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Brie after he was wounded ; was met by Mr. Surgeon . White, near the ditch of the field, who desired him nrie t o conr to the deceased, as it might ag i t a t e hi m. Saw e vera about him at the time; was so agitated that he co uld not recognise any one but Mr. Surgeon Whit*, and lq , Carthy, of Dawson-street. p i a Juryman--Did you know the deceased?—Yes. to,fyrtu •ee env fiiend histhere ?—Yes, Mr. M.Carthy. Colkomt—Do you know the seconds in this case?— Heard this- the second of Mr. Hayes was Mr. Gregg, but does not know his Christian name; he as Attorney, i n Dawson street,and is about twenty-six or twenty-seven yearsof age. Did you he it who M,.Bric's second was ?—. yes: Mr. David Fitzgerald, an attorney, at No. 11, Mabbot-street. D ) you know whether either of the seconds have fled P—Cannot sq. Did you know Mr. Hayes P—Kneie him by sight, and,has met him in com pany ; he is an attorney, and lodged in tiraftoo.arreet, bid you hear he was one of the persons who fired the shots?—Ves. Do you k 4 ow if he has fled P—Cannot say, but believe he has.'" By a Juryman—You men tioned you were intimate with the deoeased?—Yes, intimately. When did you see him last?—About one o'clock on Monday. Had you any conversa tion with him about this duel?—Yes. Do you know the cause of it?—Yes. Did you see Mr. Gregg or Mr. Fitzgerald in the field that morning ?—:1 saw NT-. Fitzgerald, but not Mr. Gregg. Had you any conversation with . Mr. Fitzgerald before you came up to the 6eld2—Yes; some incoherent espies sions were used by both. • that this was a deplorable accident—alludinwto the death of Mr. Bric. Pat. Lynch re-examined—Was present when the shot was fired —This witness, on being told that he mbst attend to give evidence at the ensuing Commission'of Oyer and Terminer, said be would not; he had a wife and family to support, and could not lose time. The CORONER having threatened to commit him to Kilmainham gaol, and it being explained that he would be paid for his less of time, he said he would attend. The CORONER expressed to the Jury his opinion that they should adjourn, as they bad no evidence as to who the peril= was who fired the shot. He said he should have the evidence of the seconds. as the law held them to be parties aiding, assisting and abetting. A Juryman said, that such being the law, they could sot be examined, as their testimony would go to crimi• nate themselves. _ • The CORONgt said he would coinage that, as he would examine. thin" first, without reimence •U) their own participation. The brother of Mr. Bric requested the Inquest might be adjourned till to-morrow, and he could then produce 'evidence that Mr. Hayti fired the shot. _On, being pressed by the Coroner, hejneutioned the hansesof two Gent'emen who were present at the tr.eqsacticip, whose attendance he could procure. The Inquest W,as accord ingly adjourned until one o'clock next day, Application was then made far permission to grove the body, to which the Canner aerated. V • NAVAL INTELLIGENCE; His Majesty's ship Dabs, 42. Captain Hon. G . A . Caorzon, sailed from Cork for Cadiz 23d inst. The Fowler sailed from Riga 9th Oct. and has not since been beard of —The Rachael, from Glasgow to Whitehaven, was driven on shore 19th instant, near Allonby, and had received considerable damage ; but was expected to be got off. BILLFAST ' Dec. 25.—The Isabella, from Westport, on the Fore. land rocks , has discharged nearly all bee cargo, and it is expected she will be got off. Rumor/to, Dec. tn.—Wind R.—Arris`ed the Enterprise. CaLw. from Newfouodland—salled '7th instant; Reliance, Locus, from Demerari*-ailed Sth November ; Argo,Maatio, from Newfmand land ; and Harriet, Stumm, from dot in 18 days. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. SUL N.N.E.—Arrived the Charlotte and Maria transport ; Harriet do. &RUCK; Emperor Alexander transport ; and Ocean transport, BLACKBURN, from London to Lis bon. Passed by, the Simpson, Bum, from London to India.— Mew The St. Lawrence transport went out of harbour to Spit bead. Sailed the Seppings, Lomita, for the Isle of France, The wind continues both favourable and of moderate -strength, so that as the transports are got ready for the Dragoon's going to Portugal, they embark without the least inconvenience, and sail directly out of the harbour to the Taps. The greater part of the 12th Lancers have thus proceeded; and yesterday afternoon, a transport, with the Staff Officers' horses (30) of the army, sailed direct from alongside the dock-yard jetty to Lisbon. The Cacaos, Lieut. Pinner, sailed this morning, with Mr. Rocarusats, the Mexican Minister, to Vera Cruz. The Caution will return to England immediately after landing the Minister. He goes home with the treaty of commerce concluded with this country. Drat, Dec. 28.—Wind N.N.W. to N.W.—Passed by from London, the Simpson, Brace, for Gibraltar ; Montrose, Ha at, for Demerara; Alexander Brandt, WILDS, from Shields for Lisbon; transport Little, for Lisbon, to the westward ; and another trans. port passed to the westward at the close of the dot, name and letter unknown. Arrived the Findlay, Callow, from St. Thomas's; and Ann, Buses, from Richebucto. Mr. WHITTY • of Axminster, has lately manufactured a splendid carpet, to be sent to the Guano Ssainoa, as a present from his MAJESTY Gamma the Fouwen. It meantres more than 400 square yards, and the cost is two guineas per yard. A shott time ago, a man went to a uadesman . s shop in Maidstone, to purchase a box. One was shearn to him, which suited in every respect except that the man thought it not large enough to hold a hat. Not hold a hat! bless you !" said the tradesman, look there," at the same tune taking his own hat off his head, putting it in the box, and shutting the lid. This perfectly satisfied the buyer; and after some further conversation, he paid for the box, and carried it off with the hat in it, the owner not recollecting the circumstance of putting it in the box until a considerable time after its being carried off. There are, we dare say, few of our readers who do not remember Ann Siggs, although, perhaps, nor by that name, as we believe it is but one of twenty. She died a few days 'back at the advanced age of eighty. She was chiefly, knows as an impostor, who claimed to be the sister of an eminent tragic actress, to whom she bore a most astonishing'iesemblance. The Harriette Wilson of her day, she lived in a splendid style, sur rounded with the luxuries of life. Her good fortune, if indeed it can be so called, was but of short duration ; for there are those alive who can remember her, so long as forty years back, a mendicant. She never actually asked for alms, but used to look up in the faie of the person she attacked and bold out her hand. Her hand some features, and, to the last, her poble and yet seemingly cast down bearing, used seldom to fail drawing an ample contribution. Those who can re member Salmon's Wax-work Repository in Fleet street, opposite Chancery-lane, may recollect a most excellent representation of a woman being placed at the door. It was generally taken to be meant for a likeness of the celebrated actress a e have alluded to. It . was that of Anti Siggs. The last .twelve years of her life w as spent i n a wor k h ouse , where she was supported by the parish of St. Michael, Cornbill. LEmos; Misers Pies.—Squeeze a large lemon, boil the outside till tender enough to beat to a mass, add to It three large apples chopped, and four ounces of suet, half . a pound of currants, and four ounces of s u ga r ; put ti.e puce of the len on And candied fruits as for oven pies: oi.,ke short ci u .t, and fill the patty i)Ja3 as usual. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. •, • • durum. The Marquis and Marchioness of Cliohno•deley, at their house in Piccadilly, from their seat is Sarrey; Dwds M. and G. Hill, from tke Marquis of Salisbury's sear, Hatfield; Sir C. Coote,Nart. in Connaught-place, from 'reload; Sir George Wombwell, Bart. from his seat in Susses; Count Moobrand, from Path, and Miss Brown, from Sums at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street r Lord and Lady F. L. Gower, at the Earl of Carlisle's seat,Castle Howard, Yorkshire, from Northamptonshire; Mr. and Mrs. Stephen, in Lower Growenor-street, from the Continent • the Hon. Colonel and Lady Elean o r L owt h er , a t t h e E ar l of Lonsdales seat, Cones- . mere, Rutiandshire, from a tour. DEPARTURES. Lord Muneaster, from Muncaster Castle, Cornwall, for Melton ,Mowbray, Leicestershire; Sir 'George Robinson, Bart. fbr his seat, Cranford, Northamptonshire; Mr. and Mrs. Thorpe, for Brighton, Captain Calthorpe i on a tour, and W. Norton, Esq. for Melton Mowbray , from Efrlthant's Hotel, Lower Prook-street; • Sir Gore Ouseley, Bart. for his seat, Woolmen,. Hertfordshire 4 Captain and Mrs. Fitzgerald, for Norfolk, and J. Lowndes, Esq. for Brighton, from Miller's Hotel, Jermyrs.strett. , . HIS MAJESTY'S LETTER TO THE ARCHBISHOPS OF CANTERBURY AND YORK. (CoPO Whitehall, Dec. 18. Mr Loso—l have the honour, in obedience to the commands of his Majesty, to transmit to your Graci a letter signed by the King, authorising your. Grace to take proper measures for promoting sub scriptions within your Grace's province for the relief of the menu.; factoring classes in some districts of the United Kingdom. It is proposed that these subscriptions shall go in aid of those whit& have been entered into in the metropolis for the same balm. lent and charitable purpose. I have accordingly to desire, in com: pliance with the terms of his Majesty's Litter, your Grace wit take immediate steps for promoting the objects therein set forth. I have the honour to be, my Lord, Your Grace's most obedient humble servant, ROBERT PEEL. To the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, &c. " GIORGIE R. " Most Reverend Father in GOD, Our Right Trusty and Right Entirely Beloved Councillor, We greet you well! Whereas the manufacturing clams, in some districts of the United Kingdom, have suffered, and are still suffering, severe distress; and whereas many of Our subjects have entered into voluntary subscriptionafor their relief, and have, at the same time, most humbly prayed Us to issue Our Royal Letters, directed to the Lord Archbishop of Can. terbury and the Lard Archbishop of York, authorising them to promote contributions within their several provinces for the same benevolent purpose; We, taking the premises into Our Royal censidleration, and being always ready to give the best en couragement and countenance to such humane and charitable YD. dettakings, are graciously pleased to condescend to their request And We do hereby direct, that these Our letters be communicated by you to the several suffragan Bishops within your province,-ex pronely requiring them to take care that publication be made here of, on such Sunday, and in such places within their respective die cent, as the. aid Bishops shall appoint, and that upon this occasion the Minixters in each parish do effectually excite their perishionen to a liberal contribution, which shall be collected the week follow ing, at their respective dwellings, by the churchwardens and over seers of the poor in each parish; and the Ministers of the several parishes are to cause the sums so collected to be paid immediately into the hands of Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith, bankers, of 1 our City if London, to be accounted for by them, and applied to the -carrying an and promoting the above-mentioned good designs. And so We bid you very heartily farewelL Given at our Court at Wfisdaer, the 16th day of December, 11126, in the 7th year of our reign. • By his Majesty's command, µ ROBERT PEEL. aTo the Archbishops of Canterbury and York. for a Collection to Aid of the Subscription entered . into for the Wile of the ' Matiatactuiing Clamp in the United Kingdom:" WINDSOR ' Dac. 28.—Last evening, his MAJESTY arrived at the Royal Lodge, at seven o'clock, in his travelling ear flap and four, accompanied by the Loan &SWAM Mu Kum was attended by his usual outriders, without any military escort, both to and from the Metropolis. Prince PoLIoNAC, the French Ambassador, trans acted business yesterday at the Office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Mr. CssoLstautv, M.P. accompanied by Dr. BUR• ow, left the 'Valk Hotel, Brighton, on Saturday, for Portugal, and we are sorry to hear that ill health is the cause of Ms departure. BERLIN. Die. 10.—The 4th and .sth bulletins of his MAJESTY'S health are very favourable We are happy to add, that his MAJESTY has begun again to transact business as usual. The Right Hon. the Earl of MoaLaY arrived at his seat at Saltrans on Monday. On the night pre;ious to their embarkation, Lord Guiana Mayer, and the Hoe. Major Ewe, M.P. both of the 60th Regiment, were sobbed of considerable propeny, in money, &e. at their apartntents In Plymouth citadel. NEW LONDON Berne.—Yesterday the first stone on the City side of this bridge was laid in the cofferdam of the third pier, by RICHARD LAMBIRT Jowaa, Esq. the Chairman, assisted by the Committee and Mr. Resler& The operation was the more interesting, as , it is the deepest foundation that has been laid by coffer dams (being 30 feet deep at low water of spring tides, and 45 feet at high water). This, in addition to the extraordinary rapidity of the current through the old bridge, rendered it a work of some difficulty, although every part has been carried on and completed with the greatest success. Yesterday the LORD MAYOR held a Court of Alder men, pursuant to appointment, to consider the petitions of Edward Archer Wilde, Esq. and sundry inhabitants of the Ward of Vintry, against the election of Henry Winchester, Esq. and Sheriff, to be Alderman of that Ward.—A petition from a great number of freemen, inhabitant householders of the Ward, praying the Court to dismiss the former petitions, and to swear in Mr. Sheriff Winchester. was presented and read.—TheCourt was attended by Mr. Sergeant Wilde and Mr. Friderick Pollock, as Counsel for Mr. Wilde; Dr. Lushington and Mr. Broderick, as Counsel for the inhabitants who petitioned against the return of Mr. Winchester; and Mr. Bolland and the Hon. C. E. Law, on behalf of Mr. Winchester.—Mr. Sergeant Wilde was heard at consi- 1 derable length in support of Mr. Wilder petition, and insisted that, as the first Wardmote was dissolved, and not adjourned, the election had became void. Mr. Pi/11°4.k made some additional observations, and the poll-book was produced and delivered in ; and it appearing that there had been two other poll-books used on the first day of the election, from which entries had been transferred into the one in which the scrutiny was proceeded on, and which alone had been used on the two last days of polling, and the same being contrary to the provisi• ns of the Act of P4rliainent, he also submitted that the election was vi id. Mr. Bolland and Mr. Law were heard against the same; and Mt: Sergeant Wilde was heard in reply.—The Court was then cleared; and After some deliberation, adjudged Mt. Sheriff Winches ter's election to be null and void,. and requested the Lord Mayor to issue a P.ecept for a Wardmote to be held for the election of an Alderman.—The several 'tattles were called in and informed timed, arid the Lord Mayor fixed Mond ey next fur the Wardmote. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. • . In tact February 's • Committee was appointed at a General Meeting of the Members of the Royal College of Surgeons,,to prepare a Petition to Parliament for a Committee of Inquiry of that Hon. House into certain alleged misdeeds.and acts of abuse, on the part of the President and Council of the College. The principal complaints were—that the Council wis a telf-elected body, entirely beyond the controul of the College; .that they lykst never rendered any account of their funds, said to be upwards of 50,0001.; that the Hunterian Museum, purchased at the public expense, and presented by Parliament to the College, was ren dered completely useless, tht Members of the College being completely excluded from it ; that no xatalogoe of its contents had ever been prepared, and that there was no Librarian appointed to take charge of it. • The Committee so appointed lye met frequeptiy, and last night was held an open Committeefor'the pur• pose of signing the Petition ; Mr. J. Tyrrell was in the Chair. Some alterations were proposed in the Petition, and they were unanimously adopted. It was then signed by all the Members present. MANCHESTER; DEC. 26. - We have again had a very fair demand in our mar ket for goods, and the appearance of trade generally is much more encouraging. than it was some time since. Velveteens for exportation continue to be much sought after, and considerable sales have been effected, and at .prices something better than heretofore . . We kive also bad a very steady inquiry from the country btixers, and I we believe a good fair busine* has been done m prints, strong calicos, and shillings we cannot. however, quote any improvement in prices. Water 'twist of the first.quality, from numbers ten to thirty-four,. is still in good request, and sells freely ; but for the second article of these numbers the demand has been very limited.— In Cotton there has been but little doing, and prices may be considered stationary. Tax Diptit of the 9th Regiment new occupy PlymOuth dtadel. The IRegiment is shortly expected from Ttinidatito.do duty at this place. Iticruiting now -daily parade the streets of • plymouthe-. - ' • We understatld e hew opera announced at Drury. lane is by Mr..Soaxe, and the music composed by Mr: Basnoe.— The opera is to be out beforatbe 10th ofJartuaty. The cast is to be es strong asipoulble. The following names have been men tioned to us as the principals :—Eaattasa. Hoax , 13 Prosal Dow , TON, HASLIT, COOPER Morse,: Miss 5TE17111,441, Min OZADOON. Mrs. W. Gazam, M rs. Dames. There is a third opera to be brought out at Drury-lane, when Soain and Minor's new see, , and the translatloa horn ireesises Tssi*lliJkilY, are disposed of. It is by an untried authar, and Mumma is to conteas the music. - THOMAS WISH, Esq. of the Manor of Waterford, and , his Lady (daughter of Lucia Swamis% Prince of Casino, and niece of the Emperor blarouon) Ottawa' a visit at Jenkintown, the seat of Captain Busts. That Lady, of meet illustrious name and exalted family, accompathed by her husband and Captain and Mrs. Borax, passed through Waster on Thursday las; on it visit t. Major KIAMINIE, CB. Fenny Park, and *learned to Jenkins town in the evening.—Leinster.Totinsal. Fine mutton was last sleek publicly announced for sale in Macclesfield market, at 20. and 3d. per lb: Yesterday morning the Directors of the Bank of Eng land sent off several clerks with money to Birmingham, for the purpose of opening a Branch Bank. There have been transmitted from the Government stores in Edinburgh Castle to Calton of Glasgow, for the relief of the industrious poor, 200 pairs of trousers, 200 pairs of gapers, 200 pairs of tOCks, 200 pairs of shoes. At Moresby and Tivoli, near Whitehaven, and-also in the Castle-gardens, the son x of the blackbird maybe daily heard as in the month of April, and in the same gardens k *second crop of pears have appeared: A field of barley was reaped last week at . &afield, in the neighbourhood of Dundee......a.sectind crop after pi tatoes. It yielded a full average return ; and the quality of the grain is good. There lately lived a family at Brenchley, in Kent, named Jeffery, and consisting of a daughter, a mother, two sisters, a brother, an uncle, and aunt, whose united ages did not amount to 20 years ! Mr. Slight, one of the assistant engineers tinder Ro bert Stevenson, Esq. has sent to the College Museum, Glagow, a remarkable fine specimen of the sword-fish, .which was found in the month of September last, lying on the banks of the Forth, between Stirlinif anteAlloa. It is seven feet in length, and perfect in all its parts. This is the anniversary of the Coronation of William the Conqueror, at Westminster, 1066 ; the murder of Thomas a'Becket, at Canterbury, 1172; and of the exc. cation of John Chastel, for attempting to murder Henry the Fourth 'of France, 1594. Tuesday afternoon, reprieves were forwarded to Horsemonger•lane gaol, for the following convicts, tried at the late Assizes for the County of Surrey, and left for execution, viz.—Thomas Jones and AIMS Stacey, con- victed of uttering forged notes, and James C2arke and Charles Taylor, for uttering counterfeit coin. Mr. Walters, on receipt of the intelligence, made it known to the unhappy men, who testified their gratitude by exclamations of thankfulness for the leniency extended towards them. Parsons, the Comedian, was born in the vicinity of Cheapside, and was articled to Sir Henry Cheese, the Surveyor, whose service he was induced to leave from the flattering reception he met with at the City Spouting Clubs. He was, when young, a fine architeetural draughtsman ; and when his friends remonstrated with him on the improptiety of leaving the service of Sir Henry for a. precarious subsistence, be exclaimed 6, Though I run from cheat. I do not despair of finding bread." His Sir Fretful Plagiary and Sheepfaers are hill declared unequalled by the admirers of the old school ; in his relaxations from his stage duties, he applied him self to painting, and was very successful in copying the style of the landscapes of Gainsborough and Wilson, whose productinns he held in the highest esteem. Dr. WOLCOT was much solicited by a Lady, no favourite of his own, to write some verses about her ; but he turned a deaf ear to her entreaties, and one day after dinner she came so annoyingly pressing, that, taking a pencil and a bit of paper from his pocke►, be wrote the following severe epigram, sad banded. it to her. It must be premised, that the Lady's complexion was exquisitely fine, but her eyes bad. The Doctor's own complexion was a rough mahogany ; TM RAM TO NM CO sweet Nancy S--, those beautiful eyes Were made for the dhwnfall of man ' - At the sight of their Bre thy true lover fries, And whizzes like fish in a pan ! 0 gensini father ! how Nature would quake Were you gifted with every perfection! I tremble to think what a havock you'd make, Were you blest with my air and complexion! Wed 0' Neale and Tom Cinnen were matched at the Magpie and Stump. Fetter-lane, on Tuesday evening,-to fight on the 20th of February, far £lOO a side, within 30 miles of Loodoo ; £25 a side are already deposited. ..4 . . . I SPO;I.IN6 IN ruLtGENct. V f BETTING-ROOM, TATTIRESALVS. Doe. if. • The hitdeg to-day was confined to i few of theAtbdilit *Glib rites for the Derby, and some heavy bets against lots; It will be seen. that Web is at length decidedly arceravolfrite. Ile opened at evens He close, an wi d th g T to ntle l r, wa b il o tbe t so ja me st p G ri e s n o t . lem , g ebackedodds sare Wrh to oilow nvinde t DERIM 9 to 1 apt Web (taken) 25 to 1 agst Metre • ' 10 to 1 apt Tatter 210• to t 5g4 Augusta • ' 14 to 1 apt Espagnolle '3O to 1 apt Dahlia •20 to ea s se Elfrid 39 to I agst Gamelius *2O to 1 apt Catherine 30 to 1 agst dileabury's 0 20 to 1 apt Trumpeter 30 to 1 agst Turcoman 6 20 to 1 agst Gustavus 35 to 1 agst Snowdrop (taken) •20 to 1 apt Dauntless 35 to 1 apt Creadda '9O to 1 agst Matneluke 50 to 1 apt Chieftain (taken) 1,300 to 60 was taken about of tbe.sit marked thus*, and the same parties, at the name time, took r lcooo to 17 about each of the following—Metre, Garnering, Antar, Chieftain, Snowdrop, Cat.: Presbury, Eliza, Teazle, Intruder, and Lord Ailesbury's.; Another. Gentleman took 50 to 1 apt 10, Including the viz above named, . and the following—Turcoman, Metre, Cressida, and Lord Ades bury's. No betting on the Oaks and St. Leger. . t GREAT UNDERTAKING. Yesterday morning Captain Parry, not the celebrated navigator, but a real light hurveman, ‘vho has done some great performineei. in the way of trotting. galloping, &c. in theoponing world, under. took for a stake of 200 sovs..to ride and drive 66 miles in two hours. He.firat rode his favourite bunter (Thornton) and per formed 20 miles in ten minutes under the hour, on the Al iidenhead road, through Cohibrook and Slough. This 'part of the dindition was performed in left time than thought of, and he commenced charioteering with betting 7to 4 .in his favour. The ground selected was a bye-road from Hare-batch to Hemming Wood, on the other side of Maidenhead-bridge. The second horse did Nis work at the rate of 16 miles an hour, and the match Was won with great difficulty, in two minutes and 10 sec. under the given dine. COURSING. The Cup given by the Ardrossan Coursing Club was ran 1W over Lord E,glinton's lands in the Birony of Ardruisan, on WO& nesday, the itOth instant, u follows : nave CLASS. Mr. Marshall's black d. Bang beat Dr. WFadzean's brown d. Turner. Mt. Marshall's b. Soap best Captain Dunlop's d. 'ago. Ca Pt. Morris's blue d. Dusty beat Col. Blair 's brindled b. Whaupia (Named by Mr. Montgomerle.) CoL bl'Alester's b. Beauty beat Mr. Johnston's b, Fly. Mr. Bartlemore's yellow d. Spring beat Mr. Hamilton's yellow Harry. Capt. Morris's black and white d. Hare beat Captain Patrick's white d. Smoker, (Named by Mr. John Hunter.) swum CLASS. • ptain Morris's Dusty beat Mr. Marshall's Bang. in Dunlop's Fly beat Mr. Bartlemore's Spring. I M , Alester's Beauty beat Captain Morris's Ham Mr. Marshall's Soap beat Captain Patrick's Champion. Tinian ct. Ass. Captain Merris's Dusty beat Colonel M'Alester's Beauty. Mr. ltarshall's Snap beat Captain Dunlop's Fly. trouaru CLASS. Kr. Marshall's Snap beat Captain Morris's Dusty, Aad Won the Cup. This morning, soon after nine o'clock, an accident took place in Bruton•street, Chelsea, wherehrtwo individuals were severely injured. A man named Thomas Jessop, residing at Na. 16, in the above street, wAs about to try some chemical experiment, and for that purpose was boiling a decoction of spirits of an inflammable descrip tion in a small earthen vessel on the fire, when suddenly the pipkin flew to pieces, and in an instant the whole plate was in a flame of fire. Jessop, and atintl•er man named Hughes (whose clothes were smeared with the same description of spirits), were standing near the fire. place at the moment, and were immedi stely enveloped in flame. Hughes ran down stairs in the state he was in, and procured assistance for himself and Jessop, and after some minutes had elapsed, the fire that t.urroundesl them was put out, but both of them are severely burnt, Jessop in particular; his face being so dteadtully injured, that it is feared he will be disfigured fur the remainder of his life. Robberies almost nightly are committed at Chel. sea. A few days past the larders of one entire mi me were swept of their Christmas contents. La•t night the old church was broken into and robbed of chandeliers, arc. and the same evening the private yard of Mr. Long, of Beaufort Row, was meted and despoiled of some timb r and everything portable that the thieves could lay their hands on. THI Mtranzaan Gus/T.—The following is the story on which the above Play is founded. It happened in 1736 ?... 18 Jonathan Bradford kept an inn on the London Road, near Oxford, and bore an unexceptionable cha racter. Mr. Christopher Hayes, a Gentleman of fortune, put up at his house, and joining two other Gentlemen at supper, incautiously mentioned that he.had about him a large sum of money. Some hours after they had all retired for the night, the two latter, who slept in a double-bedded room, beard repeated groans pro. ceeding, es they conceived, from the next chamber. On rising to examine the cause, they found the door ajar, and were struck with horror at seeing Mr. Hayes weltering in his blood in the bed. and the landlord standing over him with a dark lanthorn in one band, and a bloody knife in the other. When seized he dis. played every sign of trepidation and guilt, bukpersisted in affirming his innocence of the deed. On his trial the Gentlemen deposed to these facts, which Bradford admitted, but declared, in his defence, that having, as well as the witnesses against him, heard , the groans, he had stricken a light, armed himself with a knife for his 'defence ' and bad but that minute entered the room before them. The Jury, without leaving the box. found him guilty, And he was executed, protesting his innocence of the murder to.tbe last, though disbelieved by every one. Yet his assertions vice true. The crime was actually committed by Mr. Hayes's own servant— who having stabbed his master, and rifled his portman teau of his money, gold watch. and snuff box, escaped to his own room, which he could. scarcely have regained a minute, before Bradford entered. the fatal chamber. This he confessed on his death bed eighteen months after the execution of the latter. The landlord, however. though innotent in act, was not so in intention. He, as well as the servant, had beard Mr. H. mention his money at supper, and went to his room on the same diabolical errand; wan he found the deed already done, he was struck with amazement ; he could not believe his senses; and in turning down the clothes to assure himself of the fact, in his agitation dropped the knife on the body, by which both it and his hand became bloody. These circumstances he acknowledged to the Clergyman who attended him after his sentence." CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, Dec. 29. This being holiday week, we had but few buyers at market this morning, and what few sales of every kind of Grain were effected, were certainly at lower prices, although the old prices ate demand. 4 by the factors for prime samples of every kind of grain: therefore we must quote them nominally the same as on Itionday sennight. , SMITHFIELD MARKET, Dec. 29. In our market, Beef, this morning, is quoted 4s. to Ss. 6d. per stone; and the Mutton price is 3s. 6d. to 4s. 64. per stone. Vesi i. steady sale at 4s. 24. to Ss. ed. per stone a and Pork maintain. Abe last quotation.— Beasts, 540 ; Sheep, 5,550 ; Pigs, 100 ; Calves, 1706. Beef, per stone, 4s. to Ss. 6d. Mutton, S.. ed. to 4 4 . 6d. Veal, 44. to Ss. ed. Pork. 4s. to Ss. ed.—llay. per load, A'S 10s. to 44 ,ss. Clover, •C 4 to £6 ; Straw, XI 10s. to £1 16s. • . • i 1)'/1