considerable property ) 

 now a preacher in the connexion of 

 the Rev. G. Baring, preached his 

 first sermon at Taunton, on Good 

 Friday, fi'om Isaiah, lid. C. "All 

 we, like sheep, have gone astray ; 

 we have turned every one to his 

 own way ; and the Lord hath laid 

 on him the ini<piities of us all." — 

 (Taunton Paper.) 



22. In carrvins; on the works 

 for the improvement of the river 

 Wiiham, many sub-marine arti- 

 cles have been thrown \ip. Late- 

 ly, near Washingborough, al)out 

 four miles from Lincoln, a com- 

 pltte canoe was found, of the 

 length of 30 feet 8 inches, 2 feet 

 high at the side.s, and about 2 feet 

 (> inches wide, made out of a sin- 

 gle tree. After being exposed to 

 the air, it was found impractica- 

 ble to remove this curiosity, the 



least movement causing it to 

 break. A great number of trees 

 several yards under ground, deers' 

 horns, some of them very large, 

 and human sculls, &c. have been 

 found ; but the object of greatest 

 value is a beautiful silver cvip or 

 basin, richly ornamented with 

 wild animals, &c. and having in 

 the centre a small statue. This 

 is now in the possession of a gen- 

 tleman in the neighbourhood. 



23. 



This morning, between 



two and three o'clock, a fire was 

 discovered to have broken out in 

 a bed- room of the coffee-house 

 that has for many years carried 

 on a great trade over the Stock 

 Exchange, which is situate at the 

 corner of Swithin's-alley, close 

 to the north-east corner of the 

 Royal Exchange. The fire raged 

 witli great fury, and scon com- 

 municated to every part of this 

 very extensive building, in which, 

 at the bottom, were an auction- 

 mart and a large wine company, 

 and above stairs the coifee-house 

 and se\eral counting-houses, all 

 of which are entirely consumed. 

 The fire then took a direction to- 

 wards Grigsby's coffee-house, and 

 consiimed the house that stood be- 

 tween it and the Old Stock Ex- 

 change, but Grigsby's was saved 

 by the exei'tions of the firemen. 

 The roofs of two houses in Swi- 

 thin's-alley are also burnt entirely 

 off, but the lower part, which are 

 shops, are saved, 'i'he property 

 lost is .supposed to be very con- 

 siderable. It ^vas got under soon 

 after day-light. By the falling of 

 the rubbish, one man belonging 

 to the. Imperi;d Fire-office was 

 killed on the spot. Another fire- 

 man was dangerously bruised, and 

 taken to the liospital. 



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