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INSTALLATION OF LORD GRINVILLZ. OXFORD, JULY 6. This morning the concourse to the Theatre was as full and thronged as on any of the preceding days. At half after eight above 800 Ladies, dressed in all the elegance of the fashion, filled the lower gallery. The upper gallery, appropriated to the Undergraduates an d Bachelors, received a great number of Ladies, who cool:1 not find admittance in the lower. At half after ten, the Chancellor, the Vice Chancellor, the Noblemen, and DOctors entered- with the usual pro. ce ssion. It is impassible to express the magnificence of the spectacle, that burst upon the view on the en trance into the theatre. Such a sight has seldom been ex hibited, a nd was never surpassed in this c ountr y. The bu s iness was opened as usual by conferring the degrees. The degree of Lord GEORG E GREN was occasioned some disapprobation, occasioned by local differences. That of Captain FREMANTLE was received with loud shouts of approbation. When the degre;s were concluded, and the speeches were on the point of being called for, Mr. SHERIDAN was o b ser ved in the area. A tremendous uproar im- 1 mediately took place. SHERIDAN FOR EVER ! was echoed from two thousand voices, from the Madera, graduates, the Bachelors, and Masters of Arts . . Mr. S. in order to put an end to the confusion occasioned by the causes which we mentioned yesterday, silently and gradually withdrew from the Theatre. So far from all lying, this increased the tumult. SHERIDAN, SHERIDAN, was called unanimously. The Chancellor gave the signal for the speech.- Not a word was suf. fered to be heard. The cries of SHERIDAN'S DEGREE drowned every effort of the Speaker. Mr. SHERIDAN was at last sent for. On his approach, the Theatre was shaken to its toundaticus, and he was ordered to be seated among the Doctors. This was complied with. A seat was given to him next to the Senior Proctor. This was not satisfactory. The beginninc , of the speeches was interrupted by a unanimous call for SHERIDAN't DEGREE. The uproar continued for a considerable time. At last the Vice Chancellor, waving his cap, obtained silence, he cried nut in a firm, clmmanding tone :—Academici, ant rikndttra yobir est. and ditiolvenda eat her convocatie ! It then remained to be proved whether the call should continue, and t h e whole corn nany dismissedinr whether order should be restored. The good sense of the University pre. vailed, and a calm ensued. The event, however, proved the popularity of Mr. SHERIDAN'S literary talents in Oxford, and the general disapprobation oc casioned by the few dissentients, who had been the cause of preventincr the degree. No triumph was ever more complete,. Mr. SHERIDAN'S success was a hun dred times more glorious.to his character, and gratis fying to his feelings, than if he.had received a degree in a quiet usual manner. He remained in the seat of the Doctors, and his departure at the end of the ceremony was marked with shouts of applause, the duration of which was shortened.by the voluntary quickness of his retreat. The following was the order of the Speachqs SM IT a, of Magdalen College ; Engliah vette. Mr CL - AVER, Christ Church; blank verse. Mr FOWLF, 7.1 ,, ,r0n; Enelish verse. The lion. Mr. 1.11 L:: Christ Church; ditto. Mr. Crowe, Wadhain ; ditto Mr. 11ORNIT, Brasenose ; Latin Alcalcs. Mr. OA RUT, Christ Church; English verse. Mr. :•110VT, 'l'rinity; ditto. ' . 4 TIAtEIt, Bras nose • blank verse. 'e DAvtivasv, Christ Church ; ditto. : • - mower, Corpus Christi ; English Ode. ..ir. VANE, Brasenose; Latin Alcaics. r . • :ITC, Oriel ; English verse. 1.1 of CLAR Christ Church ; ditto. The best Speaker was allowed to be the last. The same tone of cempliment to Lord GRENVILLE was observed. In tie evening the Concert was attended by the s - .ln. crowded and .elegant company as before, and ih. perfurmere did ample justice to the expectation of the company. The B it is the next object of pursuit; and several Orate par ties arc preparing to dance, as last night, in the halls of many Colleges. To-morrow morning Mr. SADLER'S balloon is to rise in a magnificent style. The gas is preparing, and the company forming parties to attend. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. ."Many more strangers of distinction have arrived irre daily since Tuesday last, to receive their degree, or to be present at the ceremonies and festivities which at present form the whole business of this city. Our Doctors and Masters, after the morning exhibi ticns are over, " fare sumptuously every day."— Yestcrday Christ Church Hall was the festal room, to which the CHANCELLOR and his friends were con voked. The Concerts are crowded every night and hun dreds cannot get admission. The first Concert night produced the moderate receipt of 13 hundred guineas. Madame has one hundred guineas (or pounds) a-day, and graham fifty ; so that they are better paid than the D.D.'s, M.D.'s, LL.D.'s, or Mus. D.'s per diem, for having a voice in the Convocation ! Our Noble CHANCELLOR has not been to the Concerts, but his amiable Lady goes there. This was the third and last day of the oratorical and poetical exhibition of the students. The Theatre had more ladies in it than before, who were %drained jaw file U, G.'s gallery, but the area was more com fortable and roomy. The town's-folks came in for a rid share in the entertainments. The two Proctors got the greatest imaginable applause. Madame CATALANI was much at a loss to account for particu -1..r marks of scholastic approbation, and was very curious in inquiring into the causes. Yesterday she had a most hearty shake of the hand in the Court yard from Sir SYDNEY Sums, in his British Admiral's uniform, his Swedish order of the sword, and his Doctor's scarlet gown - and seemed to be quite as well pleased w i t h i t , as sh e could have been when Bo- NAPARTE clapped his hands in her praise, two or three years ago, at the Parisian opera! This morning, the thing of the day in Convoca tion was the reception of Mr. SHERIDAN, who was there yesterday, and stood back in the most re spectful kind of retirement and magnificent humility, great part of the time under the orchestrea. He, whose natural and acquired talents have rent other Aeons with the roars of public approbation, whose voice has electrified the House of Commons, eclip sed for hours, and almost extinguished the technical garrulity of Lincoln's Inn, and commanded the as sembled Lords and Representatives of the nation in Wesuninster-h.,ll—he, who could have given to the • congregated rotaries of the banks of Isis not merely. Greek or Roman, but a living example for their ensol lative imitation, stood behind in the Theatre, and was as humble as if he had never been before the Chancellorlßut to-day the boys found out the. old Gentleman, and pealed his praise in a style that some of our illuariotu young patrician,' would, to describe its effect, denomi nate perfectlyprime, and completely bang up to the marl! Nor did they stop here ; but knowing that he had de clined the intended honour of being proposed for the ' degree, they called to him to take his seat, and he made his own procession and took it; and there he remained, even unto the end, " sitting among the Doe. tor: !". He took a full view of the place, and a wag with a square cap, in the area (pit), imagined he liked it so .well, that he would have no objection, were he able, to move it into Drury-lane, where, we hear, he has at present .a large empty space to cover! The CHANCELI;OR being seated, proposed the fol lowing for the Honorary degree, who were all elected and admitted in the usual way : The Right Honourable Lord Viscount DONCANNON, M. P. The Right Honourable Lord Gaoling Gatisvict.a, M. P. Sir JAstes CRAuruirs, hart. , Sir MONTAGUE CUOLMELET, hart. , Sir:EDWARD KNATCIIBULL, SUM WILLIAM ROBERT SPENCER, Esq. THOMAS TY RWHITT, Esq. M. P. Culaaas WILLIAM . i:A TIME, Esq. M.P. P. HENRI' CALVELZT COTTON, Esq. Hexer WATEIN WILLIAMS WE NN,Esq. Gcoacs HAMMOND, Esq. BENJAMIN GARLIKL, Esq. - WILLIAM HENRY ASEHURST, Etiq. Hljb Shosiff of the County of Oxtord. Fit lEDLIUCK THOMAS Heavair FOSTER, Esq. THOMAS FRANCIS FREMANTLE, Captain R.N. GIORGI JOHN LEON, Elea. WILLIAM HANEURT, Esq. PATRICK CRAUTURD BRUCE, Esq. &twin KEKEWICH, Esq. TuomAs SCHUTZ, Esq. ELISHA Bricoe, Esq. Josh ENGELBERT LIEBENROOD, THOMAS STRA NOWAY'S HORNE*, Esq. EDWARD GROVE, Esq. At.sAlvir SAVILLE, En. And the honorary degree of M.A. was conferred on CHARLES CUMMING, Esq. Gentleman Commoner of Corpus Christi College. ADDISON JOHN EMMET CREME/4,U+ Gentleman Com moner of Corpus Christi College. WILLIAM WITTRID, Esq. Gentleman Commoner of Exeter College. HENRY RALF* WILLEY. ER+ Gcntlemsn Commoner of Christ Church. EDMUND Lten MLR IL ClllAncrow, Esq. Gentleman COMM.. !r of Christ Church. The topics and the merits of their productions were much the same as those of the preceding day. Young Mr.CaowEisamanof ability, like hts father. Mr. BAR THOLOMEW will be very serious, its a pulpit. The Hon. Mr. VANE did very well. Lord CLARE displayed con onsiderable talents ; in person, much resembles his late father, the Irish Chancellor. Mr. SHORT, of Trinity, de served the applause he received; but, notwithstanding their merits, and those were certainly not mean, none of them come up to Mrr CHINNERY, in the excellencies of public delivery. A graceful speaker, like CHIN NERY, is put into a disadvantageous situation in those large clumsy pulpits called the rostrums, which are unlike the rostrums of antiquity, and are only calcu lated to conceal awkwardness and ungracefulness.— There are spiteful people every where ; and the usual sounds of satisfaction, and the contrary, were heard at the conclusion. Lord “ with leperous distil ment." Thus terminated this splendid Commemoration, with the greatest satisfaction to all visitors, to the Stu dents, to the Masters and Heads of Houses and to Lord GRENVILLE, the Chancellor, its impression, on whose feelings was evident throughout, notwithstand ing the remains of his severe, and regretted indispo sition. His Lordship has conducted himself with a proper dignity • and in all respects has been is clear in his great office." He has received almost the honours of royalty. With a mind constituted as his is, it must be to him a never-failing source of gratifying recollection. The affability, attention, and assiduity of the VICE CHANCELLOR, is the theme of every one's praise. ' Several Members of Parliament (Mr. M. A. TAY• LOR, MLA. &c. &c.) who have not taken their de grees, are here. To-morrow morning the Chancellor will pay his respects to the Heads of Houses and Members of Convocation at their rsepective Colleges and Halls, and in the evening he will quit Oxford on his return to Dropmore. We rejoice to add that the health of the Chancellor does not appear to have suffered from the fatigue and exertion to which his Lordship has necessarily been exposed. The weather has been rather showery during the week, but the inconvenience arising from this circum stance was compensated by its not being very hot, which would have made the theatre, crowded as it was, almost intolerable. FORGERY.—Jane Shagle was yesterday examined at the Mansion House, charged with being concerned with two men in forging drafts upon the Banking house of ROBERTS, Coitus, and Co. Several of the forged drafts were produced by difierent persons. Yesterday, at Guildhall, Mr. Cursey, of Fleet street, preferred a charge against a watchman of St. Bride's parish. It appeared, that Mr. C. was return• ing home between one and two o'clock in the morn ing, when he was hustled by four or five men, at the end of George-alley, Fleet Market, who took from him his watch. He then went in search of the watch man, Whom he could not find. The Alderman or dered the man to be discharged, as there was no charge against him with respect to the robbery ; and recommended the complainant to represent his neglect of duty to the parish officers. A woman, named Brown, who resides in Cripple. gate parish, was charged by another woman, who lives in the same house, with assaulting and robbing her of a pair of ear-rings. A man, named Sharp, corroborated the charge. The prisoner stated, in defence, that she had employed Sharp to remove some furniture, part of which he had stolen. On remon strating, he and the prosecutrix nearly strangled her. She alsq called a witness, who confirmed her state ment, and she was discharged. Yesterday, Bell, a journeyman baker, was -- frly committed, froth Hatton-garden, charged with receiving variout sums of mone y from his master's customers, which he had not properly accounted for. Yesterday S.. Smith and F. Jacobi were fully com mitted, &km Worship-street, charged with breaking into the house of Mr. Abbots, of Wors linen. hip-street, an a quantiq of stealing thereout a large NA PAL INTELLIGENCE.- PLYMOUTH, JULY S. No arrivals. Sailed the Oaarrzs and FAVOORITE sloops, on separate cruises and the WOOLWICH store ship, recently arrived from Malta and Cadiz, for Portsmouth. A large fleet of merchantmen are are in the offing, to the westward, bound up Channel. The MINERVA and Daum frigates, and the INTELLI GENT gun-brig, have come up harbour to refit. Sailed the MARINER gun-brig, with a fleet for the Downs. List of ships in commission, remaining in Port, corrected to this evening : The Dreadnought, Defiance, and Implacable, of the One ;•..- Tromp, 50 ; Lavinia, Fortunee, Phoebe, Sybille, Druid, Minerva Ulysses, and Seine, frigates ; Sapphire, North Star, ildicon, Trial, intelligent, Monkey, Morriston, Britannia, Espiegle, Da ring, Fervent, Mariner, Arrow, Acteots, Peacock, Gleaner, and Neptune—brigs, sloops, and cutters. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 6. Arrived his Majesty's ship Wootwlcti, from Ply mouth ; and DAPPER brig, from a cruize.—Sailed the FELLA sloop of war, on a cruize. DOVER, JULY 6. I have the pleasure to announce the safe arrival off here this day, of a fleet of 20 sail of ships, from Ben gal and Bombay, under the convoy of a frigate : upwards of 150 passengers have landed from them. • Passengers per Los oDu NCA --Mrs. Oldfield and family, Mrs Truscott, Colonel Haynes, Major Lyons ; Lieutenants Lomas, Mackenzie, and Chambre ; Cornet White, Mr.. Lawrence, Mr. E. Sage, r. Hudson, Mrs. Sturt and faintly. Per Mnag us, WELLEstrY—Capt. Cleveland, Messrr. Wood, Compton, and Ambrose. Per LORD CASTLEICACH—CoIoneI Kyd. Captain Majendle , Lieut. Call, Ensign Stock, Mrs. Larkaus, Mrs. Morris, Messrs D'Aguilar and Geib. Per Butwo—Coloneh Hutchinson and Crow, Lieuts. Ridge and Dawes, Mr. Gilmore, Mrs. Faerbe and family. Per Pau/ism—Captain Hodges, Ensign Conn,llan, Messrs• Walker and Read. Per MITCALTE—Captain Hunter, Lieutenants Ranken and Williams, Mrs. Wintle, Messrs. Grant and Colvin. DEAL, JULY 6. At four o'clock, P.M. arrived his Majesty's ship CHARWELL, with the under-mentioned ships :—Mar quis Wellesley, Dover Castle, Lord Melville, Car natic, Marchioness of Exeter, Baring, Northampton, Henry Addington, Surrey Castle, Eden, Union, Wal thamstow, Devonshire, Lord Duncan, Europe, Cam brian, and Retreat, from the East-Indies ; also the East-India Company's frigate Penang, and several more Indian.—Wind S.W. FROM LLOYD'S UST. CRAVIMND, 'LILT 6.—Arrived the Streatham, Ocean, and Devaynes, from India ; Orion, Mitchell, from St. Domingo ; George, Stackford, from Virginia; Ceres, Elebrige, from New York; and Hope, Orchena, from Gibraltar. ARRIV,a)—Off the Wight, the Cape packet, from the Cape of Good Hnpe. At Liverpool, Brutus, Blunt; and Mary, Hunt, from Virginia; Comet, Johnson, from Charleston ; and Portrait, Canning, from Bath. At Dublin, the Ceres, Lennon, from Vir ginia; the Adventure, Flint, from Boston; and the Freedom, Adams, from New Bedford. At Galway, the Favourite, Lam bert, from Virginia, at Dundalk; and the Active, Elliot, from Boston. GALLANT ACTION IN THE MEDITERRANEAI LZTTLII TROIS AN OTTICZI TO A TRIEND IN LONDON. " His M. S. Spartan, Malta, IGth May, 1810. " My DRAR FRIZND.—Aware that an old rnessmate (particu larly a once Spartan) will derive some gratification from the par ticulars of our recent glorious contest, I willingly avail myself of the first conveyance to enable you to participate in the feelings of your old shipmates. On the Ist instant, we, it, company with the Success, chased into Naples a frigate, corvette, brig and cutter. On the 2d, from a supposition on the part of the truly gallant Captain (JAIILICI., BRZNTON) that these fair-weather birds would never put to sea, whilst menaced by two British frigates, he or • dered the Success (being a junior ship) to part company—the ma• nceuvre succeeded, and on the following morning, at day-light, the enemy's squadron was with pleasure descried standing to wards us, in a regular line of battle. It was not in our nature to run ! but, agreeable to our usual system, as well as their astonish ment, we made sail for them ; and being aided by a light breeze were enabled, about 40 minutes after seven, to commence against •• fearful odds," what our gallant brother tars on this station, as well as the conquered foe, acknowledged to have been one of the most brilliant actions ever fought by an English frigate. The battle took place off Naples, and was commenced within pistol shot, by the French frigate Ceres, of 42 guns, she being the lead. ing ship of the enemy's liar, and after a truly trying, yet, thank GOD, glorious contest of two hours and 10 minutes (during which timethe awful scene was witnessed by his mod-Majesty, MURAT, and the whole population of the proud City of Naples,) we suc ceeded in capturing the national brig l'Espervoir, by our brave fellows gallantly boarding her, in the face of the enemy's whole force, who were, like unto ourselves, almost torn to pieces-- When we had approached this " hest of foes" sufficiently near to be distinctly heard, we welcomed them with " three cheer.," which was proposed by our gallant Captain, and given Isy our brave Tars with heartfelt sincerity foe the honour of our beloved Country and glorious profession. From the Officers whom we -have taken prisoners, we have been assured that our cheering tended forcibly to unnerve their seamen, as it taught them to believe we hal, in the first instance, decided on death or victory ! Our loss has been severe, 10 brave fellows killed, and 22 wound ed: yet when I refer you to the annexed unprecedented superiority to which we Were opposed, you must think with me, that those heroic Britons could never have fallen on a mote glorious occasion. Among the killed I have to deplore the death of that gallant youth, Mr. Robinson, master's-mate, whom you, as an old Spartan, mutt recollect ; and in the list of wounded the name of our truly heroic and distinguished Captain unfortunately stands conspicuous. He Was dangerously wounded by a grape shot about the middle of tke action, whilst fearlessly standing on the capstan, and by his judious manstreering and gallant example, inspiring a confi dence of success in every Officer and man around him. He was wounded In the left side, and has since suffered almost incessant pain with becoming fortitude; but I am happy to add, he is now pronounced out of danger—and the ardent prayers of his officers and brave crew continued to be offered up with seamanlike sin cerity for his speedy restoration to the service of his country; with whom his zeal, ability, and heroism must ever stand unrivalled! and by whom, if genuine merit wants not admirers, he will no doubt be amply rewarded. He has already received the Order of Knighthood and of Merit, from his Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies, which, no doubt, will be followed on the part of our good Sovereign (Goo bless him) by the Order of the Bath, and an adequate Pension to support it. We have just learned by a flag of truce the enemy's loss to have been severe beyond prece dent, 154 killed, and 516 wounded. " Your's truly, 'ARILS DUN N, Purser." INGLISK voice. 18 guns 258 men. Spartan • • IRENCII TORCE. Ceres 42 300 Fame . . . . . 28 230 Espervoir . • . . . 8 98 Aclailla 12 120 7 Gunisoats, 7 guns, with 40 men each 280 Tot al . . 97 1138 The fait escaped. the second WIS dismuttd, and the third taken. tOtTIOSAUX, MN! ft The Tft.e.tt teturnedon the 11th instant to Port Passtige:fivitt a centre of sixteen days, during which *hewn ehacett by fire di • fermi frigates in the Bay of His. She Aso had five cape* ments ; the last against two English bi 'its of 12 'r 14 rms, hat% ing troops on board. The two brigs received so much (1 !title, that one of them struck ; but a ship of war coming In sight s which announced berstif by some cannon shot, the Cap sin obliged to abandon the two brigs. as well as the prises hi had ere• viously made, .thich he kept under Wagons The e prises wete s an American brig, the Spanish Lady, laden with flour and hound to Jersey; the English brig itetrouve, with a cargo of rum, ci aid Cainprachy woad, mounting ii gun. ; the Jenny, laden with rum, sugar, coffee, ginger, and dye-stuffs, front Jamaica to I Art dom Ihe latter was quite a new vessel, coppered, trsiir•mg 12 guns. She faugist the privateer front three o'elork it. he aittr• noon till night, when the latter was obliged to bawl off to e-pair her damages. She kep , , however, within gun-shut Of the hrg, and at seven the next morning renewed the engagement. ee tiguedued with the resistance of :he enemy, the privateer mt. pre parations to board her, when she struck at rice en o'clock. 'Pwrsty men were obliged to br sent on boon tl her to repair h. r damages. l'he privateer also suffered a great de..l, and arrived at Panne, • not knowing what was become of her prizes. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY. The Melpomene, for Hie Entree', carnet...4 M.ll Cti 20; IEOI, was pa:d otr the 6th Instant ; Ana wIII be recal.-1 a: No. 23, Nt,r folk-street, Strand, every Tetbday and Frida ) , 'or Oree mort: a from the Era: day of payment. The Unicorn, for the General hfulhcnfels, captured Oe•.. IS, IRO7, was paid to-day, at No. 11, Cecil-street, as:d will be them recall-d. The Polypliemee, for the San Josef (alas el Favourite', and • Santo Christ°, captured December S. 11104, eta. raj. a' the :../a instant, at No. •24, Arundel-street, and wiU be the. .f r• railed. The Fancy, for the Diana, captured September in, 1800, win be paid on board, on arrival at Leith, and recaUrd at Na El?, Ar.andal-street, Strand. The lame, for the Csshsrbla, captured June 24, I RN), 4r'll be paid and retitle,. as above. Tile Minerva, for le Bienfaimet. tartan i August 10, 1 POE, .vas paid on the 3d instant, end will he d it Mr. Lynes. Plymouth, on Tuesdays and Fridays, for three months. The Echo, (r the Neptune, recaptured Noventber 115, 1109. will be paid on board, at Deal, on the lath fitment, and recalltd at No. 23, Surrey-street, Strand, for three months. The Royal William, for the Aristides, exptcrd July 15, rod the Nordstern. July 17, ISOS, was paid on board at Portsmouth, to-day, and will be recalled at No. 18, Clement's Inn, on Mono days and Thursdays, for three months. COCKPIT, JULY S. Josephine, Charon, Master.—This vessel, ander Ametteas colours, laden with gum, from Senegal to London, was captured and brought to Portsmouth. The High Co urt of Admiralty no• stored the property, except 17,000 pound, which it condemned, from which sentence the captors appealed. Sentence anima; question as to the captor's expenees suspended. George Washington, Porter, Master.—This America' *eft!, laden with loprood, ccdfce, Ste. was captured by the Unity pri. steer, and brought to Weymouth. Ihe Court of Admiralty condemned the Havannah sugar and rejeved the claim of freight on it, from which the Claimants appealed Sentence affirnted, and Appellants condemned in costs of the bearing. Europa, Christian, Master.—This vessel, under Danish colours, laden with general merchandise, from Tonningen to Cadiz, was captured by the privateer Mars. The Court of Admiralty con demned the ship to the Crown and the goods to the captors, and freight to be due to the Crown. Sentence affirmed. Hendrick, Haupen, Master.—This .hip, under Prussian co. lours, lad:•n with wine, from Bourdeaux to I.ondun, was captured by the Cadmus sloop. Sentence affirmtd. The applications at the Secretary of State's Office, from persons to go out free zettkre to Botany BAy.ate s) numerous, that hundreds have been refused. A circumstance occurred yesterday at the Ln'idon Docks, which occasioned some alarm.—The workmen employed, amounting to a cons;derable number, (about a thousand) demanded an increase of w.sges, from 18s to a giiinea, per week. Having struck, they declared it as their fixed determination either to hare their demand complied with, or to leave the business altogether.—Those who were any way lyickward in taking part with the-ringleaders were rot's , * &raid; and several fights are said to have taken place. Con. stables were obliged to be called in, and we are , happy to say, no other mischievous intention was 13 , trayed, than that of persisting in their determination to obtain an increase of wages. The storm of last Sunday appears to have extend ed all over the kingdom. The Exeter paper says— " On Sunday last we had a violent storm of thunder and lightning, accompanied with a heavy rain, which continued for several hours, and appears to haste been general along the coast. The lightning was uncom monly vivid, and the claps of thunder unusually loud and tremendous ; at Landrake, about four miles from Saltash, several fine oxen, who were standing in a ' lane, were struck down by the lightning, and one of diem killed on the spot. Several trees were also de stroyed.—The Birmingham paper also says—" On Sunday evening last, this town and neighbourhood were visited by a dreadful hurricane, which continued for about two hours, and it is feared has done miielt damage. During the storm the lightning struck a large oak tree, in Aston Park, in the vicinity of this town, under which a fine colt was standing for ter. 'The lightning struck the tree at about twen y. five feet froth the ground • it struck the colt betty ..n the eyes, and literally mas hed its head to pieces. The great danger of taking shelter under trees in a thun der storm, cannot be too frequently inculcated." A shocking murder was committed on the person of Mr. Isaac Progers, a farmer at Balls Hundred s near Chepstow, Somerseuhire, on 'Sundry night last, by two robbers who entered the house at midnight and alarmed Mr. Progers and his wife in be I. They demanded to know where any property could be found, and on ,being informed there was none in the house, one of the villains stabbed Mr. Progers and then ransacked the house of plate and etner Articles, and decamped ; a labourer is in custody on suspicion of the murder. Mrs. Progers is not expected to sur vive the shock. !how Cnoww.—This crown, vulgarly called the Iron Crown, is only encircled interiorl) with a thin Ting of iron, the weight of which does not exceeA r three ounces—the height of this ring is six lines. This crown is surrounded by seven rays of gold. The crown of the Emperor of Germany is in like manner formed of seven double rays. Toe superstitious he. lieve that this ring of iron was 44 one of the nails used in fixing our SAvroun to his cross." hence they venerate this article with great tell, an.; prefer the name of miaow to that of golden, for tl , e crown which contains it. Eneas Sylvius, afterwards Pope Pius 11. speaks of this crown, and of those ‘• who interpreted the passage of the Prophet DANIEL, in which he speaks of the 4th king.lom (the la t), " which shall be as strong as iron ; forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and snbdtieth all things"—in re• ference to the existing Roman power, which ; they , insisted, should destroy all other power. t , I A I