house was not in a finished state. In June last year he contracted with the prisoner to complete his house for 180l., and he had done the work to the extent of 150l. The painting was not done.-James Hall: I am a painter; about a fortnight before the fire I contracted with the prisoner to paint his house; the prisoner agreed to find paint, oil, and turpentine; I saw paint, brushes, and pots on the premises, and I agreed to paint them at 5s. 6d. a day; I was to find labour only; I gave orders for turpentine; it was to be brought to Mr. Jacob's house from an oil-shop in Greekstreet-viz., three pints of turpentine, and one quart of oil; I called the week after I had made the agreement, and a reason was given me why I could not begin to paint. Mr. Lewis Norton: I am an attorney, and have acted for the prisoner, as his solicitor, for years; he has always acted in the most honest and upright manner; Davis, the servant of the prisoner, has been in the habit of bringing letters from the prisoner to me at all hours; I put an execution into the prisoner's house on the day of the fire; I had heard that the prisoner had received 500l., and was about to go to Birmingham; he owed me 641.; the execution was upon a warrant of attorney. In my opinion, taking into the estimation the value of the buildings, and other property of the prisoner, he was a solvent man, and possessed five times the amount that would pay his debts. On the night of the fire, the prisoner and Mr. Genese called upon me, and talked about the execution, and I gave them a letter to Mr. Phillips, the sheriff's officer, who was in possession of the prisoner's house. Cross-examined. The prisoner was indebted be yond the mortgages to the amount of 180l., at the time of the fire; I only know it from lists handed to me from the prisoner and his father.-Re-examined.-My execution was paid by the prisoner on the 23rd of March.-Elisha Hart: I am a paper-hanger in Drury-lane. On the 13th of February last the prisoner engaged with me to paper his house.-Mr. Isaac Genese: I am an auctioneer and general dealer. On the morning of the day the fire took place, I saw the prisoner at 10 o'clock: he went to Hammersmith with me; I parted with him at nine o'clock at night, and after that the prisoner came to me, and I accompanied him to Mr. Norton's; we received a letter from Mr. Norton for Mr Phillips, the sheriff's officer; I went with the prisoner to the Feathers publichouse, in Hart-street, Covent-garden, and he left me there at about half-past 10 o'clock; I saw the prisoner at the coroner's inquest, and he told me, after the verdict was returned, that he would go with me to his solicitor; I did not urge the prisoner to go, nor did he run, after the verdict was returned.— -Phillips, a sheriff's officer, said, that, on the day of the fire, he put an execution in the house, at the suit of Norton; he left a note for the prisoner, who called upon him the same evening at the Feathers, in Hart-street; it was about a quarter past 10, when he went home.-Solomon Solomons said, on the night of the fire, he was with the prisoner at the Black Lion, Vinegar-yard, Drury lane; he met him at seven o'clock, and remained with him some time.-At this period of the case an observation was made by counsel respecting a postponement till Monday; but Mr. Justice Park asked the Jury, whether they entertained any doubt upon the case, or were they anxious that the inquiry should proceed? There was certainly a strong suspicion, but that was not sufficient to deprive a man of life. The Jury then consulted together a few seconds, and pronounced the prisoner Not Guilty. 12. ACCIDENT.-Sunday even ing, during the performance of divine worship in the Wesleyan Methodist chapel at Hermandwike, the pressure of the crowd shook or displaced the stove, which was in the body of the chapel, and a little in front of the gallery. From the stove was an upright pipe, connected by an elbow with a horizontal one running under the gallery for three or four yards, and out of the front wall of the building. This pipe was feebly supported by nail crooks, and, from the cause above mentioned, it fell upon the people beneath, but without injury to any one. The congregation in the vicinity of the spot, began to retire. This caused an afarm in the minds of many not acquainted with the trifling nature of the accident. An alarm immediately became general; the panic in the minds of the people in the gallery being increased by the circumstance that a large quantity of dust and soot ascended towards them. Then came a general rush from all parts of the chapel, which was continued and increased by the crashing noise made by the trampling upon the broken fragments of the stove-pipe which had fallen on the ground. An individual, perceiving the crowd hastening towards one of the doors, closed it. This caused the accumulation of a dense mass in a porch of but small dimensions, where they remained * short time wedged together, till the cries of those within induced some persons, who had made their escape from the open door, to force the one which had hitherto been kept closed. This being with some difficulty effected, those nearest the door were immediately thrown down and trampled upon by those in the rear; others fell upon them in making their way out, and when the pressure had subsided, the passage to the door was choked with males and females lying on the floor, so closely wedged that it required considerable effort to extricate them from each other. Those, who had been fortunate enough to have their faces exposed to the air, suffered comparatively little injury, but others were suffocated before they could be removed. Five were taken out dead, and a sixth died the following day. Of the former five, the eldest was not more than fourteen years of age. 18. FALL OF A ROCK.-The greater part of Nottingham is built upon a rock which forms different rising hillocks, and some parts on perpendicular cliffs, having streets running below, so that one house seems actually built upon the roof of another. This is the case with the High Pavement, on which many of the most respectable houses are erected, as well as the county gaol, St. Mary's Church, &c.; and about 150 feet beneath the High Pavement is Narrow Marsh, the oldest street in the town. Considerable apprehensions have for several years been entertained, that a portion of the rock above Narrow Marsh, between the county gaol and some brick arches (which had been erected for security), was separating from the main body, especially at the back of the house occupied by Mr. Carpenter Smith. Small portions of the rock and sand house was not in a finished state. In June last year he contracted with the prisoner to complete his house for 180l., and he had done the work to the extent of 150l. The painting was not done.-James Hall: I am a painter; about a fortnight before the fire I contracted with the prisoner to paint his house; the prisoner agreed to find paint, oil, and turpentine; I saw paint, brushes, and pots on the premises, and I agreed to paint them at 5s. 6d. a day; I was to find labour only; I gave orders for turpentine; it was to be brought to Mr. Jacob's house from an oil-shop in Greek street-viz., three pints of turpentine, and one quart of oil; I called the week after I had made the agreement, and a reason was given me why I could not begin to paint. -Mr. Lewis Norton: I am an attorney, and have acted for the prisoner, as his solicitor, for years; he has always acted in the most honest and upright manner; Davis, the servant of the prisoner, has been in the habit of bringing letters from the prisoner to me at all hours; I put an execution into the prisoner's house on the day of the fire; I had heard that the prisoner had received 500l., and was about to go to Birmingham; he owed me 641; the execution was upon a warrant of attorney. In my opinion, taking into the estimation the value of the buildings, and other property of the prisoner, he was a solvent man, and possessed five times the amount that would pay his debts. On the night of the fire, the prisoner and Mr. Genese called upon me, and talked about the execution, and I gave them a letter to Mr. Phillips, the sheriff's officer, who was in possession of the prisoner's house. Cross-examined. The prisoner was indebted be yond the mortgages to the amount of 180l., at the time of the fire; I only know it from lists handed to me from the prisoner and his father.-Re-examined.-My execution was paid by the prisoner on the 23rd of March.-Elisha Hart: I am a paper-hanger in Drury-lane. On the 13th of February last the prisoner engaged with me to paper his house.-Mr. Isaac Genese: I am an auctioneer and general dealer. On the morning of the day the fire took place, I saw the prisoner at 10 o'clock: he went to Hammersmith with me; I parted with him at nine o'clock at night, and after that the prisoner came to me, and I accompanied him to Mr. Norton's; we received a letter from Mr. Norton for Mr Phillips, the sheriff's officer; I went with the prisoner to the Feathers publichouse, in Hart-street, Covent-garden, and he left me there at about half-past 10 o'clock; I saw the prisoner at the coroner's inquest, and he told me, after the verdict was returned, that he would go with me to his solicitor; I did not urge the prisoner to go, nor did he run, after the verdict was returned.— Phillips, a sheriff's officer, said, that, on the day of the fire, he put an execution in the house, at the suit of Norton; he left a note for the prisoner, who called upon him the same evening at the Feathers, in Hart-street; it was about a quarter past 10, when he went home.-Solomon Solomons said, on the night of the fire, he was with the prisoner at the Black Lion, Vinegar-yard, Drury lane; he met him at seven o'clock, and remained with him some time.-At this period of the case an observation was made by counsel respecting a postponement till Monday; but Mr. Justice Park asked the Jury, whether they entertained any doubt upon the case, or were they anxious that the inquiry should proceed? There was certainly a strong suspicion, but that was not sufficient to deprive a man of life. The Jury then consulted together a few seconds, and pronounced the prisoner Not Guilty. 12. ACCIDENT.-Sunday evening, during the performance of divine worship in the Wesleyan Methodist chapel at Hermandwike, the pressure of the crowd shook or displaced the stove, which was in the body of the chapel, and a little in front of the gallery. From the stove was an upright pipe, connected by an elbow with a horizontal one running under the gallery for three or four yards, and out of the front wall of the building. This pipe was feebly supported by nail crooks, and, from the cause above mentioned, it fell upon the people beneath, but without injury to any one. The congregation in the vicinity of the spot, began to retire. This caused an afarm in the minds of many not acquainted with the trifling nature of the accident. An alarm immediately became general; the panic in the minds of the people in the gallery being increased by the circumstance that a large quantity of dust and soot ascended towards them. Then came a general rush from all parts of the chapel, which was continued and increased by the crashing noise made by the trampling upon the broken fragments of the stove-pipe which had fallen on the ground. An individual, perceiving the crowd hastening towards one of the doors, closed it. This caused the accumulation of a dense mass in a porch of but small dimensions, where they remained short time wedged together, till the cries of those within induced some persons, who had made their escape from the open door, to force the one which had hitherto been kept closed. This being with some difficulty effected, those nearest the door were immediately thrown down and trampled upon by those in the rear; others fell upon them in making their way out, and when the pressure had subsided, the passage to the door was choked with males and females lying on the floor, so closely wedged that it required considerable effort to extricate them from each other. Those, who had been fortunate enough to have their faces exposed to the air, suffered comparatively little injury, but others were suffocated before they could be removed. Five were taken out dead, and a sixth died the following day. Of the former five, the eldest was not more than fourteen years of age. 13. FALL OF A ROCK.-The greater part of Nottingham is built upon a rock which forms different rising hillocks, and some parts on perpendicular cliffs, having streets running below, so that one house seems actually built upon the roof of another. This is the case with the High Pavement, on which many of the most respectable houses are erected, as well as the county gaol, St. Mary's Church, &c.; and about 150 feet beneath the High Pavement is Narrow Marsh, the oldest street in the town. Considerable apprehensions have for several years been entertained, that a portion of the rock above Narrow Marsh, between the county gaol and some brick arches (which had been erected for security), was separating from the main body, especially at the back of the house occupied by Mr. Carpenter Smith. Small portions of the rock and sand continued to fall, but though, in the event of the rock falling, the houses below would necessarily be crushed, no persuasions could induce the inhabitants to quit the premises. On Sunday the 12th the fissure at the back of Mr. Smith's, and running through his garden, opened to such an extent, and continued to yawn so fearfully, that the magistrates deemed it necessary to warn the inhabitants below of their imminent danger, and recommended an immediate abandonment of their houses. Next day, the 13th, the symptoms of a fall grew still more alarming, and the residents of four of the buildings, where the rock had the most threatening aspect, were induced to quit; but it required magisterial authority, in some instances, to effect this, as several individuals complained of the shortness of the notice for departure. At last about half-past seven in the evening (Monday), a tremendous fall of rock (some hundred tons) took place nearly at the back of the Loggerheads publichouse, in which the landlord, Mr. Godkin, then was. In about three minutes the whole extent of cliff gave way, and five houses were crushed into one general wreck. Near the spot where the first portion which broke away fell, the flaps of a coat were visible, and in a few seconds a young man was dug out in a state of insensibility, but shortly afterwards recovered, having only received a few bruises. INUNDATIONS.-The Prussian State Gazette, contains accounts from Dantzic, of the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th instant, of the damage done on the tract of land called the Werder, and in the city of Dantzic itself, by the breaking of the dikes on the Vistula. The Werder, which is of great extent, is a level and fruitful tract, affording rich pastures, on which numerous herds of cattle are fed. On the 9th, the current of the stream, swelled by the im mense quantity of snow which had fallen in the interior, and impeded in its regular course by masses of ice, broke through the dike in se veral places; and all the lower houses, as well in the villages, as over the whole plain, were soon inundated to the roof, and the water still continued to rise, so that it was at last five feet above the summit of the dike, for its whole length of twenty-five miles. The inhabitants, fled to the higher houses and the church steeples, but many perished, as they were far from expecting such an inundation; and not being engaged in fishing or the navigation of the river, were destitute of boats. Of eight or ten thousand head of cattle, and four or five thousand houses, not a tenth part was saved. In Dantzic itself, great damage has been done. A quarter called the Lower Town, inhabited by the poorest class, was overflowed in an instant by the giving way of a sluice and the houses filled up to the roof. The torrent rushed impetuously through the city towards the harbour and the mouth of the Vistula, overpowering every obstacle in its course, and sweeping away many houses, with all that they contained, into the sea. It was not till the 12th that the water began to abate, and, on the 14th, it had fallen three feet; but the city seemed to be surround. ed on three sides by a great lake, and even on the 14th, the sufferers could not leave the roofs of the houses and the steeples. The want of food increased their distress. On the 10th, 11th, and 12th, the utmost exertions were made to re |