Star. — London, England, 1828-12-26 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCL sb Tuts Dar—Dublin I—Waterford 2—Opera/el —Haniburgh 2—Holland 3—Franee 2—Flanders 1. (bark), belonging to Hull: was fallen in with on the the North Sea, water-logged, and abandoned. e, • N'swasts, from llaverfordwest to Bfiliol, was Haltholms on the 2241 inataat u and it was supposed :cked. 4.s.—Wind S.W.—Arrived from London the liar. To Leone. Some of the outward-bound have sailed, been able to get round the South Foreland. Doc. 24.—Wind S.W. .Wind W.S.W.—Arrive.... from London the Hope , for Jamaica ; Cambrian, Glasww.o, for NewYotk. , Dec. 2.3.—Wlhd S. W.—Arrived the Martha, VAlN )amzic. , s3.—Wind the Sandwich isbon ; and Zrphyr packet, for Rio Janeiro. •Wwa S. by W.—Arrived Le Grange, Davassor, rp ; and Eagle, Basins, of St. lee's, from Naples. tc. 25.—Arrived the Imlay, Ds Boss, from Batavia ; (tom Jamaica. c. 25.—Arrived the Francis, DOIMIIIO. from Palermo. • Dee. 24.—Arrived the CAM Li PALI, from Guernsey, Pilaw, from Jamaica. )tc. 24.—Arrived the James and Eden, Peet, from Id. , Dec. 24 —A rrlveil the John, —....., from Barcelona; cote, —, from Faro. FROM THU PLYNOUTIA JOURNAL, DEC. 2 4 . To, 46, Copt ; C. J. AUsten, was paid off on Tuesday. ted that Captaio C. Napier will Commission the Lively to supply the place of the Aurota. THE ARMY. I Omer has lately been issued from the Horse Guards, treat honour to the sagacity and good feeling of these originated. The old rules for governing the service Army, with whatever care or skill they were digested, leaned perhaps too much to movement, materiel, We by no means affirm that the " morale* of the teglected, from any tendency at hrad•quarters to dia. wortance; but there have always appeared to us to be of high moment, which required to be brought more ml nr“re prominently under the observation of military end, than was contemplated at former periods by their long these desirable objects was the imposing some derstood obligation upon young Officers, to gain some rnoveledge of their profession. There must of course all times an obvious necessity for every subaltern to night into the subaltern duties which he was hourly o perform, and the acquisition was as easy as It was lin Jain in the world being more simple or meagre as to we mean is, that there ieldom or never was brought consciousness of a Lieutenant or linsigit, either by the of the fine or by its practice, the necessity for his tell master of the duties which must be discharged by rank superi:ir to his own, although the contingencies such as often. without a minute's preparation, compel Geer to supply, under arduous circumstances, the place unexpectedly carried off, thus exposing him to the ent of learning 1114 task when be ought to be already fulfilling it, and involving the service in risks which satever price, to be averted. It is rare, as we under. young Officers exercised by their superiors in putting through its field inantruvres, and in many regiments rains are nut often allowed the opportunity. The in even more infrequent of any attempt to make the ju t acquainted with the business of Adjutant, either in room or in the field, although the exact and scientific those duties are of vital importance to the efficiency ps. An effective Adjutant most know the business of ling Officer in all tbat . concerns the field movements r economy of a regiment. He must, in fact, be coin. never constitutes the definite and tangible parts of the in whatever appertains to mere discipline; those finer F military order which embrace the tact and sentiment den in their relation with their juniors, belong to an. er, and must come with time, supported by original id rally eduratiuu. But uniesi he has some means of g hitnaelf with the daily proceedings of an Adjutant, it difficult fur a military man to become a sound and sed eoklier. sappy to observe, that Sir Mame TATLOII provides ul,ar order, inserted in the STASI of Tuesday. for the ch we have alluded to in preceding regulations. He 3anerat Odleas at inspections to call out from the body atoll wader review. Captains or Subalterns itediserinti make them pat t►e corps dough some of its prescribed This direction implies that junior Officers are to melees on all occasions in preparing fur the eye of the icer, trout whose report their prefltiency in the art, or nce - of it, will be at once made known at the Horse 1 their future eligibility for promotion will to most termined. It likewise teaches Commanding Officers ts that their duty is to encourage, instead of discourag often is their inclination, the endeavours of Subaltern* 1 - .eniselves for the service. A diligent inquiry into the !duties of the Adjutant l also recommended to young marching Regiments, as a step to valuable knowledge, mendat inn to favour. most estimable and excellent portion of this general order phial, Ist, requires the junior ranks of officers to be iughly acquainted " with the cbaractkr, dispositions, I habits of every non-commissioned officer and private heir respective companies;' and 941, those admitabie th which the circular concludes, recommending to uffi allot the u'e of temperate and kindly language towards reproving then', when reproof is unsioidahle, in such a will be least Likely to irritate their feelings, or mortify pri%le. or wound their seutiment of honour. This is a even philosophical view of the spirit try which an army actuated and of the sprints by whi.-b it can be. most and beneficial'? set in motion. We are quite convinced oluirrea sense of honour were more frequently appealed of his dread of bodily and disgraceful punishment—that taught to respect hanself, and pot so exclusively to feat be would soon be more on a par with that officer irk y feeling, and in pro essional zeal and devotion. The iy is that. we believe, in which the men are kept at the 'tante by their officers--that in which the " morgue pr." so much adverted upon by 130SAIPAILTE, marks the of the fighting man who wears an epaulette towards t man without one; and let .no military pedant pretend urage and prowess of the' British tree ps are awing to Jimmy in their treatment by the officer. If they were affability and cheerful kindness to love hioe more. instead especting him, it is not in human nature that they abould e his Emden with increased alacrity, and devote them tetifuW ardour fur his glory and their own. We look :ircular letter as laying the foundation of a new era in character atd habits of the English army ; and it will ratifying to the nation generally, because there is • phy tsihility. that the system recommended by it should nut odious cat o' nine tails u completely of could any Aet of is at present residing ia Wltmaritet. Glasgow, ned Thomas Widdriff. who hag attained to trithin a week WS of age. He was born on ellristniaa-day, 1726, In the 'rens; Lancashire. /Plotwitlittandlng hie .extreme old ndiviuual retains u a great meatane the activity and bale ea a person in the vigour of life.. He walks erect, acid rrably hem step, and in his looks there Is nothing of that and stupor so often observable in aged people ; but, eil rri a rinigialioeu rarely to be met with in advanced lii sight amid hearing are slightly impaired ; and his risk e palsied. In 1745 he was called out to join tie militia lee town, arid was en;aged in the battle of Prestos bm King, troops and those of the Pretender. The body with which he was connected was afterwards lta a regular regiment. and served in Flanders following years, where %Viddriff, who accompanied k, several battles, and, among others, was engaged on the Minden, whet e the French were so signally defeated by iir was also a considerable time in America, and fought ody action et Bunker's-bill on tbe 17th of June, 177 i rounds its various parts of date body were received by bias Itte of hit soldiership. After receiving his alichaillfh place i n A yr , about 45 yearn Ago, hr came to Glasgow, bas remained since with artists* of one Adios a day. RANCLS BURDETT, wi10,14 Ist preient in PariEr u liPloyed in making the folks inquiries into tb• law of imprisonment for debt, An Wednesdni it iht Hon. Baronet, atgoiss- the risen fienerel an-1 • • .g elifi e 'eligie„ attn . iiitemag to the obgereggione 0 1 flusittee cloaca by the rlobtots to watts; aver 'belt s, plocee d e d v il b p .11.0wiripsaa, slid ssl queuipas r' 44 inisopersiarlividnally. . IRELAND. CORRESPONDUCL DUBLIN, Dxc. 23. The Marquis of ANGLESEY-has given great s 6:file t:on by certain legal appointments which he has re• cently made. Yt.o are aware that a great part of Vie litigation, particularly amongst the poor in Ireland, is managed at the Quarter Sessions, and that a Barrister, of six years standing at least, presides on the Bench. It is a good plan, and if the Barrister were unobjection able in point of politics, would, - no doubt, serve to correct the tendencies of the Magistracy, which you need not be told lean rather against than in favour of the people. Until Lord WELLISLEY's time, the As.ist ant Barrister was selected without a single exception from the ascendancy part of the bar. During the Ad ministration of his Lordship, tome change took place, and two Catholics were, for the first time, appointed to this really important office. Three vacancies have just occurred, and no little anxiety was felt as to the names of those who should be appointed to fill them. They were declared yesterday, and the satisfaction of the Liberal party was unbounded, when they learned that the appointments fell on Messrs. CUItaAN, Tic- KELL, and NUNN, three Liberals, and Gentlemen of, very competent talents and acrwirements. The following copy of an important letter, asl think you witl deem it, from the Duke of WELLINOTox to Dr. Corns, the Catholic Primate of Ireland, sill prove interesting at this period to the people of England. 1 shynld acquaint you that a long intimacy has subsisted bets een his Grace and the Catholic Archbishop. The latter was Rector of the University of Salamanca when the Duke fought the memorable battle at that place, and it is understood rendered very important services to rite army, from his great influence in the city and its vicinity— LIMA THOM THH HOCH cis WILLINSTON TO DIA. MI MS, CATHOLIC NAMARA or 'ARLAND. " Menus SW—I have received your letter of the 4th instant, and I assure you that you do me justice in believing that I am sin cerely anxious to witness the settlement of the Roman Catholic question, which, by betiefitting the state, would confer a benefit on every individual belonging to it. But I confess that I see no pros pect of such a settlement. Party has been mixed up with the con sideration of the question to such a degree, and such violence per vades every discussion of it, that it is impossible to expect to prevail upon men to consider it dispassionately. If we could bury it i■ oblivion for a short time, and employ that time diligently in the consideration of its difficulties on all sides (fee they are very great), I should not despair of seeing a satisfactory remedy. " Believe me, my dear Sir, " Eves your most faithful servant, " WELLINGTON." " London, Dec. 11. The price of the 41b. loaf, best quality, is continued at 19 sous for the sec3nd fortnight of Decenube., is virtue of police ordinance.—Paris Paper. A lamentable accident occurred on the 21st tilt. at Naples. The cupola of the church at T-rre del Greco fell down with a tremendous crash, and not less than fifty persons were killed on the spot, besides a number wounded. Last week a dexterous thief succeeded in ext►acting . no less than twelve silk handkerchief; throuAt the pin hole of the shutters of a shop-window in Salisbury. There is no accounting foe taste. On Sunday last A man unknown to fame walked into the river Eden, near Eden-bridge, pulled off his CO4l, and wasred it in the gleans ; then extending it on the grass, as if to dry, returned to the water, and bathed his head 411 over. He afterwards gave his co t another washing, pot it on. and walke.f away, apparently much grati6ed. Toe object of his ablution is not very perceivable. Some of 'the woudefing Spectators thought him a wat:r-wor sh Peer; of ets, with more rea s on, pri.nounced. him : cr Zio• Carlisle Patriot. It is repotted that the Brazilian Ambassador t.as c %unteimanded the orckr for the vr•yage of tie geese refugees to Rio de Janeiro, and that they a4l be sent to Terceira. Some time since, a Gentleman who resides in an opulent town on the confines of Glouce:tershire place) a humane mau-trap in his garden, for the purpo.e *of preserving the crop of a very fire peach rite , which he bad every reason to suspect ILIA excited the cupidity of a neighbour,who, although to respectable circumstances, 9, as distinguithed by an orifortunate propensity thieving. About five o'clock one morning he heard sgii.l+ of distress from the garden,sanfl on looking out of the window he discovered h;s neighbour in the trap , near the forbidden fruit, where tie resci).ved.tite intrudes should remain. As soon as the inhabiialit; of the town were stirring, he sent the crier thiough the streets, in viting them to Kpir to his garden, if they wished ti: see a thief in a trap. As it will be suppose!, hundre.t, flocked to view the novel • and interesting spect.cle *hick while it cured the party principally interested of his unfortunate propensity, si,l remain as a st.nding, jest for ever. It is calculated by the astronomer, ENCICB, that the cornet now moving ssithin the solar Syslein will, at the expiration of two hundred and nineteen millions of years, come in contact with rur earth ; and, of ci nose, one or the other must be &sit ti)ed. "floe cornet alluded to is the only one ever ei,elivered whose orbit is cor4fiiiro within the solar system. Some astronomers ascribe the present favourable tel perature of the s eatbrt to i s influence. MII:DNESS 07 Tree SEASON.—A Gentleman yeste - day morning (Wednesday) brought to our office ((.he4 fathom Chronicle) a bean stalk in full leaf, and hem jog bloiaom t and informed tv, that lilac trees and other spring shrubs may also be sien in full leaf in a neigh bruiting garden. The hedge rows near the town are spangled with primrose., and in the garden via friend, a rose tree bearing buds, and a honeysuckle in full. bloom, bear testimony to the genial warmth 41 the cli mate on Christmas Eve. The first division of the Pottuguese troops was to have embarked on Saturday last, under the command of tieneral Saldanlia, who arrived here on Thursday: 'last, but owing to the vessels not being ready, the em barkation did not take place, and we are now inclined to think it will not so soon as was expected ; and that when it does take place it will be under more auspicious circumstances than were some time ago anticipated.— Plymouth Journal. Tuesday se'Doight, a melancholy accident happened tea fine girl, 16 months old, whose parents teside in Bridge greet, Montrose. The poor int int, in an unfor tunate moment, took hold of a cip in an expose) sito .tion, containing oil of vitriol, and swaliov. , ed part of is. She was immediately seised with vomiting, and notwithstanding that a 6ciss.6.,s. of soda was quickly administered, ‘ ..ntinued to throw up a great deal of fb 20, 4 -.iled the same evening, ex ictly nine hours' wa accident. The servant in the family acknow ledges that she had been in the practice of keeping this Poison 4enerally in a teacup, for the purpose of clean ing thw Copper vessels—a practice w hich s hould not be a 1 owed, as they ca n b e perked/ clouted without the aid of vitriolic: acid. • • REMINISCENSES OF THE KENT MEETING. • . TO THE .EDITOE. Sot—The presnnsptuons attempts of the Papists rid the fundamental laws of the British empire have not for many years received such a check es they did by the Kent Meeting. The Men of Kent, in the decided cha , racier of that assembly, took another step in advance of their fellow countrymen, which will pass down to pot. terity hand in•hand with the other features of their his. ' torical renown. Not that I less value the spirit shown by the Othei counties, cities, and towns in England who are promptly standing forward in the same cause ;, or believe that any collective body of the inhabitants of the empire will remain one step behind their brothers of Kent, should circumstances arise which will summon dr rn to raise their voices; but to the Men of Kent belong the glory- of having taken the lead, and in their Meeting 60 Penenden Heath they seem to have so effectually re presented all England, that ever since that event the Popish plotters and their ac rdigiox advocates have evidently appeared quite paralyzed, and at a loss how proceed. But the real friends of civil and religions liberty." the first parents. indeed, of those inestimable blessings in Europe. the British Protestants, must not. suffer them selves to be lulled into fancied security by this ; they mu't remain watchful at their posts; for in the Papists they have the cunning of the arch enemy of human liberty to deal with, and they must stand buckled in their armour, and ready for the attack on all sides. ' The Men of Kent were not terrified by Sheil telling them that the Popish peasantry in Ireland were "reap ing luxuriant harvests with famine in their faces." and thereto'e must rebel; because they, judging in their usual common sort of way, thought the 66 famine in dr. faces" of these poor men must be the fault of the pro prietors of tho.e " luxuriant harvests," whether my good Lord A. B 'or the Right Honourable the Mar quis of C. D. or his Grace the Duke of E. F. or any other Anglo-Irish proprietor, or absentee, arid that the secret lay in this—that those high and mighty personages, rather than take the trouble of putting a stop to the rapacity of their agents, or cutting down their revenues to such a proportion with the natureil their lands as would allow the poor reapers of their " luxuriant hat vests" suffiCient food to drive " famine" out of their faces, would rather cat up the Constitution of the kingdom, and share it with the Popish Avatars and Priests, thinking, by their influence, to keep their reapers content with the 66 famine in their faces," and make them, for the forgiveness of their sins,star ve quietly. • Neither were the Men of Kent disconcerted by the Lists sophist changing weapons on them, and telling them of the high • dudgeon that seven milinris of his countrymen were in, and their actual distaste of natural nourishmen., because he, O'Connell, and a few others, were not admissible to Sberiff,hips, Ju Igeships, and the higher offices of the law; and because ten or twenty Irish Gentlemen were not admissible to seats in Parlia ment. c hard-heintA Men of Kant, I say, were not even moved to pity and commiseration by this, because many high. minuet!, happy, and loyal English Gentle men were amongst theniselres who were not admissible to such st -tior's, and yet'were contented with the rights they possessed, indite from the clime of conterplated rebellion. But it warfortnnate for the Irish orator thvt the Men of K. nt were disposed to be somewhat noisy during his harangue, and did not hear all he said, or at lent all he has wrrtten ; for had they hearcfhirn *len he accudd; the English /ration of- bring the cause Of the "famine in the faces" of the stares of his delusions in Ireland, methinks he wr uld scarcely have escaped a transit in a norm pond ;- for • . Ingratitude i. stronger than trait*. aeons: That Ireland is benelitteal by. her centsectioti 'land. .even his own inad a.sotiater; in their` intervals of reit on, do nest deny ; anion man who jodgestationally can .toubt, that, if it had not been for the selfish and tviereznary asachinations of incendiaries like him, the benignant influence cf 13s wish sway would ere now have 'ens/eyed Leland prosperous, peaceful, and happy.' I have, Sir, taken this se‘ond glance at the Kent Meeting, because I consider the spirit which was evinced' in it, and which has since been so , warmly fnllowed up by other divisions of the empire, as ju t came of national j ,, y and congratulation; it affords strong and solid evi den - ti'that the vessel of the State yet rides in safe anchor ground, and that the:Acted laws and institutions which e derive trom the exist rience of ter fathers will se curely weather every blast which the audacity of Popery, and the blogering of giddy thedribt may raise agaitiPt them. , • ' x. L is a anions •fict, and One ithicb . is wotthr vestigatioo by medical men, that pet ions who are iii the habit of chinking hugely of malt lirpiors are tare!". ictlowri to be seized with typhus, or other slol fevers, what,eer other effects these liquors may have upon she corwitution. XALAPA s OCT. 12 =The King's Bridge (el t - meile del 'ley) has been taken by the Government !Mops; • d ti a cavalry that escaped, in order to join Santa In have been made prisoners to a man. AB ASCE or MIND.--A short tine since', a Gentle. matt in Cheltenham, who had paid his friend a larfe' sum f money, observed him,.whil-t eagage.l in im p ;• lint convet s.:tion, kiting small bits of paper out of a p:ece which he held in. his hand. On asking him what he.o a, shoot, the abcerit man discovered that he had been engaged in the interesting occupation of destroy. ing i 501. not., Fortun-tely, the sighature remained between his thumb and finger, and with some difficulty ,everal bits were found to compose the number, which enabled him to obtain the amount 'at the Bank of En4land. • Letto.rs have been reeeivecifrom Valparaiso dated the 15th of September. A perfect silence is maintained in th.rii rela.ive to the disturbances which broke out in July, from which it is interred that thcy had- been so far suppressed as not to have any longer occupied the public mind at the above-mentioned date. A peat number of vessels hid arrived Irom the United States, England, and Ilambiirgh, which had given much acti vity to the mat kets both of imports and exposits. Of.. the former the largest stock seems to consist of w inc. the price of which _generally had con s ide ra bly f a l:en. IS was believed at Valparaiso that the Peruvian decree of the 13th of June (respecting prohibitions) could not be put into execution at the period fix d for that purpose. GLAstrow, Dec. 23.—We have now arrived at the shortest day ; and, wi•h the exception of two nighti e there has not been frost severe enough to hurt the ten* detest vegetables. The frosty nights cut down the dahlias; but the passionflower still blossoms on sae: protected walls, and even in exposed gardens apple trees, polyanthuses, auriculas, wall-flowers, and scarlet roses ) might - , a•few days ago, be seen in blossom.—. Such has been the extraordinary wetness of this year, that Cia. ground can be scarcely laid' to have been at anytime properly dry. The youftis wheats, howcyeri i notwithstanding the unusual cnius t t1iPc .,112 .9" 644 a very premising appearance. - -, •• • SHIPWRECK 01. A BRITISH WEST INDIAMAP. Friday morning last, the 19th Inst.& large brig, sup posed about 250 tuns, seamen aslrste about six o'clock in the morning, on a dreacsful reef of rocks. a quarter of a mile to the Westward I f Fatelle, two mi es east of Bulthigne, and very shortly became a total wreck, and all hands perished: she proves to be the William, of Liverpool, from the West Indies, with a cargo of cotton, coffee, sugar, logwood. &e. It will scarcely be credited, but it is a fact, that not the least exertion was used on the part of the French Authorities to save the lives of the nofortimate crew arid passengers, though some poor fishermen. p'.ssessing mote of the Milk of human kindness than the ausaniers, succerd,sl in getting on shore a poor black fellow dreadfully elliau,ted and bitrsed, who walked, supported by these worthy fell:Ars, some distance on shore, and gave him a dram of brandy, and were in the humane act of takiog him into their but, when they were forcibly driven away from the poor fellow at the point of the bayonets of the dom. niers, and the wretched creature was left on 'the ground exposed to the cold and wind, and in a few hours after ward. found dead ! In the course of the afternoon seve ral bodies floated along shore, bat the sloth, lilies pod tively refused to allow any one to pick them up, and on the ebbing of the-tide they washed to see again. The inhuman conduct of those whose duty it w?: to protect the lives and propetty of the shipwrecked, has caused a feeling of disgust in the minds of the English and better classes tit French ioll.)ulogne. The reason as• signed by the dew:Niers for their barbarous conduct on this melancholy occasion is, that they were apprehensive the vessel was from an unhealthy.pott : but if this bad been the case, surely more was t i to apprehended from the cotton and other like article if tie cargo, which they run no little risk in securing tor themselves, at the very moment they forced a fellow creature to misera bly perish on their inhospitable shore. exhibiting a sad contrast to the conduct of the English towards the pa - sengers and crew of Li Jeune Emma, a French West Indiarnan,votecked on theWelch coast a few weeks bask. Bottom Coaw.—Within the last two or three weeks there have been remove d from the bouding wateh-u-es at this port nearly .25.000 quarters of wheat, 7.000 quarters of barley, 4,000 quarters ot beans, arid 1 500 quarters of peas, for borne consumption.--Hull Packet. It appears by. the (Andel returns, that in the 'meth of November 4.40,746 quarters . cf foreign grain, nearly all wheat, paid duty for home consumption, ant 414,256 quarters (of which, however,'only . lo4,99l vatic, a wets wheatrremained in warehouse'at the end of the moth. The quantity 4( foreign grain actually Antro43oced is November, and that remaining evadable for house (004.. sumption at the end of the make, th erefore, about 850,000 platters in ill.. Con s iderab le . iniporta= lion? seem to be still in prigiess, so that the aggrep.aist supftly to be detivei fr..m abroad promises to be gtestet than, under the unfavourable- citcutstances of the bar• vests of other countries, could have. been at first anti. It is stated horn MosccStv, under the 15th ult. this k t' notwithstanding the abundant harvest e f wheat in at most - all the provinces most productive of the .article, prices have been ma.ntained very high in the govern. • ments of Or el, Tatieby ff, and others, owing to the ince,• sant demand kept up for the . ports of the Baltic, and a the ititelliga-nce b.td clops )ti other cot:butes. The same accounts are given from Tagatiroc, Under date of the'sth (17t!,) tilt: An eider 'had_ been received by a •eommes teal house, horn T. ieste, fur 22 000 chetwerts, which immediately forced up the price of the article /roe 81 to 10 Foubles.. I: is not stated, howevei, how this oraet is to be executed t and, under existing cis cumvances,che issue ot Black Sea wheat through the Hilleapont is iniprecticab:e. A t t the mai ket of - Amater• Jam, wheat rose hum 10 to 15 florins on the I6:h insts aud consideraFle purchases were made for exportation grid on speculation. Other kinds of grain remained stationa.r.. A chimney swes-per of this town, named Motris‘• haling been engage] to sweep the (Lumley of a house in Fot street, tepaired thither, accompanied by Samuel • I,e s is, one of hi. climbing boys, on Tuesday mottling lasi ;and the usual arrangements being made, the latter • was sent up one of the back room Rum Some time alter the Foy had gone up Morris observed that smoke was coming, down the aperture, and, (eating danger, instantly called . to the little fellow to. make speed and return. He replieJ that he would, and Morels fancying that from same connecting flue, the vapour issis,ht have got into the stack in which the boy was from the one in front, I st 1.0 time in taking out the file, which had been kindled in the grate in the front room. The poor child, •lioss eve., did •nnt make his apy eitance, and Mortis tin to fetch two others, his appren• tice ; . one of i'unn .was Ist ourptly dispatched up the chimt.erinto which Lewis . had g one, b u t, t o th e sur prise .11 . all piesent, came, down again 'without-any tid ings of him. The chimney' in Boot was nest hied, but with.the like success, and all patties sere at fault. At fait it was iuggested that a trial should be made of a chimney in the adjoining warehouse. The s up ges ti on was adopted, the fire in the warel:cuse extinguished, a boy,,was sent up, and retuned, .sure enough, with MI account of having fouild.poor Lewis ; but tie flue in which he 'had discovered him was so confised that be could not be brought down.' The measures nem nary for theextricating the boy were promptly resorted to; and by the removal of part of the stone-wort -at the back of the premises, the . little fellow was taken out# but we lement to say, quite dead. To aci..unt for the singular circumstances undei which this poor child met his death, it must be explained, that although thok warehouse in question is at the extremity of the bed& ing in which the accident happened, and the chimneys engaged to be swept are at the other, the due of the former takes a direction all along the back of the licuse, and at last joins the chimney into which the boy had proceeded. It is, therefore. evident, that the . deceased, - op his return, unfortunately missed his way, and crept into the flue of the warehouse. se: ere he was, • no doubt, smothered, in his vain endeavours to force a passage. This unfortunate boy was between eight and . nine years of age, and had been appremiced to Morris from the Lancaster workhouse. An Inquest was held •sn the body, the same dab.before J. TiIOVGIITON, Esq. and a verdtct of accidental death returned.—Preston Pilot. • f*, CORN-EXCHANGE, MA RK-LANR, Dec, 26, • , Our market this morning had the appearance of a complete Christmas holiday ; not a sale has been effected, and prices mug be quoted nominally as on hlonday. usruassnons since 'IIO3IIIA/r Whe.it, English (qrs.) I,obo Foreign !rids Oats, English Foreign 114,600 bids Barleys Entlibb , 6,01:0 .loreign Irish . , •—••••• Flour (sacks) SMITHFIELD MARKET, Du. 26. ;SOO 4,000 2,7011 4,100 4,020 CATTLI AT MAIIXST. Beasts 130 I Mseep aid Lambs 1,65? I Piss SO I Calves 44 Beef . . 44 to 51 Od I Veal ..b.44 to e, `AI Matton . 41 44 6e lid Pods . . s. 44 SPA atirer load, Aga SOL to Ai 00, Mott ats to. to 4s o r s• 11 196 ti 3411. • - , .r. I :4 k 1 • • • I. it.. ,1 ti • •I 2 , .. • 7 1 ti . r • 1 . • 0.•