Star. — London, England, 1828-01-24 00:00:00

THE KING. WINDSOR, JAN. The pertinacity with which som e of the Papers cling to the false tumour of his MAJESTY'S being severely indisposed, furnishes addi tional proof how little actual knowledge is possessed by retrain writers of the subjects upon which they write.— we mentioned some days since the real nature of his MAJESTY'S indisposition, and are now enabled to state, from authority, that his convalescence has since daily increased. The tales of the KING'S illness being aug. mented by the anxiety attendant on the recent Ministe rial changes, are totally void of foundation. Yesterday forenoon, the Marquis of LANSDOWN. the E ar l of CARLISLE, Lord BEXLEY, and Mr. HERRIES, arr ived at the Royal Lodge, and had audiences of his Masan, who received them in the principal drawing roo m on the ground floor; after which they left for London. In the subsequent part of the day, the Duke pf Wittaltrorou, Earl BATHURST, Viscount MELVILLE, the Earl of ABERDEEN, Lord ELLENBOROUGH, Mr. NEL, and Mr. GOULIURN, arrived at the Lodge, and had audiences of his MAJESTY ; after which they re turned to London. At these conferences the formation of the new Cabinet was definitely arranged. The floods which have for a fortnight past inundated the land in the neighbourhood of Windsor are now ra pidly subsiding, and in a few days it is hoped the Thames will resume its former channel; distributions of coals and other necessaries continue to be made to the pods er class of sufferers. COURT CIRCULAR. In addition to those of the new Ministers whose names we gave Itsteday, as having had audiences of the Kiac on Tuesday, the Earl of ASIVIDMEN and Lord ELLISIOROUGH were also in attendance at the Royal Lodge, to receive their new appointments. Their Lordships travelled together, and were the first who arrived at the Royal Lodge. The Duke of Weumsozost followed soon after. Lord Macey and Mr. Hammes arrived together. The new Minis ters remained at the Royal Lodge till near eight o'clock on Tuesday evening, expecting a ( lerk of the Council to arrive, to enable them so bold a Privy Council, but the orders for summoning a Council had through some omission not been issued. The Ministers did not arrive in London till 10 o'clock at night, when the dinner given by the Duke of W111.1.1114354N had been kept waiting for three hours. Mr. Peas., earl BATHURST, Viscount DILLMLLM, and Mr. Gout.- seat., returned to town in the same carriage. Nooe of the new Ministers took possession of their offices yes terday, not being yet authorized to act as such, in consequence of the neglect of summoning a Privy Council to assemble at the Royal Lodge on Tuesday, to swear them into office before the KING in Council; the omission to summon a Council rests, it is understood, with the Home Office. The Duke of WELLINGTON transacted business yesterday at the Commander in Chief's Office, in the Horse Guards. Earl DUDLEY, Mr. Husetssom, Mr. STURGIES Douala, Lord Msuos, the Bishop of Stenos and Max, and Sir H TAYLOR' visited Viscount GODIRICH yesterday, at his residence in Down ing-street. Earl Bammarr, the Earl of APIRDSIN, and Lord EaLzusosounsi transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office, In the apart ment appropriated for the meetings of the Cabinet Ministers. Mr. Mastessos, Earl flamer, Mr. Gout.suax, Viscount I'dm inus,and Lord STUART, had interviews with the Duke of Wm. ansoms yesterday afternoon. The Right Hon. Veiny FtIIOtRALD visited Mr. Hostissox yes. today, at the Colonial Office, Downing.street. The Duke of Wzmniovon visited Mr. Pam yesterday morning, at his residence in Privy-gardens. The Armory GDIZIAL had an interview yesterday with iris eaglet GOD/JUNI. Viscount ITABATANA, the Brazilian 'Minister, Count Ltsot.r, the Neapolitan Minister, and Monsieur Roes, the French Charge (Mares, transacted business with Earl DUDIXT yesterday at the Foreign Mee, Downing-street. THE ARMY. Groom Gnithou Fotias.—The late General Gomm TOWS entered the service on the 4 25th of October, 1756. as all Ensign in the 33d Regiment of Foot ; obtained, on the 2d of October, 1757, a Lieutenancy in the Ted Regiment of Infantry ; was promoted, on t►e 7th of October, 1162, to a Company in the same Corps ; was appointed, on the 12th of April, 1764, to the 34th Regiment of Foot; and obtained, on the 11th of November, 1776, a Majotity in the 9th Regiment of Infantry. Ile was appointed, on the 24th of September;l7Bl, Lieutenant-Colonel of the 102 d Regiment of Foot, was placed on the 25th of April,l7BS, on Half pay ; was transferred on the 12th cf October, 1787, to the 74th Regiment of the Line ; was made Colonel by Brevet. on the 18th of November, 1790, and was promoted on the 11th of November, 1794, to the Coloneley of the 105th Regiment of Foot. He was removed on the 2i st of Jan. 1797, to the Conimand of the 81st .Fuot, and transferred on the Bth of August, 1797, to the 29th Regiment of Infantry. He was raised on the 5d of October, 1794, to the rank of Major-General; and on the Ise of January, 1801, to tisat of Lieutenant-General; and on the lst of January, 1812, to that of General. The Town of Manchester has presented to Lieutenant-Colonel Routast.re, late Major of Brigade at that Station, a Sword and a Scuff-bow, of the value of two hundred guineas, upon his removal thence to the West ladies. NAVAL INTULLICiENCE. The golette Torch* is arrived at Toulon, from the Levant ; left Milo so the sth December, at which period the citadel of Scio was on the point of surrendering to Colonel F.taysza. HAVANNAH.—LAsoRoa ' s Squadron, consisting of one ship of the list, four frigates, and several small vessels, was about to sail from the Havannah. They have on board 3,500 troops, and about 100 Army Officers, as well as 18,000 dollars In specie. It is supposed ►hey meditate an attack on Cartbagena. EXTRACT Or A LITTES FROM ISM ♦GENT TO LLOYD ' S AT ZANTS, DATED DECIDE/ER IT. " Piracies are no long." feared, the late decisive measure of the Government having stopped this evil, so that vessels can now pro oted with safety op the Levant." MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT. LOWS Or WI STUILDIG CAMS SWUM BOAT. Innerseaddell, by Appin, 17th Jan. 1828 Ssa—l am sorry to be obliged to intimate the melancholy account of the loss of the Stirling steam boat, under my house six miles, after leaving Fort William this morning. As far as I can learn, every exertion on the part of the Captain and crew had been done to save the vessel and passengers, but the gale has been such as rendered every exertion vain. All on board have been got on shore in life, except one man, an Englishman, who had been a butler with Mr. Macdonald of Clanranald, and on his way home to Eng land. As Mr. Macdonald of Gleopry, with his two daughters, were on board, on their way to Edinburgh, Mr. Macdonald had been so much hurt on landing, that he died at nine o'clock this night, in consequence of a contuoion on the head. All the rest of the crew and passengers are in a fair way of recovery. AU that was possible has been done for the comfort of the shipwrecked suf. terns, as well as the saving of property. The vessel is a total wreck. Mr. John Laird, Agent; Glasgow. H. M'DOUGALL. The Belfast, WGiason, from Belfast to New Tort, was aban doned at sea on the Bth. ultimo ; crew and passengers arrived at Charleston. The Davis, B oa cnaw, from Liverpool to Yarmouth, was on shore near B oulogne on Tuesday night ; crew saved. Fatatonsm, SO.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Cygnet Whet* from Halifax; sailed 4th instant. POSISMOUTIII, JAN. 43.—Wind S.—Arrived the Defiance, —, from London. JAL 115.—Arrived the Rotterdam, WILBRAHAM, from zinnia and St. Helena ; and Woodford, CfIAPMAII, from the Mau- Ads& Arrived from London the Fumchal, Wassi.", for Vai. Piano. THEATRES. DRURY LANK. The Opera of the lurkislt Lovers. %hid' • 131 pr o- duced last season, was performed last night, for the, pus pose of introducing . Madame FERON in the part of Florelln. The music is ptincipally by ltossist, and of urbe well adApted to the c4pabilities of the Lady, who having studied in the Italian school, has acquired all the necessary accomplishments to give it due effect. Indeed, the music is so expressive and sweet through out the Piece, that it must command success. The pat t which she,took afterwards in the duets and quartettos was equally effective. BRAHMA, in the Turkish Prince, was in most excellent voice; he was encored in the battle song. Miss Lova played Lucetta, for the first time; she is an excellent waiting-maid. The other cha racters had no alteration in the cast. COVRNT-GARDEN. A new domestic Tragedy (so it phrased in the bills), was las last evening produced at this Theatre. It is in five acts, and is entitled The Serf, or, the Russian Ble thers. The principal characters are as follow : Vladimir (a Ruuian Prince) . . Mr. Young Isidor (his natural brother) . . Mr. C. Kemble Ossip (a Jester) . . Mr. Warde Countess Olga . . . Miss Jarman. The plot is extremely simple. Vladimir is enamoured of the Countess Olga, and wishes to obtain her hand in marriage, but the Lady had previously hestqwed her affections on Isidor, who, thcugh a love-born child, is not disowned by love. According to a Russian usage of ancient date, an individual born out of wedlock is considered a slave. notwitbstending one of his parents may be noble. Isidor is in this predicament, and his legitimate brother, acting on the instigation of Ossip (who entertains a grudge against the family), determilies on enforcing the pri vilege which the law allows him, to treat the favoured lover as a slave, and so humble him in the eyes of his .. • whose affections, he truts, may be thus transferred from the degraded Serf to his own person. Accordingly, by command of his brother Isidor, he is apparrelled in mean attire, and intro duced into the presence of the Countess, for the purpose of perform ing the duties of a menial. Knraged at this unworthy treatment, and further excited by a blow inflicted on him by his tyrannical relative, lsidor makes an attempt on the life of Vladimir, which is rendered ineffectual through the interposition of Olga, who rushes between the brothers, and herself receives a wound in the confl ct. Lilo is thrown into prison; and in order to save him from the penalty denounced by the law against the Serf who shall meditate the destruction of his master, the Countess con sents to become the wife of Vladimir. On obtaining his freedom, Isidor seeks an interview with Olga, from whom he parts, as all true lovers have ever parted. He then en counters his brother, and after a short colloquy they come to the natural conclusion, that considering what has occurred, the earth cannot contain them both, and they incontinently rush upon each other's swords. At this instant the Countess enters, and, after a pathetic speech from her lover, who musters up breath sufficient to bid her farewell, falls senseless on his body, and the curtain falls, leaving Quip to rejoice over the ruin he has wrought. Such is the gory of this domestic Tragedy, as it is denominated. It is, we are told, an adaptation from the German, and from the moral which it contains we are inclined to believe that it is so. The author, like his predecessors, endeavours to excite a sympathy for crime, by ,hewing that it has its origin in the guilt of others. The story, however, possesses the feature of novelty, and the auth. , r has so contrived to heap horror upon horror, that an intensity of feeling is kept up in the minds of the audience throughout, which procured for the author that which constitutes an author stichest reward—the most unequivocal stamp of approbation for his bantling. It would be unjust to the performers, however, not to state, that to their exertions may be attributed much of tl.e approbation of the audience. We have heard the Play attributed to Lord Nor manby, and to Mr. Millman. The former's title to it' has been contradicted, and the latter's we cannot con* firm. In the box on the right of the stage were Lord Hol land and the Marquis of Linsdown. At first, the Mar quis was not visible to the House ; but atter a time he and Lord Holland leant over the front of the box, in tently noticing the Play, or talking quietly, as if they had never been disturbed by any of the cares of State. His MAJESTY. has been pleased to communicate to the Archbishop of Yost's, through Sir Wtwast KNIGHTON, his Manner's g racious desire to name the Patron of the ensuing Musical Festival at York. The guarantee fund now reaches nearly £lO,OOO, and exceeds in amount that of tinter of the two former festivals. His Royal Highness the Duke of GLOUCESTER and Suite have returned, after a short absence In the metropolis, to Lul. worth Castle, where the Royal Duke, it is understood, means to take up his residence for some time. Lord GWYDYR had a dinner Party yesterday, at IliS house in Piccadilly. DE HAVERING PEIRAG/L—ln the reign of HENRY VII. the Washingley estate, in Huntingdonshire, came into the family of the Aromas, by a marriage with JOaNg, grand-slaughter, and at length sole heir to KU Di HATIKING, train an an cient barony in fee, descendable to Sir THOMAS Hussar Amines, Basonrt, the lineal heir general of the body of Joint Lord de l Havgastr, summoned to Parliament by writ, as a Baron of• the Realm, in the 27th of EDWARD I. and also of EoWA no The Rad of ELDON, it would seem, has shewn no in clination to return to the fatigues of office. It is said. that when a hint was once given to his Lordship, by a Church dignitary, that his ease would be consulted by re:iring to a station of less labour than that of the Chancellorship, he replied, .4 Wnat would pour Lord ship think if I recommended you to be translated from to Llandaffe We have much satisfac ion in being enabled to state, upon a comparative view of the receipts and disbursements of the Customs establishment of this port, for the last year, with that of 1826, that there is an incre tie in the dutiee collected to the amount of 8,1901. and a diminution in the expenditure of the department to the amount of 1,4581. 12s. 1 id. —Boston amok. A parcel of bills and notes, to the amount of 12,0001. was abstracted on Friday last from the Doncaster coach (late Doncaster mail). It was addressed to Messrs. Walker, Eyre, and Stanley, bankers, Sheffield. Payment of all the notes has been stopped. Papers from New South Wales have been received to the middle of August. It is stated that Mr. Con N I NCI HAM was on his way back to Sydney, after having pene trated three hundred miles to the northward of Liver. pool Plains. He had made no di.covery of importance. Captain Leman, of the 57th Regiment, had also tra velled some distance inland from Moreton. He repre sents the country to be of a nature most favourable to settlers. The accounts from Van Dieman's Land, con tained in the above Papers, mention that the black natives still continued troublesome, although great ex ertions had been made by the Local Author ities to sup press them. Nine persons had been taken into cu.tody at Hobart Town, on suspicion of being implicated in robbing the Colonial Treasurer's Office. Seven of them were prisoners of the Crown. The sum stolen amounted to upwards of 1,2001. A - military station was to be formed at Oyster Bay, on the east side of Van Dieman's Land. Captain anneal., of the 40th Regiment, had pro:t eded thither from Hobart Town with a detachment to take possession. The accounts from Hunter's Island state, that eight men, belonging to the Van Dieman's Land Company, had been unfortunately drowned by the upsetting of a boat. A prison ship was.diiiY 43 ' pected from England. COURT or KINGS BENCll—('tilts DAY.) JUDGMYNT KING P. JtiKaMlAll MATIfKIt. This def ndant, ails) sits convieted Burin* the lase sittings in Michaelmas, of sßol Ana cArrupt appealed to receive judgment. The charge against the defendant was his hay.ng sworn Itimfell in possession Of an acre 'of land behind his I►. use; also the. his goads and furniture were st nal) .5001. and 0 at he had expi nded 30(31. in building stables and coach houses behind his premises ; this he positively declared was the truth when questioned on his becoming bail for a person named Knowles, who had been arrested for 1801. The defendant handed in a written defence, in which he admitted that what he slated respecting -the me of land was untrue. Mr. Justice BAYLEY, after a severe admonition, sen• tenced him to one month's confinement in Newgate, and at the espiralton of that period, to be transpo►ted for seven years. TUE KING V. CROCKPORD. On the motion of Mr. PLATT, the recognizances in this case were ordered to be estreated, the defendant not having appeared to take his trial on an indictmeot found against him by the Grand Jury of Middlesex, as the keeper of a common gambling house. The bail wai called, but not answering their recognizances, were also ordered to be emeated. Blt !(s` — HTUNj JAN. 22. The PlifCeSS AUGUSTA attended Divine Service at the Chapel Ro)al on Sunday. Mrs. COURTENEY BOYLE visited the Princess yeater• day. The attendance of Nobility to leave their names at the Palace is daily continued. The Princess took a carriage airing this morning to Rnttingdean. . _ . On 'Thursday the Princess purposes being present at the Musical Festival in the new (:'lurch of Sc. Peter. Sunday last, great interest was excited on the-beach• to t! - e westward, by the appearance of several tubs of spirits which were washing on shore ; and on the Chain Pier, by the landing of tea chests, casks, packages, and sea chests, which had the appearince of having been buffetted by the waves for some time. Duri•ig the tremendous gale on Sunday week, a brig, bound from Opo: to, having on board 42 passengers and 17 seamen, was observed by one of our fishing boats to be in distress. The Captain of the brig hailed the fishermen, expressing his ignorance of the coast, and his wish-to make Shoreham harbour. The boat led the way in the direction of the harbour, followed by the brig ; it seems, however, that the latter suddenly altered her course, stood not to sea, and was lost sight of by the boat. A number of packages, passengers' trunks, and papers, have since been washed ashore, with arti cles that could not have been thrown overboard by de sien. As the brig has not since been heard of, a me lancholy impression is entertained that the whole of the unfortunate persons on board, 59 in number, have met a miserable and untimely grave. DOVER ELECTION, JAN. 22. Yesterday - John Halcomb, Esq. arrived here, and in the evening a very numerous and respectable meeting of his friends was held at the Royal Oak Inn, when W. Lankey, Esq. was called to the Chair. Upon the health of Mr. Halcomb being proposed, it was received with one simultaneous burst of applause; after which that Gentleman addressed the meeting at some length, patticularly relative to the late inquiry in the House of Commons as to the right of the outdwelling Freemen voting a' the elections, and having satisfactorily an swered the several que,tions proposed to him, sat down amidst immense applause. Promises of support then poured in from all quarters, and upon his canvas to-day he has been equally successful. This morning a requisition to the Mayor was got up respectably signed, requesting he would convene a Common Hall for the purpose of voting a congratu latory Address to our late worthy Member, E. B. Wilbraham, Esq. upon his eleaaticm to the Peerage, and to solicit his son, the Hon. Richard Bootle Wilbraham, to represent the town in Parliament. The Mayor, John Shipden, Esq. having apvinted this evening at five o'clock, the Hall shortly after that hour was filled nearly to suffocation. An address of congratulation was moved and seconded, and cat tied luso VOCf j but upon the second resolution being read as to the invita tion to his son, an amendment was moved and seconded by the friends of Mr. Halcomb, and after much debating upon both sides, the Mayor put the amendment, and the original motion to a shrew of h inds, which was deslared to be in favour of the latter. A vote of thanks was then proposed to the Mayor f.ir his impartial con duct in the Chair, and the meeting was declared to be dissolved ; but the friends of both parties were requested to wait and sign the Address to each of them, that to Mr. Wilbrahatn in t! e Jury mom, and to Mr. Halcomb in the open Ilall. BULL, JANUARY 22. From a boat having been found on the Lincolnshire coast, near to Cleathorpe, on the 10th inst. it was ap prehended that a fatal accident had befallen the May, a "coaster, belonging to Mr. Banks, of Selby ; and we deeply iegter to announce, from he bodies of the crew having been since ca-t ashore near the mouth of the Humber, the full confirmation of the fears entertained. The crew consisted of John and William Banks, sons of the owner (the former of whom was master of the ves sel); also, of an assistant hand belonging to Btotherton; All of whom have perished. The bodies of the two brothers were brought to this town, and conveyed hence to Selby on Tuesday last, in the Aire steam packet, at which place they were interred the following day. Yesterday a bargeman discovered the body of a young man in the Thant: 5; near one of the wharfs in the Strand. He was taken out, and conveyed to Sr. Mar tin's workhonse. The body was in a state of decompo sition, and appeared to have been some time in the wa ter. It is supposed to be a person belonging to Wind sor, who has been missingever since last Christmas. We have received the following from a Correspond ent:—" A violent disturbance took place at the village of Litentham, near Spittle, on Friday last. A party of dykers, having buried one of their comrades, drank to his memory so long that the landlord, fearing the con sequences, wished them to quit his premises and go to their work. On this they turned him and his family out of the house, took forcible possession; and esta blished themselves. A posse of constables was pro cured, and the party dislodged ; but they returned with a reinforcement of their comrades, and a serious affray was the consequence. A Magistrate read the. Riot Act, and one of the constables fired his pistol—the wounded. man fell.-and many a b►oken head followed on both sides. A party of soldiers were sent from Brigg, and sixteen being put into a light coach, with four horses, arrived at the spot in a very short time. This force soon settled the business. When I left,, the man woundeJ by the pistol was not expected to l.ve. The soldiers are still on guard." • DESTRUCTIVE BRE .ATTENDED Watt • LOS virLi.lVlts: A hunt half-pa,t two n'cintk ()tic m Yrn'ng. the watts•• man, in calling the h-mr lu Catttched Filers; had Mt ittentinn drdwn to the house nt Mr. Jahn Cain, the vg=t of the Freifch Horn, in consequence of observing smoke issuing horn the front of thelowei prc of the house. He immediately crossed the road and found from the hr•at that a strong body of fire was within. He lost no time in springing his rattle, and in •less than cart► minutes was joined by two of the firemen belonging to the Atlas File Office. The watchman continued to . • slarm the neighbourhood, and the firemen tuned their attention to the inmates of the houses- cf which there were a considerable number. So rapid did the Ile increase, that the unfortunate tenants had scarcely time to put up the respective windows b.: fore the whole of the premises (a double house), seemed to be enveloped in one body of see. Mr. Cain himself appeared at the second fl or, another person named Williams, at the third story, three others at the windows adjsioing, and two young men at the other windows. Mrs.-Cain had by this time proceeded to a window at the teat of the house, - from which she jumped, and the two lads followed the eiample. Williams jumped from the attic story, and Mr. Cain at the same instant was 'seen hanging from the second floor window, from which be dropped, catching at every obj.ct in his way, and hap. pity effected his escape without any material injory. Williams was so severely injured that he was enaveyed in coach to the hospital. The more melancholy part of our dory emains t', be performed. The daughter of Mr. Cain (Nancy, aged 15 years) was unable to follow her father, and, we regret to say, fell a victim. as the smoke so far overcame her that she fell on the floor, and eventually W2`, taken but of the lower part of the premises, having fallen down with the flooring when it gave way. Her remains wese placed in a shell about five o'clock, and conVeyed to the Ward Watchhouse. The servant girl and the potboy also fell victims, being unable to descend from their rooms. Mrs. Cain and the two Ws - were kindly received in the house 01 Mr. Houle, opposite, and Mr. Cain was supplied with clothing by a neighbour. There are still three other persons missing, of whom no account could be given; but we fear no hope can be entertained that they have been saved. 'The highest praise is due to the firemen, and, in fact, to every one present, for their great exertions on the distressing occasion. There was a plentiful supply of water, and the engines were worked with the greatest effect, which alone preserved the adjoining houses, but which are still considerably injured. Our informant, in order to furn 7 sh the most accurate parti culars, obtained an interview with the respective suf ferers who have escaped, but with the exception of Mr. Cain, little farther than the above could be obtained. Mr. Cain says he was the last person up, and when he retired to bed, left every thing about the place, as he thought, perfectly safe. At the moment he was alarmed he conceived his daughter was near him, and endea voured to return to save her, but found his efforts were vain; and, to save his uwn life, was obliged to make his escape as above described. The stock is insured in the Norwich Union. The building belongs to Messrs. Reid, the brewers, and we understand is insured in the Exchange Fire Assurance Company. PURTHIR PARTICULARS. The tottering state in which the front of the bona of Mr. Cain stood, put at defiance all inclination on the part of the persons present to ascend into those parts of the ruins where it was supposed any portion of the bodies might be found. About nine o'clock, Free, deputy foreman of the L indon Assurance Office, and C. West wood, of the Note ich buion, resolved to attempt the pl Icing a rtrpe round a portion •of the 'Pali Qf the house,. in order to pull it down, and thus enableirre firemen to obtain access to the bodies, now confidently slid to be six in number. A ladder was siecordiaigly procured, the object obtained, and, melancholy two more of the unfortunate persons were disco , vered : these eventually were got out, andproiecholso both females. The ladder was then • reatoeed i inn scarcely had this been done, %shed the portion of the wall at which it had been placed fell in. Had this happened a few minutes prior, the' livts of the humane men we have named must have lams a sacrifice to their praiseworthy conduct. The wit effort was to bring down the remainder of the front, bet it unfortunately fell inwards, and the consecrience is, that no hopes remain of extricating the bodies this day, as the firemen must be kept continually playing on the ruins to cool them. From the best information we can obtain, there were thirteen persons in the house.— Of those, only six can be accounted for, viz. Mr. and Mrs. Cain, their son, the two young men who were saved with Mrs. C. and the poor man Williams, who now lies in the ht , spital. The remains or Mi. Cain's daughter, - and the two bodies taken out as above stated, have since been conveyed to the Poor-house, where they await the verdict of a Coroner's Jury. Another fire broke out about one o'clock, at the house of Mr. Robins, currier, Houndsditch, which was fortunately got under, but not until it had done very considerable damage. PORTSMOUTEL—In all the recent gales, even. i, the tempest of Sunday week, which spread devastation on our coast, and carried its ravages into the usually /till waters of Southampton (where several fine brigs were wrecked, and even the vessAs alongside the quay re ceived great damage, narrowly escaping destraction), not a boat here was injured. i d TAM SAMSON'S Daan."—Shortly after Burns had finished his inimitable poem of " Tam Samson's Elegy," he was one evening engaged in reading it over at a ta vern in Kilmarnock, to a select party of friends, among whom was Mr. Thomas Samson himself', who " was na fon, but just had plenty," and who seemed to regard the poem as an official in•imation of his demise, for, at the close of each verse, as Burns read—" Tam Samson's dead," Mr. S. with increasing earnestness and vehe mence, exclaimed, " I'm no dead, man—l'm no dead, I tell ye; for Guidsake dinna put that in the sang." The poet, however, lead on to the close, without noticing the repeated interruptions of his friend, and quitted,the room, as he insinuated, for the purpose of transmitting the manuscript to the Hinter, but in less than ten mi nutes returned to the carousing company, and speedily quieted Mr. Samson's apprehensions, by reading aloud the mollifying " Per Contra," which he had composed during his brief absence from the room, viz. Gae, fame, and canter like a filly, • ‘, Through a' the streets and sleuth •ta' Kittle, " Tell ev'ry social, honest bill& " To cease his grievin, " Foe yet, unskaith'd by death's gleg gullie, Tans Samson's &On." di Aye, that's it ; that's it noo I" shouted Mr. Sam son, "Od, I though', Robin, you didna mean to kill me after a, but it looked a wee like it when ye said it sasaften !"—Burns used often to relate this incident afterwards, which uniformly raised a laugh at the t expense of Mr. S. in which be always good-naturedly joined.—,Correspondent of &Wigs JoiMeal. w 4 a I. 7 th ed Tr ea es ) 17