Star. — London, England, 1825-01-27 00:00:00

COURT OF RING'S BENCII-TIIIS DAY. POSTER V. SIR G. PAGE TURNER. Mr. BROUGHAM moved their Lordships to have the ,erdict set aside in this cast, And a new trial granted; and also why the attorney for the plaintiff should not pay the costs of his present application? The case was tried before the Lord Chief Justice, at the late sittings in Guildhall, and a verdict found for the plaintiff, in consequence of its coming before the Court undefended. The Learned Counsel said he was retained for the de. fendant, and Mr. Scarlett appeared on the other side; he (Mr. Brougham) had waited the greater part of that day, in expectation of its coming on; but his Lnrdship being engaged in another cause, that occupied a very considerable time, he understond that no more defended cases would be taken that day, when he, with Mr. Scarlett, left the Court; after which it appeared that the plaintiff's Attorney consulted with the Junior Counsel engaged, and brought forward the case as an undefended one, when a verdict was returned ag a i nst his client. Upon th ese grounds, the Learned Counsel trusted their Lordships would set aside that verdict. LORD CUM JUSTICE— Tate a rule to shew cause. FASHIONABLE INI'ELLzaENCE. Sir Charles Begot, Bart. has arrived in town from the Ne tberlaads. The Hon. Colonel Edward Lygon arrived yesterday in it.James's square, front his seat, Spring.hill, Worcestershire. Sir W'illiant Abdy, Bart. left town yesterday for Brighton. Lord Althorp has left his father's (Earl Spencer's) seat, in North. amptooshire, for Earl Fitzwllliam'a, Mr. and Mrs. Arbuthnot and family arrived yesterday at the London Hotel, Albemarle-street, frona their seat near Newbury, Berks. Admiral and the Hon. Mrs. P. Fraser have left ditto fur Hampton Wick. _ _ Captain and Mrs. Griffith have arrived at Nerot's Hotel.Clifford street, firms their seat near Southampton. Lord Hervey has left Lord Caltborpe's seat, Ampton, Suffolk, On a tour. Departures from the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street :—John West Lomb Etnnu•rton, Esq. for his seat in Notts Roberts, Esq. on a tour. Departures frost Loses Hotel, Clifford-street—Captain Byron, for Math ; J.Clarksnn, Esq. for Bath ; Mr. and Mrs. Newland, for their seat in Norfolk ; .1. Skinner, Errq. fur Brighton. Departures from head's Hotel, Lower Grosvenor-street—Mr. and Mrs. Meyer, for their seat in Oxfordshire ,• Captain Mercer, • for Brighton ; W. Price, Esq. for Brighton : C. Shepherd, Esq. fur Oxford. The Duke of Ynatt visited his MAJESTY yesterday. The Duke of MONTROSE entertained Loud STowELL. and a distinguished party to dinner, yesterday, at his house in Gros venorsquare. Ltd SONDES has arrived at Rockingham Castle, near Canterbury, and is now entertaining his fashionable friends. Yesterday, a Court of Ditecturs was held at the &Ist India House, when the following Commanders took leave of the Court, previous to departing for their respective destinations, viz.... Captain HENRY Cosa, Kent; Captain DAvrts R. NEWALL, Scalehy Castle, for Bengal and China; Captain &swans L. Amato, Kellie Castle ; Captain &mum Sesta, Inglis, for Bombay and China ; and Captain Witttax CRUICKSHANK. Farquharson, for St. Helena, Bombay, and China. Captain Gummi Penury was sworn into the cnnanand of the Minerva, consigned to Madras and Bengal. We nit , er.tanti that Count NtsonittiDg has, by corn wand of his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia, addressed a lett,. to WILLIAM Rae WILSON, Esq. the traveller, complimenting kin on the motives which induced him to visit the Holy Land. The Right Rev. D. FERENC,' hes been appointed to the IliQlopric of Kilmacduagh, and Kilfenora, rendered vacant by the death of the late Right Rev. Doctor Archdeacon. It is a curious fact, wotthy the attention of those who may not . he already ' aware tif it, that Dr. Primness has been educated in the principles of au Established Church, and was in early youth a Protestant. His triter, the very Reverend ENUTIID Frame. was Protestant Warden of Galway_ in 1774. TUX PASCO PERUVIAN MINING most unwarrantable (though, perhaps unintentional attach) having been made oil this Company, in one of the Morning Papers of yesterday, the Public are iaformed. that it is intended to publish in the prin cipal Papers of To -Kowtow, a statement respecting the nature. ex tent, and value of the Pasco Mines, which will be malcient to satisfy the moat sceptical, that in what has hem already *awl in the Prospectus. the importance of those Mines was rather di. =Walled than exaggerated. The operative cotton-weavers of Carlisle have issued an appeal ill ntanulacturers of Cumberland, on their present deg, aded situation, in consequence of the low rate of ages with which they are paid. They cannot, they say, earn more than six or seven shillings a week. The Commissioners appointed in pursuance of the ifio quiries promoted by Mr. BIOUONAIII. to inquire con.- cern.ng chatitiett in England for the education of the poor, have made their eleventh teport, and it has been printed by order of the Lords, &c. Like the precedit g reports, it is bulky. It occupies nearly 1,000 folio pages, and regards several hunched charities in the counties of Devon, Essex, Lancaster, Svmerset, Stafford, Surrey, Yoi k, &c. KILAN gave Mrs. Cox the name of "Little Breeches," by reason of his having presented her with a sailor's uniform, in which she often arrayed herself when she accompanied her paramour in an amorous excursion It was at one time contemplated to produce the breeches on the trial. The Reverend Magistrate, whose extraordinary im prisonment of his maid-servant occasioned so strong a sensation, has, we hear, not only abandoned the charge of robbery which he made against her, but has Made . her a remuneration for the sufferings she sustained by her illegal detention. A Priest of one of the parishes of the French metro polis is said te have refused to admit a Protestant Peer to sign the act of the religious solemnization of the marriage of his niece. A general order is said to have been issued from the highest authority, making this restriction general ; and it is expected that a similar order will be issued, excluding Protestants from being god-fathers to the children of their Catholic friends. The ecclesiastical registers of maniacs and baptisms being at present of no leg a l va lidi ty in ratter such acts of intolerance are of no further important* than as they evince the bigotry from which they pro. ceed ; but, once transfer to the Clergy (as has been pro. posed) the custody of those records which are at pre sent kept by the Civil Officers of Government, and the consequences of excluding Protestants from witnessing such necessary solemnities may be the lou of important civil rights. The Etas gives several letters from Naples of thi 6th and 7th instant. They furnish fresh details of the death of the Kura, and the preparations making for thU Royal funeral. He has left an Olograph Testament slated February 6, 1822, which, together with a codicil added last year, was read in the Council of State, but its contents had not transpired. The present MOSAICo and his family had retired to the palace of Capo Monte, where he meant to remain till after his father's obsequies had taken place, on the 14th instant. It was then his intention to bold a Court,. and to enter at once into the splendours as well as into the exercise of Royalty. Oa opening the body of the deceased Rue, proofs were found of his death having been °ea CaSioned by apo - plezy. , 1 . b you would p rove year walla from damp. wee them with •oekr of Pututc4l Economy. It is me ot she hilt eabiects kneork to emu hi nature. t T lit ARMY . COURT , MAETIA T.. A Court-11.irtlal was held at Nagpore ' on the 22k1 Julie, 11124, at which Captain Al exan d er B rown, of the Ist European EcTi• meat, was arraigned for addressing an improper letter to >tiia Corn mending Officer, and writing divers other lettere aad papers, thereby evincing a pertinacious adherence to a spirit of litigiousness and insubordination. Pleven different charges were preferred,and the Court found him Guilty ou nine of the allegations. Sentence—" The Court having found the prisoner guilty of so many and sn much of the charges exhibited against him, sentence him to be suspended from rank and pay for the period of one ca lendar month. " Confirmed, (Signed) " EDWARD PAGET, General Commander-in-Chief in India." GENERAL ORDER. BMX GUARDS, 44TM Dscxxszft, 1524. His Royal Highness the Coussaussa-in-Cmnte having taken into consideration the serious inconvenience which has been found to at tend the Monthly Settlements with the Soldier, has been pleased to direct that the following Weekly Distribution of the Soldier's Pay and Allowances shall take place throughout the Infantry of the Army; and' that the balance remaining, after this arrangement is carried iiitc effect, shall be divided equally, and paid daily to each man. His Royal Highness has been pleased to approve of this ar- 1 rangement, as the most certain mode of securing the soldier from the temptations, irregularities, and consequent punishments which have been found to result Worn the system of allowing balances to accumulate. 'Total amount of soldier's weekly pay and beer-money Amount of messing and washing, everything included Under ren years. X a. d. 0 7 7 0 4 91 Over 1 Over Fen years. 14 years. A .. d. 0 0 Si 0 4 91 X s. d. 0 S 9 Remains due to each man not in debt, to be equally divided and paid daily - 0 2 Int Extreme stoppages to a man in debt above gs. - o $ 41 Extreme stoppages to a man in debt above es. over seven years - - To a man In debt above 10s. over 11 years . . 0 I '1 Remaining due tbe several wen at the hig h est rate of stoppages, to be equally di vided and paid daily -0 0 7 0 . I' . . • 6 0 0 101 0 4 01 0 3 ilk 0 3 0 0 0 14 The Consromta.no•Caner has been further pleased to direct, in pursuance of these arrangements, that an uniform Weekly Mess nook, agreeably to n particular form, shall be adopted by each Company throughout the service. By command of his Royal Highness the Corenattmta-m-Cater, HEN KY TORRENS, Adjutant-GeneraL DREADFUL FIRE IN DUBLIN. DUBLIN. JAN. 94. Abort half-past twelve o'clock to-day, a dreadful fire broke out in the house of Mr. George Bristowe, hat-manufacturer, No. 1, Upper Ssckville.street, at the corner of Noah Earl -street, occasioned. as it is said, by a pot of varnish boiling over. This fire was the most destructive for the time, we have ever witnessed ; for in about half an hour the Boot gave way, and had communicated to the adjoining house on the one side in Sackville-street, occupied by Messrs. Whitehead and Jones, lace-manufacturers, and on the other side, in Earl -street, by a Mr. Clarke, we believe —St. !Mary's Parish engine was the first on the spot, and soon fol lowed those of the several Insurance Companies which were well supplied with water by the carts of the Paving Board, and from the Post-offsce. At a quarter after one, the Earl-street side of Mr. B.'s house fell with a Ire- Meadow crash, the greater part into the street. We have heard that several persons were much hurt. and some of the engines damaged ; but in consequence of the, hurry and confusion at the time, we could not aster-' rain. Notwithstanding the utmost exertions of the fire men, the flames communicated to the house of Mr. Byrne, a glover, No. 3, Sackville-street, where it was, however, in a short time got under. The Sackville-street side of idr. Bristowe's house is in a very tottering. con dition and momentarily expected to fall—detachments of the 88th foot, 4th dragoons, and 2d foot guards, with the Horse Police, were promptly in attendance,, and served materially to keep that order and regularity so necessary on such alarming occasions. As we are going to press the en ghat- are playing on the burning ruins. Four o'eloek—Mr.Bristowe's house has just fallen inwards, which has, in a degree, smothered the ruins. Letters from Mexico, dated November l'/, by way of New York, state that Mt. Moataa had arrived at the capital. The new Government was proceeding with great wisdom and moderation, and the country was in a state of tranquillity. Some of the French Ministerial Papers say that all the European Cabinets are now thinking setiously of " terminating the affairs of Greece, " and that overtures have been made jointly to that effect by the Gient Powers "It is demanded of the Poste," according to those Journals, " that she should recognise the inde pendence of the Morea, and of a poi don of the islands of the Archipelago." The Gaaisn SCIOIIIOII. it is added, " ought to give his full assent to a measure so fraught with good policy, which would put an end to the cala mities which ravage those countries, and would leave no chance of success to the ambition of some Cabinets. May this intelligence prove true tb its full extent, for the' sake of religion and humanity r It is stated in a letter from New York, dated Deem ber Si, that the fabricated letter from Panama, which appeared in the Boston Sentinel, obtained the less ere. dig there, as that Paper, about IS months before, had been the medium of a similar delusion,and was therefore regarded with much suspicion on the present occasion. A strange story is related in one of the French Papers. It is said that four merchants from Colombia, having arrived in England and made their purchases of English ,machinery, wished to proceed to France to buy silks and other commodities of that country, to the amount of about £lOO,OOO. These persons naturally applied to the French Ambassador in London for passports, but were told, that being subjects of his Catholic Majesty, they must first get permission from the Spanish Lega tion. These independent Republicans, who would as soon have thought of applying to the Pore's Nuncio, because three centuries ago boo of the Pose's predeces sors pretended to have the dispoial of the new world, kept of course on this side of the Channel, and com manded their goods from a utfferent mai ket. • It has generally been the custom of the Sherriff of Dublin, a the associate of the Corporation, to Invite the deodenass of the Press, who attend in the gallery, to part she of raradeasee s an lowitatioo wads k usually declined. Before the dads was spays& sothe Meeting on Friday last, those persons reeked sash served by the Sheri[, who, it seems, requested aloud (!sellibe up as the same time towards the seat where the Reglarten sit) that the Gentlemen or the Press would cant down, er li not, he would send up part of ihe feast. Some wage, will corm.- ram appetites, mesatiass, got into the Reporters' seat, placed some scraps of before them, 'sodded assent to the Shona;, wit* aeooadiagly soot up the servants with several " dabstiett." whisk/they gorged as, ee the as NUS amassment of all those le the gallery who whitened the jeltel - NAVAL, L=E IGENCE. Front the Agent to Unyd's. at Pwllkely. January 18 :—" Th e Coterie, of New York, ftuna Charleston to Liverpool, with a Cargo of carton, was last night cast on shore, ten nrileg ftons this town- Cre'l stied ; and if the weather continues mOderate, the ono will also be saved, but much damaged, as tbe vessel is making water fast, and is Hkely to become a complete wreck." ' The Shillelab, Barrow; from Baffin to Workington, was driven on shore near Kirkcudbright on the 17th Instant, but expected to be got off. The Lady Harewood, Lewis, from St. John's, New Brunswick, is arrived of Margate. The Live Oak, from Gibraltar to Havannab, was wrecked alsnat the Ist inst. on Harbour Island--crew and cargo saved, and carried into Nassau. &worm JAL *S.—Wind N.N.W.—Salled the Aurora, LUN- G" K for Jersey Won, Dancearsarans, for London ; and Ind ustry , ante, for Cork. Pelirtslol7Tll. JAN. 116.--Wind 9.—Arrived the Chrinooal co lon, Payinnts, front Stockholm for Colombia; and the 1 1 Valworth Castle, Wawa, from Hansbargh for Mexico. MAL, Jaw.26.-a-Wind S.W.—Passed through yesterday and to day, the fullowin% outward bo u nd, via.—Th e P r i nce of Waterloo, Disarm, for Sierra Leone; Caledonia, Catcneoar. for Zogadore; Thistle, Baosur, for Teacrife; Amphion, Faxes; and Scandinavia, leuemmenae, for Micron; Bee, Wasuaav; and Dove, Mu.t.aa, for Smyrna ; Ocean, Kano, for Trieste; Amelia, Betsy, for Cadis; Ariel, Russel, for the West Indies ; Lucy Davidson, Wituanti, 'for Rio Janeiro and Jamaica; Romulus, Tote. for Charleston; Sarah, AVM, for Lisbon ; and Portland, Just, for Jamaica; and the Charlotte, Retsamo, from Amsterdam fur St. Thorn-W.. Ltvxansox, Jan. 25.—Wind N.N.W.—Artived the Minerva. Seavroan, from Wilmington; and Mary, TODTI, from Halifax. Wurrntarror, Jaw. 24.—The Hope, Rectums:, from Mary port to Carlisle, got upon one of the banks in going up, a few days ago, and is totally wrecked--crew saved. CUSTOM-HOUSE, JANUARY 26. Sures EXTRILICTI Tartvatuas—The Atlas, from Ca'cum% ; Vrow En gelina, from Rotterdam ; and Mercurius. from CIA/Hogan. EPIT&ItED Onzwanta—None. Catalano Onzuraam—Cambria, for Vera Cruz; John, for Ja maica; &rah, fur New York ; and City of London, fur Rouen. •.... be! Pol Pe of is: ms sip be fri ba su eh, ce Pa see CO So Cii 6t de de iq au NI of Tr. BOULOGNE, JANUARY 25. This day came on here the long-expected trial on the part of Mr. Hamilton, his B.itannic Majesty's Consul, as plaintiff, and Monsieur De Non, a French doctor, de fendant, for repeated marks of insult and defamatory expressions. Tnere were four Judges present, and the evidence was taken in writing. I have just time to say, as the post is departing, I beard Lord Temple and others examined for Mr. Hamilton, in confirmation of the charge, and a most eloquent address by his Conn sel.—When I left the Court, the Doctor's Counsel began to speak in his behalf. The/issue will be known to morrow. Damages are laid at some thousand francs. A crowd of English were present, many of them of high rank; and this matter has long been the subject of conversation in this place ; which, it is said, the defen dant v isbed to compromise. General Sir Warren Pea cock left ns to-day for England. _,~.:-~ .sue'"' I T ~ _~: r-r ~~. - - MR. niooßcßuFrs JOURNEY. ZHOU THE CALCUTTA JOHN HULL OF AUGUST 4. We are much indebted to a friend for the perusal of a letter dated Peshour, April 15, 1824, giVingfofila in teresting particulars of Mr. Moorcroft. This enterprising traveller, is known, had been detained long at Kash meet, in consequence of the manoeuvres of Runjeet Singh; but in August last he was enabled to prosecute the ven turous journey. In missing through the country of the IChuttaks, Mr. Moorcroft met with •ery considerable difficulty, and not a little danger; enough indeed to have appalled almost any other traveller. The Chief of this tribe is an ally of Runjeet Singh, and made an attempt to cut off Mr. M. and his party, by intercepting their progress at the head of a river which was almost dry. In ihis o however, they failed, owing to the deter mined conduct displayed by Mr. Moorcroft. ♦lthough the Affghauns were 700 in number, and our traveller could only muster SO, be boldly offered them battle, and prepared to force his way through them, when these brew fellows ; this 4 , hardy and intrepid race;" these' 4. bold mountaineers," as it is the fashion to call them, took to their heels and scampered off.. Mr. Moorcroft and his party were all well, in Aril, at Peshour. He had made several excursions into the neighbouring country, and gained a stock of useful inforthation with regard to a species of horse, which, it.is thought, might with great advantage be introduced into the Company's stud establishment. The letter !peak's' highly of the kind treatment experienced by the patty 'at Peshour, and mentions that preparations were.making to proceed in a few weeks to Cabool.• The accounts from Madrid inform us that active exertions are still making among the diplomatic corps to obtain an indemnity for the defenders of their coun try—that a report is forthwith to be made to his Ma jesty on this subject—and that forty persons only are to be excepted from this exercise of clemency. Letters and papers have been received from Dense. Tara to the 11th ult. The trial cf one of the Colonists for forgery bad excited great interest, after a long in. vestigation. R. C. Storey bad been found guilty of forging bills of exchange on the house of Daum and Co. of Bristol, purporting to be drawn by JOHN AUSTIN, in Demerara. The latter, on his arrival in England some time since, was suryrised oa finding bills of exchange to the amount of nearly 50001. bad been accepted and paid is his name, and that others were lift to a considerable amount to be accepted; an inves. l tigation immediately took place, which ultimately led to the arrest and trial of R. C. Storey. He has now been found guilty, and awaits his sentence. As Demerara is governed by Dutch laws, he is not likely to suffer death. The penalty is branding and banishment. The sentence was daily expected to be promulgated. The Continental Gas Companies have, we hear, agreed to divide the principal cities and towns of the Continent between them, so that British capital will soon have the credit of Atiivitetting all Europe. There are 99 prisoners in York Castle, for trial at the next Assizes, 15 of whom are charged with .mur der, and ten with highway robbery. CIILD Mom/mu—About eight o'clock on Monday night, a female infant, apparently about a fortnight ad, was left by its unnatural parent, or some other person, on the steps of the stairs in one of the chambers in Gray's Inn. The little innocent was carried to the workhouse in Little Gray's Inn-lane, where it is taken care of, and likely to thrive. Coaouati lmlogara.—A young boy of the name of Jones, died in St. Thomas's Hospital, in consequence of his clothes having taken fire in the absence of his mother.—Verdict, " Accidental Death." Wednesday, an inquisition was taken at the Ferry Boat, at Guyhirn, oa view-of the body of James Gut teridge, a fine young maq, who met bis death by the accidental discharge of a large fowling-piece, the con tents of which entered the back part of his left thigh, near the hip. The young man was in or near to a boat at the time, and fell into the water. He was conveyed 'tor his fatheeehoose, but died soon gin.—Verdict Accidental Death." 4P IO . Jrnirtl7MEN'S _HAS tit-. • r They'll= a highly respectable eeting of the etidltors et the late Lend Neweoruen, held at the ok, in Cattle-street, Dublin. en 'aturdsy. J. S. Townaints. K.C. eras call dto the Chair. A brief general statement of t affairs of the Establishment was laid before the Meeting; from w hit appeared that the debts due of the flank amount to X 23500; and that the property to meet this sum consists of estates of the value of 4144),001, or perhaps X 160,000 ; and cash, . bills, and notes, in the banking-house amoun:ing rn £50,00% The whole of the unsettled estates of Lord Newcomen are sub ject to the debta r of the Hesse. It is supposed his family have little or no providon, except a sum of £ll,OOO, for which he had insured his hie. for their exclusive benefit. Tt is supposed that the creditors will receive fifteen or sixteen shillings in the pound. The case of Mr. Beaty is one of peculiar hardship. Ilia name was put Lto the firm without his solicitation. He had merely xn Ano*ancv of £6OO a year, and his property and his savings, are two subject to the debts. Another Meeting wu held on Monday, Major Thomsen in the Chalr.—After a variety of explanatory matter, it was resolved that the opinion of Mr. ilaurin should be takes, as to the course best for the creditors to adopt. Mr. furlong, juaior, was appointed the &Metter, and the following Gentletnen were unanirimusl y nominated a Committee, to investigate the affairs of the Heuer. and report accordingly, viz. John Flood, Francis French, David Henry, Char!,., Fox, Joseph Dixon, Bern ar d Mullins, &gm . and AL: derman Montgomery. At the Royal Exchange, the Commissioners found Mr. Every, the surviving partner, a bankrupt. SHOCKING OCCURRENCE. .....1..11......- Yesterday evening, an Inquisition was taken at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of Wm Hale. - Mrs. Susannah Hale, of Farthing-street, Spitalfields, mother of the deceased, stated, that on Thursday, the 13th intitant, about nine o'clock in the morning, wit less, the deceased, and another son, were sitting at breakfast ; the deceased was toasting a piece of bread by the fire, when John, theother son, snatched it floes him, and ran away ; the deceased followed, and taking off his shoe, struck him with it on the head, on which John threw a knife at his brother, which inflicted a deep wound on the side of the head ; the deceased put his hand to his head, and exclaimed, Where am 1r his brother was much affected ; the deceased bled copi dusly at the head, and was taken to a surgeon, who at tempted to stop the effusion of blood, but could not : the deceased was afterwards brought to this Hospital ; the brothers had always lived on the best terms ; the deceased was 22 years of age, and his brother John, 17. Mr. Wm. Birch, house surgeon to the hospital, said, that the deceased, when brought to the Hospital, had a wound on the upper part of the left side of the head, which laid the skull bare, end a great quantity of blood flowed. The deceased died on the 23d, from the effects of the wound. The ConoNut said, it was proved by the evidence of the mother, that no previous malice had existed between the brothers, but that momentary irritation was the cause of the unfortunate event. He considered that the amount of the brother's offence could not be more than manslaughter. The Jury returned a verdict of Mandarghter again. John Hale, who is now in custody. Some of the Papers announce that the workmen are employed in preparing St. James's Palace for the re ception of his MAJZOFT, who is about to remove there from Carlton House, which is to be immediately pul'el down, and a new Palace erected upon its site, extend. ing cdnsiderably towards Charing Cross—and which, they add, has long been a favourite object with the KING. We are free to confess that the state of all the Royal Palaces, with the exception of Windsor, b $ long been reproach to the nation, whose Mona chs have been worse lodged than many of their subji ct GAUP LAWIIe-••At Beccles Sessions, T. S. Gofch, Esq. M.P. in the chair, there was only one appeal, Lin. stead, appellants, and Beccles, respondents, in which the order was quashed. Robert Norman, aged 40, and Henry Croft, aged 18, were convicted of being t a the premises of Mr. Page;of Brumfield, on the night of the 17th of November, armed with bludgeons, with intent to Kill game, and sentenced to seven years' transporta t tion. lit appeared that Mr. Page encountered the pri soners himself, and seeing a hare or rabbit concealed under the coat of one of them, attempted - to secure him, but the other, who was over the fence, threw a large stone at Mr.. Page.; which struck him senseless to the ground, and they both escaped at that time. • r AWFUL INSTANCES OP SUDDIN DRATll...—Tuesday Right, between eight and nine o'clock, as Capt. Perry, formerly of the East India Company's .service, but of late years a pauper in Lambeth Wotkhonse, was pro. ceeding from the supper-room of that establishment to the sleeping ward, he fell backwards in the ball, and instantly expired.---The same night, a master chimney. sweep, named Lumlon, residing in the Mint, in the Bo rough, having been informed that a hag of soot, his property, bad been stolen, exclaimed to the person who gave him the information— ,4 Then GOD strike me dead • -if on t serve them out for this (meaning the persons who had sobbed him)." The imprecation had been scarcely uttered, when the unfortunate man (Lopped down, and instantly expired. Yesserday, an Inquest was held at the Rose public house, High-street, Mary-la-bonne, on the body of Ann Downton, who was found dead in the house, No. 9. Beaumont-street, formerly occupied by Mrs. Saunders, dins Cook. She had been employed by Mr. Lahee. house-agent, Bond -street, to take charge of the house after Mr.. Saunders had quitted it.. The deceased was about 70 years of age, and from some circumstances mentioned, it was evident she bad been dead for five days. Verdict—" Died by the visitation of Gou." There is at present in Newtownards, Ireland, a barber. who is perhaps excelled by none in the useful art of knitting. He wears every day,shoes. stockings, tared's , ' and coat, all of which he has wrought by the knitting needle alone ! The coat is all of a piece. close before_ apd behind, something after the form of a flannel waist. coat. that His night-cap h ead to i f s oo a t l also his cl of hisoth rig n s m : n n u f h a i c s t 'Le n t so handwork, and wrought solely by the knittin g -needle. He has just finished by the same instrument, a lar g e quilt of cotton, in which his . name , p la c e of re s idenc e; &c. are wrought in capital letters. He has now, more over, another quilt in hand, which will be ornamented with a variety of fieemasons' enigmatical figures, toge ther a itb his name, &c. and the number of that Lodge of which be is a member. The Savannah Papers state the thermometers to be more than thirty degrees above the freezing point of the season. The grass bad begins to dress itself in green ; the jessamine and woodbine have azpaacted their leaves, and present full-blown Rowers. Ripe - berries have been brought to market, and the Editor the &pelican had been presented with a peach eye of a nutmeg, of the maid crop of the year. ' • fe mol- knew of • IV ... - ~;