Star. — London, England, 1827-08-18 00:00:00

DREADFUL THUNDER STORM. Yr sterday morning an awful storm of thunder and lightning visited she neighbourhood of Wellington. A slack of barley, and a waggon laden with barley, the property of C. Scott, E q. were entirely Consumed by lightning, and a man engaged near the waggon was seriously injured. Mr. Taylor, of l-laygate, had two horses killed by lightning, and his son who was near th e m was struck senseless.-r.-Shretnsbury Chron. Aug. 17. Wakefield and its vicinity, were visited yesterday afternoon by a thunder storm, the severity of which was felt more at a distance to the east ; at the village of Wragby it was most tremendous, near which two cows were killed lYnkefildJournal, August 17. During the thunder storm which took place yester day (Thursday) between • four and five o'clock in the efternoon, the lightning struck a horse aad cart de scending Midford•hill, and drove the cart against a, ga rden wall with such violence as to force down a ppr tiara •of it, and eject the driver, who with the horse escaped unhurt.—Beth Herald. Aug 18. Inc worthy Gentleman who prevents the sale of nn tire fruit in his ward is called •• the sour Alderman." 31truontars.—It appears from the return made from t►e various parts of the jcingdom, that the increase of members in the Methodist Connexion during the past year amounts to 7,993. _ - . The improvements in St. James's Park are proceeding with rapidity, and •give work to a gtert number of labourers and individuals. They are now raising a large mound of earth, as it is intended to prevent any view of the building for the use of the Horse Guards from the Royal Palace, electing on the site of Bucking- ham House. The water in St. James's Park is to be converted into a serpentine canal, vhich is to be inter spersed with small elevated islands, planted With vari ous rare and curious shrubs. The mall and walks in the Park are undergoing great improvements, and when the whole is finished the alterations *will be pic turesque and beautiful, and accessible to the public. . . GUILDFORD BRIDOI.—The works being no e brott_b• to a completion. the Committee have circulated a Statement of their receipts and expenditure, which cannot but be highly satisfactory to the subscribers, the ;whole cost having been met by the amount subscribed. The improvement has been effected without a moment's interruption to the traffic on the road, and loathe highest importance on such a thoroughfare as is presented by the concentration of the high roads front London to Portsmouth, Chichester, Southampton, and the yr hokline of Southern Coast. ComwAy HE roc; e. —Con way Bridge and Embankment are now cunpleteJ, and enable the mail and other ear riage‘, which were formerly subjected to a dangerous telly, to pass with regular ity and safety. This has proved an arduous work, there being an estuary of nearly half a mile in length, and from 50 to 60 in depth, which re- 1 squired an artificial mound of 300 feet base to be esta blished and protected between the eastern shore and the rocky island, upon which one of the suspending towers is placed, and in which the one extremity of the main sus pendinichains is secured. The bridge of 300 feet in ex• tent has its other suspending tower placed on the rock in front of the castle, which has galleries excavated to receive the other end of the main chains, the whole ap putting an appendage to thi. old castle, while the em banked and embattled roadway from the bridge to the town walls, in which an appropriate gateway has been opened, completes the scheme by which the appearance of the castle has been improved. Ascaur ox Motet BLANC.—Two Englishmen, Mr. CUARLES FELLOWS and Mr. HAwts, accompanied by nine guides and a young man going to Mont Blanc, ar nived 24th July at the rocks called Les Graods Mulcts, where they passed the night.On the 25th b at three o'clock, they proceeded,without many difficulties, to the summit ut Grand Plateau, where they found that the way was rendesed inaccessible by a large hole in the ice, which on off all communication with the opposite side.— Four guides were then sent to make out a passage to the. left, between Mont Maudis and Rother Rouge, a road which turned out much more acces-1 sible than the old one. These guides, in conse quence of the start they had obtained, reached the summit of Mont Blanc at one o'clock in the after noon, while the other travellers, who had to wait for ibeir signals, did not reach it before three o'clock.— After being there a short time, and without having enjoyed the view, on account of the clouds, they de scended to the Grands Mulct', where they again passed the night, and on the following morning reached the bottom. Some of the party suffered from affections of the eyes.—Journal de .Jamie. ANOTHER COACH ACCIDENT, OCCURRED BY FURIOUS Darvisn.--Frequently as we have been obliged to cau tion the drivers of coaches between this town and Man chester, with regard to their conduct on the road, it appears not to have had the desired effect, for we have this week to record a very serious accident, ari•ing from Imprudent and furious driving. On Sunday evening last, the Royal George coach, driven by a person mimed Gresty, was coming down the new line of toad at a very quick pace; when oppo.ite the end of Heaton lane, he suddenly checked the horses, and the leaders tui fling round, dragged the coach a short distance into Neaton•lane, and upset it. The coachman and outside passengers were precipitated into the street, one man named Robert Pollett, and a female named Mary Palfreyman, were severely hurt, so much so, that but little hopes are entertained of their recovery : a ►oman who resides in the Carry, was also much injured ; and Gresty, the coachman, the cause of all this mis tn;ef, has been confined to his bed ever sincc. The in side passengers most fortunately escaped unhurt.- 4rockport Advertiser, August 16. Considerable merriment was occasioned yesterday on Waterloo Bridge, in consequence of a Gentleman, who was driving a Lady in an elegant chaise, refusing to strip or p ay t h e toll. T he to ll -keeper, h owever, ran a f ter ham, and seized hold of his coat ; the Gentleman still per sisted in driving on, and the horse darted cif, leaving the tail and nearly one half of the coat in the toll collector's hand. The Gentleman now stopped, and I Jumping out cf the chaise, offered to shew fight; but an officer being fetched, and a threat held out that he mould be sent to Bow -street, he very quietly pulled out h:s purse and paid the money, threw the fragment of his coat into the chaise, and drove off with his Lady amidst the laughter of all present. Yesterday evening, the waterman who attends the hackney coach stand in Pickett street, adjoining Sr. Clement's church, had but a few moments before wasted some persons Into the chariot, No. '22, when a brewer's dray passing at the instant, overturned the charmer which appearel to create some alarm in the mind of Pople the Waterman, lest the people inside should be injured, and he was going forward to render l ISS IStanCe, ..hen he fell to the ground, apparently lite -41.• An attempt was made to bleed the man, but the blood had ce ase d to fl ow , an d h e a l most i mme di ate l y expired. • , THE ARM Y. Wednesday detachments of the Gnards, and 63d Beilment, with the Band elate 4th Regiment, embarked on board the Antphiitite transport, Lieut. Wean, front Portsmouth, for [Arbon ; the sane day the Flora. Lieut. Wiervoarn, sailed for Cork, to take part of the 73d to Gibraltar, and return with part of the 64th Regiment. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The East India Company's ship Inglis was all well on the 25th March, on the Equator, in lung. 27. W. FALMOUTH, AtIOUST 16.—Wind N.—Arrived the Emma Susan nah, Boxwto, from St. Domingo. Sailed the Apollo, Baacio, for Quebec; and Ruby, C for Lisbon. PLYMOUTH, AUCIOST 17.—Wind N —Arrived the Tinker, Jan, from Naples. Sailed the Elizabeth, Moot, for Quebec; and the Amphitrite, Moamar, for Lisbon. Poarsmoorn, Moen 17.—Wind E. to E.N.E. Arrived the Camilla,. Ronson, from Diane. Sailed his 141 qt-sty's ship Slaney, l for Mexico; Orpheus, CASTIR, for Valparaiso; Asia, MAR, for New South Wales s and Lord Cochrane transport, for Malta and Gibraltar. Deal., Anon? 17.—Wind &E by S.—The outward-bow tailed this morning. Arrived the Eliza, MORRIS, from Stettin. SHIPS INTIIIID AT Till CUSTOM-110051, LONDON'. Ltwaarts—The Jane Catherine Barclay, from Jamaica I Ro bert Edwatds , Sherburn, front Virginia ; Jeune Armand, Jessie, from Bayonne; Hope, Cout•ins, from Harlingen; Aid , Palmer, from Miramichi ; Andromeda, Eden, frdin St. Petersburgh ; the Three Brothers, Thomas, from Chester; and the Lively In crease, Cole, from Hull; the Stourfield, Kirtley, from Jamaica; Unicorn, Watts, from Havre; Wellington, Murton, front Villa Nova and Tarragona; David Lyon, Berry, from Jamaica ; William and Alfred, Dalrymple, from Demerara ; Barbadoes. Planter, Stewart, from Madeira and Barbadoes ; Gledstanes, Williams, froth St. Vincent's; Jane, Weddell, from Madeira; Friendship, Strugnall, from Cork ; Love, Tomlinson, from St. Peters burgh; Tobago, Power, from Nevis; Equity, Storr • and Com mercial, Stott, front Archangel ; Good Intent, galley, from Memel ; Fanny, Maddick, from Faro ; Wilson, Simeon, from Archangel; Robin Hood, Merry, frcmiWismar ; Idarmion,Wright, from Quebec • Venerable , Pigion, front Figuiera ; Phesdo, Leach, from Bay Cha leur and New Brunswick; Attwood, Stranack. from Rotterdam ; Perseverance, Margolle, from Calais ; Fleetwood, , Back, from Jamaica; and the Ruby, Gray, from St. Petersburgb. CLILARID Ouvwmins—Tbe Petril, Antram, for St. John's (N. 8.) and Bermuda; Acasta, Perot, for New York ' • Bramin, Rawson, for Bilboa; Chieftain, &blond, for Genoa and Leghorn; Brilliant, Browcard, for Guernsey and Jersey; Milo, Winslow, for Luconia; Commerclum, Cattermole, for Bremen. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. GOODWOOD RACES, Ames' 16. Sweepstakes of 45 so's. each, 15 ft. for three year old fillles.— T.Y.C. _ _ _ . Captain F. Berkeley's bl. f. IlluskiTt. . . . 1 Mt. A. Berkeley's 1. Staylace, Bst. . . . 2 Mr. Williams's f. Alda by Roascesvalles, Tit. 10Ib. 3 The betting on this race was very flat, at 5 to 9, and 3 to 1 eel Busk. At starting Staylace took the hoot at tolerably good speed. followed by Busk and the other, and so it was run till nearly the top of the hill, when Busk came up, soon got in frost, and made a short job of it, by letting loose, and winning the sweepstakes in a very neat and comfortable manner, by four good lengths, and which' four might have been multiplied by two very easily. The Ladies Plate of So soya. added to a Sweepstakes of 5 goys. each.—One-mile heats.—Three yr olds, 7st. 71b. four, act. 51b. five, 9st. six, and aged, 9st. 41b Mares, Ste, allowed 31b. Lord Mountcharles's b. c. Royal Oak, 4 yrs . . 1 1 Mr. A. Berkeley's Dr. h. Logic, aged . . 3 2 Mr. Caulfield's b. 1. Whimper, 3 ps . . 2 dr Captain Berkeley's Busk, 3 yrs - . dr First heat—Betting, 6 to 4 apt Royal Oak, and S to 2 agst Whimper; Logic net noticed. At the word " Off," Royal Oak went away at steady running, the other two behind close together; thus placed, they ran too near the top of the hill coming home, when Whimper took leave of Logic and challenged Royal Oak; they made a short and rather sharp race fora little distance, but it ended decidedly in favour of the horse by two lengths. After this beat the filly was drawn. Logic, we were glad to observe, played off none of his usual pranks—no kicking or plunging; be seemed to have kept himself in reserve for a long day. Second Meat—T to 4on Royal Oak a Logic this time took the lead, and kept it at a tip-top pate to the corner before getting into the straight ground ; Royal Oak then came up, beat him off -hand, sad won very easy by two or three lengths. The Cocked Hat Stakes of 10 soya. each, list. each, to be rode be 1 Gentlemen, Members of the Gskidtwood Racing Club. T.Y.C. Gentlemen riding in cocked bats aUowed 71b. Gentlemen not riding from the weighing stand in their cocked hats, to pay one soy. to the second horse. Mr. Bigg's Sunshine . . . . . 1 Captain A. Berkeley's Logic . . . . 2 Mr. T. Jones's ro. g. Barbary . . • . 3 Very little betting on this race. Sunshine the favourite. It was admirably contested, and won only by half a length. Mr. Deltne Radcliffe rode the winner, Captain Berkeley, R.N. Barbary, and Captain Augustus Berkeley, Logic. The Scrub Cup, or money, at the option of the winner, t 5 un. each, a ft. with 26 soya. added; to be rode by Members of a Racing or Fox-hunting Chrb (three yr olds, lOst. Slb. four, 1 1 st. 31b. five 1 lst. 10Ib. six, and aged, 12 t. Mares, &e. allowed 31b. One mile heats. 'The winner to be sold by auction directly after the race, all that is bid over 120 soya. clear of the auction ex penses and the duty, to go to the race fund. Captain Berkeley's ch. in. Edith, 4 yrs . . 1 1 Mr. Tyrwhitt Jones's eh. m. Partial, 5 yrs . . 2dr /dr. Berkeley's Logic . . . . dr ... . .. • - High odds on the winner. This wu a good close run race, and won cleverly by Editb, wbo was jockeyed by Capt. Berkeley, R.N. Mr. Delme Radcliffe rode Partial. HUNTINGDON RAC] The Huntington Stakes of G soy.. each, and 45 added, were won in three good heats by Mr. Rogers 's Abigail, 3 yrs, beating Mr. DaUingham's Skirmisher, Mr. CaPieres St. Helena, and Mr. Platers Olive. The Members' Plate of ,E5O was won in two heats by Mr. Fenton's Upas, beating Mr. Pettit's Tom Tit by half a neck. The Cocking, for 200 sows. between Huntingdonshire (Flem ing) and Cambridgeshire (a Gentleman feeder) was won by Fleming by two battles. The weather was unfavourable, but the sport, as on the former days, was excellent. There have just arrived at L iusanne three children of Missolonghi, nine, ten, and fourteen years of age. At the taking of that city they were made prisoners, and taken to Alexandria in Egypt. The two youngest were redeemed for 2 000 and 3,000 francs. The eldest having succeeded in escaping from his possessor, was received on board a European ship, and brought back to Europe. This remarkable child has already given proofs of his courage. He made several sorties at the siege of his native town, and received a ball in the lek foot; he was then only twelve years and a half old. It 'is said that two of these children are intended to be , kept near the Committee of Lausanne, and that the', other is to go to Basle. M. EYNARD, has taken all the expenses of die voyage upon himself...-Frerich Paper. An Inquest was held onThursday afternoon, at the sign of the Sun and Dove, Cold h arbour-lane, Camberwell, on view of the body of Mr. John Mason, a clerk in the Bank of England. who was found dead in his bedroom on Monday night last. The deceased had lodged at , the abovenamed public house for a series of years, and was a man of very regular habits. He used to return to his lodgings every night from the City, drink a glass r f spirits and water, with which he gene rally eat tw.) biscuits ( tot eating slipper), smoked a pipe, and retired to rest. On Slanday night, about ten minutes before eleven, he went to bed, after his pipe, and Mr. Watts (the landlord), with the fa mily, also retired about half an hour afterwards, *lnn perceiving a light in the bed-room occupied by the deceased, Mr. %Vets - called to him but received no answer. He then Went into the room, and found him stretched on the floor quite dead. The deceased died in a fit of apop:exy.—Verdict accordingly. •- NORTHERN CIitCUIT. • . - AN: NORTHCMBERLAND, AUGUST 10. ' ' • At ten o'clock this morning Mr. Baron' illym.ocx took his seat in the Crown Court, and Mr. Josii'ce-BiT LIT presided at Nisi Prius.: The usual proclamations having been made, the following Gentlemen were sworn as the Grand Jury Matthew Bell, Esq. M.P. Foreman, Sir Chas. Miles L. Monck, Bart. Sir Matthew Whi te Ridl ey , Bart. M.P. Sir D. W. Smith, Bart. John Trevelyan. Esq. C. W. Bigge, Esq. W. Burrell, Esq. Prisleaus John Selby, Esq. John Blenkinsopp Coulson, Esq. Wm. Clark, Esq. T. G. Smith, Esq. Sanderson Ildeston, Esq. Edward Colllngwood, Esq. It. L Allgood., Esq. Henry Cc/Dogwood Selby, Esq. G. T. L. Blenkinsopp, Esq. Charles Bosanquet, Esq. John Allan Wilkie, Esq. Henry Richmond, Esq. Robert Bell, William Cuthbert, Esq. Francis Johnson, Esq. and John Rid ley, Esq. His LORDSHIP shortly addressed the Jury, congra tulating them upon the decrease of crime in their county, the Calendar only containing two prisoners. It was highly creditable to the county and to the police, and was highly gratifying. WAGGON ft BURL Benjamin Slater stood indicted for robbing a waggon ' , between Newcastle and Allanhead of a pack, containing woollen and linen goods, the prnperty of Mr. James M.Bride, of this town. Matthew Nevin stated, that he was son to the common carrier between Newcastle and Allanhead, and on the 25th July last he received a large brown paper parcel, containing a quantity of woollen and linen drapery goods, from Mr. M'3ride, directed to Mr. G. Babson, of Allanhead; he placed it in the tail of the waggon, and proceeded on his journey as far as the four mile stone, beyond Nubbock toll bar, when be missed it. It was quite safe at about half a mile beyond Hczham. He instantly sent a messenger back to look after it, and employed the bellman at Hezham to cry it, and a re ward was offered for its recovery ; but no tidings what ever could be heard of it. Two days after, from infor mation, he and a police officer went to the lodgings of , the prisoner, but he was not at home; he shot tly came I up, and on being asked if he knew anything respecting such a parcel, he denied all knowledge whatever of it, and said they might search his apartment, had not his wife gone out and taken the key of the room with her. The prisoner finding they were determined to stop till site came home, ran away, but was overtaken and brought back ; the door was forced open, and in a drawer and a chest were found nearly all the property and the invoice, together with the brown paper wrapper. Both Nevin and the police officer corroborated this statement, and produced the property, all of which Mr. M'Bride identifiid as being the same he had for warded to Mr. Robson, by Nevin, the carrier. William Charlton swore that he saw the prisoner at Nubbock bar about 12 o'clock in the forenoon of the day in question, nearly at the period the waggon went through. The prisoner, in his defence, denied most earnestly that he had stoles the parcel, but bad found it in the middle of the road, and declared positively that he did not know he was acting illegally in detaining it, having picked it up. Two or three respectable people gave him a good character. The Learned BARON, in summing up, t'ld the Jury, that if the prisoner had even found the packet, and knew of his own knowlege that it had been advertised, and afterwards detained it, he was equally guilty of felony, as if he had actually stolen it. The Jury found him guilty of withholding the goods after public notice was given. Mr. Baron Huaaoca.--Then that is guilty of steal iog them. , Foreman.—That is our verdict, my Lord. The prisoner was then sentenced to fifteen months imprisonment, and to be kept to hard labour. SINGULAR BUROLARY.-PADDY IN THE CHIMNEY. John Burgess, an Irishman, was indicted for bur glariously entering the house of Hannah Phillipson, at Middle Rigg, near Allanhead, in this County, with an intent to commit a robbery. Mr. Cooitson stated the case.—About one o'clock in the morning, of the 19th March last, the prosecutrix and her daughter were in bed in the kitchen, and were very much alarmed at a strong smell of soot and smoke. They jumped out of bed and struck a light, to ascertain the cause, when they were panic struck at beholding the legs and part of the thighs of a man dangling in the chimney. " Who are you ?" cried the old woman, " Sure it is I," cried Paddy, and before any thing more could be said, down he got, knocked the light out, and struck the prosecutrix over the head very violently.— The noise that took place was heard by the six sons cf the old Lady, who slept above stairs and they came down to the assistance of their parent, Sand cn seeing the prisoner there seized him, threw him down upon the floor, and having tied his hands and feet, demanded to know what business he had there? Whether it was his intention to murder them all ?—Paddy, in reply said, Faith it is not to mur ther you all that I come, but I come to met a night's lodging, minty I could not get in Me door, so I got down the chini• Icy. He was•told that was a strange way of entering tire house, and that he must have had some other in tenion, upon which he said, " Well then, I come to get what I could." On examination it was found that the pri.oner had gained the roof of the house by means of ladJer, and placing a wooden rail across the chimney pot, descended by a rope affixed to it down the chim ney. The prisoner was kept till morning in the house, when a constable was sent for to whom he was deli vered, and on being asked if he had any accomplices ? he said he had none but the Devil, and offered to give St if they would let him go about his business, which of course was rejected, and he was kept itt custody. The prosecutriz, on her cross-examination by Mr. AncinnoLD, said, that the prisoner once lodged in her house, and was not aware that he ever went sweetheart ing to her daughter, who always slept with her in the kitchen. He was b.anished from the house, but not be cause he was too kind to her daughter. Mr. Baron Hut.t.ccx—Well, Mr. Ar.hbold, you can make nothing of this., k is a novel way to go courting ; down the chimney—(A laugh.) Mr. A ncfraotu smiled, and said be had acted ac cording to his instructions. The prisoner made no defence, but banded up a written list of name. of pe:s ins resident in Ireland that knew him eleven, years ago to be a honest character, and Itus brother. had come over to swear that the names were in people's handwriting. Mr. 13 rforr HULLOCK laughed, and said he would ad mit all that. His LORDSHIP then summed up, and observed, that the mete getting down the chimney without gaining the interior ut the house, it it be in the night time, was an ingredient sufficient to constitute a breaking and en tering. The only question for them to con ! ider would l be with what intent he made the entry ? The Learned, Judge then recapitol.tteri the evidence, and the Jury found him Graty.—Se ttenced to be transported for lifer 2411WCASTtE Assizes: After his Lorchhip had disposed of the prisoners at the County•flouu h procepded to.the Guildhall, where a Grand Jury were sworn, and shortly addressed by his Lordhhip. ♦ n♦xuC. Joseii Logan was put to the bar, and arraigned urn a cherge of stealing, in the - dwelling-house of John Thompson, a tailor, one coat, one waistcoat, one pair of pantaloons, two shirts, one pair of stockings, two silk handkerchiefs, one pair of braces, one steel thimble; one piece of wax, one key, one hat, one comb, and one needle•case. Upon being asked by the Clerk of Assize if be was guilty or not guilty? he replied he believed neither.. From his general appearance and manner there could be but little doubt that he was of unsound mind. His face was nearly covered with black hair, and while standing at the bar he took an amazing quantity of snuff. The Jury mere then sworn to try whether the unfor tunate man was mute, wilfully, fraudulently, and ob stinately, or whether by the act and pleasure of Goss. Dr. Fife, of Newcastle, stared that he had attended the prisoner for the la,t twelve days, and he was de cidedly of opinion, that he was of unsound mind. He sometimes answered questions properly, and, of others, incoherently. He refused food for two days, and evi dently laboured under false impressions. A keeper of lunatics was of the same opinion as Dr: File. Turner, one of the turnkeys of the gaol, said, the un fortunate man was continually talking about soldiery. and that he saw the Devil coming through the wail to him. The Learned JUDO, summed up, and the Jury found that the poor fellow was mute by the visitation of Gm The unfortunate man was then removed to a Lunatic Asylum. Elizabeth Carlisle was convicted of stealing three half crowns from the person of Thomas Nicholson, and sentenced to 14 years:transportation. There is only one cause in the paper in this Court, and twelve in the piper for the county of Northumbetlaad. At -the late Assizes of Longford, a woman was brought to tri4l and capitally indicted on her own con fession, for maliciously setting fire to a dwelling-house, for which crime she had accused and sworn criminal informations against several innocent men, with a view of getting a reward for their conviction. It appeared, however, that about a month previous to the Assizes, the matron of the jail, in reading the Scriptures to the female prisoners, As is her daily custom, opened on the , 19th chapter of Proverbs, the 6th verse, of which reads thus:—" A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape." Tue word of Gon, which is" quick and powerful, struck conviction to her heart; she immediately made an open confession of her diabolical design to prosecute the innocent itten. Major 01DONOGHU6, Chit( Magistrate, took her vo luntary confession on oath, which was read in open Court on the trial. After a patient investigation, and an eicellent and humane charge from the Learned Judge to the Jury, she was found guilty, but recom mended to mercy. Sentence of death was recorded against her. AN EXTRAORDINARY SWIMMER. • TO THE *DITOL OP TUE 180311 . 1121 L N `Upon my soul "tis'true--what will you lay 'ds a lie." • Mqjor Lottgliom Sic—The story of the man of his Majesty's 71st regiment falling overboard from the Cbambly steam-boat, between Lois Point and Montreal, and so miraculously appearing on the bead/ before his comrades had disembarked, reminded me of a circum. stance that occurred during my servitude on board the Dolphin man of war, bound to the West Indies. We were going at the rate of about three knots and a half, when Tom Garboard, be longing to the foretop, who, by the by, was a bit of a wag, sleeping ha the lee fore chains, by a sudden lurch of the ship, was thrown overboard. A man overboard!! was the general cry, fore and aft, and ever? one ran to offer, or give assistance to the drowning man. Tom, who was a tolerable good swimmer, as every Istidy thought, but nothing extraordinary, woke up, on finding himself in deep water, and began to use his paddles, the ship passing a-bead as I was saying before, at the rate of three knots and a half. Tom was won lost sight of under the counter (for although our ship was _not on Sir Robert Sepping's plan, yet she was pretty full abaft), when Tom was lucky enough to get hold of the rudder chains. The hands all run aft expecting to see Tom astern, and to lower the jolly boat down to pick him up ; but no Tom was to be seen. " He is gone," said they, "to Davy's locker," and efforts ceased. Our ship was yeti deep, bound oat - to the West Indies, emit quently our gun-room ports were low in the onto. T his Tom saw ; and as it was getting dark, he thought he would wait till they had beat to quarters, and piped the hammocks down, before he got on board, which be did, and then popped down into the lady's hold (where the gunner keeps his wads and spate monkey tails), and there remained till the middle of the first watch, wino he sallied forth, and made free with our bread bags, taking enough to serve hint for three days. At the end of this time we were jogging along at an easy rate, with scarcely any wind, about a knot, when master Tom, unobserved, slips out of the port he came In at, and drop ping astern began to hail the ship—" The Dolphin, a•hoy!!' " Hallo!" says the Quartermaster, who was abaft, getting a pull of the main-brace. Says Tom, " It' you don't back the main-topsail, and heave too, I shall sink; for nu man can swim to the West In dies without provisions." Every body run aft in amazement, for it had been blowing fresh during the time we bad supposed be had beet; overboard, bat there was no time to be lost—so the boat was lowered, and poor Tont picked up, to the great gratification and astonishment of every body on board. On our arrival, as the Captain was on shore dining with tee Go vernor, the talk turned upon swimming. The Governor was ex tolling the powers of a black man he had, and our Captain swore .no man could swim with Toni Gar board, of the Dolphin's foretop; however, to make a long story short; the Captain and the Governor made a heavy bet—the time was appointed , --Tom asked one week to get ready. The Carpenters were ordered to make what chests and tom nienees Tom required. The Purser was instructed at his request to supply a fortnight's provisions. The day came, and Tons went on shore at the ' , wharf appointed, when he began to stow his grub. The black fellow looked at bins with astonishment " what you do derv, mama ?" says be; M what am I doing bete," says Tom, " why, I am taking in nay provisions, to be sure, and I advise you to do the same, for damn the bit of this do you get on the " Why, massa," says the Negro, " me no swim .more than nine or ten miles." Nino or ten miles be d—d," says Tom, " Why, man, I'm going to Tobago, which I believe is over 200 miles, and shan't be back for a fortuight." The spectators were astonishesb—•the black refused to swim.—the Governor lost his wager, and It was not until we were homeward bound, that Tom told the secret. BOX TILAIINON. UNION ON THE ATLANTIC AND THE BLACK. SEA,— Tbe project of raking the Rhine and the Danube, whieh was con ceived and even commenced by Charlemagne, and submitted by General Demlles to the attention of Bonapaite when tint Centel, is now reviving on the Continent. By the assistance of easels, 'a water sontmunleation would be opened, by tie aceomplbh‘ ment of this p►oject, between the countries of Prance, Ger many, Holland a ike. and Persia, by means of canals between the Black Sea and the Caspian. The canal is proposed to be begun at Kelheim, on the Danube, near Ratisiton, where the Altimild falls into that river at right angles, and will form the bed of the canal.— New Literary goectee, In the thirty-six years between 1790 and 1827, the population of Edinburgh, exclusive of Leith, tr: paid to hare exactly tloubkd. he NY h._