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Th:s It parties, , with' a cls of 30 s for es. oral were )e ch i vet , L leaving' felt in his on. And , for his , :ink-note ring a iers have THE THE.4TRES. DRURY-LANE. The Comedy of Wild Oats was represented last night h grea t applause. ELLISTON'S Rorer, Mr. DOWTON'S i ' Gene, Mr. KNIGHTS Sins, Mr. TERRY'S John ry, and Mrs. WEST'S Lady Antarahth, were everyd lg that could be wished. The new splendid Specta- Closed the entertainments of the evening. COVENT-D ARDEN. Last night King Henry Me Eighth was performed. r.Youso, as Cardinal Ilrolsey, exerted his fine talents i t h gre at effect. Without any assistance from passion , ,; w ith much from the grand association of philosophy d poetry, he arrested the attention, delighted the s te, and commanded the sympathies of his audience. . e dignity of his deportment while in power, was finely .ntrasted with the humility of his fall, and that humi ty was so sustained by majesty of sentiment and action, to give it an impression which nothing but the adver lr of genius could realise. Mr. C. KEMBLE'S Cron:- 41 was admirable. In the parting scene with Wolsey e was most effective; but two such performers in two ich parts, must always create a regret that the parts re not longer. Mrs. OGILVIE. a Lady who had made er appearance some seasons ago in the highest line of ragedy, appeared as Queen Catherine. In the trial tene she was dignified, and in the last scenes not un appy, with the exception of certain hysterical extrava sancies at the moment of her exit. THE GREEN PARK.—The high wall on the eastern side of York House, contrary to expectation, has been rebuilt ; so that the only railing will be that of the en closed space on the western side, which is now in a considerable state of forwardness.—A new walk, for public conveniente, has been made on the outside of this railing, and a suitable opening made to it from St. James's Park. Mr. Goossoe has taken the Grand Theatre at Milan died La Scala, for six years, where his Lady is of vase to be the Prima Donna. Mr.Gnossor. has sent o,ertures to Signor and Madame de Beams, to GAR. cwt and to BRAHAM, offering each of them engage. fonts for next year. !ilrs. KEMBLE, the widow of JOHN KEMBLE, has aly resided at Cheltenham since her return to this country. She Slow at that pike, and the deep sense of her heavy loss is relieved bale scathing attentions of Mrs. SIMMS, who has for some time ban residing with her at the sane place. EDWARD HULKES, Esq. on his return home from a :hooting party on Thursday evening, was thrown from cis carriage near the Star on, Chatham Hill, by which accident he had his thigh broken. Wednesday morning, a fire broke out in the stables. of the Castle Inn, at Mordan, Herts, the whole of which were consumed, with two valuable horses. It originated in the carelessfiess of a boy, who set fire to some litter. Sunday se'nnight the fowl-house of Mr. Goose, of Bellesdon, u•as broken open, and 16 ducks stolen. Last week a fine little boy, about three years old, son of Mr. J. Neame, of Petham, lost his life by a piece of pudding crust sticking in his throat. A commutation of the sentence of death, into that of banishment for life, arrived at Perth on Saturday week for Wolter erahatn, condemned at the last Circuit for uttering forged notes. Monday evening, Stephen Knight, many years driver of a Bath coach, having committed the reins to the care of the guard, got into a doze and fell from the box, vhen the wheel went over his head and killed him. Yesterday an Inquest was held on the body of Eliza beth Douglas, who was found dead in Whiskin's Field on Sunday morning last. Mr. Docker, surgeon, stated, that there was a slight effusion of blood on the brain, which had doubtless been the cause of her death. Mary Clegg had known the deceased for two years; as an un fortunate woman, and addicted to drinking. Verdict, Died by Apoplexy. Counsellor LILLIENSTERN, of Frankfort on the Mayne, has published a very singular work, in which he attempts to prove, argmbentatively and methodi cally, that the predictions respecting Anti-Christ are now on the eve of being accomplished. Anti-Christ, he asserts, will appear in 1823. His arrival will be succeeded by ten years of religious wars; after which the Milleniurn, as he assures us, will commence in ISM! SINOULAR OCCURRENEEs.—A Gentleman of unques tionable respectability states, that he recently observed, in the neighbourhood of Dearham, a flight of fieldfares intermingled with a number of swallows—a very un ssual combination, as the latter generally migrate from our shores in September, and the former de not visit them till October : there is, besides, no observable affinity in their habits. The same Gentleman relates a still more singular anecdote, on the authority of two persons well known to him, and of undoubted veracity,, Nho declare that " last Su►iday, about two o'clock, P. M. they heard, on their way to church, the cuckoo cry six or seven times very distinctly. They were distant from each other, at the time, at least 300 yards, and severally mentioned the circumstance, on their arrival at church, as a very unusual occurrence."—Cumberland Packet. Thursday night a most melancholy occurrence befel an unfortenate girl residing in Milne's-square, Edin burgh. According to het account of it, she had been reading The Death- of Abel, when the candle fell from the table and set fire to her clothes. There happened to be a young man in the house at the time, who, alarmed by the girl's screams, rushed in, and succeeded in ex tinguishing the flames, by throwing a blanket over her, but not until a great part of her person was scorched to the appearance of a cinder. The girl has been removed to the Infirmary, and hopes are entertained that she may survive the calamity. The antiquarian researches made on the borders or the Black Sea, have been attended with most satisfac tory results, and have thrown great light upon the his tory of the Greek Colonies, which once existed in those countries. It has been ascertained by accident, that the thriving city of Odessa is built upon the site of an old Greek town. In the month of March last, a workman, toile digging in the yard of a private house, discovered, abOut four feet below the surface, some human bones, enclosed by stones rudely ranged ; and at their side a vase in terracotta at the left side of the bones. This , - vase was found, upon examination, to be of Greek anti quityw of the sort generally called Etruscan, elernt in its form, and ornamented with paintings. The paintings have a reference to religious ceremonies, known to have been held by the Greeks of the Euxine. This vase, to gether with other antiquities discovered nut long since, induce the conjecture - that the port of the Istiians, men- Ftioned in the Periplus of Art►an, was sit►►afed where Odessa stands at present. Whilst speaking of Odessa, we may remark, that the science of music has made' great ptogress there. They have not only an Italian Opera, which is well got up, and numerously attended, but also a great many Concerts and Musical Sucieties. Ma. AND Mies. GRAHAM'S ASCENT AT BATH. Bath, on Tuesday, was the scene of considerable bus tle, owing to the expressed intention of Mr. Graham again to ascend from that place in his balloon, accom panied by a Lady. The place fired on for the renewed experiment was a timber-yard just without the city of Bath ; and to that spot gas from the gas-works was conveyed. There was a good deal of company by one o'clock, and by half-past two o'clock the balloon was considered to be sufficiently inflated for ascension with the parties. Mr. and Mrs. Graham then appeared, and proceeded towards the car; and the Lady, who ap peared nothing daunted by the dangerous journey she was about to take, was, as might be expected, greeted with enthusiastic plaudits : she stepped into the car with her husband with a boldness of demeanour that be came the perils she was about to encounter . _ _ At a quarter before three o'clock, Mr. Graham gave directions to cut the balloon from its moorings: and it immediately ascended with most imposing steadiness and grandeur, no occurrence happening to mar the ge neral beauty and interest of the effect. Both Mr. and Mrs. Graham waved their flags with Cheerfulness, and the signs were acknowledged by shouts from the thousands on terra Irma. Unfortunately, some rain came on, and the clouds were very low ; so that in about ten or twelve minutes the balloon entered the clouds and was lost to the view of those on earth. MR. GRAHAM'S OWN ACCOUNT. The inflation commenced at half-past nine, and from the rapid supply of gas, was completed at twelve. We ascended at 35 minutes past two, amidst a heavy shower of rain. At about the height of a mile we found it necessary to throw out some ballast ; soon after we experienced a heavy fall of snow, the snow was about the size of a pea, and had the appearance of crystals; this caused the balloon to descend, but on throwing out more ballast, the machine preserved an equilibrium for more than half an hour, when it began to descend, and in eight minutes reached the earth.— After rebounding thrice, the balloon was secured by the grappling iron taking hold of a five-barred gate ; and in a few minutes, with the assistance of two men, we were safely landed from the car, after being in the air exactly fifty. nine minutes. The spot, where the balloon descended, was on Lord Britt NGB ROKE'S estate, between Swindon and Wootton Basset, being a distance of thirty one miles from path. We were met by Lord BOLING BROKE, accompanied by several Gentlemen, and some of his tenants, who, by his Lordship's desire, took the greatest care of the balloon and its appendages, while we went to Lydiard-House, where we experienced the greatest kindness and hospitality from Lord and Lady BOLINGBROKE and family. We left Lydiard•House at about seven o'clock, in a post-chaise, and arrived in Bath about half.past eleven. " FEitocious Doca.—Yisteiday afternoon, as two Gen tlemen were walking near the Surrey Theatre, accom panied by a small white terrier, a large mastiff sprang from beneath a cart which was passing at the time, and seizing hold of the smaller dog, so completely fastened him by the throat that the blood gushed forth in streams, and its death appeared almost inevitable. The owner of the terrier, perceiving the imminent danger of his favourite dog,courageously, though mdst thought lesslb seized hold of the mastiff's tail, and when in the act of biting it, to cause him to leave go his hold, the enraged animal, leaving the first object of bis attack, fastened his teeth on the cheek of the unfortunate Gen tleman, tore and lacerated his face in a most dreadful manner, and it is feared the loss of‘ne of his eyes will be the tesuk. The Gentleman (a Mr. Williams, from York), was conveyed to his hotel in a coach, accom panied by his friend and (the cause of the unfortunate occurrence) the terrier, which, when put into the coach, appeared quite dead. MAD Docs.—About a month ago, as Mr. Pepper, who resides near the Bun-house, Chelsea, was walking out with a favourite terrier, a large dog, which he at the time suspected was mad, attacked the terrier, ancP bit it. Some of the neighbours, however, insisting that the dog was not mad, Mr. Pepper did not tie up his ding; but on Wednesday se'nnight symptoms of mad ness made their appearance in the terrier, who foamed at the mouth, appeared to endure the greatest pain, and hie at everything he came near. Mr. Pepper, his son, and two daughters, as well as a little girl, residing at the next door, were bitten by the animal. Instant means were used to prevent hydrophobia ensuing ; the parts were cuC out and cauterised, and the family have gone to' take the benefit of the sea-water. Many of the dogs in the neighbourhood have been bitten. CHILD-STEALING.—Sunday morning last, Eliza Har vey, a fine little girl, between five and six years old, the daughter of Mr. Harvey, a respectable builder, residing. near Islington, being at play with the children, not far from the house, was induced by the temptations of sugar, fruit, cakes, &c. held out to her by a female child-stealer, to leave her play-mates, and notwithstancl 7 , ing the strictest inquiry being made for several miles along the read, and every direction where it was pos sible she might have been secreted, no trace could be discovered either of the woman or child, until Monday night, when one of the Smithfield cattle-drivers (who had frequently done jobs for Mr. Harvey) recognized the child in a new garb, about ten miles from town, under the care of a . woman, who is, it seems, well known in various parts of the country, as belonging to a Gipsy group that make frequent incursions from the woody recesses on the right of the great London-road, and commit depredations on the hen-roosts and piggeries. The Sybil of whom we have had occasion to speak as the child-stealer, is the Queen of this motley assembly. When challenged by the drover as to her right to retain the little Harvey in her possession, she stoutly asserted that it belonged to her niece, and that she ts as taking tile child home. This account, however, not tallying with the man's previous knowledge of the little gill as the child of his old employer, he begged leave to give Mrs. Martha Knight into the •custody of a constable, and restored the lost Eliza Harvey to her afllicted pa rents, who had given up the search as fruitless. N'avat, OttaTony.—The celebrated BLAKE, while engaging a Spanish fleet, lost one of his ships , which blew up. Seeing the spirit of his crew damped by this! awful event, he called oat, " Well, my lads, you have seen an English ship - blown up; and now let's see what figure a Spanish one will make in the same situation." This harangue raised the spirits of his men, and in less than an hour he set his antagonist on fire. REPORTERS.—When the tax on Newspapers, pro posed by Mr. PITT, was under discussion, Mr. DRAICZ declared he would oppose it from motives of gratitude; for the Reporters had been particularly kind to him, daving made him deliver many well-shapen speeches, though he felt convinced be never could speak so well in his life, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Drontheims dated October 8: " Ills Majesty's ship Got6ra, Captain Ctsvratwo 4 arrived at this port on the 6th instant; lakt from Greenland. Captain fLASINZt of the Royal Artifice?, is on board of her: she Will stay here four or five weeks." The Jesse and Flora, PAzzasok, of and from Liverpool to Trini dad, put into Crook haven the 23d instant, in a letky state, making three feet water per hour, and one pump unfit for use. FALMOUTH, (krona 28.—Wind S.S. W.— Arrived his Majesty's brig PARTHIAN, iu seven days from Lisbon, with a Mail; Luna, BISHOP, from Villaviciosa. Off the port, the Ranger, from Gibral tar • Minerva, from Bilboa ; and Susan and Maria, from Cadiz. Sailed the Brothers, Active, and Neptune, for London. PLYMOUTH, OCTOn It 23.---Wind S. S. W. -- Arrived the Eliza, GATE:EBY, from Blernel in twenty-two days; and Addict, FOKTLA from Bremen. _ _ PORYSMOUTH, OCTOBER 29. —Wind S.W.—Arrived the Inde pendence, Roamers, from Malaga. DEAL, OCTOBER 29.—Wind W. by S.—Arrived the Exmouth, EVANS, from Calcutta ; and Defence, Niwasit.tu., from Quebec. Came down from the River and remain, the Delaform, Yuma, for St.Vineent's ; Peter Proctor, Bacot's, for Dominica ; Portland, Dataxwarcia. for St. Übe's •, Atlas, ADAMS, for ditto; Harriet, Tutors, for Charleston; Stately, EDGAR, for Jamaica; Hector, Howtarrr, for ditto ; and Minstrel, Aczota., for Batavia. Cowes, Ocrumix 29.—Arrived the Ranger, TINN, from Gibral tar in fifty-three days, bound to Newcastle, short of provisions; and Louisa, BARNA RD, from London for Gibraltar, With loss of bowsprit. CUSTOMHOUSE, OCTOBER 29. SHIPS ENTRIED Imam:is—The Unity, from Archangel; Eliza beth, from Peterichttres; Socrates, from Copenhagen ; Times, and Margaret, from Waterford. CLEA RING OurwAnns—The Thomas, for St. Vincent's ; Jane, for Lisbon; Briton, and Catherine, for Jamaica ; Resource, for Bom bay ; Fame, for Oporto ; Lisette, for Pillau ; Prince Regent, for Port-au-Prince; and Jane, for Dublin. Amman—At St. John's (New Brunswick), the Fairfield, Work, from —; and the Marquis of Huntley, Thomson, from Gibraltar. At Jersey, Beehive, from Hamburgh. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.-THIS DAY. Ann Tut; ng, an interesting female, was put to the bar on an indictment charging her with stealing in the shop of Mr. Furnis, linen-draper, a piece of printed cotton. The situation of the prisoner excited considerable irr terest from the fact of her having previously borne a very good character, and maintained herself by work ing in the silk-weaving business; but having been un able to obtain employment she was driven by distress to commit the offence imputed to her. The Jury found her Guilty. The Court, in consequence of her character, and recommendation from the Jury, intimated that she should have an asylum at the Refuge for the Destitute. DARING ROBBERY. Mary IVicion was put to the bar on an indictment charging her with stealing, on the l Ith October, a shawl, • the property of John Perry, in the dwelling-house of Bartley, Esq. of Devonshire-place. The prisoner was seen to go down the area steps, and from her ap pearance excited suspicion. She was watched, and on coming out 6f the house the property and other articles were found upon her person.—Guilty. The removal of the Duke of BE torso from the French Ministry, seems to have produced a great sen sation in France. The Quotidienne of Sunday last con- tains letters upon this subject from Orleans, Montfort rAmaury, Neufchatel en-Bray, Versailles, Foutainisleau, Meaux, &c. all written in a strain of deep regret at his retirement, mingled with some tolerably free expressions of surprise at the want of Royal gratitude, in disgracing a man who had just rendered such eminent services to legitimacy. " The retirement of the Duke of BELLuNo," says the Quotidienne, " has produced a great manifes tation of Royalist opinion. A single Minister thus de tached from Ministerial affairs renders them more grave and important. All eyes are fixed upon the Dike of BELLUNO removing. If one might trifle upon a subject of such great interest, we would recall the expression of a critic on the Iliad of Homer, who said that it was entirely full of the absence of Achilles." It gives us much pleasure to have it in our power to announce the appointment of Agents in Colombia for Lloyd's, thus happily shewing the union of sentiments, on the importance of our trade with South America, between the Government and the great commercial body of the Nation, the Consulates appointed by Go vernment having just sailed, on board the his frigate, for that country. The Firms selected by Lloyd's Com mittee for managing their interests are the following ; For La Guira, Messrs. Jones, Powell„and Co. Maracaibo, Messrs. Hurry, Jones, and Co. Cartbagena, Messrs. Steil, M Farlaur, and Co. MADAME RI EGO.—We have ascertained, that though the means of Madame RtEGO and family are very nar row indeed, they have never been in a necessitous situa tion, strictly speaking. Pecuniary want does not, it seems, therefore add to their di,tress ; but their discon solate state will be easily understood by all who are possessed of the least feeling. We take this opportunity of stating. that this heroic man is not one of those who ' have profited by the political convulsions in his coun try. The fortunes of himself and family have suffered a total wreck.—Morning Paper. THE ARRESTS AT DUBLIN.—In our Paper of yester day we stated, that on Sunday the LORD MAYOR, took into custody about fifty persons, found assembled in a public-house in North King-street, between the hours of twelve and one o'clock ; on their being arrested those persons were immediately conveyed to Newgate., where they still remain. Informations were yesterday sworn lby two of the police,who attended his Lordship, against William Griffith, the proprietor of the house, and his waiter, Michael Denn, for having assaulted them while examining the house for some of the persons who es caped.—Freernan's Journal of Tuesday. We understand that a shop in this town has been opened for the sale of beer by retail, in virtue of an Act of Parliament which is said to have been lately dit•co-, vered by a Gentleman at Reading, and which contains' nearly the same provisions as those contemplated by Mr. BItOUGHAM'S Bill. We are not. acquainted with the statute in question, but are informed that it has iken already acted upon in several towns, that it empowers a person to sell without license any quantity of beer less than two gallons, which of course must not be drank upon the premises.—Brighton Gazette. The demand for water to supply the Cataract at Drury-Laneis sogreat,that the New River Company have imposed a very heavy additional rent, and are about to erect an enormou engine for the purpose of convey)ng it. NORTH. WEST PASSftGE.—An original Narrative (by a Seaman of the Expedition) of Captain Parry's last Expksratory Voyage in Search of a North West Passage into the Pacific Qceaa wilkappear in the Alectraxice MACAZINF, for Saturday next, Nov. 1, price Threepence; also various other interesting articles of infor mation in the Arts and Sciences; illustrated by Three Wood En gravings, Sm. &C. The Iblecu.ssu.s MAGAZINI is published every Saturday morn ing, by knight and Lacey, 24, Paternoster-row; and may be had cn the day of publicition (by being previously ordered) of all Book sellers and Newsmen, wkbtn ISO miles of the Metropolis. IfT Parts L and are now [Orly, cuti a sining Illustrative Engravings, price 15. each.._ SPORTING INPELLIGENCE. -r► - NEWMARKET THIRD OCTOBER, OR HOUGHTON MEETING. wrmitsrowv, °mita 29. Subscription Plate of £5O, for 2-yr-olds. carrying bat. 71b: threei Bst. 101 b. T. Y.C. Duke of Grafton's br. c. Logic, 3 yrs old - 1 Lord G. 11. Cavendish's b. 1. by Blucher, 2 yrs old - a Mr. Prendergast's b. f. by Soothsayer. 2 yrs old - 3 Lord Darlington 'S b. c. by Whisker, 3 yrs old Nine others started;'the Judge placed but three.-4 to 4 apt Logic-4 to 1 agst e. by Whisker. Mr. Greville's Premium, Bst. 21b. beat the Duke of Graisoei Talisman, Bst. 111 h. Ab. M. 100 sov.--6 to 4on Premium. - First Class. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sots. each, for 3.yr-obdi and upwards. T.Y.C. Mr. Greviile's Logic, 3 yrs old, Bst. 31b. - - I Mr. Forth's gr. 1. by Partisan, 3 yrs old, Tit. 111 b. - 3 Nit. Bation's Mystic, 4 yrs old, Bst. 91b. - -- 1 Three others started ; the Judge placed but three. Two paid. —6 to 4 on Logic-5 to 2 agst Mystic. - - . Second Class. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, T.Y.C.. Mr. Powlett'4 Eden, 5 yrs old, 7st. 91h. - - I Ale. F. kloycesAddy, 3 yrs old, 7st. 81b. - - 2 . . Lord Eseter's Athenian 6 yrs old, Fuur others started; the Judge placid but two. One paid.—S to 1 agst Eden-10 to 1 agst Addy-7 to 4 agst Athenian. HUNTING. The North Somerset Fox-hounds meet en Monday, at Nettle bridge Turnpike-gate. The East Sussex Fox-hounds met at the Devil's Dyke, near Brighton, on Monday last ; and soon after a fox war unkenuclled to a brilliant field of our hundred ~nd twenty sportsmen. Reytiard, for come time, hung about the gorse, but at length dashed for Perchin-hill, pa.;skd cer,.r it, and descended to White Lotbottom, crossed it, and made away for Portslade. Turning short to the right, ere he had r•arlied the It art place, he stood for Angleton, with his brush in da•wr. Near Angleton Church, the dogs ran into him, and termihat-d the only duce of the day, which had been a severe one, and occupied 90 minute:. BOX LANGAN AND Sratac.—Spring, after stating that he was ready to lay down one hundred to make it a match for three hued a-side/ begged when Reynolds and Langan called with the money, that the match might he made in London, his friends not being on the spot ! Messrs. Langan and Reynolds accordingly sent up .£5O. to Belcher to make the match with Sprhlg's friend; and the money was id Belcher's hands on the 11th inst. We have seen the answer Mr; Belcher sent on the receipt of the money ; how truly ridiculpus Mt: Spring's friends in Little James's-street must look after all his bins= tering when what is really the fact is made public, which Is this, that it is dilly within these three days that Sprin& could get friendit to put down fifty. The Public may feat assured that Langan . and his money are ready : if any forfeit takes place it must be on the part of Spring. Langan starts for Etighind on Thursday or Friday / 'to go into strict training.—Lublin lsaper Monday. MATCH TO KILL ONE HUNDRED HEAD OF GAMS IN TWO DAYS. Captain Smith's match to perform the above task for one hut)= deed sovereigns, took place on Monday and Tuesday ; the former' dir on the Frampton Manor, Essex, and the second day from Coles tier's End, Herts. He was to bag his game with one brace of dogs and a spaniel in seven hours each day. Moaday, he fell into good sport, and killed 17 brace of birds, 11 hares, two brace of grouse, and six brace of Oita:anti, making 61, from o'clock till half: past three. On the second day he tell in with some very good pheasant shooting, in the line of woods towards Buntingiord, and killed eleven brace in the fist three hours. The day's produce, in addition to the pheasants, was 14 brace of partridgas and six hares, in six hours, making fifty.six.—Total, one hundted aril seventeen. PEDESTRIANISM AND SINGULAR FEAT. Monday, the 13tli instant, James Hickmore, the Suffolk pedes. man, undertook, for a trifling wager, to walk fifty miles in eight hours and a half, at Framlinghani, which he accomplished within sixteen minutes of the given time ; and, on Friday, the 17th, at Earl Soham, he undertook to pick up with his mouth, without the assistance of his hintis, in one hour and a quarter, 100 eggs; laid at a yard distance from each other, which he did in four minutes less time than was allowed. MELANCHOLY ACClDEST.—Saturday the 4th inst. a poor woman much advanced in years, named Gad solve, having finished hopping, went with the rest of the pickets to take some refreshment at the Three Horse Shoes, Lower Hard: es. After 'regaling very moderately, she left the house to go home to Petham street, desiring her husband to follow her; it being dark she went be) and a turning into the fields, but before she frond her mistake, and „had got back to the place, her husband had passed it, and proceeded to Petliam, sup posing he was following her ; not finding her at borne he thought he had missed her on tine road, or that she was driven by the weather to take shelter somewhere, be therefore went to bed leaving the door open for her, but at daybreak he became alarmed at her absence and went in search of her, and, dreadful to relate, found her lying in a field, remote from any dwelling, with a broken thigh, having fallen into a chalk-pit, Liienched with rain, to which she had been exposed all 'light, and nearly perished with cold. Assistance was then given, and every comfort has since been administered, but from the dreadful sufferings - she experienced daring the night and her great age, her recovery is not expected. On the 13th instant, a fellow called at a public-house in lnverkeithing, and asked for something to cat, and a bed; and as he had a decent appearance, and said he had come from Edinburgh, aid was going to the north, he got supper, drink. and lodgings. He told the landlord that he kept the Grammar School of Bang, and had a farm contiguous to that Burgh, which had been held by his father, who at his death left a widow and nu merous family, of which he was the eldest"; that the farm belonged to the Earl of Fife, and that, with the help of a younger brother, he managed it in beha!f of the family, and kept the school also. To pass away the evening, he got .a book to read, and told the host that he was in progress towards the Ministry; that he was master of a number of languages; that he could teach Gaelic and French ; but that he particularly excelled in Greek and Latin, both of which he taught in his school. He quoted a number of ancient authors, such as Livy, . Virgil, and Czsar, all of whom he affected to hold in the highest admiration. He likewise quoted Scripture, spoke much of the wisdom and goodness of Pnovt- DENCE, asked a blessing to the meal begot, and actually appeared to have a system of divinity in his face. At night, he pretended to be going to the north, and said he meant to take a seat in one of the coaches that run • through lnverkeithing, but changed his mind the nest morning, and was father inclined to walk to Perth, saying, he was a good walker, and times were hard, and • he could walk 60 miles a-day. He stept out as for some necessary purpose, but never Itturned to pay his bill. When the room he had slept in all night was examined, it was found atilt he had opened a closet door and taken several articles out of a chest of drawers.—Fife Herald. An investigation took place on Friday last by the Committee for the management of the National Schools, in Faversham, on an affray which occurred on the Sunday evening preceding, between several boys, when it appeared, " That Rickard Whitehead was assaulted in the streets, struck at, and otherwise abused by several bog' of noted bad character, who bad previously been dismissed from ct school; that in the moment of irritation, be took out and opened his penknife, and either by hoWing it at bis side, or moving his hand, it entered the belly of Thonias Mannouch." This being the fact, the Committee considered it irtt proper to continue Richard Whitehead in the school, and therefore dismissed him; but at the same time were well satisfied of his previous good character, propriety' of conduct, and mildness of disposition, and were also convinced thaithe offence did not arise faoss any we:: • meditated malice, or vindictien