Star. — London, England, 1822-12-25 00:00:00

CHRISTMArPESTZEITIZS. The Parl of Watronertaan keeps opeti house at Apetkorpe, in Northampton.hire, during the present week: Th e Marquis of Aluminum entertains his friends at Sheen, Attar Richmond, during the holidays. The Hari and Countess of LterovriLL win keep up the splen, splendours of Kingston House, during the festive seas o n. v t .eount htioncrros keeps open house at his 'villa, Pepper I]an.•w. Surety. The rounteskof Cowrie gives a splendid Ball at Pansenger, in the course of next week. —. General Gavarrtwe entertains his frieade dories the eases, at hi s house in Grosvenor-square. SACRED ODE ON THE NATIVITY. See ! see the cleaving skies, Their shining hosts display! Whilst charming symphonies ' Attend them from the blase of day ! Their golden harps they mend, And thro' th' harmonious spheres Swift wing their downward way— Bright beams of glory blase around! end floods of light, the trembling swains confound! Lo ! an Archangel with melodious voice, Proclaims his grand commission from the skies ! Rise, humble swains, Each anzious fear dismiss, Sweet tidings now I bring ! • The great Jsuovau, Salem's wondrous King, Who o'er celestial nations reigns, • Appears tit-day—the incarnate Prince of Peace / The heav`nly messenger thus spoke, And calm attention held each lisening ear : But a bright host, From the ethereal coast, Straight &I'd the circumambient air, And chorus loud the solemn silence broke! Eternal glories to the highest Goo! Let songs sublime thru' earth's low regions run, And fly resounded to his blest abode, Prom whence the charming melody begun! Caod-:viii to sinful man, and peace divine, h:lst 'Fime's old pillars on their base remain; Nrrilst stars shall glitter, or whilst suns shall shine: sang the blissful troop, and flew to Heav'n again! Chester. It. T. VIE ARMY: Three months Half-pay to the Reduced Offlters of his Ma . c•y's Land Forces, due the 24th instant, will be in course of molt on and after Wednesday the 15th of January. z.: - .ITIONS OF THE SIXTH BATTALION OF THE !;OPAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY. w:.:c NAILES or YU IIArBAINS COMMANDM TUC Dirrrums COMPANIES. Ilead-quarters Woolwich. Lientenant-G.:n2ral Sir EDWARD HOWARTH, K. C.B. Colonel Commandant. 14 Company, Major Philip Durnford, Captain—Portsznorth. Id Ditto, Major George Crawford, Captain—Halifax, Nova Stl Ditto, Major David Story, Captain—Cape of Good Hope. 4th Ditto, .3lajor James S. Sinclair, Captain—Fort George, North Britain. sth Ihtto, Major Thomas Gamble, Captain—Woolwich. 6th l)itto, Lieutenant-Colonel Ilarcourt F. Hokombe, Captain, Jamaica. 7th Ditto, Major Charles Gllhnour, Captain—Woolwich. Sth Ditto, Major Lewis Carmichael, Captain—Woolwich. MILITARY PROMOTIONS. • WA R-OFFICE, DEC. 2,3 1822. MEMORANDUM. His Majesty has been pleased to approve of the 13th Regi ment of Foot being formed into a Carps of Light Infantry. nth Regiment of Foot—Colonel Sir Samuel Ford Whitting- Lam, from the half-pay, to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Lieute na::t Thomas Edwin Kelly to be Captain, without purchase. To be Lieutenants, without purchase—. Ensigns William Darby and Arthur Schiel; Lieutenant William Wolesley Lamphier, from half-pay of the 87th Foot; Lieutetiant Henry O'Shea, from the 19th Foot; Lieutenant Archibald Campbell, from half-pay of the sth Foot ; Lieutenant Alexander Howard, from the 59th Foot ; Lieutenant John Petry, from the 35th Yon; Lieutenant William Sutherland, from the 47th Foot; lit•utenant Francis William Stehelin, from half-pay of the 13th Foot; Lieutenant James Gardner, from the 53d Foot; Ensign George William Malim, from the 54th Foot ; Ensigt I'etcv James Leith, from the 31st Foot. To be Ensigns, without purchase—Arthur Wilkinson, Gent. vice Darby; Ensign Frederick George Howard, from the 25th Foot, vice Schiel. To be Assistant-Surgeon—Supernumerary Assistant-Surgeon James Mount, M.D. 39th Ditto—Lieutenant George Booth, from the 87th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice O'Shea, appointed to the 13th Foot. 25th Ditto—Ensign Adolphus Frederick Cathcart, from the 59th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Howard, appointed to the 13th Foot. zt Ditto, -- Gennyss, Gent. to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Leith, promoted in the 13th Foot. 47th Ditto—Lieutenant Michael Nagle, from half-pay of the 534 Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Sutherland, appointed to the 13th Foot. 54th Ditto—Second Lieutenant Alexander Murray Hay, from the Ist Ceylon Regiment, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Malim, promoted in the 13th Foot. 59th Ditto—Lieutenant Loftus Francis Jones, from half-pay of the Rifle Brigade, to he Lieutenant, vice Howard, appointed to the 13th Foot ; George Varlo, Gent. to be Ensign, with out purchase, vice Cathcart, appointed to the 25th Foot. 27th Datto--41rutenant Frederick Clements, from half-pay of the Royal African Corps, to be' Lieutenant, vice Booth, ap pointed to the 19th Foot. let Ceylon Regiment—Edward DPVicar, Gent. to be F.nsign, with •ut purchase, vice Hay, appointed to the 54th Foot. Commissions in the Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Worcester. George limiter, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Gardner, re signed ; John Card Griffiths, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Mut ter, promoted. A fine ancient halberd or spear-head, of excellent workmanship, was discovered a short time since at Kingston Hill, near Lewes, by some labourers em• ployed in digging flints; it is nearly nineteen inches long, and of a very elegant shape. An arrow-head, seven inches long, was found near it. The neighbourhood of Wapping was thrown into considerable alarm on Monday night about six o'clock, by a fire breaking out on the extensive pre tnt,es of Mr. DENT, shipchandler, in Hermitage street, which at first threatened great destruction : it broke out in the warehouse, but by what means can not be ascertained it soon spread to a quantity of oakum, which took fire, and burnt with great rapi dity ; the dexterity and exertion of the neighbours, who soon threw the whole property into the street, saved the premises from being burnt to the ground by the 'aging element: five minutes more, and it would have gone beyond their power. The Aldgate pal i-h end iur , the Imperial, Royal Exchange, and Pliettix, soon arrived ; but their aid was dispensed with, and the injury was confined to the property, only ; except that of Mr. Mir.t.a, a publican, in the saute Areet, who tell ovci one of the limy bundles of oakum and butt his bead bcvetcly4 1 - !Ting piratical 5e150u...... - . 'and men were kept several days, and twit Muilly &Voted. The Oxman, froin N ew to Christiana, was Uri' tatter near Uddineaka; as the 16th uk. Sarah, Crmansetten, front Teneriffe to Taganrock, was hest in the ice in Taganrock Reeds, on the 1 ith ult. Crew saved, and hopes were entertained of saving the cargo. Coax, Dec. 21.—Arrived, the Recovery, Foresaw, from London - and Bari Si. Vhieent, Rmvss, to take convicts to New Soisth Waive; also the Mary. Ts: massy, from Dublin, with fe.sale convicts for the ship Woodman.—Sailed, the Zephyr transport, for Pottenteuth. Faz.nonmt. Dud. 23.—Wind N.E.—Sailed, the Montrose, licammosen, fa Trinidad, with Sir R. Wooeroan and suite. Dem., Dec. 24.—Wind E.N.E.—Cams down from the River last slight, and sailed, the Britannia, for Ja maica; Symmetry, DAVIDSON, for Demerara ; Ridley, Werra, I foe Trieste; Harmony, GILOSIARD, for Madeira; and the Tele vio. for Havre. - MOlinsozonon, Dilemmas 21.—0 n Friday, the 6th instant,, lb, Flora. of Loaghope, Sinclair, master, from Orkney, Sound 6r London, with a cargo of herrings, came into Peterhead Wirimmu.; and on Sunday, the Bth instant, about six P. it. when, On down the quay, owing to the darkness - of the night, three, ittp ma went over the pier, when two of them were unfor.l tiallady drowned; the other saved himself by swimming. Ciallms-House, Dec. 24.—Ships Entered Inwards :—Thi , Singleton, and Better-luck-stia, from Stangate Creek; tpt Swen une, from Oste nd ; Delight, from Dantsic • Vriendschap, from Antwerp ; and Amelia, from Memel—Clea'red Outwards: The Matilda, for the Cape of Good Hope; Kingston, for Ja- 1 malca ; Good Hope, for New Orleans ; Delight; for Berbice; and the James Dunlop, for St. Kitt's. Damarannox eP Pares-Moxer.—The Pheasant, for the Nova Felicidade, and 70 slaves, on the arrival of the ship, and recalled at No. 15, Surrey-street, Strand. CALCUTTA, MAY 30. LOSS OP VII SHIP CHARLES MILLS, FROM CALCUTTA _ Captain' himself, Rae. Gra mind was, once, and virtu, and repeatesily _and and . Wits. and engaged after brig of equal -- was meat of his opt , tot -.arises. which .- with: topmasts down. - Here Cape* Barns -.men amok woufded again. lie says, 'in his letter to Sr & Noon, that, In justice to the Trenell Captain's gallantry, he must martial", . that he never struck whilst he had a man upon his decks $ La Dame &pouf had LSO men ' SS wore killed, 40 wounded. ..and the rest refused to stay at their quarters. In the same year he cat out two armed schoenert &ten the Bay of Barce lona, and received four dangerous mast wounds; bnt, after all kis conotkaden was not b en,*and kis courage pensinly net neass' ' He exhibited the most undimmed conduct in the last se. He had intelligence of a Dutch frigate being red in Bergen : whatever eras the force of the place, he to attack - it; but, ere we had reached the town, time gunboats attacked us, under very peculiar 4kadvanrages, ,and one of .hale earliest shots killed this gallant young tam—. Be was a man who possessed a greater Share of humanity, an d . skewed kinder attention to those about him, than any man I layer knew. Ins srvants were dear to him beyond expression; 'bad I have heard him use such language, whelk speaking , of them, as is rather unusual for a master to use with regard to le meant'; I verily believe he loved them truly - and affec. doom*. A stout, seamanlike-looking Man, one that skewed with him a long time, and whom he was very fond of, camel* the gun-room to see his poOr body alter the action. I was streak wkh the man's attachment : he had been lighting like a hero, and would have fought up to his knees in blood; biat when he came to look upon the countenance of his poor master, as he lay on the table, he shed tears as profusely as a child. - Captain B. (says the writer of this narrative) dined with us in the gun-room on the evening the boats left the ship. He was in high spirits, and rallied the , assistant- ---, who had exhibited some ludicrous 1 .symptoms of cowardice, with a great deal of plea santry. When they were on the point of leaving . the ship', " Mr. ••••••••• p " said he, with an accent half serious and half jesting, 41 I am now going to fight for prize-money for you. lam a married man ; let mehave your prayers." He then insisted, in a jocu lar manner, on my going in the jolly-boat with some Marines, to fetch away a small sloop we had passed 'la a creek. I was walking on the quarter-deck, as he crossed it to go down the side: he put his hand on my shoulder, and said, , I GOD bless you, parson r The next time I saw him, he * Was a dead man. • 1 . - GAMBLING. . put St. James's ,(all of which had previonsly been closed in conse quence of the, above sentence); the unfortunate deci. [ won of the Bench of M ag i strAtes b e f ore w h om t h e [appeal was heard, having afforded full security to the proprietors and frequenters of "Hells" from the future visits of Police Officers. The vice of gaming, when once i t h as taken root, becomes the most pngovernable and irresistible pas• stun inherent in our nature, and in its consequences pregnant •A ith every degradation and crime which the human mind can conceive. PUS of property, (fiends, and respectability are its immediate and In evitable effects • fraud, breach of trust, robbe r y, an d forgery, are the means too often employed to obtain a fresh-supply to feed this vice; and happy is the habitual gamester if he escape the gallows, or death by his own hand. This picture may appear over charged, but those who have frequented " Hells," or associated with men who are in the practice of so doing, can bear testimony to its truth from daily ',witnessing its effects, even upon persons who had formerly torne the most honourable and irreproach able character. . Upwards of fifty persons of rank and family, offi cers and others, within the last five or six years have been publicly branded as criminals, or have antici pated by a suicidal act the disgrace which would ul timately have overtaken them. Who does not recol lect the fine of those unfortunate suicides Mangles, Grimes, and Cohen, who, almost on the threshold of the gaming -houses,' where they had been plundered, committed that act equally forbidden by the laws of GOD and man? nor can the Public yet have forgot ten the miserable end of Hayward, Bennett, and Barber, and others who, within the last twelve months, Suffered for their crimes; or the dreadful, but probable fate of James Willis, who on Wednes day last was tried at the Old Bailey, and capitally convicted of stealing a silver teapot and other articles from a coffee-house he frequented ; even this man had formerly moved in a most respectable sphere of society, but having unfortunately made an acquaint ance, who introduced him to the " gambling-houses," he had at different times lost upwards of £2000; and being deeply distressed, had resorted to those dis graceful means which had at length placed him as a criminal at that bar. If the vice of gaming were confined to the higher ranks of society, the evil would not be of so alarms ing and destructive a nature; but we behold in the most public streets of the metropolis " Hells," which commence their nefarious system of plunder at twelve o clock in the day, opening at that early hour avowedly for the convenience of apprentices, tradesmen, mer chants' and bankers' clerks, numbers of whom daily frequent the play tables, risking the property of their employers in the delusive hope of winning money wherewith to indulge those habits of luxury and di:. sipation always engendered by the practice of gaming. Thus the evil is extended, and accessible to all ranks of society ; it therefore becomes the interest of the mercantile world particularly to consider what mea sures will be most effectual to suppress nuisances of so vicious and demoralizing a nature. QUEEN -spies at—Yesterday, s:-veral poor people residing in St. Margaret's Parish, applied to the Magistrate for relief. They related various distressing circumstances; and stated, that they had applied to the Overseer, who, instead of assisting them, heaped on them a torrent of scurrilous abuse. The Magistrate. after patiently listening to their details, directed the Clerk to issue an order for Mm to give them five shillings each; and, as similar complaints had several times come before him, that he should be summoned to attend on a future day, when we shall watch the proceedings, and go more into detail. Harrow Oa 'max.—Elisabeth FWee, a country girl, was charged with felony. She came to London to find a place of service, and went to reside in the meantime with a Mrs. Laurence. Many little articles were soon missed, but no suspicion fell on the pH saner. Mrs. Laurence's father, an rider Brother in the Charter House, aged 86, shortly after became ill, and the prisoner was occasionally sent with messages to him. His watch and aSt note were next missed, but still the prisoner escaped suspicion. The old gentleman, however, becoming worse, his daughter sat up of a night with him, and the prisoner also as her companion; and the latter falling asleep, Mrs. Laurence had the curiosity to examine her pockets, and there discovered two sovereigns, the duplicates of her father's watch, anti of her own table and bed linen. The pawnbrokers identified the person of the prisoner, who seemed very callous, and was fully committed. MAILLDOWSVON-tracts. — N. Mounsell was charged with steal ing a roll of carpeting from the shop of Messrs. Sewell and Cross, in Frith-street, Soho.—Fully committed. John dlnderews, a brazier, in Henry-street, Hampstead-road, was charged with kicking up a row, and disturbing a religious so ciety, which assembled at the house of his next-door neighbour. The prisoner, on being asked for his defence, said, that he was the person who was really annoyed, for the prosecutor and his society were continually disturbing him with their devotions, as they called them, but, in his opinion, with their blasphemy, for they were for ever calling on the name of Jesus in any but a truly respectful way ; for instance, I bear them fre quently cry out ‘i Hold bin—there he is—keep him fast— throw water on him—don't let him go," arc. In short, he could neither have a friend to sit with him, nor could even read his gime, from their noise and uproar. He could compare them to nothing but a rookery ! The Magistrate asked if this Meeting was licensed? He was answered, “ Yes ;" and the license was produced. 4 Mr. Carter (the owner of the house) said he would forgive Anderson all the rent be owed, if be would quit , the house. This the prisoner refused.—He was, therefore, ordered to find two sureties in £55 eicb, amording to the Act. thoos-Hatt.—Mr. John Haywood, a Pupil at one of the Hospitals, was charged with interrupting the performances at the Coburg Theatre, the preceding night. The defendant was much inebriated, and was seated, with two friends, in the dress circle. From the riling of the curtain he made himself obnoxious to the audience, by hissing theperformen, especially Miss Heavy, whilst singing ; his conduct was so violent, that the performances• were suspended,, and could not be resumed till he was ejected from the Rome, and lodged hi she watch.konse. He Was on. de ss. for being drun.k, and to secompense the Officers whom [Armrest srazaz,--Mory Futter, Elisabeth Safer, and Aim t he ° p h a id struck, and was then discharged. Wright, the eldest not more than 16, were My committed, charged - with felony. Fisher and Wright yrent_ to the shop of . NAVAL lA'T'ELLIGEA'r E. . was in rencontres of tbis sort that p oor' I . • • ~,. .. . , .. • . Bettesworth llao etnineritly distinguished hinge The Wisaanfie fall . begli iodiesd. NiAes• seders Cartels beteeeiretkir wee 'hist twenty-two yours of to raseils.l6: -t• Pik St 'MI6* eon. Ter, Ilemedtilleettn. 'pd felblifitabli tithe. /Al m mand of lir R. . be • illa t i i ttf t .:l44ralenrit eneelfedei he saw at 2 The Raven, under the erunwendolgagtall P. FlSaglis has De saw i t Inw * llll7 was ' hu r evgain i ‘' ir f or a (ame hii . dir g paelon.• He Ski* repeatedly i been ordered to be Completed with 21l possible dispatch, particular, service. • c ra ftily: 'N e . kaitied the Carioca in the West Ind The Whim sloop, ailed oat at Nana commanded by Lieu- creeited IMO bid.woonds on tip occasion . He raps tenant Hanson, of the Tyn e , w i t h limn. &mows? and wards and captured La Dante Smut, a French brig Pun.um, hildshignsen, and manned from that ship, was cap- inetaleTTAZ et or in point of men. This contest w erred on the 29th of Sep te mb er , while lying in Guanaha, by a ammo Cifitafti of the brig was ee confident of I piratical schooner, a huge vessel cing. la sight: The officers and flat wally sent in e challenge to th e C ur i e . men were kept prisoners several days, and most cruelly treated. ; Yr" , Mir with. tereassts Aran. Here Cattalo .... It is .a notorious and ba 3 e.ntattikraCts that thr decision' on ihe - appeal made by the kall - -Mal gang of gamblers, who wete sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour by Mr. 1 - lalls,under the late Vagrant Act, no fewer than twenty-even iihouses for play' ) have been opened within the purlieus of St. James's • 4 cnaricu mum •....--, - Mrs. Macguire, linen-draper, at Stratford, under pretence of making souse purchase, but departed without buying anything. They were watched by Mr. Gibbin, a neighbour, who, seeing I: them joined outside by Slater, suspected something was wrong, and gave information to an Officer , who' secured them ; when, 4 on Slater, was found a piece of printed Wu" which the pro- secutrir identified to have been stolen from her shop at the time Fisher and Wright had gone in there. THAMES Power—T. Riley, charged with attempting to ob- I% Main property, by presenting forged ammo's wills, was re- I examined. Nothing to carry the former fled further was elicited, nor any new charge made. The prisoner's Counsel de- dined saying a word, and he was again remanded. . .1. Freebie was charged with stealing two planes, a tea-chest, and other articles, from a fellow-shipwright, out of the shop. i , fell S usp i c i on s n on the prisoner, and the articles were kind as 1 t 1 his lodging.— Cottorlts.d. 1. 1 TO THE ISLE OF FRANCE. The following narrative of the loss of the ship Charles Mills, which is drawn up from a statement of one of the survivors, will be read with deep interest : " The ship left the pilot on the 11th instant, and had a pleasant passage until the 14th, when she ex perienced a very heavy gale from S. E. with a tre mendously heavy sea, the ship labouring and strain ing very much, and making a great quantity of water; the pumps constantly going till the 16th, without gaining on the leak; and on the 17th the ship was in a sinking state. Every exertion was now made to save the lives of the crew; the anchors were cut away, the boats cleared, Ste. but not hoisted out, from the tremendous sea running at this time From the heavy seas constantly breaking over the ship, it was utterly impossible to open the hatches, to lighten her, by throwing overboard any portion of the cargo. The best. boat was washed away by the violence of the sea. No language can describe the horror and misery with which the unfortunate crew passed the night of the 17th. " About five o'clock on Monday morning, on open ing a small hatchway, it was perceived that the ship was full of water, and in the act of foundering. Ter ror and dismay were painted on every countenance; the boats were flown to as a last resource—the long-, boat Was broken to pieces in attempting to hoist her out, by the ship rolling her broadside in. A small jolly-boat,which hung over the stern,was immediately cleared, into which was put a female and child, with' four or five men ; but while in the act of lowering het she filled and capsized, and the woman, child, and two seamen were drowned. " A small boat, old and crazy, in which no one felt the least inclination to trust his life,was now the only one left. At last the second Officer and a sepoy went into the boat, when the Captain and some other per son cut the tackles; the whole of the gunwale of the boat was stove in before it could clear the quarter of! the ship, as she was running gunwales under. The boat was soon drifted astern,when a few pumpkins, which were hanging on the stern,were cut away, and fortu nately picked up by the second officer, who succeeded in saving the gunner, two sookannies, and a little boy. At this time the boat, being at some distance from the ship, and there not being the least possible chance of saving either vessel or cargo, the Captain jumped overboard and swam towards the boat, the persons on board which succeeded in picking him up. " A few minutes before eight, on the 20th, the ship foundered, with sixty-six unfortunate beings standing on her poop; and in about four minutes afterwards, every person and everything on board had disappeared! In a small and crazy boat, four or five hundred miles from the nearest land, with a tremendous sea running, and nothing but a few pumpkins to subsist on, did these seven survivors, without a compass, put the boat before the wind and sea, and stood N. until the 25th, when being near the shore, off the Black Pagoda, to their unspeakable joy, they discovered a sail, and about half-past eleven they succeeded in getting alongside the French brig Scythe. They were in such a weak and reduced state, that probably another day in the boat would have occasioned the death of them all." The above ship was commanded by Captain Was. She went down in lat. 15. N. long. 88k. The First Officer was among those who perished. NAVAL ENTERPRIZE. In boarding vessels the English are unrivalled ; and the astonishing feats which have been performed by them against superior numbers, and under those dis advantages necessarily attending, in this case, the persons who make the attack, evince it. It has been no unusual thing to send in a number of boats to attack a frigate of the enemy. They run alongside of her, each man having a brace of pistols and a cutlass girded on: thus accoutred, they make the enemy's quarter-deck as well as they can; some get through the quarter-gallery windows. (as Lord Nel son once led his men) and others over the bows. The first that board are generally sacrificed ; and often, by some little mismanagement, one boat-full boards before the others are well alongside, in which case this handful of men is often instantly slain. An officer generally heads the men on board, and in five mi nutes the struggle is over—'tis victory or death. If the enemy quit the deck, and run below, or leap overboard, as they have often done, 'cis well ; but if they contest it stubbornly, the carnage in a few mi nutes is desperate. This system of warfare has gained much ground of late, and has been adopted in cases where the object was scarcely commensurate with the risk. It SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. Monday, Lord !twang's greyhounds, consisting of twenty-one dogs (his Lordship's own breed), were brought to the hammer at Tattersall's, and knocked down at good prices. Rouse, a black bitch, fetched 26 guineas; and Rupert, a blue dog, got by Nathan out of Raffle, 26 guineas. The whole pack fetched 258 guineas and a half ! Tnaownon Crime? Batt..—A match was made some time ago, for WO guineas a-side, between Lord KUNIO)! and Captain Baiter.av, which was agreed upon to be decided before Christ mas. Day ; the latter Gentleman undertaking to find a man, who should throw a erieket-ball the distance of 100 yards forwards, and in order that no advantage should be derived from the wind, he should throw the ball back again the same distance. Hyde Park was the place Axed upon, and yesterday . morning the Noble Lord and his sporting adversary met, when the latter produced a tine athletic countryman, to all appearance, who attempted the undertaking, with the disadvantage of an unfavourable morning, and failed in k, not spiking beyond IPS yards in his best threw; eonsetinently the.Cerarli lost his money. ' A lausentable occurence took place at Neusauchy colliery, , Stirling, on Sunday se'nnight, between the hours Of three and four in the afternoon. An old woman, aged 89 years, of the name of Hunter, had been visiting her daughter at Devon colliery; her daughter accompanied her home, and , after put ting her to bed left her. About fifteen minutes after, a boy passing was alarmed with groans issuing from her house, which is situated by Itself, a few yards. from the public road. The door being locked, the boy ran and told some of the neighbours; and, on their entry, a spectacle the most appalling burst on their view ; the poor woman was lying with her head on the hearth, and a burnin4 coal close to it, which had set fire to her clothes. Ihe vital spark had fled, and her body was literally reduced to a cinder. She was no less remarkable for her numerous offspring than for her longevity, She has left five children, whose united ages amount to 278 years, twenty five grand-children, and sixteen great grand-children. Sunday se'nnight, about three o'clock in the morn ing, it Greenock, Alexander Currie, quay watchman, went from his own box, at the head of the Greenock dock, to communicate with his neighbour watchman at the west quay head ; but the morning being dark, the old man turned too quickly, thinking he had rounded the corner, fell in and was drowned. On the morning of Thursday last, it was discovered that the following prisoners had made their escape from the New County Jail, Limerick, viz. David Leahy, sen. John Cussen, Patrick Cuthane, and Da niel Reedy, who were capitally convicted at the last Assizes for the abduction of Miss Goold, but judg ment respited for the opinion of the twelve Judges ; and,Danie,l Doody, who put off his trial for the mur liter of Buckley, the Crown witness. An inquiry was immediately instituted before such Members of the Committee of Superintendence as were then in town, when it appeared that these men had been secured, by the turnkey, in the ward at night-fall on the even ing before, and when he returned to open the ward at day-break, he found the outward door of the build ing open, and the tock hanging on the hasp, without having sustained any injury ; the interior doors lead ing to the cells remained locked, but a bar was cut and forced in three of them, so as to admit of the passage of a man through, and the doors of the five cells In which the prisoners had been confined were ; open, and the lacks remaining without the least injury. Yesterday, at Guildhall, amiss Wormers was charted with robbing his employers, Messrs. Browning*, distillers, at Smith. field Bars. On the morning of Sunday se'nnight, Turopenny, the officer, met the prisoner near his master's, with a basket, which he examined, and finding a two-gallon keg of brandy and' about a quart of cinnamon in a bladder therein, charged the pri soner with robbing his employer. He begged hard for mercy, and said it was only a little drop he was taking for his own use. On searching his lodging, however, there were found about seven gallons of gin, three pints of rum, two bottles of brandy, one of port, with pewter measures, funnel, &c. The prisoner said he bad been robbing his master a year and a half, and that he was sedoced into it by a coachman and a guard, to whom alone he had sold the property. The guard was present, and declared that he and the coachman bad always believed that the prisoner worked a private still. The prosecutors were very anxious to have the receivers brought to punishment, hotpot a tittle of evidence cor roborative of the prisoner's statement could be obtained. The prisoner has a wife and three daughters, two of them grown women. They were all in attendance, ove rwhelmed with tears, and the man hinieelf %seemed deeply siected.—Cuounitted.