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eraptertto raise him, and saw him bleediag from the hem' in a dreadful manner. Some men assi,ted• to move him into the kitchen ; in a few minutes Mr. Elkington, the surge. n, time. Cross-examined.—The prisoner bad often asked to be trusted, and her husband had refu.ed unless a man was bound for him, at erlirich the prisoner was angry and insolent. He was in the shop mare than ten minutes, perhaps 'runty. The cellar door opens into the shop. Witness did not see the features of the man going out of the shop ; saw his bark only fur a second, but was coo/dent it was the prisoner. As soon as the nioney.drawer fell witness came up and saw the man gw Witness cannot swear that the potatoes on gm ground war the same served to the prisoner. Francis Elkington, a sui # ,eon at Birmingham, found the deceased about eleven o'clock, on the night of the 6th of Dec 'miser, in the kitchen, supported in a chair, covered with .blood. He was quite senseless. Witness took a bandage from his head, and removed several portions of bone from the fore part. There was a wound on the fore part of the I cad six inches long, extending frons.the centre of the inintal bone, through. the mem branes of the brain, to the 'depth o f inch. There was another wound on the back part of the head, live inches and a hall long, which had penetrated an inch into the substance of the brain ; a portion of the brain appeared on the outer surface of the wound. Either wound was sufficient to cause death. The cleaver was the sort of weapon to inflict such wounds. Harry Adkins seAtehed for the prisoner,. and had hand bills circulated, describing his person. Saw him .afterwards at Live, pool in custody of Boughey, and, conveyed him to Birmingham. Ro ,eit Boughey, a pike officer at Liverpool, saw a hand bill describing the murderer of Mr. Perry. Made search in consequence; and on the 9th of December at eleven in the morning, saw the prisoner on the Pier head of George's dock, and perceived him go into the City of Dublin steam packet, bound for Ireland.---; Witness went on board and found that his person agreed with the description on the. bill. Asked his name; prisoner said it was " John Hanbury." Witness took him to the Bridewell, and said he suspected him to be the man who murdered Mr. Perry. Prisoner replied, he never was in Birmingham in his life; and that became from Manchester the night before. This was the cue for the prosecution. The prisoner, on being called on for his defence, at first deciined saying any thing; but subsequently pro slueed a wriAen paper, which was read by the clerk of tt e arraigns. It began by entreating the compassion *of the Court and the Jury towards him, as be was in a strange country ; then stated that he came to England in November last, to see a relation in London. He se mi ned through Birmingham, and found honest em ploy, first from Mr. Parry, and afterwards as a plas terer's labourer. On the 6th of December, he went to Mr. Perry's house to purchase previsions; gave him the book to enter them; and their-said, " Mr. Perry, I will )rave this, and come in the morning for it." He went away, and just as he got out of the shop, he heard a cry of "Mind r!'' He returned to the shop and was *shocked at the tidings. Fearing suspicion would fall n on him, he walked away from the town, to return to his own country. This course, after calm re fl ection, he hoe, thought was wrong, as he should have stayed. He solemnly disavowed his being guilty of such a crime as that t,f sla) ing his good friend; and finally represented himself to the Court and Jury as an object of pity. Henry Tatnall, the gaoler of Warwick, stated, that the prisoner bad been in his custody three months, during which time he ap. peered a qeiet, inoffensive, sari-tempered man. The Jury, after a Ann consultation, found the prisoner Clay. The JUDOS (Mr. Justice Lrruzuma) passed sentence of death/ with the customary solemnities, commenting on the heinousness of the prisoner's act, in taking away the life of his benefactor, with out apparent motive, except that of getting the little money in the shop. His Lordship sentenced him to be hanged on Monday (this ,day) ; his . body to be aliens ards dissected and anatomized. The prisonei betrayed no emotion; a kind of smile appeared in his countenance when sentence was paced. TAUNTON. blmicsi 30. . Samuel Gilbert, a young man, employed in a manu factory at Frome, was indicted for the high way robbery of a young woman named Charlotte Smith. ibis case was rule odinary in many respects, but particularly On account of the determined and effectual resistance offered-, Ey the young woman to the savage attacks of the pri aoner, whoa: object, in the first insta - ce, was not to sob, but to violate her. The circumstances, as stated by her, pad which in many respects were corroborated by other testimony, were to the following effect:— . Oa the second day of the fair at Frame, being the 26th of November, I was walking with one of my brothers in search of 'the others. I went into a public house called the C .sle, where I saw my brothers and the prisoner. I had never sees him before. I remained there while my brothers drank some cider. The pri soner a,kedine to sit down. I remained a tew minutes, and then went away. The prisoner folios ed me tower ds my father's house, took my aim, and proceeded to con verse with me in civil and proper language. He went ith me into my father's house My father left us at home with my younger brother, while he went to look for my other brothers, who had not returned. After we had sat oshort time, the prisoner asked me to • walk down again to the fair with him. I consented, and we.walted together at - twin-at m. While we were at the f ir, he said he had an aunt who lived at Coo-l-a.h-o elk. arid - propi,srd that we should go arid ire her. This place is" a short way out of Frome.— At first I retused to go with him,, .as he was a stranger to me, but he urged m 4, paying that it was a pleasant evening, would he a fine o elk, and `rat Ire would see me safely back to my father's. Upon this I agreed to go ; but wile,' we got to the end of the houses, I again reto,ed. He, boo ever, repeated his request ear nestly, and I ra as over-persuaded. We had not got far beyond the houses when he took me by both my shoulders and threw me down, using at the same time a very improper expression. I asked him if he knew *ho I was? He replied, " Yes, you are Mr. Smith's - daughter? He then repeated the bad language ; and said, 11 If you don't submit, I'll murder you. I said, a die first." He then took several liberties, which distressed me much, and I cried out for help. He said, " D—n thy motith," and thrust his hand into it. He also put his fist against my throat until my breath was aimost gone, and nearly choked me. His actions in other respects convinced me of what his intentions were. I was in this state for upwards of three quarters of an hour, struggling with him. I was still on the ground, and could not get away. A man at length passed by, end called out, Masa ; have you any one there be sides Yourself'?" The prisoner answered, 14 No." As the man advanced, the prisoner took his hands from my throat. I then screamed out for help. The man said, el You murderous villain, why you have gdt a woman there; are you going to'kill her ?" The prisoner jumped alp and said to the Than, is I'll murder thee if thee dos nt snake thy Way off." I now got up, but the prisoner thlew me down again before the man's face, and continued brutal liberties. The man then struck him with a f stick, and tried to force him off. :The prisoner got or and flew at him with his fists. I ran up to the man' caught him round the waist, and bogged him to protect me ; he made me let go, and loosed my hands. Thinking there war no oce to protect me, 1 r-n away as fast as T was able. I ran mute than a mile, but not knowing the way, instead of going towards Frome I went towards W'arminster. I had got about a mile and a quarter H hen the prisoner overtook me again on the turnpike road, and said I was going wrong. I thought I was going right, and I :aid I wa.. lie then repeat d his determi nation to do as he pleased with me, saying that it I did not give up to him he would throw me in the river. I resisted, and he took me up in his arms and carried me towards the river. When he got to the river with me, I called to him for mercy, and he put me down. He then took and dragged me up a lane. On getting to a white gate he said I insist get over it ; I refused, when he said ll—n thy eyes, thou sha4," wok me up, mod threw me over. He next dragged me towards some brambles, rand threw me into a ditch of mite. He swore what he would do ; and kept me there for several hour s: He beat me, and struck his blows so heavily that my eyes struck fire. The bl , )ws were principally upon my head, and directed as if he had a man to fight with; 4 found ' myself becoming _insensible; and taking some of the blood from my face and nrinth, 1 asked'itiqi how he could have the heart to do it ? He sa'd " he'd be d—d it he cared ; he would murder me if I would not give up to him." I told him if "he would nit murder me I had'a shilling, or thereabouts, in my pocket, which would give him. He said "d—n his eyes if hp would not have it then." He then tore off my pocket by stain force; then he get up, stamped upon ore, and tore off my clothes ; I was then in black for my mother; he tore the clothes in slips, under clothes and all ; there was no shape of clothes left; he then forced my head under the water, and kept it there till I was nearly drowned. While my head at one time was nearly under the water, he unclasped one of my ear-rings, arid took it out. He then let my head go. I said, 4 , The Lord be praised, here is my father." This I said to intimidate him, on hearing a dog bark at no great distance.— Besides my ear rings, and a pocket, containing a sixpence and some copper, the prisoaer took a black handkerchief and a frill from my neck. After this he went away.— / followed in the same direction, because I did not know the way. I was so bad, I don't know hwe I got home. It wanted a few minutes to three when I got home. My brother let me in, and I went up stairs to my room immediately, without saying what had happened. My brother is not here. The next stunning my father saw me; I was blind, and remained so for a week. No woman saw me that night. I did not go before the Magistrate; he came to our house; for I was bed ridden, I think, for nearly three weeks. Cross-examined--My father is a cloth worker. It was about eight in the evening when I went down to the fair, to look for my brothers. The fair is but a short distance from any fatlier's house. While I was sitting in the public house, the prisoner behaved with civility. My father did not know the prisoner, but he left me and a young brother in the house with him. My father was not angry with me for being out so late when he saw how ill I was. The man who came up when I was first attacked is named Chilcot. , He could see my situation by the brightness of the moon. The prisoner was not drunk ; bit whole attempt was to ruin me. James Chilcot confirmed the above testimony ; and on cross examination said—l knew nothing of either of the parties. It was between half past ten and eleven when I saw thefts. My mind was so much agitated that I could not attend to the girl. I was really afraid of my own life. I afterwards reflected that I ought to have looked to her, seeing her situation ; but I could not do it at the time. On my road home I met some persons, t* whom I told the circumstance, and desired them to push on after the girl; and undertook to have the man secured if I should tweet with him. Jmeph Smith, the father of the prosecutrix, proved his laaviihs left the primmer with her and her brother in ! his house, ants do; lieribed the.state in which she appeared when she came home in the moralist. .In the morning he scarcely knew her, she was so beaten. There was.searcely a feature left.. The remnants of her dress wets produced in Court. They were a collection of torn rags, and covered with mod, bearing ample tes timony to the violence with which she had been attacked. Mr. Bush, a surgeon, examined—Visited the prosecutrix in tho morning: she was in bed; her face much swollen, and both her eyes closed. He neck skewed marks of considerable violence, as if pressed by heavy and sueng hands. There was a great deal of in ilataroation all about the head and face ; and there were other marks of violence about her person. The prisoner, on being called upon for his defence, entered into a statement which conirmed that of the prosecutrix. He seemed to attribute the injuries which she had received to her own obsti nacy and resistance. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. Mr. Justice Boattottost, in passing sentence, observed, that the conduct of the prisoner surpassed in atrocity th at of any person who had ever appeared in a Court of Justice under such a crime as that of which he had been convicted . lie had drawn an artless girl from her home for a brutal purpose which alone *, if directed, would have been a capital felony ; but alga had been prevented on the part of the 'girl with a courage and perseverance which would reflect credit upon her during the remainder of her life. . Finding that he could not accomplish one bad purpose, he proceeded to another, and robbed her, accompanying the robbery with a brutality seldom heard' of before. He could not but bare known, that if taken and convicted of this offence, his life would be forfeited, and that it could not be spared. He must now prepare to depart from this world in a very few days, of which he would do well to make the best use by a sincere repentance. The Learned Judge, having then told him not to mislead himself with any hope of mercy, which certainly would not be extended to him, proceeded to pass sentence of death upon the prisoner in the usual form. During the whole of the trial, the prisoner showed a dread of his situation, amounting almost to pusillanimity. He wept repeatedly and loudly, rape. tally while the Judge was passing sentence. PUERTO CAVELL°, JANUARY 26.—An act of p;racy the most horrible that can well 'be imagined was committed on this coast on the right _of the 24. h instal A, German, named Frederick - , who had arrived with cocoa from Chorony, was returning thither with 4,000 dollars in r id, and had with him his wife, who had been spendsng some days in Puerto Cavan. This un- 1 fortunate woman had with her her best jewels, asis customary on such occasions; two other women also ' accompanied her to Chorony. Frederick anchored as usual off the island called * 4 del Rey," to stop during the early part (tithe night. At eight o'clotk they were surprised by about ten persons from Borburata, led on by one- Julian Ibara, alias Iztueta. These villains fell on them, and a'sassinated the three women and two sailors; Frederick jumped into the sea, and had the good fortune to reach the shore, where he lay concealed until the brigands withdrew. He then returned to the boat, in which he proceeded immediately to this port, bringing in with him the killed and wounded, amount ing to six, all of whom were buried yesterday, „the wounded having died a few hours after their arrival. It filled one with horror to behold these unfortunete wretches covered with stabs. Colonels Cala, Bogueir, and Esteves, immediately dispatched a flecheta with troops to Borburata, under the command of Captain Batista, who, after apprehendinglalian and three of his accomplices, returned hither yesterday morning. These criminals arc to be forthwith tried by the Admiralty Court, and will doubtless suffer death in a few days. A Lady bas been entirely cured of along asthmatic complaint, which resisted other remedies, by taking, from time to time, a spoonful of mustard steeped in vinegar. FATAL ACCIDENT atT -IkIANCHtSTE . R. • Friday, the neighbourhood of the Collegiate Church, •Mirachester, was thrown into great consternatiotetf the %ridden fall of a public house, known by the sign o' *Von Blucher, situated near the Ord Bridge.. Mr. PA nes family conaisted of himself, his wife, a brewer, and two female set Tants. Mr. PA RR was not in the house, and the others happened Cot innately to be at the back of the premises, and made their escape through - the back win dows without injury. Three or four guests were in the tap•room(which forms the front part of the ground floor); all of whom very narrowly escaped, at the greater part o' the room in which they were seated was tilled with the rubbish from the roof ansi upper stories; none of them happily received any injury, and they all made their way out at the* front in a few soinutei att.., the accident. A poor girl, however, about six years old, named SARAH WRIGHT, who was in the street at the times was crushed to death. It appears that the mother of the unfortunate girl had lately been in the habit of standing in front of the public house with a skip, for the purpose of selling calic:, ferts and other small articles of th It kind. About a minute before the accidz.nt she had gone i..to the house to warm herself at the 6re, leav ing her daughter to take care of the property. The pv'or little creatur., at the moment when the building was fall ng, was seen by a gcn:leman standing under the impenJing ruin perfectly unconscious of her danger. Ile made an effort to sescue to her; hut the fall of the building was ate sapid ai to reader it ineffectual, and he narrowly escaped with his life, for the whole front of the house fell into e street, and overwhelmed the girl in an instant. Every exertion was of course iminediatnly used to extricate her, aid she was dug out in a few minutes, but was perfectly dead. The mother escaped. CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, Masco M. Captain Coe, late Commander of the squadron in the Past Indies, has presented to this University an alabaster statue of a Burmese idol, taken from the sacred grove near Ava ; and two religious books beautifully executed on the Palmyra leaf, to which none but the Burmese Priest. are permitted to have access. OXFORD, Aaan. 1. Yesterday Mr. Robert Isaac Wilberforce, B.k.and Mr. Richard Ilurrell Fruude, B.A. of Oriel College, were elected Fellows of that Society. Thursday se'nnight, the Rev. C. Girillestone, M.A. Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford; was instituted to the Vicarage of Sedgley, near Wolverhampton. Rev. Geo. Henry Webber, B.A. and Student of Chßst Church, Oxford, has been presented, by the Dean and Chapter of that So. ciety, to the Vicarage of Great Budworth, in the county of Chester, vacant by the death of the Rev. W. H. Warren. At the Ordinatton of the Right Rev. the Bishop of Bath and Wells, the following Gentlensen were admitted into Holy Orders : ' Deacoxs--Gregory Birch Boraston, B.A. Queen's College, Ox ford; Richard Beadon Bradley, B. A. Exeter College, Oxford ; Edward Harbin, B. A. Wadhani. College, Oxford ; Edward Row landson, B.A. Queen's College, Oxford; James Galloway, M.A. Exeter College, Oxford; Richard Morris, B.A. Wailham College, Oxford ; Philip Pinckney Kendall, B.A. Exeter College, Oxford ; Hugh Usher Tighe B. A. Corpus Christi College, Oxford ; John Antes La Trobe, B.A. St. Edmund Hall * Oxford ; John Peter Benson, RA. Exeter College, Oxford; Charles George Buller, BA. Oriel College, Oxford ; T homas John Trevenen, RA. Exeter College, Oxford; Wm. Francis Chilcott, B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge; Charles Paul, B. A. Casts College, Cambridge ; Wm. Woolhouse Robinson, .A. St. John's College, Cambridge; Wm. Tiptaft KA. Sr. ohn's College, Cambridge; Fred. Vernon Lockwood, B. A. Trinity College, Cambridge ; John Phillips, B.A. Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge; George Ranking, S.C.L. Christ College Cambridge; Julius Charlts Hare, RA: Trinity College, Cam bridge; Edward Patteson, RA: Queen's College, Cambridge; Richard Sheepshanks, M.A. Trinity College. Cam bridge; Burgess Lambert, U.A. Bt. John's College, Cambridge; Charles Edw. Band, B.A. St. John's. • College, Cambridge ; Fred. Luke D'Arviße, RA. Christ College, Cambridge. Pat Edw•ird Ludlow, B.A. St. Edmund Hall, Oxford; WiWam Bleek, B.A. Magdalen Hall, Oxford ; William Fawler Holt, M.A. late fellow sof King's College, Cambridge; Thomas Phillips, RA. Jesus College, Cambridge • George Ranked, B.A. Corpus Christi College, Cambri dge; Ilidlake Bray, B.A. Emmanuel College, Cambridge ; Charles Lloyd, B,M. Trinity College, Cambridge. 1:CCI WSWITICAL ranIiOTIONS. Rev. M. Armstrong, of Dover, has been presented, by the Rev. Dr. Penrose, to the Rectory of Sh aw l cum D.nuingtun, void by the death of the Rev. G Cuthbert. Rev. Thomas Plunkett, eldest soa of the Irish Attorney-General, to the valuable Living of Drornore, Ireland. Rev. Wm. Davy, to the Vicarage of Winkleigis, Devon. Rev. R. W. Richardson, to the Vicarage of Jeffreyston, Pem brokeshire. Rev. J. Harris, to the Vicarage of Llanwnda, Pembrokeshire. and the Succentor's Stall in St. David's Cathedral. Rev. Harvey Martha km bat' licensed to &. Mirgaret's Chapel Walcot ; and the Rev. G. E. Ranken, B.A. to the Cure of St. Michael's Parhh. Bath. The Bishop of Bath and Wells has instituted the Re*. Henry Watson Barnard, M.& to the Vintage of Compton Bishop, on the presentation of the Prebendary. On the 21st ult. the Rev. David Wilson was admitted to the pastoral charge of the United Associate Congregation, Clerk's-lane, Kilm smock. On the 28th ult. the Associate Burgher Congregation of Helens. burgh, gave an unanimous call to the Rev. George Legate, Kilkina murray, Ireland, to be'their pastor. On the 21st curt. the Rev. David Wilson was admitted t• the pastoral charge of the United Associate Congregation, Cbvl's.lane, Kilmarnock. ' POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW.STREET. William Powell, a stout-built, athletic young man, who, it ap pears, fills the post of a deputy purveyor of oranges is the pufliats of Covent-Garden, was on Saturday morning brought up, charged by an elderly man named Kinpman, a denizen of the same " in general-st rewed-with-cabbage-leaves-but-on-Saturd aptilgh t.lighted up-with-lamps-market," with an aggravated assault. Powell, it appeared, from the complainant's statement, about eight o'clock on Friday night, was watching a huge pile of delicious fruit over which be had the surveillance in the absence of his employer, when an urchin, of that predatory class against whose incursions Argus him self could scarcely-be sufficiently on his guard, came up, and en deavoured to divert his attention, while a lurking confederate was on the alert ready to seize the first moment when his regard should be attracted to his little brother In iniquity. Mr. Powell, however, if he beasts net the hundred eyes of his prototype, possesses at least, in common with another great character, the faculty of " looking an hundred ways with two," was not to be thus dome by a couple of juvenile vomits. He seized the small wretch by the nape of his neck, and began to inflict the baninosle with no sparing hand, when Mr. Kiepman, who beheld the transaction, and thought the chastisement inflicte somewhat too severe ha proportion to the offence, interfered. Mr. Powell's object of attack became in con sequence changed at once, and the beating was transferred to Mr. Kingsnian, who now stated tbat his arm had suffered dislocation, while his threat had also undergone a considerable laceration from the Impaled talons of his antagonist. Mr. Powell; in his defence, declared that the injuries sustained by Mr. Kingman were vouch greater than he intended to inflict, as he only meant to give him a very moderate beating for his in terference; it occurred prosniscsausty in the struggle, and he was sorry for it. Mr afrwsnett. commented with great indignation on the impro. prkty of his thus assaulting an old man, and was about to order him wind bell, when Mr. Kingman who, in his conduct through out the business, proved himself a ;aighty good-natured fellow at bottom, said he reely forgave him, uhe was sorry for what he had done, and requested the charge might be dismissed, to which the worthy Magistrate was at length induced with manifest reluctance to consent. . MARLBOROUGH-sTREET. Saturday, Joseph Lawooster, jan. proprietor of the Stearn Packet booking Office, Regent err— cus, was broseit before Sir GROWL r. a mom, charged with laving coonnlytod various frauds. %nay Addison, tip deposed, that on the id if Mara hi booked a parcel at that office, containing two 101. bank noses and I gold wa(cb and Chain ; it was directed to Mist Matphersda, Yort) and he paid 4s. 6d. for insurance to Abbott, the book-keeper. tilt receiving an answer, he was induced to write, and found the the parcel had not come to hand. Hewes told hat It bad beets sent to the White Horse, fetter -lane, whithospen inqiiry, he [sand to be false. Having procured a search-warrant, a paper parcel %%ken open was round in the prisoner'. desk, wklehdepossint Wit upon the 20th January.—Mr. Wingfield attended as Counsel for Inscaster, but the intemperate behaviour of Lancaster, tea prevented that Gentleman front rendering any service to his client.-L-The prisoner is remanded until nest Wednesday. WORSH I P.STRICkT. • Saturday, a poor min, in an infirm state of health, was brought tb this office by the parish officers of Islington, in ordei to be passed to the • parish of St. Andrew, Hollsorn, The Magistrates bad signed the ortler, and the poor man set oUt on his road to the latter Fattish. He ha d proceeded above one hundred yards from the office, however, when he fell down in a lit and expited alum: immediately. Norton was charged with robbing Mr. Hughes, a hackneyy:. coach master. The prosecutor was mounting his bus in Smithfiela? when the prisoner said he would ride with him, anti took the relit , ' when instead of driving towards Pentonville, watts proserutui lived, and where ptisoner said he lived also, he &vire to ditch, saying it %vas very little out of the Way.• They, storped ar the Gun puhlic.house, and had souse gin ; prisoner then asked bum if he Could spat? Prosecutor refused, when prisoner struck him on' the breast, snatched his watch with gold appendages from him! and ran off.—Fully committed. LA M BET ST 11 MT. A female named Greeley, a pauper in Mile End torkhouse, was charged with inducing some *Whim, paupers therein, to int al several articles, with which she eloped, taking with her one of them, a girl twelve years of age, whom she delivered up to the loose embraces of a sold ier.--ltemantled. UNION HALL, Saturday, an interesting luaking young Woman. named Anal hp, was charged on suspicion of plundering her master, Mr. Smith. of Hanover-place Kent-road.-.. Sho was remanded until her friends should be app rized of her situation. Oxford and Cambridge Easter Terms commence on Wednesday next. The former ends gay 13, the latter July 7th. The Oxford Act will be July 4th, and the Cambridge commence ment 'be same day. The Middlesex Sessions commence to-morrow ; the Borough of Southwark Sessions on the same day; the Guildhall Stations on Wednesday ; and the Old Daily Sessions on Thursday. WRSYMINST*II SESSIONS, APRIL I.—Peter Winchester was charged with corrupting a young boy of the name of Flanagan. The prisoner merely said the story was all false. Verdict, Guilty.— He- Was again placed at the bar, together with a very respectably dressed boy, aged only 14, of the name of Francis Grant, on an in dictment charging therh with unseemly practices. The ury found them both Guilty, but recommended the boy to mercy.—The Count sentenced the elder prisoner to one year's solitary confinement, and the hoy to two months. The Admiral Cockburn, bon nd.from New Sou th Wales to Batavia, touched at Melville Island, a settlement lately formed by order of the British Government. She brings information that the natural productions of the settlement are of the - Spice Island de• scription. Wild nutmegs and cloves are found in abundance. The trees are of a very large growth, some of them producing a gum of remarkably astringent quality. On the shores of the settlement were found quantities of the sea slag, designated Tee Pang, or Beache de la Men so valuable in the China market, but not so abundant as it is supposed to exist further to the eastward. The settlers had cleared, in September last, above 20U acres, which pro diced almost every vegetable except the potatoe, which seemed to decline. Captain BALLOW, of the 3d Buffs, who was resident, was indefatigable in his endeavours to promote the welfare of the young settlement. He had discovered a fine fresh-water river on Bathurst Island, during an excusion in one of the Admiral Cockburn's boats, but nothing could induce the natives to an intercourse with the settlers up to the time of the sailing of the Admiral C,ockbqrrt, in September last, notwithstanding every inducement had been held out to that object. A meet ug of the credttt.rs of S:r J. _PettatNto and Co. has. been held, and a letter-of license for two years agreed to. There is now living at Heddington, a few miles from Devizes, an old woman named Perrott, 82 years of age. surrounded by her children, grandchildren, great grand-children. and great great grand-children. This old woman reaped on the down during the whole of the last harvest with the alacrity of a person of SO; besides leasing nearly three bushel. EXTRAORDINARY INGENUITY.—John MiDonald, of Newtossoards, who is perhaps the most perfect knitter in Ireland, has manufactured a very handsome frock coat, from cop cctton, without the aid of any descrip tion of machinery, save the simple use of two wire needles; the cotton having been doubled and twisted solely by his fingers. The coat fits rematkably. %yetis without seam, and the neck, cuffs, buttons, Stc. are fashonably formed, entirely by the knitting . process. Indeed the garment might be worm with eclat by a dandy of the first water. The same individual some time since produced, with his two incomparable needles, a bed quilt, two yards and a half long by two and a Trailer wide. It was without a seam, and the Royal Mason: Arms exquisitely worked in the centre. The quilt was presented by M , 13 oald.to the Marchioness of Londonderry, who was pleased to bestow, besides a h tedsome present, her highest approbation of the inge-• nieusisowers of this aspirant after fame in a novel therm Whig. During the Rebellion of 1745, a Scotch Lady pre served her husband from being engaged therein, in the following manner :—The husband was a warm partisan of ,he House of Stuart, and had signified 'his intention of joining Prince Charles's standard on the day folio% itig. His wife, after trying in vain to dis suade him from it, begged, as a favour, that he would, at leas-, breakfast with her before has departure. To this he consented. Next morning, he had his boots on, his horse at the door, and everything prepared for his journey : his wife took an opportunity of pouring some boiling water into his boot, while she was making tea. His r it t e may be easily conceived. " Kill me, it you please," said his wife, .• but I could devise no other means of saving you from the fury of both parties. N 3 person can now be offended, for I hope you, will not be able to quit this house for some weeks. " An Arabian writer says, he found an inscription to the fallowing effect, upon one of the pyramids of Egypt: Our power was sufficient to construct these pyra mids. He that wishes to give a proof of his strength may try to demolish them:' THREE G1711.--ALRX.ANDKR DANIIII. died iD 1668, Ind on his tomb, in the Church-yard of Maddern, is this inscription: " Belgia me birth, Britain me breeding gave, Cornyrall a wife, ten childreh, and a grave." BIRTH. March 18, at Netherton House, the Coyotes' of Stirling, of a son. 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