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The Gloucester election terminated on Tuesday, as we anticipated, in the return of Mr. Hope; whose majwity over his opponent, Colonel Webb, was 666 to 379. It is said that Mr. Hope pledged him- self to vote fur the immediate emancipation of the Negtoes. In consequence of the death of Mr. Heise, late Member of Parlia- ment for St. Ives, there ate already two candidates in the field, Ylee.re. heed and Stephens; and it is expected others will start Messra. Wel- lesley and Ley.—Fulthouth Packet.
The Town-Council of Dolma-ter have resolved to diapose of the Ros. sington estate, worth about 160,000/. This will enable them to pay off their enotmotts debt of about the same amount, left them as a legacy by the old body. The above estate only produces 2; p,r ceut., sad the emporation are paying 4 per cent, for money.—Yeek /./..ste/. Preparations are making to blow up the brig William off Gravesend. Two attempts have been prevented by accidents to the apparatus. One man, who went down in a diving-bell, lost his life, hum the !making or entanglement of u cord attached to the bell. The Sunderland Beacon contains an account of the loss of the Mar. garet, of Newry, a transport, which left Cork on the :fifth of April, with stores for the troops in Canada. There were forty-tme persons on board, including the Captain, his wife and child, two mates, twenty- five seamen, two officers' ladies with their children, and two ostlers, haring the care of twelve horses. On the night after her departure, she struck on the rucks off Cape Clear, in a thick snow-stortn. An enormous sea was rolling at the time, and the vessel soon went to Pieces. The only persons saved were the second mute and another Young man, who had lashed themselves to the mainmast on the wind- ward side; and when the mast went over, they floated on it fur sevetal hours till tt n o'clock the next morning, wheel they got ashore. Ahem six o'clock they perceived a huge dug of the Newfouediand breed, which bad belonged to the chief mate, swimming' towards them, nod whkli they contrived to place on the meet beside them. The sagacious brute, immediately on binding, set off to a Preventive station, where, bY the singularity of its melons, it uttracted the attention of four of the Coast Guard, who were eventually italaced to follow it; and this led to the discovery of the suffering mariners. With only one known exception that of Le Marc and Co., every silk-manufacturing house in Manchester reduced last week, and the !reek previous, a halfpenny per yard on the weaving of their fabrics. This reduction, quite uncalled for in the preema ciretunstaocea of the traet was no sooner made an understood rule, them one house corn. ranted a fresh aggression on the operatives by a further reduction of a!aribing ayard on plain sarcenets ; and Messrs. II. and E. Tootel, no had previously reduced jacquard work It halfpenny a yard, have done the like again this week. These reductions will avail them nu- t eng ; the buyers will know of e‘ery abatement, a id get it...--York II raid.
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