Star. — London, England, 1821-04-26 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Nis Majesty's ship B , Captain M , arrived at the Cape of Good Hope the 10th February, from Portsmouth, Ma deira, and Tenerife. Yesterday a Court of Directors Was held at the East India I louse, when the fallowing Commanders took leave of the Court previouvly to departing fur their respective destinations, viz.— Captain W. 31as:ewe, Thomas Grenville ; Capt. J. BLAIGNAILE, Marquis of Wellington ; Madras and Bengal. Fatuourst, Aram 23.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived the Hope, Cease, from St. Lucia for London • Morning Star, Roseau, from Carnarvon for Boulogne • and T hree Brothers, Solos, from Newport for Cherbourg. The Hope left at St. ucia the Re becca, Suss; Jane, WY tte ; Brilliant, Ctaax ; St. Lucia, Ar vntcx ; and Intrepid, FINLAY, all loading; and the Palermo, FRAN/ILA/ID ; May, Owns; and Elizabeth, —, discharging. I'v/sweet+, Ann 24.—Wind N.—Arrived the Levant, Pas moat, from Hull for Leghorn. FORTSEOU7II, Aram 25. —Wind S.S.E.—Sailed the Vigilant, D A viosox, for Marseilles. Cowes, Arum 25.—Sailed the Prideess . Charlotte, &ern, for Ceylnu. Ha eascti, Aram 25.—Arrived the Princess Charlotte packet, With Mails from Cuxhaven. Sailed tkA Castlereagh packet for Honand. and Henry F re di ng ditto, for Cuxhaven ; each with a MaiL DIAL, Ataut 25.—Wind S.E.--Came down from the River and sailed, the Free Briton, 3lorrarr ; Generous Planter, Woos WA en; and Wellington, ANotasos, for St. John's ( N. B.); Jason, CLARK, fur Genoa ; Ceres, Marutwa, for Smyrna ; Hope, Bnoxo, for Prince Edward's Island; Neptunus, Lento, for Bourdeaux ; Minerva, FAANELIN, for Miramichi ; Tuscan, Cstaittrou, -for lachebucto ; Sir George Osborne, STANZAS, fur the South Seas; and Windsor, Hawaii); for China : the two latter remain. Coat, Aran. 20.—Sailed the Albury and Importer transports, for Halifax, with troops. Cusross-Housz, Aram 25.—Entered Inwards: The Fox, from (Mead; the Trafalgar, from Gottenburgh ; Louisa, from Smyrna; and the Luna, from Harlingen.—Cleared Outwards: The Brixton, fot Van Dieman's Land; Nile, for Hayti; Jonge Fietrie, for Amsterdam ; Alert, for 11Ialta ; Woodlark, for the Cape of Good Hope; Sarah, for Elsineur ; Amelia, for Jersey; Cuecord, fur Elsineur ; and Britannia, for Ilamburgh. Captain C. MYRICK, late of the brig Cossack, of Boston, has arrived at New York, via Phil igelphia, to which place he came in the brig James Coulter, from Ilavannah. Captain Mrnicx left the city of Mexico on the 4th of February last, where he, with his crew, were liberated from prison, after nearly three years coafinemeut. The Chief Mate of the Cossack, Mr. I'. GARDNER, is a native of England; Mr. P. PRATT, the interpreter, and four sailors, principally English men, were all massacred by the Spaniards at Matzlan, 50 leagues to the North of Sari Bias, on the Continent. Extract of a Letter from Carthagena, dated '2oth February :—" As our communication with the inte rior is now open, and which will last until the expira-• lien of the Armistice, a great number of the Patriots are continually coming here; but a very heavy duty is laid on all goods purchased by them and going into the interior. About 15,000 troops are encamped near this city, and the Officers are paying us frequent visits, and Are received with great attention." The Grand Annual Masonic Dinner, and the Elec tion of Officers for the ensuing year, took place yes terday, of the Freemasons' Hall, Queen-street, when his Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX was re elected Grand Master. The Brethren of the Order afterwards dined together (his Royal Highness in the Chair . ; in the great hall. The Meeting was nume ous, amounting to upwards of 500, amongst whom we, o a number of distinguished Noblemen. The gal lery was full of well-dressed Ladies, who, after din ner, were agreeably entertained by the vocal abilities of several professional Gentlemen. His Royal High ness was in excellent spirits, and supported the Chair much to the satisfaction of all present. The health of her Majesty the QUEEN was given by his Royal Righness, and received with thunders of applause. Among the visitors on Tuesday at Greenwich Fair, the LORD ADVOCATE of Scotland, MI. WILLIAM Elise I NE, and some other distinguished Members of the Scottish Bar, were recognized. Mr. ERSKINE, Mho is well known to all the lovers of poetry for the admirable stanzas he has added to " Collins' Ode on the Superstitions of the llighlands," could not depart satisfied without having his fortune told by a wan dering Gipsey. The LORD ADVOCATE, who has also a large share of poetry in his disposition, joined in the whim. We expect an account of their respective horoscopes to-morrow. ALL HUNIBUG !--When Mr. Sruritex KERIBLZ was Manager in Newcastle, and the houses were ra ther flat, no less a personage arrived in town than Prince Annainakoo, who offered his services for a very moderate consideration. Accordingly the bills of the day announced, " that between the Acts of the Play, Prince Annamaboo would give a lively re presentation of the scalping operation ; he would likewise give the Indian war-whoop, in all its various tones, the tomahawk exercise, and the mode of feast ing at an Abyssinian banquet." The evening ar rived, and many people attended to witness these princely imit a tions. At the end of the third Act his Highness walked forward with digaifiea step, flourishing his tomahawk, and cutting the air, ex claiming, "Ha ha—ho ho !" Next entered a man with his face blackened, and apiece of bladder fas tened to his head with gum: the Prince, with a large carving -knife, commenced his scalping operation, which he performed in a style truly imperial, hold ing up the skin in token of triumph. Next came the war-whoop, which was a combination of dreadful and discordant sounds: lastly, the Abyssinian ban quet, consisting of raw beef-steaks : these he made into rolls, as large as his mouth would admit, and devoured them in a princely and dignified manner. Having completed his cannibal repast, lie flourished his tomahawk, exclaiming, "Ha ha—ho ho!" and made his exit. Next . day, the Manager, in the mid dle of the market-place, espied the most puissant Prince of Annaoraboo selling pen-knives, scissors, and quills, in the character of a Jew pedlar. " What I" said Kemal.; " my Prince, is that you! Are you not a Pretty Jewish scoundrel to impose upon us in this manner?' Moses turned round, and with an arch look replied, " Prince be d—d, I vash no Prince; I cash acting like you. You vash Kings, Princes, Em tem" thy•—•STEPBEN KIMBLE to-morrow ; I vash a_arPug—you vash humpug—all vash humpug !" Yesterday Kendrick, the black pugilist, was brought to Baamlreet Office on a Bench warrant, a true bill Laving been found against him at the Sessions, on the charge of Cribb, the champs° . N. The prisoner en deavottred to pass Off the charge by saying they wee e however, me n , an d ma d e li g h t o f t h e matter ; 'vv'ever, Cribb attended, and was determined to Pursue the charge, stating, that the prisoner had as saulteclhim so vidently, and behaved in such an out rageous manner in his house, that he was obliged to take urn by th e waist and throw him out of doors. Pia Prisct . ei was ord e r e d to rema i n i n custo d y t ill De can had good bail. INVERNESS, APRIL 12. On the 10th instant, the officers of the law pro ceeded, under the protection of -a strong military force, to eject the tenantry of Strathbrora, which they effected without opposition; the people having taken the alarm on the approach of the military, carried out their furniture, and fled to the neighbouring hillsi whence they surveyed the demolition of their houses. Mr. J. MACBEAN, Sheriff's officer, had been sent from this place with criminal letters, against those who had been most active in the deforcement of the civil officers, upon the former occasion ; but though parties of men and women were seen moving about among the hills, and were repeatedly pursued by the soldiers, only two men and a woman were appre hended, who were brought to this town in the mail, by the officer, and lodged in jail, to stand trial on the 28th instant, for the alleged assault and rioting.— Lieutenant Ash, a very active young officer, while, with three soldiers, pursuing one of the flying par ties, came by an accident in crossing a deep stream, which was however attended with .no other serious consequence than a severe ducking. Heaps of stones were found, concealed with turf, which, it is sup posed, had been collected to give a warm reception to the officers, if they had not been supported by such an overwhelming force. Decreet summonses of removal were afterwards issued against the tenantry of Gruids, who had also fled from their homes; the military, including the reinforcement which joined them last week, about 150 strong, are to ba stationed in Sutherland, until the people of Gruids are ejected at Whitsunday. ON THE TIMES. ~ BY A SCOTTISH WEAVER. TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE STAR. SIR—It is nothing uncommon for authors to be speak the good humour of their readers by giving some account of themselves, and, if of respectable lineage, to say something also of their ancestors. As to ancestry, I cannot boast greatly. Both my grandfathers' grauslfathers were weavers, and cove nanted Whigs. In their youth they endured consi derable persecution under the two last reigns of the Stuarts, but escaped with their lives, and witnessed the glorious Revolution of 1688. They were Whigs of the old stamp, so am I.—They belonged to the lower orders, and so do I. I reside in Scotland, within three miles of a great commercial city, in a village containing about three hundred inhabitants, mostly weavers :—poor, but in dustrious; and, with few exceptions, sober and reli gious. As a sure proof of this, we have not one ale-house in the village, yet it contains two public schools; one partially supported from the parish funds, and the other by the majority of the inhabi tants, who are dissenters from the old Kirk. Sorry am I to say, that since times have turned so bad, fewer scholars attend both than did one seven years ago ;*and this from no disinclination of either pa rents or children, but from sheer poverty alone. This augurs rather unfavourable to the knowledge, reli gion, and morals of the rising generation. Occupied at an unprofitable sedentary employ ment, little time have we to spare, or money to lay out on Newspapers; yet some of us make shift to ob tain them, second-hand, at the cheapest rate pos sible. Once or twice a-week we spare an hour or so, in a shoemaker's shop, our usual place of rendezvous. We who are old men are generally looked up to, as in duty bound, by the younger part of the audience, for the orthodoxy of our political strictures. And without much order or coherency (as I am but a sorry amanuensis), some of them are in substance as follows : Ist. On the charge of irreligion existing among the lower orders, and that to an unprecedented degree within these few years—we are convinced it is a mere sham, to serve a political end. The truth is, the most sober, religious, and thinking part of us, are the most dissatisfied with the management of na tional affairs. Such of us, are mostly dissenters of one kind or another. By staunch old Kirkmen, we have been long looked on as seditious ; but the charge of irreligion is new. These hundred years by-gone we have rather been reckoned troublesome, by reason of our strictness in religious concerns. From this we naturally infer, that were it to an swer a &ate purpose, a praying Whig would be as obnoxious to the " Powers that be," as they were in I Scotland from 1660 to 1688. Courtiers are as irre ligious, in the true sense of the word, just now, I dare say, as Buckingham and Rochester, the boon companions of CHARLES 11. Short work was made of the Scots Whigs in those days of religion and social order ! A plain countryman reading his Bible in the open fields was either shot to death instantly for the daring crime, by Claverhouse (the gallant DUNDEE, as Sir WALTER SCOTT would call him), or be sent, by the merciful Sir George Mackenzie, " to glorify GOD in the Grass - market, " Edinburgh. 2d. As to trading concerns, our knowledge must be considered as very circumscribed, yet we have uniformly come to this conclusion—that admitting a great falling off, by a transition from war to peace, foreign nations manufacturing for ,themselves, the Corn Bill, Stc. &c. the leading cause of low wages and want of employment is—the inability to purchase manufactured articles fur home consumption. This is diminished to an incalculable event, of which few people seem to be aware. We all suppose Great Britain and Ireland to contain eighteen millions of inhabitants, six millions of these, we shall suppose, consist of the necessitous poor. When times were better, at the lowest computation, one shilling a head would be spent weekly for manufactured articles, of which they now stand in absolute want. This amounts to upwards of fifteen millions of pounds annually.— Six millions of the middle class may be fairly sup posed to circumscribe their expenditure to an equal amount. What an impetus would thirty millions worth of manufactured articles give to British in dustry ! But I shall pursue the subject no farther, until I discover whether the above may obtain p corner in your valuable Paper.—Your's, AULD ANDREW. Friday evening, Maidstone and its neighbourhood were visited by a tremendous tempest from the South which lasted from about a quarter past six o'clock till nearly half-past eight. The lightning was vivid and awful beyond description, and the rain, for a con side►ablc time, fell in sheets. An ash was struck by the electric fluid, at Hadlox,- and shivered to pieces. RECORDER'S COURT ' DUBLIN; APRIL 19. TItEPANNINC. Anne Fell was charged with assaulting Elizabeth Field, and falsely imprisoning her, the said Elizabeth Field, for six hours. There was another count iii the indictmentfor a common assault. Elizabeth Field lives with Mrs. Bennett, in Mer iion-street ; remembers passing through Denzil-street, about one o'clock, on Monday, the 9th instant ; a wo man, whom she afterwards knew to be Mrs. Fell, called to her from the window of a house ; she said she had been robbed and ill-used by a Roman Catho lic servant, because she was a Protestant, and begged of the witness to come to her assistance; witness went up to the door, and was admitted by an old woman. On witness going in, the prisoner told ter she wished to see a Minister, as she felt the infirmities of old age, and wished to receive spiritual comfort; wit ness replied, that she was a Roman Catholic, hut that she would go for a Protestant Clergyman for her, if she wished ; Mrs. Fell then said, that she knew Mr. Motrin, of York -street, and would write a note to him, if she (witness) would take it ; they then went into the parlour ; witness had flowers in her hand ; on coming into the parlour, Mrs. Fell asked her to read prayers to her, to which she con sented ; on witnesi attempting to go away, Mrs. Fell asked her to go up stairs to the drawing-room, to look at some beautiful foreign ornaments ; witness thanked her, and was about to go; the old woman who let witness in left the house, and went into the street. Mrs. Fell then locked, bolted, and chained the hall door; witness asked her why she fastened the door? she said it was to keep that robber out, meaning the old woman who had just gone out; she said it was she that had robbed her—they were in the hall at this time. On turning back to the parlour, witness was surprised to find the shutters close shut, and a candle lit ; she Olen wanted to go away, and said she would get blame for staying. Mrs. Fell then told her to-pitch all her friends to the devil, as she (Mrs. Fell) had enough left for her (witness) and her self. She then began to sing, and said that she ex pected two ladies, and wanted her to sit down; wit ness began to -cry, and Mrs. Fell kept rattling the poker against the hall door, and making a noise to prevent witness from being heard by any persons out side. Witness was detained all this time against her will ; it was then about six o'clock ; it was about one o'clock Mrs. Fell induced her to go in; towards seven o'clock a double rap came to the door, and a Gentle man's voice asked if " Mother Fell" was at home? Mrs. Fell went to the door, but did not open it ; she asked him if he wanted a girl ? He said he did. Wit ness was crying all this time. Mrs. Fell then seized a knife in one hand and a poker in the other, and told her she had better stop crying and not make a noise, for if she would not be quiet, she would make her quiet. Mrs. Fell then told the Gentleman she had a girl for him, but that she could not let him in then, as there was a crowd round the door; she told him to come later and she would let him in. Witness then ran up to the drawing-room ; found the window closed; she immediately opened it, and called out for assistance. Mrs. Fell followed witness up stairs and pulled her away froni the window. A great crowd had by this time collected round the house. Witness ran to the window again, and Mrs. Fell rushed at her and tore her cloak off in forcing her from it. While at the window, a Gentleman who had been passing, asked her " if she was aware what sort of a house she was in?" she said she was not, but that she wanted to get out.— The Gentleman asked her if she really wanted to get out ? she said, all she wished or wanted on earth was to get out. The Gentleman then demanded the door to be opened, and those outside commenced a loud rapping, but Mrs. Fell would not open the door. The crowd continued loudly rapping and-de manding admission for nearly two hours, and it was not until a sledge had been procured by those per sons outside, and the door was nearly forced in, that Mrs. Fell opened it. Two Peace Officers were among those who came in, and Mrs. Fell put her arms round the neck of one of them and kissed him. She then called her (witness) a robber, and told the Peace Of ficer she was after robbing her ; she made them search her; they did, and found nothing on her ; she said she had stolen 24 duplicates from her; there was only one halfpenny found on witness's person—she made them search her coat, and said there were notes in the sleeves of it. Mrs. Fell then got her (witness's) bonnet, and began tearing the lining of it ; witness could not say from what motive. It was taken from her by one of the Peace Officers ; she then made them take her shoes off, but nothing was found. In a short time afterwards witness went home ; it was nearly nine—the Gentleman who came to her assist ance, and one of the Peace Officers, saw her home. No witnesses were called for the defence. The RECORDER then charged the Jury, who, with . - out leaving the box, consulted for about three mi nutes, when they returned a verdict of Guilty on both counts. His Lordship then sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned twelve months. MORALITY OF THE CHINESE AKIN.—(From the Pekin Gazette of September, 1818.)—" Tsing-chang, the General in command of the Tartar district of E-le, reports to the Emperor the case of Soo-kwo tung, who was a Major in the army, and was broken for misconduct in regard to a certain female, while on garrison duty, under the command of General Ma-yu. Soo-kwo-tung was banished to E-le for three years; and the time bein , now expired, he en treats for permission to return. The charge brought against him, and for which he was punished, was as follows :—Whilst under the command of General Ma-yu, who was stationed at the garrison of Tun ming, he lodged at an inn, where he beeame inti mate with Mrs. Toan, the landlady, with whom he frequently drank a glass. It appears that afterwards he agreed with her for a sum of money to become his concubine, and they lived in illicit intercourse at the inn. For this very disgraceful conduct he was taken into custody, and made to wear the cangue for two months, at the expiration of which he was ba nished to E -le. This took place in the fourth month of the 99th year of Kea-king, and in the' fourth month of the present year the term of three years had been completed. The Emperor's pleasure was therefore solicited in regard to the criminal. The Emperor, on receiving the report, wrote with his vermilion pencil, that it was a most degrading and disgraceful affair, and that the criminal should not be permitted to return, but continue there three years longer, when the Empet sat's pleasure would be known. SPORTING INTELLIGVICE. NEWAIARKET CRAVEN MEETING, MI. • MYDXVIDAY, APRIL. 25. Subscription Plate of E5O, for 3-yr-olds, 7st. :;-yr-olds, Sst. 71b. and 4-yr-olls. 9st. T. Y.C. Air. Vansittan'a grey colt FinAncier, 4 yrc - Mr. Rush's bay filly, by 'Duffle, L yrs old - Duke of Rutland's che•snut cult Curi.di, 3 yrs old - - Lord Giarendon's chesnut filly Miray.dola, 3 ) rs old Lord Exeter's brown filly Aspasia, Z. yrs old Mr. Stacey's brown cult, by &Inn, 2 yrs old The Judge placed but three. 6to 4 art Financier-5 to g agst Niirandola. Second Class of the Oatlands Stakes of cogs. each, h. ft. D.L. Lord .fec.ey's Sporus, 5 yrs old, 6st. - - 1 Mr. Wyndham% Little Johu, 4 yrs old, fist. slb. - Mr. Walker's Cansiva, 3 yrs old, 7st. 41b. - - - Duke of Portland's Zadig. 4 yrs old, Bst. 51b. - 4 Mr. Sievens's Foitmon, yrs old, 7s:. - - - - ; Four paid-5 to 4 agst Spurts—. 3 to 1 agst Little John -5 to 1 agst Zadig. Sweepstakes of :100gs. each, h. ft. for the produce of mares covered in Ixl7, by untried stallions; colts, ilst. 41b. 1114 D. M. Duke of Grafton's colt, by Woeful Mr. Whaley's filly, by Partisan Lord Suffield's filly, by Muley received paid psi 80gs. LAMBER'FO AUNT RACES. ITESDAV, APRIL 21. _ The Bunters' Stakes, by Subscription of lOgs. each, h. ft. Heats, two miles. Kight Subscribers. Mr. Knowles's bay gelding Peregrine - - - 1 4 1 Major Mouton's chesnut horse Zigzag - - - 3 1 5 Mr. lierbert's brown mare Penelope - - 2 2 4 Captain More's Toddler Mr. lienshaw's bay horse Fiddler - - - S dr Mr. lioebottom's Ajax 6 dr Fine racing;. Penelope was the favourite, but after the heat, even on l'eregrine; after the second heat, even between Pere grine and Zigzag. The AU Age Stakes, by Subscription of 10p. each, for horses not thorough-bred. Beats, two miles. Captain Jordan's Mistule - - Mr. W. R. Forth's bay horse Sprightly - Mr. Coulthard's Hospitality - - - - Mr. Lambton's Jerry Sneak - - Mr. James's Bobadil 6to , 4 against the winner. Mr. Pearse's Lunatic, Sst. 71b. beat Mr. Jones's Speculator, Sst. 41b. One mile. 50p. 1 1 - 4 2 - , 2 3 - 5 4 - 5 dr MATCH TO TROT ONE HUNDRED MILES IN TWELVE SUCCESSIVI?. HOURS. This match was made by Captain BIC;SELY, Ofiler, to do the above distance, with two riders, the owner (who rides 12st.) the first 50 miles, and feather weight the next 50, took place over a ten-miles piece of ground, on the Ipswich mad, on Tues day, for 200 guineas. The mare to perform tinstask was under 15 hands,. but .hewed much strength and blood, and she was backed at six to five to win. She performed 12 miles in the first hour, and within 200 yards of the same distance in the second hour, before the bit was drawn. The first 50 miles was per formed in five hours and five minutes. Here the mare was rubbed down, and she fed weU and started again, after halting half an hour. She next carried little more than seven stone of weight, and travelled on pleasant at the rate of ten miles and a half an hour, which covered loss of time and stoppages, and she won cleverly, with 20 minutes to spare. One in the morning was the starting time. SPARRING. &roggins, an old favourite of the Fancy, and a boxer who has exhibited in the Prize Ring sixteen times, with effect, took his Benefit at the Fives Court yesterday, and it was a bumper. The combats were all out-and-out, they were not upon the old suit sets-to, but downright glove-milling, all of the heroes trying to " get the best" of each other. _ _ Haman anal Shelton.—This was the first bout of consequence, and it was an admirable exemplification of science and manhood. Skelton attempted to hit counters with his adversary, and he placed one of them upon Hickman's mouth, which produced a little claret. Gas made some excellent parries, hit with his left hand, and strewed improvement in that necessary requisite, science. About the middle of the set-to be began to Kt the gas loose, and he staggered Shelton away by a heavy right-handed blow, which made him drop his head. In the subsequent rounds- Gas had the best of it, but it was a manly exhibition, and the tapping system had nothing to do with it. Johnson, the leog-armed black, was put up against a rough, big commoner from Wandsworth. The cork of the black was drawn, and both of the men soon got into Hammer-smith. Bel; and Ben Burns displayed great science, but the latter, it was thought, had the lead. The Birmingham Youth and Whittaker had a turn, but the latter complained of the hardness of the hitting, and that it was contrary to agreement. _ _ _ A most tremendous bout took place between /farskaU, a new gas-light man, and one Elliot ; the latter was ctareted as severely u if he had been fighting a battle. Spencer and Alexander, Basher and a nephew of Burnt, and Harmer and Bitton, afforded lots of amusement. Scroggins apologia d for not setting-to on account of illness ; but be endeavoured to amuse his audience with his oratory in returning thanks. Ile said as how hi was much obliged to them for their geatkmanly patronage, and be hoped they had all been ploiced ! _ _ _ Br;awn, the Sprig of Myrtle, skewed ; and also his opponent, Horsham, covered with the marks of war.—Randall, Turner, Richmond, Purcell, Curtis, Cribb, Ilolt, Tons Jones, &e. were present, but did not exhibit. On the whole, it was one of the best day's sport ever witnessed at the Fives Coin. A match is expected to be made between Giblets and Sompnat. SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.--A bitch, belonging to a gentleman in Arbroath; wai given away to a gen. tleman who took her along with him in his car riage to Dundee. She pupped in the evening of her arrival there, and brought fo: th four; before morn ing she had them all carried back to Arbroath, a dis tance of more than 17 miles. MELANCHOLY Acct DE N r.____Wednesday last, groom, in the service of Mr. THOMAS HAWKINS, of Stanton Court, Worcestershire, bring sent by his master to the Haw for some live tench to stock a pond, on his arrival proceeded in a boat for the pur pose of getting the fish out of a trunk which was moored in the middle of the river, and while thus oc cupied, by some means or other he ovei balanced him self, and falling backwards into the water, sunk to rise no more ! It is a singular circumstance, and il lustrative of the attachment and sagacty of the canine species, that a pointer dog, which had accompanied the man, had been left in the charge of a sack or bag on the bank, while the poor fellow proceeded to the trunk, on perceiving the man fall into the river, im mediately took the bag in his mouth, and jumping into the water, swam about a considerable time in search of his companion. When nearly exhausted, the animal was taken into a boat by some persons who were endeavouring to render assistance ; but on its being relieved of the bag, the faithful animal again jumped overboard, and continued his search for nearly a quarter of an hour. In about an hour the body was got up by means of nets, but life of course was totally extinct. When the corpse was brought out, the attachment of his dumb associate again manifested itself, as the poor creature stretched himself upon his breast, and licked his face, and it was not without considerable difficulty that he could be separated from the body. The poor tellow bore an excellent charac ter as a careful and steady servant. • _ _ An American Journal reports, that one of the prin. pal roads in the Province of Chaetas is become im passable from a species of non-desciipt mosquito; they attack both man and horse, and their sting is su 41C4i111%:LiVh; at to ‘4115e death in three hours.