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tbe *Wier udder tbe Se named my native bad. Wirj weeps the poet's native land/ That to the tyrant's stern IWO Hoe prism's bow the suppliant hew And now proclaim their country fido, • Or dare to join her patriot ban/ s This weeps my native bed. Irsale the poet's native land ? a& ea powers that slight her player, With tbiapier-words of dark despair For frs---for a Saviour's tare, Fir the avenger's righteous band • calls my native land. Waif would the poet's native land? 4o would beat down the warping rice. The blood-hound from her border chase s Her free-bore sons with freedom gram, Or fret be buried in the sand ;-- Ala would my native land. • And hopes the poet's native land? 0/1 s ' • She hopes, for sacred judo. sake. - ' Sbe hopes her sons ordi yet awake. She hopes that GOD be chiles will Was To see outstretched the avenging hand This hopes my sledge laid. zr-r rag oar.- -•-••••- •." - • LAW INTELLIGENd.k • COURT OF RING'S BICNCH, .Tass 10. Leaden Sittings. (Before MN Justice Leretaisats and a Special Jury.) ELLIS V. MONTAGUE. This was art action to recover the . amount of four ' bills of exchange, one for 5001. and the other three for 1,0001. each. Mr. CAMPBELL (With whom was Mr. BRODRICE) proved the acceptance of the defendant, and that the bills were given for wine sold and delivered. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL (with whom was MY. Jos rice) said that he should shortly show the nature of the transactions out of which these bills arose. The sale of the wine was a mere pretence to cover usurious dealings. The defendant, Mr. Montagne, was in May last. and still continued, in the King's Bench prison. He was a Gentleman of expectancies, though at that time embar rassed ; and wishing to raise money, and, failing in other modes, he had recourse to that of buying wine, to be paid for at a future period, which wine he was tete sell immediately for ready money : The defendant stated, that on a transaction of this nature he was willing to give as much es 25 per cent. interest; and upon this representation two agents one named Welch and the other May. got the plaintiff, Mr. Ellis, who was a wine merchant in St. Botolph's-laste, to furnish the defend ant with wine. Mr. Ellis was perfectly aware of the views of the defendant, and said that on the re-sale of the wine the Ines would not exceed 2.5 per cent.— The Jury. however, would find that the loss turned out to be cuniiiinably greater; if it bad not, the Court would in all prnhability never have ben troubled with this case. Mr. Ellis made tars sales of wine to the de. fendaiit ; the NA lot consisted of ten pipes of port, and ten piles of sherry. for which Mr. Ellis charged 50i. a pipe, and received from the defendant two bills of 5001. each. one of which had been paid; and the other was the 5001 bill sought to be recovered by the present sic. don. On the resale of this lot the wine fetched, on the average only 201 a pipe. The second lot of wine sold by Mr. Ellis to the defendant cnsisied of 72 pipes, at 431. pet pipe; aad on the re-sale this wine fetched, the port, 231. and the sherry. 221. per pipe, with the excep iimi of 19 pipes, which fetched only 121. per, pipe. The real nature of the transaction, be apprehended, fully ap peared Elam this stotement. It was clear that under the sale of wine it was intended to cover an usurious deal ing. But there was another remarkable fact connected with the second transaction. There were two invoices made out, the one for 72 pipes, at 4.21. per pipe; and the other for 60 pipes, at SOL per pipe. The latter was the quantity actually received by the defeadent. and the reason assigned for the difference in the invoices was, that the agents, Welch and May, received their commission in wine instead of in money, which com missioa amounted to 12 pipes. Under soch circum. stances as these, which he should prove in evidence, he submitted that the defence on the ground of usurious • dealing was clearly made out. The Learned Counsel having called witnesses who deposed to the above mentioned facts. Mr. CAMPBELL replied. Mr. Justice lATTLESIAtt having summed op, said that it was by no means unlikely that a person in the situation of the defendant should have recourse to an extravagant mode of raising money. The question for I the Jury to consider was, whether this was a fair sale tol the defendant? if they should be of opinion that it was, their verdict must be for the plaintiff, who could have , no controul over the goods after he had parted with than. The defendant might, after having purchased the wine. have resold it at as ruinous "rate as he pleased, without the plaintiff being at all to blame. If, OR the other hand, the Jury should be of opinion that title was a transaction of *hick the object wail to onkel lain of IBBltelf at notioin interest s their verdict must Infer the defendant. After a short consakation among the Jury, one of them asked "if they might moth(' the verdict—if' they might give a verdict for less than the amount claimed re Mr. Justice Lreetawa Ls mid no; the trestle' isse wars Other usurious or it was net; if it was, their veidict most be for the deteadent ; if it was not, their rierdiet must be fee the plaintiff. The Joey thee monied a verdict for the plaintiff for USK** foil isenoent claimed. Palasea Comma Jury. *ASIA 9. Bsefowasa (Wite whom was Mr. THaastsian) saW that this was ass actin, irooglit to retort a burp. the property orf the plaintis from the defendaat. The plaintiff was a chemist at Wiathostar. endive commis- Mooed a friend el his, Mr. Maerill. so pureheac a harp far him in Londe*. Mr.6lacrill parchased a harp of a Mc. Morley, a salaam/tie Whitechapol ; the harp ass Packed up and sent to Winchester. Oa the j?otarry it mat with an accident. had Mr. Earle sant it to Mt.. DAdd, the maim, with directions to repair it. Mr. D. now refused to give up the bap, eating that it was his property ; that lone roam ago he had lent k on hire to a woman armed " Sairadoni."who fraudaleatly disposed of ii ; and that now that be had .not possession of it again, he should keep it. It was true that if a asap% propetty had been felosiousty taken. sad that man had prisseeotad the felon to cosivictios, AM% • he might re. cover his property ; bat in this cam Mr. Dockd had not prosecuted at ell, he bad merely been a witarn at the trial of him Saunders, and bad boasted that he bad got oft the expense of prosecuting her. Mr. Merrill was then called, and be proved the data of the Learned Counsel. The Arroasair QINRRAL (with whom was Waist. tice) said that he should prove that Mr. Dodd had given notice to all pawnbrokers not to receive the harp if it should be offered to them as a pledge. As to Mr. Dodd not having prosecuted Mrs. Saunders, it was unneces sary that he should do so, as she was prosecuted for other offences and sentenced to transportation. The harp had been fraudulently disposed of by Mrs. Saun ders, and the plaintiff, therefore, could not make trot a good title to it, unless he could prove that it had been sold at a public sale, or in market overt. The Learned Counsel then called witnesses, who proved the identity of the harp, and that notices not to receive the harp had been given to the pawnbrokers. Mr. BROUGHAM said that there was no evidence that the property had been fraudulently disposed of. Mr. Justice LITTLIDALZ said that he should leave the Jury to decide that. Mr. BROUGHAM (after consulting with his client) submitted to a nonsuit. COURT OF COMMON PLRAS. Jess W. Willem Sittings. Wore Lard Chief Justice MPS' and a Special Jury. At ten o'clock this morning Sir N. C. TIKDAL took his seat on the Bench for the first time since his appointment to the office of Lord Chief Justice of this Court. His Lordship bowed profoundly to the Bar, who returned the - salutation with the most marked cos - . diality. ----- • n. DUTCH AND OMER& • This was an action of libel brought lay the plaintiff against the proprietors of a newspaper called the Morningilounsal. The plaintiff, who is a foreigner, and a translator of languages, received a manuscript to revise for a Mr. Wilks, a publisher, some time ago. for which he charged a guinea ; and on Mr. Wilks declon ing to pay this sum, the plaintiff refused to deliver up the manuscript, on which, he insisted he had a lien. Mr. Wilks then lodged a complaint before Sir R. Birnie at Bow-street, charging the plaintiff with having stolen the manuscript. Sir Richard Runic committed the plaintiff for trial, and the Jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Upon his acquittal, be waited on Sir R. Birnie and demanded satisfaction. Thij circumstance gave rise to some strictures in the newspapers upon the conduct of the worthy Magistrate, in committing a Gentleman to take his trial for a felony on such grounds as those; and in reply to those strictures the following letter appeared by way of a defence of Sir R. Birnie— CASE OF FiIftIiTANDIEG. " so ens xenon or vox 3101311314 :Pusses. " Eta—Pot some time past, as you no doubt are aware, there has been seats little interest excited in the Magisterial World, and amongst Roden of Newspapers, in consequence of the amemittal of a German for the stealing of a manuscript under peculiar eir cunutances. his subsequent acquittal, and demand for an apology from the committing Magistrate. With your customary impar. daNty and disinterestedness, I rejoice to see that you bate not (like one of your contemporatid).taken up with furious seal the case of tar Foreigner. and vituperated a Magistrate of this country, without paying say regard to the circumstances of the affair, bat have folly and equally detailed both the beginning and the end, sad thin left the public to judge for themselves. On the other hand, however, Goo of your coatemporaries has risen up, with the most laegbable heat, mad wisdom as agreeable, for the purpose of showing that there was undue power exerdeed by the Police Ma gistrate in committing the German. But on a little mention It will be found that this Gentleman did nothing but his duty; that be had no business to be acquainted with the character of the pro. secutor i Übe really is so unprincipled as be is represented ; that two witnesses swore to the theft; and, as the Justice in question truly remarked, in condescending to explain his model* to the person. he would have been liable to a esendmnes front the Court d King's Bench Übe had refused to entertain the charge. All them facts are not. however, discovered by year contemporary, which, to suit its own, and, perhaps, others' piques, inserts letters from the German to scandalise the Magistrate, after a true Bill for ILercepy has again been thrown out against lte fellow. This conduct, ban of the German and his Paper supporter, is very line • bet I hope, flir, that its true merit will be properly appre ideted in year independent columns. " 1 ass, Sir, your obedient servant, U REP 11 HENSOIt." This was the libel complained of, for which the plaintiff now scught compensation in damages. For the defendants, it was contended that the object and effect of this letter was not to vilify the character if the plaintiff, but to vindicate the conduct of the Ma gistrate. and that therefore it ass no libel. The Loan Calor Jusxtce basing read over the letter to the Jury, left it to them to say whether or not it was calculated to excite a suspicion as to the honesty of the plaintiff. or to lower or degrade him in the estimation of the public ? If they thought it was not, they would find for the defendants ; if they thought it was, they would then say what damages would fairly compensate the plaintiff for the injury thus inflicted upon bins. The Jury, after having retired for upwards of ball an hour, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, Ten Pounds. The Albion sailed Irons Greenock on Tuesday se'enight, for Quebec, with 191 emigrants, for Upper Canada. They are chiefly from the Highlands. The Broke, for New York. left on Sunday, with about fifty. ers. passeng An oppoetunity will be presented during the ensuing too weeks, of observing the planet Mercury, such as has not occurred for many years back, hardly in the time of any now living. This planets of which all have Ward, and few have seen, is now visible in the north. weetrrn horizon shortly after sunset, and will become wee bright each succeeding evening until the 4th of cut math, when it will be above the heti:ostler nearly two hoses *her the setting of the sun. It attained in sreatest elongation from the sun on the9th ef:Jurre e bur will apparently preserve a direct motion netil the 22d sttl J o se, when it will begin to retrograde; tbn is owing to the combined effect of the motion of she earth in the eckpie, and that of Mercury in its orbit. The planet is now, as seen from the teeth, situated in the 73 dog, of celestial longitude, and 1 deg. a min. of northern latitude, having 24 deg. 22 min. ef north de clination. Eight persons have been committed to oar gaol, on the warts= of the bee. Hem iiestiveoll, charged as having been present at, and accessory to, the murderof the aniortuaate Dominick Noon, in August, 1826, which must be fresh in the memory trf most of our readers. Novo, after having prosecuted to conviction one Megaire. for being a ribandenen, and administering wolawful oaths had sworn informations against a num ber et persons for the likirsoffasee, rind was kept for protection is oar toonty gaol until they should be brought o) . i:id. In the mean time it is generally sup posed that a conspiracy to take sway his We had been formed tunoegat the hilted. of the persons be had impli cated; end to that end they induced * young weaken, to whom he was attached, to inveigle the unfortunate man from the gaol, when, unhappily, the sttatagam mcgraneau, and be was iheoped to his destructiee. The isedy,after atoomtraordinary exertions to lad it, was diewireered in a nave of toesiderehle depth is the parish of 80110, within six miles of this town, the skull hec tored," - - , she OM end limbs brake% i tongue cut out of.bis bead, end altagetiser esbilltingo simmetie dread folly appalling.—Areamol Agiorter. POCKS DIULLIGENCE. •.,~~_ OVU•DHALL TKO moo, named Crowley and Alma, inn phiaad at the boy &arena with Koalas free the plendas of MN Gam Sal, Scone. moterottere, Pleet-restricts,bilbs. of copper. It appeared from the evidence that Mr. Ser'sprendses are ender repair; that the copper in question bad been taken off the tuotof his house end placed in a bay loft ; that the two prisoners, who worked as bricklayers at Mr. Sees took the topper produced to Mr. &Antos, in Shoe - tare, and offer ed it for sale, and for which they received nineteen shilliogs, befog at the rate of Sd. per pissed. Having been then before more than once, they were suspected and followed. On as inquiry befog made Archer all was right, they were detected. There was a dilliculty as to the identity of the copper; but Mr. Alderman Baows thought that that was a question for a Jury to decide. On being asked what they had to say for themselves, they both replied that they knew nothing of the matter.—Tbe y were Committed. Elea Leotetud, a young woman of rather prepossessing appear atm.. was charged with robbing her master, Mr. Gerrard, um brella manufacturer, Wood-street, Cheapside, of a quantity of silk and other articles. value about el. los. It appeared that the prisoner had lived with the prosecutor about a month, and that she took the silk in question to a masitua maker's house in Flying Horse-court, Maiden-lane, where she stated that her mistress had let her have a great bargain, and sold her the silk for 14s. that site had done so because her master was about to retire from Widnes.; this was on a Sunday, and on the pest day the prisoner assisted in making part of it into a gown and a helmet, the former of which ski Was wearing when she was taken into custody.—Sbe was committed for trial. MARY-LA-BONNE. Yesterday Samuel Lowden, i a boatman, was charged with at tempting to violate Elizabeth Spplett. The complainant, who is a respectable married woman, and lives in Mitcham-street Usstin• grove, stated, that as she was returning home from darlesden green, an Tuesday night, along the bank of the Regent's Canal,' she met the prisonet, towing a boat with a horse. He lett the horse, and in the most gross language, asked her to yield to his in clination. She desired him not to insu lt her, and tried to get away; but be laid bold of her, threw her down upon the grass, sod endea voured to effect his purpose by -force. She struggled, and cried murder, and two watchmen. who were within heating, came to her assistance, and secured the prisoner in Paddington watehhouse. The watchmen confirmed her testimony, and the prisoner was committed fur trial. HATTON—G A R DEN. Yesterday John Godin, a distressed Spitaillelda weaver, about 60 years of age, was brought up by Green and Carrel, the officers belonging to the Mendicity Society, charged with begging in she public streets. Green stated that for mine time past the prisoner bad been in she habk of asking alms of the passengers. and that in consequence of having a neatly ted model of a silk loom with him, he frequently attracted such a concourse of people around him, that the bitertuptiess were a great nuisance to the passengers. Godin said that he bad a wife and seven children, and bad been out of employment since the lath of April last; be used to receive from the Society for relieving the Distressed Weavers, three loaves of bread per week; but in consequence of the late riots, that al lowance was withheld; so that be was made a offerer for the mis guided cmiduct of men, with whom be bad never joined. He said. he was allowed se. id. pee week, by the Bethnal Greets parish, and that was all that be had in the world, to support him self. his wife, and seven unemployed children, for a week. There was spathes and simplicity about the old niati's tale, that gained him the attention of the Magistrates, for though his appearance was haggard and care-worn, be looked as if begging were net his trade. He was discharged with a caution to discontinue the prac rite of begging. William and Charles Clarke. retail brewers, Baldwin's-place. Baldwies-gardens, were charged upon an information for suffering borne brewed ale to be drank upon their premises, without a fi cease; the defendants were convicted in the penalty of 51. and cests: QUEEN—SQUARE. Nelsen, s beadle belonging to the parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, brought to this Olin a female, between SO and 30 years of age, in a roach, in order that she might be immediately passed by the Magistrates to the parish of Alary-la-Boone, to which she belonged. The pour creature being unable to walk, was carried from the coach into the OSce. swooning with the greatest agony. She was in rehear, and had been in that state for some time ; but at the risk of her life, the parish officers of St. Luke. Chelsea, had caused her to be conveyed before the Magisuates, to be p assed to her own parish. Mr. Gaseous censured the beadle In the strongest terms for kinglet a female in such a condition to the Oboe. and refused to pass her. The worthy Magistrate then sent foe Mr. Painter. sur gam. of the Broadway. and requested. hint to go back with the poor woman to Chelsea Workhouse, which was immediately cons. plied with. Mr. G. told the beadle If any thing happened to the women. be would take care that he should be severely punished for kis conduct; and that as the case stood at present, it was mere than probable be would have the gold lace taken elf bis coat. MA RLBOROUG H-STREET. Jesopb Bathos was charged with having robbed his master, Mr. Ahlerisian Atkins. The prisoner was employed by the Alderman, at his house in Wimpole-street, as butler. For three or four months past the pri mly had conducted himself very irregularly, and the Alderman , had. in the first instance, reason to suppose that he was dishonest, hi consequence of Melee missed Si. about a month since. About a week ago be missed another sum of 41. and he then called the ser. rants together. and they all protested their hmocence ; but the pri• Boost betrayed great confusion, which induced him to search his Mies. and in which he found a rasor.case. waistcoat, and gaiters belonging to hint (Mr. Alderman Atkins). Three duplicates fur cloth, which bad been purchased for servants' liveries, were also found, and which it appeared bad been pledged by the prisoner.— The worthy Alderman added that the prisoner had carried on a most extensive system of peculation, making false entries on the tradesmen's hilts, and applying the money to his own use. His wages were 201. a year.—The prisoner was remanded. W ORS H I P- ST BEET. Yesterday Beitiesisisi bone, a journeyman weaver, was charged eh suspicion with having destroyed the property of Messrs. E.t.t man and Hill, his employers, entrusted to hum to manufacture.— One of the Bow-street patrol said, that a few evenings ago the pri toner came to him when be was standing near the Salmon and Ball poblie-house, and said that his house bad been entered by eight or ten men armed with swords and pistols, some of whom kept guard over bins and his wife, while the others cut the work. The oMcer said that be went to the house, and was proceeding to take away the pieces that bad beem cut, when the prisoner struck him, and said they should sot be removed from the bowie. The prisoner at the same time complained that be had only been paid sd. a yard for his wash, whereas it was worth 9d.--The prisoner was remanded. UNION—HALL. Yesterday ea itivesdiation took place at this Yaw relative to' the death eta prang ass, named William Brownies, ST yen of • age. who died lo sae at the Borough Hospitals that day, is muse teener of injuries sustained in his head by a Mow of a rage, al. belled to hew been alined by • man named South, alias Stacey, who has slam abegoaded. The deceased was a baker by trade. About five weeks ago be was sitting la the Angel public.beitae, in Webber street, Lambeth, with South and two other men, when a dispute arose between the deceased and Smola respecting a het of Avenge, dodos; whish the former struck South a slight slge pa. the side of ;behead that knocked elf his bat. The moment South received the blow (which was very slight). he matched up the. poker and struck the deceased a violent strae with it oo the tem pie, that preurated him along the Snot, and repeated it while the unfortunate man was lyiag in a state of insensibility from the effects of the first outrage. The poker was then wrested from South, who contrived to escape from the house, and had not been beard of since. Two mounds were fisted on the deceased's bead, one as the amyl' and the other en the back pan of the head. Yesterday Illeowning *spired. A warrant was issued against South. who is etineurd to hove goon on based a ship booed fee South America. Psis SIAS Caarenaunr.—We have this day to re cord the destruction of six houses at /loath, a village about firm miles from this city, and the homeless con. dition of thrice the number of individuals, in conse quence of a file which broke out about eight o'clock in the evening of Saturday last. At that hour a young man on horseback proclaimed the accident, and straightway dilected his course to the fire offices in this City to require aid. In a very short time the Kent engine, the Phoenix, the Norwich, &c. soon arrived at the 'scene 'ot destruction, but not before the fire had gained such an ascendancy as to preclude all hope of saving the premises. It appears that five of the houses were thatched. The chimney of (Me of them being by some accident set fire to, the straw ignited,•and be fore the inmates could rescue their furniture thallames bad increased so much that they . found themselves Wit only homeless, but without a vestige of property—all was consumed. Fortunately there was a good supply of water a baud bow a neighbouring brooks-I&eutish fa LONDON fIESINONIi Jogs to. There . Sessions word held this morning, before thtt Right Hon. she Lord Mayor, the Recorder, and we. ral AlJerusen. The Grand Jury ba yi ng bees swore, the Reconsita shortly addressed them on the Oaten of the duty they were called upon to perform. He said they would per . mire by the calendar that the number of London pri., goners are unusually great, but that was owing to th e length of time which had elapsed since the lint se,, sions. and not, in his opinion, to be attributed to an in. crease of crime. 'there was, however, he was happy to uy, no case of a very aggravated character. After aurae further general remarks, the Grand Jury went di.charged. and ordered to give their attendance at Jowl lice Hall, in the Old Bailey. to•nsorrow morning. juniMIMMI V II" V i r tiI 4 rove 4, . • - ...-,1 7 -, ...... t o 4 , 41. 50... .3 .. : 0 4 pottlatis Sags wiltttn 127 ti bald ' ir native comely, Ihtladoe 1J ,0 01 05,1. Pi . .. . r r.-.. -.: , ly. ,4 v .. natio* Mild t - .0e.. -4 ; . • "" streams of genies Ihivir, • t._ , . J;--- i ly wreaths for beauty blow. VIOa.. 'holy beans with pasiionilow 7k all times holy, fair, and grand I • nett is mj native laud ! named the poet's native laud? . all her nobl• spirit torahs. pines beneath a famine yams ce she was named maw Dill mu, ?be Land of Freedom—ousatan man 5...- CITY TIANQUILLITY. To the credit of the City be it spoken, there was sal a single defendant for trial, it was thereforenn necesss to empanuel a Common Jury ; and the Oentlfmen eg had been summoned heard the welcome sound s dial they might return to their homes and business. Three or four pariah appeals respecting the settler's/a of paupers were disposed .1, and the Sessions ended. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. The following is a summary statement, descrisite of the various offences with which the prisoners fur trial At the ensuing Old Bailey Sessions (which commented this morning) severally •tand charged. viz. Murder. t • burglary. 2; housebreaking, 11 ; ripe, 2; waft, I; highway rob b ery. ery. 7; returning from transpottatinu,g; tet gery s; uttering forged notes, 1; stealing in the dwellintbouse, g 2; per . ivy. 1; embezzling. a ; healing from the penes, 61 ; carry i ng %way a child with intent to steal ha clothes. 1; receiving wh o goods. I; larcenies. t6O; entering as seamen an board a ship ema ployediu the slave trade.!; cutting silk from the loom, 4; b u d. with intent to commit felony. I—Total, ON.. • Of the above. 70 are alleged to have committed offences in the City of London. and 338 in the county of Middicsea. The Judges named he :be Calendar are. Lord Chief 'Nuke To. oat. Mr. Justice !Arnaud.% and Mr. Baron Hin.coca. STATE OF HIS MAJESTY'S GAOL OF NEWGATL, or so TVISIDAT IVILIII/IC. Males. Females. Prisoners under sentence to' transportation fur life a 13 For 14 years . • . • 3 • 9 For 7 do. . • . . 22 • 40 For Felony and Misdemeanours . . • 3 0 For trial at the ensuing Session . . . 3ill 90 itemanded from last Sessions . • • Ai 0 Committed under the Bankrupt Law! . • 1 0 Whose judgments are respited . . • 4 1 Acquitted on the ` round of insanity . . 4 o 31i 15$ IRELAND. DISSADFUL FIRS AND LOSS OF LIVES. It is spin our most painful duty to record another destructive fire. Wednesday night the out offices of a tetpectable and highly worthy man. Jame. Fortune.of Chutchtown (Caine), were totally consumed. Monday the unfortunate man had given up his dwelling boase to bathers, and he and his brother's son, a fine child of eleven or twelve years old, slept in a place fitted for the purpose in one of his oat offices. On the night mo tioned, about eleven o'clock, be was roused from his rest by fire falling on his face. In alarm, he started sp and called on the boy to follow him; he did so for some distance; but whether the loft fell, or that the poor child was bewildered by the fright or suffocated by the smoke, cannot now be known—be never came forth. Fortune, in his distraction—and be is a man who has long laboured under severe bodily infirmity—bad not pretence of mind to observe whether the child war safe. His sister—who, like himself, was unmarried— when roused from her bed, which was is the dwelling. house. seeing her brother safe, and not observing ber phew. rushed with frantic desperation, and impelled by as affection equal to maternal, into the blazing home. She sought him in the bed—be had left it. All arose& 1 1 above and below her was on fire, still she continued to search for him. It was in vain ; add when she came forth, the unhappy martyr to her humane affections war a burning mass. Clothes she had none; yet she came forth actually burning, and lived for the space of tws hours after, when the cold and desirable hand of death relieved her from the burning torture she must have suffered. Fortune's brother, who lives in a part of the country ten or twelve miles from the scene of this me lancholy catastrophe, came down in the course of the day afterwards ; and horrible was the sight presented to him. His sister dead—all over burned—his beloved child, his eldest bt.y. a mutilated half cinder like throb for the destructive element had separated the head free the body, and the feet were totally consumed. There is no probable cause known how the conflagration or. carted. Some believe it mutt bare been by a cat lyiog on or very near the fire, whilst others think it was frost lightning. By this dreadful visitation, however it ori ginated. poor Fortune has lost the finite of a long and honestly industrious life. All his outnifices, his farm. ing utensils, his corn, his clothing, and the greater past of his household furniture, which had been moved from the dwelling house when the bathers went to him, and among the rest his desk, in which his accounts and ma ney were, are all gone. He is left nearly destitute, to witness the desolation be is reduced to, and to follow. with a feeble frame, the half consumed remains of %Vase he loved tepderly to the silent gram—Wes/Id Everting Post. BIRTHS. At his home in Lower Berkelepetreet, 14 Lady et Lew Colonel Lindsay, of' a daughter. At Hone Park, Coldstream, the Lady of Captain BL`Tatw Briwielshire U u d., of a daughter. At Haynie, Ross-shire, the Lady of William Mackenzie, 11.0. Hooomsbk Last India Company's M. 3. of a son. ' MARRIED. Oa the 4th inst. at the Abbey Church, Great Mahan by dr Rev. Card, Wlillant ossodlw, Km. R.N. of the Lodi,. Ire cesterabirs, to Lout's, daughter of Jobs Keeled. Re+ of Donee, in the cosuty of Semorest. At St. Slurs Monk Carlisle. Capt. Cheeks C. BA, Honourable East India Company% service, to Henrietta, MO daughter of John Birch, Eq. At Exeter, Capt. J. L. Helm, of the Royal neon, to Set daughter of J. Hart. Esq. of Win Court Home, Kxeter . At Caatlecratg, Sir David Kinlocb, of Gilui r eeisn bet Eleanor HyDdford, eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Gibes C. miebael of Skirling, Bart. At Edinburgh, the Rev. William Measles, Keir, to AA daughter of tie late Jan =sr, Eq. cos of the Depute Clutlf Session. At Charlton, Kant. Capt. Crawford, Royal ArtMery,to BMW Bennett, yoingest daughter of the late Jame dell, Eq. of ri gi log House, Sussex. At Trinity Church, Mary.la-boons, James Carnegie, )ice i rj Bengal Civil Service, to Charlotte Am; diest daughter' • Benjamin Efirarastern, Req. of Perthni.pleae_._.__..,„... Lome: Printed w 4 POlaid by losel Maus, the PrO.' at the Seel Orme, Ne. 1, fitheopheet TOO NI I • 1 • I 1 i 1 , I I .. I 1 1 1 h - •1 T O. IS pl its Au M eb . 1 ! 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