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Thirteen apprentices and journeymen , of different trades , making in the whole thirty , have been apprehended in Dublin , charged with having sworn to the Defender ' s oath , and associating and conspiring , with several other persons of a similar description , in . acts of high-treason . DUBLIN , Sept . 13 . The 105 th and 114 th British Fencible regiments , which have lately mardied Into Cork , having been ordered to be drafted intoother regiments , the men
headed by the serjeant-major , dismissed themselves on parade , and continued in a mutinous state for some time , nevertheless asserting , they were ready to obey their officers , and proceed as a regiment to wherever they were ordered . The manneroftheirbeing subdued by General Massey , commanding the district , is tlrus related : " Upon the mutineer ' s forming a hollow square , he ordered several bodies to march round to the different avenues of the parade , by which means he completely blocked them up . He then gave the signal for the cannon to advance , and the mutineers were made to ground their armswhich were taken and
, up sent off . General Massey then harangued them on the folly and rashness of their conduct . They were then marched prisoners to the barracks , and thus ended an affair that gave infinite uneasiness , and threatened the most serious consequences . " 17 . About three o'clock in the afternoon , the church of St . Paul , Covent-Garden , on the repairs of which near io , oool . have within these few years been expended , was entirely destroyed by fire in the space of two hours . The flames broke out in the cupola . The blaze having communicated to the
timber , the whole soon exhibited a mighty and tremendous mass of fire , ascending awfully into the air to an incredible height . In about a quarter of an hour the dome , being bereft of its supporters , fell with a dreadful crash , and communicated the flames to the inside of the church , and the roof taking fire at the same time , the conflagration became general throughout the whole of the extensive and beautiful building . The scene by this time arrived to so terrific an extent , that well-founded apprehensions were universally entertained for the safety of the surrounding dwelling-houses , particularly those in King-street , the wind blowing rather fresh in a southerly direction . The attention ofthe firemen ( whose
exertions on the church were of no avail ) was accordingly directed to that quarter . ; but , notwithstanding their utmost endeavours , two of the houses took fire , which , however , by their steady perseverance , were saved from destruction , wilh the loss only of the window-sashes . At length the majestic and ingeniously-constructed roof of the church fell in , and the walls , being of an immense structure , effectually confined the flames within their limits ; so that the mischief happily spread no farther . The communion plate , the register-books , and all . the other portable articles saved but other article
were ; every pertaining to the sacred edifice , including the valuable and celebrated organ , fhe clock , & c . & c . was devoured by the unconquerable fury of the destructive element . The roof of the church was allowed to be a master piece of architecture , itbeing entirely unsupported by any cross beams , the credit of which was due to the celebrated IN 1 GO JONES . The building had stood from the days of Charles the Second , had formerly been insured at the Westminster Fire-Office for io , oool . but the insurance has been out about a Without'being renewedthe loss
thereyear , ; fore falls on ihe parish . . The next day several of the workmen who had been employed in repairing the building were examined before William Kinnaird , Esq , at the Public-Office , Bow Street , respecting the cause of the fire , when , from what transpired , there is every reason to think it originated from a charcoal ( ire made in an iron ladle in the cupola , for the plumbers ( who were doing some repairs there ) to heat their metal and irons ; lo effect which they were obliged to use a bellows , which caunumber of to fl
. sing a sparks y , it is conjectured lhat some must have fallen among the timbers of that part of the building , as the men were positive that they brought the ladle in which the fire had been made , and the ashes in it , down with them , when they left work
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Home News.
Thirteen apprentices and journeymen , of different trades , making in the whole thirty , have been apprehended in Dublin , charged with having sworn to the Defender ' s oath , and associating and conspiring , with several other persons of a similar description , in . acts of high-treason . DUBLIN , Sept . 13 . The 105 th and 114 th British Fencible regiments , which have lately mardied Into Cork , having been ordered to be drafted intoother regiments , the men
headed by the serjeant-major , dismissed themselves on parade , and continued in a mutinous state for some time , nevertheless asserting , they were ready to obey their officers , and proceed as a regiment to wherever they were ordered . The manneroftheirbeing subdued by General Massey , commanding the district , is tlrus related : " Upon the mutineer ' s forming a hollow square , he ordered several bodies to march round to the different avenues of the parade , by which means he completely blocked them up . He then gave the signal for the cannon to advance , and the mutineers were made to ground their armswhich were taken and
, up sent off . General Massey then harangued them on the folly and rashness of their conduct . They were then marched prisoners to the barracks , and thus ended an affair that gave infinite uneasiness , and threatened the most serious consequences . " 17 . About three o'clock in the afternoon , the church of St . Paul , Covent-Garden , on the repairs of which near io , oool . have within these few years been expended , was entirely destroyed by fire in the space of two hours . The flames broke out in the cupola . The blaze having communicated to the
timber , the whole soon exhibited a mighty and tremendous mass of fire , ascending awfully into the air to an incredible height . In about a quarter of an hour the dome , being bereft of its supporters , fell with a dreadful crash , and communicated the flames to the inside of the church , and the roof taking fire at the same time , the conflagration became general throughout the whole of the extensive and beautiful building . The scene by this time arrived to so terrific an extent , that well-founded apprehensions were universally entertained for the safety of the surrounding dwelling-houses , particularly those in King-street , the wind blowing rather fresh in a southerly direction . The attention ofthe firemen ( whose
exertions on the church were of no avail ) was accordingly directed to that quarter . ; but , notwithstanding their utmost endeavours , two of the houses took fire , which , however , by their steady perseverance , were saved from destruction , wilh the loss only of the window-sashes . At length the majestic and ingeniously-constructed roof of the church fell in , and the walls , being of an immense structure , effectually confined the flames within their limits ; so that the mischief happily spread no farther . The communion plate , the register-books , and all . the other portable articles saved but other article
were ; every pertaining to the sacred edifice , including the valuable and celebrated organ , fhe clock , & c . & c . was devoured by the unconquerable fury of the destructive element . The roof of the church was allowed to be a master piece of architecture , itbeing entirely unsupported by any cross beams , the credit of which was due to the celebrated IN 1 GO JONES . The building had stood from the days of Charles the Second , had formerly been insured at the Westminster Fire-Office for io , oool . but the insurance has been out about a Without'being renewedthe loss
thereyear , ; fore falls on ihe parish . . The next day several of the workmen who had been employed in repairing the building were examined before William Kinnaird , Esq , at the Public-Office , Bow Street , respecting the cause of the fire , when , from what transpired , there is every reason to think it originated from a charcoal ( ire made in an iron ladle in the cupola , for the plumbers ( who were doing some repairs there ) to heat their metal and irons ; lo effect which they were obliged to use a bellows , which caunumber of to fl
. sing a sparks y , it is conjectured lhat some must have fallen among the timbers of that part of the building , as the men were positive that they brought the ladle in which the fire had been made , and the ashes in it , down with them , when they left work