The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-07-14 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Dux, July 13.—Wind B.W.—Arrived Nat night sod to day and sailed for the River, the Commercial Packet sod New Harmony, from Tenni& ; Christopher, Knights from Miraralchl ; Dorothy, Forster, from Jamaica; Sir George, Osborn, from the South Seas ; Shannon, Peon, from Que bec; and Katharine, Knox, from Madras; the lett* re mains.—Came down from the River the Admiralty Yacht for Portsmouth, to join the Royal squadron ; alai the Bet sey,Cargill,for Naples; Oscar, Jameson, for Mumma ; and remain with the rest of the outward bound.—Jati It —Wind W.S.W.—Came down from the River the Melantho. Folges, for the South Seas; Bridges, Newton, for the South Seas ; BNeket, Murray, for Jamaica: Swifisure. Caddy, for Rio Janeiro ; Thomas, dimness. St. John's New Brunswick; Itisdeira, Allen, St. Thomaa's.—Arrived last night and to elay the Sir Edward Paget, Geary, from Bengal; Duke of Bedford, CuneinAham, from Bombay ; York, Talbot, from .Madras; Josept, Patrick, from Sierra Leone; Mary, Brown, from the Cape of Good Hope; Dedalus, Embleton. from Miramichl ; Edward, Deco, from St. Vincent's; Bri tish Tar, Clark. from Quebec: the whole have proceeded for the River, with I others—particulars unknown. PORTMOUTM, July 13 —Wind S.W.—Sailed IL M. ship Tamer for Chatham. • Ponrouvw. July 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Perse-i werance. from St. John's New Brunswick ; Heart of Oak, Jones, from Memel ; and Charles. Borchers, from Aotwerp. FaLstouvs. July Il.—Wind S.W.—Arrived H. M. ship Clinker, in 98 days from St. Thomas's, with a Mall ; and, H. M. ship Larne, from Portsmouth, for the East Indies.— Arrived the Margaret and Market Maid, from London. The Orblt,Baster, from New Orleans to Liverpool, ran on shore 30th May on Headburg-reef, and bilged; the crew, 48 bales of cotton, sails, &c. saved. The Spanish Soldier, Brown, for New York, struck on the Elbow Sand-bank off Flashing, Bst lost. and was haul ing into Flushing nearly ander water. PORTSMOUTE, SATURDAY, JULY Ig. Yesterday his Majesty's Surveying Vessel, Kangaroo,Mr. de Mayne, Master, arrived from Jamaica, and rennin' with the Royal George, Prince Regent, Serinppatain, and Blaney. —ln the Harbour—Queen Charlotte, Albion, Ganges, Royal Sovereign yacht, Glasgow, Raid, Tennagant, Mersey, Rifleman, Camelion. Calliope. The Sianey, IS, Capt. Charles Mitchell, fitted for the East India station, will sail on Monday. Lieut. Bennett and thirteen privates, of the Royal Marine Corps,wbo have volunteered to reinforce the Garrison of Ascension, and 20 men, for the ships on the Cape station, bate embarked in her. The Falmouth was paid off yesterday. Pi.swouzw.—Sailed the Sappho, 18, Capt. Jones, to cruise off Cadiz. The Tamar frigate left the Eden, 26, Captain J. Lawrence, C. 8., at Vera Cruz, waiting for freight for Havannah and Jamaica. The Athol, 28, Captain Bourchier, arrived at Ha ♦annah the oth of June, from Jamaica, and sailed again on the 9th for New York and Halifax. The Tamar, daring her three years acd a half service on the Jamaica station, lost 19 officers and $4 men and boys ; she sailed for Deptford yesterday, to be paid off. The Termagant. IS, Captain Dunlop. has come into Harbour to be paid o! Capt.T. Forrest, C. B. is appointed to the Isis of 50 guns; fitting at Chatham for the Flag of Vice-Admiral Sir L. W. Ilalsted, K.C.B. appointed Commander-in Chlefin the West Indies ; Capt. S. J. Pechell, C. B. is .appointed to the Bybille Frigate, at Deptford ; Lieut. W. Thompson, to con- Mind the Success cotter; Mr. W. Paine, to be Secretary to Sir W. Halsted ; Mr. Bailey, to be Purser of the EXAMINATION OF THE GOLD AND SILVER COIN. Saturday, ten o'clock, the Lords of his Majesty's Most Hon. arable Privy Council aapemilled in the Court of the Duchy of Lancaster (in the Tally Court of the Exchequer, adjoining Westminster Hall), to make trial of his Majesty's coins in the pix of the Mint. There were present the Lord Chancellor, Lord Stowell, Lord Bexley, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Becket, &r. Their object in thus meeting was to ascertain the correctness of the issue of the British coinage, and its purity, for which purpos. a Jury was summoned, being members of the Goldsmiths' Company, sad the best judges of gold the conntry ran produce. 'I ne Lento CHANCIELLOR, In addressing the Jury, noticed the alter tions in the currency of this country, from the time Of the Rank of England ceasing tops) in cash, sad the issuing of the paper currency, white was obliged to be continued from the long protracted and aweeented war In which Great Britain had been engaged. The return to cash payments having been gradual, was so extremely well ar ranged, as to produce no very material inronvenienee ; is hi reas, if it had been sudden and general, it would have been of the most serious consequences to numbers, and pos sibly to some ruinous. The tr:al of the gold and silver of the new coinage, with the specimens of the former coinage, oceupled the attention of the Jury nearly the whole of the day. The business having commenced at an early hour, they breakfasted toge ther at the King's Arms Tavern, New Palace-yard. At the conclusion, the Lords of the Council were entertained with a turtle Nast at Goldsmiths Hall. Total value of the gold monies coined by Lord Marybo rough, from Janu:ry I, to December SI, 1821,1 s 5,365,7871 144. 6d. Toial ♦•lne of The new silier monies coined by Lord blaryborquell, from the let of January to the 31st of De cember, 1331, is 31,4301. 7s. lid. Mr. Wallach, who has recently returned from Ame vis a, ia cos aged for a limited number of nights by the spirited Alar.ater of the English Opera House. He cunint. mos this evening in two of his most favourite parts. , SADLRE'S WELLi.— This house is extremely popular this season. l'he Smoked Miser is among the most fa vuori.e productions of the day, and The Demon of the Flood, and the Real Water, continue to be as successful as ever. The Miniver boasts the great length of time the House has sat on Irish affairs. Many a good Hen has sat her time, and brought forth nothing, but rotten eggs! The Corporation of Chichester dined with the Duke of Richmond, and his brother Lord 0. Lennox . , M.P. fur that city, at Goodwood, on the appointment of t . .ta High Stew ard of that ancient city, an office accepted by his 13race on the death of the late Doke. General Murillo being asked why he did not join the Regency, when he deserted the Cortes, answered, that " being a friend to conciliation, he would gives triumph "to neither party." The American ship Falcon, Eames, front Antwerp, for New York, put into Plymouth on Thersday by contrary winds. She has a number of passengers on board, amongst whom Is the Count de Messeons (son of Joseph Buonaparte, sad nephew of the late Ex-emperor of France) and his fondly. Captain Make:lns, of the Waverwee, which arrived here yesterday from Buenos Ayres. spoke, on the 96th alt. in lat. lb. 60. long. $B., the Strip Rawlins, from Vera Crux, for Trieste, having on board the deposed Emperor of blexleo and suite. The Republic of Mexico have, it Is said, agreed to allow Iturbide 96,000 dollars per annum during life.— I/decimal Adoertiserd) On Friday the Trustees of the British Museum attend. ed a Meeting, a Treasaty Board, of the Lords of the Treasury, when, we onderstand, that arrangements were made for erecting a building forthwith, to receive the extensive and 'valuable library which his Majesty has been graciously pleased to give for the use of the public. Duro or SIR HENRY HEIRRVIN..--H is with sincere 'regret we announce the death of that eminent artist, Sir Raeborn, who has for a long period occupied the Best place among the portrait painters of his country...-. Henry died at his house at St. Bernard's, Stockbridge, early on Sunday morning.—(Scotanax.) lt:MM‘r7r vA‘a.;.S...;N THE STATESMAN JUVENILE FETE, VAUXHALL GARDENS. On Saturday evening these Gardens presented a scene of the most animating description, from the numerous at. tendance of youthful visiters. lt was a pleasing sight to observe the gay and happy .groupes with countenances full of astonishment and pleasure, promenading the bril. liant walks of this fairy land. Vauxhall was never open. ed to a more appropriate end admiring clue of spectators than this fete congregated. Fantoccini, Cinderella, Cos moramu, and in fact, all the amusements. excited un qualified approbation. We mast not dismis the ballet of Cinderella without further notice, as it was very roper• ly reproduced for this evening. It excited considerable interest and applause from its fanciful decoration and nursery popularity. The fireworks scintillated and vari. ed with their usual versatility and brilliancy. The corn. puny was numerous and respectalde, and appeared high y gratified with- the evening's entertainment. We should suppose, on a moderate computation, that the num ber of persons present exceeded eight thousand. BIAPEMENT. An unusual bustle wu created at Aylesbury on Wed nesday afternoon. A post chaise and four drove into the town at a rapid rate, and stopped at the White Hart inn, to change horses. A gentleman and lady alighted, who evinced much anxiety to proceed immediately ; but be fore fresh horse s c ou ld b e procure d , t h e sound of wheels was heatkl, and the lady, apparently much terrified, darted into the Oxford Arms public-house, about 30 yards from the White Hart, and directly ran up stairs. The gentleman followed her into the house. The lady baring ascertained that the noise she had beard pro ceeded from the Kidderminster coach, became more cow posed, and they left the house together. They had, how- Hover, proceeded only a few pac e s, when another gentleman, who had alighted trom the Kiddermin later coach, collared the lady's companion, and knocked him down without ceremony. A scene of confusion and altercation ensued, and the parties seemed to hostile and violent that a peace officer interfered, each of the gentlemen giving charge lof the other, and they all went into a room in the White Hart Inn. In about half an hoar another post-chaise and four arrived.containing the lady's mo.'ier and uncles who immediately ted the authority arising from their relationship to the care of the young lady's person, and dismissed the constable with a handsome present.— It appeared that the young lady, who is apparently about 19 years of age, and said to be an heiress entitled to 45,0001. on coming of age, had eloped with her compa nion, an officer of the army, from Cheltenham, on the preceding night, and was on their way to the temple of Hymen, at Gretna Omen. when this untoward interruption occurred. We uoderstand that the gentleman who ex-, ercised his prowess by knocking the gallant down was a friend of of the lady's mother, who having tired his horse in pursuit of the fair fugitive, bad mounted the Kidder minster coach only a few miles from Aylesbury, and was thus enabled to arrive just in time to arrest her further flight. The young lady left the town to return home with her mother about seven o'clock the same evening ; and the disappointed son of Mars went to London the next morning hyena of the coaches.—(Bucks Gazette.) The different.* .between the weavers and clothiers of Frome appear to be settled ; the foriLer, finding the vi sionary scheme ofcouspelling their employers to pay such wages as they required, to be deter aaa itt edly resisted, they have solicited work at the old price, and even at a reduc tion, and are mostly returned to their former industrious habits. On Wednesday last a clothier at Frome was need by the Magistrates of the Division 201. for paying • workman in track, or goods, instead of cash, as his wag es.--(Bad Herald ) THE POYAIS TERRITORY. An attempt to raise a large loan in England on the credit of the district in Amerce, called the Poyais Ter ritory, has lately brought that country into notice. In deed, until the speculation of the loan, few had e►er heard of such a country. Since that period, however, the newspapers have abounded with descriptions of it : some representing It a terrestrial paradise, others, a place 6t only for vermin and beasts of prey. Truth lies some where between those extremes, and the following account of the Poyais territory, being of that cl.. ratter, appears intitled to credit The Postai, territory, although an infant state, is as old as any other part of America. All Geographers agree in this opinion, as there is nothing volcanic in its sur face to denote a novel creation. The climate gives beat and cold, and rain, and sunshine, differing only in degree fromathe climate of the finest countries on earth. This is a fact that may be relied upon. The population is not so dense as that of Lancashire, or perhaps the County of Tip perary; but this is a most fortunate circumstance, as it affords piney of room for Scotch and Irish emigrants, of Thom there is enough to fill it. When all these are settled in Poyais, it will be as thicaly inhabited as any part of the United States. In civilisation it excels the most polished countries of the old world.Yoo every where find perfect peace anci tranquillity, without the aid of army, police, or watchmen. All is as quiet and silent as in a desert. Among the female sex the naked fashions are as prevalent as in any city in Europe. They have also a profusion of feathers far exceeding the display of a drawing-room at S. James's. In precious stones too they are not deficient; but our informant was not sufficiently skilful to say whether they are real diamonds. But it is, in a financial point of view, as a safe security for money, a most eligible ground for great capitalists to expend their cash, whether in purchase, loan, or mort gage, that the Poyais country hoists a superiority over every other existing State. It is not subject to the enor mous expet.srs of an army or navy. It has no Court of Chancery to involve its people in endless litigation. It has no Royal Household to support with all its expensive establishments. It is; not loaded with taxes like England, nor pressed to death by the enormous weight of a national debt. In fact, it is free from all incum brance, but that of woods and forests, which require only transportation to Europe,to be of great value. There is an other quality peculiar to this country, which must prove a great temptation to speculators. Any money advanced open it, whether, as loan or mortgage, most be perfectly safe; because from the peculiar ditture of the country, nobody will be ever able to louch it. If any collateral security should be required, it can be readily supplied. The con tractor may have a wilderness of squirrels and insects. Poyais, like Java, can also boast its squirrels nests. 4 ,* A day spent in the Poyais country, will appear on the first open day. It is pleasing to observe, that the country churches in Scotland, which were formerly very homely, often un comfortable and inconvenient structures, are now gene rally built with some regard to good taste, so as to be ornamental to the scenery of which, from their situations, they frequently form a conspicuous part. Attention to this contributes, in no small degree, to the improvement of the country; marks a becoming respect for religion ; and adds much to the comfort of those attending public worship. In the parish of Kens. the minister Los been able to to raise, from those connected with the p ar i s h. such liberal su bscriptions as have been sufficient to erect a handsome Gothic Toner, which not only accords in its character with the comfortable and commodious church to which it is added, and which was built. at the same time, by the beritors, but it is also ornamental to the commanding situation on which it stand,. which is one of the most romantic in the South of Scotland.— (Edusiurgh Star.) s.~ FALCONRY, It may not perhaps be known to the generality of nor readers that the ancient pastime of Heron Hawking is still carried on in this county. A Correspondent of ours in the neirkbourbood has favoured us with the following account of it : Ten cast of Hawks, with four Falconers, natives of Germany, to which country they repair annually in the autumn, to catch a supply of Hawks for the ensuing sea son, is kept at Ditilington Hall, the seat of Major Wil son. near to which there is an extensive Heronry. Every afternoon during the months of May and June, the Fal coners are in attendance with the Hawks in that spot which from the position of the wind is judged to he most favourable to the sport, where they are met by a very large party of the ladies and gentlemen of the neighbour hood, who with their friends from distant counties, who visit.them to enjoy the diversion, have frequently been seen to exceed the number of one hundred and fifty persons. The season of 1822 was very favourable to the sport, one hundred and seventy-three Herons having been taken. This season the Falconers have not been so fortunate, in conetvence of the severity of the winter, which is sup porod to have destroyed many of the Herons, but the length of the flights and the superior excellence and good training of the Hawks has much surpassed any preceding year. A description of a flight which took place in Mund. ford field, a few days back, will give a faint idea of the enthusiasm with which this sport is pursued. A He ron on its way from the Heronry to the Fens, was seen at a considerable distance going down wind. He was so far off, that the Falconers hesitated whether they could venture to unhood their Hawks ; but one of them having luckily upon his wrist a famous Hawk, in whom he had great confidence. cast him off alone. It made in stantly at the Heron, aho mounted higher into the air. though still advancing rapidly in his course. The whole field was instantly in motion, and time persons only who , have bunted with some of our crack packs of Foxhounds, can form an idea of the ardor wjth which each person, including the ladies, strove to be foremost. The Hawk made nungierless stoops at the Heron, which his activity and stoutness enabled him to avoid; and it was not till some time after the birds had reased to be visible to the chief part of the field, that the Hawk was able after repeatedly striking his q' any, to iring him to the ground. The flight was so r. pod, tha. of the nu oserous party who started with the Hawk, not more than four or five persons were op at this interesting moment. It lasted 26 minutes, and the distance from point to point exceeds six miles. The height to winch the birds rose was so great, th►t to use an expression of the Falconers, " they were six steeples in the air, no big ger than Humble Bees." It is to be wished, that this noble diversion may consinue to be supported, as there now remain so few Heronirs in England, and the coon try in general is so much enclosed, that it is nearly i,n possible to revive the sport elsewhere —Norfolk Chron INQUEST UN ABEL GRIFFITHS. L From circumstances ilhich have recently come to our knowledge, we are led to think that, had due diligence horn employed in collecting evidence respecting this re volting case, the public would have unanimously acqui eared in the verdict of the Coroner's Jury. On the Jury breaking up, the Coroner, it is stated, gave directions that the pistols, and any other property found on Abel Griffiths, should be taken in charge by the officers, as they became forfeited to the King. In this instance, there was no supineness is the exercise of official function ; and bad the pistols been examined, as care fully as they were assigned, a clue might have been obtained which would have led to the circumstances to which we have referred. The name of the maker was on the pistols. He is a well known and respectable gun smith in Holborn; and, had lie been examined at the Coroner's Inquest, must have explained the manner in which the perpetrator of the parricide and suicide obtain ed po ion of the instruments by which the deeds were effected. On the Saturday before the dreadful catastrophe took place, it appears that a gentleman, with whom the grin-smith was acquaint-d, Caine into his shop, accompanied by another whom he did not know, but who, he afterwards learned, was Abel Griffiths. The latter, having assigned some plausible reason for his ap plication, requested his counpaniqn to solicit the loan of a pair of pistols from Mr. P. The request was compli.d wall; a pair of pistols, on the percussion principle, was handed to the applicant; and the . pistois were loaded in the shop. On the Monday; immediately after the gentleman who had accompanied him to the shop 11.,d learned the deadly use to which they had been applied, he hastened breathless to the gun-smith, and communicated the horrid tidings. These par its, paralysed, we may suppose, by the thought of having unwittingly contributed to the complicated catastrophe, did not, like other acquaintance of the deceased, press voluntarily forward with their evidence at the Inquest; but, had the marks on the pistols been noticed, so as to have led the Coroner to have summoned the maker, the Jury would not only have learnt the important fart, that Abel Graliths had with deliberation and address, bor rowed and loaded the deadly weapons, two days be.' fore the accomplishment of his purpose, but have also ascertained his appearance and mariner at the moment he ob tarried possession of the means of effecting his object. Other witnesses, intimate friends of Abel Griffiths, had, in con sequence of the adjournment of the Inquest an opportu nity of attending; and they, it would seem, attended spontaneously. They, however, came forward to testify, tinily, respecting the irritability of his mind, for some line previous to the perpetration of the deadly deeds ; and though one of them was asked whether he had kept pistols, the Coroner and Jury were satisfied on hearing that the witness could not say whether lie kept nistols, or how he came by them. It is strange that when a ques tion was asked about the pistols, the weapons themselves were not examined and the clue,adierted to,pursued; but the enquiry, it appears, was no sooner started than relin quished. These pistols, if the statement referred to above be correct, were ordered to be taken in charge by the o ffi cers, as having become forfeited to the King. This order must have been pronounced on the assumption that they were the property of Abel Griffiths: hut if proved to bate been lent, and to have been, bona fide, the property of the maker, ought they not to be returned to him ? A few days since, as Lord Glastonbury's gamekeeper, at Hotley, was going his minis, about three o'clock in the morning, he met a poacher, whom, having repeatedly cautioned before, be endeavoured to seize; the fellow, however, got away, and when a few yards distant, fired at the keeper, and wounded him in the side. The keeper, notwithstanding, again attempted to secure the man, but he escaped behind a hedge, when,re-loading his gun with a broken flint and the beau top of his ramrod, lie again discharged it at his assailant, and wounded him in the face. We understand the keeper has lost one eye, and now lies in a very precarious state. The poacber was taken at Hallatrow. A man of the name of Benjamin Adams, employed as an iron•boiler maker in .n extensive manufacturing es tablishment near West Bromwich, was on Saturday se'n night charged before the Rev. David Lewis, at Oldbury, with soliciting another workman, in the same line 01 bu siness, to leave this country and proceed to France, for the purpose of obtaining employment there; and after a full investigation of the case, he was committed to the county gaol to take his trial at the ensuing Stafford As sixes for the offence. 1 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. PRESTON RACES, WIDNZSDAY, JULY B.—(Cox- ctunso.) The Earl of Derby's Plate of 701., for 3-yrs old, 7st. 6-yrs o/d. 3st. 71b.—Heats two miles awl a distance. Mr. Ferguson's b. e. Wanton, 4 yrs 6 2 1 I Mr. Reed's gr. c. Marauder, 4 yrs . I 4 9 9 Mr. Kirby's b. c. Orator, 4 yrs 4 1 S Mr. Hutchinson's b. c. Landlord, 3 vrs 3 3 4 Mr. Clifton's h. c. I.ythom, 3 yrs.. 'Wanton was the favourite at 8 to 4 apt him ; 6 to 4 asst Lytbom ; 9to I agst Marauder; 3to lgs• Landlord. Marauder, the second hest, agst the end bat little betting : 2to I agst Wanton ; and 2to I agst Orison. After the second heat, Orator became the favourite at 6 to 4 agst him ; and 2 to I agst Wanton, who won the heat, and he. come 6to 4 sgast Marauder. But few Mier close ran heats than those four we scarcely ever saw—every inch of ground being disputed, and Wanton's well-knowa bottom won him the plate by barely at length. THURSDAT-(LAST DAN). A Plats of 701. given by Samuel Horsmks and Edmund Hornby, Esqrs. for all 4ges.-3-yrs old, bat. 10Ib.; 4-yrs old, Bst. 21b.; b•yrs old, Sat. IIlb.; 6 and used, 9st. —Heats, 2 miles and a distance. Mr. Fergnson's b. o. Sir Anthony, 3-yrs. Mr. Clifton's b. h. Peter Lely, b•yrs This was a good race, end won in high style by Mr. Fer guson'. Slr Antbony.-6 to 1 on Peter Lely. MATCH.- —lllk. M. Steel's br. f. by Milo, out of Madryns, beat Mr. James's br. f. by Whisker, date by Sir David.— Two miles for bOgs.—A good race.-6 to 4on Whisker. A Sweepstakes of 100 gs each, h. ft—One a4lla and a quer- ter. Ld Stamford's fir. c. Falcon, by Bastard 1 Ld Grosvenor's Lady-day, sister to_Fakou II Three others paid forfeit.-2 to loa the triaser.—A good race. The Aberdeen subscription in aid of the Greeks is go. ing on with great spirit. A sum little abort of .E 101) being already advertised. The Re►. Mr. Z'emp!e'on, Aberdeen, is to bring the state of the Greeks under the notice of his congregation, by a sermon to be preached in his own (the Associate) Chapel, on the evening of Sabbath se'nnight. It is to be hoped that this metholl of awakening attention, and of affording an opportunity to contribute, will be generally adopted.—(.lonerose Review.) Attempts having lately been made to put into circula tion some of the 51. notes of Messrs. Taylor and Lloyds, of Birmingham, stolen from the Balloon Post Coach in December last, we again caution the public against taking any 5/. notes of that firm, except such as have " a Bee- Hive" on the face of them. The public are alto c, into u tioned against an attempt to throw circulation some of the old Newark Bank of Pocklington and Co. whip h failed some years since. Two men have recently been apprehended at Nottingham for passing them in that town.—(Coventry Herald.) A representation having been made to his Majesty that two men (namely, Wm. Nadin and Win. llubney) sen. tenred at the last assizes for Nottingham to be tranoport ed for life, were innocent of the offence with which they had been pharged, and had been mistaken for other characters, a gentleman holding a high official situation, was directed immediately to go on board the vessel in 'which the men were embarked, and which was waiting only for a fair wind to set sail for New South Wales, and make the necessary inquiries of the individuals them selves. The result proved so far satisfactory, that his Majesty was induced, without delay, to grant them a free pardon. When the pleasing intelligence was announced to the men, they received, at the same time, a certificate of their good conduct, together with a pair of handsome trewsers, being the only article of apparel they appeared to stand in need of. The clergyman on board the vessel, as a proof of his good opinion,likewise made each of thent a handsome present; and after they had bid adieu to their late unfortunate companions, there were presented to each of them three pounds to defray their expences home. They arrived in Nottingham on Saturday se'n night, and after seeing their friends, waited upon the worthy Mayor, to thank him for his kindness and humanity towards them.—lt is pleasant to add, that two respectable gentlemen in the town have taken them into their employ. A very extraordinary circumstance occurred at Crow burst, near Battle, on Friday se'nnigbt. A respectable lady, named Fost-r, made a chicken pie for the family dinner, of which she, her two daughters, and grandson partook; shortly after their repast. they were all suddenly taken very ill, and only one of the daughters cool I suc ceed in getting to bed, the others being rendered incapa ble of the exertion. Fortunately a miller, t..ho came to leave some flour, found them in this desperate situation, and uppecting they were labouring under the elf cis of poison, immediately procured the aid of a medical gentl - man, who applied the proper remedies, and we are happy to add, that all, with the exception of the grandson are considered out of danger. This unfortunate affair is still enveloped in mystery. At an early hour :u the morning of Tuesday week, a Are was discovered in t h e warehouse of Messrs. flanks and Co. of Great Charles•street, Birmingham. The fire, at first, appeared to threaten the destruction of the whole premises ; it was, however, ultimately subdued by the exertions of the firemen, without effecting m aerial da mage. Strong suspicion being entertained that the fire was wilfully occasioned, a reward of 50/. has been offertd. for the detection and conviction of the parties. Sunday se'nnight, hetweeo the hours of two and fete o'clock in the afternoon, some person or persons broke into the dwelling-house of Mr. Lake, farmer, at Fake°. ham, and after forcing four locks, they succeeded in car. vying off eight pounds in bank notes, gold, and copper. An inquest was held on Saturday se'nnight, at Wal tham Abbey, on Mr. J. Johnson, a gentleman in tbeern ploy of Government, in the powder-works there,who was struck by the lightning on the Friday preceding, whilst in his ofhre in those works, into which be was observed to go but a very short time before he was discovered a corpse, lying on the floor. The electric fluid bad pene trated and laid open his hat, passed completely down bis right side and leg, and escaped through his shoe, which was burst open at the side. A book, which he bad ap parently been reading, was lying open on the desk. The Jury returned their verdict that the deceased was kiUed by lightning. On Tuesday, the Ist inst. the body of John Pope was interred in the church-yard of Lattitner's, near Chesham. The deceased had been parish clerk of the hamlet up wards of 64 years, and he never failed daily to wind up the clock of the church Ca upwards of 43 years. Coax ESCHANGE, Juiv 14.—The very large arrival' of last week, added to tolerable fr, eh supplies of Cornerthis morning's Market, occasion a considerable show of sam ples; and the late weather being considered favourable to the crops.l causes much dulness, to prevail in sales to day. Wheat sells so very slowly, that ev. u the primest parcels do not reach last Monday's prices by es. per qr., and other qt)a lilies are nearly unsaleable at present.—Barley buds very few buyers at last quotation.—Beans and Peas are bath ra ther cheaper.—Oats are so plentiful that sales cannot be ef fected without submitting to a reduction cared D. pe- qr.— The top price of boar is at length settled at Ms. per sacs. SMITIIIIRLD MARKET, JULY 14.—The supply at mar ket this morning was rather short, and there was a num ber of inferior descriptions of Cattle.—Mutton Is high in price. Lamb ntaitrains last we,k's prices, and /Beef may be quoted as per last market day. ...1 ji .' ~`" --- ~t . ..