Star. — London, England, 1821-12-18 00:00:00

as. of to c oo extensive change in all the departments of au thority than in England. From the rentrali s itiO iof power at Pads, a shock in the Cabinet is felt through t i, e gradations of office dows to the Mapor of a v il ag e. Directors, Receivers-General, Prefects, Police areas am: are all subject to the impulse;" tor Id a purr arch Air, Bre Rod for. the ref A Mail from the Bratils has arrived, with letters b oa Rio de Janeiro of the 24th of October. They iso bjeffy important in putting a negative on the went which has been recently circulated here, that i os i f iracy existed to separate the province from dal, and to place the Pi ince Regent at the head wi t Government. The 12th of October, the birth iby o f the Prince, and which had been named as the g i o ywhen the design was to be put in execution, passed o e r without any movement that could indicate its wing existed. Commercial affairs were in a state erembarrassment, and some houses of note had stop payment--a natural change produced by the re moval of the Court to Europe. The Princess SOPHIA paid a visit to the Duke of y oR K yesterday, in the Stable-yard. After partaking ( fa repast, her Royal Highness left agai►► for her - . to wn r esidence. The Princess SOPIITA of GtoucarrEn arrived in town yesterday morning, from her .residence, Black head:. Iler Royal Highness returned again in the evening. IlisMAigsrv's state coach is at this time receiving offal additional and tasteftkl ortraments, executed is a masterly style, amongst wkich the collars, stars, tr. of the different Orders of Knighthood bordering the pannels of the carriage, are truly superb. A beautiful pelisse worn by the Marchioness of, CONTNGIIANI is the admiration of all the fashionables st Brighton. It is a present from her son, Lord feAscis CONYNGIIANI, and is trimmed with the Royal ermine of the KING'S Coronation robes, which became his Lordship's perquisite of office as Master of the Robes. Forty Clerks in the Navy Office, and as many in te Victualling Office, arc to retire at the end of the par, on trifling annuities. It is understood that Sir GEORGE WARRRNDER retires from the Admiralty, and will be succeeded by Dr. PHILLINIORE. The following is a statement of the changes likely to take place in the Administration before the meet- ing of Parliament s—Mr. Pam. to he Secretary of State, rice Lord Simmons, who retires from office, retaining his scat for the present in the Cabinet. Mr. C. WYNN to be President of the Board of Con tranl, with a seat in the Cabinet. Mr. FREEMANTLE to be one of the Lords of the Treasury, and Mr. HENRY Wyss to fill a high diplomatic mission on the Con tinent. The Marquis of BUCKINGLIAM to be advanced to the dignity of Duke. The Parliamentary Commission which lately sat in Dublin, considers the present machinery of the Public Otiices in Ireland on a scale much too large, and dis port tioned to the revenue, and mean to recommend a great reduction in the number of dells, the amount cf sa'aiies, and other measure of economy and re trenchment. The Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, ea the Petition of a numerousbody of Landed Proprie tors, Merchants, &c. have been pleased to make the port cf Milloi d.a bonding port for goods enumerated in tables C and D of the general Warehousing Act. In the action for damages, brought against the Lord Advocate, Mr. John Forbes, and the other sub scribers of the Beacon bond, as being responsible for the gross calumnies entertained in that Paper, judg ment has been given cog/leaning their responsibility. The Duke and Duchess of Anel - tx arrived at their house, In Upper Ilrook-sti e r. yesterday evening, from Scotland. The COUlltt:s , S•rsaruxoaa passed through Durham on Wednesday last, •:, her way to Strcatlam Cantle, from Gibside. Viscount and Vi countess Ga.issvitte are expected to arrive this day :it the Duke of lisauroal's seat in Gloucestershire,from the 31argliis 01 ST.4E/ORD% seat, Trentham Hall, Staffordshire. Lord arrived yesterday at his house in Grafton. Meet, from Knowle, Kent. Lord and Ludy NLGENT have left Holkham foe Stow.—Lord WILLIAM and I .ady l3►.xrtscx, and Miss Sranaow, kft Holkham 40 the Hth init. on a visit to the Duke of NORFOLK. the art u;ll Mr. lloscoE is arranging the valuable Library at liplkliam, previous to the visit of the Duke of Susazz Wh o is to spend his Christmas at the hospitable man sion, with a large party. The tenants of S:r M. W. RIDLEY, Bart. at his late rent•day, were agreeably surprised by his making liberal abatements upon their rents, in consequence 4 the low prices of all agricultural produce. HENRY PIERSE, Esq. M.P. has recently purchased the princely mansion and estate of Hutton Bonville, near Northallerton, once the property and residence of the ancient family of CONYERS. It is said that a clothier in Dunkeld has received orders to provide SOO suits of tartan, with bonnets and hose complete, for the purpose of clothing a body of sturdy Highlanders, as a Guard for his Majesty King GUORGE IV. when he visits the Duke of ArnoL. Cuunctt Scars.—Friday, the unlet seats in the different parish cLiurches in Edinburgh, came on to be disposed of; when the Committee found that in St. George's Church there were only two reats unlet, and for which they had 1200 applications ! WESTMINSTER PLAY.—The Adria Of TERENCE vas performed last night, for the third time, by the King's Scholars at Westminster. The representation vent off with the increased spirit whicl repetition, tend the presence of a numerous company, were cal tulated to give it. The Prologue and Epilogue were repeated without any variation, other than the intro duction of a compliment to the Duke of Yong.. His Rqyal Highness, Lord Sinstouria, the Bishop of Lom b" and other distinguished characters were present. DRORY-LANE TIIEATRE.—The Tragedy of Jane Store was repeated last night, and Miss EDMISTON to be a pupil of Mr. FOOTS, of this Theatre), who made her debut on Friday, came forward again as the heroine, and strengthened the favourable tut. pression made by her first appearance. Shouts of applause requited her exertions. Ktas's 'lasting s was highly impressive, and the whole performance was completely successful.—lu the Afterpiece of Ginran ni i,t L(.ndou, an apology was made for Ma dame VESTRIS, who was afflicted with a severe cold and hoarseness, but who went throught her part with nruch pleasantry.—The House was estrepair &IL THE ARMY. " Irbursday awl Peltlay last, the Commisslonen of the Royal Mi litary College assembled at Sandhurst, for the purpose of g a ir r i t g the examinatias of the Students in the Senior and Junior meats of that Instigation The following are the names of the !Been constituting the Board, &e. on this occasion: General Bari CATS/CA lIT, K.T. General Sir Roamer lisowilasso, Bart. K.G.C. Lieutenant-General MAITLAND. Major-General Sir GlOlteg MORIIAT, X.G.C. Governor. Major-General Sir J. W. W it t enensv Gestalt, Bart. K.C.B. Obiarter- laster- General. Major-General Sir Hatsr Tolman', K.C.B. Adjt.-GeneraL Colonel J. Bunny Lieutenant-Governor. Lieutenant-Colonel Macnsaatorr, Royal Military College. :Me undermentioned Deicers of the Senior Department under- went the various and regulate examinations in the higher branches of fo rtification, y t mathematical science—spherical tr i gonome t ry _ _ . - Ste. &c. in order to prove their competency to SW situations on the Staff of the Army; and we are happy to say, that thee severally passed the examinations with great credit to themselves, load to the entire satisfaction of the Commissioners present, viz. Lieutenant TIMM, Grenadier Guards. /taiga L Ganistr, 79th Foot. Lieutenant T. Rasa, 12th Royal Lancers. isisigo Tuostas, 54th Foot. Captain \Vaduz, 19th Lancers. Lieutenant Camortaus 90th Foot. The detachment of t he 14th Light Dragoons has marched from Sandhurst, to join the Corps at Hounslow. The detachment of Guards, from the same place, has pro ceeded to join their Regiment, on itz way to Ireland. The 4th Dragoon Guards are expected to embark next month for the East Indies. The Officers belonging to the 6th Dragoon Guards, on leave of absence, are ordered to leave town to join their Regiment, at Cork, forthwith. The new Union Club will he a magnifiCent Esta blishment. The Members are not to exceed 1500. The frontage of the house is complete. It has a southern aspect, and forms the commencement of the new street which is to run to St. Martin's Church. . The Students of the Royal Academy have presented an elegant large silver snuff-box, richly gilt inside, to Mr. SAMUEL STR"NGER, the . old and faithful mes senger to the Institution. In the centre of the lid is a handsome oval shield, on which is engraved an ap propriate inscription, surrounded by a handsomely chased bordering of flowers, &c. The other parts of the box are neatly ornamented with mosaic work. It appears from the population return, that there is now living iifr the parish of Cloncurry, and Barony of Eastern Ophaley, in the county of Kildare, a man named Thady Dooney, at the advanced age of one hundred and twentffour years! In consequence of a serious misunderstanding with some of the leading Members of the Stock Exchange, on the subject of abolishing time-bargains, a project for the erection of a new Stock Exchange has been started by the dissentients. Yesterday a Meeting took place, and names to a very considerable amount have been entered in favour of the measure. The Jew party are strongly against the abolition of options. A few days since, a person in Birmingham, whilst enjoying the company of a party of friends,where the case of the unfortunate Cadman was the subject of conversation, made a wager that he would, in the pre sence of one of the company, make a note and pass it in two hours. This was actually done. The note was again procured, and, at the request of his friends, destroyed. A Mandamus was granted by the Court of King's Bench, last week, on application of the Corporation of York, commanding them to elect a Sheriff, of that city, in the room of Mr. OSWALD Awns, who is ex empt as a Dissenter, and the election took place ac cordingly an Thursday, When MARTIN STAPYLTON, Esq. was nominated City Sheriff. The King's pardon was received on Monday, by the Keeper of the Devon County Jail, for Thomas Watts, convicted of forgery at the last Assizes ; but a de tainer was lodged against him at the same time for a misdemeanour. Watts's irons were removed; and he was told he was now bailable, himself in £5OO, and two sureties in £250 each, to answer the said indictment. The brig Stranger, Captain ISAAC ADAMS, of New Orleant, sailed from Valparaiso with a Governor, &c. and ordnance stores, to form a settlement at Juan Fernindez ; but while employed in hoisting cannon into the fort. Capt. ADAMS was unfortunately killed. Extract of a letter from Boston, dated November 18:—" There has been large quantities of Ame rican. cloths sold here within one month ; and those of approved qualities and colour are much sought after. Wool finds a rea iy mArket here; our merchants have imported from 100,000 to 300,000 lbs. from Eu rope, as much as 100,000 fine sheep would produce." A private letter from Constantinople, printed in the Journal des Debats, and dated November 10, con tains the following intelligence : " The dismissal of the Reis Effendi, Hamed Bey, was very sudden. On the night of ie Bth, he was conducted on board a vessel, which was to remove him to Asia. Some persons see in this a political event. They pretend that it was this Minister who caused the rejection of the Russian ultimahint, and that his fall may be considered as the signal of a total change in the Ottoman policy. This change is sup posed to have been promoted by Lord Strangford, who is said to have made the Porte sensible of the perilous Situation in which, according to the opinion of some, she stood. " The Porte does not seem to attach much import ance to the difference with Persia. The Divan dis plays, at least, great coolness on the subject. " Every day there are reports of the taking of Bag dad, Erzerum, and even of Trebisond, but these rumours obtain no confirmation. Constantinople is , tranquil. Preparations which are making render it probable, that the fleet which is now in the Bosphorus will soon repass the Dardanelles, reinforced by se veral large ships, which have been fitted for sea. The fleet has had no action with the Greek fleet. All that the European Journals have reported relative to re gular battles is completely false. The Greeks residing at Constantinople have ao trace of any such affairs s 0 their direct correspondence." The Gibraltar Chronicle of the 26th ult. states, that the inhabitants of Melilla, One o the settlements on the coast of Africa, have sent to the Spanish Cortes a most melancholy account of their situation, and of that of the garrison, requesting either that they might be succoured, or that the settlement might be aban doned, end themselves brought over to the Peninsula. HALIFAX, Nov.l2.—Extract of a letter from Fre derickston :—" A vt:y afflicting event has taken place in this town:—Mr. Giesaoz Warrmoar, son of the Attorney-General, has been mortally wounded ih a duel with Mr. GRORGZ F. STRZETZ they were both attornies, and have young families. Mrs. WHlT monk on receiving the dreadful accoUnt, became al most senseless. NAVAL INTSLLIGENok Pottentorru, Doc. 17.—Arrived the enItONANDIL lame atiP, from the East Indies. The Elizabeth, Poasmaw, from Cape Coast Castle, went out of the harbour this day.— Wind S.W. by S. Dzaestouvu, Dec. 15.—A cask of fish oil, about inn gallons, marked It Von one side of the bang, and It Run the other, was taken up yesterday, about two leagues off the &art Point, and delivered to the Officers of the Customs. DIAL, Dec. Vt.—Wind S.S. W.—Arrived and sailed for the *ter, he Giad Czar, Malmo; from the Cape of Good Hope, with part of the Royal African Corps on board : left the Cape on the 18th of October ; St. Helena on the 3d of November ; and the island of Ascension the 9th of the same month, and brings Mills;—left at the Cape, his Majesty's ships Vtoo and Smaaawavaa, from whence they were to sail on the Ist ultimo, for St. Helena and England; also left at the Cape, the Ruphemla, and Mary Jane, loading for England, and would be ready to sail in a few days: left at St. Helena, the Prinsess of Wales, delivering stares front England : spoke on the gd Nov. the Juliana, Houma, from Calcutta, all well.—The Sir David Scott and William Fairlie, East Ittdiamen, with the test of the outward-bound, remain all well. Dovaa, Dge. 17.—The Iris packet, with a Mail from France, landed the bag in the Roads and returned. Several passage-ves sels bore up for the Downs. Comm-How% Dec. 11.—Ships Entered Inwards:—The Prince of Orange, from Rotterdam ; Atalanta, from Harlingen ; Prince of Waterloo, from Ostend; Betsey, from St. Übe's; Belleuncle, from Stangate Creek ; Joseph and Ann, from Ant werp; :Snowdon, from Palermo; Robert, from Virginia; Otto, from Caen • Jemima, from Antwerp ; and Harmony, from Petenburgli---Entered Outwards s—Tke Dukeof Kent, fur Rotterdam; St. Felix, for Elsinore ; Emilie, fop Modal:; . . Flying Fut+, for Ostend ;. and Apollo, for ;Uatie►ra.—Cleared Outwards :—The Fame, for Lisbon ; Edward, for Bremen ; Bonne Aims, for Havre; Mellish, for Bengal; and Charlotte, for New Yoa. The ship Brailaford. on her passage from Bombay to Ragland, in lat. 29. 96. S. long. 40. 2. fi. caught a large blue female shark, 12 feet long ; on opening which there were found no less than seventy-seven young ones alive, each about a foot long, and weighing from one half to three quarters of a pound. A cask of gold, in American, British, and Portuguese coin, worth between £ll,OOO and £12,000, was saved from the wreck of the American brig Elisibeth, and placed in the custody of the Rector of Wallasea. by whom it has been given up to Mr. Manus, of Liverpool, agent to Messrs. TuousaWu.sou and Co. of London, the owners thereoL SYDNEY, (New SOUTH WALES), JUNE 9.—Just as Capt. Leant was on the eve of leaving Valparaiso for this part of the world once more, he was informed of a most marvellous affair relating to an American whaler, that had bred attacked by a whale at sea in so violent and dreadful a manner is to occasion the vessel to founder, and most of the crew eventually to perish; some thing of w hose disastrous history' we have been favoured with, and shall present the same to our Readers. Captain Rates re ceived information that there were three men on Dude's bland, who had preferred remaining there rather than venture across, the ocean_ in a boat, to which the crew had been to fly from the ship. The boat to which these three men I had been picked up by an American whaler, about 60 days after the melancholy occurrence. Another boat, in which was the Captain and the remainder of the crew, soon parted com pany, and were also fallen in with by an whaler of Ame rica, which vessel was the bearer of the intelligence to Valpa -1 raise; and the horrible account given by the two survivors in this boat was truly deplorable and shuddering. They had bean 90 days at sea before they were fallen in with, and had esp. deuced the most dreadful of all human vicisaiiudes. Front she extremity of hunger, they bad been reduced to the painful se ceuity of killing and devouring each other, in order to sustain' a wretched life, that was hourly expected to be terminated. Eight times lo ts had been drawn, and eight human beings had been sacrificed, to afford sustenance to those that remained; and, on the day the ship encountered them, the Captain and the boy had also drawn lots, and It had been thus determined that the poor boy should die. But, providentially, a ship hove in sight and took them in, and they were restored to existence. Doleful in the extreme as it is to bear such things, and painful as it is to relate them, it is nevertheless asserted as a fact by Cap tain Ranee, that the fingers and other fragments of their deceased compapions were in the pockets of the Captain and boy when taken on board the whaler. The Commander of the Surrey be coming opportunely acquainted with those painful and distress ing circumstances, humanely determined on calling at Dude's Island, and be instrumental in restoring three unfortunate fel low-creatures to society, and very possibly rescue them from a miserable end, particularly as this island was no great distance out of his track front Valparaiso to New Holland. On Thurs day, the sth of April, Captain Rams, considering himself within a very short distance of Dude's Island, which is laid down in Node's Epitome to be in lat. 24 deg. 40 min. S. and long. 124 deg. 37 min. W. kept a good look-out. At about two se st. land was perceived, which turned out to be an island, in lat 24 . 26 min. As the vessel neared the land, a gun was and shortly after the three poor men were seen to issue forth from the woods. The boats were presently lowered, Captain Rama' taking one himself. On approaching the shore, it was found not only dangerous, but utterly impracticable to land, of which circumstance they were informed, in weak and tremulous voices, I by the almost starved and nearly worn-out creatures themselves, who could scarcely, from the miserable plight they were in, arti culate a syllable. One poor fellow summed up courage to plunge into the waves, and with great difficulty reached the boat : he said one of the others only could swim. After warily backing in the boat as- near the rocks as possible, amidst a heavy surf, they both succeeded in getting on board, much bruised and Weeded by repeated falls; which object was no sooner ef fected, than each devoutly expressed his gratitude to that benign Beisc,who bad so wonderfully preserved them from sharing in the destruction to which their unhappy shipmates had fallen victims. These men are BOW with Capt. Kant; and declare their names to be THOMAS CHATTEL, WILLIAM WEIGHT, and Sean WEEKS ; and the following Is the account they gave of the distressing circum stance, which we feel no hesitation in declaring may be numbered with one of those events that are without a parallel in the history of :-They sailed from Nantucket in the American ship Essex, st 220 tons, G. Pnu.ean Master, on the 19th August, 1819, on a whaling voyage ; they arrived in the South Seas,where they were pretty fortunate, having succeeded in procuring 750 barrels of oil, and were in lat. 47. south, and long. 118. west, when the acci dent happened,which was on the 13th November,lB2o. On that day they were among whales, and three boats were lowered down: file mates boat got stove, and had returned to the ship to be re paired. Shortly after a whale of the largest class muck the ship, and k necked part of the false keel of, just abreast of the main chan stels.The animal then remained for some timealongside,endeavour leg to clasp the shipwith her jaws, but could not accomplish it; she then turned,went round the stern, and came up on the other side, l and went away a-head about a quarter of a mile, and, smile* I turning, came at the ship with tremendous velocity, head on. The vessel was going at the rate of five knots, but such was the fame when she struck the ship, which was under the cat-head, that the vessel had stern-way, at the rate of three or four knots; the atm. spruce was, the sea rushed into the cabin-windows,every mats on deck was knocked down, and, worse than all,•the bows stove in, and In a few minutes the ship filled, and went on her beam-ends. At this unhappy juncture, the Captain and Second Mate were lam to a whale each; but on beholding the awful catastrophe that had taken place, immediately cut from the fish, and Nadi liar the ship. By cutting away the masts, the vessel righted ; the upper deck was then scuttled : and some water and bread were pemered for the two beats, in which they were compelled to re mise as all thoughts of saving the ship were given up. In ex peftstion of falling in with somp vessel, they remained three days by the wreck, making sails, &c. but were compelled at length to abandon it, and stool away to the southward, in hopes of getting the variable winds and experiencing tine weather ; but , , the wind being constantly from the east and east-south-east, they I made much lee-way, and were prevented from keeping to the southward; In consequence of which, on the 20th of December, they made the island from which Captain Rama took them, owl which was taken for Duck's Island, at which plane the lows remained one week ; but the island affording hardly any nourlds.l went, in fact, exhibiting nothing but sterility, they resolved on venturing for the coast, leaving behind them the three men now on board the Surrey, with whose sufferings, and those of their shipmates, we are by this opportunity favoured with an count; and certainly they are poignant in the extreme. This morning, soon after three o'clock, there was a tremendous gale at S.S.W. accompanied with hail and torrents of rain. The gale abated in one dread fol eaplosion about four o'clock. SPOI2TI2VG INI ELLIG&Ci BETTING AT TATTERSATIS.tiReIIifBRft ODDS OX RACES TO COME. • DERRY: 9to 1 agst 'farcellus . 16 tot agst Bess colt 11 to 1 agst landscape colt 18 to 1 agst Frolic. 14 to 1 agst Sycorax colt oaci. Sto 1 test Parasol 16 to t gat Meteoral RIDDLERWOITIL—: to 1 SZSt. Frolic. THE LATE FIGHT. The. Fancy of Bristol have entered into a Subicriptien present N.,or with a Silver Tankard; value £25. HUNTING. His Ithatrerr's Stag founds will Meet on Fri.'..y; at Gold ti Farmer Hill. Eni Fit twitztitt's FOX Hounds meet on Thursday, at Tisk: marsh. The rani of Daum:motes Fox Hounds meet to-morrow, at Langton; Saturday, at Lower Banks. The Earl of Hisswoott's Fox Hounds meet to-morrow, at Boot and Shoe; Friday, at Stetter. Lord SCADDOROUGU'S Fox Hounds Meet to-morroir, at Vaal Hill; Friday, at Sandbeck Park. The Lambton Fox Hounds meet on Friday, at HairthOrn Saturday, at TwizelL H. Juct.trrz, Esq.'s FA Hound* meet on Friday, at Owls Wood. The Surrtl rot Hounds meet on Thuriday; at Gastone ; Saturday, at Crown Ash Hill. The Sanderstead harriers meet every day at Kennel. The Cbipperfield Harden (Hurts) meet on Friday, on Lay ULU Common. The East Sussex Fox lleunds meet on Thursday; at Ails combe ; Monday, at Fine Hill; Thursday, Dec. 27, at Sootiness. Mr. Cuarroant's Hounds meet to-morrow, at Kennel, Brix- Worth ; Thursday, at Billing; Saturday, at Great Hariondea. The Duke of Gaarroz's liodndi meet to-morrow, at Titheld; Friday, at Wappenbam. The Oakley Hounds meet on Thursday, at Pixhill ; Satan day, at Galsey. • 'the Buckinghamshire Harriers meet on Friday, at Steeple Claydon. Lord ANSON'S Hounds meet to-morrow; at Thorpe; Satyr* day, at Sisbon. The Quorndon Hounds meet to-morrow, at KettlebY; Thurs day, at Uaddesby ; Saturday, at lltrumpton. Casuist, Dec. 1 s.—The Newtown Annual Hunt took place on Wednesday last, when the ekace afforded most excellene sport to a numerous party. In the evening a respectable num ber of Gentlemen sat down to an excellent dinner provided by Mr. UNDERWOOD, at the Green Dragon, when nothing but mirth and good cheer prevailed till a late hour. Scale Hill Hunt took place on Thursday, the 6th instant; the Keswick and Lorton Harriers cast off about half-past eight o'clock, and afforded excellent sport to a numerous field of well mounted horsemen. About five o'clock between twenu ts. oS thirty Gentlemen sat down to an excellent dinner at Mr. son's; Alr. Room, of Keswick, in the Chair. The attendance was greater than on any former occasion; upwards of a !Modred having dined. The shew of cattle for sale in Smithfield market yesterday, was greater than ever was before known by the oldest salesman. Every avenue leading to it was literally crowded, and upwards of 500 head of beasts did not reach nearer than Islington. Of those in the market more than one-half were unsold. At East Grinstead Fair, on Tuesday, there were up wards of 6000 beasts,' the greater part of which was driven away unsold ; it was the largest fair ever known there. • AGRICULTURAL PUN.—A farmer in the neighbour, hood of Doncaster was lately met by his landlorsl, who accosted him thus :—" John, I intend to raise your rent r to which John replied—" Sir, lam very much obliged to you, for I cannot raise it myself." Such is the unexampled mildness of the season, that primroses and violets, in full bloom, are now selling about the streets of London. A short time since a box, containing wearing ap parel and books, was received at Waterbeck, near Ec clefechan, in Annandale, from Philadelphia. The box bad been upwards of three months on its passage ; when opened, the bye-standers were surprised to find the contents very much mutilated :—however, on re moving apart of which, a mouse made its appearance, and finally escaped. This diminutive quadruped had subsisted for more than three months on woollen, linen, and cotton, with Astronomy, Trigonometry, Euclid, and other scientific works, but without the smallest quantity of liquid—for on examining the box, not the least aperture appeared whereby it could ob tain egress or regress, The house of Mr. GRANT, No. 7, Cornhill, soda water warehouse, was broke open last night or early this morning, and bills, fce. to the amount of one thousand pounds stolen. A Mr. SMITH was attacked at night, about a fort night ago, in the neighbourhood of Ilexham, by three men, who dragged him from his horse and threw him on the ground, his face downwards. They made no attempt to rob him, nor did they utter a syllable. Mr. SMITH also held his tongue until feeling the teeth of a saw entering into his flesh at the back part of his neck, he exclaimed .4 What are you doing with me r On hearing his voice, one of the men ob served with an oath, " It is not him I" and they all three immediately departed. These barbarians had evidently been upon the look-out for some object of their revenge, whom they had intended to destroy by means of the instrument abovementioned. Sunday afternoon a distressing circumstance oc curred at the house of Mr. JAMES RAY, Regent street, Poplar. Mrs. RAY, accompanied by her two children, was sitting in the kitchen, when it appears, one of them went, unperceived by her, to a jar of gunpowder standing close by, and by some means which cannot be accounted for, caused it to eaplode. The shock was so great as to shatter all the..,srs and windows in the house. On some of the neigh bours going into the house, Mrs. RAY and her twis children were found on. t abe floor speechless, insensi ble, and dreadfully injured.; they were conveyed in a coach to the London Hospital, where little hopes are entertained of their recovery. Wednesday evening a fire broke out in the stable of Mr. BRUNHWOOD, farmer, at Longparish, Win chester. The thatched roof of the stable commas*. cated with that of the dwelling-house, so that the latter was soon in flames. The fire raged with great fury, and there being some wind at the time, a large barn, close to the stable, caught fire; and between thirty and forty quarters of barley, which it con. tamed, were destroyed. Four horses were burnt to death, three of which were good cart-horses, and one a yearling. There were also consumed a middling sized peas rick, an oat rick, and half a hay rick. A very large wheat rick was saved by the firemen who worked the Andover engines; these, as well as an engine from . Whitchurch, were brought with great quickness to the spot. The flakes of fire were driven by the wind towards the adjoining farm-home of Mr. COTTON : this also took fire; and tortilla' wills louse s was totally soittemed. \ ;