Star. — London, England, 1828-07-10 00:00:00

TIIF: KING. Wisinsoa..itav 9.—Feparaeons were made yester day for his MAJHSTY'S lining at Virginia Water, loge• ther with his visitant‘ ; but about two o'clock a thrind , i storm commenced, which continued with scarcely any intermission till nearly six in the evening ; the fete war therefore postponed, and the banquet was given at the Royal Lodge. _ _ This forenoon Prince GEORGE of CUMBERLAND, ac companied by the Rev. Mr. Jct.', arrived at Frogmore Lodge, on a visit to the Princess AUGUSTA. At hall past twelve her Royal Highness and the young Prince took an airing in an oorn landau, proceeding through the town and returning by D4tchet to Ft ogmore. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. CHANGES. The Earl and Countess of Gower, for Germany ; Mr. and Miss Snarls, from Bartlett House, Windsor, for Ramsgate; Madame Bonaparte Wyse, for Italy ; Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Keene, from Hampstead, for the Isle of Wight ; Viscount "Mandeville, for the Grove, Beaconsfield ; the Marchioness of Donegal and family, from Myatt's Hotel, Lower Brook.street, for Ireland; Sir James and Lady Fitzgerald and family from ditto, for Wolsey Hall, Stafford shire; Sir Edward and Lady Mostyn and family, at ditto, from Talacre, in North Wales ; Colonel Powell, M.P. at Warren's Ho- tel, Regent -street, for his •eat in Wales ; the Marquis and Mar chioness.( Northaniptnn,at Kirldtam's Hotel, Lower Breok.street ; General Walpole, from ditto, fin Cromer, Norfolk ; Sir William Parker, Bart. at rentnti's Hotel, St. Jameg's-strew, frum hi. 6e.ta in Suffolk ; Sir John Stewart, Kitt. from the It.iyal llotrl. S. iirnel'i*trret, f , ir Lord Grantley's seat in Surrey; H.ni. Mrs. Fame film ditto, for Brighton; Win. D.ektiv.on, Esq. M.P. Airs. Dickinson and family, from their house hi Upper Harley-street, for their scat, King west on, Somersetshi re. BANK OF ENGLAND-THIS DAY. A Qaa►terly C curt of Proprietors of 13411 k Stock was held, purbusnt to the terms of the Charter, at the Bank of England this morning. &must. Mime, E.q. the Governer, took the Chair at *twelve o'c lot k. The Secr.ttry read the minutes of the lag Court also of the Coons summoned f the Election of a Goiret nor, Dep u ty G o v ernor , an d Ditector fur. the year. They were coo& med. The Govsanoa it,f anted the Meeting, that this wit, a Court a .pointed to be held under the Chatter; after which he moved an skijoutonsent, which took place accordiaxir. The Da. k of England have given notice that they have made an agreement with the Right finnan• able the limit Commi.sioners of his Maksty's Treasury to circulate Exch quer Bills, made or to be made tn wlth, pursuant tr, the several Acts of Parliament for that purpose now in force, for one year, to end the 3d of July, t 429. This not being a Court at which discussions are en= wee into relative to the Bank affairs, it was thinly at leaded. THE A LIM Y. This day Lord HILL, as Commander of the Forces, held a Levee is his Office in the Hone Guards. The following General and above thirty other ocers paid their respects to his Lordship-- General Lord RISK; Lieutenant General Hammond ; Major Cenral, Sir Thomas ! Nardi, W. lioness, Sir Charles Pratt. lard HILL. as Commander of the Forces, inspected the Regiment' of Royal Horse Guarcfs'Yeßgrday morning on Wormwood Scrubs. (CIAMILAa.) War Office, June 30. Sim—Referring to the circular letter of the 30th of November, lite, I have the honour to acquaint you that his Majesty has been pleased to direct, that from the lest. tee ekleg f ane e t gran t ed for hay and straw supplied by innkeepers and ether. iu South Bri tain, on whom any of the horses belonging to bit Majesty's forces skallbsausctered, shall be reduced Isom one shilling to ten pence . rf.dhan lot each horse. • 4/mac the honour to be. Sir, your.most obedient servant. HARDINGS. 0 1.;as 4tt • P Claw commanding —.— Regiment. NA VA I. INT'E'LLIGENCE. ItoMims Aftitavto,Tross Dar..—Thablin I—Waterford I—Guern- L MY and Jerhey I—Randers I—Franee I—Lisbon I. Tralreller, CA nit. of Whitehaven, foundered on the 20th ult. lb lat. 43. Sang. 44: Alisviog got in contact with the Hercules, Thu us, arrived at Aberdeen, which vessel loot her bowsprit : one of the crew drowned. The Viriffiriklisisar, from Barbados, is supposed to be arrived at Lavespo*, r :!) The Raftrilwat (clutch ship) has been condemned at Canton— her cargo o apsn, copper, and camphor is to be conveyed su ano ther ship to &item. VaneLa grotto WITH.—The Price. from Lignite to Liverpool, M the 2..141 ultimo. in lat. 59. long. 45.—Philip, Taos, of Balti more, from Liverpool, pn the Ist Instant, in be. 51. long. 16. linen, of Teignmouth, (torn Hamborgh to Newfoundland, on the instant, in lat. il. long. 14. DEAL, Jeer 9.—Wind W. S. W.—Arrived the Lucretia, Wurr.t.re, item Newelstle. Two ships, homeward bound, and a brig under gram:nine, have passed up in the course of the day. Poessateuvu, Jonv 9.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived from London the Coromandel, Bores, for Bengal ; and his Maiesty's ship Preens. from Lisbon, wilb a mail. FeLuotrut, Jikir B.—Wind S. lieu.. Jinx t —Arrived the Sco t i a , M ALCOLM, from Riga; and Heart of Oak, •TION, from Wyburg. Cone, Jam t.—Arrived the Frio, PATIOS/10X, from New York ; hlrrce HA., from ValCOCill Thurni,9o and Albion, TAAVAS, from Quehee; Cares, l'Ast,and Retreat, litestitaa, from Idiratniebi. The Duke Of CUMBIRLAND left tows yesterday *turning for the Royal Lodge, in Windup, Park, on avisit N Ma Nu ISM . 'file Prussian Minister had an audience yesterday of tilt KIN% hide Royal Lodge in Windsor Park. His Enamel" had afterwards the honour of dining with his 3isrearv. The Duchess 0 , KENT gave a grand dinner yesterday. at her apartments ht the King's Palace at Kensington, to some of tbr rietubets of the *Royal Family, and a numerous party of the and Gentry. The Princess StsPHIA MATILDA entertained the Duke and D ar k en of Giantesses, and a sekct p arty , to Wailer yester 1, at her residence on Blackheith. 'the Duke of CUMBEDLAsD and Prince LaoPoLu Etnourtd Prince POLIGNAC with their company to dinner no Tues. 4 dl. at his Excellency's Residence in Portland lam. Tile Doke cif Sussex entertained 4 large party ti tinier yesterday, at Kensington Palace. The Earl DI AISEEDUBN entertained the Cabilket ihnistet s to dinner yesterday, at his residence in Argyll -street. Jh trench Ambassattios had A colietesice with the Ake tit %muscleman yesterday at the Treasury. Earl B If h,l btr Gammas Coessusit had also interviews wit h his Cum. Ir+terd el . S., Waorrestmr. Bart. had a, grand distrie Itityy yesterday, at hi. hou-e, Whi•thall-place. the time tisoaGe AGM( ELLIS entertained t large tarty to dinner )astreday, at has house in Spring-gardens. Let•eta trues Napic• reptetent the late conspiracy a• ail intrigue on tire past ttf Austria, toy 4 PICICA to Ye. 44kf ltd), With an *fru,. LITERATURE, So many works have appeared upon the subject of &saki ig and C►►rtency; that persons turn away from them as from a pe-tilence. One, however, has just made its a,spearance, which it is impossible for any one to read, whatever his opinions may be, without being hip hly amused with the style and humour of the author. I: is " Legislation gone Astray," and rtfers to the re cent measure of putting down the one pound notes, which the author considers to be inconsistent and fan tastical in the highest degree. A great part of the work is taken up in defending Vie Country Bankers from the large share of contumely that has been heaped upon them. The author has also ridiculed w.t'► great effect the itching for Legislation. Without pledging ourselves to any of his ♦iews, no one can read the work with. ut being highly entertained, if not instructed, and we re commend it to general peru,al. It is well known to be the production of a Gentleman of Ule Stock Exchange. Notions of Me Americans. by a Travelliqg Bachelor. Two Vols. Octavo. COLBURi. A press of other matter has prevented us from no ticing earlier this interesting work. Its very title sa vours of American origin, and indeed it has many in trinsic marks which show it is not of The literature of this country. The w►iter is, we believe, well known in America, and in this country too, as the author of se veral excellent novels, on the plan of Sir Walter Scott, illustrative of the manners and habits of American so ciety at the breaking out of the war of independence. ley are not, th be sore, comparable to those of our own unrivalled novellist, nor to Miss Edgeworth's na tim.al wivelt., nor perhaps to some others, bit pn doutsteJly they talc: a high rank, and show' Mr. Cooper's talents for observing characters. The present work, %% hid' has made its first appearance in this coun try, details, under the slight, and indeed unnecessary' guise of letters to the members of an imaginary club, the author's observations on the Government and so- - ciety of his native country. No regular stor), there tote, runs through and connects the volumes, but a consid •rable degree of interest is at times excited by making his imaginary travels coincide with the route of the celebiat-d La I•ayerte, on his late visit to that counrry, wh re he so early distinguished himself. It is generally tine that the mo t original and .hiking ob. accent on the character and peculiarities of any country, are made by intelligent foreigners, with whom custom is not yet a second nature, and who are, there fore, struck forcibly by circumstances which are too familiar for natives to observe. America has not irk s this respect been done justice to. The Englishmen who I have given an account of their travels there, have been either hired agents, who never forgot their special pur pose, or men whose abilities and meat., of information tell f;r short of what was.requisite. This general de ficiency of valuable and,correct aceouots-for travellers, enhances the value of the present volumed though the productions of a native, who, t etefote, admires or apologises For every thinp, bec ruse we find him to be a man of an original turn of niind, tempered with strong good sense in general. The style is rather redundant, vet eloquent, and now and t'ren tinctured with a Yinkeeism—ot which even the title affords a specimen. If there is any one point of his reasoning on which we differ more especially from Mr. Cooper, it is his attempt, as a Republican, to attribute all the advanta ges which, in truth, a rapidly progressive state of society bestows on America, merely to its institutions. It is a never failing argument on these subjects, that American order Is owing to the morality of a simple condition of life, and that one prosperity is incidental to our particular geographical situation. There are many good men, and, in other respects, wise men, even among ourselves, who retain so much of the political theory which pervades the literature of our language, as to believe the same thing. For myself, I cannot see the truth of either of these positions. Our prosperity is owing to our intelligence, and' our intelligence to our Institutions. gvery discreet man In Ame rica is deeply impressed with the importance of diffusing instruction among our people, just as many very well-meaning persons in your hemisphere honestly enough entertain a singular horror of the danger of sch,Htl•bndkst. Thus it is our natural means of safety to do the very thing which must, of necessity, have the greatest possible influence on the happiness, civilization, and power of a nation. for t eory to which Mr. Cooper alludes is too well known and too well f .unded, to Insist at any length on it:-13ut this is to be observed, that never did the Ame rican character; never shall it,appear to more advantage, than :it the commencement of . te revolution, when the manners which -were inherited from this country and fostered b toe liberal isists.utions this country had es tablished their, produced and maintained the real effects of Government, when its forms were necessarily dispensed .wi t h. The sameness of the present American chasac er, so fat as it is really commendable, with what it was previous to the revolution, is-a fact which Arneticans themselves are is apt to forget.. Let it net he supposed that this is saw slightingly uf their present form of Government—but the effect should not be mis taken for the cause—the vrry establishment and con tinuance of a republic pre-supposes (without noticing local causes) 4 degree of %oral intelligence which that form of Government c 'mot at hist create, though it may and does help to perpetuate it af a. As to Mr. Cooper'! " notions" of the durability of the present state of things, as the country become, nearly populated, and as wealth begins to accumulate in families, who may then dispense with the labour that at first acquired it—these are points which Mr. Cooper treats fully and indeed ingeniously. But independent of those deeper observations so interesting to every philosophical in q ire r, the present volume. c ntaina number of striking anecdotes at past American history, and of the truly great men whom the exigencies of the times produced., The whole details of La Fayette's visit ; the account of the retirement of Mr. Jay, and many anecdotes of Washington, are extremely interesting. We extract the follow ing anecdotes connected with Arnold's escape : The Commandant of the advanced post of the highlands, at Stoney Point. was at hand. This officer (a Colonel Cole) was a warns friend and a ?mica of Arnold. He had even carried his attachment so far, a. to have fought a duel in defence of the traitor's hunter but a short time before the expesure of the treason. — Washington now sent for him. " Colonel," he said. " we have seen deceived iu the character of General Arnold; he has betrayed us. Your post may be attacked this very ought: go to it without delay, and defend it, as I know you will." This noble confidence was sot misplaced. Cole could with difficulty speak. Pleasing 'his band on his heart, he found words merely to utter—•• Your liscellettcy has more than rewarded all I have done, or ever can du for my country," and departed. Is there not something noble, and worthy of the best days of classic recollection, in the ' minded and direct character which marked the events of this gl.t. Hues contest? One loves to dwell on that integrity, which having been compelled to give credit to one act of baseness, r efuses to ielieve that another can be meditated. I know no fact more honourable to the American character than the one which proves that, notwithstanding the great trust and high character the traitor uad once enjoyed, his Influence ended the instant he was known to he untvoi thy of confidence. Whitt on board the Vulture, he es rayed in vain to tempt the sergeant and sir men, who coneppled the crew of hie owe boat, to follow his tontines, though every 'fr e e which nilglet tempt men of their class was resorted to, in order to induce theft to change their service. " If General Arnold .ices the King of England, let him serve him," said the stubborn •Crg 0414 4; " ae /On our country, and intend to live ur die in sup. sort of her cau.e." The traitor own have felt the bitter degr-- tation of his fall, even ih this Ample evidence of his waning power ..:sasperated at their refusal, Arnold would have het* them a. :Answers, but the English Captain was far too houourabk to lend 'lms!if to so aligraCtitit seausassfun. They rwtutned as they ame, under ihv.protcalhilehil 411 et • • The day passed away * mindens and prcoaktions such 6 IPsemrriv woalil be likely to prodn'ca. ^ln the neniog the barge returned from rise Vonore. beagle" an insolent letter from the tr toor to the Comminde . r.in.Chitti. in *lO. among other and vain threats, he detioubeell the vengeance of hli new master ' , unte" cittaiit conditions which he wished ro binvise. weirr implicitly regarded. Th e invent/Ins character of Wa.hineton . native temper is as well 'mown as she unrivalled self.command he had acquired. While his eye glanced over this impadent and characteristic communication front Arnold, it appeared, by his countenance, as if a burst of mighty indignation was about to escape him. Recovering himself as it were by magic, he turned to one of his aides with surprising moderation and dignity. and said." Go to Mrs. Arnold, and inform her, that, though my duty required no means should he neglected. to arrest General Arnold, I have great pleasure in acquainting /see that he is now safe on board a British vessel of wet." rhe iollowing long extract details a visit to Wash ington's I) ,, trie and tomb: Yesterday, while walking with Cadwallader on the banks of the Potomac, we saw a group of Gentlemen, in the midst of whom we distinguished La Fayette, with YTI animated features, moving to• wards a .ream boat that was waiting their arrival moment of explanation induced us to join the party, which was about to visit the tomb of Washington: Mouut Vernon. an estate which ;he hero inherited from an elder brother, lies on the river at the distance of about two hours' sailing towards the sea. The boat was rather more crowded than was desirable for such a visit ; hut the circumstances left us no choice. We passed the liter city of Alexandlia on our route, and reached the point of destination within a reasonable time of our departure. l ht eitate of Nlount Vernon was It ft by the will of its late pos sessor to his nephew, Mr. Bushrod Washington, who flax long hero one of the Assistant Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. - The country, immediately about the dwelling, Is much wooded; the land being neither particularly level, nor yet very un. even. 'She house stands nn a rather sudden ri , e, which may be elevated more than a hundred feet above the level of the water. The ascent from the river is qu;te precipitous, though the ground falls away to the north arid to the south, with rather more regula rity. The building is placed on the highest point ; a position which scarcely leaves room for a very narrow lawn tetween it and the Iwo* -of the declivity in front. in the rear, the formation of the ground is level, for 'tame distance, and, tolerably extensive gardens coninatmicate with the inner or hack court. • The hook of Mount Vernon is can of a framework, the interstices of widen, lup Wormed, ire filled with bricks. The exterior covering is of planks, concealed io such a manner as to give itr, at a little distance, the appearance of being made of hewn stone. The tn:eriur finish is like that of any other better sort of mansion. The length of the whole edifice cannot greatly exceed one hundred feet; and I should think that, in depth, it is something less than fitty. There are, ht,wrvrr, two semicircular chains of offices, which project from each of its ends towards the rear, something in the torm of sweeping galleries. These additions serve to give the building much more of an air of size from the side of the gar dens than Irons that of the river. Towards the east • (the river front) there is a colonnade which supports a roof that Is continued from the main edifice. Though the pillars are very simple, the effect of a colonnade, so lofty and so long, is rather striking; and, on the whole, it leaves an impression that the house was one not altogether unworthy of its simple hut illustrious possessor. 'I he interior of the building-is exceedingly irregular, though far from inconvenient. I had full leisure for its examination, while a solemn scene was taking place at the tomb. La Fayette had been Olperetitted to go to this satin spot, unattended by any except the immediate members of the'two families. I was permitted, by an especial favour, topass up the ascent by another path, and to ex amine tlie rest of the grounds and the mansion. There was but one considerable apartment in the dwelling. This was a drawing-room that occupied the whole width of the house, with a proper proportion of its length. The rest of the rooms were snuff, and of arrangements which proved that they were con strvcted before she master of the mansion was in the habit of re ceiving more guests than fell to the share of's private Gentleman. Most of the furniture was of the time of the hero. It was exceed ingly simple, though I thought it quite good enough, In fashion and in Form, for a country residence. The principal drawing.room bad more the hir of a reception-room than the others, which were altogether in a quiet, comfurrable, and domestic taste. There was a library, that is rather large for America, but which, in Europe, nronld be thought very small for the habitation of a man of any eminence. I looked on all these things with a deep and increasing emotion. The house, at the moment, with the exception of Cadwallader and myself, and a domestic who showed as through the rooms, was entirely empty. More than once, do my hand touched a lock to open some door, I felt the blood stealing up my arm, as the sudden conviCtion flashed on my mind that the member rested on a place where the hand of Washington had probably been laid a thousand times. That indescribable, but natural and deeply grateful, feeling hetet me. which we all are made to know when the image of a fellow-Mortal, who has left a mighty name on earth, is conjured before nail the imagination in the nearest approaches to reality thaedelih", and tithe; and place, and the whisperings of an excited fancy will 'alkiwt . There was a soft of secret desire, rather than an expectation, of finding something more than what reason told me to expect; and I passed from' parlour to parlour, in my haste, until my companions were lett behind, and I found myself alone in a sort of upper office of the mansion. I shall never forget the sett. sation that I felt as my eye gazed on the first object it encountered.' It was an article of no more dignity than a leathern fire-bucket ; hut the words " Geo. Washington" were legibly written on it in white paint. I know not how it was, but the organ never altered its look, until the name stood before my vision Shrim p insulated, and almost endowed with the Attributes of the human form. The deception Was aided by all the accessories which the house could furmsh. Just at that instant, my friend, who is a man' of tail stature and grave air, appeared in the adjoining door, without speaking. I felt the blood creeping nearer my heart with awe, nor did the illusion vanish until Cadwallader passed before me, and laid a hand, with a melancholy smile, on the words, and then retired towards the grounds, with a face that I thought be would gladly conceal. , We were shown into the gardens and green-houses. In the lat ter. the domestic culled us a bouquet of hot house flowers; and, turning to a box which lay at band, be took a sheet of paper, and, enveloping their stems, presented th e m t o my Mend. Cadwalla deo received them thoughtfully; but his mind was too much cgcu• pied at the moment to attend to so trifling an occurrence. We had returned to the city, and were at our late dinner, when his eye seemed Heated, by some charm, on the paper that encircled this hale offering. Scattering the Rowers on every side of him, he laid the paper on the, table, and trail its contents with breathless eager ness. It proved to be a sheet torn frogs a farming journal of the modern Cmcinnatus, which bad been kept in his own band. The writing was distinct, though there technics abbrevia tions: the pages were without blot or erasure, and the precision of the language and the minuteness of the details were rigidly exact. The precious morsel was divided, and each of us took his portion, like men who were well content with the possession of some sacred relic. When we left the green house, we were joined by the party of the veteran Frenchman. We had parted at the margin of the water, and each of us bad found subjects for reflection that were alike pleasing and painful. Just before we separated, there had been a little hesitation in the choice of the paths that led to the mancion.— " Let me show you the way,"cried Mr. George is Fayette, eagerly, but with evident emotion—" I know all the paths of Mount Ver non." Twenty-five years before, during the exile of his natural paten?, be bad been entrusted to Washington, as to a second father, and he now rushed forward, full of his recollections, to point out a route that, time and momentous scenes in another hemisphere had oat blotted from his memory. I shall not attempt to describe what passed at the vault during the visit of La Fayette. He was power fully affected, as the recess of the dead was opened to his admission. When be joined us, it was evident that Iris feelings had been wrought up to a high and painful point ; and I thought his eye wandered over the tatnillar objects of the dwelling, as it every thing keenly re minded him that be who gave them lite and interest, bad passed away from the moving scenes of the earth into the solemn quiet of the place he had just quitted: We took the occasion of his absence from the spot, to go ourselves to the tomb. As Cadwallader knew the way, I bad no other companion. The family vault of Mount Vernon stands near tbe brow of the declivity, at a little diatance from mansion, and - at the point where the grouud begins to fall away to the south. It is u plain and simple as can be well imagined. 'The excavation in the earth is neither large nor deep,aud the suiallporthiriol the work that is visible An from, is a deid wall of bricks. The door was low, humble, and unornamented 7 -a more meek and fitting passage to the narrow house of the dead than thresholds and arches of mocking archttec• tare. Thp earth is tounded over the summit of the vault, and a low stunted and mthly cedars helm taro root uu and about it. I have stood by the side of many a boasted and admired tomb ; but by nonewith thy Mee slid reverence with whie r ixf saved on this. The dark daysaitthe *Lime-and difficulties which threatenest,the first hours of life 's Government , tins cheerful and prosperous scums through which I bad so recently passid, crowded on my memory, and produced a teeming picture, in which the most prominent object was the form of the mall whose ashes were mouldering beneath my feet.. have ever been tut ardent, and were tberc not so much remain tor, turu sucppertetneste, I milk ety an enthusiastic admirer of Washington. H . untlke that of tbehesees manlier day., is most lIIU, mous when earn at the imams; appiiiash..• -.Those who lived th' down to his person, end who pmeemed. Abe imet -oppattunity 01 studying hie Mind qpielities, are teethed with the deepest eeterence foe Me Mertes. The pasemiversf •hie titivate deeds is the cosmic', • P echo bietery ORibtliblicatets. They woe alike founded en liensiutahle prißeiptei d leek. osid nu& Mei already pros hint with the admiration wilt which they game at a .ee•re .tpnie of antiquity. lie stanch, naked of meretricious °monism, Iso grand in she majesty of realm, A number of other passages, ecisiart intirestng, are before us; but we mint only alltisfetn the vi•,it to. Coo gress in the second volume, and , the several interesting oarticulars of the it ate of finale society in the coa.ntry. WI.o would think that " An er ca is the PkadiK of women r Mr. Cooper has ci.oferred a considerable advantage on the English public by the.e volumes, and .4 1114 It LO this country cannot fail to be iastrtictive to ono who has lost no opportnnity of ;4,4 ling himself of all Ameilca could bestow on him. DUNIFRI hS T JULY 8. GA MlL—The crop of game, 1828. promises to be is plentiful a• the crop of grain. Tree moors are already eedolent' of •' cheepers," and we are acquainted with i,ideviduals who have cnunted len grouse, and at least twelve hlackcock pellets, following a single old pair. In a lea , days, partridge pouts •• ill be running about among the co'n, and rue only regret that the earliness of the hay harvest shoold have fee •sinned so much -Loth among the parent birds. In many instances they 'lave been wounded and killed by the unconscious scythenian, and in others frightened to suer a degree that they forsook their eggs when on the point of being hatched. Hut amidst all this pat tal damage, the crop ore the whole will be very large, and the coveys nu eseeiout beyond example, and to City . sportsmen, of all degrees, we may safely convey the vi elf: me • neelligence _that thee e well he famous peppering on bill and dale, bent, heather, and stubble field.—from a nd alter t h e l'.at► of August acid Ist of September. DREADFUL THUNDER STORM. BATH. Jena , 9. A tremendous storm. accompanied with thunder and liTthtning, commenced her; last evening at eight o'clock. The hi , uses in Widcomh, at the bottom of Clavett.)n Hill, were inundated by a land flood to the .tepM same instances, of 12 fret, and so rapidly, that Jamrs Moody (late a letter carriPt of The Bath Chronicle) and his wife, occupying a lower apartment in Chapel-row, leading to the canal, were drowned in their beds. The soil and trees on several parts of Brechin Cliff have been displaced by the violence of the tempest and swept into the valley beneath; and at Weston, by the sudden rise of the brook, a chairman, named Kenr, was drowned. ' TAUNTON, JULY 9. Yesterday afternoon, about tour o'clock, a storm of wind, rain, and hail, accompanied with thunder and lightning, broke over this town and its vicinity, with a degree of violence never before remembered by the oldest inhabitant. The thunder, in heavy peals, was heard simultaneously from the east and went and the wind at one period of the storm blew a perfect hurri.. cane. The streets here were in a few minutes impass..* able, and the wat•T kept pouring down them for some time in onebroad continued current. The inundate ns in the lower parts of the houses were very great and ge. neral, the effects or which have been lamentably inis chiewons'in many instances. At North Town, where a pleasure fair is held on the day succeeding the regular fair, where booths were erected for the vending of fruit and confectionary, they were all in a few moments prostrated by the violence of the wind, and under one of them some children, who had taken shelter from the rain, had a narrow escape of their lives. At Kingston the banks were thrown down for several miles. The . coin is sadly levelled by the storm; various st tremebts of mischief have reached us from various parts. all e which correspond in representing the it.cii . to to beim• beau of unequalled violende. We regret to announce the death of the Dowoper Countess of SUFFOLK, which inelanchply event occt► red at one o'clock yesterday morning, at - her Ladyship's house in St. James's Palk. So callnpletely dead to the world are. the Monks of 'La Trappe, that they do not heir even or the death , of their nearest relation,. The Superior aunouncts.in the Chapel; that . the father or mother is deed.. but witbout, mentioning the name; and the whole Society.is 'heti' agitated at once with the grief which 'bogy brlotig to. an individual. L tt le Yesterday a ballot was taken at the East lll otife, fn the determination of the following queition, vii " That the Court of Proprietors fully Approve of she . measures adopted by the Court of Director s, *bringing, the case of an abuse of pan 6414Lbefore • leg a l tn . :: bunal ; and although Captain tt appears to hare acted incautiously and imprudently, yirtairing been acquitted by the verdict of a Jury of thiihurge pre ferred against him. and the Proprietors being'ilso satis: fled that he was not actuated by any corrupt rnotive o they are not disposed to withdraw their nfidence front him as a Member of the Exec ut; we Body." At six o'ciciek the glasses were closed and delivered to the scrutineers, who reported the question to be decided in thf aillrumi tive. The followii.g we re the num b ers: —F or t h e quot tipn, 408—Against, 40—Maj brity, 368. Barns's Musa/mi.—Tilted waggons, loaded wits the late King's library, are daily arriving si . t the Mu seuM; the books, as they arrive, are deposited in the eastern wing of the new building; the students and other Gentlemen frequenting the reading rooms will not, it is under-trod, have access to toese books for several months, and then only under certain restrictions to be framed by the trustees; these restrictions will apply only to the King's borc.. DEATH PRODUCED BY THE THUNDER-STORll.—Toes. day evening an inquisition was taken at the Crown, at Uxbridge, before Thomas Stirling, Esq. coroner, on the body of Mrs. Wary Saunders, aged 62, whose death was produced through terror and alarm, caused by the thunder-storm on Friday morning last. Mrs. Ann Bond stated, that the deceased was a widow, and resided in witness's licit e. On Thursday nit( last she 'upped with her, and she was then in good bodily health ; but at about ten o'clock a dreadful thunder-storm came on,. and the'old lady Became terribly alarmed, and was re- Jectant to go to bed ; consequently witness sat nif with her till between twelve and one, when tre storm haring in some degree abated, she retired to her chamber, and witness went to bed also; about three she was awoke 'by the Thunder, and knowing the.fear the old lady en tertained, she got up and went to her chamber-door, and called, without receiving an answer; she conse. nuently went to her bedside, and was surprised W find tile poor creature labouring under a strong fit. She alarmed the house, and a medical Gentleman was sent for, but all his exertilns to prolong her life proved unavailinq, and she expired shortly after. Mr. Ray. ner, surgeon, at Uxbridge, deposed, that whew he saw ihe deceased, she WAS id the situation. described•by Ulu l AA witne s s. She was always an awing WOllll4O, and h a d for some time been ;n a very weak state.uf health, nu: it was his opinion that her duals. was acceerated by the flight she experienced Gene the violegee of the thunder. The Jury returned .4 vesiii`Et. ...That die death (*.the deceased was caused by terror and itlarntettititri y the thunder-,corm on Friday , the 4th of July." . 1 ~ 4. 1? • .i 1 4,--