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show, on h;s own, responsibility, between slaking a double and a single Return, and that he is not entitled to transfer the onus of that responsibility to any other. Lord Micros; presented a Petition from the Weavers of Car:i.le, praying for the sale of Church Lands, Crown Lands, and equitable adjustment, and an emir. aboli• title of the Corn Laws. His Lordship said, ott_the lat- ter point he agreed with the Petitioners in the main, but sot for so entire a repeal as they required. His Lordship presented several Petitions from Bradford, and other places in Yorkshire, for a repeal of the Corn L a ws.—Mr. Duscowas said be was requested to sup- port these Petitions. However disposed he may be to do so, yet he would give no pledge until be beard the plsn of Ministers. The House, after disposing of some miscellaneous business, adjourned. - The Princess AUGUSTA has arrived at her seat at' Frosmore, from the residence of Earl and Countess Hamm; at Meacham, Oxfordshire, where her Royal Highness had bees staying tor some days. The Duke of 1 , 1/xl.u/soros paid a visit yesterday to the Duke of Yogic The Earl of CLANWILLIAM left town on Tuesday, on his return to Berlin. The Marquis of PAI.MILLA, the Portuguese Minis ter, transacted business )eaterday nitis Mr. Secretary Carotin° at the Foreign Daze. Madante PASTA made her debut at the Opera at Naples, in the character of !tads, with great success. Their MA JESTIES, who were present, desired M. the Duke de NOM, Super intet,dant of Spectacles, to express to Madame Parra all the plea=`, sure that they had felt at the performance. The lather of M. Larora. who is now playing with deserved success at Pri.ry-lane Theatre, was long a popular actor in Paris. This is the unniversat y of R—DMAND 1/lONSIDI being murdered at Harold, 1010; birth o t _ Dean SWIFT, 1667, and of Vomitus, 1694 ; Cariat.rs the "wel being killed at Fredetick shall, 1716; bittb of Prince CNA acts EDWARD, called the Young Pretender, 1720; marriage of Prfill the GRILAT to his Prime Mi nister's daughter, 1729 ; and of the French forces evacuating Saint Domingo And surrendering • to the British Fleet in 11103.—0 n this day of the month, in 17.6, a severe frost commenced, which lasted to the January following, during which the Thames was frozen over. Tie wotkmen have commenced pulling down the screen in front of the King's Pain. in Pall-Mall. By the General Palmer, Madras Papers to the 30th July, 3 . 1 d Calcutta intelligence to the middle,of the same month, have been received. Some delay was . I ,prehendrd in the payment of the remaining instalment doe from the Burmese, and the evacuation of Rangoon was, consequently, delayed. " It would appear," says the Calcutta John 801 l of the Bth of July, " that Rangoon ' will not be finally evacuated by our troops so soon as was once expected, but at what time they will be with drawn we have not beard." In the hope that Rangoon would not be given up at all, a considerable popul scion of Peguers was flocking to that place, Runjeet Singh, a rumour of whose death has been curtest, appears, on the contrary, to have been very lively, at the date of the last advises, making war on his neighbours in Cabul. Passxsozas rag Gleotaat. Palmas, Captain Truscott, from Ma rirao:—Nlrs. Colonel Stackpoole; Mrs. Colonel. Leod ; Mrs. Colonel Willie; Miss Baillie ; Mrs. Smart, Mrs. William Grey, Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs. Banister ' Mrs. Grey; Wm. Peyton, E M . Senior Member Medical Board; J. Thomas, Esq.'avil Service,; 'Captain Taylor, 4th Light Cavalry ; Captain Evanson, Itia blajer g 's • 54th li n iment ; Lirut. Harris, 20th ditto • Dr. Chine,. Dr. tlon. hers• itlr. Reid, Mr. Wm. Grey, Mr. dallan, Mr. Mitchel, sad Air. Beauthamp, of the Honourable Company's Service • the two Ali•ses Millie, the two Aliases Bannister ; Ma s ter s Mass ey, Stack.' leucite, Forbes, Davis, BaiUie, arid the two Bdllies. Tie antoutit of Exchequer bills issued, or authorized to be issued, charged on the supplies of 1827, is stated in a Parliamentary Paper at 23,200,0001. The amount of monies to the Eichequer, and remaining to be re ceived, on the 20th of November of the present year, to complete the aids granted by Parliament for the service' of 1826, is stated, in a return presented to Parliament, at 7.290,2201. • Of this sum, only the small portion of 99,8671. is stated to be in the Exchequer. The remain der is to be raised froth the Bank, on account of the con tract for paying the Naval and Military Pensions, or to be brought from the Consolidated Fund. The circumstances which induced his Grace the Duke of BUCKINGHAM to turn his attention to the dis tresses of the lace manufacturers was the recurrence of coMplaints of poor per)ons, which came before bias as a Magistrate, that the lace buyers refused to purchase their lace of diem at any price. It seems that the dealers in the neighbourhood of Buckingham had greatly reduced their purchases, and would no longer buy lace except of certain favoured individuals. In 1829, the number of births in Paris amounted to ire 26,880;13,462 males, 13,318 females; 17,129 of those were born in wedlock, 9,751 are natural children ; 1,422 stillborn children; 7,173 marriages took place; 23,282 deaths; 52 died in prison ; 257 were deposited in the Morgue; 317 persons committed suicide—of these were 206 males, 11l females ; 21 destroyed them selves from ill-requited love; 128 from disgust of life, mental derangement, or domestic misfortune; 30 from bad conduct, gaming, the lottery, and debauchery ; 59 from poverty, the loss of their situations, or deranged affairs; 8 from tear of reproach or punishment; 71 from unknown motives. There are 10,053 vehicles for the service of the interior of Paris, and 733 for the ex terior; 500 water-carriages drawn by horses, and 1,300 drawn by men; 178 royal diligences; 306 ordinary diligences• ' 249 small stages; 500 cabriolets for the exterior. Deducting about one.third, in supposing that the stages are not filled, we find that 29,121 persons remove from Paris every week, equal to one person out of 27 of the whole population. Every year the depar tures amount to 1,514,292; 8,396 places taken in the snail coaches; 50,000 travel annually by boats that ply on the Seine, and probably 6,000,000 by the short stages, and yet in this extraordinary movement of the population, only 122,807 passports were delivered. Among the strangers who visit the capital, the English are the most numerous; from 1815 till 1821, 123,734 have resided there—the number increasing propor tionally every year. In 1815 there were 13,822; in 1821 there were 20,184. We underaand that the Burmese and Mughs in variabll b ,r) t e'r tree u e and.goods in the north east angle. of their temples. We have had this intelligence glum excel exit authority, and we doubt not it will ap pear somewhat curious to our Masonic readers. The tributes paid heretofore by different Powers to the I)ey of Algiers were-900,000 francs by England; 1,100,000 francs by Denmark; by Spain, 1,200,000 francs; by Fiance, 1.175,000 francs by Holland, 625,000 francs; and Pot tugal, 3,470,000 francs. At the present time the Barbary States receive from Sweden, Denmark, and Portugal, but simple presents; Great Britain, the United States, the Low Countries, Naples, and France, have rarticillar Conventions • Rus sia, sia, Austria, Tu,r any, and P r u ss i a , h ave L etters Of Pro. tection -from the Sultan. re )li- Jog •5. eci• i II e s \ i th : , iii , I FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCL , PARTIES—Prima beets entertained a select patty is dhow yesterday. at Ashharshen% Hasse. Dover -whet; the Dowager Mareldasees at Sallettaty had saw pairs saris yesterday, at her Wu* in Duke of Grafton. at Ms house in Cargos• street, his seat, Ruston Hall ; the Marquis and Marchioness of , and family, at their house In St. James's-square, frost their seat, Ickworth Park, Suffolk ; the Earl and Countess Verulam, at their house In Grosvenor-square, from their seat, Gorhambuty, Herb; the Sari and Countess of Jersey, at their house in Berkeley- Square, from their seat, Middleton Park, Oxfordshire; Lord and Lady G. IL Cavendish and family, at their house in Piccadilly, from their seat, Compton-place, Bestbourne ; Lady Bruce, at the Wish Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Pads; Lord Wharncliffs, at his house In Carson -street. Mayfair, from his seat, Wortley Hall, Yorkshire; Dowager Lady and Miss Moleswerth, at' the Waterloo Hotel, Jernsyn-street, St. James's; the Countess of Dysart, at her house in Pall-mall, from her seat, Ham House, Surrey; Countess De Grey, at her house in St. James's-square, from her seat in Surrey; Colonel Thornton, from Brighton; Mr. and Mrs. Randers, and family, from their seat in Dorsetshire. and J. R. W . from his seat Aincot Park, Warwickshire, at Fenton' otel, James's -street; Colonel Dalrymple, M.P. from a tour, and Messrs. Stewart, from Ireland, at Thom as ' s Hotel, Berkele y-square; the Hon. Colonel Cathcart, from Brussels, the Rev. W. Jackson, from Oxford, W. Cunningham, Esq. and J. Powlett, Esq. from Salop, at kfivart's Hotel, Lower Brook -street; the Countess St. Antonio, from her villa at Wimbledon ; Sir George Warrender, Bart. from his seat in Berk, ; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Price Trevor; from Lord Dynevor's seat in South Wales; his Grace the Duke of Montebello and suite, at the St. Petersburgh hotel, Doser-street, from a tour through Ireland. DEPARTURES—The Hos. Vane Bowlin e for Ockham, Surrey; J, Moore, Esq. Mr Bath; Colonel and Miss Hallam. for their seat in Hens; Earl Roden, for Malta; Lady and blisaChol meley, for Hastings; Captain &toren, on a tour ; A. J. Stewart; Esq. G. Stewart, F.sq. and T. Stewart, Esq. for Scotland ; Vice- Admiral Sir William Balsam. for Bub, and J. Borland, &+ for Trieste ; the Hon. Lester Burrell, on a tour ; Lord and Lady Frances Osborne. for their feat in Cambridgeshire; Lord Charles Vimpell, from Ellis's Hotel, St. Janses's-street, on a tour; Colonel and Mrs. Gore Langton, hay* lVit their seat Newt o n Park, Bath, for Southampton; Colonel Dalrymple for his seat in Surrey, and A. Goddard, Esq. and. family, for their seat in Wilts, from Fenton's Hotel, St. James s-street ; the Earl of ("essellis for his seat, St.rMar garet's; Captain and Mrs. Simmons, for Bath, and .Wm. Lindsay, ter Brighton, from Kirkkant's Hotel, Lower Kook -street; Sir George Nugent, for his seat inßucks, from Gould's Hotel, Jer.nyu street ; Count de Flakault, for Thighton from ?divan's Hotel, Lower Brook -street; the Marquis of Can;tarthbn, for Italy. 'NAVAL IN I'ELLIGENCE. Fat.morne, N0v.211. Wind &W. Arrived the -Countess of Chichester packet. from Jamaica, and placed under quarantine, in Coasequesace of the death of several of the crew, and many others being ill. Puresoorn, Nov. 92.—Wind SSW.—Of the port, the Gleaner BASIN/ILL, from Marseilles. Poayssearra, Nov. 29.—Wind W. by S. Arrived the Ws= terino, Waxesess, from London to Jamaica • andAklarioer Nose worrier, from London for Cork and New S o uth Wales. On the li2d, the Amelia, Snows, from Memel, when at the Rambo, • plcked up a coble. full of water, with no gear, named Brothers and Sisters, M.T. WATSON, Sunderland, marked on the bows, No. 65 S. and it S. and landed at this place. DUCAL Nov. 49.—Wind W.—Remain , General Palmer, Taus. corn, a nd Catherine, --, from India ; Africa, Harris. treat Jamaica; Magnet, WALICEN front London to the Cape; sod Thomas, Law, from Jamaica. Arrived from London, the Rick ard Reynolds, Somassat.e., and the Martin, W 1111133, [Or Jamaica.' Passed by, the Marquis of Hastings, from Chins. Guayana, Nov. 29.—Arrived the Canada, Smuts, from Virginia; Enchantress, Ktu.occ. from Satyr s; Amy, Jonas, from Leghorn ; Martin, Daummono, from Cadis ; Hope, huhu, from Honduras; Europe, Jones, from philad ' Mary elphia• and Ann, Waxe r from Qiielfet. Sailed, the Teases, for Jamaica. Extract of a letter from Captain M‘Dosat.n e 'of the British ship Emma, to Messrs. J. Plata and Co. dated Monte Video, Sept. 11, 1826:—" This. place is still be sieged. The Brazilians are using the English seamen very ill ; the vessels they make prizes of and send to Rio Janeiro. They keep theii crews on beard their vessels of war, and treat them cruelly if they will not enter into their service. They have turned some en shore here, and afterwards impressed them. I may say, we are no longer Englishmen. This I have seen myself, for I went on board the Brazilian frigate Paulo, and saw the poor men which belonged to the Monarch and Allacatro confined in irons, and they were actually re. fused even beds lb sleep upon. If you .had seen them you would have pitied their condition. Our criminals at home are mach better used." The following intelligence has excited great interest in the City s—The Pacha of Egypt ships somewherii about 200,000 bags of cotton annually, principally en his own account. The value is about two millions sterling ; and if the following account, which comes to a house of the first respectability, is true, the valuable carriage of this property must be lost to the English shipping .4 It appears by letters of the 13th of October, from Alexasdria, that Mr. Salt, the Camel, had received most positive orders from his Majesty's Government, that an produce shipped front thence en board English ships, most be under a declaration open oath from the shipper, that it is eetsally and bewail& English property. This order will, in a peat nsinento, pat ap end to shipments of cotton to England ; and she conseleence will be, the entire employment of French ships in the carriage of this valuable article." . The Reading borough election petitidn was prese/nted on Tuesday evening. Westminster Adjourned Sessions were held yesterdays In a case of nuisance, where the defendants were in dicted for keeping a.common brothel, no witnesses ap peared, and the defendants were acquitted of course... There were two trifling cities of assault tried, of no im. portance whatever, after which the Court adjourned. Monday a poor wretch, who looked the very picture of famine and despair, entered the shop of Mr. Drew, baker, in Newcastle-street, Strand, and instantly seized a loaf of bread off the counter, with which he instantly disappeared. This is the third time Mr. Drew has been robbed in the same manner within the list fortnight. In the Court of Admiralty, yesterday, the cases of the Atlas, Jubilee, and Le Petite Victoire, again tune before the Court, but no positive decision ensued. The Earl of Pembroke has intimated his intention of allowing, at his ensuing audit, a drawback of 25 per Cent. to his numerous tenantry, swing to the depressed state of agiiculture. The following is a copy of a letter received frOm Mr. Husstsaoir, accompanied with Plans, which are open for inspection in the Exchange News Rooms, Liverpool: " Somerset-house, November 24, 1226. " Data fka,—Mr. Freeing having just sent to me a few'copile of the Reports of his Majesty's Postmaster-General to the. Lords of the Treasury, accompanied by a Report and Plan made by Mr. Telford, in relation to a proposed improvement of the road between London and Liverpool, I have much pleasure in transmitting a copy of the documents for the consideration of the Members of the Associations over whisk you preside. You will perceive' on a re. &ram to them, that the distance would be much shortened, and the road so much improved as to save according to Mr. Telford's calculations, two hours and a half in the time required for the tra. yelling of the mail front London to Liverpool. The formition of this new line of road will very much depend upon the exertions which may be made for raising the sum requishe for the purpose, according to the estimates furnished by Mr. Telford. " Yours, &a a WM. HUSHISSON." " The President of the Exchange Rooms, LiverpooL" Mr. J. A. CARNRIRO Lao, formerly a merchant in Leaden. and now ene of the Lords of tin Emperor's Bed Chamber. has been appointed Master from the Urfa of Suma s to Colenibia. LAW IMPORT,. rz• • COURT OF NINO* BENCH, NoVIRSUITS 29. The LOao Cow ibseke fietai stM Urn., tom► so ate happy to bear, meth better, 414 not preside at Niel Mti t. t0.4a19 as wai expected. saeatoact K CLARK This was an action to recover a tailor's bills of 51 with notice of a set-off by the defendant as a house agent.' The whole question in the case was as to the reasonable ness of the defendant's set-off, amounting to M. as a commission on his unsuccessful agency in disposing of a lease of the plaintiff's house.. The Jury under the cir cumstances of the case. found their •erdict for the plain tiff for the whole of his demand. mints: one guinea, which they thought a proper quantum mend: for the defendant's agency. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Nov. 29. CNA Imes wawa: v. /1111.10 All ANOTIIIIS. This was an action to recover compensation in da mages from the defendants, who art proprietors of Me Literary Gaulle, for the injury which the plaintiff, Mr. Charles Wright of the O l yera Colonnade, had suffered in his business, by certain observations which had appeared in the above publication. The damages were, we un• derstand, I /id at 2 0001. - Me. Sergeant VAUGHAN stated the case to the Jury. The plaintiff, Mr. Cutslles on; a wine-met chant, resi ling unier the Cr e sers Culoon.de, and had been for some years past remat ked: for th • excellence and cheapness of -a liquor very generally in demand, Wyight's irkling.• If he was sati.fied wi h a small profit and a quick return, he we- entitled to the thank and not to the ill nature of the public; but the present defendant., in their publication called The Literary Ga vette, had thought proper to brand his client with all the opprobrium, whereas, it MIA be clear, thailre.de- Served . well of all persons who -were indisposed to pa tronise imposition. 011 the 29:k of last July, the follow. ing libel appeared in The Literary . Gazette : 0/90CISTIr ; PAUL Par ON HIS TSAII949.—LITSER 14. " Many persons very wrongly imagine that the art of pang Is English; we are tolerably good bands at it, as all readers of news. papers and posting-bills know, from Ross's Wig. down to Row. land's Macassar Oil and Ch arles Wright's Champagne (justly so called, because he makes It all himself, without the aid of the grower in France)." This was extremely officious in Mr. Paid Pry; but he hoped he 4 4 should not intrude," if he observed, that this statement cast a very gross and unfounded imputa tion on his .client. It intimated that Mr. Charles Wright had, in fact, manufactured a spurious article, and thee, pretending that it was genuine, had sold it at a cheap rate.—That this charge was unfounded would appear from the witnesses, who could state the excel 'gate of the wine, and the large amount of duties, an nually paid by Mr. Wright, on wine imported from France. Was any effort made by the defendants to re. Move the evil effects which must arise frota this re mark ? .On the contrary, when Mr. Wright complained to the proprietors, no notice was taken of him, or his eotaplaint, except by a renewal of the attack. An ar ticle was inserted in that work, on the 26th of August, relating to the Journal of the ,celebrated navigator Captain Parry,.which, on alluding to their amusements, eb le frozen up in the dreary climes whither their ad venturous dispositions led them, said, 4 4 they had mas querades without licentiousness, and carnivals without excess." It then proceeded— " Poor knows ! They had Dom at Charles Wright's whkh we are induced to mention again, because we a?o ll := I re la going to prosecute The. Liseray Casette for a libel upon it; Cosine, we believe, said, that it was so good that it must be (as ad advertised) his own, and not nasty French stub " Now here were twe gross libels, published without the slightest provocation, tending, in the worst manner, to cast contempt and distrust on Mr. Wright ; and this for what? Because be was content to sell his" sparkling" at a cheaper rate than his neighbours, who followed his business. The Jury were, under these circumstances, to say what damages they considered a suitable com pensation for the injury which Mr. Wright had on this occasion suffered. The necessary proofs of publication were then put in, and several witnesses were called to prove the amount of the French Champagne, which was; sold by Charles Wright in his business of a wine-merchant, and also the amount of duties paid by him on their importation. Mr. Sergeant TADDI then addressed the Jury on tha part of the defendants. They must very well see that this action was brought solely for the purpose of , puffing. Mr. Charlei Wright had, he presumed, almost exhausted 'his stock of puffing, and therefore be had recourse to his Learned Friend, who was one of the most eminent puffers, of the day. . He needed only, in order to prove that this was mere puffing, to read one of the many' species of puffs of which Mr. Charles Wright bad availed himself. He then proceeded to read a number of productions of this same nature, and with the 'an* theme. Indeed lie could not avoid remarking on th, similarity existing between . this case and Bentley's ass swer to Pope, when the latter sent the former a copy et his Iliad. Bentley's answer was, that the expression was quite correct (his Iliad) for it certainly was not the /lied, of Homer—(Lasigater). So with Mr. Charles Wright's sparkling Champagne, he called it his, and truly it was his. He, in conclusion, submitted that the defendants. so far from having done Mr. Charles Wright any hare s ' had done him much good. The Lord Chief Justice BUT observed to the Jury, that so doubt could exist that the publications is ques tion were libellous. Had not the second publication, re iterating the.first libel been made, he might have ad vised theai to give small damages. That disposition having been so manifested by the defendants in the re currence of their insinuations, the Jury would say what I was the amount of damages which they thought would safEciently compensate the plaintiff for the injury he bad received. The Jury having consulted some time, returned a verdict for the pisintit—Damages, Fifty Pounds—Costs, 495. His MAaasre has issued a warrant, authorising the Right Has. Lord nines, Roma: atiansvto Roan Itarniserosut, of Legle Eipitiostoor. and Coast.= hiNisesix Funs, of Cade Prater, to execute the °lice of Lkutenant of the County of Aber deen, during the absence of the Marquis of HIPITIN from the kinfriont: His Lordship is now is Paris. In consequence of the arrival of many thousand ship letters, the letter-carriers could not be dispatched from the General Post-office yesterday morning, until much later than the usual time. Mr. LISTON, who was recruiting at Brighton, after his nightly and successful exertions at the Haymarket, received, rather unexpectedly, orders to appear at Drurylane Theatre : in his old character in Love. Law, and tAhysie, tomorrow evening. His MAJWITY was pleased to “ command" the per formance of Mr. Ltrrou on such occasion. Mr. L. in consequence came to town yesterday. A Clerrman in a mining county observed, that he never saw half his parishioners till they case up to be • buried. PARTICULARS ,OF THE 1.0;11 OP 1 1 11,1 MARQUIS OF WRLLINO 4 IIO4 • ' LIVERPOOL,' Nev. its.- '_- It is with regret we have to state that shailatepris4 Wellington, Captain Jones, which sailed from Mace on Tuesday, for Bahia, was lost in Holyhtad Bay on Friday afternoon, and ill hands perished. There were on board the Captain, 12 men and boys, Mr. Minis, Of the firm of Messrs. H;ggin and Lane, and a Holybrid Pilot. The following letter contains all the panicolaes which are known of this melancholy event: . 6 Holyhead, Nov. 21 in " Yesterday, about quarter past four e.w. during a tremendous .quail, the brig Marquis of Wellington, Jones, for Babb, bating brought up at the entrance of this harbour, and had her warp to a buoy, the chain parted, consequently the warp pie way; a emend anchor was immediately dropped, bat never brought her up. Blm drifted to leeward, on the rocks near Penrhoss, at the southeast part of the Bay, where she soon went so pieces, and I am seen so add, all on board perished, and among them one of our pilots. Every' means was inftnediately adopted for saving the property; but the coast for miles is strewed with the wreck of the mud and the packages of the cargo, not much of k will be saved." Our Cotton Market was flat ye:terday, yet the sales may be estimated at 1,500 bags; and today it is sot animatql ; yet we have a pretty fair demand, and the sales may be estimated at 1,500 to 1,500 bags. at steady prices.--Sugar Market very steady, and more business would have been done, but there is little Lffering, even at o aJvanced prices. CORM EXCHANGE, Tuesday, Nov. 28.—The supply of Grain during the past week has been comparatively small, fully equal, however. to any demand we have experienced since Tuesday, every article having been extremely dull. ' The few sales effected in Wheat have been at full prices; but Oats, particularly towards the close of the week, were offering ea lower terms, and few buyers. Grinding Barley continues seance but the high rates demanded check the sales. Beans have gene elf less freely, and scarcely supported our former currency. Peas are eztrensely dull, and foreign feeding may be bought on much better terms. Malt has supported late prices, but less free of sale The stocks of Flour and Oatmeal are accumulating, and the sales et both ankles very dillicult in the Country Markets. The trans actions in bonded Wheat have not been exensive since it has been understood to be the intention of Ministers not to propose an alter ation in the Corn Laws until after the Recess; but for what sales have been effected, higher rates have been obtained. It appears Ministers have now brought in a Bill to extend the period for the admission of foreign Oats, Rye, Beans, Peas, and Oatmeal, for home consumption, until the 15th of February, at the same duties named in the Order in Council of September l as t . _ _ _ At to day's Market every article - was extremely Meek steak. —Wheat nearly supported previous rates, but Oats were Id. per 45Ibs. cheaper. We make no variation in the currency of any ether grain, but all partake of the dulness ; and Fleur and Oatmeal could each have been bought ea better terms. DUMFRIES, NOVUISER 28. The brig Castle of Harrington, John Brongh, Master, sailed in ballast on Friday last, the 24th current, from the town of Belfast, whither she had been delivering a cargo of coals. The crew consisted of Master, Mate, and two seamen, and there was a:so a female passenger on board. As the evening approached it began to blow very hard, accompanied by he ivy showers of sleet and snow, and, when off Broughhead, the vessel was laid-to under the hope that, in drifting, she would clear the Scottish coast. But unfortunately this hope •was not realised. The gale increased, the night became ex tremely dark, the brig more and more unmanageable, and joist as the crew were thinking of cutting away the masts, she drifted on a ledge of rocks, on the western corner of the Little Ross, and in a few , minutes went to pieces, The catastrophe occurred at eight o'clock, P.M. and while Mr. Brough and the two seamen, were en deavouring to lower themselves from the bowsprit to th,e rocks, the Mate humanely ran to the cabin, for the pur pose of warning and saving the woman. But this act of disinterested generosity, cost him his life ; for before he had time to re-appear on deck, the vessel broke Op, and both were precipitated to a watery grave. The Mate's name was Robertson, and he has left a widow and seven children to deplore his loss. The female too is understood to have been the mother of a numerous family; and we may here state that the hiss of the Castle of Harrington, as well as the Ranger, is ascribed by all nautical men to the want of a beacon on Little Ross.—The three individuals, already alluded to, sac ceeded in landing on the Little Ross, and had to shelter themselves, the best way they could, for hours from the fury of the storm, which continued unabated. At length the moon rose in the sky, and guided by her welcome light, they began to explore the coast, and discovered, about three o'clock in the morning, a vessel lying at an chor in the inner side of the koss. This vessel pro Wed to be the General Bolivar, MiLichlan, Muter, who, when ronsed by the cries f the shivering survivors, took them on board, and treated them with the greatest possible kindness. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RIDE AND AND DRIVE MATCH. Yesterday Mr. Fairman (a Gentleman of fortune) ant a real light horseman, undertook, for a stake of 150 sovereigns, to Me I and drive thirty-six miles in two hours, The ground selected was near Epping Forest. The Equestrian first rode his favourite bin. ter, and accomplished with another horse twenty-one miles ten minutes notice the hour. This part of the condition having bees performed in less time than was expected, he eommedead charioteering with betting six and seven to four in his fsvostr.--. Therm* selected for this part of the performance was a by-road across the Forest. The driving ins skilfully performed in a neat vehicle of about 150Ibs. weight. The first horse in the gig was too fast, as there was little or no trot about him, and it was found ass• canary to take an after chance which had been prepared, in case of an accident, to do any fast work required. His second mare ems a Manchester cob, new to the sporting world: she did bite work at the rate of sixteen miles an hour in grand style; and the match was won with great ease live minutes ander the given time. BOXING. A light took plate en Monday, near Cambridge, bettieen Larkin, of that place, and Abbott, well known in the London Ring, by his conquests of Oliver, Sampson, Ike. It was a light of great kat interest, and was attended by a numerous concourse of persons front the surrounding country. Abbott fought very bad, and was defeated in SO rounds. Junes, the &Hoe BWr i and Reuben Howe, fought for a purse of A thirtrone rounds, in thirty-four minutes, in favour of Jones, who won without a scratch. A Country Parson for five successive Sundays preached 'from the same text, the beginning of which was, " And Peter's wife's mother lay sick of a fever.* The Parson one day passing by the Church beard the bell tolling, and being ignorant of the cause, asked a lad who was going by at the same time why the bell was tolling ? 6 4 Wispy," says he, “ I (leant know but as how it maybe for Peter's wife's mother, for she's been sick of a fever the last five weeks." Three extensive sales by auction, of books and ma nuscripts, have recently taken place in the Low Coun tries—at the Hague, Antwerp, and Utrecht. Mr. Haiti has been a large purchaser at each of the sales. He gave 400 florins, the ether day, at Utrecht, for a carious maauteript.