The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-12-26 00:00:00

:U # r: •} g k • 1 1 .!!' 'Ph _MR tr; , • : (FROM THE Diuli . Nl;VO POST.) BRIGIITON.—!....HrtISTAIAS Er e.—His Majesty continues bappiut enjoyment of health and spirits. The a rrfeals at the Palare, in time to dine With the Sovereign t oday, have been important. They include 'their Royal ith'netSes the:Duke jaf York, and the Duke and pelhese of Clarence tlPi Duke of Wellington, Lord Viloint and Viscountess Granville, Lord and L itiv m a yhoronch, Lord St. Helens, the Earl and Countess of fri..)l, and Earl Bathurst. Towards nine o'clock the above distinguished party received the following increase The Earl of Hopetouo, Earl and robot's,' Cowper, Count I,irea, the Count and Countess Miinster, Lord Hollalsd anti Mr. Fox, Sir C. M.. and Lady:Burrell, Mr. and Mrs. Vane, And Lord Ilingbitm. • Nearly the whole of the grand Mice suite of apartments ate illuminated. The liing's bantlis In attendance. Hi s Majesty's suite,' and Household, will be present at O v i n e iYorship in the Palace Chapel to , morrow. The rod:lett-to obtain tickets o f admission to the Royal Chapel tohnor row, has been man:rested in all quarters today. els • m any h av e been issued as the bodrof .the edifice can be anti Op contain persons. Prior to the mornine to-morrow, his Majesty, in the Royal Chapel, will receive the Serramellt, The Royal Chapel Choir, to-morrow will be augmented.— Tim ILlng's entire Bend, the completest we doubt not in the wet* will be on duty there: Mr. Allem:ld will preside et theorem .• • RTZB iri - litmou it OI THE DUKE D'ANGOU e !Co malty fetes have been , given anal are still to be given to the Duke d'Angouleme, that it is alleged his Royal highness will incur mere fatigue in enduring the celebra tion oftis triumph, than he experienced in gaining them A martial bang tis now to he given by the city of Paris tothe Date. The only interest excited by this new hotn age- to his•valonr, however,- was to know whether the nankin of the Persian Dopntirs at the late ball would be repaired, apd whether the ilayor and Corporation would bate the derency to send them an- Invitation. They were tt ;boded on account of their being Liberals, ad the Journals belonging to their pary, very justly amerced, that it Was an itsiiit to the D i ke d'Angoubtme to suppose that he child wit hear the preserve of men who formed the Constitntional Opposition in the Chambers. It was • even rtimmonred that :he had expressed • his opinion to that effect, • and • an anecdote was !e lated which happened in the country, on his retutit. from Spfn,,eoil u hich di d him bonour. At oue of the fries gives him cn his passage, the Prefect had omitted to invite one of the principal men of the 'place brcanse he was a knowi•Liberal. The Prince having heard of this, lunar diately desired that an invitation should be sent, and paid partieuLt 'Mention to the individual throughout the even• lag. There is mach foun.l policy ih such conduct,for itistlitts that foes ire timed into friends, whilst the comie adopted ly the French fillinicipality only tends to embitter political enmltiei, and to render them eternal. That a wiser mode will he *Med its the present instancir is rather don bt ; for it has been 'suggested In some of 'the Papers that in erder'towemove the difficulty, the Oidinance for dissolving the Chamber shoe! I be previously . isiweil, in consegiience of which the Paris Representatives bring no loner Members, would Lave na claim to be ailinitted to tbe fcci vities of that city. New York paperoao ilte*l instant leave arrived. The following paragraph is the most important. Porto Covello wee the twit port .it any consequence rebid') was in 0,..4., si.o of Lys_ It. yalisis. Tbe two extremities of the /eta Spaniel) doniuions in South America may now be said to be eatirrly free : ".Port'r Caret LO —The Intelligence we published on Natnrdif, of the rapture 'of Porto Covello. as it erns far nishedto .is by Captain Hiphins, is fully confirmed by the lett•irs he brought. The poops under Generals Pa-a and Derma lea made 'miss:tub ea the town on the Silt tilt., and after having put toile s•e-nr'd every o»e found making resiatarce, the Colum bian U4 , 6lra were in peaceable possession of the town at 4, o'clock in the morning. lien. Calzada , and Col. Carrera fr o hl . al rani che o c i o t i me hnepnocrettn:aest then the attack. ensunimi , tr ed T a h n e d e s a u s t r l r e Cn a d t er t ed he SD Ihq kith. -The derails are not received. • ," An-express from General Paez arrived at leaguim on 'he 13th, oith the above intelligence, and with a request tfiat transports might be sent to-convey the captured troops to-Cuba. • " The troops of Spain . ire now driven from the rolverteof the extensive Kepnblic of Colombia. Although no doubt flirted:of the final expulsion from this their hut strung hold ' we cpesider it fortunate that the event has occurred at Wartime. Porto Covello is considered the Gibraltar of America; had supplies and reinforcements I een iti•roduced. itmight have held trot and annoyed the country fo'r a Wag perio4. The news of the restoration of the . K in g' of Spain to elrselete power, and of the designs of the 'Holy Allieo to restore • American colonies' to hi. sWay, will probably, `err th;s time leave reoehed Colombia, and edam. nished,bettbat all her resources may yet be rewrited to defend the liberties she just achieved at a erect p r i, e . If again qtaacked, the possession of Pore Car, Ho will be of antiulcr:afire." Captain Sabine arrived at Deptford in the Griper, on the 9th inn. Trigit Spitzlrergen, where her bad been to ascertain the sitoatieln - of the Pendulum. !'be Griper. during Captain tiabiere'amay on the island, penetrated to 75. 20 H., and to 81. V.:..li e eirieleer we're found in great numbers at Spitz kitten, and . hilled by the crew ; the fat on some of them i was four inches thick. A most astonishing circumstance ! marred on some of the officers visiting and inspecting the tomligked,kraves in which somelussians bad been buried far Shears', When the lid or er•isie Stone wax removed,' the body appeared in a perfect ',tat-' the tlesx oriel remain • kir, and unth a colour on the cheek similar to life. 'All thebodierar ere dressed in the co•torne of the conntry, with night caps, hoot 4, and stockings on. This wonderful pre. serra!ion o(the'subject imbued Captain Sabine to bring em. e e pu g a s to, ow one of the Louth grave stones. The Griper is ordered to be . piiel oh. We h eve been favoured with the aboie information by a private correspondent at Depiford:—(Brightnn Gatette.) On Fridly,the annual meeting of the Society of Scottish Borderers tuOk ohne in the Waterloo lionl, Mr. Walter Nichol); the Chair; Mr. './. S. Darling, W. S., and Mr. Walter Dickson, pin. W. S., sronpiern. The wring was, m heretofore, ,highly respectable ; but on this occasion considerably more numerous than any previous, and the Dumber of recent additions to the Society give every reason to hope that it will long continue to increase and Iloorisk. 'I ke enthusiasm which animated every breast when the memory , of border deeds, and of "depared, but anforgotten dava, were allude.' to, evinced that deep and overpowering ireliog of delight which the recollection of their elastic arid romantic land never fails to produce. The memories of the mighty dead, and the healths of the apt less • glorious living, were %sell remembered, and the Minxes of 'l'hompsen and Leyden, and of the oriel. and giirfor the Sottish Border, Sir Walter Scott, called forth Isi 64 . l. whiell - were ineieed worthy of their subjects. A Bomber. of Borderipelodies were sung, and the whole touting Intfleolo Qrtbat kindly and warns hearted cast P'"ehe if Rot peculiar to, is' certainly a distinguished raceme e character of a true Scottish Borderer.— Qfue • ...,.. 4 P' , ) !cows erteord Sidi°, ( the new Scotch Judge, better as the Advocate John Clerk) assumed his seat on thee "lell. wiaithige. a gentleman remarked to him that his title' sro4l44,hvci_ apt to be confoanded with that of the Lord • 41 To—this olontriatioi: Lord Eldin answered, "The difference betwenn his Lordeltip and me is all my eye." 0 SPANISH REFUGEES—RIP.OO'S •• PA MILY— GLASGOW SUBSCRIPTION. . , (FROM TOE GLASGOW FREE PRESS OF WEDNESDAY.) To day we have the pleasure of witnessing, in a smolt measure, the results of our humble efforts in the cause of patriotism and humanity. The following letter from Greenock, and a former letter frcal Ricgo's brother, will serve to solace us in many a moment of irritating contro versy and ineffeettril exer tion. Sll,—i am requested to make the following communication to you, in the name of the Greenock Committee, for the sub* scription in aid of Spanish Indepenee. In consequence of seeing lately. In your paper a proposal for a subscription for the widow of Riego, the brave patriot and marty in the sacred" cause of liberty, the Committee have resolved to devote ten guineas of their remaining fund as a small testimony of gym' 1 pathy for the unfortunate widow, and to mark their detestation and abhorrence of the cold blooded murder of her heroic hus band; and - rill, if tile proposed subscription go in in Glas gow. send the money to be added to and remitted along with it. The Committee have also agreed to remit Immediately to the Greek Committee in London twenty guineas ; and to the Committee for the Spanish refugees, ten guineas, and should the proposed subscription not take place. time above ten guineas to widow Riego will likewise be remitted through the Spanish Committee in London: we formerly remitted In aid of the Spanish cause, 2Li.—ll opiug your subscription goes on successfully, I am, Sir, yours, de. ANDREW CLARK, Greenock, 10. h December, 1841. We have before us the Requisition to the Lord Provost to " call a Public Meeting of the Lihnhitants of Glasgow, at such thee end place as his Lordship might think flt, for considering and resolving on such measures," &c. signed by some of the leading Tories of Glasgow, gel.tleinen of great wealth and weight in the City. sod some distinguished Whigs. It waits far one or two more signatures, and will then be presented.— In the mean time, the gentlemen of the Greenock Committee may pay the ten guineas for Riego's widow, and the ten gui neas for the other Spanish Refugees. into the Glasgow Rank, the h;glily respectable gentlemen of which have promised us to receive it. and any other money that may be voted to the Spa niards before the Meeting takes place. _ • COPY OF AN ADDRESS TO MADAME RIEGO, win' THAT LADY'S-REPLY. A small domestic circle, commiserating the deprivation 1 of Madame. Itiego, w ith the most proforma respect, prestos the enclosed—a tribute egoist to their means, bst ono orth y of their motive. The lines added by a lady of the family are, she believes, the heart-felt lauguage of every British female. She fervently hopes that the best blessing of Heaven may he showered on the head, and the sweetest consolation be poured into the heart of the widow of the 'bralre'And lamented ltiego 1 and that tide private t es ti mon y inky be followed up by public demonstration worthy her to whom they are addressed, and the great nation io whose bosom she reposes. Dee. 19, 1923: TO MADAME RIF:00.-11v A LADY. Shall the stern sex alone feel pity's glow, And pour a balsam in the pangs of woe Shall England's sons alone lament tire bra we, And offer comfort where they cannot seer Shall,thry Clone risgemble rcuud the bier. To speak their grief, end dry the mourner's tear! While her high daughters, generons as fair. Born every grief to soothe, end joy to share, Shall by a false timidity conceal A sympathy 'tis honour to reveal 2- -It must not be—the tears which they have shell Have soothed thu living, and embalmed the deed; Ant now their grief, shall Nil as tinily showers On that scathed b!ossom of Ilispania's 11 'wets; And though 'twere hers—prtiott boast! to share the fame, And add fresh lustre to the hero's name, Upon his brow the flower of love to bind, • With those bright laurels gio-y had er.twin'd, And In the hour of peace t, glad that heart With snore of bliss than triumphs could impart (To share his confidence, sweet counsel give, And with his country in his soul to tire) Yet shrll elle proudly own this tribute d ar, And feel the welcome balm her spirit cheer. 'Flinn take the boon our Fit)i , e hearts hestow ; Britannia's daughters mourn Ili.pania's woe ; Am' while they soothe thy eronying heart, attest They mourn the pangs ',Met rend each Patriot breast ; And with their consolation join this prar er— That pence may bloom. aril liberty be there. May front Rirgo's stunt a Pneenie soar, And place the standnrti where it waved before: And mays't thou yet, fair 41:011f:Itf, live to see The cause thee luv"st sticeeed, nod Spnin be free. To 11. k address MaLine Itiego returned the following answer : • ,7111 E . .STATCSMAN * Price of ihe quart ern 101 l Gi. • penetrate, where the . vaulty an - a opelence bit, great have lost their dszzling. influence, rih4 where befthir sordid interest, nor the ostentation of preternied !Ohrning, have corrupt's' the simplicity of is religion, wltoie.hivine maxims csnnot better be practised than by those in Minable life. 41, • To the frank expression of her feelings, In retnrn for the letter, donation, and beautiful tr (a production in - whieS the delicate taste of her sex may jowly glory); the widow of Iticgo adds the hope that the' little domestic circle (al yet to her unknown) will be convinced, that in the same degree in which she•appreciates the demonstrations s of their kindness, she earnestly desires the honour of the aoce and friendship of all its members. MARIA 'IRBRESA DEL itiroo I RIEGO DE &moo. CHRONOLOGY OF THE REIGNS OF GEORGE THE THIRD AND FOURTH, • • A vary neat little pocket volume has recently been pubrahed under this title, which contains, in a very compressed Cain, much curious slid amusing information. We shall sele.t a few sp. cimens : JUNE 16, 1766.—At Glen, in the cminty of L-icester, the mob threw two old women Into the water, to asc,rtain by their sinking or swimming, whether they be witches. Dec. 11, 1760.—The season, so mi.d, that many pear trees shout town were in blossom, and primroses •and daisies ap peared in the ti.des. Mancx 11, 1741.—The flow of the tide et linndos Bridge to little that the starlings were not covered at high water ; a t:sing not known in the memory of mau.—[Ao,cvent of the same hied has been mentioned within a day ur two as occurring in the Solway Firth.] 117ft3.--.1 tom under sentence of Leath was pardoned, on mind& on of hi.: permitting hie ky to be cat Off ; and a new styptic tried upon it; but he died before a trial could be made. Nov. 2., 17C.3.—The affair heiween the m ts'er tailors and journeymen settled at Hicks's Hall, a hen it was agreed that the men should have •2s. and Ore.! hElfpcpre fur porter prr day, from I.lriy D.iy to Alidsnintster; and 2s. 2L and three halfpence for porter for the rest of the yrai. • Arum. 1764.—At Alonaionili, a girl was burnt for the murder of lior inistiras.• SEPT. 15, 1754 —Cork jacket, sir jacket, marine collar and b.-lt tried with *lncas at bowfin' Bridge as preserva tives against drowning. Feb. 11,1761.—The p•rnke makers being in great Ms tress for want of esulloyment, owing to many people wear• ing their own hair,went in procession to St. James s,to peti• tion the King for relirf. several of the p•riike• Wvikers who attended on this occasson, gave such offence by their inconsistence in wearing their own hair, that they bad it cut off by thismoh. • June 4.—The Crown Inn, at Ware, the oldest Is the county of i:•rtford. milled clown. In this inn wee the fa mous larv:e bed, in which Prody six butchers and their wines slept on the night !ling William tile Third *as crowned. Nov. 1769.—The King of Portugal forbids, by a public edict, widows of more than 50 yearn of ag'e to marry, be• cause they commonly marry younz men of no prone,- y, 0110 111SS 1 pale their fortunes to the prejudice of children and other relatives. . . . . . March 21, 1770.—Coals at ‘20.1. a bushel, which is said to he enormous. March.—Esp-riments made in a field near Kew, to hatch erzs in Steven dung. after the Egyptian manner ; the first attempt did not succeed, owiug, it is sa;,t, to d.impitess ; it answered on a small scale. . . 1771, January 11.-The River Thames entirely frozen over at Fulham. J ct.tt yonng fellow w.ta tried at the Old Bailey for felony, and argniatad at 12 o'clock ; at two, he was detected picking a Oentlemsn's pocket in Catl.erine Street, and carried before Sir John Fidding ; and before three, foamd himself main safely la41;4•41 in Neo gate. 1774 Feb. 23 —A verdict was given agninst three Custom loose officers, for entering a house at midnight. 1778. Jan. 7.—A fall of snow ; the greatest ever remembered in this country. Feb. 20.—Lord Viscount Pitt, son of the Earl of Chatham, resigned his commission being determined cot to lizht against the Americans. 1779.—A fruit this winter 1414e , 1 84 days. thNo I.—The greatest storm in London ever known; scarcely a pnblie building that did tint receive damage, (Pm. II„ —See. r al persons who had remained volantarily in the King's Iknch prison, fur the sake of letting their rooms to advantage, were turned out of pritoti. 2J.—Landon-bridge router-lco;•ke 41, strayed by fire. 1/150,1JeLv I3.—A man, und.sr %et:truce of death, haviaz been released from Nov a :ate by the rioter., surrendered him. self to 11r. Ackerson, keeper of Netva;e, and %Val granted a frec pardon. 1751, Marten 14.—Some thieves broke into the house of the Lord Chancellor. anal among utter things carried olf tt.e Great Seal of England. IPS% Alar 9.—A great draught prevailed in England ; the Thames was so low at Kew and Richmond that the p asage boats were obit rna ted. JULY 2.—S r • I convicts from publin IliVillf mutinied on board a convict ship, the captain put them on shore at the island of Ferro; they had the jail distemper, and the Portognese 'alder: it for this plague, the Governor must cut-Ilv destroyed them all. 1766. M.11(41 S.—A ‘‘ottisti was convicted at Chelmsford for robbing a man of 07250/. She eras dressed as a man, and passed for a horse dealer. 1787. AIAY 23.—Commodure Philips sails from Spiihead to establish a srttlemeht for convicts in New South Some P:ii.ailelphia Papers to the 22d ult. have arrived. They contain amounts of the small pox enging dreadfully is that city. and the Editors satire Papers stro.igly recommend yaid netiori to the inhabitants. Wednesday the Biala Hon. the Lord Mayor, or lered the pesoners in Netvgat., Whitecross Street and the Compter, each to receive yes ertlay (Chris :was Dar) one ;mot of meat, one pint of porter, and a lotintl * loaf or bread, in addition to the increased allowance ell, breed. mew, and coals given by the C:ty of I,tridu I. sr Ori Pt/atilt-dry morning, the gas man, having prepared a plug to pat in the mule in the main pipe, took away the smaller pipe to ckanse it. 11! a:tt.rwar Is took out the ping to probe the maia pipe, W ascertain it any obstruc tion r..,:tained there; the etas th-n issuing freely, be sud denly became an I left the plug out. The bricklayer who bad dug out the earth was at this time standing on the ladder over the gas man, and seeing his head droop, the bricklayer raised the gas 111601 . S body, threw him haekwatds.and gave an alarm. Several persens ran down tile ladder to raise the gas tivan,,n Ito ra very levy, anti as his bo ly tilled the only place by which the access could he obtained so as to tlirn.t the plat! azailli into the pipe, they were soon overpowered by the effluvia of the gas, but happily, they were drawn out before they were quite inreusibe. A large rope URA then got ready, and two active men were desired to descend and to piece quickly the rope twilit the gas man's hody, which they did inuntiiatelv, and he wee drawn out, carried upon the bank. and freely exposed to the air; lie hewn to br?athr, 1 souse diluted brandy was ashinintstered to him, and in about an Lour he was alde to walk hone, but lie was n teonseious of any thing that had happened, asd talks Mildly. A few hours sleep restored hint to hia right f:elings arid under standing ; and the only Onus he comelained of r n Mon , dry mornitste were—a sureness where the rope \VAS applied, Anita slight heatiache.—A proof is thus afforded that a strong mixture of carborretted hydrogen doe* not destroy animal life except when kept too long in it.—(Salopian Journal.). RE!pu La Via :a del tienerislltiego,h., tecihido con much(' gnsto la Carta, el presente y los adjuntos versos, cosi pneitos par una Senora del pequeno circulo douse tie°, ve neabe de fsvoreeerle ; y mire r n la dolce espresion de 'VD. timientos (pie Sr instiifsestan en aquella yen is grade y elevacion tie que c'tan Helios estos, qne log tniembros pie le componen son tan ilustrados y elegantes cum° virtuosos y bentlicos. Arostambrada desde so tierna Intends a los pnros cotes de una villa sobria y piwilica, en meth° de una ftinide motile, mines ha r °ditto ottidarse, awn entre let estrepi. tosns viras y aplsusos, y entre I: s azarnsos ernes .s de fortnna, de'proscripcian y muerte, tine los estreehos vincolos de sine ra a n,iatrt, la copiusa fueire de sedan..s heroicas de a inor Libertaill'lndependencia, el ver , ':clero exercicia y '.aso desempens tie las de una c,:riitail di vina, y fin,lmrn e, I m tranquilizadures consuelos ne las ainar• gos circunstancias tie dims adversidad; eu vino piensan encontr trios las Alines sensibles, en taros Circulos, was pie cn aqu-llos, donde 1, sohervia tirenia de Reyes no doming, Is vsni lad y opolencia de los °rarities de de- Slnmhra, y donde el sordido interim y orgullo de un saber meritido no currompe la gimp's:tiled de una Re ligion, coya• masirnas dicha este, tile no pailron ser practicaths por ningonos otros major que por los pc qurnos. Contestando a la carts, donativo y hellisimos versos (prodnecion delicada de que pitede vanagloriarse el firm gusto de en ;can), con ctae scabs de honr.,rle in perp t ento circulo domestico.pare ells deseonocido, la Viuda de Riegn tapers de ve sc convencera facilmente este, qnar.to estima ;y aprecis unas desnostrociones, que la Ii teen &seer viva rlitente tener el gusto del conocimiento y armlets(' do todos sur Miembros. EIAt:IA THERESA Dec RIECIet T DIEGO DE DIEOO. 31, Frith Street, Soho, a 21 de Diciembre de 1523. The following is a translation of the above : "The widow of tieneral Itiego has received with pro. found satisfaction the letter and its contents, with the ae 4-null:allying lines, composed by a lady of the little domes tic circle by whom she has been as highly favoured ; and she perceives, in the sweet expression of the feelings manifested in the Ismer, as well as in the great and lofty sentiments whi.:l; characterize the latter, that the inembers composing this society are as much diatin• guistied by elegance of mild, as they are by virtue and beneficence. Accustomed from her earliest infancy to the pure enjoy. anent of a tranrytil end sober existence, surrounded by an amiable and beloved family, she has never forgotten, even amidst the lively expressions of popular applause, nor amidst the bi'tcr rev:c.cs of fortune, of proscription, and death, that the strong ties of faithful friendship, the copi ous spring of heroic actions, of the lore of liberty and independence, the true exercise and pious discharge of Christian charity, and, fleshly, those tranquillizing ex pressions of sympathy which soften the bitterness ut ad versity, are rarely to be found by minds of sensibility, except in the circles of domestic privaey--.-in those circles into which the tyranny of abaolate monarchy cannot I —..-- • RI r - . -- - 8 ,PPINO tN T LLtioExcg. -- , tit —..... DEAL. Dec.2s. LW. Arrlted yesterday and si il-1 1 for the river, the Syre try, Moore, from I,,eghorn ; Evoter, Young, from Aguilar; Hem Edson , from Trieste, Arrived also today and remain the Kingiton, Jaektiolt,' from Vhieltis. for Jamaica t Sisters. Hayes, from Landoll foe. Demerit."' ; Elenora„ Jackson; from Peterstierg ; aid Ow Ilikaliha, --t, from the South.Seits. • .... . .. PORTsMOUTH, DEC. 23.—Wind S.W.t...Areivetk.from due. I clowns, titc.lane,.Liry ; Rochester. Mi Jillim: Ili Mei. • Centridge, Barber; his Majesty's ships . 44gw, ,ft dar giroc-; James Hires. Turner; i Eliz a bet h, anAi ß f p t. word 1,0.40 vessels. .. # Putruovili: we. 24.—Wild' . "Peed lbs . kerri' ''' DJ . bete. for Sien'sr Leone. . . . ' .. ~ " , Fisuouiff, 'Oat, ti-- .Wincl'ilr: Arrived Mit 'llraleltol , ,packet Magnet, from London.; New Thomas, Ituincey. from • Ditto, for the Mediterrauein ;'Pretty, Roberts; 'from IS for St. Michael's; Sisters, Prosql, from Penzance, for Nap , a;. • and the Anon, —, from impq,sfor Leghorn. Alit arrirtd the Lady Louisa Packet, from Niw•York, it 18 da,ys ; .r.he wit • detained two days for toe Pr•!siticut,'s spter,:s. , We le 4rn from St.liefersherg t tie couferer ces respet tleg the attains of 6 meet hive roremetiesi Melia presence of St. Tatischelf. The first otterrlow-11111 be, it Is saki, the manner in which the subject ahslt be treated, as it is recognised ti be one entirety European.—(L'Etoile.) AIELANCtioLY CATAIITR , IIPIIE.—f-We have aids morning received the following afflicting intelligence from a curres. pondcot at Rochester :- 4, The Brisk, SIM3p of War, being ordered on immediate e service, every preparation was made fur her sailing from Chatb,m on Tuesday. last. Captain State?. who wad. f appointed toe mainland her, cam- to Rochester in the morn ing of Monday last, as it is understood, to receive his final - irstrections. and to lake Icave of the Port Admiral, (gl41• lowell); be took a boat at Chatham, a little before t•M in . theearsnitlif. to goon hoard the Brisk.. o 3'lley were seen to pass, the Dock Yard by the watchman. and brf ire they reached Gillingham, the boat uaset and they were all * d:owntd ; consisting oth • Ca; tain. his Steward, the Parser, anti four young seamen. The boat was room' shortly afterwards, keel upwards, with the mast and sail set. • t. There is no authentic account of ether parties being yet found " It IS in the recollection of onr readers, that about two years a. nee, a lonely cottage, near P,aliitk, inhabited by sn old man and his sister, named Tytrs, was broken into in the night, anti after a spirited resistance by the poor old mas t with a fork, he was overpowered and wounded, an I the cottage rifled, of a considerable sum of money, and every thing- else rain thle.—The next day the sister, in despair. 'frowned hers-It in a pond, and tie bripless old man, thus - bereft of every thing, had a liberal suhst.ription raised for his sappoe. Er. ry exertion teas invite at the time* by magistrates and gentlemen of tie neighboorlioal, to dis 6. err the villains who committed the burglary, lint withirat success. Time however, is a tell.talr, and often brings s guilt to light when least expected. Throe men are now conined in Peterhnninzh gaol, on suspicion of stealing pip from Mrs tVlaitwe!l's farm at Marinates one of whom has confessed to his assi•tmg; in r tilting the colts/two( Tyers. One of the !„vill tins lived at Peakirk at that time. hot has since resided in the neighbourhood of Ifittadtei . two are in cnsto ly, aid one is yet at ',axe, lint we hope id our next parr, to be able to state that be is securtal.-ss' (Siumfurd News) CORK, DEC It —William Preston lllitesEsq u astatat4 . by M . Keyburne, Haynes, Walsh, South 11, anis a Slathis, jun. at a late hour last night, went to the chard, i ling lately occupied by Mr. Joseph Olitf, on the Sondra's. Well road, and having surrounded the kou'e with a [Hifi. a . nary party, entered it by stratagem, where they detectett 4 fire persons in the act of coiling six shilling tokens. Two and six penny tokens, tenpenny tokens, and the new co' sa• for sixpence each. After a most desp 'rate resistant e they were secured, and in various parts of theApagsoncea'ciL, Was a great quantity of base veins of the above desstia tier, all the iMplementoasesed for coining, with various kinds of sand, araenic,&c.&c. The names of the pumas • are Jeremiah Twomey, Cornelius Connell, William Wilson, Patrick Connell, and l'imot by But a ley.—(Southern Reporter.) Cons EEcTIANCE, December 9.3.—We hare had no arrival;; on account of the contrary wind, tut the expectation or ves sels coming in from the coast, cans-•s the consumers not to porclisse at this day's prices. Bat few s ties have been mote this mantillas except by those who are out of Kiosk, 'tofu! lost Monday's prices were obtaiaei for all descriptions of Grain of good quality - , SSIIiIIFICLO MARKET, DEC. 34 —Although there was a short market this anorning,the s ly was foil sollieient for the demand, as the sale was doll. The purchases were/ow, , and at a lower price tidbit on Last Monday. Fresh hatter, prepared for the London market with only three pin's of soli to each firkin, brine:, toll 104. in Lond over the desariptions made for the foreign in irksts. home it b:inara full Gs. This is very gratifying, and if system befollow-d up with determination, there appears not the slightest doubt that .the notch butter will obliged to ;ire way to !lie trials, Ind enable us to resume the ascendancy in this respeer,which a • carelessly slipped through our hands. —(('ork-Consti,u ion.) CoRK NIARKETs, Sitterdlly.—Pork in good supply; act . to :ils. per cwt. for pri ne. Butter as follo•vs : To the merchants. 86.. 83s. 765.-725. 61s. 40s. To the Country, 745. 70s. (i is 595. 525. 2Ss. CIANMEL MARKETS, SatUrJay.— rile price of Bacrt Pigs in Clonmel re:g7 the saute as last (looted, 3.i.. to 360. dd. r cwt.—a parcels of Arkin Butler 63. to , s6s. 6.l.—little of superior (polity coining in. WATERPoRD MARKETS, DeCßsober 23.—Batter ivas y• s terday at 90s. gosterally for first qualities of -the neiehs bourbood, and 91s. was paid in some instances. Boma Pigs, 365. to 375.--Scalded da. 325. to 364. lid. per cwt. la the midst of the ga..nhols frequant on Clavistmas Ev-, a sudden match was knocked up at a favourite panni,.! io Westminster, between a countryman, in company isi It a naistale-age.l white topp red benjuniin, more flash ilia a foolish. Seine took his fur a right sort of a sire? b others, not learned enough in the school of Lia at r, thought hint a risstst earnest niazzard. The cone ry its said but little; his patron fluslie I with bustle in the real monarch coin, offered io match the countryman for 4 score to mill. The said countryman was no other pens, C age than Flowors, the Ilampshire Vulcan, renowned alike in dismissing saucy customers, and forging ploughing ntensils. Captain liars was his backer, and twenty save• reigns aside, were posted on Monday fur a light bet treea Flowers aid a rough countryman, who had fought his way into a strong attachment to himself , i n Leicestershire. s The battle was fought on IVe•lnestlay morning in a six ••• acre field. at Reagan, six miles from Barrow. The battle was manfolly contested, six rounds in t velve minutes. Gammon'', the teiresteishire man, was back-1 a' 5 :and Cs to 4, from the torments lie had administered t 3 opponents in the North. Ile II aired his adversary In ti se first round, by a rattling hit upon that lump in- the thorax, called dfdarn's apple. 2. Flowers. stifle' ava:ta uprising claret, nnmuzst ti, and hit his adversary down in an overbearing rally. IlammoniVa friends dropped down upon themselves, so serroveti teary. 3. Ilautiaoud slit the bridge of his adversary's nose, and lie wont do-a with if. 4. A tremendous round fought, in which FlosvcSi reduced the• light to a certainty. Ile hit and ;:ot awls with much skill, floored his adversary by a swayering l 4 ;t on the unb, and a tie-up on the ribs. Hammond neat down with a paripr's grant, senseless. In the stibseaptent two rounds he was at dorse. Flowers would not hit him, and showed himself a manly a iWnee against a conquered foe, for the short trial in battle. Both were severely hit, anti Flowers, althou . sh victor, bad enough of it. . .1 7 4 • t V iP • 1 • .1 . 1 1 • t ~. i •1 - 3 1