The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-01-07 00:00:00

TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF PETER- BO ROUG 11. OCNTISMEN,—On receiving the STATEsItAN news• paper, of the Ist of January. I read Mr. Scarlett's letter to you gentlemen, his former constituents.—Knowing that some kind Lord,had taken you for many years under his holy protection, and was in consequence vu4 arty called your Patron, and not recollecting who that Lord was, immediately wrote to a friend in London for in formation ; meaning not only to address you, but him alsoon us precious a production as ever came from the pen of a boininee ! On this day, January 3, I see that Mr. Cobbett has addressed you ; and in his usual style, has cut up this Mr. J. Scarlett to the very quick, but that shall not stop the blow it was my intention to give him. Gentle !nen, I pronounce then this letter,signed J. Searlett an in-1 snit to you and toeommom sense; bare/heed in every sense of the word; for he tells you " He set the imam value upon the honor of representing you." Although he had given you up to a fearjel certainty of another election ! to snit his own fancy for roving ! singing on the road from Peterborough to Cambridge" How happy could I he with either," &c. Here gentlemen you have a specimen, with what con. tempt the horoughmongers themselves, hold the Electors of En' land! and if Mr. Scarlett do not consider you a Stupid, besotted, set of people; how can he for ens mo ment conceive that you are to be humbugged by such a farrago of nonsense and of Fowl.? ? After 1 had Rot off my letter to London, I thought (if my recollection served me right) that the Peer, in whose sunshine yon bad 'so Ibeg basked, was the Earl Fitz william !—You must he aware, gentlemen, that this Noble Lord is now through his son Lord df ilton, advo• eating the cause of Parliamentary Reform ! whose name appears at the head of a Reqrtisition to call the great County of York together, on a ques tion, upon which hinges either our ruin or our salvation ! Will he then, Lord Milton, or liis venei able father, countenance such a letter, and such conduct towards men, and those men freeborn En gliAimen ? No, gentlemen, lam confident that Lord Fitzwilliain and Lord Milton, know how to appreciate the dignity of their own character too well ; and will scorn to sanction such disgusting Sycophancy, when practised open the Electors of Peterborough! Mr. Cobbett has told you, that possibly he may offer himself as candidate for your suffrages; before I was aware of this, gentlemen, being confident that you would never put op with Mr. Scarlett as your future re presentative, after having forfeited every patience to abets ati o liononr. it was my intention to inform you, that if uo other man would come forward, and take up your sante, I was ready so to do, if called upon by you ; hut so sensible am I. of my own inability to serve you at this eventful periad, as essentially as Mr. Cobbett can. that you will, not for one moment think of me, when put in competition with intellects so vastly superior, and ea essentially necessary at this moment with his. Whatever may be the event, if I possibly can, I shall attend the election; if, for no other purpose than to see, what sort of a face Mr. Scarlett can have the assurance to meet those men whom he has held so pointedly cheap! till then, I remain, Hentlenten, our obedient servant, CHARLES WOLSELEY. WolerbeiiSic 3, 1823. 'Tito ministerial papers have batched a rumour that the intended Yorkshire county meeting is adjourned sine die. This is a mere fabrication, for which the pub lic are Indebted to the Leeds Intelligences, and has not in It tinkle word of truth. Tile committee for re ceiving the signatures affixed to the Requisition, du not _•" La. never intended that the musty meeting should be held till after Parliament bad assembled.—(Leeds Mercury) Mutinous Rinertox.—Extract of a letter from East bourne Several of the farmers here, and in the neighbourhood, have been served with several notices. of a further charge upon their horses, for haring, as is supposed, used them in assisting to unload the Thames, Fast Indiainan, stranded here in February last. The appeal, we understand, is to take place in the course of this month, before the Commissioners, at Fink, when we should think their grievances will be redressed, otherwise. in ease of a similar disaster, we fear, horses sill not easily be found, as should the further charge in this ease stand good, a farmer in this neighbourhood is to pay eight guineas for extra tate., for the use of them, while be only received for their labour, four guineas."—(Sesser Advertiser.) The good people of Camelford and its immediate vicinity, have been lately occupied by a contest which has arisen between the partisans of the two Noble Lords who contend for the Patronage of that ancient and re spectate borough. The Earl of Darlington having purchased the greater part of the houses and lands with• In the boundaries of the borough, conceives he has thereby obtained a legitimate right to nominate the Members who represent it in Parliament, according to the ancient and hiudable usage of the place. This claim wkicis the law of the land does not exactly recognise, Las latterly been disputed by the Marquis of Hertford, who conceives that the rightofnomination belongs to the individual who can addoce to the electors themost weighty and sail factory arguments in support of his claim ; and in order to be in a situation the must favourab:e for giv ing to his appeals to tbefeelings and patriotism of the said electors, the greatest possible effectohe Marquis has purchased almost all the houses and land within the Bo rough, that do not belong to the Earl of Darlington. In the course of these purchases, be has become possessed of a moiety of a tenement consisting of a house and about airier.' of land, called Culloden, the other moiety of which belongs to Lord Darlington. The tenant in possession of this valuable spot, was induced by some means or other, which must remain unexplained, to sur render the premises to the friends of the Earl, on the night of the 22nd of last month. As soon as this impor fain event came to the knowledge of the friends of the )tlirqui?, they mustered in considerable force, in order to oust the intruders, by force of arms. For this pur pose, they commenced an attack upon the outer gate with hatchets, Le. in order to force an entrance;—the retainers of the legitimate Patron flew to arms, made a twilit, and a furious conflict ensued. There is nn know leg wirikt damage might have been sustained in life and limb, amongst the redoutable champions of legitimacy, on the one hand, and of popular rights, on the other, had not the Mayor of the Borough, as in duty bound, hastened to the spot, and denounced the penalties of the law against the disturbers of the peace of our Sovereign Lord the King, by reading the Riot Act, and ordering the guardians of the said peace to take into safe custody four of the most furious of the assailants, who are named John Honey, John Matthews, Eduard Hinder and John Tingcombe, who have been held to boil for their appearance at the Quarter Sessions, to answer for the levying of war of which they are ac cused. The premises remain in possession of the legi timates, but their title to hold it will be made the sub ject of legal inquiry. The Marquess of Hertford, it is understood, Isos applied to the Court of Chancery, in order to obtain a division of the land In question, on which he intends to erect !souses, for the aceotnniuda ton of his friends and the increase of the number of worthy and independent electors within the Borough of Canielford. It is somewhat remarkable that the legi timate Patron is a Whig, whilst the Noble and Illus trious advocate of inoorotio.• and borough-revolution is rank T ory.—(West Briton.) ~._ .~.. TIE STATESMAN. TRIBUNAL . OF CORRECTIONAL POLICE. Register Offices for servants, it appears, ate kept in ' Paris as well as in London; and conducted there ' much the same manner as it is alleged that some of then; are conducted here. Complaints against them will, of course, arise ; anti it is curious, if not useful, to know how " they manage these matters in France." In ►he Reports of the Tribunal of Correctional Police, a Paris paper of Saturday says, one of the first cases which occupied the Tribunal today was that of Sieur Aubert, the proprietor of a central mart for procuring places for servants. According to his advertisements, he kept an exact and faithful register of all places which became vacant, of which lie would inform those who stood in need of them, on paying an annnsl subscription of five or ten francs. Unfortunately the addresses which he gave to his subscribers were sometimes imaginary, by which they lost both their time and their money. In this wanner a German cook hastened in vain to a rich Dutch gentlemen, whose residence he could not discover; others were sent with as a little success to a lottery-office which did not exist. At last a young widow, who offered herself to ' attend at a shop where lemonade W 45 sold, discovered, when too late, that she had been imposed upon by a false direction. The Tribunal decided that Sieur Aubert should be imprisoned eighteen months, and pal• a tine of 50(1 francs; but the young advocate, M. Victor Foncher, who had been employed by the accused, prevailed on the Judge to mitigate the sentence to one month's imprison. went, and a fine of 50 francs. SHIPPINti INTELLIGENCE. Ds*e., JAN. 6.—Arrivediast night and to day, and sailed for the River, the Lsyton, Miller, from Ben coolan ; the Adamant, Easterby, from Calcutta and the Cape the Mellish, Ford, from Madras and Calcutta; the Sir Win. Beasley, Smith, from Quebec; the Centn rion, Blepperatall, from Do. ; the Missionary, Robertson, from toe Mediterranean; the Perthshire, Layster, from St. filiehaers; the itconomy, Balfour; from Bilboa.— Canie down from the River, the Owen Glendower Fri- , gam and remain.—Also arrived, the Montesquieu,Leven, from Charleton, for Itbmtertiam.—Wind E.S.B. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. G.—Arrived His Majesty's Ship Qalliope from a creels, and His Majesty's Ship Pandora from Plymouth ; Lawton, from Honduras, out NI days; the Cynthia, Linklater, from ',tante; and the Ocean Transport, from Cork.—Sailed the Mellish, Ford, for London.—Wind S.E. • PusrouTu, #4p.. s.—Arrived the Forraget, from Term Vecchia), Big Bergen, leaky, and must discharge; the Amy, Good, from Lisbon, in 10 days, and Active, from Malaga—Wind S.W. FALMOUTII, JAN. s.—Arrived the Orange Grove, Chureliward, from Lisbon.—Sailed the whole of the ves sels here bound for London.—Whirl W. Ltvenpoot.. JAN. s.—The Dorothy, Hargreaves, and Jonathan, Watson, both from this port, had arrived at Calcutta; the latter sprung a leak, and had 9 feet water in ber bold. 11411.1C11, JAN. s.—Safled the Vansittart, and Lord Duncan Packets, fur Holland, and the Grimsby Packet, for Gottenbur We are authorised to contradict the statement of the lies of his Majesty's 'hip Alligator, as stated in the Blorning papers; it was the Limited States schooner Alligator which was lost off Cabe, and not the British vessel of war of that name.--(Lloyds.) The East India Company's chartered ship Layton ar rived off Dover yesterday,after a Image of three mouths and 22 ilays, from Bencoolen. The Canning arrived at Bencoolen on the 6th Jaly, left for Tappanooly on the 22d, and sailed from the latter port for China on the 17th August. The Prince Regent was in Madras Roads on tbe26tl► Aug. The Regent arrived in Cnjeer Roads on the 12th September. The Castle Huntly was to sail from Bombay on the 3d Ang., and was to touch at Penang in her way to China. On Saturday, the dispatches were closed at the East ndia House, and delivered to the Pursers of the follow. log ships, viz. : Oen. Kyd, Alexander Nairne; Kent, Henry Cobb, for Bengal and China. Herefordshire, William Hope ; Inglis. Samuel Serie ; and Farquharson, William Cruickshank, fur Bombay and China. Repulse, John Paterson, for St. Helena, &neonlen, and China, Extract from the Cape Gomm, dated Oct. 19, 194'.1, received yesterday:—" The Lona arrived in Table Hay, with a full cargo of wheat, amounting to 3000 bags.— The repheti from the neighbouring Districts of the state of th a orbiat crops, aretsvoarable, so that, by the blessing of Providence. there are well grounded hopes that plenty will reappear." Tnis morning, betweeta Atm, and twelve o'clock, a little boy, about twelveyeotit of age, was knocked down by a c ar t, mite thilde-hoe, Fleet -street, the wheel of which • over his hiatV- He was immediately con- W it that be - .6 opposite Brit.. Bossed over his heao Tr eed 6 Mr. Wray's, surgeon, .6 that street, to „ ex amined: 'No fracture of the skull was discovered; bet the eillik4l :dr the iejnel mai - not • bo immediately as certailed. , . • Sonic time last summer a traditig ietiblfrom Brighton under the management of a young man oldie name of Young, bound to America, anchored off Marcross, (;}la morgansldre.• The master and five or ,six of the crew took a small Waited sailed to Newton, where they landed, and after skulking about for some time, they attempted to maite a forcible entry into the house of hl rs. Knight, widow of the late Rev. Robert )(night, fort purposes of abduction. Mr. H. Knight, the son of Mrs. I Knight, who happened to be at home, resisted the attack with great spirit, and the alarm bring given throughout the village, proper assistance arrived. The consterna tion, however, into which the neighbours were thrown by so villainous an attempt, agTorded the party an oppor. tentty to..scape, which they successfully accomplished. About a fortnight aro the vessel returned to this coon. try, and put into Milford, where, having been taken pos. pension oT by another person 'railer that purpose, Young took coach for Bristol • on his journey, however, he stopped at Pyle, in this country, and walked to his uncle a. at Newton. A warrant was immediately issued for his apprehension, and he was taken on Monday milinight. On Saturday he was brought beforethe Petty Session at Brldgend, where Mrs. Knight and her son exhibited articles of the peace against hint. Several deters were received from his friends at Bristol were read, wherein they state that the young Captain is at dines insane; he was,however,eommi tied totte Bridewell at Cowbridge ; but what ulterior proceedings are meant to be resorted to in this case, we were unable to learn, as the examinations were taken in a private toom.— (Bristol Mercury.) On Thursday week, at Kirkbride, as the noted James Scott, who stiles 'himself Emperor of all Conjurors, was amusing himself with a horse-pistol. and in the act of put ting it in hie pocket, it, went off, and unluckily for him, it was loaded with shot, and not a ball, or else he proi►ably would have ceght the ball in his teeth, as he was acres towed to; Martha has taken nearly one side of his face away, kat hopes are entertained of his recovery. ROIIIIERT.—A robbery to a very large ailment bas been committed within these few days ander singular circumstances, at Milton Abbey, D hire, the seat of Lady Caroline Darner. Her Ladyship is at present in London, and the Abbey has been for some time in the care of a few of the servants. The strong room in which the family plate and other valuables have always been deposited was so constructed as to be supposed to bid defiance to any attempt to enter it by any other than fair means ; it was situated nearly 'in the centre of the building, and its strong iron grated windows opened into an interiorcourt. Some ingenious thieves, however, contrived to surmooot all these obstacles ; for on Thursday morning last, as one of the domestics was passing through the court ad joining the strong room, he discovered that an iron bar had been wrenched from the window.. anti one of the heavy stones which composed the wall partially removed from its place. He gave an alarm, the strong room was examined, and to the utter dismay of the servants, they found that almost the whole of the family plate, which was perhaps equal to any collection in England, except that of the King's, was gone. Among the plate was a desert service of solid gold, made for Lord Dorchester. at the time the late King used to honour him-with Ire quest visits. The stone it appeared had been entirely removed, and pushed partly into its ;dace again. The aperture made by its removal was only large enough to admit a small boy. It is a mystery how the thieves ob tained an entrance to the court in which the strong room is situate. The thieves it appeared had more booty than they could carry o ff , as a small portion of the plate was found in a pond hard by in the course of the day. The plate carried off, it is eonjtctured, was apresils of half a toisreight. THEATRES, --....... DR unir-LAPlit TINEATRIg.—Last night, after the tragedy of The Revenge, in which Mr. Yovma exhibited his great powers with much advantage as &saga. and Mr. COOPEa in the difficult, because uninteresting part of Alonzo, contrived by his talents to draw down applause, another attempt was made to produce a new Pantomime, entitled The Golden Axe ; or, ilaelegnln and the Fairy Lake, which the first ex• periment does nos enable us to pronounce upon as success ful. The scenery is very beautiful, particularly a moonlight landscape and a view of London. There is alto a moving panoramic view of Vauxhall Gardens, which deserves cre ditable mention, bat the haste with which the Pantomime was necessarily got up produced some failure in the changes, and some deficiency ih the trickt that caused dissatisfaction in a part of the audience. It is but justice to add, that all the performers exerted themO:dres greatly; that there were many displays of activity by the aorta and Pantaloon • and that Miss 'Faye is one of the most graceful Columbines we hare ever seen. A contest took place on the falling of the curtain, but the malcontents were tonsiderab!y overpow• ered. ADELPRI Trrraxec—A new Piece, called " Green i* France," which has been fur many months in preparattonb was brought out at this Theatre, last evening, and was re ceived by an overflowing audience with unedited satisfaction. That It is from the same hand who produced " Life in Lan , don," there can he no doubt. as it is in most respects a coca dimities of the rambles of those eccentric bindee, wisp, its their revels in Preece, have afforded the author a doe op portunity of describing (which he has done with exquisite skill) the folly Englislinien are guilty of, who quit their na tive soil to spend their money among those whd only flatter, to rob and laugh at them. The Piece Is rather too long ; yet, It Is so pregnant with wit and humour, that scarcely a passage can be spared; the s:enery is appropriate and splendid, and It is altogether brought forward with so much taste, it promises to be equally successful with its uoprece deutly popular " Tom and Jerry." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT TATFERSALL'S--Itx. O. DERBY.-7 to I agst c. out of Emily—l 6 to 9 apt Faualld —lOO to 6 agst Troy-201l to 7 apt Mr. Raaasbottom's c. Blucher. RIDDISSWORTtI.-5 to 2 apt e. oat of Emily-9 to 2 apt. c. out of Web-7 to I apt Troy. CLARET.-3 to 1 opt Moses. DONCASTER ST. LEGER.—I I SO I apt Sherwood-12 to L agst Miss Fanny, by Walton-100 to 6 agst Barefoot-10) to 6 agst Tinker-100 to 6 agst Palate Royal-100 to 6 apt c. by Waltoo. out of Louisa-100 to 4 agst Mr. Armstrong's c.-100 to 4 agst Ypsilanti—loo to 3 agst' Claude Lorraine —lOO to 3 agst Fanatic. The following being the nominations et Newmarket foe the Doncaster St. Leger, make the •hole lit complete:— Mr. Hunter's br. c. by Orville, oat of L'Hulle de Venus— Ld Jersey's c. by Phaeton, out of Web.—Ld Jersey's c. by Comus d. by Ruhens—Nir. H. Chisholiae's ch. f. Pony, out of sr to Bob—Mr. W. Chifney's v. by Woful, out of Paw* dos. BOXING.' TO THE EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN. Hereford; Jan. 4. 1911. Silt—There is a paragraph in year 'Paper, which halt reached me this day, announcing .a forfeit paid by my backer to Ben Burn, who is styledebefflapion I have to hope yen will give the same publicity to this (truth) as to the statement sent you—which Is, I really bow not of any such engagement having been mimed late Ile ley behalf. Waiting th • ory:ca gibe yg.4l dim% servant, —Ann-- • A racing match between tieneral *troth and Copt :- Douglas, for a considerable sum, took'place at Droughty', Ferry. on Friday and Saturday last. The distance over was about twelve miles —being from the Ferry to . the Light-house, and back. On the first day it was ac complished in about 33 minutes, Gen. bliKenxie being' a few yards in advance. On the second day, id &boot 32 minutes, the General being again fest. The wager was for the best of three heats : and of course General 11.1iensie was declared the winner. The horses carried I I stone. The feat is the more worthy of notice; that it took place its a season of the year when the bones are In bad condition; and on the second day's race it was. full-ride, when they were force) tetake reugh sod noire! ground near the sandy ridges.—(Throdes Courier.), EXTRAORDINARY LEAP.-•-•-.A Correspondent of the Glargore Chronicle states the following:—" Having ob served In the Chronicle of the 26th, an account of a leap over the Paisley Canal. I beg leave, as an incite• meat to greater fears among your sporting friends, to mention one that was performed by the present Lord Forrester and Mr. Wing, a sporting farmer, .in the course of a distinguished run with the Duke of Rot. land's fog hounds, trom the noted cover of Jericho, in the vale of Belvoir. It was over a brook measuring 21 feet 6 inches in width, and on laud perfectly level. Both cleared it cleverly, but the horse rode by Lord Forrester made such a spring as induced his Lordship to bet that he had covered a space of tel yards, sad he won by tho decision of judges from Belvoir Castle, who declared that the distance was 31 feet 6 inches, while the mare rode by Mr. Wing covered only little more than 24 feet. The celebrated young pedestrian, Wiliam hP3lollen, aged only fifteen years last August, commenced the ar duous task of walking 100 miles in 24 successive hours, on Tuesday last, on the sands near this city. H. started at three minutes past three in the afternoon, and com pleted this Herculean labour at four minutes and a half before three the following day; being seven minutes and a half within the time allowed. This is eceemed one of the most extraordinary feats of pedestrianism ever performed; considering his youth, and hie net having been previously trained. He had to ran about all the forenoon in search of a chain to measles the ground, which was very rugged, and the frost extremely severe ; added to which. he carried his own 'astern the great est part of the night, and had no shore bat borrowed ones, which was very snitch too large for his feet, — neither had he any friend to back him, or to see that be had proper novrishinent. GRETNA.-At this far•famed temple of Hymen, Mr. Robert Elliot, one of the officiating priests, bas married no less than lSt couple since new year's day, 132'2. (Carlisle Journal.) Futa.—Thirlestane Castle, one of tbt\seats of the Earl of Lauderdale, was on Tuesday mornibg, about G o'clock, discovered to be on fire, which seeps to have originated in :vent, and was carried from it se the roof by a rafter communicating theren ith. The alarm being instantly given, a number of the inhabitants of Lauder immediately repaired to the spot, and by their seal and activity confined the fire to the sting of the building where it bad originated, and also succeeded in caving most of the furniture. The exertions of those present were indeed highly praiseworthy. To prevent the fire from communicating with the body of the Castle, some of them built up, with wet turf, the doors connecting it with the wing on fire ; while others, by carrying *OO from a distance, and without tee aid of a fire eeplie, constantly pouring it upon the building, they prestnred the flames from spreading farther, and thus gaoled the greater part of the Castle from destrnction. gni! Stc, servants were in the Castle at the time, the noble EatL's family being all at Dunbar,—(ffdiabargh Svt ) AFFRAY IN LIMERICK. (PROM THU DUBLIN /MISSING POST OP SATURDAY.) 0a the authority of a Private Letter, we stated on Thursday, that a serious affray had occurred in Lime rick. The particulars will be found in the following Extract of a Letter, by which it will he seen that Ike Corporations all over Ireland are making a desperate, and, we trust, a dying effort, to prolong their reign and their profits. The Meeting, it should be remem bered, was convened on the 'object of the Local Taxes of Limerick :—" The Chamberlain of the Corpora tion, several of the Common Council, many of the Staff of the City Militia, (of which Lord (fort is Colonel) in coloured clothes, and some of them with concealed arms ; several of the friends and relations of Lord Gort, and persons from the Country, assembled at the Commercial Buildings some time before theappoint ed hour, and occupied the room, nearly to the exclusion of every other person. Whilst the Requisitionists were collecting in order to enter the room in sufficient numbers to defeat the evident objects of their opponents, the clock struck one, and in five minutes after, Lord Gort, the Chamberlain, placed his brother in the Chair, and with a dispatch, not often eqnalled in Public Assemblies, proposed, or seemed to propose, certain Resolutions, which afford the most in comestible, internal evidence of their not having been passed in a popular assembly in Limerick. Thus ma nouvre was so much the more watershed for. as at the Meeting held on Saturday to address the Lord Lieu tenant, a full hour's law was given to the Mayor. nor did the business commence until his Worship and Lord Gort arrived. The uproar and confusion consequent upon the Chamberlain's attempt to pass the Resolutions. bad arrived at an alarming height, when the Members for the City, and other Requisitionists, entered the room. Apprehensions being entertained, and informations baring been sworn to this effect before Captain Drought, of a very serious disturbance, ha thought it advisable to interfere, and disperse the Meeting, by requiring Lord Port and Mr. Spring Rice to withdraw. Upon this, Mr. Spring Rise, surrounded by a number of the Oen 4lowson srbo-sisrosik also Reqniaitiors, sad AsHerweil by sit oramlturoe of Piople proceeded steps 44 Messrs. Harvey's store, and ;Welled the Multitude as follows: "Prevented, as we have been, from any possibility of fair or temperate discussion, it became our dety to postpone our Meeting to further opportunity. fbe peace of the City has been endaegetwd—most assuredly not by us; and the Meeting has bees dispersed by the Police. We must, therefore, for the present desist, con fident that the day will soon arrive when we can show our opponents that we are not to be the dupes of an ar tifice, a preconcerted arrangement. In the meanwhile, I request that you will all peaceably return to your own habitations, and show to the world, by your obedience and respect for the laws, that we have not been the agents or instigators of the Isle disturbances," " Four &Clock, Wednesday Evening. " The streets are fully crowd,•) with country people, bat the Police are in motion in several small parties keeping the peace. All is quiet." DARING MAIL COACH ROBBERY i IRELAND. Os Friday night, the Dublin coach for Belfast was at tacked seven miles below Ashbourn,i at a place called Crossmaeore Hill, two miles and a half below Garrets town. The banditti consisted of fifteen or twenty per sons, who bad arranged themselves at each side of the road, across which they had laid carts and ladders. The villains, when the coach arrived at the spot, called on the guards to stop; this the latter refused, when in stantly a fire was opened from both aides of the road. The horses turned quickly round, and the pole of the coach was broken. l'he villains continued to discharge their pieces, and we are grieved to state, that one of the guards received three slugs in the abdomen and hip; and the other, after having his forehead lacerated by a shot, received a ball in the chest. The former is sop- posed to be mortally wounded—some hopes are enter tained of the recovery of the latter. All the passengers, four in number, were then robbed. There were two boxes in the coach, one of which contained money, the other not: the villains carried away the wrong box. They also :ook the Drogheda mail bags, and all the arms.—The banditti are supposed to be the remains of Collier's formidable gang. Mr. Armstrong, Chief Peace Officer of that District, was ont with his party on duty, and it ie hoped he fell in with the robbers.—(Dablin Esainw Post.) Lady Holland, we are happy to state. is recovering from her late indisposition. BRISTOL PRI LOSOPOICA L INSTITUTION.—By way of beginning, in the formation of a Museum, a beautiful special of organic remains, cot from the face of the rock at Lyme, in Dorsetshire, was on Friday presented to this Institution. It is the skeleton of wonderful fish, between the porpoise and the dolphin, having paddles or fins (it is not determined which), instead of feet. It is about five feet long, and is, perhaps, the best and most perfect specimen of the kind in the kingdom. We be lieve it is that description of fossils which some (leolo. gists call Proteothentrus—others lethyouurus. It was ' imbedded in blue lyas.—(Hristol Akron., ) thwatmu VOGIARS. —On Christmas ere, the boat belonging to the Preventive Service, which is sta tioned at St. Ives, fell in with a large smuggling lugger, off the Land's End, and having on board a cargo of kegs of spirits and a crew of thiity men. The smugglers readily permitted the boat to came along side, allowed the officer and men belonging to her to come on board, gave them a sample of the cargo, and after furnishing them with a sufficiency of spirits to make grog, sent them off with hearty wishes for their safe return and a merry Christmas. The smugglers were toe numerous to afford the sliehtest chance of wore in a oont••r. niti l .ll the dive of the preventive boat very wisely avoided. - J - • i 7